362: Laozi is at the peak of the Sixth Rank Dou Zun!

Inside the Void Space, Jiang Donghua was traveling unhurriedly. He had long since detected the faint aura desperately chasing him in the distance, but he merely curved his lips into a slight smile and did not expose it.

This girl truly has good intentions.

However, just as he was about to pass through a relatively stable area of the void, a sudden warning flashed through his mind!

A pitch-black chain, condensed with dense death energy, shot out silently like a viper from the dark shadows of the void to his side, aiming straight for the center of his back!

The speed and the tricky angle clearly indicated it was premeditated!

Jiang Donghua's figure casually shifted to the side, and the chain grazed past the edge of his clothes. The chilling power contained within it caused minute ice crystals to appear in the surrounding space.

He stabilized himself and swept his gaze toward the source of the attack, his face showing not surprise or anger, but a sneering smile devoid of surprise.

Ahead, the void twisted, and a figure appeared.

The newcomer wore the signature black robe of the Hall of Souls. His face was sinister, his eyes bloodshot, and he stared intently at Jiang Donghua, his gaze filled with bone-deep hatred. It was the old acquaintance, the Hall of Souls' Seventh Heavenly Venerable, Seventh Heaven Venerable!

“Jiang Donghua! You old bastard really had the nerve to show up!”

Seventh Heaven Venerable's voice became sharp due to his extreme hatred.

“If you don't die, my hatred will never be quenched! Today, this Void Space will be your burial ground!”

Hearing this, Jiang Donghua sneered, his tone carrying unconcealed disdain.

“Seventh Heaven Venerable, just relying on you? Are you tired of living and want to go accompany your two brothers? Since you are so intent on dying, I will grant your wish.”

Although he spoke dismissively, the moment Jiang Donghua struck, his gaze was not entirely focused on the seemingly insane Seventh Heaven Venerable, but instead, sharp as lightning, swept toward the deeper shadows of the void behind him and all around!

He knew perfectly well that Seventh Heaven Venerable was not an idiot, and was very aware of the disparity in their strength.

A mere First Revolution Dou Zun Peak would never dare to intercept and kill him alone.

The only explanation for this madman daring to show up was that he had backup!

Moreover, it had to be a helper that gave him absolute confidence!

“You cowardly hidden things, come rolling out together!”

Jiang Donghua let out a cold shout. His palm strike, like thunder, first lashed out at Seventh Heaven Venerable, but his true energy focus locked onto another, more obscure fluctuation in the void!

Just as Jiang Donghua's palm power was about to reach Seventh Heaven Venerable, the area of the void that had seemed empty suddenly erupted with powerful ripples of space!

A massive aura, several times stronger than Seventh Heaven Venerable's, burst forth like a sleeping ferocious beast suddenly awakening!

“Heh heh, Venerable Donghua, what keen perception. However, your opponent today is not just my Seventh Brother alone.”

A slightly hoarse and chilling voice sounded. Immediately after, a tall, thin figure, whose face was shrouded in the shadow of a black robe, slowly stepped out from the void.

The aura emanating from its body had clearly reached the Peak Fourth-Turn Dou Zun!

It was the Hall of Souls' Fifth Heavenly Venerable!

Its gaze was cold and eerie as it looked at Jiang Donghua, treating him like prey that had fallen into a trap, its tone carrying the playfulness of a cat toying with a mouse.

“With my Peak Fourth-Turn power, plus my Seventh Brother assisting from the side, taking down your First Revolution Dou Zun Peak should be more than enough, right?”

Feeling the Fifth Heavenly Venerable's unconcealed powerful pressure, Mu Qingxian, who had just arrived and happened to witness this scene, instantly turned pale!

“Two Heavenly Venerables?! Martial Uncle is in danger!”

Facing the Fifth Heavenly Venerable's confident declaration and the formidable Peak Fourth-Turn pressure, Jiang Donghua showed no fear at all. Instead, he burst into loud laughter that echoed through the void, as if he had heard the greatest joke.

“Hahahahaha! Take me down? Just the two of you pathetic wretches?”

His laughter was filled with endless ridicule and disdain.

