Chapter 1057: Super Invincible... Mysterious World Hand

Thump, thump, thump! The raging Voidwalker had reached the ancient city's architectural district, its relentless footsteps carrying it near the Sacred Punishment Square.

Then, suddenly, it stopped.

"Sniff!" Air swirled into its nostrils like a vortex as it took a deep sniff, and the Voidwalker's eyes suddenly gleamed.

"Roar!" It hunched over and roared, its voice brimming with delight.

A full day! It had been a whole day!

It had scoured the entire Miracle Forest but failed to find the herb thief. Unexpectedly, its journey into the ancient city had yielded a different kind of discovery.

Just moments ago, the distinct scent of spiritual herbs from the Shennong Herb Garden had emerged.

Not in the Sacred Punishment Square, nor anywhere in this ancient city district. On the contrary, it was in the Miracle Forest!

Was this what humans called "the darkness under the lamp"?

The Voidwalker hadn't believed it had missed any part of the Miracle Forest before, yet despite exhausting all its strength, it still hadn't found the herb thief.

Well, now it was clear. The thief hadn't escaped the Miracle Forest at all, but was hiding somewhere near the Shennong Herb Garden.

"Roar, roar, roar!" The Voidwalker had no time to consider the intricate details.

It only knew that it had to return immediately, seize the herb thief, and torment them to death in countless ways.

"Boom!" With a single kick, it shattered space and instantly plunged into the turbulent spatial currents.

After a single stride, it reappeared at the edge of the ancient city's district. A few more forceful steps brought it closer to the outskirts.

However, the Miracle Forest was simply too vast. The Voidwalker's mastery of space was not profound; it couldn't traverse the entire Void Island with a single casual stride, much like the stone giants.

"Faster," it urged itself. "Must be faster." The Voidwalker was consumed by anxiety, fearing that if it was even a moment too late, the herb thief would vanish again.

"Humans, thieves, must die!" "Yaaaaah—"

Outside the Shennong Herb Garden, the hysterical roars continued.

Teng Shan Hai admitted that Xu Xiaoshou had succeeded in igniting his wrath to its absolute peak.

But what did it matter?

"Xu Xiaoshou, your strategy is indeed effective, and I know you're stalling for time."

"However, the Sacred Blood's amplification for you is too meager!"

"Whereas the 'Demon God's Power' within me is far beyond anything you've ever witnessed or can comprehend!"

Deep within the abyss, Teng Shan Hai's single eye glowed crimson. The ferocious aura of the Xiao Shen Spear, like clouds and mist, already filled the entire space.

Suddenly, the Xiao Shen Spear in Teng Shan Hai's hand vibrated. Sacred power surged from his body, forming a beam of light that shot skyward.

"Hahaha, didn't see that coming, did you, Xu Xiaoshou?" "You're stalling for time, but I am too!"

Teng Shan Hai laughed maniacally, and the Azure God Armor covering his body lit up with glowing patterns.

Then, with a loud crack, the armor on his right arm shattered. The massive arm was no longer restrained; his muscles swelled with a 'boom,' transforming it into a colossal limb even larger than his entire body.

The Xiao Shen Spear was already enormous, with a spearhead as large as three human heads.

While Teng Shan Hai previously had to half-cradle the Xiao Shen Spear to wield it, now with his right arm freed from the Azure God Armor and transformed into a giant's hand, he could grasp the entire spear with just one palm.

The Demon God's Power was unsealed! At this moment, Teng Shan Hai, with just one massive arm wielding the Xiao Shen Spear, was tens of feet tall, completely obscuring his relatively tiny body underground.

"Xu Xiaoshou, I was waiting for the Sacred Blood to stimulate the Demon God's Power within me, leading to a half-step awakening."

"And you? What are you waiting for? Death?"

A low, eerie hum resonated deeply. The next second, as perceived by his "Sense," Teng Shan Hai's figure completely vanished from the deep pit underground.

"Thump, thump, thump..." At the same instant, the Sacred Emperor Dragon Scale's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Xu Xiaoshou felt his scalp tingle; without a moment's thought, he instantly vanished from his position.

"Boom!" His afterimage hadn't even fully faded with the "Disappearance Art" when, the next second, a fully swung Xiao Shen Spear, without any spiritual skill enhancement and relying solely on brute physical strength, violently struck the air.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..." Space exploded, with the Xiao Shen Spear's tip as the epicenter and distant space as the trajectory. Explosions reverberated for a thousand miles.

