Xu Lei smiled. "Trust me, if you see him, you will feel despair.”
"Also, if we let you lowly ants come to the core of the Sacred Derivation Boundary Formation, isn’t that saying we’re incompetent?”
“Whether you are incompetent or not, I will know after I try. But your appetite is pretty big,” Zhou Yuan calmly mocked him.
The appetite Zhou Yuan was referring to naturally was the fact that the Sacred Race intended to swallow all nine main ancestral qi veins.
Xu Lei said indifferently, “Our Sacred Race is the most noble race in Tianyuan World. We naturally should enjoy the best opportunity between heaven and earth. You lowly ants should be grateful to the Sacred Race for surviving till now, but you dare take the food that the Sacred Race wants.”
“The most noble race? Ridiculous.” Zhou Yuan shook his head. “
"Of course you lowly ants don’t know how noble our Sacred Race is. The living beings in all your heavens are only born from incarnations of the Ancestral Dragon, but my Sacred Race is different—we have our own god!” Xu Lei chuckled and a fanatical and reverent expression suddenly came to his face.
“God?”
Zhou Yuan scrunched his brows. Given his strength, he really wasn’t qualified to know such secrets about the Sacred Race. Xu Lei also had no intention of telling him anything more. He slammed his crimson-gold rod into the ground and thunder rumbled across the sky. Then, golden flashes of light raged out, destroying all nearby buildings into nothingness.
Feeling the murderous intent in Xu Lei’s eyes, Zhou Yuan composed his emotions. With a calm look on his face, three Heavenly Suns erupted from his Divine Dwellings.
Boom!
His Genesis Qi foundation of 4.3 billion was unreservedly displayed! A pillar of platinum light pierced the sky and an oppressive pressure filled the air.
“4.3 billion.” Xu Lei narrowed his eyes slightly. “It’s rare for a Heavenly Sun expert like you to appear in the five lower heavens, but unfortunately, you’re still lacking in my opinion.”
As he took a step forward, three Heavenly Suns emerged behind him.
Boom!
Golden lightning-like Genesis Qi revolved around his body, causing space to tremble. His Genesis Qi foundation rapidly soared past the level of 4.4 billion and neared 4.5 billion!
This was the powerful foundation of the sacred heaven pride ranked second in the Sacred Race!
But what made Zhou Yuan’s eyes shrink was that he saw familiar ancient markings on the three Heavenly Suns behind Xu Lei.
They were dragon runes!
Dragon-Claw Heavenly Suns!
They were six-claw Heavenly Suns!
Zhou Yuan assumed a serious and solemn expression, but he wasn’t too surprised. Given the resources and unique talents of the Sacred Race, it shouldn’t be surprising that a sacred heaven pride could refine Dragon-Claw Heavenly Suns.
He, as expected, is indeed a strong enemy.
Zhou Yuan hesitated no more. As Genesis Qu undulated from his body, three Heavenly Suns emerged behind him, resonating with the sound between heaven and earth, and immediately made the universe Genesis Qi become frantic.
“Huh?”
Xu Lei stilled for a moment and surprise crossed his face when Zhou Yuan summoned his Heavenly Suns.
“Seven-claw Heavenly Sun!?”
This was because he noticed that Zhou Yuan also possessed Dragon-Claw Heavenly Suns and he had more dragon-claw runes than him.
"Interesting, it seems that the five lower heavens have some residual blessing since you could refine seven-claw Heavenly Suns!" Although Xu Lei spoke indifferently, the killing intent in his eyes greatly intensified.
"If I kill you here, maybe you will be the last person in the five lower heavens with seven-claw Heavenly Suns.” Xu Lei chuckled.
Boom!
As his voice died away, he vanished with a flash of golden light.
“Amazing speed!”
Zhou Yuan's pupils shrank. Xu Lei was the fastest person he had seen in his generation. Even Zhou Yuan couldn’t capture his movements.
“Decoder Saint Rune!”
Saint Runes roamed in the depths of Zhou Yuan's eyes.
He turned into a shadow and sped to the right.
Bang!
The moment he acted, a crimson-gold rod wrapped in golden lightning swung down, fiercely slamming into where Zhou Yuan was previously standing.
