Yuan's Ascension - Chapter 1343: Confrontation (1)
Chapter 1343: Confrontation (1)
Time flowed on as Wu Yuan continued his breakneck journey through the Realm of Destruction.
I’ve entered the Sea of Thunder. He murmured. A dazzling black light tore across heaven and earth, ripping through layers of Lightflare obstructions and plunging straight into the sea. The all-encompassing lightning was shredded apart as the black blade ray unleashed by the Saber of Oblivion cut through effortlessly. Nothing could impede its path.
Wu Yuan reflected on his situation. In normal spacetime, outside the Realm of Destruction, my mana body can travel at speeds tens of thousands of times faster than my body refiner self. But here, my mana body is suppressed, unable to travel via the essence of the Great Dao of Spacetime. I’m limited to ten thousand times the speed of light.
He smiled thinly. Yet my body refiner self can break all restrictions with sheer force, surpassing the limits time and again.
From the intelligence he’d gathered, Wu Yuan knew many special regions could suppress a Dao Master’s Great Dao’s Authority. The Realm of Darkness was far removed from the nine megaverses, causing his qi refiner self and mana body to lose their spacetime traversal advantages. Other examples included the Chang Feng Spacetime, and elite exploration sites like the Realm of Destruction and Yonder Cliff, whose essences were so powerful they transcended the Great Dao of Spacetime’s essence.
The Great Dao’s Authority is ultimately bestowed by the Great Dao’s essence. Wu Yuan’s eyes gleamed with insight. In the end, it’s one’s own strength that remains constant.
One’s self-created Dao, ultimate techniques, and artifacts—these were the powers one could directly control.
As Wu Yuan pondered this, a deafening roar split the air.
An earth-shaking bellow accompanied a blindingly brilliant lightning bolt that streaked across the sky, surpassing ten thousand times the speed of light.
It’s that Thunder Dragon King. Wu Yuan noted. It was suppressed by me earlier, yet it still dares to challenge me now. He glanced over, a faint smile crossing his lips. Well, it makes sense. It’s perfectly adapted to the environment of the Sea of Thunder. Not only is its combat power enhanced here, but it’s empowered in many aspects, naturally emboldening it to provoke me.
When Wu Yuan first arrived, he had encountered this Thunder Dragon King while crossing the Sea of Thunder. Though called a king, it was basically the strongest among dozens of thunder dragons that had besieged him. Back then, Wu Yuan had expended considerable effort, barely shaking them off before exiting the Sea of Thunder. He never expected to encounter it again on his return journey.
A series of furious roars rang out. Though Wu Yuan couldn’t understand it from such a vast distance in spacetime, he could sense the meaning conveyed through the Dao fluctuations: “Die!”
“You want to kill me?” Wu Yuan charged forward recklessly, wielding his battle saber without a trace of fear.
“Oblivion!” His cold voice cut through the thunderous noise, echoing across the vast expanse.
Whoosh! A dazzling blade ray blossomed, its sharpness completely suppressing all Daos and laws, almost unaffected by any restrictions of the Realm of Destruction. Its speed continued to skyrocket: thirty thousand times, fifty thousand times, a hundred thousand times the speed of light. The blade ray’s velocity reached an inconceivable level, sweeping across the vast spacetime in the blink of an eye.
It cleaved directly toward the Thunder Dragon King, whose body stretched for hundreds of millions of li, exuding an ancient and vigorous aura.
“Roar!” The Thunder Dragon King’s eyes held no fear, only boundless battle lust. It swung its claws, attempting to fend off the attack.
Boom! Lightning crackled! Blade rays surged! The two forces collided in an instant.
The black blade ray swept through everything, filled with destructive power that caused the surrounding lightning and water to disintegrate instantly before striking the Thunder Dragon King’s massive body.
Ultimate technique, eighth move—The Primordium In A Thought.
Rumble~ Wu Yuan’s tyrannical saber technique completely overwhelmed the Thunder Dragon King. It was a one-sided battle.
The Thunder Dragon King roared in fury, its voice tinged with shock. Though not particularly intelligent, it remembered Wu Yuan’s vital aura. It clearly recalled that this foreign lifeform’s strength had been comparable to its own not long ago. How was it this powerful now?
“Myriad Thunder!” The Thunder Dragon King roared in a strange language. Its enormous body suddenly shrank, rapidly collapsing from dragon form into a spherical shape. It resembled a massive lightning star, perfectly round and flawless, its power intensifying as it hurtled fiercely toward Wu Yuan.
As lifeforms born from the Sea of Thunder, they shouldn’t really be called thunder dragons. “Thunder spirits” would be more fitting.
…
In the void not far from where Wu Yuan and the Thunder Dragon King battled, atop a massive reef in the Sea of Thunder, two Dao Zenithels suppressed their auras, quietly waiting for a treasure to emerge.