A black line of space was ripped open by pure force, extending to a distant mountaintop which exploded with a 'boom,' shattering half the small mountain.

"Holy crap!" In his vanished state, Xu Xiaoshou's heart pounded, his eyes wide with disbelief.

What kind of power was that? So the "Azure God Armor" was merely a sealing restraint for Teng Shan Hai, the Head of the War Department?

He had only unsealed one arm, and his power had mutated to such an exaggerated extent?

"Physical strength?" Xu Xiaoshou couldn't believe it. If this was pure physical strength, it surely far surpassed that of a Sovereign's body.

He had never seen a Half-Saint's body, but it couldn't be much more formidable than this.

"No, it's not physical strength. This is what he calls 'Demon God's Power.' This guy's true combat prowess is far from limited to this."

"During the night battle in King City, he probably didn't even unleash one ten-thousandth of his power. Was it because there were too many innocent Spirit Refiners there, making it difficult for him to fight properly?"

The Sacred Emperor Dragon Scale's heart rate continued to accelerate. Xu Xiaoshou felt something was amiss.

He had just barely failed to keep up with Teng Shan Hai's speed. He merely sensed something was wrong and reacted preemptively, using the Disappearance Art for protection.

Logically, as long as he remained vanished, Teng Shan Hai, no matter how strong he became, shouldn't be able to find him without a tracking divine artifact like the Sacred Emperor Dragon Scale.

Therefore, Teng Shan Hai's threat shouldn't cause the Sacred Emperor Dragon Scale's heartbeat to continuously accelerate. But this Dragon Scale...

"Thump, thump, thump!" As time passed, with every breath, the Sacred Emperor Dragon Scale grew more frantic, almost comparable to when he had faced a Saint.

"The threat isn't just from Teng Shan Hai; something else is approaching!"

Xu Xiaoshou instantly realized that, considering the time, even if the Voidwalker had searched far and wide for him, it should now have detected the spiritual herb aura in its original territory and was thus frantically rushing back.

So, was the Sacred Emperor Dragon Scale's warning largely due to the imminent arrival of the Voidwalker?

"Come on!" A hint of madness appeared in Xu Xiaoshou's eyes as he abruptly dispelled the Disappearance Art, and his wild laughter echoed around him.

"Teng Shan Hai, is that all you've got?" "If so, you probably can't even touch my shadow!"

Before his mocking laughter had fully settled, Xu Xiaoshou dared not wait for Teng Shan Hai to attack; he immediately used "One Step to Heaven" to shift his position.

"Boom!" As expected, his previous location was blasted apart the very next second.

A massive spear swept down, shattering space. The earth was torn open by the force, creating a colossal pit tens of thousands of feet deep. The sheer power and astonishing speed were unfathomable!

"My goodness..." "I really can't keep up with his combat speed!"

Xu Xiaoshou swallowed, realizing that with one arm unsealed, Teng Shan Hai's strength and speed were simply incomparable to his own.

Without "One Step to Heaven" or spatial attributes, who in this world could possibly match such a madman?

Pure conscious reaction... Xu Xiaoshou understood that he simply couldn't compare to Teng Shan Hai in his current state.

Therefore, to survive under Teng Shan Hai's massive spear, his only options were to "run" and "constantly preemptively teleport."

If, by some coincidence, his preemptive teleportation landed him in the path of Teng Shan Hai's wildly swinging Xiao Shen Spear, a single strike from his opponent would undoubtedly shatter him to pieces!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." With this thought, Xu Xiaoshou dared not delay, employing both "Disappearance Art" and "One Step to Heaven" to maneuver endlessly within the area.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Teng Shan Hai, too, had gone mad. He simply couldn't believe that the "Demon God's Power" from his unsealed arm was still inferior to Xu Xiaoshou's array of unorthodox arts.

One side preemptively teleported and scattered, while the other relentlessly chased after the afterimages, blasting wildly.

Outside the Shennong Herb Garden, explosions were incessant. In just a few breaths, the sky, the earth, and the void were battered beyond recognition, left in utter devastation.

"Xu Xiaoshou, if you have the guts, show yourself and fight me fair and square!"

