204: Fourth Generation: Overlord (100)

"With just these meager tricks, you dare to strike against this seat? Truly, you do not know the heights of the heavens or the depths of the earth!"

Yuwen Shang's tone was calm, yet it carried a faint, smoldering anger, as if his majesty had been provoked by ants.

Ignoring the terror on the faces of the four, Yuwen Shang seemed to fall into a memory, murmuring as if to himself:

"Do you know what kind of price my Yuwen family lineage paid to seize this Dao Fruit Position?!"

"My Yuwen family exerted the fierce efforts of nine generations; ancestors of every era shed their heart's blood, sacrificing countless Genius disciples, consuming endless resources, and laying out schemes for thousands of years, weaving together infinite Karma!"

"Only in that generation did we finally wait for the right time and place. We paid an unimaginable price to invite three Fruit Position True Persons who were friendly with my family to join forces, sealing the heavens and earth and isolating the inner from the outer. Only then did we fight for this sliver of opportunity for my ancestor, and finally... seized this Dao Fruit Position!"

"Nine generations of accumulation! Thousands of years of planning! Three Fruit Position True Persons intervening! Only then did my Yuwen family achieve today's status!"

Yuwen Shang's voice was like a thunderclap, exploding in the ears of the four.

"Did you think that by joining forces as a few Late Golden Core Stage practitioners, you could contend with a Fruit Position True Person?"

"Nonsense!"

The moment his words fell, Yuwen Shang's gathered fingers suddenly clenched tight!

"Rumble—!"

The entire golden ripple Domain instantly erupted with a dazzling, brilliant light!

One by one, Great Dao Runes spun and combined frantically, transforming into golden chains, illusory courts of judgment, and Eyes of Law that pierced through the Void Realm!

The terrifying power was no longer just squeezing; it had turned into absolute suppression and judgment!

"Pfft—!"

Li Beichen, who bore the brunt of the attack, cultivated a Dao that shared the same source as Yuwen Shang, so the suppression he faced was the most terrifying!

His entire body shook violently as if struck by a heavy blow. He spat out a large mouthful of blood, and the heaven-souring mirror above his head let out a wail, its spiritual light instantly dimming. His entire aura withered rapidly, his eyes filled with despair and indignation!

"Crack!"

Ling Juexiao's indestructible Nirvanic Sword Light, under the entanglement of countless Law chains and the suppression of the Court of Judgment, let out a crisp sound and actually shattered inch by inch!

He let out a muffled groan, his face turning deathly pale as his Sword Intent was wounded!

True Person Qingluan's Profound Dark Weak Water Grand Array, under that magnificent light of the Righteous Path and the insight of the Eyes of Law, melted like snow, collapsing instantly!

Her delicate body trembled, blood leaked from the corners of her mouth, and the cold Qi around her became chaotic.

Xu Yuan was also faring poorly. The Imperial Dao will condensed in his Overlord Emperor's Punch, under the crushing weight of countless 'Decree' barriers and 'Order', felt as if it were acting against heaven, suffering a backlash from the entire 'Heaven and Earth'!

The purple-gold Imperial Fortune around him vibrated violently, and the blood and Qi within his body surged like an overturned sea. If not for the support of the National Fortune True Seed, he would likely have been injured already!

Xu Yuan was inwardly horrified; the strength of this Fruit Position True Person far exceeded his estimates!

Within this Domain, the opponent was almost an invincible existence!

With just one move, the combined momentum of four Late Golden Core Stage great cultivators was completely dismantled!

Everyone was wounded!

Yuwen Shang stood with his hands behind his back, suspended at the center of the golden Domain like a deity in charge of heavenly regulations, looking down coldly at the four struggling under the Domain's suppression, and said faintly:

"This seat shall let you witness what... true Fruit Position might is!"

He slowly raised his other hand. In his palm, a golden seal, seemingly condensed from countless Great Dao Runes, slowly emerged!

