High Martial Arts: Liver Becomes the Master of the Universe

Chapter 362 Shocking the World! One Man Faces Ten Emperors! Emperors Shed Blood!

Martial Arts Mountain, Trial Space.

When the figure of "Vanguard" was teleported to this place by the white light, the environment he was in was completely different from the 7,999,999 battles he had experienced before.

There is no simulated starry sky here, no mountains and rivers constructed by laws, and no ferocious, bloodthirsty energy behemoths.

Here, there is a pure, boundless expanse of "white".

Beneath my feet lay a white jade floor, smooth and lustrous, yet indestructible. Above me stretched a white sky, devoid of sun, moon, and stars, yet radiating a uniform and soft light.

As far as the eye could see, there was still an endless expanse of white.

The entire space was empty and silent, as if it were a temple forgotten by time.

In the center of this pure white world, a figure stands quietly.

It was a humanoid phantom.

Its entire body is composed of the purest light, making its face indistinct and its gender impossible to discern.

Its height was the same as Qin Feng's, and its body was well-proportioned. It did not exude any earth-shattering pressure, nor did it wield any divine weapons.

It stood there quietly, yet naturally became the sole core of this pure white world.

It seems as if it has been here since the beginning of the universe.

That is the rule of this place.

It is the ultimate embodiment of the concept of "battle".

In Qin Feng's mechanical eyes, a massive amount of data flashed by like a waterfall.

[Target locked: Final Trial Phantom - Battle]

[Energy Level: Initial Entry into the Emperor Rank]

[Law Analysis: Unknown high-level law fluctuations detected, suspected to be the primordial aura of the cosmic wonder [Battle]... Analysis failed...]

[Threat Level: Extremely Lethal]

"coming."

Qin Feng murmured to himself.

He could sense that the phantom before him was fundamentally different from all the enemies he had encountered in the past.

It has no life, no soul, no emotions, and not even an independent will.

It is merely a "program," an ultimate program personally set up by the Lord of Martial Arts to interpret the way of "battle."

The moment Qin Feng appeared, the illusory figure of light moved.

There is no starting stance, no accumulation of energy; its movements are extremely simple—forward, punch.

Such a simple action, yet in Qin Feng's perception, stirred up a monstrous wave.

In that instant, all the rules of the pure white space seemed to serve this punch.

Before the phantom's fist even reached him, Qin Feng felt the space around him become viscous like a quagmire, the flow of time became slightly disordered, and even the circulation of energy within his body became sluggish due to the pressure of an invisible "force".

This punch sealed off all possibilities of evasion.

This punch calculated every possible angle for a counterattack.

This punch contained an absolute domineering force that said, "You can only fight me head-on."

This is part of the power of the cosmic wonder [Battle] – to establish the rules that are most advantageous to oneself within the realm of battle!
Qin Feng's gaze sharpened. Over ninety thousand years of experience had allowed him to remain calm and composed in the face of such power.

He made no fancy moves either. His mechanical right arm clenched into a fist, and the array patterns of the [Ultimate Array] instantly flowed across his body. The Dao seal of the [Primordial Furnace] roared at its core as he threw a punch to meet the attack.

"boom!!!"

The fists clashed, but the expected energy shockwave did not erupt.

A strange, immense force, powerful enough to shatter stars, precisely passed through Qin Feng's fist and directly acted on the core energy conduction circuit inside his mechanical arm.

"Click——"

With a soft crack, Qin Feng's right arm, which was powerful enough to withstand a royal-level treasure, was actually punched and a visible crack appeared!

The energy supply to the entire arm was interrupted by 30% instantly!

The illusory figure of light only took half a step back before instantly regaining its footing, its radiance remaining undiminished.

In their first encounter, Qin Feng actually suffered a considerable loss.

"Such strong combat instincts... or rather, 'combat instincts'."

Qin Feng made a decision instantly.

The attack from this phantom was not simply a matter of overwhelming force.

The moment of impact, it discerned the weak point in Qin Feng's mechanical body's energy flow and precisely channeled all its power into that point.

It wasn't fighting the "vanguard," but rather the "structure" of this mechanical body.

Before Qin Feng could catch his breath, the attacks from the phantom of light came one after another like a storm.

Fists, kicks, elbows, knees...

Every part of its body has been transformed into the most deadly weapon.

Every move it makes is extremely simple, yet so perfect it's like a textbook example, leaving no room for counterattack.

