Chapter 500

Under Xiangshan's bombardment, a malevolent aura filled the ground, temporarily blocking Zhang Yu's path.

Immediately after, Xiangshan charged and caught up with Zhang Yu.

In the ensuing collision, Xiangshan took a small step back, while Zhang Yu was sent flying directly towards Mo Shangjin's position.

The impact made Zhang Yu feel as if he had been slammed by a mountain; he only managed to stop himself by fully activating his Heaven Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power.

"This guy..." Zhang Yu gritted his teeth. "The Sumeru Mountain King Scripture combined with a military-grade Dharma Skeleton — two military-grade powers stacked together, he's too hard to shake."

Mo Shangjin pushed away the sand on his body, looked at the grave-faced Zhang Yu beside him, and quietly said, "As soon as I find an opening, I'll fully restrain him. You take that opportunity to deal with the other Heavenly Demon University members."

"We only stand a chance if we have array amplification and they don't."

Zhang Yu nodded, then his gaze suddenly sharpened as he looked at Xiangshan's steadily expanding belly. "What the hell is that?"

Mo Shangjin frowned. "This guy just absorbed my blood, it seems. He might be creating my bloodline descendants on the spot. His belly expanding means the reproduction module inside is expanding and has officially activated."

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback. "Isn't that illegal? Isn't that against the rules?"

Mo Shangjin replied calmly, "As long as they're not considered life, but merely construction material... it's not against the rules."

"Furthermore... unpaid reproduction is an obligation for every member of Heavenly Demon University. For the demon descendants of Heavenly Demon University, reproduction is a natural skill—both an obligation and a means of earning money, highly valued by countless demon descendants."

Mo Shangjin's gaze sharpened. "In a moment, we need to find a way to interrupt this reproduction process. I have a bad feeling about this."

At the same time, countless demons in the spectator stands across the arena, seeing this scene, began to roar wildly.

"Birth! Birth! Birth! Birth! Birth!"

Looking at the cheering multitude of demons, seeing them roaring, biting their kin, cultivating together, defecating and urinating, reproducing on the spot, and cheering wildly...

Zhang Yu gradually understood that these demon descendants of Heavenly Demon University did not despise reproduction at all; they simply resented unpaid reproduction and reproduction taxes.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Is this... what demons are?"

Feeling the excited cheers of all the demon descendants in the arena, Xiangshan let out a wild laugh, raising his hands as if in response to the clamor of the demons.

"Demon whelps!"

"Today, witness together as I ascend to the champion's position, breaking through professional limits! Racial limits!"

He pointed his elephant trunk straight up at the sky, then powerfully exhaled, and a dense demonic aura surged skyward, instantly spreading across the entire arena.

The strong, putrid stench permeated the air in an instant, causing the members of Myriad Law University to quickly activate their magic treasures and Dharma Skeletons to purify the air.

Meanwhile, the demons in the spectator stands became even more excited under the stimulation of this demonic aura, and large numbers of demon descendants frantically inhaled and exhaled the falling demonic energy.

Some minor demons even began to fight over the particulate matter mixed within the demonic aura.

"This is Lord Xiangshan's excrement! This is exactly the hot mouthful we've been waiting for!"

"It's mine! It's mine! All mine!"

"It's so potent! One bite, and I won't need to eat for the next ten days!"

Amidst the wild dance of demons throughout the arena, Xiangshan looked at Mo Shangjin and Zhang Yu and walked towards them step by step, radiating immense pressure. Opening his mouth in a smile, he revealed increasingly savage tusks. "Come, let us continue."

As Xiangshan took a step, the ground trembled, and the two sides resumed their fierce battle.

Xiangshan threw a punch, sweeping the charging Zhang Yu aside, then delivered a powerful kick, sending Mo Shangjin flying.

At this moment, Mo Shangjin and Zhang Yu were like two enraged dragons, unleashing earth-shattering power, continuously encircling and attacking Xiangshan.

