179: Chapter 179 I want your essence!
Boom!
The surface of the lava lake exploded violently as a massive demonic shadow tore through the thick blood mist, stepping out from the depths of the earth.
It stood about ten meters tall, its entire body encased in a set of hideous dark-red armor, every line on it flowing with the aura of destruction.
Emperor Realm One Star.
The terrifying pressure manifested as a physical bloody storm, sweeping frantically from its center across the entire Purgatory Plane.
Those low-level Vicious Beasts still lingering in the distance, not yet devoured by Lin Yuan, couldn't even let out a scream before their bodies exploded one after another under this pressure, turning into a rain of blood.
The Purgatory Monarch had arrived.
Its dark-gold vertical pupils first swept indifferently across the devastated land, finally fixing on the pool of dragon-man remains that had been reduced to meat paste in the distance.
Those were its six most capable subordinates.
Now, not a trace of their aura remained.
A surge of violent rage exploded from the Monarch's chest.
“Damned human!”
It let out a roar that shattered the sky; wherever the sound waves passed, even the spatial barriers were covered in dense cracks.
“If the Ancestral Star hadn't shattered, causing my power to fall from its eternal height!”
“A mere Ninth Star of Emperor Realm would never dare to act so insolently on my territory!”
That Emperor's Might, sufficient to crush the Soul of an Emperor Realm Expert, rolled toward Lin Yuan like an overwhelming mountain wave.
However, Lin Yuan stood at the center of the storm, and even the hem of his clothes didn't flutter.
He even burst into wild laughter.
That laughter held no warmth, only the excitement and greed for a prey about to be caught.
“The Ancestral Star shattered?”
“Losers always have so many excuses.”
Lin Yuan raised his head and looked directly at the massive demonic shadow, his words reaching the Purgatory Monarch's ears clearly, one by one.
“Today, I've reserved your Emperor Realm Origin!”
“You seek death!”
The Purgatory Monarch was completely enraged.
It slowly raised its armor-clad right palm, palm facing upward.
In an instant, the blood clouds of the entire Purgatory Plane gathered frantically, condensing above its palm into a Blood-colored Demonic Flame Giant Palm ten thousand feet wide.
The giant palm descended from the sky, striking down at Lin Yuan, seemingly intent on erasing him along with the ground beneath his feet.
Facing this lethal strike, Lin Yuan finally made a move.
His left eye, that deep pupil, suddenly turned into an extreme profound black.
A phantom of a Black Tortoise carrying an ancient stone stele swam slowly within his eye.
Black Tortoise World-Suppressing Pupil!
Activate!
Buzz!
Nine towering mountain phantoms rose from the ground, soaring toward the heavens.
A solid black barrier simultaneously spread out with Lin Yuan at the center, shielding him firmly within.
The next instant.
The Blood-colored Demonic Flame Giant Palm collided violently with the nine mountain phantoms.
Immediately after, the space for a hundred miles around shattered inch by inch, turning into countless crystalline fragments, which were then swept into the violent torrent of energy and annihilated into nothingness.
The nine mountain phantoms lasted for less than a second before collapsing.
Under the crushing weight of the Emperor Realm power, the black barrier also let out an overloaded wail, becoming covered in cracks.
Boom!
The barrier shattered.
The remaining palm force struck Lin Yuan heavily.
The ground beneath him instantly collapsed, and a bottomless black abyss appeared out of thin air.
Lin Yuan was smashed deep into the earth by this single palm strike.
The Purgatory Monarch hovered in mid-air, its dark-gold vertical pupils looking down indifferently at the abyss below.
In its view, that ant was already dead.
Being hit directly by Emperor Realm power left no possibility of survival.
However.
Just as it was about to turn and leave, a small spark of crimson-gold fire suddenly lit up at the bottom of the black abyss.
That spark grew with the wind, turning into a sky-high Nirvana Fire in an instant, illuminating the entire abyss.
A figure, treading upon the sea of fire, slowly rose into the air.
It was Lin Yuan.
The clothes on his body, which had been shredded by the palm force, turned to ash under the burning Nirvana Fire, revealing the flawless Physical Body beneath.
Blood Tang Divine Phoenix Body!
Under that terrifying blow just now, which was enough to shatter the Physical Body of a Peak Emperor Realm Expert, his bones, Meridians, and internal organs had long been completely destroyed.
