Chapter 394: Instant Kill
"Chaos Five Decisions, The Second Form: The Initial Split of Yin and Yang," a single palm strike that could return anything it touched directly back to its most primal yin and yang essences. Of course, there were significant limitations to this technique. However, using this move against pure Soul Bodies was incredibly fitting. While Soul Bodies possessed a considerable degree of exemption from direct physical attacks, they did not have much resistance against Spell Attacks or other special offensive methods. Especially for Sun Wukong's palm strike, the damage inflicted upon them was considerably greater than other attacks.
It began with Heavensplitting Strike annihilating the monkey, followed by a single palm eradicating the ferocious tiger. The strength that Sun Wukong demonstrated at this moment took both the little monkey and Ye Zi by surprise, hence they merely stood at the edge of the basin, dumbfounded, watching Sun Wukong's one-man show. It was still acceptable for the little monkey, who had previously seen Sun Wukong take action and knew his Combat Power far exceeded his own Cultivation. However, the tree spirit Ye Zi had no idea.
Ye Zi's understanding of Sun Wukong was limited to the time when he single-handedly faced off against his one-hundred-thousand Doppelgangers and later fought a fierce battle against Ye Wu, who had transformed using a Primordial Pearl. Even though Sun Wukong's displayed Combat Power was strong then, it was only slightly better than his brother Ye Wu. Therefore, Ye Zi had estimated Sun Wukong's strength to be only slightly weaker than his own. Even after learning that Sun Wukong possessed a Divine Object like the World Suppressing Stele, Ye Zi had never personally witnessed its power, so in his mind, Sun Wukong was at most just a bit stronger than himself.
But now, without even using the World Suppressing Stele, Sun Wukong was able to instantly kill two Domain Lord Level Soul Bodies with just two moves. This deeply shocked Ye Zi. And now, Ye Zi could see that during their prior battle, Sun Wukong had not exerted his full strength at all, and even the little monkey probably held back. With this thought, Ye Zi felt extremely fortunate that the two of them did not harbor any thoughts of killing him but instead invited him to join them. Otherwise, he likely wouldn't be standing here contemplating these things.
While Ye Zi was still reeling from the shock of Sun Wukong's displayed strength, Sun Wukong had already appeared beside the third Soul Body. He materialized in the same manner next to the Soul Body by having the nearby Spatial Sand flash, and Sun Wukong simply appeared. This time, Sun Wukong did not use The Second Form, which had an enhanced effect on Soul Bodies, but instead, after appearing, his body suddenly leaped into the air. Dodging an attack from the third Soul Body, he was already directly above it.
"Chaos Five Decisions, The Third Form—Life Baptism!" Another explosive shout accompanied by an upsurge of pure, incredibly dense Life Energy on Sun Wukong's body. Then, all of that Life Energy poured through Sun Wukong's hands into the third Soul Body. This third Soul Body took on the appearance of a human clad in Armor, seemingly a General. As the massive and terrifying Life Energy from Sun Wukong filled the General-like Soul Body, the Spirit Controller, who was leisurely sitting on the azure throne, suddenly raised his eyebrows, his eyes brimming with amusement.
"Truly interesting, so interesting. To think this method could be used against my Souls, hahaha. It's just a pity that the strength is too low, otherwise, he would be a rather interesting opponent!" he muttered to himself, but within the Spirit Controller's heart arose a thought, yet he did not make a decision right away, his gaze flickering as he pondered something.
No matter what the Spirit Controller was thinking, Sun Wukong's figure flashed again, already appearing in front of the fourth Soul Body. As for the third Soul Body, the one resembling a General, it was now enveloped in the extremely dense Life Energy, making it impossible to see what was happening inside. Sun Wukong had already used four of the Chaos Five Decisions, which included The First Form Heavensplitting Strike, The Second Form The Initial Split of Yin and Yang, The Third Form Life Baptism, and The Fourth Form Chaos Giant Transformation.
Just as the little monkey and Ye Zi thought Sun Wukong would use the Fifth Decree next, they didn't expect that when facing the fourth Soul Body, Sun Wukong didn't use the Chaos Five Decisions again. Instead, he shouted, "Nine Decisions, Eight Rules are for Destruction!" As Sun Wukong's cry rang out, another palm struck the fourth Soul Body, and from where the palm landed, numerous deep purple lines rapidly spread throughout its body.
With a palm strike, Sun Wukong's figure didn't pause; another flash of Spatial Sand, and he suddenly reappeared beside the little monkey and Ye Zi.
