Chapter 709: Chapter 708: Kill Him for Me
A terrifying sound trembled through the void.
It rolled like thunder, vast and mighty, sounding like the beating of war drums, or perhaps a Celestial God undergoing a tribulation!
The clouds above Unrivaled Sword Valley began to roil, coalescing into dark thunderheads that drained the world of color. Amidst it all, a lone figure could be seen striding through the air.
Beams of Mystical Light pulsed behind the figure, shining with incomparable splendor. A full eight of them formed an eight-colored radiance, like a rainbow streaking across the sky!
“Jiang Chen?”
“So, we finally forced you out, you little bastard!”
Ma Jun and Demon Zhantao’s eyes narrowed, their gazes turning cold and bloodthirsty.
But when they saw that the dark clouds roiling wildly across the Celestial Vault were moving in perfect sync with Jiang Chen, expressions of astonishment crossed their faces.
They had both ascended to the Emperor Realm, so they were quite familiar with Thunder Tribulations. However, even a Six Extremes Genius as powerful as Ma Jun hadn’t caused such a terrifying commotion when he broke through. His expression grew grave. ‘Is this really a Thunder Tribulation? It doesn’t feel like the Blood Demon Tribulation one faces to reach the Emperor Realm.’
Demon Zhantao snorted confidently. “What’s there to be afraid of? Even if he breaks through to the Emperor Realm, he’ll be no match for us!”
Ma Jun nodded.
‘His eyes darted about as he made his decision. He’d let Demon Zhantao lead the charge and test Jiang Chen’s strength!’
SWISH!
Jiang Chen stood beneath the dark clouds, each step through the air seeming to carry the weight of a million mountains. With every stride, torrents of Dragon Qi surged skyward from Unrivaled Sword Valley behind him.
This boundless Dragon Qi surged madly toward the longsword in his hand.
The Divine Soldier—the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword!
After months of hard work, Jiang Chen had finally absorbed the entire pool of Dragon Blood and passed the trial set by Duann Tianya.
Not only had he obtained the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword, but his physical body had also shattered the shackles of the Divine Demon Tyrant Body. He had broken through his limits, reaching the level of a Demigod Weapon. All he needed to do was refine a single Fifth-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill, and he could step into the Sixth Stage, achieve physical deification, and possess a Divine Body!
As for his cultivation…
Jiang Chen was still just a hair’s breadth away from stepping into the Emperor Realm.
He had just emerged from the Dragon Blood Pool, preparing to charge into the Emperor Realm, when he sensed the plight of Gai Shi and Lu Fei and lashed out in a rage.
As for the thunder in the sky, it was the resonance of heaven and earth, caused by the unsheathing of the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword!
Sealed within it was the complete Dragon Soul of a Flood Dragon that had been on the verge of reaching the Demigod Realm!
“Boss…”
“Hahaha, the boss is back!”
“You’re all dead!”
Gai Shi and the others were ecstatic.
CRACK!
Ma Kun, standing beside them, cracked his whip. “Shut up!” he snorted. “With my big brother and Demon Zhantao here, even ten more Jiang Chens would just be throwing their lives away!”
“Hmph! You have no idea how formidable our boss is!”
“You’ll regret ever crossing him!”
Lu Fei and Gai Shi’s faces contorted in pain, yet they sneered.
Only those who had witnessed Jiang Chen’s methods firsthand could know just how terrifying he was.
When he truly went on a rampage, he became an existence that even he himself would fear!
…
SWISH!
Jiang Chen landed just outside Unrivaled Sword Valley. His eyes, incomparably cold, settled on Demon Zhantao and Ma Jun. “Good. Very good!” he said frigidly. “You dare treat my brothers like this. Today, I will use you to christen my sword!”
“‘Christen your sword?'”
Ma Jun froze, his gaze falling upon the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword in Jiang Chen’s hand.
His pupils contracted sharply. He gasped, hissing in disbelief, “The Ancient Azure Dragon Sword? You actually obtained the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword?”
