Chapter 567

Chapter 567: Again

A god?

They sneered at the man’s arrogance.

"It’s more like the plague god!"

Battle Dao Sovereign snorted coldly. His magic power surged, and a heavenly blade appeared in his palm. His Great Dao World trembled as vast magic power poured into the heavenly blade. With a single slash, he aimed straight for the man.

Crack!

The blade light dazzled, its fierce sword energy piercing through everyone’s Purple Palaces.

Battle Dao Sovereign’s strike shaved off mountaintops, Divine Mountains falling as it charged towards the man.

"Like a lazy ant trying to shake a tree."

The man wore an expression of contempt. He remained utterly still until the heavenly blade descended. Tens of thousands of sword energies rained down on his body, yet an invisible barrier of qi seemed to encase him.

The sword energies fell with clang-clang clashes, impossible to break through his defense.

"This man has frightening strength!" Ying Ziyu‘s beautiful eyes narrowed.

Bi’an also felt a chill in his heart.

He wouldn’t dare underestimate Battle Dao Sovereign’s strike, yet this man stood motionless like a mountain—his power clearly surpassed Battle Dao Sovereign’s.

"Where did this man come from?" Bi’an thought to himself.

The matter of the Haotian lineage was extremely secret; the ancestral dragon hadn’t breathed a word of it.

So Bi’an had no clue about the origins of this man and woman before him.

"Overestimating yourselves!"

The man extended a hand and grasped the blade’s edge.

Boom!

He gave a slight tremor of his wrist, and terrible lightning suddenly exploded along the heavenly blade. Instantly, the connection between Battle Dao Sovereign and the heavenly blade was severed. Bolts of lightning blasted into Battle Dao Sovereign’s body.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, Battle Dao Sovereign was charred black into a crisp, the scent of cooked meat wafting from him.

"Senior Brother!"

A Dao Sovereign from the Immortal Palace of All Laws turned pale. This man’s strength was absurd!

Battle Dao Sovereign was an elite among his peers, indisputably so—yet he couldn’t withstand even one blow from this man!

Ying Ziyu’s expression darkened with gravity.

"Brother Ye, is this man stronger than you?" Li Ruoyu asked.

The man was so terrifyingly powerful that Li Ruoyu felt genuine fear stir.

How could someone cultivate such overwhelming strength at the same level?

"Whether he is stronger or not can only be known after a match," Ye Xu replied lightly. He had never doubted his ability to defeat anyone at the same cultivation level.

Otherwise, wouldn’t those fourteen trillion Hongmeng points have been spent for nothing?

Swish!

The man struck out with a palm.

His aura grew immeasurably heavy, as mighty and unstoppable as the heavens themselves.

His palm swept forward, annihilating both the Great Dao and magic power, instantly imprinting itself onto Battle Dao Sovereign’s chest.

Battle Dao Sovereign let out a low roar. One hundred and eight Great Dao Worlds unfurled around him. The Dao Realm unified, coalescing into a vast and unstoppable force that repelled the man’s palm.

Intent on countering, he channeled layer upon layer of the Great Dao into divine abilities, gathering them into his palm.

Boom!

Battle Dao Sovereign clenched his fist and hurled it toward the man. One hundred and eight Great Dao divine abilities fused flawlessly, evolving into a single, world-shaking unified divine ability. Its power was immense and utterly unstoppable.

"Quite interesting."

Watching this, the man’s lips curled into a slight smirk.

It seemed the current Battle Dao Sovereign was worthy of his strike.

"Heavenly Scale Seal!"

The man held his palm like a seal. Boundless primordial energy between heaven and earth seemed to fall under his command, surging toward him in a frenzy. He met Battle Dao Sovereign’s fist with his own palm.

Boom!

In that instant,

one law broke ten thousand laws.

Battle Dao Sovereign’s unified divine ability, that force forged from one hundred and eight Great Daos, lasted only three breaths before being utterly shattered by the man’s overwhelming power.

Ugh!

Battle Dao Sovereign spat blood, his Great Dao World cracking like fractured glass. He was sent flying backward, crashing through one mountain peak after another until they crumbled around him. He was clearly grievously wounded.

Everyone fell silent.

"Pathetic."

The man stated coldly.

"You three, hiding for so long—show yourselves!"

Suddenly.

The man’s voice turned sharp, his gaze locking onto the hiding place of Ye Li and the other two.

A flash of lightning sparked in his eyes. The Divine Mountain exploded with a thunderous boom, revealing three figures amid the debris.

Li Ruoyu and Dao Sovereign Qingyuan were too slow to dodge. Covered in dust and grime, they looked thoroughly disheveled.

