Immortal Martial Emperor

"To break this array, one punch is enough!"

The calm words carried an unshakeable, powerful confidence.

Under the mocking and disbelieving gazes of the Blood Demon Palace members, Hong Yu flew forward with a beat of his Divine Demon Wings.

He stopped in mid-air, ten meters away from the Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts.

He took a deep breath.

Then slowly exhaled.

A faint cyan light appeared on his right hand. His arm slowly bent, muscles rippling as cyan Dragon Scales covered it.

"THUMP! THUMP!"

The throbbing of his bulging veins sounded like the beating of war drums.

Light flowed over it, carrying a halo like that surrounding a bright moon.

After gathering power for a moment, a razor-sharp glint suddenly appeared in Hong Yu’s calm eyes.

His voice boomed like thunder as he suddenly roared, "Great Destruction Fist!"

"BOOM!"

He threw a punch.

A gray light swirled around his fist. As the punch flew, the light expanded, forming a spherical, gray, vacuum-like fist projection the size of a small house.

This was the First Technique of the Great Destruction Fist—Heaven and Earth Have Me!

What did "Heaven and Earth Have Me" mean?

It meant that a single punch, infused with Mystical Power, could allow one to merge with the surrounding world.

Through the Mysteries of Martial Arts, one could communicate with heaven and earth, borrowing the Power of Heaven and Earth to amplify one’s attack.

With this one punch, even an Early-stage Primordial Spirit Realm powerhouse would be blasted apart by Hong Yu.

As for whether the Great Destruction Fist could actually destroy this Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts?

The answer was a resounding yes!

"BUZZ!"

The entire snowy peak where the Blood Demon Palace resided was enveloped in a crimson light shield. When the gray fist projection entered the array’s range, it slammed viciously into that shield.

"BANG!"

A dull, explosive impact rang out.

It was deafening.

It was like the evening drum and morning bell, or like the great Hongzhong of heaven and earth being struck by Deities.

"BZZZZZ!"

The bloody light of the Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts erupted, and the two forces seemed to be locked in a stalemate.

"Hahaha, and here I thought he could actually break the Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts with one punch! Turns out he’s all talk!"

"I knew it. Not even the Kingdom’s Top Ten Powerhouses working together could break the Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts. What makes this kid think he can?"

"Hong Yu, you should just hurry home, wash up, and go to bed!"

The powerhouses of the Blood Demon Palace secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hong Yu’s earlier confidence and pride had left them feeling uncertain, but now that the Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts seemed to be holding against his attack, their arrogance naturally returned.

Unfortunately for them!

Their smugness lasted for only a moment.

"CRACK!"

The crisp sound wasn’t particularly loud.

Normally, if someone heard such a sound, they might think it was just a dry twig snapping underfoot.

It would cause less of a stir than a fart!

But today was completely different.

"CRACKLE! CRACK! CRACK!"

Following the first crisp crack, countless more splitting sounds followed in quick succession.

With every crack, the hearts of the Blood Demon Palace members skipped a beat.

"Th-This... how is this possible?"

"My heavens, the Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts is actually being broken?"

"One punch? Did he really do it in just one punch?"

The powerhouses who witnessed this scene all stared wide-eyed, filled with disbelief.

The Blood Demon Palace powerhouses, in particular, found it impossible to accept. "Th-This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"The Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts... even a Primordial Spirit Realm powerhouse might not be able to shake it! H-How could he possibly break it with a single punch?"

Everyone was stunned and at a loss.

Little did they know...

...that in Hong Yu’s eyes, the Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts was riddled with flaws. The weakness of such a malevolent array wasn’t just its Array Hub. With his understanding and mastery of the Initial Understanding of the Dao of Artifacts, breaking this array was as easy as turning his hand!

’Damn it, we can’t block his attack. Our only option is to strike first,’ the Second Elder said wisely.

The other powerhouses agreed and began to channel the Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts to launch an attack.

Countless Vengeful Souls rushed toward Hong Yu.

