Xiong Yan and Lang Feng wore cold sneers as they sat atop their massive mounts and swiftly flew away from the area, their icy eyes sweeping over the rear.
"That Yun Luoying, a member of such a lowly race, actually wants to become our mistress? What wishful thinking!"
"Enough. The Prince wants to take her as a concubine, so it is not our place to object."
"Do not worry. With the Prince's temperament, he will soon lose interest in her. When that happens, this woman may very well be bestowed upon us!"
"That is true. Playing with such a beauty would not be bad. This woman thinks herself clever, believing she can cling to the dragon and phoenix, but she is nothing more than a plaything. Still, let us find that Lu Chen first!"
"That Lu Chen stirred up so many storms in the Netherworld. He would never have imagined that we would descend ahead of time. I can hardly wait to see that panicked, stunned look on his face."
"Hahaha..."
The two laughed loudly.
Their enormous mounts carried them straight into the distance beneath the frightened gazes of countless Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect disciples.
Even now.
The many Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect followers still had no idea what had happened.
Just as they had flown several dozen miles away, suddenly—
Screech!
An immense, invisible sword intent surged forth in an instant. Like a vast net, it blotted out the sky and covered the earth as it shrouded Xiong Yan and Lang Feng, making their expressions change.
The colossal beasts beneath them sensed danger at once and let out low, rumbling roars.
"Sword intent!"
"No, this is a sword formation! Who is it?"
They roared as the armor on their bodies and the armor on their mounts emitted divine light.
Fine runes suddenly rose into the air.
They formed a massive protective barrier that tightly enveloped their bodies.
With a boom, it firmly blocked the pressure of that invisible sword intent.
But the sword intent was far too dense.
Thread after thread, it was like a spring breeze—pervasive and penetrating all things. The runes on the two men rapidly began to collapse.
With furious roars, they immediately activated the battle spears in their hands. Boundless killing intent erupted as divine light shot forth, stabbing fiercely toward the sky in an attempt to shatter the space above them and charge out through it.
Yet the terrifying sword formation was boundless. It rapidly contracted, like an invisible giant hand formed from Sword Qi pressing down mercilessly.
The divine light they released had barely surged out before it collapsed and disintegrated.
The two seemed trapped in an invisible prison of Sword Qi, unable to break free!
"Who is it? Get out here!"
"Who are you? Who exactly are you?"
The two struggled in alarm and fury within the sword formation.
Without hesitation, they rapidly threw out several powerful treasures they carried. Under their control, those treasures exploded directly.
Boom boom boom boom...
Amid a chain of terrifying explosions, they finally tore open a gap in the sealed space through sheer force.
They drove their mounts and charged out through that gap at the critical moment. Both were extremely disheveled, and rage filled their hearts.
But their pupils quickly contracted as they looked ahead.
Not far from them.
Atop a mountain peak.
A figure had long been standing there, waiting for them.
Black clothes, black robes, black hair.
A Black Blade hung at his waist.
His features were refined, and he looked very young—younger even than their Prince.
Yet the aura around him was incomparably strange.
It radiated a dense sense of danger that even they could feel.
He was like an invisible heavenly sword, and also like a divine saber ready to leave its sheath at any moment.
"Lu Chen!"
Killing light shot from Xiong Yan's eyes as he barked sharply.
By now, Lu Chen's appearance was practically known to everyone beyond the Star Chain.
"You damned beast, you actually dared to ambush us!"
Lang Feng's voice was equally icy.
"Good, good, good. This saves us quite a bit of trouble. Lu Chen, kneel immediately, surrender, offer up the source of your soul, and pledge allegiance to my lord. Then you may be spared death. My lord will grant you supreme techniques. When the world is unsealed in the future, you will gain immense honor from it. Even illuminating the starry sky will not be a problem!"
Xiong Yan spoke coldly at once.
"You really think highly of me."
Lu Chen's tone was mild, his robes fluttering as he said, "And if I refuse?"
"You dare refuse?"
Lang Feng spoke grimly from the side. "To refuse is to walk a road to death. Your entire family will die, your friends will die, and everyone connected to you will die. No one will be left alive!"
"But I want you two to die!"
Lu Chen looked at them coldly.
"Why waste so many words on them? Just kill them first!"
Li Wangshu emerged from a nearby area, his face full of cold laughter.
He had now reached the threshold of the demigod realm, already the limit of this world. His confidence had swelled to the heavens.
Even if Lu Chen did not act, he wanted to charge over and test the two himself.
"True."
Lu Chen nodded lightly. "Then kill them all!"
"Seeking death!"
"Destroy him!"
