Not far from the exit of the secret realm.
Zhu Qingyu and the others looked up, watching the three sequence prodigies draw closer and closer.
At first, they thought the trio was coming for them, but now it looked otherwise.
All three were heavily wounded to varying degrees.
They even seemed flustered.
In the end, everyone became certain: the three sequence prodigies were fleeing.
Yet inside Guangchengzi's dao field, who possessed the power to make them flee?
A question arose in everyone's minds, and in the next moment, they exchanged glances.
"King Lu!"
*Whoosh—*
Just as they were pondering this, the three sequence prodigies had already swept past them, continuing to flee toward the exit.
Yet in the very next instant, an even more terrifying aura emerged.
The surrounding heaven and earth grew scorching hot.
The temperature spiked rapidly.
Then, everyone saw Lu Yuan's figure appear.
He was as unhurried and composed as before, yet the majesty he unleashed was far more terrifying than ever, and his speed was faster, not slower, than that of the three sequence prodigies.
Upon spotting their traces, he did not hesitate in the slightest. His golden blood surged, and he reached out with an open palm.
Instantly, heaven and earth shifted color as ancient monasteries rose one after another, undulating across the realm.
Accompanied by rolling waves of chanting sutras.
It was as though an enlightened Buddha were descending upon the world.
A supreme Buddhist divine ability: Buddha Kingdom in the Palm!
On the other side.
The three sequence prodigies felt the intense danger behind them and accelerated once more.
By now, their shock had morphed into terror.
They had never imagined Lu Yuan would be this strong.
Not only had he destroyed every trap and measure they had prepared, but even the Three-Headed Heaven-Sealing Banners, refined by a Void Saint, had only held him back for a brief moment.
Now, he had unleashed yet another unknown divine ability. The surrounding world transformed, ancient monasteries stood tall, and the pressure weighing on them grew heavier than before.
Left with no alternative, they chose to split up while speeding ahead, hoping at least some of them might preserve their lives.
Lu Yuan naturally saw through their intentions and channeled even greater power.
His right hand clenched slightly.
He intended to trap all three prodigies within Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.
However, sequence prodigies were sequence prodigies after all—exceptionally powerful and extraordinarily gifted.
In the end, the Origin Demon Clan prodigy and Lei Xuan managed to escape the domain, continuing forward.
Only the Three-Headed Ghost Clan sequence prodigy was suppressed within Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.
"Lu Yuan of the human race, how dare you!"
Feeling an immense crushing pressure that seemed capable of pulverizing both his soul and physical body, fear gripped his heart.
Yet he tried to maintain his composure and barked angrily, "I am the sixth sequence of the Three-Headed Ghost Clan, a prominent race of the top hundred star sectors! If you dare make a move against me, you will become the sworn enemy of my entire clan!"
Indeed, his current reliance was still the power backing him. After all, the Three-Headed Ghost Clan was renowned in deep space.
Under normal circumstances, even evenly matched peers would not provoke them casually for fear of sparking an all-out war.
Now, the sixth sequence of the Three-Headed Ghost Clan brought up his backing once again.
Unfortunately, he was playing that card against the wrong person.
Lu Yuan did not even bother listening and pressed his palm all the way down!
*Squelch—*
In the next instant, this figure hailed as a sequence prodigy dissolved into a mist of blood, utterly dead.
At the same time, the might of Buddha Kingdom in the Palm dissipated, and Lu Yuan turned his gaze toward Lei Xuan and the other prodigy, who were already nearing the exit of the secret realm.
However, he did not pursue immediately. Instead, he looked down at Zhu Qingyu and the others. "Leave this mythological secret realm now and wait for me outside Mount Kongtong!"
With that, he shot forward once more, the killing intent radiating from him unyielding.
"It really is King Lu! He... he's hunting down the sequence prodigies of the three clans?"
"Isn't this too overbearing? He killed one of them with just a wave of his hand?"
"Don't overthink it, obey King Lu's orders."
The crowd was once again astounded, struggling to process what they had witnessed.
Yet they knew that under these circumstances, they must not drag Lu Yuan down.
Without another word, they all chose to leave, heading toward the secret realm's exit.
Meanwhile.
In the outside world, at the foot of Mount Kongtong.
A number of Earth's Awakened and extraterrestrial beings stood where they were.
Some had entered but gained little, while others had never planned to enter in the first place.
Nevertheless, none had chosen to leave. They waited on the spot, eager to know whether the mythological secret realm atop Mount Kongtong truly held the fabled immortal fortunes, and ultimately, into whose hands those fortunes would fall.
In their view, whoever obtained such opportunities would either be the prodigies of the three clans...
Or Lu Yuan, hailed as the foremost combat power on Earth.
After all, their strength and talent were plain for all to see.
"Hey, look! There seems to be movement at the exit again."
At that moment, someone who had kept their eyes glued to the secret realm's exit spoke up.
Instantly, all eyes turned toward it, filled with curiosity.
They wanted to know who had emerged.
And whether they had obtained the so-called immortal legacy.
*Boom—*
Immediately following a thunderous crash, two bloodstained figures burst out from within.
"It's the eighth sequence of the Origin Demon Clan and the second sequence of the Celestial Clan!"
"Why did they come out? And they look injured! Could there be some great terror inside?"
"No, wait! There's an even stronger aura behind them! The two sequence prodigies are being hunted down!"
The onlookers were puzzled at first, but quickly realized the truth: the sequence prodigies of two great clans had run into mortal danger and looked utterly battered.
And soon, with another resounding roar, Lu Yuan's figure appeared, striding through the sky, his killing intent overwhelming.
At this moment, he was like a god of slaughter incarnate, charging straight toward the two sequence prodigies.
Everyone who saw this was struck dumb with disbelief.
