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Ten thousand!
With a single sword strike, over ten thousand Fifth-Tier Foreign Race members were annihilated!
This scene of slaughter, beyond mere description, left both the charging Fifth-Tier Foreign Race members and the Human Race Primordial Spirits watching from afar gasping for breath.
Such destructive power...
Such a vast area of effect...
In a daze, they felt they were no longer facing a Primordial Spirit of their own level, nor even a Sixth-Tier Cosmic Radiance or a War Machine capable of Seventh-Rank combat power through the combined might of thousands of Fifth-Tier beings. Instead, they were confronting a Void Refining Great Power!
A being far beyond the Fifth-Tier, whose strength, status, lifespan, and overall power dwarfed that of a Fifth-Tier life form by countless times!
Before such a Great Power, no matter how bravely the Fifth-Tier Primordial Spirits charged, how high their morale soared, or how fearlessly they faced death, it was all meaningless.
Like mortals charging into the blazing sun...
No matter how many of them there were, plunging into that ancient star, which had been burning for countless billions of years, wouldn't even create a ripple.
"How... could this... be possible?"
Bai Ou's body stiffened as he stared fixedly at the Sword Qi Long River, materialized from Mind Power.
A chill ran down his spine.
Even as a member of the Human Race, theoretically aligned with the mysterious Celestial Sovereign, he felt a bone-chilling dread that pierced straight to his soul.
The scene of tens of thousands of Primordial Spirits being crushed into bloody mist left him feeling numb and frozen, his limbs heavy and cold.
It felt as if...
even moving his body freely had become an impossible task.
Zhuo Lie fared no better.
Relying on their War Machines, they could theoretically fight against tens of thousands of enemies single-handedly.
But their so-called "one against ten thousand" was largely a matter of trickery.
Not only did each War Machine require at least a thousand Primordial Spirits to operate, but their "one against ten thousand" was more accurately described as "a thousand against ten thousand." Even if they truly managed to kill ten thousand enemies with a single machine, it would still be a phased, time-consuming process.
Nothing like Li Chunjun, who casually unleashed a Sword Qi Long River, effortlessly sweeping away tens of thousands of Fifth-Tier Foreign Race invaders like cutting through melons and vegetables, reducing them all to dust in an instant.
This was a Fifth-Tier Foreign Race, comparable to a Human True Monarch!
Not mere mortals or Qi Refining cultivators, utterly defenseless!
To slaughter their Primordial Spirits as easily as mortals or Qi Refining cultivators...
Such a scene was only possible when one's cultivation was a full realm higher.
Yet this mysterious Celestial Sovereign had achieved it!
At that moment, a voice within Zhuo Lie's heart trembled with fear, roaring in a hollow rage:
"Who is he!? Who could he possibly be!?"
The tense atmosphere hung in the air for a moment.
Then, a storm of Divine Sense from countless Foreign Races swept across the battlefield.
"Void Refining! This is a Human Void Refining cultivator! No matter how bravely our warriors fight, how can they, at Fifth-Tier, stand against a Void Refining cultivator?"
"The Humans have broken the rules, sending a Void Refining cultivator to intervene in the battle on the Profound Yellow Vast Land!"
"This must be a Void Refining powerhouse from the Human Race! Hurry, send word back to the clan! The Humans—they have no honor!"
One strike had annihilated over ten thousand Fifth-Tier Foreign Race warriors!
How many more could they withstand?
While they were indeed fearless, willing to die for their cause, that didn't mean they were eager to throw their lives away needlessly.
Facing a Void Refining cultivator, few beings other than completely brainwashed Divine Race Believers dared to launch a death charge.
As a result, under this single strike, the Fifth-Tier Foreign Race cultivators were so terrified that they hesitated to advance.
Li Chunjun observed this and fell into thought.
Although there were rules governing the various races, and he himself wasn't a Void Refinement cultivator and hadn't broken any rules...
The rules themselves were established by the powers behind these races.
If they found the situation spiraling out of control, who knew if they'd break their own rules?
