263: Chapter 263 The Dharma Body is Powerful! The Soul Emperor is Numb

"Go!"

Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan set off immediately, moving rapidly toward the depths of the void.

Yan Jin, Clan Leader Lei Ying, Yao Dan, and the others also sensed it, but they lacked the strength to provide support. Instead, they remained on high alert, watching the rear, fearful that Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame had some treacherous scheme. At the same time, they did not forget to keep their attention on the battle in the depths of the void.

"What a bizarre technique."

Waves of shock surged in the depths of Hun Tiandi's eyes.

A newly promoted Eight Star Dou Sheng was actually beating up a mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he never would have believed it. If someone had told him, he would have thought that person was insane. Yet, this crazy reality was happening right now.

"Hun Tiandi, something is wrong with him!"

Void Swallowing Flame manifested his true form, his black flames flickering to reveal his inner turmoil.

"His physical body is not inferior to Zhu Kun's."

"His soul realm has also reached the emperor realm level."

"The secret technique he is using allows his physical body, cultivation base, and soul to completely merge, even more perfectly than the fusion you and I obtained from the Spirit Devouring Clan."

Not long ago, Void Swallowing Flame had fused with Hun Tiandi to fight against Zhu Kun, so he naturally understood the latter's situation. Relying on his tyrannical physical body, he could be considered the number one person below the Semi-Di level. Therefore, he could easily compare and conclude that Xiao Ting's physical strength was on par with Zhu Kun's.

"I can see that."

Hun Tiandi took a step forward, fully mobilizing the power of heaven and earth to press down on Xiao Ting, his eyes concealing a burning heat.

If he could obtain Xiao Ting's body-tempering method, suppressing Zhu Kun would be easier. If he could obtain Xiao Ting's method of merging essence, energy, and spirit, his fusion with Void Swallowing Flame to enter the Semi-Di level would be even more perfect. He had to capture Xiao Ting.

"Great Soul Blood Heaven Hand!"

Hun Tiandi unleashed the strongest control-type low-tier Emperor-grade Dou Technique he had mastered. Only those who reached the Nine-Star Dou Sheng level could barely learn and execute it, unleashing one-tenth of this Dou Technique's power, yet it still far surpassed high-tier Heaven-grade Dou Techniques.

In an instant, the sky turned dark, large areas of the void shattered, and countless blood mists emerged, transforming into a blood hand that covered a hundred-mile radius. It was as if the world beneath this blood hand was completely imprisoned, carrying an intense sense of oppression.

"Is this the power of a peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng going all out?"

Xiao Ting stood in the void, looking up at the terrifying pressure that was almost level with the sky and earth, his eyes glinting.

With his current strength, he still had an advantage against Void Swallowing Flame, relying on his physical body and Purple Heaven Flame to form a suppression. But against Hun Tiandi, a Late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng with the combat power of a peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng, he was still far behind.

"The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Body has already completely absorbed the power of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, reaching the Nine-Turn level."

"Although it is still only a Dou Sheng Dharma Body, it can fully control the power of heaven and earth, and it is a control of a higher dimension."

Xiao Ting formed hand seals, neither dodging nor evading Hun Tiandi's attack. The heaven-supporting giant hand pressed down, turning the world into a world within his palm.

A smile was about to appear on Hun Tiandi's face, but the next moment it changed abruptly, his pupils constricting: "Impossible!"

Rumble!

The power of heavenly thunder emerged from the void, and the Nine Profound Golden Lightning ravaged the world. A giant, standing as tall as Xiao Ting, appeared, wielding the power of thunder.

This giant seemed to be the embodiment of heavenly thunder; the Nine Profound Golden Lightning was merely an adornment around its body, filled with destructive power. All treacherous forces in heaven and earth appeared insignificant before it. The terrifying power of the divine thunder spread from this giant, and the thunder gathered overhead, covering the sky and earth, transforming into a giant thunder palm that collided with the blood hand Hun Tiandi had unleashed.

The thunder was eroding the blood energy, but it was also collapsing itself. After all, Hun Tiandi's cultivation base was what it was. Yet even so, Hun Tiandi, Void Swallowing Flame, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the others still felt shocked. This was a display of Xiao Ting challenging those above his rank; he was likely the first person in history to do so.

"Still not enough, huh."

Xiao Ting's voice sounded with a hint of regret.

The Supreme Dharma Body was the way for Supreme-realm experts in the Great Thousand World to control heaven and earth, and it was also a manifestation of combat power. He had hoped that his Dou Sheng Dharma Body could control heaven and earth on the Fighting Qi Continent and also erupt with super-level combat power.

It could only be said that his Dharma Body had not, after all, been baptized by the spiritual energy and laws of the Great Thousand World. Although it possessed the might of a Dharma Body, it was still far inferior to a true Supreme Dharma Body. The true Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Body was the first stage of the Primal Dharma Body. It currently only had the prototype of the first stage. It could only be considered an alternative secret technique that could be mastered beyond the standard specifications.

Yet, his disappointment sounded very jarring to the ears of Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and the others. You are only twenty years old, your cultivation is only at the Eight Star Dou Sheng level, and now you have unleashed a "Dou Technique" that can actually contend with Hun Tiandi, a Late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng using an Emperor-grade Dou Technique—to be precise, only slightly inferior. What more do you want? Do you want to be able to kill a Dou Di while crossing ranks right now to be satisfied!?

But the next moment, Hun Tiandi was numb, Void Swallowing Flame was numb, and everyone watching this battlefield was numb. They saw Xiao Ting form hand seals again, and his tall body actually merged with the special Dharma Body he had summoned.

"Boom..."

A large amount of Nine Profound Golden Lightning appeared around Xiao Ting's ten-thousand-foot body, each bolt enough to kill a Seven-Star Dou Sheng. The void was annihilated; standing tall, he also controlled heaven and earth, all power being destroyed by the thunder and then swallowed by the purple flames.

Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, everyone felt their bodies, cultivation, and souls sink, as if some shackles and restrictions had been added. A Dou Di was a supreme being who surpassed Dou Sheng, surpassed this world, and stood above the continent. When a Dou Di attacked, they manipulated the power of heaven and earth, forming a dimensionality-reduction strike against Dou Sheng.

Xiao Ting could not compare to a Dou Di at this moment, but in a certain sense, he was even more powerful than a Dou Di. This was because he now seemed to be the embodiment of heaven and earth, wielding authority over all energy within a certain area. Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, within the range of his soul perception, everything became his domain; if he wished, he could even directly strip it away and transcend the Fighting Qi Continent.

Body, soul, cultivation, and Dharma Body were all merged into one. At this moment, Xiao Ting erupted with power no weaker than the previous fusion of Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame. But in terms of the application of heaven and earth power, he would be the undisputed number one person below the Dou Di level throughout history.

"Nine Heavens Profound Thunder, Finger!"

The ten-thousand-foot giant pointed forward. In an instant, a terrifying aura rose, rushing the blood hand created by Hun Tiandi into nothingness.

Following that, two bolts of thunder, gold filled with purple energy, gathered and swirled in the high sky, rapidly dividing into two fingers, each thousands of feet in size, pointing toward Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame.

"Run!"

Hun Tiandi made a prompt decision to flee, his eyes hiding unprecedented terror. Having just stepped into the Semi-Di level, he was very clear about how strong the power Xiao Ting could erupt with was, and he did not have Zhu Kun's combat power!

Void Swallowing Flame was trembling all over at this moment, saying in terror: "I can't leave!"