Chapter 525 455: [Celestial Treasure Battle General Platform!]

Five Emperors' Desperate Dao Fist!

It was his strongest killing blow, one that didn't rely on any external artifacts!

His combat power had soared to the Ninth Layer!

But Wu Dao had obliterated it in an instant. 'This proves Wu Dao's realm is far beyond mine. He hid his true strength far too well!'

The gap in their power was immense.

'Any other technique would just be a laughingstock. I have to use extreme measures to win!'

Evidently,

Long Chen's understanding was so limited that he couldn't even conceive of an amplifying technique like the Divine No Evil Lotus. He simply assumed Wu Dao's current display of power was his true realm.

'He deliberately hid his strength and infiltrated the Three Lives Battlefield...'

'All to play the pig to eat the tiger—to assassinate me!'

Long Chen knew the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty had arranged for a Great Emperor to protect him.

But that was a last resort.

While Great Emperors weren't the absolute strongest beings, every single one in the Hongyuan was a renowned figure. The moment one achieved their status, it was an event that couldn't be hidden, their Dao Essence recorded by the All Heavens.

If one were to act,

the Law Enforcement Team had countless ways of tracking them down. In such a short time, his people would be unable to clean up all the traces and erase the evidence.

Assassinating a Celestial King...

The crime was too severe. Even the slightest chance of exposure could inflict an indelible stain upon the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty, leading to endless trouble!

"Hahaha, you gutless piece of trash!!"

BOOM! RUMBLE!

The multicolored Evil Lotus that Wu Dao had become continued to blast through layer after layer of spacetime. He was like a soul-reaping Purgatory Evil God, spewing demonic soundwaves that threw the mind and soul into chaos.

Shrouded by the Tri-Colored Emperor's Plate,

he completely ignored the Three-Colored Emperor Arrows fired from the Path-Breaking Bow. The Asura Battle Banner held back the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty's Death Warrior Corps, allowing him to begin his utterly vicious pursuit of Long Chen!

But inwardly, Wu Dao was perfectly calm.

'Even though he's outmatched, he still hasn't retreated!'

'That proves Long Chen still has some trump card he's confident will turn the tables.'

'Perhaps.'

'A Great Emperor might even suddenly appear at any moment!'

'But it's just as I've always said.'

'However many come today is how many will die. I, Wu Dao, either don't make a move, or I strike to kill!'

CLANG!!

Wu Dao's Magnetic Field teleportation was too fast!

His massive Evil Lotus body caught up to Long Chen in just a few flickers, and the Majestic All-Phases Divine Luo Fist shot out, ruthlessly smashing into Long Chen's body!

VMMMM!

But the silver armor Long Chen wore was extraordinary!

It was like an unbreakable turtle shell. Wu Dao's Divine Fist felt like a mere tickle when it struck, unable to injure him in the slightest!

"You don't know your own limits!"

Even while fleeing, Long Chen had the presence of mind to sneer,

"The Hundred Emperors' Armor is—AHHH!!!"

SMACK!

But Wu Dao gave him no chance to posture!

The Ten-Armed Asura Shadow Emperor's Infinite Palm, shrouded in Nether River Death Qi, delivered a vicious slap to the back of Long Chen's head, sending him tumbling head over heels through space.

He seemed to have forgotten something.

While Wu Dao himself couldn't hurt him,

that didn't mean the Ten-Armed Asura manifested by the Asura Battle Banner couldn't. The Nether River Array, carrying the Root of Death Power, directly eroded one's Divine Soul. Daring to posture in front of it was asking for a beating so severe your own mother wouldn't recognize you!

"The armor is *what*? Go on, say it?!"

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP—

Wu Dao caught up to the sprawling Long Chen, and the Ten-Armed Asura began slapping him senseless. It swung its arms wide, batting him around like a rubber ball and sending him crashing through the spacetime barriers of the Ten Directions.

Long Chen fell silent.

Like a turtle pulling its head into its shell,

he withdrew his Essence, Qi, and Spirit completely inside the Hundred Emperors' Armor, allowing Wu Dao to send him flying about like a pinball. He knew that the moment he stuck his head out and used his Power of the Divine Soul, the Nether River would "take care" of him.

"Get lost, you trash!!"

Wu Dao directed the Asura's Hand to sweep out and grab the probing Order Emperor's Chains. With universe-upending strength, he brutally yanked several Quasi-Emperors over and crushed them within spacetime!

But these Death Warriors

were completely fearless of death.

Wielding their Emperor's Chain Divine Weapons, they attacked Wu Dao without pause. Wu Dao hunted Long Chen, and they, in turn, hunted Wu Dao. It was an extremely bizarre scene.

Wu Dao knew.

'Long Chen is definitely stalling for time, secretly preparing some ultimate move!'

'But he can't stall for long!'

'They might have used Emperor's Weapons to seal off this region, but my rank is Celestial King. That carries significant weight. If I go missing during an Abyss Task, the military headquarters at Seven Days Pass will definitely send people to investigate!'

