Chapter 3943: Supreme Power

Li Guo panted heavily as he watched Jie Zun approach, and he let out a bitter laugh. "I didn’t expect to eventually be killed by your hand. If I had known, I would’ve taken the lead in hunting you down back then. You wouldn't have gotten away."

Jie Zun continued slowly walking toward Li Guo, step by step.

Li Guo’s eyes narrowed. "Before I die, can you at least tell me... exactly what are the Netherfiends? I'm quite curious."

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Jie Zun clenched a fist and threw another punch.

Li Guo rolled his eyes.

Still not going to answer? Then just forget it.

As the punch was thrown forward, white bones suddenly tore through the skin of Jie Zun’s arm, piercing outwards with enough force to cause his blow to miss his target.

He stared down at his arm, which had just been reduced to flesh hanging the bones that had just burst through the skin. Jie Zun clearly looked confused.

A skeleton appeared in the distance. Li Guo glanced over at it and grinned. "I knew that you wouldn't die so easily, Cheng Hongyuan."

Jie Zun also turned to look at the skeleton, only to be even more puzzled.

The skeleton was Cheng Hongyuan himself. Jie Zun’s punch had destroyed the man’s body, but at the last moment, Cheng Hongyuan had shedded his flesh and escaped as a mere skeleton.

Despite escaping in such a manner, half of his skeleton had been crushed, giving him a truly miserable appearance.

Fortunately, before his body had been destroyed, Cheng Hongyuan had managed to partially implant Bone Script into Jie Zun, which had caused his punch to miss.

Suddenly, a bone shot out from inside Jie Zun’s arm, and it thrust upwards, aiming straight at his face.

Jie Zun grabbed the bone, broke it, and then tossed it aside before raising his left arm and launching a vicious punch at Li Guo.

The man stopped playing dead and quickly dodged aside. He had already known that Cheng Hongyuan was still alive and had simply been testing his value. Having received an answer, Li Guo understood that his worth was far greater than he had ever imagined.

"Cheng Hongyuan, find a way to deal with him quickly, or else both of us are dead."

Cheng Hongyuan’s skeletal head turned to face Jie Zun, incessantly mumbling quietly.

Jie Zun suddenly vanished. When he reappeared, he was behind Cheng Hongyuan, lashing out with a kick. While being nothing more than mere bones, Cheng Hongyuan proved surprisingly agile and managed to dodge the kick. He spun around and released seventeen instant formations, as the Void Wall had been etched into his bones. The danger zones of multiple spirit treasures blasted towards Jie Zun, as Li Guo simultaneously used Codex 3 and Linear Insight.

Jie Zun was enveloped by the dual attacks. The red power that covered his body was suppressed by the danger zones as he was forced to endure the relentless onslaught.

When the bones in Jie Zun’s left arm pierced through his flesh, Cheng Hongyuan let out a sigh of relief. It was finally over.

While he had originally wanted to use Jie Zun against Li Guo, to Cheng Hongyuan’s great surprise, Jie Zun wanted to kill them both. Fortunately, with Jie Zun dealt with, Li Guo had also reached his limits.

Cheng Hongyuan glanced over at Li Guo and reached out. His eerie white bones were terrifying to behold.

Li Guo was already prepared, so when he saw Cheng Hongyuan’s skeletal hand grabbing for him, he stood firm and declared, "Heaven, Earth, and Man! Threefold Link."

The void froze as a strand of a spirit treasure’s danger zone dropped down from the starry sky above, connecting to Li Guo. As that happened, another strand rose up from underground, connecting to the sky and Li Guo’s body, forming a triangle.

Cheng Hongyuan immediately sensed that something was wrong, and he raced towards Li Guo.

The skeleton could not make it in time. The moment the triangle finished forming, Cheng Hongyuan felt overcome by a chill unlike anything he had ever felt before. "What is this?"

Li Guo smiled. “Congratulations. You’re the first person to witness my self-created Script Array.”

Cheng Hongyuan was in disbelief. “Self-created... Script Array?”

“The Yu family’s secret method is their Script Array. I didn’t need to learn it from them, as I was able to create my own.” Red blood vessels highlighted Li Guo’s eyes brightly. “Heaven, Earth, and Man: Threefold Link. This is my Script Array.”

