237: Wearing the Dragon God Emperor Armor, he instantly killed a level nine powerhouse with a single punch!

Boom—!!!

The instant that grand voice fell, the suppressed killing intent exploded like a volcano!

"Kill!"

"The slot is mine!"

"Die, anyone who stands in my way!!"

The two camps, which had been clearly separated just a second ago, completely lost control at this moment.

Tens of thousands of powerhouses were like mad dogs off the leash, their eyes blood-red as they roared and pounced on the nearest living thing!

Sword light, Spirit Source Secret Arts, hideous claws, earth-shaking roars... instantly interweaving into a bloody symphony of death.

The azure True Sea was instantly dyed a sickening dark red.

However, in this chaotic vortex of death, the first to be targeted by concentrated fire was not any of the Drowned Ones.

"Fellow cultivators, follow me to execute this traitor first and carry out justice for the heavens before we seize the slots!"

Lin Xiaotian, the Chief Disciple of the East Sea Sword Pavilion, gave a sharp shout. The silver longsword in his hand erupted with brilliant light, being the first to lock his bone-chilling killing intent onto Lu Sheng, who still stood before the Drowned Ones' camp!

His voice was full of magnificent righteousness and was highly inflammatory.

"Brother Lin is right! Clean house first!"

"Kill him!"

Instantly, several human powerhouses whose auras had also reached the ninth level responded to his call. They broke away from the chaotic battlefield, surrounding Lu Sheng from all directions with hostile gazes, forming an encirclement in an instant.

In their eyes, Lu Sheng's act of openly associating with the Drowned Ones was more hateful than the monsters themselves!

In the distance, Luo Tianfei's Phoenix-like brows, burning with divine fire, furrowed instantly as she saw this.

A battle was raging within her mind.

Reason told her that she should immediately stand with the human camp and distance herself from that bastard Lu Sheng.

But deep down, she felt extreme disdain and disgust for Lin Xiaotian's sanctimonious face.

More importantly, an inexplicable irritability and worry rose uncontrollably from the bottom of her heart, making her unable to move her feet as she looked at that surrounded figure from behind.

Damn it! It's that Dragon Phoenix Imprint acting up again!

In the Drowned Ones' camp, Xiao Yan's gaze also instantly became solemn.

He glanced at the expressionless Lu Sheng beside him and whispered, "It seems trouble has found you first."

"Human Big Brother..." Xiao Ling looked nervous, gripping her brother's arm tightly, her beautiful large eyes filled with worry.

"Noisy."

Lu Sheng finally reacted. He didn't even bother to look back at the fellow humans surrounding him, merely spitting out two words impatiently.

This extreme contempt completely ignited Lin Xiaotian's fury.

"Arrogant! Die!"

Lin Xiaotian struck out boldly!

He raised the silver longsword high, and vast spirit source gathered frantically. Atop the blade, a hundred-meter-long phantom of a Giant Whale, constructed from pure Sword Qi, roared toward the sky!

"Whale Fall: Myriad Catty Shattering Waves!"

With a thunderous shout, Lin Xiaotian slashed downward!

The hundred-meter-long Sword Qi Giant Whale, carrying a terrifying power capable of crushing mountains, forcibly split the sea surface below into a bottomless dark trench. Its power was horrifying!

At the same time, several other ninth level powerhouses launched attacks from the flanks!

One after another, peerless Spirit Source Secret Arts transformed into flaming meteors, frost dragons, and nets of thunder, interweaving into an airtight net that completely blocked all of Lu Sheng's paths of retreat!

The combined power of this strike made the powerhouses fighting frantically in the distance tremble with fear, causing them to look over one after another.

In their view, being locked onto by such a terrifying attack, that arrogant "human traitor" was certainly doomed!

Luo Tianfei's heart suddenly tightened!

The Phoenix Divine Fire within her body rose uncontrollably, and the fire wings on her back even began to spread slightly. She was almost ready to help him regardless of the consequences!

