Chapter 282 – Divine Elephant Encompasses the Ocean, Divine Elephant Crushing Monument! No Reliance Other Than Pure Martial Arts!

Three Grandmasters.

From the start of the encounter to their complete defeat, it all took less than two minutes.

Many onlookers hadn’t even had time to react.

All they saw were three genuine Grandmaster-level experts being sent flying like burst balloons by the handsome young man at the bottom of the stone steps, who was nicknamed “The Contemporary Evil Emperor” of the Evil Martial Alliance.

No evil energy wave emerged in the middle, nor were there any earth-shattering moves; the process was as simple as tossing three small stones into a rushing stream, causing three moderate splashes before everything quickly calmed down.

“Uh…”

The crowd hadn’t yet recovered from their shock when they saw Lu Yuan crushing dozens of stone steps underfoot. His entire being leaped into the air, covering the level three platform like a dark cloud.

“Boom!”

As Lu Yuan landed, a spiderweb-like network of cracks spread out from under his feet, and a wave of air blasted in all directions, raising a gale on the platform.

Several Grandmasters standing nearby were startled by the noise of his landing, unconsciously retreating.

“What are you afraid of?”

Lu Yuan smiled, shaking his head at the retreating Grandmasters. “I don’t eat people.”

With that, the ground beneath Lu Yuan’s feet exploded, and he disappeared from his original spot, suddenly appearing in front of one of the Grandmasters.

His thick, muscular, dark golden hand, resembling an elephant hoof, abruptly opened, tearing through the air with a rumbling sound, like a dark cloud grabbing at the other’s face.

The Grandmaster watched in horror as his Grandmaster Field was shredded like foam under this massive hand.

His expression changed drastically. In a frenzy, he retreated, crashing into numerous chairs and tables behind him.

“How audacious!”

Several Grandmasters on the side saw this and coldly snorted, rushing to intercept Lu Yuan.

In an instant, over five Grandmasters simultaneously attacked Lu Yuan.

Their killing intent, fields, and imposing presence interwove and spread, their Qi surging, like a giant wave crashing down on Lu Yuan.

“Crack, crack, crack-“

As Lu Yuan sensed his unleashed aura being continually compressed, his body also felt a tremendous pressure weighing heavily on his shoulders.

“The Five Elders have decreed!”

At this moment, a high-pitched voice rang out on the platform.

“Whosoever takes his head will receive three longevity pills!”

As soon as these words were spoken, seven or eight powerful auras erupted on the high platform once more.

Lu Yuan caught a glimpse of figures flashing towards him, and immediately felt the surrounding pressure multiply several times over.

Attacks poured in from all directions. Even before they made contact, the surging killing intent pressed against his body, making it creak under the strain.

Over ten Grandmasters simultaneously surged to attack a single person.

Each attack contained the lifetime’s worth of will, skill, and power of a martial artist at the pinnacle of pure martial arts.

If it were anyone else, they would likely be crushed to death, reduced to a bloody pulp.

Though Lu Yuan’s physique was strong, the unprecedented pressure finally halted his forward momentum.

At this moment, he seemed submerged deep in the ocean, surrounded by an indescribable, terrifying pressure.

He stood as if forged into place by molten iron.

Yet his eyes grew ever brighter…

The Grandmaster whom Lu Yuan had previously ambushed now found a chance to breathe and his killing intent surged.

Closing the gap, he brought his palms together, emitting dazzling Qi like a spike aimed straight at Lu Yuan’s forehead.

“Unite the Qi. Kill!”

Yet Lu Yuan didn’t even look at the move.

He quickly took a deep breath.

“Crack, crack-“

His body rapidly swelled, muscles bulging and veins popping. Dark golden martial deity strength coursed through his entire being.

His hands spread out and lifted slowly in an upward gesture.

At this moment, his mental power boiled over, quickly merging into his body as his blood circulated like a wheel.

The internal cycle seemed to be forming at a palpable pace.

A mysterious aura emanated from within him…

“Divine Elephant Style… Encompassing Ocean!”

“Roar!”

A strange, low roar echoed in the void.

Like the bellow of an elephant, akin to the song of a whale.

