Chapter 118

Di Guan Di San Cheng.

Everyone fell silent, holding their breath as they watched Wu Shi and the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation on the Outside Domain battlefield.

This long-awaited battle had ultimately arrived, and it was also a kind of inevitability, as if it were fate.

As those with aspirations for the Emperor Road, neither Wu Shi nor the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation would ever shrink back out of dread for each other.

Eight iron-armored knights like evil ghost demons stood towering in the starry sky, in all eight directions, forming a surrounding siege formation.

And Wu Shi also stood with a majestic figure, alone in the center, divine rules coiling around his body, exuding an indescribable transcendence and domineering aura.

One person's aura alone was already enough to contend against eight terrifying Quasi-Emperors!

This moment.

Lao Da among the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation couldn't help but grin, revealing white teeth, looking exceptionally sinister.

His smile was filled with cruelty, yet also carried a kind of surprise.

Even though he had long had vague speculations about Wu Shi's true body constitution, he also felt a kind of astonishment at his courage and bearing.

Of course, this speculation was far from having evidence, because since ancient times there had never appeared this kind of body constitution.

In fact.

Not only him, but even the other seven of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation, as well as all the cultivators on the outside, were somewhat shocked by Wu Shi just swaggering into the center of the battlefield like that.

This White-Clothed Holy Body from the Burial Emperor Star — does he truly possess this kind of combat power, or is it blind, ignorant confidence?

For countless years, the Ancient Desolate Holy Body constitution has not been absent from the Emperor Pass Ancient Road.

On the contrary, according to Ancient Texts records, at least three Holy Bodies have walked to this step.

Their lineage is indeed powerful, Qi and Blood like seas, combat power shaking the world.

But under the entire universe's greater environment, they are not invincible.

One win, one loss, plus one mutual destruction — this is the Ancient Desolate Holy Body's battle record in ancient history.

One only hopes that today's Wu Shi does not become overconfident and follow in the footsteps of the Ancient Demon True Body.

This is the heartfelt sentiment of all onlookers in Di Guan Di San Cheng.

……

Nothing more to say, the great battle erupts instantly.

And no one expected that the first to act would actually be Lao Ba of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation.

"Wu Shi, right? Heard you're strong, let me test you first."

He took off the evil ghost mask, revealing that harmless, delicate face.

On the other side, Lao Da's figure stirred slightly, as if wanting to stop him.

Because in the great battle with the Ancient Demon True Body not long ago, Lao Ba had sacrificed himself to block a fatal blow for Second Brother who was setting up the great array, leaving him severely wounded, and he still hasn't fully recovered to this day.

But he also knew that although Lao Ba usually wears a laughing, gentle disposition, on the battlefield he has always been a war maniac.

And now with a great enemy before them, dampening his battle intent right before the fight is probably not a good thing.

And Lao Da indeed also wanted to use Lao Ba's hand to test the depth of this Wu Shi.

The next moment.

"Chi!"

Lao Ba wielded a black giant sword, cleaving straight down at Wu Shi.

Its momentum could sever heaven and earth; from the giant sword flew out one ancient talisman after another, each containing world-shocking power of life and death, aiming straight for Wu Shi's head.

Just one strike alone made all the onlookers feel the gap!

Killing at this cultivation level, there are very few who can block it.

Must admit, the current Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation have already achieved overwhelming momentum.

After suppressing and killing the Ancient Demon True Body and many other Heaven's Pride, all eight had each gained sufficient benefits, achieving terrifying advancement; even the youngest Lao Ba had become a Quasi-Emperor whose might shakes the starry sky.

However.

What no one expected was that Wu Shi in the center of the battlefield likewise merely blasted out one punch.

Its force was upright and impartial, yet vast and unmatched, as if filling the entire heaven and earth.

"Boom!"

The seemingly unstoppable Lao Ba, together with the Primordial Fierce Beast beneath him, was sent flying backward by one punch, knocked back several star systems away, coughing up blood in large mouthfuls, bones broken and tendons snapped.

