Exploding God

Chapter 1173 Please Die With Me

In the vast Tantai Manor, only the patriarch knew the origin of the Tantai Dapan style, while the rest of the family were all immersed in this magnificent and extraordinary natural phenomenon.

Tantai Dapan himself did not show any abnormality. Even with the thick Qingyun barrier, his facial expression remained extremely calm, as if he were really conducting an ordinary martial arts exchange.

When he saw Lu Ze still standing high in the sky, neither dodging nor avoiding, a look of...relief flashed deep in his eyes.

As expected, they didn't escape.

So you're still confident in your own abilities?

Tantai Dapan was skilled in strategizing, especially in open and overt tactics. He used his previous failure to make his opponent more confident.

In this way, the probability of successfully unleashing his final move began to increase infinitely towards 100%.

Now that Lu Ze isn't leaving, the probability has risen to 70%, leaving only 30%... Tantai Dapan's eyelids drooped slightly as his gaze swept across the vast martial arts arena.

People only know that the stones used to build the training ground are black and very hard, so for hundreds of years, generations of Tantai people have been used to calling it black stone.

Unfortunately, no one knows its real name—Black Prison Stone.

Born deep within the ancient land, the Black Prison Stone was born from the shadow cast by the "Great Terror" that hung high in the sky, which stained the surface black.

They did not belong to this world, yet they somehow managed to appear on this land, transcending time and space.

Their hardness, exceeding that of steel, is just their most basic characteristic. Their greater role is to accumulate energy and construct force fields; they themselves can become part of the force field!

The Tantai family has always been powerful, but they have never used their true abilities after building the training ground with Black Prison Stone.

Thus, the family heads and guardians passed down this secret through generations.

Tantai Dapan is a guardian who has lived for three cycles of sixty years. He not only knows this secret, but also knows the most detailed way to use it. However, the loneliness of being at the top for a hundred years has made him almost forget the true purpose of this martial arts arena.

Fortunately, Lu Ze arrived today.

As Tantai Dapan looked at the figure hanging high in the air like a sharp sword, the deep satisfaction in his eyes gradually turned into a smile.

This young man was the most powerful he had ever seen, and he harbored an irreconcilable hatred for the Tantai family...

It just so happens that my lifespan is also coming to an end...

What a perfect twist of fate.

If I can end my life in this way, then my wonderful life will not have been in vain.

Unfortunately, it's all too late now; the stars in the sky are but a fleeting moment.

A faint sense of regret flashed through his mind. Tantai Dapan looked up at the dome, raising his arms as if praying for rain in a ritual, but there was no piety in his eyes, only a final calm.

Tantai Dapan took a deep breath and exhaled sharply.

"Overturning the Sea of ​​Clouds—"

A long howl!

A powerful and resonant voice emerged between heaven and earth, emanating from the awe-inspiring, towering vortex and scattering in all directions along arc-shaped paths.

At this moment, not only Tantai Villa, but every corner of the entire Bijia Mountain Range resounded with this magnificent sound.

The clansmen hiding in the manor seemed to be hallucinating. Although there was only the Supreme Elder in the huge, suffocating blue vortex in the sky, they seemed to see a magnificent scene of one person roaring and ten thousand people shouting together.

The countless layers of voices that came from the Supreme Elder were not only the supreme elder’s unparalleled domineering power, but also seemed to be the whispers of all living things under the sky.

The Tantai people standing inside and outside the manor all stopped in their tracks. They listened to the surging sound in their ears and stared blankly at the sky that crashed down after the long howl. They felt as if their consciousness was flying away at that moment.

Anyone who sees such magnificence would feel the urge to bow down in reverence, but the pride of the Supreme Elder as a member of the Tantai tribe kept them standing tall.

This is the glory of our family!

A rumbling sound filled the air as the clouds formed a sea, hanging low over the world.

The visible azure vortex was compressed flatter and flatter until it shattered amidst people's trembling, turning into a rolling giant wave that merged into the sea of ​​clouds.

Then people saw the thick, city-like sea of ​​clouds rolling and boiling.

Tantai Dapan's figure twisted and flickered in the air, indistinct and blurry, but everyone knew he was there, like the controller of this world.

Tantai Dapan slowly lowered his left arm, his palms together like knives pointing at Lu Ze, while his right hand remained raised high towards the sky.

This pose makes one feel as if Thor has been reborn, or Zeus has descended from Western mythology. If the opponent's raised right hand were to fall... would it unleash a world-destroying power?

"—Grasp the Heavenly Clouds."

Tantai Dapan was sparing with his words, yet his words were thunderous.

Accompanied by this commanding maxim, the raised right hand suddenly clenched, as if to tear the heavens apart—

Do not!

They really caught that sea of ​​clouds!

The crowd was horrified to see a phantom appear behind Tantai Dapan. It was a figure magnified a hundred times, without facial features, but it exuded an aura of domineering power.

