Top-Tier Perception Starts From Basic Fist Techniques

All eyes were still fixed on Lu Changsheng and the Black Light Martial Saint. The Black Light Martial Saint had been placed at a disadvantage, but he had neither been defeated nor killed, so the outcome of the battle remained uncertain.

The Black Light Martial Saint refused to accept that a mere Divine Ability martial artist could harm him. "Impossible! Mere divine abilities cannot break my Saint Body... White Flame Saint Body!"

His White Flame Saint Body swelled once more, unleashing violent flames. However, the moment the flames came into contact with the five-colored radiance, they began to disintegrate. No matter how much power the Saint Body unleashed, Five Elements Decomposition dissolved every flame and ember.

Lu Changsheng continued unleashing Five Elements Decomposition, sending wave after wave of five-colored radiance toward the Black Light Martial Saint. At the same time, the Mental Black Hole continued devouring the Martial Saint's mind from within. Under the relentless assault, both the Martial Saint's mental strength and Saint Body slowly eroded.

Two hours passed, then four, then six... After enduring Lu Changsheng's assault for several hours, the Black Light Martial Saint could no longer hide his fear.

"No... this is impossible..."

His White Flame Saint Body was undeniably powerful, having withstood Lu Changsheng's assault for so long. However, everything had a breaking point.

Crack...

Cracks began to appear across the Saint Body, and the aura of death settled over the Black Light Martial Saint.

The Black Light Martial Saint had never imagined that he might die here, much less at the hands of a Divine Ability martial artist. If he died, his name would forever be tied to this battle. Future generations would remember him not for his strength as a Martial Saint, but as the one defeated by Lu Changsheng, a Divine Ability martial artist.

The only thought in his mind was to flee, but it was too late for that.

Bang!

The Black Light Martial Saint's White Flame Saint Body finally reached its breaking point and exploded. The Five Elements Decomposition engulfed him completely. All he could do was let out a miserable shriek before the Mental Black Hole devoured him whole.

Silence settled over the Black Light Merchant Association's headquarters while everyone waited for the haze to clear. And when it finally did, they could only see Lu Changsheng. He had withdrawn his divine abilities and remained standing calmly in the air. The Black Light Martial Saint had disappeared entirely. Not even the slightest trace of his aura remained.

A grim realization settled over the crowd as they stared at the empty space where the Black Light Martial Saint had stood.

"The Black Light Martial Saint is... dead?"

"Has the Black Light Martial Saint truly fallen?"

"He could not have escaped under the eyes of so many people, and no one saw him flee. His aura has vanished completely, and there are no remains anywhere... He's been utterly obliterated."

"So Lu Changsheng really killed the Black Light Martial Saint? He defeated a Martial Saint while still in the Divine Ability Realm?"

As the truth sank in, the crowd fell into a daze. No matter how highly they had regarded Lu Changsheng before, none of them had truly believed he could kill the Black Light Martial Saint.

Even Xiao Cong was dumbfounded, his mouth hanging open and his mind reeling. A Martial Saint had been killed right in front of his eyes.

Lu Changsheng had revealed his true brilliance before the public and defeated a Martial Saint. No one could have predicted that a dignified Martial Saint would fall today, and at the hands of a Divine Ability martial artist. It was utterly inconceivable.

"So this is the true power of an immeasurable divine ability. I thought I already held it in the highest regard, but I still underestimated it."

"But what exactly is an immeasurable divine ability? Its power truly seems boundless. To think it could even kill a Martial Saint..."

"I didn't think an immeasurable divine ability would be able to contend with a Saint Body, let alone obliterate it."

Many people in the crowd felt that this battle had been eye-opening for them. Now, they were beginning to understand why the ancient sacred lands had spared no effort to help their most outstanding disciples condense immeasurable divine abilities.

If an immeasurable divine ability could allow someone in the Divine Ability Realm to overcome power gap and kill a Martial Saint, then the Saint Body forged with an immeasurable divine ability would be unimaginably powerful.

Truth be told, most martial artists had never truly understood what it meant to possess an immeasurable divine ability—but now they knew. They had witnessed its might with their own eyes.

