Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

Lin Hao’s single telepathic message sent Chu Yanwu’s mind racing. But while his imagination ran wild, Lin Hao was being beaten by the four men, completely unable to retaliate.

Lin Hao was only at the pinnacle of the Elemental Realm, while his four opponents were almost all at the Soul Gathering Realm First Layer. The gap in their strength was immense.

Especially after the four began to coordinate, their combined combat power was astounding.

Lin Hao was sent flying again and again, his body crashing into the walls with a thunderous BOOM.

On the surface, the four attackers held the absolute upper hand. However, their expressions grew increasingly grave.

Lin Hao’s resilience was beyond their imagination.

They were Martial Artists of the Soul Gathering Realm. A single one of their strikes would have annihilated an ordinary Elemental Realm Martial Artist. Yet, Lin Hao had taken several hits and seemed completely unharmed. This was far beyond their expectations.

The strike of a Soul Gathering Realm First Layer Martial Artist could no longer be measured by pure physical strength. After awakening a Divine Soul and entering the Soul Gathering Realm, one had already stepped onto a higher plane of existence.

With a mere thought and a burst of True Essence, even a Martial Artist at the Soul Gathering Realm First Layer could easily pulverize a small mountain!

And yet, when this exact Palm Force struck Lin Hao, he was sent flying but otherwise seemed completely fine. It was a horrifying realization!

"This Lin Hao is too freakish! I have a bad feeling about this. The longer we drag this out, the worse it will be for us. We need to end this now," one of the four transmitted a message to the others.

The other three, including Moshan, secretly nodded in agreement.

The next moment, the sky suddenly darkened.

The four attacked in unison, their power blotting out the sky.

BOOM!

A giant hand materialized from the void, grabbing for Lin Hao’s legs. At the same time, a palm several meters long slammed down from above his head. A series of sonic booms echoed through the air, caused by the sheer pressure of the Palm Force.

And that wasn’t all. One of the men’s arms transformed into a long blade, slashing at Lin Hao’s waist.

On the other side, the Barbarian Dragon Bow in Moshan’s hand swelled in size. He drew the bowstring. There was no arrow on it, but as he performed the motion, the very air in the void seemed to be sucked away.

In his eyes, Lin Hao clearly saw an invisible arrow forming, locking onto him completely.

The four attacked with their full might, cutting off all of Lin Hao’s escape routes.

Not far away, Chu Yanwu clenched his fists, ready to intervene at any moment.

And just then, the four attacks were about to land on Lin Hao.

Just as Chu Yanwu was about to make his move, he saw Lin Hao shake his head with a wry smile. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

In the brief moment that Chu Yanwu hesitated, he was horrified to see Lin Hao’s entire aura change in an instant.

An aura capable of crushing all of existence erupted from Lin Hao’s body.

"What?!" The four men fighting Lin Hao had been on the verge of victory, but the aura that suddenly erupted from him left them terrified!

They discovered that in the face of this aura, they couldn’t muster even a shred of resistance. Even their own attacks were completely repelled.

At that moment, the four of them felt a sudden illusion: they were lambs waiting for the slaughter!

The aura now radiating from Lin Hao was too bizarre and terrifying.

Their bodies were frozen in the void, unable to even twitch!

Such an opportunity was too rare to miss. Lin Hao moved.

Strolling calmly through the void, Lin Hao simply waved his hand, and three heads flew high into the air.

Without a second glance, Lin Hao went straight to Moshan, calmly snatched the Barbarian Dragon Bow from his hands, and tossed it into his storage ring.

THUD!

After Lin Hao had done all this, Moshan found he could move again. He immediately fell to the ground, landing flat on his back.

Moshan didn’t get up. He just stared intently at Lin Hao.

’If I’m not mistaken,’ he thought, ’the reason Lin Hao’s terrifying aura suddenly erupted is because he awakened his Divine Soul!’

And awakening a Divine Soul meant Lin Hao had entered the Soul Gathering Realm!

