A Great Battle!

There was often only a paper-thin line between a genius and a madman. Su Yu was a genius, but he was also a madman. And right now, what Moduona needed was precisely this madman. Looking across at everyone in the hall, a faint smile surfaced on Moduona's face as he murmured, "The doors are shut." Xuan Wuji and the others frowned. What did that mean? Moduona chuckled, paced to the far end of the hall, and took a seat upon the throne. Resting his hand against the armrest, he said softly, "This Martial Arts Hall only defends against the outside, not from within. This armrest is the mechanism—the switch to open the doors! "Otherwise, once the gates are shut, since King Gong forged this place himself, nothing short of an Invincible or even a Dao Harmonizer can breach them!" The crowd frowned once more. Xuan Wuji forced a smile and said, "Brother Moduo, the Immortals and Demons have no deep-seated enmity. If Pan Hu did something wrong, just say the word. If he is truly at fault, we can talk this through..." Moduona smiled. "He did nothing wrong." Xuan Wuji's brow knitted tightly. He stared at Moduona, unable to fathom what he was trying to achieve. Could he actually intend to kill them? What a joke! The forces gathered on their side were overwhelmingly strong. Atop the throne, Moduona said calmly, "Lord Zhan Kui!" A dark shadow coalesced. Opposite him, before Xuan Wuji, a white shadow materialized as well—Xuan Wuji's Dao Protector. The white silhouette wore an indifferent expression. Looking at the dark shadow, he remarked with effortless calm, "Brother Zhan Kui, it has been a long time." The dark shadow chuckled faintly. "Yang Hu, you... are no match for me!" Indeed, the dark shadow was formidable. At the very least, Xuan Wuji's Dao Protector, Yang Hu, was not his equal. Yet Yang Hu showed no sign of worry. Before long, several ninth-tier Sun Moon experts stepped forward beside him. Yang Hu said mildly, "Young people are prone to rashness. We were all young once. You are his Dao Protector and his mentor; you cannot indulge Moduona in everything. We came today with no intention of coercing anyone—we only wished to clarify what happened." Before the dark shadow could reply, Moduona spoke coldly from the throne: "The matter is very simple. I want to kill! Kill me, and the doors will open so you may leave—no explanations required! "If you cannot kill me... you shall die here! "This place is sealed. Not even an Invincible can enter, so you may rest easy!" Near the entrance, Xuan Wuji was left speechless with disbelief. How the hell had things escalated straight to a fight to the death? Yang Hu's brow furrowed as his aura gradually surged. He said coldly, "Moduona, do you not know that since ancient times, overly arrogant geniuses have always met miserable ends? You have great talent, but your cultivation is merely at the Shanhai Realm..." Moduona ignored him, turning his gaze toward Zhan Kui instead. "Will you still not make a move, My Lord?" Zhan Kui frowned. Moduona added impassively, "If you will not strike, then kill me, open the doors, and let them leave!" "..." Zhan Kui nearly suffered a breakdown! Damn it! What was he supposed to do? The other side wasn't some soft persimmon. Moduona had to be joking. Zhan Kui might be slightly stronger than Yang Hu, but that didn't mean he could fight Yang Hu while taking on everyone else at the same time. If they joined forces, he would be hard-pressed as well. Just then, Yang Hu's voice transmitted directly into his mind: "Moduona is too insolent. Zhan Kui, why don't you and I indulge him with a clash? Let someone else subdue Moduona, open the doors, and we will depart!" Yang Hu was thoroughly exasperated. Forget it, they would put on an act. Killing wasn't an easy option. Since that was the case, he would spar with Zhan Kui for show while any random eighth- or ninth-tier Sun Moon cultivator subdued Moduona. Then they would open the door and walk out! There was no point in tangling with this lunatic! Zhan Kui considered it and decided it made sense. Fair enough! The next instant, he growled in a low voice, "Then I shall obey Your Highness's command!" As the words fell, the void ruptured. The two quasi-Invincibles tore through space in an instant, yet neither escaped the hall; instead, their battle unfolded within a separate spatial layer inside the hall itself! At that moment, Yang Hu's voice echoed in the ears of Su Yu and the others: "Go subdue Moduona. Injuring him