Obviously.

Having taken this hit, he was already injured, perhaps only able to guard the formation on the outside now.

"This……"

Everyone's heart jumped in shock.

This Wu Shi is also strong to the point of being a bit outrageous!

He absolutely surpasses the former Ancient Demon True Body by quite a lot; this is the consensus of the other seven of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation.

"Kill!"

The seven exchanged a glance, years of tacit understanding making them act simultaneously, and right from the start they unleashed their predetermined strongest killing moves!

Among them, Lao Er flew into the sky, entering straight into the firmament — that was to set up the Peerless Yuan Tian Killing Array like in the past; even if it couldn't erase Wu Shi, it would still greatly drag his energy.

And the other six fierce beasts galloped, trampling the long sky, all rising to stand on two legs; the evil ghost knights atop them each displayed their strongest laws, sacrificing the weapons in their hands, killing toward Wu Shi.

In an instant, giant swords, great halberds, iron ge all came crashing down, ferocious flames surging to the heavens, terrifying the human realm.

This battlefield was instantly annihilated, all kinds of terrifying strongest Quasi-Emperor laws surging vast and mighty.

The leader Lao Da even sacrificed the treasure vase atop his head, pitch black like ink, suspected to be cast from Dark Immortal Gold; from the vase shot out a ray of deathly light, destroying the withered and pulling the rotten, tyrannical to the extreme.

A siege and kill at this cultivation level is absolutely rare in the universe for thousands upon thousands of years, making everyone in Di Guan Di San Cheng tremble with shock.

Every person seemed to feel empathy, imagining if they themselves were in Wu Shi's position at the center of the battlefield, could they block the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation's suppression and kill?

The answer was naturally no.

Not to mention the blades of those Quasi-Emperor Weapons like the Giant Sword and Great Halberd, the Yuan Tian Killing Array above the Firmament was also hard to deal with; each strand possessed Primordial Spirit Annihilation Power, silent and soundless, impossible to guard against.

In fact.

Strong as Wu Shi was, just as it began, he also received slight injuries, blood drops crystal clear between his palms and fingers.

Those were left from his Holy Fist clashing with weapons like the Great Halberd.

But it was limited to just that.

The next moment, Divine Rules surged around Wu Shi's whole body, like an Invincible War God wreathed in Immortal Flame, shining brilliantly.

He let out a loud shout, his whole person crashing through the encirclement of several Quasi-Emperor Weapons, rushing up in reverse, straight into the Nine Heavens, arriving at the Array Eye of the Yuan Tian Killing Array.

Just one strike alone, and he struck the second of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation at the Array Eye until his body exploded, splitting into four and cracking into five.

This world-shocking power shocked everyone!

And that Lao Er's eyes went straight, his gaze filled with an unbelievable light.

He was suspecting whether his six brothers ate dry rice, how they let Wu Shi break through the heavy siege and directly kill to his front.

And at this time, there was no longer Lao Ba sacrificing himself to protect, because he himself had been struck into a violent retreat of endless distance, suffering not light injuries.

Suspicion returns to suspicion, all this happened in the time of lightning and flint, allowing no distraction whatsoever.

Therefore.

Lao Er did not hesitate in the slightest further, his Primordial Spirit rushing skyward, wanting to escape.

This person Wu Shi is already not something the eight of them can match!

This was a sentence that floated through Lao Er's sea of knowledge.

However.

Wu Shi's movements were yet even swifter than he thought, directly striking out another punch, smashing his Primordial Spirit into powder, thus body dead Dao gone.

Under the Xing Kong.

A streak of black sword light surged forth, rolling away Lao Er's flesh body that had lost its Primordial Spirit.

That was Lao Ba, who was on the Outside with a face full of grief, acting, wanting to collect his Second Brother's corpse.

And Wu Shi did not bother with him either; he took one step out, like he had transcended the limitations of time and space, in an instant arriving before the remaining six of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation.

