Chapter 1755 - 1358: Opportunity! Battle Against the Regent King
The originally bright and sunny sky turned dim in an instant; first it became a pale gray, gradually deepening into dark gray, and finally into a heavy, pitch‑black canopy. All these changes happened within just a few breaths, while a terrifying, oppressive power layered upon itself, making it hard for people to even breathe.
In this darkened heaven and earth, only Jiang Dali and the Regent King remained, two figures radiating blinding Golden Light, locked in a standoff.
On the slope, every tree swayed and staggered like a drunk, shaking and colliding under the Qi Force of the two men, which was as deep and immovable as an abyss and as towering as a mountain.
The swirling pear blossoms seemed to lose formation, sucked into the mad vortex formed by the two men’s Qi Force, shredded into a heady fragrance.
Countless碎石, grass, and branches on the ground all began to jump violently, then continuously shattered and exploded, turning into endless dust.
Bang bang! Bang bang!
Jiang Dali’s eyes burst with dazzling divine light, his powerful heart pounding in this deathly silent and oppressive atmosphere like a war drum, pumping a torrential power through his entire Body.
Time itself seemed to slow down at this moment.
Under the deliberate control of the two, though the suffocating aura kept rising, as if it had no end, it was always confined to the slope, never spreading down to affect the area below.
This was the clash of their Will, their aura, and their Spirit.
When experts exchange blows, the changes are instant and unpredictable.
Many times, before any physical contact even begins, victory and defeat have already been decided in the flash of lightning and flint within the Spirit.
The Regent King’s voice suddenly became quite pleased as he said, "This mountain isn’t suitable for us to fight at full strength. Let’s go, we’ll change the venue. If you can defeat this Divine Fragment of mine, I’m willing, together with the Emperor, to risk helping you confront the Heavenly Will once. But remember, there will only be one chance."
Jiang Dali’s whole Body trembled slightly; under the terrifying, vast, all‑encompassing Breakthrough Realm pressure that made it hard to breathe, he actually felt a strange excitement. Hearing this, he laughed loudly and said, "I, Jiang Dali, roam the Martial World, relying on brute force to create miracles! Whatever the Emperor can do, I can definitely do—no need for chances! We fight first, talk later!"
His knees bent, and Jiang Dali suddenly shot out like a cannonball leaving the barrel. A punch exploded out, power surging segment by segment, pushing forward against that torrential, almost tangible oppressive force, driving straight for the Regent King’s chest.
The Regent King’s domineering, composed face showed a faint smile. He still stood there with his hands behind his back, then suddenly stretched out his right hand, casually lifting it from below and pointing to the sky.
"Sunshine Everywhere!"
Boom!!——
In an instant, the Golden Light of his Primordial Spirit shrouding his entire Body flared like billions of tiny sparks leaping about. The surrounding air was instantly filled with dancing Extreme Light, like brilliant sunlight piercing through gaps in the leaves, filtering through the mist, pouring out across heaven and earth in fleeting beams.
The originally dim world became dazzlingly bright in one moment.
Jiang Dali only felt that his eyes were suddenly stabbed by that intense light, going briefly blind, almost making his tears spill out.
From the Regent King’s Body opposite him, a torrent of light rain, formed by Primordial Spirit and almost tangible, surged out.
The light rain spread; in that instant, everything around him was filled with light particles. His punch was like slamming into a raging tidal wave; the True Strength poured into his fist was instantly blasted apart, scattered into pieces. His Spirit felt as if it had been savagely stabbed by thousands upon thousands of burning needles, the pain unbearable.
Before he could react!
A fierce, heavy pain exploded in his abdomen.
Clang!
A ring of shockwaves burst outward, and Jiang Dali, at a speed far greater than when he’d rushed forward, was hurled away like a huge rock flung by a trebuchet. In an instant he was blasted back over a hundred zhang, smashing through more than a dozen big trees and boulders, and crashed hard toward the river at the foot of the mountain behind.
"Boom‑thunk!!"
The river surface was instantly dented downward, then erupted with towering waves, splashing and exploding in all directions.
Boom!!——
In the next breath, the waves surged up again.
Jiang Dali’s Body, wrapped in a terrifying aura and clad in a black‑gold Domineering Color, burst out from the water’s surface. His long golden hair, like a mane of steel spikes, hung in disarray over his shoulders. Ignoring the sunken fingerprint on the steel‑like abs revealed by the torn clothes on his abdomen, he suddenly threw back his head and stared up at the sky in utter shock.
