Chapter 377: Profound Edict

‘What’s the use of impotent rage? If the Zhen Family’s ancestor dares to follow me out, I’ll make sure he…’

Fang Rui sneered inwardly, preparing to depart on the back of the Flowing Cloud Cyan Simurgh in its Energy State.

Behind him.

Just then, a furious shout suddenly rang out. “Villain! Where do you think you’re going?”

“He really chased me out? He’s courting death!”

Fang Rui turned back, ready to strike with his full power and finish off Zhen Chuyang in the shortest time possible, making it a one-way trip for him.

But in the blink of an eye, he saw it: in Zhen Chuyang’s hand was a Profound Purple Decree, emitting a terrifying aura that made even his own heart skip a beat.

‘Damn it, you pull out the nuclear option at the first sign of trouble?! So much for martial ethics!’

Fang Rui’s heart gave a violent lurch.

Little did Fang Rui know, Zhen Chuyang was truly seeing red. Fang Rui had plundered the Scripture Pavilion, sent him flying in front of everyone, and then broken out of the array and blown up nearly half of the Zhen Family’s estate…

If word of this got out, what dignity would the Zhen Family have left? What dignity would he, ‘Venerable Chuyang,’ have left? If the Zhen Family was seen as this ‘weak,’ wouldn’t it mean anyone could come and walk all over them?

They had to make an example of him! He had to be executed with overwhelming force to re-establish their authority!

And so, he had brought out his ultimate trump card: a True Monarch’s Profound Intent.

“Celestial Fire Domain, manifest!”

At that moment, Zhen Chuyang had lost all trace of his sagely, immortal-like bearing. A savage smile was plastered on his face as he poured his Spiritual Power into the ‘True Monarch’s Profound Intent’ to activate it.

HUMMM!

Within a radius of hundreds of yards, terrifying, translucent, colorless flames instantly surged and spread, warping the light and suppressing everything.

CRACKLE!

Fang Rui felt himself get locked in place. Behind him, his Half-Immortal Dharma Aspect completely collapsed, unable to manifest in the slightest. The same was true for his Martial Arts Saint Body.

‘A True Monarch’s Profound Intent… a single decree creates an entire Domain?!’

Thanks to his inheritance from the Primordial Path, he naturally possessed enough insight to recognize what it was.

‘Sigh, a Half-Immortal Family like the Zhens really does have layers upon layers of trump cards!’

‘The Realm of a True Monarch is a Profound Domain. One who has a Profound Domain can manifest their own Domain and fight an army alone. Perhaps the Soldier Dao Secret Technique, which suppresses Martial Artists and Spirit Masters, was derived from the principles of a Profound Monarch’s Domain?’

These thoughts flashed through Fang Rui’s mind in an instant, but his expression remained as placid as a still well, perfectly calm and composed.

Because he had a trump card of his own!

RUSTLE! RUSTLE!

“SCREEE!”

In the twilight, like a veil of black gauze, countless Tribulation Demon Black Eagles that had long since infiltrated the city and lingered on its outskirts now converged with a shriek, forming a battle formation.

This army of seven thousand Tribulation Demon birds was the result of three months’ work, costing him one hundred thousand Tribulation Points for their Tribulation Enlightenment. He had then trained them into a proper army, and they were one of his trump cards for this trip to Wuzhou.

BOOM!

Above Fang Rui’s head, the phantom of a Divine Eagle hundreds of yards tall took form. With a single flap of its wings, a boundless, jet-black Slaughter Army Qi swept out, driving back the translucent, colorless flames in the air and rivaling the ‘Celestial Fire Domain’ formed by the True Monarch’s Profound Intent.

‘My Spirit Master path is Source Technique, and my Martial Arts path is Primordial Sea. Both are at the pinnacle of Super Grade, and their combination is greater than the sum of their parts.’

‘Seven thousand Entry Grade Tribulation Demons, an army of birds, with Upper Grade Thousand Demon Generals and Middle Grade Hundred Demon Generals interspersed throughout, all unified by the Soldier Dao Secret Technique.’

‘When all of this is combined, I momentarily possess a combat strength that transcends the Super Grade. You could call me a ‘Pseudo-Profound Monarch’!’

With a flicker of his thoughts, Fang Rui drew power from the Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin. It transformed into roiling Spiritual Essence and Spiritual Power, which he channeled with a hand seal, causing the Divine Eagle phantom to rapidly solidify.

‘Wh-what in the… Beasts can form an army?!’

Zhen Chuyang’s eyes nearly popped out of his head. He felt like his world had been turned upside down today: a Demi-Immortal with such a youthful Divine Soul aura, and now, beasts could even form a goddamn military formation.

‘Is this still the world I know? This is just too insane!’

He was shaken to the core, but he was an old codger of over a hundred years, after all. After the shock, he quickly calmed himself. ‘So what if they formed an army?! A mere ten thousand Beast Soldiers will be reduced to dust before a True Monarch’s Profound Intent.’

“You little whelp, die!”

The True Monarch’s Profound Intent was now fully activated. As he threw it, it transformed in mid-air into a colorless, translucent Three-legged Golden Crow, dragging the light-warping Celestial Fire Domain with it as it charged.

“Go!”

Fang Rui’s expression was impassive as he pushed out with both palms.

Explosive Spiritual Essence and immense Slaughter Army Qi, tempered by his Demi-Immortal Spiritual Power, caused the Divine Eagle phantom in the sky, hundreds of yards tall, to abruptly solidify. It let out a long cry and hurtled forward, wreathed in endless, jet-black flames of slaughter.

Immediately, a shocking scene unfolded.

The Three-legged Golden Crow and the Divine Eagle, hundreds of yards tall, slammed into each other and soared upward. The Celestial Fire Domain and the Soldier Dao Realm eroded one another. Vast swaths of translucent fire and black flames of slaughter were silently annihilated, bursting into a cascade of brilliant light.

Finally, they collided with a tremendous bang, like a comet striking the Earth. The ultimate radiance they unleashed flashed the entire city white.

Incredibly, they had annihilated each other!

“How is that possible?!”

Zhen Chuyang’s pupils contracted violently, and he felt a tremor run through his heart. ‘This makes no sense! How could fewer than ten thousand Beast Soldiers possibly match a True Monarch’s Profound Intent?!’

‘My Tribulation Demons are perfectly suited for military formations. They are ferocious, unafraid of death, possess a pure consciousness, and have a savage aura. Not to mention, the weakest are Entry Grade, and there are even Upper Grade Thousand Demon Generals and Middle Grade Hundred Demon Generals. An army of seven thousand of these flying Tribulation Demons is equivalent to an ordinary elite force of thirty to fifty thousand soldiers.’

‘On top of that, you have me, a Source Master and a Primordial Sea Martial Saint, with a limitless supply of power from the Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin. With all that, the outcome isn’t so surprising.’

Fang Rui thought to himself as he locked onto Zhen Chuyang, preparing to eliminate the man while he was at it.

“You little whelp, this isn’t over… Follow me into the array if you have the guts!”

As his voice echoed through the air, Zhen Chuyang had already transformed into a streak of light and shot back into the Zhen Family’s compound.

Fang Rui was rendered speechless.

‘That old coot… Of course it would be him! After all that blustering, he just runs away? Get back here!’

But of course, Zhen Chuyang had seen Fang Rui reveal one trump card after another, an apparently endless supply. When Fang Rui even blocked the ‘True Monarch’s Profound Intent,’ Zhen Chuyang had long since been scared out of his wits.