The arena fell into absolute silence. Time seemed to completely freeze at this moment. Everyone's gaze was focused on a single point. A fist tightly gripped by the hand of a Golden Glazed Body. It was Sarl's fist.
Everyone's brains went into a temporary shutdown state. They doubted if everything they saw before their eyes was real, if their previous experience was just a dream.
Sarl, who had comprehended and integrated the power of five rules, unleashed his full strength to the extreme under the catalysis of rage and killing intent, delivering an unparalleled, terrifying blow that almost exceeded the cognition scope of a normal Level 12.
Yet, it was caught with a single hand?!
Not even a ripple was stirred, just like... A blazing, exploding nebula, just about to unleash an unparalleled world-ending storm in the cosmic universe, was swallowed up completely by the deepest, darkest black hole in the next second, with a 'whoosh'.
The huge contrast before and after made everyone's hearts fill with a sense of being caught off guard, difficulty in acceptance, and even a strong sense of… Absurdity. Including Sarl himself.
Sarl, whose strongest attack was blocked, stood frozen in place for almost three full seconds. A hint of blankness and bewilderment also appeared in his eyes.
Just as he was about to break free from this blankness and bewilderment, the owner of the Golden Glazed Body arm had already slowly walked out from the center of the storm.
At this moment, Lu Sheng's brilliant platinum-gold had completely receded, and his entire body was covered in a more magnificent and noble Golden Glazed Body color. Every inch of his skin, every strand of hair, and even every pore on his entire body, was like a work of art meticulously carved by the heavens, possessing a breathtaking beauty that spanned across galaxies.
Though exquisitely detailed down to his toenails, there was not the slightest hint of fragility. On the contrary, beneath every ray of light and every texture, there seemed to be an incredibly vast power hidden. This was the first time Lu Sheng had unleashed the divine ability—the Golden Glazed Body—since his breakthrough to Level 11. He himself was not very clear about the current height of his Martial Dharma Projection.
One thousand kilometers? One and a half thousand kilometers? Or two thousand kilometers?
Lu Sheng didn't know. But it no longer mattered. He only knew that his body was very hard now. Unprecedentedly hard. So hard that even he himself had no absolute certainty of being able to break himself.
The last time Lu Sheng used the Golden Glazed Body was when he only had 80,000 Immortal Cells in his entire body. At that time, this divine ability was already able to withstand the sharpness of the countless golden blades of Qian Yushu's Swords Wave, even though Yushu's combat power was based on comprehending three or more rules.
Now, the number of Immortal Cells in his body is… 330,000! An increase of a full two hundred fifty thousand compared to before.
Even if each Immortal Cell could only provide him with a trace of divine power. Two hundred thousand traces of divine power accumulated… It was enough to drive a world-shattering fundamental transformation.
Moreover, this transformation, for Lu Sheng, was all-encompassing. Although his height and build were similar to Sarl's, in everyone's eyes, it was as if they saw his figure infinitely rising, with large swathes of shadows rising from behind him, rapidly covering Sarl and everything around him.
"You can try again…"
Lu Sheng gently released Sarl's fist, looked at him calmly, and said, "If you can injure me… I will spare your life."
"Uh…"
Sarl's expression froze for a moment. He was drowning in the surging shame and indignation.
"Die!"
Sarl let out a low roar, countless orange star clusters around him violently rotated and vibrated. The distorted monster totem behind him, with its twelve eyes and a mouth full of octopus tentacles, also became clearer.
This punch… Its power was even greater than the previous strike.
"Boom!"
Sarl unleashed this punch. Directly creating a fan-shaped orange firestorm in the void. Countless star clusters exploded, and the void, under the pressure of the punch, rattled like a tattered cloth blown by a strong wind, rippling with large cracks and wrinkles.
"Die!"
Sarl was clearly very satisfied with the performance of this punch, and an exaggerated expression appeared on his demonic face. It was a smile that combined cruelty, brutality, ferocity, exhilaration, pride, and other emotions, so exaggerated that it was distorted, making people shiver.
