Chapter 838: Chapter 838

Even if Divine Emperors suppressed their strength to the Tyrant level, there is no way a ragtag group could possibly go head-to-head against them.

We would only stand a chance if we joined forces with someone just as powerful... Otherwise, everyone participating in the Ten Thousand Tribes Dominion War would become nothing more than stepping stones for Li Pin's rise.

With that in mind, You Xu looked up, fixing his gaze on Scorching Flame Divine Lord, Shimo, Tyrant Wu Jin, and the others. He sent a sharp spiritual transmission, "What are you waiting for!? Li Pin is clearly using the pressure we're giving him to comprehend space and break into the Sacred Monarch Realm. The moment he takes that step, none of us will be able to stop him. He'll recreate the scene from the Prodigy Competition, sweeping across all the races!"

Scorching Flame Divine Lord and the others received You Xu's spiritual message.

"You mean to say... you want us to join forces with you, Bloodslaughter, and fourteen other Tyrants, just to gang up on one human?" Shimo asked coldly.

Scorching Flame Divine Lord responded with just one word, "Pathetic."

Tyrant Wu Jin said nothing. He simply frowned, eyes locked on Li Pin, who was growing fiercer with each clash. A trace of hesitation flickered in his gaze.

He wasn't the one fighting Li Pin directly. Watching from the sidelines could never make someone understand the pressure You Xu was facing. It was like people watching a tiger on TV, thinking they could just slide in and take it down. But if they were really standing in front of it, fear would likely freeze them in place.

If you've never been in that situation, you simply can't grasp the kind of pressure someone inside it feels.

That same pride, the pride of being a supreme prodigy, made Wu Jin unwilling to join You Xu and the others in ganging up on Li Pin.

Seeing their indifference, disappointment filled You Xu's eyes.

By now, Li Pin had stabilized the field. He widened the distance using the Grand Oblivion Art and was launching deadly, unpredictable attacks with the Eternal Swordlight. You Xu watched it all unfold, resolve hardening in his gaze.

This ragtag group is no match for Li Pin.

It was like a dozen ordinary people encountering a top-tier military elite in the wilderness. Even if both sides were unarmed, those dozen men would do nothing but waste a bit of the elite's time. Hurting him? Impossible.

If he hasn't broken through yet, there's still hope. Scorching Flame might be able to fight him. Even if Li Pin wins, it would likely be a hard-fought victory... But if he becomes a Sacred Monarch... then in this Overlord Competition... Li Pin would be unstoppable, just like in the Prodigy Competition.

At that realization, You Xu abruptly broke away from the battlefield. He soared upward at full speed, heading toward the Supreme Pillar to end the preliminary round.

But at that moment, Li Pin abandoned his previous opponent, cut through the crowd, and intercepted him.

"The battle's not over yet," he said. "Come. Show me how you plan to kill me in ten strikes."

The words hit like a slap to the face. You Xu's expression darkened. But he said nothing. Instead, he pushed his Phantom Strider technique to its limit.

Yet just as he activated it, the power of the Ring of No Bound surged forth, locking him completely in place.

Controlling You Xu with just the power of a Sovereign Divine Weapon was nothing but wishful thinking. But with this disruption, Li Pin, wielding the Grand Oblivion Art, managed to quickly close the gap.

Several Tyrants rushed to give chase, but with a wave of Li Pin's hand, the Sovereign Divine Weapon, Cosmic Genesis Chart, unfolded. Among the dozen Tyrants, only three managed to escape using their spatial treasures. The rest were swallowed whole.

"No one will interfere with us now," Li Pin said. "Come on, let's continue." Content orıginally comes from Novᴇl_Fire(.)net

"Looks like you don't need my help after all," said the ace of the Intelligent Lifeforms standing by the Supreme Pillar, having watched everything closely.

"I do," Li Pin lifted his head. "I need some time. Don't let the preliminaries end too quickly."

The ace immediately understood and nodded. "Understood."

He glanced around at the others from various clans. "I can't handle Scorching Flame from the Divine Race, Shimo of the Unique Lifeforms, or Tyrant Wu Jin of the Chaos Clan.

"As for the rest... I won't claim I can defeat them, but keeping them busy is no problem. That way, as long as I want, there will always be at least one spot at the Supreme Pillar left undecided. The preliminaries won't end just yet."

Li Pin nodded in agreement. He turned his gaze back to You Xu. "Use your strongest power to block my sword. If you can't... you'll die."

As he spoke, the Eternal Swordlight blazed forth.

Though Li Pin hadn't fully grasped the law of space, the piercing power of the Eternal Swordlight had already reached a new height.

You Xu had just tried to fight Li Pin without relying on spatial power to prevent his breakthrough. But now, the swordlight's terrifying speed and power drained all color from his face.

He couldn't block it! Not at all! If he didn't wield spatial power, or fully unleash all the spatial mysteries... he would die!

You Xu roared, "Void Crush!"

Though the strike had lost some of its former brilliance, it still brought Li Pin an extraordinary thrill.

Li Pin laughed freely and loudly. "Good, that's it! Keep striking with everything you've got!"

His voice was soon drowned by the chaos of the shattered air fragments, but his sword never stopped. It sliced forward again and again, weaving space with even greater finesse.

"Break! Break! Break!"

