Clash Across the Distance

Earth, the atmosphere. A red light flashed, and Yu Xian materialized out of thin air, looking down at the planet's surface. Although his combat strength was far inferior to Edward's, he never placed blind faith in data on paper. Sometimes, only after fighting did one truly know who was stronger. Of course, if the gap proved too vast, there was no need to court death. *Let me see your strength, Edward...!* Yu Xian raised his hand, staring down at a certain nation on the surface as the thought crossed his mind. A mass of red energy instantly appeared in his grasp. Under his control, it spun rapidly, shaping itself into a spear with razor-sharp points at both ends. The spiraling spear emanated a powerful aura, so potent that the clouds beneath him scattered, opening up a clear, cloudless expanse of sky. Yu Xian felt this was not yet enough. With a thought, a spatial bubble on Mars expanded instantly; chaotic space severed vast amounts of rock before teleporting them directly into the spiraling spear. Originally only two meters long, the spear ballooned in size after incorporating so much stone, expanding into a colossal ten-meter lance. *Still not enough!* Remembering Edward's casual blow, Yu Xian willed the shadow behind him to stretch out, transforming into billowing black smoke that merged into the spear. The originally red lance immediately took on streaks of black within red, and red within black. *I can push it further!* Yu Xian's eyes glowed crimson. Bones sprouted and proliferated from his arm, turning into a massive white-bone limb. Clasping the spear with this colossal bone arm, Yu Xian immediately channeled the True Crimson Power from the True Crimson Demon Core within his body into the weapon. The spear's length skyrocketed to a hundred meters. The True Crimson Demon Core was, in truth, a so-called Godhead. Yu Xian's Godhead was situated in his chest. As it channeled True Crimson Power, a cross-shaped glare shone from his breast. Without any wind, his long silver hair and trench coat fluttered fiercely. *Go!* Feeling he was nearing his limit, Yu Xian exerted his will, using the giant bone arm to hurl the weapon toward the ground. The hundred-meter spiraling lance shot forth instantly, streaking across the sky like a crimson meteor. *** Luzon. Attended by dozens of blonde beauties, Edward was watching the "infighting" of Luzon's top officials. The President of Luzon swung a cleaver relentlessly, forcing the King into retreat. Both men were covered in deep lacerations, their blood pooling across the floor. Not far from them, the President's wife was locked in a brutal struggle with the Queen. Their clothes were shredded, all dignity discarded. "Hurry up, only one hour left until sunset," Edward said casually, taking a sip of fresh blood drawn from the woman beside him as he chuckled at the four combatants. Sure enough, hearing that only an hour remained, the clash grew even more vicious. Edward had promised that only two of them would be allowed to live—and he would even grant them the chance at immortality. Clearly, none of them intended to forfeit this opportunity. Yet just as the President severed the King's lower leg with a vicious slash, the Demon Cross in the palace behind Edward erupted with scarlet radiance. The next instant, the cross flew up and began spinning rapidly in midair. Only then did Edward react a beat late, rising and turning to look toward the sky. The dense overcast suddenly parted. Edward hastily wrapped his cloak around himself and put on a pair of sunglasses. His expression darkened as the sky turned blood-red, as if doomsday had arrived. *It's here!* A colossal spiraling lance descended from the heavens. While it was still a thousand meters above the ground, the earth began to crater and cave in layer by layer. Unable to endure the overwhelming pressure, countless people sank to their knees or were pressed flat against the ground, barely able to turn their heads sideways to watch the spear fall. *There's actually an expert of this caliber on Earth? Who could it be?* Edward stared fixedly at the descending spear, names of numerous powerhouses flashing across his mind. Vampires had infiltrated every nation, and he had constantly ordered his subordinates to gather intelligence on each country's experts. Western Transcendents were the easiest to track, whereas the East was far more reserved, often concealing their strength; only the Transcendents of the Island Nation tended to seek the spotlight. *Could it be an expert from Huaxia?* In the end, that was the only possibility Edward could conceive. At that moment, the spiraling spear collided with the Demon Cross. Two surges of crimson energy detonated simultaneously. The surrounding people vomited blood and collapsed into unconsciousness. Only Edward remained standing motionless, his cloak constantly shifting shape amid the violent shockwaves. *** The atmosphere. Yu Xian kept his eyes closed, observing the clash between the spiraling lance and the Demon Cross from another perspective. The corners of his lips curved slightly. True Crimson Power slowly condensed in his right hand, forming a two-meter-long energy spear. True Crimson Power was fundamentally similar to Falsehood Divine Power. It contained five attributes—though fewer than the giant serpent's Falsehood Divine Power, all five of his were of the highest tier. God and Demon corresponded to the sacred and dark attributes; Light and Shadow to the light element and shadow attribute; Illusion and Reality to the illusion and spatial attributes; Bone and Flesh to the undead and life attributes. And lastly, the blood attribute, representing the very essence of a vampire. *Go!* With a slight exertion of force, Yu Xian hurled the True Crimson Spear. The spear vanished the instant it left his hand, reappearing in the sky directly above Edward the very next moment, plunging downward. The strike was blindingly fast—so fast Edward could not react in time. Yet while he could not, the Demon Cross's autonomous defense mechanism responded immediately. In an instant, the Demon Cross flared with brilliant red light. Resisting the crushing weight of the spiraling lance, it split off a portion of its power to shield above Edward's head, shakily catching the True Crimson Spear's impact. Edward looked up at the sharp tip of the True Crimson Spear, his forehead dripping with sweat, his pupils trembling in sheer shock. Had that spear struck home, he would have been critically wounded if not killed outright. After all, his body was still fragile, nowhere near as indestructible as a Star Divine Artifact. "Damn it!" Edward typically spoke the Rome Huchen language, but having lost his composure, he finally blurted out words in his mother tongue. He instantly manipulated the Demon Cross's energy to pull himself before it, pressing his hand onto the cross. An even more immense power erupted. The spiraling lance and the True Crimson Spear held out for barely two seconds before being instantly obliterated by a terrifying tempest of energy. The Demon Cross's energy fluctuations grew increasingly violent, the bursting power coalescing directly into a colossal pillar of energy. The unconscious people on the ground were reduced to ash, and the earth ruptured, peeling back layer upon layer as the shockwave swept everything away. "Hiding like a rat! Die! Soul-Pursuing Blood Spear!!!" Straining with all his might to command the Demon Cross, Edward unleashed his strongest attack. A titanic torrent of energy transformed into a spear that shot straight into the sky, rocketing toward Yu Xian's location at blinding speed. *** High in the atmosphere, Yu Xian had witnessed everything through an eyeball bubble. His eyeball bubbles were now composed of Primordial Pure Blood and True Crimson Power; not only were they stable, but their stealth capability was superb. Even though they had stared directly at Edward throughout the encounter, Edward had failed to detect their presence in the slightest. Yu Xian opened his eyes and looked down at the rapidly ascending blood spear, intending to test his own defensive capability. He opened his hand toward the oncoming spear. Instantly, a dense array of bubble shields materialized before him. These bubbles were no longer composed of mutated blood energy, but rather of the far more intricate Primordial Pure Blood; their properties and functions were on an entirely different level compared to the past. *Come on!* *Let me see the gap between us!* Yu Xian stared intently at the blood spear, thinking silently.