Flames shot toward the heavens from the heart of the explosion, followed by plumes of roiling smoke. The light of the five artificial suns had already faded, leaving behind nothing but scorched earth.
A massive crater had been blasted into the ground, its edges vitrified into black glass. The air was thick with the acrid stench of sulfur and burning.
Five mangled bodies began to slowly reform amidst the flames. The black water, like a living thing, swirled at their wounds, reshaping their missing parts.
Bones sprouted from the stumps, muscle wrapped around them, and skin covered it all. Within a few breaths, they were whole once again.
Duke Joseph looked down at his newly formed body and wiggled his fingers. After confirming each one was intact, the corners of his mouth lifted into a slight smirk.
Then, the five men raised their heads and looked toward a spot twenty meters away.
At that moment, their smiles froze. An all-too-familiar aura emanated from that spot.
"How is this possible... That human, he’s not dead!"
In the next instant, an invisible giant hand parted the distant flames and thick smoke, clearing a straight path. Lu Yun walked out slowly from the sea of fire.
The black tunic he wore on his upper body had been incinerated, revealing a torso of mangled flesh.
His body was covered in charred wounds. A large gash had been blown open on his left shoulder, revealing the fascia beneath. His chest was webbed with cracks like a dried riverbed, and a long wound on his abdomen was still oozing blood.
His pants were in tatters; one leg was completely burned away, and the other was torn off at the knee.
This was only because he had made a special effort to protect himself. ’After all, I can’t have people seeing an R-rated scene like that,’ Lu Yun thought. ’If word got out, how could I ever show my face again?’
With the raging fire at his back, Lu Yun stood there, his entire body seemingly cloaked in a faint, ethereal, jade-green light.
Then, as everyone watched, Lu Yun’s mangled upper body began to heal.
Pieces of charred skin peeled away, revealing pink, new flesh underneath. In the wounds that had been burned to the bone, tendrils of bright red tissue began to grow, weaving together to fill the horrific cavities.
The regeneration of flesh and bone was a scene both terrifyingly gory and strangely sacred.
Within a few short breaths, the gruesome wounds had completely healed.
Several hundred meters away, Mr. Mei’s eyes went wide. His vision was superb, allowing him to see the scene with perfect clarity.
Mr. Mei’s mind went blank. ’Isn’t that ability—that regenerative power—one of the Divine Techniques only possessed by the Outer Celestial Demons?’
The Outer Celestial Demons who reached the realm of Grandmaster of Divine Intent could regenerate even after being blown to bits. It was their innate talent.
’Since when could human Martial Artists do this?’
Myths and legends did speak of it: once a Martial Artist cultivated to a sufficiently high Realm, they would transcend their mortal flesh. They would be able to regenerate flesh and blood, regrow bone, and even reattach severed limbs. But most people dismissed such claims as absurd.
’Could it be that Elder Lu has already broken through to that Realm?’
The expressions on Duke Joseph and the other men changed completely. He spun around and screamed, "Run!"
As one, the five men dissolved into masses of black water and shot off in five separate directions, like five giant black pythons scattering in flight!
In their haste, the five of them didn’t even bother grabbing the White Fox, which was still dazed and confused.
’Because this human is more demonic than we are! More terrifying than Emperor Zulong and his ilk! How the hell are we supposed to fight this?!’
’Unless we wait for the Divine Master to descend upon this world, only an even more powerful weapon could possibly kill him!’
Duke Joseph’s black water fled north, its speed astonishing. It covered several hundred meters in a single breath.
The brawny man from the Great United States fled east as black water, the hulking man from the Polar Bear Country fled west, and the mustachioed man from France fled south.
As for the short old man from Wa Country, his black water also shot off in one direction: southeast.
"Trying to run?" Lu Yun’s gaze pierced the darkness, locking onto the direction the short old man from Wa Country had taken.
’Anyone else can run, but this animal from Wa Country is not getting away.’
The black water that was once the short old man from Wa Country darted along the ground one moment and leaped through the night sky the next, exactly like a swift little snake.
But to the absolute terror of the short old man from Wa Country, that monster, Lu Yun, was in hot pursuit!
The presence behind him grew closer and more oppressive, like a mountain bearing down on him.
He could even feel the scorching heat radiating from the Cyan and Yellow Divine Intent True Qi, a faint searing pain on his back.
"Damn it! Why are you chasing me instead of those other bastards?!"
Lu Yun watched the fleeing black shadow ahead, a cold glint in his eyes.
The next moment, he stomped his feet on the ground. BOOM! The earth shattered, spiderweb cracks spreading out in all directions!
The terrifying force of the impact launched Lu Yun forward at an unbelievable speed. The air exploded behind him, forming a visible white shockwave!
The speed was so immense that only a body like Lu Yun’s could withstand it. Any other Grandmaster of Divine Intent would have been torn to shreds by the terrifying acceleration.
Feeling the presence behind him drawing ever closer, the short old man from Wa Country finally broke.
He quickly reverted to his human form and spun around, blasting a torrent of black water from his hands toward Lu Yun!
Lu Yun’s left palm was coated in Cyan and Yellow Divine Intent True Qi. With a casual wave, he effortlessly slapped aside the all-corroding black water!

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