Chapter 549: The King’s Skill

People in the Treasure Vault were incredibly excited and thrilled.

Lu Yu actually won a bet against a King and even acquired the opponent’s royal skill through the wager.

This is truly unprecedented news, never seen before and never to be seen again.

A crowd gathered around, watching as Lu Yu crushed the crystal stone in his hand.

From within the crystal stone, a hawk-shaped shadow the size of a fist darted out and directly merged into Lu Yu’s body.

Boom!

A colossal three-eyed eagle, stretching a thousand zhang across the void behind Lu Yu, soared straight into the heavens.

This giant eagle is entirely golden, with its wings constructed from golden bones.

The third eye at the center of the brow split open, releasing a dazzling golden light that pierced through the void.

The shadow of the eagle retracted, instantly vanishing entirely into Lu Yu’s body.

The air around Lu Yu surged, and invisible winds lifted him, carrying him away from the ground.

Bang!

Lu Yu’s back split open, revealing a pair of massive blue eagle wings stretching over one hundred zhang in length, unfolding behind him.

The eagle’s wings remained still, yet the airflow above them disturbed the surrounding void, causing Lu Yu to hover in the sky.

A king without a crown said solemnly, “It seems the legend is true. The bone wings of the Heaven-Sundering King are golden—an indication of a transformation that occurs only after one attains the power of a king.”

A large amount of text was appearing and flickering before Lu Yu’s eyes.

Sky-Sundering Wing:

Rank: King.

Restriction: Only a powerful individual who possesses the strength of a king is worthy to wield the Sky-Sundering Wings. For ordinary people, the Sky-Sundering Wings are utterly useless.

Description: The Sky-Sundering Wings represent the most powerful skill of the rare Sky-Sundering Beast. After the King of the Sky-Sundering defeated this beast and acquired its skill, he ascended to the King level. The ability of the Sky-Sundering Wings has far surpassed that of the original beast, evolving into a mighty King-level skill. The power of the Sky-Sundering Wings increases as the cultivator’s strength grows. When fully extended, the ultimate Sky-Sundering Wings can reach a thousand miles in length.

Ability: The Sky-Sundering Wings can disrupt the flow of void energy, causing all living beings within a radius of one hundred kilometers to lose their teleportation abilities and all forms of concealment skills. When the owner reaches King-level power, the radius can expand to one thousand kilometers.

Skill – Divine Speed: When the Heaven-Sundering Wings vibrate, they enable the user to reach the ultimate speed. This allows the user to dash through most barriers and obstructions without hindrance. Once the user attains King-level power, he can ignore all but a few extremely rare barriers and blockades. Flight while in the Divine Speed state generates storms, which will destroy everything in their path!

Skill – Rift Beam: The light sphere concentrated on the Heaven-Sundering Wings possesses the power to ignore the spatial seals of King-level beings and penetrate most armors. At the current stage, it is possible to concentrate up to one hundred thousand Rift Beams.

Skill – Heaven-Sundering Eye: This is the ultimate skill obtained after the Heaven-Sundering King devoured the Heaven-Sundering Beast, a power that only a king can unleash. The Heaven-Sundering Eye can penetrate any defense outside of a domain, capable of resisting star artifacts and even destroying the strength of a king. Once hit by the Heaven-Sundering Eye, recovery abilities become ineffective. If the target cannot defeat the user, the wounds inflicted by the Heaven-Sundering Eye will never heal.

Lu Yu took a deep breath of the cold air.

This is the skill of the King. It’s an exclusive ability of the King, and those without the power of the King cannot easily use it.

This is too powerful.

Each of the three skills is incredibly powerful. Moreover, the ability of the Heaven-Sundering Wings grows alongside the strength of its owner, ultimately reaching its peak with the King.

If one reaches the peak of strength, a single strike from the Heaven-Sundering Wing could destroy nearly half of China.

Is this the power of a king?

Lu Yu stood in the void, remaining silent for a long while before finally speaking, as he explained the effects of the Heaven-Sundering Wing to the gathered crowd.

The land remained silent for a long time.

No need to show off; not a single person here is weak.

If the Sky-Sundering Wing were to be unleashed by King Wang at his peak, the power would be so immense that it could tear through heaven and earth.

If a storm in the Divine Speed state sweeps across the land, and if its wings stretch a thousand miles wide, tearing through the heavens, just a single sweep could destroy an entire nation.

Wang, this is the power of Wang.

“This is the King’s exclusive ability; it cannot be used without the power of the King.”

Even the “Uncrowned King” and others were hearing the true attributes of the King’s Skill for the first time.

“No wonder they say the King’s power is unmatched. His skills are terrifying.”

The high stakes caused a sensation.

However, soon all parties calmed down.

Lu Yu once again disappeared from people’s sight.

The guardian’s protection period is about to expire.

Lu Yu felt the pressure mounting.

Previously, he thought nine years would be enough to defeat the other party’s guardian. Now he is certain that it might be a king.

Such a guardian, combined with the resources he might possess—that’s what truly frightens him.

Except for duplicating the Sky-splitting King’s clone every three days, Lu Yu almost never left the starry expanse.

He must quickly grasp the Fire King’s ability of the Ascension Tablet and the destruction power of the King’s Respect.

He gave up his rest, almost turning one year into two.

The more King Cheng understood the Tablet of Accomplishment, the clearer he became about the gap between himself and the King.

The power of the Fire King was becoming increasingly evident upon him.

His flames grew increasingly fierce.

Liu Xing gathered a large number of the Demon King’s bodies, while Lu Yu continuously entered the Sovereign Realm to challenge enemies of equal strength to himself.

Wang Zun’s destructive power continued to grow during the battles, and after a year of cultivation, his comprehension had approached seventy percent.

