Chapter 324: The Art of Stars

The Demon Ancestor took a big step forward, reaching out his hand toward Bai Zhan. As his fingers clenched, a powerful suction force pulled Bai Zhan back toward him!

When the Devil Ancestor revealed his murderous intent, Bai Zhan already knew that the odds were against him.

But he was not willing to accept it.

The god in his heart actually wanted to kill him.

Even if the Demon Ancestor ordered him to commit suicide, he would not resist at all.

The Demon Ancestor insisted on using soul-extraction to take his physical body, which he could not accept.

He resists.

His body struggled in midair, but the resistance was very weak.

Under the aura of the Devil Ancestor, his soul was bound, leaving him powerless.

If he had to die, he would rather choose to explode himself!

But now he doesn’t even have the strength to self-destruct, completely suppressed by the Devil Ancestor.

Lu Yu flew backward, suddenly vanishing midair. In the blink of an eye, he reappeared beside Bai Zhan. The stone sword severed the Demon Ancestor’s suction force, while the fiery palm strike sent Bai Zhan flying backward once again.

“If you don’t want to die, stay away from here!” Lu Yu blocked the Demon Ancestor’s attack once again and then turned around, unleashing another sword strike that sent shockwaves outward.

Sword winds surged, transforming into countless blades of light that slashed downward from midair.

At the same time, Huangquan, Slaughter, and Poison Gas launched their attacks together!

This time, Lu Yu gave it his all, holding nothing back.

The Devil Ancestor was furious. His attacks had been blocked twice in a row; previously, Lu Yu had never possessed such skill.

A powerful gust of wind surged between them, as if a storm were sweeping across the land.

The surrounding rocks and stones were blown away, and one by one, huge trees were uprooted.

Both sides exerted their utmost strength.

The Demon Ancestor was truly invincible, countless times more powerful than the illusory form of the King of Hell.

A surge of demonic energy burst forth from him, so powerful that even Lu Yu, transformed into a flaming giant, was nearly blown away.

Boom!

Lu Yu trembled with his sword, and the flame-formed arms shattered. With a single tremor, tens of thousands of sword beams erupted forth, pressing the Demon Ancestor down into a sea of swords.

“Block me!” the Devil Ancestor roared. With a single step, he shattered tens of thousands of sword beams. Raising his palm, he lunged toward Lu Yu’s chest.

Lu Yu knew what the Devil Ancestor was about to do. He took a deep breath, sucked in his stomach, arched his body backward, and quickly retreated!

In this way, the flames on Lu Yu’s chest were torn apart, leaving a large hollow in his chest and abdomen.

Bang!

The raging flames mend the emptiness.

The scorching heat incinerated the dark robe on the Devil Ancestor’s body.

The figure beneath the black robe was shocking and enough to make one’s hair stand on end!

That was no longer a human body; the face beneath the black robe had already corroded into a skull, with only two blood-soaked eyeballs hanging there.

The skin on the neck of the Devil Ancestor was clearly stitched together, indicating it did not belong to the same body.

Moreover, the arms of the Devil Ancestor were uneven—one slightly longer, the other thicker—and they did not originate from the same body.

On the Devil Ancestor’s clothes, the bloodstains had dried; in some torn areas, you could see muscles continuously tearing apart, with black blood flowing out.

“This… is this the Demon Ancestor?” Bai Zhan stood behind, stunned, feeling that something was completely off.

This is completely different from the person described in the records.

Xie Ming looked at the young boy, as if seeking an answer.

The youth sneered coldly, “A weak body cannot possibly bear such immense power. Who knows how many bodies he’s gone through already. If he thinks he can be reborn at his peak without seeking a successor, then he’s seriously overestimating himself.”

Xie Ming then realized that the Demon Ancestor had destroyed the temporary host body due to his overwhelming power.

If not for the power of the Devil Ancestor, this physical body might have been destroyed long ago.

In the center of the battlefield, the Devil Ancestor and the Flame Giant collided.

The Demon Ancestor tore the flame in two!

Meanwhile, a huge burn mark had also appeared on one of the Devil Ancestor’s arms.

There is also black qi swirling around the Jiao seal!

The effects of the flames and potent poison were too intense for this temporary body to withstand.

