Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent

Chapter 277: Invincible

Chapter 277: Invincible

"Resorting to poison?" muttered Li Pin in a low voice. “I allow you to glimpse the mysteries of the Lifeform Force Field, allow you to draw your swords against me and display your unyielding will, and even allow you to leave scars on my body. This is the highest form of recognition I can give you.

“Yet, you resort to using poison against me? Do you think someone who seeks to achieve victory through such unscrupulousness deserves to stand on this supreme stage of martial arts and compete for the title of King of the Century?"

Under the pull of the Lifeform Force Field, the accumulated electric current within Li Pin surged wildly. It gathered momentarily before spreading to every corner of his being.

When the electric currents traveled through his body, any invading toxins they met were completely incinerated under the high temperature.

Li Pin looked at the thirty to forty Martial Saints charging toward him like killing machines and raised his right hand.

Under the dual pull of the Lifeform Force Field and the Celestial Force Field, he aimed at the ground beneath him and unleashed a punch!

Rumble!

The brilliant electric sparks, visible to the naked eye, exploded in all directions as his punch struck the ground. Conducted through the rainwater flowing on the earth, countless strands of electricity spread like tiny silver dragons, spreading toward the dozens of charging Martial Saints.

In an instant, the nearest Martial Saints convulsed violently, as if struck by heavenly thunder. Many of their internal organs were instantly burned to ash, killing them on the spot.

After throwing his punch, Li Pin crouched down and raised his hands. The Lifeform Force Field began to spread outward from him as the center.

"Stop him!"

"We can't let him condense his Lifeform Force Field!"

"No one can withstand the charge of dozens of Martial Saints! Kill him!"

Dozens of Martial Saints roared, their qi and blood erupting. Their mental spirit burned as they moved at incredible speed.

With the suppression of the Lifeform Force Field lifted, the Martial Saints crossed the mere tens of meters between them and Li Pin.

Unfortunately for them, the Lifeform Force Field Li Pin was condensing this time was different from the previous one.

As he condensed his Lifeform Force Field and manipulated it with both hands... a kind of invisible power seemed to integrate into the Lifeform Force Field.

With dozens of Martial Saints charging over at full speed, the one who was closest to Li Pin was only a few meters away from him. Wearing a cold and cruel expression, the person raised his war saber, seemingly ready to bring it down upon Li Pin in a devastating slash any moment now.

However, just as he was about to do so, the Lifeform Force Field... exploded with its newfound power.

Li Pin’s previous Lifeform Force Field had interfered with others' qi and blood, energy, and mental spirit operations, giving them the feeling that a mountain was resting on their shoulders.

Now, that massive mountain didn’t just press down... it came completely crashing down with horrifying speed. This mountain moved at multiple times the speed of sound, even reaching ten times. It came crashing down like a meteor falling from the sky.

What accompanied the reactivation of the Lifeform Force Field was... rotation!

Revolve!

In that instant, the Martial Saints closest to Li Pin appeared as if they had been rolled over by a horrifying grinder, as massive as the world. As this grinder rotated, they were turned into mists of blood.

These few Martial Saints weren't the only ones affected. As the Lifeform Force Field extended out, dozens of people behind them couldn’t escape the crushing pressure of this unspeakably immense power.

Boom, boom, boom!

Dozens of Extreme Martial Saints were ground to shreds! These powerful existences, strong enough to refine their qi into Spirit and transition into Astral Cultivators, had been rapidly obliterated in the blink of an eye!

They were blown into dust in less than half a second, like sand sculptures slammed by a tsunami! Not even their corpses remained!

Arcs of blood adorned the sky as drops splattered hundreds of meters in the air. In an instant, the bloodthirsty roars of the dozens of Martial Saints had come to an abrupt halt as the world fell into pin-drop silence.

Rumble!

Rumbling sounds echoed continuously across the battlefield. However, these sounds didn’t come from the sky, but rather... the ground.

It was the sound of the earth trembling.

The cliff they were on was experiencing slight tremors. It wasn’t only the cliff, however. The entire island was shaking as if it had been hit by a low-intensity earthquake.

Countless pieces of rubble, rocks, and grass were shaken loose from the cliff's surface and sent tumbling down in a cloud of dust. They crashed into the sea below, creating countless splashes of varying sizes.

The raging wind swept up the blood mists, mixing it with the torrential rain and staining the raindrops red.

At that moment, the world was raining blood.

***

One strike! All it took was a single strike to turn dozens of Martial Saints into mists of blood! Not even a single intact body was left!

Such horror, such power.... It sent the minds of those present reeling. It completely surpassed their understanding of what strength was. To them, Li Pin had ascended to the level of mysticism, a level unimaginable to them Martial Saints.

It was like the Astral Palaces and Astral Techniques of High-Class Astral Cultivators. Or like the Starlight Bodies of Top-Tier Astral Cultivators.

Constrained by their mortal bodies of flesh and blood, they could never achieve such a feat of strength.

Xi Mi, the strongest martial artist in the East Sea's Thirty-Six Countries, could hardly believe his eyes. "How could this be..."

When people like Meng Xueya and Cang Shengjie looked at the blood rain falling from the sky, they felt an unprecedented chill rise in their hearts.

