Immortal Martial Emperor

It was a crimson ball of flesh.

This crimson ball of flesh flew from Demon Blood’s hand, moving so fast it was in front of him in the blink of an eye.

"This is the very essence of power I extracted from the Hall Master’s arm—an arm severed by that person during the great war! I spent more than a decade refining it into this Treasure, my ultimate life-saving artifact. Using it against a junior like you today... you should feel proud, even in death!"

Demon Blood sneered relentlessly.

His eyes were filled with madness and triumph.

Demon Blood knew all too well how powerful his Hall Master was!

If that enemy back then hadn’t been so powerful, forcibly severing the Hall Master’s arm and gravely injuring him, he would have never had the chance to obtain the arm, let alone extract its essence.

He had refined it to be his final, life-saving measure.

But now, Hong Yu had forced him to play his final, hidden card!

"Die, Hong Yu! Just die!"

An ultimate madness danced in Demon Blood’s eyes.

HUMMM!

The crimson ball of flesh came to a stop before Hong Yu.

It floated there quietly.

A moment later, a torrent of blood-red light surged from the crimson ball of flesh.

A sharp, thunderous aura surged as crimson tendrils of flesh sprouted from within. They spread continuously, and in an instant, the thing grew from the size of an infant’s fist to dozens of meters tall.

Thousands upon thousands of crimson tentacles thrashed wildly in the air.

As the frenzied, wanton, and bloody energy roiled, a terrifying wave of power spread out, closing in on Hong Yu.

SWISH SWISH SWISH!

The crimson tentacles whipped about in a frenzy, aiming to entangle and crush Hong Yu.

Hong Yu remained calm and composed in the face of this threat.

He silently pushed the Cyan Celestial Transformation Dragon Technique to its absolute limit.

Streaks of cyan light flowed out from his body. His entire being was covered in a faint cyan halo, dappled with specks of light, as if tiny cyan elves were dancing around him.

KRAK! KRAK! KRAK!

Layers of Dragon Scales materialized, blanketing his body.

With the True Dragon Arm and True Dragon Body simultaneously active, his power tripled.

ROAR!

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant let out a low, rumbling roar.

Like thunder, like lightning.

It was a sound powerful enough to split the heavens and earth, to churn up tsunamis.

Its four elephant legs stomped thunderously, charging toward the crimson ball of flesh.

However, the crimson tentacles possessed a powerful sentience and resilience.

They twisted and spun, coiling around the four massive legs.

As the elephant’s legs were ensnared, the crimson tentacles writhed even more frantically, and in the blink of an eye, they had completely enveloped Hong Yu.

They formed a giant, crimson cocoon of flesh!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Terrifying waves of force slammed out from within the fleshy cocoon, causing it to bulge with each impact. A single one of those blows could have pulverized a mountain range, yet they couldn’t break through the crimson prison.

"Heh heh heh, Hong Yu, don’t waste your strength!" Demon Blood chortled with glee. "This was refined from the very flesh and blood of the Hall Master himself! Forget you—not even a Yin Yang Realm expert could hope to break through it easily!"

He took a deep breath, circulating his energy throughout his body.

He spat out a mouthful of Essence Blood, which condensed into a single character and shot toward the crimson cocoon.

The character was pictographic in form.

Upon closer inspection, its meaning was clear: the single word—"Explode!"

"Just accept your death, Hong Yu!"

Demon Blood roared with laughter.

Arrogance and unbridled glee filled his crimson eyes.

RUMBLE!

The character for "Explode" landed on the cocoon, instantly unleashing a terrifying, Heaven- and Earth-penetrating shockwave of sound.

The terrifying heat of the blast coalesced into a pillar of fire that shot into the clouds, a column of flame that pierced the heavens and stood over five hundred meters tall.

Its diameter spanned several thousand meters.

It swept over everything, annihilating all in its path.

Shrouded in light, the entire Profound Ice Valley shattered inch by inch, turning to dust and vanishing completely.

Countless powerhouses fled for their lives.

But their speed was no match for the spreading wave of destruction. Anyone touched by this power, even a Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouse, was instantly atomized. They could only watch, helpless, as their own legs began to dissolve into powder, bit by bit, their ashes scattering to the winds.

The boundless resentment and terror of countless experts filled the air of the Profound Ice Valley.

"N-No, please..."

"I don’t want to die! Why did you have to drag me into this?"

"Blood Wen, you bastard! I’m from the Blood Demon Palace too..."

Terror, outrage, fury, resentment...

Endless streams of resentment spread through the air.

Young Master Yeban, Landy, and Meng Chenggong stood together, their eyes filled with bitterness and despair as they watched the inexorable wave of annihilation approach. ’Is this it? Are we just going to die like this?’

In Yeban’s arms, Little Chenxi opened her eyes.

Her eyes were also filled with anxiety as she watched the destructive energy spread toward them. The light of annihilation was just about to hit.

At the last possible moment, the ice-blue Ice Tear on Little Chenxi’s chest began to glow with an ice-blue light.

From the ice-blue glow, the phantom of a coolly beautiful woman materialized. She wrapped her arms around them, sheltering Little Chenxi and the others in her embrace.

"M-Mom?"

Little Chenxi’s eyes went wide.

Then...

BOOM!

An unimaginably terrifying shockwave of energy washed over them, swallowing them whole.