However, Lu Sheng, who was at the very center of the attack, didn't show even the slightest ripple of emotion on his face in the face of this world-destroying joint strike.

He just calmly looked up, his dark gold vertical pupils placidly reflecting the hundred-meter sword light slashing down and the sky full of brilliant Spirit Source Secret Arts.

That gaze was so calm it was as if he were watching an extremely boring fireworks display.

This extreme and irrational calmness caused Lin Xiaotian and the others, who were full of confidence, to feel a sudden jolt in their hearts as a strong sense of unease surged without warning.

Why... isn't he dodging?

At the very moment the Sword Qi Giant Whale was about to touch the top of his head, and the terrifying wind capable of tearing steel was already whipping his clothes.

Lu Sheng finally moved.

He moved.

There was no earth-shaking eruption of spirit source, nor any flashy and dazzling movement to dodge.

He just slowly raised his right hand.

Crack! Crack!

The moment he raised his hand, that seemingly ordinary black casual outfit flowed instantly like living liquid metal!

Pieces of hideous armor plates, shimmering with a dark gold luster and filled with a fierce and domineering beauty, emerged from beneath his skin, rapidly covering his entire body!

Breastplate, bracers, greaves, combat boots... and finally, a hideous dragon-head visor that covered half his face, leaving only a pair of indifferent dark gold vertical pupils visible!

[dragon god emperor armor], donned!

Boom—!

A terrifying aura, heavier than the abyss and more domineering than a god, erupted!

The entire process was seamless and incredibly fast!

He didn't dodge or retreat; instead, he simply raised his palm, which was completely covered by the hideous dark gold dragon armor, and grabbed toward the hundred-meter Sword Qi Giant Whale slashing down!

"Seeking death!!"

Seeing this, a flash of cruel pleasure crossed Lin Xiaotian's eyes.

Taking his strongest blow with his Physical Body? It was foolish to the extreme! He could already see the scene of the opponent, along with the armor, being split in half by his sword!

However, in the next second.

Under the gaze of thousands of eyes across the field—some shocked, some disdainful, some pitying.

Clang—!!!!

A terrifying loud bang, like the ringing of a divine bell from the Nine Heavens, echoed through the clouds!

The "Whale Fall: Myriad Catty Shattering Waves" sword light, which was capable of splitting mountains and seas, was actually caught firmly and effortlessly in the palm of Lu Sheng's dark gold Dragon Claw!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The cruel grin on Lin Xiaotian's face froze.

The pleasure on the faces of the several ninth level powerhouses nearby solidified.

In the distance, Luo Tianfei's heart, which had almost leaped into her throat, also suddenly stopped.

He... caught it?

He actually used one hand to catch the ultimate strike that combined the power of several ninth level powerhouses?!

"No... impossible!!" Lin Xiaotian let out a scream as if he had seen a ghost.

Responding to him was the undisguised contempt flashing through Lu Sheng's dark gold vertical pupils.

And... "Crack—!!"

A crisp, teeth-aching sound of shattering!

The hundred-meter Sword Qi Giant Whale held in Lu Sheng's hand was like fragile glass being crushed; spiderweb-like cracks spread frantically from where the Dragon Claw made contact!

In the next second, it exploded!

It turned into a sky full of brilliant specks of light, dissipating into the air.

At the same time, several other peerless Spirit Source Secret Arts also slammed solidly into Lu Sheng's dragon god emperor armor.

However, the flaming meteors capable of leveling a mountain and the frost dragons capable of freezing a great river failed to stir even the slightest ripple when they hit the dark gold armor!

They couldn't even make Lu Sheng's body sway in the slightest!

Impervious to all techniques!

Absolute crushing!

Dead silence.

The entire field was in dead silence.

Every powerhouse who saw this scene felt their worldview being completely overturned at this moment.

"Is this all you've got..."

Lu Sheng slowly withdrew his hand that had crushed the sword light, his fingers moving with a "clack-clack" sound. Through his dark gold vertical pupils, an icy coldness and disdain emanated as he calmly looked at the face before him, which was filled with horror and disbelief.

