Chapter 1194: The Undying Dragon Emperor, It Is Time to End This (II)

Roar! Roar! Roar!

The Nine Hells monster would eat that colossal beast and absorb it into its own body. It would then seize its heavenly-tier bloodline, which was on par with the Ninth Primordial Heaven and had the potential to become an everlasting sun.

Boom!

The already massive monster grew once more. Blood-red spikes shrouded in black mist burst through its flesh, making it appear even more hideous. As its immortal origin erupted, its aura skyrocketed, suppressing the very principles of the universe and crushing all beneath it. Its power was so overwhelming that illusions formed within the black-gray mist surrounding it, showing billions of beings weeping in despair and entire worlds collapsing into ruin.

Boom!

With a single claw strike—spanning a full light-year and covered in blood-red spikes—the monster shattered the surrounding cosmos. The shield of light around Chen Chu broke apart, sending him flying backward.

A far more ferocious roar thundered through the void. The Dragon Emperor of the End, which had grown from one trillion to fifteen trillion kilometers in length, appeared even more fearsome. Its colossal wings blotted out the sky as it descended upon the Nine Hells monster from above.

It raised both claws high, movements precise and deliberate like a grandmaster forming hand seals. Between its claws, endless power gathered, condensing into a radiant purple-black black hole that emanated power so fearsome even the monster felt a trace of dread.

Boom!

The black force field enveloping the monster shattered as the Dragon Emperor’s strike blew apart half of one of its heads. The powerful impact made it stagger backward.

The Dragon Emperor's transformation advanced as it devoured undying bodies. By now, its undying form was already two-tenths complete. Moreover, as it grew in size, its power became even greater. Its End Form and the Heavenly Gate further empowered it, multiplying its strength exponentially. Now, it was strong enough to fight the Nine Hells monster head-on.

This outcome drove the monster into deeper rage. It had deliberately held back from destroying the colossal beast, allowing it to devour the undying corpses in hopes that the Nine Hells Qi within them would contaminate it. It had planned to wait until the beast succumbed to corruption before devouring it and the equally monstrous alien warrior to make their strength its own.

However, it hadn't expected the Dragon Emperor to possess not one, but two life-bound abilities: Devouring and Evolution. Its bloodline had been continuously refined with every breakthrough beyond the primordial level, reaching the limits of the heavenly tier. Instead of being contaminated, the Dragon Emperor used the process to rapidly strengthen itself beyond imagination.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The battle grew more intense the longer the Dragon Emperor and Chen Chu fought together. The immortal-level power fluctuations shook the entire Ancient Battlefield. On the sixth layer below, beneath the prismatic barrier, figures radiating might above that of the primordial sovereigns appeared.

The True Radiant Sky Emperor, True Reincarnation Emperor, Heavenly Flame Supreme, and the others all looked up solemnly at the violently quaking light above. Even they felt uneasy since the outcome of the battle would determine the fate of every civilization in the Ancient Battlefield.

After subduing the Shadow War God and Golden Divine Races’ powerhouses, the Radiant Emperor said, "Lun, do you think we should go up there to help?"

Everyone fell silent. The Reincarnation Emperor slowly shook his head. "The monster’s power is far too corruptive. We'll only be a burden to them. Right now, the best we can do is stay here and wait."

Alright.

The Radiant Emperor nodded in agreement, realizing that her suggestion was too reckless. The creature's power had contaminated even undying beings like Luo Jia. If they were to approach, they too could be corrupted, forcing Chen Chu to divide his focus to save them. All they could do now was wait, even though every passing moment felt unbearably long.

Amid the tremors that shook every layer of the Ancient Battlefield’s vast cosmos, time flowed swiftly. In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed. Such a long duration surprised even those guarding the entrance to the seventh layer, like the Reincarnation Emperor and his companions, yet they also couldn’t help but breathe a quiet sigh of relief.

The fact that the battle had lasted so long without a decisive outcome meant that Chen Chu and the colossal beast fighting alongside him, even if at a disadvantage, weren’t too far behind. In such a situation, even if they could no longer hold on, they would still have enough strength to retreat safely.

Once they withdrew, Chen Chu could unite all of the peak civilization powerhouses, seal the entrance, and prevent the Nine Hells monster from descending. With that in mind, the Heavenly Flame Supreme and the others exchanged glances and faint smiles of relief.

However, while those below believed that Chen Chu and the Dragon Emperor were merely managing to resist the monster’s assault, the truth was entirely the opposite. Within the turbulent, chaotic void, a black-red colossal beast over a light-year in length roared. Each movement of its claws unleashed world-shaking power that made the heavens tremble.

Every strike it delivered shattered parts of the Nine Hells monster. Each slash of its tail, stretching ten light-years long, tore through space-time itself. Every strike split the monster apart, leaving behind deep black rifts that stretched for dozens of light-years and persisted in the void like eternal abysses.

Over the course of ten years, the Dragon Emperor fought and devoured to strengthen itself, consuming and refining seven fragmented undying corpses. Now, it had finally reached the Seventh Primordial Heaven.

This breakthrough to a higher realm brought an explosive surge of power. Not only did it become even more enormous, but it could now suppress the Nine Hells monster in direct combat.

The monster couldn't help but be shocked and enraged, its fury spiraling into madness. Nevertheless, the Dragon Emperor still dominated it.

Unfortunately, it couldn’t completely kill the immortal monster. At this level of existence, the difference between suppressing, defeating, and annihilating was vast, each step exponentially harder to reach than the last.

At the edge of the battlefield where the two beasts clashed, Chen Chu sat cross-legged. His true form had condensed down to three hundred billion kilometers in size, but his aura had grown severalfold. Behind him spread twenty layers of chaotic light wheels, spanning hundreds of trillions of kilometers. Each one was radiant and divine.

When the Dragon Emperor advanced into the Seventh Primordial Heaven, the feedback from its evolution and growth strengthened Chen Chu as well. However, the lack of undying energy prevented him from breaking through alongside it.

Chen Chu narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the monstrous being locked in frenzied combat with the Dragon Emperor. "It seems like I’ll have to take a little risk."

The monster's incomplete body had been reformed, allowing it to reach the immortal realm. It was the perfect nourishment for the newly ascended Dragon Emperor. If it could be slain and devoured, the immortal power within it, along with the chaotic energy that it had absorbed over millions of years while ruling the seventh layer, could potentially raise the Dragon Emperor’s strength to the very peak of the Seventh Primordial Heaven.

Exhaling slowly, Chen Chu rose to his feet. Besides Divine Fusion, the technique that could grant tens of thousands of times greater power in an instant, there was only one other way to slay the immortal creature: use the power of the soul as the bridge to merge his human true form with the colossal body of the Dragon Emperor, fusing their strengths into one.

Chen Chu had used this technique once before. He had been at the Abyssal Battlefield at the time, facing the great demon kings of the Purgatory Clan in his first frontline battle.

Back then, he had only been at the Ninth Heavenly Realm. Hence, he multiplied his strength by merging with the projection of the Dragon Emperor that he had summoned, whose power was but a tenth of its true might yet was still comparable to a demon king. In doing so, he managed to rival the great demon kings in combat.

He never employed it again after that. As both Chen Chu and the Dragon Emperor grew stronger, the invisible bond between them also deepened.

Yearning for complete unity was a primal instinct of one's soul essence. Fortunately, the pull was faint and could be suppressed, allowing Chen Chu to avoid invoking their connection to prevent any unforeseen consequences. Today, however, for the sake of hunting down their immortal prey, he found the risk worth taking.

The time had come to end this long and brutal battle.