The battle was over.
From the summit of Mount Tai all the way to the deserted city, the clash had spanned hundreds of li, demolishing mountain ranges and forests in its wake.
The terrain of several regions had been fundamentally altered, with massive sinkholes carved into the earth and lakes boiled dry.
It was an earth-shattering battle far beyond what anyone could have imagined, unprecedented since the global mutation.
Even powerful Awakened could not remain calm after witnessing it, as it vastly exceeded their wildest expectations.
Now the great battle had reached its conclusion. The body of the Celestial Clan's Demi-Saint plummeted from the sky.
It crashed onto the ground, stripped entirely of life.
A Saint Realm expert.
Dead just like that, slain before someone an entire major realm lower.
At this moment, high-ranking officials like Elder Ji witnessed the sight clearly, their minds reeling in disbelief for a long time.
Did King Lu really win?
Did he truly defeat a Saint Realm expert descended from the extraterrestrial realms?
Though everyone had harbored hope beforehand, when it actually happened, they were still thoroughly shaken.
The Saint Realm.
Earth had never produced one.
Yet they knew full well how terrifying anyone who reached that realm would be.
Yet in the end? King Lu had succeeded once again, emerging victorious just as he always had before.
"The Celestial Clan's Demi-Saint has fallen! But where are the Saint Realm experts from the other two major clans? Why haven't we seen them?"
"Yeah, didn't three Saint Realm experts descend together? Where are they?"
"Could they... have been slain by the human Lu Yuan earlier?"
Meanwhile, the extraterrestrial beings who had rushed to the scene were already deeply shocked by Lei You's death.
Soon, however, they remembered the Void Saints of the Origin Demon Clan and the Three-Headed Ghost Clan, yet saw no trace of them.
They had arrived late and completely missed the earlier part of the battle.
Now, seeing that the Celestial Demi-Saint was dead and neither of the other two Void Saints was anywhere to be found, the conclusion became obvious.
Three Saint Realm experts.
All dead!
In an instant, nearly every extraterrestrial being present was shaken to their core.
If it were just one, it might still be explainable. After all, the world's suppression prevented them from unleashing their full peak strength.
Moreover, they readily acknowledged that Lu Yuan's own combat prowess was exceedingly formidable, making a turnaround kill feasible.
Yet now, it was a full three Saint Realm experts.
Was that human, Lu Yuan, truly this terrifyingly capable?
That was the only thought running through the minds of every extraterrestrial being present.
They had originally assumed that once Saint Realm experts descended, the global landscape would undergo a drastic shift, allowing them to plunder and seek fortuitous opportunities to their hearts' content.
Never had they imagined that this man would slaughter Saints outright.
Chilled into silence, everyone looked up at the figure standing in the sky, terror taking root in their hearts.
In stark contrast, after their initial shock, the humans represented by the official authorities felt boundless excitement surge in their eyes.
High above, Lu Yuan remained suspended in midair.
With Lei You dead, the battle was completely finished.
At this moment, however, Lu Yuan's aura was somewhat disordered, no longer as tranquil as it had been at the start.
A Demi-Saint was truly formidable when casting aside all restraint and unleashing his full power.
Even though it had lasted only an instant, the pressure on Lu Yuan had been immense. He had sustained some injuries by the end, though fortunately they were not severe.
Of course, Lu Yuan did not harbor the delusion that his current strength was truly enough to defeat a Demi-Saint under normal conditions. Against a Saint in peak condition, he would have virtually no chance of victory.
Even with all his trump cards unleashed, the best he could manage was avoiding defeat.
"Beneath the Saint, all are ants."
Those words were far more than just a saying.
The fundamental reason he had managed to suppress and kill Lei You was the power of the Severance of Heaven and Earth.
Lu Yuan felt no arrogance. On the contrary, he felt his strength was still lacking. As time went on, more and stronger beings would inevitably descend.
He had to continue increasing his strength in the short term.
Only then could he weather whatever crises lay ahead.
Setting aside his wandering thoughts, he turned to look down at the crowd below.
Feeling his gaze, the extraterrestrial beings could not help but shrink back their necks.
They were thoroughly convinced by now that this man was an absolute fiend who was not to be provoked.
Lu Yuan paid no mind to these extraterrestrial beings.
He stepped down slowly from the heavens.
Arriving beside Elder Ji and the others, a faint smile appeared on his face. "Let's go. It is all over."
"Yes, King Lu." Elder Ji's eyes shone brightly. Without a moment's hesitation, he led the group back toward the Mount Tai Trial Academy.
The greatest crisis had ended. With the Severance of Heaven and Earth in place, the situation would remain peaceful for a time, free of drastic upheavals.
More importantly, they understood that King Lu could now resolve even threats from the Saint Realm.
How terrifying would he become as he continued to grow and evolve in the future?
Perhaps he truly was the hope of this world.
Meanwhile, the extraterrestrial beings were weighed down with heavy hearts.
They had thought descending to this backward civilized world would allow them to dominate everything.
Yet who could have foreseen this?
As Lu Yuan, Elder Ji, and the others were on their way back to Mount Tai, the news that three Saint Realm experts had descended only to be slain spread throughout the world in no time.
Instantly, the Awakened and common populace across Earth erupted in celebration.
A world-shaking crisis had been resolved just like that. Even beings who had advanced to the sixth and seventh stages were no match for Lu Yuan.
"Where are those extraterrestrial beings now? Didn't you say 'beneath the Saint, all are ants'? Now our King Lu has slain three Saints in a row, all by himself! Why aren't you speaking up anymore?"
"Speak up? The facts are right in front of them! King Lu is invincible! No matter how powerful the extraterrestrials who descend, he will slay them all!"
"I wouldn't dare say he is entirely invincible, since there are always higher peaks and greater masters out there. But King Lu has proven one thing: extraterrestrial beings are nothing more than this!"
"While I won't claim he's invincible everywhere, beneath this starry sky, King Lu is invincible!"
Originally, the descent of extraterrestrial Saint Realm experts had hung over everyone's hearts like a dark cloud.
When the battle erupted, every single person had been overcome with dread.
They all understood that if Lu Yuan lost this battle, no living being in this world would meet a good end, for their strongest champion would have fallen.
Yet to everyone's astonishment, all three Saints had fallen instead, leaving King Lu with a resounding victory.
Now, the extraterrestrials who had once clamored so arrogantly were struck utterly mute.
For every living being on Earth, this was an exhilarating event, and everyone rejoiced.
Across the internet, people even began calling Lu Yuan "Invincible Beneath the Starry Sky."
What did it mean to be invincible beneath the starry sky?
It meant that under the canopy of stars above Earth, King Lu was the undisputed, peerless champion!
And the facts bore this out.
Ever since the extraterrestrial beings had gathered beyond Earth, many had descended—sequence prodigies and Saint Realm experts alike. Yet what became of them? Every single one had been defeated at Lu Yuan's hands.
If this was not invincible, what was?
Chapter 164