Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

After that single blow, Lin Hao swung his fist once more.

This time, he took the offensive.

Without any fancy techniques or martial arts, Lin Hao simply blasted a punch toward the giant opposite him.

Compared to the five to six-meter-tall giant, Lin Hao was no bigger than a toddler. But he stood ramrod straight, giving off an indomitable aura, as if he could prop up the sky and stand firm on the earth. As he threw this punch, a burgeoning fist intent exploded outwards, blanketing everything and sweeping through the heavens.

Across from him, everyone’s eyes went wide. Some even scrubbed at their eyes, not believing what they were seeing.

For they were witnessing a truly astounding sight.

As Lin Hao’s fist shot forward, a river of stars materialized in the void, accompanied by the simultaneous appearance of the sun and the moon!

A grand, majestic pressure surged forth, making everyone tremble in that instant.

For Lin Hao to cause a celestial phenomenon with a mere punch—it was unheard of!

Not even an expert of the Soul Gathering Realm could accomplish such a feat.

At this moment, everyone was captivated. It was as if they were watching a young Emperor Venerable in action!

The terrifying, heaven-shaking pressure inspired an urge in them to fall to their knees and worship.

The legs of some of the younger cultivators with weaker cultivation bases began to tremble. Facing that not-so-imposing figure, they felt no will to resist—only to submit!

Fortunately, the celestial phenomenon lasted but a moment before vanishing completely.

The youths whose legs had been trembling snapped back to their senses, only to collapse limply to the ground, utterly drenched in sweat, their faces masks of terror.

Meanwhile, the giant facing Lin Hao in battle didn’t dare to take the punch head-on and chose to fall back.

He retreated quickly, but Lin Hao’s fist, though it seemed slow, was in fact incomparably fast. The giant, in the midst of his explosive retreat, roared and threw a punch with his right arm to block.

RUMBLE!

A heaven-shaking boom erupted, and the giant’s massive body was sent flying backward.

It crashed through rockeries, giant trees, and buildings, shattering them all.

The giant’s body flew for several hundred meters, finally coming to a stop after smashing into and collapsing a pavilion.

His body was buried in the rubble, his fate—dead or alive—unknown.

In contrast, Lin Hao stood proudly. For a moment, it seemed the blue sky was above his head, a river of stars beneath his feet, and the sun and moon on his back, but the vision was gone in a flash.

Before Lin Hao, the giant seemed to be made of paper, utterly unable to withstand a single blow.

The sight was breathtaking, and everyone’s eyes widened in shock!

Lin Hao, however, just shook his head and muttered, ’This punch is still a far cry from Emperor Hongtian’s. I still have a long way to go.’

When he first entered the Heaven-Stepping Sect, on the God-Proving Platform, a fist had reached across the river of time. It was a strike launched with the power of only the Third Layer of the Blood Coagulation Realm, yet it had made a river of stars span the sky and the sun and moon appear together. At the same time, grand and majestic pavilions had materialized.

That scene had been seared into Lin Hao’s memory.

Ever since, whenever Lin Hao threw a punch, he would recall that scene and try to replicate its power. But that was the punch of a Great Emperor; recreating it was an impossibly difficult task.

This time, Lin Hao had tried to manifest it again, but the result was far from ideal.

His punch hadn’t contained even a tenth of the original’s fist intent. How could Lin Hao possibly be satisfied?

Fortunately, no one heard Lin Hao’s words. If they had, they would have been scared to death.

Lin Hao, a Martial Cultivator at the Seventh Layer of the Elemental Control Realm, was actually comparing himself to a Great Emperor!

"No way... Was the giant really that weak?" a youth on the other side whispered, his voice trembling.

If the giant was killed, Duan Xinyu would surely order them to attack next.

Even the giant was no match for Lin Hao. They would probably just explode into a mist of blood from a single one of his punches!

An intense fear gripped them.

