Lei Wen stared at the figure opposite him with a face full of shock, secretly cursing himself for committing the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and at such a fatal moment at that. It seemed that today he was in serious trouble.
In truth, this could not really be blamed on Lei Wen, because Liu Bai's current age was simply far too deceptive.
Although the Great Thousand World was not lacking in old monsters capable of maintaining a youthful appearance, there was still a considerable difference between such people and truly young individuals. Someone like Liu Bai, who looked to be only around twenty years old, could naturally be identified at a glance.
Precisely because he saw that Liu Bai was young and that his cultivation was inferior to his own, Lei Wen subconsciously developed a sense of contempt.
Of course, that alone was not truly fatal. What was truly deadly was that Liu Bai's strength had completely exceeded the bounds of common sense. Even genuine heaven defying geniuses were not unheard of to him, but someone who could, at the Second Grade Sovereign Realm, severely injure a Third Grade Sovereign purely through cultivation without relying on any external power was something that had already surpassed his understanding.
"How is it? You seem very surprised."
The next instant, a faint voice suddenly sounded beside Lei Wen's ear. His body jolted violently, and his eyes widened in shock.
"How is that possible? You are only a Second Grade Sovereign. How can you mobilize spatial power!"
At that moment, he had clearly sensed fluctuations in the surrounding space. For the other party to appear beside him without his notice was absolutely not something that could be achieved by speed alone.
A smile curved at the corner of Liu Bai's mouth. "A frog at the bottom of a well. How could you know how vast the heavens truly are."
To mobilize spatial power required one to reach at least the Fifth Grade Sovereign Realm, or at the very least the peak of the Fourth Grade Sovereign Realm. Yet Liu Bai was an exception.
This was because the Five Elements themselves were the fundamental source forces that constructed the world. When the power of the Five Elements fused together, they could even construct an entirely new world, so naturally they could also mobilize space. Of course, this was only limited to mobilizing space, as the Five Elements and spatial power were still vastly different in nature.
Thus, Liu Bai was essentially borrowing authority by bluffing, taking advantage of the other party's ignorance to frighten Lei Wen, before striking him with a Palm Thunder.
Five colored lightning erupted from Liu Bai's palm and slammed into Lei Wen's body, instantly annihilating most of his physical form.
"A Third Grade Sovereign. With my current cultivation, killing one head on is still somewhat difficult, but using a few tricks can save a lot of effort."
Liu Bai sighed inwardly, but the others had already been completely dumbfounded.
Just moments ago, Yan Kui and Liu Shi had caused such tremendous commotion, with two Celestial forms suppressing heaven and earth. Yet in the end, while those two fought fiercely, it was Liu Bai, who seemed so inconspicuous, who directly killed the City Lord of Thunder Rain City.
"What are you all standing around for? Why are you not attacking? Are you waiting to die?"
Yan Kui roared furiously, instantly snapping the group of Sovereigns who had yet to recover from their shock back to their senses.
In an instant, six Second Grade Sovereigns roared in anger as enormous figures began to manifest in the sky.
It was obvious that they too had been frightened by Liu Bai's ghost like methods. The moment they attacked, they summoned their Sovereign Celestial Bodies, striving to unleash their strongest attacks to kill this monster like existence.
"Haha. Good timing!"
Liu Bai laughed loudly. Then, boundless golden light overflowed from his eyes. Brilliant golden radiance erupted and spread across the heavens. In a matter of moments, a five faced demon god that looked as though it were cast entirely from gold appeared between heaven and earth. Endless golden light radiated from its massive form, instantly repelling everything around it.
"Daluo Golden Body?!"
Among those present, the only one with such knowledge was the City Lord of Earthfire City, Yan Kui.
He could not believe it. Had it not been said that the Daluo Golden Body had not appeared for a hundred years? How could this young man before him possess it? Moreover, what rank exactly was this Celestial Body of his? He had never seen anything like it before, yet the terrifying aura it emitted was so overwhelming that it nearly crushed his will to fight.
Six enormous figures launched their attacks simultaneously. Terrifying spiritual energy shook heaven and earth, transforming into towering pillars of light that shot toward the Five Spirit Deity within the golden radiance.
The combined attack of six Second Grade Sovereigns, enhanced by their Celestial Bodies, was something that even Yan Kui would have to retreat from.
Yet Liu Bai merely looked on expressionlessly, allowing those attacks to crash against his Celestial Body.
Boom!
