Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

"Jiang Chen, if you have any aces left up your sleeve, now’s the time to play them! Hahaha..."

A savage, venomous smile twisted the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s face as he strode through the air, closing in on Jiang Chen step by step.

The black Heavy Sword in his hand pulsed with a dark Sword Aura.

It mirrored the fury in his heart, a rage that made him want to tear Jiang Chen limb from limb!

The Ice Emperor’s earlier intervention had plunged the Six Mountains Sword Venerable into despair, leaving him with the powerless feeling of having his life and fate completely in another’s hands. For a man who ruled an entire nation, the sensation was nothing short of unbearable torment.

But his opponent was the Ice Emperor, a mighty Emperor Realm expert.

He was utterly powerless to resist!

It wasn’t until the Fire Emperor intervened, saving him from the Ice Emperor, that the Six Mountains Sword Venerable felt he had been pulled back from the brink of death.

He didn’t dare strike at the Ice Emperor, much less defy him by attacking Jiang Chen!

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable had thought he would have no chance to get his revenge on Jiang Chen today!

But...

He had never expected Jiang Chen to have a falling out with the Ice Emperor. With the Ice Emperor now standing by idly, this was a god-sent opportunity for revenge.

How could he possibly pass up such an opportunity?

Jiang Chen watched the Six Mountains Sword Venerable with a cold gaze. Blood still oozed from the web of cracks covering his body. ’If not for the incredibly tough physique forged by my Divine Demon Tyrant Body,’ he thought, ’this loss of energy alone would have been enough to send me to the Yellow Springs.’

Jiang Chen’s body tensed, on high alert.

’The Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s hatred for me is irreconcilable,’ he thought. ’Without the Ice Emperor’s protection, he’ll do everything in his power to kill me.’

"Hehehe, Jiang Chen, you must be terrified, aren’t you? Hahaha, don’t worry. I won’t kill you right away. I’ll cripple your cultivation, sever your limbs, and peel off your skin to light a human lantern, hahaha..." the Six Mountains Sword Venerable snarled through gritted teeth.

Jiang Chen had not only destroyed the Imperial Capital he had painstakingly built but had also nearly killed him.

This was a feud that could only end in death!

WHOOSH!

He began to swing the black Heavy Sword, and its entire blade pulsed with the light of six different colors.

Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind; Light and Darkness!

The six Sword Dao Secrets had fused completely!

"Six Harmonies Slash!"

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable let out a low roar.

He thrust the black Heavy Sword forward. The blade trembled, and six streaks of Sword Aura materialized around it. Each streak glowed a different color, the distinct manifestation of each of the six Sword Dao Secrets.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The six streaks of Sword Aura slashed out simultaneously, then vanished into the void.

Every pore on Jiang Chen’s body seemed to open in an instant. He could feel it clearly—the six streaks of Sword Aura hadn’t truly disappeared. They were lurking in the void, ready to materialize and strike him at any moment.

"Divine Demon Tyrant Body!"

Jiang Chen grunted, and the golden light enveloping his body intensified, shining like a golden Blazing Sun hanging in the void.

At the same time...

Jiang Chen swung the Spirit-Slaying Sword in his hand. "Star Luo Destruction!"

His speed was incredible.

He unleashed more than a dozen consecutive slashes, creating resplendent rivers of stars that swirled around his body.

Like loyal guards, they protected Jiang Chen at their center.

Almost at the exact same moment.

Six streaks of Sword Aura erupted from the void around Jiang Chen. They appeared without a sound, but they instantly radiated an icy killing intent as they slashed toward him.

BANG! BANG! BANG...

The clashing Sword Auras erupted with a terrifying roar.

The soaring Sword Qi kicked up vortexes of bladed wind that spun out from Jiang Chen’s position. They created a vacuum around him, sucking away all the air and Spiritual Qi. Jiang Chen’s face instantly turned pale.

’Without any Spiritual Qi to draw upon, my True Essence Power is being depleted faster and faster.’

It was almost exhausted!

’Not good!’

Jiang Chen’s expression suddenly changed. He abruptly twisted to the side and jabbed a finger to his right. "Breaking Sun!"

It was the Divine Finger!