Hong Yu smiled coldly. "Xingtian, take care of these. Refine them into Execution Corpse Warriors later. They’ll make for a decent army!"

"Okay, Big Brother!"

Xingtian naively scratched his head and lunged forward.

The Devouring Demon Tree was a full ten zhang tall. Its canopy swayed, and its surging black energy coalesced into massive hands that snatched up the Vengeful Souls. Each grab caught hundreds, even thousands, of them.

In no time, the million Vengeful Souls had all been captured by the Devouring Demon Tree.

"Now, it’s your turn!"

Hong Yu looked toward the many powerhouses of the Blood Demon Palace.

He put sudden force into his arm, and a cyan light erupted, surging forward like a ferocious cyan dragon, leaving devastation in its wake and not even a blade of grass standing.

"BOOM!"

The entire Array of Ten Thousand Ghosts exploded.

With a beat of his Divine Demon Wings, Hong Yu charged into the Blood Demon Palace. Hundreds of disciples met him head-on, but Hong Yu didn’t pause for a second. His Divine Demon Wings swept out, completely unrestrained.

Everywhere Hong Yu passed, the "PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!" of flesh being torn filled the air.

The ground was littered with severed limbs and mangled bodies, dripping with fresh blood.

’Hm? There’s something strange about this grand hall!’ As he flew past a large hall, Hong Yu sensed an unusual fluctuation from within.

He immediately conjured a golden claw mark.

It was immense. With a "BOOM," it utterly crushed the roof of the grand hall below—a hall large enough to hold several thousand people. With the roof gone, the scene inside was exposed.

It was... a kitchen?

In the center was a massive iron cauldron, billowing with thick steam.

Inside the pot, the bodies of more than thirty infants were tumbling in the boiling broth.

The oldest of these infants were no more than two or three years old, while the youngest looked like they had just been born.

Their bodies were perfectly intact, but their fingers were spread in agony, their limbs flailing. It looked as though they had been thrown into the scalding broth and boiled alive.

Hong Yu’s body trembled.

His gaze swept around the kitchen, and he saw rows of pig cages. Inside them, no fewer than a hundred infants were imprisoned, wailing loudly.

The infants were all naked, without even a single strip of cloth to keep them warm.

Not far from them lay piles of small bones—clearly the skeletal remains of infants who had been gnawed clean of their flesh.

On the other side of the massive iron cauldron was a steamer.

Hong Yu took a deep breath. With a wave of his hand, the steamer lid flew off, revealing more than a dozen infants inside, all of whom had had their hair shaved off.

Their bodies were wrapped with precious culinary ingredients.

Still giving off scalding white steam.

"WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!"

The sound of rising flames drew Hong Yu’s attention.

It was a roasting area.

A bonfire burned fiercely. In the middle was a rack, with an iron rod serving as a spit, skewering the bodies of two skinned infants.

The steel spit pierced them through the backside and came out of their mouths, holding them over the fire to roast.

Dripping with blood, the infants’ flesh was being roasted to a golden brown.

"HUFF... HUFF..."

Hong Yu’s breathing unconsciously grew ragged, and a layer of crimson washed over his eyes.

His fists clenched involuntarily.

A glimmer of tears welled up in his eyes.

’So vicious!’

’So cruel!’

"You beasts of the Blood Demon Palace... how could you bring yourselves to harm these little infants?"

Infants are the purest and most innocent of all!

But look at what these animals from the Blood Demon Palace have done!

They actually treated infants, these vibrant lives, as delicacies to be cooked in every way imaginable!

Even if this is a world where the strong are revered, where wealth and poverty divide people, where men can eat men...

...but...

...no one should ever lay their demonic claws on innocent children!

Hong Yu was furious!

Enraged beyond limit!

"BOOM!"

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant suddenly manifested behind him. As if sensing its master’s fury, the Demon Elephant’s long trunk swayed, stirring the Spiritual Power into chaos.

A fierce wind howled as its four legs violently shook the void.

"BANG!"

