Strongest War Emperor

”For this battle between you two, Nangong and I will begrudgingly act as referees.”

A majestic voice suddenly rang out as two figures materialized out of thin air.

Shangguan Feiyue, the Elder Ancestor of the Imperial Dragon Sect, and Nangong Yan, the Elder Ancestor of the Flower Sect, appeared at the southern and northern ends of the valley, respectively.

”Keep it civil, keep it civil, hehe.”

Shangguan Feiyue chuckled and joined forces with Nangong Yan to begin setting up a Barrier around the valley.

The destructive power of a fight between King Martial Realm experts was too great, especially when one of them was a freak like Shen Lang.

Shangguan Feiyue didn’t want them to level Cangxia Mountain completely.

At the same time, Dugu Zhange was a member of a Hidden Great Noble Family. Shangguan Feiyue could only pray inwardly that Shen Lang wouldn’t just outright kill him, all while watching intently in case the worst should happen.

The Hidden Noble Families were even more powerful than Legendary Powers. If one of their scions died here, the Imperial Dragon Sect could not bear their terrifying wrath...

At this moment, the aura around Dugu Zhange began to climb wildly. A tyrannical and peerless momentum suddenly burst from his body!

This momentum was so strong that even the people on the distant mountain peak found it a little difficult to breathe.

In an instant, a domineering and ferocious aura blanketed the entire valley.

A seven-colored divine radiance appeared around his body, emitting streams of rosy light that shot into the sky and formed a massive cloud high above.

Shen Lang, on the other hand, showed no change at all. His aura was contained, deep as an abyss, as he quietly watched Dugu Zhange.

”Shen Lang!” Dugu Zhange roared. ”You forced my hand! Don’t you regret it!”

Following Dugu Zhange’s roar, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi stirred violently and converged on him.

Five massive water spheres, each two meters in diameter, appeared around Dugu Zhange.

A terrifying aura was released from the water spheres, causing the expressions of Shangguan Feiyue and Nangong Yan in the air to shift slightly.

’What a powerful brat. He’s only at the King Martial Realm First Heaven, yet such small water spheres contain such terrifying power!’

’People from the Hidden Great Noble Families are truly extraordinary!’

Shangguan Feiyue and Nangong Yan glanced at each other, both nodding slightly.

At first glance, the water spheres seemed ordinary, with nothing special about them.

But the power contained within any single one was likely enough to shatter mountains and sunder peaks!

However, the Shen Lang opposite him didn’t seem to pay them any mind...

Shen Lang sneered, ”It’s come to this, and you’re still dawdling? Aren’t you tired of it?”

”You’re the one who came looking for me, wanting to ’spar’ with your King Martial Realm Cultivation against my Xuanwu Realm Cultivation. Now that I’m actually going to spar with you, suddenly I’m the one forcing you? Have you no shame?”

”You’re allowed to challenge me, a Xuanwu Realm cultivator, with your King Martial Realm Cultivation, but I’m not allowed to come back and accept that challenge?”

Shen Lang yawned lazily and added, ”Cut the fucking bullshit and get over here and die! I have to go to sleep after I’m done with you.”

When it came to running one’s mouth, who in the world besides Chu Qingcheng was Shen Lang’s match?

Dugu Zhange had grown up in a secluded place. Trying to engage in a war of words with Shen Lang was simply asking for humiliation.

Shen Lang’s casual words instantly drove him mad with rage.

”Go to hell!” Dugu Zhange roared furiously, Stepping into the Central Palace as he threw a punch at Shen Lang!

One of the five massive water spheres orbiting Dugu Zhange suddenly enveloped his arm, transforming into an incomparably sharp Water Arrow that shot toward Shen Lang!

An ear-piercing shriek tore through the air, making one’s heart palpitate and blood run cold just from hearing it. It was incredibly unsettling.

The Water Arrow was so fast that all the spectators instinctively narrowed their eyes!

Not only was it incredibly fast, but the Water Arrow also flickered in and out of sight, its trajectory bizarre and impossible to predict!

’Such speed, such power, such an exquisite technique!’

The enormous Water Arrow moved with incredible speed, its friction with the air causing steam to rise until, in an instant, most of the gorge was filled with white mist!

As the Water Arrow passed, the Powerful Qi in its wake carved a deep trench into the ground below!

A fierce gale howled, and the two-hundred-meter distance was covered in a flash!

And yet, Shen Lang neither built up momentum nor dodged...

He kicked his right leg straight up, then swung it out to the side like a blade!

*THWAP!*

The explosion everyone anticipated never happened. The enormous, ferocious Water Arrow was simply kicked aside by Shen Lang, shooting off to the right and slamming into the northern cliff face!

*BOOM!*

A deafening sound erupted. The Barrier that Shangguan Feiyue and Nangong Yan had set up trembled violently, and ripples of Powerful Qi swept across the entire area!

Endless steam instantly filled the air, drifting down in a magnificent spectacle.

”My god, it’s like a whole Great Lake was compressed into that tiny water sphere! An ordinary King Martial Realm Martial Artist could never have taken an attack like that!”

Zu Wei, a King Martial Realm Fifth Heaven expert in the crowd of spectators on the peak, muttered to himself.

Beside him, Nanfeng Yao chuckled. ”The attack was certainly powerful, but Young Master Lang’s technique for deflecting the force is far more terrifying. Such a tyrannical attack, which should have exploded upon being blocked, was casually kicked aside by him. It’s simply unimaginable!”