“It's fine that Seventh Heaven Venerable, that fool, had inaccurate information, but you, as the Fifth Brother, didn't use your brain to think?”

“Just because he said I was a First Revolution Dou Zun Peak, does that mean I really am a First Revolution Dou Zun Peak?”

Before his words finished, the originally restrained aura around Jiang Donghua erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for ten thousand years!

A terrifying might, far more immense, vast, and filled with an indescribable sense of oppression than the Fifth Heavenly Venerable's, swept out wildly from him like a tangible tsunami!

The turbulence within the Void Space was forcibly pushed aside by this momentum, forming a temporary vacuum zone!

Under this might, the Fifth Heavenly Venerable's Peak Fourth-Turn pressure was instantly scattered and shattered, appearing insignificant, like a stream facing the ocean.

This level of might, powerful and overbearing, had clearly reached the level of Peak Sixth-Turn Dou Zun!

It was even comparable to the Fourth Heavenly Venerable of their Hall of Souls, who was renowned for his formidable strength!

“What?! Peak Sixth-Turn?!”

The Fifth Heavenly Venerable, who had just been sneering and confident of victory, had its expression instantly freeze, replaced by extreme horror and disbelief!

It violently turned its head, its bloodshot eyes glaring at the equally dumbstruck Seventh Heaven Venerable, its voice becoming sharp and distorted due to shock, anger, and fear.

“Seventh Brother! You bastard! Is this the First Revolution Dou Zun Peak you damn well said he just broke through to?!”

“This is Peak Sixth-Turn! Peak Sixth-Turn! Are you trying to get us killed?!”

The intelligence was critically flawed!

This wasn't just kicking a steel plate; this was slamming headfirst into a towering mountain!

The Fifth Heavenly Venerable, having reached its current position, was certainly not indecisive.

The moment it confirmed Jiang Donghua's true strength, all the fighting spirit and greed in its heart instantly vanished, leaving only one thought: escape!

Without hesitation, it didn't even bother to scold Seventh Heaven Venerable again. The Dou Qi in its body burned wildly, and it violently tore forward with both hands, attempting to rip space and flee a thousand miles away!

This decisiveness was worthy of its status as the Fifth Heavenly Venerable.

“Only thinking of leaving now? Too late!”

Jiang Donghua's cold voice was like the judgment of the God of Death.

The two extra revolutions of strength he possessed over the Fifth Heavenly Venerable were not for show!

Just as the Fifth Heavenly Venerable tore open the spatial rift and was about to step halfway in, Jiang Donghua's figure, like a ghost, arrived first, a fist covered in brilliant Dou Qi already carrying the power to shatter the void, fiercely smashing toward the center of the Fifth Heavenly Venerable's back!

“Bastard! Myriad Soul Shield!”

The Fifth Heavenly Venerable was scared out of its wits. In haste, it mobilized all its Dou Qi, condensing it into a pitch-black shield composed of countless twisted, wailing souls to block behind it.

“Bang—!!!”

The fist and shield collided, producing a dull, thunderous roar!

That seemingly sturdy Myriad Soul Shield couldn't even hold up for a single breath under the absolute power suppression of Jiang Donghua, and it instantly exploded into a sky full of black mist!

The terrifying punch force passed through the shield and solidly struck the center of the Fifth Heavenly Venerable's back!

“Pfft!”

The Fifth Heavenly Venerable was struck as if by lightning. A massive mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs sprayed out, and its body, like a kite with a snapped string, was directly smashed into the spatial rift it had just torn open, sent flying into an unknown corner of the Void's depths, its fate uncertain!

In a single exchange, the Hall of Souls' Fifth Heavenly Venerable was defeated and fled!

At the exact moment the Fifth Heavenly Venerable was blasted into the spatial rift by Jiang Donghua's punch, its fate unknown, Mu Qingxian, who had just arrived, happened to witness this shocking scene.

Her beautiful eyes were wide, her red lips slightly parted; she could hardly believe her eyes!

“Peak Sixth-Turn?!”

Huge waves of shock surged in her heart.

“Martial Uncle, how could he possibly break through five major barriers from First Revolution Dou Zun Peak to reach Peak Sixth-Turn in just over a year?! This is simply unprecedented!”

