Holy Lotus Hall was deathly silent. Everyone watched Luo Xiu erge from the mass of dark mist, and for so reason, they all felt a sense of fear.
Master Ping's eyes widened as he hurriedly warned, "Everyone be careful! Don't get too close to him!"
He could feel the dense Aura of the Dead. If anyone got too close, their life force would surely be devoured by it.
Then, under the crowd's shocked gazes, strange black patterns began to surface on Luo Xiu's skin, giving him an incredibly eerie appearance. At the sa ti, his black hair grew wildly at a rate visible to the naked eye, cascading down to his waist.
With her small pink fists propped against her chin, Zhang Yi's beautiful eyes sparkled. "Brother Luo Xiu looks so cool like this! He looks really strong!"
Xu Qianqing gave her a sidelong glance and muttered, "What a ti to be so lovesick."
At that mont, Master Ping coughed twice. He looked at Luo Xiu with a strange expression and said, "Manners! Young man, mind your manners!"
Hearing this, Luo Xiu was taken aback, only then realizing he was stark naked. The atmosphere in the hall suddenly beca awkward. All the won turned their heads away, their faces flushed with embarrassnt.
Luo Xian's pretty face turned red. Suddenly rembering sothing, she took a fist-sized tallic sphere from her Storage Magical Treasure and tossed it to Luo Xiu. "Tian'er, this is your Battle Armor... I found it not long ago in a Corpse Nest."
Luo Xiu caught it, his curiosity piqued. This shiny silver sphere didn't seem to have anything to do with the words "Battle Armor."
Seeing his hesitation, Luo Xian urged in a tender voice, "You should hurry up and put it on. For an adult to be bare-bottod... Have you no sha?"
She couldn't help but recall bathing with her younger brother when they were children. Back then, the little guy also loved running around bare-bottod...
Luo Xiu wanted to ask how to wear the Battle Armor but was too embarrassed, so he tried connecting to it with his Divine Sense instead. To his surprise, as soon as his Divine Sense made contact, the tallic sphere suddenly burst open, turning into countless tiny fragnts that floated in The Void. The pieces then automatically assembled and condensed around him, forming a suit of Battle Armor that enveloped his entire body.
"So that's how it's worn."
Wrapped in the Battle Armor, Luo Xiu suddenly felt a profound sense of security. As the others watched him, they couldn't help but be reminded of the stone statue at the Green Lotus Dojo.
Zhang Yi remarked in admiration, "I never imagined that the real person wearing Battle Armor would look even more majestic and powerful than the statue!"
"He's impossibly cool! Chen Shuisheng, you should let Dou Dou wear it too! Dou Dou wants to beco a war goddess!" Dou Dou's eyes were filled with longing as she cheerfully ran towards Luo Xiu, only to be pulled back by Master Ping.
Master Ping looked at Luo Xiu with a peculiar expression and said, "You've put on quite a show. Now hurry up and let Master Ping witness your current strength."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Master Ping finished speaking, the skylight in the do shattered with a loud bang. In an instant, Luo Xiu had flown up and smashed through it, leaving the Holy Lotus Hall. Where he had been standing, only a few lingering wisps of the Aura of the Dead remained.
…
「At this mont, outside the Green Lotus Palace, amidst the ruins.」
Kui Bao saw the Broken Star Seal effortlessly pressing down and grinned. "With that seal coming down, I'm afraid everyone inside is going to die."
Yang Zan asked with a smile, "What, do you feel sorry for those beautiful fairies?"
"Forget it. They're just a few worthless won from the Mortal Realm, not worth my sympathy."
As the two of them joked, the falling Broken Star Seal suddenly froze in place as if ti had stopped.
"Eh…?"
Seeing this, Yang Zan furrowed his brows in confusion. The Magic Array Barrier has clearly been shattered and destroyed, so why would it…
As he pondered, he saw the Broken Star Seal begin to rise slowly, as if being pushed up by sothing. When it rose to a certain height, Yang Zan was stunned to discover a figure standing right beneath it. It was that very figure, lifting the seal upward with a single hand!
Long hair fluttering, clad in silver armor, emanating a supre divine presence... The familiar sight forced Yang Zan to recall the terror from years ago.
"The Azure Emperor... He really is the Azure Emperor!"
Kui Bao clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth. "But how is this possible? Even if he is the Azure Emperor, he can't possibly touch the Broken Star Seal with his bare hands!"
BOOM!
Just then, a thunderous explosion erupted. Luo Xiu had thrown a single punch and shattered the Broken Star Seal!
Yang Zan turned pale with shock.
Kui Bao gnashed his teeth, but fear surged in his heart. His courage drained away, and he dared not engage in a true battle. He didn't know why, but he felt that the current Luo Xiu was as terrifying as Death God himself; getting any closer would threaten his very life.
"Attack together! Annihilate the Azure Emperor!" At his command, nearby cultivators soared into the sky, converging on Luo Xiu from all directions.
