This surge of vitality was distinctly different from that of the Maha Clan. It carried a majestic grandeur, an overwhelming might that blanketed the firmament.
For what Lu Yuan displayed was not some innate racial talent, but power accumulated through his own cultivation and sheer strength—a vitality infused with his indomitable spirit.
Golden vitality churned like a vast ocean, commanding the heavens and the earth as it pierced through the black mist. Nearly everyone present felt it, their expressions struck with profound shock.
The members of the Maha Clan and the experts from other major astral domains were especially stunned. Meanwhile, Jiang Feiyi, who had previously harbored doubts about Lu Yuan, stared with eyes wide in disbelief.
The aura was simply overwhelming, defying belief. Yet when they had first met, he had not sensed a trace of it.
At last, he understood where the Divine Son and Holy Maiden drew their absolute confidence. Just as expected, the only ones who were not astonished were the siblings Jiang Ningxian and Jiang Haokong.
They stood in place, their gazes completely calm. After all, this was far from the first time they had watched Lu Yuan battle an enemy.
To them, there was nothing surprising about it. If Mo Gang could suppress three Extraterrestrial Demons on his own earlier, then the siblings firmly believed that once Lu Yuan stepped in, he would resolve everything just as he always had.
Naturally, they felt a twinge of relief that Lu Yuan had avoided clashing with the Maha Clan at such a juncture, preventing what could have become an unmanageable crisis.
After all, no matter what, the highest priority right now was to unite and confront the Extraterrestrial Demons.
Fortunately, Mo Gang was not wholly unreasonable. All the two siblings had to do now was wait for the battle to conclude.
On the other side, Lu Yuan moved. His entire aura surged furiously, radiating an unstoppable, indomitable momentum.
In the next instant, he took a single stride forward, appearing directly before the three Extraterrestrial Demons, and slashed out with his sword.
Just as he had said before, he had no desire to waste time here. Thus, from the very beginning, he held nothing back.
The Daluo Sword Embryo, paired with the sword intent of One Sword of Heaven and Earth! In an instant, sword light surged, seeming capable of cleaving heaven and earth in two.
The three Extraterrestrial Demons had initially assumed the newcomer was much like Mo Gang. Even if he joined the fray, they would at most need to take the fight a bit more seriously.
Yet the moment Lu Yuan struck, that terrifying sword intent threatened to grind everything to dust.
Without hesitation, they mobilized the power within their bodies. Dense billows of black mist surged out once more, cloaking the surrounding mountains and rivers.
Though this technique seemed unassuming on the surface, it caused Mo Gang in the distance to furrow his brows. Only someone who had fought them could understand how vexing that black mist truly was. Even with the mightiest surge of vitality, piercing it was nearly impossible. Even when Mo Gang held the upper hand earlier, he had failed to disperse the shroud completely.
In other words, if one wished to pose a genuine threat to Extraterrestrial Demons, the first prerequisite was purging that black mist entirely.
Yet Mo Gang had failed to accomplish even that. Now, he could sense that Lu Yuan possessed far deeper reserves of strength than himself.
Still, could he actually breach that black mist? Just as doubt filled Mo Gang's heart, the sword light descended.
In an instant, the black mist was completely churned and wiped out in the blink of an eye. In the next breath, an even more terrifying vitality erupted from Lu Yuan's body, roaring forward like a torrential river.
His imposing aura swelled further as he threw a punch. Deprived of the mist's protection, the three Extraterrestrial Demons found the colossal fist impossible to withstand. They retreated one after another, preparing to circulate that bizarre power within them against Lu Yuan. It was one of their trump cards—an ability that had proven virtually infallible in the past.
Unfortunately, this was not Lu Yuan's first battle against Extraterrestrial Demons. More importantly, he possessed destiny power, a force that could completely counter their sinister energy.
Without hesitation, he channeled that power. In the next instant, a peerless, incomparable aura surged forth.
The three Extraterrestrial Demons felt the strange power within their bodies entirely stifled by the man before them. They could not unleash it at all, and even their innate techniques were utterly suppressed.
A single sword strike had obliterated their black mist. A single punch had forced them to resort to their trump card. A single breath of his aura had rendered all three Extraterrestrial Demons helpless.
All of this had transpired in the span of a breath. By the time the onlookers snapped back to their senses, Lu Yuan had already struck again, grotto-heavens coalescing continuously behind his back.
With every breath, dragon-shaped primordial essence pulsed around him as he unleashed another sword strike. Clang! Clang! Clang! Sword intent cascaded ceaselessly, filling heaven and earth.
Every trace of black mist cloaking the three Extraterrestrial Demons was eradicated, exposing their true forms.