Blood-red fury erupted from Teng Shan Hai's single eye. He was enraged, and hundreds of missed attacks clearly made him even more irritable.

Impossible! Xu Xiaoshou's reactions were faster than his attacks? That was impossible!

He was utterly maddened... Xu Xiaoshou remained vanished, but after several exchanges, he felt he had discerned something.

Teng Shan Hai's current state was indeed incredibly powerful, but his rationality seemed to have been eroded by this "Demon God's Power."

He had clearly consumed Sacred Blood. He only needed to use sacred power to control the Heavenly Dao and could easily bind Xu Xiaoshou in mid-air. Even for a mere instant, at Teng Shan Hai's speed, a single strike from the Xiao Shen Spear would be enough to instantly kill him.

But clearly, Teng Shan Hai wasn't doing that.

This implied that his rationality was inversely proportional to his power; once the "Demon God's Power" was unleashed, his combat style became simpler, reverting solely to primitive human fighting techniques.

—Using weaponry for chaotic attacks.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump..." The Sacred Emperor Dragon Scale's heartbeat was now so rapid it could affect one's sanity.

Xu Xiaoshou glanced into the distance, feeling the sky already darkening, as if the Voidwalker was about to descend at any second.

He was unwilling to leave. If he had intended to, he could have departed long ago when Teng Shan Hai first went mad.

Now, with the Voidwalker's imminent arrival and Teng Shan Hai's complete loss of reason, his first plan was complete. Why not execute another?

"Why not!" Having understood this, Xu Xiaoshou once again dispelled the Disappearance Art. With a proud expression, he sneered, "Teng Shan Hai, do you only know how to attack wildly? A true man would stop and decide the victor in one move. I have such a move; I just ask if you dare to take it?"

"Roar!" A low, beastly growl rumbled from Teng Shan Hai's throat. He perceived the figure of Jiang Buyi (Xu Xiaoshou's alias) before him as multiple overlapping, blurry images.

He vaguely remembered Dao Qiongcang once telling him:

"If you can fully master the 'Demon God's Power' within you, why worry about not achieving the title of the Ten Sovereigns? Because at that time, not even I would be your opponent."

"But at this stage, remember that when you unseal the Demon God's Power, there must be a rational person by your side to act as your eyes. Otherwise, you'll be too easily exploited!"

Teng Shan Hai had long since forgotten the latter half of that advice.

Xu Xiaoshou's actions drove him to madness; now, he poured all his efforts into crushing Xu Xiaoshou.

Yet, Dao Qiongcang's words were indeed true. After all these years, the maximum Teng Shan Hai could achieve was unsealing the "Demon God's Power" in just one arm.

This was the most basic form of partial unsealing!

Even so, the "Demon God's aura" would largely interfere with Teng Shan Hai's own will, transforming him into a battle-crazed demon.

After so many years of training, Teng Shan Hai could barely manage to maintain his sanity for a quarter of an hour when unsealing one arm.

But this "rationality" was only relative. It was impossible to fully wield the "Demon God's Power" of one arm while simultaneously retaining his complete rationality from his lucid state.

Therefore, the last shred of clarity in his mind told Teng Shan Hai that the battle could not be prolonged.

If it dragged on, not only would he fail to capture the elusive Xu Xiaoshou, but he himself would also suffer a backlash from the "Demon God's Power," descending into complete madness.

"Why... should... I... not... dare?" Teng Shan Hai vigorously shook his head, clearing the overlapping figures from his single eye, then spoke slowly and distinctly through gritted teeth.

He brandished the Xiao Shen Spear in his right arm, shaking it towards the void, eager to engage Xu Xiaoshou in a fair and square "one-move decider," man to man.

At that moment, however, he had completely forgotten that his opponent was "Xu Xiaoshou"—the very type of cunning man he feared most when lucid, practically a second Dao Qiongcang!

Yet, in his muddled state, he only felt that his opponent's suggestion was exactly what he desired, the best choice for both of them at that moment.

"Good," Xu Xiaoshou said with a smile, "If that's the case, I respect your choice." He was now even more certain that Teng Shan Hai's current state was abnormal.

His hands rapidly crossed in front of his chest, forming hand seals of unknown origin, as he said, "Teng Shan Hai, you're in a semi-mad state, aren't you? I won't take advantage of you. I'll even describe each of my moves to you one by one."