But the moment he was smashed into the abyss, the Blood Tang and Divine Phoenix power contained in his heart exploded.
Broken bones reconnected, and shattered internal organs regenerated.
In just a single heartbeat.
He had returned to his original state.
Not even a single scar was left behind.
“Hmm?”
Seeing Lin Yuan return to mid-air unscathed, a flash of astonishment appeared for the first time in the Purgatory Monarch's massive demonic eyes.
It could clearly sense that the other's aura hadn't weakened in the slightest.
How was this possible?
“Is your power only at this level?”
Lin Yuan stretched his neck, making a crisp sound of bones popping.
He looked at the Purgatory Monarch; his calm question carried the ultimate humiliation.
“It's a bit disappointing.”
“You...”
The Purgatory Monarch's rage almost solidified into substance.
It had lived for countless ages and had never been so provoked by an ant of the Emperor Realm.
“I admit, I underestimated you.”
It raised its other giant hand, and in its palm, a dark-red Demonic Sun of Destruction began to condense rapidly.
The air around the Demonic Sun was scorched and distorted by the terrifyingly high temperature.
That was the Origin Demonic Fire, capable of melting all things.
“Now, turn to ash for me!”
The Purgatory Monarch roared, hurling the Demonic Sun of Destruction in its hand toward Lin Yuan.
Facing this Demonic Sun, which was capable of destroying a giant fortress, Lin Yuan made a move that even the Purgatory Monarch could not understand.
He didn't dodge.
Nor did he activate any defenses.
He simply stomped his right foot heavily in the Void Realm, turning himself into a streak of light burning with crimson-gold Nirvana Fire, charging straight up toward that Demonic Sun of Destruction with his pure Physical Body!
Crazy!
That was the Purgatory Monarch's only thought.
Using one's Physical Body to head-on clash with an Emperor Realm's Origin attack?
Even an Emperor Realm Expert of the Body Cultivator path wouldn't dare to be so arrogant!
Boom—!
The Demonic Sun exploded in mid-air.
The terrifying energy storm instantly swallowed Lin Yuan's figure.
A cruel sneer had just appeared on the Purgatory Monarch's face, but in the next second, its expression froze.
In the center of that destructive storm, a figure slowly walked out.
At this moment, Lin Yuan looked wretched to the extreme.
Half of his body had been blown into a bloody mess, with pale bones exposed, and his beating heart could even be seen.
But strangely, he was still walking.
Even more strangely, as he took each step, those terrifying wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Charred flesh fell away, and brand-new skin regrew.
Exposed white bones were covered by crimson-gold flesh.
In just two or three breaths of time.
By the time he had completely walked out of the energy storm's range, the injuries on his body had already healed!
Not even a single scar remained.
Crimson-gold Divine Phoenix patterns flowed across his skin, and a pair of illusory wings made of Blood Tang leaves fluttered gently behind him, radiating an endless aura of life.
“...”
The Purgatory Monarch's massive demonic eyes shrank violently.
It had lived for too long and had seen many incredible life forms.
But it had never seen a human with such terrifying recovery power!
This was not a level of life an Emperor Realm should have!
This simply wasn't a Physique any known race should possess!
“The warm-up is over.”
Lin Yuan shook his hands, feeling the Divine Phoenix blood and Qi surging and roaring within him, and grinned.
“Now, it's my turn.”
Lin Yuan stood in the Void Realm, and the previously stable space behind him began to collapse on a large scale.
Two completely opposite, ferocious auras rose from behind him.
On the left, deep purple mist condensed into a thousand-foot-tall Xiangliu Avatar, its body stretching out. Nine massive snake heads rose high, and in each pair of snake eyes, an ancient calamity was inscribed.
On the right was an area of absolute nothingness where even light could not escape. The Guixu Gluttonous opened its giant mouth, capable of devouring planes, and nine guixu black lotus rotated deep within its throat, radiating the deathly intent of ending all things.
The appearance of these two avatars caused the Emperor's Might Domain that originally belonged to the Purgatory Monarch to be forcibly split apart.
Twin Avatars?
In the Purgatory Monarch's dark-gold vertical pupils, the original arrogance was replaced by shock and suspicion.