Even more terrifying, as the battle continued, Qin Feng felt that the "rules" of the entire space were tilting in favor of the opponent.

Every time he throws a punch, he feels the air resistance is several times greater than normal.

With each movement, he felt the spatial coordinates shifting slightly in a way that was detrimental to him.

Every time he mobilized his energy, he could feel a slight delay in the response of the laws.

Although these effects are minor, they can accumulate into a fatal disadvantage in battles of the same level.

Qin Feng was suppressed.

They were completely and utterly suppressed.

He was like a giant with his hands and feet bound, fighting against a champion boxer who was proficient in all fighting techniques and could change the rules of the ring at any time. He had immense strength, but was restrained at every turn, making his fight incredibly frustrating.

"boom!"

Another heavy blow landed, the phantom's knee strike precisely on Qin Feng's chest energy core. The violent shock caused "Vanguard" to shudder violently, flying tens of thousands of meters before barely managing to regain his footing.

A noticeable dent has appeared on the armor on the chest.

"Is this the power of [Fight]... to transform 'fight' itself into one's own domain and authority?"

Qin Feng was not discouraged at all; instead, the data stream in his mechanical eyes flickered even more frantically.

"You can't win with ordinary fighting methods."

"Its understanding of 'battle' has been imprinted on the level of laws."

"To break the deadlock, you can't play by the 'rules' it sets."

"Then... I can only... use my own rules to override its rules!"

Qin Feng's thinking reached its peak at this moment.

The vast and boundless legacy of Venerable Yaoguang, deep within his soul, shone like an illuminated star map, radiating an unprecedented brilliance.

"Everything fluctuates, and so do the laws."

"The power of [fighting] is essentially a unique 'wave frequency' used to trigger the resonance of the laws of battle."

"As long as we can analyze its frequency, we can perform 'reverse resonance' to interfere with it, or even... strip it away!"

In the next instant, Qin Feng's fighting style underwent a complete transformation.

He abandoned all offensive initiatives and adopted a purely defensive stance.

The light of the [Ultimate Array] was no longer a sharp point concentrated in one spot, but transformed into layers of incredibly resilient protective light curtains that rippled like water.

Each attack from the phantom of light, landing on the light screen, would be refracted and weakened billions of times. Although it could still cause shock to Qin Feng, it could no longer cause structural damage with a single strike as it had before.

At the same time, Qin Feng's eyes completely transformed into two deep, constantly spinning data vortexes.

He was "reading" like crazy!
Read the trajectory of each attack by the phantom of light!
Read about every spatial deflection it causes!
Read the "fluctuations" of every strand of law power it invokes!
This is an incredibly large computational workload, enough to instantly burn the soul core of an ordinary Emperor.

But Qin Feng did it.

With his "pure black quality" soul forged by the Primordial Singularity and the supreme wisdom inherited from Venerable Yao Guang, he managed to capture the fleeting primordial frequency of "fight" amidst the opponent's storm of attacks!

A stick of incense.

A quarter of an hour.

An hour.

Qin Feng's body was covered in wounds, and sparks of energy leakage appeared in many joints.

But the vortex of data in his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

at last……

"found it!"

The moment he captured that complete frequency of fluctuation, the entire battle turned around!
"Om-"

A mysterious fluctuation also emanated from Qin Feng's body.

This fluctuation, centered on the new operating mode of the [Primordial Furnace] array, precisely simulates a "reverse resonance" frequency that is completely opposite to the laws of [Battle]!
The moment the wave spread, the movement of the illusory figure of light abruptly stopped.

Its previously flawless attack rhythm showed a flaw for the first time.

Its much-vaunted "rule modification" capability has failed!
The viscous space returned to normal.

The chaotic time has returned to normal.

The stagnation was restored to its original smoothness.

"Now, we are standing on... the same starting line."

Qin Feng's voice, cold and calm, rang out in this pure white space.

He moved.

The pent-up anger and fighting spirit erupted at this moment!

He stopped playing defensively and launched a thunderous counterattack.

His fists, his legs, every attack he made contained the terrifying power amplified billions of times by the [Ultimate Array].

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The balance of power shifted instantly!
This time, it was the phantom of light that suffered a crushing defeat.

Even without the support of the rules, although it still possesses the energy level of a newly ascended emperor and perfect combat skills, it is no longer an invincible existence in front of Qin Feng, a "monster" who has been accumulating for ninety thousand years.

