"Pfft pfft pfft..."
Sword light surged, and wherever it passed, blood and flesh flew everywhere. Yue Zifeng cut through the crowd and instantly rushed towards the battlefield where Long Chen was.
"Qian Jie, let's fight again!"
Yue Zifeng shouted, his longsword flying like a rainbow, directly charging into the battle circle. With a single sword strike, the force carried the wind and thunder, and the violent sword intent made even Qian Jie feel a chill.
"Breakthrough?"
Qian Jie was shocked. Seeing Yue Zifeng's sword strike, the bronze runes on his fist reappeared, and he raised his fist to block. "
Boom!"
The sword energy struck, and Qian Jie's fist shattered. Then, Yue Zifeng merged with his sword and directly attacked Qian Jie.
"Boom!"
Qian Jie roared, his armor was shattered by Yue Zifeng's sword, and he was sent flying backward.
"Boom boom boom..."
Yue Zifeng's longsword was like a rainbow. Having already advanced to the half-step Emperor level, his sword energy was fierce and like a swimming dragon. Every move carried the power to destroy the heavens, forcing Qian Jie to retreat repeatedly.
"Kill!"
Gu Yang, Li Qi, Song Mingyuan, Bai Xiaole, Xia Chen, and Guo Ran also charged in. The crack in the star gate behind Long Chen's side was widening, and his aura was weakening. He probably wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.
Gu Yang, Li Qi, and Song Mingyuan joined forces to attack Ye Xun, who was wielding the Heavenly Night Furnace. Bai Xiaole, Xia Chen, and Guo Ran faced off against Fan Ji. However, to their surprise, the two were far too strong. Their weapons were far more powerful than the inherited level God Emperor's magic weapons.
Their Heavenly Night Furnaces and Brahma Divine Diagrams were imbued with terrifying faith power, and their endless domains of laws would exert tremendous suppression on them.
"Boom!"
They gritted their teeth. Even if they couldn't defeat their opponents, as long as they could hold them off, they would buy Long Chen more time.
Qian Jie, Ye Xun, and Fan Ji were forced back, and Tuo Ya was entangled by Cang Lu. Only Tian Lei Zi remained. Long Chen's spirits immediately lifted.
"With these troublesome guys gone, then let's settle this with one blow!" Tian Lei Zi roared to the sky.
"Thunder Technique - Devouring Heaven!"
Tian Lei Zi roared, his hands forming a seal. The heavens trembled, countless thunderous roars echoed, and endless thunder runes intertwined between heaven and earth, ultimately forming a thunder dragon tens of thousands of miles long.
"Starry Vastness - Cross Annihilation of Gods!"
Long Chen opened his hand, the eight star gates behind him trembling, and a star cross appeared in his palm.
"Boom!"
The enormous star cross slammed into the thunder dragon's head, and with a loud explosion, the thunder dragon was shattered by Long Chen's blow.
"Damn it..."
Tian Lei Zi was both shocked and furious. The thunder dragon was one of his ultimate moves, but this move was executed in two parts: the first part was gathering, and the second part was unleashing the power.
The so-called unleashing the power involved using one's own soul power to imbue the thunder dragon with the power of laws.
This move could only be barely controlled by experts at the Emperor level or above, and those who could truly master it were at the God Emperor level.
Although Tian Lei Zi was exceptionally talented, his cultivation level was insufficient, and his power of laws was limited, so he had to complete this move in two parts.
As a result, just as he finished the first part and infused it with the power of law, before the power of law could even take effect, it was shattered by Long Chen's palm strike, almost making him vomit blood in anger.
"Your star power is about to run out, while I still have countless trump cards to use. What do you have to fight me with?" Tian Lei Zi roared.
After Long Chen's move, the eight star gates behind him were already full of cracks, on the verge of exploding at any moment, and even the starlight had dimmed considerably.
"Heavenly Thunder—Gather!"
Tian Lei Zi shouted, and with a wave of his hand, he was about to gather the scattered thunder runes in the world.
However, after waiting for a moment, there was no movement behind him. He turned around and was furious.
He didn't know when, but the void was filled with tens of thousands of thunder dragons, hundreds of miles long, frantically devouring the thunder runes that filled the sky.
Tian Lei Zi was shocked and furious. He roared and attacked the thunder dragons. He knew that those runes were the heavenly thunder he had summoned, and they were infused with his original law. They were extremely precious and could not be lost.
