"Rumble—!"

Suddenly, a deafening explosion roared out.

Crisscrossing Sword Intent tore the heavens and earth apart; the void trembled violently, on the verge of collapse.

Li Chen and the black sword once again clashed head-on, force against force.

At the instant of impact, the two of them crossed and blasted backwards at the exact same time.

Li Chen was blown back dozens of zhang. Before he could stabilize his footing, a blurred afterimage traced a strange arc, rapidly closing in on him.

Noticing this, Li Chen’s brows couldn’t help but knit slightly.

It looked like this black sword planned to rely on his superior cultivation to crush him by force.

With that thought, his gaze flickered—he decided to play along and turn the tables.

Li Chen raised his head and glanced at the black sword. Seeing that the man’s Sword Intent had already pressed close, he deliberately feigned panic and hurriedly retreated several hundred zhang.

"Swoosh!"

A streak of Sword Intent grazed past his left shoulder; his clothes were torn open, revealing a bloody sword mark, making him look rather bedraggled.

Seeing the undefeated legend Li Chen—who had never lost since his debut—actually show signs of decline at this moment, Old Demon Ouyang, Fire Wolf and the others couldn’t help becoming wildly excited.

The Little Demon Immortal, Ling Shuanghua, Ximen Qingxue and the others all showed worry on their faces; their delicate fists clenched tight, each of them wishing they could rush up to help right away.

However, their cultivation was far too low; they simply could not even get close to a battle of this level.

If they rashly charged into the battlefield, not only would they be of no help, they would become a burden to Li Chen and prevent him from fighting with full strength.

Seeing that he had already seized the upper hand, the black sword’s lips immediately curled into a complacent smile.

"Li Chen, your talent is extremely good, a once-in-a-millennium seedling. Unfortunately, what you should never, ever have done—was provoke me, the black sword!"

Before his voice fell, the black sword suddenly vaulted into the air, his figure fast as lightning, leaving only an afterimage imperceptible to the naked eye in midair.

At the same time, his entire body began to spin at high speed; the long sword in his hand churned up Gang wind, Sword Intent filled the sky and swept toward Li Chen with a momentum like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.

Seeing this killing move from the black sword, Li Chen’s expression remained unchanged, without the slightest ripple.

His pupils merely shrank slightly, and two beams of light shot out from within, locking firmly onto the black sword’s figure.

At this moment the black sword had already achieved Man and Sword as One, forming a gigantic pillar of light that rotated at high speed.

However, Li Chen quickly discovered some mottled light specks as thin as hair on that pillar of light.

This was the black sword’s flaw!

Though it looked minuscule, for Li Chen it was already more than enough.

"Hmph, black sword, wasn’t it good being alive? Why did you have to come here to die?"

Li Chen snorted resentfully, then lifted the Seven-star Dragon Abyss and flung it into the void.

Immediately, his entire figure turned into a streak of flowing light and dove into the sword’s radiance, causing its glow to soar in an instant.

The beam was like Bai Hong piercing the sun, like a comet striking the moon, piercing straight toward the pillar of light formed by the black sword.

"Rumble—!"

A crash that shook heaven and earth exploded out.

At the moment of collision, the mottled light specks on the pillar of light formed by the black sword split open at a speed visible to the naked eye, until they turned into cracks like a spiderweb.

"Ah!"

The black sword’s eyes bulged in shock; he threw his head back and let out a shrill scream, then suddenly spewed blood into the sky.

When the dust settled, one could see that a bloody hole had already appeared in the center of the black sword’s chest.

Before the crowd could react, a wisp of orange-red flame actually leapt out from that bloody hole.

A single spark can set the prairie ablaze!

In just the blink of an eye, the black sword’s body—his four limbs, bones, and five viscera—was entirely consumed by the flames, which even produced a crackling, creaking sound.

"Fifth Martial Brother?"

Yun Ying had never imagined this would be the outcome and immediately tried to rush over to save the black sword.

However, before he could get close, Demon Emperor Lietian suddenly raised the Fiery Flame Divine Spear and blocked him in front.

Yun Ying, desperate to save the black sword, charged forward recklessly.

Demon Emperor Lietian knew this was the critical moment for Li Chen to kill the black sword; he absolutely could not allow Yun Ying to interfere, lest all their efforts be wasted.

Thus, ignoring the pain of his own injuries, he swung the Fiery Flame Divine Spear and met Yun Ying head-on.

Old Demon Ouyang, Fire Wolf, and the others had likewise never expected things to end up like this mess. They exchanged glances one after another, then prepared to attack the Little Demon Immortal, Lian Hongshang, Ximen Qingxue and the others, doing everything possible to disrupt Li Chen.

Otherwise, once Li Chen freed up his hands, even if they searched the blue heavens above and the Netherworld below, they would find it hard to escape the fate of perishing body and Dao.

The Little Demon Immortal, Lian Hongshang, Ximen Qingxue, Ling Shuanghua, and Zhao Yuqing, after the initial chaos, also quickly came back to their senses and moved to face Old Demon Ouyang, Fire Wolf and the others in battle.

The cultivators of the Jiuzhou Alliance and the Star Destruction Alliance likewise fell into a melee in an instant.

In no time, the entire battlefield was thrown into utter chaos. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Damn it, Li Chen, I never thought you’d be this despicable, ambushing me. I won’t accept this, I won’t!"

The black sword howled in the flames, roaring hysterically.

In this world the victor is king and the loser a bandit. Li Chen couldn’t be bothered with the black sword’s roaring; he was focused wholly on thoroughly refining the black sword, directly making his soul scatter and be annihilated.

"Aaahhh!"

The black sword struggled madly, but even exhausting every means he had, he could not break free.

Helpless, he prepared to let his Divine Soul escape his body, abandoning the carriage to save the general, cutting off the tail to survive.

Li Chen wanted the black sword destroyed in both form and spirit—how could he allow him to succeed?

When the black sword’s Divine Soul was swaying and about to leave his body, a smug, icy smile curved at the corner of Li Chen’s lips.

Then he gently stroked the Jian Feng of the Seven-star Dragon Abyss and murmured in a low voice,

"Old buddy, you’ve got another treat this time!"

"Roar, roar!"

The Dragon Soul seemed to understand Li Chen’s words and responded at once, raising its head with an excited low roar.

Next, a dragon shadow suddenly roared out, wrapping itself tightly around the black sword’s Divine Soul that had just left his body.

"Ah, despicable, despicable..."

Seeing that he had once again fallen into Li Chen’s hands, the black sword let out another shrill wail on the spot.

The battlefield around Li Chen was already a boiling pot of chaos; to avoid unnecessary casualties, he had to finish this quickly.

With that in mind, after only a brief hesitation, he released strangulation once more.

"Good daughter, go eat that freak!"

The "freak" in Li Chen’s mouth naturally referred to Yun Ying.

Hearing Li Chen’s command, strangulation licked its tongue and charged over with a howl.

At this moment, Yun Ying was locked in fierce combat with Demon Emperor Lietian and hadn’t noticed strangulation’s presence at all.

"Ah!"

With a single shrill scream, the head on Yun Ying’s shoulder was directly crushed on the spot by strangulation.

With that strike from strangulation, Yun Ying was grievously injured and forced to stagger back again and again.

Seeing this, Demon Emperor Lietian decisively seized the chance; the Fiery Flame Divine Spear thrust out fiercely, piercing straight through Yun Ying’s entire body, skewering him through to the core...