Chapter 535: Chapter 250: Self-Detonating the Golden Core, Slashing the Mortal Enemy! (Vote for Monthly Ticket)_2
Lan Yu’s face changed drastically, asking where the promised fair duel was?
Xu Zhou’s face bore a hint of mockery: "This is what you call fair crushing!"
With that, the snow-white long saber, formed by eight thousand heavily armored soldiers, already carried a devastating force, fiercely striking the giant shield of Earth Star’s defense.
"Crack! Crack!!!"
In almost an instant, a crack appeared on the surface of the defensive giant shield.
Then, it exploded with a bang!
"Die."
Xu Zhou casually raised his hand, pointing as if issuing a death command like a grim reaper, cold and indifferent.
The next moment, the great saber fell with a roar, instantly crushing a large swath of over three thousand Earth Star Martial Artists.
"Puff puff puff!"
The terrifying energy shockwave completely pulverized the remaining Earth Star Martial Artists, with the sound of flesh and blood exploding continuously.
With Xu Zhou’s current strength, his control over this battle formation of eight thousand was already exquisitely refined to perfection.
He could precisely control the battle formation, deciding who would live and who would die.
Just like now, with a mere thought, he had completely slain those three thousand-plus Earth Star Martial Artists.
Meanwhile, Lan Yu, the commander of the 101st Legion, suffered not a single injury.
All this seemed slow in narration, but in fact, it ended in a flash of lightning.
From the moment the saber fell to the complete annihilation of the 101st Legion, it was only a matter of a few breaths, so fast that Lan Yu had not even reacted before becoming the sole commander without any soldiers.
At this moment, seeing all his soldiers fallen, Lan Yu’s face turned exceedingly grim.
He looked once more at Xu Zhou, only to see the latter high above, commanding myriad troops, indifferent as if looking down on ants.
"Mere ants, now they’ve grown to such a stage..."
Lan Yu clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot, his jaw almost clenched to pieces.
At this moment, the regret in his heart reached its peak.
If he had known this earlier, he would have erased this person at any cost that day!
But now, it’s too late, no matter what he says.
Xu Zhou retracted the long saber, his narrow eyes looking at Lan Yu indifferently: "Weren’t you asking for a fair duel? Now, I am here."
With that, he stepped out, walking out of the range of the battle formation.
"You..."
Seeing this, Lan Yu’s face froze for a moment, then his heart couldn’t help but surge with joy.
"This kid is actually arrogant enough to want to challenge me one-on-one, and indeed, such a favored child of heaven, arrogance is inevitable, it seems my previous words had an effect."
Lan Yu was extremely delighted, initially thinking he would fall with hatred today.
Unexpectedly, heaven had given him a chance to personally slay Xu Zhou!
As for the possibility of losing to Xu Zhou in a one-on-one fight, Lan Yu never considered it.
As the fifth-ranked genius on the Profound List, Lan Yu was among the absolute strongest in the Sixth Realm peak.
At the stage of the Sixth Realm peak, it was the process of transforming the Divine Pill into a Golden Core.
Some could transform one-tenth, some could transform two-tenths, the difference among them could be worlds apart.
More subdivided, one-tenth is a First-Transformation Golden Core, two-tenths is a Second Transformation Golden Core, three-tenths a Three-Transformation Golden Core... and so forth, only nine and ten transitions could be called Immortal Golden Core!
Most people could only stop at the First or Second Transformation level.
Thus, even two people of the Sixth Realm peak, the gap could be more significant than crossing large realms!
Lan Yu had already reached the Fourth Transition Golden Core, even close to the Fifth Transition level!
In this world, he is undoubtedly an extraordinary genius!
"You will pay for your arrogance."
Lan Yu looked at Xu Zhou, though his heart was overjoyed, his face showed no expression.
A hint of mockery appeared in his eyes as he whispered: "Once I made you like a dead dog, and today it will be no different!"
"Is that so?"
A flash of light from Xu Zhou’s hand, the Dragon Flame Saber instantly unsheathed and fell into his hand.
Looking at Lan Yu in front, he gazed down at him: "I’m giving you this chance, hope you don’t disappoint me."
"Hmph!"
Lan Yu snorted coldly, what he once considered an ant-like existence, now spoke to him so condescendingly.
He had no time for shame or anger, knowing this was his last chance.
"Swish!"