severely is fine, just do not kill him. Once the doors are open, we leave together!" Moduona was out of his mind. There was no need to lock horns with him to the bitter end. If they actually killed him, Zhan Kui would fight with his life on the line. And if Zhan Kui didn't fight to the death, the Demon Emperor would execute him upon his return to the Demon Realm anyway. Xuan Wuji was equally speechless. He swept a glance across the ninth-tier Sun Moon experts before fixing his gaze on Tai He. After all, this whole mess had started because of them. Tai He said nothing, simply striding toward Moduona. A mere first-tier Shanhai dared to think so highly of himself! If not for his wariness of the Demon Emperor and Zhan Kui, a single slap from Tai He would have reduced him to paste! Tai He snorted inwardly. He noticed the two spheres Moduona was toying with—one of them was Pan Hu's sea of will. That was fine; they could still rescue him. In that sense, the primary objective of this excursion would still be accomplished flawlessly! As he stepped forward, Tai He called out, "Moduona, you are still too young. It is better for the young to keep a low profile. Do not follow Su Yu's path, hunted down by all races. You may be a genius, but compared to Su Yu, you have no advantage whatsoever. Even Su Yu can only turtle inside an ancient city..." Below, Su Yu was rather pleased with what he heard. Of course, he only liked the first half; the rest was pure bullshit. Who was turtling inside an ancient city? You're the turtle. Su Yu also wanted to see what Moduona could possibly do. Can you handle a ninth-tier Sun Moon? If you can't... they're just going to walk out. Yet the moment Tai He drew near, Moduona let out a soft sigh. "If this fails and I return to the myriad realms, I will never be able to break free of him again." These words were meant for Su Yu's ears. Under the puzzled gazes of everyone else, Moduona produced a droplet of golden blood. With a faint smile, he swallowed it. Tai He froze, instantly horrified! "The Demon Emperor's blood essence!" Are you courting death? You're only a first-tier Shanhai, yet you dare to consume the blood essence of the Demon Emperor? No matter how strong Moduona's physical body was, it couldn't surpass Su Yu's. Even Su Yu didn't dare consume something like that, yet Moduona had swallowed it without hesitation! In his horror, Tai He reached out a hand to seize him. Moduona, however, remained serene, as though suffering no major shock. His aura, on the other hand, exploded with immeasurable power. He murmured with a sigh, "Indeed, blood essence of the Demon Emperor. Blood of identical origin naturally allows for greater tolerance... After all, this physical body of mine is destined to be his future incarnation." It was just like Liu Wenyan inheriting Ye Batian's divine characters back then—a Character Nurturer inheriting Ye Batian's divine characters. Today, Moduona was in the same position. The Demon Emperor had continually altered his physical body. Moduona had resisted and refused to accept it, forcing the Demon Emperor to modify him bit by bit, gradually molding him into a more suitable vessel. The moment Moduona swallowed this droplet of blood essence, he severed his own path of retreat! Under the refinement of the blood essence, his physical body would align flawlessly with the Demon Emperor. At any time and place, the Demon Emperor could seize his flesh, leaving him utterly powerless to resist, no matter how strong he grew. He was risking everything! If things didn't work out with Su Yu, he would cooperate with the Blood Fire Demon King, using himself to draw down the Demon Emperor's future incarnation so the Blood Fire Demon King could slay it. Even if that amounted to negotiating with a tiger, working with Su Yu was hardly any different. *I refuse to accept this! I refuse to spend my entire life under another's control!* Moduona's gaze hardened with resolve! His aura surged to a terrifying height. "Maha!" With a low roar, Moduona unleashed a punch that caused heaven and earth to lose their color! *Boom!