159: Chapter 159 The Immortal King's Attack?

The unlucky bunch from the Blood Skull Pirate Group were casually robbed and annexed, becoming the first source of "revenue" for the Heavenly Court Fleet, and the atmosphere throughout the fleet immediately became lively.

The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals looked at the dozens of captured warships, then at the little ancestors on the "Dragon Baby" ship who were counting money until their hands went soft, and their reverence for their Your Majesty, the princes, and the princess reached a new height.

What is called a family of a heavenly emperor? This is it!

Children only a few years old go out for an "outing" and can drag back a notorious pirate group as an asset!

If this were to spread, I fear all the "peers" in the entire Immortal Domain would be crying and begging to change professions.

But this relaxed mood didn't last long.

Just as the "Dragon Baby" ship returned to the fleet with the spoils, and Li Yuanbao was excitedly bragging to his father about a "three hundred percent return on investment," a sudden, unannounced terror descended, almost freezing the entire Universe.

Hum—!

A supreme pressure, like an invisible tsunami, swept over from the end of space and time.

This pressure was different from that of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

The pressure of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal is a high mountain that makes you look up, but this pressure is the Heavenly Dao itself, the embodiment of Law!

It does not suppress the Physical Body, nor does it shock the Primordial Spirit; it denies "existence" itself!

Under the pressure, thousands of star warships groaned with 'creaking' sounds, and the newly engraved defensive array patterns on the hulls flickered, on the verge of collapsing at any moment.

Within the fleet, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals below the level of Grand Unity Golden Immortal lost consciousness almost simultaneously, their Immortal bodies and Primordial Spirits "locked" at the level of Law.

Even newly ascended Grand Unity Immortals like Zhao Wuji and Yuhua Immortal Lord were pale, their daluo dao fruits trembling wildly, feeling as if they would fall from their Realm at any moment. Even as they desperately circulated their Law, they could only maintain consciousness and remained unable to move.

The entire world seemed to have fallen into a standstill. Time, space, and Law—everything had stopped!

"Who... dares to desecrate my decree?"

A cold and majestic voice resounded from the depths of every particle, exploding in the minds of all who remained conscious!

Following the voice, a light lit up at the end of the star sea, pure and holy to the extreme.

Within the light, a figure whose face could not be seen stepped through the Void Realm and walked over slowly.

With every step he took, Dao runes appeared and vanished beneath his feet, and broken stars reorganized and annihilated around him; the act of walking itself was an evolution of Law!

Immortal King!! An Immortal King who suppresses eternity and is rarely seen in an epoch has descended in his true form!

That despair-inducing pressure was emanating from him!

It's over! This was the only thought in the minds of Zhao Wuji and Yuhua Immortal Lord.

They never imagined that the moment Your Majesty's fleet set out, it would directly attract an Immortal King!

How can this be fought? There is no way to fight!

A Grand Unity Golden Immortal views a Golden Immortal as an ant. What difference is there between an Immortal King viewing a Grand Unity Golden Immortal and viewing an ant?!

"Father! Look! What a big light bulb!"

Just as everyone was falling into despair, a crisp and curious child's voice broke the solidification. It was the little princess, Li Qingyue.

She and her siblings were standing on the deck of the heavenly emperor, beside Li Xuan, unaffected in the slightest.

In the innocent eyes of the children, that Immortal King who suppressed the Universe was nothing more than an especially large, especially bright "light bulb."

"Hmm, a talking light bulb." Li Lei added, his little face full of curiosity.

"Noisy." Li Xuan, who had been leisurely drinking tea, finally put down his cup. He frowned, seemingly a bit displeased with this pressure that was disturbing his afternoon tea.

The voice was very light and plain, but these two words were like spring rain, immediately dissolving the pressure shrouding the fleet.

"Phew..." Zhao Wuji and the others felt their whole bodies relax and gasped for air. In their eyes was the shock of surviving a disaster, as well as boundless awe at the unfathomable strength of their Your Majesty!

The might of an Immortal King, Your Majesty... broke it with two words?!

At the same time, the figure in the light also stopped, and for the first time, those eyes had a trace of fluctuation.

Clearly, he was also surprised that Li Xuan could so easily resolve his pressure.

"Oh? I underestimated you. A flawless Grand Unity Golden Immortal. It's a pity..."

The Immortal King's voice carried a condescending judgment, "You should not have provoked the majesty of an Immortal King."

He slowly raised his hand and pointed from afar toward the Heavenly Court Fleet. The entire starry sky wailed, and a black river condensed from pure Law of death appeared out of thin air, rushing toward the fleet!

This was not a Divine Ability or Spell; it was the will of an Immortal King! Will Manifests as Law—he said there should be death, and death descended!

"A bit interesting." Li Xuan finally stood up. He stretched, and his bones let out a series of crackling sounds.

He looked at that River of Death that could bury any Grand Unity Golden Immortal, but there was no seriousness on his face, only a trace of... boredom and disappointment?

"I thought an Immortal King might have some new tricks. After all that, it's still this kind of low-grade stuff."

Saying words that would drive the entire Immortal Domain crazy, he turned his head and smiled gently at the curious little ones beside him. "Stand still, and don't blink. Next, Father will... set off a big firework for you."

After speaking, he took a step out, and his figure appeared at the bow of the heavenly emperor, facing the rushing River of Death and the majestic, boundless Immortal King Dharma Body.