Violent spiritual energy erupted into a raging storm, tearing apart space and sweeping across the heavens.
At this moment, everyone stopped what they were doing, their gazes fixed on the apocalyptic sky as they silently awaited the outcome of the battle.
Soon, at a certain instant, a streak of golden light pierced through the spiritual energy storm. Then a second, a third, until more and more golden rays broke free. In the blink of an eye, blinding golden light filled the entire sky.
At this moment, even the blazing sun seemed to lose its color, hiding itself beneath that golden radiance.
"Look!"
Suddenly, a loud shout rang out across heaven and earth. Everyone then saw a thousand zhang tall giant walk out from within the golden light. Its ferocious five faced appearance immediately revealed its identity.
As the Five Spirit Deity emerged, Liu Bai's figure also appeared in everyone's sight.
The next moment,
"Long live the Grand Commander!"
"Long live the Grand Commander!"
"Long live the Grand Commander!"
Countless members of the Nine Nether Palace shouted with excitement. The thunderous roar surged into the sky. At this moment, the battle intent of the Nine Nether Palace forces had reached its absolute peak. Even those who had just surrendered were filled with pride, their reverence for Liu Bai skyrocketing.
There was no helping it. This was a world where strength reigned supreme. Only absolute strength could make all things submit beneath one's feet.
In stark contrast to the soaring morale of the Nine Nether Palace, the six Second Grade Sovereigns who had launched the joint attack were filled with disbelief. Their full power assault had failed to leave even the slightest mark on the opponent's Celestial Body. What was the point of continuing to fight?
At this moment, the Thunder Rain City forces had completely lost their will to fight. Many had already turned and fled.
Liu Bai naturally did not care about the others, but these Sovereign level experts before him were another matter. In his eyes, each of them was a walking bundle of experience points.
"Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light!"
Towering five colored radiance spread out, instantly enveloping the fleeing figures.
Those trapped within the five colored divine light felt their entire bodies melting within just a few breaths. In the end, bones and souls were annihilated, and they died utterly.
This scene made everyone's scalp go numb. Many who had not yet managed to flee directly chose to surrender, losing even the courage to run.
Others might be able to surrender, but Yan Kui could not.
Given the deep hatred between him and Lion Tiger Mountain, even if he wanted to surrender, the other side would never accept it.
Watching as Liu Bai slaughtered more than a dozen Sovereign experts with ease, Yan Kui was finally scared out of his wits. The massive magma giant merged its body into a charge, smashing Liu Shi back hundreds of miles. Then, the magma covering his body exploded violently. Countless flames formed a fiery curtain, blocking the line of sight behind him.
"He is trying to escape?"
Liu Bai immediately sensed Yan Kui's intention. His hand seals changed, and the red mask representing the Fire Deity among the Five Spirit Deity flew up. It opened its massive mouth and inhaled, instantly devouring all the flames in the sky.
Then Liu Bai shot into the sky, transforming into a golden arc of light. In the blink of an eye, he crossed countless distances and appeared above Yan Kui, slamming his palm downward.
A sky covering giant hand descended from above, smashing Yan Kui, who had yet to fully escape the battlefield, straight into the ground.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
At this moment, Yan Kui felt as though every bone in his body had been crushed. He could not mobilize even the slightest trace of spiritual energy.
In the next instant, a streak of purple lightning descended from beyond the heavens. It slid across Yan Kui's neck with a swift push and pull, and a fine head instantly rolled to the ground, then was carried away by an invisible force.
Only then did the headless corpse left on the spot suddenly spurt out massive amounts of blood. Immediately afterward, golden lightning descended from the sky, directly annihilating the corpse into fine dust, completely dispersing it without a trace.
At this time, outside Thunder Rain City, the army of the Nine Nether Palace was gathering the surrendered troops, while Qiu Shan and Fang Lei had already led the Nine Nether Guards to occupy the city and organize the spoils of this battle.
Many small and medium forces that had survived this great battle by sheer luck chose to submit. However, a large number of people still fled the city, and some might even escape the Thunder Flame Plain afterward.
There was no helping it. The greatest weakness of the Nine Nether Palace was its lack of manpower. It was simply unrealistic to wipe out so many people in one sweep.
When Liu Bai appeared before Liu Shi carrying Yan Kui's head, the burly man, who was filled with regret moments ago, was immediately overwhelmed with gratitude.
Although he had wanted to personally avenge his brother, his strength was only evenly matched with the opponent's. If the other party was determined to flee, there was no way he could stop him.
