Chapter 1622: Bitter Battle

A melody with the power to obliterate everything in its path swept across the world. Wherever it passed, the blood sea vaporized at an astonishing speed. Even worldly natural energy was reduced to its most primal form, mere energy particles.

The Monarch Burying Dirge was capable of penetrating every form of cover, leaving its target no place to hide. Once it took form, everything in its range would be destroyed.

Most importantly, Shen Jinxiao was about to get hit with the full brunt of this blow. His expression grew solemn as he could sense that his body was already in its range. The terrifying sword energy was all-encompassing, grinding away at the countless layers of energy he had erected around his body.

"So this is how the Enchanting Fox King was killed? It’s truly a tyrannical Transcendent Art. Li Luo, you're a disaster." Shen Jinxiao's expression was grave. Li Luo's sword formation had put him under a great deal of pressure.

Li Luo wasn’t being empowered by the Heavenly Dragon Formation, so he was not as powerful as he was when he killed the Enchanting Fox King. With that said, Shen Jinxiao was not as strong as the Enchanting Fox King, an experienced Other King. He had just entered the King Stage after all.

Transcendent Arts were the most powerful attacks in the world, and they were so rare that not all Kings had the luxury of learning one. Li Luo had one though, and it was clearly extraordinary.

Shen Jinxiao tightly clutched his banner and let out a roar. Boundless resonant power surged out of his body and into the King's Blood and Bone Devil Banner. The next instant, a vast river of blood poured out of the banner, and a humongous figure emerged from it. It was a blood-red devil manifestation with a height in the hundreds of thousands of feet. The devil manifestation seemed to have been crafted out of blood jades, and its entire body burned with sanguine flames.

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Blood Devil resonance!"

The Blood Jade Devil manifestation emitted King Stage source origin undulations and enveloped Shen Jinxiao, becoming an impenetrable suit of armor.

The Monarch Burying Dirge ground away at the Blood Devil manifestation, causing the flames on its body to gradually weaken. Countless sword scars were left on the jade bones, ruining the runic patterns.

However, the Blood Jade Devil manifestation did not shatter. As it was powered by Shen Jinxiao's King Stage strength and the King's Blood and Bone Devil Banner, it was nothing to scoff at.

The clash between the two terrifying forces caused the blood sea domain to tremble violently. Parts of it began to break off, revealing House Luolan's headquarters through the cracks.

Li Luo's Apex Resonance Crystal Core emitted draconic roars as he pushed his resonant power to the extreme, bolstering the killing move as much as he could.

There was no way they could possibly escape this battle, so he had to stake his life on it. Only by killing Shen Jinxiao could he emerge victorious.

Jiang Qing'e wasn't sitting around idly. Her Apex Resonance Crystal Core glowed brilliantly as she brandished the Holy Phoenix Parasol. She carefully stepped forward, holding it like a sword. The light resonant power swirling around her made her look like a goddess. Every move she made left behind a light silhouette in the form of a sword stance. The sword stances caused the light between the heavens and the earth to flourish, and incredible amounts of light source origin surged.

When Jiang Qing'e stopped, the countless light silhouettes came to life and merging into a sacred halo that floated behind her.

The halo rapidly expanded, and a humongous divine goddess appeared, six giant wings of light behind her. Although the goddess was blurry, she slowly swung her sword. Jiang Qing'e's Apex Resonance Crystal Core shone as brightly as the sun, and dense amounts of source origin poured out of it.

She then swung the Holy Phoenix Parasol.

Twelve Winged Seraphim's Sword Dance! Six Winged Blazing Feather Sword!

A sword ablaze with holy flames whistled through the air, carrying incredible amounts of sacred source origin energy. It crashed down directly on the Blood Jade Devil manifestation.

Bang!

The sword energy continuously baptised the Blood Jade Devil manifestation, eventually dissolving even the bones. They were not as tough as the bones of a manifestation of a true King.

Shen Jinxiao could sense a great amount of pressure bearing down on him when Jiang Qing'e attacked. The Ultimate Devil Corruption Seeds on his forehead and palms were being pushed so hard that black blood oozed out of them.

