Chapter 1226: Fist Annihilates Three Emperors, Sword Points at the Divine Envoy

"Who is this guy?""I recognize him; it should be Xu Xiaoshou?""The Shengnu's Lord Shou? I've heard about him in the Nan Domain. You recognize his face? He's so young?""Yes.""How do you recognize him?""I took the Heijin bounty; I came specifically to Void Island to kill him..."

Xu Xiaoshou's punch didn't just cripple San Di Yan Wuse; it also affected all the Lingshi on the island who were closely watching the battle.

By now, the descent of Tiankong City upon the Yunlun Mountains was no longer a secret. At first, one needed a Void Order to enter the city, but later, Tiankong City seemed to have developed some issues of its own.

The space-time barrier, which guarded against both gentlemen and scoundrels, had cracked open with countless fissures, only able to fend off the former.

Too many Zhan Dao and Tai Xu chose to sneak in, and the major families and sects from the Five Domains gathered like storm clouds.

These late arrivals hadn't experienced the deep sea depths but could still set foot on Void Island—fortune or misfortune unknown.

Yet, everyone believed themselves to be the chosen of heaven.

And today, their confidence was shattered, for they had witnessed the true chosen of heaven.

The current Zhan Dao and Tai Xu weren't far removed from the previous era. In fact, seven or eight out of ten had participated in, witnessed, or heard about the battles of the Seven Sword Immortals and the Ten Zun Seats.

They realized that the punch from this young man today was in no way inferior to the elites of that bygone era.

With a mortal body, he crushed a saint.

"Shengnu Xu Xiaoshou, Lord Shou of Shengnu."

"This is another major figure!"

Whispers and exclamations echoed from all directions, and the passive values Xu Xiaoshou had dreamed of surged incessantly, as if his ideals had suddenly been achieved.

Standing in Tiankong City, everyone began chanting his name.

This brought in far more passive values than if he had slipped into a crowd, caused a scene, and shouted, "I am the innate one."

At that moment, in Xu Xiaoshou's fantasy, he should have been elegant and noble, standing with hands behind his back, exuding a serene aura.

But now, there was no time for fantasies, no time for composure.

"Huang Quan, Tianren Wushuai, do you have any guts, any ability at all?""Goodness, we've finally got a one-on-one fight going, and I punched Yan Wuse away for you—what are you doing!""At a time like this, still hesitating? Still thinking of running? Can you even escape?"

Xu Xiaoshou's brazen voice, infused with holy power, not only crossed the battlefield above the ruins of Zui Yi Hall but also reached the Yanwang side.

Below, the many Zhan Dao and Tai Xu heard it all.

"Got a one-on-one, punched Yan Wuse away..."

The crowd of Tai Xu felt embarrassed.

After recognizing Xu Xiaoshou's identity as Shengnu, they naturally recalled the intelligence on this young man.

He had risen to prominence in less than a year; his last appearance was in Dongtian Wangcheng, where he had just broken through to Zongshi.

How was this possible? In the blink of an eye, someone had gained holy power and could fight San Di Yan Wuse?

Three breaths to innate, three years to Sword Immortal—nothing could compare!

Had the Fengsheng Daiji of Tiankong City been entirely claimed by Xu Xiaoshou alone? How come the rest of us haven't seen any opportunities?

What they saw before them was nothing but disaster!

On the Yanwang side, beneath Tianren Wushuai's mask, his expression twitched several times before he reluctantly accepted that Kong Yuhen was actually Xu Xiaoshou in disguise and that Xu Xiaoshou had punched Yan Wuse away. So, had his earlier grip on the Shizu Shadow Staff to distort Void Island's time and free himself from Yan Wuse's light been intentional?

"Huang Quan, what Xu Xiaoshou said makes sense."Tianren Wushuai turned his head toward Huang Quan. "Now is the perfect chance to kick someone when they's down—Number Two is the only one left."

"Liberation State: Tianji Shen Shi isn't as simple as you think."Huang Quan shook his head. "But with Xu Xiaoshou, Mei Yiren, and that ice-type ghost beast, we have five saints against one Number Two!"

"Do you know what a war machine is?" Huang Quan rejected the suggestion.

Tianren Wushuai fell silent. Soon, he lifted his gaze, staring at Huang Quan, and in his right eye, the gray San Hua swirled.

"You want to go back."

"I... want..."

"Forget everything that just happened."

"Forget... it..."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures turned and charged upward, intercepting Liberation State: Tianji Shen Shi before it could reach Xu Xiaoshou.