Lu Changsheng looked at the empty space where the Black Light Martial Saint had vanished and shook his head. Not much stronger than a sacred beast, huh? If anything, this guy's defense was far inferior to the flood dragon's

Lu Changsheng understood, of course, that this was due to the Saint Body forged by the Black Light Martial Saint. The White Flame Saint Body excelled in explosive bursts of power. Its offensive capabilities were terrifying, but its defense was actually quite mediocre. In fact, it was far weaker than the physical resilience of the sacred beast he had slain.

Even when the White Flame Saint Body unleashed its full power and amplified its fire divine abilities nearly forty times over, it had still been overwhelmed by Lu Changsheng's three immeasurable divine abilities. The Five Elements Decomposition, in particular, had completely countered and dismantled its power.

The outcome of this duel had just proved that each of Lu Changsheng's immeasurable divine abilities could already rival an ordinary divine ability that had been amplified dozens of times.

The truth was, from the moment all three of Lu Changsheng's immeasurable divine abilities completed their transformation, he had already possessed combat strength comparable to that of a Martial Saint. It was just that Lu Changsheng had never been certain of that prior to this duel.

There had been no clear evidence of how powerful immeasurable divine abilities were. Only the most ancient sacred lands might still possess detailed records of their true power, but since the disciples of those sacred lands rarely appeared in the Sacred Earth, no one knew exactly what an immeasurable divine ability could accomplish.

However, none of that mattered now. All that mattered was that Lu Changsheng had killed the Black Light Martial Saint while still in the Divine Ability Realm, and news of his victory would soon spread across the Sacred Earth. His fame would surge yet again, and the terrifying power of immeasurable divine abilities would be discussed by martial artists everywhere.

Lu Changsheng turned his attention to the headquarters below. "Every martial artist of the Black Light Merchant Association is to remain where they are and wait for the takeover by the Li Clan Merchant Association and the Sacred Earth Heavenly Sect. Anyone who acts without permission will be executed without mercy."

His voice resounded mightily across the entire Heavenly Light City, and the martial artists of the Black Light Merchant Association immediately froze.

In the next second, Lu Changsheng unleashed the Mental Black Hole and suspended it above the Black Light Merchant Association's headquarters. This way, anyone would think twice before trying something against him and the Li Clan Merchant Association. After everything the Black Light Merchant Association had done, he had no intention of sparing them any mercy.

The martial artists of the Black Light Merchant Association remained silent and still. Having witnessed the death of their Martial Saint, no one dared to test whether Lu Changsheng would act on his threat.

Lu Changsheng then turned to Li Guang and the rest of the Li Clan, "Brother Li, Fellow Daoists, I shall trouble you to go and take stock of the Black Light Merchant Association's supplies and goods."

Li Guang quickly nodded without saying anything else. He knew he had to take Lu Changsheng's request seriously. Although Lu Changsheng was still not technically a Martial Saint, his strength and status were already comparable to one, and so his words had to be met with utmost respect.

The Black Light Merchant Association was one of the greatest powers in Heavenly Light City and was presided over by a Martial Saint. Its trade network extended across numerous regions, and its strength had surpassed even that of the Li Clan Merchant Association.

The wealth and resources accumulated by such a vast organization would be enormous. Once the Li Clan Merchant Association absorbed its holdings, it would recover all its previous losses and expand on an unprecedented scale.

Li Guang quickly led his men into the headquarters of the Black Light Merchant Association. It was only at this point that every onlooker had finally accepted the truth: the Martial Saint was truly dead, and without him, the Black Light Merchant Association was finished.

"The Black Light Merchant Association is done for..."

"I think they might be completely wiped out from Heavenly Light City now."

"Who could have imagined that a martial artist in the Divine Ability Realm could kill the Black Light Martial Saint and bring down the entire association?"

"I heard Lu Changsheng comes from the Sacred Earth Heavenly Sect. It was only a minor sect before, but we should take this chance to join them while we still can."

Many people in the crowd began considering whether they should pledge allegiance to Lu Changsheng and the Sacred Earth Heavenly Sect. Anyone could see that his future was limitless. With his current strength, becoming a Martial Saint was all but certain, and perhaps, in time, he could even become a Heavenly Saint.