Strongest War Emperor

A Realm.

It is an indispensable path to touching the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

For most Martial Artists, only by bringing their Realm to Great Success do they truly qualify to touch the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

A Realm is no ordinary thing. To many Martial Artists, it is akin to a powerful Seal.

Legend has it that after some supreme experts comprehend a Realm and bring it to the Great Success Realm, that Realm becomes like a separate space they have manifested, independent of this world.

Within this space, many of the world’s original Laws are restricted to a certain degree.

This manifested space can invade a Martial Artist’s Sea of Consciousness to the greatest extent, affecting their six senses and making illusions feel real.

Once an ordinary Martial Artist is trapped in an enemy’s Realm, their Cultivation will be severely suppressed.

Back in Celestial Phoenix City, Xue Dangdang’s cousin, Xue Jingyuan, once tried to use his newly comprehended Death Realm to drive Shen Lang insane before torturing and killing him.

But in the end, Shen Lang actually started to cultivate within the Death Realm, saw through the illusions with his Silver Eyes of Truth, and finally used his Emperor Realm to completely crush Xue Jingyuan. The backlash nearly killed Xue Jingyuan on the spot.

The Death Realm is a special type of Realm.

From the inside out, it endlessly magnifies the frantic killing intent, fear, and other negative emotions within a person’s heart until their consciousness goes mad and completely collapses.

Everything seen inside it feels completely real.

When flames burn a Martial Artist’s body, they will feel the full, agonizing pain of being immolated by a real fire.

When a blade slices their arm and blood gushes out, they can feel the pain. The flow of blood and everything else about the experience is indistinguishable from the outside world.

Even if one’s will is firm and they know it’s an Illusion Realm, they still cannot escape it.

Unless one can see through the Realm’s flaws or counter it with an even stronger Realm, they can only sink deeper until they are completely lost.

And the Water Realm is even more real than the Death Realm.

Whether it’s the Skeleton Demon Weapons or the Blood Sea and Yellow Springs manifested in the Death Realm, they are mostly just illusions created from Corpse Qi and Death Qi.

In terms of creating illusions, the Water Realm is clearly far inferior to the Death Realm.

However, the strength of the Water Realm lies precisely in its reality!

After Dugu Zhange used those Water Arrows to stealthily deploy his Realm...

The entire valley transformed into a Great Lake.

This Great Lake was not an Illusion Realm; it was something that everyone outside could see clearly!

A truly, tangibly real Great Lake!

Moreover, it was a Great Lake concentrated to the extreme, its power as immense as a mountain!

At this moment, under everyone’s watchful gaze, Shen Lang was at the bottom of the lake, enduring immense pressure from all directions. It seemed he could barely move!

Under Dugu Zhange’s control, the entire weight of the Great Lake was focused on a single point, pressing down on Shen Lang!

Heaven’s first creation is water. Water is like will, permeating all things, nourishing without a sound.

But once it unleashes its power, it can shatter heaven and earth, break Yin and Yang. It is indomitable, capable of anything!

Water can use softness to overcome hardness, and it can also use hardness to break softness.

For this reason, to a certain extent, the Water Realm is much more formidable than Realms like the Ice Realm.

If used properly, slaying an expert with higher Cultivation would be as easy as reaching into a bag to grab something!

No one could have imagined that Dugu Zhange, who at first seemed to have been driven mad with anger by Shen Lang and was attacking frantically, was actually just preparing to unleash his Water Realm!

After all, if he had tried to deploy his Water Realm normally, Shen Lang would have felt it immediately and could have either counter-attacked or dodged.

But Dugu Zhange had actually split his Realm into fragments, fused them into the water spheres, and used those to attack Shen Lang.

He had stealthily scattered his Realm in all directions.

Finally, these scattered fragments of his Realm suddenly linked together, forming a Great Lake that suppressed Shen Lang within it!

The ability to split a Realm into countless fragments was itself proof that Dugu Zhange’s comprehension of his Realm had already reached an incredibly high level!

Otherwise, how could even a powerhouse like Shen Lang be trapped in an instant?

Just as a group of female disciples from the Profound Dao Sect were screaming incessantly...

Dugu Zhange, laughing wildly, had already transformed into a streak of light and was charging toward Shen Lang.

His speed was almost unimaginable!

He covered the two-hundred-meter distance in an instant. A simple Hand Saber strike, carrying a fierce gale, chopped toward Shen Lang’s neck!

Under attack, Shen Lang bore the weight of the entire Great Lake. His movements were suppressed, slowed to an absolute crawl!

In the nick of time, Shen Lang took a step back, turned his body to the side, and raised his palm just in time to block Dugu Zhange’s lightning-fast Hand Saber!

BANG!

The two palms struck each other, and a fierce wind suddenly rippled outward. It was as if a typhoon had struck the Great Lake, sending monstrous waves surging into the sky!

”Shen Lang, die!”

Dugu Zhange used the force from the Hand Saber strike to lean back, then scissored his legs toward Shen Lang in a spiral!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

In the blink of an eye, Dugu Zhange had already thrown more than twenty kicks!

’His speed has increased dramatically again. The Dugu Family really is skilled when it comes to speed.’

Shen Lang felt the indescribable pressure from his surroundings, but he didn’t show the slightest hint of panic.

Against such a Water Realm, an ordinary expert at the King Martial Realm Second Heaven probably wouldn’t be able to resist and would likely be killed by Dugu Zhange in an instant.

