Chapter 900
Crushing Victory, Fatal Flaw
In the starry sky, space shattered, and chaotic void currents raged.
The space within a radius of a thousand miles was as if it had been crushed by an invisible giant hand, turning into countless fragments that flew in the void.
The fragments, swept away by the turbulent void, flew in all directions, shattering even more space wherever they passed.
Void turbulence surged from the shattered space, flowing freely across the starry sky like black rivers.
Wherever they passed, stars were swallowed up, light was distorted, and even time seemed to slow down.
Those Dao Integration Realm experts who were observing the battle with their divine senses were all stunned.
They stared blankly at the horrific scene, unable to recover for a long time.
What did they see?
Just now, a giant foot, like a towering mountain, emerged from the void and shattered the starry sky within a thousand miles of the monster's location.
More importantly, they still don't know who made the move.
Even now, the mysterious powerhouse who shattered a thousand miles of starry sky with one kick still has most of his body in the void.
They could only see the foot, but not the owner of the foot.
"Who was it? Who made the move?"
"Could it be some reclusive immortal who has attained enlightenment?"
"No, the Dao Transformation Immortal hasn't appeared for hundreds of thousands of years..."
Discussions circulated among the divine senses, with the Dao Integration Realm experts speculating amongst themselves.
Some were pleasantly surprised, some were puzzled, and some were expectant.
But the next moment, they found out who it was.
The mysterious expert shattered the starry sky with a single kick, then stepped out from the endless void.
That step was taken with composure and nonchalance.
It was as if that earth-shattering kick he had just delivered was merely the power he casually unleashed while walking, utterly insignificant.
Its enormous body slowly appeared from the void.
He stood with his hands behind his back, his blue robe fluttering in the wind.
His face was handsome and calm, as if that kick just now was just a trivial matter.
"It's Fellow Daoist Lu!"
A Dao Integration Realm expert exclaimed in surprise, his voice filled with delight.
"It really is Fellow Daoist Lu! His true form has emerged from seclusion!"
Another expert at the Dao Integration Realm shouted, his voice filled with barely concealed excitement.
Although they already had some guesses in their hearts, they didn't dare to cheer until their identities were truly confirmed.
The power of that kick was so terrifying that they couldn't believe a young man who had only recently broken through to the Dao Integration Realm could do it.
But now, the facts are clear.
That extraordinary cultivator who achieved the Dao Integration Realm with nine Great Daos was indeed far beyond their comprehension.
The group of Dao Integration Realm experts were greatly encouraged. Their fear and despair vanished, replaced by hope and anticipation.
Elders of the Netherworld Palace, especially Qiu Ruofeng, could hardly contain their excitement.
"I knew it! The patriarch's calculations couldn't possibly be wrong. Fellow Daoist Lu is indeed that glimmer of hope from the darkness!"
Lu Qing paid little attention to the exhilarating fluctuations of divine thought in the starry sky.
At this moment, he was looking at the struggling mass of rotting flesh at his feet, his expression indifferent.
That lump of rotten flesh was that arrogant monster from before.
Indeed, with that kick just now, he crushed the monster into a pile of mangled flesh.
Despite the opponent's incredibly strong physical body, which was arguably the strongest among all the enemies he had ever encountered.
However, it still appeared weak and vulnerable in the face of its own body, which had repeatedly broken through its limits and had already transformed into an incredible level of Dao Integration.
No matter how hard it resisted, it couldn't avoid being crushed by his foot.
Like an ant, no matter how much it struggles, it cannot escape the fate of being trampled to death.
"What, you little demon, weren't you eager to force my true form out?"
Lu Qing looked at the writhing, rotting flesh at his feet and said calmly.
His voice was calm and even, as if he were talking to an insect.
"Now that I'm out, how come you can't even withstand a single kick from me?"
The surrounding space had been solidified by him, like a piece of transparent amber, firmly sealing off the area beneath his feet.
So even in the starry sky, he could walk as if on flat ground, and the monster was firmly under his feet, unable to move.
The lump of rotten flesh was struggling and writhing desperately.
It attempts to reassemble its body and restore its original form.
But Lu Qing's feet felt as heavy as the heavens and earth, pressing down on them so much that they couldn't move at all.
"impossible!"
The monster's voice came from the mass of rotting flesh, hoarse and trembling, full of disbelief.
"Why is your physical body so incredibly strong?!"
