Free Web NovelChapter 200.2: The Divine Technique Unleashed, Invincible and Unstoppable! Two Supreme Dao Lords Slain in an Instant, Shocking the Crowd! (II)
"Let's go!"
After witnessing Lu Changsheng defeat Zhang Tianyi with a single flip of his hand, the two Dao Lords, Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shouxu, activated their Teleportation Talismans almost simultaneously.
Hum.
Their figures flickered and vanished in an instant, only to come stumbling back out of the spatial rift a moment later, their forms reappearing in an ungainly tumble.
"Daoist Lu, what's the meaning of this?" Dao Lord Dongyang asked, his expression dark, his voice low.
Both Dao Lords had crushed their Teleportation Talismans, but it had done them no good. Lu Changsheng had prepared for this. His Mind Space covered an enormous range, and within that range, no Teleportation Talisman could function. Only a Great Teleportation Talisman would have sufficed, and neither Dao Lord Dongyang nor Dao Lord Shou Xu possessed one.
Great Teleportation Talismans could only be refined by Golden Core True Ones, and they were hardly worth the effort. A Golden Core True One would only go to the trouble of refining one for a Dao Foundation martial artist if the two shared an exceptionally close bond. Outside of that, obtaining one was simply not possible.
The two Dao Lords were powerful, but their ties to any Golden Core True One were not deep enough to warrant such a gift, and so they had none. Without a Great Teleportation Talisman, and with a martial artist's Mind Space blanketing the area, escape was simply not an option.
Lu Changsheng stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze settling on Dao Lord Dongyang, his tone as unhurried as ever. "I'll say it once more, leave your spatial treasures. I still need three Principle Divine Stones. Leave those three behind, and you are free to go."
He had not lost sight of his main objective. Another three Principle Divine Stones was all he needed to complete his count; he had no interest in anything else—not even in Heavenly Demon Essence Blood, as he had acquired more than enough.
"Three Principle Divine Stones..."
A chill passed through both Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu. They had obtained exactly three Principle Divine Stones, and truth be told, they could afford to part with them. That was not the issue.
The real issue was obediently yielding to Lu Changsheng's blatant extortion right there, in front of everyone. If they actually surrendered their Principle Divine Stones like that, they would undoubtedly become the laughing stock of the entire Ancient Region.
"Lu Changsheng, we have the Principle Divine Stones!" Dao Lord Dongyang said, a powerful confidence ringing in his voice. "But no one has ever taken anything from us by force. Not Su Tianwen, not Zhang Tianyi, and it's certainly not going to be you! If you want the Principle Divine Stones, come and take them yourself!"
As his words fell, a faint azure radiance shimmered into view around him. It was an enchanted treasure, shaped like an umbrella. It unfolded and sealed itself around his body.
"Hahaha! Well said! If you want Principle Divine Stones, you're welcome to try and take them!" Dao Lord Shouxu snorted, summoning his own enchanted treasure.
Together, the two Dao Lords raised their hands and laid down a formation. They refused to believe that, with their combined strength, anyone at their tier could defeat them, let alone a Dao Foundation martial artist. Even the most supreme Dao Foundation martial artist alive could do nothing against the two of them united!
Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly as he scanned the formation and enchanted treasures deployed by Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu.
"Dao Lord, are you sure about this? If it comes to violence, you may suffer an unfortunate fate," he warned with marked indifference.
However, his words drew not the slightest trace of fear from either of them.
"Hahaha! Do your worst!" Dao Lord Shou Xu's voice boomed almost with excitement. "If you can kill us, then hats off to you!"
The exchange carried to the countless martial artists and Foundation Establishment cultivators watching from all around, every gaze converging on Lu Changsheng. He had been utterly unstoppable until now, crushing all opposition. But could he really do anything against the combined strength of Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu?
"Very well, then." Lu Changsheng's gaze sharpened. From that moment on, he would hold nothing back.
Hum.
Rays of light bloomed from his body one after another, each representing a distinct Principle. Five in total this time, three of them at Perfection and two that had not yet reached it.
A breath of wind seemed to stir from nowhere. As it swept past, the surroundings dimmed faintly. Within the shroud of Lu Changsheng's Mind Space, darkness began to gather.
"This is..." Everyone stared into the depths of Lu Changsheng's Mind Space, transfixed.
The five Principles had vanished, and a mass of pitch-black power surged in their place. It was the Lesser Five Elements Annihilation!
This was the divine technique Lu Changsheng had devised himself, and it was currently his most devastating offensive ability. Its power would have already been enough to bring Dao Lord Qing Xuan to his knees without any of the Principles at Perfection. And now, with three of them at Perfection, the power of Lesser Five Elements Annihilation was simply beyond comprehension.
The black tide rolled forward, consuming and annihilating everything in its path. It crashed into the two Dao Lords formation without even making a sound. The formation failed to offer even a moment of resistance, vanishing as though it had never even existed.