A flash of light from Lan Yu’s hand, suddenly producing several beast-skin talismans.
His Qi-Blood circulated, and the talismans instantly ignited, releasing a power far surpassing normal Sixth Grade.
These beast skins were evidently of great value, with no sign of damage at such intensity of power, likely originating from some Eighth or even Ninth Rank Beast Race!
Indeed, these talismans were rare treasures of Earth Star, each valued above ten billion Earth Star Coins!
Even for such a genius as Lan Yu, they were accumulated over many years.
Evidently, he knew this battle was crucial, so from the start, it was an all-out, cost-no-object effort!
"Congeal!"
Lan Yu pointed, and those talismans instantly radiated light, forming a pitch-black giant tiger.
"Roar!"
The giant tiger howled towards the heavens, its body rapidly expanding, in the blink of an eye becoming an enormous beast, towering into the sky, its aura shocking the heavens and earth.
The giant tiger sat cross-legged, its body spanning heaven and earth, and in front of it, Xu Zhou seemed tiny like an ant.
"Maga!"
This giant tiger let out an angry roar, then threw a punch.
The punch was like a small mountain, carrying a terrifying sense of oppression, covering the land in its shadow, even the eight thousand strong battle formation behind seemed insignificant before it.
It’s imaginable that once it fell, even a Sixth-grade Peak Strong People might not be able to withstand!
"Slash!"
Xu Zhou’s face remained calm, raising the saber in a strike.
"Boom!"
The dazzling saber light struck below that mountain-like giant fist, seemingly insignificant like twinkling lights under a bright moon.
But just this one slash halted the terrifying giant fist in mid-air.
"Trivial trick, break for me!"
Xu Zhou snorted coldly, a five-colored light burst into the sky, the Dragon Flame Saber unleashing infinite power.
Heavenly Control Saber!
With Five Elements Divine Technique, the saber light effortlessly pierced through the giant tiger’s fist, then like a meteor, swept through the giant tiger’s body.
"Boom boom boom!"
Subsequently, that planetary-sized giant tiger shadow crumbled like an avalanche, its body continuously collapsing.
Xu Zhou retracted the long saber, his whole person shooting out like a stream of light.
"This ends here."
He rushed in front of Lan Yu with lightning speed, pressing a finger forward.
At his fingertip, a terrible energy rapidly accumulated, waiting to launch, destroying heaven and earth!
"You forced me to this!"
Seeing this, Lan Yu’s face revealed a grim sneer, then his hands quickly formed seals.
He never expected that in just a few months, Xu Zhou had grown to such a degree, even his full-force treasure talisman couldn’t withstand.
Fortunately, as a Fourth Transition Golden Core strong, Lan Yu had his ultimate means.
That was self-detonating the Golden Core!
Self-detonation wasn’t literally exploding the Golden Core, but triggering the power cultivated into the Golden Core from that four-tenths of the Divine Pill through a cultivation technique, thus gathering energy far beyond the Sixth Grade Realm.
This would still allow for potential advancement to the Seventh Realm in the future, but returning to the realm of the Fourth Transition Golden Core was impossible.
"Buzz!"
At this moment, with Lan Yu’s self-detonation of the Golden Core, an extremely terrifying energy erupted from within, condensing into a Sword Qi before him.
"A hundred years of cultivation, all ruined here..."
Lan Yu gazed at the Sword Qi in front, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth, showing a bleak look.
He knew, with the condensation of this Sword Qi, his painstakingly formed Fourth Transition Golden Core would no longer exist!
But likewise, because of the Fourth Transition Golden Core, the power gathered from this self-detonation exceeded imagination!
"Today, you will die!!"
Lan Yu looked again at Xu Zhou, eyes full of killing intent.
The next moment, the Sword Qi before him had completely formed, and an earth-shattering wave erupted.
"Go!"
Lan Yu shouted, the astonishing Sword Qi rending through the void, shooting explosively towards Xu Zhou!
"Self-detonating Golden Core, is it?"
Seeing this, Xu Zhou’s eyes flickered.
After breaking through the Sixth Grade, he had some understanding of certain methods of the Sixth Grade realm, among which was self-detonating the Golden Core, the strongest strike of the Sixth Grade, also the last explosion in a desperate situation.
Seeing this, Xu Zhou didn’t hold back, the energy accumulated at his fingertip suddenly releasing.