Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor
chapter-772

Yin Gen did not respond since the opponent was correct. His Zombie art embodies the saying: "The extreme life is death, and the extreme of death is life."

He started as a living person but turned into an undead after absorbing a massive amount of Yin Energy. Then, through long and arduous cultivation, he reversed life and death, returning from undead to a living being.

In the process, his fleshly body contained the power of Yin and Yang, Life and Death–similar to Wang Wei's nothingness.

'I need to remove this power that's preventing me from healing,' analyzed Yin Gen. Unfortunately, after discovering his ability, Li Jun was no longer giving him time; he went for the kill.

With a flick of his spear, an enormous river of blood manifested behind Li Jun, rushing toward Yin Gen to absorb his life energy. However, Yin Gen secretly sneered as he absorbed the river instead.

"Damn it," he cursed out loud before stopping. Green spots appeared on his left arm–he was poisoned. Meanwhile, Li Jun snickered as all this was his plan. He controlled the poison to spread from his left arm to other parts, destroying Yin Gen's body from the inside.

Li Jun knew body refiners were hard to kill. Yin Gen had a hole in his chest, but he was still moving completely fine. However, with the hole and the poison, he can slowly decrease the latter's stamina and defense until he kills him.

'If I didn't have to hide my trump cards, I could have used the Slaughter Spear and killed him in one hit,' secretly thought Li Jun while shaking his head.

[Wail of the Damn]

A weird cry echoed from Li Jun's body. The sound was the sound of trillions of people dying, mostly from cruel and inhumane methods. This attack directly bypassed Yin Gen's body and went for his soul.

However, he did not react. His Zombie Art made him an expert in the soul and death. Furthermore, as a powerful body refiner, his Willpower made it extremely challenging to succumb to soul attack.

Sadly, Li Jun knew of this and already expected this outcome.

Plush!

Yin Gen vomited a mouthful of blood. With a shocked look, he discovered his heart was shattered into million pieces. He looked at Li Jun and found the latter's heart was releasing a unique frequency that targeted his eyes. The previous attack was nothing but a smokescreen.

'I can regrow my heart; my stamina and defense have reached an all-time low,' analyzed Yin Gen, remaining calm during the entire ordeal. Then, he saw Li Jun change weapons from a spear to a hammer.

Realizing a weapon focusing on piercing was not the best when dealing with body refiners; he changed to a weapon focusing on smashing; he would be able to do much more damage. So, Li Jun used the Weapon Dao part of his Slaughter Dao, smashing his opponent with immense force.

A monstrous hammer manifested between Heaven and Earth with the sole intention of blasting his opponent into a flesh soup.

As Yin Gen watched the attack heading toward him, he knew he would suffer significant damage once it hit. Evading was not an option due to the sheer speed of the attack and the fact Li Jun locked the surrounding space to prevent teleportation.

Lastly, once he receives such massive damage and cannot heal his defeat–no, death–is guaranteed. Yin Gen watched as his life flashed before his eyes.

'No, I need to calm down.' He controlled himself to remain calm. He knew he could not give up until the last minute. In every situation, there must be a solution. And the crux of his current problem is the power preventing his regeneration. As long as he removes it, he can make a comeback.

All of Yin Gen's thoughts took less than an attosecond, as his mind worked faster than ever throughout his long life. Then, Yin Gen suddenly thought of something.

Crack! Boom!

The sounds of multiple bones cracking reverberated through the void, followed by the sound of an explosion. Yin Gen's body flew thousands of light years away, destroying any celestial bodies on its path.

However, upon stopping, he quickly stood up as if nothing had happened.

In the distance, Wang Wei suddenly opened his eyes, ignoring the innumerable length of space and gazing at Yin Gen.

"Willpower Manifestation, albeit incomplete," he muttered with squinted eyes. "This generation is truly full of talent."

