Chapter 122: Battle Nine Li!

People looked forward to this battle, thinking it might be a clash of dragons and tigers.

Many also hoped the Dacheng Heavenly Demon Body could give Wu Shi a proper defeat, since the younger generation's Heaven's Prides were no match for him.

But there was little suspense in the result.

Even though the Heavenly Demon Body had nearly reached the limit of this constitution, it was still no match for Wu Shi.

After barely a dozen moves, it was utterly defeated and driven back, suppressed just like its descendant.

Of course.

Neither side bore a deep blood feud; Wu Shi merely gave a light punishment before letting the other party go.

"I'd rather fight the Dacheng Holy Body than ever see Wu Shi!"

These were the words left by the Dacheng Heavenly Demon Palace after this battle, passed down through the ages, showing how much the ancient great demons feared Wu Shi.

And this battle shook the Beidou Star Domain.

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Central State.

A majestic god dynasty stood at the peak, looking down upon Tian Xia.

Nine Li Imperial Dynasty!

Its founder was a Great Emperor of ancient history, the Nine Li Great Emperor, with the Imperial Armament Nine Li Diagram guarding it, a renowned Imperial Power.

After the long passage of time, a peerless genius was born in this dynasty.

This person was named Nine You, who had entered the Star Sky Ancient Road and returned thousands of years ago, and had once clashed with the Dacheng Heavenly Demon Body.

In the following hundreds of years, his cultivation advanced further, becoming one on the verge of Becoming Dao!

He was heroic and imposing, rare in ancient times, and in that era was about to create a miracle, possibly becoming a new Great Emperor after the dynasty's founder.

Looking across Tian Xia, a single lineage had never produced two Great Emperors; if he succeeded, it would undoubtedly be a great feat and miracle.

Nine You was indeed stunningly talented, having already touched the edge of the Great Emperor.

Once the opportunity arrived, Proving the Dao and becoming Emperor was not impossible; he was hailed as one of the existences most likely to Prove the Dao in the present age.

On this day.

A majestic figure gazed toward the Eastern Wasteland, staring for a long time.

"So this is Wu Shi? In just a few hundred years, he's reached this step?"

It was indeed Nine You.

He had already seen that a battle on the Emperor's Road with Wu Shi was inevitable, and the clash of Imperial Powers was certain.

Eventually.

Quasi-Emperor Nine You invited Wu Shi to a battle at the border between Central State and the Eastern Wasteland.

Wu Shi showed no hesitation either; from the moment he returned to the Beidou Star Domain, this battle was destined to erupt, only a matter of time.

Above a barren mountain range, two figures stood facing each other from afar.

Within endless distance around them, all living beings had long since fled, sensing this terrifying Quasi-Emperor Aura.

At their level, if a great war broke out, a single strand of aftermath might be enough to suppress and kill a Great Sage cultivator—an essential gap.

Silence reigned everywhere; the two's invisible auras suppressed this Heaven and Earth into silence!

Quasi-Emperor Nine You, as the Supreme Imperial Lord of the Nine Li Imperial Dynasty, wore a Purple Gold Imperial Crown and a Nine Dragon Imperial Robe that moved with the wind; Purple Qi Comes from the East, noble beyond words.

Wu Shi, meanwhile, remained in White Clothes, divine light swirling around his whole body, his True Body hard for outsiders to see.

Nine You was always extremely cold, but at this moment his expression shifted slightly as he spoke: "In seclusion for hundreds of years without Appearing, I never expected the world to produce such a genius as you; the younger generation is formidable!"

What he said was true.

Since Wu Shi Appeared after breaking open the Divine Source, barely four hundred-plus years have passed, yet he has already cultivated to such a profound Quasi-Emperor Realm; not necessarily first in ancient history, but close.

Such a cultivation speed truly amazed everyone in the world—it was simply too fast!

"I've long heard of Senior's great name, fortunate to meet you!"

Wu Shi also bowed with clasped hands, giving due respect to this human Quasi-Emperor who became famous earlier.

Moreover, the Nine Li Great Emperor guarded the world for an era and had great merit for All Living Beings; Nine You is his descendant and deserves to enjoy that legacy.

"Even so, you and I must have one battle."

Nine You's heart was like iron, and his gaze turned once more to the coldness of ten thousand ages.

This too was true.

Born in such an era, the Dao Marks of the ancient Great Emperors have faded for ten thousand loads; both are Quasi-Emperor-level experts aspiring to Prove the Dao, and now on the same Ancient Star, a clash was sooner or later inevitable.

This had nothing to do with right or wrong, good or evil, but was an objective necessity.

"A Battle Outside Domain!"

The two tore through the void, vanishing instantly from the sky above the border between Central State and the Eastern Wasteland, arriving at a Border Wilderness Star Domain.

"Boom—"

A great battle thus erupted.

Nine You, worthy of being called an existence close to a Great Emperor, unleashed boundless might with every strike, shaking the Star Universe.

If it were any other Quasi-Emperor-level expert, they would surely be unable to cope.

It was a pity he met Wu Shi!

