Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast-Chapter 636: Xiao Tianyi—The Inevitable Battle (II)

Within an intact black palace, dark red blood aura churned violently, covering an area of several hundred meters and exuding an overwhelming killing intent.

Li Hao sat cross-legged at the center of the blood aura storm. Beneath him, an array resembling a demonic map from hell stretched three hundred meters wide, pulsating with an ominous dark red glow.

Behind him stood a thirty-meter-tall phantom—an advanced manifestation of the True Martial Phantom.

This phantom, resembling a demonic being from the depths of hell, was massive and clad in black armor. Two curved horns protruded from its head, radiating an aura of madness and terror.

Above Li Hao’s head, a half-meter-wide blood-colored jade stone spun, releasing an endless stream of Demonic Spirit, which Li Hao continuously absorbed.

As the inheritance's power flowed into him, Li Hao’s aura grew increasingly formidable, gradually approaching the threshold of the Eighth Heavenly Realm.

Boom!

The demonic map beneath him erupted with a surge of blood-red light, manifesting into a phantom of a dark hell that enveloped the entire building. Instantly, the energy within the building surged violently.

The True Martial Phantom behind Li Hao merged into his body. Simultaneously, the dark hell collapsed into him, releasing an endless blood-red glow.

Boom!

As the Demonic Spirit's true form and the embryonic domain of dark hell fused, Li Hao's aura skyrocketed. Gales swirled around him as he took a step forward, directly breaking through to the Eighth Heavenly Realm.

After a long while, Li Hao slowly opened his eyes. His pupils gleamed dark red, filled with boundless madness and demonic intent. A maniacal grin spread across his face. "Hahaha... Eighth Heavenly Realm, I’ve broken through to the Eighth Heavenly Realm!"

Laughing wildly, Li Hao slowly stood up. Instantly, the air within dozens of meters trembled. It was as if he were no longer a human, but a colossal beast rising to its feet.

Li Hao had once cultivated the Bull Demon Battle Body, a physique centered around body refinement that granted immense strength and frenzied combat abilities.

After entering the Void Continent's ruins, he obtained the inheritance of one of the 108 Demon Generals from ancient human civilization—the Heavenly Demon General—making his power even more domineering and causing his demonic aura to surge skyward.

This ancient inheritance had made him incredibly formidable. Upon joining the Expansion Division’s Thirtieth Legion, he dove headfirst into the brutal conflicts of the mythical world.

In just two months, his cultivation skyrocketed to the beginning stage of the Seventh Heavenly Realm, progressing at an astonishing pace.

However, ten days ago, during his deep expedition into the Alliance of Gods, he unexpectedly encountered An Fuqing. To his shock, he discovered that the young woman had already broken through to the beginning stage of the Eighth Heavenly Realm.

Her terrifying rate of advancement had left Li Hao utterly dumbfounded.

Back when they first enrolled in Nantian Martial Arts High School, Li Hao and An Fuqing had nearly the same level of cultivation. They were ranked first and second among the top-level geniuses, dominating the entire school.

However, later on, an even more monstrous figure emerged, pushing Li Hao to third place. Despite this, his cultivation progress remained rapid, closely trailing behind An Fuqing and allowing him to maintain his dominance over his peers.

Who would have thought that, after just two months of not seeing her, An Fuqing had already broken through to the Eighth Heavenly Realm, catching up to the level Chen Chu had reached two months ago?

As for Chen Chu, that monster's cultivation level is likely even higher by now—perhaps he’s already broken through to the Ninth Heavenly Realm.

Still, Li Hao wasn't far behind. Within just over ten days of gaining this ruin's inheritance, he had also ascended to the Eighth Heavenly Realm. Thinking of this, a confident smile appeared on his face.

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With the advantage of dual inheritances, his Innate Divine Power had evolved into True Innate Divine Power, making his physical prowess even more formidable and his cultivation talent even stronger.

Given more time, catching up to Chen Chu might not be impossible.

After all, the Ninth Heavenly Realm marked the peak of transcendence. Even the most prodigious geniuses would find their progress slowing down at this stage. Moreover, the threshold from the late stage of the Ninth Heavenly Realm to the quasi-mythical level required even more time.

Although Chen Chu, having walked the path of kings, possessed a vast amount of world origins, crossing the boundary between transcendence and the mythical level would still take him several months to even a year.

By that time, Li Hao should have reached the late stage of the Ninth Heavenly Realm, and he would finally be able to fulfill their long-standing duel.

With their realms nearly equal, Li Hao was confident that he could now stand his ground against Chen Chu, enduring at least ten of his moves without defeat.

Yes, his goal was no longer to defeat Chen Chu, but rather to see how many moves he could withstand. There was no other choice—Chen Chu was simply too monstrous, his combat prowess too terrifying.

If he could hold out against Chen Chu in the same realm without being defeated, and if Chen Chu eventually reached the king level or even became a heavenly king, Li Hao would have bragging rights when he returned.

After all, he would be among the few who had once challenged that man. Thinking of this, a wave of confidence surged across Li Hao’s rugged face.

With heavy footsteps, he soon stepped out of the ancient hall and gazed into the distance.

