Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

RUMBLE, RUMBLE, RUMBLE...

Nine Mountains landed, and nine Starlight Rivers appeared in the sky!

The Mountain and River Divine Techniques were stronger than the Commanding Mountains and Rivers skill. The mountains and rivers self-destructed by Mountain and River Burial could now be restored!

In the sky, the thunderclouds had dissipated, but a Black Dragon remained. Its body was dripping with blood, its outer Scale Armor shattered, and two of its horns were broken. It was a truly miserable sight.

But its eyes were still blazing with spirit. It swayed its body, threw its head back, and let out an enraged roar that shook the heavens and the earth once more!

The Black Dragon Venerable was only wounded, not dead!

’Even Mountain and River Burial couldn’t kill him?’

Wang Yi’s brow furrowed. With another thought, the Nine Mountains rose and the Nine Rivers soared into the sky. He was using Mountain and River Burial for a second time!

This was the final battle with the Black Dragon Venerable—a fight to the death. Wang Yi couldn’t afford to worry about the cost, nor did he dare hold anything back!

’I know that if I lose this battle, I’ll definitely die,’ he thought. ’I might revive at the Soul Altar, but the Black Dragon Venerable will be relentless. If he invades my territory, no one will be able to stop him. My home will be destroyed.’

’I have to go for broke, fight with my back against the wall. It’s my only chance of survival!’

The Black Dragon Venerable hadn’t been killed by Mountain and River Burial, but he was badly wounded. Just as his strength was failing, the second Mountain and River Burial detonated.

BOOM.

It was as if the world itself was being torn asunder. Space trembled, and a blinding light swept across the land.

A loud ringing filled Wang Yi’s ears, deafening him to all other sounds. His eyes were wide open, staring fixedly into the void.

Before the dust could even settle, Wang Yi spotted a serpentine figure.

It was the Black Dragon Venerable. Its body was mangled; four of its six Dragon Claws had been blown off, and bone was exposed in several places.

Its head was no longer that of a dragon, but that of a man.

His hair was disheveled, his eyes were blood-red, and his mouth was twisted into a ferocious grin.

"I was careless. I didn’t dodge. To think I’d be ambushed by a little brat like you... You’ve damaged my foundation. Damn you. You really deserve to die..."

The Black Dragon Venerable shrieked. In his current state, he was no longer the "Black Dragon Venerable," but the "Panshan Monarch." He had lost his draconic body!

As he finished speaking, he opened his mouth to spit a ball of lightning at Wang Yi, but his body swayed. The lightning ball dissipated in his mouth, and he instead coughed up a mouthful of blood.

’A perfect chance!’

Wang Yi’s body was numb, and the ringing in his ears was so loud he couldn’t hear a word the Black Dragon Venerable was saying. But he knew he had to strike while the iron was hot, so he activated Mountain and River Burial once more.

HUM!

The mountains and rivers reappeared, sealing off the area.

The Black Dragon Venerable had no time to attack Wang Yi. With a look of pure terror, he shot high into the sky.

But nine Monkey Kings appeared, somersaulting past him. They shouted "Om Mani Padme Hum" in unison and brought their Golden Cudgels crashing down on him.

The Black Dragon Venerable’s escape was cut off. In that brief moment, the Nine Mountains and Nine Rivers had sealed the void, and then they exploded with a deafening roar.

The all-consuming light appeared once more, and space rippled from the blast like the surface of a pond.

Panshan Monarch took the full force of the blast!

This time, the sound of the explosion was accompanied by the Black Dragon Venerable’s agonized scream.

The next moment, before the blinding light in the sky could fade, Wang Yi saw a body torn into several pieces.

The Black Dragon Venerable’s body had been blown to pieces!

But he still wasn’t dead. The upper half of his torso shrank, rapidly taking on a human form. It was his original appearance, his first form: the Player "Jiang Tie."

"Immortal Zhenyuan, you dare injure me!"

Though he’d been blasted back into his human form, the Black Dragon Venerable’s expression was more ferocious than ever. He steadied himself in mid-air, and with a quick turn, he was suddenly clad in a different suit of blood-red Battle Armor, a matching long-handled broadsword in his hand.

"No one has ever forced me from my third form back to my first. You should be proud, Immortal Zhenyuan!"

The Black Dragon Venerable roared, raising his blade as he charged at Wang Yi.

Wang Yi tried to use Mountain and River Burial again but was shocked to find that while the Nine Mountains could be restored, the Nine Rivers could not.

Just then, a luminous vortex appeared in the sky not far from the Black Dragon Venerable.

The vortex looked like a cyclone woven from starlight.

It had been born from the destruction of the nine Starlight Rivers, and its very existence prevented them from being restored.

