"Dare to pin me to the ground..." Yak uttered, his right hand resting the blade on his shoulder, and his left hand propped on his knee as he slowly rose to his feet.
He turned around, eyes fixed on Li Changzhou, radiating a sharp intent to kill.
"...I will chop off your head and see if you can still smile like you do in front of the Light Clan!" Yak declared word by word.
He raised the blade horizontally, his left hand's middle and index fingers together, slowly rubbing them along the blade, eyes tightly locked on Li Changzhou.
Then, for the first time, he recited the Engraving Spell.
"To meet is to kill, to see is to slay! Die!"
Li Changzhou's scalp tingled, and he turned and fled, escaping into the "Honey Pot World."
Birds chirped and flowers blossomed, butterflies flitted about, and the air was thick with the scent of grass, fresh flowers, and fruits. The mist from Eternal Youth Spring Water made it seem like an immortal realm.
Before he could relax his tense body, there came a cracking sound behind him, and Yak was staring dead at him from the other side of the gap.
Seeing Yak stepping forward with his invincible blade, Li Changzhou promptly left the "Honey Pot World."
The moment he appeared in the outside world, he reached out toward Yak again.
Hiss!
Amidst the flash of the blade, blood splattered everywhere, Li Changzhou's left arm soared into the sky, turning into Golden Shackles, and fell on top of the red-eyed Yak's head.
Amidst a sea of blood, Li Changzhou retreated rapidly, his lips moving swiftly.
"The gateway to all wonders is endurance, Om Varizi Dolodye..."
Hiss!
The shackles split in two, no object could block the blade's light.
Li Changzhou stopped chanting.
[This is troublesome,] Guanyin frowned.
[It's okay,] Li Changzhou said, even managing a laugh, [I've been wanting to try this for a while, but never had the chance.]
He took out the "Fragrant Leaf Crown" and placed it on his head while sitting down cross-legged in the void, his body transforming into that of a seven or eight-year-old child, with the "Wisdom Pearl" spinning within his belly.
"First, the clone."
As Yak charged up, several clones burst forth from Li Changzhou's body.
Before Yak's blade could annihilate these clones—
"Fireball," "Ice Blade," "Flying Thunder," "Arrow Wood," "Flying Sand and Stone"...
Simple spells took just a glance to throw, as easy as multiplication and division within a thousand.
The spells were simple, but supported by Li Changzhou's Supreme Immortal Magical Power, the fireball was as exaggerated as a fifty-meter building.
Facing these spells that 'met' and 'saw' him for the first time, booming from all directions, Yak could only cope haphazardly—having never seen these before, he had to turn around, see the spells to slice them with his blade.
After warming up, Li Changzhou entered a state of "Concentration."
The number of clones increased, at one point it even reminded Guanyin of the scene where Sun Wukong battled ten thousand heavenly soldiers.
"Fire Cloud," "Thunder Cloud," "Ice Cloud," "Scolding Ghost," "Soul-shocking Spell," "Sealing Spirit Finger," "Contaminated Demonic Energy"!
"Third Rank True Thunder," "Demon Suppression Spell," "Great Brightness Demon Suppressing Spell," "Thousand Waves," "Soft Wind Bone Transformation"!
"Demon Transformation Technique," "Fifth Rank Heavenly Thunder," "Incarnate Azure Dragon Sky Entering Spell," "Incarnate Gray Dragon Grasping Earth Spell," "Xuanwu Sword Energy," "Vermilion Bird Sword Energy," "White Tiger Sword Energy"!
"Great Flourishing Fist," "Qianyuan Great Sword Qi"!
...
Li Changzhou's actual body sat poised in the void, countless clones sat neatly at the edge of the Duel Arena, arranged orderly like Bodhisattvas and Arhats in cliffside caves.
The entire arena was radiant with light, clones casting spells, magic techniques, and heterodox spells, summoning sword energies, transforming into demons, beasts, and divine birds!
"Ah!!" Yak roared madly.
He had the invincible blade, but was like an elephant mired in the mud, his divine skills of subduing tigers and slaying dragons rendered ineffective, only able to watch as he continuously sank, slowly moving towards death.
"Huh!" A clone blew out a sinister, demon-like wind.
The Yak, grinding down the myriad of sword lights, was caught off guard, his whole body nearly blown to the bone.
Watching his flesh and blood wear away, he endured the excruciating pain and delivered a slash to slay the demon wind.
"Evil demon, surrender now!"A clone summoned a heavenly god, who righteously pressed down a giant palm from the sky.
Amidst the sinister and cunning laughter, a demon summoned by a clone stretched out a giant bloody hand from the ground, as if to drag Yak into hell!
Most of these spells were merely introductory and could barely be executed.
If it were a real battle, Li Changzhou could achieve the same effect with just one profound spell, without needing to expend so much energy and mana.
But this futile method of combat firmly suppressed Yak who relied on the Ming Blade.
When his mana was exhausted, a Flame Butterfly materialized on his shoulder, fluttered its wings, and a vast ocean of mana surged up inside him once again.
Countless spells followed like a torrential downpour.
All spectators were dumbstruck, in disbelief.
"Are all these... Divine Will?"
"There are already thousands of them! Has he gone mad? How can one person have so many kinds of Divine Will?"
"No, it must be us who are mad; it's an illusion, a virtual game, yes, this must be some kind of Divine Will illusion!"
Li Changzhou didn't hold back and continued until his mana was once again depleted, then he stuffed a handful of Elixir Pills into his mouth and clutched the shining Qi...
At this moment, the [Divine Will Crystal] announced the result.
{Earthling · King of Black Fog wins, becoming the champion of this year's First Rank Divine Will Warrior Ranking Contest}
{Rewards are automatically transferred}
Barrier is removed.
Supreme Immortal Spells, like a river that has long been dammed in the "Barrier Reservoir," burst forth in a moment of "unleashing."
"Ah!!"
"Run!!!"
The torrent of spells erupted like a volcano, flowed like lava, unstoppable like a mountain flood.
Not just First Rank Divine Will Warriors, even Second Rank and Third Rank warriors had to rise in the face of this long-accumulated power.
Li Qianxia, Yang Qinglan, and Turquoise Pool, together, blocked a corner of the torrent of spells.
"Go!" Li Changzhou's voice echoed in their ears.
They instinctively gave up resisting and, just before the torrent of spells swallowed them up, the three of them were transported to the "Honey Pot World."
Suddenly, Li Changzhou alone "teleported" back to Earth and entered the subway without hesitation.
"Boom!"
The splendor of spells abruptly burst.
"Where did he go!"
"The sword is gone too!"
"Search! We must find him!"
"Make a wish with the Divine Will Crystal!"
Alien Clan's Third Rank Divine Will Warrior, using [Divine Will Crystal], appeared beside Li Changzhou on Earth, a place even Heavenly Immortals couldn't reach by flying.
"Hand over the sword!"
The Third Rank Divine Will's earth-shattering aura was released, and then, at that moment, without even a split-second delay, the Third Rank Divine Will Warrior exploded into the most primitive essence, absorbed by the station.
Inside the station, all players were knocked unconscious by the brief release of the warrior's aura, including Li Changzhou.
The station was filled with bodies, resembling a morgue.