Chapter 208: Crushing

After Lu Qingshan arrived at the area where the supreme treasure was manifesting, he also began to seriously observe the many powerful figures around him.

Thanks to Wang Erren's warning, he had received the news relatively early, and since he could use his Divine Kingdom to teleport directly to the Tian Sha Sea region, his arrival speed was quite fast.

Precisely because of this, the number of powerful figures gathered here at this moment was not very large, probably only around several tens of thousands.

Averaged across the four major camps, the number of powerful figures in each camp was still less than ten thousand.

Of course, those daring to appear here at this time were at least Peak Hei Fengwang-level experts, and they also needed to possess numerous powerful methods.

Otherwise, once the true battle began, they would likely quickly become cannon fodder.

As for those at the Early Hei Fengwang or High Hei Fengwang levels, they might still be able to act tyrannically in other regions, but once they appeared here at this specific time point, they could not even withstand the residual waves from the clashes of others that were about to follow.

Precisely because of this, these people knew their own strength was limited, and the risk of the supreme treasure manifesting was astonishingly great, so naturally no one would run here to throw their lives away!

Even among those Peak Hei Fengwang-level experts, most were warlike, bloodthirsty, and quite confident in their own strength.

They felt this was an opportunity belonging to them; even if they could not seize the treasure, once the various supreme experts began slaughtering each other, and once a supreme expert was severely injured or perished, they too would have a chance to obtain vast wealth.

Of course, these people only dared to hide in the outermost area, not daring to approach the region closest to where the supreme treasure was manifesting.

And for Lu Qingshan, those powerful figures intending to fish in troubled waters posed absolutely no threat to him.

What he needed to pay the most attention to were those supreme experts with sufficient strength to seize the supreme treasure.

Just like that, with a sweep of his gaze, Lu Qingshan quickly discovered some powerful figures with the strength to contend for the supreme treasure.

"Jin Wu Wang!"

This was a supreme expert of the Mechanical Race who had always been active on the Outer Battlefield, whose strength was extremely close to that of an Invincible Hei Fengwang, and who was also the teacher of one of Lu Qingshan's enemies, 'Jin Ming Wang'.

The reason Lu Qingshan had not immediately gone to annihilate Jin Ming Wang, who only possessed High Hei Fengwang-level strength, was because he was quite wary of this Jin Wu Wang.

Fortunately, he had now comprehended Time Stop, his strength had increased significantly, and even though this Jin Wu Wang possessed no soul, he still had a chance to suppress, or even annihilate, the opponent!

"Qing Tang Wang!"

An Invincible Hei Fengwang of the Insect Race, whose strength was extremely terrifying, and who was extremely skilled in movement techniques, absolutely one of the supreme experts with the best chance of seizing the supreme treasure.

Fortunately, this Qing Tang Wang was relatively weak in soul defense; with Lu Qingshan's current soul attack capabilities, even if he could not annihilate the opponent's soul, he could still greatly affect the opponent's speed.

"Sovereign Beihai!"

One of the recently risen supreme geniuses of the Human Race, and also a disciple of You Hou Zhi Zhu.

This person had cultivated for less than a million years yet already possessed strength close to that of an Invincible Hei Fengwang; although his talent could not compare to monsters like Tian Shi Zunzhe, it was no different from the Seven Sword Wang, Meng Sui Wang, and others who had appeared in the original work, truly extremely brilliant and outstanding!

"Huo Huangwang!"

"Hei Guang Wang!"

Lu Qingshan looked at one supreme expert after another; with his current authority within the Human Race, he could naturally easily query the data on these supreme experts.

Among these supreme experts, the number of powerful figures from the four peak races was not very large; altogether, there were only a little over a hundred.

After all, throughout the entire vast universe, although the four peak races occupied the most core territories of the universe, if one only looked at the size of the territories, the combined territories of the four peak races probably did not even reach one percent of all the territories of the Primitive Universe!

And just at this moment...

Lu Qingshan once again saw two other Hei Fengwang Immortals of the Human Race, and subsequently, a slight shock arose in his heart.

Unlike Sovereign Beihai, who was a newly risen supreme expert, these two Hei Fengwang Immortals had been Hei Fengwang Immortals for a very long time, and had even exchanged words with Lu Qingshan several times.

Fortunately, they had not met Lu Qingshan in reality, so for the moment, they could not recognize that the currently famous King Lingjian Wang was actually Wan Jie Wang Lu Qingshan.

