Inside the main hall of the Ape-man Race.
The Black Ape Venerable sighed softly.
"Before the Golden Fur King died, his Intelligent Life sent me an email explaining the situation!"
What email?
Venerable Zhen Yan frowned slightly.
He and the Golden Fur King were both leaders of a branch of the Ape-man Race, and both were disciples of the Black Ape Venerable. Although they had competed with each other, their relationship was naturally quite good.
"See?"
With a wave of Black Ape Venerable hand, the void before him rippled like water, and then an image appeared.
The video was very short, less than a second.
There were no other images inside, only countless purple flames.
In other words, the Golden Fur King was instantly incinerated by countless flames, losing one hundred percent of his divine body. Even his Intelligent Life could only record these events at the last moment.
Instantly killed a Invincible King ----
Let's use the purple flame arcane technique again----
The Venerable Zhen Yan's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
" Shi Huo!"
He roared and stood up.
"Don't be impulsive!" Black Ape Venerable put away the image and advised, "Although it might be Shi Huo Venerable's revenge, it's just speculation. There's no evidence—this image alone doesn't prove anything!"
"Who else could it be but him? Could it be some audacious Alien Race Universe Venerable who came to kill the Golden Fur?"
The Venerable Zhen Yan's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"But we have no evidence! Even if we did, killing a King-level Immortal wouldn't cause any loss to Shi Huo Venerable. This is his warning to us."
A flash of anger also appeared in the eyes of the Black Ape Venerable.
The Golden Fur King was his disciple, Shi Huo Venerable completely disregarded him.
Although the Golden Fur King will definitely be resurrected, he will have to bear the cost of that resurrection and the loss of True Treasure.
"Warn me?" Venerable Zhen Yan snorted coldly. He continued, "That Shi Huo has chosen the wrong person. If he had come directly to me to interrogate me, I would have respected him. This behavior is truly laughable. Teacher, I heard that the Demon Candle King has been resurrected!"
"After the death of the Demon Candle King, his father personally requested the great Lord of Void Gold to resurrect him—" Black Ape Venerable nodded. This was no secret. The death of the Demon Candle King had caused the lineage of Shi Huo Venerable to lose face, so naturally they needed to regain it.
The Lord of Void Gold personally intervened to revive the Demon Candle King, demonstrating the confidence of the Shi Huo Venerable lineage.
" Zhen Yan, where are you going?"
The Black Ape Venerable watched as the Venerable Zhen Yan rose and walked out of the main hall.
"Teacher, rest assured, I possess the Palace Supreme Treasure and have no fear of that Shi Huo Venerable. Since he killed the Golden Fur King, if I don't retaliate, wouldn't people look down on our Ape-man Race?"
"Don't act impulsively."
The Black Ape Venerable gave chase.
"Teacher, I know what's important!"
After speaking, Venerable Zhen Yan walked directly out of the main hall, and soon the Ruin-Suppressing Palace rose from the ground and disappeared into the starry sky.
The Fire Candle Universe Country Shi Huo Planet.
This is the second largest planet in the Fire Candle Universe Country after the Fire Candle Continent, located below the Giant Axe Arena, and it is also the headquarters of the Shi Huo Venerable family.
Shi Huo Planet, deep within a palace.
This is not an ordinary hall for entertaining guests or for cultivation, but rather the exclusive pleasure ground of the Demon Candle King.
The ceiling is inlaid with dazzling gemstones, simulating a distorted and dreamlike starry sky, and the floor is paved with precious minerals. The air is filled with a strong smell of alcohol and a strange aroma that stirs the soul.
"Useless! You can't even do this simple thing right!"
The Demon Candle King leaned back on a massive throne carved from a single piece of jade. His delicate and handsome face was paler than ever, but the tyranny and irritability in his eyes were stronger than ever before.
Although he was resurrected, he could not forget the scene before his death.
Whenever he thinks of how he was repeatedly slapped away by Venerable Zhen Yan like a dead dog, and of the scene of him begging for mercy from Zhen Yan, a violent surge of anger rises within him that he cannot suppress.
At his feet, a beautiful maidservant dressed in a light gauze robe knelt trembling. She had just been overwhelmed by the Demon Candle King's tyrannical aura. The jade cup she held tilted, and a few drops of precious wine spilled onto the Demon Candle King's magnificent robe.
