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Joy of Life: I am Li Chengze, and I have mastered the Eight Wonders

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Chapter 175: Challenging the Evil Emperor

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Chapter 175: Challenging the Evil Emperor

Chapter 75: Challenging the Evil Emperor The sunset forest, the eyes of ice and fire. At that moment, Ye Qian'an was sitting cross-legged on the ground at the junction of Hanquan and Yangquan, with his eyes lightly closed. The left leg bone of the Ice and Fire Dragon King quietly appeared. What he had to do was to absorb the remaining power of the Ice and Fire Dragon King. Ye Xiyao was sitting cross-legged on the shore, adjusting her mental power which had increased dramatically due to the absorption of Qiluo Heart. Around the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire, spiritual energy surged like a whirlpool, and the left leg bone of the Ice and Fire Dragon King was madly absorbing spiritual energy. As the spiritual energy of the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire continued to pour in, Ye Qian'an could clearly feel that the connection between his left leg bone and his body was becoming closer and closer. The powerful force shuttled through his meridians, constantly strengthening his body. His breath also became more and more steady, as if it had merged with the surrounding environment. The spiritual energy continued to dissipate, which indirectly caused the original red and blue colors of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire to become much dimmer. As time went on, the spring water had become extremely transparent, and the speed at which the Ice and Fire Dragon King's left leg bone absorbed the spiritual energy gradually slowed down. Ye Qian'an's body was now shining with dazzling light, and his aura became even stronger. After the sixth seal was released, Ye Qian'an's soul power level increased by about five levels with the help of Xue Di's 700,000 years of cultivation, and most of Xue Di's cultivation became the driving force for releasing the sixth seal. Otherwise, his soul power level would have been more than that. However, even so, after absorbing the previous bead and the dragon bone of the Ice and Fire Dragon King with all the spiritual energy of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, his soul power remained steadily at level 69. "Brother, where are we going next?" Ye Xiyao opened her eyes and looked at Ye Qian'an and asked. Ye Qian slowly opened his eyes, the light on his body gradually faded, he exhaled softly and said: "Go to the Demon Forest to challenge the Evil Emperor, but before that, Xiyao, I will send you back to the Star Forest." Ye Xiyao was slightly stunned, with a look of reluctance in her eyes, "Brother, why do you want to send me back to the Xingdou Great Forest? I want to go with you." Ye Qian looked at Ye Xiyao tenderly and said softly, "The power of the Evil Emperor is almost the same as that of Emperor Tian. My trip this time is full of risks. I cannot be distracted to protect you. The Xingdou Great Forest is relatively safe. You can wait there for me to come back." Ye Xiyao bit her lip. Although she was reluctant, she still nodded, "Okay, brother, you must be careful."

Ye Qian nodded, and then summoned the Heavenly Punishment Sword, "Sword Two - Break the Air!" A brilliant sword light flashed, and a huge hole was instantly torn open in the space in front of the two people. "From here, Xiyao, you will arrive directly at the Xingdou Great Forest. Remember, if your sister Nana asks about our situation in the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, you must keep it a secret." Ye Qian'an gently stroked Ye Xiyao's hair, and then he gave a light push, and Ye Xiyao slowly walked into the space crack. Watching Ye Xiyao's figure disappear into the space, Ye Qian'an retracted his gaze, turned towards the direction of the Demon Forest, and the Tianzhu Sword in his hand flashed. "Evil Eye Tyrant Lord, I will come to meet you today." Ye Qian'an flashed and turned to rush towards the Demonic Forest. At this time, after Ye Xiyao came out of the space rift, she really came to the Star Dou Great Forest. In the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Yuena seemed to sense the fluctuation of space. She frowned slightly, wondering who came to the Star Dou Great Forest at this time. When she saw Ye Xiyao's figure, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. "Xiyao, why are you back? Where is your brother?" Gu Yuena came to Ye Xiyao and asked softly. Ye Xiyao bit her lip and said, "Sister Nana, my brother asked me to keep our situation in Yin-Yang Eyes a secret." Gu Yuena was slightly startled, then smiled helplessly, "Okay, since your brother said so, then I won't ask. But where did your brother go?" Ye Xiyao hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Brother went to the Demon Forest to challenge the Evil Emperor." Gu Yuena's face changed, "What? Why is he so reckless? The Evil Emperor is extremely powerful. It is too risky for your brother to go there." Ye Xiyao lowered her head and clasped her hands tightly together, "I believe that brother will be able to defeat the evil emperor." Gu Yuena sighed softly and touched Ye Xiyao's head. "I hope so. Xiyao, you can practice here with peace of mind and wait for your brother to come back. I will also keep an eye on the movements of the Demon Forest. If there is any situation, I will take action as soon as possible." Ye Xiyao raised her head and looked at Gu Yuena, nodded and said, "I understand, Sister Nana, I will wait for my brother to come back together." Gu Yuena nodded slightly. Although she looked calm at the moment, she was actually full of worries in her heart. At this time, Ye Qian had already flown from the Sunset Forest to the northwest for a full six hours. In the distance, a large forest had appeared in his sight. Looking from the air, you can see that in this coniferous forest, there are many black and gray branches and leaves. It is a large dark area. Before entering it, the feeling of oppression has already surged over you. Demonic Forest! There was no doubt that Ye Qian'an had arrived at the destination of this trip. He retracted the dragon wings behind him and slowly descended from the air to the ground. Without stopping to rest, he stretched out his body and went directly into the forest, heading straight to the center of the forest. This is self-confidence, confidence in one's own strength.

