Chapter 707: Chapter 135: Losing Once Means Losing Everything
"You think just because you want to fight me, I have to accept? You’re someone with the strength of the Venerable Realm, and yet you’re so shameless as to threaten me using the lives of mere cultivators?"
Mu Qingyan’s voice was icy cold, echoing through the surroundings, carrying a tone of haughty disdain.
It seemed that she had never taken Lei Yan King seriously.
"And stop being so naively childish. If every cultivator were to challenge me like you do, wouldn’t I have to face an endless number of opponents every day? Even if I were capable, I would have likely become someone else’s female slave by now! You should know, this world never lacks strong people!"
Mu Qingyan’s voice came again, still unreachably aloof.
Lei Yan King did not say much. He simply raised his hand and fiercely unleashed a sea of blood that swept over the ancient city. All the cultivators of the ancient city were immediately engulfed by the sea of blood, utterly annihilated.
"You—scoundrel!"
Mu Qingyan suddenly appeared from the Void, trembling with anger.
"Lowly, must I really take action against you? I’ve said, under the Heavenly Dao, fair battles are fought with Plane Rules as our witness, compressing our realms to the same level. If you’re afraid to lose, it doesn’t matter whether you kneel and submit or run away now."
Lei Yan King sneered, his voice cold and merciless.
Mu Qingyan clenched her teeth in anger, glaring at Lei Yan King with evident fury, and scornfully retorted, "I don’t need your head, and as for your bloodline, it’s not of much use to me either. Also, there is one thing I genuinely regret, otherwise, you wouldn’t be in this situation today!"
"Fight, or not? If the bloodline isn’t enough, how about an Immortal Weapon? I’ve devoured many things, enough to condense a half-finished Immortal Weapon. Is that sufficient?"
Lei Yan King’s voice remained icy cold, though his demeanor slightly relaxed, gradually calming down.
His gaze still coldly fixated on Mu Qingyan, with an indifferent attitude.
Such an attitude made Mu Qingyan feel extremely uncomfortable.
"I’ve been tolerating you only out of sympathy for your plight, but unexpectedly, you are so delusional about your own strength. Since living is your own pain and a nightmare for others, I will accept your challenge and let you fall as you wished, by my hand."
Mu Qingyan suppressed her anger, unveiling a fierce desire to kill.
"Agreed then, I’ll see you on the battlefield."
Lei Yan King responded indifferently, then transformed into a streak of blood light and directly entered the Plane battlefield.
Mu Qingyan snorted coldly and also entered the Plane battlefield.
Their battle began in an instant.
Following the rules of the Heavenly Dao, both their realms fully manifested the experience and strength of the Sword God Nine Transitions.
This battle attracted the attention of countless eyes from the Ten Thousand Realms.
The combat power of Wan Jie Divine Woman Mu Qingyan was shockingly formidable; her every move caused the heavens and earth of the Plane battlefield to change color. True to her word, she showed no mercy.
In an instant, she summoned countless Netherworld Ancient Palaces, deriving ancient buildings akin to Netherworld Thunder Tribulations. These buildings, derived from Netherworld Thunder Tribulations, appeared ancient and oppressive to any Divine-level Expert, making it hard to breathe.
These endless ancient structures then transformed back into Netherworld Thunder Tribulations and viciously attacked Lei Yan King.
At equal realms, Lei Yan King’s growth was too rapid, his foundations unable to compare to those of Wan Jie Divine Woman Mu Qingyan. With just one move, she unleashed the most overwhelmingly invincible power and instantly engulfed Lei Yan King in an endless Netherworld Divine Tribulation.
At that moment, Lei Yan King was enduring a purgatory-like refinement, his bright red blood nearly dried up due to the refining power of the Netherworld Thunder Tribulation, his bones exposed, his flesh pale and at the brink of destruction.
The Planetary battlefield became a furnace, Yin Yang Ten Thousand Dao and Netherworld Thunder Tribulation the flames, and Heavenly Heart the pure burning fuel. All interwoven together, vividly manifesting an arena of Supreme Dao, aiming to refine Lei Yan King to death, eradicating him completely.
At this point, Lei Yan King was reduced to almost a state worse than death, but no one realized, this was a mere facade, a result of Lei Yan King having devoured many impurities; a refinement process of his progression.
Powerful Netherworld Thunder Tribulation could refine endless malevolent energy, while simultaneously suppressing the backlash of the Demon Heart Sword Body.
This was something Zhou Yan understood very well, as if he had experienced it himself, being aware of the overall situation.
In essence, the moment Mu Qingyan agreed, she’d already lost.
But unknown to anyone, behind this savage and gruesome battle, hid a tremendous scheme.
...
Lei Yan King endured relentless hardships, unyielding, his will as strong as iron. In this deadly situation, he sought Enlightenment, growing and transforming amidst it.
Mu Qingyan wanted to refine him to death in one attempt, while Lei Yan King regarded this desperate situation as a transformative ground to refine the Demon Heart.
Thus, this resistance continued.
The indestructible flames burnt for forty-nine days yet still didn’t cease.
However, within the battlefield, Lei Yan King’s presence had disappeared.
Mu Qingyan and many other cultivators seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking Lei Yan King had vanished completely; although some felt regret for Mu Qingyan, as obtaining Lei Yan King’s bloodline could have been greatly beneficial for her growth.
