Divine King of Honour

"Clang!"

Claws struck against Xu Nian's Immortal Sword, emitting a sound like colliding fine iron.

Xu Nian was also sent flying by the terrifying force transmitted from the claws.

However, this process also bought some time for the Luotian Pope to retreat and once again widen the distance from the Demon Snake.

The plan between the Luotian Pope and Xu Nian was simple: one would engage in close combat and the other would attack from a distance.

Clearly, Xu Nian's task was to hold off the Demon Emperor.

While the Luotian Pope was to use Light Annihilation on the Demon Snake, hoping to seriously injure it.

"Just with you also think to stop me? Since you want to die first, then I shall fulfill your wish," the Demon Snake coldly huffed. Its pair of blood-red vertical pupils fixed on Xu Nian, directly charging towards the retreating Xu Nian.

This time, it swung its fist, bringing terrifying power as it smashed toward Xu Nian.

The might contained in the fist caused the entire space to tremble violently.

A single punch like this could explode a mountain.

Feeling the terrifying aura bearing down on him, Xu Nian didn't dare to be the slightest bit negligent.

He used all of the Four Great Innate Phenomena and Twelfth Rank Ancestor Vein Power.

His momentum soared to the extreme.

Because this place belonged to the spatial cracks of the world, already outside the bounds of the Tianhen Continent.

Thus, the Emperor's restrictions did not bind the Demon Snake at all, and it could attack Xu Nian as it pleased.

"Mixed Element Slash!"

Xu Nian bellowed, and his Immortal Sword immediately struck down.

Without any hesitation, Xu Nian used the strongest sword technique he had.

Sword light cleaved through the air, instantly turning into a cyan Sword Radiance.

The middle-aged man, seeing the surging Sword Radiance, was also stunned for a moment.

Obviously, he did not expect Xu Nian to unleash such a terrifying sword technique.

However, he didn't dodge at all but directly punched towards Xu Nian's Sword Radiance.

"Boom!"

An earth-shattering explosion.

Sword Radiance was directly shattered under the middle-aged man's punch.

Although the middle-aged man had caught the sword, the force of Xu Nian's Sword Radiance pushed him back.

The middle-aged man's body flew backward rapidly; the white Scale Armor on his fist showed a fracture line.

This fracture was caused by Xu Nian's sword, but it did not reach his bloodline.

"Light Judgment!"

However, before the middle-aged man could steady himself, he heard the Luotian Pope's roaring voice.

Then he saw an enormous Light Sword descending rapidly from the sky, striking directly at his abdomen.

"Boom!"

The huge Light Sword with the middle-aged man crashed to the ground, and the earth instantly collapsed.

The surrounding mountains and soil were annihilated under the influence of this terrifying shockwave.

The horrific light energy transformed into a terrifying energy storm, rippling outwards like ripples.

Even Xu Nian was pushed back several steps by the terrifying energy fluctuation.

The power of this sword was absolutely terrifying.

If his true self took this sword head-on, he would undoubtedly be dead.

However, Xu Nian's face showed no sign of relaxation.

It was impossible for the Demon Snake to be so easily killed, despite the horrifying power of the sword.

As expected, as the energy dissipated,

A massive crater appeared in front of Xu Nian and the others.

But the middle-aged man was standing in the middle of it.

His clothes were a bit tattered, yet his body was covered with an extremely tough white Scale Armor.

At this moment, the surface of the Scale Armor was also scarred, but not shattered.

Only a faint trace of blood hung at the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that it didn't sustain heavy injuries."

Both Xu Nian and the Luotian Pope's expressions changed upon witnessing this scene.

They hadn't expected that their strong attack would fail to inflict substantial damage on the Demon Snake.

"Not bad, the attack was indeed powerful. Had my Scale Armor not been incredibly tough, that strike would have actually killed me," the middle-aged man said with a vicious smile.

He gently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes gleaming with amusement.

Xu Nian and the Luotian Pope, however, had serious looks in their eyes.

It appeared that their opponent was even more difficult to deal with than they had imagined.

"Boom!"

However, at that moment, a beam of golden light suddenly burst out from the soil beneath the middle-aged man's feet.

Then, a fist smashed directly into the middle-aged man's abdomen.

"Pugh!"

Before the middle-aged man could protect himself with his Scale Armor, he was blasted away by the punch, blood spurting from his mouth.

His body slammed into the mountain wall behind him, creating a large crater.

The golden light that had struck didn't hesitate but rapidly pursued the middle-aged man.

It sought to inflict further damage while he was injured.

Indeed, this golden light that had suddenly emerged from underground was none other than the Netherworld King whom Xu Nian had just subdued.

Xu Nian had anticipated that killing this Demon Snake wouldn't be easy.

Thus from the very beginning, he had instructed the Netherworld King to burrow underground and wait for the right moment to attack.

To Xu Nian's surprise, the Netherworld King's strike was successful.

Without its Scale Armor for protection, the Demon Snake's body, strong as it may be, still suffered at the hands of the Netherworld King's quasi-One-Star Level attack.

However, the Demon Snake's injuries weren't too severe; it looked at the attacking Netherworld King, anger flashing in its bloody pupils.

Scale Armor surged forth from the Demon Snake's arms.

Then, pulling his body out of the crater, the Demon Snake threw a punch at the oncoming Netherworld King.

"Boom!"

A loud noise echoed.

The Netherworld King was no match and was sent flying by the overpowering force behind the punch.

Yet, the Demon Snake didn't seem to want to let things go and roared before leaping up and swinging its fist down towards the Netherworld King as it flew backward.

The force of this punch was enough to shatter the Netherworld King's skull.

However, at the critical moment, an arrow tore through the air, piercing straight through the Demon Snake's chest, nailing its body back against the mountain wall.

"Thud!"

The Demon Snake's right chest was penetrated, and the Xuan Ice Sword injured its lung.

It couldn't help but cough up a few mouthfuls of blood.

The bright red blood also stained its white scales.

Xu Nian, who was at a distance, saw this scene and a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes.

He had been waiting for this arrow for a long time.

Although the Ice Arrow he used was just an ordinary one.

But don't forget, this Ice Arrow was infused with the soul of a dragon.

Otherwise, the mere power of the Netherworld King Bow and Xuan Ice Arrow wouldn't be enough to penetrate the Emperor Level Demon Beast's Scale Armor.

The sword containing the True Dragon Soul carried with it a powerful Soul Attack Effect.

The Demon Snake let out a wail, clearly in immense pain from the dragon soul's assault.

But it quickly expelled the dragon soul from its body and forcibly pulled out the Ice Arrow lodged in its chest.

Looking at Xu Nian again, a thick Killing Intent could be seen in its eyes.

A mere human had managed to injure it to this extent.

This was beyond the scope of what it could tolerate.

"Human, if I don't eat you alive today, I swear not to be a snake," roared the Demon Snake.

Then, the full aura of a One-star Demon Emperor Peak burst forth, and it rapidly lunged towards Xu Nian.

Xu Nian watched the incoming Demon Snake with no trace of fear in his eyes.