This cascade of blood... was from the three or four dozen Extreme Martial Saints!

One strike... had annihilated so many Extreme Martial Saints....

Was this something a Martial Saint could do!?

***

A few kilometers away, the people of Tianyuan who had witnessed this scene were dumbfounded. Even Wang Liancheng, designated to be this season's King of the Century, was staring blankly at the deathly still cliff.

He listened to the sound of rocks rolling down the cliff and crashing into the sea in silence, unable to utter a word.

"Martial God! Martial God!" Ye Chengyuan kept muttering this title.

Only now did he understand why Li Pin no longer considered himself a Martial Saint and instead proclaimed himself a Martial God!

Li Pin had used his Lifeform Force Field to suppress over two hundred Extreme Martial Saints. Then, with a single blow, he instantly obliterated dozens of them.

What else but a Martial God could do this!? He thought.

"Could... Li Pin have truly forged a new path beyond Martial Saint?" White Emperor muttered.

The hearts of everyone present skipped a beat when they heard that.

Li Pin has forged a new path!?

Before the Astral God descended, this world was almost identical to Blue Planet. The ones who had been standing at the top of the world at the time were the Aura Cultivation Grandmasters.

However, this world was bigger than Blue Planet, and rare treasures sometimes emerged from the wilderness. This allowed a few naturally gifted individuals to transform and reach the Martial Saint realm!

Even then, such individuals had been even rarer than the King of the Century, with only a handful emerging every hundred years.

It wasn't until the Astral God descended and changed the world that Martial Saints began to emerge like bamboo shoots after rain.

Up until today, nearly a hundred years have passed since the arrival of the Astral God.

Finally, after such a long time... someone had managed to carve out a new path that went beyond Martial Saint....

This was definitely a possibility!

So... Li Pin has walked a path beyond the Martial Saint, a path... called the Martial God!?

Many people thought of this at the same time.

The reason he could grasp this kind of power... was that he had become a Martial God?! Becoming a Martial God... allowed him to crush Martial Saints effortlessly?!

The Martial Saints looked at the figure on the cliff with trembling hearts, unable to contain their agitation.

Even though it was just speculation and the idea of the Martial God had not yet been fully proven, their minds couldn’t help but start tumbling.

Perhaps the scene of Li Pin annihilating dozens of Extreme Martial Saints with one strike had been too shocking for them, imprinting the imagery in their mind and making it hard to shake it off.

At the same time, they couldn’t help but feel like they were witnessing history, and were honored by it.

Deep down, they vaguely realized that the path beyond Martial Saints had truly appeared. But they weren't sure what kind of change this path would bring to the entire martial world.

Would it allow them to be like previous Kings of the Century, or even stronger than the Kings of the Century, to seamlessly ascend and become Astral Cultivators? Or... would they see hope and continue down this path, toward... further and further beyond?

***

The cliff was dead silent.

There were still about three hundred Martial Saints remaining, but not a single one of them spoke. The blood mist, mixed with the rain, was like a nightmare pressing down on everyone's mind. Even though they were conscious, they didn't dare to move as they stared at the figure atop the cliff, as if paralyzed by fear.

Especially since... this scene before them, with the sky dark and the rain pouring with blood, looked eerily similar to a scene straight out of a nightmare.

"So..." Li Pin's Lifeform Force Field stopped circulating and settled into a relatively calm state, enveloping the cliff top. He stretched out his hand and gestured to the crowd. "Shall we continue?"

The remaining Martial Saints silently exchanged glances.

This time around, no one felt that he was arrogant anymore. The people who had once believed Li Pin to be arrogant, including Fangs and Tai Long, were now... lying on the ground.

Ten-Thousand Slaughter and dozens of other Martial Saints who thought that they had an opportunity to strike, were killed on the spot without even a corpse left.

Faced with such overwhelming power that was far beyond what a Martial Saint could contend with... they felt hopeless.

Who'd be able to win against Li Pin?

Whether they admitted it or not, they had to face one undeniable reality!

Li Pin... to the martial arts world... was invincible!

***

Finally, a Martial Saint stepped forward.

"Li Pin, have you... really forged a new path beyond the Martial Saint realm?"

This Martial Saint's vitality appeared in a state of strange excitement, clearly already in a state of transcendence.

He had bet everything on this King of the Century battle. If he did not succeed, he would die with honor.

"This new realm... is it called Martial God!?" he asked urgently, his voice trembling slightly.

He wasn't the only one; more than half of the surviving Martial Saints had their eyes fixed on him. They were burning, full of desire!

Li Pin calmly met their gazes.

"Uniting the Vitality, Qi, and Spirit, condensing the Lifeform Force Field, and refining electromagnetism into the body. After that, integrate the electromagnetism into the Lifeform Force Field. Then, using the Lifeform Force Field to coordinate, accumulate, and constantly work on it until one eventually pries into the world's profoundness and the celestial movements.

“Then, getting the Lifeform Force Field to imitate the movement of the planets. Finally, using the Lifeform Force Field to resonate with the Celestial Magnetic Field....”

Li Pin waved his hand briefly and a wave of invisible ripples scattered out once again, sweeping away the falling raindrops.

"This is... Martial God."