The arena had collapsed, passed down for countless years, unknown to anyone. The arena, which had witnessed countless prodigies fighting, was destroyed by Long Chen's blade. Its presence was no longer felt in the world.
After the slash, the sea tore open, sending up earth-shattering waves. Water vapor and fierce winds overlapped, forming a storm like water arrows striking in all directions. People panicked and resisted, and even Divine Lord-level experts intervened, shattering the arrows.
"Are Ku Wuya and Gui Yun dead?" People did not see the shadows of Ku Wuya and Gui Yun; they only saw the two being swallowed by blade shadows.
"Tick-tock tick... Drops
of fresh blood dripped from Long Chen's long knife, falling into the sea and creating blood-red flowers. These flowers merged into the ocean and lingered for a long time, as if flames flickered on them.
Long Chen's scales shattered, leaving countless wounds. In some places, even his bones were exposed. His physical body simply couldn't withstand such a terrifying impact. He forcibly unleashed the power of the Heavenly Force, and with the shock of his nine acupoints, his internal organs were completely shattered.
Opening the Heaven itself carries the meaning of opposing the Heavenly Dao. On the Tianwu Continent, the laws are incomplete, and the will of the Heavenly Dao is not obvious. But in the Immortal Realm, the Heavenly Dao is intact and does not allow any power to oppose it. So when Long Chen unleashed this move, he had to endure the terrifying backlash of the Heavenly Dao. Thus, with one strike, he himself was seriously injured.
But his face was full of excitement. He had succeeded. He had taken a different path, bringing the mundane technique of Kaitian to the Immortal Realm. He wanted the name of the Nine Kaitian Techniques to echo throughout the heavens and ten lands, so that even the old man could hear the name of Kaitian in the afterlife.
Long Chen was covered in blood, his body on the verge of collapse, but everyone looked at him with awe. This was a true powerhouse, so strong that one could only look up to him.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the sea surged, sending up towering waves for thousands of miles. A man burst out from the waves—it was none other than Ku Wuya. However, at this moment, half of Ku Wuya's body had already disappeared. Even the ancient corpse of an Immortal King couldn't withstand Long Chen's strike.
With only half his body left, Gui Yun burst out of the water. On his only remaining hand, a black symbol flickered, carrying a terrifying aura of death, as if billions of wronged souls were sealed within.
"Die!"
Ku Wuya roared. He and Gui Yun joined forces to block Long Chen's strike, but even the body of an Immortal King couldn't withstand Long Chen's strike. However, Long Chen was now gravely injured and near death, so he swung all his remaining strength toward Long Chen.
"Buzz!" Long Chen's
body trembled slightly, a vast life force bursting forth, and the terrifying wounds on his body instantly closed up.
"What?"
People were shocked. Long Chen's terrifying injuries had been suppressed in an instant. They didn't know that, in that instant, Long Chen had instantly extracted the life force from the chaotic space to heal his wounds.
Ku Wuyai's face had been twisted with rage, thinking this strike would be enough to kill Long Chen. But when he saw Long Chen's injuries fully healed, he was instantly in despair. How could he fight like this?
"Pfft!"
Just as he panicked, the black long blade slashed through. Ku Wuya's arm shot skyward and was cut off by Long Chen's blade. Long Chen was at the end of his rope. Ku Wuyai was even worse off, because half of the Immortal King's corpse had disappeared, causing runes to be damaged and flesh power to weaken sharply, unable to withstand a slash from a treasured artifact.
"Bang!"
Long Chen slapped Ku Wuyai's chest with his palm. On his palm, flame runes swirled, and the flames clinged to Ku Wuyai's body, instantly transforming into countless chains of flame, binding him tightly.
"Puff puff puff... The
fire dragons opened their huge mouths and bit down Ku Wuyai. His runes had vanished, his source power dissipated, and his body no longer as tough as ever. The dragons' teeth pierced into Ku Wuya's body, and he let out a miserable howl, his expression of agony chilling to the bone.
"Another soul-refining with karmic fire."
People exclaimed in shock. Long Chen's move had been used on Young Master Wuji before—using karmic fire to refine the soul, asking the truth to the heart. The greater the sin, the greater the pain one must endure.
Unless this person had never done anything wrong, under the soul tempering of karmic fire, the more fearful he was, the more painful he felt.
"Heavenly Fire Barrier" Long
Chen formed a hand seal with one hand. As the void trembled, a spherical flame barrier stretching tens of thousands of li wide. As the flame barrier opened, under the glow of the flames, people could vaguely see a shadow quietly fleeing outward.
"Let's discuss it with Ku Wuya and attack together. Ku Wuya will draw attention, and you will attack from behind. How about that?" Suddenly losing the courage to act, preparing to escape?
Why did I choose to take on two at once? Have you forgotten? I went to all this trouble just to get you all to stay together, didn't I? Long Chen looked at the dark shadow, a mocking expression appearing on his face.
People stared at the shadow, unable to believe it. The powerful Ghost Fall, a follower of the Realm King, was actually trying to escape? Even he doesn't dare face Long Chen anymore?
"Buzz!"
The shadow trembled violently, completely ignoring Long Chen's taunts, charging toward the flame barrier. A dagger appeared, stabbing toward the barrier. Gui Yun was terrified and had no choice but to flee.
He knew that Long Chen's divine fire power was now less than thirty percent, and he had exhausted a huge amount of divine fire power to block Long Chen's strike, which was not much more than Long Chen's.
Moreover, Long Chen's strike contained a mysterious power that actually cut off the transmission of divine power between him and Empuda, leaving him unable to rely on Empuda's power anymore.
Originally, seeing Long Chen seriously injured, under these circumstances, he and Ku Wuya still had a chance to kill him if they joined forces. But when Long Chen drew the power of the Chaos Space Jianmu Divine Tree to heal his wounds, he knew in that moment that the situation was lost. He had no strength to kill Long Chen and might even lose his life. Ignoring all pride, he fled directly.
Seeing Gui Yun use his dagger to cut through the flame barrier, a mocking smile appeared at the corner of Long Chen's mouth. With a change in hand seal, a lotus pattern appeared on the barrier in front of Gui Yun. As soon as the pattern appeared, Gui Yun's dagger stabbed it with a bang, like the sun shattering, dazzling with light. Gui Yun let out a miserable scream, his whole body charred black, and the smell of roasted meat wafted out. Gui Yun was almost burned to ashes.
Gui Yun was also unlucky. Huo Ling'er had just mastered the Azure Rainbow Flame, and the power of the flames greatly increased. When the barrier appeared, she was already condensing the World-Destroying Fire Lotus. If Gui Yun counterattacked Long Chen, both would be weakened, and he still had a sliver of hope.
As a result, he was seriously injured, his divine fire power greatly weakened. In his panic, he only thought about escaping, his spiritual senses greatly diminished. Such an obvious trap—how did he fall right in, and he suffered a huge loss immediately?
"Buzz!"
At that moment, Long Chen slashed down with his blade from midair, giving Gui Yun no chance at all.
"Boom!"
Gui Yun hurriedly blocked, his dagger slipping from his hand, shattering a charred arm. He was sent flying, crashing directly into the flame barrier. At that moment, a lotus bloomed on the flame barrier, opening its arms to welcome his arrival.