One Against Many, One Sword Kill! (2-in-1 Chapter)

"BOOM!!!"

A destructive torrent of energy, like a roaring ancient beast.

Carrying the full-force strike of six top-tier Dou Emperors, four of whom were at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm.

It ruthlessly engulfed the four Snake-People Elders, who were momentarily drained after exerting their combined strength to throw Yun Yun to safety!

"BOOM!!!"

Queen Medusa's shrill scream was drowned out by the deafening explosion!

Dazzling light swallowed everything, and the terrifying energy shockwave rippled outward like a tangible, ring-shaped tsunami.

It spread frantically, pulverizing many buildings on the outskirts of the Holy City into dust!

Even the Dou Kings watching from afar were sent tumbling by the blast of air.

They were pale with shock!

The light slowly dissipated, revealing the scene within.

The space in the area where the four Snake-People Elders stood was slightly distorted.

The defensive formation they had cast together was already shattered beyond recognition.

All four Elders were wounded, their clothes tattered, blood spilling from the corners of their mouths.

Their auras had withered significantly, clearly suffering from severe internal injuries.

The Snake-Head Scepter in their hands glowed dimly, barely supporting them as they struggled to remain standing.

But their eyes were filled with grief, indignation, and despair.

To withstand the combined attack of six top-tier Dou Emperors—even for high-level Dou Emperors—was enough to cost them half their lives! The formation was broken; they had no power left to resist!

On the other side, because Queen Medusa had been unable to rescue them in time, she was also struck hard by the spreading shockwave of energy.

Her already unhealed wounds worsened instantly, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

Her delicate body trembled violently, and her purple snake tail swayed weakly.

She plummeted straight from the sky, crashing heavily onto the roof of a temple below.

Smashing through countless tiles, she struggled a few times, unable to rise for a moment.

Her aura had weakened to the extreme.

The five greatest combatants of the Snake-People Tribe had all been severely wounded and defeated in an instant!

"Hahaha! You ignorant old things!"

Mo Fa let out a triumphant, sinister laugh.

Looking down at the defeated Snake-People Tribe, his eyes were filled with cruelty and satisfaction.

The Copper Flame Dou Emperor and the other human Dou Emperors, with the exception of the slacking Hai Bodong, also wore the smiles of victors, their greed growing increasingly intense.

The obstacles were removed; the two peerless Heavenly Flames were right before their eyes!

Ten figures, like ten falling meteors, surged forward with unparalleled momentum.

They were about to rush toward the two Heavenly Flames still swaying gracefully above the Holy City!

However, at this very moment of victory.

At the exact instant when the attention of all the human powerhouses was completely fixated on the Heavenly Flames:

"SWISH!"

A piercing sound, sharp enough to tear the soul apart, rang out without warning!

A streak of scarlet light moved at a speed that surpassed the limits of human reaction!

Most of the Dou Emperors present only saw a flash of red at the corner of their eyes!

The next moment, that red light had appeared like a ghost.

It materialized out of thin air on the center line between all the human Dou Emperors and the two Heavenly Flames!

The light faded, revealing a lean yet upright figure.

Clad in black, with a youthful face and black hair dancing in the wind.

Behind him, a pair of dark red Blood Crystal Dou Qi Wings, their edges vibrating the very space around them, flapped slowly.

They radiated an overbearing aura of slaughter that made one's heart palpitate.

It was Lin Chen!

He hovered there quietly, as if he had existed there since the dawn of time.

A pair of deep eyes swept calmly across the ten Dou Emperors ahead, whose auras were surging to the heavens.

It was as if he were looking at a group of... mere rabble.

"This path is closed."

His voice was not loud, yet it reached the ears of every Dou Emperor with perfect clarity.

It carried a cold, indifferent tone that brooked no argument.

"These two Heavenly Flames belong to me."

"..."

Dead silence.

A brief, absolute, and extreme silence.

Every human Dou Emperor charging forward froze mid-air, their movements coming to a jarring halt.

The greed, joy, and cruelty on their faces—all expressions instantly solidified.

They transformed into a look of extreme bewilderment and confusion.

And... an utter disbelief, as if they had just heard the most ridiculous joke in the world!

A... Dou King?

A kid who didn't even look like he had finished growing his feathers?

Blocking the path of ten Dou Emperors?

And claiming... the Heavenly Flames belonged to him?

"Ha... Hahaha!"

Mo Fa of the Black Skull Tomb was the first to react.

As if he had heard the greatest joke of all time, he let out a sharp, grating laugh.

"Kid, have you been scared out of your mind? Do you even know what you're saying?"

"A mere Dou King, daring to spout such nonsense here? Get lost!"

"Otherwise, I'll crush you with a single finger!"

The Copper Flame Dou Emperor also sneered and shook his head, as if looking at a clown.

"Ignorant thing, where did you crawl out from? Get lost at once!"

"Don't make me dirty my hands with your blood!"

The other Dou Emperors, including Gu He and the mysterious Dou Emperor, all frowned.

Gu He stood slightly behind the group of Dou Emperors, his expression a mix of embarrassment and hesitation.

