Chapter 1586 - Evenly Matched?

“Shark Crown Prince, our battle has only just begun!”

As Chen Fan’s voice rang out, everyone’s eyes narrowed.

They knew that Chen Fan had successfully broken through; Shark Crown Prince had failed to stop it.

Chen Fan was already strong enough when he was at the peak of the fourth-level Immortal Platform realm, being able to kill those at the seventh level effortlessly. Now that he had advanced to the fifth level, he probably possessed the power to contend against Shark Crown Prince.

A sharp aura swept out from Chen Fan, making him resemble an unrivaled swordsman who had just unsheathed his blade. Once his sword was drawn, blood would certainly flow, and throats would surely be cut.

“Succeeded in breaking through, huh...”

Shark Crown Prince also narrowed his eyes slightly, sizing up Chen Fan.

He had miscalculated.

He thought he could stop Chen Fan’s breakthrough, but the latter had considered everything and prepared quite a few cards to play, especially that wheel. Even he had to put in quite a bit of effort to break through its defenses.

By the time he broke through that barrier, it was already too late; Chen Fan had fully advanced to the fifth level.

“You think you can fight me now? You’re too naïve! So what if you broke through successfully? If I want to kill you, I’ll just have to put in a little more effort.”

Shark Crown Prince had absolute confidence in his strength. Although Chen Fan had advanced, he still did not truly believe that Chen Fan could be his equal.

“Hahahaha, is that so? Then have a taste of my sword first!” Chen Fan laughed and slashed horizontally with his demonic sword. A pitch-black sword light swept out, splitting heaven and earth apart with terrifying might.

Facing Chen Fan’s attack, Shark Crown Prince’s expression immediately changed slightly, sensing danger from this strike.

Although this attack couldn’t threaten his life, it still made his heart tighten. From that alone, he understood that Chen Fan’s strength had indeed soared after the breakthrough.

“Petty tricks!”

Naturally, Shark Crown Prince would never admit that he felt threatened by the attack.

Fierceness showed in his eyes. With a shake of his arm, he sent a stream of spear qi piercing forth, colliding with the sword light sweeping toward him.

Rumble!

An earth-shattering explosion rang out. A terrifying storm swept out, shaking the earth and the mountains.

“Come on, Shark Crown Prince. Let us see whether your spear or my sword proves superior. Now that I’ve broken through, I shall use your head as the first tribute,” said Chen Fan with a smile.

“What arrogance!”

Chen Fan’s words enraged Shark Crown Prince.

To use him as a sacrifice? Such insolence was practically boundless.

“Die!” Shark Crown Prince charged forward in an instant, his crystal spear emitting a terrifying spear qi that pierced through space. In a flash, he appeared high above Chen Fan and thrust down violently, causing heaven and earth to rumble.

Chen Fan remained unfazed.

Chen Fan had been no match for Shark Crown Prince; after breaking through, his strength had skyrocketed by more than ten times. Things were completely different now.

“Slash!”

Chen Fan also made his move. The demonic sword danced unpredictably, launching an incomparably sharp sword light that cleaved through the void, destroying the spear qi Shark Crown Prince had unleashed.

Clang, clang, clang!

Boom, boom, boom!

The two clashed fiercely, their figures like twin bolts of lightning ripping across the sky and leaving countless afterimages. Sparks flew wildly, and violent winds howled in every direction.

Fast, fast, fast!

The two struck at astonishing speeds, each move incredibly swift and ruthless.

The might of high-grade immortal artifacts was completely exhibited in their hands.

Shark Crown Prince’s spear thrusts were unimaginably quick, seemingly even faster than lightning. He unleashed hundreds of strikes in moments, enveloping Chen Fan, as if determined to skewer him into a sieve.

Each thrust was lightning-fast and carried boundless power, aiming to kill Chen Fan on the spot.

Swish!

The spear’s tip tore through everything and seemed to impale Chen Fan directly; in the next moment, his figure dissolved into a puff of green smoke and vanished.

That was only his afterimage.

Not good

! Shark Crown Prince cried inwardly. He immediately turned around to block, all his law power surging and completely shielding himself.

Just as he had anticipated, a streak of sword light slashed down behind him. Wherever it passed, the air was cleaved apart.

Clang!

Shark Crown Prince turned to block, shattering the sword qi with his crystal spear and striking the sword.

Rumble!

The terrifying collision between high-grade immortal artifacts sent wave after wave of energy rippling out.

Countless laws fractured and manifested.

Both combatants were forced a single step backward by the tremendous impact, then charged at each other again without the slightest pause.

For the moment, they were truly evenly matched, neither side able to suppress the other. However, this was not the outcome either side had hoped for.

In terms of cultivation, Shark Crown Prince held the advantage. However, Chen Fan’s physique was stronger. He was like a monster in human skin, making up for the disadvantage.

Chen Fan advanced with astonishing speed, his demonic sword tracing numerous streaks of sword light in the void before he brought them all slashing down.

Hundreds of slashes were unleashed in an instant, each attack unique, their trajectories connecting like the celestial path, tricky and ruthless. Looking from afar, the scene was apocalyptic.

The aura of apocalypse permeated the air. A silent howl sent chills down the people’s spines.

The sword lights slashed straight toward Shark Crown Prince. His mastery of the sword had long since reached a deeply unfathomable level. His precise control allowed him not to waste any power. All of it rushed toward Shark Crown Prince.

Slash after slash, the sword qi piled up in layers, forming a terrifying scale.

Bang!

Shark Crown Prince tried to counter with a desperate barrage of spear thrusts; the moment his spear qi shot forth, it was shattered by the surging sword qi. That sword qi, condensed from boundless law power, came crashing down with dreadful force.

The sword qi broke through Shark Crown Prince’s spear qi with unstoppable momentum and fell on him, sending his huge figure flying back.

“Crown Prince!”

Seeing Shark Crown Prince sent flying by the slashes, the experts of the deep-sea giant shark tribe exclaimed in shock one after another.

None of them had imagined that Shark Crown Prince, as powerful as he was, would be sent flying by a slash. Could it be that Chen Fan was even stronger than Shark Crown Prince after breaking through?

Shark Crown Prince came to a stop in the air after flying ten kilometers back, staring at Chen Fan coldly.

Fragments of something drifted down from him; they were the shattered remnants of his inner armor, destroyed by Chen Fan’s accumulated sword qi.

Although the inner armor was only a low-grade immortal artifact, to others, it was a rare treasure. Its value was comparable to that of a mid-grade immortal artifact.

But now Chen Fan has destroyed it with a single strike. Even Shark Crown Prince felt an ache for the loss.

Still, Shark Crown Prince did not show the slightest sign of discouragement, as though he were not the one who had just been blasted away.