Slaying the Asura King

A vast voice resounded across the Nine Provinces, shaking heaven and earth, reaching every corner—the great battle of trial had officially begun.

The imperial capital of the Nine Provinces pulsed with energy like an ocean, stirring the winds and clouds for ten directions. All powerhouses sensed the extraordinary aura here.

Around the capital, countless living beings had been annihilated. Their resentment and killing intent interwove into a raging gale, finally coalescing into a colossal ghostly shadow that stood between heaven and earth, lunging at the five Perfected Man Heavenly Kings in the sky.

These were the lingering vengeful souls of the destroyed beings, refusing to dissipate.

"Boom!"

Earth King, Ocean God King, and Thunder God King—three Perfected Man experts—dominated the world with a single savage strike each. The enormous ghostly shadow in the sky collapsed on the spot, every vengeful soul reduced to ashes.

"Aaaah!" The Yasha Queen's voice shrieked, piercing and harsh enough to burst eardrums. Her green hair whipped wildly; though her face was peerlessly beautiful, it twisted into a hideous mask of fury.

Her Incalculable Demon Fist shook the world, smashing heaven and earth, making the sky tremble and the land shatter.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The Incalculable Demon Fist clashed repeatedly with Xiao Chen's Hand of the Supreme. The Yasha Queen's jade-green eyes blazed with vengeful light, exuding the aura of a supremely demonic overlord—even fiercer and more frenzied than the Yasha King himself. Facing Xiao Chen, she met force with force, strength with strength.

"Shiiing!"

Though the Asura King stood dozens of feet away, his blood-red hair burst forth like a river of blood, sweeping toward Xiao Chen. Thirty thousand strands of blood-hair severed the void, like thirty thousand blood-colored divine swords, each shooting out tens of feet of bloody light. They converged into a terrifying blood domain that made heaven and earth tremble.

"Boom!"

The blood domain collided with Xiao Chen's Origin Heavenly Sound, exploding with a thunderous roar. Heaven and earth shook.

Endless yellow earth-light rose from the ground, carrying a vast, heavy aura, as if an entire continent were slowly ascending into the sky. Its majestic pressure shook the four directions.

This was the Earth King's astonishing method—turning his hand to summon clouds, closing it to summon rain. He imprisoned the primal essence of the earth, condensing it into substantial, thick earth-essence. Like a boundless continent, it crashed toward Xiao Chen. Huge stone pillars, hundreds of meters long, erupted from the hazy yellow earth-essence, growing to the size of sword-like mountains, their killing aura piercing the heavens.

Facing several Heavenly Kings, Xiao Chen's black hair whipped wildly, his eyes like sharp sword beams. In this moment, he held nothing back, unleashing the Four Killing Moves in succession—Slay God, Reverse Chaos, Suppress Demon, and Collapse—striking without pause.

The yellow earth continent hurtling toward the sky was shattered by his blows, releasing an aura of destruction that surged in all directions. Wherever the hazy yellow energy passed, it pulverized all tangible matter; even heaven and earth split apart.

"Kill!"

At that moment, the Thunder God King also attacked. Thousands of purple lightning bolts pierced through heaven and earth, like countless violet dragons dancing wildly, each as thick as a house. The sound was deafening, the sight terrifying beyond measure.

"Boom!"

Thousands of purple lightning bolts tore through the void, snaking toward Xiao Chen with an earth-shattering roar, intent on annihilating him in the violet flames.

A thousand crashing waves, a million towering billows—boundless water-essence gathered in the high sky, like an endless azure ocean surging and rolling. It swept toward Xiao Chen with overwhelming force. The Ocean God King had arrived! Water-essence could extinguish space itself, and any tangible thing that merged into it would vanish into nothing.

All of this happened in the space of a spark. Five Perfected Man realm Heavenly Kings united to encircle and kill Xiao Chen, who stood at their center. Their god-defying, demon-startling power shook the heavens, their wild strength unmatched, the sky and earth quaking.

"Kill!"

