Strongest War Emperor

As expected, although the seven Demons were said to be immortal and indestructible, they instantly disintegrated under the bombardment of such tyrannical Thunder Power!

After instantly slaying the seven Demons, Shen Lang didn’t pause for a moment, shooting like an arrow toward the black Jade Coffin!

According to the plan, Yin Qianshang and the other two were only meant to temporarily Seal the being inside the Jade Coffin. The real work of setting up the Restriction would still fall to Shen Lang.

"Pathetic tricks! How dare you show them off? Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, you’re courting your own doom!"

The voice, like that of an Ancient Fierce Beast, emanated from within the Jade Coffin.

The Jade Coffin began to spin violently, forcing Yuan Bupu and Yin Qianshang to involuntarily shift their stances.

An unimaginably tyrannical force suddenly blasted out from within the Jade Coffin!

"Look out! Milord, fall back!"

Flower Soul, who had been striking the Jade Coffin with beams of Spirit Light, saw that the situation had turned sour. With a sharp cry, she flipped backward and flew upward!

Just as Flower Soul was hastily retreating...

KRAK KRAK KRAK!

The Jade Coffin began to shake violently, its lid emitting a continuous cracking sound.

Endless black qi billowed out from within, instantly blanketing the Thunderbolt Chains!

The moment the black qi touched the Thunderbolt Chains, it made a SZZZZZ sound and was blasted into nothingness.

However, the black qi was endless. Wave after wave surged forward, like countless maggots clinging to bone, and in an instant, it had completely covered the Thunderbolt Chains!

Not only that, but the black qi also crept along the chains, pressing in on Yuan Bupu and Yin Qianshang on either side!

"Dammit!"

Yin Qianshang roared. Lightning flashed around his body as vast Thunder Power surged forth, momentarily halting the advancing black qi!

"ROAR! Boss, get out of here!"

Yuan Bupu bellowed as his body suddenly expanded, transforming into his Desolate Domain Demon Ape form.

He abruptly swung his left arm, wrapping the two Thunderbolt Chains around his wrist.

With his other hand, he brought his enormous palm down on the Jade Coffin with world-blotting momentum!

A gale erupted, and the sky-blotting black fog scattered. The world itself seemed to overturn beneath that single palm strike!

In that exact instant...

The black qi surging from the Jade Coffin suddenly intensified!

BOOM!

The countless flower petals on the Jade Coffin scattered, and the two Thunderbolt Chains, wrapped four times around it, snapped with a loud crack!

A withered black hand with sharp nails suddenly shot up and grabbed!

It caught the Desolate Domain Demon Ape’s giant palm!

In an instant, black qi enveloped Yuan Bupu’s massive palm, sizzling loudly!

"AHHH!"

Yuan Bupu let out a pained scream. He viciously whipped the Thunderbolt Chains from his left hand, instantly wrapping them around the withered black arm!

At the same time, he clenched his right palm, turning the tables by gripping the withered black hand tightly, refusing to let go!

The being inside the black Jade Coffin seemed not to have expected this guy to be so reckless, and its movements paused for a moment...

With a flash, Flower Soul and Yin Qianshang appeared above the Jade Coffin!

The graceful Flower Soul spread her fingers, and in an instant, countless giant vines had wrapped the black Jade Coffin into a sphere!

Meanwhile, Yin Qianshang let out a furious roar. His Giant Blade, wreathed in a sky full of lightning, slashed down toward the withered black hand!

CLANG!

The power of a Legendary Sect like the North Netherworld Extreme Heaven Sect was on full display. Yin Qianshang, merely a First Heaven King Martial Realm cultivator, activated his Thunder Control Divine Technique, and his all-out strike was like an act of creation itself!

Yet, in the aftermath of that strike, everyone’s hearts sank completely...

The strike, imbued with unparalleled Thunder Power—an overwhelmingly tyrannical blow that could shatter mountains and sunder peaks—was actually batted away by that arm!

Forget severing the arm; it didn’t even leave the slightest scratch on the withered black limb!

’Just how powerful is this thing’s physical body... How is this even possible?’

Everyone’s hearts were gripped with anxiety. The despair they had felt before once again resurfaced.

However, although the strike didn’t sever the Golden Armor Corpse King’s arm, the tyrannical Thunder Power instantly enveloped it and surged along the arm toward the inside of the Jade Coffin.

The forces of Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang clashed violently as the tyrannical Thunder Power continuously eroded the enemy’s Primordial Qi, weakening it.

REEEE!

An enraged, frustrated roar came from within the black Jade Coffin!

The being inside seemed not to have imagined that a few mere First Heaven King Martial Realm cultivators would be so fearlessly willing to die!

After just two exchanges, it had already suffered a considerable setback!

Even if it wasn’t seriously injured, this was absolutely intolerable!

Amidst the roars, a crazed and tyrannical power suddenly blasted out of the Jade Coffin!

Incomparably tyrannical black qi surged out. Ripples of Energy, like a volcanic eruption, spread out, instantly blasting the vines wrapped around the Jade Coffin into countless pieces!

At that moment, Flower Soul and the other two grunted in pain and were sent flying backward!

Meanwhile, Shen Lang, who had known things were bad and was already retreating rapidly, had his relative lack of speed exposed.

