Han Sen made a comparison in his mind, likening it to the sight of a beautiful woman going at it with another man. Other men would only see the shape of a beautiful woman, but he could not only see every pore and imperfection on her skin, but the bacteria that existed on her.
With Dongxuan Aura like this, the entire world looked... primitive.
"I can see through everything? Is that what the true meaning of the Dongxuan Sutra seeks to imply?" Han Sen felt as if he had broken through something most remarkable, and while it was brilliant, it made him feel as if he wasn't human anymore.
Ruin Emperor and No God Emperor's attacks now looked extremely strange to Han Sen. Their bodies were no longer solid.
Their movements came with a flurry of colored dots around them, which Han Sen had trouble understanding right now. He believed them to be representations of power, or maybe even the smell of the emperors.
In Han Sen's vision, it soon became clear they had also been built this way too. He could see right through them, as if they were just vectors and wireframe polygons.
"If I break the structure of these beings, what would happen?" Han Sen thought to himself as he looked on them.
Chapter 1332: Super Spank
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Han Sen reached out to No God Emperor, who was now little more than binary code given physical form and shape. He reached out and tried to break him.
With the tenth gene lock of the Dongxuan Sutra open, everything felt different. The coursing of power in and around him felt tangible, and it all provided him a strange, yet wondrous sensation.
In Dongxuan Aura, his own body became a sequential structure of sorts. This was what he saw himself as, all except for his hands.
Before his hands came into contact with No God Emperor, the spirit's No God Sword was bearing down on Han Sen's head.
Han Sen brought his hand up as a barrier to brace against the sword. No God Sword also looked like a sequential structure to his eyes now, but one that was different than his own.
Everything around had a sequence structure, but everything was individual and unique. The sequences all ran separate to one another, but when seen all together, they seemed to run in perfect harmony.
When Han Sen's fingers unfurled and closed back down on the No God Sword, his hand was able to break one of the sequences.
The process, to Han Sen's newfound vision, was like the tipping of a domino. And when that first sequence broke, the others quickly followed.
Others saw things the same as always, but what they saw still wowed them and had them look on at something most incredible. In Han Sen's hand, they saw the No God Sword crumble to dust and scatter to the wind.
Everyone around, No God Emperor and Ruin Emperor included, looked at what had occurred in audible shock. Each and every one gasped, not thinking such a thing was possible.
They thought Han Sen was going to die soon, submitting to their constant pummeling. Yet despite all that, they saw a man who had nearly been broken rise up from the ashes like a phoenix. They watched him grab his aggressor's sword and break it. And of course, No God Sword was not just any ordinary sword. Chills ran down all their spines.
Han Sen could hardly believe it, either. He was still bewildered by the rush of how things had changed, following the opening of the tenth gene lock. It was nearly scary, what was going on.
"Now I know how Dongxuan Zi was able to break through the vacuum," Han Sen said to himself, as his own mouth gasped at the realization.
Ruin Emperor then followed up, swinging his fist towards Han Sen. Han Sen grabbed his fist and broke the sequence he could see, which nearly obliterated his entire body. Cracks in his very form had quickly webbed their way across him.
Then, as if the action had been effortless, the cracks widened and collapsed. Ruin Emperor crumbled into dust, just as the sword had.
Silence.
Total Silence.
Everyone was silent following that, struggling to comprehend the fact that the all-supreme Ruin Emperor had been killed through one punch. And that punch had been so powerful, the spirit had crumbled into little more than ash.
It was all over. The spirits now knew there was no hope for them to remain there, and so they all began to flee. They scarpered back to wherever they came from.
When Ruin Emperor died, Han Sen and his companions got their original powers back, too.
No God Emperor looked at Han Sen with a face drained of all color. He too wished to flee, as he had once done before. No God Emperor tried teleporting away, but Han Sen was quicker on the draw. He used Ghost Slash.
"Impossible..." No God Emperor himself then suffered the same fate, turning to dust as his sword and Ruin Emperor had.
Han Sen's companions did not spring into action, as might be expected, upon the return of their abilities. Instead, they each just remained still, like statues. They looked at Han Sen as if he was a monster, not their strong and righteous leader as he long had been.