The likelihood was extremely low, but it couldn't be ignored.
With only one Dao Fruit of the Profound Yellow Ancient Tree ripe, it was too early to allow Void Refining cultivators from the various races to intervene in the Profound Yellow Vast Land Battlefield.
Glancing at his nearly full upgrade experience bar, Li Chunjun waved his hand. The sword light of the Scarlet Sky Sword once again annihilated a dozen Fifth-Tier Foreign Race cultivators. After reaching the critical point for advancement, he swiftly absorbed the Sword Qi Long River, manifested by his Mind Power, into his body.
Simultaneously, his Void Sword Force once again enveloped the surrounding three thousand Li, warping the Void within that area.
This display was deliberately obvious.
Trespassers will die.
Without hesitation, he entered the Essence Blood Sword Sacrifice stage, refining the Scarlet Sky Sword, which had suddenly advanced to a Superior Dao Artifact. Though he could no longer wield it as effortlessly as before, he still retained at least thirty percent of his strength despite the depletion of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
This level of power was insufficient to slaughter tens of thousands of Foreign Race members, but it was more than enough to ensure his safe retreat.
Within half an hour of beginning the Sword Sacrificial Refinement, Void Refining cultivators and Dharma Manifestation Venerables were simultaneously alerted in the Heavenly Vault surrounding the Profound Yellow Vast Land.
Powerful Divine Senses, Secret Arts, and investigative Dao Artifacts descended from the sky, focusing on Li Chunjun's location.
Li Chunjun immediately activated the Heavenly Heart Eternal Method.
Mind Power equivalent to the Fourth Layer of cultivation surged forth, guarding the one-acre plot around the Profound Yellow Ancient Tree.
However, the Void Refining cultivators and Dharma Manifestation Venerables were too skilled. Some had even reached the Fifth or Sixth Layer of Mind Realm. Despite his best efforts to conceal his presence, they managed to glean valuable information through their Secret Arts and investigative Dao Artifacts.
Of course, with the Observer's Mask in place, the accuracy of this information remained questionable. But it was enough for them to realize that the area around the Profound Yellow Ancient Tree was not occupied by a Void Refining Great Power.
At most, he was a genius Cosmic Light who had reached Void Refining cultivation but had come to the Profound Yellow Vast Land to bully weaker opponents and seize the Profound Yellow Dao Fruit.
Countless Divine Senses and information converged in the Void outside the Profound Yellow Vast Land.
In the end, these Void Refining cultivators still maintained their unspoken agreement.
After all, once the rules of the Profound Yellow Vast Land were broken, it would inevitably lead to a hundred-plus Void Refining cultivators from the Four Races clashing in battle.
When the battle erupted, no one knew how many would perish.
As Great Powers who could live for 129,600 years, each valued their lives above all else and would never recklessly gamble with them.
Finally, new orders were issued to the Profound Yellow Vast Land.
Simultaneously, a dazzling meteor shower descended from the Heavenly Vault.
It was...
In response to the escalating situation, these Void Refining cultivators had dispatched their contingency forces.
These forces were not only numerous but also remarkably high in quality. Each race had mobilized at least a hundred Sixth-Tier Cosmic Radiance cultivators.
This was only because the decisive battle had come too suddenly, and their full strength hadn't yet been fully deployed. Otherwise, while the number of Sixth-Tier Cosmic Radiance cultivators might not have increased significantly, the number of Fifth-Tier Primordial Spirits would have multiplied several times over, perhaps even tenfold or more.
"The Venerables have probed him. This mysterious Celestial Sovereign isn't even at the Void Refining stage! Yet his Mind Realm has reached the Fourth Layer, far surpassing all our expectations!"
Bai Ou, having received intelligence from outside the Profound Yellow Vast Land, spoke quickly on behalf of the Human Race.
"Not only is he not Void Refining, but that move he just used was essentially a killing strike fueled by a Forbidden Art. It left him severely depleted of Primal Qi. His immediate deployment of the Void Sword Force was a deliberate distraction to conceal his exhaustion."