Indeed, from beginning to end, Lu Yuan had not maneuvered or bided his time with the enemy as he had previously, for he had no intention of wasting another second.
He could tell that the beings before him were roughly comparable in strength to the demon he had fought before. While they were capable of putting up a fight, once he became truly serious, eliminating them might not be effortless, but it certainly posed no great difficulty.
Yet this spectacle left both Mo Gang and Jiang Feiyi thoroughly stunned. It was not as though they had never seen the true forms of Extraterrestrial Demons before; the shock stemmed from the sheer terror of how he accomplished it. It had happened far too fast. It was an exhibition of total, unadulterated dominance.
The cultivation realm Lu Yuan displayed was merely that of a Creation Immortal, yet his strength defied all expectation. With a few simple moves, he had shattered the demons' defenses and stripped them of all recourse. This was something Mo Gang and the others had never witnessed before. It was simply too overwhelming.
"This man is too powerful—we have never encountered anyone like him. Flee!"
Sensing mortal peril at last, the three Extraterrestrial Demons made their decision in an instant. Knowing their opponent was insurmountable, their only choice was immediate retreat. After all, only a limited number of them had descended into this astral domain. Losing even one could jeopardize their entire plan.
"Did I give you permission to leave?" Lu Yuan's voice sounded, as calm and indifferent as ever.
Standing in the void, sword intent roiling around him alongside shimmering grotto-heavens, he showed no hesitation as the three Extraterrestrial Demons attempted to flee. He simply reached out a hand.
Buzz!
In an instant, resonant Sanskrit chants echoed between heaven and earth. At the same time, colossal ancient temples and Buddhist monasteries materialized, blanketing the world and sealing off everything around them. Escaping was completely out of the question, and the demons' expressions instantly twisted.
They had originally come to seize a famed mountain range, expand their conquests, and gradually corrode this world. Even temporary setbacks were acceptable, so long as they survived. After all, the strongest figures, such as Jiang Taiyu, had already been drawn away by even greater powers. Within this astral domain, there should have been no one capable of threatening their lives.
Yet now, the three Extraterrestrial Demons realized how grievously mistaken they were. In their prior intelligence, there had never been mention of such an entity—one who could crush them effortlessly and sever their every avenue of retreat.
"Originally, I intended to use this battle with you to hone my cultivation," Lu Yuan said calmly. "Who knew the so-called foes from beyond were nothing more than this? You cannot even exert any pressure on me. It truly is a disappointment. And keeping you alive serves me no purpose whatsoever. In that case, perish completely."
Through these two battles, Lu Yuan had gained a clear understanding of Extraterrestrial Demons. Put simply, as long as one possessed sufficient strength, there was nothing to fear. Furthermore, wielding destiny power provided a direct counter to their existence, making dealing with them all the more manageable.
Of course, Lu Yuan still did not underestimate the Extraterrestrial Demons as a whole; he knew that the ones he had encountered simply were not strong enough.
Since letting them linger was meaningless, he promptly raised the Daluo Sword Embryo in his hand, cloaking its sword intent in destiny power. Simultaneously, he clenched his fist, detonating the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm. Then, he delivered another slash.
In a daze, heaven and earth seemed to vanish, leaving behind only boundless sword intent. The black mist and that bizarre aura dissipated entirely in that instant.
When the onlookers came to their senses once more, they discovered that the three Extraterrestrial Demons had been completely obliterated. Neither flesh nor soul remained; even their lingering auras had vanished, as though they had been wiped clean from the face of existence.
And all of this was accomplished by Lu Yuan, who had barely spent any time doing so. Of course, the matter was not entirely over.
Turning his head, he directed his gaze toward the members of the Celestial Clan.
"Leave these people to us," Jiang Haokong said immediately, having guessed Lu Yuan's intention to bring the matter to a swift and total end.
After all, Haokong felt that since arriving on Celestial Star, he had hardly had an opportunity to lift a finger, which hardly aligned with his original goals. Exchanging a glance with Jiang Ningxian, he charged straight into the battlefield. After all, these were not the true bodies of Extraterrestrial Demons, but merely members of the Celestial Clan. Even if they had received that bizarre power, as a Divine Son and chosen pride of the universe, he still held absolute faith in his own abilities.
Jiang Ningxian was not one to be outdone either, stepping forward immediately to join the fray.
Jiang Feiyi also felt that, as part of the younger generation, it was time for him to step up rather than remain sheltered under the protection of his elders. After all, right in front of him stood a peer who had long since surpassed everyone of his generation. If he hesitated to take action against the Celestial Clan now and waited for Lu Yuan to clean up the mess, it would truly be disgraceful.
With the three of them joining the fight, the tide on the other battlefield turned once more.
Chapter 484