"Ah..."

These six roared in unison, forcibly suppressing the ten thousand parts of shock and trembling in their hearts, once more exploding with their utmost Combat Power, contending with Wu Shi once again.

Among them, Lao Da's strength was the most powerful; he had swallowed the majority of the flesh bodies of many Heaven's Pride like the Ancient Demon True Body, and already had a few traces of a Chaos Body embryo.

Now he even spared no expense burning his essence blood, even the Great Dao Treasure Vase atop his head had exploded, bursting out several strands of black Immortal Light merging into his body — this was to stake everything in a desperate fight.

But unfortunately.

Wu Shi's strength still exceeded their imagination.

He was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, sweeping all before him, consecutively shaking four or five people until they coughed up large mouthfuls of blood.

Body Invincible, Qi and Blood surging to the heavens, Body and Dao merged — various such descriptions are still not enough to fully describe...

No matter what Quasi-Emperor Weapons like Giant Swords or Great Halberds, and no matter what Chaos Body embryo, under his fists and palms they were all like clay chickens and tile dogs, only enemies for a few moves.

In just four or five moves, the six among the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation had all been sent flying individually, blood splattering the Xing Kong.

Among them, several even had shocking large holes of flesh and blood appear in their chests and abdomens, deep enough to see viscera, revealing white bones, their appearance incomparably miserable.

Of course.

Wu Shi's body also had bloodstains, and he also bore some injuries, but obviously they were far from comparable to the enemies', all merely light injuries.

Such a battle situation stunned everyone!

Originally people were still worried for Wu Shi.

After all, even a Quasi-Emperor as powerful as the Ancient Demon True Body died miserably at their hands, ground down alive.

Who could have thought, facing Wu Shi, it would be this kind of destroying withered wood and pulling rotten roots, being horizontally pushed back.

"Bang!"

Yet another person was struck flying backwards, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood, even the Blood-Red Halberd in his hand shaken into powder, obviously suffering heavy injuries.

And the others were not much better off.

Finally.

These few looked at each other, knowing they could not continue fighting, otherwise they would certainly have to account for themselves here.

Led by Lao Da, several people brought out damaged Quasi-Emperor Weapons, sending them toward Wu Shi, and at the critical moment detonated them.

And not only that, from within their bodies all flew out Forbidden Artifacts, likewise detonating toward Wu Shi.

All these desperate actions were merely to secure escape opportunities for the six of them.

And they indeed succeeded!

No matter how fierce Wu Shi is, after all he has not yet Proven the Dao and Become Emperor.

And six sects' Quasi-Emperor Level Forbidden Artifacts refined for countless ages, simultaneously detonated — this power, even if not equal to an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon's full-force strike, is not far off.

And Lao Ba at the furthest Outside also timely crossed over Dao Principles, rescuing his six Big Brothers, pulling them out of the Battlefield.

Although he was shaken and injured by Wu Shi at the start, at this moment compared to them he was instead the existence with the lightest injuries and most completely preserved strength.

"Rumble—!"

By the time the violent fluctuations of the many Quasi-Emperor Weapons and Forbidden Artifacts detonating in the Battlefield center finally subsided, the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation had already torn the Void and fled far away.

Of course.

Accurately speaking, now it should be only the Seven Gods of Heavenly Desolation remaining, for among them Lao Er's Primordial Spirit had already undergone Total Annihilation, falling on the spot.

A world-shaking Imperial Road battle thus dropped its curtain.

It was not all that anxious, and the outcome was far, far different from what everyone had predicted.

The arrogant and domineering, unrivaled Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation suffered a miserable defeat and left just like that; while it was deeply satisfying, it also inspired genuine awe toward Wu Shi!

Cultivators in the various ancient cities of Emperor Pass raised cups in merriment, as if celebrating this event.

For the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation were almost like the Luan Tian Seven Heroes of years past, seizing by trickery and force; who knows how many Heaven's Pride died at their hands.

