With green energy enveloping his entire body, even his hair turning green, if Jun Changxiao appeared in the land of Huaxia, he would definitely be ridiculed and mocked, since the representative color green has already been ruined there.
However.
In the otherworld, there were no such issues.
Due to cultural differences, green was just green, the color green, with no other implications.
Jun Changxiao didn’t care about being green either. What mattered more to him now was that his strength had greatly increased, just like when he used the Qiankun Talisman!
That feeling—just this Feel, incredibly refreshing, incredibly refreshing!
“Husband.”
Suddenly, Rose Empress’s voice came to his ear: “You now possess all of my strength. Combined with your own power, you should be no weaker than that guy!”
The Soul Clan’s divine ability was usually used to possess living beings, then seek opportunities to seize bodies, thereby enhancing their own strength. Rarely would they willingly assist and dedicate themselves like this.
What surprised Rose Empress was that every meridian and inch of Jun Changxiao’s skin seemed to have been tempered thousands of times, simply perfect to the point of being flawless.
The Soul Clan’s possession of living beings wasn’t random.
They would typically calculate compatibility after merging with a body, with sixty percent being considered acceptable.
The degree of fusion between Rose Empress and Jun Changxiao’s body had already reached one hundred percent!
Precisely because of this extremely high compatibility, after the two merged, the chemical reaction produced was definitely not as simple as 1+1=2!
“So that’s how it is.”
A smile curved at the corner of Jun Changxiao’s mouth, his eyes flashing with battle intent.
Just moments ago he had been resistant to Rose Empress assisting him, but now feeling such powerful strength, he was so excited he almost started singing—truly a textbook-level example of a massive “honestly, it smells good” performance.
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao raised his hand, and the Batian Spear flew over from afar. His gaze turned cold and stern as he said: “Remember, don’t call me husband anymore!”
Rose Empress’s voice rang in his ear: “Alright, husband.”
“Swoosh—”
Dust flew up, the ground exploded.
Jun Changxiao had already charged to the handsome-marked man’s front, a cold gleam arriving first, followed by the spear shooting out like a dragon.
“Counterattack and face-slapping doesn’t need three years!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
The spear’s gleam carried overwhelming momentum, piercing through the void.
Under the raging gale, with green hair dancing wildly, Jun Changxiao roared furiously: “Three seconds is enough!”
“Swoosh—”
The spear tip’s radiance exploded, a beam of spear light that rent space instantly shot forth, dragging out dozens of miles of flowing light!
Viewed from above, it was like a giant wielding a great blade viciously carving a line across space.
Possessing Fifth-Grade Sword-Spear Twin Saint cultivation, Jun Changxiao, assisted by Rose Empress who was infinitely close to Martial Emperor, had cultivation that could only be described as explosive!
However… the handsome-marked man dodged in advance, suspended in midair, grinning: “Now this is interesting!”
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao appeared before him out of thin air, the spear shaft carrying overwhelming dominance already sweeping across.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
In an instant, the two engaged in the highest quality close combat in midair at a frequency difficult for the naked eye to perceive. Under the ravaging power, space could only surrender helplessly, helplessly collapse.
“Boom—”
After several dozen exchanges, the handsome-marked man fell from the sky.
Just as he was about to collide with the ground, his body immediately recovered from its unbalanced state, his toes lightly touching down on a pebble.
“Buzz!”
A ripple of energy burst outward in all directions.
Except for the pebble the handsome-marked man was standing on, the ground within dozens of miles radius instantly collapsed in wave-like form.
This level of battle, even just dissipating the opponent’s force, had such power—truly too shocking and extraordinary.
“Seven Mystical Radiant Break!”
High in the sky, Jun Changxiao raised high the seven-colored flowing light spear in a chopping stance. Red, orange, and yellow energy gathered on the spear shaft, then transformed into peerless brilliant light as he swung down fiercely!
“Not good!”
The handsome-marked man’s expression changed slightly as he hurriedly dodged to the side.
“Boom—”
The entire ground bore the powerful bombardment, instantly splitting into a deep, long ravine. From high above, it looked as if it had been directly split in two!
