Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Jiang Chen’s stomp directly obliterated the Flame Dragon. The boots on his feet were incinerated, but his body remained completely unchanged, not even reddened by the searing magma.

His Divine Demon Tyrant Body, at the Second Stage of Perfection, made his physique comparable to a Profound Tier High-level Profound Weapon.

Ordinary water and fire could no longer harm his true form!

Luo Qing narrowed his eyes, a flicker of red light flashing within them as he said sinisterly, ”Impressive. No wonder Luo Rui, Lu Jie, and Zhong Yi all fell to you one after another.”

”Are you complimenting me?” Jiang Chen blinked and smiled.

Luo Qing was speechless.

’Compliment my ass! I’d love to swallow you whole and flay you alive!’

Luo Qing snorted coldly. He gripped his long saber in mid-air, and it let out a long, piercing cry that sounded like a dragon’s roar and a tiger’s snarl.

An unparalleled blade aura instantly erupted from the weapon.

This was a Profound Tier High-level Profound Weapon also known as the Flame-Devouring Saber. It had been fused with the heart’s blood of a Tier Three High-level Demon Beast, an Earth Fire Demon Dragon. When activated, it could unleash terrifying waves of fire. Its searing heat was even more dreadful than magma, especially when combined with Luo Qing’s Tier Two Middle Level Fire Blade Intent.

Wielding the Flame-Devouring Saber, Luo Qing was undeniably one of the best among those at his level!

”Flaming Dragon Seven Kills Slash!”

Luo Qing strode through the air, his long robes fluttering and his killing intent surging.

He gripped the hilt with both hands and thrust it forward.

This seemingly slow slash had, in reality, already unleashed nearly a hundred streaks of blade aura in an instant.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Vast swaths of blade aura lit up the sky, blindingly bright and razor-sharp, making the very air seem to tremble. Spurred on by this slash, the magma roiling on the Blood Battle Arena began to boil violently. The temperature soared, and pillars of fire shot up one after another.

An endless rumbling filled the air, as if hundreds or even thousands of Fire Dragons were erupting from the magma.

”Hm?”

Jiang Chen’s gaze sharpened.

His figure flashed sharply to the left. At almost the same moment, a hundred-meter-long pillar of fire erupted from the lake of magma, engulfing the spot where he had just been standing.

The scorching heatwave nearly boiled the very air.

WHOOSH—

Just as Jiang Chen dodged one pillar of fire and steadied himself in the air on the other side, a sheet of blade aura suddenly tore through the void toward him. This blade aura was incomparably sharp, cleaving through a pillar of fire in front of him and crashing down with a blinding crimson brilliance.

”Divine Wind Extreme—Break!”

Jiang Chen’s expression shifted slightly. He flicked his palm in the air, and his longsword shot out.

Azure Sword Aura surged from the Qingfeng Sword. A cyan Sword Qi Tornado materialized in the air, twisting like a Wind Dragon as it slammed viciously into the sheet of blade light.

BOOM! RUMBLE!

The blade light and Sword Aura crashed into each other like two colliding mountains.

Dust and smoke billowed as True Essence scattered everywhere.

The clash of two completely different energies whipped up a storm across the lake of magma, churning a massive vortex into its surface. The molten rock spun wildly, and huge waves of magma crashed down with a roar. Sparks flew everywhere, hissing—CHH-CHHH—as they landed, releasing thick black smoke that rose slowly into the air.

”Not bad, power-wise. Now let me test your speed!” Luo Qing sneered.

His figure suddenly shot forward, leaving a series of afterimages trailing a full hundred meters behind him.

In an instant, he was right in front of Jiang Chen.

He swung his long saber again and again, unleashing hundreds of streaks of blade light that formed a canopy, blotting out the sky.

”Speed? I’m no slower than you!”

A mocking smile touched Jiang Chen’s lips.

’Having mastered Wind Sword Intent, my speed is naturally nothing to scoff at!’

”Instant Sword!”

The Sword Aura arrived in a flash.

CLANG! CLANG!

A continuous series of metallic clashes rang out amid a dazzlingly brilliant display of saber light and sword shadows that made it impossible to open one’s eyes.

