The Ultimate Divine Class-Chapter 422 - 345 Welcome to... My Kingdom of the Netherworld! (Thanks to the Boss Lu Ya!)_1
Three mechas, each over ten meters tall, surrounded Lu Yuan from three different directions.
Two were deep blue, one resembling a bird of prey, the other a wild beast.
The third was pure black, shaped like an ancient Western knight.
All three mechas were Earth Level, with combat power fluctuating around the high end of the fifth rank.
Lu Yuan felt he originally had a chance to make a perfect escape before these three Earth Level mechas surrounded him. The premise was... that no one was holding him back.
Lu Yuan looked down. His calm eyes, seen through his crystal mask, reflected a large hand formed from countless intertwined silver strands.
This hand gripped his ankle tightly.
Lu Yuan casually struck with his sword, barely cutting through a few silver strands, but more immediately took their place.
He dissolved the Death Qi Great Sword in his hand and the Nether Clothing at his ankle, seizing the chance to flap his wings and momentarily break free from the silver hand’s grasp.
Looking down along the silver hand, he saw the brunette man he had just knocked down now standing up again.
The man’s eyes blazed crimson as he stared at Lu Yuan with the coldness of a beast.
Half of his cheek and body disintegrated, transforming into countless silver strands.
Each silver strand was enveloped in a faint, crystalline, blood-colored sheen that rapidly spread across his entire body.
"It’s been a long time... since I felt this much pain," the brunette man said, a cruel, beast-like smile on his face.
The next second, his figure vanished.
Lu Yuan’s pupils shrank. The God Flower rotating in his mind trembled slightly.
He instinctively sidestepped.
CRACK—
A crisp sound echoed.
As time seemed to slow to a crawl, Lu Yuan watched in slight surprise as one of his dark, magnificent Nether Wings shattered like broken crystal, along with a part of his intricate Nether Clothing.
The brunette, who had just vanished, reappeared with his right side transformed into a giant, blood-colored cleaver that grazed past Lu Yuan.
Then it quickly vanished into the air.
Before Lu Yuan could catch his breath, the brunette reappeared in the next second.
WHOOSH—
This time, the man missed. The blood-colored cleaver sliced through the air, leaving a startling ripple, but Lu Yuan, whose eyes now glowed golden, barely evaded it.
"Oh?"
The brunette man looked at Lu Yuan. His body was enveloped in Death Qi, which was rapidly repairing the shattered parts of his magnificent armor. The man’s face revealed a hint of astonishment.
But that hint of surprise was quickly overshadowed by a far more potent murderous intent and ruthlessness.
He growled, and the other half of his body also dissolved into silver strands.
A substantial amount of silver strands reformed into a new, menacing form.
His body swelled to nearly four meters, taking on a beast-like form. Cold, sharp blades sprouted from every finger and joint.
He looked just like a living weapon.
RIP—
The brunette man, transformed into a living weapon, exuded a blood-red aura as he instantly appeared before Lu Yuan, tearing through the air with terrifying sonic waves.
In this form, his speed and lethality increased significantly, and his terrifying presence surged.
As the brunette man appeared, the glow on Lu Yuan’s forehead surged.
Instantly, a significant amount of Platinum Universe Qi and black Death Qi erupted from his body.
The two forces intertwined, quickly forming the massive image of a Nether Crow behind him.
Its body and wings were blacker than night, its cold eyes and talons gleaming with a platinum luster.
An aura reminiscent of a doomsday catastrophe, a harbinger of deathly disaster, instantly permeated the area.
"Grandmaster Nether Crow Sect: Death Country of Penglai!"
As the Nether Crow Dharma manifested, the shattered Nether Clothing on Lu Yuan was mended by the surging Death Qi.
He raised his arm and tore forward, the Nether Crow Dharma behind him mirroring his movements.
The essence of withering, death, and decay reconvened in his grasp.
A claw strike, existing between reality and illusion, seemed to pass directly through the brunette man’s body, tearing his very soul away.
The fierce expression on the brunette’s face froze. The bloodlust in his eyes faded, and his rigid body plummeted downwards...
"Damn it!"
In the conference room, some of the faction leaders monitoring the situation couldn’t help but voice their anxiety. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
"Where did this guy come from? He’s so strong! Even Heinz, a sixth-rank, can’t beat him? He’s been knocked down repeatedly?!"
"Quick, contact the three Earth Level mechas and the others! Tell them to engage! Don’t let him escape!"
"No! Large-scale concentrated fire might destroy the mysterious acorn we’re after..."
"This isn’t the time to discuss that! I’d rather destroy it than let it fall into someone else’s hands!"
"I disagree!"
"Enough."
The representative of the Distant Star Federation raised his hand to quell the argument. He was somewhat moved by the combat power displayed by the mysterious ’Hidden Star’ in the footage, but he didn’t show it. Instead, he turned to Kase in the conference room and said gravely, "Let’s hear President Kase’s opinion."
Kase’s expression at this moment was peculiar. He didn’t seem anxious or dissatisfied by Heinz’s failure on screen; rather, he appeared more... astonished and surprised.
"This person’s abilities are peculiar," Kase began. "He clearly wields the Evil God Power of the Crow God Sect, yet the methods he used to defeat Heinz twice are not among the recorded abilities of the Crow God Sect’s acolytes. I had my doubts before. This ability reminds me of a mysterious rumor concerning the Starry Sky Martial Path..."
Kase seemed to connect it to something, but he quickly shook his head, dismissing his own speculation.
"Can President Kase get to the point, please?" someone in the conference room couldn’t help but tap the table lightly.
Kase glanced dismissively at the speaker and said coolly, "Just keep watching. Your understanding of Heinz... is still far too limited."
