Yao Yue Star Soul, Defense First!
When Lu Yu asked this, everyone turned to look at Lou Xiaoyu.
Lou Xiaoyu felt her face flush, nodding somewhat shyly.
Being stared at by so many people, she was as reserved as ever.
She had witnessed the Immortal King’s attack and compared it to her own defensive abilities.
With her full Star Soul power, she could withstand the King’s attacks.
Lou Xiaoyu nodded earnestly.
Lu Yu, receiving her answer, smiled. “That’s great. Miss Lou, all you need to do is step in with your power to block an attack for anyone who can’t hold on, giving them time to recover.”
“I’ll… I’ll do my best,” Lou Xiaoyu replied, biting her lip.
Lu Yu said, “Then I have no more questions. Let’s move.”
As he spoke, Lu Yu’s expression hardened, and invisible sword qi was swiftly unleashed.
The dozen or so people around felt the chilling sword qi swirling around them, yet they couldn’t pinpoint it.
Several Kings were secretly shocked.
Even before becoming a King Sovereign, Lu Yu had fought a King Sovereign to a draw with this ability.
This was undoubtedly the embryonic form of a King-level skill.
But what puzzled everyone was how a King Sovereign could still retain the embryonic form of a King-level skill.
Normally, when a warrior becomes a King Sovereign, all King-related powers would vanish, not persist like this.
Regardless, in this situation, Lu Yu retaining such a powerful skill was greatly advantageous to them.
His attack range of 500 zhang extended beyond the domain, and hordes of beasts were crushed into bloody pulp as if ground by a millstone.
“Stay close to me—move!” Lu Yu stepped forward, and the group followed closely.
Those within the domain clenched their fists, hoping for Lu Yu and the others’ success.
Countless beasts, spotting humans emerging, roared and charged toward Lu Yu’s group.
Mountains of beasts collapsed toward them.
The invisible sword qi was razor-sharp, shredding all life within 500 zhang into pieces.
Blood rained down in torrents.
The Blood Weeping Inheritor tilted his head skyward, mouth wide open, and with a fierce inhale, the blood of tens of thousands of beasts formed countless streams, swirling into a vortex that poured into his mouth.
At the same time, his skin grew slightly redder.
One King whispered, “Blood Weeping feeds on blood, drawing strength from it. This blood is also his power for revival. Is he storing blood for the upcoming battle?”
Another King said solemnly, “Blood Weeping’s power isn’t just revival—blood is his strength. I’ve fought a Blood Weeping Star Soul before. Their strongest ability isn’t revival but the Blood Domain created from blood. You’ll see when he acts.”
Every drop of blood was consumed, not a single one touching the ground before being absorbed by the Blood Weeping Inheritor.
*Boom.*
The surrounding King Sovereigns finally made their move.
In an instant, over a thousand King Sovereign-level beasts scattered the surrounding horde and charged toward Lu Yu’s group.
Everyone tensed, gripping their weapons tightly.
But as the beasts entered the range of the invisible sword qi, they were instantly sliced into bloody pulp.
The blood of these beasts writhed in midair, attempting to coalesce.
But in an instant, the Blood Weeping Inheritor acted again.
*Boom, boom, boom.*
Massive amounts of blood were sucked up once more, absorbed into his body.
The King Sovereign-level beasts didn’t even get a chance to revive; their blood dried up, and their scattered flesh turned ashen, drained of every drop.
The blood of a thousand King Sovereign-level beasts entered the Blood Weeping Inheritor’s body, as if filling his blood to the brim.
Blood mist seeped from every pore, coalescing behind him into a faint silhouette.
Several Kings at the breakthrough stage were stunned.
To instantly kill a thousand King Sovereigns without being a King—this was undoubtedly the strongest below King level, invincible among King Sovereigns.
The surrounding beasts, smelling the blood, grew even more frenzied.
The horde originally surging toward the domain now turned toward them.
Thousands of beasts breached the 400-zhang range of the invisible sword qi.
These were mutated beasts, but as they advanced further, they were all crushed.
After months, the beasts’ strength had also increased.
These beasts had mutated and evolved, and the ten-thousand Sovereign-level beasts now had the power to challenge King Sovereigns.
“Roar.” A dozen mutated King Sovereigns were even more terrifying.
They charged into the 300-zhang range of the invisible sword qi, their bodies covered in wounds, flesh torn to the bone.
“The beasts have grown stronger too,” Lu Yu gritted his teeth and snorted, his aura beginning to surge.
*Buzz.*
Without hesitation, Lu Yu pushed his power to its peak.
In an instant, the strength of 500,000 Sovereigns erupted like a volcano.
“500,000 Sovereigns!” one King exclaimed, staring at Lu Yu in disbelief, closely observing the human before them.
No era had ever recorded an Uncrowned King reaching such strength.
Achieving the power of 500,000 Sovereigns was as difficult as becoming a King.
Legend had it that the first and most powerful Uncrowned King had reached a maximum of 200,000 Sovereigns.
It was because of him that people learned of the limitless and unique potential of Uncrowned Kings.
After him, the strongest warriors had only reached 100,000 Sovereigns.
The person before them, with the terrifying strength of 500,000 Sovereigns, had broken all records.
With this transformation, the invisible sword qi around Lu Yu intensified.
Previously, they could only sense the sword qi dancing in the void.
Now, they felt an invisible storm raging around them, the sword qi slicing through the air, stinging their skin like cuts.
The dozen powerful mutated King Sovereigns screamed as their bodies shattered inch by inch.