The handsome-marked man who had dodged in advance had an extremely serious expression.
What kind of Radiant Break had that guy just executed? At a glance, it was clearly extraordinary!
Powerful weapon, powerful battle armor, and now a powerful martial technique—just what was this guy’s background!
Shijiazhuang, Zhao Zilong?
The handsome-marked man began rapidly searching through his sea of consciousness’s memories, but had never heard of any Shijiazhuang, much less heard of Zhao Zilong.
If Jun Changxiao knew that his casual shout on a whim had caused the man to frantically overthink, he would definitely laugh until doubled over.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
While the handsome-marked man was briefly contemplating, the powerful Seven Mystical Radiant Break attacked again!
Not to mention, with greatly increased strength, Jun Changxiao’s execution of this martial technique was even more powerful than before!
And this was only after learning three incomplete scrolls. If he found all the other incomplete scrolls and cultivated the complete Seven Mystical Radiant Break, its power would definitely break through the heavens!
After purchasing incomplete scroll martial techniques, they would be stolen from other planes, which also meant that when the day came to gather them all, at least several more victims would be waiting in line.
For example…
In that distant endless universe.
One black and one white rapidly advanced, occasionally even entangling in combat, fighting until the universe collapsed before continuing their journey!
“Black Dummy!”
A voice came from within the white light: “Are you certain the missing scroll is in the Mortal Dust Plane?”
An displeased voice came from the black light: “If you don’t believe me, don’t follow! I’ll go find it myself!”
“…”
The person within the white light was silent for a moment, then said: “I’ll trust you this once!”
“However, with our cultivation level, if we forcibly enter the Mortal Dust Plane, our cultivation will definitely plummet!”
“If you and I jointly execute the Qiankun Reversal Grand Technique, we should be able to preserve some cultivation and enter the Mortal Dust Plane, then quickly find the scroll and return!”
“Ha ha ha!”
Laughter came from the white light: “So that’s why you Black Dummy took the initiative to find me, you had this little scheme in mind!”
The so-called Qiankun Reversal Grand Technique required two people to execute simultaneously.
“Hmph.”
The person in the black light said coldly: “After finding the scroll, you and I will determine ownership through a contest of victory and defeat!”
“Good!”
The two black and white lights reached an agreement and proceeded toward the endless starry sky.
If they walked straight without turning, breaking through spatial limitations, they would coincidentally reach the region where the Soul Clan Continent was located!
…
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
High in the sky, Jun Changxiao and the handsome-marked man clashed again.
This space within a radius of a thousand miles was shattered beyond repair, the earth sunken and cracked—the scene like the end of the world.
This was merely two beings comparable to Emperor-level fighting. If several more came, the Soul Clan Continent would definitely be like the Star Meteorite Continent of ten thousand years ago, forcibly shattered into pieces.
“Crack crack crack!”
After Jun Changxiao and the handsome-marked man fought over a hundred more exchanges, the earth below finally couldn’t bear the burden and began showing irregular cracks that gradually drifted apart from each other.
Viewed from above, the plane had been shattered into large chunks, drifting farther from the main body, gradually forming independent landmasses.
“Boom boom boom!”
“Crack crack crack!”
The battle continued, powerful might rampaging wildly, the ground and space either collapsing or caving in.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Jun Changxiao and the handsome-marked man fell like cannonballs onto two distant pieces of earth, with an extremely deep ravine between them.
Rose Empress, who was providing support, saw her homeland shattered into pieces, felt the already sparse heaven and earth energy gradually merging into the broken space, and immediately felt a stabbing pain in her heart.
“The pain you feel, the predecessors of my Star Meteorite Continent also experienced.” Jun Changxiao said coldly.
He and she were merged as one, their hearts and minds connected.
Of course, Rose Empress couldn’t sense the system’s existence, because it was simply an inexplicable BUG that only Jun Changxiao could communicate with.
“Is it because my Soul Clan once invaded Star Meteorite Continent that you want to divorce me?”
“Correct.”
Jun Changxiao said: “We have a generational blood feud.”
