Ultragenic Warlord

Chapter 721: Defeating Both Kings

The sudden change in Li Zongming's attitude was because Zhang Lie hadn't taken his life even when he was clearly capable of doing so. However, Li Zongming was the king of the realm, and he certainly couldn't let Zhang Lie go so easily.

Zhang Lie had ruined the wedding between east and west, crippled the king of the west's son, and kidnapped his own daughter. He had destroyed the two kings' reputation, and Li Zongming could hardly be seen to side with him or to give him any quarter.

In order to maintain the dignity of his position as the king of the realm, Li Zongming had to strike with full force. If Zhang Lie were able to survive this blow, that would imply that Li Zongming had tried his best and failed to stop Zhang Lie; on the other hand, if Zhang Lie couldn't, then he would perish for his crimes.

Li Zongming continued, "There's no need to worry about the guests on Mt. Yun. Immediately as I strike, I'll teleport them all away."

"Oh? Well, then, let's face off—[The Boundless Blade: the River Lethe]!"

Zhang Lie lifted the blade in his hand high above his head as pitch-black energy exploded from him. He looked like a demon descending on the world. Li Qianlin gaped. "He truly is a demon king..."

The pitch-black genetic energy covered up the skies, causing the aliens of the Milky Way to panic. Even they had never seen genetic energy so vast and so concentrated.

Zhang Lie was displaying strength on par with those of the top three warlords of the realm, and disaster struck even before his technique took form. His genetic energy roared as it took the form of a vast, angry sea, whose sheer presence alone was wreaking all sorts of havoc on the world.

Waves charged forward, lapping the shore, sounding like peals of thunder, like stampeding hooves. They roared through the skies like galloping steeds, like thundering dragons. The surface of the sea frothed with angry waves, like dragons emerging with the tide.

The pressure made everyone feel as though there were mountains weighing down their heads, making them unable to breathe.

Countless deepsea lifeforms took shape in the raging sea, rushing out of its surface and soaring through the skies. In mere moments, the skies were dark, gloomy, and filled with clouds.

As the clouds grew darker and lower, descending toward the surface, thunder crackled. The waves grew more and more agitated, as though they were competing with the wind for attention, and roiling black waves swept across the entire sky.

Half the sky was golden; the other half was dark.

As Zhang Lie swung his sword, the roaring waves all morphed into black dragons, crashing against the might of the golden sun. From the ground, the spectators witnessed an epic clash between light and darkness.

The golden sun emerged from the pitch-black sea, evaporating the seawater with violent sunlight. The entire sea seemed like a monstrous lifeform, and the water, the feelers with which it wrapped around and began to devour the sun.

The sun, which had crept halfway out of the sea, was pulled back within and assaulted by countless ink-black lifeforms, its energy slowly drained away.

Frightening waves of energy struck the air. Li Zongming thought he had a high estimation of Zhang Lie's strength, only to find that he had underestimated him when Zhang Lie attacked at full force.

He expected that he would be able to save the guests at. Mt. Yun after launching his strongest attack, but he turned out not to have such a luxury.

The energy that radiated from the collision between the underworld river and golden sun was so intense that half the eastern world would be swallowed up, let alone Mt. Yun.

Li Zongming had no choice but to devote his entire attention and authority to curtailing the shockwaves.

"I've waited for this opportunity for a long time!" The western king, Duan Zisuan, struck. He had been lying in wait to see how the fight would play out.

Now that the king of the east had suffered a serious blow and Zhang Lie was exhausted after what seemed to be a serious expenditure of energy, it was his time to shine.

Duan Zisuan roared as his body morphed into a giant red baboon-like creature that was poised to swallow Zhang Lie whole.

Zhang Lie, however, didn't seem impressed. "Well, I've been waiting for you to show up all this time!"

After learning that his son had been crippled and exploding in rage, how could Duan Zisuan bear to refrain from the fight? It was apparent that he was planning something. Since Zhang Lie had the energy to spare, he had been paying attention to Duan Zisuan throughout the fight.

The Zhang Lie of the past hardly had the ability to survive conflict against a king of the realm, but he had heard of Duan Zisuan's vile and treacherous personality before.

With a slash of Hanguang, Zhang Lie blinded Duan Zisuan, then launched his strongest sword technique at him.

"[Blade of the Heavens: the Sea Swells]!" Energy poured out of him in waves, honing the edge of his blade. The pulses of energy struck the sea like a tsunami, devouring everything within.

The combination of that technique with the sea of genetic energy that Zhang Lie had previously manifested caused the entire sea to explode, extinguishing the golden sun in an instant.

Duan Zisuan howled as he retreated, wounded to the core by just a single attack from Zhang Lie.

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"You're not the only one who knows how to launch sneak attacks!" Zhang Lie laughed confidently. His eyes glowed with a rainbow gleam, and the disaster-grade steed that Duan Zisuan rode turned on him immediately. Its eyes likewise shining in the colors of the rainbow, it opened its maw and swallowed up Duan Zisuan whole.

Zhang Lie had long since controlled the king of the west's disaster-grade mount before the fight even began, and the fight between Red Comet and the king's mount had been nothing more than a facade. It had been waiting for a signal from Zhang Lie to give its former owner a lethal blow.

Zhang Lie pointed his sword at Li Zongming. "King of the east, do you insist on continuing to fight?"

With the golden sun annihilated and Li Zongming's energy spent, the outcome of the fight was all but decided.

Li Zongming didn't understand why the king of the west's mount had suddenly turned against him and eaten him whole, but he did know that he wasn't a match for Zhang Lie.

"What do you want?" he asked wearily.