Martial Cultivator

Chen Chao stopped his declining momentum high above Divine Capital. At the same time as he steadied himself, he casually gathered some of the scattered qi near him.

Then the young Lord Warden Commander turned his head and glanced at Divine Capital below.

From such a height, that towering majestic city had also become miniature. The common people within the city were even smaller, like ants.

This was probably the first time Chen Chao had truly stood at such a height and experienced the perspective of those cultivators on top of the mountains.

Looking at it this way, were the ordinary common people beneath the mountains not truly no different from ants?

Chen Chao shook his head, looked toward the sky, and spat out a mouthful of coagulated blood mixed with qi. So what if they were ants? Did that mean they deserved to be looked down upon?

There was no such logic.

Chen Chao reached into his chest, pulled out the clump of demon qi within his body, and crushed it. Then he rose into the air once more and swept toward the high skies again.

But the moment Chen Chao entered the sea of clouds, he encountered a head-on blow from the Demon Emperor. His enormous dharma idol stomped down with one foot. Ripples spread through the surroundings like a calm lake suddenly turning into stormy waves, while Chen Chao resembled a fish trying to break through the surface to breathe a mouthful of air above the lake, only to fail no matter what.

The Demon Emperor clearly had no intention of giving Chen Chao such an opportunity.

Chen Chao raised both hands and blocked the Demon Emperor’s kick, but still could not continue rising upward. Thus the two of them, one high and one low, one above and one below, began confronting each other like this.

The Demon Emperor strolled leisurely and looked at Chen Chao beneath him. He suddenly asked, ”Are you really going to risk your life like this? Aren’t you afraid of dying and your Dao vanishing today?”

Chen Chao’s mouth was full of blood, but he merely scoffed. ”If I don’t risk my life, would you stop trying to kill me?”

The Demon Emperor did not answer this question, but the answer was obvious. The matter was actually very simple. If Chen Chao did not risk his life, perhaps he would die even faster.

Relying on this surge of vigor to battle desperately could still make the Demon Emperor somewhat wary. But if he had been timid and hesitant from the start, then to the Demon Emperor, Chen Chao would merely be fish on a chopping block - to be eaten whenever desired.

The Demon Emperor looked at this young martial artist and sighed emotionally, ”Have to admit, you truly have not disgraced your identity. Chen Che has a good nephew, truly fortunate.”

Chen Chao laughed and said, ”Stop probing already. You’ve lived several hundred years longer than me, but I’ve gone through countless life-and-death situations too. I’m not that easy to fool, so stop wasting your effort.”

The Demon Emperor nodded as though it truly made sense and smiled. ”True enough.”

After saying those two words, the Demon Emperor no longer hesitated. Demonic qi surged once more. Dragging this out brought him no benefit. Using a dull knife to slowly cut flesh was a form of torment for the other side, while for himself, it was safer. But everything carried the possibility of accidents. Just like now, this young martial artist before him might suddenly pull out some unreasonable move at any moment.

Back in the desolate north, that female sword immortal who had appeared out of nowhere had been exactly like that.

Better to end this quickly.

To kill this young martial artist in one burst would naturally be best.

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There were already some incomparably terrifying people in this world, but many had not expected that that incomparably terrifying person had yet to reveal his most terrifying side.

At this moment, the boundless demonic qi surging once more from the Demon Emperor dyed the sea of clouds black in an instant.

The young martial artist beneath the sea of clouds was firmly sucked in by this suddenly appearing demonic cloud in just an instant.

The Demon Emperor withdrew that foot and slightly raised a hand. Endless demonic qi poured into his palm, forming a spear even more terrifying than before.

That spear was entirely black, carrying a black sheen. Endless demonic qi flowed within the spear, looking just like flowing water.

But with a river that appeared calm, no one knew whether in the next moment it would turn into a scene of monstrous flooding.

A powerhouse like the Demon Emperor had long since reached an incomparably meticulous level of control over every wisp of his own demonic qi. At this moment, he lowered his head and looked at the young martial artist before him. His enormous dharma idol was being firmly absorbed and could not struggle free. At this moment, countless chains formed from demonic qi tightly wrapped around him.

At this moment, Chen Chao looked as though he was being dangled in midair by him.

Actually, Chen Chao still had another choice at this moment, and that was to leave his dharma idol. Though that could avoid immediate death and Dao dissipation in the first wave, he would definitely be heavily wounded, lose all ability to continue fighting, and only be left waiting for death.

But if he did not leave, then he would shatter together with the dharma idol.

The Demon Emperor felt somewhat regretful. If the person below at this moment had been Chen Che, how good would that have been? Killing a young man truly made it difficult for a powerhouse like the Demon Emperor to feel any excitement.

And at this moment, Chen Chao’s entire body was bound by chains formed from demonic qi, while the qi of the dharma idol was continuously being worn away. That sensation of nearing collapse was extremely unbearable.

At this moment, countless cracks had even appeared across Chen Chao’s real body. Countless fine beads of blood seeped out from those cracks, dyeing his entire body crimson red.

Even though their cultivation realms were equal, the difference of several hundred years still existed. Wanting to defeat the Demon Emperor was simply too difficult.

Chen Chao gritted his teeth as the qi throughout his body surged and rammed forward again and again, wanting to break free from the restraints upon the dharma idol, but by now, all of it only felt futile.

Many times, people needed to accept fate.

