The situation had shifted abruptly. All manner of bizarre and bizarre things had suddenly appeared above the Purple Star Palace, leaving everyone dazzled and momentarily at a loss for what to do.
"ROAR…"
A thunderous roar shook the heavens. Down below, the stone puppet Xiao Xiao received Yang Kai's command. It pounded its fists against its chest with a sound like war drums, and its body surged in size, transforming directly into a stone giant.
The next instant, blazing flames erupted across its exterior. A terrifying wave of scorching heat exploded outward, causing the stony surface of its body to rapidly melt.
It looked as though it were clad in a suit of molten armor.
Xiao Xiao's ultimate transformation—a lava giant!
A lava giant standing over a dozen zhang tall, molten rock cascading down its body, was already an overwhelmingly oppressive sight. To say nothing of the massive Sky-Shaking Pillar balanced on its shoulder. The pillar, weighing hundreds of thousands of jin, was as light as nothing in Xiao Xiao's grip. With a single sweep, every structure within a hundred zhang was ground to powder.
The violent shockwave from that raw power slammed into the hearts of every Void King Realm cultivator like a great hammer, painting their faces with dread.
BOOM…
The Dharma Body crashed to the ground.
The mountainous Dharma Body descended like a meteor. The colossal impact set all of Purple Star City trembling three times over. Even buildings in the outer city now bore cracks, and the inner city structures fared far worse—those nearby collapsed outright, while even the more distant ones swayed on the verge of ruin.
Yang Kai hovered in midair, wearing a look of casual amusement. He gave a careless whistle, a brazen grin hanging on his face, and fixed his gaze on Kuang Shizong, whose complexion had turned an ugly shade of iron.
The Dharma Body slowly raised one enormous foot and took a step forward.
Its movements were agonizingly slow, as though some kind of seal had been cast upon it. Each step looked laborious, but the moment that foot landed, a massive footprint was stamped into some corner of Purple Star City. Everything beneath it simply ceased to exist, leaving behind only a deep crater…
The Dharma Body performed no other attacks. It simply walked forward, one step at a time.
And yet the devastation it brought was beyond imagination!
"What the hell is that thing?!"
"Quick—attack it! If we don't stop it, all of Purple Star City is finished!"
The gathered powerhouses shouted in alarm. Without waiting for Kuang Shizong's orders, they unleashed their techniques at the Dharma Body one after another.
A full ten Void King Realm cultivators—including two at the second level of the Void King Realm—held nothing back. Every one of them deployed their secret arts and displayed their artifacts, channeling their combined destructive force at the Dharma Body in an attempt to halt its advance.
A rapid succession of explosions rang out. Earth and stone flew in all directions, and brilliant light flared so brightly that everyone involuntarily squinted.
When the light faded and they looked clearly, their hearts went cold.
The combined assault of ten Void King Realm cultivators had failed to destroy that colossal behemoth on the first strike. Though it had clearly lost a good number of stone fragments and its surface was pockmarked with craters, these damages had absolutely no effect on the Dharma Body's movements. If anything, they only stoked its fury.
The wisp of divine sense controlling the Dharma Body was split from Yang Kai himself—it inherited his personality, his way of thinking, and even his manner of conduct. How could it tolerate being attacked without striking back?
The Dharma Body's eyes blazed with a terrifying ferocity. Its massive frame sank slightly, one foot lifted, and then it stomped down hard.
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK…
Massive fissures split the ground, jagged and interlocking, spreading outward in every direction at frightening speed.
The Dharma Body raised both hands, and countless chunks of earth—large and small—were lifted from the shattered ground by invisible force. The smaller ones were the size of a human head; the larger ones rivaled an entire house.
With a shuddering tremor and a furious roar, every piece of floating debris shot outward in every direction like a swarm of locusts.
Such an attack might not have been able to wound a Void King Realm cultivator—even a Returning Void Realm expert could have dodged it with ease. But once those rocks and stones went flying in every direction, palace walls were punched through, and buildings were smashed to rubble.
In just five breaths, centered on the Dharma Body's position, half of the Purple Star Palace had been reduced to ruins.
Kuang Shizong's expression was uglier than it had ever been.
In his own stronghold, with enemies acting with such brazen arrogance, and with every peak fighter in Purple Star assembled yet still unable to stop them—if word of this got out, it would become the laughingstock of the entire Star Domain and the greatest stain in Purple Star's history.
He wanted nothing more than to capture the leader to end the fight, but Yang Kai's attention had been locked on him the entire time, leaving him no opportunity to make a move.
"SCREEEEE…" A bird's cry rang out. The Fire Bird, which had been soaring calmly above Yang Kai's head, suddenly shot forward without even receiving a command.
Yang Kai's brow furrowed, unsure of what the creature was planning. His gaze swept across the battlefield, and upon spotting something, understanding dawned. He made no move to stop the Fire Bird.
The Fire Bird streaked forward with extraordinary speed. A single spread of its wings carried it across a hundred zhang in an instant.