* A deafening blast rang out. Tai He was sent flying, blood spraying from his mouth, his palm blown to pieces by the impact of the fist! Tai He's expression changed drastically. In that instant, all complacency and contempt evaporated, replaced by fury. "Kill him, quickly! This lunatic has lost his mind!" He had swallowed the Demon Emperor's blood essence! At this moment, not just Tai He, but even the two clashing quasi-Invincibles paused in shock. Below, Moduona relished the boundless, monstrous might surging through him. Looking up toward the void, he chuckled. "Zhan Kui, if you do not kill him... I will slaughter Xuan Wuji and the rest. If Yang Hu doesn't care about Xuan Wuji and his people dying... you two can go ahead and keep playing!" "..." Zhan Kui's expression warped. *Fuck!* Moduona had even swallowed the Demon Emperor's blood essence—he was genuinely fighting for his life! Zhan Kui gritted his teeth, still hesitating, but Yang Hu panicked first. He roared, "Kill him! Slay Moduona, now!" *Fuck!* He was playing for keeps! *Boom!* In an instant, three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts charged toward Moduona in unison. Just as the others prepared to strike, Zhan Kui panicked as well. With a furious roar, his form suddenly split into two—one incarnation continued battling Yang Hu, while the other instantly broke away from the battlefield and charged toward those ninth-tier Sun Moon experts! He possessed past and present incarnations; his present incarnation alone was no weaker than Yang Hu. Now, he was frantic. It didn't matter if Moduona was insane—Zhan Kui could not allow him to die! His past incarnation plunged straight toward those ninth-tier Sun Moon experts! Moduona threw his head back and laughed! His long hair whipped wildly in the wind, his aura boundless and domineering. "This is how it should be!" *Boom!* A punch hammered forward—Maha Boundless! Between heaven and earth, only this fist seemed to exist, radiating power that appeared even greater than Zhan Kui's past incarnation. With a heavy bang, the punch vibrated the void hundreds of times, collapsing a hundred strikes into one! A tremendous boom echoed, and Tai He—whose hand had already been pulverized—suffered a catastrophic blow. Blood gushed continuously from his lips as he retreated frantically. The other Sun Moon experts swarmed forward. Three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts and one eighth-tier Sun Moon expert—four mighty cultivators—joined forces to besiege him. In the void, two quasi-Invincibles engaged in a fierce duel, while Zhan Kui's past incarnation clashed violently with three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts on the other side. ... Meanwhile, Su Yu and his group retreated continuously. Su Yu was technically the strongest among them right now. He shielded Dao Cheng closely, swatting away the shockwaves with an anxious expression. Xuan Wuji's face was equally pale as he barked through divine sense, "Ling Heng, go open the gates! Do it quickly while he's occupied in battle!" Su Yu ignored him, keeping his focus entirely on guarding Dao Cheng. Dao Cheng was left speechless and said nothing; with everyone embroiled in brutal combat over there, Ling Heng would likely be swatted dead if he ran out now. If it were Dao Cheng, he wouldn't go either. Still, watching Moduona run amok as his fist shadows engulfed the void—filling the entire hall to the point where stray punches flew toward them—Dao Cheng felt both helpless and anxious. What was going on? He had assumed the disaster would fall upon his senior brother, but it hadn't. Moduona had started trying to kill people the instant he arrived. What in the world was happening? Just as he was pondering this, Moduona let out a savage roar. His body expanded hundreds of times, instantly filling the entire hall. A massive palm seized the eighth-tier Sun Moon expert, and with a thunderous roar—*crack!*—the eighth-tier Sun Moon expert was crushed into paste! Allowing the other three to land heavy blows on his frame, Moduona crushed the eighth-tier Sun Moon cultivator and produced a sphere in his hand—the man's sea of will. Laughing wildly, he swallowed it whole! "If you do not kill me, I will slaughter every last one of you!" At this moment, the three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts were truly frantic. Casting aside all restraint, they roared and unleashed their trump cards! An all-out war erupted in an instant! Moduona was genuinely out for blood. No one could harbor illusions that he was bluffing—an eighth-tier Sun Moon had just been obliterated before their eyes! "Kill him, hurry! Even after consuming the Demon Emperor's blood essence, he cannot sustain it for long! Kill him!" Yang Hu bellowed from the void. *Damn it!