Today's first update: Chapter 2294! 1/2!
A foul wind carrying the stench of rotting flesh surged toward him like thick blood pulp. The pungent smell of sulfur mixed with a scorched odor churned in his throat. Black smoke blotted out the sky like an Abyssal Maw, dyeing half the heavens ink-black. Within the roiling clouds of smoke, twisted Asura faces could vaguely be seen howling.
That familiar feeling—pure... Asura Power!
This was something Xu Kun had never expected. When he saw the figure within the black smoke clearly, his gaze darkened slightly.
Xu Kun's pupils abruptly contracted to pinpoints, and his fingertips trembled faintly beyond his control. Deep within the churning demonic mist, crimson patterns slithered across a black robe. The old nemesis he had once cut down now resembled an evil ghost crawling out of the Nine Netherworlds—Murong Fu's robes had long been torn apart by his swollen muscles. Dark-purple demonic markings covered his exposed skin, while the vertical eye on his forehead flickered with ominous bloody light.
"Murong Fu... your Villainous Intent Persists indeed!"
"How is it? Surprised to see me? Now that I'm standing before you, how much do I resemble my former self?"
His hoarse voice carried a piercing metallic scrape. When Murong Fu raised his hand, it left a string of bloody afterimages behind.
As his words fell, following the four National Artifacts of Jin, Sui, Tang, and Yuan, the National Artifact · Great Yan Rune—created after Murong Xianbei poured all its fortune into it and even traded away the fortune artifact Last Days Sovereignty—appeared in Murong Fu's grasp.
The floating "Great Yan Rune" exhaled pitch-black demonic flames, while five phantoms symbolizing successive dynasties wailed in agony within the demonic energy.
Rather than an artifact, it looked more like it had become a demonic