Chapter 689

One sword slash sprayed blood across the sky, heads rolling.

Wu Ba burst into loud laughter, his eyes shooting Blood Light straight into the void, then suddenly turned around, ignoring the fleeing Great Wu Commanders all around, and, somewhat madly, shouted hoarsely at Wu Tie and the others.

"Are you ready? I will only strike you with one sword……give you an honorable death."

Before his words faded, Wu Ba turned and swept out with a horizontal sword strike.

About a hundred Great Wu Commanders who were sprinting at full speed couldn't dodge, and were cut in half at the waist by his sword, each collapsing to the ground and wailing loudly.

"Run, run, run……I let you run, where can you run to?"

"Haha, over the years you've done these little tricks. Hey, the trouble you've caused me—this time, on this battlefield, none of you will escape."

"Die, you all must die, you all have to die!"

Wu Ba's blood and qi surged to the heavens from every pore, strands of killing intent and blood qi emitting a low, whistle-like sound, roaring out far away, making the surrounding earth tremble repeatedly.

He opened his mouth and bellowed loudly.

Thousands of fleeing Great Wu Commanders, as if struck by a muffled thunderbolt, each spewed blood from their seven orifices and collapsed. Wu Ba's roar exploded directly in their minds, nearly shattering their souls, their bodies twitching as they struggled helplessly on the ground, unable to rise and continue fleeing.

"Go, kill a few of them."

Wu Ba, mad as ever, let out a great roar that overturned a large group of fleeing Great Wu Commanders, then turned again, his eyes growing ever redder as if blood were about to drip, pointing at Wu Tie he bellowed: "Are you ready? Are you ready? I, I give you a chance……haha, my mercy!"

"This guy is crazy!" Wu Tie stepped back a few paces and said softly to Li Guang and the others.

"Then it's even harder." Li Guang and the others grimaced, shaking their heads; it was clear Wu Ba was indeed mad.

Behind Wu Tie, Five Elements Divine Light shot up high, the light flashing and surging into the sea, sweeping across the entire Military City, drawing everyone inside into it.

Wu Ba grinned, showing his teeth: "Is it useful? Is it useful? Prince An, Huo Xiong, is it useful? Where can you lead them to escape? Once I slay you……hehe!"

Wu Ba raised the Twin Flood Dragon Slash high.

Wu Tie took a deep breath, preparing to flee with all his might.

In the dark, endless void, within the crystal formed from crystal stone, inside the vast Crystal Stone Hall, Chi Yun chuckled lowly.

"This guy is crazy, hehe, the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor, our clan's supreme divine artifact—if one isn't strong enough, one lacks the qualification to control its power……huh, huh, huh."

Chi Yun smiled triumphantly, while You Zu and the others wore strange expressions, shrugging their shoulders speechlessly.

The Ten Directions Slaughter Armor is a slaughter divine artifact, considered one of the most infamous supreme divine artifacts among the many divine races present. If this armor is not suppressed by sufficient strength, its internal slaughterous intent will gradually influence and control the wearer, eventually turning him into a monster that knows only slaughter.

Even in the history of the Barbarian God Clan, several God Kings, after suffering heavy injuries and lacking sufficient divine power to suppress the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor, were countered by this armor and ultimately degenerated into slaughter monsters.

Wu Ba himself was only at the Half-Step Divine Realm cultivation, yet the empowering power he sought was the strongest, the projection avatar of the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor on him was the strongest, and he was affected the most……thus he ended up like this, his mind somewhat clouded by killing intent, having fallen into demonhood.

On one hand, he was arrogant and proud, wanting to display his strength and pride on Wu Tie.

On the other hand, his innermost dark side was provoked, his grudges against certain individuals within the Great Wu Divine State fully ignited, he directly turned into a killing machine, slaughtering those clansmen he constantly thought of.

"Excellent, excellent, just now he slaughtered his own clansmen—one hundred seventy-two Divine Realm clansmen—killed by his own hand." Xu Po said in a gloomy voice: "I think such things should happen more often. What do you all think?"

"He now, with the boost of a battle formation, his strength is great, but……" Chi Kui said softly: "I can keep his strength at this level constantly; it's just a matter of consuming a bit more of the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor's power."

"The problem is, his brain is definitely messed up now, wanting to let him kill efficiently……" Chi Kui looked toward You Zu, Xuan Wu, Yi Zun, and Xu Po: "Well, we'll give him a little help."

You Zu raised his voice: "Fellow brothers, you may have forgotten—what is the purpose of us overseeing this duel? Is it to admire their clumsy, inefficient fighting? Is it to admire the baseness they display?"

You Zu stood up, slamming his trident heavily into the ground: "No, no, no, this is not our purpose. This duel has gone on a bit too long; I don't think it's meaningful…… We still have much to do; there's no need to waste time here."

Yi Zun's Nine Hell Blazing Flame Crown on his head spewed a piercing pillar of divine fire, the intense heat almost melting the entire crystal stone hall.