Just like how Cao Chong had previously said that if heaven and earth were a book, then the protagonist within that book would be the Demon Emperor, not anyone else.

”Fuck your mother!”

Chen Chao roared without stop as his qi churned endlessly. Quite a few of the demonic qi chains around his body were broken apart by him.

But it still carried the feeling of trying to put out a cartload of burning logs with a cup of water.

If Cao Chong’s words had been heard by Chen Chao, then Chen Chao would definitely have told him that if heaven and earth truly were a book, then the protagonist in that book absolutely would not be the Demon Emperor, but him, Chen Chao.

That fellow writing the book definitely favored him the most!

Sensing Chen Chao’s aura still continuously rising, the Demon Emperor raised the spear and no longer waited, instead fiercely stabbing it toward the head of Chen Chao’s dharma idol!

Just as the spear stabbed downward, the demonic qi flowing within it boiled ahead of time, like a great river reaching its end, only to arrive at the edge of a cliff.

Thus it became a magnificent waterfall!

The demonic qi surged into Chen Chao’s body first.

The spear followed immediately after.

But in the next moment, accompanied by the sound of something shattering, a hand blocked that spear.

The spearhead did not stop. It easily pierced through that large hand, and along the way shattered the surrounding qi, but that large hand also did not shatter because of it, instead turning to tightly grip that spear.

The spearhead was actually only a hair’s breadth away from the head.

But it remained firmly suspended in midair.

No matter how much force the Demon Emperor exerted, at this moment that spear could no longer continue descending.

The Demon Emperor looked with some surprise at that young man who clearly seemed as though his qi could collapse and shatter at any moment. For some reason, even while in this state where he could collapse at any time, he was still able to persevere.

This state of seeming on the verge of breaking yet not breaking was indeed somewhat rare.

The Demon Emperor’s demonic qi continued descending, but in the distance he saw a streak of sword light. A flying sword filled with a green vibrancy swept over toward him wrapped in sword qi.

The Demon Emperor paid it no attention whatsoever, because before that flying sword could even reach him, it would definitely be shredded apart by his endless demonic qi.

Even if it was a great sword immortal.

Even if it was a fairly decent flying sword.

In the end, before that flying sword could reach this side, Chen Chao’s enormous dharma idol grabbed it in one hand, then hurled it back toward where it came from.

”Fuck your mother, Yu Xiyi, a Hundred Year Sword is still a fucking sword, must you insist on destroying it?!”

The flying sword swept back and landed in the hands of that great sword immortal rushing toward the battlefield. That great sword immortal held the sword and looked at Chen Chao before him, his eyes filled with worry, before cussing loudly, ”Chen Chao, you punk, must you insist on courting death?!”

Chen Chao’s mouth was full of blood. One hand pressed against the spear while the other grabbed one of the Demon Emperor’s legs and fiercely dragged downward. Then he laughed maniacally, ”Die my ass, Your Father still still not lived enough, I won’t die!”

At this very moment, the white mist within Chen Chao’s body slowly overflowed, enveloping the dharma idol and making this dharma idol of his appear even more profound and mysterious.

Its aura even surged higher considerably in an instant.

The Demon Emperor’s expression slightly changed. Could it be that this young martial artist had truly been repeatedly showing weakness, only to finally bring out some means difficult to deal with at the moment when he was least guarded against it?

In the distance, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master and Cao Chong had also rushed over to this place.

At this instant, the Demon Emperor experienced a brief moment of distraction!

Then his entire dharma idol was dragged downward, immediately followed by an extremely heavy punch!

The fist wrapped in white mist seemed to naturally possess a suppressing effect against demonic qi, causing the Demon Emperor’s brows to tightly knit together.

After that, the two dharma idols pummeled each other here, though it was visibly Chen Chao’s offensive growing increasingly fierce, to the point that the Demon Emperor was somewhat struggling to cope.

Unable to retrieve that spear all this time, the Demon Emperor finally slammed a palm against Chen Chao’s dharma idol’s head, while Chen Chao simultaneously smashed a punch toward the other party’s head.

With a thunderous boom, both of their dharma idols began shattering at this moment.

Countless strands of qi scattered into the mortal world.

Cao Chong froze for an instant, then immediately threw out that old book. He still wore a pained expression, and still failed to preserve that old book.

But he also understood clearly that if he ignored it and allowed this qi to fall into the mortal world, then in the entire Divine Capital, there would not be many people left alive.

Chen Chao left his dharma idol a step earlier. The white mist around him continuously gathered back, blocking most of the Demon Emperor’s impact.

But even so, Chen Chao was still already heavily wounded.

However, the next thing this young martial artist did was not withdraw from the battlefield, but instead taking the initiative to crash toward the Demon Emperor once more.

Without the dharma idols, this time it was the collision of the two men’s true bodies.

The Demon Emperor was struck in the chest by an elbow. In that instant, his demonic qi was actually dispersed, causing his figure to once again become unstable, forcing him to stagger backward toward the north.

Seeing this scene, the several people all found it somewhat unbelievable.

How exactly had Chen Chao managed to do this?

One had to know that at this moment, he should already have exhausted all his qi long ago. He should not still possess such ability.

Yet this seemingly incomprehensible thing had truly happened right before their eyes just like this, and it was incomparably real.

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Above the horizon.

The two transformed into a streak of flowing light once more, continuously heading northward.

It seemed this young martial artist had made up his mind to knock this ruler of the myriad demons completely out of Great Liang’s territory!