But when the energy tide he unleashed gradually dispersed, revealing Lu Sheng's figure within. Sarl's smile instantly froze on his face, and even his eyes became somewhat dull.
"Crack, crack—"
Lu Sheng slightly opened his mouth and slowly moved his lower jaw a few times. The left cheek, which had been solidly struck by Sarl's fist, showed large, fine cracks like shattered glass, which rapidly healed at a visible speed as he moved.
When the last trace of a crack on his left cheek disappeared, it was as perfect as before. Lu Sheng then calmly said one word to Sarl.
"Continue."
"Uh…"
Sarl stood in front of Lu Sheng, maintaining his punching posture, like a clay sculpture, completely dazed for several seconds. Finally… His dull eyes regained their focus, but he couldn't help but let out a voice that was almost distorted by shock.
"This is impossible."
Lu Sheng didn't speak, just looked at him quietly. In his golden-black gradient pupils, a shadow seemed to burst forth, covering the sky, instantly obscuring the sky in front of Sarl's eyes. An unprecedented sense of fear quickly rose from the bottom of his heart at this moment. He tried to suppress this fear, screaming and frantically attacking Lu Sheng.
"Impossible. This is impossible... Die! Go to hell for me! Die! I'll kill you…"
Sarl used both his hands and feet. A Level 12 powerhouse who had comprehended five rules and was blessed with special powers going berserk was a terrifying thing. At least that's how it seemed to the onlookers.
With Sarl at the center, the surrounding thousand-kilometer radius could no longer accommodate anyone. Both the human Martial Artist side and the beast side had no choice but to continuously retreat.
This area was almost completely filled and occupied by orange star cluster currents and flames. Destructive power filled everywhere, and even a normal Level 12 Martial Artist couldn't get close; the void was beaten into a chaotic color.
Terrifying!
Those standing on the outer circle observing this scene were left with only this thought, but what shocked them even more and made them feel incredible was that… in this incredibly terrifying and violent attack, a voice occasionally came out.
"Continue. Too light... Too light..."
This voice was extremely calm, but each time it sounded, it was like pouring a bucket of oil onto a blazing fire, prompting Sarl's voice and attacks to continuously develop in a more extreme and frenzied direction. So much so that in the end, everyone could no longer hear his voice. They could only hear beast-like roars and extremely heavy gasps.
Even, the twelve-eyed, distorted monster totem with a mouth full of octopus tentacles, condensed on the orange star cluster current flames that burned to the extreme… condensed to the point where it almost came to life.
An evil and eerie aura filled the entire space.
Finally.
Accompanied by a deep growl that had completely detached from human sound, the distorted monster totem above the orange fire suddenly moved. Its mouth full of octopus tentacles suddenly opened, letting out a silent howl.
The evil aura in this space also instantly climbed to its peak.
In an instant, an unprecedented terror and palpitation rose in the heart of every human Martial Artist. Everyone's faces suddenly changed drastically, their gazes involuntarily swept towards the totem, their bodies grew cold.
They couldn't help but tremble.
"Die!"
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Translation notes by dhoo
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Golden Glazed Body
黃金琉璃身
See chapter 534
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Qian Yushu
千羽書
See chapter 534 and the Tournament arc
His technique 劍陣, the Sword Array or Swords Wave. There is an additional comment here, which was not included in chapte 534: 千羽書的大羅乾金劍陣的鋒芒 is 千羽書 Qian Yushu 的 's 大 large 羅 net 乾金 golden 劍陣 sword array 的 's 鋒芒 cutting edge... I read it a long time ago, but I think the Sword Array technique was indeed a large "net" or "collection" of countless swords, and it was probably golden, but feel free to correct me :)
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Martial Dao Dharma Projection aka Martial Dharma form
The huge kind of holographic projection of a martial artist's body and might, see chapter 534