Chapter 996: In Heaven and on Earth, I Alone Am Supreme

Through the curtain of rain, Meng Junzi stared with uncertainty and alarm at the cookmaid walking out of the small shop. Like him, she stood in the midst of the rain, yet not a single drop touched her.

Even if he had been off guard just now, allowing her sneak attack to succeed, such a feat was still far beyond what an ordinary cultivator could achieve.

An immortal!

This cookmaid was actually an immortal!

"Ancestor!"

The Tribulation Transcendence stage masters of the Meng family faintly sensed that something was amiss and wished to rush over to help.

"Stay back!" Meng Junzi barked to stop them; at this moment, those in the Tribulation Transcendence stage could not be of the slightest use.

"You..."

Meng Junzi just wanted to probe the cookmaid's identity, but unexpectedly, she vanished from her spot in an instant and abruptly appeared before his face, her speed unimaginably fast.

The cookmaid punched Meng Junzi in the stomach. Meng Junzi doubled over like a shrimp and was sent flying straight out past the horizon, arriving above the dark clouds.

Meng Junzi's mind spun furiously, trying to match the cookmaid's identity with the known immortals. Among the four ancient immortals, there were no female immortals; the Mid-Heaven Emperor and the Master of Fate were not female immortals; it wasn't Empress Wu Yao of Yu, nor was it Guan Shanhai—who on earth was she? Why couldn't she be matched with any known immortal?

Wait, there seemed to be an immortal whose identity was unknown.

Meng Junzi suddenly recalled that during the Battle of the Eastern Sea, Yun Zhi had fought against an immortal shrouded in grey mist.

Afterwards, he and Jiang Ping'an had even asked Yun Zhi about the details of that battle, asking about the identity of the Grey Mist Immortal, but Yun Zhi had said that this immortal's identity was unspeakable.

Grey mist... grey dress. Could she be the Grey Mist Immortal from the Battle of the Eastern Sea?

"Who are you!" Meng Junzi shouted, thoroughly shaken. Her speed and power were both above his own, as if he were facing Yun Zhi herself. Which immortal exactly was she?

Hui Doudou's eyes were like an ancient well, terrifyingly calm.

"The creator of the Qi Refining system, the first immortal of antiquity," Hui Doudou casually fabricated an identity.

"What?" Meng Junzi gasped, stunned. The creator of the Qi Refining system—just how ancient of an existence was she?

Meng Junzi wanted to say something more, but then he saw a terrifying black vortex appear in Hui Doudou's palm. The spiritual energy high in the heavens and the dark clouds beneath their feet were all swallowed by the black vortex, and even space began to destabilize, seemingly torn apart by the black vortex!

"Go."

Hui Doudou threw the black vortex. The black vortex did not move fast, and Meng Junzi intended to dodge it, but he suddenly discovered that with the appearance of the black vortex, time had become extremely slow.

"Lion and Tiger Double Seals!" Meng Junzi raised his hands and unleashed two seals. A ferocious lion and tiger lunged out from his left and right respectively. The lion was black and the tiger was white, looking majestic and roaring at heaven and earth, capable of shattering space with sound alone.

The black-and-white lion and tiger shattered space, circling around the black vortex. The black-and-white lion and tiger represented the power of Yin and Yang, and the pulling force of the Yin-Yang energy sought to rip the black vortex apart.

However, the black vortex was far more terrifying than Meng Junzi imagined. As the black-and-white lion and tiger approached the black vortex, they were like two ordinary beasts trapped in an ocean whirlpool, with absolutely no chance of survival, destined only to be ruthlessly swallowed by the sea.

"Borrow, the Embryonic Form of the Speed Dao Fruit."

Seeing the Lion and Tiger Double Seals swallowed by the black vortex, Meng Junzi borrowed the embryonic form of the Speed Dao Fruit to accelerate his own speed, fleeing far away from the black vortex.

"A devouring-type Dao Fruit?"

The easy neutralization of the Lion and Tiger Double Seals indicated that this black vortex was one of the manifestations of Hui Doudou's Dao Fruit.

"Do you truly think you are invincible?"

Meng Junzi also grew furious. He was an immortal who had fought his way out of the blood-drenched, mountain-of-corpses era of the late Great Yu Dynasty, and he had even defeated the Great Yu State Master, Guan Shanhai. In terms of combat power, he feared no one.

