Top enlightenment at 100 years old-Chapter 554 - 553: Battling the Immortal

"Come here."

The man in green spoke.

He held himself above others, as if commanding a subordinate.

The people around him appeared naturally accustomed to it, finding his attitude fitting.

Only Ji Haoyuan felt a surge of anger in his heart.

He truly didn’t expect these people from the Upper Realm to have such an air of superiority.

They regarded him as though he were a mere servant, someone they could summon and dismiss at will, treating him as less than a sentient being worthy of equal conversation.

He chose to ignore them, planning to retreat for now.

After all, the sudden appearance of these few individuals was a mystery, and he couldn’t quite grasp their intentions.

However, his reaction brought a cold smile to the face of the man in green.

"Mortal, did you not hear what I said?

Come over. I have something to ask you."

He maintained that condescending and overbearing demeanor.

Ji Haoyuan found it unbearable.

A cold expression also surfaced on his face as he looked at the group with the man in green, and he said blandly:

"Who do you think you are?

Do you think I must obey just because you called me over?

How ridiculous!"

"How bold!"

His response instantly brought a fierce glare from a burly man beside the man in green.

A brilliant aura of Immortal light surrounded his being.

"Mere mortal, an ant, we called you over out of consideration, yet you remain ungrateful and deserve death!"

With those words, the burly man stepped forward.

With a loud rumble.

The whole star seemed to tremble, as if it might shatter from his step.

He swung a massive hammer in his hand.

The hammer burst forth with an endless glow. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

A terrifying power seemed to bypass the barrier of space and approached Ji Haoyuan in an instant.

Ji Haoyuan’s pupils slightly contracted.

He sensed a trace of threat from the man’s hammer.

Indeed, each of these people from the Upper Realm should not be underestimated.

This seemingly reckless and crude burly man possessed a power that made him feel as though facing divine wrath.

At this moment, golden light burned around him.

In the sky, another hammer began to form.

This hammer was entirely golden, with divine flames rising from it.

It was precisely Ji Haoyuan’s Heaven-breaking Hammer.

Thunderous roars!

It was like a planetary explosion.

The two hammers collided mid-air, unleashing unparalleled terrifying might.

Ji Haoyuan’s figure was pushed back.

With each step he retreated, the ground beneath him and the space around exploded inch by inch.

Eventually, small cracks began spreading on his body.

But ultimately, he managed to withstand the blow.

The burly man was astonished, and the man in green and the others frowned.

"As expected, after descending into this mortal realm, numerous Immortal Dao Rules entwined with our bodies have vanished, leaving us unable to wield the power of our full strength."

Another colorful-dressed woman spoke.

"This is not advantageous for us.

Unless the two realms completely merge and the rules unify, our powers as Immortals will continue to be suppressed."

They discussed as if Ji Haoyuan in the distance was merely air.

This didn’t bother him.

At this moment, he too was filled with doubt.

The so-called Lower Realm Immortals did not seem as powerful as he imagined.

Indeed.

This was undoubtedly connected to his own cultivation progress.

But a greater reason was, as the colorful-dressed woman said, that all of them who came down to this realm had their strength and cultivation restrained and bound.

If that’s the case...

Ji Haoyuan’s eyes gleamed.

He thought that maybe today he could try something, see if he could keep them all here.

"Hmm..."

As if sensing Ji Haoyuan’s thoughts, the burly man, the man in green, and the colorful-dressed woman all turned their gazes towards him.

All their faces bore cold expressions.

Then, the man in green said calmly, "Truly, ignorance knows no fear. I didn’t expect you to have such bold ideas.

Do you know that just your thoughts alone are enough for us to wipe out your entire clan, leaving everyone connected to you without a resting place for their bodies?"

His words carried the weight of a mere statement of fact.

Clearly, over countless years past, they had done similar things not infrequently.

This left Ji Haoyuan with a slight chill in his heart.

They had captured his thoughts—something he hadn’t anticipated.

Who could have imagined that these people from the Upper Realm possessed such unique abilities?

But soon, anger surged within him.

Just moments ago, it was clear that these people had wanted to move against him first.

One sought to search his soul; the other directly tried to smash him with a hammer.

Now, simply because he had thoughts of resistance, they reacted so fiercely.

Indeed.

None of these individuals from the Upper Realm seemed benevolent.

"You dare still entertain such thoughts towards us, it’s utterly impudent!

This mortal realm truly is a wasteland; the people here are all so unbearable, like uncivilized savages, arrogant and coarse."

The burly man once more raised his hammer, stepping towards Ji Haoyuan.

"Since you harbor such enmity towards us, then today, we absolutely cannot leave you alive.

Including your faction and everyone related to you. In due time, we’ll settle with them, crushing them to dust."

Killing intent flashed in the burly man’s eyes.

His figure abruptly vanished from where he stood.

With a booming sound.

Before he appeared, the void above Ji Haoyuan shattered with a sudden burst.

Subsequently, a terrifying hammer descended like divine punishment.

Surrounding rules twisted instantaneously, becoming ferocious.

Ji Haoyuan stood firm in the void, every bone in his body crying out mournfully, creaking audibly.

"Enough!"

Suddenly, he raised his head.

In his eyes, piercing divine light instantly shot out.

In his hands, two massive hammers materialized as well.

These were born from his own rules, terrifyingly unparalleled, colliding violently with the hammer descending from above.

The roaring sounds were incessant.

Flames intertwined, the terrifying power pierced a vast space of tens of thousands of miles, revealing a deep, dark layer of void among it.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a dragon-serpent shadow manifested behind Ji Haoyuan.

A black and white swirling vortex, like a yin-yang fish, instantly fused into his body, causing his power to surge explosively.

With a thud.

The burly man, now visible and once again wielding the hammer, suddenly halted mid-air.

The next moment, his entire body was sent flying.

Along the way, countless segments of void shattered as he was propelled.

Ji Haoyuan didn’t relent.

He swung his two massive hammers, chasing down the burly man as he flew backward.