Chapter 3 The Third Floor

The group of three arrived at the third level of the fortress, guarded by Yan Long·Jiali (Rock Dragon·Jiali), one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Apocalypse.

"Not bad at all, you actually made it to my place. This is as far as you go, you three!"

Yan Long·Jiali stood up...

He was over two meters tall, with skin like hard rocks. Just looking at the Dragon King's rock attribute style, his presence was immediately imposing.

"Ye Cang, Feng Lei, you guys go first. I'll handle this," Luke gestured for the two to proceed.

"Oh... You think you can leave?"

Yan Long·Jiali slapped the ground with one hand.

*Pupu pupu.*

Three thick rock walls suddenly appeared behind Ye Cang, blocking his path.

Ye Cang turned around and quipped, "You want to take on three at once? Do you think you're the protagonist?"

Yan Long·Jiali: "?"

"Looks like this guy doesn't understand anything," Feng Lei said to the others.

Ye Cang didn't bother with the nonsense. He roared and transformed into the Zero Realm's second stage. The power of Domain Reading was activated, and Yan Long·Jiali's body instantly faded into a gray-white ink painting style.

Using the three seconds of time stop, Ye Cang put all his strength into a punch aimed at the rock wall.

*Bang!*

The powerful punch, accompanied by the heat of light and flames, instantly blasted a hole through the three thick rock walls.

Luke was stunned. He thought to himself, "Damn it, bro, why didn't you just punch Yan Long·Jiali directly? If you had, Yan Long·Jiali would already be finished..."

Feng Lei and Ye Cang climbed over the shattered rock wall and ran towards the upper level without looking back.

Luke retrieved his exclusive weapon from thin air. Just then, Yan Long·Jiali's time stop ended.

"Just now? What just happened? I don't remember anything," Yan Long·Jiali said, looking at the rock wall that had blocked the three of them, now pierced through.

"Hey! I'm Luke, let me be your opponent!"

The battle began!

Yan Long·Jiali let out a dragon's roar. A giant rock axe appeared diagonally above Luke's head, falling from the sky.

Luke didn't dare to be careless. He rolled away in an emergency, avoiding the giant axe's earth-shattering blow.

Before Luke could get up, a series of punches came from nowhere, as fast as a Gatling gun.

"My Haó Qì Hong Quan (Heroic Spirit Punch) has now been fused with the Wu Yì Ao Jue (Unintentional Arrogant Art) taught by Juan Tian Kuang Fo (Weary Heaven Mad Buddha). Now, every punch can be released at will and perfectly hit its target without discrimination. No matter how far away, whether or not I aim, my Haó Qì Hong Quan can accurately deliver maximum damage."

*Pupu pupu...*

Each indiscriminate punch struck Yan Long·Jiali's body. The speed of the punches actually broke the sound barrier, and a series of sonic booms exploded in the space.

Luke's Haó Qì Hong Quan's speed had surpassed the speed of sound! After a fierce barrage of faster-than-light punches, Yan Long·Jiali was covered in wounds.

At this moment, the seemingly indestructible rock seemed so fragile in Luke's eyes.

The continuous, non-discriminatory barrage of punches was about to end. Luke gathered strength in one arm and unleashed a fatal blow!

*Boom!*

A vortex-shaped dent was blasted into Yan Long·Jiali's chest.

After the fierce battle, Yan Long·Jiali was defeated by Luke without any suspense. Under the non-discriminatory, unintentional Haó Qì Hong Quan, Luke didn't deliver a killing blow.

"Why did you choose to destroy the world?" Luke asked.

Yan Long·Jiali looked up at the sky, having long lost the power to fight back. He looked at the vast sky and spoke his heart, "Uh... It's been so long since I looked up at the sky... Thank you, Luke."

Luke was puzzled, "What? The sky? You want to see the sky? You can look up anytime. What are you thanking me for?"

Yan Long·Jiali coughed twice, "Shui Ling (Water Spirit) and I are both spirits from the Nebula of Heaven, what you humans call gods. It's just that... Shui Ling and I are both mixed-bloods of humans and spirits. My mother, and Shui Ling's mother, were both human."