It struggled desperately, and the dark magic within its body erupted violently, transforming into raging demonic fire that surged toward Lu Qing's feet.
The demonic fire was as black as ink, emanating a chilling aura, and it seemed intent on dissolving and corroding Lu Qing's physical body.
This is their race's innate divine power, a power specifically designed to counter the power of the Great Dao.
Just now, it used this demonic fire to prevent Lu Qing's divine sense clone from suppressing it, and the power of the Great Dao from harming it.
However, at this moment, it was horrified to discover that Lu Qing's physical body was like the most indestructible Dao artifact.
Even though its demonic fire is incredibly strange, capable of melting and dissolving even the power of the Great Dao and corroding even the laws, it cannot harm the opponent's physical body in the slightest.
The demonic fire landed on Lu Qing's feet like water droplets falling on a red-hot iron plate, making a hissing sound before disappearing without a trace.
Lu Qing's foot didn't leave even a trace.
Lu Qing's physical body was far more terrifying than the bodies of the Heavenly Demons of their race.
What made it even more unbelievable was that Lu Qing achieved the Dao Integration Realm with nine Great Daos. It had thought that the other party's greatest strength was the power of the Great Dao, the power of laws.
After all, the merging of nine Great Daos is unprecedented in history, and the power of his Great Dao should be his most powerful weapon.
But now, the opponent's physical strength seems to be even greater than his magical power.
That pure power and terrifying physical body reminded it of certain beings from the ancient battlefield.
Those ancient behemoths that dominated with their physical bodies, those terrifying monsters that cultivated their bodies but not the laws.
But Lu Qing is a human, a human!
How could a human possibly have such a terrifying physical body?
"It's clear that you demon bastards are quite confident in your physical bodies."
Lu Qing shook his head slightly, his tone carrying a hint of disdain.
"But in my opinion, it's nothing special."
Then, he gently applied pressure with his feet.
The force wasn't great; it was just a gentle press.
But this pressure caused the mass of rotten flesh to let out a shrill scream.
With a soft pop, the struggling monster was crushed to pieces by his foot once again.
Blood and flesh splattered everywhere, yet they were trapped in the space beneath Lu Qing's feet, unable to escape.
Even so, the monster still did not die.
Its vitality is astonishing; even when its body turns into mud, it continues to writhe, trying to rebuild itself.
The bits of flesh were slowly wriggling, trying to come together, and the severed arm was slowly growing back, trying to reconnect.
It even emitted bursts of mocking spiritual energy, the energy hoarse and grating, filled with madness.
"Hahaha, useless, you ant! I admit that your physical strength is indeed a bit beyond my expectations, but you can't kill me with brute force alone!"
The monster's voice was full of smugness.
"And your power of the Great Dao Laws is countered by the power of my race, so there is no way you can kill me!"
It is the truth.
Their kind is least afraid of brute force.
Their physical bodies are incredibly strong, and their regenerative abilities are astonishing. Even if they are crushed into a pulp, given time, they can recover their original form.
They will not die unless they are completely annihilated by the power of the Great Dao Laws.
And their power is inherently able to restrain the power of the Great Dao Laws.
Therefore, they are practically invincible in this world.
In ancient times, those sages were able to slay them at a great cost, forcefully crushing them with power several times greater than theirs.
The young man in front of us, although physically strong, is only at the initial stage of the Dao Integration Realm. How much power does he have?
"Is that so?"
Seeing this, Lu Qing reached out and grabbed.
He grabbed the lump of rotten flesh from under his feet and it hovered in front of him.
With a slight movement of his hand, he conjured a spatial cage, trapping the lump of rotten flesh within it.
The spatial cage was not large, only the size of a palm, and it was completely transparent, like a crystal ball.
On the walls of the cage, countless spatial runes flickered, emitting a faint glow.
The runes were layered and interlocked, forming an extremely tight seal.
The monster was trapped inside and struggled desperately.
Its demonic fire burned wildly, attempting to corrode the walls of the cage.
That demonic fire was indeed quite powerful, capable of dissolving spatial energy and corroding tiny holes in the walls of the cage.
But as soon as those holes appeared, even more spatial power surged in and filled them.
For every bit of corruption it undergoes, ten parts of the power of the Great Dao will replenish it.
For every layer it melts away, ten new barriers are generated.
In addition, it is currently in a severely damaged state, with less than one-tenth of its strength remaining, making it impossible for it to break free from the spatial cage.
The monster struggled for a moment, then stopped when it realized it was futile.