He saw the dark sky shrouded in heavy Cloud, with lightning and thunder raging.
The Regent King’s Primordial Spirit, encircled by a ring of Golden Light, floated in mid‑air like a Heavenly God, with strands of bewitching Extreme Light flickering around his Body.
As the overwhelming Dragon Energy and layers of pressure poured down from the sky, following his slow descent, the surging river surface seemed to be bearing a terrifying Weight, gradually calming, no longer rippling, even starting to sink downward.
"So this is the power of the Regent King who stands in for the Emperor to impose his Will upon the world... and this is only the power of a single Divine Fragment!! Truly... impressive!!"
Under a terrifying pressure like several great mountains stacked atop him, Jiang Dali’s legs slowly sank into the water on the gradually concaving river surface, yet his eyes blazed with unyielding, soaring Spirit and excitement.
Within his Dantian, the power of Mahavira began to surge.
Streams of blazing white, terrifying Qi Mechanism started raging through his rugged, layered, mighty Body, making his muscles, bones, and skin collide and writhe, producing sounds like dragon roars and Tiger Roar.
The Regent King’s figure continued to descend, the pressure increasing. He shook his head and said, "Not enough! Still not enough! Under the pull of my Qi Mechanism, your current power is still insufficient. If you don’t go all out, this battle will end very soon."
"Now that’s what I call fun!!"
Jiang Dali laughed wildly. As he raised his head, his eyes burst with a majestic golden divine light. His golden hair shook, flinging off countless droplets of water, and from his Dantian to every muscle in his Body, a blinding white radiance erupted, throwing him into the Li Wuqiong State.
Clang clang clang!!——!
His entire musculature burned with a tearing pain, yet it was filled to the brim with boundless, surging power. Jiang Dali’s thick arms, wrapped in Iron Nail Bracelet, flexed violently as he let out a thunderous roar, "Li!! Wu!!! Qiong!!!"
Hyaaa!
All his clothes were instantly ripped apart by bulging veins and swelling muscles. The Skull Belt was forced open by the strain, and his cloak at his back suddenly billowed up, snapping and cracking in the wind.
Rumble!——!
The river surface, pressed so hard by his ferocious power that it was deeply sunken and unable to ripple, suddenly exploded as if a massive blast had gone off. The entire river rose flat up at once, violently shaking out a vast, hazy white mist.
Mighty God Fist——Deep Sea Sky Collapse!
Under a pressure that felt like a tangible Heavenly God’s might, Jiang Dali unleashed an overwhelmingly explosive punch!
The Fist Power tore through the air, condensing into a compressed crimson high‑pressure column that shot straight into the sky, slamming hard toward the Regent King, who floated in mid‑air like a Heavenly God. In an instant, it shredded the faint, round, gently swaying protective body halo around the Regent King’s exterior, a ring like sunlight.
Yet the Regent King still remained calm and composed. Facing such a terrifying and domineering punch, he stretched out the other hand that had been behind his back, his two palms coming together in a circle as if forming a Sealing.
"Heaven and Earth in Me!"
In that instant, he seemed to merge with the surrounding world—mountains, air, rivers, trees—all became one with him, no longer divided into inside and outside, self and other.
"Churuuumm!!"
An unparalleled, violent power collided and exploded in mid‑air, stirring the thunder stored in the dark Cloud above into booming eruptions. Lightning cleaved the sky like swords, twisting from one side to the other in a flash. An extremely wild force rippled through the air, churning it like a cauldron of porridge. Mud and rocks on the surrounding mountain slopes came cascading down, followed by rumbling aftershocks rolling on and on.
And yet——
The golden figure in mid‑air, like a Heavenly God, still floated there fiercely.
Suddenly, there was a flash of Golden Light in the sky.
Another flash of Golden Light flickered over the river surface.
Two figures disappeared at the same time.
They then appeared together in another direction, colliding in mid‑air, exploding out a blinding ring of shockwaves. Only after a long moment did the sound, along with a ferocious Qi Force, roll over, raising a roaring giant wave.
When has heaven and earth ever lacked heroes?
Right now, this was a dragon‑tiger clash between heroes...
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(I’ve been busy with Writers’ Association stuff lately, so updates are a bit slow! I’ll add an extra Chapter tomorrow.)