"You think you're worthy of carrying out justice for the heavens?"

Before his voice had even faded.

"Bang!"

The air beneath his feet suddenly exploded into a visible circle of white airwaves!

His entire person vanished from the spot instantly!

Fast!

Fast to the extreme!

So fast that even the Divine Thoughts of ninth level powerhouses could not capture his trajectory!

The pupils of Lin Xiaotian and the others suddenly contracted into dangerous pinpoints, and a deathly chill originating from the depths of their Souls instantly enveloped them!

They didn't even have time to make any reaction.

A dark gold phantom-like figure had already appeared in the center of their encirclement as if teleporting!

Lu Sheng withdrew his Dragon Claw and transformed the claw into a fist.

Facing Lin Xiaotian's face, which was twisted with extreme fear, he threw a punch in the most unpretentious yet most domineering manner!

That punch was very slow.

So slow that everyone present could clearly see how that fist, encased in dark gold dragon armor, tore through the air, pulling a pitch-black vacuum trajectory in the void.

That punch was both ruthless and fast.

So fast that Lin Xiaotian had no time to react at all; even the thought of fear had only just begun to rise when that fist, carrying destructive power, was already imprinted on his face.

"Bang—!"

A sound so dull it was as if a watermelon had been smashed by a heavy hammer.

The silver treasure armor Lin Xiaotian was so proud of, along with his protective spirit source, exploded instantly like it was made of paper!

Following that, his head, his body... the entire person, without even having time to utter a final word, was instantly vaporized under that domineering punch, exploding into a dense mist of blood!

Both body and Soul were utterly destroyed!

However, this was only the beginning.

The residual force of the punch's wind did not diminish, turning into an invisible shockwave that slammed hard into the several dumbfounded ninth level powerhouses behind him!

"Pfft—!"

The individuals were as if hit head-on by a ten-thousand-ton hammer. Their bones made a teeth-aching "crack" sound as they spewed blood mixed with internal organ fragments, flying backward like bowling pins at a speed even faster than they had come.

While still in the air, their breath was gone and their life force was severed.

One punch.

Just one punch.

Lin Xiaotian, the Chief Disciple of the East Sea Sword Pavilion and a ninth level powerhouse famous in the region, along with the several same-level experts he had gathered, were all annihilated!

This domineering, bloody, and cruel scene caused the chaotic battlefield to come to a bizarre one-second halt.

Every powerhouse who witnessed this, whether humans fighting bloodily or Drowned Ones acting like madmen, felt as if they were being choked by an invisible hand. Their expressions froze in extreme fear and shock.

Gulp.

Someone, somewhere, swallowed hard.

In the next moment.

"Run!!"

"Monster! He's a monster!!"

With Lu Sheng as the center, within a radius of a thousand meters, all the powerhouses who were fighting, whether human or Drowned Ones, screamed in terror as if they had seen a ghost and scrambled to flee outward as fast as they could!

They didn't even care to attack the enemies beside them; they only instinctively wanted to get away from that dark gold figure standing like a demon god in the blood mist.

In an instant, an absolute vacuum zone where no living being dared to step was eerily formed.

Lu Sheng, alone, was a forbidden zone!

He slowly withdrew his fist, which was still in the punching posture, letting the sky full of blood mist sprinkle over his majestic dragon god emperor armor, yet it couldn't leave even a single trace.

Buzz—!

The dark gold armor shimmered and once again transformed into that plain black casual outfit.

It was as if the world-destroying scene from just now was merely an illusion for everyone.

He ignored all the fearful, shocked, and respectful gazes around him and slowly turned around.

His calm dark gold eyes passed over the dumbstruck Xiao Yan and his sister, past that beautiful face in the distance filled with shock and complexity, and finally landed on the towering staircase that radiated endless sacred and ancient light.

Then, he began to walk.

Step by step.

As if taking a stroll, he walked toward the only entrance.