Chapter 476: Peacock Monarch's Choice

The Deep Void.

Meng Chuan stood there, clearly observing the outside world, though the scene beyond was somewhat distorted and blurry.

“I must seize this opportunity to kill it in one strike. If I miss this chance, it won't give me another after my strength is revealed,” Meng Chuan thought, filled with killing intent.

“Kill!”

From the Blood Blade Disc beneath his feet, twenty-four blood blades instantly shot out, all flying towards the surface void. Simultaneously, countless bolts of lightning erupted, stretching from the deep void to the outermost layer.

“Hm?” Peacock Monarch frowned, seeing lightning bolts erupting everywhere within a hundred-mile radius. Each bolt possessed astonishing power; some combined could even strike down an ordinary demon saint. Frowning at the sight, Peacock Monarch wondered, “Has Meng Chuan acquired a domain-type treasure? What a pity, it poses no threat to me.”

This domain was Meng Chuan’s newly created ‘Thunder-Magnetic Domain’.

Since integrating with the Thunder Domain Aspect, Meng Chuan had developed a domain technique unique to his Cloud-Mist Dragon-Snake Movement Art. Just as the True Martial Seven Arts possessed a domain, so too did Holy Master Threadpuller's Threadpulling Art. A complete peerless technique typically formed a self-contained system. Meng Chuan’s Cloud-Mist Dragon-Snake Movement Art, upon reaching the late Grotto-Heaven realm, also gained its own domain. This domain was developed using the thunder-magnetic domain of his original divine power, ‘Thunder God Eye,’ as a blueprint. Coupled with his deep accumulation in the thunder lineage and insights gained from the Tribulation Realm peerless technique, ‘Thunder Realm,’ he finally created the ‘Thunder-Magnetic Domain’. In the Thunder-Magnetic Domain, lightning was secondary; the most crucial aspect was ‘thunder-magnetic power’.

“Not good,” Peacock Monarch jolted. Following its instinct, it instantly thrust its long spear, precisely ‘tapping’ a blood blade that materialized from nothingness.

A second, third, fourth… more blood blades assailed it in quick succession. Sometimes, several blood blades attacked simultaneously.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.”

Peacock Monarch stood mid-air, the surrounding void twisting and collapsing. Each blood blade was affected as it approached. Peacock Monarch wielded its long spear with incredible finesse, carving out circles that knocked the blood blades away. Yet, the collision between the spear and the blood blades still unnerved Peacock Monarch.

“These blood blades are more powerful than before,” Peacock Monarch mused, “but they still can’t threaten me.” Though Peacock Monarch’s spear defense was impenetrable, it still felt the pressure of the overwhelming blood blade assault. This only heightened its fighting spirit: “A few more clashes with Meng Chuan, and perhaps I can break through to the late Grotto-Heaven realm.”

“Hm? What’s happening?”

Peacock Monarch’s expression changed. It clearly sensed that the blood blades flying in for the siege were getting faster and faster, their power likewise growing stronger.

“How are they speeding up?” Peacock Monarch couldn't believe it.

“Boom!”

Two blood blades were blocked by the swinging spear, but the terrifying impact caused Peacock Monarch to stagger back a step.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”…

All twenty-four blood blades accelerated even faster within the ‘Thunder-Magnetic Domain’. This newly comprehended domain technique was highly proficient at accelerating the blood blades. Just a few blood blades, working together, could now suppress Peacock Monarch.

“How is this possible? I’m being suppressed?” Peacock Monarch couldn't believe it. Every time it blocked a blood blade, it was met with a terrifying impact. It had to employ energy-dispersing techniques, but they were useless! Not only had the blood blades increased in power, but more importantly, their speed was far greater than before. Peacock Monarch, with just one spear, could no longer defend against all twenty-four blood blades.

Under the relentless assault of the blood blades, Peacock Monarch barely managed to block some, only for others to strike its body.

“Thud!” A bloody hole was pierced through its chest. Large wounds were cut into its arms by the blood blades.

However, its body wounds were healing rapidly. Even large wounds closed in the blink of an eye, and in another blink, not even a scar remained.

“Now!” A cold glint flashed in Meng Chuan’s eyes. Silver mystic patterns began to appear on both sides of his face, and streaks of silver lightning emerged around him. The flow of time was altering. To the outside world, Meng Chuan’s thought speed was a full ten times faster than before.

His control over the blood blades became even more precise and agile. The greatly increased agility of the blood blades bewildered Peacock Monarch.

“Boom, boom, boom!”