Just as Ye Zi was about to say something, Sun Wukong smirked at him, gesturing to keep silent. Then, with palms pressed together, he shouted, "Nine Decisions, Four Rules are for Breaking!" This time two grains of Spatial Sand lit up at once, positioned beside the last two Soul Bodies. However, when the Spatial Sand flashed, Sun Wukong didn't teleport beside the remaining two Soul Bodies like before; he remained standing in place. But when the two grains of Spatial Sand shone brightly, two rays of white light shot out from within them, latching directly onto the last two Soul Bodies.
Then, the two soul bodies seemed to experience millions of years in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into two lifeless dead branches and withered into a pile of yellow sand on their own. The Fourth Rule of the Nine Decisions, which is for breaking, possesses the power of destruction. However, the strike from Sun Wukong was not solely imbued with destructive power; it was also mixed with potent annihilating and devastating forces. Otherwise, the power of mere destruction would never be this horrifying.
As the last two soul bodies turned to dust after being struck by the white light, the soul body wrapped in deep purple patterns by the Eighth Rule's power of destruction also turned into soul fragments. By now, the six soul entities released by the Spirit Controller, three with the strength of a Domain Lord and three others at the Supreme Peak, had almost all been annihilated by Sun Wukong in an instant, leaving only one. Now, the sole survivor was enveloped in rich life force, much like a silkworm cocoon.
"Ling Ming, when did you become so strong?" The little monkey could not help but voice the confusion in his heart. Sun Wukong chuckled and said, "Without showing our strongest power, we wouldn't stand a chance to survive. Trust me, I can see far more than you can now!" It turned out that after Ye Zi brought up that possibility, Sun Wukong and the little monkey knew that the Spirit Controller must have discovered the three of them a long time ago. It was then that Sun Wukong quietly used the Heaven and Earth Dao Eye, merging it into his fiery eyes and golden pupils. Through this enhanced vision, Sun Wukong discovered many things. He even sneakily took a glance at the little monkey and saw something on him too but chose not to show it.
It was precisely because of these revelations from the Heaven and Earth Dao Eye that Sun Wukong decided to go all out just now. At that moment, Sun Wukong had employed all the offensive techniques from both the Nine Decisions and the Chaos Five Decisions, also using a trump card he had hidden for a long time—the one hundred and eight grains of Spatial Sand. After obtaining the Stars Sand, Sun Wukong had merely affixed it onto the back of the World Suppressing Stele, at the Formation Eye of the Great Formation of Stars.
However, he primarily used the Three Thousand Barren Soil and Desolate Sand within the World Suppressing Stele, not utilizing the Great Formation as much. Moreover, Sun Wukong wasn't particularly fond of using formations, so the Stars Sand had remained largely unused. It wasn't until he entered Dao Zhun's mysterious space for the first time and gained a deeper understanding of spatial Divine Skills that Sun Wukong started to take notice of the Stars Sand.
After entering that space for the second time, Sun Wukong, while absorbing and balancing the power of the Five Elements, borrowed the space power from Dao Zhun's Mystic Space to refine and consecrate each grain of Stars Sand, transforming them into what is now known as Spatial Sand. This Spatial Sand, compared to the original Stars Sand, was on an entirely different level. Not only could Sun Wukong travel freely among the one hundred and eight grains of Stars Sand, which was the ability he had just used, but he could also use the Spatial Sand to set up the Great Formation of Stars and thus seal off a space.
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Within that space, Sun Wukong could freely harness spatial power to restrain, attack, or even banish enemies. However, Sun Wukong hadn't had the time to experiment with and understand the applications of Spatial Sand, so for now, he could only use its mobility feature. Yet, even this single ability had already made Sun Wukong's combat approach far more adaptable. Especially in many-against-one scenarios, he could continuously move through space to create one-on-one combat situations with his opponents.
More importantly, through the recent battle, Sun Wukong not only mastered moving within the Spatial Sand in a very short period, but he also managed to use the Spatial Sand's space tunnel to transmit his attacks directly. That is why Sun Wukong could permeate the last two soul bodies with the power of destruction from the Fourth Rule of the Nine Decisions without moving an inch.
Just as Ye Zi was about to ask something else, the Dragon Emperor in mid-air finally completed his transformation. A magnificent Golden Dragon with a wingspan of over three hundred meters hovered in the air; each beat of its wings released a powerful sense of sanctity. If previously the Dragon Emperor had one foot stepping out of the Domain Lord level, now he had almost wholly stepped beyond that threshold.
Yet, it's crucial to note that it was only almost. The meaning of almost is that he hadn't truly crossed the threshold. To put it more vividly, the Dragon Emperor had stepped beyond with his entire body, yet there was still one foot left on the threshold.