410: Chapter 409 It really was you.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

"This truly is astonishing; it's just as the rumors said."

"However..."

The traitorous King wearing a white mask rubbed his chin.

"To be honest, for a Prodigy like you—the likes of whom has never been seen in human history—miracles have occurred around you more than once. Any unexpected incident involving you is within our expectations."

His eyes beneath the mask were cold, devoid of any warmth.

"It could be said that the importance we place on you is no less than that of the Great Xia's Red King back then."

"In today's grand performance, as long as we can kill you, it will be considered 90% successful. As for the others..."

He spread his arms, acting wild and flamboyant.

"They are nothing more than extras."

Boom!

King-level Martial Dao Pressure erupted with him at the center.

The Void Realm cracked, and the frozen time-space split apart like ice. Countless black and white electric arcs spread out, annihilating everything in their path and presenting a scene of collapse where data intertwined and glitched.

The figures of some National War contestants who were accidentally touched were instantly erased.

"A King... it's been a long time since I've fought one to the death."

Jiang Yuan laughed, baring his teeth with chilling killing intent.

The last time he fought, it seemed to be the battle with King Zhenhai on the outskirts of Hai City.

And compared to that last time...

He was now much, much stronger.

Shua!

An incredibly dense curtain of darkness spread from beneath his feet, covering the area in an instant.

"Courting death."

The man in the white suit sneered coldly. His Martial Dao Pressure was released as if immune to all techniques, instantly forming an invisible barrier that blocked the power of darkness.

"I've heard of your battle with King Zhenhai. In the end, it was just child's play; he didn't truly get serious or try to kill you."

"This is the true might of a King!"

He struck with a claw.

A dark Dragon claw appeared in the Void Realm, its Aura grand and terrifying. Intertwined with King-level pressure and cold killing intent, its power seemed to fill the heavens and earth, leaving no room to escape.

This single strike was enough to destroy a county-level city!

And this was even after he had broken into the National Destiny Battlefield and was being suppressed.

"Nothing more than this."

Activating Exploding Star, Jiang Yuan, with his attributes stacked tenfold, threw a backhand punch.

Red Lotus: Void Strike!!

A Nine-Star Perfection-level Martial Skill!

Combat power stacking... over thirty times!!

"Boom!!"

When the two terrifying forces collided in mid-air...

It was as if a black sun had exploded.

Lin Qingyan's figure was sent flying backward, crashing into a hill several hundred meters away.

By the time she stood up and looked back...

A mushroom cloud was slowly rising in the distance.

...

Inside Murmansk City.

Although the three traitorous Kings were powerful, they were, after all, only manifestations of Mental Energy.

The forbidden artifacts they activated also came at a great cost.

With every second of delay, the risk doubled.

"Not finished yet?"

"It's just killing a few Prodigies; why is it taking so long?"

"Two minutes have already passed in the outside world. What is the limit for our plan?"

"Four and a half minutes."

"Fuck! If I'd known he was unreliable, I should have gone instead."

Two human Kings and three spiritual bodies fought to the death high in the sky, using King-level methods to deploy Domains to avoid affecting the city.

But the sky above Murmansk was a scene of apocalypse with constant natural disasters.

Everything was being crushed to pieces.

Soon.

Another half minute passed.

...

Inside the National War space.

Sou!!

A blood-red killing sword fell like a meteor, containing a sharpness that could cut through anything.

But the lethal attack unleashed by such a meticulously nurtured weapon was easily blocked by the black-haired youth's simple parry.

Even with the support of his King-level Realm's will, which made his attack power significantly higher than his opponent's, it was far from enough to suppress and kill him.

Every time the black-haired youth was pushed back, he would charge forward again with an excited expression, growing braver as the fight went on. Even the speed at which he was injured could not keep up with his recovery rate.

"Damn it!!"

The white-masked man was also getting anxious.

He couldn't understand how a Martial Artist who wasn't even a Quasi-King could be so hard to kill.

Did he really have to reveal his origins?

"Heaven Devourer!"

Shua!

A terrifying slash that pierced through the heavens whistled through the air.

The white-masked man jerked his head back just in time to avoid it. A gap was sliced into his mask. Looking up at the sky, a thousand-meter-long heavenly abyss had been carved out, which was slow to mend.

[Thorns: Black Realm of Death]

Jiang Yuan pressed down with one hand.

A massive forbidden spell array appeared, and countless black thorns as thick as water vats bound the white-masked man. Ignoring all defense and obstruction, they tightly coiled around his body as the Aura of death permeated the air.

Feeling the life force within him fading away...

The white-masked man could no longer hold back.

His eyes were cold to the extreme.

Even if his origins were exposed, he would use his full strength here to kill him!!

"Light-Devouring Mirror, come forth!"

Huala!

Endless light flashed, severing all the death thorns.

Then, all the light converged toward the center. All surrounding brightness was swallowed, forming a simple black mirror surface that floated above his head.

In the distance, Lin Qingyan's eyes were icy. "As expected, it's you."

The white-masked man stood high in the sky, his eyes cold, with the black mirror above his head. Behind him appeared two rotating sun wheels, one black and one white, with billions of dazzling light swords swirling around.

If some citizens of the Great Xia saw this iconic scene, they would surely recognize it immediately.

This was precisely the signature phenomenon that appeared when one of Great Xia's Kings made an entrance.

King of Daylight, King of Daylight!