There, standing in the plaza below the hall's steps, was a towering stone statue over two thousand meters tall, resembling a mountain and radiating an oppressive aura.

According to the inheritance records, if Li Hao could defeat this guardian war statue, he would gain control over it.

That, however, was merely a dream. This guardian statue, originating from the Karunado Clan, possessed the combat power in the beginning stage of the mythical level. Due to its petrified nature, it had a fifty percent immunity to law power and complete immunity to transcendent strength.

Such immense defense and combat power was far beyond what he, at the Eighth Heavenly Realm, could hope to challenge.

As Li Hao regretfully realized he couldn't take the guardian war puppet with him, a sudden burst of black and red light pierced through the distant void.

Boom!

The ground within a thousand-meter radius shattered, sending countless fragments rocketing into the sky for hundreds of meters before crashing down with a deafening roar.

Whoosh!

A formless gale swept away the clouds of dust, revealing a figure clad in black and red battle armor, wielding a halberd.

"Chen Chu!" Li Hao's eyes widened the moment he saw him. He had no idea why Chen Chu was here.

And his aura—

Hum!

Sensing the overwhelming energy fluctuations emanating from Chen Chu, the towering war statue, resembling a six-armed Rampage Ape, lit up with ancient runes all over its massive frame.

Its colossal, mountain-like, fearsome head turned slightly, fixing its gaze on the seemingly insignificant Chen Chu, standing several kilometers away. The ape statue's mouth slowly opened, letting out a deep roar filled with a faint trace of sentience. "Intruder, die!"

Boom!

The six-armed ape statue took a thunderous step forward, spanning a thousand meters in an instant. The ground trembled violently with each step.

On its six massive arms, the ancient runes began to glow brilliantly, condensing energy into twelve hundreds-of-meters-long golden blades that radiated an astonishingly sharp aura.

Slash!

The berserk ape statue swung its six massive arms at supersonic speed, nearly blotting out the sky. The golden blades moved as swiftly as lightning, slicing through the air with a piercing screech as they slashed toward Chen Chu.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As twelve golden blades descended, the ground within several kilometers shattered. Immediately after, colossal fists rained down from above, obliterating everything in their wake.

The ground across more than ten kilometers collapsed under the assault, with rolling dust clouds surging into the sky. The violent shockwaves generated hurricane-force winds, sweeping across the heavens and earth.

The sheer destructive power and the thunderbolt-like speed of the attack left Li Hao, watching from afar, utterly stunned. If he had been the target of such an attack, he would have been obliterated into pulp in an instant.

A deafening roar erupted from the center of the explosion, shaking the heavens and earth. A twenty-meter-long halberd, wreathed in dazzling blood-red and black energy, shot skyward.

Bang! Bang!

The domineering weight of the halberd shattered two of the statue's arms instantly. Without hesitation, Chen Chu swung it in an arc, blasting apart another incoming stone arm.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The black and red light streaked through the air like a serpent, destroying everything in its path. In a devastating onslaught, it crushed all six of the ape statue’s arms.

Amid the explosion of countless stone fragments and howling gales, Chen Chu appeared before the statue in an instant. His halberd, now surrounded by a blinding blood-red glow, cleaved down with world-shattering force.

Boom!

With an almost full-powered strike, Chen Chu obliterated the statue’s head in a single blow. A torrent of shattered rock erupted backward, shrouding the surroundings in thick dust.

With its head destroyed and its rune matrix shattered, the statue halted abruptly, becoming nothing more than a lifeless hulk. Like a collapsing mountain, it toppled backward.

Boom!

The colossal stone body crashed onto the ground, shaking the earth with its impact and breaking apart into countless fragments.

Swish!

Chen Chu descended from the sky, swiftly retrieving a basin-sized Soul Crystal from the rubble and storing it in his Sumeru Bracelet with practiced ease. Only then did he turn his gaze toward the building in the distance.

There, Li Hao stood, staring in wide-eyed disbelief.

Chen Chu destroyed that mythical-level war statue so effortlessly—is this real? Am I dreaming?

Crack!

The faceplate of Chen Chu’s helmet split open, revealing his strikingly handsome face. He smiled faintly at the stunned Li Hao and said, "Li Hao, long time no see."

"Yeah, long time no see," Li Hao replied, his expression complex.

Damn it, this guy has become even more monstrous in just two months. He took down a mythical-level statue in just two moves—what's the point of even trying to fight him anymore?

Just as Li Hao, still processing his emotions, prepared to step out of the building to catch up with Chen Chu, the latter suddenly spoke. "Stay inside for now. Don’t come out."

With that, Chen Chu turned around and looked into the dark void behind him. In a calm voice, he said, "Zuo—no, I should call you Xiao Tianyi. You’ve been following me for so long—are you finally unable to resist making a move?"

A sigh echoed from the void. "To be honest, I didn’t really want to kill you. But you just won’t refine those resources and instead keep destroying my war puppets. Especially those at the god-level—they’re a crucial part of my plan to refine this world and forge a world of war.

"So... don’t blame me."

With those cold words, the distant void distorted. Without a sound, the figure of Zuo Sheng—no, Xiao Tianyi—emerged. A terrifying aura that shook the entire world spread out, enveloping the battlefield.