Just like Ender's body, the Dragon Awakening Spear, enlarged nearly fifty times in proportion, activated the complex Law secret patterns on its body when swung, emitting a dazzling light.
A terrifying power gathered in the golden long spear, tearing through the space reinforced by Space Lockdown. The rifts stretched for tens of thousands of kilometers, and countless space fragments seemed to solidify, suspended motionless in the Void, before gathering towards the space rifts under the Original Universe's rule restoration.
The golden long spear crossed tens of thousands of kilometers, its shaft over a hundred meters long, striking towards King Fierce Rock, whose Divine Body was only about ten meters long.
"The Human King Void River, whom I've never heard of, why does he have such a huge Divine Body? Isn't the Human Race's Divine Body height generally below ten meters?"
King Fierce Rock was first surprised by Ender's body height, and then, seeing the momentum when the golden long spear struck, he was shocked.
"This Human King Void River's instant burst of speed is so fast, and the weapon in his hand seems to be a pseudo-Heavy Treasure or a Heavy Treasure, otherwise it wouldn't have such astonishing momentum. I can't take it head-on!"
Perceiving the extraordinary nature of the golden long spear in Ender's hand, King Fierce Rock quickly raised his claws to block, intending to use his weapon to reduce part of the attack's power.
The golden long spear tore through space and struck. Its shaft, over a meter in diameter, smashed onto King Fierce Rock's blocking claws.
Boom!
The moment they collided, an incredibly terrifying power erupted. The Universe space collapsed over a large area at this instant, and countless space cracks spread out like a spiderweb in all directions, annihilating numerous space fragments.
Upon receiving this blow, King Fierce Rock was sent flying directly backward. An incredibly terrifying power instantly passed through his claws, transmitting to the pseudo-Heavy Treasure battle armor he wore, and after being reduced, it acted upon his entire body.
"How is this possible! My Divine Body..."
His Divine Body suffered a small-scale collapse, which shocked King Fierce Rock. "Just one blow made me lose nearly 2% of my Divine Body, and what I refined can weaken material attacks to one-thirtieth of their original power!"
"It's an Invincible stage King-Level!"
"Even if that Human King Void River isn't an Invincible stage King-Level powerhouse comparable to a Universe Venerable, he's very close!"
King Fierce Rock roared internally, "When did the Human Race produce another suspected Invincible stage King-Level powerhouse? Why have I never heard of any bounty information from the Demon race and the other three Pinnacle Race Groups?"
Since the Human Race's glorious era, all newly born Genius powerhouses have been bountied by the Demon race, Zerg, and Mechanical Race, the three Pinnacle Race Groups.
The bounties from the three Race Groups are not only claimable by members of the three Race Groups' Alliance, but other alien races can also claim bounty rewards once they confirm the killing of a Human Race Genius powerhouse.
And King Fierce Rock had never heard of the Human King Void River, which was why he had the confidence to believe that he could obtain the Soul-shaking Stone from Ender's hands.
What he didn't know was that the title King Void River was temporarily taken by Ender, so of course, the Demon race and the other three Race Groups had no bounty information.
Moreover, if King Fierce Rock knew that Ender was the King-level Immortal powerhouse he couldn't detect with his detector back then, he would certainly not be so arrogant and threaten him.
"King Fierce Rock, a Limit stage King powerhouse of the Rock Armor Race, famous for a long time. The Rock Armor Race is a powerful Race Group, so he should have a pseudo-Heavy Treasure protecting him."
After one strike, Ender saw that King Fierce Rock's aura and pressure had not significantly changed. He continued to swing his spear, stepping on the Flying Wing Shuttle. "So what if he has a pseudo-Heavy Treasure protecting him? I don't believe your Divine Body isn't damaged!"
The golden long spear tore through space, carrying terrifying power as it struck towards King Fierce Rock.
