Chapter 752: Forceful Elevation

Blizzards danced wildly above the ruins of the relic, ice crystals cutting through the surrounding space.

As the phantom of the Quasi-God Level Alligator Snapping Turtle merged into the glabella of the Extreme Ice Empress, her form underwent a mutation.

Dark blue scales covered her snow-white skin, a set of dark ice battle armor wrapped around her, and the surrounding Origin of Extreme Cold caused the flow of time to slow down.

She ascended into high altitude, opening her eyes!

"Bang——!!!"

An aura that caused the relic world to tremble erupted!

Under the impact of this aura, the ice surface collapsed in patches, and space split open with countless breaches.

Zhou Huai stood within the ruins and frowned.

The old hag's aura right now was already stronger than that skeleton calling himself the Human Sovereign whom they killed in the Abyss of Mist previously.

This should be the extent of the ceiling of SSS Rank.

"This is going to be tricky." Zhou Huai tightly gripped the longsword in his hand.

A delicate laugh came from mid-air.

"Hehe… Brat, you've really gotten yourself into big trouble this time."

Zhou Huai looked toward the source of the sound, only to see Chun, dressed in a green dress, sitting on the back of the Magic Dragon Xiao Hei.

Her arms were crossed over her chest, holding half of a bitten wild fruit in her hand, with an expression of one watching a spectacle without fearing it being too grand.

Chun swung her fair, tender calves, shouting down at Zhou Huai below, "How is it? Do you feel like you are at your wits' end? If you sincerely beg me right now, like crying and weeping while shouting 'Good Elder Sister, save me', this young lady might consider helping you teach her a lesson if she's in a good mood."

Hearing these sarcastic remarks, Zhou Huai impatiently spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva: "Cut the crap! You're an old monster who has lived for many epochs, and you want me to call you good elder sister? Aren't you afraid of twisting your tongue!"

He paused, reaching out to point at the top with his sword hilt: "You'd better sit securely up there and watch your show properly. Don't let the fight splatter blood all over you later."

Rejected by Zhou Huai, Chun was not annoyed at all. Instead, she smiled: "Ouch, death is right at your door, yet your tone is still so arrogant. She has now fused with the soul of a Quasi-God Level exotic beast, and her strength has multiplied several times out of thin air."

Chun leaned forward, looking at Zhou Huai: "She can grow stronger by borrowing a corpse to resurrect her soul, but do you think… you can be just like her and elevate your Realm on the spot?"

Hearing these words, Zhou Huai laughed.

"Hehe… Hahahaha!"

Zhou Huai threw his head back and laughed loudly, his laughter piercing through the blizzards: "Old vixen, you actually guessed one thing right."

He stared straight at the Extreme Ice Empress above: "She can grow stronger, do you really think I cannot grow stronger too?!"

Hearing this, Chun let out a chuckle: "Fine! Then I'll sit right here and watch how you perform. I want to see what kind of frightening methods you, brat, can still pull out from your bag of trump cards!"

Zhou Huai no longer paid attention to Chun's teasing, his mind sinking deep into the System within the depths of his brain.

"System, check the Karma balance!"

He calculated swiftly in his heart. Previously, to fight those ancient remnants, he had accumulated over forty million Karma. Coupled with this period of time where hundreds of thousands of commoners in Donghai City revered him as a deity, the endless gathering of faith and gratitude allowed him to rake in a hefty sum every day.

Now, the total sum of this Karma used to defy the heavens and change fate had just broken through the fifty-million mark!

"I originally wanted to save it to deal with Mr. Duan, but there's no need now, I'm about to lose my life here!"

Zhou Huai clenched his teeth tightly.

Anyway, the strength of his main body was determined by the feedback from the Ranks of the numerous Clones fused within his body. As long as the Ranks of the Clones were higher, his main body, which had fused Ten Thousand Aspects into One, would experience an explosive, geometric multiplication in strength!

"Since we're splashing cash, then max it out directly for me!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Huai no longer had any hesitation!

"Great Sage Li Er! Saints Domain, open!!!"

