Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

1796 EARTH

Claps of thunder rang through the skies. Under Idol Control, Ryu doubled in size once more and grasped the clouds. He formed the tribulations into the palms and made them into his brush.

A smooth, beautiful blue steel becits body and the wispy, willowy bodies of the dense black clouds becthe bristles. These bristles danced in the air, both corporeal and incorporeal. From tto time, they would spark with gorgeous blue lightning.

Ryu spun the brush in his hands, and he painted across the stars.

His wrist flickered, and a character boomed. Space shattered like glass and the flames of eternity scattered.

"[EARTH]!"

BOOM!

The entire battlefield shuddered. Ryu felt a strong pull on his Dao Heart and his self-created technique seemed to have reached another level entirely.

In that instant, every enemy for over a hundred kilometers was wiped out. The only ones barely able to manage were a handful of Transcendents and the Omniscient Sky Gods. But even then, the former were shaken, many permanently crippled, while the latter coughed up blood.

And unfortunately for those too close to him, their life and death had already been decided.

Kaisa was crushed into minced meat.

The brush trembled in Ryu's hand.

This time, he didn't use hand seals, but had instead used his heart to lead the attack, and the results were shocking.

He had only used this attack a total of three times now, and he hadn't even brought out its full power this time, and yet its strength seemed to grow by leaps and bounds every time.

This was the power of using your own techniques over others. Ryu hadn't attempt to learn the technique of another in years, and seeing the power of his own Dao Methods, he didn't care about learning the techniques of others… At least not unless he could use them as reference to create something better for himself.

The Dao Lords above were frozen in shock and the others of the two armies felt far too shaken to speak. The Dao Lords themselves felt a slight threat from that technique just now, and they couldn't fathom that such a feeling was coming from a mere Transcended…

No, wasn't Ryu a True Sky God?!

Ryu's arm trembled beneath the power of his own strike. But although the technique was far stronger now that he guided it with his heart, the pressure on his body was much less.

The shocking thing was that he had only used the first leg of this technique and not the other two. However, they didn't need to know what he could truly do.

Ryu took a breath and hurricane-force winds roared through the skies.

He raised his brush into the air once more, and the remainder of Kaisa's battalion crumbled.

Without a care for anything else, they turned tail and fled.

Ryu was stunned before his laughter began to boom across the skies. It was so loud that it was heard for tens of thousands of kilometers, even drifting into the ears of Empana and his wife.

It didn't matter what world it was, or what challenge stood before him.

He had to destroy two Shrines within a hundred years? Fine.

He would repay this debt and the next the saw that Dream Wraith, they would stand on equal footing.

'But now the situation is a bit dangerous. The others won't just stand there and do nothing.

However, there was an advantage to be had as well.

With Kaisa's death, the formation had lost its core. At the stime, even if she hadn't died, just the fact that he had killed so many would have greatly weakened the formation.

As expected, the cauldron that the Dao Lords were relying on up above crumbled in the next moment. Instantly, all three Fiend Dao Lords coughed up a projectile of blood, their bodies shaking and quaking.

Commander Monk and his two lieutenants capitalized immediately after getting over their surprise.

Commander Monk might be stupid in Ryu's eyes, but he still had the mental faculties of a Dao Lord. He, too, realized the issue. However, if they could kill these Dao Lords quickly, then whatever cnext would be far easier to withstand.

The Fiend Dao Lords turned and fled, knowing the situation was back. And, as expected, they rushed toward the closest battalion to them.

One of them ruptured into a rain of blood as the rod-sword descended.

The other two didn't even look back, including Kaisa's cousin.

A second Dao Lord ruptured into a rain of blood as Kaisa's cousin continued to rush ahead.

Commander Monk raised the blunt silver sword to attack again, but his expression becugly as he sensed it dim.

'Dammit, I've left range of the army.'

Commander Monk and the others accelerated backward. If they continued any further, they would be the ones to suffer.

By this point, the two armies that pincered them from both sides reacted as well.

The good news was that both of them were led by Dao Lords and there were no Dao Sovereigns in side.

The bad news was that they both had three Dao Lords, which would outnumber their own by three. And this time, the core of the army were likewise Dao Lords, so the strick wouldn't be able to be used twice.

Ryu took deep breaths as Commander Monk retreated back to the core of the formation. He released Idol Control and descended to his normal height.

Standing there, even completely naked, he didn't look ridiculous at all. In fact, he seemed like a God that had descended from the skies above, and no one could seem to take their eyes off of the brush in his palm despite the fact it was no longer as tall as a mountain.

White scales reflected across his body and sparks danced in his white hair.

He took another breath, and the earth seemed to still, the final tremors of his previous attack vanished.

A cold light reflected in his eyes.