Peacock Monarch could no longer hold out. Struck by a multitude of blood blades simultaneously, most of its body was utterly pulverized, but the countless bits of flesh instantly recombined. Numerous blood blades arced, striking again, pulverizing another portion of its body, which then recombined once more.

“Not good,” Peacock Monarch’s expression changed. “He can injure my physical power. Just another hundred or so strikes, and my body will be completely annihilated.”

“I must seize this chance to kill Peacock Monarch,” Meng Chuan thought, going all out. Although it couldn’t match the instantaneous burst of True Martial King’s ‘Ten Absolute Annihilation,’ Meng Chuan’s twenty-four blood blades, combined with the ‘Thunder-Magnetic Domain’ and the divine power ‘Quicksand,’ unleashed power that surpassed True Martial King’s usual state, and also surpassed Peacock Monarch’s usual state. A single strike could destroy most of Peacock Monarch’s body. This might was not far from that of Qin Wu and Li Guan. Their only advantage… was their Grotto-Heaven True Essence and Grotto-Heaven Domain. Once Meng Chuan possessed Grotto-Heaven True Essence and a Grotto-Heaven Domain, as the creator of the Cloud-Mist Dragon-Snake Movement Art, his combat strength would be significantly greater than Qin Wu, Li Guan, and Bai Yaoyue. Self-created peerless techniques generally conferred a substantial increase in power.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

The repeated siege of numerous blood blades caused Peacock Monarch to panic somewhat.

“This is at the edge of the fractured world, far from the ‘connection point’. Peacock Monarch cannot return to the demon world quickly, so it can only endure my siege.”

“This time, it’s dead for sure.”

Meng Chuan maintained his divine power, fully controlling the blood blades. The twenty-four blood blades relentlessly combined their attacks, and with their incredible agility, Peacock Monarch could only take the blows, its injuries constantly worsening.

“The connection point back to the demon world is over five thousand miles away; there’s no time to escape,” Peacock Monarch realized. Completely suppressed, with continuous blood blade strikes worsening its injuries, it felt the ‘approach of death’. This made Peacock Monarch somewhat agitated.

For so many years…

At the fifth-heaven demon king (Regal Godfiend) stage, Meng Chuan was the only one who had ever made it feel the threat of death.

“Die!” Meng Chuan was equally merciless, pouring all his strength into attacking the demon’s body, intent on completely pulverizing it.

“Boom!”

Peacock Monarch gritted its teeth and abruptly lunged to the right.

“What?” Meng Chuan was astonished.

To the right was the edge of the fractured world, which was still expanding very slowly. On the other side of the fractured world… lay the Outer Realm! It was a realm of perpetual gloom. Of course, in some areas, ‘purple lightning’ tore through the darkness, facilitating the growth of world fissures.

“He went in?” Meng Chuan emerged from the deep void, watching the scene from a distance.

“Argh!”

Having plunged into the Outer Realm, fully entering the endless gloom, Peacock Monarch let out a piercing shriek. Its body twitched and trembled.

“Legend says that anyone below the Creation realm or Demon Saint realm who ventures into the Outer Realm is almost certain to die,” Meng Chuan thought to himself as he watched the scene. “Only under special circumstances can one survive.” The Outer Realm environment was extremely harsh. Normal Regal Godfiends and fifth-heaven demon kings would quickly perish if they went there.

Meng Chuan watched Peacock Monarch in the endless gloom.

“Hahahaha, hahahaha…”

The twitching Peacock Monarch, however, began to laugh. Its body gradually regained control, and it grinned as it looked at Meng Chuan. “Meng Chuan, you are ruthless! You actually forced me to venture into the Outer Realm! Haha… Fortunately, my physical body is strong enough, and with my Dark Peacock bloodline, I can completely survive in the Outer Realm’s environment.”

“If you hadn't pushed me, I wouldn’t have dared to come to the Outer Realm.”

Peacock Monarch turned its head, gazing at the boundless gloom in all directions with fervent eyes. “The bloodline within me, the Dark Peacock, originates from the River of Spacetime itself. I was always meant to explore the Outer Realm.”

“I still have over fifty years of life left,” Peacock Monarch said, looking at the endless gloom, then at Meng Chuan. “For the last few decades of my life, I shall adventure in the Outer Realm.”

“I even have you to thank. If it weren’t for you, I truly wouldn’t have dared to enter the Outer Realm like this.”

Peacock Monarch laughed heartily. Then, it transformed into a streak of light and swiftly flew deep into the endless gloom, quickly vanishing from Meng Chuan’s sight.

Meng Chuan stared blankly at the scene.

Gone? Had his opponent truly gone to explore the Outer Realm?