"I support Xiao Bing Gui's opinion—let's speed up!"

"I agree." Xuan Wu smirked: "I agree… ha, I like these crude, brutal Great Wu barbarians; I can't wait to see them finally triumph and then cleanse the other two kingdoms."

"With so many powerful clans and nobles, their targets for cleansing are plenty—this will be a feast." Xu Po also laughed delightedly.

"Then, let's begin." The five supreme leaders of the observation outposts shouted in unison.

You Ruo, Wu Tou, Yan Hao, and others exchanged glances, their eyes filled with annoyance and unwillingness.

"These damned bastards are going to help the Great Wu Divine Kingdom cheat again, cheating openly; in such a gamble, if they lose, they'd truly be unwilling."

"But circumstances are stronger than people; what can they do?"

Inside the dueling arena, Wu Ba raised the Twin Flood Dragon Slash, and a Blood Light slashed toward Wu Tie.

Wu Tie didn't meet the sword head‑on; he exerted all his strength to leap backward violently, the ground trembling slightly, and Wu Tie shot back over a hundred li, the Blood Light barely grazing his nose before smashing heavily into the earth.

With a tremendous boom, dozens of mountain peaks were shattered into dust by that single sword, and Wu Ba let out an exultant roar to the heavens.

Amid the laughter, a thick Blood Light descended from the sky and slammed heavily onto Wu Ba, where a black‑based blood‑patterned evil armor coalesced out of nowhere, thickly enveloping him.

Wu Ba let out a roar that was both painful and exhilarated; a grating 'creak' sound came from within his body, his muscles and tendons twitching and distorting like taut bowstrings, emitting a harsh noise.

Power surged within Wu Ba, his whole body radiating a scorching aura, like a blazing sun of erupting essence‑blood, standing before Wu Tie.

Wave after wave of scorching essence‑blood qi spread outward like a hurricane, shaking Wu Tie's body and causing him to stumble backward involuntarily.

Not only Wu Tie, but the Great Wu elders and half‑step Divine Realm commanders behind Wu Ba also kept retreating; at this moment Wu Ba felt so dangerous that even his own clansmen from the same branch dared not get too close.

"You dodged quickly, but it's useless…… I will kill you, you must die." Wu Ba's low voice came from beneath his thick helmet: "However, I am merciful, so… Prince An, Huo Xiong, I'll give you a chance to block head‑on?"

"Hehe, I'll let you die happily…… just like those old dogs of the main line, letting you die a bit more happily." Wu Ba lifted his foot, then brought it down heavily, crushing two mountains shrouded in Blood Light with a single stomp.

The earth shook violently, the surrounding Blood Light suddenly becoming several times denser, and blood mist rolled and gathered toward this side.

The earth trembled, the void twisted, and Wu Tie and the others watched in shock as the shimmering edge of the Blood Light on the dueling battlefield suddenly surged toward them by a great distance in just a few breaths.

The earth shook ever more violently; as the dueling battlefield's area visibly shrank, huge crowds of figures suddenly appeared from all directions.

Many were fighting hand‑to‑hand, but because the battlefield had suddenly shrunk, everyone was frightened into stopping, hastily forming defensive formations. Wu Tie saw Linghu Qingqing, Gongyang Sanlü, and many familiar faces among those forming ranks.

"Boom—", countless streaks of blood‑colored lightning tore across the sky, and the dueling battlefield shrank once more.

Thus the battlefield became a tiny patch only fifty li wide and long; in this small space, the towering Wu Ba, over ten thousand zhang tall, nearly filled heaven and earth, making the battlefield feel extremely cramped and oppressive.

Linghu Qingqing, drenched in blood with one arm missing, his head crowned with an unextinguished heart‑lamp and two state‑artifact‑level heavy treasures orbiting him, snapped his head up toward Wu Tie: "Prince An, beloved minister, what's happening here……"

Linghu Qingqing didn't ask further, for Wu Ba raised the Twin Flood Dragon Slash, chopping down like mincing dumpling filling, with a "swish‑swish‑swish" toward Linghu Qingqing.

"Old fox, I'll cleave you to death." Wu Ba had already forgotten Wu Tie's existence; seeing Linghu Qingqing, he recalled their past grudges and immediately dealt him a lethal blow.

Linghu Qingqing let out a long cry, and over a dozen Divine Realm elders of the Linghu clan acted together with him, a dozen state‑artifact‑level innate spiritual treasures flashing with heavenly light as they surged forward to meet the Twin Flood Dragon Slash.

「Wu Ba, you Great Martial God Kingdom, what the hell are you up to this time……」Linghu Qingqing shouted angrily.

Twin Flood Dragon Slash and Linghu Qingqing et al.'s attacks collided; standing dozens of li away, with his back almost pressed against the edge of the dueling battlefield city wall, Wu Tie's mind suddenly moved, and he flicked his finger lightly.