“That was Empress Lingping’s order and has nothing to do with me!” Rose Empress said.
“If it had been you back then, you would have invaded Star Meteorite Continent just the same, because you Soul Clan are natural-born plunderers.”
“There are no ‘ifs’—the one who invaded your continent was Lingping, not me!”
Rose Empress’s last three words came out with raised volume, turning into a shriek that made Jun Changxiao’s eardrums buzz and ring.
The system, which didn’t want to be a third wheel, really wanted to interject: You two, you’re in the middle of a battle here, can you be a little more serious, can you put your hearts into it?
“Too lazy to deal with you!”
Jun Changxiao swung the Batian Spear and charged toward the handsome-marked man again.
An intense battle began anew, the Soul Clan Continent continuing to fracture, many small landmasses separating from the main body once more.
In the various cities, Soul Clan citizens all knelt on the ground in devout prayer. Even as houses and earth violently trembled, they had no intention of fleeing.
At this moment, they could only believe that Empress-sama would expel the foreign enemy and let the continent return to peace.
…
One day later.
The originally complete Soul Clan Continent had several large and small landmasses of varying sizes separated from the main body. The ravines were filled with seawater, creating a scene of lands gazing at each other across the sea.
This terrain transformation hadn’t ended yet, because Jun Changxiao and the handsome-marked man were still fighting, still battling to the death.
“Boom!”
Another explosion came from the sky.
The handsome-marked man landed on the ground, looking at Jun Changxiao across the seawater, and smiled: “This Soul Clan divine ability is quite good. If attached to me, my strength would only be stronger!”
After fighting Jun Changxiao for a day and night without gaining any advantage, he could still smile because… he hadn’t gotten serious yet!
“Boy.”
The handsome-marked man raised his hand arrogantly: “The battle between you and me can end now.”
“Buzz!”
A three-foot long sword appeared out of thin air, erupting with supreme imposing pressure!
Jun Changxiao furrowed his brow.
Just from the aura alone, this sword weapon was no weaker than his Nine Heavens Ten Earths Batian Spear.
The opponents he encountered had increasingly strong strength, and even their equipment was getting more and more advanced. This was truly… too wonderful, I must snatch it!
The handsome-marked man was called the Starry Sky Bandit King and made his living by plundering various planes.
Although Jun Changxiao wasn’t a bandit, the bandit deeds he’d done over these years were no fewer, and his experience and methods were extremely rich!
You’ve set your sights on my equipment?
Sorry, I’ve also set my sights on your equipment!
Since everyone wants them, let’s see who has the ability to snatch them!
“Clang!”
The sound of drawing a sword rang out.
“Swoosh—”
An overwhelmingly powerful sword qi directly slashed over. Space retained a deep, long sword scar, gales howling, as if wailing in sorrowful lamentation.
If strength permitted, the Soul Clan Continent really wanted to forcibly open the gate connecting to the Planar Battlefield, letting these two gentlemen go wreak havoc on higher-level planes, rather than riding on its body, using blade and sword to slice its flesh and bleed it piece by piece.
“Bang!”
Jun Changxiao charged straight in, breaking through the sword gleam with the Batian Spear, then executed the Seven-Colored Radiant Break to bombard again.
He and the handsome-marked man had both brought out their weapons and both entered a state of serious confrontation, so it would only increase the burden on the continent, causing it to fragment even faster.
However.
After fighting several dozen more exchanges, Jun Changxiao’s speed and attack power clearly showed a declining trend. When they separated, suspended in the distant sky, his breathing had already become rapid.
The handsome-marked man smiled: “In the end, you rely on the Soul Clan divine ability for this boost. Even if you have strength to contend with this commander, how could you have this commander’s inexhaustible, endless energy?”
“…”
Jun Changxiao fell silent.
With the Xuanyuan Divine Armor and Rose Empress’s assistance, his strength was not weaker than the handsome-marked man.
But the spiritual energy in his spirit core was far inferior, after all it was only a strength increase, not a realm increase—there was no qualitative change in energy supply.