Seeing the golden long spear approaching, King Fierce Rock dared not be careless. He quickly used his claws to block. When he took the previous blow, he still lost nearly 2% of his Divine Body by blocking with his claws. If he didn't block, his Immortal Energy loss would be even greater.
Boom!
Amidst the large-scale collapse of space, King Fierce Rock was sent flying backward, his Divine Body experiencing a small-scale collapse, losing nearly 2% more of his Immortal Energy.
"Too terrifying. This Human King Void River isn't burning Immortal Energy, yet each strike can make me lose nearly 2% of my Divine Body. If he burns Immortal Energy, his power would increase a hundredfold..."
King Fierce Rock dared not imagine, "I can't continue to be so passive. I must counterattack, otherwise, I will fall due to Immortal Energy annihilation."
"But the problem is, that Human King Void River's instant burst of speed is too fast. Unless I burn Immortal Energy, I won't be able to catch up to him."
The reason King Fierce Rock could be listed as a Limit stage King powerhouse was because he possessed a self-created powerful attack secret technique and a pseudo-Heavy Treasure for protection.
In terms of basic strength, he was the same as a Pinnacle Stage King-Level, possessing 100,000 times the power of a Peak World Master. In terms of speed, he didn't have much advantage compared to most Pinnacle Stage King-Level.
But Ender was different. He had the flying-type Heavy Treasure, the Flying Wing Shuttle. Even if a Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal burned Immortal Energy, they might not be able to escape his pursuit, let alone King Fierce Rock, whose flying speed was only slightly faster than a Pinnacle Stage King-Level.
Whoosh!
Ender, relying on his speed advantage, pursued King Fierce Rock, who was flying backward, and the golden long spear followed closely, thrusting forward.
Seeing the golden long spear's tip, glowing with a faint purplish light, thrusting towards him, King Fierce Rock roared via voice transmission, "Human King Void River, don't bully others too much!"
Amidst the roar, King Fierce Rock burned his Immortal Energy, and his aura and pressure surged, as if it could make space tremble. Similarly, his burst of flying speed also surged.
Relying on his greatly increased flying speed, King Fierce Rock transformed into a brownish-yellow stream of light, dodging the directly thrusting purplish spear tip. He advanced along the golden spear shaft, which had Divine Dragons circling it, intending to attack Ender at the other end of the long spear.
Facing the approaching King Fierce Rock, Ender shook the golden long spear in his hand. The golden Divine Dragon, seemingly swimming on the spear shaft, violently slammed into him, and then the long spear swept out horizontally.
Swoosh!
The Universe space was torn apart, and the golden long spear, like lightning, struck towards King Fierce Rock, who was desperately avoiding it.
"Bastard! This Human King Void River is not only amazing in combat techniques, but also very cunning."
Facing the incoming golden long spear, King Fierce Rock had no choice but to resist with all his might, cursing in his heart: "He actually lured me to advance along his weapon, and then used the advantage of the weapon's length to restrict me."
"Too troublesome. His Divine Body is enormous, and his speed is fast."
He felt very tricky, "Such a huge Divine Body doesn't feel clumsy at all, and he firmly suppresses me with the advantage of his weapon."
"I can't entangle with him anymore. I've only been fighting for less than a second, and I've lost nearly 6% of my Immortal Energy, not counting the small amount of Immortal Energy I burned. If I keep this up, I'll only fall."
King Fierce Rock had the intention to retreat. Facing a powerhouse whose Divine Body was larger than his own and whose strength was even greater, he had no chance of winning.
Having made up his mind, using the momentum from the sweeping golden long spear, he burned Immortal Energy again and fled into the distance.
"Want to escape?" Ender said upon seeing this.
With killing intent in his heart, he activated the Flying Wing Shuttle beneath his feet, transforming into a massive black stream of light and giving chase.
"Human King Void River, you win. I give up on contending for the Soul-shaking Stone."
King Fierce Rock burned his Immortal Energy to escape, and at the same time, he transmitted a message to Ender behind him: "Your flying method is powerful, but with me burning Immortal Energy, it won't be that easy for you to catch up to me."
