Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

The unparalleled gleam of the blade was already descending upon Jiang Chen's neck.

The faces of Pei Yidao and Zhuge Tao were alight with ecstatic joy. With this strike, Jiang Chen's head would surely roll!

"Die!"

A look of vengeful glee erupted in Pei Yidao's eyes.

The image of Pei Yuanhua, his only son who had grown up by his side, surfaced in his mind.

Memories of his face and the sound of his laughter filled his thoughts.

Ever since learning of Pei Yuanhua's death, not a moment went by when Pei Yidao didn't think of avenging his son.

Today...

'Finally, my wish will be fulfilled!'

"Little Pei, I have finally avenged you!" A look of pure satisfaction surged across Pei Yidao's face.

The muscles on his arms bulged instantly, veins coiling around them like horned dragons. He channeled a terrifying surge of power into his Battle Blade.

"A sharp blade, and fast too. What a pity... you're still too slow."

In that critical moment, Jiang Chen's calm voice suddenly echoed in Pei Yidao's ear.

"Hmm?"

Pei Yidao froze. He suddenly felt as if his entire body had been frozen solid, bringing him to a momentary halt.

A five-colored light flashed past.

His body finally regained its mobility, and the Battle Blade in his hand slashed forward.

BOOM...

Everything before him was utterly annihilated.

The void shattered. The immense Blood Saber Hall was sliced to pieces by the single strike. Amid a colossal RUMBLE, the entire, massive structure collapsed, turning to dust and leaving behind a field of rubble and wreckage.

Above the ruins, Jiang Chen hovered in midair. Behind him, five pairs of varicolored wings pulsed with light, emitting a faint, splendid radiance.

Looking like an unrivaled War God, his eyes shining with a starlike brilliance, Jiang Chen gazed down at Pei Yidao and said coolly, "Pei Yidao, your son brought his death upon himself. As the Commander of the Blood Saber Guard, not only can you not distinguish right from wrong, but you even resorted to such a despicable scheme to frame me and take my life. Today, right here in the Blood Saber Hall, I, Jiang Chen, will make you bow your head!"

"How arrogant! You think you can kill me?"

Pei Yidao roared in contempt and shot into the sky.

A crimson light erupted from his body as an unparalleled blade aura stretched across the void, seeming to connect heaven and earth.

It resembled a blood-red pillar of light reaching for the heavens.

It carried with it an incomparable Evil Qi!

Jiang Chen shook his head gently. He slowly brandished the Spirit-Slaying Sword, its sharp tip aimed directly at Pei Yidao, and began to speak, "This is the first time I have used my full strength since I became a Half-step Human Emperor. Pei Yidao, if you can withstand this next strike, I will spare your life!"

The moment his voice fell, the five pairs of wings on his back shuddered violently.

SWOOSH...

His entire body shot forward like a meteor. An unparalleled Sword Aura erupted from the Spirit-Slaying Sword as he shouted, "Four Symbols Sword!"

Since reaching the Half-step Human Emperor Realm, Jiang Chen had already advanced the Four Great Secrets of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind to the Tier Seven Realm. The power of this strike was beyond immense!

BOOM!

The world trembled as a blindingly brilliant ball of light shot into the sky. Like a Blazing Sun, it burst forth in a magnificent radiance.

Beneath this sword strike, the unparalleled crimson blade aura was brutally shattered by the Spirit-Slaying Sword. As Jiang Chen charged forward, the blood-red aura continued to break apart.

It was like a shattering mirror.

"Th-this... how is this possible?" Pei Yidao's expression changed dramatically.

He tried to dodge, but the Sword Aura erupting from the Spirit-Slaying Sword carried a mysterious power that froze both his body and the chaotic Gale around him in an instant.

It was as if time had stopped!

It was one of the Secrets of Time—Time Freeze!

SWISH!

The void shuddered. A figure in a Blood Robe suddenly appeared, a crimson light surging from his body like a roiling Sea of Blood.

The newcomer let out a low roar, "Jiang Chen, stop!"

"City Lord! City Lord, save my master...!" Zhuge Tao cried out in a piteous shriek, having recognized the newcomer.

'The Blood Jade City Lord?'

A thought stirred in Jiang Chen's mind, and a cold smirk touched his lips. "You tell me to stop, so I should stop? You're not worthy to give me orders!"

SWISH!

A sharp gleam of sword light pulsed outward, instantly enveloping Pei Yidao in its unparalleled radiance.

"AARGH..."

Pei Yidao let out a bloodcurdling scream.

Within the Sword Aura, the Four Symbols Dharma Venerable crushed down with insane force, viciously tearing Pei Yidao's body apart. His limbs and head flew high into the air, only to be shredded by the rampant, crisscrossing Sword Qi, turning into a sky-filling mist of blood.

He was as dead as one could be.

The Commander of the Blood Saber Guard had fallen to the sword in Jiang Chen's hand!

"Damn you!"

The Blood Jade City Lord's expression flickered through several shades as he looked at the hovering Jiang Chen and the spreading mist of blood. His gaze wavered. His raised hand finally fell. With a dark expression, he faced Jiang Chen as he turned around. "Brat, do you have any idea what you've just done?"

Jiang Chen stared at the Blood Jade City Lord before him.

To have founded Blood Jade City, with its population of over ten billion, in the vast Kun Realm, this man truly possessed immense courage and skill.

He was, moreover, one of the very top experts in the Kun Realm!

A supreme powerhouse at the Peak of the Human Emperor Realm!

Standing before the Blood Jade City Lord, Jiang Chen felt as if he were facing a towering mountain, a heavy, oppressive feeling washing over him. Yet he was completely unafraid. He stood tall, chest out, and said calmly, "So, it is the City Lord gracing us with your presence. I was merely enforcing the military law of the Blood Saber Guard and did not notice your arrival. Please forgive me!"

"Hmm?"

The Blood Jade City Lord's expression changed slightly.

He sized Jiang Chen up, his expression unreadable.

But Zhuge Tao screamed at the top of his lungs, "City Lord, this Jiang Chen is an absolute madman! He committed a grave crime by trespassing in the Blood Saber Hall, and Master was about to subject him to military justice. But not only did he resist the law, he even killed Master! I beg you, My Lord, please avenge him!"

"Jiang Chen, is what Zhuge Tao said true?" the Blood Jade City Lord asked, his eyes glinting coldly as he looked at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen cleaned out his ear and glanced at the Blood Jade City Lord. "City Lord, are you really going to believe the words of a dead man?"

"A dead man?"

The Blood Jade City Lord froze, his expression changing abruptly. He was about to make a move when he saw Zhuge Tao's entire body shudder. Bright red blood sprayed from his seven orifices as he collapsed to the ground, dead!

To kill someone so silently, without a trace!

Such a method caused the Blood Jade City Lord's face to darken even further. A flickering light danced in his eyes, and his hands clenched into fists as a terrifying killing intent began to coalesce in his heart. For an ambitious man of his stature, the one thing he could not tolerate was a challenge to his authority.

However...

But Jiang Chen's next words caused the Blood Jade City Lord's killing intent to vanish without a trace. "City Lord, do you wish to unify the entire Kun Realm?"