Dongbo Xueying did not enter the Void Realm because he clearly understood that the Hunters, who had mastered the complete ‘Microcosmic Divine Heart,’ could easily traverse between the real world and the Void Realm. The Void Realm held no binding effect over them. Moreover, in terms of speed, the Hunters could move at a velocity of 1,600 miles per second, surpassing him completely.
“Boom.” The surrounding space subtly twisted with invisible gravitational forces, furiously repelling these three Hunters.
The Hunters’ figures blurred, like ghosts, and their movements as they attacked were also very slight.
Suddenly, one of the smaller Hunters swung its claws, seemingly in a very gentle and casual manner, without disturbing the space or generating any ripples.
“Microcosmic Divine Heart, truly nothing can match its subtlety,” Dongbo Xueying held a crimson spear in his hand. When the three Hunters approached, he suddenly moved at high speed to meet one of them head-on, unhesitatingly thrusting his spear forward. Without a doubt, his spear technique, ‘Starfall Annihilation,’ was purely offensive and destructive.
A counterattack? He was certainly not afraid!
“Thud.” The attacked Hunter immediately raised its two claws to block. In their first clash, it was also affected by the vortex-like gravity. However, its pair of claws made a very precise and simple micro-adjustment. When the vortex’s pull transformed into repulsion, its claws changed accordingly, as if everything were so gentle and delicate.
This spear strike, apart from the strange rotation inherent in his spear technique, mainly relied on speed—extremely fast speed!
Although Dongbo Xueying might not match their agility in movement, his spear speed still surpassed their clawing speed.
“Clang.” The pair of claws still closed together, blocking the spear strike.
The Hunters fought with an indescribable grace; every move was calculated to perfection. Even if their movements were slowed down by a million or ten million times, it would still be difficult to find any flaws or weaknesses. Moreover, they exquisitely utilized the forces of heaven and earth. This level of control was terrifying! This was the true essence of Microcosmic Will! And it had even reached the level of Divine Heart!
The spear and the claws collided.
The power contained within the claws was extremely restrained and subtly infiltrated; all material defenses were ineffective against such penetration.
However, the spear carried the profound mystery of ultimate offensive destruction—the secret technique born from the combination of Star Will and Penetrating Point, whose destructive power surpassed even the Penetrating Point itself. After eighteen years of cultivation and refinement, it had almost become comparable to the ‘Penetrating Point Divine Heart.’ In terms of sheer offensive destruction, it naturally surpassed the opponent.
The profound mysteries of their rules clashed.
The power contained within the claws was instantly destroyed head-on.
“Hmm?” The Hunter’s body slightly trembled, dissipating the impact force.
At this moment, the other two Hunters had already closed in.
“Appear!” Dongbo Xueying’s mind stirred, and instantly, countless thirty-six figures of Dongbo Xueying appeared around him, while his true body vanished.
“Void Realm Clone?” The three Hunters simultaneously released waves of energy.
The waves of Microcosmic Will completely covered the entire Blood Combat Platform!
Every part of space was under invisible infiltration attacks. Although merely fluctuations of fundamental rule mysteries, they were still too much for Dongbo Xueying’s Void Realm clones to withstand. One by one, the clones began to collapse and dissipate… Since Dongbo Xueying reached the Third Stage, his Void Realm clones were generally very difficult to eliminate en masse.
But the Hunters accomplished it! Firstly, because they had reached the Second Grade Divine Heart realm, and secondly, because of the unique nature of the Microcosmic Will itself.
“Whoosh!” Only one Dongbo Xueying did not dissipate—that was his true body. He thrust his spear forward abruptly, targeting one of the attacking Hunters. The Hunter, caught off guard, barely managed to turn around and defend with full force. Finally, one of its claws blocked Dongbo Xueying’s spear strike.
“Kill.” The other two Hunters immediately launched their attacks.
Swish.
Dongbo Xueying immediately dispersed, merging completely with the Void Realm.
Earlier, the three Hunters had been somewhat spaced apart, giving him a chance to act. But now they were standing together. With the speed of their Microcosmic Divine Heart attacks, if his first strike failed and he didn’t flee… he would likely be easily killed under their combined assault.
“Merged with the Void Realm?” The three Hunters’ amber eyes all turned toward the Void Realm.
Their complete mastery of the Microcosmic Divine Heart allowed them to easily see through the entire Void Realm, even perceiving Dongbo Xueying who had merged with it.
The concealment techniques of the Third Stage could not evade detection by Spatial Divine Heart, nor could they escape the scrutiny of the Microcosmic Divine Heart. If it were the Star Divine Heart, he might have been able to hide. After all, both the Spatial Divine Heart and the Microcosmic Divine Heart excelled in detection…
“He has completely merged with every part of the Void Realm within the Blood Combat Platform range?” The three Hunters looked at each other. “Attacking him would mean attacking the entire Void Realm across miles?”
In reality, Dongbo Xueying could merge with a single point in the Void Realm spanning a hundred thousand miles.
Unfortunately, the Blood Combat Platform wasn’t that large.
“Attack.”
In an instant, the three Hunters ceased their hesitation and launched their attacks directly.
Because without attacking, they had no other options.
“Boom! Boom! Boom~~~” Wild attacks struck various parts of the Void Realm.
…
“It really hurts.” Dongbo Xueying’s body became ethereal, completely merging with the Void Realm throughout the Blood Combat Platform area, naturally enveloping the three Hunters, feeling their repeated attacks forcefully infiltrating and damaging.
This situation was already his most invincible defensive state.
With the support of the Void Realm spanning thousands of miles, he was completely dispersed. Yet, with each round of attacks, his life force was consumed by one ten-thousandth.
