Desolate Devouring Art-Chapter 1362 - You Have My Support

Chapter 1362 - You Have My Support
Everyone present knew of the divine race, and they understood all too well how terrifying those beings could be.
"I'll be right back," Liu Wuxie said as he ripped space itself and vanished.
He had no idea how many people the divine race had sent, but he had to wipe them out before they could disperse. Once they scattered, hunting them down would require far more time and effort—time he did not have.
He only had two days left on the True Martial Star, after all.
Moments later, Elder Zhen Yi and Elder Miao Renfeng vanished as well. The grandmasters of the two academies exchanged a glance. Then, they dispatched experts to the battlefield.
Ever since Liu Wuxie received the True Martial Star's acknowledgement, he could travel through space at significantly increased speed, and he no longer felt even the slightest pressure while doing so.
More than twenty divinekins emerged from the void, and the aura they released made the surrounding space tremble as though it could collapse at any moment. The True Martial Star sensed the crisis brought by these foreign invaders and began pouring world force into Liu Wuxie.
They had to eliminate the intruders quickly, or a catastrophe could drag all lives on the True Martial Star down. A planet also had a lifespan, and while it lacked human intelligence, it could still awaken its own defensive instincts.
The True Martial Star had already activated its self-protection mode.
Each divinekin was terrifyingly powerful, as all of them were at the Void Realm, but their cultivation was not overly high; they were all roughly at the third level of the Void Realm.
Elder Han was correct; the Astral Domain Path would collapse if those who came through it possessed cultivation that was too high.
This time, the divine race had come not only to fetch their clansmen but to kill Liu Wuxie as well. Even Liu Wuxie drew in a cold breath upon seeing so many experts.
"We only have three days. Split into two teams, one to the divine race's tribe, and the other to hunt down Liu Wuxie," the leader of the divinekins said, making sure neither matter would delay the other.
Though Liu Wuxie possessed the strength to slay experts at the pinnacle of the Primal Origin Realm, he did not stand much of a chance against experts at the Void Realm. Anywhere else, he could only flee at the sight of Void Realm cultivators.
However, he was the ruler of the True Martial Star. Here, he could mobilize the power of the entire planet to fight. His own strength alone was not enough, but with the planet's power reinforcing him, he would not fear even experts at the fifth level of the Void Realm.
Just then, the surrounding space firmed up, and the first team of divinekins froze before they could leave.
"None of you are leaving here alive today," Liu Wuxie said as he emerged from the void, the murderous intent radiating from him growing heavier with every step he took.
There were more than twenty divinekins present, all of them at the Void Realm. If he could kill them all, the Divine Fruits he would harvest from them would be enough to open his third divine gate and push his strength into another transformation.
"Liu Wuxie!" Although it was the divinekins' first time seeing him in person, they were not unfamiliar with his name. Everything about Liu Wuxie had long spread throughout the divine race, especially his feats in the Myriad Race Ceremony. His name now sounded across the astral domain, and no one did not know of him.
Otherwise, the divine race would not have spent so much effort opening the Astral Domain Path just to kill him. They had already recognized the threat Liu Wuxie posed and could not allow him to grow any further.
"I bet your Divine Son doesn't know that you people have come to kill me, right?" Liu Wuxie looked at the divinekins with a faint smile. He wondered how the Divine Son would react if he learned these people had secretly come to kill him.
Space fluctuated again as Zhen Yi and Miao Renfeng emerged from the void. Shock filled their faces when they saw so many Void Realm experts gathered in one place.
"Liu Wuxie, you might have fooled the Divine Son, but you can't fool us. Today is the day you die," snarled one of the divinekins.
Back then, in that situation, the Divine Son ought to have never agreed to Liu Wuxie's proposal of a one-year duel. During the blacksmithing event, the divine race had a great chance of killing Liu Wuxie if they continued their assault, but the Divine Son had given that chance up.
However, they had no idea that the Icebound Expanse Spiritual Array was not so easily destroyed, and the Divine Son hadn't wanted to sacrifice any more of his clansmen at the time.
"Come and fight then," Liu Wuxie said. He could not be bothered with any more useless words; no matter how they talked, everything would still end in a battle.
Liu Wuxie would never allow the divine race to set foot on the True Martial Star and destroy its environment. He had to kill them here and sever their connection with the Astral Domain Path, making it far more challenging for them to descend again.
"How arrogant! Do you think the three of you stand a chance against so many of us?" sneered the divinekins' leader, who saw Liu Wuxie as nothing more than a Primal Origin Realm cultivator.
Though Zhen Yi and Miao Renfeng were both at the Void Realm, they were only at the second level. Moreover, the divine race's divine energy countered the humans' true essence.
If Liu Wuxie had already stepped into the Void Realm, the divinekins would not dare speak with such arrogance, but in their eyes, it was a pity that he was only at the Primal Origin Realm.
"You'll know once we fight," Liu Wuxie said and shot forward. He had already sealed the surrounding space to prevent the aftershocks of their battle from tearing the True Martial Star apart.
