Chapter 712: The Final Mercy?

In the sky, an eerie silence fell.

Sect Master Tu Feng hovered in midair, gazing at the empty space before him.

Lu Ran felt as though a towering mountain had slammed down upon his heart, making even breathing difficult.

It was truly hard to imagine how those of lower realms in the River and Sea would face such a Great Wu Seng.

It was even harder to imagine whether ordinary people, standing before Sect Master Tu Feng, would suffer shattered livers and gallbladders, dying from suffocation.

"Whoosh!"

Golden qi waves churned around Sect Master Tu Feng's body.

Wu Seng Shen Fa · Solemn Golden Wind?

This technique was a method of purification; it possessed no perceptive abilities, yet objectively, within an environment filled with golden qi waves, the area occupied by an invisible person would be faintly outlined.

"You wish to try?"

Sect Master Tu Feng spoke lightly, holding a golden copper staff casually behind his back.

Beneath his golden Wu Seng robes lay an incredibly muscular physique.

Knots of muscle covered his body, seemingly containing explosive power, making one worry whether his tight, sleek Wu Seng robes would burst apart.

Without needing to bare his teeth in anger, he was already a Vajra!

The living beings in the city could not hear the words spoken in the sky, but the pressure exerted by a Heaven Realm expert was undeniably real!

"Run quickly! Run..."

"Don't... sob..."

"Aaaah!!"

Some broke down crying and screaming, while others stumbled and fled in panic.

Others dropped to their knees, eyes tightly shut, trembling as they begged for mercy.

Perhaps they were praying to their own gods, or perhaps they had mistaken the golden-robed Wu Seng in the sky for a deity and were desperately pleading with him.

Until, from the sky, came a hoarse serpent cry once more.

It completely declared the battle begun!

To Sect Master Tu Feng's question, Lu Ran gave no response.

The python,

answered for him!

Come, fight!

"Tap~" A strange sound rang out abruptly, like a water droplet falling onto a lake surface.

Stepping on his magical artifact, the Three Thousand Ripple Shoes, Sect Master Tu Feng lightly tapped his toe, leaped into the air, and unleashed a fierce spinning kick.

"Roar!!"

Golden energy rapidly assembled, forming a golden dragon with claws bared and fangs exposed; its scale was so magnificent that it could not be fully perceived in an instant.

This was because the human body was too tiny.

The dragon formed of golden energy was assembling from its head onward while roaring as it charged out.

One thing was certain: Lu Ran's thirty-meter-long illusory great python resembled a mere small earthworm before this golden dragon.

Wu Seng Shen Fa · Soaring Cloud Dragon!

"Roar!!"

The golden dragon directly swallowed the illusory white python, charging recklessly toward Lu Ran's location.

Lu Ran's gaze condensed, and he immediately flashed away.

In an instant, the golden dragon surged out of the airspace above the Forbidden City, killing toward the distant sky.

Only now could people clearly see its dimensions.

One thousand meters!

It must be known that the ultimate moves of other sects' Sea Realm experts were merely of the one-thousand-meter scale.

Wu Seng Shen Fa · Soaring Cloud Dragon was not some ultimate move; it was merely a standard technique!

A Heaven-grade Xiao Ji Fa actually possessed such terrifying strength!

If Sect Master Tu Feng's target of attack had been the Forbidden City below, the consequences would have been unthinkable!

The people fleeing in panic below felt their hearts rise to their throats.

Everyone thought of this, and naturally, Lu Ran thought of it too; he certainly would not give Sect Master Tu Feng a chance to stop, casting his technique with haste.

"Whoosh~"

Sect Master Tu Feng suddenly turned his head to the right, where dozens of meters away, a jade Jiang Ruyi scepter appeared out of thin air.

Immediately after, that exquisite jade Jiang Ruyi scepter vanished again.

Because Lu Ran had gripped it in his hand.

Only objects in physical contact with Lu Ran's body while he activated Shen Fa · Wolf Concealment would be included within the "invisible" scope of the divine technique.

Techniques like Xie Fa · Immortal Heaven Python, which assembled and charged out in front of Lu Ran's palm, could not conceal their forms.

"Hiss!!"

The Immortal Heaven Python charged out once more.

This time, its body was no longer illusory but possessed a physical form, and it was no longer of the short, thirty-meter scale.

All along, the Immortal Heaven Python Lu Ran had cast had been a defective product.