“This commander has roamed the universe for several hundred years and hasn’t encountered an opponent in a long time. Today I’ll play properly with you.” The handsome-marked man rapidly charged over, the three-foot long sword in his hand slashing out sword gleams carrying power that was still explosive.
“Boom!”
Jun Changxiao thrust his spear to break it, his internal spiritual energy depleting considerably again.
Rose Empress said: “When energy is consumed to a certain limit, you and I will be forcibly separated, so… time is running out. Quickly think of a way to deal with him!”
Because she was merged in support form, she could only provide Jun Changxiao with strength but couldn’t control his body to take the lead.
I also want to deal with him!
But my strength won’t allow it!
“Use that petrification divine ability you used before!” Rose Empress offered a suggestion.
The system roared: “Absolutely don’t listen to her!”
“Bang!”
The Batian Spear was planted in the ground. Jun Changxiao rubbed his hands together, looking at the handsome-marked man with his mocking smile, his gaze turning cold and stern: “I must complete the mission, I must kill this guy!”
The system collapsed: “You’ll lose your rationality and become a demon!”
“With you here, I’m not afraid.”
“…”
The system wished it could run out and kick him back to Earth to continue being a shut-in loser!
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao waved his hand, and the statue that seemed to seal evil power appeared again, then was directly clamped between his palms.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Gales howled, green hair danced wildly.
Jun Changxiao’s voice was low as he said: “If I become Buddha, there will be no demons in the world. If I become a demon, what can Buddha do to me!”
“No! Don’t…”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
The statue’s power instantly merged into his body. Jun Changxiao looked up and roared with a savage expression, strange patterns appearing on his neck and the back of his hands.
“Hmm?”
The handsome-marked man’s brow furrowed tightly.
“This is…” When he saw Jun Changxiao’s entire body turning to stone, his strength rapidly increasing, his expression immediately changed drastically as he exclaimed in shock: “The Stone Image Clan’s divine ability!”
Can’t let him transform!
Otherwise, it will definitely be troublesome!
“Swoosh! Swoosh!”
After brief shock, the handsome-marked man made various complicated hand seals. Above the petrifying Jun Changxiao, dazzling colorful patterns appeared out of thin air, instantly shooting out various energy beams!
Full firepower!
Terrifyingly powerful!
However, just as various energies mercilessly pressed down, Jun Changxiao had completed his transformation. His right hand rose with cracking sounds, the Batian Spear burst from the earth, drawing a gorgeous multicolored flowing light.
“Boom boom boom!”
“Boom boom boom boom!”
In an instant, all the various energies pressing down from all directions were completely destroyed, and the various patterns existing in the sky also exploded on the spot.
“Thud thud thud!”
The handsome-marked man retreated several steps, blood churning within his body!
His face was full of disbelief: “How can this guy have the upper realm Stone Image Clan’s divine ability!”
“Die!”
At this moment, Jun Changxiao’s massive figure appeared before the handsome-marked man, his petrified palm heavy as a hundred thousand great mountains pressing down viciously.
“Boom—”
A large chunk of ground suddenly collapsed, then moved westward.
…
In the deepest part of the starry sky.
The black and white flowing lights had already stopped. A Yin-Yang fish pattern gradually appeared, like a giant mirror suspended in the universe, constantly rotating!
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, the person in the black light opened their eyes in pleasant surprise: “Someone in the Mortal Dust Plane seems to have disturbed the deep spatial layers. We can take advantage and sneak in. This way we won’t be detected by the Heavenly Dao, and we’ll most likely be able to preserve some strength!”
“What are we waiting for! Quick! Quick!”
The two black and white figures hurriedly operated the Qiankun Reversal Grand Technique, and the Yin-Yang fish pattern suspended above rotated faster.
After a moment.
They shouted in unison: “Qiankun reverse, Yin-Yang chaos!”
“Swoosh!”
“Swoosh!”
The two immediately transformed into black and white flowing lights, respectively merging into the black and white areas of the Yin-Yang fish, then disappeared without a trace.
…
Outside the Soul Clan Continent, in the dark starry sky.
“Swoosh!”
“Swoosh!”