It should be noted that their attack speed was extremely fast! If left unchecked, they could unleash tens of thousands of rounds of attacks in no time.
“Whoosh.”
Beside one of the Hunters, Dongbo Xueying suddenly appeared out of nowhere, thrusting his spear forward abruptly.
“Clang.”
Was it blocked?
Before the three Hunters could surround him, Dongbo Xueying immediately vanished again, merging once more with the Void Realm.
…
Above the Blood Combat Platform structure.
A green-haired woman, Xi Wei, and a white-haired, youthful old man were looking down at the platform below, observing the Blood Combat Platform. With their strength, they could naturally see everything clearly.
“This little fellow isn’t one to go mad under pressure. Even when faced with life and death, he remains extremely calm,” the white-haired, youthful old man looked down and smiled as he spoke. “His life force is constantly being depleted. Most cultivators in such a situation, under the threat of death, would go crazy and fight desperately. Sometimes, they might even win by sheer luck when their life potential erupts. But luck… can happen once or twice, not thrice! Only true strength can be relied upon. He would rather endure the loss of life force and look for opportunities, then strike with a surprise attack.”
He saw it accurately.
Dongbo Xueying indeed had such a character. In fact, he didn’t like forcing himself into life-or-death situations. Even the last time when he was surrounded by over a hundred eight-armed Void Realm creatures, he barely survived when his Star Will broke through, greatly enhancing the secret technique’s power, allowing him to overcome that crisis. Yet deep down, Dongbo Xueying didn’t like such breakthroughs.
He had witnessed the creation of the heavens and earth, had accumulated knowledge through cultivation, and was naturally at a bottleneck limit… and it was only a minor bottleneck, not a major one like breaking through the Divine Heart. Under life-or-death pressure, breakthroughs indeed had a higher probability.
But no matter what, Dongbo Xueying disliked being forced into such a desperate situation.
He preferred normal cultivation, accumulating deeply and breaking through naturally when the time was right.
Xi Wei nodded, “Grandmaster, you’re right.”
Even though she was proud, she was very respectful toward this old man. Within the entire Hongshi Mountain, although everyone couldn’t leave, they all held this Grandmaster in great respect.
“Grandmaster, do you think this young prodigy can win?” Xi Wei asked, “His life force has already been depleted by more than thirty percent. It won’t be long before it reaches half.”
The Hunters’ attacks were extremely fierce and fast.
“Little Xi Wei, can you feel it?” The white-haired, youthful old man looked down at the scene below, “This young fellow’s consciousness remains incredibly calm, searching for every opportunity. What a promising talent! I can see that he is still very young, having cultivated for only about two hundred years, yet possessing such strength and composure. Truly remarkable. Do you think he can win? I believe…”
He hadn’t finished speaking.
Down on the Blood Combat Platform below, Dongbo Xueying launched another surprise attack.
“Thud!” A sudden ambush from the side and rear. The targeted Hunter had been fully focused on attacking the Void Realm moments before, but now it could only desperately defend. However, Dongbo Xueying’s spear was too fast! This time, it was just a little too slow… the thin line between life and death.
The spear pierced into the small, frail body.
Under the terrifying destructive power of the attack’s profound mystery, the body immediately began to disintegrate.
Dongbo Xueying revealed an expression of excitement. His face was pale and sickly, his life force already depleted by more than half. Finally, he had succeeded. He felt that with his spear technique’s speed combined with the sudden attacks from his Void Realm clones, success should have been possible. He had pursued faster spear strikes repeatedly, sought more sudden attacks, and searched for better opportunities.
At the moment they attacked the Void Realm, he launched a sudden strike! After repeated failures, he had finally succeeded.
“He succeeded once,” the white-haired, youthful old man smiled, “Now it will be much simpler.”
The threat from the two remaining Hunters was significantly reduced.
Each time Dongbo Xueying launched a surprise attack, he would strike several times in succession before retreating and merging back into the Void Realm. After his life force had been depleted by another tenth, Dongbo Xueying managed to kill another Hunter!
Now only one remained?
Dongbo Xueying no longer needed to flee, engaging in one-on-one combat.
“Grandmaster, do you think he can pass the Fifth Vine Leaf World?” Xi Wei asked.
“No one can predict the future,” the white-haired, youthful old man replied softly, his voice tinged with a hint of melancholy.
Xi Wei silently nodded.
Indeed, before the Supreme Lord’s death, who could have imagined that a great being like the Supreme Lord would perish? The past was already set, but the future still held countless possibilities.
“Thud!”
Dongbo Xueying’s spear pierced into the final Hunter’s ribs. The Hunter widened its dark yellow eyes, staring at Dongbo Xueying in disbelief before collapsing and dissipating.
“I won, hahaha, I won! I finally won! I knew it, I would win, I definitely would!” Standing on the Blood Combat Platform, Dongbo Xueying excitedly held his spear and roared, his eyes filled with wildness. Just moments ago, as his life force continuously depleted and he felt death drawing near, he had been under immense pressure. Yet he had kept striving to remain absolutely calm, believing that his battle strategy was correct.
This was the only way he felt he had a good chance of winning. All he could do was seek better opportunities to strike and strive to deliver faster, more perfect spear attacks. In the end, he succeeded, passing through the Fourth Vine Leaf World!
Xi Wei and the white-haired, youthful old man looked down at the excited young man in white robes below, who was shouting triumphantly, and couldn’t help but smile.
“After all, he’s still just a young boy, so young,” the white-haired old man chuckled, then turned and took a step, vanishing into the sky.
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