Chapter 418 - 388: Void Dao, Legendary Follower, Shaking the Desolate Realm

There are still vast differences even among those at the Peak of Fusion Realm. The gap between an ordinary cultivator at the Peak of Fusion Realm and an existence known as a Half-Step Unity was like the moon in the High Heaven looking down upon a frog in a well!

Even though Tian Ming possessed the Void Dao, Celestial Star couldn’t guarantee he could contend with such a foe. ’After all,’ he thought, ’a gap in Realms this enormous is difficult to overcome, even with a Great Dao!’

Sharing Celestial Star’s shock were the tens of millions of people watching the live stream. They were all stunned. "Holy shit! This guy called Half-Step is actually that fucking strong? Was he hiding his Realm?!"

"His name sounded kind of lame, but I never thought it actually meant the ’Half-Step’ in Half-Step Unity Realm! Holy crap, that’s almost like having a Unity Realm master show up in the arena! A Half-Step Unity Realm expert... this is the first time I’ve ever seen one in person..."

"Don’t even mention it, man. I got my ass kicked by him just a few days ago. He’s an absolute beast."

"Holy shit, Senior! You’re a powerhouse at the Fusion Realm! How did you end up in a fight with him?"

"What else could it be about? A few days ago, that guy was posting comments claiming Jiang Divine’s power was faked. He said there was no way someone at the first level of the Spirit Body Realm could instantly kill an expert at the Peak of Fusion Realm. I DMed him to argue, but he wouldn’t back down. Then he found me offline and beat me up. I couldn’t even fight back. He found several of my friends offline and did the same to them. It was terrifying."

"Damn, he’s really that strong? Then Tian Ming is screwed, isn’t he?"

"Forget Tian Ming, I doubt even Jiang Qiu himself could beat this guy if he came back. We’re talking about the Half-Step Unity Realm! All he needs is one catalyst and he’ll reach the Unity Realm. He’s arguably the number one expert below the Unity Realm. How could anyone who isn’t at the Unity or Half-Step Unity level possibly hope to win?"

"He’s just a damn Jiang Hei, always hating on our Jiang Divine. You say he can’t be beaten, so he can’t be beaten? Have they ever even fought?"

"What, are you blind? Didn’t you see that powerhouse Half-Step immediately unleashed his ultimate killing blow? I can feel the oppressive power even through the screen! It’ll probably blast Tian Ming to smithereens. Let’s see him win now!"

"Nice, look how smug you are. But let me tell you, even if Tian Ming can’t win, I still believe Jiang Divine would never lose to him!"

"Exactly! Jiang Divine is a legendary prodigy with a fifty-win streak! Who are you to question him?!"

The live comments erupted into another frenzy as fans from the Jiang Alliance and the haters started a flame war. However, most of them were arguing about who was stronger, Jiang Qiu or Half-Step, and didn’t seem to care much about Tian Ming.

However, at that very moment, Tian Ming casually tore at the void. BOOM— A fissure stretching for countless miles slashed through the air like the East African Rift Valley. It was as if the entire space-time of Arena 1 was a sheet of paper, and Tian Ming had just nonchalantly ripped it.

The tearing motion wasn’t particularly fast, but that was only from the perspective of a powerful expert like Half-Step, whose mastery of the Space-Time Dao was profound. He could clearly see his opponent’s action, and the resulting tear in the void acted like a black hole, swallowing the aura of his ultimate killing blow.

He watched, his own eyes seeing all his momentum and his ultimate attack being completely nullified by the fissure Tian Ming had torn. The attack then continued on its path, cleaving straight toward him. As it was about to make contact, his pupils shrank, and he frantically tried to summon the Space-Time Dao to teleport away.

For an expert of his caliber, the Space-Time Dao and its Law Power were his most-used tools. But now, they had suddenly failed him!

He couldn’t sense the Space-Time Dao at all. The moment the void had split open, he realized he was already enveloped in the aura of death. What rushed toward him was not just an attack, but death itself!

An endless abyss threatened to crush his very Soul, and an icy sense of crisis washed over him like a frigid tide.