Xiangshan, however, seemed to transform into an incredibly majestic mountain; no matter how furiously Mo Shangjin and Zhang Yu attacked, he remained as stable as Mount Tai, unmoving by an inch, repelling them again and again.

Just then, Mo Shangjin bent his arms behind his head, his hands forming a sudden seal, and the long-accumulated gravitational source above his head violently erupted.

Since the battle began, Mo Shangjin had been continuously activating his Heaven Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power and the power of his Dharma Skeleton, constantly increasing the intensity of the gravitational source.

At this moment, after the gravitational source erupted, it transformed into a cage named "Abyss of Eternal Calamity," tightly binding Xiangshan before him.

Zhang Yu's gaze narrowed. "The Abyss of Eternal Calamity, the most difficult of the Ten Forms of the Suppressing Star? So, the application of this move is derived from the Seven Abysses Dharma Skeleton?"

"That's right. In actual combat, if I wanted to activate the Abyss of Eternal Calamity, I'd have to constantly charge it, making it impossible to fight."

"Only with the Dharma Skeleton can Mo Shangjin conveniently charge it while fighting..."

At the same time, Mo Shangjin, who had activated the Abyss of Eternal Calamity, sent a message: "His military-grade Dharma Skeleton is too strong. Even though my Abyss of Eternal Calamity has been charging for so long, it probably won't hold him for too long. Act fast!"

He spread his five fingers, and a barrage of gravitational wave cannons fiercely struck Xiangshan.

Zhang Yu's figure flickered. He knew that when Mo Shangjin said "act fast," he wasn't asking him to join the siege on Xiangshan, as that would be ineffective in the short term.

He charged straight towards Heavenly Demon University's formation, intending to deal with Xiangshan's teammates first.

At the same time, under the bombardment of gravitational wave cannons, Xiangshan's belly suddenly deflated, and the reproduction process within seemed to have been interrupted.

Next, Mo Shangjin aimed his palm at Xiangshan's head, intending to violently assault his brain.

But in the very next moment, Mo Shangjin suddenly lost focus, and his Seven Abysses Dharma Skeleton across his body began to twitch uncontrollably.

The Abyss of Eternal Calamity, which had just been operating at full power, suddenly dropped significantly in power, showing signs of collapse.

"Huh?"

With a heavy thud, Xiangshan seized Mo Shangjin's head, a cruel smile appearing on his lips. "Activating the reproduction module weakens my chest and abdominal defense. This was a weakness I deliberately exposed to you."

"Only by focusing on attacking this weakness after the Abyss of Eternal Calamity was activated did you allow me to invade your Seven Abysses Dharma Skeleton."

In Mo Shangjin's perception, his entire Dharma Skeleton was being invaded by countless soul cultivators, such a vast number that even his carefully cultivated soul cultivators found it hard to resist.

Especially, the intruding soul cultivators were like moths drawn to a flame, one after another, throwing themselves at his Dharma Skeleton with suicidal determination.

In the spiritual realm, the soul cultivators howled.

"Boss, we can't hold on! The opponent is completely insane."

"Their attack is practically a self-destructive one, we need to retreat."

"According to the contract, the pay you give us isn't enough for us to risk our lives..."

"More money! More money!"

Mo Shangjin knew that if he only had a moment and spent a few more spiritual coins, he could restore his Dharma Skeleton's mobility.

Meanwhile, in the material world, as the Heaven Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power and Sumeru Mountain King Scripture clashed, the ground beneath their feet cracked layer by layer.

But Xiangshan's palm remained tightly gripped on Mo Shangjin's head.

This pitch-black palm was like a black hole, frantically absorbing the incoming telluric gravity, making it impossible for Mo Shangjin to pry it off, even with all his strength.

Feeling the fierce resistance, Xiangshan said coldly, "Are you thinking right now that in just a moment, your Dharma Skeleton will regain mobility, Zhang Yu will repel my companions, your teammates will complete the array, and you'll regain the upper hand and defeat me?"