"You vermin, how dare you block me?"Number Two's eyes flashed with red light, clearly enraged.

He swept the Shengcai Sword horizontally through the air with incredible speed, then tossed it upward while Huang Quan and Tianren Wushuai dodged.

"Divine Kingdom!" Number Two extended his arms into the air and let out a resonant cry.

A buzzing tremor erupted as holy power burst forth, and divine forces shot out from all directions, engulfing Zui Yi Hall, Miracle Forest, and spreading even farther.

The distant Lingshi spectators never expected the battle to affect them from tens of thousands of li away.

But it was too late to flee now.

And even if they ran, they couldn't escape the attack range of Liberation State: Tianji Shen Shi!

The crowd became devout.

Whether Zhan Dao or Tai Xu, they were all influenced by the divine power, their minds manipulated, hands raised in tribute to build the collective Divine Kingdom.

Countless spirits and myriad elemental lights filled the sky.

Droplets formed rivers, converging from all sides.

In the blink of an eye, a Divine Kingdom barrier enveloped the entire Void Island.

Xu Xiaoshou felt the mental control force that nearly humiliated his spirit and turned him into a devout believer, filling him with alarm.

He had never underestimated Liberation State: Tianji Shen Shi.

But he never imagined that once Number Two wasn't controlled immediately, the combat power he could unleash in this state would radiate so widely.

Thinking about it this way...

Glancing at Mei Yiren, Xu Xiaoshou found his teacher even more unfathomable!

How incredibly strong must one be to find a way to counter Liberation State: Tianji Shen Shi right at the start of the battle—before it even began—and successfully execute it!

"Don't look at me now; I really can't help you anymore. Without Jiang Buyi, without bait, Luoying Realm is useless against Number Two."Mei Yiren transmitted gravely.

"Is there any other way to smash him?" Xu Xiaoshou asked.

"There is."

This definitive answer was exciting.

Xu Xiaoshou pressed on: "Teacher, what is the method?"

Mei Yiren glanced at him and replied indifferently: "My Banruo Wu, and your punch."

Xu Xiaoshou fell silent.

That was basically nonsense!

You can't unleash that sword, and I can't throw that punch again, so Number Two is unbeatable?

"Huang Quan has time-space attributes, though," Xu Xiaoshou said, grasping at straws. "Yes, time-space attributes are tricky, but as Yan Wuse dared to face the Kong Yuhen incarnation holding the Shizu Shadow Staff, time-space attributes come with significant restrictions. They're not like famous swords that can complement sword techniques; they don't provide the strongest direct finishing moves."Mei Yiren responded.

Xu Xiaoshou understood why Yan Wuse had fallen into the trap.

His teacher's sudden counterattack was one factor.

The disguised Huang Quan's poor performance, which was genuinely poor, was another.

And the passive punch was the most crucial point!

It was equivalent to his teacher's Banruo Wu.

If Mei Yiren were to unleash Banruo Wu, Yan Wuse would definitely be on guard.

But for Kong Yuhen to deliver a punch with the full force of the flesh that could shatter San Di Yan Wuse...

Even Kong Yuhen himself wouldn't believe it, let alone Yan Wuse.

That's why he met his doom under that punch.

"The reason Yanwang is still here to help is because they think you have another punch like that in you."Mei Yiren transmitted again as a reminder.

From his student's expression, he didn't need to ask; he knew Xu Xiaoshou couldn't deliver that war-changing punch anymore.

"I..." Xu Xiaoshou was at a loss for words.

Within the Divine Kingdom, Number Two, in combat, liberated his form, growing into a thousand-zhang giant amid the swirling divine forces.

Even as a giant, his speed and awareness remained incredibly fast!

The expanded Shengcai Sword, after the divine power crushed the space-time principles to prevent time reversal, allowed Number Two to flash out and strike at Tianren Wushuai, who was casting from the rear.

"Swoosh!"

One sword decapitated him.

No hesitation.

Tianren Wushuai knelt in his final moments, but his head was shattered into nothing.

The purifying Shengcai sword energy sealed his wounds, suppressing Tianren Wushuai's regeneration.

"The kneeling rite..."

Xu Xiaoshou never expected the battle to turn so one-sided and brutal.

Tianren Wushuai had knelt, but his head was gone; he couldn't even execute his spiritual technique before it was interrupted and ruined.

A major portion of their saintly combat power was temporarily paralyzed!

Another sword, and he might die on the spot!

