Chapter 219: You Should Lie Low and Emerge Only When Stronger

At this moment, the Kings of the Dark Eclipse and the Demon Lord could not help but stop their hands, raising their heads in shock, their hearts trembling violently.

"He can actually stand against the Azure King on equal footing." The Kings of the Dark Eclipse were horrified.

They had heard that the Void Demon Realm had called in outside aid and knew the opponent might be very powerful, but they had not expected it to be a young being.

The terrifying old man known as the Azure King — the Kings of the Dark Eclipse knew his strength better than anyone; this was a great one who had surpassed the King Realm, having made his name as early as two thousand years ago, his present strength shocking the heavens, difficult to find an adversary even within the Dark Eclipse Realm — yet now he was locked in an evenly matched fight with a young being who seemed impossibly young.

It was not that the Azure King's strength was lacking, nor that the Azure King was old and his combat power in decline — nothing of the sort — it was simply that his opponent was very strong, the equal of the Azure King.

"The Initial Realm — what kind of realm is that?" The Kings of the Dark Eclipse's eyes shone bright, their astonishment undisguised.

Watching Kamikawa Mitsu's great battle with the terrifying old man, the beings of the Dark Eclipse and the Void Demons were all stirring with curiosity and astonishment.

Curious as to what kind of realm the Initial Realm was, that it could produce such a dazzling-across-the-heavens, peerlessly brilliant figure whose风采 could be carved into ancient and modern times, they had already affixed labels of powerful and extraordinary upon the Initial Realm.

Tokyo, Japan.

Director Takahashi and the others were dumbfounded, somewhat astonished.

The Initial Realm? Was Kamikawa Mitsu talking about our world? Or the world he was born into? Thinking it over carefully, they felt it should be the former.

"The Initial Realm." Countless people murmured to themselves, learning that their own world was actually called the Initial Realm.

The Void Demon Realm was called the Void Demon Realm because of the Void Demon race; the Dark Eclipse Realm was called the Dark Eclipse because the most powerful race of that realm was the Dark Eclipse clan; what about the Initial Realm? What meaning did this name hold?

While everyone was stunned, the great battle continued.

Clang!

A metallic ringing sound rang out, light and splendor roaring between heaven and earth; the great halberd in Kamikawa Mitsu's hand bloomed with an eerie light, its awe-inspiring might striking forth, carrying invincible demonic might.

Seen from afar, he truly resembled a demon god — a Lü Bu among demons — his ferocious might covering the world, suppressing an entire era.

Likui watched in a daze, stunned, feeling as though only now did she truly understand Kamikawa Mitsu: in battle his demonic might was awe-inspiring, in ordinary times like a steady boy next door, giving people a feeling of warmth and peace; the two were very different, yet not at odds with each other.

"You should lie dormant, and only emerge when you have become stronger."

His voice rang out like an ancient bronze bell booming.

The Azure King also unleashed his might; behind him appeared a vast landscape of dark-blood-colored mountains and an expansive sky, a heaven-obscuring demonic eagle spreading its wings and crashing toward Kamikawa Mitsu, while the demonic eagle shrieked across heaven and earth, pouncing forward to kill.

This was to tell Kamikawa Mitsu that though his talent was extraordinary, his wings were not yet full-grown, insufficient to be unmatched under the heavens; there were many powerful beings who could kill him, the Azure King among them.

"Is that so? I don't think it's necessary."

Kamikawa Mitsu held his great halberd and struck forth, his pitch-black eyes deep as if containing the starry sky, gazing directly at the Azure King; his meaning was plain — he was pointing at the Azure King.

The great battle was fierce.

The two moved like gods and demons leaping, like a hidden dragon leaving the abyss, like an eagle striking the long sky, their movements swift as lightning, clashing thousands of times in an instant, constantly colliding with tremendous force.

The sky collapsed in great swathes, rumbling, like ten thousand thunderclaps.

This battle was both fierce and perilous; a single misstep could mean death on the spot — this was a contest of strength, a clash of combat power, and a life-and-death struggle of flesh and blood.

The more they fought, the fiercer it became; the entire sky was nearly beaten apart; Kamikawa Mitsu and the Azure King clashed all the way, finally battling from the sky up to the Nine Heavens above.

The battle had also reached a white-hot intensity.

Boom!!

