Red Flame Heavenly Sovereign followed behind Lin Yuan, also looking down at the many Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns below.
But his gaze was dazedâfor he alone had witnessed how the Milky Way Heavenly Sovereign had âcrushedâ so many top-tier Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns along the way.
That unstoppable, overwhelming momentum had made Red Flame feel like he was dreaming.
Especially those Sovereigns who had activated their ancestral killing artifacts, unleashing terrifying powerâonly to have it torn through like paper in Lin Yuanâs presence.
The sight sent shivers down Red Flameâs spine.
âMilky WayâŚâ
Red Flame stared at the young man standing before him, his expression dazed. At last, he understood what âcrushingâ truly meant.
âMilky Way Heavenly Sovereign?â
Before the third colossal core pillar, Fuxu Heavenly Sovereign and all the gathered Sovereigns looked up at Lin Yuan as if they were mere insects staring at the sky.
In just three or four breaths, 103 core pillars had been taken, and the top Sovereigns on the fieldâat least their main battle bodiesâhad fallen to Lin Yuanâs hand.
They now understood the despair and helplessness of facing him.
Especially those who had fallen laterâthey hadnât been caught off guard like the first wave. They had been extremely cautious, activating their ancestral weapons instantly, and yet they had still been crushed.
âMilky Way Heavenly Sovereign, what is it that you want?â
Fuxu Heavenly Sovereign took a deep breath, steadying his mind as he asked.
Even now, as impossible as everything seemed, he couldnât show weakness. Otherwise, the morale of his Sovereigns would completely collapse.
âWhat do I want?â
Lin Yuan looked at Fuxu Heavenly Sovereign and shook his head. âRelinquish all the core pillars.â
Compared to other Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns, Fuxu was trickier to deal with. Lin Yuan was currently locking onto his true bodyâs location.
Though Fuxu appeared to be standing there, his real body had melded into layered spacetime, hidden with the help of his ancient kingdomâs ancestral artifact. Even for Lin Yuan, it took some effort to locate him.
An ancestral killing artifact forged by an Ancestor was terrifying enough in the hands of a typical Ultimate Heavenly Sovereignâwhen wielded by a strongest Heavenly Sovereign like Fuxu, its power was on a completely different level.
âSurrender all the core pillars?â
Fuxuâs face darkened. âImpossible.â
Surrendering the pillars meant giving up the entire treasure landâthat was something Fuxu could never accept.
âImpossible? Then die.â
Lin Yuanâs tone remained flat.
Before the words had even faded, he extended his right hand and reached toward Fuxu.
Boomâ
A vast, invisible wave of spacetime force swept forth.
Fuxuâs expression changed dramatically. He immediately realized that his hidden true body had been locked onto.
âThis Milky Way⌠he actually locked onto me so easily?â
Fuxu couldnât believe it. Using his ancestral artifact to hide his true body should have made him untouchable, even among the strongest Heavenly Sovereigns. It shouldâve placed him in an unassailable position.
The power Lin Yuan had shown clearly surpassed the level of the strongest Heavenly Sovereigns. Fuxu hadnât planned to confront him head-on, but at the very least, he should have been able to stall.
But it had only been a few breaths, and his hiding place was already discovered?
âBlock it!â
Fuxu erupted with power. Countless mysterious auras surged forthâforces from his ancient kingdomâs ancestral artifactâattempting to resist Lin Yuanâs grasp.
But it was futile.
Those barriers shattered instantly under Lin Yuanâs hand.
They bought Fuxu only a brief moment of respite.
As a strongest Heavenly Sovereign, Fuxu was far more resilient than typical Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns. He didnât fall instantly in Lin Yuanâs grasp.
âIf you donât act now, this treasure land will fall into his hands!â
Fuxu quickly sent a transmission to Suyin, Lingyu, and the other lead Heavenly Sovereigns.
The four kingdoms had already bound themselves together through their earlier deals.
If Grand Ancient Void obtained the treasure land, Xuanyin and Grand Spirit would benefit.
But if Liyang took it, they likely wouldnât even survive to tell the tale.
âDonât worry, weâre on our way.â
Lingyu, Suyin, and the other leaders responded in grim voices.
They regretted it nowâif theyâd known Milky Way was this strong, they never wouldâve made such outrageous demands. But whatâs done was done.
There was no choice now but to fight alongside Fuxu.
Combining the leaders of the Grand Ancient Void, Xuanyin, Grand Spirit, and Thunder Kingdomsâwielding ancestral killing artifactsâthey prepared to face Lin Yuan.
Boomâ
In the distanceâ
Lingyu, Suyin, and the others activated their artifacts, launching attacks toward Lin Yuan. The destructive power tore through vast swathes of spacetime.
