Chapter 305: Stepping onto the Meteorite Bridge

Dongbo Xueying gazed ahead at the dense cluster of stone-carved guardians. Many of them suddenly leapt up, shaking the earth with their force, rushing forward in an overwhelming tide. Each guardian’s eyes gleamed with golden light, coldly staring at the intruders.

Meanwhile, within the Void Realm, Dongbo Xueying was flying at high speed. Having reached the ‘Second Realm Peak’ of Polar Penetration, his flight speed slightly surpassed that of Fu Shu and Old Rogue, though still significantly slower than Chen Jiu’s. The entire team was rapidly closing in on the group of stone-carved guardians at a speed of five hundred miles per second, while the guardians charged forward at a speed of a hundred miles per second.

As for the Void Realm clones and illusionary clones, they could move as fast as desired, easily keeping up.

Boom~~~~

At the very moment the two forces collided,

Dongbo Xueying instantly returned from the Void Realm to reality, facing the golden-eyed stone guardians. Immediately, he unleashed the Gravitational Domain of Star True Intent.

“Boom~~~” A terrifying repulsive force radiated outward from Dongbo Xueying in all directions! Under his control, the domain’s rules skillfully avoided affecting his own allies.

Instantly, the oncoming horde of stone-carved guardians was struck by this powerful gravitational repulsion! Each of them faltered slightly, their speed reduced by a tenth.

“Haha, Dongbo, not bad at all,” laughed Chen Jiu.

Star True Intent, as a second-grade true intent, even with its gravitational domain, was more refined than the basic third-grade ‘Gravitational Intent’. At this moment, the domain’s power was equivalent to the third realm of Gravitational Intent! Unfortunately, these stone guardians were only about human height, their weight not substantial enough to be significantly affected by the repulsion.

Still, even a tenth reduction in speed was quite impressive.

“Outsiders, die!”

“Kill!”

The stone guardians swarmed to attack all intruders, while the Void Realm clones and illusionary clones actively drew enemy attention, guiding their assaults. This allowed Dongbo Xueying’s team to endure fewer attacks.

Moreover, Dongbo Xueying, Chen Jiu, and others did not display their full strength. As for the gravitational domain… merely at the level of third-grade true intent’s third realm, such a technique was not particularly eye-catching.

In truth,

charging together in a large group would attract a massive assault from the stone guardians, often resulting in heavy casualties, making it hardly worth the effort.

But with the Void Realm clones and illusionary clones actively drawing enemies away, the situation was different.

Crash! Crash! Crash!!!

Under the relentless attacks of the stone guardians, one Void Realm clone after another shattered into nothingness, only to reform immediately. Figures like Sikong Yang, Palace Master Chen, Elder Orland, Chi Qiu Bai, and others were repeatedly smashed to death, only to revive again. At first, the stone guardians thought these enemies had some special life-saving techniques. But after killing and reviving them two or three times, they gradually realized the truth.

It wasn’t just the Void Realm clones; even the illusionary clones kept reviving after being slain!

If it were only one, some extraordinary life-saving true intent might explain it. But an entire group behaving this way was abnormal.

“They are illusionary clones,” the stone guardians realized, shifting their attacks toward the enemies who hadn’t yet been killed—targeting Dongbo Xueying, Chen Jiu, and their team.

However, by the time they realized and attacked,

Dongbo Xueying’s team had already surged five hundred miles through the stone guardian swarm, leaving roughly five to six hundred miles to the Meteorite Bridge.

“Only now realizing? Hahaha, get lost!” With a loud shout, Chen Jiu suddenly revealed eight arms. Each arm was covered in gray metallic layers, stretching out to seven or eight meters, attacking in all directions. His massive hands nearly shielded the entire team.

With eight arms, he unleashed various powerful attacks.

Some were ferocious and brutal, some sinister and vicious, some bizarre and strange… each attack leaving Dongbo Xueying awestruck.