Cheng Hongyuan stared hard at Li Guo. Suddenly, the man’s back was ripped open by a massive wound, and white bones erupted from his body. “Li Guo, don’t force me to kill you!”

“You’re already too late! My formation is complete! Even I can’t control it now.” Li Guo coughed up blood as the triangle expanded. Soon, both Cheng Hongyuan and Jie Zun were inside of it.

Cheng Hongyuan started to panic, and he even turned to flee. Li Guo was right; his Heaven, Earth, and Man: Threefold Link was completely uncontrollable. Not even killing Li Guo would eliminate his spirit treasure formation. Additionally, the fact that he had developed a Script Array on his own meant that his level of talent exceeded all expectations. He could not be allowed to die.

Li Guo let out a sadistic laugh of satisfaction. This was why he had taken the earlier risk of testing Cheng Hongyuan. Only by confirming his own value could Li Guo make the decision to use this particular spirit treasure formation. If Cheng Hongyuan had been willing to kill Li Guo, he would have never had the chance to use his Script Array.

“I’ve completely changed in the years since I was driven out of the West Domain by your three great clans! It’s such a pity that Baisha Tiancheng’s already died. His expression would’ve been wonderful to see when he witnessed this!

“Your three clans took direct action to force a once-pure, incredibly talented spirit treasure formation master into a scheming manipulator like me. Hahahahaha!”

Hearing Li Guo’s maniacal laughter, Cheng Hongyuan cursed the man as a lunatic.

Run! I need to run now and escape from this formation!

The spirit treasure formation had not fully activated yet, which meant that there was still a chance for Cheng Hongyuan to escape.

Just as the skeleton was fleeing and Li Guo was laughing, a red light shot into the sky from the unfathomable depths below. It connected heaven and earth before spreading across the sky of the West Domain in waves of red ripples.

Li Guo’s laughter was abruptly cut off. He stared blankly at the ground in front of him, which was where Jie Zun had been overwhelmed by the two danger zones.

Cheng Hongyuan looked back at the same location.

Jie Zun?

Jie Zun rose up from beneath the earth. At this moment, he radiated an unbearably oppressive aura, giving off the impression that he was a monster crawling out of the abyss. His eyes radiated a red so fierce that his pupils disappeared. His entire body was enveloped by the churning, twisted red energy. Any casual movement sent shockwaves through the void, chilling others to the bone.

The air took on a red tint, and the color started to spread across both the sky and the ground.

Everyone in Skyveil City saw the sky above them turn dark red. They lifted their hands to the cool currents that were sweeping through their fingers. The wind carried the metallic scent of blood.

What was happening?

Li Guo stared at Jie Zun in horror. He had never experienced a power like this. The power alone evoked an indescribable sense of dread, as if it had somehow emerged from the abyss of death itself.

Before this, there had been a similar feeling to Jie Zun’s power, but it had been greatly subdued. It had merely been comparable to the aura given off by Cheng Hongyuan’s white skeleton.

At this moment, Jie Zun’s strength had risen to more than double what it had been before, and the ominous feeling to his power had magnified endlessly, which was why Li Guo’s heart had dropped.

What on earth is this power?

Cheng Hongyuan stared at Jie Zun. At this moment, even he felt chilled.

What exactly has this man done? He’s a monster, plain and simple.

Jie Zun fully emerged from the ground, raised his head, and then let out a roar. The red light exploded outwards, rapidly expanding to envelop the entire Script Array of Heaven, Earth, and Man: Threefold Link. The spirit treasure formation instantly shattered.

Li Guo staggered back several steps, stunned.

He shattered my formation using nothing but pure power? Impossible! Who but an Immortal could do that? It’s impossible!

The crimson power spread across the land. Jie Zun was completely shrouded by the power, which had grown so dense that his face was no longer visible.

The man looked at Li Guo and raised a hand. At that moment, both the sky and the ground below seemed to be collapsing beneath the overwhelming pressure.

Li Guo stared at the hand pointing at him. He was doomed. There was no way he could withstand this.

Further away, Cheng Hongyuan made no attempt to move. No matter how he fled, he would never be able to escape from Jie Zun’s power. He had never expected to encounter such a monster at this critical moment.

Just what kind of existence are the Netherfiends, for them to have created such a monster?

