Slaying Evil

"You dare to show off your trivial skills and embarrass yourself."

With a single, loose grip, dense black Demonic Qi condensed into a longsword. With a horizontal slash, the sword energy, exuding a chilling and malevolent Sword Qi, easily sliced through the Flowing Light.

However, before the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor could even sneer, a large, five-colored net enveloped him, with five-colored light circulating endlessly within it.

"Demon Flame Claw!"

With his eyes slightly narrowed, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor advanced instead of retreating, his hands forming claws. Purple flames enveloped his hands, and his sharp claws swung, tearing through space with their intersecting shadows. The endless flames burned the giant net to ashes.

"What a waste of time."

Ignoring the giant net that had been burned to nothingness, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor said disdainfully.

"Not bad!"

Xiao Han didn't care about the other party's disdain. He spoke calmly and formed a hand seal.

Immediately, under the astonished gaze of the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor, a colossal Frost Giant Dragon tens of thousands of feet long slowly emerged from behind Xiao Han.

Xiao Han's figure quietly merged into the enormous dragon head, and his lifeless dragon eyes suddenly became lively. The undisguised killing intent made Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor tense up and unconsciously become serious.

Without giving him a chance to think, the Frost Giant Dragon circled and swooped down towards the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor, leaving a faint trace of ice in the space it passed through.

"The Nether Illusion Demon Statue!"

The Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor's face was grim, and without hesitation, he summoned a colossal Ten Thousand Zhang Giant Statue feet tall, emanating endless Demon Shadow.

The Frost Giant Dragon had already arrived, its two claws gleaming with a blindingly cold light and a chilling killing intent as it slashed down at the Demon Statue's head.

"Boom!"

"Bang!"

The Demon Statue's figure flew backwards for thousands of feet, causing the void to distort slightly.

"What kind of Spirit Array is it?"

Staring at the broken greatsword in the hand of the Nether Illusion Demon Statue, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor was filled with shock and anger. With just one strike, he had injured the Demon Statue that he had been cultivating for ten thousand years. What astonishing power!

The impending crisis interrupted his reflections. Faced with the dragon claws that could tear the heavens and earth apart, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor had no choice but to gather the Demonic Qi within his body and forcibly condense a brand new demonic sword.

"The Demon Sword Sky Slaughter!"

Thousands of sword shadows emerged from behind the Demon Statue, shimmering with a captivating light.

"Buzz!"

The sound of swords echoed across the battlefield, and the split sword shadows merged into one.

The Demon Statue stood upright, its right leg slightly dragging back, and then the giant sword slashed down.

"Cut!"

As the Demon Statue moved, the giant sword on its back swung, colliding with the dragon claw that came hurtling through the air.

"Boom!"

The earth-shattering sound went unnoticed by anyone nearby.

"Bang!"

The enormous dragon tail lashed down like a whip, while the greatsword was held horizontally in front of it.

The two beams of light collided and separated in the void, exchanging over a thousand blows in a short period of time.

"Boom!"

They clashed again and separated, with two figures, one blue and one black, standing far apart. The Demon Statue held its greatsword in front of it, warily watching the Frost Giant Dragon that had not moved for a long time.

After the battle, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor realized that his desire to quickly defeat his opponent was unrealistic.

But he was also well aware that if he took too long to escape, his men outside would be at risk of being wiped out.

Losing such a large force for no reason, even if he is one of the strongest in the Illusion Demon Race, he will not escape severe punishment.

The best course of action now is...

"Demon Soul Ninefold Sword!"

"The third level, the Demon Sword Heart Devour!"

The heavy sword was wielded by the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor with impenetrable skill, and with each swing of the heavy sword, bursts of Sword Qi erupted forth.

The Sword Qi was mixed with faint wails. If you listened carefully, you would be horrified to discover that the so-called Sword Qi was composed of countless vengeful spirits.

Faced with the Evil Qi sword Sword Qi, the Frost Giant Dragon merely flicked its tail, its hind legs touching the void, and its massive body stood upright in a human-like manner, its forelimbs spreading apart, and an ice-blue spear materialized in its hand.

"Clang!"

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

"..."