Kacha!
Cracks instantly split the ground and rapidly extended in all directions like earth dragons, tearing down countless dilated buildings on the way.
“Huh?”
A surprised voice rang in the void, “You’re not bad since you could evade my attack.”
It should be said that he was the best in the entire Shengzu Heaven’s Heavenly Sun stage in terms of speed, and even Jia Tu was inferior to him.
Zhou Yuan's figure blurred and he flashed across the air.
"Hey, you can't escape!"
But a mocking laughter rang in his ears and golden lightning flashed out from the ground. The lightning intertwined with each other, forming a net to block all of Zhou Yuan’s escape routes.
Boom!
Shrouded in a vast sea of golden lightning, he ruthlessly aimed the crimson-golden rod at the top of Zhou Yuan’s skull with mountainous force.
The momentum was so great that it almost solidified the atmosphere.
Zhou Yuan’s expression turned extremely serious because he knew he couldn’t evade the opponent’s fierce attack this time.
Since I can't evade, I’ll meet it directly!
He clenched his hand and the Heavenly Yuan Brush flashed out, its white tip instantly turning a dark color.
Platinum Genesis Qi roared and surged above the tip, like a dragon hovering around it and about to swallow the world.
Clang!
The crimson-gold rod collided with the mottled black brush.
They both had erupted their Genesis Qi foundation without any reservation in that fierce collision.
Rumble!
Space stilled for a moment under the impact and then, indescribable Genesis Qi shock waves turned into tornados and suddenly tore down everything in their way, including thousands of buildings.
Bang!
Two figures blasted back in the Genesis Qi tornados.
Space shattered and crumbled as their feet slammed across the air.
Xu Lei tightened his grip around his crimson-gold rod as he stared coldly at the young figure in the distance.
“Interesting.”
Although his Genesis Qi foundation surpassed Zhou Yuan’s, he didn’t obtain the overwhelming advantage as he imagined because Zhou Yuan's Genesis Qi grade was far beyond his expectation.
Zhou Yuan's Heavenly Yuan Brush pointed to the ground. As he stared at Xu Lei, his eyes grew increasingly fierce.
“Fine, before I get rid of Jia Tu, I will use you as warm up!”
Chapter 1178 King of Secret Arts
Bang! Bang!
Two figures repeatedly clashed like lightning above the ancient city of ruins. In less than a few minutes they had already collided over thousands of times.
Terrifying Genesis Qi shock waves erupted with every collision, destroying countless old buildings below.
Even the shock waves from a battle of that level could inflict severe damage to Heavenly Sun experts with a Genesis Qi foundation of less than 3.5 billion, which highlighted how fierce the clashes were.
Bang!
Genesis Qi again broke out from another fierce clash. Hovering in mid-air, Xu Lei remained expressionless, but his eyes appeared especially chilling.
His Genesis Qi foundation was 100 million more than Zhou Yuan’s and he cultivated grade-8 Golden Tribulation Lightning Qi, which was known for its destructive power. But even so, he didn’t have much advantage in this battle.
“That guy’s Genesis Qi grade is likely higher than my Golden Tribulation Lightning Qi..." Lu Xiao’s heart trembled a little when he l
earned about Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Qi grade because his Genesis Qi was already considered top-quality amongst grade 8 Genesis Qi.
Grade-8 Genesis Qi was likely the top grade in the five lower heavens and the legendary grade-9 Genesis Qi must be unheard of. Even amongst the Sacred Race, it was extremely rare.
This was why he was so astonished when he learned that the platinum Genesis Qi that Zhou Yuan cultivated was so powerful.
Although it wasn’t quite at the level of grade-9 Genesis Qi, it could be ranked at the top among grade-8 Genesis Qi!
Moreover, the mottled black brush in Zhou Yuan's hand must have reached the threshold of a Saint object, otherwise it couldn’t face his crimson-gold rod without falling into an inferior position. A Saint expert in Shengzu Heaven personally refined the crimson-gold rod for him so it likely would reach the level of Saint objects in the course of time.
Zhou Yuan was only able to withstand Xu Lei’s offensives because of the grade of his Genesis Qi and the mottled black brush.