“To manifest eight arms—his true intent is indeed extraordinary,” Dongbo Xueying secretly admired. Before entering the floating island, he had discussed plans with Chen Jiu, exchanging knowledge about each member’s true intent techniques.

He had told Chen Jiu about his three second-grade true intents—Polar Penetration, Void Realm, and Star True Intent—and his ‘Star Annihilation Strike’! From Chen Jiu, Dongbo Xueying learned that the Star Annihilation Strike was actually a ‘secret technique’.

Chen Jiu also shared details about Old Rogue and Fu Shu’s abilities, as well as his own.

Chen Jiu mastered two powerful true intents.

They were ‘Ego True Intent’ and ‘Eight Dragon True Intent’.

Ego True Intent pursued ultimate physical perfection. To complement the Eight Dragon True Intent, he had even purchased and dissected a divine realm eight-armed creature multiple times in the Divine Realm, studying similar techniques until he could form eight arms on his own body! It was important to note that simply growing arms wouldn’t grant their full power.

Transforming? As a transcendent being, countless transformations were trivial—creating a thousand arms was no issue.

But generally, only the original body could unleash perfect power. Thus, forming eight truly effective arms capable of formidable strength was extremely difficult. Fortunately, his mastery of Ego True Intent, combined with dissecting the eight-armed creature and extensive research, eventually led to success.

With eight arms,

and wielding the Eight Dragon True Intent, Chen Jiu harmonized his two true intents almost perfectly, making his close combat strength terrifying—surpassing even Lords Youlan and Meishan!

Of course, Lords Youlan and Meishan each had their own advantages! Chen Jiu was simply exceptionally strong in close combat.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!” Dongbo Xueying wielded his long spear, unleashing the Star Annihilation Strike.

Each move surged with immense power.

The stone guardians flew back upon contact, collapsing with even a slight graze! Chen Jiu’s eight arms dominated the battlefield, while Dongbo Xueying’s spear covered any gaps. Combined with the gravitational repulsion, the two of them almost single-handedly held the line.

Even with eight arms, the stone guardians were still more numerous, with over a hundred attacking simultaneously.

“Rip!”

One stone guardian clawed through the chest of the bearded old man. Though Chen Jiu was nearby, he made no move to help.

“Hahaha, useless,” the bearded old man’s body dissolved, while a nearby illusionary clone transformed into his image.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

His form was ever-shifting; each illusionary clone could instantly become his true self! Making it nearly impossible for the stone guardians to land a hit.

“Truly impressive,” Dongbo Xueying secretly admired.

After condensing the True Self with Illusionary True Intent, the Illusionary Clone gained an extremely powerful ability.

The true self could switch between illusionary clones! However, the distance between the clones and the true self was limited to a hundred meters. Even if space was sealed, the switch was still possible. At this level of cultivation, the true body had begun to ‘illusionize’, allowing any clone to instantly become the true self.

With this technique, killing Old Rogue became extremely difficult.

The only weakness was the hundred-meter limit! If the enemy’s attack covered a hundred meters, Old Rogue would still perish. Or if he switched to a clone that was simultaneously destroyed, he would also die. But such precise timing was rare, especially with thirty-six illusionary clones.

…

Chen Jiu’s eight gray-metallic arms swept in all directions, while Dongbo Xueying assisted him.

They focused on protecting Fu Shu.

Thus,

they finally surged through the final five to six hundred miles!

“Boom!”

Dongbo Xueying landed on the floating giant meteorite. Though called a meteorite, it was actually over a hundred miles in diameter, a single massive stone with intricate patterns on its surface.

Stepping onto the meteorite, Dongbo Xueying finally exhaled in relief.

On this massive meteorite were three other teams—Wu Ma Hai, Sword Emperor, and Meishan Master. They had not rushed forward yet, watching Chen Jiu and Dongbo Xueying’s team with admiration.

This team was truly the strongest overall.

Chen Jiu’s strength exceeded their expectations! Indeed, the Blood Blade Tavern’s leadership had chosen wisely!