From Wu Hong, he knows powerful body refiners must manifest their Willpower. Then, they can essentially use it similar to the Dao Will of Pseudo and Eternal Emperors. However, most body refiners will achieve this state after opening the Gate of Power. In contrast, the talented one will attain an incomplete one in the later stages of the Infant Fiendgod Stage.

But Yin Gen succeeded while stile in the Primordial Dragon Stage, which shows his talent.

"Interesting," said Li Jun with shining eyes. "I did not expect you were such a talent for the body refining path."

"From your eyes and words, it seems I've done something impressive," said Yin Gen as he felt his lost regeneration. With his Willpower, he removed the Duyi Realm Power from his body, allowing him to reach his peak state.

"Indeed," replied Li Jun. "But this will not change anything."

Yin Gen squinted his eyes. He knew more than he let on, as his words simply wanted more information. The founder of the Body Dao Cave–the Body Ancestor–proved the Dao through the True Power Dao Realm, meaning he did not cultivate any Law and used the Heaven Will to reach Infant Fiendgod Force on par with Eternal Emperor. Such an accomplishment is something even the Ancient Desolate Emperor never achieved until he came to the upper dimension.

If the pure body refiner path were not so different, he would have been counted as one of the Myriad Emperor World's Eternal Emperors.

With such a talent, he accomplished an Incomplete Willpower manifestation. As such, Yin Gen saw some of the records the latter left regarding the incredible power of Willpower.

"We will see," he uttered after seeing Li Jun's silence.

Yin Gen's aura suddenly changed. His eyes turned dark purple, but a golden mark manifested on his forehead. His long hair floated behind him, creating a more majestic temperament.

He turned into a golden light and rushed toward his opponent, punching him with terrible force. Li Jun manifested a shield artifact and defended himself. However, the force of the attack pushed him back a few dozen of meters.

'His strength increased by at least 5 Primordial Dragon Force.'

Yin Gen waved his hand, and a colossal golden claw appeared between Heaven and Earth. Before the attack hit him, Li Jun felt uncomfortable by the golden light; he felt his Dao was restrained, unable to work correctly.

Bang!

He blocked the attack, but blood fell from the corner of his mouth.

"Buddhist Technique," he muttered. "The Buddha is merciful and strives to save all sentient beings. So, the power of Slaughter is not allowed in its presence."

"You catch on real quick," said Yin Gen. Buddhist Power was the nemesis of his Zombie Art, so he studied them with great detail, trying to learn from it. However, Yin Gen discovered most of his Buddhist Techniques became unusable after wakening up. Luckily, this battlefield seems unaffected. Without hesitation, he went on the offensive again since time was running out for his current form.

[Kṣitigarbha's Hell]

Kṣitigarbha once promised he would not leave hell until all souls were saved until he cleaned it from its filth. And what greater filth than the act of killing thousands–if not more–lives–the act of slaughter.

A vision of hell appeared above Li Jun, and he once again felt his power of Slaughter being restricted, weakened, or countered. Then, he sneered.

"When Buddha is angry, rivers of blood and mountain of corpses are possible. So, even the mighty Buddha cannot escape the power of Slaughter."

His spear appeared in his hand, and he stabbed forward. Visions of blood rivers and mountains of corpses appeared behind him.

Boom!

Yin Gen's hell was instantly destroyed, and the spear's power bombarded him. After the space dust settled, he was missing half of his upper body, with blood flowing from his face and lower body.

He immediately mobilized his Willpower to fight against Li Jun's Duyi Realm. However, things were not as smooth as before; this power was more tenacious than before. Furthermore, it seems alive now, fighting nonstop against him.

Yin Gen focused as he knew he needed to buy himself some time. And the best defense is a potent offense.

'He used that power to boost his attack. Could I do the same with my Willpower?'

Yin Gen's eyes lit up as he rushed toward Li Jun, fighting the latter with only one arm. He chose closed combat to give him an advantage since his fleshly body was more potent than the opponent.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

They clashed nonstop, fighting for a few minutes straight.

'I guess it won't work,' thought Li Jun.