Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

”What? You really want to kill me now?”

Li Ru had a playful smile on his face. He crossed his arms and said with brazen confidence, ”If you had broken through to the Human Emperor Realm, perhaps I might have been a little wary. But you are, after all, only a Human King. You can’t possibly kill me!”

Li Ru was utterly fearless.

Jiang Chen’s face was calm. He simply took a placid step forward, a ripple spreading out from under his foot.

With every step, more ripples spread out one after another.

In an instant, these ripples spread in all directions from where he walked. Wherever the rings of ripples passed, the thick layer of ice shattered with a series of BOOMING sounds.

Every explosion made the Ice Lake tremble, sending columns of water shooting into the sky.

The water in the columns was originally clear, but it quickly turned blood-red. This was from the countless Sword-toothed Fish in the Ice Lake.

With each of Jiang Chen’s steps, they were all shaken to death and pulverized, their flesh and blood fragments mixing into the rising columns of water.

SWISH!

Jiang Chen, who had been strolling as if in a courtyard, suddenly thrust his sword out.

A black streak of sword light shot forward in a straight line. Wherever the blade passed, the entire lake surface was cut open, revealing a huge underwater channel across the Ice Lake.

”Hm?”

Li Ru’s eyebrows twitched. The corners of his mouth lifted in a disdainful sneer. ”Petty tricks. Break for me!”

A black Feather Fan suddenly appeared in his hand!

The Feather Fan was pitch-black, refined from the feathers of a Tier Six Demon Beast, the Black-Feathered Nether Crow. These Black-Feathered Nether Crows were known as birds of death. They specialized in devouring the corpses of powerful Demon Beasts and human Martial Artists, and their bodies carried an aura of death. The Black Feather Fan, made from their feathers, also possessed a corrosive power of death.

Li Ru casually waved the Black Feather Fan.

A fan-shaped wave of black light swept forward.

Wherever the black light passed, the water of the Ice Lake turned pitch-black. The corpses of the Sword-toothed Fish rotted in an instant, leaving behind only piles of bones and decaying flesh.

The lake water became utterly black.

BOOM—

The black light collided with the Sword Aura.

The surging waves on the lake’s surface froze for a moment, followed by a thunderous BOOM. A thousand-foot-tall column of water erupted from the Ice Lake.

Pitch-black raindrops drizzled down.

As these black raindrops fell to the ground, a continuous SIZZLING sound rang out. The mountains, rocks, and plants were all corroded, leaving behind a pitted, foul-smelling landscape.

SWISH! SWISH!

Jiang Chen and Li Ru launched themselves from the ground at the same time, rushing toward each other.

BANG!

The Spirit-Slaying Sword and the Black Feather Fan crossed, letting out a sharp CLANG.

Sword Aura shot to the sky, as graceful and sharp as a dancing peacock; the Black Feather Fan waved again and again, its black light blotting out the sun as if to destroy the world!

”Jiang Chen, you can’t possibly defeat me, hahaha!”

Li Ru laughed wildly. With a sweep of his Feather Fan, he roared, ”Black Crows Devour the Sun!”

SWISH!

The Black Feather Fan erupted with pitch-black light, and the world seemed to transform from day to night.

In this darkness, countless Black-Feathered Nether Crows suddenly appeared. One by one, they flapped their black wings, transforming into black Flowing Light and charging forward like a raging storm.

This Li Ru was a master of the Secrets of Darkness.

Having reached the Tier Eight Realm, he could already manifest his Mystical Power.

These Black-Feathered Nether Crows were all formed by him using the Black Feather Fan to channel his Mystical Power, and they possessed a corrosive force no weaker than that of real Black-Feathered Nether Crows.

Jiang Chen’s expression changed slightly. He waved his Spirit-Slaying Sword repeatedly in front of him, and sharp rays of Sword Aura converged into a mountain of blades.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Black-Feathered Nether Crows crashed against the mountain of blades, exploding into clouds of black mist.

And wherever this black mist appeared, the corrosive power was at its strongest.

Just a few dozen Black-Feathered Nether Crows could completely corrode an entire mountain of blades. There were thousands upon thousands of these crows, and under their relentless assault, the defensive mountain of blades before Jiang Chen was corroded and dissipated one after another.

BANG!

A Black-Feathered Nether Crow slammed into Jiang Chen, and a black mist enveloped his shoulder.

The battle armor on Jiang Chen’s shoulder instantly corroded, turning into molten metal.

Even with the protection of his Divine Demon Tyrant Body, the terrifying corrosive power still gave off a putrid stench.

His skin, which glowed with golden light, was corroded into a large pit. The flesh stank, as if a maggot were crawling on it.

Jiang Chen’s face changed slightly.