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Niu Ren, Jin Sanyi, the Inverse Dragon King, Yao Yao, Liu Mu—many experts charged forward together, all unleashing their strongest combat power against the five Heavenly Kings.

With a "Clang!" of a sword cry, a dazzling sword beam dimmed heaven and earth. The Black Dragon King slowly drew a sacred sword from his spine. The blade radiated light a thousandfold, brilliant and blinding. Though he had not reached the Perfected Man realm, once the Dragon Clan Sacred Sword appeared, it made mountains and rivers lose their color, the sun and moon grow dim, and he managed to hold back the Thunder God King.

Liu Mu, the Azure Dragon King, A Shui, and Fire Roc followed in unison, with the Black Dragon King's Dragon Clan Sacred Sword as the vanguard. Together, they forced back the Perfected Man realm Thunder God King and trapped him at the center of five experts.

On another side, a new battle group formed.

Decades ago, the Little Li Flying Dagger could slay gods and demons, hailed as the number one weapon of the age—a flying dagger forged from the wielder's very heart blood. It passed to Jue Dao's hands, recreating the legendary technique of old. A single drop of blood-red light split the sky, opening a spatial passage that shot toward the Ocean God King. Even a Perfected Man like the Ocean God King paled.

Yao Yao, Samo, Chen Hangjin, Hai Yuntian, and others followed close behind Jue Dao, coordinating with the world-stunning dagger strike to surround the Ocean God King, cutting him off from Xiao Chen and trapping him in another battlefield.

Chu Xingkuang split himself in two—a rare divine ability. The Evil Child was wreathed in demonic energy that blotted out the sky with rolling black clouds. In his hand, the Nether King's Death Scythe slashed through the void, striking at the Earth King. The Good Child shone with sacred light, his body radiating ten thousand halos. In his hand, the Heavenly Buddha Wheel shook the sky like a mountain, also crashing down on the Earth King.

"Bam!"

The Earth King's yellow hair stood on end, his body wrapped in hazy yellow fog. Yellow light surged beneath his feet like terrifying waves, instantly pulverizing the Evil Child. But when he went to kill the Good Child, the Evil Child revived on the spot and attacked him again.

The Fate Twins could not be destroyed. This startled even the Perfected Man realm Heavenly King, and in that instant, he was surrounded by Niu Ren, Jin Sanyi, and the Inverse Dragon King.

The big man of the God Tribe, Qier, pointed at the Yasha Queen and said to his tribesmen, "That's my wife! Siblings, help me!"

Ice Orchid, Snow Dream, and even little Tianya charged forward. With Qier at the lead, seven experts of the God Tribe fought the Yasha Queen together.

It must be said that the Yasha Queen was utterly terrifying. Even surrounded by seven God Tribe powerhouses, she remained as savage as a demonic sovereign. Her Incalculable Demon Fist pounded the seven gods until they could not withstand her might.

The five Perfected Man realm Heavenly Kings were divided by the assembled experts. A fierce battle erupted. Xiao Chen, now alone against the Asura King, felt the pressure drop sharply. He began to reveal his ultimate methods without reserve, overwhelming the Asura King.

"Kill!"

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In the distance, Ma Bao led the foreign kings into battle against Zhao Zhongyang, Xue Wu, Meng Xiyi, and Cang Hai. The Golden Lion King, ambiguous in allegiance, held the Basde Ancient Spear dripping with half-ancestor blood, radiating a terrifying aura. He stood silently in the sky, watching both sides fight.

There was another little one who did not join the battle: Keke. It very much wanted to help, but Xiao Chen stopped it, afraid of truly provoking a half-ancestor. The little creature's long eyelashes fluttered, its big eyes fixed intently on the battle, warily scanning all directions.

Powerful experts kept flying in to join the melee. Finally, even the mighty War God King arrived. The energy fluctuations were overwhelmingly violent. This unfathomable Heavenly King stood with his purple hair flying, like a god of war, bringing a powerful oppressive pressure to all.