* To lose an eighth-tier Sun Moon expert so easily... Just as the thought crossed Yang Hu's mind, Zhan Kui's palm pierced the void like time flowing backward. Suddenly, Yang Hu—who had just veered off course—was seized in his grip. With a wet squelch, sharp claws punctured Yang Hu's shoulder. Yang Hu's expression shifted dramatically! "Zhan Kui, you want to kill me?!" Yang Hu snarled in shock and fury. Zhan Kui remained silent. It was obvious: Moduona was staking his life, so Zhan Kui had to fight in earnest. It would be best to kill Yang Hu to settle matters; otherwise, if Moduona killed Xuan Wuji and the others, Yang Hu would fight to the death sooner or later anyway! "You are courting death!" Yang Hu roared. Did Zhan Kui think a mere present incarnation was truly superior to him? *Boom!* The River of Time manifested. His past incarnation instantly fused into his body, and the next moment, Yang Hu slashed his sword! This strike was aimed not at the present Zhan Kui, but at the Zhan Kui of moments ago—the past Zhan Kui! Zhan Kui's expression turned grim. Yang Hu's mastery over time was formidable indeed! ... While the battle raged, Su Yu chose not to intervene. Constantly swatting away aftershocks, he shouted, "Your Highnesses, retreat to the corner, quickly! I will protect Your Highnesses!" Xuan Wuji and the others shot him annoyed glares but said nothing, hastily retreating toward the corner by the entrance. Xuan Wuji snorted softly. Looking at Moduona battling the three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts, he gritted his teeth. "He cannot hold out for long. He relies purely on external power, and the Demon Emperor's strength cannot be channeled in here. Once the blood essence runs dry, he will lose all strength to fight!" A first-tier Shanhai like Moduona was currently suppressing three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts; the power within that single drop of the Demon Emperor's blood essence was mind-bogglingly immense. One had to understand, this was not innate blood essence. It wasn't that the Demon Emperor's blood essence granted the power of a Dao Harmonizer; rather, it forcefully bolstered Moduona himself, pushing him to his absolute threshold. If he endured the strain, he could unleash his own peak potential! Clearly, Moduona had endured it, unleashing combat strength on par with the ninth-tier Sun Moon Realm. On that point alone, he was superior to Xuan Wuji and the others. They, too, had received inheritances of power before. When they were in the Human Realm, their upper limit had only reached the eighth tier of the Sun Moon Realm, which was when Su Yu had clashed with them. Xuan Wuji's words were laced with undisguised jealousy. Giving in to his spite, he sneered, "Even if he survives this, once he leaves, he will only be reduced to one of three incarnations!" Moduona would have no future left! Once he stepped outside, Moduona might cease to exist altogether. This was merely his desperate, final struggle. In Xuan Wuji's eyes, it was nothing more than the final frenzy of a dying man! Dao Cheng continued his frantic divinations. With a wet cough, blood sprayed from his mouth, but his heart was gripped by shock. Why? Why, even at this point, did the omens still indicate safety? Could it be that there truly was no danger at all? Or was the divination inaccurate because the combatants were simply too powerful? Or was there genuinely no crisis? Seeing his state, Xuan Wuji asked, "What are the auspices?" "Great fortune!" Dao Cheng replied, his expression strange. Indeed, it showed great fortune! *Fuck!* This was an omen of great fortune? Why? Xuan Wuji was momentarily taken aback, but soon chuckled. "Perhaps it really is. If he falls, he carries quite a few good treasures on him. That would indeed be a sign of great fortune!" With that, he grew even more certain. This time, there was no danger. Great fortune! Dao Cheng, however, could hardly believe it. He secretly cast another hex regarding Su Yu, and looking at the result... it was still an ill omen. So it was still his senior brother who was destined to die? Was he standing at the forefront, shielding them from the crisis? And after the crisis passed, great fortune would follow? Standing with his back to them, the corners of Su Yu's mouth curled slightly. *Great fortune, is it?* *Could you stop embarrassing yourself with your half-baked divination?