266: reality

The Black-Robed Figure's Face was now completely exposed.

Upon seeing the Black-Robed Figure's appearance, everyone except Mu Zun couldn't help but have their pupils shrink.

Clearly, the Black-Robed Figure's appearance exceeded everyone's expectations, and it also indirectly revealed the origins of this Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body.

"This is... this is a corpse."

Yan Lintian couldn't even feel the pain in his body anymore; the reality presented before his eyes made him shudder.

No wonder this Black-Robed Figure was filled with Death Qi.

Yan Lintian originally thought this Black-Robed Figure had simply cultivated some kind of Evil Path Cultivation Technique; after all, it wasn't uncommon for people who cultivated certain techniques to be covered in Death Qi.

But the truth was hard for him to accept.

This Quasi-Emperor Realm Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body was actually an undead corpse controlled by someone.

Just who had the ability to turn a Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body into this state that was neither human nor ghost?

Furthermore, it was possible that this Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body didn't come from the modern era; after all, it would be impossible for such a Quasi-Emperor Realm Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body to appear in the modern era without making a sound.

It could only be a Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body from a distant era in the past.

This was simply inconceivable.

But while everyone was astonished, only Mu Zun calmly looked at the Black-Robed Figure, whose eyes were two terrifying blood-filled hollows.

"In legends, after the Nine Great Divine Forms of the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body are used, one can cross major Realms and suppress an Emperor. I wonder if you could let me witness it?"

Mu Zun raised his hand and beckoned toward the Black-Robed Figure.

It was a very obvious provocation, but it clearly had no effect on the Black-Robed Figure.

The Black-Robed Figure's blood and Qi surged, and the divine runes on his body carried a world-shaking overbearing power. The True Dragon behind him pounced toward Mu Zun as the Black-Robed Figure's body suddenly vanished.

Roar!!

Mu Zun curled his five fingers into a claw and immediately unleashed the True Dragon Supreme Art to strike back.

True Dragon Dharma Image vs. True Dragon Supreme Art!

"Could this be the True Dragon Supreme Art?!"

"I didn't expect Mu Zun to possess such a Divine Ability?"

"The Seven Great Imperial Clans have profound foundations; it's normal for them to have the True Dragon Supreme Art."

Mu Zun's True Dragon Supreme Art was recognized by many prodigies; after all, the fame of the Vicious Beast Supreme Arts had spread throughout the Immortal Domain, let alone the Myriad Universes.

Hearing the words of those around them, the trio including Yan Lintian couldn't help but exchange looks.

While it was true that Imperial Clans possessed Supreme Arts, Divine Abilities of the True Dragon Supreme Art's level were clearly only possible in the Immortal Domain.

If the Imperial Clans all had Divine Abilities of the True Dragon Supreme Art's level, they, as Forbidden Prodigies, would have cultivated them long ago.

That Mu Zun could have the True Dragon Supreme Art was clearly due to his own Opportunity, not the Qin Clan.

With the True Dragon Claw unleashed, the True Dragon Dharma Image was forcibly torn apart by Mu Zun.

But at the moment Mu Zun tore the True Dragon Dharma Image apart, a Kunpeng seemed to leap out from the waters of the Void Realm, appearing behind Mu Zun. Its speed was extreme, to the point that even an Emperor Realm Expert might not be able to react.

The Kunpeng gave a sweep of its tail, its power shaking the nine heavens and the universe.

Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body Nine Great Divine Forms: Kunpeng Divine Form!

"Kunpeng? You're still far from it."

A Yin and Yang Taiji Diagram appeared beneath Mu Zun's feet. The Yin and Yang fish leaped out simultaneously, transforming into a Kunpeng that moved with extreme speed, causing Yin and Yang to fall into chaos as they crossed!

As this Move was unleashed, all the Cultivators' eyes widened.

"This is the Kun Peng Treasure Art, right?"

"The heavens are unjust! Why can top prodigies of the Imperial Clans learn such Divine Abilities at will, while we can only rely on ourselves to Cultivate this trash that doesn't even count as an Emperor Law!"

Some prodigies from the Myriad Universes couldn't help but wail, their words full of resentment.

Yan Lintian: ... Yan Linjun: ... Wei Hanyuan: ... No, who told you we could learn the True Dragon Supreme Art and Kun Peng Treasure Art at will?

Amidst the Yin and Yang chaos, all of the Black-Robed Figure's coverings were shattered, and the transformed Kunpeng was destroyed under this power.

Subsequently, an ancient bell enveloped his body, forcibly withstanding the Yin and Yang chaos.

"This is... the Great Bell Dao Body among the Nine Great Divine Forms."

Someone recognized that the Divine Form unleashed by the Black-Robed Figure was the Great Bell Dao Body of the Nine Great Divine Forms.

This Move could manifest a Great Bell capable of resisting everything; it was the ultimate defensive method among the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body's Nine Great Divine Forms.

The Nine Great Divine Forms needed to be comprehended one by one through continuous cultivation.

Since this Black-Robed Figure's Realm had reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm, he had likely comprehended all Nine Great Divine Forms.

After using the Great Bell Dao Body, wings began to grow from the Black-Robed Figure's back.

