Chapter 496: Emperor's Fall
Tianyi paused. ‘I feel like I’m becoming more insidious, like a villain. Bah, what villain? This is just a matter of perspective and interests!’
He quickly adjusted his mental state. Tianyi didn’t answer Demon Emperor Redraco’s question and vanished into the void. His strength had actually plummeted. The boundary connecting him to the Nine Heavens Universe had weakened to the point that he dare not take the attacks of demon emperors like Redraco. If he received too much damage, the boundary would collapse and his conduit would start dissipating. At that point, it would be more conservative to abandon the conduit and create a new one.
“Coward!” Demon Emperor Redraco shouted. However, he didn’t have time to seek out Tianyi as Sword Empress Snowsword reached him and slashed down.
If Sword Empress Snowsword’s previous technique relied on death by ten thousand cuts, then her current technique condensed them all into one. In other words, ten thousand cuts in one slash. Unfortunately for the sword empress, her attack only left a faint mark on Demon Emperor Redraco’s scales.
From the faint mark, ice condensed onto the blood red scales. With each passing moment, the ice grew and enveloped more of Demon Emperor Redraco’s body. Soon, it wouldn’t be long before it covered his entire figure. To expedite the process Sword Empress Snowsword unleashed several slashes.
Just as it seemed Demon Emperor Redraco would become encased in ice, his blood red scales took on an azure hue, making his body appear violet. His realm artifact, the Realm Dragon Scales, had fully manifested on his body. A short vibration later, the ice shattered, and the demon emperor counterattacked.
Like before, when his two whiskers struck Sword Empress Snowsword, they only left faint marks on her body. Instead of striking cloth and flesh, Demon Emperor Redraco felt like he was attacking an incredibly hard piece of metal. Not even his innate ability could affect the sword empress. In his senses, she had transformed from flesh and blood to a lifeform entirely composed of ice.
Both Demon Emperor Redraco and Sword Empress Snowsword saw that neither could do anything to the other. Sword Empress Snowsword wanted to change her target. Although Xuanwu didn’t possess an armor realm artifact, he was likely almost as hard to kill. That only left this generation’s White Tiger and Vermillion Bird.
“Don’t even think about it!” Although Demon Emperor Redraco didn’t know how perilous Sword Empress Snowsword’s state was, he knew that it was impossible for her to gain such power without a price. As long as he stopped her, she would be akin to a fish on a chopping block once her forbidden technique ended.