Tiger Vanguard, frozen in place, stared at the Golden-armored Middle-aged Man. “Lu Xuan is dead.”
The Golden-armored Middle-aged Man’s face darkened considerably. He let out a cold snort. “He’d rather die than hand over that secret art to our Demon Court?”
On the ground below, Xuan Shang Old Ancestor looked at Chen Changsheng, utterly stunned. “Changsheng, your Master… he…”
Chen Changsheng forced a faint smile. “My Master is fine. He’s just… putting on an act.”
Xuan Shang Old Ancestor was dumbfounded. An act? In a clash between peerless experts, life and death were decided in a flash of lightning. How could Lu Xuan be so audacious, so careless?
Moments later, the dust settled, and the starry sky returned to its tranquil state. Lu Xuan stood there, completely unharmed, as if nothing had happened. He calmly brushed a speck of invisible dust from his pristine white robe and smiled faintly. “So, this is the power of a Half-step Supreme?”
He had to admit, it truly surpassed the Nine-star Emperor Realm by a vast margin. Even an Extreme Dao Great Emperor would be no match. He had touched upon a wisp of the “Rules” that the Tiger Vanguard spoke of. It was ethereal, profound, and utterly indescribable.
Seeing Lu Xuan completely unscathed, the Golden-armored Middle-aged Man finally lost his composure. He spoke in a deep voice, “Are you a Body Cultivator?”
Tiger Vanguard’s face was a mask of utter shock. How was this possible? His previous strike had been enough to severely wound an ordinary Half-step Supreme! Yet Lu Xuan stood there, perfectly fine! He couldn’t accept it!
The Golden-armored Middle-aged Man’s expression grew grim. “Tiger Vanguard, hold nothing back!”
The next instant, Tiger Vanguard lunged forward again, moving with blinding speed. He was like a demon god emerging from primordial chaos, covering a thousand zhang in a single stride to appear before Lu Xuan. His massive maw revealed chilling fangs, and a tiger’s roar ripped through the void, shaking space itself.
His first supreme attack was already unleashed. Simultaneously, he activated a secret art of the Tiger Race: his limbs hardened like petrified stone, becoming indestructible and radiating brilliant divine light. From his back, the Myriad Year Profound Iron Sword suddenly flashed out. It was incredibly fast! A drawing-sword slash! Three consecutive forehand slashes, like streaks of lightning, tore through the void, carving out a thousand-zhang sword qi that traversed the dark starry sky, illuminating it with overwhelming might.
But it wasn’t over! Tiger Vanguard followed with a slow, backhand slash, condensing a heaven-reaching momentum. These few sword strikes were tyrannical, heavy blows, their force so fierce that they shattered the surrounding floating islands. In a single moment, three supreme killing intents bore down upon Lu Xuan!
Lu Xuan watched it all calmly, then simply flicked his sleeve. “Desolate Heaven Art!”
In that instant, Lu Xuan’s white robe billowed, his body radiating towering divine splendor. He stood like a Divine King upon the azure sky, the endless dark starry sky at his back, his form majestic. He unleashed a single palm strike. This palm strike manifested a heaven-reaching aura, as if it could suppress all enemies in the world!
“Boom!” The two heaven-reaching powers collided like countless colossal mountains crashing together, like stars shattering. Surging waves of energy continuously churned through the starry sky.
In just a single breath, Tiger Vanguard’s three supreme killing intents began to crumble. Crack! Hiss! Endless, brilliant Dao patterns began to dissipate, Tiger Vanguard’s sword qi dimmed, transforming into countless micro-particles. His Myriad Year Profound Iron Sword flew from his grasp, and blood spurted from his tiger’s maw.
“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!” The aftermath raged, and Tiger Vanguard’s face turned incredibly ugly. He hastily summoned a defensive spirit weapon, its towering spirit patterns manifesting. He even went so far as to pull out terrifying supreme treasures he had found in the outer starry sky to block Lu Xuan’s attack.