Zhuo Lie, who had also received information from above, added, "We didn't anticipate the intervention of the Celestial Sovereigns and Venerables, which exposed all his hidden methods."
After exchanging information, their gazes turned to the numerous Fifth-Tier Foreign Races.
They soon noticed that the Fifth-Tier Foreign Races, who had initially been filled with fear, panic, and rage, had quickly calmed down.
Clearly, they had also received messages from Seventh-Rank, or even Eighth-Tier, powerhouses behind them.
After a brief exchange, the Fifth-Tier Foreign Races, who had retreated three thousand Li, launched another charge without hesitation.
But this time...
Their movements were far more cautious.
They no longer charged forward recklessly as before.
Each of the three races sent only a few hundred Fifth-Tier warriors to form defensive battle formations and probe the three-thousand-Li radius around the Profound Yellow Ancient Tree.
On the other side, Li Chunjun didn't know how long he could keep his secret.
After sensing the probing forces dissipate, he still chose to raise his Life Level.
Even though the cost for the various races' Void Refining cultivators to forcibly intervene in the Profound Yellow Vast Land was too high, and they might not be able to bear the consequences of breaking the rules, gaining greater strength was never a bad thing.
If it was time to level up, he'd level up without hesitation. There was no need to overthink it.
As these thoughts raced through his mind, the changes brought by his Life Level surging to 36th grade flooded his senses.
The depletion from the Essence Blood Sword Sacrifice was instantly restored.
Simultaneously, a comprehensive enhancement of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit surged through him.
The further strengthening of his Void Dao Body and Destruction Dao Body, in particular, gave him a deeper understanding of the Void Law Mysteries and Destruction Dao Mysteries.
Through this understanding, he waved his hand, causing the Void Sword Force enveloping the Profound Yellow Ancient Tree's three-thousand-li radius to become even more concentrated.
It was like a domain, isolating the interior from the outside. The hundreds of Fifth-Tier Foreign Race members from the three races, who had formed a Battle Formation, were quickly scattered and cut apart by the Void Power as they entered.
But he didn't kill them.
Instead, after separating them, he used his Mind Power to bewilder their perceptions.
With his current Fourth Layer Mind Realm, which had advanced further due to his Life Level increase, achieving this wasn't difficult.
Buy time.
Li Chunjun's current goal was to stall for as long as possible before the Void Refining cultivators outside the Profound Yellow Vast Land lost patience and broke the rules, buying time for the Profound Yellow Dao Fruit to mature.
As expected, the fact that several hundred Fifth-Tier Foreign Race members had entered the Sword Force's range without perishing gave the remaining Foreign Race members a sense of relief, allowing them to patiently await the outcome.
However, this patience gradually eroded with the passage of time and the ripening of the second Profound Yellow Dao Fruit.
Before long, the Foreign Race dispatched another thousand Fifth-Tier Foreign Race members, piloting a relatively primitive defensive war machine into the Void Sword Force's range.
Yet even with the war machine's protection, these thousand Fifth-Tier Foreign Race members vanished without a trace once they entered the Sword Force's embrace.
As the Dao Rhythm of the third and fourth Profound Yellow Dao Fruits' ripening spread, the Foreign Race could no longer afford to waste time.
One after another, new ten-thousand-strong battle formations were re-formed, advancing resolutely toward the Profound Yellow Ancient Tree.
Li Chunjun made no attempt to stop them.
With a wave of his hand, the Scarlet Sky Sword, infused with the Great Void Destruction Sword Intent, shot forth, silently traversing the Void.
The Fifth-Tier Foreign Race members, suppressed by the Void Sword Force and Mind Power, had no time to react before they were annihilated.
Simultaneously, within the Void Sword Force's embrace, the Heart Manifestation of the Sword Qi Long River reappeared.
The Foreign Race members, still in their battle formations, plunged headfirst into it.
(End of the Chapter)
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