"Why... the... need... for... that?" Teng Shan Hai sneered confidently. The Xiao Shen Spear spun in his mighty right arm, and his words came out broken and intermittent: "Bring... it... on!"

Xu Xiaoshou wouldn't lie; he truly began his explanation.

"Heaven and Earth, profound and yellow; the cosmos, vast and wild; Amitabha, boundless blessings..."

He recited these haphazardly put-together Daoist incantations, which even he found nonsensical.

Then, as his hands danced, he swiftly plucked three first-grade spiritual herbs and one sacred herb from the Shennong Herb Garden within his Yuanfu World. With a smack, he crushed them into juice and smeared it onto his palms.

"He shouldn't have seen, right?" Xu Xiaoshou covertly glanced at the maddened Teng Shan Hai, feeling a little guilty, then let out a loud shout:

"Take this, Teng Shan Hai!" "Super Invincible... Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Hand!" He unleashed a palm strike.

The Sacred Emperor Dragon Scale's heartbeat reached its extreme at this moment—the ultimate frequency it would only reach when facing a Saint!

Xu Xiaoshou didn't even need his "Sense"; his peripheral vision already caught sight of space shattering on the horizon as a three-hundred-zhang-sized Voidwalker, with a roar, swiftly kicked towards him.

"Die!" Teng Shan Hai couldn't see what was behind him.

The Xiao Shen Spear flipped in his palm, and facing Xu Xiaoshou's incoming palm, he fiercely swung the spear through the air.

But the Xu Xiaoshou in front of him seemed genuinely insane; facing the spear, he ignored it completely, without even the slightest defensive measure.

He merely managed to raise his body slightly in mid-air just as the massive Xiao Shen Spear swept in.

"Boom!" With a single strike, Xu Xiaoshou's self-severed lower body shattered.

His remaining upper body, however, like a maggot clinging to bone, relentlessly latched onto Teng Shan Hai's powerful, colossal arm.

"Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Hand, I slap, I slap, I slap, slap, slap..."

He frantically smeared the spiritual and sacred herb juices onto Teng Shan Hai's flesh.

But it lasted only for a single breath.

"Die!" Teng Shan Hai's other hand snatched Xu Xiaoshou's remaining half-body, lifting it, tossing it into mid-air, and then instantly shattering it beneath the Xiao Shen Spear.

"Master, my mission is complete..." Before disintegrating, the Portrait Clone of Xu Xiaoshou gazed into the empty void and spoke somewhat wistfully.

"Roar!" The Voidwalker finally arrived, poised to crush Teng Shan Hai with a single kick.

"Whoosh!" Teng Shan Hai, empowered by the Demon God's Power, moved with unmatched reaction speed. With a swift shift of his foot, his figure flashed to the front of the Voidwalker.

"Roar!" The Voidwalker was enraged. From this human, it smelled the aura of spiritual and sacred herbs from the Shennong Herb Garden.

—The herb thief!

"Uh..." Teng Shan Hai felt his rationality slip further. Xu Xiaoshou had clearly been shattered by him, yet in the illusion before his single eye, Xu Xiaoshou was not only alive but had transformed into a colossal giant.

A colossal dark giant!

"Xu... Xiao... Shou..."

"Roar!" "Fight me!" "Roar!" "Fight me!"

The Voidwalker swiftly delivered another kick. With the 'ant' now right beneath its foot, no matter how fast Teng Shan Hai's reaction speed was, who could possibly dodge a mountain-like kick?

Teng Shan Hai, still gripping the Xiao Shen Spear, hadn't even begun to shift to dodge when a colossal force slammed into him. With a 'boom,' his body became a meteor, kicked flying into the sky.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Next, the Voidwalker went berserk.

Faced with the herb thief, it simply wanted to make the opponent suffer a fate worse than death.

Bending its knees, the Voidwalker leaped into the sky. It then proceeded to pummel the one-armed Teng Shan Hai, who was still tiny in comparison, in every direction, turning him into a bloody mess. He was tossed around in mid-air like a ball, to the point where even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.

"My goodness..." In his vanished state, Xu Xiaoshou watched the Voidwalker vent its fury on Teng Shan Hai, who was acting as a substitute. He couldn't help but wonder if he, the true culprit, would also be discovered by the Voidwalker in the future.

"Hiss..." Xu Xiaoshou shivered.

"Frightened, Passive points, 1."