The black tide swept over the enchanted treasures next. These were enchanted treasures the two supreme Dao Lords had poured immeasurable effort into refining, each one of world-shaking power.
And yet, those treasures they had staked everything on could not hold out for even a single breath. Like the formation before them, they were engulfed by the black tide and vanished out of existence.
"Gah!"
Both supreme Dao Lords spat mouthfuls of blood.
"My enchanted treasure..."
"How could my enchanted treasure be destroyed like that?"
Their artifacts had offered no resistance whatsoever against the Lesser Five Elements Annihilation, reduced to ash in an instant. And the divine technique did not stop there. The black tide surged on, sweeping toward both supreme Dao Lords with unstoppable force. No one watching dared underestimate that black tide any longer.
"No—"
The voices of the two Dao Lords were cut off as the black tide came crashing over them.
Silence. The two Dao Lords were gone, not even a trace of their auras left. Just like the two Dao Lords had been annihilated without any resistance.
Silence persisted. Even the boldest martial artists and Foundation Establishment cultivators stood frozen in utter disbelief. They were not even sure as to what they had just witnessed.
It wasn't just that Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu had died; what shocked everyone was just how helpless they had been right before their doom. Lu Changsheng had annihilated them with no more than a raise of his hand.
Had the two Dao Lords really been that weak?
"Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu... are actually dead?"
"You're joking. Two Dao Lords of that renown, gone just like that?"
"Is this real?"
"Their formation, their enchanted treasures, none of it could stop Lu Changsheng's divine technique. What kind of divine technique was that? It was so scary, even watching it from afar."
"Just how powerful has Lu Changsheng become?"
"No wonder he had the courage to block the exit of the secret realm. He seems invincible."
A storm of shock swept through the onlookers, yet no one dared raise their voice above a murmur. It was as though they feared drawing Lu Changsheng's attention and incurring his displeasure.
However, the most terrified of all were Zhang Tianyi and Su Tianwen. They had been standing right there, close enough to reach out and touch Lu Changsheng, and they had watched Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu's demise with their own eyes.
They had crossed blades with those two Dao Lords more times than they could count, and inside the secret realm, they had even come out on the losing end, having their Principle Divine Stones wrested away. And yet, those two formidable Dao Lords were gone, annihilated by Lu Changsheng right in front of them.
As supreme Dao Foundation martial artists themselves, Zhang Tianyi and Su Tianwen understood divine techniques better than most. They had felt the terror of the Lesser Five Elements Annihilation firsthand, and they knew at once that it was not something one could simply clash with.
Whoosh!
Lu Changsheng withdrew the Lesser Five Elements Annihilation, and the surroundings brightened once more. The black tide was gone, and so were Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu. There was not even a single bone fragment left of them.
Lu Changsheng had made sure to shield the two Dao Lords' spatial treasures. Naturally, he could not afford to destroy those. When he scanned them, a smile broke on his face.
There they are!
Sure enough, there were exactly three Principle Divine Stones in there. With the one he had obtained earlier, Lu Changsheng now held four Principle Divine Stones in total, precisely what he needed. After all, four of his Principles had yet to reach Perfection, two of which he had not even begun to comprehend. Either way, four Principle Divine Stones was exactly the number he needed.
"D-Daoist Lu, we really have no Principle Divine Stones. If you don't believe us, you are welcome to check our spatial treasures."
It was Su Tianwen who broke the silence. He and Zhang Tianyi tossed their spatial treasures to Lu Changsheng together.
Lu Changsheng made no show of courtesy, sweeping through them before offering a slight smile. "Alright, you're free to go."
With that said, he quietly helped himself to a few drops of Heavenly Demon Essence Blood without drawing any attention to the act. The two could only look the other way and pretend not to notice. freewebnoveℓ.com
Zhang Tianyi, who had thrown the first blow against Lu Changsheng not long ago, now didn't dare utter a single word. Looking back, he had no idea where he had found the nerve to raise his hand against someone of Lu Changsheng's caliber.
Lu Changsheng returned the spatial treasures to Su Tianwen and Zhang Tianyi. Only then could the two of them breathe a sigh of relief. Now, it became apparent to everyone that Lu Changsheng really just wanted the Principle Divine Stones, and that shedding blood was not his true goal.
As for Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu, they had thought too highly of themselves and refused to lose face. In the end, they had not lost face but their lives.
Principle Divine Stones were of little use to Dao Lords to begin with, useful only for trading and entirely dispensable. And yet, Dao Lord Dongyang and Dao Lord Shou Xu had thrown their lives away just for that. In the end, pride had been their undoing.
As for Lu Changsheng, he had finally achieved everything he had come to the secret realm for. Now, there was no reason for him to remain in the Heavenly Shackle Mountain Range any longer.
Whoosh.
In the next instant, he turned and streaked away as a flash of light, disappearing into the horizon, leaving behind a crowd of Dao Foundation martial artists and Dao Lords still reeling from the shock of what they had just witnessed.