Only then did Xu Xiaoshou realize how lucky he had been to shatter Yan Wuse with one punch.

As fellow semi-saints, with three realms of combat awareness and finishing moves that could almost instantly kill anyone below three realms...

"This... Wandao Chuitui!"

Even Huang Quan was stunned, not expecting Tianren Wushuai to fall so quickly.

He flung a Shi Zhi Guo at Number Two with his left hand and began reversing time with his right. At that moment, even he couldn't understand why he had chosen to turn back earlier.

Liberation State: Tianji Shen Shi was simply beyond what the current Yanwang could handle.

"Order God Chain!"

Number Two gripped the massive Shengcai Sword with both hands, drawing it through the air, summoning the rules of the great dao from all directions to merge into his body.

Then, the order rules shot out like a myriad of threads, embedding into the various forbidden zones across Void Island.

Wandao Chuitui could retreat no further.

Within this Divine Kingdom, under the guidance of the thousand-zhang Tianji Shen Shi's Order God Chain, Void Island became Number Two's stronghold.

This move was clearly borrowed from Yan Wuse's earlier spiritual technique.

Number Two's learning ability was powerful enough to crush any thought of resistance.

"Foul Rain!"

A cold voice suddenly echoed within the Divine Kingdom.

Tianren Wushuai's headless body melted away, merging into the saintly dao. Even without his head, his saintly voice lingered.

In an instant, filthy acid rain fell from the heavens in response.

The raindrops, laden with death and decay, corroded the Divine Kingdom barrier upon contact.

Soon, the kingdom was burned through, and the acid rain fell on Number Two, corrupting the Order God Chain and scorching his thousand-zhang form.

The power of this acid rain was even greater than imagined.

Number Two swung his sword toward the sky, but the acid rain had no source; it seemed eternally present, as if it had always existed.

Drip, drip, drip!

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

The ground of Void Island corroded into holes.

Some Zhan Dao and Tai Xu, exhausted of their remaining spiritual energy under the dense rain, were finally splashed.

"Ah—"

Chaotic screams erupted throughout the Divine Kingdom.

This saintly battle wasn't Number Two's intention to involve so many mortals, but as he tried to locate Tianren Wushuai's body to stop the acid rain, he turned to find it gone.

Tianren Wushuai had clearly used a forbidden technique, sacrificing himself to summon this endless Foul Rain.

This suicidal tactic left Number Two baffled, with no way to counter it.

"This decaying saintly power is terrifying!"

The Lingshi on the island struggled bitterly under the Foul Rain, their hearts filled with dread.

When the saintly battle was confined to Zui Yi Hall, they could only vaguely glimpse the outlines of the saint tribulation or emperor tribulation.

Any more, and they could only sense the distant battlefield's aftershocks from afar, not daring to approach.

But now, Zui Yi Hall had been obliterated by someone's punch!

The saintly battle was right before their eyes: Divine Kingdom, giants, rules, order, Foul Rain—all far beyond the scope of normal Zhan Dao and Tai Xu.

It affected every living being on Void Island.

The crowd had their power unwittingly borrowed by Number Two and now died mysteriously under the Foul Rain.

Such strangeness, how could it not terrify them?

Yet, in this saintly battle that even Zhan Dao and Tai Xu feared, everyone saw that fearless young man take the stage with his sword.

Beside Mei Yiren, after his moment of silence upon seeing Tianren Wushuai's sacrificial dao, Xu Xiaoshou's gaze turned exceptionally resolute!

His earlier shout was born of urgency, fearing Yanwang would flee and leave him alone to hold the line.

But now, thinking it through, everything he had said was right!

If they didn't completely eliminate the Shengshen Hall people here today, then afterward, all of them—from Shengnu to Yanwang—would be doomed.

"That punch, I truly don't have anymore.""But as long as I'm alive, I can become that punch at any time!"

After saying this seriously to Mei Yiren, Xu Xiaoshou summoned with a wave of his hand, "Xiao Han.""Squeak—"

Master Han, freed from the light shackles, cried out piercingly as it arrived.

A massive snow-white ice weasel, hundreds of zhang in size, formed in the air, its black ghost beast wings unfolding as it howled forth.

Xu Xiaoshou leaped onto his mount, Xiao Han, and said to Mei Yiren, "Teacher, please cover me."

Mei Yiren chuckled, unfurling his fan with composure. "Go ahead."

"Grow a bit larger." Xu Xiaoshou turned and kicked Xiao Han.