The situation was very unfavorable. In the several battle groups, the Perfected Man Heavenly Kings held an absolute advantage.

Liu Mu unleashed the Space-splitting Slash, tearing heaven and earth apart. Fire Roc's divine flames blazed across half the sky. The Black Dragon King's sacred sword made the world tremble, but even with several experts attacking the Thunder God King together, they were still at a complete disadvantage. Ten thousand bolts of purple lightning shattered all methods, suppressing every one of their divine abilities. The raging, unmatched violet thunder shook Liu Mu and the others, causing blood to trickle from the corners of their mouths.

Meanwhile, Yao Yao, Samo, Chen Hangjin, Hai Yuntian, and the others encountered even greater trouble. Facing the Ocean God King, all their techniques proved useless. Even the blood-red flying dagger in Jue Dao's hand was blocked by the layers of blue water-essence barrier, unable to pierce through.

Ten thousand terrifying waves surged into the high sky. The Ocean God King roared. Blue tidal waves crashed toward Hai Yuntian, shattering all the blooming sunflowers and punching more than a dozen bloody holes through half of Samo's body. The waves swept in all directions, injuring Yao Yao, Jue Dao, Hai Yuntian—everyone.

Such was the power of the Perfected Man realm. A single blow could shake heaven and earth. No matter your divine abilities or myriad techniques, you could not withstand it!

But the most dangerous situation was with the seven God Tribe experts. The great man Qier already had one foot in the Perfected Man realm, and with the help of six others like Ice Orchid and Snow Dream, they still could not resist the Yasha Queen.

One had to admit, the Yasha Queen was even stronger than the Yasha King. Though a woman, her Incalculable Demon Fist shook heaven and earth. When she unleashed her Invulnerability to Ten Thousand Laws divine ability, the seven God Tribe experts could no longer hold on. All their fierce attacks were utterly ineffective against her. Finally, when the Yasha Queen displayed the Sword Fire Burning Heaven technique, all seven God Tribe experts were grievously wounded, on the verge of collapse.

The battle was highly unfavorable. It seemed the Perfected Man Heavenly Kings would soon slay all their opponents and break free.

"Nothing impressive," the Thunder God King sneered.

"This ends now!" the Ocean God King said, his voice icy cold, his gaze sinister.

"Time to send you on your way!" The Earth King's killing intent pierced the heavens, his contempt for the crowd evident.

"I will butcher every single one of you!" The Yasha Queen was nearly insane, her eyes filled with bloodlust.

The great Heavenly Kings, almost invincible, swept contemptuous gazes over their foes.

"ROOOAR!"

At that moment, the Asura King let out a world-shaking roar. Blood light surged around his body. He had been completely suppressed by Xiao Chen and was at a life-or-death juncture, forced to fight with all his might.

But it was too late. He had already been severely wounded earlier, with his chest pierced by the capital's apocalyptic weapons. When Xiao Chen had accumulated enough power, the eight mysterious gates of the Eight Aspect Origin Worlds all opened at once. Eight torrents of violent energy surged toward the Asura King, drowning all the blood light.

"Boom!"

The Asura King, a Heavenly King at the Perfected Man realm, had his towering body shattered in the sky, reduced to a mist of blood. When the heavenly wind passed, nothing remained.

Xiao Chen had fought for hundreds of exchanges and butchered the Asura King. A chill ran through the hearts of all the foreign kings engaged in battle.

This result momentarily eased the fierce fighting in every battle group.

Xiao Chen had been watching the surrounding battlefields. He did not dare to linger and immediately moved to aid his allies.

The Four Killing Moves—Slay God, Collapse, Reverse Chaos, and Suppress Demon—struck out simultaneously, aimed at the Thunder God King, the Ocean God King, the Earth King, and the Yasha Queen. Four enormous Heavenly Steles materialized, as real as mountains, hanging in the high sky before descending heavily onto the four Perfected Man experts.

There was no escape. The four steles, towering like mountains and vast as sacred peaks, sent all four Heavenly Kings flying backward.