184: Fourth Generation: Overlord (80)

Flame Dragon True Person's voice was cold, carrying a hint of unwilling mockery, but it also held an imperceptible gravity.

The words "Emperor Shang" spoken from his mouth were already an admission!

He was admitting that this newly ascended Golden Core True Person and this Great Shang Dynasty were qualified to stand on equal footing with his Lihuo Imperial Dynasty, becoming a powerhouse Imperial Dynasty in the Eastern Region!

Xu Yuan had achieved a Breakthrough to the Golden Core, condensing an Imperial Dao Golden Core, his life bound to the nation. The Luck of the Great Shang Dynasty he founded would inevitably skyrocket, its territorial legitimacy recognized by heaven and earth, making its promotion to an "Imperial Dynasty" a natural progression!

Even Flame Dragon True Person could not deny the reality of an Imperial Dynasty founded by a Golden Core True Person!

"Today, it ends here!"

With a cold snort, Flame Dragon True Person forcibly suppressed the killing intent and frustration in his heart. With a flick of his sleeve, the space around him rippled slightly as crimson-gold flames flowed, intending to tear through the Void Realm.

He wanted to flee this place of conflict. Nothing more could be done today; lingering would only increase the risk. He needed to return as soon as possible to heal his wounds and plan for the long term.

However—

"Ends here?"

A calm yet unquestionable voice of majesty exploded before him like a clap of thunder.

Xu Yuan took a step forward, as if shrinking the earth into an inch, instantly crossing hundreds of feet to silently block Flame Dragon True Person's path, precisely cutting off his escape.

The vast and majestic purple-gold Golden Core Spiritual Pressure, carrying a brilliant Imperial Authority, was released without reservation. It collided head-on with Flame Dragon True Person's scorching and violent Aura, not yielding in the slightest!

The space emitted an overburdened hum as tiny cracks flashed where their two Auras clashed.

Flame Dragon True Person's figure came to a sudden halt, the spatial ripples flowing around him forcibly interrupted!

He looked up abruptly, staring fixedly at the close-at-hand Xu Yuan, his eyes erupting with unbelievable fury and killing intent!

"Junior! You..." Flame Dragon True Person squeezed the words through his teeth, his face ashen. "Do not push your Luck! Do you truly think that just because you have newly entered the Golden Core, you can challenge this Immortal Master?!"

He never expected Xu Yuan to dare to do such a thing!

Not only was he not letting him leave, but he had also taken the initiative to block his way!

This was a blatant provocation and humiliation!

Xu Yuan's gaze was like lightning, looking directly at Flame Dragon True Person's face, which was slightly distorted by rage.

"Flame Dragon True Person," Xu Yuan's voice was not loud, but it spread clearly in all directions, carrying the supreme majesty of a new emperor ascending the throne and taking control of the world. "Is my Tianzhu Mountain a place where you can come and go as you please?"

"You disturbed my Undergoing Tribulation, harmed my subjects, plotted for my Cultivation Technique, and even desired to destroy my Great Shang..."

With every sentence Xu Yuan spoke, the cold light in his eyes grew sharper, and his Aura climbed higher!

"This blood debt, this grudge, has yet to be settled."

"And you wish to... just walk away?"

"In this world..." Xu Yuan slowly raised his right hand. In his palm, purple-gold core essence gathered like a vortex, emitting heart-palpitating waves of destruction as if he were holding a miniature purple-gold sun, "...how can there be such a cheap bargain!"

As his words fell, a bone-chilling killing intent locked onto Flame Dragon True Person as if it were a physical substance!

He actually... really intended to stop an established Golden Core and settle the final score!

Flame Dragon True Person was thoroughly enraged by this undisguised killing intent and overbearing attitude. He was stunned at first, then laughed out of extreme anger!

"Good, good, good! What an Emperor Shang! What a Wang Yuan!" He said the word 'good' three times, his laughter filled with endless fury and killing intent, shaking the surrounding space. "I have undergone Reincarnation three times and dominated the Eastern Region for a thousand years. I have stepped over more bones than you have ever seen! I have never seen such an arrogant, such a suicidal junior!"