From start to finish, everything had happened in a single instant. RRRIP! The void fissure Tian Ming had casually created sliced vertically through Half-Step’s body. It was like a three-dimensional character drawn on a piece of paper being effortlessly torn in two. His life force was instantly obliterated.

WHOOSH—

Tian Ming blew a gentle breath, and the void he had just ripped open sealed itself shut just as easily. The air was calm, the scene peaceful, as if nothing had happened at all. Both Half-Step and the ultimate attack he had been brewing had faded into silence, gone without a trace.

In that instant, Celestial Star’s Soul trembled. A shiver ran through his very bloodline, as if he had just encountered a natural predator. He never would have imagined that this highly anticipated first battle would end in such a way. ’Half-Step, an expert at the Half-Step Unity Realm... was instantly killed? Just like that?’

Witnessing the Void Dao in combat for the first time was as shocking as seeing a miracle unfold. When a Dao reached such an indescribable level of power, the gaps between cultivation Realms became utterly laughable.

Some things may appear dazzling, shining brightly and commanding attention like the stars themselves. But all Tian Ming had to do was flip a switch, and all that brilliance would vanish like smoke.

This was the Void Dao’s absolute dominance over all other Daos—an attack from a higher dimension of power. This was the Unrivaled status of a peerless Great Dao. In the past, Wu had used this very Dao to dominate the Celestial Star Arena and achieve ninety-nine consecutive victories!

Today, he had finally witnessed the true face of the Void Dao and understood why it had been able to achieve a ninety-nine-win streak. He finally understood why all who came after looked upon it with such dread that for a long time, no challenger of the same Realm dared to step forward—not until an expert from the Unity Realm finally entered the fray.

With such a Dao’s might, how many people in the world could possibly stand against it?

No wonder Wu had dared to proclaim, "Nine is the number of extremes, thus I shall have ninety-nine victories." A Dao this terrifying could truly dominate an entire era!

And the crucial part was, this person seemed to be merely a descendant of Jiang Qiu—his clansman, or perhaps even a devout follower. A man as powerful as Tian Ming was willingly subservient to Jiang Qiu, hoping to follow in his footsteps and earn his acknowledgment?

It was all true. Jiang Qiu was an extraordinary powerhouse, and this was all the proof he needed. ’I’ve come into contact with some truly incredible figures,’ Celestial Star thought. ’The Celestial Star Arena is bound to enter a new era because of this!’

As he connected these dots, Celestial Star became excited beyond words. Meanwhile, the live chat in the broadcast room had already exploded. "HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! What was that technique?! WHAT WAS THAT?! Damn, why did space-time suddenly collapse? Is the whole epoch ending again?!"

"I’ve lived for thousands of years and I have never seen such an outrageous technique! Why does it look just like the kind of cataclysmic phenomenon that happens when a Secret Realm collapses?"

"Is that the void? That has to be the void, right? It’s definitely the void! Holy shit, for real?! Tearing through the barrier of the Desolate Realm and then throwing your opponent into the void for an instant kill? This... this is FUCKING INSANE!"

"How could the void be controlled by a person? That’s impossible!"

"Wait a second, speaking of the void... I think I remember something! Ten thousand years ago, that super-legendary prodigy with ninety-nine consecutive wins... wasn’t his name Wu? And didn’t he use the Void Dao?!"

"For real? Is he Wu?"

"No, no, that’s not right, my brain’s a mess. Isn’t he one of Jiang Divine’s clansmen? He seemed to have appeared specifically to follow Jiang Divine, and he’s fighting in the arena now to walk the same path... and he just happens to have mastered the Void Dao?!"

"Damn it, a prodigy of his level is destined to dominate an era, just like Wu did! And he only appeared in the world to follow Jiang Divine?!"

"Jiang Divine’s stock just keeps on rising! I knew it! Jiang Divine is no ordinary person! His first-level Spirit Body Realm must have been a disguise! He’s just treating the matches in the Celestial Star Arena as entertainment. Honestly, that fifty-win streak was probably nothing more than him casually playing around!"

"Holy shit, that actually makes so much sense! Jiang Divine is too damn awesome!"

As Tian Ming’s name thundered across the entire Desolate Realm, Jiang Qiu’s name once again made massive waves. And with that, the story of Tian Ming, the Legendary Follower, began.