The towering, imposing phantom also stretched out an arm, reaching into the clouds. Then, the palm converged, and the rolling clouds condensed into a hundred-zhang-long azure spear within the phantom palm.

"—A devastating force."

With this final command, Tantai Dapan's right arm suddenly blurred, its edges flickering as if forcibly pulled to another dimension, constantly switching between reality and illusion. Finally, veins appeared on the forehead of this old man who had lived for over 30 years.

One can imagine the immense pressure he was under at that moment.

Even so, Tantai Dapan calmly and resolutely swung his right hand and brought it down with a thud.

Rumbling--

This time, a truly thunderous sound reverberated in everyone's ears, causing everyone's body to vibrate involuntarily.

That is--

The crowd was horrified.

Gao Tianshang's arm, gripping the Azure Cloud Spear, swung downwards in sync with Tantai Dapan's movements.

The Azure Cloud Spear flew from his hand!

Is this meant to be killed by the Heavenly Spear?

No, not that spear... but the entire sea of ​​clouds!

Even the elders of the Tantai family, who had devoted themselves to the martial arts of the Scripture Pavilion for decades, looked at the rolling sea of ​​clouds in fear, because the spears that were thrown out were just a trigger; the real killing blow was the thousands upon thousands of spear peaks that appeared in the sea of ​​clouds in an instant!

One spear thrust, and a thousand pounds fall!

Even the indigenous residents, hundreds of miles away from the summit of Bijia Mountain, witnessed the spectacular sight of blue spears raining down from the sky.

What are they doing?

An apocalyptic storm?

...No one could answer that.

The only thing the Tantai people were thankful for was that the countless Azure Cloud Spears were not aimed at them; all of them were aimed at the man who was locked onto by the energy of heaven and earth.

Perhaps only Lu Ze knows the true power of this divine strike?

With no way to avoid it, what can be used to resist this astonishing phenomenon?

Everyone could be certain that the sky above the mountains was now entirely filled with the energy of Tantai Dapan, and Lu Ze could no longer borrow power from heaven and earth as before.

Wait a minute, the Supreme Elder's power... could it be that he's not at the 13th Star Realm?

With the heavens as its sea, its might overwhelms all directions.

Could the Grand Elder be the legendary 14-Star Realm?

People speculated with a mix of trembling excitement. Although no one could be absolutely certain, who could say for sure that it wasn't a 14-star realm, tsunami-level creature?

—Lu Ze, you're dead!

The Tantai people's thoughts converged into one idea, their eyes all fixed on that tiny figure in the sky, filled with intense anticipation.

die! die! die!

Lu Ze gazed at the apocalyptic rain formed by the Azure Cloud Spears, his eyes deep and calm.

This scene was so similar to the one where the sword energy annihilated the Grand Elder... except that I was standing in the same spot where Tantai Zhongyi had stood, and the one wielding the power of heaven and earth was the Supreme Elder Tantai Dapan.

If Tantai Zhongyi were still alive, he would probably be standing by, mocking and questioning, "How would you face the mighty forces of heaven and earth?"

What then?

Lu Ze had no interest in repeating the same words, so he answered with his actions.

He raised his right hand and flipped his wrist. It was just an ordinary movement, but it seemed to create countless mysterious afterimages. It was as if Lu Ze had repeated it hundreds of times at the same moment, from different angles and at different speeds, and finally it all converged and solidified into the same movement.

He gently lifted his right palm, and a soft murmur transformed into a gentle breeze, scattering across the mountain peaks and forests.

"A single snowflake in a red furnace can shatter a thousand flames and break through ten thousand laws."

Within the sea of ​​stars, power is forbidden.

That woman of unparalleled beauty used the universe as her chessboard and the stars as her pieces, giving him boundless positive spirit and inexhaustible strength during the lowest point of his life.

Mortal World Sword Technique - [Lotus].

Lu Ze calmly lifted the air with his right hand. Despite being isolated and helpless amidst the raging storm and the rain of world-destroying spears, he exuded an indescribable sense of freedom and ease.

Those who desperately wanted him dead watched all this in bewilderment.

What's the point of this action?

"That sword!"

"Look at that sword—"

Suddenly, a trembling gasp came from the side.

Some martial artists hiding behind the wall suddenly leaped up, and then opened their mouths wide.

The hundred-foot-long [Mountain-Crushing] sword that fell from the sky earlier, though it was swaying and stuck in the training ground, everyone knew that it had no physical form and that it was only a matter of time before it dissipated.

But instead of dissipating, the hundred-foot-long sword suddenly burst into flames after Lu Ze let out a low murmur!

It sways menacingly, billowing angrily in the wind.

Then the leaping flames suddenly detached from the sword and shot into the air like arrows released from a bow.

Ten...

one hundred……

one thousand!

A thousand sword energies, trailing a thousand blazing flames, soared into the sky with a breathtaking display, rising straight upwards, bright and magnificent.