In the pure white space, their figures transformed into two intertwined beams of light, engaging in the most primal and brutal hand-to-hand combat.

Each collision caused violent ripples in the space.

The body of the illusory figure of light began to emit light.

Meanwhile, the cracks in Qin Feng's mechanical body continued to increase.

This is the ultimate showdown of will and heritage!
Finally, after a spectacular collision, both were sent flying backward.

The light surrounding the phantom of light had dimmed by nearly half.

Qin Feng's "Vanguard" form was in an even more miserable state, with his left arm severed at the shoulder and half of his body covered in spiderweb-like cracks, on the verge of disintegrating at any moment.

"That's it."

Qin Feng looked at the distant phantom and slowly raised his only remaining right hand.

The intact metal index finger was aimed at its core.

At the fingertips, a wisp of "darkness," purer than pure white space and deeper than endless nothingness, began to condense. It was not the black of color, but the black of a "concept."

An ultimate annihilation originating from the primordial singularity, which devours and erases everything.

[Ultimate Divine Light - Emperor Sealing Secret Technique]!
The phantom of light sensed an unprecedented, deadly threat stemming from its very existence.

It let out a silent roar, concentrating all its remaining power into its right fist, transforming it into an extremely dazzling white beam of light that seemed to shatter the entire space, which then blasted towards Qin Feng.

This is its final and strongest strike!
However, faced with this devastating blow...

Qin Feng simply flicked out the wisp of "black" from his fingertip.

No sound.

There was no collision.

There is no annihilation of energy.

The thin, black divine light met the white pillar of light that was powerful enough to pierce through galaxies.

A strange scene happened.

The white beam of light was neither neutralized nor pierced upon contact with the black divine light.

It just vanished into thin air...

It's as if it was erased cleanly and without leaving a trace from this canvas called "universe" by an eraser.

The black divine light did not slow down in the slightest; it traversed the distance of time and space and landed precisely on the chest of the illusory figure of light.

The movement of the illusory light froze.

Its face still held the pose of throwing a punch.

But centered on that wisp of black light, its existence is being "deleted".

First the chest, then the torso, limbs, head...

Its immortal body, made of light, was gradually and completely erased from this world in absolute silence.

After a few breaths.

The pure white space restored its original emptiness and silence.

It was as if that powerful phantom, representing the ultimate in "battle," had never appeared.

Only Qin Feng's broken mechanical body, still crackling with electricity, remained, silently suspended in mid-air.

He won.

The moment Qin Feng stepped into the final trial space.

Outside Wudou Mountain, the enormous monument to heroes has changed.

The screen that was originally broadcasting the Stone Buddha's battle in real time suddenly split in two. On the left, the Stone Buddha continued his steady advance in the challenge; while on the right, a completely new, pitch-black screen appeared.

In the very center of the image, there is only a single line of simple, cold-looking white text.

Challenger: Vanguard

[Challenge time remaining: 338 years]

The appearance of this scene was like a silent announcement, instantly silencing all the noise on Starport.

"It's started...he's really started!"

"The final battle! The closest we've ever come to victory since the founding of Martial Peak!"

"Why is the screen black? Can't I see the battle inside?"

"Of course you can't see it! This is a trial, involving the core secrets of Martial Arts Mountain. How could it be broadcast publicly! Giving you a real-time status display is already the limit!"

After a brief silence, even more frenzied discussions erupted.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the black screen, as if they wanted to pierce through it with their gaze.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Monument to Heroes.

The Stone Buddha, who was challenging the 7.9 millionth match and had victory in his grasp, suddenly opened his eyes.

The light on the stone lotus throne beneath him momentarily faltered, and the illusory figure opposite him seized the opportunity to launch a frenzied counterattack.

But the stone Buddha seemed not to see it.

His gaze pierced through the barriers of space and landed on the black screen that represented "vanguard".

For the first time, a complex expression, beyond his solemn and dignified countenance, appeared on his face.

There was shock, fighting spirit, and a hint of resentment, but more than anything, there was a sense of anticipation stemming from the bond between kindred spirits.

"Has it started...?"

He muttered to himself.

Then, he made a decision that shocked all the spectators.

He actually dispelled his [Transcendence Domain] and took the hit head-on against the counterattacking phantom.

"puff--"

He spat out a mouthful of golden blood, and his figure was teleported out of the trial space.