Xiong Yan and Lang Feng's eyes turned icy. With a boom, they urged their mounts and rapidly pounced toward Lu Chen, their killing intent vast and surging.
The giant beasts beneath them roared in fury, savage light gleaming in their eyes.
They had already reached their limit earlier. They only wished to swallow Lu Chen immediately, then go on to wash this world in blood.
The moment the two attacked, the scene became earth-shaking.
They truly deserved to be experts from the Supreme Ancient Dynasty.
Their understanding of laws and killing intent far exceeded ordinary comprehension.
The battle spears in their hands shone with dazzling blood-red light, their killing intent piercing the heavens as though they had directly locked onto the soul.
Lu Chen's gaze was cold, and he did not hesitate.
His right hand gripped the hilt of his blade, and he struck with his full strength from the very start.
Clang!
Terrifying, murderous blade light suddenly left its sheath at his waist. Like a black demonic sun emerging, it twisted the light and radiated a horrifying, sinister glow as it swept through everything in an instant.
Splat!
After one slash, the Black Saber returned to its sheath.
The two powerful riders abruptly froze in place, terror in their eyes. They did not move at all, as though they had seen something utterly bizarre just now. Then their hands trembled as they laboriously reached toward their own heads.
Splat! Splat!
Two fine heads rolled down on the spot like balls, crashing to the ground below.
Soon, two golden bodies flew from their heads in incomparable terror, fleeing desperately toward the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect.
Even their mounts revealed fear, kicking up their legs and fleeing madly after them.
"It seems my blade techniques still fall far, far short of my sword techniques..."
Lu Chen muttered to himself.
He had thought that slash would instantly annihilate them.
Yet it had merely severed their fleshly bodies and allowed their golden bodies to survive.
Had he used sword techniques, they would never have had any chance of survival.
Lu Chen swiftly gave chase.
Li Wangshu intercepted them at once.
"Get back!"
Sword light cleaved downward like stars, crashing fiercely toward the two golden bodies and their mounts.
"No!"
"Lu Chen, do you know who we are?"
Bang bang bang bang!
Lu Chen's sword light struck from behind in an instant, piercing directly through their golden bodies and the two terrified savage beasts as well, blowing them all apart.
...Merit Points+!
A streak of divine light flashed from the side.
Qiqi flew over with a curious expression, looking down at the two savage beasts rapidly falling below. Thoughtfully, she said, "I think I know them."
"You know them?"
Lu Chen looked at Qiqi suspiciously.
"Mm, I cannot say for sure. I just feel that they seem very familiar."
Qiqi spoke in her childish voice, her brows tightly furrowed. "A lot of the information Mother left me is blurry."
"Then in your memories, are they enemies or friends?"
Lu Chen asked.
"Bad people, all very bad people!"
Qiqi answered without hesitation.
"Then that is enough."
Lu Chen smiled. "When dealing with bad people, there is only one road for us—fuck them!"
"Yes, fuck them!"
Li Wangshu laughed loudly as well.
They flew directly toward the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect.
Deep within the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect.
The Sect Leader's entire body was ice-cold.
Her whole body had been completely restrained. Like a puppet, she could not move in the slightest.
Alarm, fury, humiliation, despair, regret...
All sorts of emotions intertwined.
Had she known earlier that the Prince of the Supreme Ancient Dynasty was this sort of man, she would never have cooperated with him.
But now, everything was over.
"Luoying, offering yourself to me will not leave you at a loss."
The tall Prince spoke gently, yet his tone allowed no doubt. Like someone long accustomed to occupying a high position, he stared at the perfect woman laid upon the jade bed before him.
"You are different from my other women. You know how to refuse. The more you are like this, the more impossible it will be for me to put you down. Rest assured, I will not go back on the conditions I promised you."
Prince Chu Yuntian's gaze was profound. His pale fingers slowly traced Yun Luoying's cheek as he said, "Now, serve me obediently."
A pair of long hands reached toward the Sect Leader's body and began to undo her clothing.
The Sect Leader's heart was filled with rage to the extreme.
Outside.
Several dozen riders sat atop their mounts with cold expressions, guarding the surroundings in layers.
From time to time, some looked toward the distant sect disciples with traces of disdain.
It was as though they instinctively regarded them as ants, as air.
Others turned to look toward the room behind them, heat flickering in their eyes.
According to the Prince's usual custom, any woman he had enjoyed would soon be bestowed upon them.
They did not know whether this time would be the same.
Yun Luoying truly was a peerless beauty.
"Judging by the time, Xiong Yan and Lang Feng should have captured that Lu Chen and brought him back by now, right?"
