418: Chapter 418 The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate stopped five hundred meters outside the spherical space's membrane.

Lu Sheng was hiding behind the warship wreckage a thousand meters away.

Through the perception anchor, he clearly saw Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate suspended in space, his gaze falling upon the spherical space's membrane.

Those eyes, which couldn't be more ordinary, now flickered with an extremely complex light.

Greed, excitement, caution.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate raised his right hand and gently touched the surface of the spherical space's membrane.

Hum—

The law threads vibrated once.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate retracted his finger. He looked down at his fingertip.

"Ancient law threads." His voice rang out in space for the first time. It wasn't loud, but it was transmitted through the Laws, clearly reaching Lu Sheng's ears.

"Extremely high quality. The weaving technique is in the style of the Ancient Era."

He circled halfway around the spherical space, his gaze falling on those ancient metal armor plates embedded on the outside of the membrane.

"Artificial defenses were even added."

The corner of Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's mouth curled slightly.

"Interesting. This kid moves quite fast."

He raised his head and called out towards the Warship Graveyard:

"Lu Sheng, come out. Your aura concealment is decent; someone at the Mid Spirit Saint stage might actually fail to find you. But before this seat—"

He tilted his head, his gaze accurately locking onto the direction where Lu Sheng was hiding.

"Those little tricks of yours aren't quite enough."

Lu Sheng's heart sank.

He had been discovered.

He didn't hesitate and stepped out from behind the warship wreckage.

Fourteen dragon wings unfurled behind his back. Dark gold vertical pupils met Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's plain eyes.

"Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate," Lu Sheng spoke.

"Lord of the Blue Planet." Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate sized him up. "Younger than this seat imagined."

"You're shorter than I imagined."

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate was stunned for a moment. Then he laughed.

"Amusing." His smile was faint. "You're the first person to call this seat short to my face."

"That just means the people you met before were too polite."

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's smile vanished.

"Lu Sheng, this seat gave you a chance. Regarding the seed of origin, this seat was willing to talk with you properly. It is you who are being unreasonable."

"You call this talking properly?" Lu Sheng's tone grew cold. "You came up and wanted to divide my Star Sector. You demanded my Ancient metal formula. The third thing was even more excessive—you wanted me to help you find what you're looking for, and then take a share once it's found. You call that a negotiation?"

"Then how do you want to talk?"

"My conditions have already been proposed. Do you agree or not?"

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate looked at him.

"Your conditions are too harsh."

"Then what about your plan?"

"This seat's plan is very simple." Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate raised his hand and pointed at the spherical space behind him. "This seat wants the things inside here. Step aside."

Lu Sheng didn't move.

"Will you move or not?"

"I will not."

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate nodded. "This seat admires your backbone. But backbone—it cannot be used as strength."

His Law pressure was suddenly released.

Boom!

A terrifying pressure bore down, covering the sky and earth. The warship wreckage in space began to shatter, twist, and turn into fine powder under this pressure.

Lu Sheng's dragon wings tightened abruptly, and his Late Spirit Saint Law power operated at full capacity to resist this suppression.

He held out.

But he was struggling.

The wreckage fragments beneath his feet did not shatter under the protection of his Law power, but they were already trembling violently.

"Late Spirit Saint." Watching Lu Sheng's reaction, a glint flashed in Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's eyes. "As expected, the Late Stage. Three months ago you were still at the Middle Stage. Now you're at the Late Stage."

"Your growth speed is too fast."

"Is that your reason for making a move?" Lu Sheng said through gritted teeth.

"That is the reason this seat must make a move." Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's tone changed. It was no longer the previous condescending casualness, but had gained a hint of seriousness. "If someone like you is left alone, you'll be at the Peak Spirit Saint stage in a few years. In a few decades, you might even be in the Spirit Immortal Realm. At that time—what would this seat have left to negotiate with you?"

"So you want to strike while I'm still weak."

"Not exactly weak. A Late Spirit Saint already has the strength of the top hundred in the entire known Universe," Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate said, "It's just that—this seat is in the top ten."

He added another layer to his Law pressure.

Lu Sheng's knees buckled slightly.

But he did not kneel.

He smashed a fist into his own thigh, relying on the pain to straighten his knees.

"You talk too much," Lu Sheng said.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate glanced at him.

"You're right."

The next second.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate moved.

His figure vanished directly from five hundred meters away—it wasn't a flash, it was Space Folding. He crossed the five-hundred-meter distance in a single step, appearing three meters in front of Lu Sheng.

He struck with a palm.

This palm strike had no bells or whistles. It was pure Law power compressed to the extreme, condensed in the palm, striking toward Lu Sheng's chest.

Wherever the palm wind passed, space shattered like glass.

Lu Sheng's pupils constricted suddenly.

Fast!

Too fast!

His body reacted instinctively—dragon scales instantly covered his entire body, and the Human-Dragon State was activated!

All attributes doubled!

Golden dragon scales covered his whole body, golden light flared in his vertical pupils, and two dragon horns burst through the skin on his forehead.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest.

BOOM!!

The palm force struck his arms.

Lu Sheng's body was sent flying backward like a cannonball.

Three hundred meters. Five hundred meters. Eight hundred meters.

His back smashed through two pieces of warship wreckage before he finally managed to stabilize himself on a third.

His arms were in agonizing pain. A patch of golden dragon scales had shattered.

"What a tough Physical Body." Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate stood where he was, looking at his own palm. "This seat did not hold back with that palm strike. For an ordinary Late Spirit Saint, their bones would have shattered. You only cracked a few scales."

Lu Sheng shook his numbed arms.

It hurt, but the bones weren't damaged.

The Physical Body strength of the Dragon God Sequence, in the Human-Dragon State, was indeed ridiculously tough.

"Is that all you've got?" Lu Sheng grinned. There was blood at the corner of his mouth.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate shook his head.

"Young man, being stubborn is useless."

His figure vanished again.

This time, Lu Sheng was prepared. His perception power also doubled in the Human-Dragon State, allowing him to catch the trajectory of Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's Space Folding—

Back left!

Lu Sheng spun around abruptly and threw a right hook!

Five types of Laws were simultaneously activated on his fist—Law Resonance!

A bean-sized gray light sphere flew from the surface of his fist, penetrating space and heading straight for the direction where Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate appeared!

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's figure solidified to the back left. The moment he saw that gray light sphere, his brow furrowed for the first time.

"Law Resonance?"

He didn't take it head-on. His body flickered to the side.

The gray light sphere brushed past his sleeve and struck a massive piece of warship wreckage behind him.

A silent explosion.

A chunk of the wreckage was erased from the material level.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate looked at that circular hole, then back at Lu Sheng.

"This move is actually somewhat interesting." His tone gained a bit more respect. "Mastering Law Resonance at the Late Spirit Saint stage... your talent is indeed excellent."

"Are you going to fight or not?" Lu Sheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Or is it all talk and no action?"

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate's gaze turned cold.

"Fine. Then this seat will not be polite."