He voluntarily gave up the challenge!
"Stone Buddha!"

"What happened? Why did the Stone Buddha give up?!"

The outside world was in an uproar.

The stone Buddha that was teleported out was completely unconcerned about its injuries and ignored everyone's exclamations.

He simply found a quiet corner and sat down cross-legged.

Time, in the agonizing wait of countless living beings, passed by second by second.

One year.

ten years.

a hundred years.

The screen was black, with no change whatsoever.

The line of white text still hangs there quietly.

It was as if the battle inside had fallen into an eternal stalemate.

Waiting is the most mentally taxing torture.

The initial enthusiasm and excitement were gradually replaced by anxiety and speculation.

"A hundred years have passed... why isn't it over yet?"

"It is said that the final phantom possesses the combat power of a newly ascended Emperor. It's already a miracle that the Vanguard has lasted this long!"

"Persist? Hmph, he's probably already at a disadvantage and is just desperately holding on! When the three-hundred-year time limit is up, he'll still fail!"

“That’s right, I think he’s overestimating himself! He’s been gone for 90,000 years, it’s no longer his era! This era belongs to Lord Stone Buddha!”

Dissenting voices began to emerge.

After all, the difficulty of that battle was something everyone acknowledged as an impossible task.

However, in the 233rd year...

Just when everyone thought the challenge would end in failure due to timeout,

A change occurred.

“Buzz————————”

A distant, ancient bell, seemingly from the beginning of the universe, rang out without warning from the depths of every living being's soul!

This sound does not pass through the ears or through any medium, but acts directly on the "true spirit".

It is grand and solemn, carrying an unquestionable and supreme will.

The instant the bell rang.

The entire Wudou Mountain was bathed in countless rays of seven-colored divine light.

That enormous monument to heroes illuminated the entire chaotic star sector with unprecedented brightness!
Everyone was stunned into silence by this sudden and extraordinary celestial phenomenon.

Then, they witnessed a scene they would never forget.

On the monument to heroes, the black screen representing the "vanguard" shattered instantly, turning into countless points of light.

Instead, it was given a name composed of pure, gilded law runes.

[Vanguard]

And behind his name, the number that everyone thought was impossible to reach slowly emerged. Each number seemed to be forged from a star, radiating heat and light that burned the soul.

【8, 000, 000】

Become!

He... he really did it!!!
Before everyone could recover from this huge shock...

A majestic, vast voice, seemingly the very universe itself, emanated from the deepest part of Wudou Mountain, resounding throughout the entire star field.

"From the beginning of time to the present, we have ascended the long steps of the gods, and today we finally welcome the first person."

"Trial over."

This voice confirmed the authenticity of the miracle.

After a deathly silence that lasted for ten seconds, the entire circumnavigation spaceport was completely silent.

Completely detonate!
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--!!!!!"

"Success! He succeeded!!!"

"Eight million! Eight million consecutive wins! Am I dreaming?!"

"History! We have witnessed history! The ultimate legend that no one has ever reached in the millions of years since the founding of Wudou Mountain has been shattered today!!!"

Countless lives were plunged into hysterical madness.

They screamed, roared, and hugged the strangers around them, venting their unparalleled excitement and shock in the most primal way.

Some young cultivators even fainted on the spot due to excessive emotional excitement and loss of Dao heart.

The stone Buddha, sitting cross-legged, slowly opened its eyes.

He looked at the golden name, clasped his hands together, and bowed deeply before the monument to heroes, offering a Buddhist salute.

His face showed no jealousy, only a sense of relief at meeting a worthy opponent, and the utmost respect for the climber.

Outside of Martial Arts Mountain, in that cold void shrouded in killing intent.

The figures of the ten Emperors also showed a momentary fluctuation due to that "sound of the Great Dao".

"...He actually did it."

The voice of the emperor, now conferred with the title of emperor, carried a hint of disbelief.

"This can no longer be explained by talent... This child is born with great fortune!"

"With the inheritance of Yao Guang, plus the gift from the Martial Arts Master... his value has exceeded our imagination."

After a brief moment of shock came an even colder, more intense greed and murderous intent.

"Pass down the order to seal off all spatial nodes and activate the [Ten Directions Annihilation Array]."

"The moment he emerged was the moment he perished."

"Such an extraordinary prodigy must not be allowed to leave alive!"

(End of this chapter)