The mental power instantly covered the Demon Forest. The density of soul beasts here was almost the same as that of the Star Forest. In order to avoid unnecessary fighting and wasting time, Ye Qian'an directly released the blood pressure from the Golden Dragon King. Ye Qian'an did not over-control his own aura, but released it completely. On the one hand, it was to suppress the soul beasts with lower cultivation, and on the other hand, it was to lure out the Evil Emperor. He advanced almost in a straight line into the Evil Demon Forest. Soon, he had passed through the periphery of the Evil Demon Forest. The strength of the surrounding soul beasts also began to become stronger. However, in front of the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King, these soul beasts still avoided him. "Evil Emperor, come out and fight!" Ye Qian'an's voice echoed in the Demon Forest with endless majesty. At this moment, the Demon Forest seemed to be shaken by this roar, the leaves rustled, and the atmosphere was tense to the extreme. At this moment, suddenly, the whole space seemed to tremble violently, and a terrifying mental force descended from the sky, and a low, majestic, and cold voice echoed in the air. "Who dares to disturb my sleep?" Along with the low voice, the sky began to twist and then became dark. The inky black clouds slowly split to both sides. The whole sky seemed to be torn apart. A huge eye appeared in the air, and its gaze was pointing to where Ye Qian'an was. Ye Qian'an looked up at the huge eye. There was no fear in his eyes, but instead they were full of desire for battle. "Evil Emperor, today I have come here specially to challenge you." "You ignorant human being, you dare to challenge me. Today I will make sure you have no return." The strong voice of the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord sounded. Immediately afterwards, a dark red light with a diameter of more than a hundred feet suddenly fell from the sky and enveloped Ye Qian'an. "Arrogant!" Ye Qian'an shouted angrily, and the Tianzhu Sword in his hand shone brightly. He swung it with all his might, and a bright sword light shot up into the sky, colliding violently with the dark red light. In an instant, light overflowed and powerful energy fluctuations spread in all directions. Ye Qian'an's body trembled slightly, but he still stood firmly in place. "With such strength, you can be called the Evil Emperor? You are nothing special. You'd better prepare to face death!" Ye Qian'an said as he squatted slightly, then suddenly exerted force to leap into the air, and at the same time, the Golden Dragon King's martial spirit instantly completed the possession. When it spread its dragon wings and flew into the air, Ye Qian'an could see the true form of the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord. His body was extremely huge, with a gigantic eye with a diameter of more than 300 meters. There were a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one tentacles around the terrifying giant eye, and each of them was more than 500 meters long, waving in the air. Behind its huge body was a dark red ocean of soul power. The evil-eyed tyrant monarch looked at Ye Qian'an with his huge eyes, and his deep voice echoed throughout the space: "You are very powerful, you are the only one who can compete with my mental power, but... you must die!" "What a coincidence! You must also die, and you must become the nutrients for my promotion!" Ye Qian'an's words were full of dominance and determination. "His demeanor is good, but his strength is still lacking." As soon as the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord finished speaking, the eighty-one tentacles kept waving in the air, the air became distorted again, powerful mental power echoed in the air, and overwhelming pressure appeared again. "It's been a long time since anyone dared to talk to me like this. Very good! Well, today I want to see how capable you, this arrogant boy, are." As he spoke, the eighty-one tentacles of the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord instantly turned red and lashed towards Ye Qian'an from all directions. Ye Qian'an's eyes focused, and he flapped the dragon wings behind him violently. His body shuttled through the air as fast as lightning, dodging the tentacles that were attacking like a storm. The Tianzhu Sword burst into a bright light in his hand, ready to chop at the approaching tentacles at any time. At this moment, several tentacles attacked from a tricky direction. Ye Qian'an dodged one of them, and while dodging, another tentacle was already in front of him. "cut!" Ye Qian'an shouted loudly, and the light of the Tianzhu Sword in his hand suddenly increased. With a fierce momentum, he slashed at the tentacles that were close at hand. The sword light collided with the tentacles, and then the sword light cut off the tentacles. The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord screamed. He didn't expect that his tentacles would be cut off so easily by Ye Qian'an. "Human, you are looking for death!" The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord was immediately enraged, and its huge pupils suddenly became deep, and then a circle of dark red thorn halo appeared on the outer circle. "Buzz——" The sky seemed to shake violently. Ye Qian'an only felt as if thousands of sharp thorns were piercing into his sea of ​​​​spiritual consciousness, as if his sea of ​​​​spiritual consciousness was about to be taken away by them. "Your thorn halo is interesting, but it's a pity that my spiritual sea is not so easy to break through." Ye Qian'an raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a confident smile. He quickly circulated his soul power to stabilize his spiritual sea and easily resisted the spiritual attack of the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord. "Golden Dragon Explosion!" Ye Qian'an shouted, and in an instant, the surging blood and energy of the Golden Dragon King in his body surged like a rushing river, and his powerful soul power also surged along with it. A terrifying force burst out from him, and with him as the center, the air began to vibrate violently. The shock wave spread out in all directions like a surging tide. Wherever it passed, the space seemed to tremble. The huge body of the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord was also enveloped by this force. Its eighty-one tentacles shook violently in the shock wave, as if they would be broken at any time.