They suddenly looked up, shocked gazes fixed on the depths of the Sea of Thunder. As long as they didn’t release their auras, the thunder dragons would have difficulty detecting them.
Rumble~ Incredibly violent fluctuations were transmitted over, churning the vast Sea of Thunder and startling the two Dao Zenithels.
“What’s going on?” one asked.
“It’s the Thunder Dragon King’s aura.”
“The Thunder Dragon King whose strength rivals a Full Dao Zenithel? Which Dao Zenithel would dare provoke it?” Both were utterly astonished. One was from the Immortal Court, the other from the Night Ripper Megaverse. Though belonging to different factions, they explored the Sea of Thunder together for eons.
They were familiar with every thunder dragon that emerged from the Sea of Thunder. The Thunder Dragon King wasn’t just immensely powerful; more importantly, it was practically immortal within the Sea of Thunder. No one could truly subdue it.
Before the two Dao Zenithels could deliberate further, the battle crashed toward them.
Boom! The terrifying battle aftershocks swept over them. More accurately, the Thunder Dragon King was fleeing in their direction, completely suppressed by Wu Yuan.
Lightning raged, electric serpents howled, and blade rays crisscrossed, instantly shattering the massive reef into countless fragments that scattered across the sky.
“They’re coming this way!”
“Quick, let’s go!”
“It’s Saint Yuan! It’s the Eldritch Court’s Saint Yuan battling the Thunder Dragon King!” The two Dao Zenithels were startled and immediately fled frantically to one side.
In reality, the mere aftershocks of the battle couldn’t truly harm them. However, Wu Yuan’s reputation had long since resounded throughout the cosmic sea. The Immortal Court Dao Zenithel in particular was now utterly terrified.
The highest echelons of the Immortal Court had already spread the word that Dao Zenithel Yin Yue and Dao Zenithel Biao Huo had perished in the depths of the Realm of Destruction, slain by the joint attack of Saint Yuan and Dao Zenithel Ming Jian.
Two Dao Zenithels? Wu Yuan had long sensed their auras but continued pursuing the Thunder Dragon King without paying them any heed.
Dao Zenithels of this caliber could hardly pose a threat to Wu Yuan now, yet eliminating them would consume a great deal of his time, especially his mana body’s psyche energy and soul essence.
The threat draws near. Wu Yuan thought grimly. Once I deal with the Thunder Dragon King, I’ll depart immediately. He could already sense that immense, looming danger steadily approaching in the unseen distance.
In the following lightning-fast exchanges, Wu Yuan gleefully pummeled the Thunder Dragon King, regardless of whether it transformed into dragon form, a star, or other special combat form. No matter how fiercely it attacked, the end result was always the same—overwhelmed and brutally beaten by Wu Yuan. A completely one-sided battle.
In less than a quarter hour, the Thunder Dragon King let out agonized howls. It couldn’t even recall how many saber strikes it had endured.
I can’t win. It realized. Among the outsiders I’ve encountered, he’s even more formidable than that Yan Tuo. Amid its fury, the Thunder Dragon King remained rational. It knew it stood no chance of defeating its opponent.
The Thunder Dragon King suddenly accelerated, fleeing to one side like lightning before letting out a sky-shaking roar. “Outsider! What is your name?” This roar contained special fluctuations that directly entered Wu Yuan’s spirit.
“Ready to concede?” Sensing the message contained in the special fluctuations, Wu Yuan smiled slightly.
“Yuan!” he responded directly.
“Yuan!” The Thunder Dragon King acknowledged. “You are powerful enough. My thunder dragon race will no longer hinder you. I hope you will also refrain from attacking our family.” The Thunder Dragon King let out a series of angry roars, lowering its noble head.
“Very well, it’s a deal.” Wu Yuan smiled in response.
When Wu Yuan encountered the Thunder Dragon King, he launched into immediate battle for good reason.
According to the intelligence provided by Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu, the Thunder Dragon King would relentlessly pursue and attack any being it encountered unless thoroughly defeated. Wu Yuan knew this firsthand; during his previous journey through the Sea of Thunder, he had endured nearly a century of pursuit by the Thunder Dragon King and its subordinate thunder dragons.
Only by demonstrating overwhelming superiority could Wu Yuan force the Thunder Dragon King to yield and cease its attacks.
Whoosh! The Thunder Dragon King transformed back into its majestic dragon form. Then, it rapidly retreated.
This Thunder Dragon King’s top speed is slightly faster than mine when I wield my battle saber. Wu Yuan observed, watching its departure. If it kept pursuing me, I’d never escape. My speed would drop by at least thirty percent.
Rather than wasting precious time in a prolonged chase, Wu Yuan opted for decisive action.
A quarter hour spent resolving this nuisance. Wu Yuan mounted the Saber of Oblivion and plunged into the endless ocean where lightning converged. Layers of lightning parted before him, unable to slow his advance.