He pointed at a seemingly empty patch of the void, but at that exact moment, a muffled BOOM echoed from that very spot.

Jiang Chen’s True Essence Finger instantly shattered.

A disappointed voice drifted from the void. "Quick reflexes. To think you actually discovered me!"

WHOOSH!

Ripples spread through the void as if it were water, and the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s figure emerged. He had already been right beside Jiang Chen all along. The Six Harmonies Slash was just a diversion to draw Jiang Chen’s attention; the true killing blow was the Sword Venerable himself.

Only then did the figure of the Six Mountains Sword Venerable that had been standing in the distance, a strange smile on its lips, slowly fade away.

It was only an afterimage!

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes. ’Human Emperor Realm experts can travel through the void. It’s nearly impossible to guard against.’

"Jiang Chen, don’t you have a Divine-tier Profound Weapon? Go on, use it again! Hahaha, or could it be that you no longer have the energy to wield it?" the Six Mountains Sword Venerable sneered, his face a mask of savage satisfaction.

Jiang Chen just snorted, saying nothing.

The smile on the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s face grew wider. "Looks like I guessed right. Wielding that Divine Soldier before must have used up nearly all your energy. It seems you’re nothing but a paper tiger now. In that case, I won’t be holding back!"

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable suddenly vanished, his form flickering into existence, now on the left, now on the right.

His triumphant voice echoed from all directions. "I’m over here! Hahaha, you guessed wrong! Over here now... haha..."

Each time the Six Mountains Sword Venerable appeared in a new location, he launched an attack.

Jiang Chen was constantly on the defensive.

His True Essence was draining away at an alarming rate, nearly depleted. His expression grew grim. ’I can’t let this continue. A prolonged defense is bound to fail.’

The thought had barely formed.

A brilliant six-colored Sword Aura appeared behind him, accompanied by the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s cold sneer. "You dare let your mind wander while fighting me?"

BOOM!

A massive roar suddenly exploded next to his ear.

A ball of six-colored Sword Aura detonated on Jiang Chen’s back, exploding into a dazzling cloud of True Essence.

"URK..."

Spitting a mouthful of blood, Jiang Chen was sent flying.

The blow had been completely unexpected!

Jiang Chen was thrown more than ten kilometers before he finally arrested his momentum and stood firm in the air, his arms trembling slightly. The last strike had left a hideous, bleeding gash on his back, and a trickle of blood ran from the corner of his mouth.

He wiped the blood from his lips, and his blood-tinged eyes snapped to look behind him.

There, where his gaze fell, the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s icy face reappeared, a pitch-black Sword Aura slashing toward him.

The Sword Aura was incredibly fast, closing to within inches of Jiang Chen!

"You’re dead!" the Six Mountains Sword Venerable sneered.

However...

Facing the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s killing blow, Jiang Chen broke into a grin, a cold smirk playing on his lips. "Sorry, but I’m going to have to disappoint you!"

"Hm?"

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable faltered, and then his expression changed drastically.

He saw Jiang Chen lash out with his sword.

The Spirit-Slaying Sword erupted with brilliant light, its Sword Aura sweeping out, wreathed in a Sword Qi Storm. "Time—Stop!"

BZZZT!

The black Sword Aura, now just a finger’s breadth from Jiang Chen’s brow, froze in place as if struck by an Immobilization Technique.

It was the Present Form of the Three Lives Technique!

Although with his current strength, Jiang Chen could only freeze his opponent for a brief moment, at such close range, a moment was all he needed to launch a counterattack.

He ducked and charged forward, evading the black Sword Aura. At the same time, his Divine Thought surged like an ocean, pouring endlessly into the God-slaying Sword. The tip of the blade erupted with a dazzling light as Jiang Chen let out a thunderous roar, "Time is a blade, God Slaying Sword!"

SHIIING—

A sheet of resplendent, rosy light instantly appeared.

Slashing toward the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s heart.

"Not good!"

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s expression changed drastically. He had finally regained control of his body, but it was too late to defend. His only option was to escape into the void.

However...

He was a step too slow!

As his figure vanished into the void, a geyser of blood erupted where he had just been standing. A severed arm flew high into the air...