The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord felt this powerful force and was shocked. He tried to resist it with his mental strength, but the power of the shock wave was far beyond his imagination. The powerful impact made his body retreat continuously, and shock appeared in his huge pupils. The shockwave lasted for a while, and finally gradually subsided. Although the body of the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord was huge, it also suffered a lot of damage from this attack, and the dark red soul power ocean became turbulent. It has to be said that the tentacles of the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord were indeed powerful. They were not completely destroyed by this move, but only spurted out streams of purple blood. "You are not a human. Humans do not have such powerful blood and energy as you." The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord looked at Ye Qian'an in front of him, and all his tentacles stood up at the same time. Ye Qian'an's eyes were cold, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a disdainful smile, "How can you guess the power of this king. Evil Emperor, today is the day you die." After saying that, Ye Qian'an raised the Tianzhu Sword again. The sword body shone with light, as if to illuminate the entire space. The aura of the Golden Dragon King on him became stronger and stronger, and the powerful pressure made the air around him become heavy. The reason why he dared to challenge the Evil Emperor, who had cultivated for 790,000 years, at the Soul Emperor level was because with the blessing of 60% of the power of the Life Core, his strength was already the strongest existence on the Douluo Continent. How could a mere Evil Emperor dare to compete with a plane? The reason why he didn't kill the Evil Emperor instantly was because the Dragon God Core had not yet covered the entire Demon Forest. The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord felt the terrifying aura on Ye Qian'an, and a strong sense of uneasiness surged in his heart. He had never encountered such a powerful opponent before. Even when facing Emperor Tian, ​​he had never been so nervous. But now he felt deep fear in a human being, but as the Evil Emperor, how could he surrender easily? There was a flash of anger in its huge pupils, and its eighty-one tentacles began to dance again, and the dark red ocean of soul power began to churn. "Human, don't be so arrogant! Even if I die today, I will take you with me." ......... (End of this chapter)

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