The aura emanating from the Devil Ancestor became even more violent, like a beast that had lost all reason, ready to pounce on its prey before it!

Lu Yu was horrified.

Even with all his strength, he still could not stand against the Demon Ancestor.

Lu Yu gritted his teeth. Suddenly, the flames receded, and his flesh exploded into the air, forming a thousand-meter-long venomous dragon.

The poisonous dragon twisted in the sky, and vast waves of black qi descended towards the earth.

Everything that was tainted by the black aura withered, and countless beasts wailed in sorrow.

The Demon Ancestor let out a cold snort, saying little, and instead threw a punch straight ahead.

The toxic dragon’s body endured an instant impact equivalent to the weight of thousands of mountains, sending it hurtling straight into the sky. Large sections of scales peeled off its body, and patches of flesh were crushed to pieces.

Beneath the flesh and blood, golden bones shimmered with starlight and flames, their hardness drawing astonished gazes from the watching Emperors.

The Supreme Ruler inhaled sharply, astonished, and exclaimed, “The King’s Bone? No, this isn’t just the King’s Bone anymore—could it actually be evolving again?”

The youth was astonished and said, “That strike could shatter any至尊. Yet Lu Yu’s bones are actually this powerful—they blocked the attack. No wonder he gained the Devil Ancestor’s favor. If I use the Spirit Bone Separation technique, perhaps I should seize this body as well!”

The strength of this body is unmatched.

Even the Devil Ancestor’s attack couldn’t shatter it; how powerful would it become if it continued to evolve further?

Everyone watched as chunks of flesh fell from the Devil Ancestor’s body, suddenly bursting into flames and then re-coalescing.

“Kill!”

Lu Yu roared fiercely, his voice like a dragon’s thunderous roar shaking the heavens, as he charged towards the Demon Ancestor with murderous intent.

The Devil Ancestor swung his fist, shattering the poisonous dragon’s flesh with each punch, blocking its advance, yet unable to deliver a fatal blow!

“Too powerful!” Xie Ming whispered in a trembling voice, muttering to himself.

This is merely a portion of the power from the Devil Ancestor’s Soul Bone after its separation.

If it were the Primeval Demon Ancestor at his peak, he would certainly be no weaker than the King of Hell!

What surprised him even more was that Lu Yu was also incredibly powerful, to an absurd degree.

On the arena, Lu Yu didn’t even use his full strength. Otherwise, the illusion of the King might have been shattered!

“No, if this continues, Lu Yu will die!” As the Demon-Slaying Elder was horrified by the power of the Demon Ancestor, countless Demon-Slaying Swords had already filled the heavens and earth around him, ready to strike at any moment!

“Don’t move.” Mingzun suddenly pressed his hand on Zhanmo’s shoulder, his voice deep as he said, “Don’t forget he is a Killing Star Soul. Only through battle can he grow stronger. Your interference will disturb him.”

Zhan Mo hesitated for a moment, suddenly recalling something, and stopped his rushing momentum just in time!

In the distant void, a figure stood hidden in the darkness, narrowing his eyes as he observed the battlefield. He was well-concealed and immensely powerful, gazing at the Demon Ancestor as if contemplating something.

Demon Ancestor, this power is already invincible.

Being able to fight against the Demon Ancestor, even an Emperor dares not imagine.

Now Lu Yu has done it.

However, his battle was also extremely difficult.

The Demon Ancestor is too powerful.

Even after becoming a Half-Zhizun, the gap between them remained too vast.

This power could kill a Hydra in an instant, let alone him!

The power of the venomous dragon is too strong; it ignores any defense.

Lu Yu was confident that as long as he could get close to the Devil Ancestor, he would tear him to pieces.

But the Demon Ancestor was truly invincible.

In the blink of an eye, he could be killed a thousand times, without even a single chance to get close.

“Go all out!” Lu Yu gritted his teeth, his eyes shooting out a blood-red light.

Vroom!

Everyone felt as if the blood within the Poison Dragon’s body had ignited in an instant.

Around the poisonous dragon, ten blue orbs the size of fists appeared.

Brilliant light radiated from the beads, sweeping thousands of rays across the sky and the earth.

