Chapter 741: Ungrateful Wretches

"This shouldn't be, how could it be? What exactly is this power?" In a certain obscure Void, Zhongjie Daozhu was carefully studying the Source Power obtained from Li Heng's hand.

Yet even with such close-range observation and full-effort research, he gained nothing. The conclusion he reached was exactly the same as his first impression: it was merely ordinary power.

If not for the fact that he discovered he could do nothing against this power, he would have thought Li Heng was deliberately toying with him, truly giving him nothing but ordinary power.

"Agreeing so readily, is this your confidence? Fellow Daoist Li." Zhongjie Daozhu stood tall in the Void, murmuring to himself, a sense of frustration suddenly welling up in his heart.

Could it be that I really must undergo a sublimation to the extreme?

But now that I have gained nothing, if I undergo sublimation to the extreme, will I truly be able to obtain the truth and the result?

Such a thought sprouted in Zhongjie Daozhu's mind, but he immediately denied it, feeling this idea was highly absurd. How could even a Dao Lord at the peak of their power fail to glimpse this force?

"I may not necessarily need to undergo sublimation to the extreme; that is too radical. Perhaps... I can use some methods to borrow power from my peak period, or perhaps other powers..."

He could not help but look up toward the direction of the End of Time and Space.

His gaze seemed to pierce through, seeing that Great Terror which, although still sleeping, could cause the great birth and destruction of the Void with every breath, and he immediately fell into deep thought.

Perhaps the time has come; the Final Battle should begin.

At this moment.

Li Qianjun, having lost his beloved, was joining forces with the Wudao Gong artifact spirit, fighting bravely and resisting the King-level powerhouses surrounding them; they did not seem to be at a disadvantage at all.

"Are you two too obsessed?"

Some King-level powerhouses said with ugly expressions.

"That's right, the number of enemies you two have killed has accumulated too quickly, reaching a dangerous edge. Actually, I have no grudge against you, but I have no choice but to strike at you."

Another King-level powerhouse spoke up, stating the reason for attacking.

"I remember him, Li Qianjun. Years ago, he seemed to have formed a feud with ten powerful Kings, an endless struggle. To this day, he has already killed eight of those ten powerful Kings, with only two remaining."

Some well-informed King-level Kings said with trepidation.

"So what if he is dangerous? Everyone, don't forget, this Li Qianjun's kill count has reached a terrifying level. I fear only that legendary fisherman, whose existence is unknown, could compare to him. It can be said he is the most qualified among us to ascend to the Upper Battlefield and become an Emperor, so he must die."

Some King-level powerhouses were unimpressed.

After such a long period of screening, some extremely powerful, even invincible, Kings had appeared on the battlefield, only one step away from becoming an Upper Emperor. However, there were not a few of these high-level powerhouses, and they were all wary of each other, not daring to take that final step for fear of being targeted by everyone.

And since Li Qianjun and that artifact spirit were breaking the rules, attempting to ascend, then they could not blame them for attacking in a group.

"Then no more nonsense, let's go together. What is this but a mere Ren Jie within the Great Tribulation of Enlightenment?" Li Qianjun brandished his divine sword, pointing at the group of shameless villains surrounding him, and spoke calmly.

The expressions of the Kings were also extremely ugly.

Everyone was the same, all just one step away, and yet he called it a "mere Ren Jie"—who was he looking down on? Did he really think everyone would be like you two fools, directly choosing to ascend?

"Kill!"

A roar came from the crowd, and the Kings once again charged at Li Qianjun and the Wudao Gong artifact spirit...

"A Life and Death Great Tribulation, breaking through in the heat of battle—a common scenario."

Zhongjie Daozhu appeared on the Upper Battlefield, looking down at the battle occurring within the Zhongwei Zhanchang, and spoke calmly, offering a sharp critique.

"It is both common and the King's path, is it not?"

Li Heng's figure appeared beside him, smiling calmly.

"The two of them may not necessarily succeed as you wish. There is Great Terror between life and death; breaking through under such conditions, they may not necessarily succeed."

Zhongjie Daozhu said.

"No." Li Heng shook his head.

"They will succeed, because they are destined to succeed. The future of their success, the fact of their success—surely you, Dao Lord, have seen it too? Does this still need me to say it?"

Zhongjie Daozhu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

"To speak such words, are you not afraid of creating variables? Wait, no, you seem to have broken through again!" He looked Li Heng up and down, stunned for a moment, and was shocked once more.

"What is so strange about this? I thought you, Dao Lord, would have become numb to it, after all, didn't I break through one after another some time ago?" Li Heng asked back with a smile.

Zhongjie Daozhu shook his head, "This is different."

"Your breakthrough this time is a breakthrough in true essence, and the progress is far greater than before. Now I must admit, even if you do not use that strange power, your strength is enough for me to take you seriously. If the power of a Dao Lord is not used, perhaps no one can be your match. It is just a pity that all of this is..."

Before he could finish, Li Heng continued.

"Meaningless in the face of the power of a Dao Lord, after all, Dao Lords truly exist, and indeed there are Dao Lords who have survived to this day, even if it is only a wisp of a remnant soul, right?"

Zhongjie Daozhu nodded.

"It is good that you understand this point. To be honest, although I do not know what method you used, since you can make such rapid progress, you must possess considerable talent and aptitude, which makes me interested."

"So I advise you to give up the Transcendence Path, which is a dead end. This path will have no destination; one day, all living beings walking on this path will die—not dying at the destination, but dying on the road leading to the destination."

He warned Li Heng thus, his heart moved by a desire to cherish talent.

"Then what path do you think I should switch to? The Great Void Path? And then learn from you all to sit and level up? Oh, provided you don't block me in front, otherwise I can't go up either, right?"

Li Heng said with a smile.

"Sit and level up? With such a certain tone, how do you know this? Could it be that someone told you? Who exactly are you? I always feel this person has quite a grudge against us."

Zhongjie Daozhu said gloomily, having guessed much.

"However, your concerns are not without reason. If it were the old era, when Dao Lords all existed in the world, you wouldn't even think about coming up without some connections, and even with connections, you couldn't come up; no one would allow a new Dao Lord to appear again."

"But it is different now; all living beings have their own meaning. And complete Dao Lords no longer exist in the world, so you don't have to worry about any Dao Lord blocking you at the very top, preventing you from going up."

Li Heng smiled after listening.

"So that means you admit you all sit and level up?"

"You can indeed think so."

Unexpectedly, Zhongjie Daozhu admitted it very frankly.

"However, don't think of us too narrowly."

"Especially those ungrateful wretches on the Transcendence Path..."