None of them held backâthey attacked with everything they had.
âHm?â
Around Lin Yuan, spacetime twisted. All the attacks were like pebbles tossed into the sea. He glanced indifferently at the distant Sovereigns.
âItâs completely useless?â
Lingyu, Suyin, and the others trembled.
Even with Fuxu holding him down, their surprise attacks didnât even stir him.
It was hopeless.
They had seen Lin Yuanâs destructive might when he killed their battle bodies and took the pillarsânone of them could survive a moment against him.
Even ancestral artifacts couldnât defend them.
And now, they realized Lin Yuanâs defenses were just as terrifying.
Attacks from ancestral artifactsâcompletely blocked?
Blocked, not dodged. That distinction mattered.
If heâd dodged, they could believe their attacks still posed some threat.
But to be blockedâ
It meant he didnât care about their attacks at all.
âMilky Way Heavenly Sovereign!â
Fuxu also saw this. Gold light swirled in his eyes. Around him, time began to spiral into chaos.
This was his ultimate moveâcombining two Rank Thirteen-level techniques. While not fully fused, the power exceeded that of any single technique.
He had never used it beforeâsaving it as his final trump card.
âTime!â
As he activated the move, strands of pure temporal energy appeared before himâdrawn from the Grand Ancient Void Kingdomâs vaults, personally refined by its Ancestor.
Any time-based technique empowered by these strands would see its power rise dramatically.
âThis is my strongest technique.â
Fuxu looked toward Lin Yuan. The chaotic time energy was already spreading toward him.
Those few strands of time essence had cost Fuxu a staggering amount of merit.
If not for this treasure land being so preciousâand aligned with his time-based pathâhe wouldnât have used them.
âThis time energy?â
Lin Yuan felt the swirling time aura.
Any ordinary Ultimate Heavenly Sovereign would instantly fall under its influenceâtheir will lost, unable to perceive the passage of time correctly.
Even a strongest Heavenly Sovereign would be heavily affectedâperhaps even lose their physical form if caught off guard.
After all, this attack wasnât just Fuxuâs powerâit contained time essence refined by a Ancestor.
But Lin Yuanâ
The swirling time aura washed over him like a torrent slamming into a mountain of solid stoneâit couldnât move him at all.
âYou think time can affect me? Maybe if an Ancestor used it.â
Lin Yuan shook his head.
His foundations were so deep and vast that time techniques were effectively countered.
Time was like a riverâand a beingâs foundation was like their weight in that river. A massive boulder simply couldnât be moved by the current.
âStill useless?â
Fuxu stared at Lin Yuan, who stood unmoved.
He didnât hesitateâhe turned and fled.
If even this ultimate technique couldnât affect Lin Yuan, then there was no longer any hope of winning the treasure land.
All he wanted now was to escape safely.
He didnât want to lose even this battle body.
Shoo shoo shooâ
In the distance, other lead Sovereigns, top-tier Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns, and even ordinary ones all began to flee as well.
âYou dared attack meâso you all stay.â
With a thought, Lin Yuan transformed into a blazing sun. A formless, twisted spacetime force rippled outward in all directions.
Fuxu hadnât gone far before he was immobilized by the twisted spacetimeâthen obliterated by one of Lin Yuanâs blows.
The restâlead Sovereigns, top-tier, and ordinary Ultimate Heavenly Sovereignsâwatched in horror as spacetime twisted around them, cutting off even the ability to teleport.
âAhhh! Milky Way Heavenly Sovereign, I give up the treasure land!â
âLet us go!â
Many Sovereigns tried to beg. Although the loss of a battle body wasnât death, creating one was extremely costly.
And those bodies carried countless weaponsâand over a thousand years of treasure land harvests.
Boom boom boomâ
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Lin Yuan showed no mercy. He held no fondness for the Grand Spirit or Xuanyin Kingdomsâhe still remembered how they had tried to extort him.
Soonâ
The many Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns began to fall.
Red Flame watched in a daze. Sovereigns equal to him in strength were like dust before Lin Yuanâerased with a flick of the hand.
âWhat is that?â
Only now did the other Liyang Sovereigns begin to react. They sensed the sudden disappearance of countless auras and were utterly shaken.
Mankun of the Barbarian Ancient Kingdom had been preparing to meet with Lin Yuan to discuss dealing with the Grand Ancient Void Kingdom, but then he sawâ
A godlike figure standing alone in the void.
All around him, Sovereigns were falling in drovesâeven top-tier ones.
Mankunâs mind went blank.
âIs⌠is that the Milky Way Heavenly Sovereign?â
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