Chapter 477 – Invincible Body, Red Mist Dissolves

Before the construction site.

Green Mountain, Yuchen, Celestial River Sword Saint, Overturning Tide Lord… one powerful figure after another wore grave expressions.

As veteran Legendary Realm experts, as Taixuan legends, how could they not know the most obvious weaknesses during the Heaven-Earth Realm and Soul Realm stages of the Legendary Realm?

In the Eternal World, there existed a type of Secret Realm that sealed off the power of heaven and earth.

Azure Mountain Lord had experienced it.

At that time, he hadn’t yet stepped into the Soul Realm, but his Domain had already reached the nine-kilometer level. Even under such circumstances, he still lost to an ordinary Legendary Realm expert.

This was his shortcoming.

Yet even knowing this weakness existed within themselves didn’t mean it could be easily remedied.

Everyone has areas they excel in and areas they struggle with.

Even Legendary Realm experts couldn’t blindly focus on compensating for their shortcomings—doing so would only reduce them to mediocrity without any outstanding strengths.

Moreover…

The hallmark of Legendary Realm experts was their command over the power of heaven and earth. “Being constrained by celestial power” couldn’t truly be considered a weakness.

Where besides rule-based Secret Realms would such special environments like “Dustless Zones” appear?

Today, it appeared.

Azure Mountain Lord gritted his teeth: “My Mountain Giant Incarnation is relatively adept at physical combat, but… this Incarnation isn’t easily transportable.”

And it just happened to be absent!

Rain Dust Lord was even more at a loss.

Her trump card, the Water Cardinal, excelled at altering weather patterns and fighting according to time and terrain advantages. But if they couldn’t utilize the power of heaven and earth, how could they rely on temporal and geographical advantages?

If they forcibly altered weather patterns relying solely on their own energy reserves, they couldn’t sustain it for more than ten seconds.

Stripped of the power of heaven and earth, Legendary Realm experts were essentially just super Fourth Order beings. As for the Soul Realm? Merely an amplified Heaven-Earth Realm.

The gap between the strong and the weak would be infinitely narrowed.

And the advantages of physical bodies would become directly apparent.

Legendary monsters leaped down from the Crimson Mist clouds.

“Slash!”

Celestial River Sword Saint made his move.

He first unleashed a vast, brilliant sword light.

The sword light traversed the sky in an instant, catching an elephant-man who had just set foot on the ground by surprise. A blood line extended downward from his forehead, and before he understood what had happened, his entire body was cleaved in two by the sword.

He perished.

A Legendary being had been slain.

With his very first move, Celestial River Sword Saint demonstrated his unparalleled dominance within the Heaven-Earth Realm.

Yet, his expression remained far from relaxed.

If the power of heaven and earth were still available, he could similarly slay an ordinary Legendary with a single sword stroke. The difference was that under normal circumstances, he could deliver dozens or even hundreds of such sword lights, vast like the celestial river. But now, he could unleash at most three such strikes before being completely drained.

Celestial River Sword Saint took out a precious potion and drank it without hesitation.

He stepped forward.

Power also shimmered around the other experts, though…

This ‘Dustless State’ not only significantly weakened everyone’s power but also forced them to alter their combat habits.

Normally, Legendary Realm experts would start with their Domains, covering the area with the power of heaven and earth.

But now, if they fully expanded their several-kilometer-level Domains without any celestial power to draw upon, they could at most maintain them for a few minutes, maybe over ten minutes.

Too short.

They instinctively wanted to expand their Domains, but reason made them shrink them back, maintaining them at a low-consumption level.

They didn’t dare to recklessly expend their energy either.

Under these circumstances, the most suitable combat method was: close-quarters combat, maximizing the efficiency of the energy within their bodies.”Clang—”

The Azure Mountain Lord slashed the Dragonman Legend with his sword, wounding it, then followed up with another strike to force back a crimson dragon swooping down from above.

“The enemy’s main force is indeed absent. Dozens of Legendary Realm monsters, among which there might be several at the Soul Realm level…”

His gaze swept across the numerous crimson dragons around him.

Most of the crimson dragons measured sixty to eighty meters in length, but a few stood out with extraordinary presence, reaching lengths of two to three hundred meters.

Without a doubt, these were Soul Realm crimson dragons.

Among the smaller Flesh Eternal faction monsters, some might not be weak, but the colossal ones were inevitably powerful.

Under normal circumstances, the Azure Mountain Lord would not fear these creatures in the slightest, but now…

His Domain surged, and a majestic mountain shadow materialized overhead. On the rugged, ancient tree-covered peak, faint figures of heavily armored elite soldiers could be glimpsed.

A crimson giant shadow descended upon him.

The Azure Mountain Lord swung his sword fearlessly, sword light blooming with ethereal green lotuses, suffused with a profound and mysterious Concept.