Lin Hao’s display of power had been too astonishing. They had lost the will to fight before a battle had even begun.

"Chen Qian," a youth suddenly said, turning to him with hopeful eyes. "The giant possesses the Blood Transformation and Bone Refining Skill. He’s not so easily defeated."

In that moment, they had completely forgotten that they had just attacked Lin Hao, and that Chen Qian, being Lin Hao’s friend, was also their enemy.

Chen Qian stared at the ruins, his expression grave. He showed no joy at the fact that Lin Hao had sent the giant flying with a single punch.

He knew that in a battle decades ago, a giant with the Blood Transformation and Bone Refining Skill had been a veritable human-shaped weapon of destruction. Blades could not harm him, and he was impervious to fire, water, and even potent poisons.

Although the Blood Transformation and Bone Refining Skill this giant practiced was incomplete, he shouldn’t have been defeated so easily.

Especially since his skin had turned Yellow—a sign that his physical body had reached a certain level of toughness.

Seeing the look on Chen Qian’s face, everyone except Wenren Yuxin revealed expressions of delight.

BOOM!

Sure enough, massive timbers went flying from the ruins.

ROAR!

Then, a furious roar echoed. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

To the youths, that piercing, furious roar sounded as sweet as celestial music.

The giant rose to his feet. Crescent-moon slashes shot from his crimson eyes again as he charged violently at Lin Hao.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

With every one of the giant’s steps, the ground thudded and trembled violently.

Lin Hao stomped his right foot and shot into the air.

BOOM!

The ground where he had stood spiderwebbed with cracks.

While in mid-air, Lin Hao stomped down fiercely.

As his foot descended, the very air seemed to freeze.

Below him was the charging giant.

Lin Hao’s movements, from his leap to his kick, were a single, fluid motion—incredibly fast. The giant had no time to dodge. It could only twist its body and throw a punch toward the sky.

With a bizarre twist of his foot, Lin Hao made the giant’s hand scrape right past his leg.

At the same instant, Lin Hao’s foot landed on the giant’s right shoulder.

RUMBLE!

With a deafening crash, the upper half of the giant’s body was driven straight into the ground.

HISS!

Across the way, a collective, sharp intake of breath could be heard.

To ensure solid foundations, the four great families had built their estates upon enormous bedrock. Your Highness’ Mansion was certainly no exception.

How much strength did it take for Lin Hao to drive the giant into the ground with a single stomp?

ROAR! ROAR!

The giant roared again and again, but it could not break free.

Its only free arm—its right—began to move.

Its huge palm opened, swiping for Lin Hao’s head like the claws of a ferocious beast.

Lin Hao’s right hand shot out and seized its wrist.

The giant struggled, but it was futile.

A giant, pinned under Lin Hao’s foot, its one powerful arm held fast in Lin Hao’s grasp. The scene was breathtaking.

The giant’s crimson eyes shifted, and the crescent-moon slashes appeared once more.

Lin Hao arched his body, then shot his left fist forward.

The blood-red crescents merged into one and crashed against Lin Hao’s left fist, only to be instantly annihilated.

The next moment, Lin Hao’s body snapped straight, and he yanked hard with his right arm.

RIP!

Blood sprayed as Lin Hao ripped the giant’s only remaining arm clean off—an act of savage fury.

Without a glance, Lin Hao tossed the severed arm aside and threw a punch at the giant’s head.

At that very moment, everyone on the opposing side—save for Wenren Yuxin, Chen Qian, and Lin Xinran—attacked.

If the giant died, death would await them next. Their only choice was to strike first.

Several swords formed of True Essence materialized in the air and slashed toward Lin Hao.

This attack contained all of their True Essence; it was the strongest strike they could muster.

"Brother Lin, watch out!" Chen Qian roared, his eyes wide with fury and panic.

Lin Hao turned his head, his gaze brilliant. He stretched out one hand and spoke two words.

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