Chapter 687: Member Strong, Mission Complete

Looking at the demonic monkey charging toward him, Earth Soul True Lord gave a cold snort.

Originally, seeing that among these four Nascent Souls, only this demonic monkey was a demonic descendant, he thought to attack the weakest enemy first and suppress one demonic descendant.

But unexpectedly, under his strike, this demonic monkey was completely unharmed, instead leaping up and charging at him to kill.

Earth Soul True Lord had originally planned to spare the opponent’s life to increase the price of the spoils, but faced with this, he immediately decided not to hold back. With a thought, his Nascent Soul once again attacked the demonic monkey.

That pitch-black Nascent Soul, as if cast from black metal, whooshed as it pursued closely, unleashing the power of the Celestial Demon Reorganization Technique, viciously smashing toward the demonic monkey.

The so-called Celestial Demon Reorganization Technique is a Dao art that explores the structure of matter and studies the internal forces within substances.

Under the interference of the Celestial Demon Reorganization Technique, Earth Soul True Lord can decompose and reorganize most substances in the world from a microscopic perspective.

The more familiar he is with the parameters of the target substance and the more experience he has using it, this decomposition and reorganization becomes faster and more efficient.

In the past, he had always used this Celestial Demon Reorganization Technique to participate in various material research at Celestial Demon University, busy between the laboratory and the factory.

As for applying it in battle, to Earth Soul True Lord it was too unprofitable; with that losing budget, he had many more cost-effective ways to deal with others.

It was only after the great upheaval of heaven and earth and the outbreak of war that killing various rebels and traitors no longer required him to pay compensation, and Earth Soul True Lord could finally unleash the power of the Celestial Demon Reorganization Technique without restraint.

1...10...1000... ten thousand!

After slaughtering tens of thousands of people, Earth Soul True Lord had reached an unprecedented peak in the crushing and reorganization of flesh and blood, even able to repair the opponent's body after destroying it, greatly increasing the selling price of the corpse.

At this moment, when Earth Soul True Lord struck with full force, streaks of electric light flashed, the deck plates of the flying boat split layer by layer wherever they passed, and the air resounded with bursts of explosions caused by decomposition.

If Earth Soul True Lord had not deliberately controlled the range, this single strike would have turned the entire flying boat and the hundreds of thousands of frozen goods into ashes.

Under his strike, the demonic monkey before him was instantly surrounded by electric light, his whole body bursting with clouds of blood mist, and finally fell to the ground with a bang, his aura rapidly dropping until it disappeared.

Although the opponent died under his strike, the demonic monkey's powerful body still left a deep impression on Earth Soul True Lord.

After all, in his estimation, this strike just now should have torn the opponent's body into pieces, not merely left it a bloody mess as it was now.

At the same time, the encirclement and killing by the remaining three Nascent Souls, though a step late, had already arrived.

Seeing the scene where Qi Tian was instantly killed, the burly woman-like Night Shift cursed inwardly: "Killed in one move? Damn... demonic descendants are just unreliable!"

On the other side, 007 also sighed inwardly: "Too weak. I should have known to find more people."

In the next instant, Earth Soul True Lord was already fiercely fighting with the trio of 007 and the others. Streaks of electric light flashed, and bursts of blood blossomed continuously on their bodies.

Earth Soul True Lord's Celestial Demon Reorganization Technique was truly too domineering, especially when facing the Righteous Alliance; he struck almost without restraint, breaking any magic artifact he encountered, shattering any dharma skeleton, and flesh-and-blood bodies melted like snow at a touch.

No matter what kind of material or substance, it seemed completely clear before his eyes, and he could shatter it in an instant.

Even though the three each used strange techniques to resist, they were steadily pushed back, feeling like equipment with durability rapidly dropping, visibly being constantly damaged by Earth Soul True Lord.

"Three unlicensed Nascent Souls, with a bunch of trash gear, and you think you can try robbery?"

Earth Soul True Lord sneered and said: "With the stuff you're carrying, I've already decomposed it hundreds of thousands of times in the lab. Which material used in your magic artifacts and dharma skeletons haven't I studied the relevant papers?"

Faced with these unlicensed Nascent Souls, Earth Soul True Lord had ample arrogance.

After all, even among cultivators of the same Nascent Soul realm, he, who had obtained his Nascent Soul certificate within a hundred years, was absolutely a cultivator at the top of the chain of contempt.

As for the ancient Nascent Souls further down the chain, and even lower... those new Nascent Souls expanded after the war, in Earth Soul True Lord's eyes, they were like the difference between top-tier school, mid-tier school, and low-tier school.