Without suspense, whether in flesh body or Dao arts, Nine You was suppressed; within less than half an hour he was at an absolute disadvantage, and soon would be suppressed.

He roared again and again, not hesitating to burn his essence blood to gain higher combat power, but it was still of no use.

Facing an ancient unique Innate Dao Embryo Holy Body, even with blood flowing from his brow, Nine You still felt utter despair.

Outside World.

All who followed this battle sighed that Wu Shi was truly a living heaven-defying monster, easily suppressing even a peerless expert of the older generation.

And Nine You fought with growing alarm; since his debut he had always swept all before him, pressing others down and beating them.

How could he be in such a sorry state today? At this moment he was truly enraged, even his eyes turning red!

Suddenly.

"Boom—"

The Taiyu shook with a vibration of utmost intensity; even the Heavens trembled.

Along with all this, an ancient scroll flew out from the crown of Nine You's head, suspended in midair, covering Heaven and Earth.

Once unfurled, it was an ancient diagram, rustling loudly, emitting a rumbling sound, like the rolling River of Time traversing ten thousand ages.

The Nine Li Diagram!

The Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon of the Nine Li Great Emperor, a Great Emperor of a past generation.

This Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon can seal ten thousand ages, suppress three thousand Great Worlds, enough to refine everything, terrifyingly unmatched.

Legend says this Imperial Weapon contains mountains and rivers like brocade, boundless rivers and seas, incomparably magnificent; the aura of the ancient Great Emperor is extremely oppressive.

In the era when the Nine Li Great Emperor suppressed the world, two Holy Spirits capable of contending with a Great Emperor appeared and caused trouble, yet were collected into it and refined into flying ash.

"He actually employed an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon!"

"Wu Shi is in danger now!"

"This... is a bit against martial virtue..."

In the Universe, the various Supreme Races and major powers watching this battle were shocked for a time.

Both at seeing this Nine Li Diagram appear — rarely seen in thousands upon tens of thousands of years — and feeling worry for Wu Shi in the arena.

In Yaochi Holy Land, the Queen Mother of the West and her two junior sisters, along with the other female cultivators, usually poised and elegant, unhurried, at this moment knitted their brows before the Observe Heaven Divine Array, even losing some color.

Not that they distrusted the Imperial Son's strength, but the power of an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon is beyond the world's imagination.

Since ancient times, countless great battles have proven one point: as long as one has not Proved the Dao and Become Emperor, no matter how strong the expert, encountering a fully revived Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, they can only retreat; otherwise they turn to flying ash.

And at this moment, Nine You, as a Peak Quasi-Emperor, is absolutely sufficient to activate the Nine Li Diagram to full revival!

In fact, he did exactly that; having reached his current realm, his magic power was already temporarily sufficient.

Moreover, he is the direct bloodline of the Nine Li Great Emperor, naturally acknowledged and favored by the Nine Li Diagram; operating it yields twice the result with half the effort.

"Pop!"

The Nine Li Diagram trembled lightly, a vast sea-like fluctuation shaking out; in this stretch of Xing Kong, stars burst into dust one after another, all becoming powder.

Had it not been for the bold cultivators watching from the Outside retreating the moment he sacrificed it, not a single person would have survived.

"Suppress!"

This Supreme Imperial Lord of the Nine Li Imperial Dynasty let out a great roar; even the Purple Gold Imperial Crown atop his head trembled.

"Hum!"

The slumbering deity within the Nine Li Diagram sensed something, as if awakening all at once; the Heavens and Worlds of ten thousand ages shook simultaneously, terrifying pressure surging up to the nine heavens, reaching everywhere!

The next moment, it shook on its own, spread open, sealed the Heavens, like the Universe newly born, opening heaven and parting earth, Chaos Qi pervading.

"Hum!"

The Void collapsed, a terrifying fluctuation spreading; ten thousand ages of Chaos Qi flowed, making everyone's heart tremble; even across the Source Heaven Array, it was like facing a true Great Emperor.

This fluctuation was a tyrannical, fierce Dao Wave, its impact astonishing, seemingly transcending the limits of time and space, arriving above Wu Shi in an instant, intending to suppress and kill him in one stroke.

However.

Brilliant divine light erupted around Wu Shi; clearly his Dao power had revolved to a certain degree; he struck out with one fist, surprisingly barely blocking the Dao Wave emitted by the Nine Li Diagram.

"Rumble—"

This stretch of Xing Kong underwent a great upheaval; across endless distances, many desolate stars turned to dust.

But this also seemed to have thoroughly enraged the deity within the Nine Li Diagram.

The one enraged also included Nine You beneath this Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon.

"Full Revival!"

He roared in fury, eyes incomparably fierce, like a bloodthirsty Fierce Beast wanting to devour a person, completely devoid of any so-called sparring grace.

Of course.

Contending on the Di Jie, this is also not excessive; if Wu Shi dies, it can only be that his strength was insufficient, dying his due.

Merely, Nine You's such conduct is indeed overly ferocious, bordering on the Demon path.

And simultaneously, from within his body, magic power poured recklessly into the Nine Li Diagram.

This is a terrifying scene; even time and space seemed to distort; a profound and terrifying fluctuation surged through the Universe Xing Kong.