Under the astonished gaze of the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor, the Frost Giant Dragon, wielding an ice-blue spear, strolled leisurely through the network of Sword Qi, parrying, deflecting, and thrusting...

After shattering the last sword Sword Qi, the Frost Giant Dragon pointed its spear at the Demon Statue, its entire form calm and composed.

Suddenly, the Nether Illusion Demon Emperor's expression shifted, and the Demon Statue abruptly fell to its side.

The moment the Demon Statue turned to the side, a blue gunshot pierced through space and penetrated the Demon Statue's arm.

The spear pierced through, and the violent force sent the Demon Statue flying backward.

"Boom!"

The towering demonic body crashed down, Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor, unable to get up, instinctively slapped his side hard, sending his body flying backward.

"Boom!"

The next instant, another spear was embedded in the spot where the demon body had just left.

"Cough cough cough~"

"The seventh level, the Nine Heavens Demon Prison!"

The Demon Statue, which hurriedly got up, saw the dense array of guns in the sky like a rain curtain. It decisively plunged its heavy sword into the void in front of it. Its clumsy body had extremely flexible hands, and dozens of hand seals were quickly formed.

Centered on the Demon Statue, the space within a radius of hundreds of thousands of feet was swallowed up by Evil Qi, and a prison suddenly rose up, with countless powerful figures struggling inside.

As the gunfire subsided, countless black hands emerged from the prison, grasping and shattering the spears. Simultaneously, the sharp spear tips pierced through countless shadowy figures.

Finally, the gunfire ceased, and the shadows in the prison visibly diminished.

"Um?!"

Upon seeing this, the dragon stopped, its eyes flashing with doubt and contemplation.

Xiao Han was puzzled; the Nine Heavens Prison he had just experienced gave him a faint sense of familiarity.

The figures inside the prison did not seem to be formed from simple energy, but rather more like...

Lost souls!

Manipulating souls and driving the dead into battle—how similar this is to a certain force from the past.

"It's true what they say, 'A big forest has all kinds of birds.'"

For the first time since the start of the war, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor heard words coming from the dragon's mouth.

"I've encountered the Soul Hall's methods again."

He didn't know who the Soul Hall mentioned in the other party's words was, he only knew that the other party's aura had changed and become even more terrifying.

If it was just a man-eating tiger a moment ago, now it truly possesses the might of a divine dragon.

"Swallow!"

They saw the dragon's head raised, its mouth open, facing the dark prison below.

"Boom!"

An irresistible suction force suddenly erupted from the dragon's mouth. Under this force, even the seemingly indestructible black prison was transformed into a black tornado and sucked back into the dragon's head.

Unperturbed, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor observed coldly from the sidelines until the prison completely disappeared, at which point he let out a mocking laugh.

"Hmph, my Nine Heavens Demon Prison is not so easy to swallow."

As soon as he finished speaking, a violent explosion suddenly erupted from inside the Frost Giant Dragon, and clusters of icy blue mist bloomed on its body.

"Ninth Level, Demon Flame Soul Severance!"

Purple flames rose from the greatsword, and the clumsy Demon Statue was surprisingly fast at this moment. Its figure flashed and disappeared, and it reappeared. The greatsword descended and slashed. The scorching demonic flames melted the hard scales on the Frost Giant Dragon's body and split the dragon in two.

"You overconfident brat."

With a graceful movement, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor sheathed his sword, saying disdainfully that this single strike was enough to severely injure his opponent.

As he expected, the severed body of the Frost Giant Dragon quickly turned into endless ice and snow and vanished. And then...

Just as the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor was plotting how to deal with the opponent who had brought him so much trouble, five streaks of Flowing Light came rushing towards him, so fast that he didn't even have time to react.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

After a series of dull thuds, the Nether Illusion Profound Demon Emperor was immobilized on the spot, his eyes wide open, staring in utter bewilderment at the figure that was covered in ice armor and slowly walking towards him.

"The Tiangang Subduing Demon Formation —you are the first Evil Clan to be captured by it."

Xiao Han's tone was indifferent, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

"It seems I have the upper hand this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, he thrust out with his spear!