When Nascent Souls first meet, often just by looking at each other's certification date, they can clearly gauge each other's depth.

And these unlicensed wild Nascent Souls before him were even lower than the lowest on the chain of contempt, even called by many Nascent Soul cultivators as pirated Nascent Souls, dark Nascent Souls, fake Nascent Souls.

Faced with Earth Soul True Lord's taunting offensive, the trio of 007 and the others couldn't help but feel shaken and annoyed, knowing their fighting will was being affected, yet helpless.

On the other side, Night Shift said: "Hit his weak point! Doesn't he have a certificate? If he has a certificate, then the entire ship is his weak point."

As she spoke, Night Shift sent a blast of true essence toward a container nearby.

Seeing this, Earth Soul True Lord's gaze sharpened; his Nascent Soul flickered and immediately blocked that blast of true essence.

But soon, 007 and Old Death on the other side also began attacking the surrounding containers, forcing Earth Soul True Lord to block them one by one, enduring the continuous assault of three opponents.

Earth Soul True Lord simply looked down on vocational school graduates, treating them like trash. But even trash was the school's trash, the company's assets, and the cargo of this shipment.

If someone wants to destroy the garbage, then he will protect that garbage with his life, even if this garbage consists of college students he has always looked down on—he will guard them to the end!

"In my hands, not a single college student is allowed to die!"

Watching the three wild Nascent Souls still madly attacking the cargo, Dipo Zhenjun's eyes blazed with murderous intent: "You three infant scum, you've really pissed me off."

The wild killing intent crushed down on the opponents as Dipo Zhenjun pointed to the sky; a beam of heavenly light instantly descended from above, as if linking heaven and earth, the sun and himself into one.

With the dedicated support of the Xunri Qunwu line, the spirit-world network reconnected, and dense layers of talismans materialized all around Dipo Zhenjun.

Then a blurry figure, wielding violent divine power, descended from the sky.

After the true gods vanished, soul cultivators took over most of the daily work. As the spirit world's technology underwent adaptive reforms, large numbers of talisman-specialized cultivators began to replace the true gods, being summoned as spirit-world projections to provide various services to cultivators.

At the same time, lines of text rapidly emerged above Dipo Zhenjun's head. With each new line, the hearts of the 007 trio sank further.

Xunri Qunwu Diamond Membership activated!

Great Sun Spirit World Connection activated!

Spirit World Speed boosted to a thousand scrolls per second!

Spirit-Invoking Membership activated!

Talisman Cultivator Personal Service activated!

Fully Automatic Nascent Soul–Level Talismans activated!

Combat Database connection complete!

Sky-Spanning Flying Sword Support activated!

Demon Sky Banner Remote Service activated!

Weather Control Service activated!

As one paid service after another was activated, one aura of an absolute powerhouse after another erupted from Dipo Zhenjun's body.

"So... so rich!" Yeban, watching this scene, exclaimed in shock. "How can he be this rich? Didn't the intel say his net worth was at most five figures?"

Laosi sighed inwardly—this was war, this was an era of chaos, where anyone could suddenly see their wealth soar and their combat power leap.

And facing the tense trio before him, Dipo Zhenjun, with titles crowding his head, said coldly, "Infant scum. In my normal state, I can handle about eight to ten wild infants."

"But when I burn cash at full power, I can handle more than twenty wild infants."

"However, using my full power is expensive, so this next fight is going to be quick."

Inside, he thought, "I have to end the battle before the budget runs out."

Before Dipo Zhenjun's words had even faded, lightning, divine light, sword light, and true qi clashed violently in the air.

With one move, he shattered Yeban's entire skeleton-like body, then stomped him down to the ground, completely suppressing him.

Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning fell from the sky, sweeping 007 away like a tribulation of thunder, forming a prison of lightning that trapped him tightly.

Under the spirit-world attacks of the talisman cultivators, Laosi on the other side convulsed, fell into endless illusions, began attacking friend and foe indiscriminately, and was finally bound by countless sword shadows, pinned in midair.

In an instant, all three Nascent Soul cultivators had been completely suppressed by Dipo Zhenjun.

Dipo Zhenjun smiled slightly and said to the nearby camera, "Heavenly Demon Nascent Soul, protecting the peace of one region, safeguarding company assets..."

But just as he thought the battle was over, a dark shadow silently lunged at him and punched him hard in the chest.

Bang!

Even as Dipo Zhenjun was blasted backward, he counterattacked with almost no delay.

Yet neither flashing lightning, crisscrossing sword light, nor attacks from the spirit world could stop the opponent.