This was because the Jade-Faced Serpent clan possessed a basic technique called Jade Jiang Ruyi! Only through the Jade Jiang Ruyi could techniques like Immortal Breath and Immortal Heaven Python be cast in their true, complete forms.

"Roar!!"

The golden dragon's roar sounded once again.

The Great Wu Seng did not dodge at all, clashing head-on with his archenemy!

Heaven Grade: Soaring Cloud Dragon, spanning a thousand meters.

Sea Grade: Immortal Sky Python, spanning only five hundred meters.

Which is stronger and which is weaker was obvious at a glance!

Even with the boost from the Jade Jiang Ruyi, granting the White-Scaled Great Python a flesh-and-blood body, it could not make up for the disadvantage in technique grade.

The golden giant dragon repeated the same trick, about to swallow the Immortal Sky Python alive, but—

A shocking scene unfolded!

As the dragon and python collided with a boom, the White-Scaled Great Python was not as fragile as imagined; instead, it charged into the dragon's maw, wreaking havoc!

Gold and white blended into a single mass.

Dragon and python intertwined together.

Both sides charged at each other, destroying each other.

"Oh?" Peak Master Tu voiced his slight doubt for the first time.

A Sea Grade Xie Fa should have shattered upon contact, yet this...

Why?

Because upon the invisible man blazed the roaring flames exclusive to the Lietianyi Sect—the Lie Huo Tian Kui!

A Heaven Grade divine art?

It is precisely Heaven Grade that we are confronting!

A Heaven Realm expert?

It is precisely the Heaven Realm that we are tackling!

As always: whether you seek mad slaughter or the destruction of all things, as long as you walk the path of your own doom...

I, Divine Lie Tian,

will definitely back you up!

"Whoosh~" Lu Ran's figure flashed abruptly.

Peak Master Tu rarely showed emotional fluctuations; staring at the entangled dragon and python, how could Lu Ran miss such a golden opportunity?

Holding the Jade Jiang Ruyi in one hand and a blade in the other, in the instant he flashed behind Peak Master Tu, his body filled with Lie Tian power, and the blade had already slashed down.

Ran Gate Blade Art, Third Form: Shuo Xing!

Do not flash first and then strike; strike first, then flash!

"Clang!!"

Lu Ran's expression changed drastically!

The sound of metal colliding was extremely piercing, vibrating until his eardrums ached.

Peak Master Tu still faced away from Lu Ran, yet it was as if eyes grew on the back of his head; holding a golden copper staff, he raised his hand in a backhand motion.

The blade in Lu Ran's hand was blocked by the copper staff, unable to descend another fraction.

Suddenly, a startling energy fluctuation erupted.

Lu Ran's pupils contracted, and he subconsciously flashed away to escape.

"Bang!!"

Brilliant golden light shone from the copper staff as a ball of golden energy exploded with a boom.

Wu Seng Shen Fa: Shattered Golden Wind!

"Hehe..." Dozens of meters away, Lu Ran's heaving chest rose and fell violently, his soul still unsettled.

Just moments ago, he had felt the breath of death!

That extreme, intense sense of crisis even made Lu Ran recall a scene he had experienced before in the Human Realm, Great Xia, Lord Bei Feng City.

Back then, the deity Lord Bei Feng had appeared in the world, about to take the lives of Lu Ran and Deng Deng Yuxiang.

It was Lord Sister Xian Xiang Xianyang who ultimately appeared, forcibly dragging the lives of Lu Ran and Deng Deng Yuxiang back from the brink!

Now that Lu Ran was in the Mountain Realm, Lord Sister Xian Xiang Xianyang's reach was too short; that Sister Xian Yang Shen Fa: Body of the Scapegoat was something Lu Ran simply could not use within the Holy Spirit Mountain.

"You are special." Faint words drifted from afar.

Endless pressure, like ocean waves, submerged Lu Ran, not only choking him but making the heart of the man who had just escaped death tremble violently.

Under the God-Demon system, rank suppression overrides everything.

Regardless of a person's character, fighting spirit, or other factors, if you are one major realm higher, you can trample the weak beneath your feet.

And this so-called rank suppression manifests in every aspect.

The Heaven Grade divine art, Shattered Golden Wind, is merely an ordinary technique of the Wusengyi Sect, requiring little effort to unleash.

But for Lu Ran, this "small technique" was fatal!