It was as if both Jiang Chen and Luo Qing had vanished. Only the repeated clashes of their weapons revealed their approximate positions!

”They’re so fast!”

”I can’t believe Jiang Chen is this strong! Even Luo Qing can’t take him down right away!”

Before the Earth Martial Hall, the assembled experts exclaimed in shock again and again.

BOOM—

A hundred-zhang sword light and a hundred-zhang blade aura suddenly collided, and the power of both weapons dissipated into nothingness.

Jiang Chen and Luo Qing’s figures reappeared in the sky.

The two stood hovering in the air, their eyes locked.

Luo Qing’s face was ashen and incredibly ugly. ”Damn it. I didn’t expect you to be this strong.”

”There’s a lot you didn’t expect,” Jiang Chen said lightly.

Luo Qing snorted, a bloodthirsty look on his face. ”This fight has dragged on long enough. It’s time to end it. Before you, the only peers who could force me to use my Martial Soul Talent were Li Yunlong and Yuwen Xunyi. You will have the honor of being the third person to witness it.”

”Oh? I’d like to see just how strong your Martial Soul Talent really is,” Jiang Chen said, narrowing his eyes as he stared at Luo Qing.

”You’ll see soon enough!”

Demonic Qi pulsed from Luo Qing’s body. A bone-chilling cold erupted from him, shrouding him in the endless black miasma. The Demonic Qi swirled like a gale, enveloping his entire body before coalescing into a jet-black long saber above his head.

His Earth Tier Third Grade Martial Soul, the Sunset Demon Blade!

”Boundless Demon Realm!”

Two columns of jet-black light shot from Luo Qing’s eyes. The Sunset Demon Blade above his head slowly descended, merging into the long saber in his hands.

With a single slash, jet-black storms began to sweep out from the edge of the blade.

In the path of this slash, a massive Demon Realm suddenly appeared. It was thick with grim Demonic Qi, and the terrifying blade aura within looked as if it could tear the heavens apart at any moment.

Within the Boundless Demon Realm, even a Heavenly Destiny Realm expert would have their mind affected and their body restrained by the roiling Demonic Qi. They might not even be able to exert half of their full power.

Relying on this very slash, Luo Qing had once slain a master at the Heavenly Destiny Realm Second Stage!

”Jiang Chen, die!”

A brilliant blade light, like a silver river falling from the Nine Heavens, stretched across the void. Shrouded by the Boundless Demon Realm, it slashed down toward Jiang Chen.

The Boundless Demon Realm enveloped Jiang Chen, and the roiling Demonic Qi continuously eroded his body.

A trace of confusion appeared in Jiang Chen’s eyes.

The surging Demonic Qi was relentlessly assailing his mind.

The slash was about to reach Jiang Chen’s head, ready to cleave him in two. Yet Jiang Chen merely stared blankly, seemingly affected by the Boundless Demon Realm, completely unresponsive.

Before the Earth Martial Hall, one expert after another revealed looks of pity and shock. ”Luo Qing’s Boundless Demon Realm is too powerful! Unless one’s willpower is astonishingly strong, it’s impossible to resist!”

”Jiang Chen is a dead man!”

On the high platform, the expressions on Prince Gong and the Tower Guardian Elder changed in unison. Just as they were about to intervene, they were blocked by Zong Rui and Zong Han.

Prince Gong’s face was grim. ”Zong Rui, get out of my way!”

Zong Rui replied brazenly, ”Prince Gong, this is the Outer Sect Grand Competition of my Saint Martial Sword Sect, a bout between disciples. This Elder has already stated that life and death are left to fate. No one may interfere. To do so is to challenge the might of my Saint Martial Sword Sect!”

”You...”

Prince Gong and the Tower Guardian Elder exchanged a glance, a look of helplessness on both their faces.

They knew very well that if they truly interfered now, even if they saved Jiang Chen, it would give the Celestial Alliance an excuse to act. At that point, not only would Jiang Chen’s death be certain, but they themselves would also be implicated.

The two of them couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment.

Zong Rui and Zong Han glanced at each other, and triumphant smiles appeared on both their faces.

However, the triumphant looks on their faces didn’t last long. Because at that very moment, the situation on the Blood Battle Arena took a shocking and dramatic turn...