Hearing the discussion between the two King Martial Realm experts, the people around them felt their throats go dry and itchy.

Down below, Dugu Zhange seemed to be in a state of fury. He adopted a profound footwork, formed a seal with his left hand, and continuously struck with his right!

Each time he attacked, one of the five giant water spheres rotating around him would transform into a Water Arrow and shoot out.

And shortly after a sphere vanished, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in the area would immediately replenish it, forming a new water sphere to hover around him!

The sharp sound of breaking the sky rang out continuously, and each Water Arrow was faster than the last!

But no matter how fierce Dugu Zhange’s movements were, or how fast and terrifying the Water Arrows became, Shen Lang remained standing calmly in place. His legs moved left and right, a perfect blend of hard and soft, deflecting the ferocious Water Arrows and sending them shooting to the side!

Every time Shen Lang deflected a Water Arrow, the tyrannical power contained within it would explode.

Crazed blasts of Powerful Qi swept out in all directions, and one bottomless crater after another appeared in the valley.

The rumbling was incessant, echoing throughout the valley. Even from a great distance, the various disciples watching from the mountaintop felt their minds shake and grew dizzy!

In an instant, the vast valley was shrouded in mist, and rain poured down in torrents.

”So strong, just too strong! To think he can manipulate Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to this extent with only a King Martial Realm First Heaven cultivation! These attacks are practically endless! If Shen Lang is careless for even a moment and a Water Arrow explodes near him, then...”

”Even if it doesn’t explode, if he only defends and never attacks, he’ll eventually be worn down by Dugu Zhange... With that Cultivation Technique of his, Dugu Zhange mobilizes the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, so his own consumption is very small.”

”That’s right. Even if he isn’t worn down to death, if this continues, Shen Lang will probably exhaust most of his Spiritual Power. This kind of Cultivation Technique looks simple, but its power is peerless. The Ancient Hidden Noble Families are truly incredible!”

The people on the mountaintop continued their discussion.

Previously, everyone had only heard that Dugu Zhange was formidable, but they had never seen it with their own eyes.

Now, watching Dugu Zhange’s frenzied attacks—his techniques simple yet profound and unfathomable, their power peerless—the way they looked at him began to change.

Some who had originally thought Dugu Zhange would be defeated were slowly changing their minds, and instead began to lose faith in Shen Lang.

*BANG!*

Kicking away another terrifying Water Arrow, Shen Lang sneered, ”Shouldn’t we stop playing these childish games? If you don’t show me your real skills, I won’t be so polite anymore.”

Unexpectedly, at these words, Dugu Zhange actually stopped his attack.

The next moment, Dugu Zhange let out a wild laugh and abruptly shook his arms!

The five water spheres constantly rotating around his body suddenly shot out in four directions and then burst apart!

And in that instant...

*WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!*

It was as if a fierce wind had swept past, and everyone experienced an illusion!

It felt as if, in that moment, time itself had stopped in the steam-filled valley!

No, it wasn’t actually time that had stopped, but the swirling mist!

The mist that had been drifting and swirling was now suddenly frozen in place!

Dugu Zhange spread his hands, and it was as if countless threads were linking all the steam together, bringing it under his control!

The mist filling the valley suddenly changed!

All the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around Cangxia Mountain converged on the valley, transforming into the water of a lake!

In a flash, the mist-filled valley had turned into a Great Lake!

It completely enveloped Shen Lang within it!

”It’s the Water Realm! Dugu Zhange has indeed comprehended the Water Realm!”

”Heavens! Using a Realm against an opponent takes a lot of time and is easily blocked or dodged. But Dugu Zhange used the dispersed water mist to deploy his Realm! What kind of Cultivation Technique is this?!”

”How ingenious... So he was constantly attacking Shen Lang to borrow his power to shatter the Water Arrows. Each arrow contained the essence of the Water Realm, and in the end, with just a thought, the entire valley was enveloped by his Water Realm!”

”Shen Lang is now enveloped by this Realm. I’m afraid escaping will be next to impossible!”

”The Cultivation Techniques of the Ancient Hidden Noble Families are truly tyrannical and unfathomable, impossible to resist...”

”It seems the outcome of this battle has already been decided!”

The people on the mountaintop discussed animatedly, their eyes filled with shock.

Everyone was very clear about the power of a Realm.

But a Realm was not easy to deploy.

Back then, Duanmu Xie had been too confident. He had only wanted to ”play” with Shen Lang using his Death Realm, but before the Realm could even be deployed, Shen Lang shattered it with his Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads. In the end, the unlucky Duanmu Xie was suppressed.

If the Death Realm had been successfully deployed, how could even the combined forces of Chaos and the others have stopped him?

Now, a Great Lake had formed in the valley. Shen Lang was completely suppressed at the bottom, finding it difficult to even move!

And the very instant the Great Lake formed, the wildly laughing Dugu Zhange transformed into an afterimage, lunging toward Shen Lang with a punch as fast as a bolt of lightning!

The Water Realm enveloped Shen Lang, binding him tightly, yet it multiplied Dugu Zhange’s speed several times over!

On one side, movement slowed as if crushed by a great mountain.

On the other, speed increased frantically...

Many of the female disciples from the Profound Dao Sect cried out in alarm!

Could it be? Was the battle going to end so quickly...?