Is there no limit to that red power? Who aside from an Immortal could possibly stand against this creature?

Why has he appeared here?

Jie Zun’s palm was directed at Li Guo. The red light fully engulfed the man as the hand itself started to radiate the same dark red. It was terrifying.

Li Guo stared at the red coloring everything.

So this will be the last color I’ll see in my life. It looks like my own blood.

What a pity, I never did get revenge.

Deathmound’s Reversed Speech Mountain is going to need a new master.

Great Master, your subordinate will go on ahead.

Whoosh!

A gust of wind blew through the area, cold enough to pierce the bone.

The earth split open as Jie Zun staggered back multiple steps. A thunderous impact echoed. Li Guo stared blankly at the familiar figure who had appeared before him. "Why are you here?"

It was none other than Lu Yin standing before Li Guo.

Lu Yin glanced down at his own hand and then back at Jie Zun. The younger man’s expression turned grave. “That was a powerful attack. It was even stronger than anything that Yong Heng could release. Are the Netherfiends in this megaverse really so formidable?”

Jie Zun locked eyes with Lu Yin as he clenched his left fist and threw out another punch. red energy surged out from his body, flooding forward with unrelenting power.

At that moment, the universe itself shook. Even Li Guo and Cheng Hongyuan were completely shaken by the force that had just been unleashed.

Lu Yin raised a hand. Infinity flowed through his body as Heaven's Seal’s sequence particles spread out. His hand reached forward to grab the attack.

Boom!

Space was split asunder. The rift rose up, tearing the sky above the West Domain apart, stunning countless observers.

Lu Yin had caught Jie Zun’s punch and not taken so much as a single step back.

Jie Zun’s slitted scarlet pupils contracted sharply in disbelief. Someone had actually managed to stop him.

Lu Yin was quite amazed. “You have the strongest physique of anyone I’ve met who’s beneath the Immortal realm. You’re even more powerful than the Morrow Behemoths! With this much strength, even a Lesser Sancte might not be able to fight you. I’m curious, just what have all of you been hiding and planning for so many years?”

Jie Zun tried to pull his arm back, only to find that it was impossible. Lu Yin held the fist securely in place, preventing Jie Zun from even moving.

Li Guo was just as astounded as Jie Zun. Even before the man’s strength spiked, Li Guo and Cheng Hongyuan had only barely managed to hold him off by working together. After Jie Zun’s power spiked, the other two men had been completely outclassed. And yet, Lu Yin had still managed to effortlessly capture the monster!

No wonder it was said that Lu Yin was the most powerful cultivator beneath the Immortal realm. Such power was simply outrageous.

Jie Zun’s eyes bulged. With a burst of force, he tore himself free, though only by ripping off his own arm. He then immediately turned to flee.

The bones of his right arm had already ripped through his skin, and he had just lost his left arm, leaving both arms utterly useless.

Lu Yin took a step forward. With Inverse Step, how could Jie Zun possibly escape?

Lu Yin reached out and grabbed the fleeing man’s head. “You left an arm behind, so why don’t we see if your head can stay, too. Tell me, where are the Netherfiends? Where is Yong Heng?”

Jie Zun’s knee shot up to strike Lu Yin, but Lu Yin slammed a palm down and shattered the man’s leg. Jie Zun slammed into the ground, but he still did not give up. He stomped at the void with his other leg, launching himself to the side. However, before he managed to finish moving, a hand shot down and grabbed the back of his neck. He was picked up without any visible effort.

Red energy roiled across Jie Zun’s body, constantly churning through the void. Even so, the man had no power with which to resist Lu Yin’s strength.

Li Guo had misjudged things. While Jie Zun’s physical strength was sufficient for him to typically rampage unstopped and could even be considered the peak of what was possible for Dukkhans, it still fell short of the true limit beneath the Immortal realm. Jie Zun’s strength was nothing more than brute force, which meant that, against a master of physical strength like Lu Yin, Jie Zun stood absolutely no chance.

The man had encountered a true nightmare in his same forte.

Li Guo stared blankly as Lu Yin destroyed Jie Zun’s last functioning leg and then dropped him. The red energy flowed out from Jie Zun’s body like blood, illuminating Lu Yin and giving him both a divine and demonic appearance.