Kamikawa Mitsu stood in the Nine Heavens, like a demon god; his great halberd swept out, immeasurable eerie light surging; the Azure King's twin claws, like ancient divine weapons, met the halberd head-on and clamped it, unable to advance even an inch; but at this moment, Kamikawa Mitsu used the halberd fixed above as a pivot, swung his right leg around like a towering tree stump, with the momentum of one whose strength could uproot the Milky Way and whose might covered the world, aiming straight for the Azure King's neck and head.

If this struck, the head would absolutely be smashed into a pulp of blood, the neck would surely snap, and he would become a headless corpse.

The Azure King dodged, then reached out a hand to grab his ankle.

Five fingers like claws, like blades, blood-light bursting forth, dazzling as a great sun, dyeing this stretch of the Nine Heavens blood-red, the setting sun like blood; once they clamped down, Kamikawa Mitsu's ankle would either shatter or snap.

Demon-god-like demonic energy surged.

Kamikawa Mitsu let out a great shout; that leg stirred up a vortex, his whole body spun like a top, then he leaped up, dodging while opening his mouth to spit out a terrifying ray of light.

That was the divine ability of the Great Entrance to the Dao, yet far different from before; now, wielded by Kamikawa Mitsu who had reached the god-and-demon level, its power was far more terrifying, beyond comparison; the light was so blazing it made the sun itself seem dim, so brilliant that every living being closed their eyes, unable to look directly at it.

A single glance would blind both eyes.

The Azure King's expression changed; the spreading-wing demonic eagle that had manifested behind him flickered between illusion and reality, as if walking from the spirit world into reality, bursting forth from the phenomenon behind him to pin down Kamikawa Mitsu's divine ability, narrowly avoiding it in an instant, then surging forward again to tear Kamikawa Mitsu apart.

Kamikawa Mitsu stood unmoved like a mountain, his face showing no fear whatsoever, striding forward to meet the attack head-on.

The two fought with mad frenzy, battling all the way into the depths of the Nine Heavens, then fighting back from the depths of the Nine Heavens; wherever they passed became a battlefield, wreaking destruction.

In the end, under the tense watch of many, as if endless and boundless, light flooding everywhere, Kamikawa Mitsu leveled his great halberd and erupted with light more dazzling than the stars, sun, and moon, thrusting straight at the Azure King.

The momentum was terrifying, as if this halberd thrust down, the heavens would be pierced through, the earth would be struck and sink, and all things and beings would be unable to survive.

The Azure King also struck.

His hands reached out like the talons of a primordial fierce bird — no, not merely like a fierce bird, those were the talons of a fierce bird.

He revealed his true form for both hands, transforming them into a pair of primordial, heaven-soaring fierce-bird talons; the talons tore apart heaven and earth, covering ten thousand li, black light flashing all around, wreathed in wisps of black thin lines — those were the void being sliced open.

Tremendous ferocious might, shocking the world.

Once his hands came out, they were filled with killing intent, locking onto Kamikawa Mitsu to slay him.

Clearly, the Azure King was unwilling to let Kamikawa Mitsu live, not wanting to give the Dark Eclipse Realm any chance of keeping such a powerful enemy; Kamikawa Mitsu's talent was too terrifying, and he had to kill him here, removing the threat forever.

Boom!!!

Kamikawa Mitsu's great halberd collided with the giant talons.

Immediately after.

Everyone's heart gave a violent leap, eyes wide as they watched this scene — the contrast was too astonishing: a talon larger than a mountain range and a single human frozen in this moment.

Where they collided, even the void was collapsing, unable to settle for a long time, churning like great waves rolling.

Blood exuding a terrifying aura dripped from the void — the Azure King's hand had been injured.

"Impossible!!" The one roaring was not the Azure King, but the King-realm being who had rushed over from the Dark Eclipse Realm.

He had rushed over from the East Tail Long crack, and saw Kamikawa Mitsu wound the terrifying old man's hand with a single halberd strike, so shocked he cried out.

It was not only him; the other Kings of the Dark Eclipse Realm were the same.

If it were an ordinary being whose hand met a great halberd, being injured was nothing — normal circumstances — but the Azure King was no ordinary being; he was a being transformed from a fierce bird flowing with ancient bloodlines, and had tempered his body to an incomparably terrifying level.

Especially those sharp-clawed hands, tempered by the苍王 into hardness like divine iron, more resilient than divine weapons or demonic artifacts.

This was his most prided trait.

Having lived over twenty-four hundred years, these sharp claws had torn apart countless formidable foes, shattered many divine weapons and magical tools, and slain several sovereigns alike—drenched in blood to reach today, not a single being had wounded his claws in a thousand years.

And now, after a thousand years untouched, these claws had been wounded by an unknown powerful young life.

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