The Heaven-Ripping Divine Claws shot out from Hong Yu’s hands.

Cyan light enveloped his entire body, which was now covered in a layer of Dragon Scales, making him look like a Dragonman Warrior!

"I, Hong Yu, swear that today, I will leave no one in the Blood Demon Palace alive, not even the chickens or dogs!"

With a furious roar, Hong Yu charged out to kill.

The Elders of the Blood Demon Palace rushed over to besiege Hong Yu.

However, how could the strength of these Elders possibly be a match for Hong Yu?

"PFFT! PFFT!"

His Divine Demon Wings struck simultaneously. Six attacks landed on one Elder in an instant, hacking the man into seven pieces. Blood splattered, dyeing the void red.

"Bastard! Let’s join forces and kill this brat!" the Second Elder roared repeatedly.

The three surviving Primordial Embryo Realm powerhouses from the Blood Demon Palace simultaneously unleashed their Mystical Illusions and charged at Hong Yu.

Their Mystical Illusions were all of the same origin, allowing them to merge, form a battle formation, and multiply their combat power several times over.

Hong Yu was completely fearless. "You pieces of scum! For every one that comes, I’ll kill one. For every pair that comes, I’ll slaughter a pair!"

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant charged viciously, its four massive legs stomping down with a "BOOM."

The stomp was Heaven-Shattering and Earth-Splitting, knocking the sun and moon out of balance!

The immense force smashed down on the three Primordial Embryo Realm powerhouses. With a simultaneous "CRACK," their chests caved in, their internal organs pulverized by the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant’s devastating blow.

Blood flowed freely from their mangled flesh as the three Primordial Embryo Realm powerhouses stared at Hong Yu in disbelief.

They were unable to speak another word.

Powerhouses as strong as three Primordial Embryo Realm experts working together couldn’t even survive a single exchange with Hong Yu. This completely shattered the morale of the other Blood Demon Palace members who had been itching to fight and were still clinging to illusions of victory.

"A demon! He’s a Demon! We have to run!"

"Hong Yu is too strong! We’re no match for him at all!"

"Flee now! We might live! If Hong Yu catches up, we’re dead for sure."

Over a hundred thousand disciples of the Blood Demon Palace fled in disarray, their ranks completely broken. They had even forgotten to fight back.

Hong Yu carved a path of slaughter.

His Divine Demon Wings were already dyed crimson with blood, radiating an intense Evil Qi. He advanced like splitting bamboo, leaving a trail of corpses everywhere he went.

Yet Hong Yu felt not a single shred of pity.

These scumbags treated even infants like this. Killing them a hundred, even a thousand times over wouldn’t be enough.

Throughout the Blood Demon Palace, countless experts were running for their lives. Hong Yu was like a Six-winged Demon God, reaping the lives of vast swathes of Blood Demon Palace powerhouses wherever he passed.

It was as if a ferocious tiger was mercilessly hunting a pack of starving wolves that had committed every evil imaginable.

This scene left the powerhouses who arrived later completely stunned, their mouths hanging open.

One person!

He had annihilated the Blood Demon Palace all by himself?

What a magnificent feat!

It was enough to be recorded in the annals of history!

"Hahaha, you whelps of the Blood Demon Palace, I’m here!"

"Kill them! The scum of the Blood Demon Palace don’t deserve to live..."

Countless powerhouses joined the battle, hunting down the members of the Blood Demon Palace.

As for Hong Yu, after slaughtering over ten thousand of the Blood Demon Palace’s scum, he followed the guidance of the Demon Blood deep into the palace, rushing into a grand hall.

Inside the grand hall was a secret chamber. Hong Yu entered and, just as expected, saw the communication Grand Array.

With a cold expression, Hong Yu activated the Grand Array. After a flicker of Fleeting Images, a figure slowly materialized before it.

The person on the other side initially had an indifferent expression, but upon seeing Hong Yu, his face filled with astonishment, and he cried out in a low voice...

"Hong Yu? Why is it you?"