“Thud—”

Sword light and blood shadow crossed paths.

The Azure Mountain Lord rolled to his feet, only to see that he had left a… sixteen-meter-long gash on the crimson dragon.

A sixteen-meter wound on a two-hundred-meter-long colossal body.

The shallow scar vanished within seconds, leaving only the Azure Mountain Lord’s grim expression behind.

It’s too tanky!

Without the empowerment of heaven and earth energy, not only was his endurance drastically reduced, but his damage output was also severely diminished.

Unless he risked his life, burning his vitality.

But at this moment…

“Have to stall, to maneuver!”

He concluded this was the best tactic.

But could they hold out until the seal on heaven and earth energy faded?

The Rain Dust Lord was already at her limit.

The rotating rings at the tip of her staff gathered water droplets and arrows, only to be torn apart by a crimson dragon’s claw.

“Damn!”

“If I could borrow heaven and earth energy, I wouldn’t be this pathetic!”

“I… damn it!”

Yuchen performed an awkward donkey roll, barely dodging the crimson dragon’s claw strike.

It was chaos.

A brutal, close-quarters melee.

Enemy and ally intertwined, shadows flickering indistinctly.

However,

“Roar~!”

An ice-blue giant, larger than many crimson dragons, dove down from the sky.

It swatted an Elephantman Legend aside like trash, then clamped its jaws onto an eighty-meter Flesh Dragon. The two tangled, wrestling and tumbling, and in the blink of an eye, the ice-blue dragon bore only minor scale scratches, while the crimson dragon was half-mauled.

This was the Tianyuan General Sario!

“Roar!”

It roared again, casting a glance toward Asun.

In such a battlefield, Asun, like most Taixuan experts, found itself powerless against the dragons. The previously awe-inspiring Asun could now only engage in feeble skirmishes with ordinary crimson dragons.

Among the Tianyuan Experts, Xie Yi and Sophia were heavily restricted, unable to unleash even twenty percent of their combat strength.

But there were those like Sario, Xiliu, and Uta, whose physical prowess remained formidable.

Xiliu activated her Dragon Maiden Armor mode, gripping the colossal beast before her and hoisting it high;

Uta moved with light, rapid steps, his focus sharp, and in a flash, he passed by a Legendary Giant, leaving a gaping wound in its body.

Lu Liu’s physical body was not weak, but his fighting style required vast amounts of heaven and earth Yuan energy, and he too was constrained, though…Lu Liu’s spear tip shimmered with an immortal golden radiance. Standing as steadfast as a mountain, he withstood over a dozen assaults from Legendary Realm experts before thrusting his spear once more.

His spear technique wasn’t refined—it simply carried overwhelming momentum, shattering everything that stood in its path like decaying wood.

A crimson dragon was sent flying, blood gushing from the spear wound.

Dolai stood guard before the Lord and the pillar of light protecting their position, its large, captivating eyes intently scanning the surroundings.

Suddenly, a crimson dragon came swooping down.

Its flesh continuously condensed, as if forged from steel.

Yet Dolai remained soft and adorable.

As a mage, it should have been severely affected.

But—

It was powerful enough in its own right.

Dolai pointed a finger, and a Great Sun rose into the sky, its blazing flames enveloping and refining the crimson dragon.

This brilliant display of flames drew the enemy’s attention.

Soon, several more Legendary Realm monsters charged forth, some on foot, others soaring through the air.

Under the state of heavenly and earthly suppression, using such a grandiose move was akin to digging one’s own grave.

And so—

“Boom—!”

A second Great Sun rose.

“Boom—!!”

A third Great Sun rose.

“Boom—!!!”

A fourth…

Even though the power of heaven and earth had been sealed, this blue-haired girl seemed to draw upon it endlessly.

For a moment, the crimson dragons and other Legendary Realm beings hesitated, unable to discern whether such attacks were mere bluffs or backed by genuine strength from this Taixuan Expert.

“Excellent!”

The Azure Mountain Lord couldn’t help but cheer.

The Rain Dust Lord also felt less pressured now, as the Tianyuan Experts still possessed considerable combat prowess under such circumstances.

The Tianyuan General, who seemed to possess an immense external energy source;

The powerful physical bodies of his subordinates;

Had the Tianyuan Lord anticipated such a situation?

Whether he had foreseen it or not, they were now in an advantageous position.

Just as the Rain Dust Lord began to smile, she suddenly heard violent tremors approaching from afar.

In the distance, the black tides surged upward as a massive head emerged from beneath the water, followed by an enormous body.

They waded through the tides, striding forward.

These were giants towering over a hundred meters tall, seemingly devoid of skin, their bodies composed entirely of flesh.

War Machines—Flesh Giants.

Ten, a hundred, a thousand Flesh Giants marched from across the sea, forming a moving wall of crimson.

The earth trembled and groaned.