"If you have the time to waste with me, I might indeed fall into your hands, but do you dare to waste time with me?"
King Fierce Rock sneered and transmitted, "The Soul-shaking Stone in your hand, that is a treasure that even Universe Venerables would fight fiercely over. If you dare to stay on Howling Star for too long, you will inevitably attract Universe Venerables. By then... hehe."
Ender naturally knew all this, so he stopped after chasing for less than two seconds. "King Fierce Rock, if it weren't for the Soul-shaking Stone in my hand, you would be dead."
King Fierce Rock snorted, not replying, and continued to flee as a brownish-yellow stream of light.
This time, in order to contend for the Soul-shaking Stone, he and Ender had only a brief exchange of blows for less than two seconds.
But in such a short confrontation, plus the subsequent burning of Immortal Energy to escape, his total Immortal Energy loss exceeded 10%. It could be said that he tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice.
After King Fierce Rock fled, this space was no longer imprisoned. Ender took out the Immortal Cloud Vine from his world ring and ordered it to perform Divine Kingdom Teleportation to return to the Human Territory.
Far away.
The dozen or so Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal and the many High Stage King-Level Immortal who were observing the battle, seeing Ender disappear in the endless light of the Divine Kingdom Teleportation, couldn't help but communicate with each other.
"That Human King Void River is too strong. He's probably a powerhouse close to Invincible stage King-Level."
"Only fighting for less than two seconds, yet able to force King Fierce Rock, a Limit stage King, to burn Immortal Energy and flee, he must be a powerhouse close to Invincible stage King-Level, or even Invincible stage King-Level is not impossible."
"He is indeed very strong. King Fierce Rock is a powerhouse who can set rules in a certain canyon, but he didn't expect to be crushed by the unheard-of King Void River, forced to burn Immortal Energy and flee."
"I think King Fierce Rock was lucky. If the King Void River didn't have a treasure like the Soul-shaking Stone in his hand, fearing that powerhouses like Universe Venerables would come to snatch it, he would probably have pursued King Fierce Rock to death."
"The King Void River didn't lose out either. That Soul-shaking Stone weighs over a ton and can be exchanged for a real Heavy Treasure. It's a treasure that even Universe Venerables covet. After obtaining it, he can exchange it for a Heavy Treasure with the Human Race."
"I'm so envious! If only I could get that Soul-shaking Stone."
"Envious? If you got that Soul-shaking Stone, you would definitely be killed by the arriving King Fierce Rock! By then, you wouldn't even have your life!"
As Ender left through Divine Kingdom Teleportation, the Soul-shaking Stone contention battle completely ended.
But there were still King-level Immortal constantly arriving from all over Howling Star. Those King-level Immortal received the news late, and the Space Lockdown during the battle prevented them from arriving via instantaneous movement.
So when the subsequent King-level Immortal arrived, reaching a hundred in number, Ender had already left ten seconds ago.
The subsequently arriving King-level Immortal, seeing traces of a powerhouse battle but no powerhouse contending for the Soul-shaking Stone, inquired of those who had arrived earlier.
When they learned that the Soul-shaking Stone, weighing over a ton, had been taken by a Human Immortal named King Void River, they were all surprised and confused, because they had never heard of the name King Void River.
"King Void River, I've never heard that the Human Race has such a powerhouse."
"I haven't heard of him either, and he's a powerhouse whose strength is so great that he can force King Fierce Rock to flee, suspected to be an Invincible stage King-Level powerhouse."
"The Human Race is indeed a Pinnacle Race Group. From the bounties offered by the Demon race and the other three Pinnacle Race Groups, it seems the Human Race has produced many Genius powerhouses in the past million years."
"No choice, who made them occupy the most essential area of the Universe."
"That Human King Void River is really lucky to be able to obtain a Soul-shaking Stone from the Mysterious Hawk Secret Realm, which is quite resource-poor."