And eventually, their eyes turned to Han Sen's hands. To them, they were magic hands.
With all the spirits running off, it was expected of them to chase after the spirits they could. But so grand and baffling was Han Sen's deed, they forgot to go after them. It had slipped Moment Queen's mind entirely.
"What in the sanctuaries was that power?!" Flower Empress asked East Empress.
Ruin Emperor and No God Emperor were the strongest spirits in the sanctuary, and despite facing them both simultaneously, Han Sen had managed to one-hit kill the both of them.
"Honestly? I don't know. For the first time in a long time, I don't know." East Empress actually looked frightened as she spoke, and her lips trembled to utter her response.
Heavenly Empress then found herself having to ask the obvious question. "Can any spirit beat him? Is there anyone left we can call upon?"
"Yes, there is! The King!" Flower Empress quickly proclaimed, convinced the spirit of her sleepless nights was just out there somewhere. She did her best to convince herself he was their last hope, and one day he would re-emerge, ready to defeat Han Sen.
"I hope you're right about that. If you're not, and there truly is no other, spirits of the Third God's Sanctuary are in danger. We could very well face extinction," Heavenly Empress said, half-entertaining Flower Empress' strained belief.
The news of Han Sen being able to one-hit kill Ruin Emperor and No God Emperor in a duel against them both was heard throughout the Third God's Sanctuary.
No one knew what the power Han Sen had employed was, so others came up with a name for it instead.
Super Spank!
Spirits called it Super Spank, for he had slapped No God Emperor and Ruin Emperor to death.
Many spirits were worried now, for they knew there was no competing against Han Sen. If he came for their territories, there'd be no hope of resisting.
And when the news reached the Alliance, no one believed it.
A few hundred spirits and creatures had amassed to attack Han Sen's shelter, and having laid waste to such numbers, Han Sen had also then gone on to kill No God Emperor.
Humans did not know about Ruin Emperor, but they did know about No God Emperor through Divinity's Bout. They knew how terrifying he was, and the thought of Han Sen felling him with ease seemed like a stretch.
While people were quick to disregard the news at first, it soon became clear it was no lie. And what's more, the news was heard through the chattering of spirits, and there'd be no reason for spirits to lie about this. If anything, repeating the story was doing them a disservice.
"No God Emperor Super Spanked to Death! Good, Bad, He's the Guy with the Super Spank! The One Emperor to Rule Them All! "
Han Sen did not return to the Alliance yet, though. First, he wanted to conquer the entirety of the Third God's Sanctuary.
After Night Empress aided Han Sen and Lotus Empress by killing numerous emperors, and after the events that had just transpired at Moving Star Shelter, the Third God's Sanctuary was now at its most vulnerable.
Han Sen was unstoppable, and the remaining spirits knew this. None would dare get in his way, and so they all obeyed Han Sen and provided him with their spirit stones when he started making rounds.
Before what had just occurred, they would never obey a human, but Han Sen was too intimidating. And to them, he wasn't just a mere human like the rest were. He had a unique reputation of terror.
Areas that had not been controlled by Han Sen yet discussed how they might fight back and revolt, but they all secretly knew it would be futile.
Han Sen took a break after a while and went to the spirit base as a super king spirit. It'd been a while since he last played the part of The King.
Chapter 1333: Free Spirit Geno Points
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Inside the ninth spirit base, a few spirits were discussing amongst themselves.
"Six-Arm, did you hear about the human and his Super Spank?"
"What a silly question! Of course I have; it destroyed both Ruin Emperor and No God Emperor. The human has been expanding the reach of his territory following that, hasn't he?"
"I wonder what powers he practiced to be able to do what he did."
"I have heard some spirits have tried to resist him and have refused to pledge their allegiance to the man when he came to their shelters. Needless to say, they were quickly struck down. He's merciless."
"If it goes on like this, he'll soon end up claiming the entirety of the Third God's Sanctuary."
"You worry far too much, far too soon. It won't be as easy for him as he thinks. He is a human, and those who accompany him are spirits and creatures. He treats them well, but when he claims a shelter, the spirit that previously owned the place is put under a contract with one of his close allies."