Of course, the vast majority suppressed the excitement in their hearts, not daring to show excessive joy; most merely substituted smiles or a look in the eyes.

Because the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation had not all died, and perhaps still had followers among them.

If they thereby provoked the Eight Gods, it could well bring calamity upon themselves and even their sects.

No other reason: this is the terrifying fame the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation have killed their way to over these years!

After this battle, it seems the struggle for supremacy on the Emperor Road of this era has already been decided.

The Ancient Emperor's heirs fled back to the Forbidden Zone, the Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor's blood splattered the starry sky, the Ancient Demon's true body has even perished...

As for that Divine Race Quasi-Emperor, who once fought the Ancient Demon's true body to a standstill, against three of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation he was also slightly inferior.

Very obvious.

The strongest on the Emperor Road of this era undoubtedly belongs to Wu Shi from the Burial Emperor Star!

As for the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation, perhaps after this ordeal they no longer have any fighting spirit to contend with Wu Shi.

After all, eight against one and still beaten so brutally — there should be no hope left.

The following several months.

Wu Shi walked from Di Guan Di San Cheng all the way to the final city, the so-called Emperor Pass Ultimate Land.

This is an incomparably majestic, enormous ancient city; within it are the Dao Marks of generation after generation of Taigu Royals and Great Emperors, and on the crystal walls before the city gates are even engraved their names, signifying that these Ultimate Path powerhouses also once came here.

This is a kind of supreme Dao Imprint; only true powerhouses can gain insight from it — rash contact means certain disintegration.

And Wu Shi naturally stepped forward, touching and sensing each one in turn.

Among them were Holy Emperor Gu Xuan, Ruthless Great Emperor, also Void Great Emperor, Hengyu Great Emperor, and others...

Even for Wu Shi, these Dao Imprints were beneficial, able to help him advance further on the Emperor Road.

He stayed in the Emperor Pass Ultimate Land for over three months, entering almost every Forbidden Land, not missing a single Great Emperor's Dao Marks.

This performance also shook everyone.

Many among them were Peak Great Saints who dominated a domain, yet most dared not touch even one Emperor Dao Imprint, for it could well bring death upon themselves.

And the Divine Race Quasi-Emperor and Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor finally appeared, arriving at this Ultimate City, causing a huge sensation.

But they did not act against Wu Shi; instead, from a great distance, they nodded in acknowledgment.

This was a form of recognition, and also a release of goodwill to a certain extent.

Without fighting, they already knew each other's strength positioning — a result measured against the Ancient Demon's true body or the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation as benchmarks.

Of course.

These two powerful Quasi-Emperors had not lost their Dao Hearts just like that; being inferior now does not mean they will be inferior in the future.

Perhaps later they will gain enlightenment and break through, or obtain some great fortune or great opportunity — not necessarily unable to contend with Wu Shi again.

Cultivators who can reach this step, not a single one lacks an iron-hard Dao Heart!

And such figures are not limited to just the two of them.

Several days later, a piece of news spread across the entire Emperor Pass Ancient Road, reaching straight to the Ultimate City.

The Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation's title reappears!

However, no longer eight people, but only one remaining among them — that is Lao Ba!

And the moment he appeared, he was powerful to the absolute peak; a mere strand of his Qi machine leaking out stunned the entire Emperor Pass Tenth City into dead silence, not a single person daring to move.

And his whole aura had also changed.

Although he still looked like a gentle young man, he now carried a touch more cold severity and bitter cruelty.

What about the others?

Why is only Lao Ba left?

On the Emperor Pass Ancient Road, everyone was shocked and baffled, unable to understand why it suddenly became like this.

Because that day the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation clearly only lost Lao Er, yet now a full seven have vanished?

This harmless-looking Lao Ba, taking advantage of his six elder brothers' severe injuries, struck them all down and swallowed and devoured them?!

Someone reached this speculation, shaking everyone.

(Chapter End)