* Even someone as formidable as Wan Tiansheng, borrowing a Heaven armament and burning a century of lifespan to peer into the future, could only catch faint, fragmented glimpses rather than the complete truth. Yet a mere Shanhai like Dao Cheng, burning no lifespan and relying on no Heaven armament, thought he could foresee the future using just a few divine characters? You sure think highly of yourself! Out of billions of possibilities, you'd be lucky to glimpse even one! As a Civilization Master, Su Yu harbored little reverence for the path of divination. It was merely a branch of a Civilization Master's craft. Dao Cheng playing this game before him was like trying to teach a fish how to swim! Su Yu ignored them and surveyed the three battlefields. His brow furrowed slightly. This was troublesome! Unless the two quasi-Invincibles were finished off or battered each other to mutual destruction, intervening would accomplish nothing. No matter how strong Su Yu was, he couldn't take down two quasi-Invincibles. Even if he opened his Yang apertures and swallowed a drop of peak ninth-tier Sun Moon blood essence, it would only elevate his strength to the peak of the ninth-tier Sun Moon Realm. He didn't have quasi-Invincible blood essence; otherwise, he might have attempted consuming that instead. Therefore, he had to wait until the two quasi-Invincibles fought with true murderous intent and crippled each other before he could make his move. As for the ninth-tier Sun Moon experts, he didn't care much about them. Though there were several of them, they could be dealt with. *Boom!* Another thunderous blast erupted. Purple hair billowing, Moduona suddenly manifested a spear in his hand. Thrusting it forward with a wet squelch, he impaled a ninth-tier Sun Moon expert! "A Heaven armament!" Tai He roared. A Heaven armament wasn't entirely surprising, but the crucial point was—was Moduona skilled in spear techniques? Didn't he specialize in fist techniques? If the Heaven armament was a spear, Moduona was certainly skilled with it; otherwise, he wouldn't have forged a spear as his Heaven armament! Moduona impaled the ninth-tier Sun Moon expert, hoisting him aloft on the spear tip. The expert roared in fury, struggling desperately to break free, but at that precise moment, a burst of flame erupted from between Moduona's brows! With a sizzling hiss, the terrifying flame charred the ninth-tier Sun Moon expert black in an instant, drawing agonized shrieks that tore through the air! "A Civilization Master!" In midair, Zhan Kui and Yang Hu cried out in unison! A Civilization Master! Not only was he a Civilization Master, but he possessed formidable combat prowess—at the ninth tier of the Shanhai Realm! That was impossible! Moduona was recorded on the Heaven Hunting Ranking as only being at the first tier of the Shanhai Realm. Soon, realization dawned upon Zhan Kui and the others, and Su Yu was equally surprised. Chen Yong! Yes, Chen Yong. Moduona was just like Chen Yong. He was a Civilization Master who had deliberately remained stuck at the ninth tier of the Lingyun Realm, but he had fused nearly all his apertures, leaving only the very last one unfused. That way, upon entering the Star Astral Mansion, he could instantly complete the aperture fusion and ascend to the ninth tier of the Shanhai Realm in a single day! This sudden development caught everyone off guard. Under normal circumstances, that ninth-tier Sun Moon cultivator wouldn't have feared such flames, but impaled on the spear, he was burned to a state of near-fatal injury in an instant. Moduona brought his foot down—*boom!*—shattering the man into pieces! A ninth-tier Sun Moon expert had been pummeled to death by his bare hands! Tai He and the other female Immortal retreated several steps in sheer terror. In the span of mere moments, two experts had been obliterated! Yet Moduona remained impassive. A ninth-tier Shanhai Civilization Master! Moreover, one of exceptional strength, no weaker than an ordinary Sun Moon expert. Right now, Moduona was revealing his true might to everyone present. Fighting four Sun Moon experts single-handedly, he had crushed an eighth-tier Sun Moon and a ninth-tier Sun Moon in less than a minute. With two fewer opponents, the scales tipped drastically! "Roar!" A savage howl reverberated through the hall. In the void, Yang Hu was pushed to absolute desperation. His sword pierced heaven and earth, slashing through Zhan Kui with a wet squelch. Zhan Kui's arm severed, only to regenerate an instant later, but his face paled as he hammered a counter-punch into Yang Hu's chest. Yang Hu roared, "Your Highnesses, slay