What he did not know was that all of this had already been within Liu Bai's expectations. After all, this was not something Liu Bai could easily intervene in directly. Only after Liu Shi suffered a setback could Liu Bai step in to finish off this walking bundle of experience. In doing so, he not only gained experience but also earned the gratitude of Liu Shi and Fang Lei, uncle and nephew alike. Killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it?
While the fierce battle at Thunder Rain City was at its peak, far away tens of thousands of miles away in Earthfire City, another great battle was also unfolding.
The defending side was naturally led by the Earthfire City Vice City Lord, who was also a Third Grade Sovereign, along with the city's experts. As for the attacking side, it was the Ye Zhan siblings of Slash Moon City, who had been secretly assigned a mission by Liu Bai.
At this moment, the city walls of Earthfire City had already been breached. Violent spiritual energy fluctuations continuously swept through the city. Anyone could see that the struggle between the two sides for control of the city had reached its most critical stage.
Because nearly seventy percent of the city's experts had been taken away by Yan Kui, Earthfire City was now in a completely disadvantageous position. Under the fierce offensive of the Slash Moon City army led by Ye Yue, clad in silver armor, it was already on the verge of collapse.
In the sky, the battle between Earthfire City Vice City Lord Xu Bai and Slash Moon City City Lord Ye Zhan had also reached the point where victory and defeat were about to be decided.
Although both were Third Grade Sovereigns, Xu Bai had only just broken through to the Third Grade, while Ye Zhan had already reached the mid Third Grade. As a result, Ye Zhan held the upper hand throughout the entire fight.
Not everyone possessed the ability to fight above their level, let alone someone like Liu Bai, who could directly cross an entire major realm and still kill his opponent. That kind of halo belonged only to a protagonist. Minor characters could only dream of it.
Seeing that defeat was inevitable, Xu Bai proved to be a decisive person. He directly abandoned Earthfire City and prepared to retreat tactically.
"Haha, trying to leave now. Do you not think it is too late!"
Ye Zhan no longer showed the aloof coldness he had displayed back in Earthfire City. He threw his head back and laughed loudly as a violent ribbon of spiritual energy swept out from his hand, directly surging toward the retreating Xu Bai.
Xu Bai's expression changed immediately. He hurriedly struck out, clashing head on with that ribbon of spiritual energy.
Boom!
Spiritual energy fluctuations erupted. Xu Bai let out a muffled groan and was blasted backward over a hundred meters.
The reason neither of them had used their Sovereign Celestial Body was that the Celestial Body was the final trump card of every Sovereign. Once it was deployed, it meant fighting to the death.
At that point, there would be no chance to escape, unless one did what Yan Kui had done and directly detonated the Celestial Body to buy time to flee.
However, Yan Kui's Earthfire Celestial Body was extremely special. Its self detonation mainly blew apart the outer magma layer used to construct the Celestial Body, while the core itself was not significantly affected, meaning it could be repaired given enough time.
Other people's Celestial Body were not like that. If they truly self detonated, the only option would be to cultivate it all over again.
Since Xu Bai had no intention of sharing life and death with Earthfire City, he naturally would not cut off his own retreat while fighting Ye Zhan.
The moment the Slash Moon City army appeared at Earthfire City, Xu Bai had already formed a terrifying guess. That was that Slash Moon City had already pledged allegiance to the Nine Nether Palace back when the alliance was discussed. If that was the case, did it not mean that they had completely underestimated the strength of the Nine Nether Palace from the very beginning?
If so, what kind of situation would the Thunder Rain City front line be in now?
Clearly, Xu Bai's will to fight was extremely low at this moment. As this thought flashed through his mind, his gaze flickered, and he suddenly turned around and fled.
The moment he fled, the experts of Earthfire City instantly lost all battle intent and scattered in retreat.
On the Slash Moon City side, morale soared. One after another, they pursued relentlessly, looking as if they were determined to annihilate all these enemies.
Fortunately, Ye Yue clearly remembered the mission Liu Bai had given them, which was only to occupy Earthfire City. She quickly restrained her subordinates and began to take control of the city, which had been nearly smashed to ruins.
From this point on, all the notable forces across the Thunder Flame Plain had either submitted or been destroyed. As for the remaining ones, they either moved their entire sect away from the Thunder Flame Plain or directly chose to submit.
For these minor forces, as long as they could continue to survive, that was enough. Who stood above them did not really matter, as they were exploited no matter who ruled anyway.
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