Immediately after, Lu Qingshan's gaze quickly fell upon a towering figure over a thousand meters tall, who was precisely the Meng Yao Zu camp expert who had killed him back then, Shi Jia Wang!

"Shi Jia Wang!" Lu Qingshan looked at the opponent, and killing intent instantly appeared in his twin pupils!

And at the same moment Lu Qingshan looked at Shi Jia Wang, Shi Jia Wang also noticed Lu Qingshan.

"King Lingjian Wang!" At this moment, after seeing Lu Qingshan, Shi Jia Wang's heart was also quite vigilant.

Although the Meng Yao Zu camp's communication system was very weak, Shi Jia Wang had heard about the matter of Lu Qingshan killing Lan Haiwang and Xuan Fengwang back then, and drawing a stalemate with Huo Huangwang.

When he first heard this news back then, Shi Jia Wang's heart was undoubtedly extremely skeptical, but after he confirmed the authenticity of the news, the skepticism in his heart turned into shock.

You must know, Lan Haiwang's strength was no different from his own!

But how much time had passed since Lu Qingshan perished in his hands until now, to be able to kill Lan Haiwang so easily?

Fortunately, he later gathered data and learned that what Lu Qingshan was best at was soul attacks!

"Fortunately, this King Lingjian Wang is best at soul attacks!"

At this moment, Shi Jia Wang's heart was undoubtedly extremely relieved: "Otherwise, this time I would probably have fallen into the hands of this King Lingjian Wang!"

"However, I have no soul at all, and my Divine Body is tens of thousands of times greater than yours; what can you do to me now?"

Thinking of this, Shi Jia Wang glanced at Lu Qingshan even more contemptuously!

"Shi Jia Wang!"

Lu Qingshan immediately looked at the opponent: "I didn't expect you would still dare to appear before me!"

"King Lingjian Wang?"

Shi Jia Wang looked at Lu Qingshan, then sneered and said: "What, are you going to fight me right now?"

The other powerful figures around, seeing that a conflict had arisen between Lu Qingshan and Shi Jia Wang, also turned their attention to the two with great interest.

For them, whether it was Lu Qingshan or Shi Jia Wang, both were enemies in their upcoming struggle for the supreme treasure, so naturally they were happy to watch the spectacle.

If Lu Qingshan and Shi Jia Wang really fought, perhaps they could even get rid of two powerful competitors in advance!

Some powerful figures even began secretly transmitting thoughts to communicate with friends beside them.

"You say, if Shi Jia Wang and King Lingjian Wang really fight, whose chances of winning are higher?"

"It should be King Lingjian Wang; he is someone who could draw a stalemate with Huo Huangwang!"

"I think it's Shi Jia Wang! The reason King Lingjian Wang could draw a stalemate with Huo Huangwang relied more on his powerful soul attacks! Shi Jia Wang has no soul at all, so naturally he fears not King Lingjian Wang's soul attacks!"

"Exactly! King Lingjian Wang's methods in material attacks are actually not much stronger than Shi Jia Wang's, but Shi Jia Wang's Divine Body is a full thousand meters tall; even if it comes down to attrition, he will wear King Lingjian Wang to death!"

On the other side, seeing Shi Jia Wang's brazen and unafraid demeanor, Lu Qingshan found it somewhat amusing.

To be honest, before his understanding of the laws broke through, killing Shi Jia Wang would have been extremely difficult; at best, he could only exhaust the opponent by relying on the super endurance of his Infinite Divine Sea clone.

But now, with his understanding of the laws elevated to the twentieth layer of the Bridge to Heaven, his strength instantly surged again, and combined with the numerous preparations he made before arriving, annihilating Shi Jia Wang would be absolutely effortless.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately spoke in a cold voice: "Shi Jia Wang, you are seeking death!"

"Hahaha!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Shi Jia Wang immediately laughed loudly: "King Lingjian King, others may fear you, but I do not!"

"Moreover, you must understand that now that powerful experts have gathered here, it is not your turn, a mere King Lingjian King, to run wild!"

Of course, although Shi Jia Wang spoke mockingly, he did not take any action!

After all, the supreme treasure has not yet emerged; if he fought an expert like King Lingjian King beforehand, even if he could force the opponent to retreat, he would still suffer some loss of divine power, and naturally, he would suffer when competing for the supreme treasure later.

Shi Jia Wang did not want to fight, but Lu Qingshan had no intention of letting the other go!