Space suddenly tore open, and two black and white flowing lights burst forth.
When the radiance dispersed, two middle-aged men appeared.
One wore white clothes, one wore black clothes. If they wore tall hats and stuck out long tongues, they could completely cosplay as Black and White Impermanence.
Both men had sharp gazes and bulging temples. From a martial arts novel perspective, they were absolutely high-level experts among experts!
“Damn it!”
The black-clothed man said rather angrily: “Although we came in relying on spatial disturbance, our realm was still unavoidably suppressed!”
“It’s already quite good.”
The white-clothed man said indifferently: “Merely suppressed to Martial Emperor level, with our two’s martial dao experience, we can completely walk sideways through the Mortal Dust Plane.”
“Correct.”
The black-clothed man immediately felt relieved.
“Don’t just stand there stupidly.”
The white-clothed man said calmly: “Quickly search for the scroll’s whereabouts.”
The black-clothed man was just about to close his eyes and execute his special divine ability when he suddenly discovered obvious energy fluctuations coming from the nearby plane.
“Let’s go.”
The two said in unison: “Go watch the excitement.”
They knew people were fighting inside the plane. It was precisely for this reason that the spatial disturbance created allowed them to easily smuggle into the Mortal Dust Plane.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
The black-clothed man and white-clothed man broke through the Soul Clan Continent’s spatial barrier, easily merging in. The first thing presented in their field of vision was a continent shattered into pieces.
“Tsk tsk.”
“What a brutal fight.”
“Hmm?”
The two looked in unison toward the distance, toward a completely petrified creature that was raising its foot to viciously stomp the ground.
“Black Dummy!”
The white-clothed man rubbed his eyes in surprise: “This seems to be a clansman of the Stone Image Clan, right? How could they appear in the Mortal Dust Plane?”
The black-clothed man was also completely puzzled.
“Hmm?”
At this moment, Jun Changxiao, who was madly stomping the ground, suddenly raised his head. A pair of blood-red eyes locked onto the two uninvited guests in the sky, his voice low: “That guy’s companions?”
“Swoosh—”
Bursting forth with overwhelming momentum!
The black-clothed man said: “This person has already darkened. He attacks anyone on sight.”
The white-clothed man touched his nose and smiled: “Originally wanted to thank him for letting us easily come to the Mortal Dust, but since he’s so rude, then…”
“Boom!”
Suddenly, Jun Changxiao had already charged before them, his right knee viciously ramming into his abdomen.
In slow motion, one could clearly see the white-clothed man’s smile gradually disappearing from his face, then being replaced by savagery, his two eyeballs bulging out.
“Swoosh—”
Like a cannonball flying out, transforming into a bright starlight!
The black-clothed man standing beside was dumbfounded.
The Stone Image Clan is that strong? One move sent White Rakshasa, whose cultivation was temporarily suppressed at Martial Emperor, flying!
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao turned, delivering the cleanest and most efficient right hook.
The black-clothed man could capture it, but the opponent’s fist speed was too fast. His powerful cultivation was also suppressed, unable to achieve perfect coordination with his body. In the end, he could only take it with his left cheek.
“Boom!”
Falling at extreme speed, viciously smashing into the ground.
“Splash!”
The white-clothed man who had been sent flying also fell down.
Two experts who thought they could walk sideways through the Mortal Dust Plane lay neatly together, one beaten with eyes rolled back, one beaten until foaming at the mouth.
“Da… damn it…” From the area Jun Changxiao had been madly stomping earlier, the handsome-marked man stood up from a deep pit with a bruised and swollen face, his armor shattered beyond repair, roaring angrily: “This commander will definitely return!”
“Swoosh!”
A warship appeared out of thin air.
The handsome-marked man jumped on and instantly disappeared without a trace.
“Quick, chase! Don’t let that guy escape!”
Rose Empress’s voice rang in Jun Changxiao’s ear, but he paid no attention, landing before the white-clothed and black-clothed men, grabbing their heads and viciously pounding them into the ground.
“Boom boom boom!”
“Boom boom boom boom boom!”
The scene’s brutality was simply unbearable to watch.
…