Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

The power of the Red Lotus Karma Fire was simply too immense. As a divine flame of heaven and earth, it was a natural counter to evil cultivators. The Evil Qi Demon Venerable had no time to react before the Red Lotus Karma Fire melted him on the spot!

Its terrifying power sent a shudder through everyone present. The scorching blaze drained the color from their faces, leaving them deathly pale.

"Damn it! How are we supposed to fight this?!"

The Supreme Profound Daoist shot backward, unable to spare a thought for the fallen Evil Qi Demon Venerable. His old face was a mask of disbelief and horror!

The Mysterious Array that had been beneath his feet seemed to open a gateway to hell itself. After the great bone hand was destroyed, countless bizarre demons had tried to crawl out.

But as the Red Lotus Karma Fire swept over them, every last demon was reduced to ash. Countless shrill screams echoed above the grand vessel, a terrifying sound that even rattled the Divine Souls of the weaker Cultivators.

Soon, the array itself exploded within the sea of crimson flames, erupting into a cloud of Evil Qi that was, in turn, consumed by the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

The Supreme Profound Daoist's expression was grim. A lingering fear still gnawed at him.

He had been confident he could take on this young man, but with every external treasure the boy brought out, the tables had turned into a complete rout.

'I can't possibly fight this!' A sense of overwhelming helplessness washed over him.

Before the Supreme Profound Daoist could even catch his breath, the youth's nimble, imposing figure was upon him once more!

Amidst a sky full of dazzling sword light, Ye Chen gripped his Cangming Sword and lunged at the Supreme Profound Daoist!

"Get lost!"

The Supreme Profound Daoist roared, his Daoist robes fluttering as if in a gale.

Countless mysterious symbols wove themselves into the air before him. As he chanted a string of eerie syllables, the symbols transformed into streaks of blood-red baleful light that shot toward Ye Chen.

"BOOM!"

With a deafening roar, Ye Chen's Sword Qi shredded the streaks of baleful light. The sharp edge of his blade flashed, leaving two deep, crisscrossing gashes on the Supreme Profound Daoist's chest.

The gashes weren't deep, but the Sword Intent surging within them carried a terrifying power, threatening to tear the Supreme Profound Daoist's body apart from the inside.

The Supreme Profound Daoist was scared out of his wits. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a blood-red rune. It dissolved into blood as it landed on the gashes, barely managing to suppress the terrifying power of the Sword Dao.

Even Ye Chen was a bit surprised by this.

'With my current skill in the Sword Dao, it shouldn't be possible to injure the Supreme Profound Daoist so easily.'

'It's the power of the Cangming Sword!'

Ye Chen's eyes glinted as he glanced down at the longsword in his hand.

As his mastery of the Sword Dao improved, he could draw out more and more of the Cangming Sword's power!

The power the Cangming Sword now displayed in his hands had long since surpassed that of an ordinary Top-grade Spiritual Soldier.

Ye Chen was certain that once his comprehension of Sword Intent reached its absolute peak, the Cangming Sword would unleash power far beyond that of a Top-grade Spiritual Soldier.

At that point, all other Spiritual Soldiers would be as fragile as paper before the Cangming Sword.

"Again!"

Ye Chen's gaze was frigid. He looked toward the distant Supreme Profound Daoist and charged again.

Just then, a long whip radiating a scorching aura whipped toward him. Murong Dai had made her move!

"SWISH!"

To Murong Dai's utter disbelief, Ye Chen's blade flashed once, and her long whip snapped in two.

Her whip was a Top-grade Spiritual Soldier! In the hands of a Divine Might Realm expert, it could unleash unimaginable power, easily splitting mountains or suppressing other Cultivators of the same realm.

Yet before the sword in Ye Chen's hand, it was as fragile as if it were made of clay, cleaved in two with a single strike.

The shock of it made her realize that Ye Chen must possess a host of incredibly profound magical treasures and Spiritual Objects!

'That great cauldron, that crimson Flame, and now this sword...'

'Any single one of them would be enough to cause a bloodbath among Divine Might Realm experts!'

Murong Dai's interference didn't slow Ye Chen down in the slightest. In the blink of an eye, he was before the Supreme Profound Daoist.

No matter what Secret Techniques or Spiritual Objects the Supreme Profound Daoist employed, they were either cleaved apart by the Cangming Sword or dissolved by the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

Ye Chen's combat prowess already surpassed the Supreme Profound Daoist's. Compounded by the suppressive effect of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, how could the old Daoist possibly be his match?

Just as he was about to be consumed by the Red Lotus Karma Fire, he suddenly bit down hard on his tongue. Blood spilled from his mouth, strange symbols swirling within it.

His body was instantly incinerated by the Red Lotus Karma Fire, dissolving into a cloud of ash.

However, as the ash drifted to the ground, it began to slowly writhe and coalesce, forming a scarecrow that radiated an eerie, dark glow.

Meanwhile, the blood-red symbols shot into the distance, quickly reforming into the Supreme Profound Daoist's figure.

This time, however, the Supreme Profound Daoist's face was deathly pale, and his aura was significantly weaker than before.

"Is that… a death substitution Spiritual Object?"

Ye Chen glanced at the scarecrow left behind. It pulsed with a bizarre, calamitous aura that sent a jolt of fear through anyone who so much as looked at it from afar.

"Damn it! After all this, you're still not going to make a move?" The Supreme Profound Daoist could no longer maintain his initial calm.

He glared at the demonic-looking man nearby, his voice laced with frantic desperation.

The demonic-looking man's nonchalant expression vanished. He took a long, deep look at Ye Chen.

"If I make my move, I'm afraid this entire vessel will be destroyed," he said slowly.

"So what?"

"As long as we get what we came for, who cares?"

The Supreme Profound Daoist was frantic. He didn't have any more death substitution Spiritual Objects to save his skin. "That kid is too damn strange! It's not just about getting the item anymore—someone has to hold him off!"

"Otherwise, none of us are getting out of here alive!"

Seeing Ye Chen raise his sword and charge once more, the demonic-looking man couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

"Very well."

He suddenly shot into the air, merging directly into the surrounding thunderclouds.

Thunder roared and lightning crackled. The storm clouds roiled like a turbulent sea, and an indescribably terrifying pressure descended upon the world!

"What is that?"

Everyone felt as if their very bodies were being corroded by the dense Evil Qi in the air. They looked up in astonishment, and what they saw made the blood drain from their faces.

A colossal body broke through the clouds, unfurling itself!

It was a bird, pitch-black from head to tail!

Its wings were enormous, seeming to blot out the sky. Its jet-black eyes were like two vast abysses, gazing down upon the mortal world.