Sure enough!

After a few more moments of pursuit,

Long Chen finally stopped fleeing. His head poked out from within the Hundred Emperors' Armor in a somewhat comical fashion, his appearance utterly wretched.

But the cold light in his eyes was terrifyingly frigid; he looked at Wu Dao as if he were already a dead man.

"Do you know why everyone in the Seven Days Pass acknowledges me as peerless within my realm?"

Hm?

Wu Dao's forward charge faltered for a moment.

He sensed a unique Magnetic Field rising from within Long Chen's body, frantically gathering the principles and order that originated from the very root of the Great Dao!

'A Celestial Treasure!'

"Because... in a battle between peers of the same realm, I have never known defeat! Emerge!!"

An infinite killing light flared in Long Chen's eyes. He roared like a supreme War God commanding a million soldiers. A boundless, iron-blooded battle aura erupted from him, laced with the clang of weapons and the ferocious war cries of a charging army!

VMMMM—

Faster than a thought,

the iron-blooded battle qi erupting from Long Chen's body materialized. It crisscrossed through the air, tracing his previous escape route to outline a blood-drenched bronze battle platform in the vast expanse of spacetime!

"KILL! KILL! KILL!!"

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!!"

In the Ten Directions surrounding the bronze Battle Platform,

endless, blood-colored battle qi surged, manifesting the phantoms of invincible warriors who had dominated countless battlefields. The clang of weapons and ceaseless war cries resounded as the collective will of innumerable armies surged toward Wu Dao alone!

At the center of the Battle Platform!

Stood Long Chen with his hands clasped behind his back!

He was the god among War Gods who commanded all conquest and Battle, the King of a Thousand Victories!

'This Celestial Treasure!'

Wu Dao's heart jolted as he sensed just how absurdly broken this bronze platform was.

'But...'

"Celestial Treasure Battle General Platform!"

Long Chen, completely shrouded in a solid pillar of blood-red battle qi, looked down upon Wu Dao with icy eyes.

"On the battlefield, generals duel. It is fair and just! Within the same major realm, no matter how strong you are, once you enter the Battle General Platform, fairness will be forcibly imposed!"

"Moreover,

as the Treasure Master, I can absorb the battle qi to grow stronger as the fight progresses, while my opponent will be suppressed and can only stagnate!"

Peerless in his realm, invincible where he stood.

The reason Long Chen held such a prestigious reputation at Shanhai Pass was primarily due to two things: his Three-Life Dantian, and this Battle General Platform that forcibly imposed 'fairness'!

However,

every time he fought,

the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty would help him conceal all information about the Battle General Platform. Thus, no one knew he possessed such an absurd Celestial Treasure!

"Oh, how very impressive."

The Evil Lotus that was Wu Dao trembled theatrically, then asked with the innocence of a curious child,

"Then, if I may ask, Dragon Army Master, what happens if the enemy's realm is *lower* than yours?"

'Naturally, it can't enforce fairness then.'

'The Treasure Master isn't an idiot who would voluntarily lower his own real—'

'Wait!'

At that thought,

Long Chen's expression changed drastically, and his pupils contracted to pinpricks as he stared at Wu Dao. "You're not a Quasi—"

"FUCK YOU!!"

BOOM!

The Evil Lotus stomped, and the Battle General Platform shuddered!

Wu Dao sent the high-and-mighty Long Chen flying with a single slap, smacking him so hard his head shot back into his Hundred Emperors' Armor!

"Kill! Kill him!!"

Made a fool of one time after another!

Long Chen was driven completely mad, letting out the impotent roar of a cornered beast. He had nearly been slapped into cultivation deviation by Wu Dao.

VMMMM!

In that very instant,

Wu Dao sensed a vast, boundless, and heavy aura suddenly emerge from beyond the sealed spacetime. A majestic Emperor's Might bore down, layer by layer, threatening to compress spacetime itself into indestructible Divine Iron!

"Long Chen, you useless piece of trash! Can't handle losing, can you?!"

Wu Dao roared with 'furious desperation'!

Like a startled rabbit fighting for its life, he pushed the Asura Battle Banner to its absolute Limit!

The moment before the Great Emperor could strike, he corroded a path through the blockade of Order Emperor's Chains and fled in a blind panic deep into the territory occupied by the Mountain and Sea!

"Hahaha, you can't escape!"

Long Chen laughed maniacally. The repeated, life-threatening humiliations had made him completely disregard the risk of exposure. All he wanted was to execute Wu Dao and claim his prize!

What Long Chen and the Great Emperor from the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty failed to notice was that at the very moment they herded Wu Dao into the depths of the Mountain and Sea Territory...

'The Law Enforcement Team has arrived. It's about time.'

Deep within the Mountain and Sea Territory,

the phantoms of Ancestral Kings began to appear.

Even behind them,

the shadows of Great Emperors were also emerging.

Among them was even the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty's own Great Emperor stationed at the Seven Days Pass!