Killing intent flared in Ye Li’s eyes.

He had only wanted to watch the show. Yet this man had pointed the spear at him? Did he think Ye Li was harmless?

"People of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion…"

Ying Ziyu, Bi’an, and those of the Immortal Palace of All Laws tensed visibly.

"Hmm?"

Upon seeing Ye Li, the man and woman from the Haotian lineage slightly furrowed their brows. For some reason, Ye Li’s aura made them feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Kid, I bear you no grudge or ill will," Ye Li said coldly. "Why are you immediately set on confronting me? You haven’t learned how ‘death’ is written yet?"

"Hahaha…"

The man burst into laughter, his expression arrogant. "In all my many years of existence, no one has ever dared to be this insolent before me!"

"That’s right."

Ye Li nodded. "And no one has dared to be insolent before me either."

"Today, we end you."

Both spoke simultaneously.

Boom!

Ye Li took a single step and vanished from the sight and perception of all onlookers.

"Shen You, be careful."

The woman frowned. "This man is strange."

"Rest assured."

Shen You declared proudly. "Though stronger than the one from before, before us, he too is just a punching bag, utterly incapable of causing any disturbance!"

Under the suppression of Heavenly Law, nothing could remain hidden.

Thud!

Shen You stamped his foot on the ground. Instantly, an invisible force bound the heavens and earth. The void became like a mirror, reflecting everything with stark clarity.

Ye Li was mirrored within it.

In that very moment, Shen You shattered Ye Li’s Ultimate Great Luo Heaven Divine Ability and pinpointed his location.

"He’s run into tough opponents," Li Ruoyu said with concern.

"Heavenly Punishment!"

Shen You uttered the words, voice booming.

Boom-crackle!

The next instant, thunder boomed across the sky. A terrifying, world-ending power engulfed the land. Dark clouds pressed low as streaks of scarlet lightning, like hidden vicious dragons, flickered menacingly.

Crackle-crackle!

A mere breath later, a deluge of Tribulation Thunder descended, crashing down towards Ye Li like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.

"Summoning Heavenly Punishment?"

Ying Ziyu was stunned. "What sort of divine ability is that?"

Everyone was awestruck by this spectacle.

Just who was Shen You?

"Brat, you’re cheating!"

Ye Li declared indignantly.

Although he knew Shen You’s origins, he was still astonished upon witnessing his abilities.

To command reality with words, summoning divine punishment anytime, anywhere—it was downright perverse.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Endless streams of Divine Thunder of punishment rained down, turning the world into an ocean of lightning.

Ye Li bathed within the Tribulation Thunder.

The power of divine punishment shattered his protective magic, electrifying his entire body until it went numb. Streaks of lightning surged into his limbs and raced chaotically through his bones.

Admittedly, it felt rather comfortable.

Like a massage.

"The last time I enjoyed the Heavenly Dao’s service was back in the lower realm," Ye Li remarked with immense satisfaction, chuckling. "Little Kid, that’s too weak. Amp it up a bit."

"……"

Bi’an, Ying Ziyu, and the Dao Sovereigns’ eyelids twitched.

What a freak.

"Brother Li’s realm is truly something I can only look up to," Li Ruoyu sighed. Seeing Ye Li’s demeanor, he couldn’t help but recall Ye Xu.

Back in the Pangu universe, Ye Xu had pulled a similar stunt.

"How… eerily similar?"

Li Ruoyu’s gaze flickered thoughtfully.

The woman from the Haotian lineage, Shen Le, narrowed her sparkling eyes.

"How is this possible?"

The Haotian lineage, born with the power of the Heavenly Dao, could command celestial might and summon divine punishment, inherently suppressing all living beings.

Yet Ye Li showed no fear of this heavenly retribution.

It was utterly bizarre.

"Interesting."

Shen You narrowed his eyes.

"Who would have thought that after years secluded from the mundane world, my very first emergence would gift me such a surprise." Shen You laughed. "You’ve earned the right to die by my hands."

Boom!

He channeled his magic power. A compass-like instrument materialized mid-air.

Imbued with majestic heavenly authority, intricate divine patterns swirled around it. Its pointer spun at an unfathomable speed, maniacally deducing Ye Li’s weaknesses.

Beneath Heaven’s gaze, nothing remained hidden.

Yet the very next second—

Shen You’s expression contorted violently.

He couldn’t trace Ye Li’s roots, nor find a single flaw. It was as if this man had appeared out of nowhere, leaving no record in the Heavenly Dao’s archives.

Impossible!

Horror washed over Shen You as he stared fixedly at Ye Li, who was leisurely bathing in the Tribulation Thunder.

"Just who are you?"