Its rotten flesh slowly writhed in the cage, reforming into a blurry face with countless compound eyes staring intently at Lu Qing.
"What do you want to do?" it asked, its voice tinged with wariness.
Lu Qing did not answer.
He grabbed the lump of rotten flesh, his gaze fixed on it, and activated his supernatural ability to begin examining it.
Previously, his divine consciousness clones could not use their special abilities and could only fight with the power of the Great Dao.
Now that the true body has arrived, it is natural to investigate its true nature.
At this moment, he wanted to see what this monster really was.
Meeting Lu Qing's indifferent gaze, the monster felt a chill run down its spine for some reason.
Those eyes seemed to see through everything.
The way it looked at itself was as if it were looking at an object, an object that could be dissected at will.
Those eyes seemed to see through everything, revealing all of my secrets.
It suddenly became a little scared.
This fear was even stronger than when I was trampled flat.
Because it was crushed, it knew it could recover, but because it was seen through, it didn't know what the other person would see.
However, it remained defiant, stubbornly taunting, "What? You can't kill me, so you want to study me? An ant is an ant. No matter how strong you are, you can't kill me. How could you possibly pry into the secrets of my race?"
Lu Qing ignored the monster's roar.
Soon, several text messages appeared in his field of vision.
Lu Qing's gaze swept over the words, reading them word by word.
Then, a smile appeared on his face.
That smile was faint, yet it sent chills down the monster's spine.
"I see."
Lu Qing spoke, his voice calm, as if stating a fact.
"Is the world on the other side called the Heavenly Demon Realm?"
Your clan is called the Heavenly Demon Clan. They are skilled in transformation techniques and have excellent physical bodies.
Demon brat, your source of power comes from your own primordial spatial core. As long as the space remains intact and the core remains undestroyed, you will not truly perish.
Am I right?
The compound eyes on the monster's blurry face suddenly contracted.
It stared at Lu Qing in disbelief, as if it had seen a ghost.
It didn't expect that the other party would actually see through its secrets.
That primordial space core is the most fundamental secret of their race, the basis of their power.
Outsiders have no way of knowing anything about them except for those within the Heavenly Demon Clan.
How did this ant from the lower realm know?
Lu Qing didn't give it time to think and continued.
"However, although the core of your race's origin space is somewhat strange, it has a fatal flaw."
His voice remained calm, but every word struck the monster's heart like a heavy hammer.
"That is, you cannot differentiate your divine senses until you have completely mastered your own original space."
In other words, the physical body in front of you is your true form.
Once you die, you are utterly destroyed; there is no possibility of resurrection.
Every word Lu Qing uttered seemed to strike the monster's mind, leaving it utterly shocked.
The last sentence, in particular, terrified it.
It couldn't help but roar, its voice filled with disbelief and fear.
"Impossible! How could you possibly know the most secret things about my clan? Who are you?"
The monster's voice trembled, and the mass of rotten flesh shuddered violently, as if it might fall apart at any moment.
It felt like falling into an ice cellar.
It never expected that its clan's greatest secret would be so easily revealed by Lu Qing.
Indeed, their race's primordial demonic space is incredibly wondrous, granting them immense power.
However, it also has a fatal flaw.
That's because the space is too perfect, so that before they completely control the original space, they cannot differentiate into extra divine thoughts and transform them into independent divine thought clones.
They can only have one body, one consciousness, and one life.
This also means that, as Lu Qing said, once their physical bodies perish, they are truly gone, with no possibility of resurrection.
There was no distracting thought to escape, no chance of reincarnation, and no means to save one's life by taking someone else's place.
To truly master one's own origin space is to reach a realm beyond the Dao Transformation stage.
That level is something that only the most outstanding beings in their race can reach.
However, it is currently only at the peak of the Great Perfection of Dao, still a long way from that realm.
In other words, it now only has one life.
This life is in Lu Qing's hands.
The monster finally became afraid.
Its blurry face was filled with fear in its compound eyes.
Its rotten flesh struggled frantically in the spatial cage, trying to escape.
But the cage was impenetrable; it couldn't escape at all.
"You...you can't kill me!" it stammered, its voice full of bluster but no fear. "If you kill me, the abbot will not let you off!"
My army will not let you go either!
"When the world portal opens, all living beings in this starry sky will perish with me!"
Lu Qing looked at it and smiled faintly.
That smile was full of mockery.
"So, you're scared now?" (End of Chapter)