Redemption of a Born Demon

At that moment, Long Yichen’s heart went cold. He thought Yi Beidou was about to fall at the hands of the East King.

But unexpectedly, Yi Beidou’s collapsing aura had miraculously stabilized and was even surging toward a new peak.

Even so, Long Yichen still didn’t think Yi Beidou had much of a chance. ’He must have used some kind of last-resort technique,’ he thought. ’He’s probably at his limit, just barely holding on for now.’

But the important thing was that Yi Beidou had held on. Now that he had reached the battlefield, if he and Yi Beidou joined forces, escaping alive from the East King shouldn’t be a problem.

BOOM!!

Just as Long Yichen was about to find a way to communicate with Yi Beidou through his magnetic field sense, his expression suddenly changed.

He saw the East King instantly unleash his Vast and Mighty technique.

’This is bad!’

’I shouldn’t have let my guard down!!’

’The East King is going for the kill! I have to join the fight immediately!!’

Long Yichen immediately shot forward again, breaking the sound barrier.

’You have to withstand this technique, Yi Beidou!!’

Just then, the East King flash-stepped in front of Yi Beidou and struck out with his palm. It was as if the very world shattered.

Yet Yi Beidou’s expression was calm. Facing the technique that had once nearly driven him to his death, he didn’t dodge, instead meeting the attack with a palm strike of his own.

WHAM!!

The Demon Flame erupted like a crushing torrent. Jade Patterns shimmered on Yi Beidou’s palm, exuding a mysterious and powerful aura.

BOOM!!

An explosion comparable to a missile detonated, sending debris flying that would be lethal to any ordinary person within several kilometers.

A glint flashed in Long Yichen’s eyes. His gaze pierced straight through the smoke, and like an infrared scanner, the reactions in the magnetic field projected an image of the battlefield directly into his mind.

SWOOSH!!

At that moment, he skidded to a halt.

What was he seeing?

Yi Beidou’s magnetic aura was as solid as a fortress, not wavering in the slightest. He had collided with the East King, taking that terrifying blast head-on without giving a single inch!

’He took it?!’

’And he wasn’t even injured from that attack?! He took a direct hit from a master in the Earth Immortal Transformation state and came out unscathed?!’

This situation was beyond Long Yichen’s comprehension.

"How is this possible?!"

It wasn’t just Long Yichen; the situation was also beyond the East King’s comprehension.

His pupils shrank to pinpricks as he stared down in utter disbelief at Yi Beidou, who had just taken his killing blow head-on.

Although he was the taller of the two, in his eyes, his opponent was the real monster.

’To take my killing technique and show no obvious injuries?!’

He knew that the human parts of his own body had sustained significant damage from the recoil of that very strike; he had just used the Penglai Technique to instantly repair it.

’Yi Beidou... how could a mere mortal body accomplish such a feat?!’

’Could his flesh and blood have all been converted into Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood?!’

As for Yi Beidou, that one clash made him understand the level of enhancement the Jade Power had granted him.

The Life Force he had lost in the cycle of destruction and regeneration was now being gathered by his Penglai Technique. It spread through his body via the Jade Patterns, like steel rebar being driven into a building, granting his physical form a massive, temporary boost in strength.

Before his body could be shattered, the Power of Life within the Jade Patterns would preemptively block the damage. All he had to do was expend a large amount of his Physical Ability in time to replenish its power.

At this moment, the greatest gap between him and the Sleepers—the chasm between a mortal body and Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood—was being rapidly closed by the Jade Power.

Admittedly, having just grasped the true essence of the Penglai Immortal Technique, he couldn’t use the Jade Power to challenge a true Earth Immortal’s body. However, the East King was equally incapable of unleashing the full might of his own Earth Immortal body.

Moreover, the applications of the Jade Power, condensed from the Penglai Immortal Technique, didn’t end there.

"Surprised by just this?" Yi Beidou said coolly. "There’s something even more surprising on its way."

The Jade Power was a force that had, to some extent, broken past the level of magnetic fields to reach the plane of true energy.

This power could be used to reinforce the body, so naturally, it could be used for other purposes as well.

