Chapter 801: Chapter 359: Nearly Beaten to Death by the Birdman

"Martial God!"

A flash of solemnity flickered in Ye Qingzhou’s eyes and vanished. Back in the Kunlun Grotto Heaven, he had seen his Sister Wang make a move, and understood just how terrifyingly powerful a true Martial God was.

That was an existence that completely towered above a Martial Saint.

An existence that had polished their Spirit, Qi, and Shen to the absolute limit, tempered them to perfection, transcending all things, using their own body to bear the Power of Dao.

Refining Void and Merging Dao, eternal through the ages!

Often in an entire era, only a scant few could break through to such a realm. In fact, in the last several thousand years on Blue Star, with the decline of the Martial Dao, hundreds of generations had passed without a single true Martial God being born.

The dried corpse before his eyes was shockingly a Martial God, and moreover a Celestial King Martial God of the Heaven-Ascending Tenth Layer Realm!

One who is a Martial God, the Dao is stored within the body, Qi is hidden within, and a world forms by itself.

Ye Qingzhou took a deep breath, and without the slightest hesitation entered his strongest combat state.

Heaven and Earth Furnace!

Fourth Gear!

Five-Scalped Emperor Armor!

At the same time, the Divine Sword Celestial Monarch Armor on his body also lit up with a full six Golden Talisman Secret Text sigils. The combined power was pressing right up against the Martial God Realm.

Even though he possessed a Demigod Body, possessed destructive power enough to rival a Martial God, Ye Qingzhou still knew very well that he was by no means a match for the corpse before him.

Ten thousand strands of Sword Qi turned into soft silk, covering the surface of Ye Qingzhou’s body. Infinite Sword Qi surged and roared, endlessly squeezing out from his pores and skin, like plumes of steam jetting from behind him.

On the other side, Xuanwu was also fully prepared. He held a shield in each hand—these were the Divine Artifact True Martial Shield. The turtle-and-snake patterns upon them emitted a faint mysterious glow, steady as a mountain, deep as an ocean.

At the same time, the Black Snake Whip that served as his belt was swiftly drawn out, inch by inch transforming into a longsword in mid-air. The longsword exuded a biting chill, rippling like water.

Xuanwu simultaneously controlled twin swords and twin shields. The Martial Arts True Qi surging out of his body was already affecting the surrounding environment, causing fine snowflakes to quietly fall from the air above his head and in the nearby area.

Further out, Vermilion Bird, Gu Minghui, Karelin, and Andre all erupted with their auras at the same time, each revealing their powerful Mental Imagery Power.

In an instant, the auras of flames, stars, glaciers, and evil dragons intertwined and reflected off one another, twisting time and space, stirring the surrounding air currents into a violent surge that whipped their clothes with a snapping roar.

Six Martial Saints!

And even someone like Ye Qingzhou, a peerless powerhouse with a Demigod Body—on Blue Star, this was already a level of terror sufficient to annihilate a nation.

Even among the five great powers, only the Dongji Kingdom and the Western Pole Kingdom could withstand it.

Yet even with the six of them unleashing their auras to the fullest, compared to that Martial God’s corpse in the distance, they were still like a child’s trick before a grandmaster.

One who is divine is one who bears the Dao!

A Martial God who bore the Power of Dao with his mortal flesh—even if dead for a hundred million years—if the residual aura merely leaked a little, it would affect the minds of the three, making their gazes go unfocused, hazy illusions rising unbidden.

Ye Qingzhou saw an endless sea of clouds, and high above, a great sun hanging in the firmament, golden radiance shining upon the earth, so majestic and vast.

Clouds and mist steamed all around, and ten thousand birds were worshiping.

Clang~

The Flawless Sword Heart blossomed with Divine Light, allowing Ye Qingzhou to break free from the illusion.

Steadying himself, Ye Qingzhou hurriedly stabilized his Divine Spirit, only feeling his vision sway.

The resplendent great sun and the dim altar seemed to overlap.

Vague and indistinct, there and not there, Yin Yang Unity.

In a blur, Ye Qingzhou saw the entire altar-like structure emitting an eerie radiance. Dense ritual lines spread like a spiderweb, forming ten sets of strangely shaped Golden Talisman Secret Text patterns.

And all of these Golden Talisman Secret Texts intersected at a single point in the hall.

The Martial God’s dried corpse seemed to be controlled by the Golden Talisman Secret Texts, slowly walking to that central point, then gently sitting down cross-legged.

Its hollow eyes swallowed and spat out black ghostly light, gazing deeply toward where Ye Qingzhou and the other two stood, stiff and mechanical.

Suddenly, a burst of violet radiance exploded from the entire corpse, like that aurora that streaks across the sky when the sun first rises—dazzling to the extreme.

The purple light spread, and time and space twisted and warped because of it.

Centered on the Martial God, a newly created world silently unfurled.

Inch by inch, until it completely enveloped the three of them.

Blazing sun!

White clouds!

And ten thousand birds worshiping the sun!

Where his gaze reached was a sea of forest, branches and leaves interlacing. Layer upon layer of green leaves blocked the sunlight, emanating a sense of lush vitality. When the Wind blew, the dense canopy was like great green velvet umbrellas, gently swaying.

Ye Qingzhou stood blankly in the clearing. Sunlight poured lightly over him, casting a long slanting halo.

He snapped back to himself with a jolt, his eyes turning razor sharp in an instant, his body tensing to the extreme.

If in the next second even the slightest rustle of Wind or grass appeared, whatever made that sound would be drowned by Ye Qingzhou’s mercury-like Sword Qi Slash, and he would use the most terrifying methods to kill any invading enemy!

However, half a minute passed, and no danger appeared.

Instead, the rumbling roar of a nearby waterfall pounded his eardrums painfully. Ye Qingzhou looked up, peering through gaps in the canopy.

There, not far away, he saw a towering, majestic mountain range.

"This is..."

He frowned, quickly recalling what he had encountered earlier. "An illusion? Impossible. My Flawless Sword Heart restrains all Illusion Techniques... So this world isn’t false. It’s real, solid... a Divine Kingdom!"

Ye Qingzhou brought his fingers together into a sword and casually drew them across a massive tree that would take three men to encircle.