Tian Zhu drew forth his Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, an artifact of immense legend. Discarding his sect robes, he unleashed his true power, initiating his first technique, a prelude to his ultimate move: the Heaven-Splitting Axe Slash. A colossal axe aura erupted from the divine axe, tearing sharply through the void and slamming into the Martial Void realm expert's hammer martial soul. The immense pressure of the hammer faltered, the void expert sustained only a few minor scratches, his overwhelming power barely grazed.
The Martial Void expert's eyes flashed with cold fury. "You dare?" he growled, his voice laced with utter contempt. "I will kill you first, then I will plunder this entire planet." With impossible speed, he vanished from his position and reappeared directly behind Tian Zhu. A massive hand clamped onto Tian Zhu's head, slamming him violently to the ground. Slowly, deliberately, the void expert began to beat him, the force of his blows shattering the arena floor and sending shockwaves throughout the land. The already injured arena and its spectators, if any remained, burst into dust and ruin from the sheer impact. Tian Zhu, despite his Emperor realm power, was brutally injured, his body battered and broken.
Suddenly, a system message echoed in Lu Kai's mind: **"Host: Your first disciple, Tian Zhu, is in great danger."**
Lu Kai's eyes snapped open. He had been engrossed in refining his psychic abilities within a distorted dimension he had created for technique testing. The temporal anomaly had been a fascinating distraction, but this was an immediate crisis. He tore open a rift in space, emerging from the sky rift above the arena. He saw Tian Zhu brutally injured, his head held in the crushing grip of the void expert, who was preparing to deliver the final, killing blow.
*So busy with my own world that I didn't notice the real one unraveling,* Lu Kai thought with a grim realization. He moved instantly, unleashing his psychic abilities. A cage of pure psychic energy, invisible and inescapable, formed around the Martial Void expert, sealing him from all sides. The void expert struggled violently, trying to break free from the psychic barrier, but it held firm.
Lu Kai slowly, deliberately, began to compress the psychic cube. The pressure intensified, the void expert's struggles becoming more desperate, but futile. He was trapped, his power useless against the unseen force. Then, with a final, crushing surge, Lu Kai compressed the psychic cube into nothingness. The Martial Void realm expert died a brutal, agonizing death, his existence unraveled by Lu Kai's power. He deserved it for what he had done.
Lu Kai descended, landing beside his battered disciple. With a wave of his hand, he channeled his power, instantly healing Tian Zhu's grievous injuries. The arena, though shattered, remained standing. As Tian Zhu began to stir, the sky above ripped open once more. This time, a single figure, radiating an aura of supreme, unfathomable power that eclipsed even the Martial Void realm expert's, descended. This was a Martial Dominator realm powerhouse.
"Who dares to go against the Upper Realm court?" the figure boomed, their voice shaking the very foundations of the world.
(To be continued...)