One rider spoke with a smile.
"I think so too. It is a matter of catching him as easily as reaching into a bag; it will not take much time at all!"
Another rider laughed.
"That Lu Chen has a ruthless temperament and is not weak either. Back in the Netherworld, he caused tremendous upheavals again and again. But unfortunately, before us, he amounts to nothing."
A third rider said indifferently.
"I truly cannot wait to meet this Lu Chen. For such a fallen world to produce someone like him is not bad at all."
The first rider from before smiled lightly. "Perhaps he carries some secret."
"He definitely has a secret. Without one, he could never have grown to this level on his own!"
Another rider said coldly.
"So this time, Xiong Yan and Lang Feng will benefit again?"
The riders around them all frowned.
"Do not worry. This world still holds countless secrets. We are the first wave to descend, and opportunities are endless—there is simply no way to uncover them all."
The first rider smiled again. "This world was once incomparably glorious. It may even have surpassed our imperial dynasty. If even a tiny bit leaks out, it will be enough to feed us!"
"Indeed!"
The people around him laughed again.
Splat!
Suddenly, the first knight who had been laughing just moments ago split apart without warning, his entire body cleaved into two halves.
A vast mist of blood sprayed in every direction.
Terrifying Sword Qi destroyed both his golden body and his soul.
He did not even have a chance to flee.
The others' expressions changed sharply, and they hurriedly turned around.
Splurt, splurt, splurt, splurt...
Then the second, third, and fourth men... split apart one after another in rapid succession.
It was as if a shadowy god of slaughter were charging toward them at breakneck speed.
Every one of them died miserably the instant they met him.
The terrifying, invisible sword intent made the hairs all over their bodies stand on end.
"Enemy attack!"
"Quick, form the formation!"
The remaining knights roared furiously.
Blazing divine light suddenly erupted from each of them, burning fiercely and rapidly gathering together. An immensely powerful divine force burst forth around them.
The space in every direction seemed to be abruptly imprisoned.
Lu Chen, who had been hidden in the void and rapidly harvesting lives, was forcibly driven out by that divine force. His brows furrowed.
"Lu Chen!"
The many knights widened their eyes and shouted in fury.
This man actually dared to show himself?
And he had killed so many of them?
It was simply like a dream.
Could an ant truly defy the heavens?
Suddenly, someone took out a strange little drum and slammed his hand down upon it. With a boom, the surrounding mountain peaks were shaken apart.
This was a top-grade magical artifact, capable of shaking even demigods to death on the Outer Realm Battlefield.
Especially with the support of their grand formation, its power had increased severalfold.
At that moment, he frantically beat the little drum in his hand, producing booming explosions.
Right from the start, divine light erupted and energy surged wildly, shattering even the surrounding space.
No one knew how many times he struck it.
At last, his body came to a stop.
"Is he dead? He must have turned into a mist of blood, right?"
The many knights swept their gazes across the area before them.
With an attack of this level, not even a demigod could possibly escape.
But suddenly!
Everyone's scalps went numb, and cries of alarm burst from them.
"He's fine!"
"How is that possible!"
"Lu Chen is actually unharmed!"
The many knights hurriedly erupted with divine light, pushing their grand formation to its utmost limit.
The man holding the divine drum beat it even more desperately. Boom after boom rang out as countless sound waves crisscrossed the air.
Lu Chen leaped into the air without the slightest hesitation. The Hell Demon Sword flew from its sheath, wreathed in terrifying Killing Intent, as though an ancient demon god had awakened.
Splat!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Under that single sword strike, the protective divine light around their bodies burst apart like eggshells. Every defense and every obstruction exploded completely.
The man holding the divine drum revealed a look of terror, feeling an unparalleled killing intent lock onto him.
"No!"
Splat!
His entire body exploded on the spot, turning into blazing bloody light before vanishing completely.
Wielding the Hell Demon Sword, Lu Chen began to strike swiftly through the area.
He had come here to harvest lives.
Naturally, he would choose the most effortless method.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Aah!"
Screams rang out without end, while rows of Merit Points rapidly appeared.
All the knights were filled with terror.
There was something wrong with Lu Chen's strength.
Even with the Hell Demon Sword's aid, he himself should not have been able to withstand their divine drum.
The divine drum attacked both soul and flesh, capable of piercing through most defenses.
Yet Lu Chen had endured it head-on!
This was a Holy Son-level physique!
A fallen world had actually produced a Holy Son-level physique?
"Prince, save us! The enemy's strength is abnormal!"
Splurt, splurt, splurt, splurt...
"Aah!"
One knight after another was rapidly blasted to death.
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