It was a towering pillar of fire that swirled and rose from beneath the azure sea of ​​clouds.

puff.

puff.

Although the sword energy was small, it was incredibly dazzling and fiery red. Without any fancy moves, it collided with the Azure Cloud Spear, annihilating the spear from head to tail, and continued upwards.

One meter against a hundred feet!

They were real flying swords and paper spears.

Each disappearance is like the emergence of a beautiful petal.

The stark contrast evokes a profound sense of absurdity.

Gradually... the excitement on people's faces froze, vanished... and fear began...

Especially when they saw the dense, layered petals appearing one after another in the sky, like a giant lotus flower blooming in the sky, a sense of sorrow rose in everyone's heart.

They finally understood the emotions of their people in the wilderness as they relayed the message, the glory they had witnessed, and the despair they had ultimately felt.

That's roughly the situation at the time!

The Azure Cloud Spears continued to fall relentlessly, like an endless downpour, but as people watched the ever-growing and denser Annihilation Red Lotus, they foresaw the final outcome.

The torrential rain formed from spears could not extinguish the raging red lotus.

The Supreme Elder's second move truly amazed the world, proving him to the highest level, yet he still couldn't defeat that figure standing in the sky with his hands behind his back.

Perhaps this is just a cruel twist of fate.

People looked at Tantai Dapan with low spirits...some didn't understand why they should continue to persevere when the situation was already so difficult.

Why persist?

There was neither sorrow nor joy in Tantai Dapan's eyes.

—Because this is only the beginning of the final scheme!

All eyes were drawn to the clash between the green spear and the red sword, and everyone was focused on the ever-blooming red lotus.

But no one noticed the change in the huge training ground directly below!

Part of the Azure Cloud Spear was annihilated by the impact of the sword energy, while the other part naturally drifted to the ground and disappeared without a trace.

Have they returned to the world?

of course not.

In the misty world, no one could see the increasingly dark stone slabs.

The Black Prison Stone is performing its final energy accumulation...

Both he and Lu Ze were the source of energy accumulated by these Black Prison Stones.

When the dazzling red light pierces through the sky and earth, people are even less likely to notice the black mist that begins to rise.

Gradually, from one meter to ten meters, and then to one hundred meters...

The black aura blended into the green mist, and coupled with the dazzling red light of the sword energy, it only made people feel that the atmosphere around them was becoming more and more solemn.

But no one knew that a third force had emerged.

Tantai Daoxue pursed his lips tightly, but the slight trembling of his cheek muscles betrayed his inner thoughts; he was the only person in the room whose gaze was not fixed on the sky.

How long has it been since he last shed a tear...?

He doesn't know, and he can't remember.

He looked at the peach wood cane that the Supreme Elder had casually stuck into the edge of the training ground before ascending into the sky.

On the cane that had been worn smooth, a tiny flower bud appeared out of nowhere... tender and green, carrying the last vestiges of life.

Tantai Daoxue vaguely saw the scene of himself running and practicing martial arts under the peach tree when he was a child. The Supreme Elder was still black-haired at that time and was watching him happily.

Now I stand before the peach blossoms, but I no longer feel the same way I did then.

He is not a repeater of history, but merely a witness to the end of an era.

……

"Young friend Lu, if we had met ten years earlier, we could have become close friends despite our age difference."

A red lotus blooms beneath a blue sky and a sea of ​​clouds. Amidst the biting wind, a calm sigh comes from the blurry figure.

Tantai Dapan sighed softly in his heart.

These were perhaps the most sincere words he uttered after leaving the ancestral hall.

Because the base of the tower, constructed from Black Prison Stone, is already complete.

All the results are irreversible.

And I will transform into the tower's spire, burning all the star power of this world, using my body as a guide, and together with Lu Ze, face the bottom of the tower... where annihilation merges.

The phantom image of the pagoda appears, signifying the union of heaven and earth.

The method of annihilation, which can only be learned by the guardians of the family throughout the generations.

For thousands of years, only three people in the Tantai family have mastered it... and Tantai Dapan is the only one in the last three hundred years.

With a sigh, Tantai Dapan slowly withdrew his arms, which had been pressed down, and brought them back to his abdomen.

At this moment, the countless blue spears disappeared.

The crowd was stunned, then horrified.

An octagonal black barrier quietly appeared from all sides, enveloping Lu Ze and Tantai Dapan.

"Heaven and earth are silent, I will walk with you."

All the arguments are meaningless.

Tantai Dapan clasped his hands together, bent over, and rushed towards Lu Ze like a shooting star, calmly facing death.

……

"Since I'm here to learn from you..."

Lu Ze stood amidst the gathering endless black walls, looked up at the shooting star, and smiled as he spoke.

"Then there's no need to force a fight to the death."

The left hand, which had been behind his back, gently unfolded, then calmly flipped over...

One press.

Among the myriad realms of the Milky Way, where is there a place worthy to return with me?

(End of this chapter)