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Lu Yuan was savoring the lingering sensation of the ’Death Country of Penglai’ technique he had just executed. A subtle feeling flowed through his heart.
He had actually felt this sensation the first time he used a Grandmaster-level ’Nether Crow Sect’ technique, though it was very faint then.
This time, it was more distinct, like a seed buried deep in his heart, quivering faintly.
It grew stronger each time. Although it hadn’t sprouted yet, it felt close to doing so.
Why didn’t I feel this when I used Nether Crow Sect techniques before? Oh, perhaps it’s because I never combined them with Death Qi, and my intelligence wasn’t as high as it is now... Lu Yuan pondered.
He felt it was very similar to when he switched to his Three-headed, Six-armed Ming King form, executed ’Six Emblems Dragon Swallow,’ and stacked his pure strength to its absolute limit, thereby inadvertently touching upon the ’Miracle Realm.’
A Miracle Realm unique to the Nether Crow?! Lu Yuan’s eyes lit up slightly. He believed this wasn’t just his imagination.
These powers should have a collective name, he mused. They might possess different characteristics, but they are all equally formidable.
While Lu Yuan was contemplating, his expression suddenly changed, and he looked down.
Suddenly, an incredibly tyrannical and powerful aura surged skyward.
A monster, over five meters tall, roared as it charged straight at him. Its body was formed from countless rippling silver strands that had sharpened into innumerable blades. It was covered in a blood-red glow, its eyes blazing crimson.
The terrifying pressure emanating from it distorted a large area of air beneath Lu Yuan’s feet, making it ripple like flowing water.
Not only unharmed, but stronger?! Lu Yuan’s pupils contracted. The Nether Crow Dharma behind him stirred, and countless streams of Death Qi and Universe Qi surged through his body...
But before he could fully unleash his technique, his body suddenly trembled slightly...
THUMP! THUMP!
His body, and the colossal Nether Crow Dharma behind him, were successively pierced by a streak of faint red, silver light moving faster than sound.
The enormous Hundred-eyed Dark Crow Dharma silently disintegrated, and the Nether Clothing armor on Lu Yuan also shattered piece by piece.
He looked down at his waist in disbelief. A gaping, bloody wound, the size of a bowl, remained there.
The brunette’s explosive power had surpassed his estimations. It was only his Grandmaster Instinct that allowed him to evade the vital spot at the last moment before the crisis struck.
If he hadn’t dodged just then, his chest would likely have been pierced.
Even if Lu Yuan wouldn’t necessarily die, he would definitely be seriously injured.
The dissipation of his Dharma and Death Qi made Lu Yuan almost lose his balance in mid-air.
At the same time, a BUZZING sound came from above.
It was the chestnut-haired man in his third form, preparing a powerful attack.
The monstrous, five-meter-tall chestnut-haired man’s arms had dissolved at some point. The dissolving silver strands converged before his chest, forming an enormous, terrifying drill-like weapon.
This outrageously large silver drill spun with insane acceleration. Friction with the air caused it to throw off streaks of silver light that resembled lightning.
The very tip of the drill glowed with a pinpoint of crimson. The dazzling sharpness, even from a distance, felt as if it could shred one’s eyeballs and pierce through their brain.
When the silver drill’s rotation reached its peak, the chestnut-haired man let out a beast-like roar. He then shot down towards Lu Yuan at supersonic speed, propelling the high-speed rotating silver drill directly at him...
"It’s over."
In the conference room, Kase calmly withdrew his gaze from the light screen.
He glanced around, seeing faces etched with slight shock.
"Heinz has three personalities," Kase explained dispassionately. "A normal persona, a violent persona, and... a Demon persona. Each switch between personas results in a drastic increase in combat power."
Kase casually glanced at the screen and added, "The technique he unleashes in his Demon persona, at its absolute limit, can even tear through the energy defense field of a Sky-level armament."
"A Sky-level armament’s energy field?!" someone gasped in disbelief.
Even the representative of the Distant Star Federation, a man of vast experience who had witnessed many astonishingly powerful individuals, showed a hint of incredible astonishment upon hearing this.
Kase chuckled softly and continued, as if to himself, "Under normal circumstances, Heinz is predominantly controlled by his normal persona. Unfortunately, this opponent is quite strong and possesses unusual methods. He managed to inflict a powerful mental attack on Heinz. It directly damaged Heinz’s first two personas, forcing out his most terrifying Demon persona. One must say..."
BOOM!
A loud rumbling sound came from the light screen above. Kase looked up, just in time to see a violent explosion.
Kase smiled faintly, about to continue speaking with composure.
Suddenly, the sound and light of the explosion on the screen rapidly subsided.
Two figures, standing motionless in opposition, slowly became visible. At the same time, a soft sigh, laden with complex emotions, intermittently reached the ears of everyone in the conference room. It was Lu Yuan’s voice.
"You’re truly strong..."
"Even with a... temporary enhancement... I couldn’t defeat you... I really should have... used other means to kill you instantly. However, since it has come to this..."
"...let’s achieve a perfect ending in my current state..."
The next second, an unprecedentedly dense blackness surged from the center of the screen. It was as if some colossal entity was unfurling its wings, struggling to break free.
The entire screen was plunged into momentary blackness by an indescribable, overwhelming torrent of terrifying Death Qi, like a deluge from the ocean.
And during this brief moment of blackness, everyone in the conference room heard a cold, calm voice speak once more. This time, it was crystal clear. Everyone heard it distinctly.
"Nether Crow. Double Lotus Turnaround. Divinity Unity!"
"Welcome to... my Kingdom of the Netherworld!"
