144: His words became law! The Saint King shattered on the spot.

"A group beating?"

Upon hearing those words,

the eyes of the seven Archaic Ancestor Kings imprisoned in mid-air nearly bulged out of their sockets.

Who were they?

They were the kings of the archaic era! They were taboo existences who once looked down upon all living beings, capable of making a Saint bleed with just a glance!

And now,

this Youth in White Robes who had appeared out of nowhere had not only imprisoned them,

but was also... planning to bring a group of wet-behind-the-ears brats to gang up on them?!

Death was preferable to such humiliation!

"Roar!!!"

A roar filled with endless fury and brutality suddenly exploded!

The Ancestor King from "Fire Qilin Cave" was suddenly enveloped in crimson blood-flames!

He was... burning his Origin!

At the cost of sacrificing eight hundred years of his Lifespan, he forcibly broke through the spatial confinement Li Daoxuan had seemingly laid down at whim!

"Stop your tricks!"

The Fire Qilin Cave Ancestor King's eyes were bloodshot, looking like a crazed demon.

His withered body instantly ballooned, transforming into a hundred-zhang-tall fire giant covered in crimson scales!

A terrifying Aura, not even slightly weaker than the previous Golden Ancestor King, erupted violently!

"Die for this old man!!!"

He did not hesitate for a second.

A giant flaming palm, capable of crushing mountains and possessing the terrifying heat to burn mountains and boil seas, slammed down toward the Youth in White Robes, who was still chatting and laughing with his Disciples!

"Not good! Old Seven is being impulsive!"

"Quick! Lend him a hand!"

Seeing this, the other Ancestor Kings also began burning their Origins one after another, attempting to break through the confinement.

In their view, although Li Daoxuan was strange, as long as they fought with their lives on the line regardless of the cost, they might still have a chance!

However,

faced with this thunderous strike that could make the heavens and earth change color,

Li Daoxuan's reaction left everyone wide-eyed with shock.

He didn't even... turn his head.

He merely let out an impatient yawn.

"Yawn—"

That sound was lazy and filled with the drowsiness of someone who hadn't fully woken up.

It was as if the world-destroying strike before him was nothing more than... an insignificant cool breeze.

He slowly lifted his eyelids and glanced at the giant flaming palm that was already within reach.

Then,

he opened his mouth.

Softly,

casually,

he spoke a single word.

"Shatter."

The voice was very soft.

As soft as a lover's whisper.

It even carried a hint of sleep-deprived raspiness.

But it was that one word,

the moment it was spoken,

that the words were manifested

as Law!

*Crack.*

An extremely faint yet incomparably clear crisp sound rang out in the dead silence of the air.

The aggressive flaming palm, which looked capable of crushing stars, suddenly froze less than three feet above Li Daoxuan's head.

Immediately following that,

a tiny crack appeared without warning in the center of the giant palm.

Then,

*Crack! Crack-crack-crack-crack—!!!*

As if a string of firecrackers had been lit,

dense cracks like a spiderweb spread across the entire body of the hundred-zhang-tall fire giant at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"This... this is..."

In the Fire Qilin Cave Ancestor King's eyes, which had been burning with raging fury, endless... fear appeared for the first time!

And horror!

He discovered in terror

that his body... his Law... his Divine Soul... were all being erased at this moment from their very source by an indescribable, irresistible, terrifying power!

"No..."

He opened his mouth, wanting to let out a desperate scream.

But it was already too late.

*Bang—!!!*

A dull explosion like the beating of a drum.

That overbearing fire giant, along with the Archaic Ancestor King within who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years,

before the eyes of the public,

shattered violently!

Turning into... a cloud... of blood mist that filled the sky!

Even his Divine Soul and his Law imprints were directly... erased by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth under that single word, "Shatter"!

Body and Soul completely extinguished!

Nothing remained!

Silence.

A deathly silence.

The entire Yaochi Heavenly Palace seemed to have been placed on mute.

The wind stopped blowing.

The clouds stopped moving.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

They stared blankly at the slowly dispersing blood mist, feeling that their brains were completely unable to process what had happened.

Dead... dead?

A genuine Archaic Ancestor King!

A terrifying existence at the Saint King level!

Was just... spoken to death... by a single word?!

Is this even real?!

This was no longer a Divine Ability!

This was... the ability of words manifesting as Law that only a Creator God should possess!

*Gulp.*

Someone, somewhere, swallowed hard with difficulty.

In mid-air,

the six Archaic Ancestor Kings who had just broken through the confinement and were preparing to fight for their lives were now all stiff, like six stone statues, frozen with various ferocious and angry expressions.

Cold sweat poured down their withered old faces like it was free.

They looked at the Youth in White Robes, who still had a sleepy face as if he had just casually spoken in his sleep.

In their eyes, only endless... fear remained!

And despair!

Run!

Run fast!

This was the only thought in their minds at this moment!

However,

their legs felt as if they were filled with lead and refused to obey!

*Thud!*

Finally,

someone was the first to be unable to withstand the terrifying pressure originating from the depths of their Soul.

Their knees buckled,

and they knelt.

Knelt within the Void Realm.

This was like a signal.

*Thud! Thud! Thud!*

The remaining five Archaic Ancestor Kings, who usually stood high above and viewed all living beings as ants,

were now like a string of broken rice dumplings.

One after another, they scrambled to kneel before Li Daoxuan.

Their bodies trembled violently as they kowtowed like pounding garlic.

"Sen... Senior, have mercy!"

"True Immortal, have mercy! Great Emperor, have mercy!"

"We were blind to your greatness! We are not human! We are beasts!"

"Please... please just treat us like a fart and let us go!"

The Archaic Kings who were just overbearing and wanted to treat the Human Race as food

were now more humble than dogs.

As for Li Daoxuan,

he merely yawned and rubbed his eyes, looking as if he still hadn't woken up.

He looked at the six old monsters on the ground who were kowtowing more vigorously than anyone else and curled his lip.

"So noisy."

"Are you going to let me sleep or what?"

He turned around and let out a helpless sigh toward his Disciples, who were already completely numb and couldn't even manage a shocked expression.

"Did you see that?"

"This is... the consequence of not listening to advice."

"I told them I was busy and to come at me all at once."

"But they insisted on delivering themselves one by one."

"Now look what happened."

"It's going to delay my nap by another half hour."