CHAPTER 352: CHAPTER 49: UNRIVALED AMONG EQUALS

"Celestial Demon Body?"

"What kind of secret technique is this?"

In Martial Emperor City, not everyone was aware of the Celestial Demon Body’s secret technique.

"It is one of the legacies of the greatest ancient demon sect, the Celestial Demon Sect, allowing one to cultivate an extreme physique that burns ’lifespan’ for a temporary increase in cultivation realm."

"But even during the active period of the Celestial Demon Sect, only a handful of its members could achieve this physique. It is rumored that even the sect leader of the Celestial Demon Sect did not master it. Previous reports suggested that a Longevity Body from the Qingzhou Celestial Lion Race, escaped the demon cage in an instant due to the Celestial Demon Body..."

"The Longevity Body with an immense lifespan, combined with the Celestial Demon Body’s ability to burn lifespan for temporary strength, is simply the most powerful dual physique, comparable to an Immortal Body..."

"However, even if the Demon Court Saint Child mastered this secret technique, using it to fight the Martial Emperor’s heir is still unwise... His foundational realm is too low. Even with the Celestial Demon Body, in my view, he shouldn’t compete with the Martial Emperor’s heir..."

An independent cultivator powerhouse spoke: "It’s obvious, the more realms one wants to elevate, the more lifespan it requires. His foundational realm is only at the Mid-Stage Golden Core. Even if he is a Longevity Body, raising it to the Nascent Soul Stage might be bearable, but reaching the Divinity Transformation Stage would consume a vast amount of lifespan, even for a Longevity Body, with dire consequences!"

"Even if one could win the contest, is it worth it?"

"He already has a strange Gu, another or one less Stone Man Gu means nothing significant to him."

"But in comparison, the potential loss of thousands of years of lifespan is not so easily replenishable, a Longevity Body merely has a lot of lifespan, not infinite!"

"Moreover, even if elevated to the Divinity Transformation Stage, it’s only likely that he could defeat the Martial Emperor’s heir. The Celestial Demon Body only enhances the cultivation realm, not the magic realm, without providing battle experience..."

"The Martial Emperor’s heir, Emperor Renzong of the Wan Dynasty, has cultivated to Divinity Transformation, experienced countless battles, has understood the Power of Heaven and Earth without relying on any avatars, with the added inherited Martial Emperor arts, and even old-timers at higher realms can’t rival him!"

"And the strength forcibly elevated through a secret technique, may not even match those veteran Divinity Transformation cultivators. In other words, unless he does as he claimed, reaching Void Profound, he might not be a match for Emperor Renzong of the Wan Dynasty."

"But do you think it’s possible, from the Golden Core Stage to the Void Profound Stage, imagine how much lifespan he would consume? For a Stone Man Gu, is it worth leaving himself with little left to live? If you were the Demon Court Saint Child, would you?"

"Therefore, what he said earlier was likely to be just an attempt to intimidate potential enemies due to the current state of the Demon Court, showing he, the Demon Court Saint Child, has the ability to instantly reach Void Profound or even Realm of Inquiry battle power, deterring others from acting rashly. In this battle, he will at the most elevate to Divinity Transformation, and certainly not reach Void Profound."

This statement from the independent cultivator powerhouse received recognition from many cultivators.

Other heirs of the Martial Emperor, powerhouses from the Martial Dao aristocratic families in Martial Emperor City, and powerhouses of Buddhism... were all silently observing.

They obviously didn’t believe that Lin Jing would burn a large amount of lifespan to enhance his cultivation for a Stone Man Gu.

"Divinity Transformation Stage, most likely the limit. The Demon Court Saint Child might think he could defeat Junior Disciple by reaching Divinity Transformation and leveraging a few Pet Beasts’ strength, but he is oversimplifying it."

Martial Emperor’s second disciple spoke calmly.

"This kid is threatening us."

The plotters against Lin Jing, especially the Fishman Ancestor and Flower Ancestor, squinted their eyes. Although the Whale Emperor and Dragon Emperor seemed to be acting with the Demon Court’s master, they hadn’t informed their subordinates.

From their perspective, their masters genuinely intended to target Lin Jing.

Furthermore, their master’s order was to find an opportunity to capture a complete Longevity Body.

If Lin Jing only had Void Profound protection, they might have a slim chance, but with Lin Jing having instant Realm of Inquiry strength as well, things would be difficult. They could risk getting killed.

Realm of Inquiry strength, even just for a few seconds, would suffice to easily annihilate a Void Profound.

"Really..."

Lin Jing’s opponent, the Martial Emperor’s heir Emperor Renzong of the Wan Dynasty, although initially surprised, quickly analyzed that even with the Celestial Demon Body, Lin Jing couldn’t burn lifespan indefinitely.

The other party was trying to intimidate him into surrendering!

And if this Demon Court Saint Child only increased his cultivation realm to Divinity Transformation, even if it’s the Great Perfection, he wouldn’t be afraid.

He didn’t believe that a cultivator temporarily promoting two major realms via a secret technique would possess much strength...

Not to mention mastering the Power of Heaven and Earth possible in Divinity Transformation. Even the basic power of a Nascent Soul’s avatar, could Lin Jing wield it well?

"Demon Court Saint Child, I am not easily frightened..." Emperor Renzong spoke calmly, "You speak so lightly, but do you actually have the resolve to elevate your cultivation realm to Void Profound?"

"Even if you elevate to Void Profound, it’s merely a false Void Profound with extremely rough mastery of Space Power; it has the realm but lacks Divine Techniques, whether you can defeat me, is still uncertain."

"Enough talk, let’s begin. If you think using words can make me retreat, then you underestimate me, Emperor Renzong."

"Just go ahead and burn your lifespan and see if it’s greater than the hardness of my fist."

Lin Jing chuckled, "You got it wrong, I was just giving an example. In this battle, I don’t even need to utilize the Power of Void Profound."

"You, at the initial Divinity Transformation."

"As long as I also step into the initial Divinity Transformation, it’ll be enough to defeat you."

"I’ve yet to meet a rival at the same realm."

"Even if my elevated realm is temporary and false."

Having defeated an Immortal Body at the same level, Lin Jing naturally wouldn’t fear a Martial Emperor’s heir.

If the young Martial Emperor arrived, perhaps he would be wary, but since it’s just one among several heirs...

If he lost, Lin Jing would have squandered his fortuitous fate!

Emperor Renzong’s eyes flickered, a terrifying, overwhelming aura erupted from him.

"Arrogant!" He slowly ascended.

"Then let’s begin."

Heaven-Crushing Palm!

He struck out with the palm through the air; at that moment, even merely witnessing this palm, low-level cultivators seemed to shift through time and space, as though they stood on an endless land with the infinite sky above. Under this palm, it appeared as if the heavens and earth were the palm’s center, the land quaked, the sky crumbled.

The one at the center would bear the disastrous strike of heaven collapsing and earth cracking.

"The Power of Heaven and Earth mastered by Divinity Transformation cultivators..." Even fellow Divinity Transformation cultivators, just witnessing Emperor Renzong’s palm, felt immense pressure, although they weren’t the target of the attack, they still exerted great effort to break free from the influence of the palm’s intention...