"Your Highness, spare me! I didn't mean to!" The maid turned pale and hurriedly prostrated herself on the ground, her voice filled with desperate sobs.
"Spare me?"
A twisted sense of pleasure flashed in the Demon Candle King's eyes. He needed to vent, to see the fear of ordinary people to fill the void in his heart and the humiliation he had felt in front of the Venerable Zhen Yan.
"You lowly creature, do you even know how much these few drops of fine wine are worth? Even if you were sold off, you couldn't afford to pay for them!"
He didn't use any divine power; he simply grabbed a fruit knife from the side. The knife was no ordinary item either, its blade gleaming with a ghostly light. The next moment, the blade easily sliced across the maid's neck.
The sound of a sharp weapon slicing through flesh and neck bones was clearly audible, along with splattered blood everywhere.
The maid's beautiful eyes widened instantly, filled with disbelief, terror, and bewilderment, before her expression quickly dimmed.
"You've dirtied my place." The Demon Candle King frowned in disgust, as if he had merely tossed away a piece of trash.
He casually tossed the bloodless dagger back into place and lazily ordered towards the palace gate, "Someone, drag this trash out to feed my pets, and bring in someone who knows the rules."
Outside the palace gate, two guards in standard armor walked in quickly with their heads bowed.
Their eyes were numb, as if they were already used to the scene before them. They simply moved with practiced ease, one on each side, preparing to lift the female corpse.
The Demon Candle King leaned back on his throne, closed his eyes to rest, and impatiently tapped his fingers on the armrest.
Just as the two guards were about to touch the woman's corpse.
The guard on the right, who had been keeping his head down, seemed to pause slightly.
The Demon Candle King frowned slightly, about to erupt in anger.
Suddenly, the guard raised his head, and his previously numb and indifferent eyes instantly became incredibly frightening.
His facial muscles rippled slightly like water, revealing his true appearance—that of Venerable Zhen Yan!
The other guard beside him and the female corpse on the ground seemed to be frozen by an invisible force at this moment, unable to move at all.
"You—" The Demon Candle King's pupils suddenly contracted, boundless fear gripping him tightly.
He wanted to ask for help, to send a message to his father, who was also on this planet.
But it was all too late.
Venerable Zhen Yan merely raised his hand slightly, and with a finger covered in downy hair, he pointed towards the center of Demon Candle King's brow. The movement seemed slow, but in reality, it was so fast that it transcended the perception of time.
This finger appeared infinitely larger in the Demon Candle King's vision.
"No! Father, save me----" The Demon Candle King's divine body instinctively erupted with surging purple flames, and the phantom of a protective True Treasure just appeared on his body.
But Venerable Zhen Yan's finger had already touched his brow.
bump!!
A soft sound, like a bubble bursting.
The terror, resentment, and despair in the eyes of the Demon Candle King were frozen in time.
The flames on his body died out silently, without any earth-shattering explosion, without any dissipation of divine power, and even his divine body remained intact.
The Venerable Zhen Yan made a move, directly Soul Annihilation, leaving him with a complete corpse.
Immediately afterwards, Venerable Zhen Yan raised his hand and grabbed a blood-red pearl that seemed to have flames dancing on it.
When he killed the Demon Candle King last time, Venerable Zhen Yan still left some room for maneuver and did not take the item, but this time he had no such concerns.
However, when he was about to leave, he discovered that the entire space of the Shi Huo Planet was completely Space Lock.
Clearly, Shi Huo Venerable knew of the Demon Candle King's death at the moment of his passing.
This is also why Venerable Zhen Yan did not choose to break in directly. If he had broken in directly, the Demon Candle King would likely have been protected by Shi Huo Venerable, and he would have had no chance to kill him.
The Venerable Zhen Yan grew larger, and the Yan Jun Staff appeared in his hand. His body rose from the ground, and with a loud bang, the roof of the entire hall was blown off.
Above the planet, the Shi Huo Venerable body was wreathed in countless flames, was filled with a palpable rage.
" Venerable Zhen Yan, who gave you the audacity to come to my Shi Huo Planet to kill someone?"
The Shi Huo Planet was his family's stronghold, the place where he was stationed. For Venerable Zhen Yan to go to the Shi Huo Planet and kill his son was an intolerable disgrace to Shi Huo Venerable.
He never imagined that Venerable Zhen Yan —the newly promoted Universe Venerable of this Virtual Universe Company —would have gotten such audacity.