Though wounds and sprays of blood continually burst from the opponent's body as he was repeatedly struck, the enemy advanced like a silent, unyielding continental plate—an unstoppable momentum—and once again threw a heavy punch at him.

Roar!

With a furious bellow, the demonic monkey before him bulged with every muscle, exploding the bloodline of the yao descendant, pushing his power to the absolute limit.

Bang!

One sneak attack, one follow-up strike, directly blasted Earthly Soul True Lord out of the flying boat's range.

Looking at the figure who had ambushed him, Earthly Soul True Lord's eyes also showed surprise: "Monkey?"

He stared coldly at the demon-blood before him—drenched in blood, yet still standing tall with a soaring aura—and said, "Withstanding that many of my blows without dying means you're no weakling, not some wild infant. Are you from Heavenly Demon University?"

At the same time, Earthly Soul True Lord instantly understood: "This guy was deliberately playing dead earlier, trying to ambush me?"

If the other party were merely strong, Earthly Soul True Lord would be wary but not tense.

But being strong while also being able to stay grounded and patiently ambush—that made Earthly Soul True Lord grow serious.

Listening to Earthly Soul True Lord's words, Zhang Yu, incarnated as the monkey demon, did not answer. He silently cycled the Level 40 Remnant Bull Self-Sacrifice Art to accelerate his flesh wounds' recovery speed.

After breaking through into the YuanYing realm, the Remnant Bull Self-Sacrifice Art, which now ran passively at all times, had gradually leveled up, and now it had reached Level 40, the peak of the technique.

At Level 40, the Remnant Bull Self-Sacrifice Art's fleshly activation was no longer simple wound healing, but accelerated regeneration of blood and flesh.

At this moment, Zhang Yu looked like a bloody mess, as if heavily injured, but beneath the skin, his muscles and bones had long returned to normal.

In fact, even in his fight with Earthly Soul True Lord, Zhang Yu hadn't suffered any serious injuries—besides cuts and bruises, he only had some minor internal damage.

As a cultivator who had just stepped into the YuanYing realm less than a month ago, Zhang Yu understood very clearly that his strength was inconspicuous among YuanYing cultivators.

His only trump card was the defense brought by his Immortal Sect technique and his immortal descendant lineage... a defense nearly invincible within the same realm.

"So, my strategy is simple and clear."

"Ambush and bluff."

"Use ambush combined with ultra-strong defense to control the field."

"Use bluff to infinitely inflate the opponent's expectation of the cost I can bear, ultimately breaking their will to fight without a battle."

But Zhang Yu knew that although he could do this, he had better not directly expose the power of 'Palm Kunlun' or his immortal descendant identity.

So he did not externalize his YuanYing; instead, he withdrew it inside his body and cycled it.

At the same time, when facing an opponent's attack, he only let the power enter his body before using 'Palm Kunlun' and the immortal descendant trait to absorb and neutralize it.

That way, what Zhang Yu continuously suffered were just skin and flesh wounds, while other parts of his body only sustained minor injuries.

Yet even so, relying on the raw defensive power honed since high school, which had eventually become a fully realized fleshly divine ability, his skin and flesh had an incredibly strong impact resistance.

Thus, to avoid leaving any relevant information for the opponent, Zhang Yu deliberately let his flesh wounds become heavier, using the bloody appearance to conceal the characteristics of his fleshly divine ability.

Watching Zhang Yu stand there silently, Earthly Soul True Lord gave a cold snort and once again launched an attack.

His YuanYing, infused with the power of the Heavenly Demon Reorganization Method, blasted with full force toward Zhang Yu.

Surging electric light instantly swallowed Zhang Yu's figure.

Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning burst forth in the sky; sword roars howled through the air; all kinds of magical treasures besieged him.

Under such an overwhelming onslaught, Earthly Soul True Lord believed there was no YuanYing in the world who could withstand it completely unscathed.

"What will he do?"

"Retreat and flee? Attack against attack? Use the Heavenly Demon Hundred Transformations to dodge?"

One prediction after another flickered through Earthly Soul True Lord's ocular implants, providing him with detailed combat plans.

But Zhang Yu's next move caught him completely off guard.

He swept his right hand forward, which suddenly turned into a black hole, sweeping away the incoming assault in one motion.

Then Earthly Soul True Lord felt as if the other party looked at him like a child, calmly remarking, "Had your fun?"

Earthly Soul True Lord's expression darkened, and he thought to himself, "The Xuanming Guixu Art? And at such a high intensity? Isn't he supposed to be a YuanYing from Heavenly Demon University? Even if he infringed on the technique and practiced it, could he have reached this level in just a year?"