Zhan Kui's three-life incarnation, quickly! The rest of you, suppress his past incarnation!" Xuan Wuji and the others might only be at the Shanhai Realm, but when pushed, each possessed formidable trump cards. At these words, Xuan Wuji and his companions gritted their teeth and erupted with power. Their auras surged violently—some consumed ninth-tier Sun Moon blood essence, some brandished Heaven armaments, and others activated divine talismans... All of a sudden... Su Yu had become the weakest among them. The eight geniuses understood that this was no time for games. They swarmed toward Zhan Kui's past incarnation to destroy it. Zhan Kui's expression shifted slightly, and he barked, "Your Highness, finish off those two and help me!" He had already been holding off three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts; now, with eight high-tier Sun Moon-level threats joining the fray, his past incarnation was in grave peril. Under normal circumstances, a past incarnation was weaker than the present incarnation—it represented only the past. For a quasi-Invincible, the past incarnation was at most equivalent to the peak of the ninth-tier Sun Moon Realm, since that was the stage immediately preceding quasi-Invincibility. Fighting three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts was one thing, but fighting eight more was beyond what his past incarnation could handle. Only an Invincible's past incarnation could manage such a feat! At this moment, Moduona's voice rang in Su Yu's ears: "Once Zhan Kui's past incarnation falls, his strength will plummet. I will hold Yang Hu for a brief instant—you kill everyone else!" This was not a negotiation; it was a decree. This had been his plan all along! Su Yu's mouth twitched, tempted to curse him out. *Fuck you!* *Even if Zhan Kui loses an incarnation, he still possesses peak ninth-tier Sun Moon strength! Add the other ninth-tier Sun Moon experts on top of that, and you're leaving them all for me to kill?* *You sure think the world of me!* *Why shouldn't I just sit back and watch...* Moduona's voice came again: "Delays breed disaster. How much time do you think we have? Up until now, I haven't killed anyone, but once someone dies, powerful dead spirits will inevitably appear. It will take a massive number of ancient city tokens to expel them... You have them, but you dare not reveal them now! Moreover, Invincibles might descend at any moment... We have no time left!" Su Yu felt deeply annoyed! *You're the one who has no time left!* He calculated the odds and exhaled slowly. Fine. Moduona would pin down the quasi-Invincible, and he would handle the ninth-tier Sun Moon experts... It was immensely difficult, but... thrilling, wasn't it? It felt like a very long time since he had engaged in a true, razor-thin fight to the death! *Moduona, you bastard, can you even handle a quasi-Invincible?* Yang Hu was no pushover. At this moment, Su Yu retreated to the side. Nobody paid him any mind—he was too weak. The eight geniuses combined with three ninth-tier Sun Moon experts instantly suppressed Zhan Kui. Zhan Kui panicked, roaring repeatedly, "Your Highness, hurry and aid me!" Moduona let out a low growl and swept his spear. The shadow of the spear blotted out heaven and earth, sending the two ninth-tier Sun Moon experts tumbling backward. Then, he flew toward Zhan Kui's past incarnation. Yang Hu bellowed, "Stop him! Hurry, destroy Zhan Kui's past incarnation!" *Rumble!* The clash escalated into absolute chaos. Tai He and his companion fought with suicidal frenzy, tangling with Moduona to prevent him from coming to the rescue! Yet Moduona battered them until they vomited blood continuously. Sweeping his spear across the air, he forced his way toward Zhan Kui. Seeing the distance close, Zhan Kui let out a sigh of relief, drenched in cold sweat. Thank heavens! Fortunately, His Highness possessed terrifying combat strength that none of these people could impede. A moment later, Moduona broke through. Xuan Wuji and the others had no choice but to let them rendezvous. The next second, Zhan Kui's past incarnation joined up with Moduona. Panting heavily, Zhan Kui said, "Thank heavens Your Highness arrived..." It had been far too perilous! His past incarnation was already riddled with wounds; had the fight dragged on, it would have been destroyed. Thank heavens! Once again, he rejoiced at Moduona's formidable prowess. Moduona looked at him impassively, then glanced at the figures surrounding them. A soft laugh escaped him. "You all... are far too weak!" Everyone frowned! Zhan Kui didn't care what he said, focusing on recovering his strength. Beside him, Moduona suddenly looked at him again. "Lord Zhan Kui... be careful!" "I will..." *Squirt!