The Azure Mountain and Rain Dust Lords’ pupils contracted sharply. “Under normal circumstances…”

The Flesh Giants would be nothing more than super soldiers, posing no threat to powerful Legendary Realm experts.

But the past was the past, and the present was the present.

They had been weakened to a point where they were barely stronger than these war machines.

How could a few dozen of them stand against a thousand such colossal beings?

“I’ll handle this.”

The Overturning Tide Lord spoke up. “If I burn my soul, even without borrowing the power of heaven and earth, I can briefly unleash my peak strength. I can summon massive waves to sweep these Flesh Giants away before they reach the shore… At the very least, I can push them back and buy us some time.”

Before he could finish, a figure rushed past him, charging fearlessly toward the Flesh Giants.

It was…

General Uta of Tianyuan City.

His back was as imposing as a fortress wall, his steps resolute and unwavering.

A faint red aura ignited around him.

His Aura surged, stirring up violent winds and towering waves.His figure, shrouded in crimson flames, gradually distorted. As he strode across the sea, the waters parted, revealing riverbeds and scattered stones beneath.

He had already appeared before the flesh giant.

Planting his feet in a wide archer’s stance, he drew back his coiled fist to his waist, channeling all the immense, overwhelming, and ferocious power of his blood and Qi into a single point before unleashing it in a torrent.

In an instant, the heavens shattered and the earth quaked.

“Dragon God Fist!”

A golden dragon silhouette tore through the sky and sea, splitting the vast, endless black tide in the distance. It carved out a shattered space spanning over ten thousand meters—a zone devoid of wind, waves, dust, or matter.

The columns of marching flesh giants vanished along with the seawater, their numbers reduced by a quarter.

The golden dragon silhouette continued to soar.

The burly man, blazing with scorching red flames, slowly retracted his thrown punch.

“This destructive power… impossible! This is a dust-free state!”

The commanding crimson dragon’s pupils contracted sharply.

The Celestial River Sword Saint gazed into the distance, murmuring involuntarily, “This isn’t energy. This is the explosive force of pure physical body and blood Qi, concentrated to its peak.”

But to achieve this with mere physical strength… just how terrifying must this body be?

The crimson figure weaved through the giant horde, each punch and kick stirring hurricanes and colossal waves, effortlessly crushing several or dozens of flesh giants.

“Found it!”

Mu Yuan locked onto a massive crimson dragon that had remained largely stationary amidst the charge.

‘Uta!’

He called out through their mental link and marked the enemy with his Mental Energy.

Uta, in the midst of his charge, halted abruptly.

The next moment, the blazing red flames around him surged, and his entire body vanished in a burst of air.

“Consecutive Dragon Force Fists!”

The sound had yet to arrive, but space had already fractured. A furious, unstoppable force pierced through domains, energy, and flesh, crashing down relentlessly.

The crimson dragon commander instinctively solidified his Domain, gathering crimson clouds to block. But then he remembered: the power of heaven and earth was no longer accessible. Aside from his physical body, his other means were reduced to less than a tenth or two.

His entire body shuddered violently.

Chunks of blood and flesh rained down.

The overwhelming force of the punch pierced through his chest and back, shattering the gloomy haze in the distant sky.

The crimson dragon commander stood dumbfounded.

Wind howled in, sweeping through his flesh, heart meridians, and soul core.

He felt the wind as clearly as he had at birth, no longer encased in thick layers of armor.

His ravaged body disintegrated.

Countless masses of pulverized flesh plummeted from the sky, splattering into the dust or waves below.

…

「Prompt: ‘Heaven and Earth Seal’ has ended.」

Green Mountain, Yuchen, the Celestial River Sword Saint… one by one, the mighty figures felt the vast power of heaven and earth surge within them once more.

They once again wielded their grand strength.

Yet their eyes still held respect and admiration as they looked toward the fierce general of Tianyuan City in the distance—his body battered and broken, yet still standing unyielding.

Uta of Tianyuan City.

General Uta.

The man who, with his own strength and physical power alone, had shattered countless war machines and flesh legends.

“They say General Uta possessed remarkably poor innate talent, far inferior to his peers in energy control and skill mastery.”

“But he never gave up. The Tianyuan Lord also recognized this unique ability within him.”

He tempered his body ten million times.

He surpassed his limits again and again.

Uta gave his all, and in return, he forged a body honed to perfection—a body capable of suppressing all enemies in the world.

Hum—

The light of purification blazed forth once more.One after another, rings of pristine light emanated from the purification point, swiftly spreading in all directions.

The deathly stillness and ashen decay rapidly receded, while specks of fresh green broke through the soil and grew.

The gloom dispersed, and strands of daylight descended one after another.

In the distance, the Crimson Mist hanging over the mountains, rivers, withered forests, and dark sea also melted away like the snow of early spring.

They had welcomed the spring.

(End of Chapter)