324: Ultimate Strength

The moment Xiang Zizhen took out the statue, the sky above the entire Nan Dou Region instantly turned blood red.

The blood-red hues continuously converged, gradually intertwining to form an enormous face!

This face occupied the firmament of the Nan Dou Region, allowing everyone in the Nan Dou Region at that moment to clearly see that what filled the high-altitude sky was a damaged and incomplete face.

Due to the extensive damage to the face, everyone was completely unable to discern its specific appearance.

However, they could clearly sense the terrifying aura emanating from this face.

This caused an extremely strong tremor in the hearts of all the Martial Artists in the Nan Dou Region.

At this moment, everyone could see that the statue Xiang Zizhen had taken out was only the size of a palm, resting in his palm.

But the moment Xiang Zizhen placed the statue on the ground, a hum resounded!

The statue, originally only palm-sized, instantly began to expand, directly growing from its original palm size to twenty to thirty meters, and continued to expand at an even faster rate.

This allowed them to clearly see that the statue had multiple points of damage, filled with an ancient and worn aura.

Especially the face of the statue, where the degree of damage was most evident, making it impossible to discern its specific features.

Whoosh! In an instant, the continuously expanding statue had already grown from twenty to thirty meters to several hundred meters high, and was still expanding.

As a damaged saint statue, it didn't require the extensive time and resources of ordinary statues for step-by-step construction.

As long as Xiang Zizhen took out this damaged saint statue and placed it on the ground, it would automatically stand tall in the Nan Dou Region.

Xiao Shi gazed at the continuously expanding damaged saint statue before him.

Related information, invisible to others, appeared in his vision.

【Name: Damaged saint statue】

【Type: saint statue】

【Grade: Martial Soul Grade】

【Introduction: This is a saint statue established by a powerful Saint from the past, but the statue is heavily damaged and has lost most of its former functions.】

【Note 1: Place the saint statue in an area without other statues to activate it.】

【Note 2: The holder of the saint statue gains usage rights and powerful buffs provided by the saint statue.】

【Note 3: The saint statue can grant the holder an additional one-fold increase in the speed of refining earth veins.】

【Note 4: The saint statue holder can select personnel to worship the saint statue and receive its buffs.】

【Note 5: This saint statue has five types of buffs: physical body buff, soul buff, life buff, comprehension buff, and artifact buff.】

【Note 6: Personnel who worship will receive different buffs based on their individual circumstances.】

...Due to the severe damage to this saint statue, many of its functions have been lost, and its grade has also dropped directly from Saint Grade to Martial Soul Grade.

Thus, it dropped after Xiao Shi's previous kill.

Although many functions were lost, the five types of buffs that this saint statue currently possessed were all extremely powerful.

For example, the statue Rong Sufei had established here previously only offered the single effect of cultivation amplification.

It was completely incomparable to these five buffs.

In addition, the establishment of this saint statue would also allow Xiang Zizhen to gain an additional one-fold increase in the speed of refining earth veins.

And so, as the saint statue continuously expanded, it grew to a staggering tens of thousands of meters before finally ceasing its expansion.

Many East Island Martial Artists who witnessed this scene immediately changed their stance and began to support Xiang Zizhen!

They knew that only by supporting Xiang Zizhen could they obtain the buffs from this saint statue!

No one could resist such benefits.

Xiang Zizhen took less than a day to successfully win the support of numerous East Island Martial Artists, thereby acquiring an immensely powerful fortune buff.

These fortune buffs could also significantly increase Xiang Zizhen's speed in refining earth veins, allowing him to refine them faster.

Next, Xiang Zizhen only needed to complete the refinement of East Island's earth veins, and he would be able to completely control East Island.

At that time, his control over the Nan Dou Region would completely surpass Rong Sufei's.

Ultimately, Rong Sufei's advantage actually lay in his previous control over East Island.

Whether it was the hearts of the people of East Island or the refinement of East Island's earth veins, Rong Sufei had previously controlled the majority.