If Lu Ran was even slightly careless and got caught by the explosion of Shattered Golden Wind, the outcome would inevitably be death.

"Run, youngster, flee as far as you can."

Peak Master Tu spoke slowly, and suddenly two additional bodies grew from his person, transforming him into a three-headed, six-armed figure.

This accounted for facing the enemy in all 360 degrees, leaving no blind spots!

The two newly spawned bodies fiercely grabbed out with their large hands, each gripping an ancient copper staff.

The energy fluctuation on the copper staves was particularly astonishing, as if they might explode at any moment; should any enemy dare approach, they would be blasted into pieces.

Peak Master Tu's original body slowly raised its palm, while high above in the sky, terrifying surges of golden energy churned.

It seemed he no longer intended to tangle with the invisible man; continuing like this would indeed consume time and effort.

"Youngster?" A young man's voice suddenly rang out.

The palm Peak Master Tu had raised high stiffened slightly.

Lu Ran said in a deep voice, "Your mind is clear, so why are you still doing this?"

Did Peak Master Tu even let Lu Ran escape?

That phrase, "The farther you flee, the better," still contained not a shred of emotional fluctuation; it could be understood as contemptuous disdain.

But it could also be understood as advice!

Was it not?

Peak Master Tu gazed at the sky, his joy or anger indiscernible, yet within his raised palm, energy surged once more.

In the sky, a magnificent golden giant palm was continuously assembling.

Wusengyi Sect Ultimate Move · Great Jin Tianseng Palm!

"Hiss!!"

The serpent's cry rang out again as the white-scaled great python charged straight at the three-headed, six-armed Great Wu Seng.

Peak Master Tu's true form remained completely unaffected; the golden Wu Seng body to his rear left, clutching an ancient bronze staff, slashed fiercely at the white-scaled great python.

As the bronze staff fell, it wildly elongated, as if capable of extending infinitely.

"Boom!!"

The bronze staff smashed down heavily; golden energy exploded, and the massive python head shattered with a crash.

The white-scaled great python attacked again from another angle.

It was again smashed to pieces by the bronze staff.

Peak Master Tu's eyes were indifferent as he watched the golden giant palm rapidly taking shape high above.

Its scale was so terrifying that it had reached a size of ten thousand meters!

The entire Forbidden City would turn to ash and smoke beneath the Great Jin Tianseng Palm.

"Hiss!" Serpent cries sounded in succession; the mysterious invisible youth stubbornly refused to leave.

But this time, the charging white-scaled great python no longer possessed a flesh-and-blood body and could not be smashed by a physical staff.

Moreover, this time, the ethereal Celestial Heaven Python was attacking from directly in front of Peak Master Tu.

Peak Master Tu's expression finally changed slightly, yet he only frowned faintly; after a brief hesitation, he chose to ignore it.

He focused entirely on unleashing his ultimate move, seemingly intending to withstand this technique through brute force.

"Hiss!"

The ethereal great python roared past, instantly piercing through Peak Master Tu's body.

"Crack! Crack!"

Peak Master Tu's face stiffened; this incomplete Celestial Heaven Python possessed output far more terrifying than imagined, and cracks rapidly crawled across the water-flow armor on his body.

"Hiss!!" Another Celestial Heaven Python attacked, roaring angrily.

Peak Master Tu tapped the ground beneath his feet and abruptly shifted sideways.

The golden giant palm continuously assembling in the sky suddenly slowed its momentum, showing faint signs of dispersing.

"Youngster." Peak Master Tu reverted to his expressionless demeanor, looking toward the empty sky in the direction from which the Celestial Heaven Python had attacked.

The words that left his mouth sent chills down one's spine: "Just now was my final act of mercy."

Lu Ran remained silent, offering no response.

Was it?

But if you truly wished to destroy this city, why insist on unleashing a grand technique?

It requires full concentration and has a casting wind-up.

If you had simply descended into the city and detonated clusters of golden energy, the Forbidden City would have been destroyed long ago.

"Roar!"

Peak Master Tu delivered a flying kick; the monk shadow, along with the golden giant dragon, charged together toward Lu Ran's location.

Lu Ran was no longer in his original spot; he silently watched the golden Wu Seng, flicked a knife-flower with his hand, and his body tensed slightly.

Admit it, Peak Master Tu.

Actually, you are just giving me a chance!

(End of Chapter)