And the Nine Li Diagram flickered uncertainly, flashing an extremely alarming light; it had now fully revived, shaking the Heavens and Worlds of ten thousand ages!

The next moment.

Nine You's body merged into the Nine Li Diagram, pressure surging to the heavens; he unleashed his most fierce, unmatched strike.

The Imperial Weapon carried destructive aura suppressing downward, intending to sweep up Wu Shi, collect him inside, and turn him to flying ash, just like those two terrifying Holy Spirits of old.

This is an incomparably divine Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, forged from Phoenix Blood Red Gold and Dao Tribulation Yellow Gold combined; it possesses both the immortality of Divine Gold and a strange resilience.

Ordinarily, a single light tremor from it sends out vast sea-like Imperial Dao Fluctuations; everywhere they pass turns to powder.

Yet now it directly descended upon the crown of Wu Shi's head, and erupted with full Imperial Prestige, intending to suppress and kill him at close range!

What is World-Destroying might?

At this moment, in the hearts of the masses across the Domains, such a sentence surfaced?

Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon fully revived, the unrivaled aura shaking the Cosmos makes even the Life Forbidden Zones tremble...

"Not good!"

The Queen Mother of the West and the other women's faces changed greatly, extremely alarmed.

Even the Xi Huang Pagoda originally suspended above Yaochi Holy Land revived on its own; the Pagoda Body trembled slightly, but it did not tear the Void to go aid Wu Shi, as if having a premonition...

And across the Universe, countless people's expressions shifted, as if the next moment they would witness Wu Shi beaten into flying ash.

However.

Only a long howl from Wu Shi was heard, the divine light around his body expanding several folds, clearly having also activated his utmost Combat Power, like a War Immortal descending upon the Immortal Domain!

Both his hands moved together, displaying the terrifying nature of the Innate Holy Body Dao Embryo.

The Dao Embryo is innately close to the Great Dao, and the Holy Body's golden body possesses heaven-shaking Combat Power; at this moment both were fully manifested.

"Boom—!"

With him as the center, countless rays of light blazing to the utmost extreme erupted, illuminating the entire Battlefield bright as snow, as if countless supernovae had Self-Destructed.

This region of Xing Kong underwent a great destruction; not a single desolate Xing could survive, all turning into dust.

Surging energy storms swept across several surrounding Star Domains, Cover Sky Cover Earth, shaking countless people.

In an era when no Great Emperor appears.

A supreme Quasi-Emperor infinitely close to Great Emperor, unleashing all his Dao Principles, Activating his Ancestors' Imperial Weapon to explode with utmost power.

In just this brief Instant, this might was already not inferior to a Great Emperor's strike by much.

And when that blazing light finished flashing past.

People discovered in shock that Wu Shi had actually caught this supreme Imperial Weapon bare-handed, and had not been beaten into flying ash, only Treasure Blood flowing between his palms and fingers!

This is a rare spectacle hard to see in ten thousand ages.

Enough to be engraved into Eternal, and forever embedded in people's hearts.

In that vast boundless dark Universe, a White Clothes figure of Majestic Figure, holding up the sky with one hand, Intercepted that Nine Li Diagram which seemed to Cover Sky Cover Earth!

"This……"

Seeing This Scene, unknown how many people were Zhen She to the point of momentary loss for words.

Not yet become Emperor, yet with bare hands, caught a fully Recovering supreme Imperial Weapon?!

This breaks the constant principle of ten thousand ages; even the Di Zun and Undying Heavenly Emperor of those years seemingly have no legends of achieving this point.

This Wu Shi, just what kind of person is he, to be strong to this extent?

Such a scene is destined to enter the Mythological Annals, Spread to posterity for unknown how many ten thousand years!

And on Another Side of the Battlefield.

Nine You was shaken out of the Nine Li Diagram, his heart like dead ashes, face dull, unable to believe that his combined strike with the Imperial Weapon would actually result in this.

Not only that, he had already fought to the point of exhaustion.

Yet Wu Shi remained Majestic, flipping his hand to Suppress him, and the supreme Imperial Weapon Nine Li Diagram likewise.

Nine You's face pale, muttering to himself as if mad: "Impossible, impossible……"

And Wu Shi circulated a secret art, repairing the Injury between his palms and fingers, yet did not pursue Nine You's previous Killing Move.

He said lightly to Nine You: "For the sake of you Guarding the Jin Ren for Hundreds of Years, I will not kill you, but this supreme Imperial Weapon I must take; after I prove the Dao I will return it to your dynasty."

This is also a natural course of action.

Nine You retreated staggering, light fading from his eyes, ultimately kneeling on the Ground in bewilderment.

His defeat to Wu Shi was merely one aspect.

And Wu Shi's words and deeds even more made him see clearly that ferocious bloodthirsty dark side within his own heart.

Only at such most intense life-and-death juncture can a person's true nature be exposed.

Nine You probably understood, Over the Years, why he could never break through that final step.

"Ah……"

A shrill Despairing voice resounded through the nine heavens.

Wu Shi Light Sigh, Tear Void, left This Battlefield.

(Chapter End)