Zhou Huai gave a violent shout.

"Hum——!"

Brilliant golden light gushed out from his body. The ice field within a radius of dozens of meters was enveloped by this sacred and gentle light, transforming into a pure land isolated from all things.

With the blessing of this Domain, no matter how against common sense his actions were, the backlash force of the Heavenly Dao Law would be forcibly reduced by a full ten times!

Following closely, Zhou Huai raised his head, forming seals with his hands in front of his chest, and spat out grand mantras from his mouth.

"Word of Law!"

He said word by word: "The first upgrade target! SSS Rank profession, Insect Emperor Caesar!"

"Upgrade to Rank 50 for me—!!"

The words fell.

"Rumble——!"

The vault of heaven of the relic, which had originally been suppressed into a lifeless state by the Extreme Ice Empress's Quasi-God Level aura, emitted a burst of violent thunder! A holy white light as thick as a water bucket ignored the barrier of space, directly striking down from the Nine Heavens, enveloping Zhou Huai entirely within it!

[Ding! Deducted fifteen million Karma!]

Insect Emperor Caesar, whose Rank had originally stayed at Rank 40, under the infusion of this domineering rule of Word of Law, began to crazily leap in Rank!

Rank 42! Rank 45! Rank 50!

Consuming a full fifteen million Karma, Caesar's Rank crossed a chasm within a mere second, reaching the terrifying Rank 50!

As Caesar's Rank completed its transformation, a massive force of feedback surged into Zhou Huai's limbs and bones.

"Crack! Crack!"

The sound of bones popping came from within Zhou Huai's body, and his originally terrifying aura began to climb step by step. The dark golden waves of Qi dissipating from around his body forcefully shattered the approaching extreme cold storm!

The Extreme Ice Empress looked at Zhou Huai, who was bathed in white light with his aura soaring wildly. Her eyes, fused with the vertical pupils of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, constricted: "You… you can actually directly tamper with the Law and forcibly elevate your Realm?! You will be destroyed by the Heavenly Dao!"

"Destroyed by the Heavenly Dao? I am the Heavenly Dao!" Zhou Huai laughed wildly in the white light.

But he was very clear that just Caesar rising to Rank 50 was not enough to crush the monster before him.

"This is still not enough!!!"

Zhou Huai's eyes turned crimson due to the fullness of power. He clenched his teeth tightly and roared at the firmament once again!

"Word of Law!"

"SSS Rank profession, Imperial Heaven Ancestral Dragon Rider, Arthur!"

"Upgrade to Rank 50 for me—!!!"

"Bang——!!!"

With this roar from Zhou Huai, the entire ruins of the Ise Grand Shrine trembled!

On the System panel, the remaining thirty-five million Karma was extracted completely clean, leaving not a single drop!

You must know that Insect Emperor Caesar had risen from Rank 40, while the Imperial Heaven Ancestral Dragon Rider Arthur, a top-tier profession with a unique hidden prefix, had only possessed a pathetic Rank 1 before this!

From Rank 1 directly crossing to Rank 50! What kind of Heaven-Defying action was this!

"Ugh ahhhhh—!"

The intense pain made Zhou Huai unable to help but roar. Even with the ten-fold reduction of the Saints Domain, the infusion of Law brought about by the explosive surge of 49 Ranks still caused fine beads of blood to seep out from all over his skin.

But he gritted his teeth and forcefully endured it!

For the enhancement of Zhou Huai's main body, this time could be called a massive leap!

"Bang!"

A dark golden pillar of light, more than ten times thicker than before, soared into the sky from within Zhou Huai's body, directly poking a hole through the sky-filling snow and ice haze overhead. Zhou Huai's aura elevated by a huge margin, and that sense of power capable of crushing stars with every gesture filled every single one of his cells!

In mid-air, Chun, who had originally been leisurely, even forgot to bite the fruit in her hand. Her rosy little mouth was slightly open, full of disbelief: "This… from nothing, even the process of Cultivate is skipped, directly channeling power? This brat is simply an unreasonable lunatic!"