Rise of Humanity

As soon as he said this, Prince Bo Di smiled while Yu Bochuan, Shi Yinji, and the others all shouted, “No, you musn’t!”

Heavenly King Shang shook his head and said, “Do not act recklessly. If you do not accept the challenge, he cannot do anything to you and his name will remain tainted. But if you accept, not only will you be defeated, he will have the chance to restore his image while making you the laughing stock of all Qi Practitioners and gods in the 3,000 Six Path Worlds!”

Zhong Yue, however, shook his head, “If I do not dare to accept his challenge, then my reputation I struggled to maintain so hard would collapse in an instant. Not only that, but an obstacle impossible to overcome will appear in my Dao heart. Prince Bo Di has already foreseen that I will not reject his challenge. If that is the case, then why not just accept the challenge?”

“If you know you are going to lose, why do you still accept the challenge!” shouted a furious Shi Yinji.

Zhong Yue was speechless and he said, “You’re saying I’m losing for sure? What makes you so sure of that, Yinji?”

Shi Yinji gritted her teeth and when she raised the whip in her hands, she said angrily, “The you now can’t even win against me right now, yet you want to fight against him?”

“Yinji, back then, you lost to me and even from now and onwards, you will still be unable to win against me. As for the title as the strongest within the 3,000 Six Path Worlds, I had no intention of robbing it from Prince Bo Di, but since he ran up to me and offered me this chance, I suppose I shouldn’t miss it.”

“If that’s how it is, then please, Evil God Zhong,” invited Prince Bo Di as he smiled.

Zhong Yue on the other hand, took his own sweet time as he looked around at the Realm Monarchs observing from afar.

“Realm Monarch Yunshan, may I ask if I can use my full strength?” asked Zhong Yue as he bowed at Realm Monarch Yunshan who along with the other Realm Monarchs that were so huge where their body was in Heaven Realm and their face in the space.

Realm Monarch Yunshan’s heart skipped a beat and after a moment of hesitation, he secretly looked at Realm Monarch Bo Luo, who nodded back at him. After receiving an answer from Realm Monarch Bo Luo, he cleared his throat and said, “A fair fight requires you to use your full strength. If you did not use your full strength, aren’t you looking down at the prince?”

Zhong Yue then looked at Realm Monarch Bo Luo and said politely, “Realm Monarch Bo Luo, may I?”

Realm Monarch Bo Luo smiled right away and he said, “Of course, my little friend. This is a fair fight and don’t worry about anything. The Realm Monarchs of all Six Path Worlds are gathered here and if you hold back, they might even mock me for this.”

The many Realm Monarchs immediately burst out laughing, “Impossible. The competition proceeded fairly and transparently in our eyes and there is no fraud at all. Little friend Zhong, just perform as best as you can.”

With that, Zhong Yue finally stepped out and stood in the air as he shook at Prince Bo Di, “My prince, why do you want to throw away the title of yours? Why did you have to bet your reputation? You stand no chance against me.”

Prince Bo Di, however, kept his cool and he stood there like a tall tree that rooted deeply into the ground and no matter how harsh Zhong Yue’s words sounded, he remained unflinched.

“How calm!”

A Realm Monarch looked at Prince Bo Di and praised, “Realm Monarch Bo Luo had given birth to such a great son! I wished I have a child like Prince Bo Di.”

And Prince Bo Di lived up to the praise of this Realm Monarch; right now, he bore a very unique aura and with just this aura, he was already more than enough to gain the admiration of others.

Initially, his aura was nowhere close to this, and he only achieved this after the competition. He managed to triumph over his opponents, defeated the Qi Practitioners in the 3,000 Six Path Worlds and rise as the head of all Qi Practitioners and that was how he gained this supreme aura.

Back then, he was still not this conspicuous yet until the grand competition. There, he defeated all of the other contestants and rose to the top. The aura wandering by his side now felt even stronger than most of the True Deities.

He now stood at a very high position; the place he stood now was the peak of the pyramid and when he looked around, there was no one standing at the same position as him as they were all beneath him.

His unstoppable presence had been cultivated and with this presence alone, he was able to scare off challengers without doing anything.

Right now, he felt that he was lonely as he stood at the top of the world and there was nothing that could attract him anymore.

“Being unbeatable is a rather lonely affair….” murmured Prince Bo Di morosely.

Though his words appeared supremely arrogant, as the strongest, he had the qualifications to make such a statement.

And Zhong Yue, who stood opposite him, had a much inferior aura as he did not participate in the competition.

Zhong Yue looked extremely plain; he was like a saber sheathed in the case, calm and dull.

His rather unremarkable aura made it so that no one had any particularly high hopes for him.

The Zhong Yue now was still the same as before; without participating in the competition, his strength was still the same and no matter how they looked, he was weaker.

“Evil God Zhong, are you not going to move?”

Prince Bo Di said in surprise, “I can let you attack first.”

Zhong Yue, however, nodded and said, “How about this, let me attack first and if you lose , then it will be your turn to attack. Don’t worry, I will remind myself to not kill you. I will also give a chance when it’s my turn to attack again.”

