“For the sake of Brother Baisha’s wager, I must give it my all.” Although Dongbo Xueying was honing his secret techniques, he was also swiftly eliminating the black-scaled beasts, killing each one as soon as it appeared. “These beasts are growing stronger. Other techniques barely affect them now—I must rely on ‘Starfall Annihilation’.”
Even his ultimate piercing technique, ‘Stellar Cluster,’ could only barely puncture a hole, while ‘Primordial Crush’ merely made the beasts cough up blood. Such injuries were too minor; it would take two or three breaths of coordinated attacks with his Void World body to slay a single beast.
Too slow.
He had to rely on ‘Starfall Annihilation.’ Dongbo Xueying wielded his spear, using ‘Starfall Annihilation’ as his killing move, barely maintaining efficiency.
—
“Am I truly incapable of breaking into the top twenty?” Zang Xiao’s grotesque face twisted with frustration as his ghostly figure darted around a black-scaled beast. His twin blood-red blades slashed repeatedly, barely leaving shallow wounds that healed instantly. No matter how fiercely he attacked, he could no longer kill a single beast.
Every passing breath brought another beast into existence.
Now, three beasts surrounded him, overwhelming him with their coordinated assault.
“Master, there are still twenty-six participants remaining,” his servant transmitted. But Zang Xiao refused to accept defeat. Ranked twenty-seventh in the preliminary battles, his pride had been wounded, driving him to fight even harder this time.
Four beasts. Then five.
They swarmed him like a pack of wolves, forcing him into a desperate, humiliating retreat. Yet these beasts were masters of different cosmic laws—some traversed the void effortlessly, others wielded illusions, working together to corner him.
“Master, twenty-five remain.”
“I concede.”
Zang Xiao finally yielded.
Whoosh.
He was expelled from the spherical cage, a deep wound on his chest slowly sealing as he gazed up at the remaining floating arenas. “I fought with everything I had, yet only reached twenty-fifth. The Anhai Prefecture truly teems with experts. Even as an inner disciple of a mighty figure, I’m nothing special—not even close to the top ten.”
As he descended, the countless spectators buzzed with excitement. The battles were only growing more intense.
“Twentieth,” the Divine Court Emissary announced calmly.
“Tenth!” The Emissary’s voice boomed like thunder. “Ninth! Eighth!”
By now, His Highness the Seventh Plum Rain was fighting with desperate ferocity.
Inside his cage, petals swirled like a storm, each one exploding with devastating force upon contact with the beasts. Clad in white, his swordplay was a dance of lethal elegance, his form flickering like a phantom as countless afterimages surrounded his foes. Each strike grew stronger, layering upon the last until, after an uncountable barrage, a beast finally split apart and vanished.
Yet three beasts now prowled his cage. Soon, there would be four.
“It seems this is my limit.”
The Seventh Plum Rain relied on his agility to evade, focusing on one beast at a time. But as their numbers swelled, he found himself barely surviving, unable to land another killing blow.
When five beasts closed in, each overwhelmingly powerful, he finally uttered, “I concede.”
His surrender marked his final rank—seventh in the Survival Battle.
—
“His Highness Plum Rain’s movement techniques are exceptional, granting him a significant advantage in survival battles. His swordplay is a flawless secret art, equally adept at defense and evasion,” remarked the City Lord of Moyun, watching the expelled prince and the six remaining cages. “Seventh place is commendable.”
“His Highness leans toward balance, lacking a decisive killing move,” the Divine Court Emissary added with a smile.
“Brother Baisha, the outcome is clear now. You’re about to lose big,” teased Ronghai Wang. “If you’re short on treasures, I can delay collecting the fifteen million divine crystals you owe me.”
“Shut your mouth,” Baisha Chengzhu snapped, nervously stroking his beard as he stared at the top three cages. “It’s not over yet. Don’t celebrate too soon.”
“Even a fool can see Dongbo is on the verge of collapse,” sneered the yellow-robed Venomous Ying, a female Realm God. “Brother Baisha, between all of us, you’re about to lose a hundred million divine crystals.”
Qin Junzhu nodded. “Dongbo will likely rank third. Zui Guke second. Jiu She first.”
The battles spoke for themselves.