“If that’s the case…” Xu Lei’s eyes were icy as he folded his hands into a seal.
Golden light rays gushed out from the top of his skull, rapidly accumulating above him until they formed a golden thundercloud. Golden lightning roamed around the cloud, releasing terrifying power that quaked the world.
"Golden Lighting Body Art!”
As Xu Lei thundered, golden lightning bolts rained down and struck his body.
But Xu Lei didn’t inflict the slightest injury to Zhou Yuan, and instead the Genesis Qi within his body soared at an unbelievable rate as the lightning bolts bombarded him.
Xu Lei’s Genesis Qi skyrocketed to 4.8 billion within a few breaths!
It increased by almost 400 million!
As Xu Lei hovered in the void, golden lightning constantly flashed over his body, making him resemble the god of lightning.
Xu Lei peered down at Zhou Yuan, looking particularly smug. “Zhou Yuan, my secret art is considered one of the best among the Sacred Race’s Heavenly Sun stage. You’re quite capable of forcing me to use such a secret art to defeat you.”
They could be considered at the pinnacle of the Heavenly Sun stage; therefore, ordinary secret arts had little effect on them, but Xu Lei could still increase his Genesis Qi foundation by another 400 million, which means his secret art was remarkable.
“A secret art that can increase your foundation by 400 million—amazing,” exclaimed Zhou Yuan. But immediately afterwards, an ancient rune on the Heavenly Yuan Brush suddenly lit up, causing universe Genesis Qi to frantically whizz over.
“Promotion!”
Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Qi foundation crazily rocketed.
It directly soared from 4.3 billion to 4.8 billion!
An increase of 500 million!
His Promotion Rune gave him an increase of 700 million before he broke-through to the advanced Heavenly Sun stage. But after he reached the advanced Heavenly Sun stage and neared the peak of that cultivation stage, any increase was much more difficult than before.
Therefore, its effect weakened and dropped to 500 million.
Even so, the arrogance on Xu Lei’s face faded.
“An increase of 500 million?! How is that possible?” Disbelief filled Xu Lei’s eyes. What kind of secret art is that? How could it provide such a huge increase?
His gaze paused on the Heavenly Yuan Brush in Zhou Yuan’s hand because he felt a faint aura being released from there.
That aura…it seems to be a true Saint object!
But its power is too weak to be a Saint object.
“Could that be a Saint object in the past?” Xu Lei quickly arrived at the answer and his face became sullen.
While Xu Lei was still in shock, Zhou Yuan looked at him with a corner of his lips curled in a sneer. “You think it’s over?”
He crouched down, slammed his palm into the ground and a Saint rune flashed in his palm.
“Earth Saint Rune!”
Boom!
The ground quaked as ripples visibly spread out.
Then, incomparably thick Genesis Qi rushed madly into Zhou Yuan’s body from the depths of the earth.
Little snakes appeared to be slithering under Zhou Yuan’s skin, attempting to break out, but were firmly imprisoned inside his flesh in the end.
Under Xu Lei’s astonished gaze, Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Qi soared once again.
5 billion!
It was an increase of another 200 million!
"You!" Facing Zhou Yuan’s might, even Xu Lei was somewhat speechless. His round eyes clearly revealed how his heart was trembling.
Even extraordinary secret arts had little effect on people at their level, but Zhou Yuan possessed two of such secret arts?! Moreover, the two weren’t in conflict with one another?
Zhou Yuan lifted his head. As he looked at the terrified look that crossed Xu Lei’s face, his scornful smile intensified. “Sorry, but you can call me...the king of secret arts!”
Boom!
Before Xu Lei responded, he already sped out and streaked across the sky.
An ear-piercing sonic boom spread like an invisible wave.
Zhou Yuan’s speed couldn’t be compared to Xu Lei’s before, but now, under his 5 billion Genesis Qi stars, he surpassed even Xu Lei.
Therefore, by the time Xu Lei snapped out of his shock, Zhou Yuan was already standing in front of him as though teleported.
Rumble!
“Million Whale!”
Ancient whale cries echoed throughout the world, and the mottled brush in his hand turned into a giant pillar. He fiercely thrust it towards Xu Lei with indescribable power.