Prince Bo Di was left speechless and he said with his hands at his back, “Do as you please.”

Zhong Yue then suddenly cast the [Innate Saint Ritual Mystic Art], converted his energy into Innate Yang Qi and as the Solar Divine Saber appeared in his hands, he swung it forward!

As soon as he channeled his Innate Yang Qi, it was as if he had become a wholly different existence. After converting his energy, his energy cultivation level fell down to the Inner Core level and his outstanding presence vanished as if nothing had happened.

But this attack of his was simply terrifying as the saber split the skies on top of Heaven Court apart!

Prince Bo Di’s expression changed drastically at this attack. With a roar, he channeled his energy, and totem carvings danced around him, turning into shields, mountains, walls, and even the Black Tortoise!

His techniques were indeed exceptional in every sense of the word, and each and every one of the defensive techniques he used right now was Creator level techniques.

Then, a pitch black sun rose up from behind his back and soon exploded, turning into a three-legged celestial being with a black bell floating on his head. It was a demonic sun bell!

Guang—

The bell trembled and launched a powerful destructive shockwave toward Zhong Yue and his saber attack.

As Prince Bo Di defended himself, he too, launched another attack!

And the best defense was to offense! Prince Bo Di knew this in his heart clearly, thus, he launched a powerful attack to force Zhong Yue into retracting his attack to defend himself!

When Prince Bo Di launched his attack, everyone on the scene couldn’t help but praise, “Impressive! The royal family has always had such marvelous resources and talented geniuses!”

But in the next second, every skill cast by Prince Bo Di was sliced apart. When facing against Zhong Yue’s saber, despite how amazing Prince Bo Di’s skills were, they didn’t even manage to slow down the saber for a split second!

Zhe—

The saber cut through the bell before the three-legged celestial being was split apart, but the blade stopped right before it reached Prince Bo Di’s forehead.

Such was the Innate Yang Qi. After channeling into the Solar Divine Saber, there was nothing it couldn’t cut!

Beneath the saber, Prince Bo Di looked up and he could see his reflection on the saber’s body!

The saber then disappeared as if it were never there, and this time, Zhong Yue was standing in front of Prince Bo Di as he said, “My prince, my attack was delivered and now, it’s your turn.”

Dang lang—

At this time, the split bell finally fell onto the ground and rolled a few times.

Upon seeing this, the Qi Practitioners and gods remained quiet and even the celestial and demonic creatures used to pull the carriages dare not let out a sound at all while the Dao voices behind the light wheels of the Realm Monarchs paused for a moment.

The entire scene went dead silence, which amplified the rolling sound of the split bell greatly.

One strike.

All it took was just one strike to defeat Prince Bo Di; if Zhong Yue had not stopped his attack, Prince Bo Di was dead meat already.

Prince Bo Di’s eyes twitched and after exhaling a deep breath, his expression returned to normal as he still has a chance. He was merely caught off guard by Zhong Yue; he allowed Zhong Yue to attack first and he lost because of his arrogance. He wanted to pretend that he won against Zhong Yue effortlessly and because of that, he lost the upper hand and he couldn’t even deliver his strongest skills.

But he still had one more chance with him.

This time, it’s his turn to attack and with his techniques, experience, and strength, he would be able to deliver his strongest attack and wash away his shame!

Prince Bo Di silently recovered his condition and this time, he took this fight seriously; he calmed himself down and started channeling energy into his attack, preparing to deliver a perfect strike.

“Prince Bo Di is still better.” praised an old Realm Monarch, “Calm and cool, this is the attitude that is very much desired.”

As soon as he spoke, Prince Bo Di delivered an attack; his light wheels spun and when the Six Path Reincarnation Dao flew out and merged with his attack, his attack shook the heaven and earth! Amidst the bright light illuminated by the attack, the Dao and even the feelings of the innate were hidden in the attack!

This move was one of the innate skills recorded within the [Innate Saint Ritual Mystic Art] of Bo Xun and it was called [Star Burst]!

But Prince Bo Di did not perform such a horrifying skill. He merely imitated this skill through his understanding of the innate totem carvings within the recordings of [Innate Saint Ritual Mystic Art].

But the innate presence in his attack was way too strong and it was a level higher and brighter than Zhong Yue’s [Sun Burst]!

Prince Bo Di pushed his arm forward and along with his arm, the [Star Burst] burst toward Zhong Yue while Zhong Yue slanted his body. The latter then slammed his right arm towards the destructive [Star Burst].

In his palm, the four types of Innate Qi exploded and turned into the [Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art] with four Innate Qi merged within it.

As the two attacks clashed, they both evaporated and Zhong Yue’s right arm finally slammed into Prince Bo Di’s arms before a bone breaking noise sounded.

Krong—

Prince Bo Di was sent flying away. He rammed into the Heaven Court beneath and after crashing through wall after wall, he finally rolled to a stop a few hundred feet away.

Zhong Yue on the other hand, retracted his arm and when he descended from the skies, he returned to the ship.

“Heavenly King, let’s go.”