But it was useless! Utterly useless! Crack! Crack! One after another, his spirit treasures shattered! Lu Xuan’s palm strike was overwhelmingly invincible!
Boom! Tiger Vanguard bled from all seven orifices, sent flying ten thousand zhang away, his vital energy rapidly dissipating. He crashed heavily onto a floating island, shattering it, his massive body unable to rise again.
Tiger Vanguard stared at Lu Xuan, his face filled with disbelief. “How is this possible? Your power clearly has no trace of ‘Rules’!” It made no sense! He had comprehended a wisp of the power of “Rules.” Yet Lu Xuan’s power was purely… raw power!
“Why did I lose?!” Tiger Vanguard roared, unwilling to accept defeat.
Lu Xuan’s expression remained calm and unconcerned. “Your greatest mistake was making an enemy of me.”
Tiger Vanguard fell silent.
“Tiger Vanguard!” The Golden-armored Middle-aged Man’s face twisted into a ferocious snarl. As he roared, his palm tore open, and a drop of blood flew out. “Quickly, consume this drop of vital blood!”
Though the Demon Court was immensely powerful, a Half-step Supreme Demon General was incredibly important to them; they couldn’t afford to lose one easily! This was a drop of his own vital blood, containing a trace of Supreme Bloodline Essence. It was, in essence, diluted Supreme Blood!
Tiger Vanguard swallowed the drop of vital blood, attempting to rise, but remained powerless. Not even Supreme Blood could save him!
Lu Xuan looked at Chen Changsheng, licking his lips. “Start the pot!”
Xuan Shang Old Ancestor and the others looked at Chen Changsheng, utterly bewildered. “What does he mean?”
Chen Changsheng’s face twitched. He pulled out the Dao Profound Iron Pot. “Tiger stew in an iron pot.” With that, he summoned his spirit fire and began to warm the Dao Profound Iron Pot. Wisps of cooking smoke began to rise.
Xuan Shang Old Ancestor and the others were dumbfounded. The battle wasn’t even over, and they were already preparing to stew the opponent?!
At that moment, Tiger Vanguard looked at the Golden-armored Middle-aged Man and uttered his last five words. “Lu Xuan… must die…”
He instantly breathed his last.
Witnessing this, the Golden-armored Middle-aged Man froze in place, his face growing increasingly ferocious, his aura surging uncontrollably. When he saw Chen Changsheng warming the pot, flames actually shot from his nostrils.
The Demon Court, with three generations of Supremes dominating the Southern Wilds, suppressing humanity to the point of suffocation, had never suffered such an insult! The Demon Race was a supreme lineage; how could they be reduced to mere food?!
“Aargh!”
“Lu Xuan! I want your secrets! I want you dead!” The Golden-armored Middle-aged Man roared, suddenly transforming into his colossal Titan Ape true form! His body was like a majestic mountain, piercing the clouds, shimmering with heaven-reaching divine light in the dark starry sky. The mountains of this world seemed insignificant before him. This was the true form of a Titan Ape!
Seeing this, Xuan Shang Old Ancestor and the others were all startled. The surging qi and blood within this Titan Ape were too vigorous, like a divine furnace. Without even attacking, its mere oppressive aura was refining everything around them! In the region where they stood, the surviving spirit trees burst into flames, and unknown creatures beneath the earth shrieked continuously, dying one after another. This was utterly terrifying!
Xuan Shang Old Ancestor stammered, “Is this… the descendant born from a Supreme bloodline?”
At that moment, the Titan Ape’s robes ripped apart, revealing a body covered in pale red fur. Every muscle seemed carved from solid rock, his arms as thick as ancient trees. Within him surged an overwhelming, heaven-shaking power, which he directed straight at Lu Xuan. Demonic Power surged to the heavens! With every step, his body grew more incandescent, his red fur seeming to ignite, a truly terrifying sight! He didn’t even need to summon a spirit weapon, for his physical body was comparable to one, as hard as bedrock.
The Titan Ape unleashed a cultivation technique left behind by a Supreme of old. “Demon God Three Transformations!”