Chapter 431: A Clash of the Strong

The Master's voice echoed endlessly above the entire First Immortal Mountain, and it was a long time before it slowly dissipated! This single long roar was enough to demonstrate the depth of his cultivation! If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, they absolutely could not achieve such an effect!

However, what surprised this Master greatly was that after he spoke these words, a long time passed, and there was never any echo!

"Why, fellow Daoist, do you not wish to see me? Must you force me to slaughter all the 'Demonic Slaves' here?"

Using the same method to speak, the Master's eyes scanned the surroundings like a hawk! Sure enough, this sentence finally had an effect! Just somewhere on the First Immortal Mountain, a jet-black, shining light of escape rose up and flew rapidly toward the Master's position!

After a light sneer, the Master stood motionless with his hands behind his back, quietly waiting for that light of escape to arrive before him. In no time, the black light of escape arrived in front of him.

The moment the light of escape faded, the Master clearly felt a powerful pressure. This pressure was not deliberately created by the person who arrived, but rather emanated naturally from his body. From this point alone, it was enough to show that the newcomer's cultivation was not inferior to the Master's!

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist, you are finally willing to show yourself!"

Beneath his black robe, the Master gave a faint smile. Although he had previously thought that the person hiding in the First Immortal Mountain had strong cultivation, he had never expected it to be strong to this extent, almost on par with his own!

"Who are you!"

The person who arrived was none other than Lu Yuhou, who had been possessed by that Venerable One from the Demon Realm. At this moment, Lu Yuhou had clearly changed significantly from before. First, it was not hard to see from his eyes that the lingering jet-black Demonic Qi was not something an ordinary Demonic cultivator could possess!

"I am a cultivator from the Great Underworld Mansion!"

"The Great Underworld Mansion!"

After hearing this, a barely audible exclamation escaped Lu Yuhou's lips. The Great Underworld Mansion had been making waves on the Xianhuan Continent recently, especially with the sudden appearance of three Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators; this point had long since caught his attention!

"It seems you are also not a cultivator from the Human Realm?"

After asking tentatively, Lu Yuhou narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully watching every movement of the black-robed person!

"Correct! Perhaps I and you, fellow Daoist, do not come from the same realm! But I have absolutely no malice toward you!"

The Master did not hesitate at all and stated his identity directly. Upon hearing this, Lu Yuhou opened his slightly narrowed eyes all at once. The Demonic Qi lingering in his eyes flashed several times, and a clear whistle emerged from his mouth!

"You are from the Underworld!"

This voice was filled with anger. With a forceful shake of his entire body, ripples of Demonic Qi appeared around him! At the same time, the Master's figure could not help but retreat a few steps, and a muffled groan came from beneath his black robe!

"Hehe! I did not expect you, fellow Daoist, to be able to break my 'Soul-Condensing Art!' Impressive! Impressive!"

Just now, while the two were talking, the Master had cast a secret Underworld technique on Lu Yuhou. This technique specifically attacked a cultivator's primordial spirit, and it was almost silent and imperceptible! But the person possessing Lu Yuhou was no ordinary character; the moment he felt something strange with his primordial spirit, he activated his cultivation art, unleashed his full power, and forcibly shook off the Master's bizarre strike!

At the same time, Lu Yuhou was even more certain that this Master of the Great Underworld Mansion was a powerhouse from the Underworld! Looking at the black-robed person not far away with an angry face, Lu Yuhou was extra careful this time. With a movement of his Divine Sense, he set up a barrier of Divine Sense around his front, back, left, and right. In this way, if the other party were to cast that secret technique again, they would not easily succeed!

"Which great power from the Underworld are you, fellow Daoist! To actually be able to withstand the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws! Your cultivation has entered the Spirit Severing Stage, yet you do not need to ascend?"

Lu Yuhou's eyes never left the black-robed person. First, he was afraid the other party would use underhanded tactics to sneak attack again; second, he wanted to determine which great power of the Underworld it was from some small movement of the other party.

"Have you not also entered the Spirit Severing Stage, fellow Daoist? You also have not ascended! Do I still need to explain the reason for this here?"

The Master blinked his eyes a few times, his gaze flickering around Lu Yuhou. Likewise, he did not know where in the Demon Realm this person had come from. The only thing he could be certain of now was that the other party was a Demon Realm cultivator! But a certain aura on this person was completely different from the Demon Realm, which was what truly made the Master feel surprised!

"I am only in the Human Realm to recuperate for a period of time; I have no other intentions. It is impossible to stay in the Human Realm forever by suppressing one's cultivation! I see that you have formed such a large force in the Human Realm, fellow Daoist; you must be planning to stay in the Human Realm for a long time, right?"

"What I do in the Human Realm is not convenient to disclose to you, fellow Daoist! Since you only wish to recuperate in the Human Realm, you surely will not interfere in the affairs of the Xianhuan Continent, will you?"

Lu Yuhou stated his position first, and the Master felt a sense of relief in his heart! The reason he had come to the Human Realm was because he was brewing a major event.

"As long as you do not touch this First Immortal Mountain, I will not concern myself with your affairs! But if you or your subordinates threaten me, then do not blame me for taking action!"