Xu Lei wasn't an ordinary person; therefore, at the critical juncture, following a resounding roar, his crimson-gold rod erupted in a blaze of light. He similarly fought back with full-strength. Mighty and domineering, tens of thousands of golden lightning bloomed behind him and met the giant pillar head-on.
Clang!
Resounding metallicnoise resounded as space tore apart.
Bang!
Soon, a figure blasted away miserably, crashing into the ancient city ruins and split the ground with a thousand feet deep crevasse. It was unknown how many buildings were crumbled into powder along the way.
It was only when that figure charged out from the ruins that his face was revealed. It was Xu Lei!
His face was dark and unpleasant, and it was obvious that Zhou Yuan completely suppressed him in the previous clash.
“Fine…” His eyes were sinister and cold.
Boom!
Before he finished his sentence, the space in front of him exploded again and Zhou Yuan charged out like a wild beast. Terrifying Genesis Qi battered his body like a rainstorm.
Xu Lei roared and lightning swiftly revolved around his body. Unwilling to show any weakness, he faced Zhou Yuan with all his strength.
Rumble!
The two frantically clashed over and over again, leaving countless images in the air.
The force from every collision tore space and swept down large areas of ruins.
Regardless of how much Xu Lei didn’t want to admit it, he had fallen into a disadvantaged position in the Genesis Qi collision.
Zhou Yuan's 5 billion Genesis Qi foundation put him at a disadvantage in every aspect.
Clang!
Xu Lei was miserably blasted away once again, but this time he didn’t recklessly charge forward because he knew it was pointless. He would only fall into a worse situation and add to his injuries if he competed against Zhou Yuan with Genesis Qi.
Hu.
Xu Lei drew a deep breath and formed a cross with his arms in the air. That strange motion caused the stars to quiver.
Boom!
Space vibrated behind him and thunder rumbled madly. Lightning intertwined with each other and formed an ancient pattern. A giant seemed to be roaring skywards like the god of thunder within the lightning pattern.
An extremely terrifying aura enveloped the world.
Zhou
Yuan paused, his expression serious.
“That move…”
While Zhou Yuan tensed up a little, Xu Lei’s icy voice that was full of killing intent reverberated throughout the world like rolling thunder.
“Saint Genesis Art, Nine Palaces of Rolling Thunder!”
Zhou Yuan’s pupils shrank.
It was indeed a Saint Genesis Art!
It seems this guy is furious.
Chapter 1179 Destroy Lightning Palm in one Slash
“Nine Palaces of Rolling Thunder!”
As Xu Lei’s murderous voice rang out, thousands of golden lightning bolts roared in the lightning pattern behind him. The lightning accumulated until a thousand-feet-tall golden lightning palm thrust out from the lightning pattern.
It resembled the god of lightning’s palm.
It was as large as the sky, and the endless lightning twisting around it constantly shattered space as they roar.
Countless ancient light runes flickered on the lighting palm, emitting an indescribable aura of destruction.
Under that lightning palm, even a mountain range would be crushed into a puff of smoke as though never existed.
Even Zhou Yuan’s face grew especially serious when he saw such an offensive. It was no wonder that Xu Lei was second only to Jia Tu in Shengzu Heaven since he could cultivate such a powerful Saint Genesis Art.
Even Zhou Yuan felt extreme danger as the palm descended.
Even he might die if he didn’t have a force equal to it to withstand.
But there wasn’t a flicker of fear in Zhou Yuan's eyes. As he stared at the sky, fighting spirit blazed in the depths of his eyes.
Although Xu Lei was strong, Xu Lei underestimated Zhou Yuan if he thought he could get rid of Zhou Yuan like that.
Hu.
Zhou Yuan blew out a puff of white air from his nose and swiftly folded his hands into a seal. Then, the rainbow gourd, which hovered between an illusory and solid state, in his Divine Dwellings suddenly vibrated.
Rainbow color lights shot up from the top of Zhou Yuan’s skull.
Om!
An indescribably sharp qi gathered in the world. It was so sharp that it could slice the world in half.
The invisible sword intent slashed apart even the layers of clouds high above.
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