But to Shen Lang, whose Chaos Divine Body had grown once again, this mere pressure posed no threat at all.

That said, since Shen Lang hadn’t yet grown accustomed to this pressure, his movements were indeed far too slow compared to Dugu Zhange’s. He seemed to be passively blocking Dugu Zhange’s leg attacks with circular motions of his hands.

Under the gazes of countless people...

One was bound within the Water Realm, his Cultivation greatly diminished, suppressed at the bottom of a Great Lake, and seemingly struggling to cope.

The other was not only unrestricted but was like a fish in water, his speed more than double what it was before!

With one weakened and the other strengthened, the spectators could only see Dugu Zhange moving as if he were teleporting, appearing in front of Shen Lang one moment, then to his sides or behind him the next.

He continuously launched incomparably tyrannical attacks.

The Great Lake churned with monstrous, roaring waves under the assault.

Meanwhile, the besieged Shen Lang stood in a horse stance, his hands moving slowly as if holding a Tai Chi Diagram, using softness to overcome hardness and stillness to counter motion.

”Something’s not right. One is like a fish in water, moving at such an incredible speed. The other’s power is greatly reduced, his movements so slow. How is it that after so many attacks, Dugu Zhange hasn’t landed a single blow on Shen Lang?”

An old voice suddenly spoke up from the crowd of spectators.

The others immediately gasped in shock!

That’s right!

Everyone thought Shen Lang was a dead man. Everyone thought Dugu Zhange had already won...

But after all this time fighting, how had Dugu Zhange’s storm-like assault not even touched the corner of Shen Lang’s clothes?

This is too strange!

”What kind of Combat Technique is this? Using softness to overcome hardness, striking later but arriving first! It’s as if Shen Lang knows exactly where Dugu Zhange’s hands and feet will appear and where they will strike next. How is that possible!”

”Exactly! Look, just now, with that last move, Shen Lang’s hand was already in place. It was like Dugu Zhange delivered his own foot right to it!”

Someone else in the crowd cried out.

As if hearing the crowd’s discussion,

the frantically attacking Dugu Zhange’s eyes turned cold. A surge of aquamarine Spiritual Power erupted from his body, enveloping his arms in an instant!

The next moment, Dugu Zhange’s palms suddenly swelled to more than double their size, resembling the paws of a monster!

As his knuckles bent slightly, pitch-black flames erupted from his massive palms, causing the surrounding lake water to boil and GURGLE!

The moment these bizarre and terrifying claws formed, they shot forward, grabbing for Shen Lang’s chest!

HISS!

The giant claws ripped through the air, and the extremely dense lake water immediately fluctuated violently!

It was unclear whether it was a mark torn by the claws or if the flames on the claws had vaporized the water, but a bizarre, vacuum-like five-fingered trace appeared in front of Dugu Zhange!

Everyone who saw this was absolutely certain that if this strike landed true, even someone with a powerful physique like Shen Lang would be disemboweled!

”Oh? Getting serious now, are we?”

Feeling the tyrannical aura and intense pressure coming from those claws, Shen Lang, who had been silent all this time, finally looked up and spoke coldly.

With a thought, as his Spiritual Power circulated, Shen Lang’s arm suddenly trembled!

At that moment, a formidable wave of Powerful Qi swept out from Shen Lang’s body, forcefully pushing away the surrounding lake water to form a bubble-like space!

”Hmph!”

A cold snort echoed in people’s minds, followed by the faint sound of thunder. Lightning flashed around Shen Lang’s arms. He thrust his right hand forward and, in a flash, seized Dugu Zhange’s right hand!

”You’ve had your fun for a while. Shouldn’t it be my turn now?”

Shen Lang’s suppressed Battle Intent finally, at this moment, erupted completely!

Fierce Thunder Power blasted from his right hand, instantly enveloping all the black flames on Dugu Zhange’s hand!

Immediately after, Shen Lang’s right hand squeezed hard!

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

Shen Lang’s grip made Dugu Zhange’s massive palm emit explosive cracking sounds!

Just as Dugu Zhange’s expression changed in horror, Shen Lang twisted his right hand, wrenching Dugu Zhange’s arm around, and blasted a bolt of Thunder Power into Dugu Zhange’s body.

Under countless gazes, Shen Lang held Dugu Zhange’s giant hand and kicked out twice with his right foot!

Those two kicks landed precisely on the Merak and Shaking Light points of the Big Dipper within Dugu Zhange’s body!

Before Dugu Zhange could react, Shen Lang kicked out with his left foot in a three-kick combo, striking the Phecda, Megrez, and Vega points of the Big Dipper within Dugu Zhange’s body!

The sequence and timing of these five kicks were perfect, instantly disrupting the circulation of Spiritual Power in Dugu Zhange’s body!

”This is impossible! How could you possibly know the Dugu Family’s Secret Technique?” Dugu Zhange was so frightened his soul almost scattered.

He absolutely refused to believe that Shen Lang’s kicks had struck his vital points by mere coincidence.

To break the ”Seven-Star Soaring Clouds,” one had to understand the Secret Technique itself!

And Shen Lang’s seemingly simple kicks just now were the exact method to counter the ”Seven-Star Soaring Clouds”!

”At a time like this, shouldn’t you be more concerned about your own life?”

Shen Lang sneered, and with a surge of strength in his right hand, he yanked Dugu Zhange’s arm, swung him around in a full circle, and smashed him backward!