Martial Cultivator

Half of the sky was soon tainted by demonic qi, making it appear as though night had fallen in an instant.

The ink-black demonic qi engulfed the heavens and spread across the land. The Demon Emperor’s figure was concealed within the darkness, seemingly merging with the pitch-black demonic qi.

Behind the Great Liang Emperor, the sky remained as it was, creating a stark contrast - black and white, clearly divided.

The Great Liang Emperor, his hair tousled by the wind, looked at the boundless demonic qi. From his body, a snow-white mist slowly emerged, flowing out of his apertures like streams of white true dragons circling around him.

Since ancient times, it was said that the emperors of the mortal realm were sons of heaven, possessing the body of a true dragon. In truth, this notion was nothing more than a means for successive emperors to consolidate their rule. What truth was there to it?

Yet at this moment, with true dragons encircling him, the Great Liang Emperor indeed seemed like a legendary sovereign.

As the Great Liang Emperor swept his wide sleeves, the bodies of the true dragons began to expand dramatically. They rushed forward in unison toward the Demon Emperor. Countless true dragons advanced simultaneously, the phenomenon looking incomparably magnificent.

This was a peerless battle even more grand than the duel with the Sword Sect’s Sect Master.

The snow-white true dragons opened their enormous mouths and suddenly inhaled, drawing an endless stream of demonic qi into their jaws.

As countless true dragons opened their mouths in unison, the awe-inspiring spectacle was unparalleled in grandeur.

It was truly a peerless sight of dragons swallowing water.

Yet, despite the countless true dragons absorbing an endless amount of demonic qi, the sky on that side remained as dark as ink. The demonic qi seemed inexhaustible, not diminishing in the slightest.

The Demon Emperor gazed at the snow-white true dragons and furrowed his brows slightly before finally making his move.

With a sweep of his wide sleeves, countless streams of demonic qi were drawn to him, forming jet-black spears next to him.

The Demon Emperor grasped one of the spears. The jet-black spear took on a faintly eerie luster in an instant, and the same eerie glow quickly spread across the bodies of the remaining spears.

The Demon Emperor hurled one spear forward, and the others followed suit, streaking through the air in a series of black trails aimed at the snow-white dragon

In an instant, countless spears clashed with the snow-white true dragons. The dragons responded in various ways: some brandished their sharp claws and began to engage the spears in close combat, while others unleashed streams of snow-white flames from their mouths, attempting to burn the spears to ashes.

Some of the dragons and spears were evenly matched, while others saw the black spears gaining the upper hand, piercing through the snow-white true dragons’ scales and causing countless dragon scales to fall to the ground.

Each fallen dragon scale struck the earth with immense force, creating massive craters upon impact.

Countless true dragons and countless black spears clashed in a display of immense power from these two peerless emperors. The two manipulated the countless true dragons and long spears at the same time, dividing their attention while fighting. While their mastery might not necessarily be stronger than a sword cultivator who possessed several lifeblood flying swords, a sword cultivator was able to control countless flying swords through years of meticulous effort, and nurturing their flying swords. But these two emperors could divide their attention to control so many objects on a whim. It was clear at a glance which was superior.

The two emperors seemed in no hurry, silently watching the battle between the spears and the true dragons.

The Demon Emperor’s expression grew somewhat complicated. The aura within those snow-white true dragons clearly did not belong to the Nepenthe realm. This also meant that the Great Liang Emperor, as he had suspected, had already taken a step beyond Nepenthe.

He could already be considered the number one person in human history within these thousand years.

If it were another monarch from the demon race’s history, they would likely have been defeated at the hands of the Great Liang Emperor. But unfortunately... his opponent was possibly the most extraordinary demon emperor of the past thousand years.

The Demon Emperor’s momentum grew even more formidable, and at this moment, it increased yet again.

The Great Liang Emperor laughed heartily. ”As expected, you’ve also touched that threshold.”

The Demon Emperor remained composed. ”Chen Che, if you were the only one in this world constantly moving forward, wouldn’t that be a bit too boring?”

”Naturally, the Great Dao is a long journey, and one should always take a few more steps forward.”

The Great Liang Emperor smiled freely. ”This is much better. Only then will our battle today be worthy.”

The Demon Emperor smiled slightly. Although the current display of the Great Liang Emperor’s power and cultivation realm had caught him off guard and disrupted his initial plans, the Demon Emperor did not think much of it.

Since it had come to this, he would make the best out of it.

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At this moment, the battle between the spears and the true dragons was almost at its end, with countless deep pits already appearing on the ground.

Earlier, the desolate north had already become a wasteland due to the battle between the two peerless monarchs, and it was even worse now.

Just as the last true dragon dissipated between heaven and earth, the spears also vanished at that same moment.

Countless white mist clouds floated in the air, but did not dissipate. They slowly gathered together, then reentered the body of the Great Liang Emperor.

The Great Liang Emperor paused for a moment, then took several steps forward, leaving behind a few snow-white phantoms.

The phantoms layered upon each other, eventually forming a massive dharma idol that continued to rise, reaching several thousand feet in the blink of an eye.

It resembled a peerless emperor standing between heaven and earth.

Overlooking the world.

On the opposite side, the Demon Emperor’s true form emerged from the ink-black demonic qi. The demonic qi behind him also gathered at this moment, quickly forming a towering, ink-black dharma idol.

The usual move of great demons was to raise a domain and form a dharma idol, but for a powerhouse like the Demon Emperor, it was rare to use this move, as there were very few opponents in the entire world capable of provoking the Demon Emperor to employ such a move.

But now, he had no choice but to employ it.

The ink-black Dharma idol stood between heaven and earth, directly facing the snow-white dharma idol of the Great Liang Emperor.

The Great Liang Emperor laughed heartily. ”We truly want to know what your great demon true form looks like.”

The Demon Emperor smiled and replied, ”Chen Che, if you want to know, it will depend on whether you have the ability.”

The Great Liang Emperor said nothing but made his massive dharma idol take a step forward.

Immediately, a gigantic pit, hundreds of feet wide, appeared on the ground of the desolate north.

Enveloped in demonic qi, the Demon Emperor threw a heavy punch. The terrifying aura instantly tore apart the surrounding space, and in those void realm, endless lightning flashed.

That was perhaps an aura not belonging to this world.

The two massive dharma idols began to unleash their techniques. The Demon Emperor conjured a spear several hundred feet long, while the Great Liang Emperor drew a wisp of cloud qi to form a gigantic sword, also several hundred feet in length.

The intense clash between the two caused the space around them to collapse, as if a piece of glass had cracked open with countless fissures.

The Demon Emperor glanced at the Great Liang Emperor, and then his figure moved, arriving in front of the Great Liang Emperor. He reached out, ignoring the enormous dharma idol, and directly dragged the Great Liang Emperor into a void realm.

The two entered a different battlefield.