Lu Yuhou's expression turned cold. The black-robed person's silent sneak attack just now had already left him greatly dissatisfied. Although the other party kept saying they would not attack the First Immortal Mountain, how much of such words could be trusted?

"Oh! It seems you do not hold the Great Underworld Mansion in your eyes, fellow Daoist! Then let me, the Master, experience your divine abilities!"

The Master's intention in coming this time was to see what Lu Yuhou's cultivation and divine abilities were like. He had not gained any advantage from the probing strike when they first met! This meant that the other party's cultivation was not below his own. If he wanted to dominate the Xianhuan Continent, the existence of such a figure would always make it impossible for him to feel at ease!

Since he had come today, he could not return without a sound; at the very least, he had to let the other party know his power! A thick scent of gunpowder filled the space around the two, and the two massive Spiritual Pressures almost shook the soil and rocks beneath them!

Two cultivators whose cultivation had almost reached the Spirit Severing Stage—this clash was truly heaven-shaking and earth-shattering. The Spiritual Pressure alone was enough to make those Nascent Soul Stage cultivators look on in despair!

The surrounding wind and clouds changed color, and an aura of slaughter arose spontaneously!

"It seems you did not come here this time just to see me, fellow Daoist!"

Lu Yuhou suddenly flipped one hand, and a mass of black Demonic Qi, a zhang high, soared into the sky like a black flame, illuminating the surroundings even more terrifyingly!

"Hehe! One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers! My Great Underworld Mansion is determined to have this Xianhuan Continent, so I ask you, fellow Daoist, to find another place to recuperate!"

Upon seeing the other party's Demonic Qi, the Master felt a slight chill in his heart. Such pure Demonic Qi could not be obtained in the Human Realm at all; even if one tempered it endlessly, the purity of the Demonic Qi could absolutely not be like this! If this Demonic Qi were used as the main energy for a Demonic Qi Infusion, it should be able to push a Golden Core Stage cultivator directly to the Nascent Soul Stage!

With a similar flip of his hand, a wheel about a foot in size appeared in the black-robed person's hand! The surface of this wheel was engraved with many patterns, each one extremely cruel, like a miniature of the various tortures in the eighteen levels of hell! There was also a ferocious-looking small beast that was grabbing the wheel body with both hands, its big mouth appearing to have bitten the upper part of the wheel!

Upon seeing the Magic Treasure in the black-robed person's hand, Lu Yuhou retreated several steps in succession, a look of astonishment flashing in his eyes, because this Magic Treasure was not something just anyone could bring out! The slowly rotating wheel passed through the small beast's mouth, and from time to time, it would cause a fierce white light to emit from the small beast's eyes!

"You... you are Zhuanlun Wang of the Ten Kings of the Underworld!"

Only then did Lu Yuhou seem to understand something, and an exclamation revealed the other's true identity!

The Ten Kings of the Underworld were famous existences in the Underworld. Regardless of which king, their cultivation had already reached the pinnacle. With their cultivation, it was impossible to freely enter and exit between the Human Realm and the Underworld. Could it be that the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws had no influence on them? But upon second thought, this was unlikely!

Let alone the Ten Kings of the Underworld, even a Great Accomplishment Stage cultivator with heaven-defying cultivation had to be controlled by the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws!

"Hehe! It seems you recognize this wheel, fellow Daoist! I am merely a clone of Zhuanlun Wang! I came to the Human Realm ten thousand years ago! So I ask you, fellow Daoist, not to interfere with the affairs of the Underworld!"

Seeing that Lu Yuhou had a sense of fear, the Master pressed his advantage, wanting to use the prestige of Zhuanlun Wang to scare Lu Yuhou away!

"Truly, a tiger falling to the plains is bullied by dogs! A mere clone dares to speak to me like this! If I were to recover to my previous cultivation, even if Zhuanlun Wang came in person, I fear he would have to yield to me somewhat!"

Upon knowing that the other party was only a clone of Zhuanlun Wang, Lu Yuhou gave a light laugh. With a flick of one hand, the black Demonic Qi shot toward the Master like a spirit snake emerging from its cave with a 'whoosh'!

This strike caused the heavens and earth to change color, and the void through which it passed cracked completely, mixed with the sound of wind and thunder tearing through the air! Even the always composed Master gasped!

He had not expected that Lu Yuhou would not suppress his cultivation at all, but instead reveal the full power of the Spirit Severing Stage!

Retreating rapidly, the Master moved his Divine Sense, and the wheel in his hand began to rotate with a 'hum'. As the wheel rotated continuously, the small beast biting the wheel flashed a cold light in its eyes, and subsequently shot out a white beam of light about an inch long!

The seemingly small beam of light erupted with powerful energy the moment it came into contact with Lu Yuhou's Demonic Qi!

With a loud 'Boom—', the clouds in the sky churned, the earth shook incessantly, and the pressure brought by the collision almost leveled a small mountain beneath the two of them!

Both having Spirit Severing Stage cultivation, this exchange of blows was truly of no small power! Both of them had activated the power of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi. In the process of launching their moves, countless Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth surged over. Such a fluctuation of power was something even a Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Late Stage would find difficult to achieve!