As the word was spoken, ripples visible to the naked eye spread throughout the entire void space. The entire void twisted, like a wrinkled curtain, undulating and folding repeatedly. Every martial artist and countless Strange Beasts within this space also became distorted within these ripples.
It wasn't just a visual distortion. It included their physical bodies and their souls.
At this moment, they felt as if they had transformed into a transparent sheet of paper, floating on the surface of water. As the water rippled, the paper also took on the shape of the ripples.
Those who were slightly closer to the battle group immediately vomited blood under this distortion, instantly suffering severe injuries. Even those further away felt a splitting headache, their martial bodies feeling as if they were being twisted into a pretzel. Further away, many Level 9 and Level 10 Strange Beast directly exploded, turning into clusters of blood mist.
If the aftershocks were like this, imagine being at the center of the power's explosion. Where countless ripples arose, it almost completely transformed into a black hole. The void was utterly annihilated. An indescribable aura of destruction.
An ordinary Level 12 Martial Artist, just by glancing at it, would feel a terrifying sensation of their soul being sucked in and shredded. But amidst such an unspoken great disturbance and great terror, a voice, indifferent from beginning to end, suddenly rang out.
"Is this all there is? You're just... a piece of trash"
The next moment, a strong arm cast in gold stretched out from the black hole. Like a sharp blade piercing through a water curtain. Its five fingers spread open, reaching out from the swirling black hole, the epicenter of countless raging energies, with an extremely domineering, brutal, and even crude posture.
"Boom!"
It crushed the evil monster totem with twelve eyes and a mouth full of octopus tentacles. It went straight in, fiercely gripping Sarl's neck. Then, like pinching a little chick, it lifted Sarl straight up.
"Crack, crack, crack."
After the arm came the shoulder, the chest, the abdomen, and the head. The powerful, unparalleled golden body, covered in beautiful patterns, forcibly pried open and expanded the vortex, stepping out from within. The raging energies, solidified into substance, collided with this golden body, emitting crisp yet powerless sounds.
Lu Sheng was like an ancient golden god resurrected from a stellar graveyard, returning to the human world.
"Even after becoming its dog and absorbing so much dark energy, you are still this weak?"
Lu Sheng looked at Sarl, who was struggling desperately in his five fingers, his face filled with disbelief and terror, and said softly, "You truly are a piece of trash."
Lu Sheng's five fingers contracted. Inside his palm, 330,000 Immortal Cells formed a destructive force.
"Bang!"
Sarl's head exploded like a water balloon squeezed with great force. Countless faint red streams of light burst out from it, scattering in all directions. Each stream of light seemed to reflect Sarl's terrified face.
"Splat!"
Sarl's headless corpse was casually thrown down by Lu Sheng from mid-air like garbage, landing on the ground and creating a large pit. The sound of the corpse hitting the ground was like a drum, pounding heavily on everyone present.
Everyone's eyelids twitched violently. It was more like a physiological reaction. Because their brains were in a chaotic state, and their expressions were mostly of shock and daze.
Sarl was dead. Dead cleanly and efficiently.
Recalling everything that had happened before, it was like a magnificent, crazy, and beautiful space opera, just as it reached its most exciting climax...
Suddenly, the entire theater had its lights pulled, plunging into darkness, forced to an abrupt curtain call.
An extreme sense of unreality.
It wasn't until a certain martial artist from the defector faction suddenly shivered that everyone gradually recovered from their trance, feeling reality.
Only then did they truly realize that Sarl was dead, and died terribly, humiliatingly.
Sarl, who had comprehended five laws, whose strength had been boosted to Level 13 by the evil power of the Alien, dominating the entire scene and bringing despair and fear to everyone, had his head, and everything inside it, crushed by a single hand, like pinching a cheek.
There were no more expressions to interpret the shock on their faces. Words could not describe the complex emotions in everyone's hearts at this moment. They stared blankly at Lu Sheng, looking at this person who was ostensibly only Level 11, yet whose combat power was so off the charts that even a Level 13 couldn't suppress him. Was he a space monster?!
Certain perceptions about martial arts and power levels, formed over tens of thousands of years, were slowly collapsing. Lu Sheng's strength was shattering their worldview and cognition.
Even Saya, who was holding the Stone Man Tang Dun, was so shocked at this moment that he had almost completely lost the ability to think, doubting whether this man, as powerful as a mythical ancient god of the stars, was truly the companion he knew.
Lu Sheng, however, had no time to pay attention to the thoughts of the people below. He narrowed his eyes slightly, his pupils, like flowing golden amber, staring at a certain spot in the void.
There, Lu Sheng saw a deformed monster covered in eyeballs and with a mouth full of wriggling octopus legs, staring fiercely at him. It seemed to be cursing wildly, or perhaps expressing some kind of excited emotion.
Within the space imperceptible to the naked eye, a large amount of red light, representing anger, was continuously secreting, becoming more and more intense. These red lights permeated from the void into reality, causing the eyes of the remaining Strange Beast in the field to gradually become tinged with red. The deformed monster, wildly swinging its octopus tentacles and mouth, also slowly revealed its form during this process.
Lu Sheng's eyes instantly lit up with a ray of light. He felt that his 330,000 Immortal Cells were excited and trembling, with something called battle intent igniting on each one.
"Level 13."
After crushing Sarl head-on, Lu Sheng finally had a rough understanding of his current strength. But this understanding was clearly not enough. He needed stronger opponents and greater pressure to fully recognize himself, understand the limits of his strength, and the peak of his potential excavation.
"Level 13. Let me see what a true Level 13 is like." he said softly, gently licking his lips.
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"Whoosh!"
A white figure, like an aurora in the dark corners of space, swiftly streaked across the sky, leaving a deep, lingering ripple in the void that refused to dissipate.
This was a man with an indifferent expression, probably in his early thirties. His snow-white hair was crystal clear, forming a sharp contrast with his pure black combat suit.
The white-haired man's right hand gripped a long, narrow blade. The long blade's appearance was quite peculiar, its overall color a grayish-white, similar to bone. The hilt and guard also seemed to be made from the polished bones of an unknown beast.
"Coordinates, provide me with the coordinates again."
The white-haired man lightly tapped the communicator in his ear and said expressionlessly. Soon, an unexpected voice came from the communicator.
"Hai Ji Dao, sir, haven't you met them yet?"
The white-haired man nodded and replied, "I encountered a general on the way and fought it, but unfortunately, it escaped..."
"Oh." responded the voice in the communicator, and it quickly reported a new coordinate point.
"The coordinate energy fluctuations are very unstable, Hai Ji Dao, sir, you might need to hurry." added the operator after reporting the coordinates.
"Understood."
The white-haired man cut off the communication, and his indifferent eyes flickered. Instantly, his already extremely fast speed increased by several times.