He was only a Dou King; he had little say among this group of Dou Emperors.

Watching Lin Chen's actions, he felt the youth had simply lost his mind.

Only Hai Bodong's face turned deathly pale in an instant.

Cold sweat poured down his back!

Little Ancestor! My Lord Lin Chen! What on earth are you doing?!

Hai Bodong screamed frantically in his heart, nearly scared out of his wits!

He knew Lin Chen was powerful—monstrously powerful!

But there were several Dou Emperors standing opposite them! Among them were four unfathomable peak Dou Emperors!

How could he fight this?!

Wasn't this just seeking death?!

He gritted his teeth and, braving the astonished gazes of everyone present, forced himself to move.

He abruptly spread his ice wings and flew to Lin Chen's side.

He squeezed out a smile that looked worse than a cry toward Mo Fa and the others, cupping his hands in a salute:

"Everyone, everyone! It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"

"This young friend is my... nephew. He is young, hot-headed, and just spouting nonsense."

"I hope you all have the magnanimity to overlook his behavior!"

"We'll leave right now! We're leaving!"

As he spoke, he reached out to pull Lin Chen away, desperate to escape this place of trouble.

He would rather give up on the Heavenly Flames than watch Lin Chen throw his life away here, dragging him down in the process.

However, Lin Chen remained as motionless as a boulder.

He didn't even spare Hai Bodong a glance.

His indifference completely infuriated one of the human Dou Emperors.

It was a four-star Dou Emperor from Flame Valley, standing right behind the Copper Flame Dou Emperor.

His temper was volatile, and he had long since lost his patience.

Seeing a mere Dou King brat act so arrogantly, daring to ignore the Ice Emperor's advice, he was instantly consumed by rage!

"You little bastard! Since you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, I'll send you on your way!"

He let out a furious roar.

Without even resorting to a Dou Technique, he casually struck out with a single palm!

Crimson Dou Qi condensed into a massive flame palm.

Carrying a high temperature capable of incinerating everything, it descended upon Lin Chen as if swatting a fly.

In his eyes, this palm was enough to reduce any Dou King to ashes!

"No!"

Hai Bodong was terrified to the point of despair, desperate to intervene!

He rushed forward immediately!

The other Dou Emperors, including Mo Fa and the Copper Flame Dou Emperor, watched coldly from the sidelines.

They even wore traces of mockery, as if they had already envisioned the scene of Lin Chen being burned to ash in the next moment.

Gu He subconsciously clenched his fists!

Yet, he didn't even have the qualifications to speak; Lin Chen, also a Dou King, dared to stand before them all.

However, facing this palm strike capable of easily obliterating an ordinary Dou King, Lin Chen's eyes did not flicker in the slightest.

At the very instant the giant flame palm was about to make contact:

"Hum!!!"

"Clang!!!"

Two sword hums, as if emanating from the Nine Hells, suddenly tore through the sky!

One red and one grey, two ancient sword phantoms, condensed to the extreme and radiating a terrifying aura of slaughtering all living beings and extinguishing all things, appeared before Lin Chen as if primordial beasts had awakened from their slumber.

The Yuantu and Abi swords emerged!

The moment the twin swords appeared, that indescribable, supreme will of slaughter and death made the souls of every Dou Emperor tremble inexplicably!

But it wasn't over yet!

"Merge!"

Lin Chen shouted coldly in his heart.

The Yuantu Abi Twin Swords emitted an excited hum and instantly converged, fusing together!

They transformed into a three-foot-long blade, half of which was blood-red, with countless vengeful spirits drifting within.

The other half was grey-white, a bizarre light-sword that devoured all vitality!

"Red Lotus! Ignite!"

Lin Chen shifted his intent once more!

"Whoosh!"

Pure, scorching Red Lotus Karma Fire, containing the supreme will to incinerate karmic sins, rose from his heart and instantly coiled around the fused, bizarre light-sword!

The crimson flames burned fiercely upon the blade of blood-evil and deathly silence!

At the tip of the sword, a point of incandescent white light, condensing the power of slaughter, finality, and purification, shone as dazzlingly as a miniature sun!

At the same time, Lin Chen pressed his fingers together like a sword.

The pinnacle mysteries of the Void-Splitting Sword Art flashed through his mind!

The power of the Earth-tier high-level Dou Technique was perfectly unleashed and integrated into this single strike!

Every movement was completed within a hundredth of a second!

Then, Lin Chen faced the descending giant flame palm, and the four-star Dou Emperor behind it, whose expression had just shifted from ferocious to astonished.

He simply:

A sword slashed out horizontally!

There was no earth-shattering momentum, only a faint "hiss" as if the very fabric of space had been sliced open smoothly!

A subtle, twisted line of light, interwoven with red, white, and gray, emerged.

It detached from the tip of the sword, sweeping across the space without a sound!

The moment that seemingly ferocious giant flame palm made contact with this thin line of light.

It was as if it had met its nemesis; it broke apart, annihilated, and vanished without a whisper!