Although they had never heard of him, this did not prevent them from being surprised and exclaiming, as well as envying him for being able to obtain a treasure like the Soul-shaking Stone.
"Have you heard of the King Void River among the Human Race? Why haven't I heard of this Human powerhouse?"
A King-level Immortal from an alien race, belonging to the Hong Alliance, couldn't help but transmit a question to his companion after hearing the discussions of the various King-level Immortal.
"Never heard of him."
His companion, also belonging to the Hong Alliance, shook his head upon hearing this, then puzzled, "Logically speaking, a powerhouse like the King Void River, who is close to Invincible stage King-Level, or even is Invincible stage King-Level, would already be a member of the Hong Alliance, but I've never heard of him."
As the two were puzzled, they saw a powerhouse, whose entire body flowed with fiery red magma, suddenly appear out of thin air.
This powerhouse's appearance was very sudden and did not cause any spatial fluctuations, and for a time, it even failed to attract the attention of the King-level Immortal present.
It wasn't until an incredibly terrifying oppressive aura, as if it could control the life and death of all King-level Immortal present, enveloped and swept over them, that they discovered the terrifying powerhouse standing in the Void.
When they looked directly at that powerhouse, they only felt as if the other party was a self-contained space, not in the same space as them.
"Universe Venerable!"
"It's Venerable Hong Yan."
When many King-level Immortal saw that powerhouse, they recognized him as a Universe Venerable who had comprehended the higher Law, and some had already recognized his title.
"Greetings, Venerable."
"Greetings, Venerable."
The King-level Immortal respectfully saluted.
"Where is the Soul-shaking Stone?"
Venerable Hong Yan, tens of meters tall, with fiery red magma flowing over his entire body, emitting a high temperature that distorted space, looked down at the King-level Immortal below.
"Reporting to Venerable, the Soul-shaking Stone was taken by the Human King Void River," a King-level Immortal respectfully replied.
"Human King Void River?"
Venerable Hong Yan seemed slightly puzzled. "Never heard of him. A newly risen King-level Immortal of the Human Race?"
"Reporting to Venerable, we also haven't heard of the Human King Void River, but he was able to force King Fierce Rock of the Rock Armor Race to burn Immortal Energy and flee in less than two seconds, so he must be an Invincible stage King-Level powerhouse," another King-level Immortal replied.
"Invincible stage King-Level?"
Venerable Hong Yan nodded upon hearing this, then asked, "Where did the King Void River go?"
"Reporting to Venerable, the King Void River has already left this place via Divine Kingdom Teleportation," a King-level Immortal replied.
"Human Territory, huh..."
Venerable Hong Yan carefully sensed the space and indeed discovered the Divine Kingdom Teleportation spatial fluctuations, and also learned the Divine Kingdom coordinates of the teleportation.
"Since that King Void River returned to the Human Territory, the Soul-shaking Stone must have fallen into Human hands. There's no chance of getting it back now."
He felt regretful in his heart, "I received the news a bit late. If my Race Group had a communication method like the Human Virtual Universe, I would definitely have been able to get that Soul-shaking Stone."
Seeing that the Soul-shaking Stone already belonged to the Human Race, Venerable Hong Yan did not linger in the barren Mysterious Hawk Secret Realm and left by performing instantaneous movement.
After Venerable Hong Yan left, several more Universe Venerables arrived. When they learned that the Soul-shaking Stone had been taken by the Human King Void River, they all felt regretful and then quickly left.
Seeing one Venerable after another arrive and leave, those King-level Immortal were shocked. The Venerables, who were usually rarely seen, were now arriving one after another, showing how great the Soul-shaking Stone's attraction was to Universe Venerables.
This made them even more envious of Ender, who had obtained the Soul-shaking Stone!
...
After Ender returned outside the Primal Secret Realm via Divine Kingdom Teleportation, fearing that some Universe Venerables might chase him along the spatial fluctuations regardless of the danger, he quickly performed instantaneous movement and entered the Primal Secret Realm.
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