Lin Hao had actually broken through to the Soul Gathering Realm in the middle of their fight. If he hadn’t witnessed it himself, Moshan would have died before believing it was true.

It wasn’t just Moshan; Chu Yanwu, who was watching from the side, was also deeply shaken.

Even though Chu Yanwu’s cultivation was at the Peak of the Fifth Layer of the Soul Gathering Realm, his legs had gone weak when faced with that pressure just now, and he’d felt an uncontrollable urge to prostrate himself in worship.

Then, Chu Yanwu was left utterly stunned.

He was horrified to realize that Lin Hao’s cultivation level had skyrocketed in that single instant. He had directly crossed out of the Elemental Realm, passed through the Celestial Gate of the Martial Path, and advanced into the Soul Gathering Realm!

Entering the Soul Gathering Realm with a single thought!

Chu Yanwu opened his mouth, but found that no sound would come out.

’Imagining it is one thing,’ he thought, ’but to actually see Lin Hao enter the Soul Gathering Realm with a single thought... the shock I feel is beyond words.’

Moreover, the aura that could crush all of existence, which had accompanied Lin Hao’s breakthrough, had left a profound impression on Chu Yanwu.

Although such an aura was a sign of awakening a Divine Soul, its sheer power was just too shocking.

A chill ran through his heart when he saw Lin Hao reap the three heads. ’Because even I wouldn’t have been able to resist if Lin Hao had wanted to kill me then.’

’Just awakening a Divine Soul, and it causes a Martial Artist like me at the Fifth Layer of the Soul Gathering Realm to tremble to my very core? It even made me completely helpless for a moment... what kind of Divine Soul is that?!’

Chu Yanwu didn’t dare to imagine, and then realized he was fundamentally incapable of imagining it.

At this moment, there was one other person who was just as shaken by the scene that had just unfolded: Yunxi.

Although she had advanced to the Soul Gathering Realm because of that cup of wine, she was utterly powerless before an expert like Chu Yanwu, who was at the Fifth Layer of the Soul Gathering Realm.

She had been watching the battle from the very beginning, but there was nothing she could do. Chu Yanwu’s aura was locked onto her at all times, preventing her from even using her Spiritual Power.

Being unable to use her Spiritual Power was terrifying. Yunxi believed Chu Yanwu himself didn’t possess such a method; it was undoubtedly that turtle causing trouble behind the scenes. And against that, Yunxi was helpless.

But just a moment ago, Yunxi had suddenly realized that Chu Yanwu’s aura, which had been locked onto her, had vanished. She noticed it, but she still couldn’t move at all.

Because the aura erupting from Lin Hao’s body, which could crush all of existence, was too terrifying.

Then, Yunxi could only watch, wide-eyed, as Lin Hao simply waved his hand and sent three heads flying.

At that moment, she went numb.

It wasn’t until Moshan hit the ground with a thud that Yunxi snapped back to her senses.

Staring blankly at Lin Hao, Yunxi uttered five words, her heart filled with bitterness, "Soul Gathering in a single thought!"

Lin Hao was too powerful, far more powerful than she could have ever imagined.

As the possessor of the Beast Taming Royal Body, one of the Twenty-Four Royal Bodies, she could summon Devil Beasts. While she couldn’t summon high-level Devil Beasts, she knew the process of their advancement like the back of her hand.

Even after observing the advancement of several types of Devil Beasts and gaining insights into the breakthrough from the Peak of the Elemental Realm to the Soul Gathering Realm, Yunxi herself had been stuck at the Peak of the Elemental Realm for two long years!

But Lin Hao... it had only been a few days, and he had not only reached the Extreme Realm of the Elemental Realm, but now he had entered the Soul Gathering Realm with a single thought. It was both breathtaking and utterly demoralizing.

As proud as Yunxi was, she couldn’t help but be in awe of Lin Hao’s cultivation speed, and she uttered eight words.

"With Lin Hao’s arrival, who can possibly compete?"