Regrettably, Lei Yan King seemed to have fallen.
The Divine Furnace Mu Qingyan derived was still burning, a massive amount of essence Qi from heaven and earth being refined, her realm not only didn’t regress but instead advanced during the battle, reaching a peak state.
Mu Qingyan, in such a state, was invincible even in the Earth Spirit Sky Sword Venerate Realm.
That was everyone’s thought.
But at that moment, the Eternal Divine Furnace suddenly trembled, followed by endless flames blazing and surging upward. Suddenly, as if an immortal Divine Light stood between heaven and earth, it scattered in all directions.
This immortal light shattered that Divine Furnace. Sensing this, Mu Qingyan immediately retreated to dodge.
However, a mass of flames suddenly collapsed, pouring down. Beneath the battlefield, endless universe planets were sprayed with these flames, instantly burning into nothingness.
Lei Yan King walked out from within the flames, his entire body radiating brilliant light, his eyes flickering with the Divine Light of flames.
On his body, golden-red blood-colored long hair had been refined, making him appear extraordinarily formidable and terrifying.
Under the Tao Rules, he hadn’t broken through and was still at the Sword God Nine Transitions Realm. But his momentum shook heaven and earth and was heart-stopping.
"Kneel down for me!"
Lei Yan King roared loudly! Suddenly a ’buzz’ resonated, the entire plane battlefield trembled, a terrifying wave of energy surged out.
Endless gold and blood light instantly shattered the Divine Furnace. At the same time, the mark on Lei Yan King’s forehead burst forth with eye-dazzling brilliance, various lights reflecting each other, creating a magnificent spectacle.
Various Divine Lights, endless purple heavens, Thunder Divine Punishment’s fierce might, and so forth, all suppressed and burst forth, striking towards Mu Qingyan.
At that moment, Mu Qingyan released endless Netherworld Power, but still couldn’t resist. Suddenly, her knees softened, and she immediately knelt down.
"Whoosh—"
At that moment, the Heavenly Dao Rules collapsed, and all the Cultivators were moved.
Immediately, a Cultivator with reddened eyes jumped out, yet before he could speak, he was struck by a Blood Light from Lei Yan King in the forehead, his body instantly withered away, turning into a decayed mummy.
This vicious scene silenced all the onlooking Cultivators.
Most crucially, under the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, Lei Yan King only had the strength of Sword God Nine Transitions, while Mu Qingyan had already broken through to the Earth Spirit Sky Sword Venerate Realm.
The gap between the two was completely ignored, and Lei Yan King had achieved an inconceivable counterattack, unleashing immortal strength.
"I’ve lost."
In front of nearly all the powerful cultivators of the Ten Thousand Realms, being defeated and forced to kneel, at that moment, all of Mu Qingyan’s pride was trampled to the ground, her heart of a strong warrior was crushed in an instant.
Lei Yan King’s invincible divine might even made her lose the will to fight.
It seemed, even now with Lei Yan King only having the strength of Sword God Nine Transitions, even a Venerable of the Earth Spirit Sky Sword Venerate Realm would possibly not be his match.
He... had always been so brilliantly outstanding?
Mu Qingyan looked at Lei Yan King’s cold and ruthless face, lowering her proud head.
Bets were honored, losing once meant losing everything.
"Since you’ve lost, then kneel and crawl over here."
Lei Yan King said coldly.
"You—"
Mu Qingyan’s eyes suddenly shot out with endless shame and anger.
"Unwilling? You are merely my maid, lowly in status. If you won’t come over, I will go there, and in front of everyone, I’ll tear off your sacred robe, letting everyone watch how I humiliate you. I think, many would very much like to see that."
Lei Yan King sneered coldly.
"You dare!"
"In this world, is there anything Lei Yan King dares not do? Kneel, crawl over like a dog. If you obey, I might not humiliate you publicly."
"A warrior may be killed, but cannot be insulted!"
Mu Qingyan’s voice was ice-cold as she stared fixedly at Lei Yan King with a deeply indifferent look.
"If you die, I will kill all the people of Netherworld Palace, and all the women will be pushed into the Breeding Ground to become slaves! Women like you from the Upper-class Plane all carry an inherent arrogance in your bones, I think those bred pigs would love to harshly... humiliate you."
Lei Yan King sneered, his expression cold as ice, never changing.
"You are utterly heartless! I really regret that when I helped Blood Barbarian to suppress you previously, I went easy, otherwise, do you think you could still be alive? It was my inability to be ruthless that harmed myself. Fine, do what you want to me, just do it. I’m willing to be your maid, is that enough?!"
Mu Qingyan said, her eyes suddenly reddening, she bit her lips hard and knelt, crawling step by step toward Lei Yan King.
Lei Yan King’s heart suddenly trembled, instantly realizing that escaping from Blood Barbarian’s hands with a sliver of Spiritual Wisdom wasn’t purely his own doing, but Mu Qingyan had actually secretly aided him.
Suddenly, Lei Yan King felt some inexplicable reluctance, he really wanted to understand what exactly had happened.
However, he did not show any emotion, but swept his gaze around and said, "What are you looking at? If you don’t want to die, get as far away as possible."