He tried to circulate his Profound Technique, sweeping the area with his True Essence, but he couldn’t clear away the corrosive power. Hardening his heart, Jiang Chen swung his Spirit-Slaying Sword and sliced off the piece of corroded flesh.

HISS HISS...

He tossed it aside. The piece of flesh instantly decayed, corroding a half-meter-deep pit into the ground.

Jiang Chen sucked in a cold breath, secretly alarmed. ’Good thing I was decisive and cut this piece of flesh off. Otherwise, I might have lost my entire arm!’

”Hahaha, not bad. You actually had the heart to carve off your own flesh...”

Li Ru smirked victoriously, his teasing gaze sweeping over Jiang Chen. He grinned. ”I just wonder, how many more pieces of flesh can you afford to cut off?”

HUM!

The Black Feather Fan waved again.

Behind him, dense swarms of Black-Feathered Nether Crows suddenly appeared. The CAW-CAWing of thousands upon thousands of crows caused a splitting headache, as if one’s head was about to explode.

Jiang Chen’s pupils contracted violently. ’Even though I’ve advanced to the Human King Realm Eighth Stage, I’m still struggling against an expert at the Seventh Stage of the Human Emperor Realm.’

If he were facing any other enemy, Jiang Chen might have chosen to avoid a direct confrontation.

He would wait until his cultivation improved and then return for revenge.

But the one standing before him was Li Ru.

Jiang Chen would never allow him to see another sunrise. Watching the dense swarm of Black-Feathered Nether Crows flap their wings and fly toward him again, the tragic image of Xiaoyou appeared in his mind. He hardened his heart, his eyes glinting with a cold light. ’As long as I can avenge Xiaoyou, what sacrifice is too great?’

At this thought, Jiang Chen took a deep breath and put away his Spirit-Slaying Sword.

”What? Ready to surrender without a fight?” Li Ru mocked.

But in the next moment...

his expression turned incredibly ugly.

Jiang Chen’s eyes, having closed and reopened, were now pure gold. An incomparably terrifying pressure emanated from his body. His face was solemn as he let out a cold snort. ”God Slaying Sword—Slash!”

HUM!

He directly consumed twenty years of his lifespan to power a single sword strike.

This strike was unbelievably terrifying!

It made Li Ru’s heart palpitate with fear. He frantically waved his Black Feather Fan, and a thousand Black-Feathered Nether Crows shielded him.

BANG—

The God Slaying Sword exploded forward, and the thousand Black-Feathered Nether Crows were simultaneously annihilated, dissipating into nothingness.

Li Ru’s expression flickered. ’Such a powerful attack! What kind of power is this? It can even destroy the Black-Feathered Nether Crows?’

”Take my Second Sword—God Slaying Sword!”

Jiang Chen’s face was icy as he unleashed the Second Sword.

SWISH!

This strike annihilated several thousand more Black-Feathered Nether Crows. Li Ru’s expression grew graver, but he also noticed that Jiang Chen’s aura was weakening. A glint flashed in his eyes. ”Hahaha, Jiang Chen, it seems using this move comes at a great cost to you. But my Black Feather Fan is inexhaustible! How can you kill me?”

”If one sword isn’t enough, I’ll use two. If two can’t kill you, I’ll use ten, a hundred...”

Jiang Chen’s face was impassive.

He unleashed the God Slaying Sword again and again.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The Second Sword, the Third Sword, the fourth...

He struck ten times in a row.

Several feathers had fallen from the Black Feather Fan in Li Ru’s hand, leaving it tattered. He was also panting heavily.

As for Jiang Chen...

After unleashing ten consecutive God Slaying Sword strikes, he had consumed over three hundred years of his life. His long black hair had already turned silver-white, like snow.

A few more wrinkles had appeared on his face, and he had aged considerably.

Li Ru gasped for breath, holding the damaged Black Feather Fan with a savage grin. ”Jiang Chen, you’ve really gone all out to kill me, even turning your own hair white. Hahaha, you must be very weak now, right? I’d like to see how many more strikes you can handle!”

”Enough to kill you!”

Jiang Chen spoke calmly, his voice resonating like a great bell. ”Those who insult my family and friends, die! Those who harm my brothers, die! Those worse than beasts, die! Even if I must spend five hundred years of my life, what is there to fear as long as I can cut you down with my sword?”

”What? You...”

Li Ru’s face changed drastically, his expression one of disbelief.

At the same time, Jiang Chen had already activated the God Slaying Sword. This time, he had expended a full two hundred years of his lifespan to form an incomparably terrifying Sword of Time.

SWISH—

The sword slashed out.

The Black Feather Fan in Li Ru’s hand shattered, and he was sent flying backward, the meridians throughout his body bursting.

Like a falling star, he crashed violently onto the ground...