However, eerily, as they neared a certain distance from Luo Xiu, the cultivators began to plumt from the sky. Before they even hit the ground, their life essences were devoured, leaving nothing but frigid corpses upon impact.
「At this mont, at the entrance of the Holy Lotus Hall.」
Master Ping, who was watching the battle, remarked with awe, "What a terrifying Aura of the Dead. It can devour the life of an Emperor Realm Cultivator in an instant."
Lao Ba's eyes glead with pride as he laughed heartily. "Our Crown Prince's current form, let's tentatively na it 'Grim Reaper Form'."
Luo Ying asked curiously, "Master Ping, what exactly did you do earlier?"
Master Ping gave a mysterious smirk. "We didn't do much. Just gave him an extra Dantian, that's all. Speaking of which, we have those three old geezers to thank for destroying his cultivation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have rged with that inner core so smoothly. Actually, the lad had long considered destroying his own cultivation, but he could never bring himself to do it. That self-destruction of his cultivation was a thousand tis more painful than stripping away his Life-bound Green Lotus."
Hearing this, Luo Qianye's beautiful eyes widened as she grasped the crux of the matter. "Why did His Majesty wish to strip away the Life-bound Green Lotus?" she asked urgently.
Master Ping shrugged. "Naturally, he didn't want his path to be confined to a single flower. That's why he chose to strip away the Green Lotus himself back on Calamity Extermination Island."
At his side, Luo Xian furrowed her brow. "You ntioned Calamity Extermination Island... He's been there?"
Master Ping spread his hands. "He went there to save you, of course."
Lin Shanshan's voice carried a hint of sourness as she said, "We had just arrived in the Upper Realm when Dad heard you were being held on Calamity Extermination Island, Auntie. That's why he left Snow Kirin and behind to go rescue you. I only heard about it from him later, though."
Hearing this, Luo Xian abruptly gazed up at Luo Xiu in the sky, her eyes gradually misting over. So, the mysterious expert who helped and Xian'er escape... was Tian'er.
…
As the first wave of cultivators hit the ground, the rest were struck with terror, daring not to co any closer to Luo Xiu. Although Kui Bao had tempted them with substantial rewards, their lives were far more precious.
Luo Xiu slowly surveyed his surroundings as spheres of lightning began to crackle across his body. These were the Thunder Dao Creatures living within his Spiritual Ocean.
"Kill. Leave none behind."
At Luo Xiu's command, all the Thunderfish and Thunderworm scattered instantly. The next mont, the air was filled with agonizing screams.
Then, Luo Xiu stepped into The Void. In a single step, he appeared before Kui Bao and Yang Zan as if he had teleported.
BOOM!
Before Kui Bao could react, Luo Xiu's fist had already connected with his face. Propelled by the terrifying force, Kui Bao flew backward in a straight line, crashing through several hills before landing with a thunderous crash.
Then, Luo Xiu slowly turned his head to look at the profusely sweating Yang Zan.
BOOM!
Yang Zan naturally received the sa treatnt. Luo Xiu didn't bother wasting a single word, simply raising his hand and throwing a punch. Yang Zan flew backward, landing precisely on top of Kui Bao.
In the swirling dust and rubble of the devastated mountains, Kui Bao pushed Yang Zan off of him. He reached to wipe the blood from his face, but a sharp, piercing pain shot through him the mont he touched it. He was horrified to discover that the flesh where Luo Xiu's fist had landed had already necrotized. The eerie Aura of the Dead clung to him like bone-gnawing maggots. He could only barely suppress it, completely unable to expel it.
Yang Zan spat out a mouthful of blood, struggled to his feet, and gritted his teeth. "Is this the legendary Azure Emperor...? His strength is even more terrifying than we imagined."
Kui Bao clenched his jaw. "But it doesn't feel like he's stepped into the Respectable Realm. He's probably just entered the Hidden Realm."
"The Hidden Realm?" Yang Zan frowned, pondering. "I just don't know if he cultivated the 'Refine Self' or 'Divine Miracle' path within the Hidden Realm."
Kui Bao suddenly stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Refine Self or Divine Miracle, it doesn't matter... As he is now, he could kill the both of us with ease."
「Elsewhere.」
Luo Xiu looked down at his fist, sighing internally. This Battle Armor feels completely different. It at least doubles my strength. And its defensive power is in no way inferior to Hua Muyan's Mystic Ribbon Treasure Garnt.
Lost in thought, Luo Xiu took another step, reappearing before Kui Bao and Yang Zan.
My body can't bear the power of the Ancient God Inner Pill for much longer. I have to end this quickly.
He looked down at the two n, his gaze like that of one looking upon the dead. Slowly, he lifted his right hand, and the dense Aura of the Dead rapidly coalesced into a sword in his grasp.
But just as he was about to strike, a figure tore through the air, appearing before him.
"Azure Emperor, my apologies for making you wait!"
Luo Xiu looked up at Wuxing Chuan and said indifferently, "Seeing as you're so eager to die, I can let you go first."
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