An immense force began to rise.

The dozen or so Grandmasters encircling Lu Yuan were astonished.

They discovered that the lethal field they had woven together was being slowly lifted by an indescribably immense force.

Not only were they unable to land their attacks, but even their bodies were being forced into a “floating” state.

“Boom, boom, boom-“

Chaotic air currents stirred up a fierce gale.

At the center of the encirclement, a powerful figure over two meters tall was enveloped by an invisible field, slowly raising one hand towards the top of his head.

All the surrounding pressure seemed to be contained in his single palm.

The terrifying, wave-like pressure was being lifted, and it was in a state of irreversible overthrow, about to be entirely reversed.

For the dozen Grandmasters, it felt as though they were all trying to press down on a plate with all their combined strength.

Yet no matter how hard they pushed, they couldn’t hold it down. Instead, it felt more and more like they themselves, along with the plate, were about to be flipped over!

“What kind of monster is this?!”

One Grandmaster exclaimed with a grim expression.

This thought ran through someone else’s mind as well.

“What kind of monster is this?!”

The Grandmaster who had clasped his hands together, intending to pierce Lu Yuan’s forehead, now had a grimace on his face, with veins bulging on his forehead.

No matter how much he mustered his strength, he couldn’t make this strike penetrate the flesh of the man in front of him.

Dark golden ripples spread from the point where his palms tried to make contact, as if his attack had plunged into a highly viscous metallic vortex, engulfing and dissolving all its force.

“Hiss, hiss-“

Suddenly, the man heard a series of inhaling sounds.

Looking down, he saw the handsome young man in front of him taking deep breaths at an astonishing rate.

It was like a whale sucking in water, rapidly drawing in all the surrounding air.

The opponent’s chest swelled quickly.

An aura of terrifying, suffocating menace was condensing.

The Grandmaster’s heart pounded like a drum, his face and brows twitched, and a wave of intense death threats hammered away at his mind.

The next second, his pupils constricted as he heard a calm voice beside his ear.

“Divine Elephant Breath!”

“Whoosh-“

An invisible, twisted shockwave erupted from Lu Yuan’s mouth.

“Boom!” The shockwave struck the chest of the man in front of him.

The Grandmaster Field and Protective Shield Qi surrounding him were instantly shattered by this attack.

The man took the blow like a thunderstrike, not uttering a single sound before being blasted backward.

Meanwhile, the momentum building in Lu Yuan’s “Encompassing Ocean” palm reached its peak.

His hands, raised high above his head, suddenly flipped downward with an earth-shattering force.

The terrifying pressure compressed and expanded, then erupted in a wave, like a torrential flood bursting through a dam, spreading in all directions.

“Boom!”

Centered around Lu Yuan, the entire platform shattered.

The more than a dozen Grandmasters attacking him were all propelled outward by the explosive force.

Air currents mixed with dust spread in rippling waves.

Lu Yuan stood calmly at the now vacant center of the battle group, his expression indifferent as he surveyed the surroundings. An inexplicable aura of dominance radiated from him, soaring upward and sweeping across the entire platform.

At that moment, the vast level three platform fell into an eerie silence.

After a few moments, the sounds of sharp gasping echoed around.

Every Grandmaster, whether they had participated in the assault or not, now looked at Lu Yuan with drastically changed expressions.

When the evil martial alliance first arrived, they had thought the man who called himself the “God Emperor” and descended from the white yacht was merely a delusional clown unaware of his own mortality.

Now, however…

Things were turning out entirely different from their expectations.

“Impressive.”

Lu Yuan felt the massive stability within his Qi and blood, the constant vibrations of his bones and Five Viscera, and his mental power, thick and creamy, continuing to evolve.

His strength was boundless, his will unceasing.

His mind felt refreshed, like chewing mint, growing clearer and more inspired by the moment, bursting with ideas.

A sense of unparalleled calm and confidence arose from deep within, giving him an unprecedented feeling of powerful self-assurance.

This was something no professional panel had ever provided him before.

It was a profound confidence in his own strength, born from countless days and nights of sweat, numerous physical battles, countless scars, and the breaking of his own limits.

“Besides martial arts, there is nothing else to rely on!”