"This also led to us being seen as monsters and omens of misfortune in the eyes of you humans... After we came of age, we returned to the Heavens. But those arrogant spirits looked down on our human identities and refused to accept us."

"If it weren't for Qi Huang (Desolate Emperor) being willing to take in Shui Ling and me, we would have died long ago. From that moment on, I never looked up at the sky again, and I had never lost so badly as I did today. Thank you... Luke."

With that, Yan Long·Jiali passed out.

Luke looked up at the sky, lost in thought for a moment, then looked down at Yan Long·Jiali and said in his heart, "Yan Long·Jiali, if I ever come to the Nebula of Heaven, I, Luke, swear that I will get justice for you!"

Luke ran all the way up and found that the fourth and fifth levels had already been taken care of by Ye Cang and Feng Lei. "These two guys are really something."

The sixth level of the fortress was also the highest. Feng Lei and Ye Cang had also transformed into their strongest forms at this time.

Without exchanging any words, the two sides started fighting directly!

In order to get a good start to the battle, Ye Cang immediately used Domain Reading to stop Shi Huang (Apocalyptic Emperor)'s time.

Feng Lei followed closely behind, with a Lei Xi Zhi Mao (Lightning Breath Spear), Guang Xian Lei Xi Dang Po, Shen Gui Ji Mie Xiong Bing (Light String Lightning Breath Soul Scattering, God Ghost Silent Fierce Weapon).

*Boom!*

Shi Huang took a punch for nothing, but there was nothing he could do. Even though his time was stopped, his consciousness was not frozen.

As Shi Huang was blasted away by Feng Lei, Ye Cang flashed over.

*Bang!*

A mid-section sweep kick sent Shi Huang spinning horizontally like a windmill, rotating clockwise. Feng Lei descended from the sky, head held high and chest out, legs straight and tense, falling like a thunder god descending!

*Hongzi!* A Dragon God Fall crushed Shi Huang's skull.

Luke didn't dare to be outdone. He grabbed Shi Huang from the air, "Apocalyptic Fury."

This was the very move that instantly killed Yan Long·Jiali.

*Pupu pupu pupu pupu pupu...* Luke frantically swung his fists, each punch hitting flesh.

The power-gathering punch at the end of the frenzied beatdown was about to be unleashed by Luke.

Shi Huang crossed his arms in time to block.

*Bang!*

The final power-gathering punch didn't even move Shi Huang. "You three, none of you will leave this fortress alive today!"

*Shua!* Shi Huang flashed in front of Ye Cang.

Ye Cang immediately felt that something was wrong. His sixth sense issued a strong danger warning. Without any hesitation, the power of Domain Reading was activated again, and time immediately stopped Shi Huang, instantly turning his body into a gray-white ink painting style.

"Zero Realm·Reverse Scale!"

Ye Cang immediately spun his leg and twisted his waist to kick in reverse, a high-level right leg spin kick, drawing a semi-circular light-flame-colored kick trajectory in the air, the movement smooth and fluid.

*Bang!* The kick landed squarely on the chin.

"Lei Xi Zhi Mao (Lightning Breath Spear)!"

*Hongzi!*

Feng Lei actually stabbed Shi Huang in the back again.

For a time, Shi Huang could only take a beating, and his heart was filled with anger!

Suddenly! Shi Huang roared furiously, his voice mournful and desperate, piercing through heaven and earth. All the Jie Wang (Calamity Kings) who had been defeated and killed before, as well as the Four Heavenly Kings of the Apocalypse, were all turned into energy crystals and absorbed by Shi Huang.

In an instant, the earth collapsed and the sky cracked, the kings cried and the calamities wailed. After absorbing the energy of these Jie Wang and Heavenly Kings, Shi Huang's body swelled by four or five meters, not only having a tall and sturdy physique, but also being incredibly strong.

Ye Cang subconsciously said, "Mamma mia... Is this still a person? He's so tall."

Shi Huang turned his hand into a knife and slashed at Ye Cang.

Where the knife struck, sparks flew, and the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked.

Truly, when the emperor is angry, the heavens bring down slaughter!