Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 1041: Chapter 830: True Monarch (Part 2)

”What!”

The golden-haired knight was shocked and struggled to get up.

Nangong Li raised his hand, made a grasping motion, and instantly, two giant illusory fire hands emerged from the ground beside the golden-haired knight and the demon monkey, pressing down on them.

”Ah...!”

They both let out a cry of pain.

Earlier, they hadn’t screamed when attacked by the heavenly fire, but now they couldn’t suppress it.

It felt like their spirit was being subjected to an excruciating pain, as if penetrating to the bone and nerves, disrupting their physical movements!

”It’s a spiritual attack!”

The golden-haired knight was alarmed, and metallic waves surged over his body, trying to exert all his strength to fend off the flaming hands and struggle to stand up.

However, just as he was about to escape the grasp of the fiery hands and stand up, he felt a strong and scorching sense of danger approaching.

The golden-haired knight suddenly looked up, only to see Nangong Li had already approached, extending a finger to his forehead.

”What!!”

The golden-haired knight was shocked to the core and stood there frozen in fear.

”Relying solely on True Form Release to achieve a surge in power...” Nangong Li lowered his gaze, a spark of fire igniting at his fingertip, ”Such experimental subjects as this, it seems you are merely a failed creation that has lost its sense of self.”

The golden-haired knight’s pupils contracted.

In the next moment, a flare of fire shot from Nangong Li’s fingertip, everything it passed—mountains, rocks, and vegetation—was reduced to ashes with a single point!

The golden-haired knight in front of him, whose body was like metal, instantly turned to ash within the flames.

”Roar... Roar?!”

Witnessing such a terrifying blow, the demon monkey beside him was momentarily stunned, then, in utter panic, he exerted all his strength to try and escape from the fiery hands!

Nangong Li, with a calm expression, turned and walked toward the demon monkey.

Suddenly, a sound of something cutting through the air was heard, a Black Stone Long Saber came swiftly, hitting Nangong Li!

As the flames burst outward, the flaming shield formed by the Vermilion Bird True Spirit swirling around Nangong Li protected him in time from the blow.

Yet, it was visible that the Black Stone Long Saber was slowly penetrating the shield, its potency indeed terrifying!

Nangong Li raised his hand and pointed at the Black Stone Long Saber: ”Explode.”

”Boom!”

The fiery explosion blew the Black Stone Long Saber away at an even faster speed.

In the distance, a stout black figure swiftly approached, grabbing the Black Stone Long Saber with a hand.

”Sizzle...!”

The saber was still extremely hot, a large amount of white smoke rising from the hand holding it.

Yet the stout figure seemed oblivious to the pain, instead showing great interest in Nangong Li ahead.

The newcomer was a large, burly man with red hair and thick eyebrows.

”Lord Basen!”

The demon monkey on the ground exclaimed in surprise.

”I didn’t expect to encounter such a powerful human expert right upon arrival.” Basen looked at Nangong Li, eyes brimming with excitement, ”Such an intense Star Power fluctuation, almost the strongest I’ve ever seen, maybe even stronger than Liu!”

”One of the Ten Weapon Masters?” Nangong Li raised his head to look at Basen.

”Heh heh, that’s right, I am Basen, one of the Imperial Court’s King’s Ten Weapon Masters!” Basen laughed heartily and said to Nangong Li, ”Since I’ve arrived, I can’t just let your lordship kill that fool in front of me.”

Nangong Li glanced at Basen, then nodded.

”Alright.” Nangong Li turned, the Vermilion Bird True Spirit coiled around his right arm, releasing terrifying vibrations, ”If you really have that kind of strength.”

Basen’s eyes lit up with excitement, he licked his lips, bent slightly, and stepped forward.

”Boom!!”

The terrifying Star Power wave shot skyward.

Basen’s muscles bulged, veins tightened, and a torrent of Purple Qi whirled across his body as he entered a full battle stance!

The discordant forces of purple and red between Basen and Nangong Li made the demon monkey collapse in exhaustion.

Although both were at the Three Suns Realm and both were Artifact Masters, these two seemed on an entirely different level!

This was the true power of a Ten Weapon Master in their serious state!

In the moment of distraction, Nangong Li and Basen moved simultaneously.

In the blink of an eye, like a meteor crashing into Earth, the two figures wrapped in blinding spirit light collided!

The arena fell silent suddenly; then, a terrifying purple-red Star Power Tide spread from the collision point, pulverizing everything outside the two!

The demon monkey stared tightly at the sky, barely able to keep his eyes open.

Just moments later, a red silhouette was flung backward with a ”boom,” crashing into the distant mountain.

”Was it that human?” The demon monkey’s eyes lit up, ”It seems Lord Basen has the upper hand!”

As the spirit light quickly dispersed, Basen, still with a slightly red body, descended swiftly, tearing apart the flaming hands and picking up the severely injured demon monkey.

”Go!”

After glancing one more time at Nangong Li, who had crashed into the mountain, Basen took the demon monkey and flew away.

”Lord Basen, aren’t we going to kill him...?” the demon monkey asked in confusion.

”Fwooosh!”

At that moment, a suppressed burst of flame erupted from Basen’s left abdomen, burning a football-sized charred hole instantly!

”This...?” The demon monkey raised his head, seeing Basen’s brow covered in fine sweat and his complexion unwell, ”Lord Basen!”

”Stop talking nonsense!” Basen snapped.

The transformed Star Beast dared not say more.

Basen continued onward, taking a glance at the wound in his abdomen, his expression tinged with solemnity.

”That human... is strong!”

...

Back at the scene, amid the shattered mountain, Nangong Li emerged from the debris.

He was unscathed, though the Vermilion Bird True Spirit surrounding him appeared dimmed.

”A Ten Weapon Master... with such strength even without using a Pseudo Saint Artifact, their power is truly extraordinary.”

Nangong Li slightly flexed his right hand, feeling a bit of numbness.

”Since the Ten Weapon Masters have already appeared, it’s time to retreat.”

Watching the direction in which Basen and the demon monkey left, Nangong Li showed no intent of pursuit.

Whether he could defeat the opponent or not, the Ten Weapon Master’s strength was indeed formidable, and it seemed unlikely to capture him in short order.

Since the Grey Realm had dispatched experts like the Ten Weapon Masters, it was a signal to pull back.

Nangong Li took out the Spirit Particles Map; the regions and spatial weak points to be surveyed were nearly complete.

After a brief contemplation, Nangong Li took flight, becoming a blaze heading southward.

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