Volume 3 - Chapter 364: Nine Sequences Revealed, True Power Unleashed - Part 4
Suddenly, a furious roar tore through the air.
Shen Wuji's hair bristled with rage. With a mighty fist, he shattered the lingering afterimages around him and blasted apart the sword light Li Hao had unleashed.
"This was meant for those other bastards... didn’t think I’d have to use it on you!"
His eyes burned with fury. Though he acknowledged Li Hao’s strength, he never believed the boy was worth his full power.
But now, he had been pushed to this point.
Even with Ancient God Descent, he could not suppress him.
“Young master…”
Outside the Imperial Platform, an elder of the Ancient God Clan stood frozen, his expression shifting drastically.
"Divine Battle Heaven Song!!"
Shen Wuji’s low growl rumbled from his throat. His eyes sharpened like a wolf’s, and golden mist burst forth from his body. His wounds began to heal rapidly in the nourishing haze.
Then, with a single stomp, he launched into a strange, ancient war dance.
His movements mirrored those of a primordial shaman performing a sacrificial rite—mysterious and eerie. Each step struck the void above the Imperial Platform, giving rise to blooming golden lotus platforms.
“That’s the Divine Battle Heaven Song—one of the Ancient God Clan’s most terrifying secret arts!”
“They say a Great Emperor of the Ancient God Clan once used this battle song to fight the Heavenly Dao itself, carving out a golden age during the barbaric era…”
“I heard echoes of it once, during the ancient war against the Ancient Fiends ten thousand years ago. It shattered the Supreme One of the Ancient Fiend Clan!”
The elders of the Southern Domain were stunned. Long-buried memories surfaced one by one.
No one had expected to witness even a shadow of an imperial-rank battle song in a clash at the True Immortal stage.
Outside the Imperial Platform, the other contestants were all visibly shaken, their faces drained of color.
Gui Lingyue and Gui Lingshuang wore grim expressions.
“He actually knows the opening movements of the Divine Battle Heaven Song…” Gui Lingshuang murmured, eyes narrowing. “I thought only Haotian or the Imperial Clan could manage such feats. Yet this Ancient God Clan prodigy is a monster in his own right.”
“What terrifying might… they say this battle song can even interfere with the Heavenly Dao itself…”
Gui Lingyue whispered. Each golden lotus that bloomed beneath Shen Wuji’s feet seemed to burn like crashing waves, stabbing pain into her eyes.
If she had been the one on stage, she doubted she could match Shen Wuji. That technique was simply too fearsome.
“To think there’s another like that outside the Imperial Clan…”
Elsewhere, Jianxin and Mingyue, whose expressions had previously been calm, now showed rare solemnity.
The overwhelming aura surging atop the Imperial Platform pressed down on even them.
“Divine Battle Heaven Song…”
Atop a nearby peak, Di Linchen sat on a boulder, a flask in hand. He had been drinking, but now his eyes were fixed on the battlefield.
As Shen Wuji’s arcane dance continued, the entire Imperial Platform seemed to fall into a forbidden realm.
Li Hao suddenly felt the All-Heavens Star Vein within him dim. He could no longer connect to the heavens!
He froze. This was the first time he had encountered such a phenomenon.
His opponent’s technique was cutting off access to his terminal realm powers!
Sensing his own immortal energy becoming inaccessible, Li Hao immediately dismissed the many high-cost immortal arts like Myriad Shadows.
They were being broken down by an unseen force—one even more potent than the Forbidden Void Technique, tenfold more potent.
Worse yet, even his own Dao-origin had gone fuzzy, unreachable.
This eerie suppression chilled him to the core. Never had he experienced anything like it.
Watching Shen Wuji’s bizarre dance, feeling the rising might, Li Hao realized—if he continued relying on the Ten Great Immortal Arts, he was doomed to defeat.
This was, by far, the strongest opponent he’d faced in the Southern Domain Tournament.
“It’s time to end this!”
Shen Wuji’s dance came to a halt. Yet around him, a bizarre field of laws had formed.
The Divine Battle Heaven Song could disrupt the Heavenly Dao itself, rendering all immortal arts invalid. Even the source of one’s Dao was sealed and imperceptible!
Within the same realm, it made him virtually invincible.
Combined with his Ancient God Descent state, Shen Wuji now stood as a being wielding tenfold the might of a peak-stage True Immortal—facing someone who had the title of True Immortal, but none of its powers or arts.
Golden light gathered at his fist. He was ready to strike, delivering his strongest blow—an act of respect for the man who had forced him to reveal his trump card.
“Divine Battle Heaven Song… how could this be…”
Outside the platform, Li Tiemu stood dazed, despair creeping into his face.
Even the Great Dream Master was stunned. She hadn’t expected the Ancient God Clan youth to wield something so fearsome. He was only at the True Immortal stage… yet already so monstrous!
If it had only been Ancient God Descent, Li Hao might have had a sliver of hope. But now…
Her lips twisted bitterly. And yet, in her heart, there was no shame—just a quiet sigh.
“This is…”
Yuexi and Gu Yan stared, blankly. Though they shared the same realm, Shen Wuji now seemed far beyond them. As though they were mere first-stage True Immortals, facing a perfected peak.
On the Imperial Platform, Li Hao stared at the blinding golden strike flying toward him. He drew a deep breath—there was no room left to conserve strength.
If he could no longer draw upon the Dao-origin from heaven and earth… he would unleash the power stored in his own immortal seal!
A brilliant silver light burst forth.
On his brow, the nine-petaled mark of the Nine-Flower Immortal Seal appeared.
He had already revealed it in earlier battles, so the crowd wasn’t surprised. But now, the silver glow intensified. Within each petal, a different Dao-origin bloomed.
Time. Space. Form. Dominion. Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!
The full nine-sequence Dao-origins flared upon his forehead, shining with boundless brilliance.
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