The duo’s mighty attacks battered away at the huge devil. Meanwhile, the blood sea domain slowly came apart, exposing more and more of Xia City.

On the outside, Li Qingpeng, Li Jiluo, and the rest could see what was happening within the domain now, witnessing three titanic powers struggling in a battle for supremacy.

They obviously noticed the frightening pressure coming from Shen Jinxiao.

"What?! A King?!" Their eyes were filled with shock. The idea of Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e fighting against a mysterious King Stage expert had never crossed their minds.

They had not sensed the presence of this expert, so what hole had he popped out of? Worry filled their eyes. Would Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo be able to deal with this opponent without the power of the Heavenly Dragon Formation? Even though they were both sixth-grade Transcendents, this seemed impossible.

Inside the doman, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e's expressions were incredibly solemn. They were pushing their Apex Resonance Crystal Cores to the limit.

Their resonant power was being rapidly depleted, and despite their sturdy foundations, there was a considerable gap between them and an actual King. The bright side was that the flames on the Blood Jade Devil manifestation were dimming at an incredible pace, even showing signs of dissipating. In the end, the entire skeleton exploded with a

boom

, shattering into fragments. Looks of joy appeared on the duo's faces. Their combined Transcendent Arts had overcome Shen Jinxiao's defensive ability!

Wasting no time, they attacked the exposed Shen Jinxiao with whatever was left of their Transcendent Arts.

Shen Jinxiao immediately started to retreat as his flesh and blood started to break down.

He was truly at a disadvantage now.

Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e gave chase but remained cautious for any traps. Li Luo took the lead with Jiang Qing'e half a step behind, pursuing their opponent swiftly. However, the void suddenly shattered before them and scarlet flames burst out, forming a strange palm manifestation that emitted sinister fluctuations.

Bang!

The attack was too sudden to avoid, so the scarlet palm manifestation slammed into Li Luo's body. Countless golden talismans appeared on the Heavenly Dragon armor, forming thousands of layers of defenses. Even so, Li Luo was sent flying by the tremendous force of the attack, spewing out a mouthful of blood as his organs were rattled.

"Li Luo!" Jiang Qing'e zoomed to his side and placed her hands on his back. Then she poured light resonant power into his body, cleansing all traces of corruption source origin.

His body was soon stabilized, and he wiped away the traces of blood pooling at the sides of his lips. He looked downwards and saw a deep palm print on his breastplate. There were even cracks around the print! The armor seemed like it was about to shatter.

Despite that, he felt a hint of relief. If he had not worn this armor, regardless of how sturdy his body was, he would definitely have been seriously injured by Shen Jinxiao's surprise attack. Clearly, a King Stage expert could not be underestimated, not even one that had forced his way to that stage. After all, any King could completely suppress a sixth-grade Transcendent.

This was probably Li Luo's toughest battle ever. He raised his head and looked into the distance, where Shen Jinxiao was floating in the air. Surprisingly, his body was withered and looked as though it was on the cusp of falling apart, almost like a fragile skeleton. Even so, the dangerous aura that he radiated was stronger than before.

"Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e, I knew from the beginning that this wasn't going to be a walk in the park. I never expected to be pushed into such dire straits." Shen Jinxiao's malicious voice echoed through the heavens and the earth. As he spoke, his withered body began to shrink, as if all of his flesh and blood were disappearing.

However, this only caused the duo's eyes to narrow.

They could see that immeasurable amounts of blood-red energy had begun to condense above Shen Jinxiao's head, eventually taking the form of a partially formed Crown.

The Crown caused the oppressive atmosphere to extend and fill the entire world.

"However, I really do have to thank the two of you. The pressure you've put me under has allowed my Crown to finally condense! It really is a pity..."

Shen Jinxiao looked like a ghoul, his eyes filled with malice as he laughed venomously. His laughter spread out from the blood sea domain and into Xia City, ringing in everyone's ears and causing their expressions to change.

"If you have nothing left up your sleeves, then today... is the day you two geniuses die by my hand!