Dao Fruit Manifestation! Lifebound Divine Ability!

He was going to exercise the authority of his own Great Dao branch in the most direct and overbearing manner!

If this strike landed, none of the four present would likely be able to block it, and they would be annihilated in body and soul instantly!

An unprecedented shadow of death, like ten thousand feet of freezing ice, instantly enveloped the minds of Xu Yuan, Li Beichen, Ling Juexiao, and True Person Qingluan!

Xu Yuan was also terrified! Although he had previously anticipated the massive gap between the Late Golden Core Stage and a Fruit Position True Person, and that this might be a certain-death situation, the sense of powerlessness and suffocation—as if he were an enemy of the entire world's Laws—was intense to the extreme!

He finally experienced firsthand how immense the chasm between the Late Golden Core Stage and Golden Core Perfection was!

This was not just a difference in power, but the crushing weight of life levels and Great Dao authority!

Ling Juexiao's Sword Intent was wounded, his face was pale, and the hand holding his sword trembled slightly, yet his eyes burned with the madness of indignation. True Person Qingluan's mouth leaked blood, her surrounding cold Qi dissipated, and her beautiful eyes were filled with terror and despair.

And Li Beichen, who bore the brunt and was most heavily wounded, now had a face as sallow as golden paper, his aura withered to the extreme. The ancient heaven-souring mirror above his head had dim spiritual light and was covered in cracks, clearly having suffered severe damage in the previous Domain confrontation.

However, at this final moment of total despair and descending death, deep within Li Beichen's eyes—originally full of despair and indignation—there suddenly flashed a streak of near-insane ruthlessness and resolution!

"Yuwen Shang! You want to kill me? It won't be that easy!!"

He let out a hoarse roar, like the final struggle of a dying beast!

His hands suddenly formed a strange and brutal hand seal, and a mouthful of Lifebound Essence Blood, mixed with the power of his shattered Dao Foundation, sprayed frantically toward the nearly crumbling heaven-souring mirror above his head!

"With my essence blood, I burn my Dao Foundation! Magic Treasure... Heaven Incineration!"

Boom—!!!

That High Grade Magic Treasure-level heaven-souring mirror, under Li Beichen's desperate and frantic activation, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, blinding golden light!

But this golden light was not for protection; it was for destruction!

The cracks on the mirror's surface spread rapidly, and terrifying energy gathered and spiraled out of control within it!

In the next moment, at the instant Yuwen Shang's golden seal was about to fully solidify—

Bang!!!!!

An earth-shaking explosion resounded through the entire Ten Thousand Laws Heavenly Pool!

The heaven-souring mirror above Li Beichen's head, this Lifebound Treasure that had accompanied him for hundreds of years, was actually detonated by him using a secret technique that self-mutilated his Dao Foundation!

How terrifying was the power of a High Grade Magic Treasure's self-detonation?

A sphere of destructive energy, like a collapsing sun, erupted violently with Li Beichen at its center!

Wherever the golden light passed, space shattered inch by inch like fragile colored glass, forming a brief void of spatial turbulence!

The terrifying shockwave, mixed with fragments of shattered Great Dao Laws, swept in all directions like a tsunami!

Bearing the brunt were Yuwen Shang's nearly formed golden seal and his stable golden Domain!

"Crack... Crack-crack..."

The golden Domain, composed of runes of Order and Decree, let out an overburdened wail under the impact of this targeted, frantic energy that shared the same source but was filled with destructive intent!

The Domain's barriers twisted violently, and countless runes instantly dimmed and shattered!

Although it failed to completely destroy the Domain, it forcibly tore a tiny crack in those rock-solid Domain barriers!

Furthermore, the chaotic Dao principles and spatial turbulence generated by the self-detonation greatly interfered with Yuwen Shang's control over his own Dao Fruit, causing a momentary pause and disorder in the condensation process of that golden seal!