The Black Dragon Venerable noticed the Star Vortex as well. He trembled as if struck by lightning, his expression changing drastically. Forgetting all about attacking Wang Yi, he recoiled from the starlight vortex as if it were the plague, rapidly putting distance between them.

"A Star Vortex... It’s actually a Star Vortex! You... can you control it? Who in the world are you? Have you already come into contact with the Starlight Destruction Law?"

The Black Dragon Venerable cried out in alarm, then suddenly charged at Wang Yi again.

"If that’s the case, then I absolutely cannot let you live!"

This time, the Black Dragon Venerable’s killing intent was real. He didn’t dare to be the least bit careless.

But Wang Yi just sighed.

’With the Nine Mountains and Nine Rivers incomplete, I can’t use Mountain and River Burial. I can no longer rely on my ultimate move.’

But Wang Yi wasn’t one to simply surrender and await his death.

He used his Space Divine Techniques to retrieve an item. It was a Gold item that had been Enhanced eight times, called a [Burst Scroll +8].

According to its description, using this Scroll would grant a massive but temporary boost to one’s combat power, manifesting as stronger skills, an enhanced Physique, increased strength, and so on. It also had a chance to make one of the burst effects permanent.

’If not now, when!’

Wang Yi unfurled the Scroll. A gale immediately erupted from his body—an invisible force that burst forth, affecting the space around him.

In that instant, it was as if time had frozen. Everything around Wang Yi came to a standstill, including the Black Dragon Venerable who was charging in for the kill.

But a system prompt rang in Wang Yi’s mind: "Ding! You have consumed a Burst Scroll +8. Your combat power has been explosively increased. This effect will last for ten seconds."

"Ding! During the burst, your Physique has been enhanced!"

"Ding! During the burst, your Illusionary Clone Skill will have no cost!"

"Ding! During the burst, your Illusionary Clone Skill has gained an eighth tier: The Monkey Kings will condense into one and gain the Seventy-Two Transformations skill!"

"Ding! During the burst, your Fantasy Avatar has been enhanced, gaining a ninth tier: The Monkey King gains the Somersault Cloud skill!"

"Ding! During the burst, your Fantasy Avatar has been enhanced, gaining a tenth tier: The Monkey King gains the Grand Celestial Immortal Spell skill!"

Wang Yi felt the change within him. He touched his forehead and shouted, "Go!"

Instantly, a Monkey King slowly rose up from behind him.

This Monkey King was different. He was clad in Golden Armor, his eyes were cold and proud, and he closely resembled the true Monkey King of Wang Yi’s imagination.

This was the tenth-tier Monkey King, a version that was Returning to the Essence. There was only one, with no flashy Celestial Soldiers and Generals or the Four Heavenly Kings. The lively Cloud Palace Swift Tune was also gone. Instead, he now possessed the Somersault Cloud, the Seventy-Two Transformations, and the Grand Celestial Immortal Spell!

Wang Yi couldn’t even begin to guess how powerful he was.

After the Monkey King appeared, the "time freeze" ended. The world around Wang Yi started moving again, and the Black Dragon Venerable resumed his attack.

A golden light flashed in his eyes as he sneered, "Hmph, summoning another hairy monkey. What good will that do..."

He hadn’t even finished his sentence when the lone, tenth-tier Monkey King flipped through the air. He moved like a bolt of light, swinging his Golden Cudgel. CLANG! It struck the Black Dragon Venerable squarely on the forehead.

The Black Dragon Venerable fell like a rag doll. Before he could even get up, the Monkey King flipped over and brought the cudgel down on his head again.

"Ouch!"

The Black Dragon Venerable actually cried out in pain. He clutched his head with both hands, but blood gushed from the wound, streaming through his fingers and quickly covering his face.

The Great Saint swung his cudgel a few more times. The moves were simple and unadorned, yet the Black Dragon Venerable was completely unable to parry. He was beaten until he was covered in his own blood, bones shattered and tendons torn, able to do nothing but howl in agony.

Before the ten seconds were up, the Black Dragon Venerable had been beaten to death. His body dissolved into motes of light and vanished.

As if he had done something utterly trivial, the Monkey King shrank his Golden Cudgel down to the size of a sewing needle and tucked it behind his ear.

Just then, the burst effect ended, and the Monkey King vanished in an instant.

Wang Yi’s body shuddered as he received another system prompt: "Ding! After experiencing the ten-second burst, you have permanently obtained the Grand Celestial Immortal Spell skill!"

"Ding! Your Grand Celestial Immortal Spell skill has been converted into the Great Grade Celestial Immortal Divine Techniques. The Divine Body, King Grand Grade, has been born in your territory!"

"Ding! Warning! The burden on your territory is too great and its ecosystem is deteriorating. The Cultivation of all Divine Bodies will stagnate!"