Soon, a pair of wings filled with black Qi grew out from the Black-Robed Figure's back.

Nine Great Divine Forms: Immortal Phoenix Plumage.

Unlike the normal Immortal Phoenix Plumage which was filled with a sense of holiness, the Black-Robed Figure's Immortal Phoenix Plumage was filled with an aura of slaughter and death.

The wings blotted out the sun, actually transforming into black scythe-like shapes that harvested life as they struck at Mu Zun.

"What a pity for the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body's Nine Great Divine Forms. The Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body that once suppressed an entire generation has now been refined and corrupted into such a state, ending up as this thing that's neither human nor ghost."

Mu Zun lamented. The Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body was a very fierce Physique, and there were even legends in the Myriad Universes of the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body suppressing the forbidden.

But now, the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body had become a weapon for the forbidden darkness to use against the Human Race.

It was truly regrettable.

Mu Zun pressed his five fingers together, and supreme immortal light gathered in his hand. Finally, carrying a momentum that surpassed heaven and earth, he threw a punch.

This was the Heavenly Emperor Fist.

Boom!!

The Heavenly Emperor Fist smashed onto the Immortal Phoenix Plumage, directly blasting the entire plumage to pieces. Moreover, like the descent of a Heavenly Emperor, its power landed on the Black-Robed Figure's body without diminishing in the slightest.

The Black-Robed Figure still wanted to use the Nine Great Divine Forms to resist, but the Heavenly Emperor Fist had already arrived.

He was struck directly by the punch and sent flying.

The Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body, which excelled in Physical Body strength, began to show cracks, and faint black blood continuously seeped from the fissures.

Such an injury would be a heavy wound sufficient to make anyone lose their ability to Move.

However, the Black-Robed Figure still stood up.

"What a terrifying Divine Ability."

"Even a Quasi-Emperor Realm Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body is no match for Young Lord Mu Zun?"

"Too powerful."

The prodigies witnessing everything around them had long been shocked by Mu Zun's methods.

Just this one punch would be enough to suppress everyone present, wouldn't it?

The Imperial Clan prodigies, in particular, were now in an uproar.

The three prodigies, including Yan Linjun, were even paler.

With such an existence appearing, how could they compete in this era?

Even though they were Forbidden Prodigies, despair couldn't help but rise in their hearts.

Mu Zun had beaten the Quasi-Emperor Realm Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body into this state with just one Move, and this technique had never even been used when he fought them.

If Mu Zun had used this Move directly back then, they probably wouldn't even have had time to react before falling on the spot.

In the end, their so-called alliance was nothing more than a troupe of clowns in Mu Zun's eyes, ants that could be dispersed with a single slap.

The prodigies of the Yan and Wei Imperial Clans looked at their own Forbidden Prodigies' deathly pale Faces and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fortunately, they didn't have any thoughts of competing for the top spot or becoming the Great Emperor of this era.

Otherwise, they would be just like their Forbidden Prodigies, their spirits completely crushed.

On the other side, the Black-Robed Figure who had stood up looked at Mu Zun calmly. He couldn't feel any pain in his body; after all, he was just a Puppet-like existence.

Buzz!!

The Black-Robed Figure unleashed a Divine Ability again.

Scales of a Qilin began to grow on his body, and a Qilin vision manifested at this moment.

Roar!

The Black-Robed Figure transformed into a grayish-green Qilin, carrying a shrill roar in its mouth as it pounced toward Mu Zun.

Nine Great Divine Forms: Qilin Armor.

This was a Divine Form for Physical Body enhancement among the Nine Great Divine Forms. It was clear that the excessive injuries had caused multiple bone fractures, forcing the Black-Robed Figure to use the Qilin Armor to support his body.

"A futile struggle."

But even after the Physical Body enhancement, Mu Zun knew that the Black-Robed Figure could no longer hold on.

His Physical Body had already been crushed by the Heavenly Emperor Fist. Even if he couldn't feel pain, the injuries on his body would only get heavier and heavier.

The Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body's powerful self-healing ability was completely ineffective before the Heavenly Emperor Fist.

Mu Zun casually summoned the chaos bell and slammed it hard into the grayish-green Qilin.

The Divine Form was broken on the spot, and a series of shattering sounds rang out. Clearly, the injuries to the Black-Robed Figure's body had become even more severe; almost all of his internal organs had been destroyed by the Heavenly Emperor Fist, and the impact of the chaos bell added injury to injury.

The Black-Robed Figure was embedded into the stone pillar, the divine runes on his body began to fall off, and the skin all over his body began to peel away from his frame.

The black mist covering the stone pillar also began to gradually thin out and then slowly dissipated.

"The black mist is dissipating!"

"Great! I thought I was really going to die here today!"

"Thank you, Young Lord Mu Zun! Thank you, Young Lord Mu Zun!"

The prodigies of the Myriad Universes were overjoyed to see the black mist dissipate, and some directly spoke out to thank Mu Zun.

But Mu Zun didn't pay them any mind, instead fixing his gaze firmly on the Black-Robed Figure.

