The Evil Emperor's Might

The scorching fire tornado slowly dissipated, and the seven members of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy were already lying unconscious on the ground.

One-shot!

Their invincible barriers had been shattered instantly without providing the slightest bit of protection.

From the start of the match to its conclusion, only a few breaths of time had passed.

Xiao Jinchen was aware of some of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's trump cards; he recalled that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill called Red Dust Attachment, but unfortunately, they never had the chance to unleash it.

He had also carefully controlled his strength to ensure their injuries were severe enough to prevent them from participating in the subsequent matches, as he was simply too lazy to keep fighting. He had many other things to attend to, such as his eighth Spirit Bone, which had been delayed for quite some time.

With that, the dust had thoroughly settled.

Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu looked at the slender figure standing alone on the stage and couldn't help but gasp, his voice then resonating across the entire Star Luo Plaza, amplified by his Soul Power:

"I announce, the final champion of this Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament is..."

"Zhengtian Academy!"

Below the stage, Losk was already flushed with excitement.

"Hahaha! Heaven bless our Zhengtian Academy!" Losk laughed incessantly. Although Xiao Jinchen might not represent Zhengtian Academy in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, they had undeniably secured a championship this time.

"Zhengtian Academy! Zhengtian Academy! Zhengtian Academy!"

At this moment, the entire Star Luo Plaza had turned into a boiling ocean, with countless people chanting the name of Zhengtian Academy.

The flames of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament had finally been extinguished, and Star Luo City shed its days of fanaticism and clamor, returning to its former tranquility and order.

Due to safety and security considerations, the final award ceremony was not open to the public, and the scene could hardly be described as grand or magnificent.

However, this did not diminish the weight of the prizes; that heavy reward was still enough to make any Spirit Master in the world green with envy.

Aside from a generous sum of Gold Soul Coins, the most eye-catching rewards were undoubtedly the three rare Spirit Bones.

Xiao Jinchen entrusted the task of collecting the Spirit Bones directly to Losk, while he himself had already been escorted by his two great demon protectors into the Evil Demon Forest.

"A-Chen, are you really sure about absorbing the 790,000-year Evil Emperor for your eighth Spirit Ring?" Ice Empress's small face was filled with worry.

That's right, Xiao Jinchen's target this time was the Evil Emperor! An eighth Spirit Ring from the Evil Emperor! A 790,000-year-old Evil Emperor!

"Bing'er, don't you worry. It's only 790,000 years, it's not a big problem." Xiao Jinchen gently patted Ice Empress's small hand to reassure her.

"Be careful not to burst yourself," Snow Empress, standing to the side, remarked with a curl of her lip as she watched him.

"What?" Xiao Jinchen's lips curled into a mischievous smirk. "Snow Empress, are you worried about me along with Bing'er?"

"Who's worried about you!" Snow Empress froze for a moment, her pretty face flushing red. "I just don't want you to die and leave my Bing'er a widow."

"I'll test the waters with the Evil Emperor first; if I can't handle it, you two can step in, alright?" Xiao Jinchen tilted his head toward Ice Empress and Snow Empress. His plan was to use the Evil Emperor to test the power of his four-colored Destruction Fire Lotus. In any case, with his two great demon protectors, he had nothing to fear even if things went south.

"Fine." Ice Empress and Snow Empress both nodded their heads in agreement.

Both of them now possessed the strength of level 99 Limit Douluos. It was unlikely anyone on the Douluo Continent could stop them from protecting Xiao Jinchen. Furthermore, they weren't ordinary level 99s—one was the Ultimate Ice and the other the Ultimate Snow, and they possessed the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Pride of the Ice and Snow Empresses. Their combat power could only be described as terrifying.

Unless those two "lick-beasts" of the Clear Sky Sect broke their seals and returned to the level of God Officials (that is, Dou Zong), no one on this Douluo Continent should be able to touch him.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the core area of the Evil Demon Forest. Xiao Jinchen signaled for Ice Empress and Snow Empress to hide in the shadows while he condensed energy wings and flew directly above the core area.

He seemed to recall that the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult was located in this Evil Demon Forest, but that was of no consequence; he would leave that to Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

"Evil Emperor! Come out!" Xiao Jinchen's eyes narrowed, his voice amplified by Soul Power, spreading to every corner of the core area.

The moment his words fell, the entire space seemed to tremble violently. A terrifying mental force, heavy as a mountain, descended from the sky, instantly shrouding two-thirds of the Evil Demon Forest.

"Such powerful mental strength," Ice Empress couldn't help but exclaim from the shadows.

"The Evil Emperor is, after all, a super fierce beast that once severely wounded Di Tian. Even I had to avoid its edge in the past," Snow Empress said, watching Xiao Jinchen above.

"Xue'er, do you think A-Chen can kill the Evil Emperor on his own without us having to intervene?" Ice Empress asked.

"That shouldn't be possible," Snow Empress pondered for a moment before replying. "Although he can briefly erupt with the combat power of a Limit Douluo, the Evil Emperor possesses a move that fuses the laws of time and space: the Light of Time and Space. Within its range, time stops and space shatters; it can sever an opponent's mental origin. That was the move that severely wounded Di Tian back then."

Just as Snow Empress finished speaking, a low, majestic, and cold voice echoed through the air.

"Who dares to disturb my slumber? Who dares to call my name directly!" Along with that low voice, the sky began to twist and turn pitch black.

The ink-black clouds slowly parted, as if the entire sky had been torn open. A giant eye appeared in mid-air, its gaze fixed directly on Xiao Jinchen, who was hovering in the sky.

"Human, for offending my majesty, you shall remain in this Evil Demon Forest forever today!" The Evil Emperor's voice boomed.

Immediately following, a dark red beam of light over a hundred feet in diameter descended from the sky, enveloping Xiao Jinchen.

"Heh, Evil Emperor, I'm not going to waste any more breath on you. My goal in coming to the Evil Demon Forest today is you," Xiao Jinchen grinned at the Evil Emperor. "Today is the day you die."

"Brat! Such arrogance! You think you can hunt me down with your level 80 quasi-Spirit Douluo cultivation? What a joke!" The Evil Emperor said with disdain, and the dark red light it emitted suddenly constricted inward. A terrifying mental storm erupted in mid-air.

The sky instantly turned red, resembling a sea of blood. The violent mental fluctuations caused all the spirit beasts in the Evil Demon Forest to prostrate themselves on the ground, not daring to move a muscle.