* The moment the words left his mouth, Zhan Kui's eyes widened in sheer disbelief as he stared fixedly at Moduona! Indeed, at that moment, he was not the only one stunned. Everyone present was struck dumb—save for Su Yu, who wasn't particularly surprised. Moduona's spear drove straight through Zhan Kui's heart as he remarked casually, "I told you to be careful!" Energy erupted. Terrifying vitality detonated with a thunderous roar, blowing Zhan Kui apart! Blown to pieces! A wooden plank drifted down to the floor. Zhan Kui had never imagined, not even in his wildest nightmares, that Moduona would strike him down here. It was completely beyond comprehension. *We... are on the same side!* *What could you possibly gain by killing me?* *Mutual destruction?!* He truly could not understand. In that instant, his present incarnation—locked in combat with Yang Hu—withered dramatically. Yang Hu didn't exploit the chaos to pursue the attack; instead, he froze in place, staring at Moduona in utter disbelief. Xuan Wuji and Dao Cheng were completely dumbfounded. Was Moduona insane? He had just destroyed Zhan Kui's past incarnation! Was he seeking his own death? The next instant, Zhan Kui's venomous roar shook the void: "Moduona!" Fury! Towering, boundless fury! Consumed by uncontrollable wrath, he was on the verge of madness. Moduona had destroyed his past incarnation! Xuan Wuji and the others began to smirk. This was hilarious—infighting at the most critical juncture. If Zhan Kui didn't beat Moduona to death now, he wouldn't be Zhan Kui. Destroying one of his three incarnations had severed his path forward! Moduona didn't spare him a glance. Looking toward Yang Hu, he said softly, "How about I play with you for a bit?" Yang Hu couldn't help but laugh. He, too, felt Moduona had completely lost his mind. *Take care of yourself first! Think about how Zhan Kui will tear you apart! Did the entire Demon race go mad?* Killing an ally and his own Dao Protector in the middle of a battle—this was a joke, a colossal joke! Yang Hu sneered, "You had better sort things out with Brother Zhan Kui first. We will not interfere in internal Demon affairs!" "No need. Someone will deal with him!" Moduona stepped into the void, while Zhan Kui, enraged beyond measure, lunged toward him. Moduona didn't even turn his head. Right at that moment, a figure materialized, radiating a terrifyingly powerful aura yet maintaining an air of effortless composure. A book appeared in his hand, blocking Zhan Kui's fist with a heavy thud! Forced back several steps, the newcomer chuckled softly, "Brother, let's talk this out!" "..." Silence fell over the hall! There was another expert in the hall? Looking closer... Ling Heng?! Ahead of him, Moduona strode through the air, spear in hand, without glancing back. "I leave him to you. Can you handle it? I can only tie him down; I cannot kill him. It will take both of us to finish him off!" Su Yu sighed. "I must have lost my mind to ally with you! I'm not a brute; I like watching people die quietly from the shadows, not fighting face-to-face... You reckless brute!" "No, you will come to love it!" Moduona laughed. A single spear thrust pierced the sky, so fierce that even Yang Hu was shaken. *So strong!* "You will find that no matter how many schemes you hatch, none are as satisfying as a direct, bloody brawl!" "No, no, no... I don't like it one bit. You're a total menace!" Su Yu glanced at the others and sighed. "Counting Zhan Kui—even if his realm dropped—good grief, six ninth-tier Sun Moon experts, eight seventh- and eighth-tier Sun Moon experts... That's enough to blow a quasi-Invincible to pieces. Are you kidding me?!" "Haven't you revealed yourself already?" "I suppose so..." Su Yu offered a wry smile. Here he was, stepping into the open. How nerve-wracking! At that moment, Dao Cheng's face drained of all color as he shrieked, "Su Yu!" "It's me, baby Dao Cheng!" Su Yu shed his disguise, his robes shifting back to pure white in an instant. Cradling the book in his hand, he chuckled, "Your Highnesses, allow Su Yu to send you on your way!" "..." Silence gripped all four corners of the hall. Su Yu! It was Su Yu! In that instant, Dao Cheng finally understood everything, screaming in shock and fury, "You... you were here all along... You two joined forces..." "That's right!" Su Yu beamed. The pages of the book flipped rapidly, and in an instant, a colossal tome enveloped heaven and earth. Three hundred and one pages unfurled, revealing immense Sun Moon-level beasts. Su Yu sighed, "I feel like my book is going to take some damage. My little darlings, trap them for a while. I'll be right back after killing Zhan Kui!" "Gentlemen, enter the pages and fight!" *Boom!