After Ling Qingcheng finished speaking, she fell silent.
She wanted to kill these demons herself, to avenge the familial bonds she had formed in this life!
But she lacked the strength now. Even the Divine Dao Holy Land could not wipe out these beings.
Chen Fan understood after hearing her out. I get it.
"Qingcheng, how about relying on your husband?"
He also glanced over that way. There seemed to be some treasure there too. Was that Nine Heavens Thunder God Wood?
It stood a full hundred meters tall, an enormous piece, but he had little interest in it. This thing probably was not even as precious as a drop of Pangu Blood.
Besides, although it was divine wood, it would struggle to grow to that level. By comparison, the Thunder Fury Emperor Beast was his true target!
"Relying on my husband?" Ling Qingcheng stared at Chen Fan, then caught on...
"I want to settle this myself one day!"
"I'll pin them down, and you can land the killing blows. Same thing." Chen Fan continued his PUA tactics, suppressing her objections with his strength!
My wife, don't be so tsundere.
Ling Qingcheng considered it. It was a little unsporting, but these Seven Demon Saints were hardly sporting themselves. Otherwise, her master would not have let them leave back then.
"Then it's settled..."
Chen Fan cut straight in. "Stop talking. Keep this up and the Thunder Fury Emperor Beast will kill them all. Then you won't be able to take revenge yourself. Wait for me."
With that, Chen Fan vanished from where he stood.
Ling Qingcheng watched silently. I might owe him even more now. At this rate, I'll have to bear his children whether I want to or not!
And that enormous creature overhead, the Emperor Beast, made her breathing fluctuate slightly. Even from so far away, the pressure was overwhelming.
Just then-
Watching the Thunder Fury Emperor Beast unleash countless bolts of lightning, Yun Lan had abandoned all fantasies about the Nine Heavens Thunder God Wood. Only one thought remained!
Run.
Thunder Fury, having grown to this level, was a darling of the Heavenly Dao. Defeating it was impossible.
But demonic beasts were ultimately less intelligent than humans. As long as they were not killed instantly, anything was possible!
She darted beneath the lightning, dodging with all her might. Yet even escaping this vast area unharmed was difficult.
Meanwhile, the Seven Demon Saints fled in a group.
"Brothers, if we can't escape, we'll go all in!" one roared.
"Move!"
They had no desire to throw away their lives here as a group for the Nine Heavens Thunder God Wood.
As long as they worked together, escape was not necessarily impossible! Such was the importance of grouping up.
"Foolish humans, you deserve death for entering the forbidden zone!" Thunder Fury's voice rolled like thunder, its rumbling deafening.
Seeing that its lightning could not wipe out these humans, Thunder Fury swooped straight down.
It wanted to swallow them, one gulp apiece.
Its enormous claws struck the ground. The earth immediately split apart, and even space began to distort.
Seeing this, the Seven Demon Saints roared, "Attack together!"
They all fought back.
Yun Lan also knew that unless they stopped the Thunder Fury Emperor Beast, it would likely chase them to their deaths. Not one of them would escape!
She immediately counterattacked.
"Human ants..." Thunder Fury spat mockingly. Dazzling red light suddenly flashed across the horn on its enormous head.
Boom.
The next moment, the Seven Demon Saints and Yun Lan were blasted backward, wounded in an instant.
Only with great difficulty did they steady themselves.
The Emperor Beast was simply too powerful. Had it been a saint beast at the Peak Saint Realm, their combined strength would have been enough to take it down.
The Seven Demon Saints cursed as they fled blindly.
Yun Lan gave a muffled grunt, not daring to pause even slightly.
Just then, however, they suddenly noticed that Thunder Fury had stopped attacking and was looking in a certain direction.
There stood an extremely young-looking man.
Chen Fan had appeared without a sound, yet the Thunder Fury Emperor Beast had still keenly detected him.
But he had no attention to spare for anyone else yet. He could not afford carelessness against an Emperor Beast.
"Thunder Fury, submit to me!"
At those words-
The Seven Demon Saints and Yun Lan instinctively stopped in their tracks. Who was this, daring to provoke an Emperor Beast? They were fleeing so desperately they wished they had eight legs!
"Mo Da, could he be an Emperor Realm expert?!" The demons were all shocked.
"Let's see how things develop first." Da Mo's gaze flickered. Fortune was found amid danger. Besides, they had not offended this Great Emperor, and clearly they were not his targets.