Demon Zhantao was also aghast. “Impossible! Even the peerless genius of my clan, Demon Zhantian, failed when he attempted the Unrivaled Sword Valley trial. How could you have possibly obtained the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword?” After his roar, a burning greed erupted in Demon Zhantao’s eyes. “Kid, hand over the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword!”
The words had barely left his mouth.
Demon Zhantao was already charging toward Jiang Chen, his eyes filled with burning greed.
His gaze on the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword was like that of a lecher staring at a peerless beauty, blazing with possessive desire.
Jiang Chen snorted, moving his sword hand behind his back. He clenched his other hand into an Iron Fist and smashed it toward Demon Zhantao. “Demon Zhantao, you weren’t my match even before I broke through. Now that my body has surpassed its limits to reach the level of a Demigod Weapon, why would I possibly fear you?”
This physical breakthrough had once again boosted Jiang Chen’s combat strength.
Previously, he was on the cusp of being a Peerless Genius.
Now…
he had fully entered the ranks of the Seven Extremes, a Peerless Genius!
“North Nether Divine Fist!”
The terrifying black light of the fist was blinding, spinning like a dark vortex.
The surrounding air was sucked dry by the black vortex, creating a vacuum as it instantly appeared before Demon Zhantao.
Demon Zhantao snorted, his gaze icy. “A parlor trick. I only lost to you inside Unrivaled Sword Valley because we couldn’t use Profound Weapons. My true strength is only unleashed when I wear this Tiger Claw Profound Weapon. Jiang Chen, die!”
“Demon Cloud Heaven-Fighting Fist!”
Demon Zhantao roared again and again, throwing one punch after another.
The pair of tiger claws on his fists erupted with a blinding radiance. They were Saint-tier Profound Weapons!
RUMBLE!
His Fist Technique was immensely powerful, like crashing thunder or a stampede of ten thousand beasts. It sent the world’s Spiritual Qi into a frenzy, sounding like the boom of war drums.
In contrast, Jiang Chen’s punch was far more contained.
The dark fist shadow, a madly spinning vortex, landed on the canopy of punches Demon Zhantao had unleashed.
WENG…
The chaotic canopy of punches shuddered violently, then began to warp under the constantly spinning Fist Force. One by one, the fist shadows were devoured and ground to dust. In the blink of an eye, the dark fist was right in front of Demon Zhantao.
“How is this possible?” Demon Zhantao was aghast.
He instinctively tried to block.
And then…
“AAGGHH…”
A string of wretched screams echoed through the air.
The spiraling fist shadow shattered the pair of tiger claws on Demon Zhantao’s hands, grinding them to pieces. Metal shards shot into his body. With a sickening series of thuds, bloody holes appeared all over his chest as blood sprayed everywhere.
“Die!”
Jiang Chen instantly closed the distance, and a thunderous punch came crashing down.
“No… you can’t kill me! This is Heaven’s Edge Island! Killing is forbidden here…” Demon Zhantao shrieked in terror.
Jiang Chen remained silent as his fist descended.
BOOM!
Demon Zhantao’s entire body exploded into a cloud of blood mist!
HISS…
In front of Unrivaled Sword Valley, the countless onlookers gasped in shock.
Ma Jun was stunned for a moment, then his face split into a gleeful grin. He roared with laughter. “Jiang Chen, you actually dared to kill someone on Heaven’s Edge Island? Hahaha, you’re dead!” He turned to the equally stunned old man guarding Unrivaled Sword Valley. “Elder, this Jiang Chen dared to defy Island Master Duann’s command by killing on Heaven’s Edge Island! I implore you to act and execute this fiend!”
“You little whelp, you…” The old man began, his icy gaze fixed on Jiang Chen, but he stopped mid-sentence. His pupils constricted as he stared at the Golden Token in Jiang Chen’s hand. He then bowed deeply. “This subordinate greets the Vice Guild Master!”
“What? V-Vice Guild Master? What Vice Guild Master?” Ma Jun was utterly baffled.
Jiang Chen nodded, then pointed to the baffled Ma Jun and said calmly, “Elder, kill him for me!”
The Elder froze. He hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “As you command!”
A terrifying Emperor’s Might descended upon Ma Jun…