You Xu unleashed over a dozen blows in quick succession, each strike poured with all his strength to perfectly execute his deadly moves.

Reversal, Yin-Yang Reversal, Void Crush. He unleashed one killing move after another. With each strike, the Eternal Oblivion Force inside him grew increasingly intense.

But... It was completely useless. Not only did his blade fail to harm Li Pin, but it actually made Li Pin's swordsmanship even more refined, bringing him closer and closer to mastering the spatial laws.

You Xu's desperate situation quickly caught the attention of Scorching Flame, Shimo, and Wu Jin.

Scorching Flame showed no emotion, cold as ever. But Shimo and Wu Jin saw it clearly. This Li Pin is truly strong, strong enough for all four of us to consider him a serious rival.

In the past, the Human Race had often relied on three quasi-ace-level fighters wearing down their enemies one by one. But this time... a genuine top-tier elite had appeared.

Shimo thought, There's no way we can let him live. But Li Pin and You Xu are both rivals. Let them fight until they both fall, and I'll wait to take advantage.

As for the idea that Li Pin was using You Xu's power to understand the spatial laws? That is nonsense. If spatial laws were that easy to grasp, Sacred Monarchs would be everywhere. Why would such mastery still earn someone a high rank among the Sovereign Races?

Clearly, You Xu realized that a deadly fight with Li Pin would ruin him, so he tried to drag others into the fight. I'm not so foolish as to believe a rival's words.

Below, You Xu felt a flicker of despair in his eyes. No matter how he struck, he couldn't land a single hit on Li Pin. Meanwhile, the ace fighters from the other clans merely watched from the sidelines, making no move to intervene.

At that moment, he finally let go of all wishful thinking. He decided to fight Li Pin to the very end. "Hahaha! Alright, alright! Such a remarkable sword technique you've created, Li Pin.

"Over the years, I've also been developing my own blade style, but something always felt missing. Maybe it was the kind of determination you have, the kind that pushes you to the brink, forcing you to fight with your back against the wall."

You Xu's blade technique changed. His prior confusion and hesitation were gone.

He gushed, "Since I first stepped into the arena, I've been unbeatable among my peers, then, now, and in the future. Today, let's see who breaks through first. Will you use me as your training partner to master space? Or will I, under your pressure, unify all techniques and grasp the true meaning of the blade, forging my own style?"

Throwing everything into the fight, You Xu pushed the mysteries of space to an unprecedented peak.

Li Pin laughed loudly and raised his sword to meet the attack. "Hahaha, that's more like it!"

The battle finally reached its climax, a moment that would decide life or death, with no turning back.

The Sky Clan's Heavenly Emperor locked his eyes on the figure who had gone all in. "You Xu!"

He... he wasn't joking. Nor was he trying to drag the Divine Race's Scorching Flame into a life-and-death struggle just to reap the benefits afterward. Right now, he is truly fighting for his life.

The Heavenly Emperor gave a sharp order, "Ashura, have Scorching Flame strike and kill Li Pin first!"

Ashura, sensing You Xu's resolve, felt unsettled. He couldn't tell if it was real or just an act. He didn't want to interfere too much with Scorching Flame's judgment, but just to be safe, he called out. "Scorching Flame?"

"I know what I'm doing," Scorching Flame said solemnly.

At that very moment, the two combatants exploded in a fierce clash, obliterating everything within thousands of meters. Matter, energy, were all gone in an instant.

Amidst the raw, unadorned collision, Li Pin's unrestrained laughter suddenly echoed through the destruction.

Then, under the brilliance of the Eternal Swordlight, a figure was flung backward. It was You Xu.

His Divine Body trembled violently, on the verge of collapse. The Eternal Oblivion Force surged into him uncontrollably, as if he were about to be swallowed whole.

You Xu felt the Eternal Oblivion Force tearing irreversibly through his body. With a bleak expression, he looked at Li Pin. "I've lost..."

"So it's true. Someone really can grasp the laws of space... in such a short time..."

Li Pin sensed the space around him growing clearer, almost tangible. He nodded toward You Xu and prepared to soar into the sky. "It's over."

You Xu took a single step through the void, moving like a traveler through space itself, and blocked Li Pin's path. "No, it's not over!"

Energy roared wildly through him. The power of Eternal Oblivion poured in without end, threatening to drag him into nothingness. But he ignored it all. Pouring out the last of his strength, he fixed his eyes on Li Pin and said, one word at a time, "This... isn't... over!"

Li Pin looked at You Xu, at the man who had cast everything aside, ready to strike once more with a blade that had already proven ineffective.

And in that moment, he understood.

"You're right. It's not over."

Li Pin raised his sword.

"I have a secret art named Heavenly Fate. It uses the power of the past to perceive the present. Nothing escapes my sight."

The light of the Heavenly Fate Art flashed. In that instant, every flow of power within You Xu became perfectly clear.

"I have a technique. It's called Phantom Space. It governs the intricate transformations of matter, energy, and space."

As the transformation unfolded, the Ruoxi Sword appeared to give birth to the destruction born from the universe's creation and evolution.

"And I have a sword, called the Eternal Swordlight. It surpasses time and space. It is singular. It is eternal."

Li Pin gave a slight bow, then raised his sword and struck. "Take this strike."