Then they might as well cradle their demonic heads and watch. Perhaps they might reap an unexpected reward. Of course, their main purpose was to thank Chen Fan for saving their lives. Truly.
Yun Lan looked toward Chen Fan. They were saved.
But her gaze shifted with emotion. "Who is he...?"
She had never seen him before, but he was undoubtedly a Great Emperor! Yet she had never heard of such a Great Emperor in White Emperor Province!
Suddenly, she thought of Chen Fan...
"Foolish human! You want this emperor to submit? Wishful thinking! A dream in broad daylight!" Hearing Chen Fan's words, Thunder Fury was utterly enraged.
In its eyes, he was undoubtedly even more outrageous than those ants.
Even more deserving of death.
It snorted clouds and mist in its fury.
But it also knew that this human was stronger.
[Ding! It was given a chance, but it failed to cherish it. Mission triggered: slay the Thunder Fury Emperor Beast. Completion reward: Imperial Qilin.]
Fuck.
I came to capture an Emperor Beast, not kill one! The system really has a temper, issuing a mission at the slightest disagreement.
Chen Fan had not expected to trigger one at a time like this.
He immediately made his decision.
He released his imperial might. "Order Heavenly Dao Art."
An Emperor Beast was a treasure from head to toe. It, too, was a kind of resource.
Besides, a powerful being like this, rebellious to its very bones and hostile toward humans, seemed inferior to a system reward even if it obediently submitted.
Chen Fan attacked directly.
"Damn you!" Faced with this provocation, the Thunder Fury Emperor Beast lunged straight at Chen Fan.
The Seven Demon Saints watched in terror. He actually wanted to subjugate an Emperor Beast! Such a thing was beyond anything people at their level dared imagine.
Yun Lan fell silent too...
Boom.
As the two Emperor Realm experts fought, even the aftershocks alone sent people scrambling far away.
Thunder Fury unleashed lightning. Its enormous claws were deadly weapons, tearing apart everything in their path.
Yet under the interference of Chen Fan's Order Heavenly Dao Art, everything seemed to begin veering off course.
"Supreme Bone!" Golden light surged all over Chen Fan, and his supreme blood began to boil.
"Primordial Divine Emperor Palm!"
An Emperor Beast possessed a powerful body, its scales comparable to emperor artifacts and its defenses difficult to breach. Its overall strength surpassed that of humans at the same level.
But that was all.
With his Double Pupils, he would expose almost no openings. And this Thunder Fury was not much stronger than Great Emperor Taihuang.
After all, at this level, advancing even a minor stage was extremely difficult.
"Foolish human, fighting this emperor at close range..." Thunder Fury displayed an almost human disdain.
Then it met him head-on.
Boom.
The two forces collided, shaking the earth and mountains.
The others could barely protect themselves from being caught in the blast.
The Seven Demon Saints hurriedly looked over. "What happened?"
Yun Lan was filled with conflicting feelings. If he really was Chen Fan...
Her snow-white, jade-like neck trembled slightly.
The next moment.
The Thunder Fury Emperor Beast dropped straight to its knees.
It hurriedly shook its enormous head.
Its head buzzed. Although this human had not broken through its defenses, the terrifying force transmitted through them could injure its internal organs and divine soul.
Especially since this human's body was equally terrifying, while the interference from his cultivation art was all but impossible to guard against.
He could even block its lightning power at the same time without suffering injury.
As an Emperor Beast, how could it submit?!
Its huge, bell-like eyes locked onto Chen Fan, flashing with bloodthirsty scarlet lightning.
"Foolish..."
Smack.
"Damn..."
Smack.
Chen Fan struck repeatedly. Through his Double Pupils, this thing was riddled with openings. Aside from its physical body, it posed almost no threat in his eyes.
Not to mention, this lightning power would only make its Supreme Bone more excited.
With the Bone of the Supreme, as long as the difference in strength was not too great, no one could break through the power of his Supreme Bone.
The Seven Demon Saints and Yun Lan had completely forgotten their earlier grievances.
Their eyes widened as they watched a young man chase the Thunder Fury Emperor Beast all over the place, beating it wherever it ran.
"How could he... have no fear of it at all?!"
The next moment.
The Thunder Fury Emperor Beast exploded with fury!
This human was bullying a beast too far!
It could also sense that his bone countered it. Its endless lightning was completely useless, even here on its home ground.
"Respected human, this emperor is willing to..."
Smack.