Immortal Martial Emperor

"Senior Thunder Fire True Monarch, I still wish to try!"

Hong Yu said respectfully.

Even if the one standing before him was a genuine Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouse, he would still unhesitatingly choose to continue the challenge!

What’s more...

This was merely a projection of Thunder Fire True Monarch!

He wanted to travel to the Desert North Wilderness to find his parents and sister, which meant he was destined to encounter many powerhouses along the way. Forget the Primordial Embryo Realm; he was bound to face experts at the Primordial Spirit Realm, the Yin Yang Realm, and even stronger.

If he didn’t even have the courage to face a projection of a Primordial Embryo Realm expert, what courage would he have to face everything he might encounter in the future?

He stood quietly, a resolute light gleaming in his proud eyes. His resolve was as firm as a great boulder, steady and unshakeable.

Thunder Fire True Monarch gazed at the determination in those clear eyes, a soft smile appearing on his face. Within his eyes, a Thunder Beast and a Phoenix twisted and roared at the heavens.

He slowly nodded. "Since you insist, then this Seat shall grant your wish!"

"Little one, this Seat’s first technique is the first attack of the Thunderfire Heaven-Breaking Finger..."

Thunder Fire True Monarch raised his right hand, extended a finger, and slowly pressed it down toward Hong Yu.

His vast voice carried a sense of solemnity and austerity. "One Finger—Shakes the Heavens and Earth!"

Lightning danced on Thunder Fire True Monarch’s outstretched right hand. Streaks of golden electricity leaped and snaked across his fingertip.

These arcs of thunder and fire were exceptionally strange. With every pulse, they caused the surrounding air to turn violent, like a deep-sea vortex madly compressing the energy in the air into his fingertip.

The first technique of the Thunderfire Heaven-Breaking Finger, One Finger Shakes the Heavens and Earth!

This meant that when the finger appeared, the surging energy was powerful enough to disrupt the heavens and the earth.

Of course...

Just a mere projection could possess such mighty power. If Thunder Fire True Monarch’s true self were here, this single finger press would likely crush some of the weaker Celestial Soul Realm Martial Artists to death with its vast, radiating energy alone.

BUZZ!

Arcs of lightning, serpents of red fire.

An intertwining of thunder and fire.

Thunder Fire True Monarch’s index finger gradually grew, swelling to over three meters long.

A torrent of sharp energy condensed over the entire finger. The fingerprint whorls were clearly visible, as if streams of thunder and fire were coursing through the lines.

RUMBLE!

Thunder Fire True Monarch’s index finger finally pressed down.

Hong Yu’s expression tightened.

A wariness, as if facing a great enemy, flickered in his eyes.

The energy on this thunderfire finger was so intense that the mere ambient energy it radiated was enough to make Hong Yu feel as if a hundred-zhang-tall mountain was bearing down on him.

Before this finger, for the first time, Hong Yu understood the meaning of true insignificance!

At this moment, he felt like an ant standing before a giant, only able to gaze up at the surging energy fluctuations. Even looking from afar made his heart pound with a sense of dread.

CREAK!

Under the pressure of the thunderfire finger, Hong Yu’s bones creaked and groaned.

’What a terrifying technique. A Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouse is on a completely different level from the Primordial Core Realm. After advancing to the Primordial Embryo Realm, True Martial Arts Intent begins to transform into the Mysteries of Martial Arts. Once one grasps the Realm of Mystery, their power increases several-fold, even tens of times over.’

Hong Yu clenched his jaw and struggled to look up.

The fierce winds generated by this crushing finger were strong enough to send boulders weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds flying. If one were caught in the core of its attack, it could likely destroy more than half of a city like Shishui City.

This was just the tip of the iceberg, a hint of how truly formidable a Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouse was!

"Illusion Peak Technique!"

"Illusion Sea Technique!"

"Illusion Heaven Technique!"

"Phantom Spirit Strike..."

Hong Yu gripped his Godslaying Spear tightly. With two loud THUDS, his legs sank deep into the ground as if they were filled with molten iron.

He launched attack after attack with one hand.

He held nothing back in any of his attacks, unleashing his full power.

A mountain of golden Spear Aura, an ocean of spears, a torrential rain of lances from the sky, and a hundred-meter-long blast of Primordial Gang shot forth.

Under Hong Yu’s control, every one of these attacks was imbued with True Martial Arts Intentions like the Vibrating Rune Technique, the Wind Vortex, and the Five Yin Demonic Intent.

The Eight Great Martial Arts True Intentions were condensed together; the power of the attack was plain to see!

However...

Even though Hong Yu was attacking with all his might, he was still outmatched by the crushing descent of the golden, thunder-and-fire-wreathed finger.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A series of terrifying and utterly violent energy explosions erupted one after another, deafeningly loud.

With each explosion, the golden finger’s forward momentum would pause slightly.

But it continued its advance like a hot knife through butter, unstoppable and indestructible!

The golden mountain, the golden ocean, the golden curtain of spears...

These sharp attacks, which would have made most Primordial Core Realm powerhouses tremble with fear and feel utterly helpless, became as brittle as crackers before this finger.

CLANG!

BOOM!

BANG!

The finger crushed everything in its path without restraint.