"There is no such thing as an invincible foe; powers have a limit. There must be some way we can fight back and break him. Undead Emperor and The King still haven't tried their hands yet. Undead Emperor never dies, and The King has an incredible amount of power, or at least he did, last we saw him. If he had ten gene locks open, he might be able to win."
"Don't jump the gun just yet. I'm sure it will still take The King some time before he opens his tenth gene lock."
"You and I both know The King is vastly different than most spirits. He is delightfully unpredictable, and it would not surprise me if he already had opened his tenth gene lock."
As they spoke, a new island appeared at the spirit base.
The king spirits looked over to see who was coming, and it was the person they had just been discussing: Han Sen. Of course, they wouldn't recognize him as such.
The king spirits drove their island towards Han Sen and asked him, "The King, have you heard about the human?"
Han Sen took a moment before responding, thinking to himself, "Well, duh. That's me, you numpties!"
Of course, he was far politer to them than that when he spoke. And wanting to have some fun, he smiled and told them, "That is why I am here. I need to open my tenth gene lock as soon as possible, so I can kill him."
The spirits were enthusiastic, hearing this. They immediately said, "You can break Super Spank?"
"I have Skill Negation. To fight and destroy the boy, all I need is my tenth gene lock to be open," Han Sen said.
"How do you plan on opening it? You can't take too long!" a king spirit asked.
"I need to fight to open it, and I need all sorts of spirit geno points," Han Sen feigned.
"I have water element! I can give you those points so you can kill the human," one king spirit offered.
"Yeah, I do need some. It would be wonderful to receive some of those!" Han Sen was thrilled, for he had played them like a fiddle. This was exactly what he had come to do, and they had fallen for his bait, hook, line, and sinker.
It was normally difficult to gather king spirit geno points, and he could only receive one point for each kill.
Plus, the last time he had come here, king spirits tended to avoid him. They didn't like his pompous attitude, and neither did they like the fact he'd always one-hit kill them. Now, they thought they needed him, so their tunes had changed.
King spirits began to line up, one after each other. They were all dying to give him their geno points so he could challenge Han Sen. And the offerings weren't measly, either. They often gave more than just a handful.
This was the ninth spirit base, so the king spirits around often possessed nine hundred geno points. Maxing out the figure to one hundred would not be too difficult for him.
"I have thunder geno points! I will give you as many as you need, but please kill the human."
"Me, too!"
The queue was a messy one, as spirits impatiently wished to provide The King all the geno points they could offer.
"I will take your earth geno points. There is no need for more fire. But I also need someone to help me practice in combat."
As Han Sen watched his king spirit geno point tally steadily increase, he was exuberantly happy. Every now and again, Han Sen came to the spirit base to collect a few points where he could and practice combat.
He had never been beaten, for he utterly annihilated all his challengers with the greatest of ease. It was for this particular reason the spirits believed The King would be the person to beat Han Sen.
And before long, his king spirit geno points were maxing out, one after each other, element after element.
Han Sen was now able to maximize his efficiency with wind, fire, thunder, and lightning. He wasn't as effective with them as he would be if he was a professional that trained with one element exclusively, but he was nothing to laugh at.
The reason Han Sen wanted to collect and better his elemental powers so much, though, was because of his desire to hammer out new, complex hyper geno arts. And that was what was great about humanity.
Han Sen was in a fine, cheery mood, but the spirits around weren't. They had no idea Han Sen was The King and The King was Han Sen.
He initially feared encountering Sky King or the lady with Serpent Throne, but fortunately for him, they did not show up. If they did, he believed they could expose him. They had seen Han Sen don the appearance of The King when he activated super king spirit mode.
That being said, they had ten gene locks open. And once Han Sen's super king spirit mode opened its tenth gene lock, the chance of having an awkward encounter with them was far higher.
As long as he kept away from them, and they could not see The King's appearance, Han Sen wagered he'd be fine.
Han Sen hoped they had never even heard of The King, but that might have been unlikely. At the very least, he hoped they didn't like spending time in the spirit base.
He didn't think many people would believe them, though, even if they did try to expose The King as being Han Sen. It was a stretch to believe, and it'd be his word against theirs.
Plus, it wasn't as if they could challenge him. He had maxed out his geno points, too.