During this year, significant changes also began to occur in the outside world.

Major organizations that possessed the使用权 of undead puppets went into a frenzy of expansion and secretly began amassing large quantities of King’s Blood and Blood of the Monarch.

On the black market, the prices of Wang Xue’s and Wang Zun’s blood have soared to astronomical levels.

Even someone offered a price of two hundred billion Star Spirit Stones, ten drops of Evolution Elixir, and one hundred Blue Star Souls for just a drop of blood from the Snake Demon.

As soon as such a bounty was announced, it immediately stirred the hearts of dozens of powerful Zun experts.

Even the Heaven God Organization and others were left stunned.

The value of blood, only they know.

They must use each quota cautiously, ensuring that the individual’s future development and potential are qualified to reach at least the level of King Zun.

Otherwise, this blood would be wasted.

Major organizations dare not act recklessly, and the replicated clones are also extremely rare.

After all, the blood of the King and the blood of the King’s Ancestor are extremely difficult to obtain.

They tried to purchase from Lu Yu but were all rejected. So far, each organization has managed to replicate at most two or three copies.

Even they were taken aback when they heard the news.

“Yeah, who’s the one who’s gone crazy? Actually offering such an astronomical price.”

“A commoner couldn’t possibly offer such a price—it’s enough to buy an entire major city. Which country or faction is behind this?”

“Other than Lu Yu, who else would pay such a price? The Snake Demon has unlimited potential, and Lu Yu wants to obtain its blood before it fully grows.”

The desperadoes are on the move.

Even a King Zun who had not fully regained his peak strength was dispatched.

Finally, the Snake Demon was discovered engaging in a battle with a King Zun at a perilous location on the Demon Hunter Plains.

The Snake Demon was incredibly powerful, actually engaging in a five-day-and-night battle with Wang Zun before eventually retreating in defeat.

Prince Zun was also seriously injured.

But he managed to obtain five drops of the blood of the Snake Demon.

The Snake Demon returned to the Snake Clan. The clan’s ancient ancestor emerged with a star-forged weapon, but the King Revered had already vanished without a trace.

No one knows whose hands the blood of the Snake Demon has fallen into.

It must be for a reason that only the blood of the Snake Demon is required.

But no one really knows what’s going on!

Immediately afterwards, while various factions were still speculating, the black market’s bounty was announced once again.

Hell King, Rift Heaven King, Parasite King, and even Reincarnation King were all listed as wanted, with prices higher than the Snake Demon’s by a factor of two.

“Mad, mad.”

The entire world trembled.

Such a grand gesture—this person was practically a madman.

This power and wealth make many people feel apprehensive.

Several kings were extremely surprised and began to act more cautiously.

One day——

On a not-so-small island nation in the vast ocean, a powerful force surged into the sky.

Boom.

A demon’s shadow, towering hundreds of feet high, appeared above the island, its power shattering ten thousand heavens.

The tsunami surged violently, sweeping across all directions.

Countless demons on the island knelt down and cheered.

The power of the King of Hell has reached ten thousand zuns, which is the limit of strength.

This means that as long as the King of Hell is given some time, he will be able to restore his royal powers.

The world was shaken.

The Qin family of Huaxia rejoiced.

Because the more powerful the King of Hell becomes, the safer and more secure the protection for his family, the Qin family, will be.

“Lu Yu, you’re finished!” some members of the Qin family even shouted.

All factions were shaken, not expecting it to be the Hell King who would first reach the limit of power.

On the same day, a recipe spread out across the world.

The cultivation method of the Hundred Refinements Demon Body!

This news swept through like a flood, drowning out the news of the King of Hell, driving the world into a frenzy.

The Hundred Refinement Demonic Body is indeed the key to becoming a king. Only by possessing the Hundred Refinement Demonic Body can one cultivate the power of a king.

After seeing this recipe, Lu Yu couldn’t help but feel deeply moved.

Although this is a later流传配方 of the Hundred Refinements Demonic Body, it is not the original one he used.

Using this recipe, one can also forge the Hundred Refinements Demonic Body.

“I feel this is a conspiracy,” the elder said seriously to Lu Yu. “Someone must have deliberately done this, although no one knows the real target. Even in any past era, such a recipe would never have been spread in this way. You must be careful—it could be directed at you.”

Lu Yu was very grateful for the elder’s reminder and said, “Don’t worry, Senior. Unless they can destroy the Fanggang, it won’t be easy for them to kill me.”

The old man left.

Lu Yu continued to cultivate day and night without rest.

The second realm has finally been completed.

At the moment the city wall closed, the entire Fanggang seemed to be shrouded in a thick mist.

Even as the city closed in, people felt the terrifying pressure from the hundreds of meters of urban structures looming over them.

It was as if this second domain were a colossal ferocious beast. Merely standing on the wall, they were already under tremendous pressure, their soul power feeling suppressed, as if their strength had been reduced by nearly two-tenths.

A mist formed a barrier more than ten meters outside the second domain. People outside the city could not see through the fog surrounding the city walls.

Meanwhile, people inside the city standing on the city walls could clearly see everything outside.

When the second domain converged, the city wall transformed into a transparent crystal barrier. The dozens of meters thick crystal wall was flawless, not a single blemish. Standing beneath the wall, it was as if the barrier didn’t exist at all; you could see right through it to everything outside the city.

“The Fanggang is truly completed!” Ten thousand soldiers cheered with joy.

This would be their city, an impregnable fortress of bronze and iron.

All parties involved in the construction were extremely excited.

Because this indicates that their base in this city will also be the safest.

However, to their surprise, they received an invitation from Lu Yu.

The construction of the second domain is not limited to these aspects, and the upcoming developments will transform this fortress into the most formidable fortress in the world.