Now that the entire East Island was controlled by Xiang Zizhen, Rong Sufei no longer had any advantage to speak of.

He was already in a huge disadvantage.

After all, the Martial Artists on West Island could now also see the massive saint statue established by Xiang Zizhen.

Among them, the majority must also support Xiang Zizhen.

On that day, after Xiang Zizhen completed the establishment of the saint statue and garnered the support of many people, he immediately seized the time to begin refining the earth veins of East Island.

Xiao Shi also took advantage of this stable period to delve into his ultimate power in the Martial Demon Realm.

Previously, through the Demon Sealing Art, he had successively sealed numerous Martial Demon Realm sea beasts and successfully extracted a considerable amount of power from them.

These powers were enough for him to condense and form an ultimate power.

At the same time, after battling the second-stage Martial Demon Realm sea beasts, Xiao Shi had already found the direction for condensation, with a complete plan.

When he condensed all these powers according to the concept in his mind, a hum resounded!

The fusion and convergence of these different powers, under his control, gradually transformed into the powerful ultimate power he desired.

However, due to the diverse nature of these powers, many of them inherently conflicted with each other, thus failing to fuse successfully.

“As expected, condensing this ultimate power isn’t that simple…” Xiao Shi sighed in his heart, having anticipated this.

He knew it would take some time to complete the condensation of this ultimate power.

Fortunately, East Island had stabilized now, and he didn't need to do anything for the time being.

He just had to wait for Xiang Zizhen to complete the refinement of the earth veins.

He now had enough time to delve into the condensation of this ultimate power… Ten days later, Xiang Zizhen had already completed most of the earth vein refinement for the entire East Island.

His speed of refinement was incredibly astonishing!

The reason for such speed was, on one hand, the one-fold increase in refinement speed brought by the saint statue.

On the other hand, it was the numerous fortune buffs Xiang Zizhen had currently acquired.

This allowed him not only to eliminate the portion previously refined by Rong Sufei in East Island but also to refine most of the entire East Island's earth veins.

At this rate, Xiang Zizhen believed it wouldn't even take ten days for him to complete the earth vein refinement of the entire East Island.

Meanwhile, after ten days of dedicated research, Xiao Shi finally developed this ultimate power.

When he once again gathered numerous powers, these powers immediately converged and intertwined under his manipulation.

This time, Xiao Shi fused them entirely according to the characteristics of these powers.

Therefore, there was no situation where multiple powers repelled each other.

The entire process was quite smooth.

When all these powers converged, a colossal Crimson Tiger directly condensed within Xiao Shi's body.

Its tiger head, spine, and tail formed a smooth curve, appearing to roar with its head held high.

“I succeeded!” Joy flickered in Xiao Shi’s eyes.

He had successfully condensed this ultimate power, which was also his power system in the Martial Demon Realm.

Usually, the ultimate power of most Martial Demon Realm Experts would have some limitations, such as only being able to be used once.

After being used, this ultimate power would disappear from the body and could not be used a second time.

However, the ultimate power Xiao Shi had condensed this time did not have such a restriction.

He could use it multiple times!

It just couldn't be used continuously in a short period.

Typically, it could only be used once within a month, after which it required a month of nurturing before it could be used again.

Compared to other ultimate powers that could only be used once, Xiao Shi's reusable ultimate power was far superior to the ultimate powers of other Martial Demon Realm Experts.

Furthermore, the function and effect of this ultimate power were also unique.

When Xiao Shi was conceptualizing this ultimate power, he had thought of the soul deterrence of the Martial Emperor Belt.

He felt that this method of deterrence was quite remarkable and difficult to guard against.

Thus, he transformed this ultimate power into another powerful deterrence!

He called this deterrence “Equal Deterrence”!

Under this deterrence, he could forcefully make Martial Demon Realm Experts of the second stage maintain the same realm as himself!!

That is to say, he could make Martial Demon Realm Experts of the second stage directly fall from the second stage of the Martial Demon Realm to the first stage, the same as himself!

