However, the attack of Impermanence Demon Monarch was too strong; the giant rocks surrounding Ku crumbled into dust, and the fabric of space and time collapsed.
“Hahaha!!”
Impermanence Demon Monarch laughed wildly without inhibition, his terrifying palm strikes, like monstrous waves, continued to crash down, swiftly extinguishing Ku’s counterattack.
Cracks actually appeared on Ku’s Supreme Emperor Body.
Ku knew that if the fight continued, it was very likely that he would fall right then and there.
As the son of the Heavenly Emperor, if he were to be killed by a strong being from the Demon Realm, he would become the laughingstock of the Immortal Realm.
Suddenly, Cold Ice Sword Qi cleaved through the air.
Impermanence Demon Monarch felt the threat and, not daring to be careless, struck a palm towards the incoming Cold Ice Sword Qi.
The palm strike of Impermanence Demon Monarch got extinguished by the Cold Ice Sword Qi, and even the Demonic Qi was frozen.
“Supreme Yin Sword Qi?”
Impermanence Demon Monarch took a deep breath and stopped attacking Ku to focus on confronting the Cold Ice Sword Qi slashing toward him.
Impermanence Demon Monarch struck thirteen palms in succession to neutralize Xia Ningxue’s Cold Ice Sword Qi.
Ku, originally thinking he was bound to die, did not expect to be saved by Xia Ningxue.
He promptly consumed a Heaven Void Divine Pill to recover his cultivation, “Are you Fairy Xia from Guanghan Palace? Thank you for your help. I shall surely repay this debt in the future.”
Xia Ningxue paid no attention to Ku.
She was only following her master’s orders to help Ku break the siege, to prevent Heavenly Court’s fury from causing turbulence in the Three Realms.
The protector of the Blood Sea Palace at the Ninth Rank Divine King Realm had already been slain by Xia Ningxue’s sword, and the opponent to come, Impermanence Demon Monarch, had strength far surpassing that protector.
After recovering his cultivation, Ku brought out a Dao Artifact-level golden emperor sword and joined Xia Ningxue in mid-air to deal with Impermanence Demon Monarch together.
“Together, the two of us are completely capable of defeating Impermanence Demon Monarch.”
Ku consumed another Qilin Blood Essence Pill and temporarily boosted his cultivation to the Seventh Rank Divine King Realm.
For reasons unknown, Xia Ningxue’s cultivation temporarily rose to the Sixth Rank Divine King Realm.
Ordinary cultivators, a Seventh Rank Divine King and a Sixth Rank Divine King, are not a match for a Fifth Rank Divine King.
But Ku, as the son of the Heavenly Emperor, considered himself exceptional, and he believed that Xia Ningxue was not an ordinary person, so their combined strength could potentially defeat Impermanence Demon Monarch.
“Great Wilderness Heavenly Sword!”
Ku’s golden emperor sword burst forth dazzling golden light, an aura of terrifying primordial desolation swept in all directions, and a mighty Sword Qi slashed towards Impermanence Demon Monarch.
Xia Ningxue’s Mo Xue Sword emitted black and white Sword Qi that streaked towards Impermanence Demon Monarch from another direction.
Impermanence Demon Monarch took a deep breath and his palm strikes, like an overwhelming force, attempted to destroy the two streams of Sword Qi simultaneously.
The Supreme Emperor Body of Ku and the Lingwa Holy Body of Xia Ningxue released exceptionally terrifying Sword Qi, exceeding the power of Impermanence Demon Monarch alone. Still, Sword Qi broke through his palm strikes and struck Impermanence Demon Monarch’s Ten Thousand Refinements Demonic Body.
“Pu.”
Impermanence Demon Monarch spewed a mouthful of black Demon Blood.
He was actually injured.
“You, from the Demon Realm and Blood Sea Palace, are about to fail.”
Guanghan Palace Master Li Heng was entangled in a fight with Bewildering Heart Demon Monarch, but when she caught a glimpse of her disciple Xia Ningxue gaining the upper hand against Impermanence Demon Monarch with the son of the Heavenly Emperor, she inwardly sighed in relief.
Unexpectedly, Bewildering Heart Demon Monarch sneered, “Impermanence Demon Monarch is the trusted confidant of Demon Venerable, equipped with numerous artifacts. Countless powerful beings from the Immortal Realm have perished at his hands; he won’t be so easily defeated.”
Li Heng’s expression changed.
Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable was a Demon Realm Powerhouse, ranked among the foremost of Demon Lords in strength. Even Great Experts like Elder Ancestor of Lin Clan were no match for Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable.
Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable had mentored the betrayer Lin Beichen from Tai Hua Holy Land, whose cultivation had even surpassed Elder Ancestor of Lin Clan.
Impermanence Demon Monarch, being the trusted confidant of Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, might indeed possess artifacts bestowed by him.
If that was the case, then Xia Ningxue was indeed in great danger.
Impermanence Demon Monarch spread open his hand, revealing a bell in his palm.
If Lu Changsheng were present, he would surely recognize this Dao Artifact as the “Eternal Dream Bell” bestowed by Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable to his daughter Dantai Meng.