"Whoosh!"
Countless thunder dragons converged, eventually transforming into a beautiful young woman. With a wave of her jade hand, a thunderous spear hurtled forth.
"Boom!"
Tian Lei Zi's fist slammed down, and with a loud explosion, he was actually knocked back by the girl's spear.
"Brother Long Chen, I've absorbed his power of law. I'm now a half-step Emperor-level expert. Leave him to me!" Lei Ling'er's figure blurred as she brandished her thunderous spear, launching a frenzied attack on Tian Lei Zi.
"Lei Ling?"
Tian Lei Zi was both shocked and furious. He raised his fist to block, but to his dismay, his power of law had been directly absorbed by Lei Ling'er, who was now using it to attack him.
"Hoo!"
Seeing Lei Ling'er entangle Tian Lei Zi, Long Chen let out a long breath.
He knew he had reached his limit again. This Nirvana tribulation was endless, and he still hadn't achieved a perfect Nirvana.
If he could have a little more time, even just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, his eight great stars could perfectly merge with his eight great star gates.
Unfortunately, it fell short by just a hair's breadth. The eight stars and the Star Gate couldn't merge, leaving a huge flaw. When they emerged together, the two forces showed signs of repulsion, self-cancelling and self-destructing. Not only was
their power greatly reduced and difficult to control, but it also placed a tremendous burden on Long Chen's body and soul. He had to endure immense pressure to control them. However, even with the stars and Star Gate canceling and depleting each other, their power was still astonishing.
If Long Chen could perfectly fuse them, he could absolutely sweep the entire field. Unfortunately, fate didn't give him that opportunity.
However, Long Chen didn't regret it. Even if he had arrived a breath later, let alone in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Dragon Blood Legion might have been annihilated.
Only then did Long Chen have time to glance at the Dragon Blood Legion. The Dragon Blood Warriors and Dragon Clan experts had already begun their all-out attack. After the sacrifice, they had all advanced to the Half-Step Emperor level.
Long Chen secretly rejoiced that he hadn't killed Long Xu; this move had saved his life at the crucial moment.
A squad of Dragonblood Warriors protected the powerful members of the Primordial Demon Clan, charging back and forth through the extraterrestrial demon army.
Even the Emperor-level Dark Demons were suppressed under the radiance of the Primordial Demon Clan's Demon-Suppressing Talismans, and were repeatedly slaughtered by the Dragonblood Warriors.
However, the Primordial Demon Clan's Demon-Suppressing Talismans were only effective against demons; as for other races, their effect was minimal, or even completely ineffective.
Meanwhile, Fan Ji's side had too many powerful figures from various races. Huo Ling'er had already begun her killing spree, and even Zhi Zhi had joined the battle, attacking from the outside and defending from the inside, taking care of the entire battlefield.
Huo Ling'er reached the Half-Step Emperor level before Lei Ling'er and is now a Legion Commander. Zhi Zhi is no less formidable; her vines are like sharp swords and spears, swift as the wind and fast as lightning, so fast that people don't even know where her true form is hidden.
However, even so, there are simply too many enemies, and the scene is too chaotic, so they are still at a significant disadvantage.
"Buzz!"
Just then, a sharp aura swept in, interrupting Long Chen's brief respite.
"Boom!"
Long Chen struck out with his palm, creating a deafening roar, and a figure appeared—it was Long Biluo.
"Hahaha, you are indeed at your last gasp. Now is the best time to kill you."
After the palm strike, Long Biluo's eyes revealed murderous intent. Through this test, she discovered that Long Chen's Star Power was almost depleted.
"Zheng!"
However, before Long Biluo could continue her killing move, a zither melody attracted Long Chen's attention. When Long Chen looked in the direction of the zither, his eyes instantly surged with murderous intent.
"Long Chen, don't you want your woman's life anymore?"
The chilling voice of the Pure Yang Prince rang out. Inside the enormous Heavenly Demon Harp, the pale-faced Zi Yan was being held by the neck by the Pure Yang Prince, her life hanging in the balance.
"Thump!"
Long Chen's heart skipped a beat. In that instant, he could no longer hear any sound in the world.
Then, endless black spots surged wildly in Long Chen's eyes, and a fierce killing intent rose like a volcano.