Possessing the Double Pupils, he had clearly seen the Black-Robed Figure's lips Move slightly just now; he was obviously speaking.

Although there was no sound and ordinary people couldn't possibly have noticed, Mu Zun understood what the Black-Robed Figure was saying.

Was he saying... Hand?

Mu Zun's brow furrowed slightly.

Clearly, he didn't understand what the Black-Robed Figure meant by "Hand" either.

Bang!!

Before Mu Zun could think further, the Black-Robed Figure's body instantly exploded into several pieces of mangled flesh.

The scene fell silent instantly. Everyone looked at Mu Zun, and upon seeing the Black-Robed Figure explode, no strange expressions appeared in their eyes.

They thought it was Mu Zun who had attacked and killed the Black-Robed Figure, but only Mu Zun knew that he hadn't made a Move just now.

Someone had controlled this Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body to commit suicide.

As for why it committed suicide, was it because of the words the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body had spoken? Was the mastermind afraid the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body would reveal the location of their identity?

Or was it simply because they knew they had lost and didn't want the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body to fall into someone else's hands, so they chose to have it self-destruct?

There was no way to know.

However, Mu Zun knew that an unknown existence had been peering at this place all along.

Its strength far surpassed that of an Emperor; it was terrifyingly extreme.

And it was also working on arranging an unknown conspiracy... Yuxu Universe, Qi Imperial Clan, Qi Clan Forbidden Land.

"The Master has sent word; the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body has failed."

In a void, an Ancient Ancestor of the Qi Clan spoke.

"A Chaos Body is a Chaos Body after all, not to mention he has Double Pupils. It's not a shame for the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body to lose."

"Indeed, not to mention that little brat has such a solid background as the Qin Imperial Clan; it's hard for him not to be strong."

Another Ancient Ancestor of the Qi Clan said.

"We might as well just wait for the Black Tide to infect the Myriad Universes. When that time comes, even if that brat becomes an Emperor, it will be to no avail."

"Let the Master decide."

The Ancient Ancestors of the Qi Clan didn't feel much resentment over this failure, because the Heaven-Soaring Hegemon Body lost this time wasn't a Prodigy of their Qi Clan.

Even if it perished, it didn't have much to do with them.

Furthermore, the Master had also said that this wasn't his only collection; there were surely even better ones.

The space within the Forbidden Ground distorted slightly, and 'Hand' slowly emerged from within.

I will deal with the Young Master of the Qin Clan; you all just need to accelerate the spread of the Black Tide.

The voice of 'Hand' echoed in their minds.

The Ancient Ancestors of the Qi Clan didn't dare to have the slightest objection and immediately knelt in agreement.

In the Ancient Desolate Land, after the mist on the stone pillar vanished, the prodigies outside also hurriedly rushed onto the pillar.

"Lord Saint!"

"Lord Young Master!"

Fang Chensheng and the prodigies of the Qin Imperial Clan anxiously stepped onto the top of the stone pillar.

They hadn't even had time to arrive before the stone pillar was surrounded by black mist.

Someone who didn't believe in the danger had rushed directly into the black mist and was soon infected; after he walked out, he was killed by everyone's joint efforts.

After that, no one dared to rush into the black mist again. Fang Chensheng and the others could only surround the black mist on the mountaintop, seeing if there was a chance to charge in.

Upon seeing that Mu Zun was not injured, Fang Chensheng and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

They weren't afraid of anything except something happening to Mu Zun.

"No need to worry."

Mu Zun nodded, then turned his gaze toward Yan Lintian and the others.

"Do you still intend to Move against me? The jīn póluó flower is right here on me."

His voice was faint, as if describing a most ordinary matter.

"Young Lord Mu Zun must be joking. You saved our lives; how could we dare to Move against you?"

Yan Linjun and the others calmed their emotions, forcing smiles onto their Faces.

This trip to the Ancient Desolate Land was a huge loss for them.

They hadn't taken back a single true treasure.

If it were before, they wouldn't have been able to accept it no matter what.

But now, they had compromised.

Because they had essentially resigned themselves to fate, knowing they were simply not Mu Zun's match, they could only do this to save some Face for everyone.

Otherwise, the outside world would hear that three Forbidden Prodigies were crushed by Mu Zun, making them complete laughingstocks.

Though they weren't much different from laughingstocks now anyway.

Mu Zun didn't respond either, directly leading the group of Qin Imperial Clan Cultivators away from the stone pillar.

The trip to the Ancient Desolate Land was a successful conclusion for Mu Zun.

This jīn póluó flower was Mu Zun's greatest gain from this trip.

After leaving the Ancient Desolate Land, Mu Zun saw an Emperor Realm Expert from Buddhism.

That Buddhist expert's gaze seemed to have been fixed on Mu Zun all along; it was only after Mu Zun saw him that he shifted his gaze.

The news of the jīn póluó flower appearing in the Ancient Desolate Land also quickly spread.

It immediately alarmed many Buddhists.

Experts appeared from many famous monasteries, wanting to know the whereabouts of the jīn póluó flower.

Finally, they also learned that the jīn póluó flower had fallen into the hands of the Qin Imperial Clan's Young Lord, Mu Zun.