203: Fourth Generation: Overlord (Ninety-Nine)

Yuwen Shang's arrival was not grand, but that golden path and his indifferent gaze carried an invisible, crushing pressure that made Xu Yuan and the others hiding in the shadows tighten their hearts!

Yuwen Shang hovered above the Heavenly Pool, his indifferent gaze sweeping across the shimmering lake surface below and the seven-colored lotus that was about to fully bloom. His eyes showed no ripples, as if he were looking at an ordinary object.

However, in the next moment, he did not immediately move to collect the celestial heart lotus dew. Instead, he slowly turned his head. Those eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through the Void Realm, accurately swept over the positions where Xu Yuan, Li Beichen, and the other two were hiding. His tone was flat, yet it exploded in their ears like a clap of thunder:

"Cowards hiding your heads and showing your tails, why haven't you shown yourselves?"

"Who is so bold as to trespass into the Ten Thousand Laws Heavenly Pool Forbidden Ground? Do you not know... that the celestial heart lotus dew of this sixty-year cycle belongs to my Yuwen family?"

Xu Yuan felt a chill in his heart! As expected, they had been discovered!

But the only thing worth celebrating was that, just as Li Beichen had predicted—every Fruit Position True Person possessed a nearly paranoid confidence in their own strength!

They stood high above, looking down on all living beings, long accustomed to controlling everything. They rarely believed that Cultivators of the same or lower stages could pose a threat to them.

Especially within this Xuandu Dao Realm, which was regarded as their own back garden!

Therefore, when Yuwen Shang came to collect the celestial heart lotus dew, he indeed brought no Protectors or followers. He was alone, treading the golden path, arriving at the Heavenly Pool by himself!

This was a crisis, but also an opportunity!

It was the only prerequisite for Li Beichen's plan to be implemented!

If Yuwen Shang had come with a large group of people, the four of them wouldn't have even had a chance to strike!

At this moment, facing Yuwen Shang's overwhelming pressure and questioning, Li Beichen knew there was no more room for maneuver. A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly roared:

"Do it!!"

Since their concealment was broken, then... there was only one path: to fight! While the opponent was alone, and while the celestial heart lotus dew was about to mature—when the opponent might be distracted—they would fight for that slim chance of survival!

"Zheng—!"

Before Li Beichen's voice had even faded, a sword cry that tore through the firmament and contained endless silence and resolute will erupted first!

Wu Hui Sword Master Ling Juexiao, who had been hidden for a long time, merged man and sword. He transformed into a streak of sword light so pale it was extreme, as if it could sever Karma and annihilate Reincarnation. Ignoring spatial distance, it arrived first despite being launched later, stabbing straight at Yuwen Shang's heart!

This strike was the gathering of his life's cultivation, the ultimate manifestation of the Wu Hui Sword Dao—Nirvana Without Return!

Almost at the same instant the sword light lit up!

"Black Mysterious Weak Water, Nether Soul-Locking!"

True Person Qingluan's cold voice rang out. Her hands changed seals, and the Black Mysterious Weak Water Grand Array she had already set up instantly activated with full force!

This was no probe, but a killing blow!

Countless streams of weak water, black as ink and bone-chillingly cold, surged frantically from the void. They transformed into countless hideous nether chains that wound around Yuwen Shang's limbs. Furthermore, a frigid power that directly froze the Divine Soul spread out, attempting to seal both his movements and Divine Thought in ice!

As for Xu Yuan, the moment Li Beichen shouted the words "Do it," he did not hesitate to detonate a National Fortune True Seed he had long since condensed within his body!

"Boom—!"

A surge of purple-gold Imperial Fortune, several times more majestic and vast than usual, erupted from his body like an awakening ancient dragon!

Brilliant Imperial Authority soared into the sky, dyeing his entire body as if it were cast from purple gold!

Within this Dao Realm, he forcibly borrowed a portion of the National Fortune from Great Shang's ten thousand miles of territory. Although it wasn't as natural as using it on his home soil, it allowed him to reach a near-Peak state for a short time!

He stepped forward, the void beneath his feet shattering inch by inch. His right fist clenched tight, and upon the fist's edge condensed a supreme will that suppressed mountains and rivers and dominated the world. He threw a punch, aiming straight for Yuwen Shang's head!

Li Beichen also struck at the same time. He brought out an ancient bronze mirror, which was surprisingly a High Grade Magic Treasure—the heaven-souring mirror!

The mirror's light flowed, not for attack, but shining toward the places where Dao Rhyme circulated around Yuwen Shang's body. He attempted to interfere with and weaken the connection between Yuwen Shang and the Origin of the Dao branches, shaking his Fruit Position Foundation!

The four Late Golden Core Stage great Cultivators were in perfect sync, cooperating with tacit understanding. Their first move was an earth-shattering killing formation!

Sword light, weak water, Imperial punch, and mirror light sealed off all of Yuwen Shang's evasion space from four directions. The ferocity and ruthlessness of the offensive were enough to instantly heavily injure or even kill any ordinary Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator!

Facing this sudden siege that was enough to change the face of the mountains and rivers, a slight change finally appeared for the first time on Yuwen Shang's originally indifferent face.

But it was not fear or panic, but a kind of... anger that humble ants dared to challenge his majesty.

"A mantis trying to stop a carriage, seeking death!"

He gave a cold snort. Facing the terrifying attacks from all sides, he still did not dodge. He simply slowly raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and lightly pressed against the void!

"Buzz—!"

In an instant, with him as the center, the void for a thousand feet around seemed like the surface of water into which a stone had been thrown, suddenly rippling with countless visible golden ripples!

Within these ripples, countless fine Dao runes emerged!

The wind and clouds above the Ten Thousand Laws Heavenly Pool instantly froze! Time and space seemed to fall into a quagmire at this moment!

Ling Juexiao's indestructible Nirvana sword light, upon touching the golden ripples, slowed down drastically as if trapped in an endless, viscous spiderweb. The sword blade buzzed, and the sharp Sword Intent was worn away layer by layer by that ubiquitous power of order!

The Black Mysterious Weak Water chains controlled by True Person Qingluan were blocked by an invisible 'decree' barrier when they were still ten feet away from Yuwen Shang, unable to advance an inch further. The extreme cold power was rapidly purified and evaporated by that brilliant light of the Righteous Path!

Li Beichen's heaven-souring mirror light shone on Yuwen Shang, but it was like a mud cow entering the sea. Not only did it fail to interfere with his Dao Rhyme, but the mirror light showed signs of being assimilated and suffering a backlash!

And Xu Yuan's Overlord Punch, which condensed overwhelming National Fortune and Imperial Dao will, felt as if it had struck the barrier of the entire world the moment it entered the range of the golden ripples!

A vast and boundless terrifying force representing 'rules' and 'laws' recoiled, making his blood boil and his punch stall!

Fruit Position Domain!

This was the terrifying aspect of a Fruit Position True Person!

Within the range covered by his Dao branch, he was the maker of the rules!

Daos of the same Origin were subject to his absolute suppression, and alien Daos were also weakened by his Domain!

Those who had not attained a Fruit Position were like enemies of the entire world within this Domain!

With just one palm, Yuwen Shang effortlessly blocked the joint killing move of the four great experts!

The golden ripple Domain was like the manifestation of heavenly laws, neutralizing, assimilating, and repelling all attacks!

"The sharpness of the sword, the frost-cold of the water, the dominance of the emperor... Hmph, you could be said to have some skill."

"Unfortunately, you are but the light of a firefly, yet you dare to dream of competing with the bright moon?"