This voice, along with this aura fluctuation, appeared abruptly.

Everyone was caught off guard, including Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was originally on the Heaven Climbing Ladder, 'reviewing' the Grandmaster imprints one by one.

Most of these imprints seemed quite ordinary to him, with only a few managing to make his eyes light up with a pleasant surprise.

However, they were all Grandmaster Level Martial Arts; regardless of their quality, they were, at the very least, mature and complete.

They could serve as material to supplement his own Martial Arts system.

He unhurriedly 'reviewed' all the Grandmaster imprints on the stone steps.

He didn't overlook even those that had been worn away by time, leaving only empty husks of traces.

The essence within these Martial Arts imprints was quickly absorbed and assimilated by him, merging into his being.

The transformation within his body seemed to have accelerated considerably and was approaching its final stages.

At this point, the blood sphere in Lu Yuan's chest had fully stabilized.

This blood sphere was connected to every corner of Lu Yuan's body. Countless blood threads linked them, forming a returning flow that circulated endlessly.

With just a thought from Lu Yuan, the blood sphere would draw forth an incomparably surging blood energy, channeling power from his entire frame to any part of his body.

It was as magical as the moon causing the tides to ebb and flow.

Unconsciously, Lu Yuan had reached the final step of the Heaven Climbing Ladder and was contemplating whether to leave his own Grandmaster imprint upon this step.

Then... that Evil Energy Fluctuation suddenly appeared.

Lu Yuan looked up and saw a figure appearing at the entrance to the Pot Heaven Secret Realm, which was close at hand.

This was a man, about three meters tall, with an appearance that seemed utterly perfect.

He was enveloped in a hazy, shimmering glow, and his handsome features bore a striking resemblance, about five or six-tenths similar, to the deceased Heaven Lord, Wu Chao.

But he was very young, looking to be only in his early twenties.

On his back were a pair of enormous, multicolored butterfly wings; his body was covered in golden scales, and two delicate deer antlers sprouted from his forehead.

He floated with his feet off the ground at the entrance to the Pot Heaven Secret Realm, his body emanating countless resplendent, seven-colored streams of light.

He was like those mythical creatures from legends, exuding an aura of power, magnificence, and nobility from head to toe.

He looked down imperiously at Lu Yuan, his golden pupils revealing a glint of contempt and indifference, and then spoke coldly, "Are you the one who killed Wu Chao?"

"Uh..."

Lu Yuan was stunned.

What in the world was this thing?

Penglai was renowned as a Pure Martial holy land; how could a non-human, wreathed in an Evil Energy Fluctuation, emerge from the Pot Heaven Secret Realm?

And he looks so much like Wu Chao. Could he be Wu Chao's son, born to some saintess from the Evil God Sect?

"Who are you?" Lu Yuan instinctively retorted.

The handsome man, resembling a mythical creature, sneered, "Who am I?

I am the true Heaven Lord Wu Chao!

The one who just died was the Fake Wu Chao, that useless Wu Chao...

He was merely a gatekeeping dog I stationed outside the Pot Heaven Secret Realm.

You dared to kill the dog that guarded my house... you deserve to die!"

As he finished speaking, murderous intent flashed across the handsome man's face, and his figure blurred and distorted amidst the dispersing seven-colored streams of light.

Then he abruptly vanished, reappearing before Lu Yuan as if he had teleported.

"Die!"

The handsome man's huge butterfly wings flapped rapidly. With a sharp cry, his glittering, gold-scaled right hand suddenly elongated by a segment.

His palm transformed into a monster-like claw, its five fingers menacing, as it clawed at Lu Yuan, enshrouded in a large, twisting mass of seven colors.

Lu Yuan casually raised his arm to block.

BOOM! A terrifying power exploded.

Lu Yuan's figure was sent flying backward, landing lightly on the platform below the Heaven Climbing Ladder.

He glanced down at the arm he had just used to block and saw three deep, white claw marks, but they vanished in the blink of an eye.

Lu Yuan looked up, frowning at the handsome man above, his eyes filled with confusion.

At this moment, it wasn't just Lu Yuan; the onlookers below were also somewhat bewildered.

Wu Chao?!

The real Heaven Lord Wu Chao?

Wasn't Wu Chao already dead?

How could another one appear?

And he was wreathed in an Evil Energy Fluctuation! When did Penglai get involved with the Evil God Sect?

However, a few Protector Characters from the Evil Martial Association stared intently at the handsome man bathed in rainbow light for a long moment, their eyes flashing continuously.

It was as if they had guessed something but couldn't confirm it.

"I decreed your death... yet you dare to dodge?"

The handsome man's expression twisted when his attack missed Lu Yuan.

His handsome face contorted slightly as he shouted and launched another attack.

His two enormous butterfly wings flapped rapidly, and his entire being transformed into a streak of seven-colored light, tearing through the air as he swooped swiftly down on Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes. At the instant the streak of light shot towards him, he formed his hands into a bridge-like seal and silently pressed downwards.

"Heavenly Palace Sect Martial Arts, Second Move—Rainbow Bridge!"

The blood sphere in his chest rotated, and an unprecedentedly vast and mighty power surged from his body.

It instantly crushed and shattered a small section of the void in front of Lu Yuan, its exquisite precision perfectly intercepting the streak of seven-colored light.

RUMBLE!

The ground beneath Lu Yuan's feet instantly exploded and caved in, sending rubble tumbling everywhere.

The already damaged high platform collapsed completely. A huge pit appeared in its center, and the handsome, butterfly-winged man lay sprawled within it.

SWISH—

Lu Yuan landed as lightly as a feather atop a piece of rubble, gazing down imperiously at the handsome man in the pit. He stated calmly, "You are far weaker than that Wu Chao."

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