For example, one could expend a massive amount of this power in a single attack, pushing the human body to unleash even more terrifying might.

VMMMM!!

In an instant, Yi Beidou’s Physical Ability plummeted at a terrifying rate.

The Physical Ability required to use the Penglai Technique for self-healing was already immense, but the amount needed to refine the Jade Power was more than ten times greater.

Dense Jade Patterns spread from his palm, armoring his hand and arm. They continued down toward his waist and thigh, covering almost every part of his body used to throw a punch.

BOOM!!

Yi Beidou thrust out his palm. A terrifying sonic boom erupted as the corporeal Blood Fire Demon Flame condensed into the shape of a giant palm. The surrounding magnetic field surged like a mighty tide, and countless Jade Patterns spread out from him, carrying a power that seemed capable of overturning heaven and earth.

Jade·Destruction Killing Tribulation!!

’What is this?!!’

The terrifying gale distorted the East King’s face, and the immense threat it carried made his entire body feel as if it were being pricked by needles.

How many years had it been since he last felt this?

A feeling of pressure, of fear.

"Absolutely impossible!!"

The East King roared, the hair on his head standing on end. Arcs of electricity seemed to dance around him as his blazing magnetic field erupted.

Vast and Mighty!!

He also refused to retreat. He wouldn’t believe that his Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood, his current Earth Immortal Myth form, could be weaker than a mere mortal.

BOOM!!

However, the instant their attacks met, the East King knew he was wrong.

He felt an unstoppable, terrifying power coming from his opponent’s attack.

It didn’t feel like an attack from a human, but from a true Immortal.

The East King struggled to hold his ground and maintain the stalemate, but the laws of physics do not bend to one’s will.

His feet left the ground, and his body was sent flying backward like a cannonball, a perfect mirror of what had happened to Yi Beidou just moments ago.

The roles of offense and defense had been reversed.

"This..."

Zhou Qingchen and the others stood frozen, watching the scene unfold with stunned expressions.

They couldn’t understand what was happening.

’But... it looks like that guy Yi Beidou had another incredible breakthrough mid-battle?’

’As expected of him. He always finds a way to create miracles.’

Meanwhile, Long Yichen stood rooted to the spot, his mind reeling.

’The one sent flying... was the East King?! The Sleeper with so much Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood, who used the Earth Immortal Transformation and that shudder-inducing killing technique?!’

Yes, their previous assessment of Yi Beidou’s strength was that he was "comparable" to a Sleeper.

But what did "comparable" truly mean? It meant he could last for a time against a Sleeper without being crushed like an ant. They had never imagined that Yi Beidou could actually overwhelm a Sleeper who was giving their all.

’Has he really found a way to break past the limits of humanity?’

"Energy Transformation? What an incredible man. He’s actually mastered the very subject I’ve been trying to break through."

Beretta’s avatar muttered to itself, a brilliant light shooting from its eyes as its body trembled slightly.

The data and information gained from this battle were invaluable to its research.

’Humans truly possess the potential for Energy Transformation. This might be the correct path to surpassing all limits!’

’To completely master the human body... to master the Power of Life.’

The East King was sent flying back a hundred meters before he barely managed to stabilize himself. But just as he did...

PTUI!!

He could no longer suppress the blood rising in his throat and spat out a mouthful.

The damage from Yi Beidou’s attack had far surpassed the instantaneous healing limit of his Penglai Technique!

And this very scene was clearly captured by cameras from nations all over, then broadcast across the globe.

"He’s spitting blood! That god-like figure is hurt!"

"Oh my God! The man who couldn’t even be harmed by missiles was just injured by a palm strike from Donghua’s Yi Beidou! This is unbelievable!"

"Just what are Yi Beidou’s limits? Is he even stronger than that guy? Does this mean he’s equivalent to an entire naval fleet by himself? That he alone could take on a global superpower?"

"..."

Gasps of shock and awe echoed from every nation across the world.

That single mouthful of blood was like a crack in a Deity’s Golden Body, causing the terrifying pressure the East King exuded in the eyes of the world to plummet.

Even a Deity, as long as they can bleed, can be defeated.

What’s more, the Godslayer was a man born of their very era!