At 3,000 meters, the transformation began.
Hordes of beasts mutated into demonic beasts, some King Sovereigns radiating overwhelming demonic energy, their strength doubled.
Yet they still couldn’t get close.
After all, the power of 500,000 Sovereigns could crush vast numbers simply by suppression.
At 5,000 meters, Lu Yu began to feel the pressure.
The Immortal King and his puppet made their move.
Last time, it was their coordination that allowed them to advance far.
The puppet, controlled by Lu Yu, acted as an extension of himself.
This time, their coordination was even more seamless.
With two Kings, two Star Artifacts, and the wide-ranging attack power of the invisible sword qi, their advance quickened.
At 6,000 meters, Lu Yu’s defensive range began to be challenged by 200,000 King Sovereign-level demonic beasts.
Despite his immense strength, he couldn’t hold out against 200,000 King Sovereigns.
Lu Yu gritted his teeth and shouted, “This is the limit! Immortal King, hold them off!”
*Buzz!*
The Immortal King and the puppet unleashed their Kingly might, a true King’s power.
Countless King Sovereigns were forced to the ground.
At the same time, the Kingly might of the Immortal King and the puppet was fully activated.
A battle axe and a pair of gauntlets radiated immense energy, charging into the beast horde like three dragons made of starlight, slaying 100,000 King Sovereigns and carving a path forward.
*Boom!*
The Blood Weeping Inheritor opened his mouth wide, and blood within a radius of hundreds of zhang formed a blood cloud that surged into his body.
Of the 100,000 beasts killed by the Star Artifacts, 30,000 died instantly.
No matter the creature, revival required blood or a special ability.
Without blood, these beasts had no chance of survival.
The Immortal King shouted sternly, “Forward! This is only temporary suppression, not a true kill!”
As he spoke, his other hand slammed forward, poison gas transforming into a vast ocean sweeping ahead.
Tens of thousands of half-revived King Sovereigns wailed as their flesh melted into black water, seeping into the earth.
With Star Artifacts, the Blood Weeping Star Soul, and poison, the group advanced even faster.
…
At 8,000 meters, they reached their previous limit.
As Lu Yu and the others took this step, two beasts in the demonic horde transformed, becoming Kings.
The Chaos Inheritor exclaimed in shock, “They’ve truly become Kings!”
The Blazing Fire Inheritor was equally stunned. “Is this about to spark a King-level battle?”
The Immortal King gritted his teeth. “Prepare yourselves. My next strike will fully activate the Star Artifact’s attack. It’s enough to carve a path straight to 9,500 meters. Once the path opens, charge in with everything you’ve got!”
Lu Yu added, “Everyone, in the final 500 meters, I’ll go all out with my attack and stop protecting you. Bring out your full strength to hold off those Kings!”
“Alright!”
“We understand!”
“If I survive this battle, I’ll treat everyone to drinks!”
“Haha, good!”
The group laughed, casting aside thoughts of life and death.
The Star Artifacts in the hands of the Immortal King and the puppet began to glow, their light like massive star rivers coiling around the weapons, sweeping outward. The Star Artifacts shone like radiant stars.
The Star Artifacts were truly activated.
The starlight rivers alone, sweeping across countless King Sovereign-level beasts, shattered them into pieces.
*Boom, boom—*
Two pillars of starlight shot into the sky. A hundreds-of-zhang-long battle axe shadow slashed down from one pillar, splitting the earth and void, striking a newly ascended beast King.
The beast’s fur stood on end as it endured the full force of the Star Artifact, its body torn open, flung backward, and crushing all beasts in its path into bloody pulp.
At the same time, a massive pair of fists shot out from the other pillar, smashing toward another King.
As the Immortal King had promised, the path ahead opened.
A 1,500-meter-long, hundreds-of-zhang-wide vacuum appeared in the beast horde.
“Charge!”
Lu Yu roared, stomping the ground and leading the charge forward.
At the same time, the invisible sword qi around him retracted into his body, then erupted as endless chilling rays.
Each ray split in an instant, billions of rays twisting into ten billion blades in the air, forming a thousand-zhang-long sword dragon.
The sword dragon swept through the heavens and earth, blood raining wherever it passed, widening the path ahead.
At that moment, with no barriers left, the surrounding beasts closed in on the group instantly.
Everyone was prepared. By the time the beasts reached them, they were already hundreds of meters away.
*Boom!*
After crossing 8,500 meters, two more King-level auras emerged.
The group’s hearts tightened, but no one stopped.
The path carved by the Star Artifacts and sword dragon had already been half-filled by the beasts on both sides.
All this happened in just a third of a second after the path was opened.
At 9,000 meters…
Four more King-level auras appeared.
The eight King-level auras clashed with the Immortal King and the puppet’s power, their forces spreading across the earth, engulfing the harbor and the surrounding battlefield.
Six newly ascended beast Kings roared in unison, charging to block the group from reaching the beast crystal.
The Blood Weeping Inheritor gritted his teeth. “Charge! I can hold them off for one minute!”
He turned abruptly, blood spraying from his pores, coalescing in his palm.
“Blood Domain!” he roared, slamming his palm into the ground.
“The final 500 meters—open it!” the Immortal King shouted, activating the Star Artifacts alongside the puppet once more.
Though the charge time was short, preventing full activation, it was enough to carve a 500-meter path.
The Star Artifact’s light slashed open another gap, and the group saw the foot-long beast crystal suspended less than 100 meters above the pit.
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