" Shi Huo Venerable, you treacherous villain! I, the Golden Fur King, have never offended you! Why did you kill him? What? You, the Shi Huo Venerable, can kill people at will, but I, the Venerable Zhen Yan, cannot retaliate? What kind of logic is this!"
Venerable Zhen Yan roared, deliberately raising his voice so that it echoed throughout the entire Shi Huo Planet. The people living on this planet were all top figures from various Universe Country, as well as important figures from other Universe Country. This was also Venerable Zhen Yan had done intentionally.
"You say I killed the Golden Fur King, but do you have any evidence?" Shi Huo Venerable Scoffed.
"Evidence? When the Golden Fur King fell, he left behind an image of purple flames. If you, Shi Huo Venerable, dare to swear in your teacher's name that the death of my Ape-man Race's Golden Fur King has nothing to do with you, how about I apologize to you today?"
"Venerable Zhen Yan said in a cold voice."
"Court death!"
While the two were talking, the Shi Huo Planet was pushed away by a huge force. Now that it was far away, Shi Huo Venerable no longer hesitated and made his move.
Behind him, a purple, destructive sun seemed to rise, and the Endless flames did not spread outwards, but instead collapsed and condensed wildly inwards, transforming into a long, narrow War Blade in his palm, completely black except for the blade that flowed with a dazzling purple light.
"Die!"
With a single slash, the flames that filled the sky transformed into a winding purple fire serpent.
"Good timing!"
Instead of retreating, Venerable Zhen Yan advanced, his Yan Jun Staff emitting a galaxy-shaking earth-yellow light. His muscles bulged, and the phantom of a raging giant ape faintly appeared behind him.
"Bump!!"
The Yan Jun Staff met the blade head-on without any fancy moves. Layers of illusory mountain shadows appeared on the staff, each mountain seemingly bearing the weight of an entire world.
This strike is the Universe Venerable Ultimate Secret Technique, created by Venerable Zhen Yan. It embodies his ultimate understanding of the fusion of the Earth Origin Law and the Law of Space, suppressing everything with absolute power!
Rumble!!
The two weapons collided, producing a violent roar.
Centered on the point of impact, a massive energy vortex with a diameter exceeding one million kilometers expanded outwards.
Venerable Zhen Yan let out a muffled groan and flew tens of thousands of kilometers backward. His arm holding the staff felt slightly numb, and the light on the Yan Jun Staff dimmed slightly.
The power of Shi Huo Venerable's furious attack was indeed astonishing.
He suffered a hidden loss because of this move.
Shi Huo Venerable also retreated thousands of kilometers, his eyes filled with shock and anger. He hadn't held back at all in that attack.
Venerable Zhen Yan, this guy who broke through to the Universe Venerable in less than two eras, actually withstood it all by sheer will!
This simply doesn't make sense.
" Shi Huo Venerable, you're only successful because your weapon is slightly better than mine."
The voice of Venerable Zhen Yan rang out once more.
"I will not continue this today. This is my last warning: if any more Ape-man Race are harmed, next time—I will definitely Soul Control and kill the Demon Candle King again. Remember my words!"
"Leave!"
Seeing that Venerable Zhen Yan was trying to escape, Shi Huo Venerable boundless flames that surged like a raging sea of fire, engulfing Venerable Zhen Yan.
Venerable Zhen Yan snorted coldly, and the Ruin-Suppressing Palace appeared out of thin air. He entered the Ruin-Suppressing Palace directly, and the earthen-yellow palace easily passed through countless seas of fire and disappeared into the horizon.
After breaking out of the Space Lockdown range of the Shi Huo Venerable, he instantly Teleportation and disappeared.
" Palace Supreme Treasure!"
Seeing Venerable Zhen Yan leave with ease, Shi Huo Venerable couldn't help but gasp.
He didn't choose to give chase, because after the treasure was taken out, he had no chance left.
Even if his strength increased a thousandfold, he still couldn't break through the defenses of this Palace Supreme Treasure.
The next moment, Shi Huo Venerable Teleportation teleported into the palace of Demon Candle King.
He completely ignored the female corpse beside him and instead focused his gaze on his son.
Suddenly, Shi Huo Venerable's expression changed drastically.
Only then did he realize that the Supreme Treasure on the Demon Candle King's body had disappeared!