In those years, Wu Tie followed Old Master Hu's fleet overseas, seeking National Treasure Artifact-level Spirit Treasures for the Linghu Clan; Wu Tie seized five Five Elements Spirit Treasures, leaving only five sub-bodies.

These five sub-bodies, recently Wu Tie had already detonated the Golden Dragon Whip, treacherously killing a Linghu Clan elder, Linghu Zan.

Today, the remaining sub-bodies of the four Spirit Treasures—the Jellyfish Bottle, Bing Fire Mirror, Wood Spirit Pearl, and Wu Earth Cauldron—exploded with a boom the instant they touched the Twin Flood Dragon Slash.

Although these four Spirit Treasures are merely sub-bodies, they contain the accumulated miscellaneous five elements power over countless years; purely in terms of power, they are also National Treasure Artifact-level heavy weapons. Now the sub-bodies of these four Spirit Treasures exploded simultaneously, the four Divine Clarity Realm Elders beside Linghu Qingqing simultaneously vomited blood and collapsed, the Twin Flood Dragon Slash also let out a piercing wail, and was directly blown into over ten pieces.

Poor Wu Ba, the Twin Flood Dragon Slash has been under his custody since his ascension; over tens of thousands of years, Wu Ba and the Twin Flood Dragon Slash have been constantly together, day and night nourished with his own essence blood, and have become inseparable from him.

The Twin Flood Dragon Slash was shattered; Wu Ba's soul suffered heavy damage immediately, he likewise spat out a mouthful of blood, and his mind fell into utter confusion.

He himself had been dazed by the terrifying killing intent inside the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor; now that his soul is injured, he is even less able to control his words and deeds. He staggered back a step and slammed his head into the boundary Blood Light of the dueling battlefield, causing the entire dueling battlefield to shake violently.

"You all, die!" Wu Ba went completely mad; his killing intent surged entirely toward some of the people present in the Great Martial God Kingdom.

He swung his huge palm and slammed it down with a thud.

A bloody mushroom cloud shot up into the sky; over a dozen Divine Clarity Realm Elders from the branch of the Great Martial Wu Clan instantly turned to dust, and countless light pillars shot up into the sky.

Just shaken by Wu Ba's roar until blood flowed from their seven orifices, among the Great Shaman Commanders lying on the ground, twitching, dozens of commanders struggled to lift their heads toward the more than three thousand Great Martial Elders near and far, while tens of thousands of Great Martial Commanders screamed hoarsely.

"Wu Ba has gone mad…… he wants to seize this opportunity, with the power of the gods, to purge our Great Martial Wu Clan, so that his Main Branch alone dominates, exterminating all our branch clansmen."

"Wu Ba, he has lost his mind…… he is no longer fit to be our Great Martial God Emperor."

The roars of these Great Martial Commanders immediately awakened the Great Martial people present.

Many elders of the Great Martial God Kingdom widened their eyes and looked in all directions.

The battlefield has been compressed to fifty li square; even though obscured by blood mist, many Divine Clarity Realm Elders could see the entire battlefield at a glance.

Setting aside the heavily damaged Green Hill and Great Wei, very few of their people have survived.

However, within the Great Martial God Kingdom, many Divine Clarity Realm Elders are also missing.

Immediately, Great Martial Elders began shouting the names of their brothers; those dozens of Great Martial Commanders who had witnessed Wu Ba's atrocities, straining their voices, recounted in detail how Wu Ba had just slain 172 Great Martial Elders.

"Wu Ba…… you, die!"

In the Great Martial God Kingdom, the Wu Clan reigns supreme; the Wu Clan has over four thousand Divine Clarity Realm Elders, but of those, only over five hundred come from the Main Branch, while the remaining thirty-seven or eight hundred elders all come from the various branches and branch houses.

The vast Wu Clan is at minimum divided into over a hundred branches of varying sizes, equivalent to the aristocracy of Great Wei and the military clans of Green Hill.

Does Wu Ba intend to exterminate the Wu Clan's branches, so that his Main Branch monopolizes the benefits of the entire God State?

How can these Great Martial Elders tolerate that?

Immediately, long howls rang out; at least two thousand Great Martial Divine Clarity Realm Elders boldly moved to attack.

A tremendous boom; thousands of strikes simultaneously hit Wu Ba's body, smashing his towering ten-thousand-zhang body into a wreck, as fresh blood poured down from the sky like a waterfall, and the stench of blood filled the entire dueling battlefield.

"You all, go die!"

The magical power bolstered by the military formation has not yet been exhausted, and it has also been bolstered by even greater power from the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor; Wu Ba at this moment is entirely a terrifying killing machine.

His powerful divine sense locked onto the many Great Martial Elders present, and he swung his fists and smashed down upon them.

In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and countless human silhouettes were blown apart by the fist shadows.

Light pillars shot straight up into the sky, one after another, dense Dao patterns and resonances flowing like substance in the void.