One Finger Shakes the Heavens and Earth, throwing all into chaos as it broke through Hong Yu’s layers of attacks and arrived before him.

Hong Yu was already prepared; he had never hoped that these Primordial Gang attacks could stop the finger!

"Eight Desolates Slay Saint, I am invincible!"

Hong Yu roared, his neck flushing red as he suddenly raised his arms to block in front of him.

At the same time, the finger reached him...

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Layers of golden light suffused Hong Yu’s body. Every twitching muscle was like a Flood Dragon writhing beneath his skin.

Formidable power filled his entire body.

The Eighth Transformation Realm of the Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique was indeed powerful. Especially when Hong Yu channeled it without reservation, with all his might, the energy flowing over the surface of his body was even more torrential and violent.

"Begone! Begone!"

Hong Yu roared.

He tried to push forward with both hands.

However...

The power of this finger was just too, too strong!

So strong that even with all his might, Hong Yu couldn’t move it even a fraction of an inch.

"Little one, you can’t resist it!" Thunder Fire True Monarch said confidently.

Hong Yu’s eyes were already filled with a thick, crimson light. He roared, "Impossible! No one will stop me from seeing my parents! No one will halt my advance!"

His roars were like those of a Thunder Ancient Beast.

In his left eye, a Star River began to swirl.

Within his Dantian, the Infinite Golden Core surged, unleashing terrifying streams of golden Primordial Gang’s Power.

Hong Yu’s body swelled once more. With a series of RIPS, his clothes completely burst apart, revealing a body of powerful muscles, veins bulging and throbbing wildly.

"Don’t think you can stop me! No one can stop me!"

Hong Yu roared again and again.

He finally pulled his left leg out of the hard ground and took a heavy step forward.

"Hmm? He can still resist under the pressure of One Finger Shakes the Heavens and Earth?" A look of astonishment crossed Thunder Fire True Monarch’s face.

"Back! Back! Back!"

Hong Yu was straining so hard that blood and qi began to seep from under his skin, turning into bloody sweat.

He gritted his teeth and fought on.

There was only madness in his eyes!

Finally...

THUD! THUD!

He took two consecutive steps forward.

Then, the pace of his steps grew faster and faster. Even though the golden finger of One Finger Shakes the Heavens and Earth had already smashed his hands to a bloody pulp, he still persisted.

He kept advancing, continuously pushing against the thunderfire finger.

At a certain moment...

With a ferocious roar, Hong Yu swung his crossed arms with the force of two ancient, savage elephant trunks, swatting the golden finger away.

With a WHOOSH, it flew up to the dome of the ceiling.

And with a BANG, it exploded.

Dazzling specks of energy rained down.

"Eh? He actually managed to break this Seat’s One Finger Shakes the Heavens and Earth?"

A curious light flickered in Thunder Fire True Monarch’s eyes. He smacked his lips and praised in a low voice.

"Little one, your strength isn’t bad. Judging by your physique, you must have cultivated a Body Refining Technique. Hmm, it should be that fellow Eight Desolates True Monarch’s Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique, right? Tsk tsk, to be able to cultivate the Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique to the Eighth Transformation Realm at the mere Primordial Core Realm... your talent isn’t bad at all, little one!"

HAH! HAH!

Hong Yu gasped for breath, looking up at Thunder Fire True Monarch.

Thunder Fire True Monarch shook his head and said, "Poor little one, your luck isn’t good enough. If you had run into a projection of Eight Desolates True Monarch, he might have shown you mercy for the sake of the Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique. But you ran into this Seat... Come, withstand my second technique—Two-Finger Shattering Mountains and Rivers!"

Thunder Fire True Monarch spoke calmly and raised his hand again.

This time, a spatial vortex appeared before his palm, and his hand emerged from within it.

His fingers of flesh and blood actually condensed and transformed into a vast mountain range...

Within the mountain range were birds, beasts, insects, and fish; there were rivers flowing in reverse, and even ten-thousand-zhang-tall peaks.

This scene of mountains and rivers pressed down on Hong Yu.

One could imagine...

Its power was even more terrifying than before. The immense, heavy aura was nearly enough to suffocate Hong Yu.

’The Thunderfire Heaven-Breaking Finger has five techniques in total, and each one is stronger than the last. If I let him use the subsequent moves, won’t I be left without a single chance?’

Hong Yu gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down. His expression became stern, and a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. ’I can’t worry about all that. If this stalemate continues, I’m dead for sure. I have to risk it all!’

At this thought, Hong Yu leaped high into the air, then dropped abruptly, landing cross-legged on the cold ground.

His hands flashed through a series of Seal Techniques, then rested on his knees.

Taking advantage of the time Thunder Fire True Monarch was gathering his attack, he rapidly regulated his breathing. Just as the True Monarch had nearly finished forming the second finger and was about to attack, Hong Yu’s eyes snapped open.

The corners of his lips curved slightly upward into a resolute arc.

A faint, ethereal light flickered within his eyes, as if unyielding War Souls were racing and leaping within them.

He took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled. By then, a terrifying Spiritual Fluctuation had already gathered in his eyes, aimed squarely at Thunder Fire True Monarch...

’Victory or defeat will be decided in this one move!’