This… was the ultimate power he had condensed this time!

Xiao Shi knew that no one would be his match at the same realm.

As long as he unleashed this ultimate power, causing a second-stage Martial Demon Realm Expert to fall to the first stage, it would become incredibly easy to kill him.

Such an ultimate power… had never existed on the entire Tianwu Continent, being entirely Xiao Shi's own creation.

However, this ultimate power also had some limitations.

Besides only being able to be used once a month, this ultimate power could also only affect a single target and could not be used on a group.

If he were besieged by numerous second-stage Martial Demon Realm Experts, there would be nothing he could do.

However, Xiao Shi believed that he could still make more improvements and enhancements to this ultimate power in the future.

With continuous improvements, he believed it was entirely possible to shorten the usage time of this ultimate power and to transform it from a single target to a group target.

Xiao Shi even felt that if he continued to improve, he might even have the chance to use it on people of higher realms.

Currently, this ultimate power could only affect the second stage of the Martial Demon Realm.

It had no effect on Saints or Martial Artists of higher realms.

After all, at the level of a Saint, it was impossible to be affected by this kind of power.

However, Xiao Shi believed that as long as he continuously improved this ultimate power, it might not be impossible to affect Saints and even Martial Artists of higher realms in the future.

As long as he could pull those whose realms were higher than his own back to the same realm as himself, then with his invincible strength at the same realm, it would be very easy to deal with those people.

This ultimate power would be one of his major trump cards from now on!

Now, possessing this ultimate power, Xiao Shi already had the ability to kill second-stage Martial Demon Realm Experts!

...Nan Dou Region, West Island.

In just a few days, Rong Sufei had become noticeably thinner.

His face was constantly filled with anxiety, and his eyes were bloodshot.

These days had been a tremendous torment for him.

Not only had he lost the entire East Island, but the situation on West Island was also becoming increasingly severe.

More and more Martial Artists were shifting their allegiance to Xiang Zizhen.

No matter what he did, it was difficult to win over the hearts of the people on West Island.

If this continued, he would certainly have no chance of winning.

He could only await defeat!

And he was already completely at his wit's end, able to place all his hopes only on his master.

However, ever since he reported his situation to his master last time, his master had not replied, which made Rong Sufei's heart grow even more anxious.

Just then, a hum resounded!

Bursts of brilliant light points suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of Rong Sufei.

These light points converged, quickly outlining a human figure, finally transforming into a hunched white-haired elder.

It was none other than the Pavilion Master of Martial Pavilion, Cheng Riyou!

“Ma… Master!!” Rong Sufei's eyes widened, looking at his master who appeared before him in disbelief.

He had never expected his master to come in person.

He knew clearly that in this competition with Xiang Zizhen, the Great Wu Crown Prince had set a rule that no one above the Martial Demon Realm was allowed to participate.

Now, his master entering the Nan Dou Region had already broken the rule.

“Don’t worry, I came with the Great Wu Crown Prince’s authorization,” Cheng Riyou said.

As soon as he spoke, an expression of ecstasy immediately appeared on Rong Sufei’s face.

He knew well what this meant… Although he had known from the beginning that the Great Wu Crown Prince favored their side, he never expected that the Great Wu Crown Prince would now go so far as to break his own established rules for him!

“This Nan Dou Region belongs to you, and no one can snatch it from you!”

“Of course.”

“I also cannot be too obvious, lest I leave an excuse for the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.”

“My main purpose in coming this time is to bring you something.”

Cheng Riyou said, raising his hand.

A golden, shimmering great seal immediately appeared in his hand.

On the entire great seal, there was an extraordinary character “Wu.”

At the same time, a terrifying and astonishing pressure emanated from this great seal, causing Rong Sufei's entire mind to be violently shaken.

“The… Great Wu Seal!!” His lips trembled.

He had never expected that what his master brought this time was the Great Wu Seal, which symbolized the authority of the entire Great Wu Dynasty!

“With this seal, this Nan Dou Region is already yours!” Cheng Riyou chuckled.