"Squeak!" Xiao Han expanded to eight or nine hundred zhang.

"Even larger, match Number Two's size!"

"Squeak!" Xiao Han surged to a thousand zhang.

"Can you get bigger?"

"As big as you can go!"

Xiao Han paused. Bigger? It was possible, but becoming a larger target without Number Two's combat awareness would make it a living bullseye!

"You just need to run; don't overthink it. Leave the rest to me." Xu Xiaoshou knew what Xiao Han was thinking.

"Squeak—"

Xiao Han went all out, fully liberating its ghost beast form, ballooning to several thousand zhang. Its black wings soared upward, hanging down like a canopy over ten thousand zhang, blotting out the sky.

"Exhilarating!"

Xu Xiaoshou's gaze sharpened, his spirit soaring, his thoughts verging on madness.

He knew he might be influenced by the Xue Shi Zhu, but as Ba Zun An said, if youth isn't reckless and young blood isn't hot, what's the difference from being old?

"Violent Giant!"

After mutations and transformations reached their limit, awakening the technique again.

A thousand-zhang golden light giant, standing on the Han Tian Zhi Wei, fully emerged, displaying itself before the myriad beings on Void Island.

"This?"

Everyone watched in shock.

Shengnu Xu Xiaoshou, had he swallowed a bear's heart and a leopard's gall? He punched out San Di and now aimed his sword at the Shen Shi?

"Under scrutiny, passive value: 1814.""Under awe, passive value: 2320.""Under expectation, passive value: 2122."

It didn't stop there.

The thousand-zhang giant drew out Yanmang with its left hand and Wusi Sword with its right, infusing them with demonic energy to turn them black and swell further.

The Dual-Winged Black Demon Violent Giant took the stage!

"Huang Quan, did you skip meals?"

"If you can't pull your weight, go home and drink milk. Hand over Shangxuan Sword and Hunchai to me; I'll help you slay the saint!"

The Black Demon Giant, standing on Han Tian Zhi Wei, roared with disdain, its voice thundering across all of Void Island.

Huang Quan's eyes darkened completely, a mix of anger and irritation.

He knew it was Xu Xiaoshou's goading, but it didn't matter anymore.

In this battle, Xu Xiaoshou was mad, and Yan Wuse had been slashed to pieces by him.

This was the best opportunity; not seizing it would be a waste!

Gripping Shangxuan Sword and Hunchai, the bandages on the two supreme divine artifacts unwound simultaneously.

By then, Xu Xiaoshou, atop Han Tian Zhi Wei, spun into the air and darted forward.

Under his feet, a Jian Dao Pan formed.

With the giant's enhancement, the profound array spread from the Zui Yi Hall ruins all the way to the primitive forests outside Juren Kingdom!

"Hiss..."

The island's Lingshi were utterly dumbfounded.

If everything Xu Xiaoshou had done before was unbelievable, even shattering San Di, what he showed now was too exaggerated!

Flesh power could crush a semi-saint, fine, but his sword techniques had also reached the Ouyi realm?

In that case, who could claim the title of the continent's top genius? Not even Lingbu Zhoushi Yu Lingdi could compare!

It might not suppress a hundred generations, but with Xu Xiaoshou's name, he was likely unparalleled in this era.

You'd have to go back and find someone like Kuilei Han or Ba Zun An from the Ten Zun Seats to match him even slightly!

"Maybe this is fake?"

Ancient sword cultivation was rare, and few had seen the second realm of ancient sword techniques, the Ouyi array, and lived to tell.

Thus, the crowd harbored some doubt about the Ouyi array under the Black Demon Giant's feet.

But Xu Xiaoshou wasn't joking anymore.

He had passed the growth stage and matured enough to handle his own contingencies.

Now, with Yanmang and Wusi Sword in hand, he swept them through the air, pointing at the Divine Kingdom.

"Illusion Sword Technique: Space-Time Leap!""Heart Sword Technique: All Under Eyes Are Demons!""Mo Sword Technique: Qinghe Sword Realm!"

The names of the three sword techniques overlapped in the ears of Void Island's Lingshi, merging into a vast saintly sound that pierced ears, causing them to bleed.

In the distance, Mei Yiren stood in the air, nodding with a smile, full of satisfaction.

He leisurely unfurled his fan, and large characters appeared: You are...

Mei Yiren's eyelid twitched, and he quickly flipped it over; the ink changed to: The child can be taught.

The three void sounds merged into a single sword cry.

"Red Plum Three Flows: Qing Shi Sword!"

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