The cataclysmic destruction lasted for a full ten minutes.

When clarity returned to the world, the view was no longer that of the former Martial Arts Holy Land, Profound Ice Valley. In its place was a flat, barren ice plain.

It stretched as far as the eye could see, the devastation extending for dozens of miles in every direction.

Within this vast expanse, the ice mountains were gone. The valley had vanished. The frozen rivers had melted and evaporated.

What remained was just a barren plain, as if a giant block of ice had been shaved flat by a sharp blade.

"COUGH... COUGH COUGH!"

A fit of violent coughing broke the silence.

A blue light flickered, and from beneath the surface of the plain, several figures slowly emerged.

It was Yeban, Little Chenxi, Meng Chenggong, and Landy.

A faint blue light covered them. The light faded, receding back into Little Chenxi’s body.

"W-We’re not dead?" Landy said in astonishment.

"We’re not dead. Little Chenxi saved us!" said Young Master Yeban.

Everyone looked at Little Chenxi.

However, at this moment, Little Chenxi’s eyes were tightly closed and her face was pale. Clearly, activating the Ice Tear just now had taken a heavy toll on her.

"What kind of Treasure did Blood Wen just use? For it to be so powerful... Wait... Where are the experts from our Royal Family?"

As Landy spoke, he slowly raised his head and looked around, completely stunned. "Th-This can’t be... A-Are they all dead?"

Meng Chenggong’s face was incredibly grim, his jaw clenched. "Dead. They’re all dead."

"Blood Wen, that bastard, that son of a bitch..."

Tears of blood streamed from Landy’s eyes.

The ones who died were the elite of the Royal Family, the very pillars of our kingdom!

Meng Chenggong hung his head, his whole body trembling. He looked like a man who had aged decades in an instant.

Young Master Yeban took a deep breath and consoled them, "Don’t grieve too much. The most important thing right now is to see if Blood Wen is still alive!"

"Blood Wen? What about Hong Yu? Could he be dead too?"

Landy said nervously.

He had never expected Blood Wen to be this powerful.

Only Hong Yu could handle Blood Wen. He couldn’t bear the thought of something happening to Hong Yu now, because he feared he would be unable to stand against Blood Wen and would surely die.

Everyone’s gazes turned to the sky.

"Hahaha! Hong Yu, oh Hong Yu! No matter what kind of genius you are, you still died by my hand in the end, didn’t you?" Demon Blood hovered in the air, his body wrapped in a mass of crimson energy that looked like raw plasma.

This plasma contained some of the essence from the Hall Master’s arm, providing him Shelter from the blast.

At this moment, the plasma gradually hardened and peeled off.

Demon Blood roared with laughter, his eyes filled with savagery and madness. "Heh heh heh, not only did I kill Hong Yu this time, but I also wiped out all those annoying flies. A pretty good result! However..." He looked toward Yeban and the others. "There are still a few fish that slipped through the net. Time to take care of them!"

Sneering, Demon Blood shot towards Young Master Yeban and the others.

They braced for the attack, facing a formidable foe!

However, just as Demon Blood was about to make his move, a slight fluctuation suddenly appeared in the space behind him.

"Hm?"

Startled, Demon Blood instinctively turned his head.

Instantly, his face contorted in terror and disbelief.

From the empty air, Hong Yu’s unscathed form suddenly materialized. Like a falling star, his Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant stomped down with all four of its feet!

It was like Mount Tai Pressing Down, blotting out the sky!

"H-How is this possible? N-No..."

Demon Blood was both shocked and furious.

He threw his arm up to block, trying to fend off the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant’s assault.

It was no use.

BOOM!

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant’s heavy leg came crashing down.

It crashed down like a falling star. With a single CRUNCH, it shattered Demon Blood’s remaining arm into dust. Without losing a shred of momentum, the massive leg slammed Blood Wen straight into the ground.

The immense force of the impact buckled the earth, sending cracks spiderwebbing out in all directions as the ground collapsed inward.

When the dust settled, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant behind Hong Yu was gone, leaving only a huge pit fifty meters deep and a hundred meters in diameter, like a crater left by a meteorite.

Hong Yu stood in the center of the pit.

Beneath his feet, the blood-soaked Demon Blood spat out mouthfuls of blood, his eyes full of shock and disbelief. "Y-You... how could you not have been blown to death?"

"If you’re not dead, how could I be?"

Hong Yu said confidently.

Demon Blood violently coughed up blood. He felt his body was on the verge of collapse, unable to move, his Life Power constantly draining away. "Cough... cough cough... I, Demon Blood, have killed my entire life. No less than ten million beings have died by my hand. In the end, to have so many experts accompany me in death... my death is worth it!"

"Heh, you want to die? It won’t be that easy!"

Hong Yu said lightly.

"Hmph? Aren’t you a little too confident? If I want to live, not even a Yin Yang Realm expert can stop me. And if I want to die, not even the Celestial King himself could make me live a minute longer!" Demon Blood sneered.

Hong Yu grinned. "Is that so? The Celestial King might not be able to keep you, but I can!"

As his words fell, Hong Yu casually flicked out a ray of black light.

Feeling that ray of black light enter his body, Demon Blood’s previous calm was gone, replaced by utter terror...

"Y-You... how dare you do this?"