After all, Shi Jia Wang had personally killed him before and caused him great loss; now that a suitable opportunity had arisen, he naturally had to take revenge.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately chose to act!

However, to prevent anyone from teleporting to the supreme treasure and snatching it, the surrounding space had long been sealed by space-sealing techniques cast by countless experts.

With the space sealed at this moment, teleportation was impossible, so Lu Qingshan simply flashed his figure and swiftly used a movement technique to charge toward Shi Jia Wang's location.

"King Lingjian King, you..."

Seeing that Lu Qingshan truly dared to attack him under the gaze of so many experts, Shi Jia Wang was filled with shock and rage in his heart.

But he had no intention of retreating; after all, under the eyes of everyone, if he showed fear before the battle even began, he would never be able to hold his head up again in the future.

"I want to see what exactly gave you the confidence!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan charge toward him with incredibly astonishing speed, Shi Jia Wang sneered in his heart, then simultaneously used a movement technique to rush up to meet him.

In Shi Jia Wang's eyes, he had just killed the King Lingjian King before him not long ago; although the opponent's strength had increased greatly after resurrection, his most skilled soul attacks were ineffective against him, so naturally, he felt no fear whatsoever.

And just then, Lu Qingshan had already crossed a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers, charging directly to the front of Shi Jia Wang.

Because Shi Jia Wang had no soul, Lu Qingshan did not use soul attacks; instead, he directly held the Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword, which emitted a terrifying aura, and fiercely slashed toward the opponent.

Where the Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword slashed, the universe's space constantly collapsed, then completely turned into nothingness.

Whoosh!

On the other side, Shi Jia Wang also confidently swung the long-handled battle blade in his hand, meeting the Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword in Lu Qingshan's hand with a precise angle.

Boom-Boom-Boom!!

The Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword and the long-handled battle blade in Shi Jia Wang's hand collided fiercely; immediately, spaces all around instantly collapsed, turning into endless streams of particles that swept in all directions.

Such terrifying battle aftereffects would likely annihilate even a peak Marquis-level expert instantly.

Fortunately, powerful experts were gathered all around, with the weakest being peak King-level; mere battle aftereffects could not affect the crowd.

"Has King Lingjian King's sword technique improved so much?"

After the violent collision, feeling the profundity of Lu Qingshan's sword technique, Shi Jia Wang was extremely shocked in his heart: "Although the profundity of his moves is still inferior to mine, his foundational power is far stronger than mine!"

"But fortunately, it is within my tolerance; otherwise, I would be in trouble!"

And just as Shi Jia Wang secretly rejoiced in his heart, the Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword in Lu Qingshan's hand once again traced a winding path, then slashed toward Shi Jia Wang again.

What he had used before was merely the first form of the peak secret technique 'Heavenly Thunder Break', but what he was using now had become the second form of the peak secret technique 'Mysterious Thunder Sky Blade'!

Whoosh!

Seeing Lu Qingshan change his move, Shi Jia Wang also swung the long-handled battle blade in his hand again to meet him.

His battle secret technique was more profound than Lu Qingshan's, so naturally, he blocked Lu Qingshan's attack once again.

But this time, after the long-handled battle blade in his hand collided with the Purple Thunder Sky-Wing Sword in Lu Qingshan's hand, he suddenly felt a terrifying aura of destruction seep into his body.

Boom-Boom-Boom!

As his figure exploded backward, fear instantly appeared on Shi Jia Wang's face.

Because just in that collision, his divine power had already lost one-thousandth!

Do not think one-thousandth is small!

You must know, this was a loss without burning divine power!

This means that the King Lingjian King before him could harm the essence of his divine power without suffering any injury himself!

Moreover, his divine body was over a thousand kilometers long; if it were an expert with a smaller divine body, they would likely be severely injured even if not directly annihilated by the King Lingjian King!

"Flee!"

The thought flashed through his mind, and Shi Jia Wang instantly burned his Immortal Divine Power, then fled madly in the direction opposite to Lu Qingshan.

"Wanting to flee now? It's too late!"

With a thought, Lu Qingshan instantly began burning his own Immortal Divine Power, then used a movement technique to charge rapidly toward Shi Jia Wang.

Shi Jia Wang had once created a peak-level movement technique, so even though he was a rock-type lifeform not skilled in speed, his instantaneous burst speed was still incredibly astonishing.

Although Lu Qingshan's movement technique had greatly improved in the past, there was still a distance before it could enter the peak level.

Logically, after Shi Jia Wang fled madly, it would be very difficult for Lu Qingshan to catch up with him relying solely on movement techniques.

