"Lei Ce is dead??"
Tai Shang's eyes bulged. Lei Ce! One of the five殿主 (Palace Masters) of the Lei Yun Palace. The conflict between the Great Han and the Lei Yun Palace hadn't escalated to the point of no return. Was a mere Hai Yun Divine Dynasty enough to push their relationship to such an irreconcilable state?
What also shocked Tai Shang was how formidable Xie Lü Guang, who wielded a long halberd and carried a battle bow on his back, was. With just a few moves, he had eliminated one of the five great pillars of the Lei Yun Palace. Even he, or even if he and the Zi Li Sacred Lord had attacked together, they likely wouldn't have achieved such a swift victory.
"Interesting!"
"Li Xin, how many years has it been? How many years has it been since we've seen such a powerful Human prodigy in the West!"
Gui Hai Supreme Lord gazed at the battlefield.
"Humans are still humans. To be favored by the Great Dao, it truly makes this venerable one envious. Perhaps in ten thousand years, this Great Han Divine Dynasty will be on equal footing with us."
Li Xin Supreme Lord narrowed his eyes. The few outstanding individuals that had appeared from the Great Han were all formidable in combat, fighting beyond their level and suppressing Sacred Lord realm beings.
"Too powerful!!"
"The Great Han Divine Dynasty, a glorious nation on the rise!!"
One sentient being after another was shocked. Lei Ce! That was Lei Ce! While not the most powerful among the Sacred Lord realm in the West, he was a significant figure in the Lei Yun Palace. A great war between the Great Han Divine Dynasty and the Lei Yun Palace was inevitable, a battle of life and death!
"Qi Lin Huo Liu Yun!"
Li Su clenched his long saber tightly. Instantly, patterns ignited on the entire saber, intertwining like a mythical Qi Lin beast treading on the void, carrying five-colored auspicious clouds on its back. Wisps of flame, like flowing clouds, covered every corner!
Above Li Su's head, the scene that appeared on the long saber was projected into the void. Ten thousand streams of five-colored auspicious clouds, a Qi Lin roaring, and a sea of fire stretching to the horizon!
"Slash!"
Li Su shouted again, veins bulging in his neck.
The sea of fire sprayed out flowing clouds, and the five-colored auspicious clouds exuded terrifying divine power, merging into the long saber in Li Su's hands.
The Qi Lin roared, a bloody long saber suspended in its mouth, crackling with lightning, and was directly cleaved down by Li Su!
Fire dragons erupted!
Boom!
Fire clouds surged, refining the place where Lei Ce had fallen into layers of molten lava!
"Come on!!"
Tuoba Zhang brandished his cold saber. The inch-by-inch world of ice, illuminated by the pervasive firelight, turned crimson. Streams of cold air continuously resisted the light of the scorching sun!
The injured Tuoba Zhang could no longer keep up with Li Su's rhythm. Facing Li Su's furious slash, his heart was already numb. The power of this saber strike was far more terrifying than before. It was likely that two of him would be half-dead from this single strike by Li Su!
Especially the Qi Lin in the void; with every roar, his heart pounded violently. The dense aura of a divine beast in the air suppressed him, making him feel powerless despite his will.
Boom!
The divine saber fell, and endless firelight pressed down. The outer edges of the ice world began to vaporize, and inch by inch, the ice world started to collapse and shatter. Soon, the entire domain could no longer hold.
"Ah... where is my iron cavalry!!"
"Where is my iron cavalry!!"
Under the refinement of the divine fire, a roar sounded. Tuoba Zhang was filled with terror, screaming hysterically towards the outside, his aura weakening.
Tuoba Zhang's heart was filled with fear. He looked at the divine fire pressing down from above. Even his cold saber had cracked, and his divine power was suppressed. How could ordinary ice withstand divine fire? Was this the true Li Su?
Tuoba Zhang roared. He was no longer an opponent. To resist and survive, he could only rely on the iron cavalry he had brought. With a military formation, he might stand a chance. This Human was truly terrifying, so terrifying that it made him deeply aghast.
Boom!
The iron cavalry brought by Tuoba Zhang instantly raised their spears, the royal banner waved, and waves of blood essence coiled in the sky. However, they all stayed far away from the terrifying Qi Lin divine fire, daring not to approach!
At this moment, Tuoba Zhang was screaming madly in his heart. He felt the fear of the military formation, which, under the suppression of the Qi Lin divine fire, was unable to even coalesce.
Damn Tuoba Jing Xing!
Boom!
The long saber in the Qi Lin beast's mouth descended!
Tuoba Zhang, on the verge of collapse, roared. He flung the fragments of the cold saber he held in his hand. Relying on those fragments, he tore open a sliver of a crack. In his madness, he reached out his right hand and grabbed the blood essence of the iron cavalry formation.
With a tearing sound!
The flesh and blood on his entire arm were swallowed by the divine fire, and his bones began to blacken. He hurriedly pulled back, but it was too late. The moment the formation entered, it was met with the fierce consumption and erosion of the Qi Lin divine fire, and the military formation exploded!
Half of the soldiers disintegrated!
Above his head, the saber light from the Qi Lin's mouth finally descended!
Even the Qi Lin divine fire surrounding him weakened, not daring to meet its edge.
His face!
Then his entire body!
He felt a searing pain, a pain that penetrated the deepest recesses of his soul. Then, a blinding light forced him to close his eyes. Even his divine sense could not leave his own body!
Tuoba Zhang's physical body emitted a strong light, a light tinged with fresh blood, and then burst into flames. His flesh and blood dissipated, and his bones charred.
"No!!"
The charred, withered skeleton struggled with all its might!
His two arms had not even been raised much before they turned to ashes. The entire person vanished without a trace.
The entire scene spiraled out of control once more.
At this moment, countless sentient beings fell silent, maintaining their caution in shock.
Lei Ce's death was undoubtedly shocking. Now, Tuoba Zhang's death proved that the Great Han Divine Dynasty possessed absolutely formidable strength. This strength could not be said to overpower second-tier forces like the Demon Sea Marsh, but it could certainly stand on equal footing.
A rising power, stepping on the shoulders of the Lei Yun Palace and the Tian Yuan Divine Dynasty, had ascended to the ranks of the Western second-tier forces, second only to the three overlords.
Countless sentient beings, including Tai Shang and the Zi Li Sacred Lord, instinctively turned their gaze towards the martial generals standing in order on the square of the Xuan Zheng Palace.
Meng Tian!
Guan Yu!
Fu Youde...!
These individuals, already renowned and famous during the Great Han's conquest of the Hundred Western Cities!!
Their information was relatively complete compared to other prodigies, collected by other sentient beings and factions.
Humans!!
This race was too terrifying!!
...
"By the decree of the Divine Emperor!"
"Kill the enemy!!"
Xin Qi Ji's hands erupted with thunder, and ten thousand horses galloped around him. The divine power unleashed by his aura was as if a military formation was augmented onto him. He himself was like a thousand soldiers. He slashed with his sword, and ten thousand horses roared, his sword light crisscrossed, and thunder rumbled!
Boom!
Jia Bin could no longer hold his sharp weapon. The weapon, made from the skull of an ancestral crocodile, was directly shattered by half by the sword light. Dozens of teeth flew out and disintegrated in the void!
"You dare to damage my life-bound weapon!"