The Immortal King's eyes turned cold. Since he ascended to the throne, this was the first time he had been so nakedly despised by an "ant"!

"Die!" His words carried the mandate of heaven, and the speed of the River of Death surged ten thousand times, about to swallow Li Xuan and the entire fleet in an instant!

Li Xuan moved. He didn't use any earth-shattering Divine Ability or Magic Treasure; he simply lifted his right hand, formed his fingers into a sword, and lightly slashed forward.

A slashing motion so ordinary it looked like a child's doodle. But! As this sword move was executed!

Swish—an indescribable sword light appeared; it was not brilliant, not dazzling, and even grayish and unremarkable. It just flew forward quietly.

But the moment the sword light appeared, the roaring River of Death seemed to be fixed, instantly solidifying!

Then... there was no collision, no annihilation of Law. The River of Death was silently, neatly... cut in half from the middle!

The cut was as smooth as a mirror! The severed Law of death did not dissipate; like two broken dead snakes, they maintained their rushing posture but could not advance even a fraction!

What kind of terrifying sword strike was this?! Even the Law itself was slashed in two!

"No... impossible!!" The Immortal King could finally no longer remain calm and let out a roar of shock!

Roaring could not change anything. After slicing through the River of Death, the grayish sword light did not lose speed and floated lightly toward his true body.

The Immortal King felt a fatal crisis! He burned his Origin like a madman, setting up ten thousand layers of Immortal King Law barriers in front of him! Each layer was enough to shatter a daluo dao fruit!

But... it was useless. In front of that seemingly ordinary sword light, those ten thousand layers of barriers he was so proud of were like bubbles under the sun, easily pierced through!

'Pfft'. With a soft sound, the sword light entered the Immortal King Dharma Body.

Heaven and earth stood still, and the shock on the Immortal King's face froze. He lowered his head and stared blankly at his chest. There was nothing there. No wound, no blood, no energy fluctuation. He... seemed to be fine?

The next second. 'Crack...' A very faint cracking sound rang out from the deepest part of his Divine Soul, and a fine crack appeared from the center of his brow, rapidly spreading downward!

Wherever the crack passed, his indestructible Immortal King body, his Immortal true spirit that was one with the Dao, and his supreme throne that he had spent countless epochs cultivating... were all silently disintegrating and separating!

"You..." He raised his head with difficulty. For the first time, fear appeared in those majestic eyes. He stared fixedly at the young man in black who was still standing with his hands behind his back, his clothes not even ruffled, and roared with his last ounce of strength. "...What on earth... are you..."

He didn't finish his sentence. Because his entire body, along with all traces of his existence in this world, turned into light dust filling the sky and dissipated in this instant.

An Immortal King had fallen. There was no earth-shattering battle, no ten-thousand-year struggle; all there was, was a light, casual sword strike and an ending of annihilation into fly ash.

There was no sound left in the surroundings. All the Immortals on the Heavenly Court Fleet who had woken up, including Zhao Wuji, were like they had been hit by a petrification Spell, staring blankly at that void, their minds completely blank.

Just now... what happened? An... Immortal King... just like that... gone? Was he... one-shotted... by Your Majesty... with a single sword?

Rumble! The Universe of the Immortal Domain shook violently, endless blood clouds gathered out of thin air, and a rain of blood began to fall, covering billions of Star Domains! The Great Dao wailed, and all Laws wept in sorrow!

In the distant center of the Immortal Domain, the Emperor Star, which symbolized the fate of the "Qianyang Immortal King," exploded with a 'boom' into the most brilliant fireworks under the shocked gaze of countless powerful beings!

A King has fallen! Heaven and earth mourn together!

"An Immortal King has fallen!!" "Who?! Who did it! Is there still someone in this era who can slay an Immortal King in his prime?!" "Has the taboo of the Heaven Burial Abyss been unleashed?!"

Throughout the entire Immortal Domain, from the eastern wastelands to the central Divine Continent, countless old monsters who had been in seclusion for who knows how many tens of thousands of years were awakened, casting eyes of horror!

And at the center of the storm, at the bow of the heavenly emperor. Li Xuan stood with his hands behind his back; the rain of blood filling the sky could not get within a hundred feet of him, automatically evaporating.

He looked at the place where the Immortal King had dissipated and shook his head with lack of interest. "Too weak. You didn't even have the qualifications to make me use a second sword. Boring."

When these words reached the ears of Zhao Wuji and the others behind, they felt their perception was overturned... Your Majesty... you call this "weak"? What exactly is your definition of "powerful"?!

Li Xuan ignored the subordinates behind him who were doubting their lives. He turned around, his gaze sweeping over the fleet, sweeping over the faces of every soldier filled with fanatical worship and awe.

His voice penetrated the blood rain and resounded in the depths of everyone's Divine Soul: "Do you see? An Immortal King is nothing but a clay dog or earthen chicken. Today, I use the blood of this villain to sacrifice the flag for our expedition!"

He paused, his voice suddenly rising! "Pass on my decree! The target of the expedition is no longer the mere organization. My target is the entire Immortal Domain!"

"From now on, where I am, is the heart of Heaven! My will is the will of Heaven! Entire army, advance! Wherever the sun and moon shine, and wherever the galaxy reaches, all shall be... the Heavenly Court!"