And once the opponent rushed out of the space-sealing range, they would immediately disappear via teleportation.

But unfortunately, after this breakthrough in his understanding of the laws, Lu Qingshan had already comprehended the ability of Time Stop.

Under space sealing, space-type experts cannot use teleportation, but the Time Stop of time-type experts can be easily cast!

"Shi Jia Wang!"

A sharp glint flashed in Lu Qingshan's eyes, and he instantly cast the most overpowered special ability possessed by time-type experts: Time Stop!

Only to see a strange wave instantly cover a range of dozens of kilometers around Shi Jia Wang; under the cover of this strange wave, the madly fleeing Shi Jia Wang instantly froze in place—this was the 'Time Stop' cast by Lu Qingshan!

"It's Time Stop!"

"Shi Jia Wang has been hit!"

"Shi Jia Wang cultivates the Source Law of Space; with the surrounding space now sealed, it seems he is doomed!"

At this moment, Lu Qingshan, in his state of burning Divine Power, advanced relentlessly toward Shi Jia Wang after deploying his movement technique, even swinging the Purple Lei Tianyi Sword again.

"It is Time Stop!"

The instant Shi Jia Wang was struck, he understood.

Although his body was affected by 'Time Stop', his will could still think; only his body could not move.

Under Time Stop, his eyes and ears could neither hear sound nor see anything.

He felt only darkness, only silence; only his will remained unaffected!

For a powerful one struck by Time Stop, there are generally two methods to break it.

First, one must also be proficient in the ability of Time Stop;

Second, rely on one's own immense strength or astonishing will to break it!

"Break! Break! Break!"

Shi Jia Wang's will roared wildly.

Regardless, his will had long ago reached the Peak of Hei Fengwang, so it certainly would not be controlled by Time Stop for too long.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Jia Wang's Divine Body, which seemed bound, suddenly became extremely relaxed.

"It's broken!" A hint of joy inevitably appeared on Shi Jia Wang's face.

But just then, a brilliant sword light, like a tide, surged to his front.

"Block it for me!"

Shi Jia Wang's will roared; he wanted to deploy his Blade Art to block that brilliant sword light.

He knew that previously, when he blocked with his Blade Art, he lost one-thousandth of his Divine Power; now, if his Divine Body were directly struck by this King Lingjian King's sword light, what then?

But unfortunately, Lu Qingshan's sword technique was not much inferior to his, and having already surged to his front, even if he exerted all his strength, he could not block it!

Boom-boom-boom!

That sword light, like a tide, instantly struck Shi Jia Wang's Divine Body; the power unleashed instantly reached the tolerance limit of the armor he had purchased for one hundred billion Shield Zhu units.

Boom-boom-boom!!

Under this terrifying power, Shi Jia Wang's Divine Body exploded directly into powder.

Subsequently, countless particles of powder rapidly reformed Shi Jia Wang's Divine Body, but his aura had clearly weakened!

"This, this..."

Feeling his own Divine Power, Shi Jia Wang was utterly shocked in his heart: "My Divine Body has actually lost twelve percent?"

While Shi Jia Wang was shocked in his heart, the other Hei Fengwang Immortals watching the battle around him were all stunned as well.

"Shi Jia Wang's aura has actually weakened so much?"

"Didn't they say this King Lingjian King's material attacks are very weak? How is it possible to annihilate over ten percent of Shi Jia Wang's Divine Body in a single strike?"

Previously, when Shi Jia Wang fled after Lu Qingshan killed him, their reactions were relatively calm, but when they saw Lu Qingshan cause Shi Jia Wang's aura to weaken so obviously with a single strike, they were all dumbfounded!

"Even Shi Jia Wang's massive Divine Body lost so much in one go; if it were us, we would probably be annihilated in a single strike!"

"Is this King Lingjian King actually this strong?"

"This is simply too incredible!"

For a moment, countless Hei Fengwang powerful ones looked at the scene before them with utter shock, even those most confident in seizing the heavy treasure.

They knew that scenes of one powerful one crushing another were something they had seen countless times on the Outer Battlefield, and they had even experienced them many times themselves.

It was just that the enemies crushed by them back then were mostly High-level Hei Fengwang, or even Low-level Hei Fengwang.

But now, the one crushed by the King Lingjian King was the famous Shi Jia Wang, Shi Jia Wang who was quite renowned throughout the entire Outer Battlefield.

(End of this chapter)