But immediately, a more reasonable thought surfaced in her mind.

“No! Did Martial Uncle conceal his strength from the beginning? Was he already a Peak Sixth-Turn cultivator when he descended upon Sound Valley?”

Thinking of this, Mu Qingxian's gaze toward Jiang Donghua became filled with even deeper, unfathomable reverence.

Regardless of the possibility, it highlighted the extraordinary nature of this Martial Uncle.

If Mu Qingxian was this shocked, there was no need to mention Seventh Heaven Venerable, who bore the brunt of the situation.

He watched helplessly as his Fifth Brother, whose strength far surpassed his own, was sent flying by a single punch. Now, feeling Jiang Donghua's terrifying Peak Sixth-Turn pressure, like that of a primordial behemoth, he was on the verge of collapse!

He simply could not accept this reality!

Jealousy, fear, and the mad resentment brought about by the successive deaths of his brothers instantly overwhelmed his sanity.

“No—! Impossible! Stop spouting such damn nonsense!”

Seventh Heaven Venerable's eyes were bloodshot like a wild beast's, and he let out a hysterical roar, his voice warped and distorted by extreme emotion.

“I barely survived in that Dou Sheng ruin, expending countless efforts, just to painstakingly break through from Nine-Star Dou Zong to First Revolution Dou Zun Peak!”

“Why you?! How could you possibly be Peak Sixth-Turn! I don't believe it—!”

Amidst his furious roar, Seventh Heaven Venerable took a desperate action.

He slammed the soul bag hanging at his waist, which emitted an eerie black mist!

“Myriad Souls Devour the Body, aid my demonic cultivation!”

Whoosh!

The mouth of the soul bag opened wide, and countless twisted, wailing souls surged out like a black tide. However, instead of attacking Jiang Donghua, they were frantically swallowed into Seventh Heaven Venerable's abdomen as he opened his mouth wide, like a whale sucking in water!

“Ugh, ah ah ah—!”

Having devoured a massive amount of souls, Seventh Heaven Venerable's body rapidly inflated like a balloon. Veins bulged violently on his skin, and fine bloody cracks split open one after another, instantly dyeing him a man of blood!

Under the forced infusion of Soul Power, his aura began to surge madly. His muscles knotted, his body swelled nearly twofold, and his face became hideous like a demon from hell. The energy fluctuations he emitted instantly broke through the barrier, rapidly approaching the level of Peak Second-Turn Dou Zun!

But this was clearly a secret technique akin to drinking poison to quench thirst. His body was already on the verge of disintegration, and only the madness of mutual destruction remained in his eyes!

“Jiang Donghua! Die for me! Netherworld Soul Rending Claw!”

Seventh Heaven Venerable roared. On his swollen right arm, pitch-black Dou Qi mixed with soul resentment condensed into an enormous ghostly claw. The claw wind was fierce, leaving faint traces even in the void wherever it passed!

This strike had already reached the pinnacle of Earth Rank High Tier Dou Technique. Its momentum was vast, containing malicious power capable of tearing apart the soul, and it fiercely clawed toward Jiang Donghua's head!

Facing this life-burning, seemingly unmatched strike, Jiang Donghua's eyes remained calm, even carrying a hint of pity.

“An ant trying to shake a tree, merely laughable.”

He didn't even use a Dou Technique. He simply raised his right hand, clenched his five fingers into a fist, wrapped it in brilliant Dou Qi, and threw a punch.

This punch, seemingly slow, arrived first, striking the exact center of the enormous Netherworld Ghost Claw with unparalleled precision.

“Crack... Boom!”

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a crisp sound of shattering.

The Netherworld Ghost Claw, which had condensed Seventh Heaven Venerable's life's work and countless Soul Power, was as fragile as glass before Jiang Donghua's fist, shattering inch by inch and dissipating into black mist across the sky.

The momentum of the punch did not diminish. Like passing through a layer of thin paper, it easily crushed all the defenses Seventh Heaven Venerable had hastily erected, and then, under his gaze of despair and disbelief, it heavily slammed into his inflated chest!