Since Impermanence Demon Monarch was responsible for hunting down Ku, the son of the Heavenly Emperor, Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable temporarily entrusted this reclaimed artifact to him.
“There’s a terrifying power within your body, and although I don’t know what it is, this artifact is just the thing to deal with you.”
With his wealth of experience, Impermanence Demon Monarch realized that Xia Ningxue was relying on an invisible power within her to have such cultivation.
Clang!
The Eternal Dream Bell vibrated, sending out invisible ripples.
Ku thought it was some sort of attack technique and quickly retracted the Emperor Sword to protect himself.
However, the invisible fluctuation pierced through Ku’s body without causing him any harm.
“What kind of divine skill is this?”
Even as the son of the Heavenly Emperor, Ku couldn’t discern what method Impermanence Demon Monarch had used.
Xia Ningxue’s eyes, however, became hazy, as the obscure power she had acquired started to fade quickly.
“This isn’t good, the artifact targets the Divine Sense.”
Ku soon understood the technique employed by the Impermanence Demon Monarch.
Some great experts could split a portion of their Divine Sense to manipulate other cultivators, but the divine skill of the Eternal Dream Bell could allow those being controlled to regain consciousness.
Deep within Xia Ningxue’s Sea of Consciousness was an inexplicable power of a Goddess, which enabled Xia Ningxue to temporarily draw upon the entire lifetime’s strength sealed within her by the Elder Ancestor of Guanghan.
Impermanence Demon Monarch, after all, an immensely experienced fighter among the great demons, actually used the Eternal Dream Bell’s divine skill, meant for rescue, to break the power of the Goddess, forcibly waking Xia Ningxue’s own Divine Sense and replacing the Goddess’s Power.
Xia Ningxue’s own Divine Sense was only at the fourth realm of the Immortal Emperor, incapable of utilizing all the power in her body.
“In front of me, you are all still too green.”
The lips of Impermanence Demon Monarch moved, and the Eternal Dream Bell rang again, sending ripples of space and time spreading around, destroying space and time wherever it went!
The Impermanence Demon Monarch was a fifth-grade Divine King, and the Eternal Dream Bell under his control was a hundred times more powerful than when Dantai Meng operated it.
Ku channeled the Heavenly Emperor Heart Method with all his might, forming a Golden Cauldron Barrier around him.
But the ripples of space and time stimulated by the Impermanence Demon Monarch’s Eternal Dream Bell were too terrifying; the ripples caused the Golden Cauldron Barrier to shatter, and Ku’s Supreme Emperor Body split open.
Ku spat out blood repeatedly, his Emperor Body damaged.
Xia Ningxue was also affected by the ripples of space and time; the Goddess’s Power surged from within her once more to protect her.
Xia Ningxue fell to the ground, propping herself up with the Mo Xue Sword, as a trickle of fresh blood seeped from her red lips.
“Xue’er!”
The Palace Master of Guanghan, Li Heng, was shocked and dismayed.
Impermanence Demon Monarch was indeed dreadful, keeping such a trump card until now.
“The true devils of the Demon Realm are excessively powerful…”
As the son of the Heavenly Emperor, Ku had always looked down on these Demon Chiefs.
However, each one that could become among the strongest cultivators in the Demon Realm was a dragon among men.
Impermanence Demon Monarch’s combat experience far surpassed Ku, who had cultivated for over five hundred thousand years.
“Although you haven’t cultivated for long, you have various means to boost your strength. Once you grow up, you will undoubtedly become an obstacle for the Demon Venerable, so die for me.”
Impermanence Demon Monarch infused his Demonic Qi into the Eternal Dream Bell.
As long as he fully activated the Eternal Dream Bell, it could erase both Ku and Xia Ningxue, two peerless geniuses.
Ku gritted his teeth tightly; he didn’t want to die, especially not at the hands of a Demon Realm cultivator.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared above Impermanence Demon Monarch’s head.
Impermanence Demon Monarch subconsciously looked up, only for the shadow’s right foot to stomp down directly!
Boom!
Impermanence Demon Monarch’s face was stomped on, and the terrifying force sent him plummeting down like a meteor, crashing into the ground, causing the earth to shake and tremble!
A massive crater appeared in the ground!
An elegant and extraordinary man with the bearing of an immortal appeared, carrying a Longsword on his back.
He exuded the aura of a sixth-grade Divine King, powerful and compelling, his right foot still standing on the face of Impermanance Demon Monarch.
Everyone present, whether from the Immortal Realm or the Demon Realm, was astounded.
How powerful was the Impermanence Demon Monarch, a powerhouse of the Demon Realm, overpowering the son of the Heavenly Emperor, and yet now someone had publicly stomped on his face!
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“Lu?”
Xia Ningxue, recognizing the man who had stomped on Impermanence Demon Monarch’s face, regained clarity in her eyes and was filled with surprise and delight.
“Are you alright?”
Lu Changsheng, upon seeing Xia Ningxue injured, became furious and in his response, stomped on the face of Impermanence Demon Monarch.