Chapter 1463 - A Step Too Late

“Damn it! Damn it!”

Hong Cheng flushed red in anger. He had wanted to save Mei Changqing; unexpectedly, he indirectly caused his death.

“Very well, only you two are left.”

Chen Fan absorbed Mei Changqing’s memories. He was a demonic cultivator who practiced demonic arts, and Chen Fan had also practiced demonic arts. However, Chen Fan’s Chaotic Heaven Demonic Art was inferior to Mei Changqing’s Darkness Demonic Scripture.

After absorbing his memories, Chen Fan’s demonic cultivation surged explosively almost instantly.

Hong Cheng’s expression darkened. With Su Hao and Mei Changqing dead, their combined strength had plummeted; the threat they posed to Chen Fan was now negligible.

“Damn it, City of Heavens, suppress!”

There was no denying that he and Lǚ Santong couldn’t kill Chen Fan. Even escaping was out of the question, as Chen Fan wouldn’t let them. Their only option was to fight desperately, to stall for time until other experts arrived. Only then would there be even a sliver of hope for survival.

The thought of claiming Chen Fan’s legacy or treasures had long been abandoned. Now, it was all about staying alive.

“Lǚ Santong, let’s fight him!”

Rumble!

All of a sudden, law power surged like a river above Hong Cheng. The laws flickered, transforming into towering and majestic cities.

Immortal light flashed within the cities. The illusory figures of immortals could be seen within.

Those were immortal cities that could suppress the heavens.

But the price was heavy. Hong Cheng’s face immediately turned pale; the City of Heavens consumed an immense amount of his law power, draining him rapidly.

Crack, crack, crack.

Bursts of cracking noises rang out in the void.

As the terrifying City of Heavens moved, the space distorted as if it couldn’t withstand its power and kept breaking down.

In an instant, Chen Fan sensed a boundless pressure sweeping over him. The City of Heavens possessed tremendous power, suppressing the laws of heaven and earth. It formed an absolute domain that locked down the surrounding space.

Chen Fan’s expression changed slightly. He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. These so-called prodigies, born into powerful backgrounds, truly possessed astounding foundations. The City of Heavens was definitely not an ordinary immortal art.

“You want to suppress me? How ridiculous. Watch me break your pathetic city!” shouted Chen Fan fiercely. Golden light shot out from him, piercing through the heavens. Streams of terrifying auras surged out like pillars of qi, shaking the space. His eyes gleamed with contempt as he unleashed a storm of punches upon the City of Heavens.

Bang, bang, bang!

The streams of terrifying fist force were like dragons or tigers, or even stars, slamming into the City of Heavens, immediately halting its advance.

The immortal cities trembled violently under Chen Fan’s bombardment, and the illusory immortal figures began distorting.

Hong Cheng’s face flushed red, and he roared furiously at Lǚ Santong, “Lǚ Santong, what are you doing spacing out for?! Attack!”

“Oh, oh.” Lǚ Santong snapped out of his daze, his aura sharpening like a blade. He thrust his palm forward, tearing through the void as he shouted, “Sage Art of Judgment, Hand of Judgment!”

Boom, crack!

As Lǚ Santong’s law power surged, a huge claw of white bones appeared in the void, carrying the power of judgment and clawed through space, rushing toward Chen Fan.

“

Hmph

, Eight Treasures Universe Cauldron!” Chen Fan snorted coldly. True primeval surged from the top of his head to the sky, condensing into a cauldron and blocking Lǚ Santong’s attack.

Lǚ Santong’s Hand of Judgment kept striking the Eight Treasures Universe Cauldron, producing loud clanging noises, but it was unable to break through it.

Chen Fan’s fury finally erupted.

“Break for me!”

He didn’t expect that with only two of them left, they could still put up such resistance. Immediately, he clasped his hand. Countless law threads condensed into a spear—the Heaven Piercing Spear.

Like an ancient god, Chen Fan grasped the Heaven Piercing Spear and thrust it toward the City of Heavens.

Rumble!

The heavens shattered under the attack.

The space instantly exploded. A terrifying force swept over the entire City of Heavens. The countless illusory immortal figures within instantly blew up. Their chanting also came to an abrupt stop.

Crack, crack, crack, crack.

Cracking noises came from the City of Heavens. Chen Fan kept stabbing violently, and finally, the City of Heavens could no longer withstand it and shattered with a boom.

Chen Fan leaped across the void and struck out with his spear.

Puchi!

Hong Cheng’s Heavenly Arts was broken through at once like a block of butter or tofu. The spear pierced through him in an instant, nailing him to the void. His miserable screams echoed endlessly.

Boom, tch!

Chen Fan sent out a palm strike, smashing the struggling Hong Cheng into a mist of blood.

Meanwhile, Lǚ Santong—still frantically attacking the Eight Treasures Universe Cauldron—froze in terror. Seeing Hong Cheng, the strongest among them, die so miserably, he inhaled sharply. Without a second thought, he turned and bolted.

It was far too terrifying.

Four ninth-stage half-Immortal realm experts had ganged up on Chen Fan, but the latter killed them easily in a few moves. Meanwhile, he couldn’t even break through Chen Fan’s defense. The gap between them was too big.

“Only thinking of running now? Isn’t it a little too late?” Chen Fan’s icy voice boomed in Lǚ Santong’s ears, causing his hair to stand on end.

Bang!

Lǚ Santong suddenly felt pain all over. Then, he spewed blood furiously, mixed with bits of his organs. “No, don’t kill me, I’m willing to submit to you!”

After being nearly smashed apart with a hit from the cauldron, Lǚ Santong was completely overwhelmed with fear of death.

“Submit to me? You’re not qualified.” Chen Fan said coldly and smashed down with the Eight Treasures Universe Cauldron again.

“No...”

Boom, tch!

All of Lǚ Santong’s defenses crumbled apart under the Eight Treasures Universe Cauldron. He was smashed into meat paste.

“

Phew

.” Chen Fan exhaled a long breath of turbid qi.

Although he had killed four ninth-stage half-Immortals with overwhelming force, Hong Cheng and Lǚ Santong’s final desperate attack had caused him some trouble.

That jolt snapped Chen Fan out of his daze. Over the past year, he had grown immensely stronger, so much so that he had begun to disregard ordinary ninth-stage half-Immortals. Now, however, he was reminded that anyone who reached this level had a hidden trump card. As for the descendants of Sages like Ji Lanshan and Xuan Yang, their hidden cards would be far more terrifying.

“It seems like I’m still not strong enough!” Chen Fan sighed. Then, he swept the fortunes of the four away and turned into a stream of light, disappearing from the scene.

Shortly after Chen Fan left, a group sped over from a distance as fast as lightning. The leaders of the group were none other than Xuan Yang and Xie Qingjin, two top-tier ninth-stage half-Immortals.

Two of the absolute forces had actually formed an alliance because of Chen Fan.

They arrived at the site of the earlier battle; the air still crackled with remnants of the fierce clash, laws rippling faintly through space.

“We came a step too late!” Xuan Yang said in exasperation.

They had rushed here the moment they received the news, yet they still missed him by a heartbeat.

Cold, eerie light flickered in Xie Qingjin’s eyes.

Images of Chen Fan battling Hong Cheng and the others could be seen unfolding in his eyes.

“So strong! Four people, including Hong Cheng, were still no match for Chen Fan. He had become even stronger over the past year, as expected. He’s even surpassed you and me,” Xie Qingjin said with a grave expression.