Especially the extraterrestrials.
Two sequence prodigies were actually being hunted down by someone from the Milky Way Star Sector!
As for Earth's Awakened, they knew Lu Yuan was formidable and unfathomable.
Yet they had never imagined that even when facing prodigies from prominent extraterrestrial clans, he would remain as fiercely terrifying as ever.
Wait.
Hadn't three sequence prodigies gone in together earlier?
Why were there only two left now?
Could it be...?
For a time, dead silence fell over everyone.
"Lu Yuan of the human race, we've already retreated! Do you really intend to fight to the death?!"
At this moment, Lei Xuan's voice rang out. He had finally learned fear, and a hint of yielding crept into his tone.
Back in the secret realm, the human had unleashed a Buddhist divine ability and casually annihilated the sixth sequence of the Three-Headed Ghost Clan.
Lei Xuan had witnessed that scene, and terror gripped his heart. He knew that if this continued, he too would die sooner or later.
"As long as you stop, I can swear an oath never to be your enemy."
The eighth sequence of the Origin Demon Clan expressed his stance as well.
He had gone through tremendous effort to reach this world, aiming to ride the wave of fortune and seize all kinds of opportunities. How could he be willing to die here?
As for the orders from above, he had already given his all and was completely outmatched. What else could he do?
"Today, I embark on another slaughter. The two of you must die!"
To this, Lu Yuan offered only a single sentence.
His tone was calm.
Yet his hands did not pause in the least. The Great Sun Smelting Furnace shone brilliantly across heaven and earth, growing ever more dazzling.
Accompanied by the vitality churning around his body, he looked extraordinary beyond measure.
And his speed became even faster than before.
At the same time, he circulated the Jade Emperor Orthodox Heavenly Thunder Art.
In the firmament.
Thunder began to rumble as immense pressure weighed down, arcs of electricity crackling wildly.
This was a supreme divine ability of the Daoist sect. Cultivated to a certain depth and backed by sufficient strength, it could even alter celestial phenomena, making one a true lord of thunder, and the power it unleashed would be all the more terrifying.
*Rumble!*
Lei Xuan was struck, his injuries worsening.
Yet thanks to his racial innate gifts, he managed to hold on.
On the other side, however, the Origin Demon Clan sequence prodigy was not so fortunate.
Thunder inherently represented destruction; its power was simply too vast.
Fissures appeared across his body.
Black mist billowed more thickly than before—not to attack, but to expend every ounce of power to repair his battered form.
*This can't go on.*
At that moment, the same thought flashed through the minds of both sequence prodigies.
Just like before, they split up to flee once again.
Except this time, they were risking their lives, directly burning their inner blood essence!
One shot forward; the other soared upward.
Their flight speed doubled in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, both vanished from sight.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan could not help but frown slightly. He was indeed powerful, but chasing down two sequence prodigies at once across divergent paths was no simple task.
However, a smile soon touched his lips.
With a slight flick of his hand, the Heaven-Shaking Bow appeared.
Without a word, he drew it to a full crescent, channeling streams of heaven and earth's power.
Upon the bowstring, a golden arrow materialized, carrying an incomparably terrifying aura.
It was aimed straight at the sequence prodigy of the Origin Demon Clan.
*Whoosh—*
In the next instant, the arrow shot out, vanishing into the horizon.
As for Lu Yuan, without even looking back, he charged in the direction Lei Xuan had fled.
Below Mount Kongtong, everyone watched this scene, exchanging wide-eyed glances.
A single arrow...
Did he expect to shoot down a sequence prodigy with just one arrow?
*Boom, rumble—*
Soon, almost as if in answer to their doubts, a deafening explosion echoed in the distant sky, accompanied by a blood-curdling scream.
It was the Origin Demon Clan sequence prodigy. Even though he had fled more than a dozen li away, he had still been shot down, reduced to a mist of blood, thoroughly dead.
The second prodigy!
Dead!
Every living being who sensed this swallowed hard, their scalps tingling with numbness.
Especially those extraterrestrials, who stared at one another in stunned silence.
Is this a human from the Milky Way Star Sector?
Too savage!
Didn't the clan elders say the Milky Way Star Sector had declined? How could such a formidable monster exist here?
Meanwhile, high in the heavens, Lei Xuan flapped his wings frantically.
He spat out blood essence to convert into energy, accelerating yet again.
Before long, he had charged tens of thousands of meters high, breaking past the cloud layer and continuing to climb.
At this moment, Lei Xuan had only one thought: to survive. And his only path to survival was to break out of Earth's atmosphere and reach outer space.
The Sovereign King Realm.
At this stage, one could survive briefly in the cosmos.
Below, Lu Yuan surged with golden blood, pursuing in close pursuit.
Before long, one following the other, the two directly breached the outer atmosphere.
If they climbed any further, it would truly be the starry void of space.
Yet Lu Yuan did not hesitate in the slightest. Mobilizing the power within him, the distance between him and Lei Xuan grew smaller and smaller.
As time went by, he could even see several artificial satellites launched into orbit in the distance.
"Lu Yuan of the human race! A Saint of my Celestial Clan is right outside this realm! If you lay a hand on me, you will truly die without a burial place!" Seeing Lu Yuan in relentless pursuit, Lei Xuan barked another desperate threat, knowing he was on the verge of breaking through Earth's atmosphere into outer space.
Once there, existences of the Saint Realm would no longer be restricted by that mysterious power enveloping Earth.
"A Celestial Clan Saint? He won't make it in time to save you!"
Lu Yuan's gaze was indifferent.
The Heaven-Shaking Bow appeared once more. Vast power gathered within it, laced with boundlessly terrifying killing intent. This single strike was more than enough to claim Lei Xuan's life for good!
Chapter 153