Six participants remained, but three were already at their limits, barely holding on. Dongbo, Zui Guke, and Jiu She could endure longer—yet Dongbo was the most precarious. His Void World body barely shielded him as he fought and fled, but even ‘Starfall Annihilation’ could no longer secure kills, only wound the beasts.
—
Zui Guke, clad in green, wielded a single sword.
His every step seemed to sunder the heavens, each slash a cataclysmic force. Yet even he needed nearly two breaths to slay a single beast. With two beasts now in his cage, more would soon follow.
Still, he could kill.
—
Jiu She remained the most composed.
White-robed, white-haired, with frosty brows, his cold gaze swept the battlefield. Countless copies of him filled the cage, each striking simultaneously. The black-scaled beasts, now immensely powerful, roared and lashed out—but his illusions shattered harmlessly, only for new ones to appear elsewhere.
His clones were infinite.
Their combined strikes annihilated space itself, yet the beasts only suffered wounds. It took multiple coordinated assaults to finally destroy one, but he still managed to kill a beast within a single breath.
Thus, his cage never held more than one beast at a time.
—
“Jiu She can last much longer—he’s the least strained. Zui Guke’s kill rate can’t keep up with the beasts’ spawning; he’ll fall soon. Dongbo can no longer kill, and with two beasts in his cage, he’ll be the first to break,” analyzed the City Lord of Moyun.
Venomous Ying gloated. “Brother Baisha, you’ve lost.”
“No chance of a comeback.”
“Dongbo’s defensive prowess won’t save him. Once the beasts capture him, he’s out.”
Baisha Chengzhu watched in silence, clinging to a sliver of hope.
Regret gnawed at him. *Why did I get so carried away? Just because I won big last time, I had to push my luck again? Brother Dongbo has only cultivated for two thousand years—he’s at a disadvantage.*
Above, the Snowpeak Monarch chuckled to the Anhai Prefecture Lord. “Look at that greedy rat’s face.”
“Losing a hundred million divine crystals must sting,” Anhai Prefecture Lord replied, shaking his head. “A devastating loss.”
—
Inside Dongbo Xueying’s cage, two black-scaled beasts prowled.
Two star-blue-robed Dongbos weaved through the battlefield, focusing their ‘Starfall Annihilation’ strikes on a single beast. Yet even their combined efforts only pierced shallow wounds—the beast’s muscles resisted deeper damage.
“I can’t let their numbers grow!” Dongbo Xueying glanced outside, where Zui Guke and Jiu She still fought. “Time to go all out.”
With a thought, two more star-blue-robed figures materialized.
Four Dongbo Xueyings now surrounded the beast, their spears a blur of lethal intent.
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
‘Starfall Annihilation’ erupted repeatedly, dark stars swelling and collapsing into singular points of destruction. The beast roared in agony as its scales were shredded, bones exposed.
Then—
*Crash!*
All four Dongbos unleashed ‘Primordial Crush,’ their combined might smashing the beast into oblivion.
“I didn’t want to use this,” Dongbo Xueying mused.
**Void World Secret Technique—Manifestation of Truth!**
Back in Red Rock Mountain, at merely the third level of the Void World True Intent, he had created this move. Now, as a Realm God who had grasped the ‘World Heart,’ he had refined it further. With the full power of his World Heart, he could summon eight World Avatars simultaneously.
But relying solely on the Void World’s principles, even with his current mastery, he could only manifest three avatars.
Four was overkill—an overwhelming advantage.
—
“Void World techniques?”
“This kid—?”
Even the Anhai Prefecture Lord and Snowpeak Monarch were stunned.
Baisha Chengzhu, the City Lord of Moyun, Venomous Ying, Ronghai Wang, Qin Junzhu, and the Divine Court Emissary gaped in shock.
Four bodies? Each as powerful as the original?
“To elevate Void World techniques to this level?” The Anhai Prefecture Lord marveled. “Incredible! Most World Heart Realm Gods can only summon nine World Avatars. Yet through Void World techniques alone, he manifests three—his mastery is extraordinary.”
“His Void World Heart surpasses even his Star Heart,” the Snowpeak Monarch agreed. “His Star Heart may take time to evolve into a Primordial Heart, but his Void World Heart could ascend to a World Heart at any moment.”
“Indeed,” the Anhai Prefecture Lord nodded. “We misjudged him. His true strength lies in the Void World Heart.”
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