"Unfortunately, that's destined to be impossible."

The instant Zhang Yu, activating his Heaven Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, arrived at the construction site, he saw elephant demons piercing their own hearts, transforming into pillars standing on the ground.

At the same time, vast amounts of surrounding corpses transformed into living stakes, covering the earth like a forest of steles.

"You..."

"You committed suicide? Turned yourselves into living stakes?"

Zhang Yu was shocked by this sight. While he could understand Heavenly Demon University using large numbers of corpses to create living stakes, he couldn't grasp them committing suicide themselves.

As if they were merely bait to draw Zhang Yu forward, these elephant demons discarded their lives the moment before Zhang Yu arrived.

Phantoms emerged from their bodies, appearing in the spiritual realm's vision.

They laughed heartily at Zhang Yu. "What does losing a life matter, as long as Big Brother Xiangshan wins? We can always earn it back later!"

Seeing the trust in their eyes, Zhang Yu was slightly stunned, as if he had witnessed a familiar scene.

But the next moment, his gaze turned cold, and his Heaven Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power abruptly activated, sweeping towards the corpses before him without hesitation.

The instant his teammates all died, transforming into living stakes embedded in the ground, the array was completed, imbuing Xiangshan with immense power.

However, the array was only completed for a mere instant before being destroyed by Zhang Yu again, the entire process lasting only for that fleeting moment.

Xiangshan seized this infinitesimal moment to completely defeat Mo Shangjin before him.

The Abyss of Eternal Calamity was broken, the Seven Abysses Dharma Skeleton was temporarily paralyzed, and Zhang Yu was temporarily diverted... Xiangshan knew this was his best opportunity to defeat Mo Shangjin.

As long as he defeated Mo Shangjin before him, then even if the opponent had array amplification, and even if there was still Zhang Yu, Myriad Law University would never be his match.

And this opportunity was the one his brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunts, transformed into soul cultivators, fought for at the cost of everything they had.

It was also an opportunity his teammates found by sacrificing their lives solely to delay Zhang Yu for that brief instant.

In this instant, he had to defeat Mo Shangjin, the strongest of Myriad Law's Civil Engineering faculty!

"Mo Shangjin," he roared, "this strike carries not just the weight of mountains, but the weight of my kin, my brethren, my descendants, all wagered!"

Amidst his wild roar, empowered by military-grade cultivation techniques, a military-grade Dharma Skeleton, and array power, Xiangshan's right arm muscles suddenly tensed.

At the same time, Mo Shangjin felt his head emit loud cracking sounds, as if it were about to be torn apart.

Their gazes clashed violently in that close proximity.

Mo Shangjin's heart suddenly tightened. "Will I... lose?"

"Will I die?"

"Will I go bankrupt?"

"Do I have to keep going?"

"Hold on?"

"Should Zhang Yu be coming to support me now?"

Doubt surged in Mo Shangjin's heart. "Can I trust him? Even if it means risking bankruptcy? Gambling on future possibilities... for this final?"

Xiangshan roared in his heart, "The generations of lower-class demons at Heavenly Demon University, the generations of cubs sold and devoured early on... they believe I can change all of this... They believe that today, they damn well know that today... everything will be different!"

Xiangshan shouted, "Right arm! Fight to the very end!"

The right arm Dharma Skeleton activated self-destruct mode, operating at 120% capacity!

With a mighty crash, just as Zhang Yu rushed back to the center of the battlefield, just as he activated his Heaven Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power to strike Xiangshan—

Xiangshan's right arm Dharma Skeleton, under extreme overload... began to shatter.

Terrifying power pressed down on Mo Shangjin, and as his body's damage reached the high-risk alert level, the Dharma Skeleton automatically sent Mo Shangjin's pre-prepared surrender message.

Mo Shangjin! Defeated!