It was as if it had never existed at all!

Yet that line of light did not lose a shred of speed, appearing to ignore the distance of space entirely.

Before that four-star Dou Emperor could even react.

Before his pupils could even manage to constrict:

It swept right across his neck!

Time seemed to freeze in that instant.

The expression of astonishment on the four-star Dou Emperor's face solidified completely.

He felt a slight chill at his neck, as if something had brushed past him gently.

Then, he saw the terrified expressions of the Snake-People on the streets below.

He saw the smiles of his companions in the distance freeze abruptly, their pupils shrinking to pinpricks.

He even saw... a headless body, dressed in the attire of Flame Valley.

Slowly falling from the sky...

Whose... body was that?

This was the final thought in his mind.

The next moment, his consciousness plunged into eternal darkness.

"Thud..."

The headless corpse fell toward the temple below, emitting a dull sound.

And that head, still frozen with an expression of shock and bewilderment.

Paused for a heartbeat in the air before following it down.

A four-star Dou Emperor, fallen!

One-shot by a one-star Dou King with a single sword strike!

Silence!

A deathly silence enveloped the entire sky above the Snake-People Holy City!

The wind stopped, the clouds halted.

Even those two restless Heavenly Flames seemed to quiet down for an instant!

Every human Dou Emperor, who a moment ago had worn expressions of mockery, playfulness, indifference, and greed.

The muscles on their faces stiffened completely, their pupils trembling violently.

As if collectively struck by a petrification spell, they stared fixedly at the falling headless corpse.

Then, they whipped their heads toward the black-robed youth who was slowly sheathing his fused sword-shadow, his expression as calm as if he had merely swatted a mosquito!

The savage grin on the face of Mo Fa froze solid, as if he were wearing a clumsy mask.

His mouth hung open unconsciously, wide enough to fit an egg.

His cold, sinister eyes were wide open, filled with extreme horror and disbelief!

Insta... instant-kill a Dou Emperor?! How is this possible?! What was that sword?!

What was that fire?! What kind of monster is this brat?!

The sneer on the face of Copper Flame Dou Emperor had long since vanished without a trace.

In its place was a terror as if he had seen a ghost!

His bronze-colored skin seemed to have paled, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Fused twin swords... enhanced by Heavenly Flames... Earth-tier high-level sword technique... a Dou King... instant-killing a four-star Dou Emperor?!

How... how can such an illogical thing exist in this world?!

Gu He's mind was a complete blank, and the medicine cauldron in his hands nearly slipped from his grasp.

As an alchemist, his soul power was formidable.

He could feel the terrifying power of the laws contained within that strike, a power that made his very soul tremble!

But he was, after all, only a Dou King; in the face of such a scene where a Dou Emperor had fallen.

Even breathing became difficult, and he could only stare blankly, his heart filled with horror and helplessness.

"That wasn't a simple suppression of power... that was... a complete transcendence of status!

What kind of power is he actually using?!"

The mysterious Dou Emperor who had been coasting all this time felt his face twitch violently beneath his hood.

He instinctively took half a step back, his eyes filled with wariness and lingering fear.

Thank goodness... thank goodness it wasn't me who made a move just now...

As for Hai Bodong, standing beside Lin Chen, he looked as if he had been struck by a bolt of heavenly lightning.

His entire person had completely petrified!

He opened his mouth wide, his eyeballs nearly popping out of their sockets.

The expression on his face was complex to the extreme:

There was shock, fear, and bewilderment.

But more than anything, it was a sense of absurdity that defied all understanding!

He had actually... wanted to drag this lord away to escape just a moment ago?!

One sword strike to insta-kill a four-star Dou Emperor?!

Is this f*cking supposed to be a Dou King?! A Dou King slaughtering a Dou Emperor like a dog?!

He felt as if his worldview, built over decades, had been completely crushed and reshaped in this very moment!

A monster... a true monster...

Below, the four heavily injured Snake-Person Elders struggled to lift their heads.

Watching the incredible scene in the sky, their murky old eyes were filled with the same shock and confusion.

They could not comprehend how a human youth could possess such terrifying power.

Queen Medusa, who had crashed into the ruins of the temple, also struggled to lift her pale face.

Her purple snake-like pupils gazed at the black-clad figure in the sky, filled with extreme astonishment and complexity.

This youth... she hadn't even paid him much mind before...

Further away, those Dou Kings watching the battle had collectively lost their voices.

Like ducks with their necks throttled, their faces turned deathly pale and their bodies stiffened.

They didn't even dare to draw a full breath.

A Dou King insta-killing a Dou Emperor? This was nothing short of a myth!

The way they looked at Lin Chen was as if they were gazing up at a god, filled with awe and terror!

The entire world seemed to hold only that black-clad figure.

And the cooling corpse of the Dou Emperor beneath his feet.

Lin Chen slowly raised his head, his gaze sweeping once more across the remaining nine human Dou Emperors, who were now like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring.

His voice remained calm, yet it carried a chill that made everyone's soul run cold:

"Now, does anyone else still think I was joking?"