* Heaven and earth flipped upside down. In that instant, thirteen experts were swept into the tome, divided across its vast pages! Su Yu's face paled slightly. His Yang apertures opened completely, death qi spilling outward! Blood essence entered his belly, unleashing the power of a peak ninth-tier Sun Moon expert. Looking at the infuriated Zhan Kui, Su Yu smiled. "I... haven't killed a quasi-Invincible yet. Though right now, you're merely a half-baked one!" *Boom!* Zhan Kui threw a fist, stripped of all other thoughts. Moduona wanted him dead! He had reached an agreement with Su Yu! Inside the book, the trapped figures roared furiously, clashing with countless phantoms. With their formidable strength, they obliterated phantom after phantom, yet destroying three hundred Sun Moon-level beasts would take time! Meanwhile, Su Yu and Zhan Kui collided instantly! God Transformation! Immortal Power Vesting! Demon Descent! Merging the Power character into his body! Divine characters, combat techniques, innate skills—Su Yu unleashed them all. His combat prowess soared in an instant as three hundred and sixty origin apertures blazed with dazzling brilliance! A punch hammered forward! Fist against fist! With a heavy bang, Su Yu was forced back three steps, while Zhan Kui retreated two. Zhan Kui snarled, "You are still not enough! Die!" *Boom! Boom!* The two blurred into phantoms as they clashed through the void. Inside the tome, the giant beasts were continuously shattered—faced with so many mighty cultivators, they fell at a blistering pace! Dao Cheng bellowed, "Quick, slaughter these beasts and get out to kill Su Yu!" At this moment, only endless terror consumed him. Su Yu had come! Not only had he come, but he had joined hands with Moduona. On the other side, Moduona was already locked in combat with Yang Hu. Moduona was even more ferocious now, yet Yang Hu's strikes repeatedly drew blood from his lips. Even so, his face beamed with laughter! At this moment, he was thoroughly elated. Even if Su Yu appeared slightly disadvantaged against Zhan Kui, it didn't matter. Moduona laughed aloud, "Su Yu, let's see who is stronger!" "Fuck you, you're using Demon Emperor blood essence..." "You aren't much worse off!" "Hahaha, true enough!" Su Yu roared with laughter, dancing around Zhan Kui in relentless combat. Time-path cultivation arts surged, the Heaven-Cleaving Blade slashed, and the Mountain-Suppressing Fist hammered out... The entire hall brimmed with explosive qi and lethal peril! *Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!* Droplet after droplet of blood seeped from Zhan Kui's body. Su Yu was also struck by several heavy punches from Zhan Kui, coughing up blood, but his defenses were simply too monstrous—even Zhan Kui struggled to shatter his physical body. A great battle erupted! Su Yu possessed an endless repertoire of methods, leaving every onlooker utterly dumbfounded. Innate skills followed one after another—invisibility, Five Elements escapes, all executed with effortless grace! Moduona and Yang Hu's clash was a brutal exchange of flesh and bone, but Su Yu and Zhan Kui's battle was a breathtaking spectacle. Watching Su Yu was like witnessing the resplendent civilization of all races in the heavens! Countless combat techniques, countless innate skills, countless cultivation arts, and a sea of divine characters... Even though Zhan Kui was slightly stronger than Su Yu, he was so infuriated he wanted to spit blood! This kid was far too difficult to deal with! Yet it didn't matter. As long as he held out a little longer, even if he couldn't kill Su Yu personally, Su Yu would be finished regardless. Xuan Wuji and the others were rapidly butchering the giant beasts; once they broke free, Su Yu would surely die! Su Yu had to die, and Moduona... had to die as well! At worst, I'll defect from the Demon race! To push me this far and slay my past incarnation—unforgivable! He had no time to notice the droplets of blood spilling all around him.