"You have just broken through to the Golden Core and your Realm is unstable. Instead of thinking about consolidating your cultivation, you dare to take the initiative to block my path. Do you truly think this Immortal Master fears you?!"

"Since you are bent on seeking death, this Immortal Master... shall fulfill your wish!"

"Today, I will let this new Golden Core use blood to remember what is called... the difference in foundation!"

Flame Dragon True Person no longer hesitated; his killing intent was decided!

He knew he could not retreat now. With this boy's ruthless Heart-Nature, once he yielded, he would face endless retaliation in the future!

He had to take advantage of the boy's unstable Realm and use thunderous means to slay him, eliminating the future trouble forever!

"Roar—!!!"

Flame Dragon True Person struck first!

His hands formed seals, and the crimson-gold flaming Golden Core above his head radiated brilliant light. Endless core essence gushed out, invoking the fire Law of heaven and earth!

A crimson Flame Dragon, a thousand zhang long with distinct scales, lifelike and emitting a terrifying power capable of boiling the seas, instantly condensed. It let out a heaven-shaking roar and pounced toward Xu Yuan with an Aura of total destruction!

This strike far exceeded any previous methods!

It was a strike born of his rage, utilizing his Golden Core Origin and combined with his own Dao fruit!

Its power was enough to instantly evaporate rivers and incinerate mountain ranges!

"Well come!"

Facing this extremely terrifying attack, not only was there no fear in Xu Yuan's eyes, but they instead erupted with a Battle Intent as brilliant as the stars!

He had just formed his Golden Core and needed a hearty battle to familiarize himself with his power and consolidate his Realm!

And an experienced Golden Core True Person was the best whetstone!

He did not dodge or avoid. The purple-gold Imperial Fortune around him boiled, and his newly condensed Imperial Dao Golden Core spun violently. Vast core essence surged out like a broken dam!

"Zheng—!!!"

A heaven-shaking blade hum, as if it could cleave the world and split open Chaos, suddenly rang through the clouds!

As Xu Yuan joined his fingers like a blade and struck out, a massive purple-gold brilliant blade light, seemingly condensed from pure imperial will and the immortal belief of an Overlord, appeared out of thin air, spanning the sky!

This blade light was not transformed from ordinary spiritual power. Upon its blade, the sun, moon, and stars revolved, mountains and rivers surged, and there were even phantoms of hundreds of millions of subjects kneeling in worship. It emitted a supreme Overlord Concept that ruled the eight directions, judged all things, and decreed that those who followed would prosper while those who opposed would perish!

On the edge of the blade, purple-gold radiance flickered, and there were faint flows of lightning—the manifestation of the power from the Heavenly Tribulation he had just refined and absorbed!

This was exactly what Xu Yuan had manifested as his own Overlord Gold Position, using the Imperial Dao Golden Core as a foundation and fusing his own Overlord will, vast National Fortune, and a trace of the Heavenly Tribulation's lightning!

Where the blade pointed, space was silently torn into fine black cracks like fragile silk, and the Laws of heaven and earth wailed and retreated before it!

"Cut!"

Purple-gold divine light shot from Xu Yuan's eyes as he uttered a single cold word!

That Purple-Gold Overlord Blade spanning heaven and earth, carrying the resolute will to sever Karma and shatter all Laws, struck out without hesitation at the roaring thousand-zhang crimson Flame Dragon!

"Roar!!!"

The crimson Flame Dragon also seemed to sense a fatal threat. It let out a roar of fury as the flames around it exploded wildly, incinerating the Void Realm. It opened its massive mouth, wanting to swallow the blade light along with Xu Yuan!

The next moment—

In an instant, heaven and earth lost their color!

The sun and moon lost their light!

A terrifying energy storm swept wildly in all directions like a tsunami!

Tianzhu Mountain shook violently, and countless boulders cracked and tumbled down!

The crowd watching at the foot of the mountain was forced back repeatedly by the shockwave, and those with weaker cultivation even spat blood and collapsed!