These words from Xu Weiguo suddenly flashed through his mind.

At this moment, Lu Yuan seemed to grasp the true meaning behind those words.

“No matter how many extraordinary professional panels I unlock, my foundation remains my physical body, still pure martial arts.

Whether in the past or in the future, this fact… will not change.”

A flash of understanding lit up inside Lu Yuan.

With this newfound clarity, his entire body shuddered slightly.

The cycles and transformations within his body suddenly advanced to a higher level.

“Buzz–“

An invisible force erupted from around Lu Yuan.

“Crack, crack–“

He felt his strength undergo another significant surge.

Within his limbs and bones, tendrils of red Qi seemed to emerge.

A flash of insight crossed Lu Yuan’s mind, and he hurriedly opened his professional panel.

What he saw astonished him–

[Strength Points: 23 (Limit Break 1)]

[Agility Points: 23 (Limit Break 1)]

[Constitution Points: 24 (Limit Break 1)]

[Intelligence Points: 29 (Limit Break 1)]

His four basic attributes had each increased by one point!

“Not even fully entering the Grandmaster Realm, and already such significant improvements?!”

Lu Yuan felt overjoyed.

At that moment, the previously heard powerful voice once again echoed across the platform.

“The Five Elders decree!”

“Kill the evil martial arts traitors, reward–ten longevity pills, one session in the Sutra Pavilion for enlightenment!”

“Oh?!”

Lu Yuan looked up toward the source of the voice, a hint of surprise on his face.

“My bounty has increased again?”

Ten longevity pills, and a chance to meditate in the Sutra Pavilion!

Lu Yuan wasn’t sure what these items represented exactly.

But clearly, they were immensely appealing to the numerous Grandmasters on the platform.

He perceived it acutely.

After the announcement of this reward, the heart rates of nearly all the Grandmasters on the platform quickened.

Countless eyes turned towards him, each filled with fervent intent.

“Kill!”

He didn’t know who shouted it first.

But that voice was like a spark to a fuse.

In an instant, the platform abounded with fierce energy, each Grandmaster-level aura rising like a signal of war.

In the blink of an eye…

Lu Yuan saw the sky above his head completely obscured.

He looked up, squinting.

All he could see were agile figures leaping into the air, Protective Shield Qi glowing with dazzling white light, and Grandmaster Fields that twisted the air around them…

If the pressure from being besieged by over a dozen Grandmasters before was a thunderous wave nearly suffocating him, now…

With every Grandmaster on the platform attacking him.

This terrifying pressure…

Was akin to a colossal cement mountain, a boundless sea, crashing down from the sky, bearing down on him.

It threatened to crush him, shatter him, grind him into dust!

“Crack, crack–“

Under this indescribable weight, Lu Yuan’s over two-meter-tall frame groaned as his bones and flesh trembled with strain.

He lifted his head, squinting.

Even his 29 intelligence points and formidable willpower began to falter under the influence of these dozens of Grandmaster Fields, distorting his senses and affecting his consciousness.

For a moment, countless ghostly illusions flashed before his eyes.

Yet, Lu Yuan’s heart remained calm.

On his face…

There was even an expression of anticipation and fascination.

“Good, bring it on.”

“Perfect timing…”

“Let me see how far along the progress bar for entering the Grandmaster Realm has come.”

As he spoke.

He was already enveloped by the attacking Grandmasters.

The crushing mountain, the overpowering sea pressed down.

But in the next second…

“Boom!”

A massive explosion roared.

The mountain crumbled, the sea overturned.

Grandmaster figures were flung away like kite strings snapping, exploding apart.

At the center of the shattered battle group.

A colossal aura rapidly surged upward.

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters…

Finally.

A double-headed, four-armed, fifty-meter-tall elephant man’s phantom stood in the center like a demon mountain.

Below the elephant man, a towering figure of over two meters, with fluttering robes, stood with palms pressed together in silence.

Suddenly.

This figure’s eyes snapped open, gleaming like morning stars.

A grin spread across his face, an overwhelming and domineering aura expanded abruptly.

Raising his joined arms, he let out a low cry.

“Divine Elephant Crushing Monument!”