"Thousand-Tempered Glazed Body!"

A crystalline luster appeared on the surface of Meng Junzi's body, shining brilliantly under the sunlight. This was a body-tempering method he had developed exclusively for himself, tempered a thousand times and having weathered ten thousand lightning tribulations; even Jiang Ping'an would not dare to engage him in hand-to-hand combat with bare fists in this state.

Facing the furious Meng Junzi, Hui Doudou remained unmoved. She pointed one finger to the heavens and one to the earth, uttering the true words: "Above the heavens and below the earth, I alone am honored!"

"Immortal Dao Killing Fist!"

Hui Doudou looked down upon all creation, disdaining the mortal world, carrying an aura of invincibility. No matter how peerless geniuses endured countless hardships to rise and become immortals, none could compare to her!

The punch was unparalleled, causing heaven and earth to change color as the boundless power of the Oblivion Dao Fruit completely poured into the fist.

She believed that she herself was invincible; borrowing any immortal artifact to fight would be a profanation of her strength.

Rumble—

Countless roars echoed above the cloud layer, as if thousands of true dragons were roaring, deafening to the ears.

"Puff—"

The Glazed Body shattered, and Meng Junzi's chest collapsed inward directly. He had not expected Hui Doudou's fist to be so astonishing; the Glazed Body he took pride in was completely unable to withstand it!

"Borrow Injury!"

Meng Junzi utilized the Lending Dao Fruit to forcefully transfer his own injuries to Hui Doudou.

Hui Doudou's chest felt as though it had been struck by her own hammer, leaving her equally severely injured.

He had used this move against Guan Shanhai during the Battle of the Imperial City, forcing Guan Shanhai to constantly repair his injuries and fall into a passive position.

However, Hui Doudou showed no intention of healing her wounds. Dragging her injured body into battle, her combat power did not diminish in the slightest.

Meng Junzi was deeply alarmed. Could it be that she had seen through the flaw of this move?

With the Lending Dao Fruit, what is borrowed must be returned. After a period of time, the injuries would automatically revert, and with interest added, the returned injuries would be even more severe.

Guan Shanhai had failed to see this and blindly healed his wounds, thereby avoiding the situation where the injuries were returned.

How did she see through this?

Hui Doudou had not seen through it; she simply felt that she should not heal her wounds, a judgment arising purely from her combat intuition.

The two soared from the clouds into outer space, fighting until the starry phantoms in the sky shook continuously amidst the aftershocks of the clash between the two immortals.

"Borrow power from the past and the future!"

Two figures crossed the vast expanse of time, arriving from the past and the future to fight side by side with Meng Junzi.

Combined, these two figures were equivalent to another Meng Junzi, instantly doubling his combat power.

Yet before Hui Doudou, she would not fear even if all four ancient immortals arrived together, let alone whether it was one Meng Junzi or two Meng Junzi; there was no significant difference.

"Destroy the concept of 'time'."

In an instant, the entire world fell into chaos, losing the concept of time. The figures of Meng Junzi arriving from the past and future collapsed and dissipated, after which the concept of time restored.

Meng Junzi felt as though he were facing Yun Zhi, completely powerless to strike back. Hui Doudou threw punch after punch, leaving him battered and bruised all over.

"Disassembly!"

Meng Junzi did not dare to linger in the fight any longer. Using an escape technique, he left behind a self-detonating clone on the spot while his true body fled for his life.

Boom—

This region was blasted into a vacuum, and even the starry phantoms disappeared without a trace.

Hui Doudou brushed aside the dust of the self-detonation, looking at the figure of Meng Junzi who had vanished. Sensing around, she discovered that no karmic connection had been generated between them.

"Leaning toward the idea that he truly believes my identity as the creator of the Qi Refining system."

"That is fine too, his life can be spared."

She no longer concerned herself with Meng Junzi's affairs and returned to the small shop.

By this time, Elder Bai Hun of the Heartless Sect had long since fled the small shop. What did it matter if there were Tribulation Transcendence masters chasing him outside? There were two immortals right here!

Hui Doudou called out toward the back kitchen: "Xiao He, let's go."