"Elder Zhen Yi, Elder Miao Renfeng, I'll need you two to guard the surroundings and prevent them from escaping," Liu Wuxie said, stopping the two elders from joining the fight.
After all, the two elders would not be able to offer much help even if they stepped in, and they could even hinder him. The two exchanged a look and halted, choosing instead to observe just how powerful Liu Wuxie had become.
"Dragon-Grasping Hand!" Liu Wuxie roared as dragon claws manifested in the air and descended toward the twenty-odd divinekins. The pressure they released was suffocating, carrying a devastating force that swept across the ground.
"Break!" Dozens of divinekins struck out at once. They used no fancy techniques, simply throwing their fists at the dragon's claws while unleashing their Void Realm laws, which surged out like a tidal wave and swallowed the dragon's claws whole.
The difference between them was far too significant, and Liu Wuxie was only at the fourth-level Primal Origin Realm. Killing third-level Void Realm experts head-on was simply too difficult.
"Liu Wuxie, stop wasting your strength and surrender already," sneered the divinekins' leader as dozens of divinekins poured even more power into their attacks.
The surrounding space began to collapse as spatial fragments rained from the sky, forming multiple black holes. A battle between Void Realm experts could easily turn tens of thousands of miles into a wasteland.
"Is that so?" Liu Wuxie asked with a devilish smile. Instead of retreating, he took a step forward. He rose as he cast the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art, which manifested as a giant millstone in the sky and unleashed a devastating power that blotted out the heavens.
"It's useless. That much power can't kill us," the divinekins laughed. Though Liu Wuxie's strength was infinitely close to the first-level Void Realm, they believed it was still far from enough to deal with them.
As the divinekins laughed, Liu Wuxie remained calm, a hint of mockery flickering in his eyes.
Just as they mocked him, a mysterious power poured into the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art. The entire True Martial Star trembled as an overwhelming force surged up from the depths of the ground. An even more terrifying scene followed as every cultivator on the planet felt their power drain from their bodies.
"All cultivators of the True Martial Star, our planet is under foreign invasion. Please raise your right hand and lend me your strength to kill the invaders!" Liu Wuxie roared, his voice echoing throughout the planet. As the planet lord, he could let his voice travel effortlessly across every corner of the True Martial Star.
In an instant, countless cultivators stepped out of their doors upon hearing his voice. Whether they were roaming the mountains in training, ancient beings in deep seclusion, or children practicing martial techniques in courtyards, they all looked up.
"Master Liu, you have my support!" a cultivator shouted, raising his right hand.
"You have my support!"
"..." Countless people raised their right hand toward the heavens one after another. A single person's power amounted to little, but the combined strength of everyone was a devastating force.
In addition to the world force released by the planet, the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art expanded. All that power from across the planet converged on the millstone and poured into it.
A strange scene unfolded as every cultivator on the True Martial Continent raised their right hand, children included. Everyone in the Liu Clan, the Heavenly Spirit Celestial Academy, the Heavenly Dao Society, and the Dragon Emperor Academy lifted their right hand.
Even Fiery in the mountain ranges raised its hoof, with the demonic beasts behind it following suit. Zhen Yi and Miao Renfeng also raised their right hand.
......
In that instant, the color drained from the faces of all the divinekins.
"Liu Wuxie, you've become a planet lord and received the True Martial Star's recognition?!" the divinekins' leader said, his tone no longer as domineering as before. They finally realized that they were not just fighting Liu Wuxie alone, but all the cultivators on the True Martial Star.
If Liu Wuxie had not held a preaching session the previous night, there would not have been so many people willing to support him today.
"Too late for you to realize that now," Liu Wuxie said coldly. Though the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art had not grown much larger in size, its power had increased a hundredfold, reaching a level comparable to the high levels of the Void Realm.
That was only the beginning. Liu Wuxie cast the Great Darkness Mythical Art, plunging the surroundings into pitch-black darkness and causing all the divinekins to lose their senses. He intended to catch them completely off guard.
He followed up with the Heaven-Severing Strike and the Great Poison Mythical Art. World force empowered every one of his mythical arts, and even the accumulated world force within the desolate world poured out to support him.
The space within a radius of a thousand meters vanished into a vacuum world. Empowered by world force and strengthened by the combined power of all cultivators on the planet, the divinekins could not muster even the slightest resistance.
The Heaven-Severing Strike descended from the sky and took the life of a divinekin. The Ancestral Tree devoured the energy and laws in his body, then produced a Divine Fruit.
The slaughter did not stop there, of course. When weaker cultivators felt their dantian nearly empty after sending too much true essence to Liu Wuxie, they immediately took out pills to replenish their true essence and continue funneling power toward him.
World force was not unlimited, and Liu Wuxie had to end this battle quickly. If he drained the True Martial Star dry of world force, the planet would become a dead planet. There were many such dead planets in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain—planets whose energies had been completely exhausted.
When the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art descended, it killed dozens of divinekins in an instant.