In the instant when the beams of light plowed through the earth and sky, they suddenly converged and bombarded the body of the Demon Ancestor.

The Demon Ancestor could shatter flesh and blood, but could not shatter this intangible, ungraspable light.

Ten Stars – When the skill is activated, it will summon ten Illusory Spirit Beads. These ten Illusory Spirit Beads possess offensive capabilities; once an attack command is issued, they will launch a wave of attacks at a speed of one thousand strikes per second, affecting all living beings within a ten-mile radius. Each strike deals one billion points of damage. This attack ignores physical defenses, and if it hits armor, it will cause damage equivalent to one billion points of defense.

Each release of the Ten-Star technique requires the caster to pay a price of ten trillion life points for a single use.

In this round of attacks, the Demon Ancestor lost ten trillion life points.

If in its prime, these ten trillion life points would be nothing at all.

But now it’s completely different.

His body was already in a state of decay, and with the loss of ten trillion lives, several deep, nearly half-foot-long wounds instantly appeared on his body, exposing the bone beneath.

Lu Yu succeeded with one strike, igniting his life once again.

Ten blue pearls appeared, once again converging into ten massive beams of light, each a zhang in diameter, sweeping toward the Demon Ancestor.

“Break through for me!”

The Demon Ancestor, having suffered a loss once before, let out a fierce roar toward the heavens. Dark demonic energy surged from his body, transforming into black waves that blocked the incoming beam of light.

Within the demonic aura, the Devil Ancestor raised his hand and unleashed a hundred fists in an instant. The demonic energy surged around each fist, transforming into dragon-like shadows in the air.

This time, the Demon Ancestor’s fist force was like the destruction of all things, powerful and shocking.

Wave after wave of demonic energy transformed into dragon-shaped entities, charging forward in a frenzied assault.

After these hundred punches were unleashed, one of the Devil Ancestor’s fingers on his arm was completely blown apart.

The power released by the Devil Ancestor is too overwhelming; it has already exceeded the capacity of this physical form.

The first wisp of demonic energy struck the venomous dragon. It first destroyed the flesh, and then shattered even the bones.

The thousand-zhang-long venomous dragon was struck by the demonic energy and shattered into pieces in an instant.

“What a pity, it’s still not hard enough!”

Lu Yu gritted his teeth. The poison dragon’s body thrashed wildly as a hundred blue orbs, each the size of a fist, appeared on him.

The punch thrown by the Demon Ancestor landed on the poison dragon. With each punch, a blue bead was shattered.

In an instant, ninety-nine pearls shattered, leaving only one pearl hovering above the dragon’s body.

Bai Star – When the skill is activated, it will summon one hundred Phantom Spirit Pearls. Each of these pearls has the ability to absorb a single instance of lethal damage. After absorbing a lethal attack, each pearl shatters.

The release of Bai Xing comes at the cost of tendons and bones. Each activation of Bai Xing consumes one trillion units of tendons and bones, lasting for twenty-four hours. The consumed tendons and bones require forty-eight hours to recover.

The release of a hundred stars consumes a hundred trillion bones and sinews. Now, facing the Devil Ancestor, defense is futile; it’s better to exchange it for time.

A hundred star beads shattered ninety-nine of them, buying Lu Yu some time.

Just one breath was enough for Lu Yu to approach the Ancestor of Demons!

Vroom!

Dragon claws descended from the sky, accompanied by surging waves of darkness, as if attempting to engulf the Devil Ancestor entirely.

“The full power of the Phantom Spirit Star Soul Pearl, you bastard.”

The Demon Ancestor let out a furious roar, never expecting to be blocked like this. He was nearly driven mad.

The Demon Ancestor retreated from the black mist, his chest pierced by a dragon’s claw. With just a light touch, a one-foot-long wound was inflicted, deep enough to expose bone on his torso.

Lu Yu landed a successful strike, and the ten-star and hundred-star marks reappeared on his body.

One attack, one defense, no matter how great the cost, Lu Yu is willing to bear it.

“Ahh!”

The Devil Ancestor’s hair was disheveled, and suddenly a large chunk of flesh on his body exploded.

He abandoned Lu Yu and rushed toward Bai Zhan, shouting, “You were created by me, and now I need your body!”