Chapter 606. A Variable Appears? Risking Everything in Battle

The twelve Extracosmic Heavenly Demons stared in disbelief.

They had never expected that even after bringing out their true strength and using their strongest methods, they still could not pose a threat to Lu Yuan.

In the past, this had been one of the Forsaken Heaven Clan's strongest methods. Yet now, it had no effect whatsoever, and they had even been injured. How could they accept this?

More importantly, once they recovered from their brief daze, the twelve Extracosmic Heavenly Demons realized that Lu Yuan's power completely countered their own.

"This man is no ordinary opponent. The ancestors warned that an unexpected variable might emerge during our invasion of the Xuanhuang Cosmos. Could he be that variable?" one Extracosmic Heavenly Demon wondered aloud.

Although Lu Yuan had reached the Heaven Rank, he was not at its peak and did not rank among its most powerful experts. By all logic, any one of them should have been able to kill him.

Thirteen of them had descended, yet one had already been erased. Even with the remaining twelve joining forces, they still gained no advantage. Nothing about this made sense, yet it was happening before their eyes.

"It seems he is. I didn't expect to face a challenge the moment we descended，“ another Extracosmic Heavenly Demon said with a grave expression. He had known this invasion would not be easy, but at this early stage, they should still have been able to crush everything in their path. Instead, they had met fierce resistance the moment they arrived.

No matter what, the twelve of them now had only one task. Kill Lu Yuan and clear the way for everything that followed. If he was the variable the ancestors had spoken of, then they had to kill him even at the cost of their lives.

They exchanged glances, and their auras surged to even more terrifying heights. Black mist churned around them without spreading far. Their eyes turned crimson as they unleashed all their power, and black runes coiled around them.

Their power rose far beyond what it had been before.

"Attack now, while our strength is at its peak," one Extracosmic Heavenly Demon ordered.

The rest showed no hesitation.

In an instant, the twelve Extracosmic Heavenly Demons turned into afterimages and appeared before Lu Yuan. They attacked without feints or elaborate techniques.

Lu Yuan showed no fear. He stepped forward and collided with them, once again facing twelve Extracosmic Heavenly Demons alone.

Each possessed strength comparable to a Celestial Seat Immortal and ranked among the most powerful at that level.

Now that all of them had joined hands, unless a Supreme Immortal descended, there was probably no one in the universe who could fight them. Anyone else would be erased with ease.

But Lu Yuan was fearless. He unleashed punch after punch, each blow seeming capable of shaking mountains and rivers and sending the stars crashing down.

Zhu Qingyu and the others watched with wide eyes. They had never imagined a battle could reach such a scale. It was like something out of myth.

Even so, they could not help worrying about Lu Yuan.

In their view, Extracosmic Heavenly Demons were different from ordinary Celestial Seat Immortals. They had to be even stronger.

Jiang Ningxian remained composed. Lu Yuan would never have acted without complete confidence in his strength, and she did not doubt him in the slightest.

Rumble!

Another exchange followed.

Power roared across the battlefield as countless bolts of black lightning tore through the air.

Even when facing the combined strength of twelve Extracosmic Heavenly Demons, Lu Yuan remained fearless.

One punch sent an Extracosmic Heavenly Demon staggering backward, blood spilling from his mouth. Lu Yuan seized the opening and appeared before him in a flash. Gold-and-crimson vital qi surged out and enveloped his opponent completely.

Lu Yuan combined the Primordial Dragon Breathing Technique, his golden vital qi, and the power of the Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token. All of it converged within his fist.

Boom!

Pfft!

That single punch overwhelmed the Extracosmic Heavenly Demon. His physical form cracked apart and exploded, while Lu Yuan's power erased both his soul and every trace of his existence.

Lu Yuan did not pause. He attacked again.

As time passed, Lu Yuan's fighting strength continued to rise. His battle intent burned ever fiercer, as though he knew no fatigue. As the Primordial Dragon Breathing Technique circulated, grotto-heavens manifested one after another, each containing a true god within that supplied him with power.

The longer the battle continued, the more alarmed the Extracosmic Heavenly Demons became. They had already judged Lu Yuan to be an exceptionally dangerous opponent and unleashed all their strength with the resolve to fight to the death. Yet even that accomplished nothing.

The Extracosmic Heavenly Demons could not understand why.

He clearly did not possess strength at the peak of Heaven Rank, so why could their combined forces still not defeat him?

While they struggled to understand, Lu Yuan singled out another opponent and unleashed a storm of attacks.

That Extracosmic Heavenly Demon could no longer withstand the assault and met the same fate as the previous two.

By this point, three Extracosmic Heavenly Demons had been slain, while Lu Yuan remained uninjured. His aura had grown even stronger, and he continued attacking without the slightest sign of fatigue. It was an astonishing sight.

The remaining ten Extracosmic Heavenly Demons still refused to believe they could lose. They continued fighting with all their strength, but nothing could change the outcome.

As Lu Yuan's battle intent burned ever fiercer, another three Extracosmic Heavenly Demons were killed in succession.

Only seven remained. Nearly half their original number had been killed, leaving the survivors to endure even greater pressure.

They knew that if this continued, they too would die.

"We can't continue like this. We have to leave. This man can't be defeated."

Finally, one Extracosmic Heavenly Demon came to his senses.

He understood that if they kept fighting, all of them would die. Lu Yuan was too strong. Even together, they were no match for him. Unless they could reach the peak of Heaven Rank, they would have no chance against him.

The others realized the same thing, yet they still hesitated.

They were pure-blooded members of the Forsaken Heaven Clan, inherently stronger than beings of the same realm in the Xuanhuang Cosmos.

Why had they encountered someone like him?

Now was not the time to dwell on that question. They had to escape first and make new plans afterward.