My gorgeous wife Chapter 2498: Standing Firm

Looking up, Li Chen discovered that the number of people around him was increasing, and terrifyingly, each person who appeared had a minimum cultivation level of Palm Realm.

This was because anyone involved in this cosmic disaster of the Jianmu Universe had a cultivation no lower than Palm Realm!

Li Chen initially planned to help resolve the troubles of the Jianmu Universe. But now, the situation seemed to have changed.

Soon, more than five hundred Palm Realm powerhouses had gathered above Li Chen in the sky!

And most terrifyingly, not one of these people had a cultivation level below Palm Realm.

Among them, there were as many as forty to fifty Mid-Stage Origin Palm Realm experts!

These individuals had gathered here due to calls from friends. At the level of Palm Realm, any friends one could make had reached this level of cultivation; with friends calling each other, these people quickly gathered at this place.

Hundreds of Palm Realm powerhouses stood high in the sky, looking down at Li Chen, who stood beside the towering pillar plunged into the Black Tide of Nihility, their eyes continually flickering.

Only a few people landed on the ground, watching Li Chen from afar but not approaching.

“Secular Taoist Friend, the Black Tide of Nihility is currently invading our Jianmu Universe. If any fellow Daoists of our Jianmu Universe have offended you, I apologize on their behalf,” an elderly voice suddenly began to speak slowly at this time.

Many turned to look.

The speaker was a seasoned Dao Saint of the Jianmu Universe, also possessing late-stage cultivation in the Palm Source Realm, considered a Peak Dao Saint.

“But now, it is a critical moment for our Jianmu Universe. I hope that the Secular Taoist Friend will generously share any method of not fearing the Black Tide of Nihility. The Jianmu Universe will certainly remember your kindness. I believe, as a Dao Saint, you would not wish to see the Jianmu Universe suffer, would you?” the elderly Dao Saint slowly continued.

Li Chen tilted his head.

This old fellow certainly knows how to speak, but it’s this kind of feeling that makes him very displeased.

He intended to help, but ended up being stared at by such a large group of people as if they were hungry wolves, and then you come out with such a remark, what does it mean?

Is it a threat?

Or is it moral coercion?

Li Chen hated being threatened.

Hated it deeply!

“No!” Li Chen rolled his eyes and said, “I’m just not giving it, what can you do to me?”

With these words, the old Dao Saint’s face changed, and his originally gentle expression turned equally gloomy.

Clearly, Li Chen’s lack of recognition made him feel very dishonored.

“Not giving?”

With so many people here, do you still have a choice? Having you voluntarily hand it over is just giving you face.

If you’re given face and you reject it, don’t blame us.

The old Dao Saint fell silent, no longer speaking.

Some things don’t need him to speak; there are many people here who will willingly act.

“Xiukai Dao Saint, why waste your breath on an outsider?” A cold-faced powerhouse stepped out, giving Li Chen a cold glance, “Since he refuses to hand it over willingly, let me, Yue Shan, help him hand it over!”

Yue Shan Dao Saint, mid-stage in the Palm Source Realm, extremely powerful, like Leiyang Dao Saint, specializing in frontal combat as a fierce type of Dao Saint.

“Then I will trouble Yue Shan Dao Saint,” the old Dao Saint Xiukai glanced at Li Chen and smirked.

He could tell that Li Chen was only recently at mid-stage in the Palm Source Realm, and against Yue Shan Dao Saint—a powerhouse extremely at the top in mid-stage—he stood almost no chance.

In many years, Yue Shan Dao Saint has managed to push back late-stage Palm Source Realm experts frontally.

Even he does not dare to easily engage Yue Shan in combat.

In Xiukai Dao Saint’s eyes, Li Chen was destined to lose.

Only Solitary Elder Taoist Saint’s brow furrowed slightly.

“Yue Shan Dao Saint, this kid is strange, best be cautious,” Solitary Elder spoke slowly.

Yue Shan Dao Saint glanced at Solitary Elder Taoist Saint, nodded slightly, but felt somewhat dismissive inside—a mere newcomer to mid-stage Palm Source Realm, what is there to be concerned about?

Seeing Yue Shan’s attitude, Solitary Elder’s brow furrowed even deeper.

These people have never personally experienced the Battle of Dreamfall Battlefield and do not understand just how terrifying this kid truly is.

“Just you alone?”

Looking at Yue Shan Dao Saint approaching him, Li Chen glanced up at the sky, then chuckled softly, “Do you think you can defeat me?”

“Won’t know until we’ve tried.” Yue Shan Dao Saint grasped his hand, and a massive hammer appeared in his grip, speaking coldly.

Li Chen’s hands were held behind him, facing the many Palm Realm powerhouses without the slightest fear on his face.

The current him is no longer that pitifully low in cultivation, relying on deceit and bluffing to cope with Palm Realm powerhouses.

Now, not only has his cultivation restored, he has completed a breakthrough.

Though this breakthrough took millions of years.

Nonetheless, at this moment, Li Chen still wanted to secretly say in his heart…

“I’m alive again.”

He is Li Chen, he is the King of the Netherworld, and he is the Dust Saint of the Mundane World tempered through countless trials.

To think this level of situation could scare him?

Ridiculous!

“Dust Saint of the Mundane World, seeing you so slim, can you withstand one hammer from me, Yue Shan?” Yue Shan Dao Saint displayed a somewhat ferocious smile.

In the next instant, Yue Shan Dao Saint’s figure suddenly expanded.

Soon, Yue Shan Dao Saint transformed into a hundred-meter-tall giant.

Yet, this is still not the complete state of his body.

Yue Shan Dao Saint’s form belongs to a race known as the ‘Mountain Sea Giant’ from the Jianmu Universe; if his form were fully unleashed, it could be a hundred kilometers tall.

Clearly, dealing with Li Chen, a hundred-meter height is already the most suitable size.

Moreover, shrinking doesn’t necessarily mean a significant loss of strength.

“Mountain Sea Universe, open!!”

“Power Origin—Destruction!!”

The giant hammer, with Yue Shan Dao Saint’s body, morphed into a massive war hammer, suddenly transforming into a terrifying meteor brimming with oppressive power, crashing down toward Li Chen.

Now the Jiankong Realm has been thrown into chaos due to the invasion of the Black Tide of Nihility, so even if there are Palm Realm-level power fluctuations, they won’t attract attention as before.

Moreover, before the Black Tide of Nihility descended, many powerhouses jointly strengthened the plane barrier of the Jiankong Realm; given its toughness, it can fully endure attacks from Dao Saint powerhouses!

“Power Law transformed into Power Origin Force?”

Looking at that world-destroying giant hammer, Li Chen suddenly seemed a bit lost.

The Power Law, among his friends, some used the Power Law, he wondered how they were doing now.

“Boom!!”

The giant hammer, carrying terrifying momentum, smashed down directly on Li Chen’s head, so much so that Li Chen didn’t have time to dodge it.

Or it could be said, facing such terrifying pressure, he had no way to evade.

Yet, curiously, why… didn’t he open his own universe for defense?

Yue Shan Dao Saint was also stunned because, if it were anyone else, even a Dao Saint powerhouse, not using their universe for defense would mean this hammer would reduce them to dust.

But striking Li Chen felt like meeting the hardest object in the entire Vast Nihility.

What… kind of physical body is this?!