In a battle between powerhouses of this caliber, his speed and strength no longer had that decisive, overwhelming dominance.

After dashing just over a hundred meters, Shen Lang was finally overtaken by the black qi...

The tyrannical Dark Energy was blocked for a moment by the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads before it shattered the golden light shield and continued onward!

Just as Shen Lang was about to be devoured by the Dark Energy, his Xingtian Battle Armor flared with light, forming a membrane that violently repelled the Energy!

The Xingtian Battle Armor—personally forged by Shen Lang using a Four-winged Green Python Scale and created with a profoundly powerful Spirit Array Map—finally revealed its tyrannical Defense Power!

Shen Lang’s body just shuddered violently, and under the push of that immense force, he was thrown toward Xue Dangdang!

Xue Dangdang’s heart leaped. Without a second thought, she shot into the air, caught Shen Lang, and then quickly landed on the ground.

As soon as she landed, Xue Dangdang looked down to see Shen Lang’s face pale, his eyes slightly closed...

"Hey, what’s wrong with you? Don’t you die! If you’re going to die, you have to die by my hand! Wake up..." Xue Dangdang shrieked.

At that moment, a series of familiar yet strange images flashed through the depths of her soul.

An unexplainable panic rose in her heart, as if the most important thing to her was about to be taken away...

A feeling of despair suddenly welled up, and Xue Dangdang’s mind went blank.

She had completely forgotten to check Shen Lang’s injuries or even sense his aura.

"Dingdang... I... I’m sorry, I..." Shen Lang managed to force out a few words before his head lolled to the side, his eyes freezing in place.

Su Jin, Zeng Zuimo, and the others who had quickly gathered around screamed, and the scene descended into chaos.

THUMP. Xue Dangdang’s heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer. A wave of unbearable anguish washed over her.

Her body trembled, and at that moment, she was completely stunned...

She forgot to sense Shen Lang’s aura; she didn’t even perform a simple observation.

Only now did she realize that although she had no memories of Shen Lang, ever since the last time she beat him until he coughed up blood, he had become firmly tied to her heart.

...

Xue Dangdang wasn’t paying close attention, but the five White Bone Hall Xuanwu Realm Powerhouses behind her were a different story.

Those guys had kept their Divine Thought faintly locked onto Shen Lang the entire time. How could they not know his true condition?

’That Dark Energy didn’t even hurt the bastard, did it?’

’He’s clearly playing dead to get sympathy!’

"Ahem, Miss, this guy..." One of the five coughed dryly and walked over, wanting to give Xue Dangdang a heads-up.

The moment he opened his mouth, Shen Lang, still in Xue Dangdang’s arms, shot upright!

His previously frozen eyes had regained their former liveliness!

"Ah!"

Xue Dangdang screamed, patting her chest repeatedly with her left hand, still in shock.

As a King Martial Realm powerhouse, her powerful Divine Thought was defensively and instinctively released, enveloping Shen Lang completely.

The moment her Divine Thought fell upon Shen Lang, she immediately noticed something strange... Forget being dead, the bastard didn’t have a single scratch on him!

In fact, his blood qi was surging, and he was full of life!

"You bastard! If you weren’t dead, why were you pretending to be? You scared me to death!" Xue Dangdang was beside herself with rage.

Shen Lang said shamelessly, "If I were dead, it wouldn’t be ’playing dead.’ Playing dead means I’m not dead. Your sentence is flawed..."

Seeing Xue Dangdang, Deng Jianchen, and the others staring at him with wide eyes, Shen Lang’s voice grew softer as he said weakly, "I got tired from fighting. Can’t a guy get some rest?"

"Damn you!"

The words had barely left his mouth when Deng Jianchen, Su Jin, and Lin Yue started raining fists and feet down on him, beating him until he begged for mercy.

Like Xue Dangdang, these few were very concerned about Shen Lang. Seeing that scene earlier, they had all been completely fooled in their haste.

Now, realizing they’d been tricked, they were shocked, relieved, and furious all at once, and they all started cursing him out.

Xue Ming and the other Xuanwu Realm Powerhouses wiped away their cold sweat.

’At a time like this, he’s still making jokes and scaring people...’

’It’s a good thing it’s Shen Lang. If it were anyone else, I, Xue Ming, would have probably crippled him myself first.’

"Stop, stop hitting me! Look over there!"

His antics over, Shen Lang hastily shouted a reminder, diverting everyone’s attention.

Everyone came back to their senses, and the hearts that had just settled were once again in their throats.

In the distance, the lid of the Jade Coffin had been completely blasted away, and a massive figure from within slowly floated into the air.

This was a Giant, two zhang tall, clad in Golden Armor. Its face was gaunt, as if only a layer of skin was stretched across its skull.

Its fingernails were incredibly sharp, a chi long, like short swords. They glinted with an eerie light in the dimly lit hall.

The arm Yin Qianshang had struck was now constantly emitting a frightening black qi, intermittently flashing with faint bolts of lightning. The auras of Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang seemed to be locked in a constant, tangled battle.

The Golden Armor was even more bizarre; it didn’t seem like Armor at all, but rather like scales growing from its body. Even on the arm that had been struck, one could still see patches of connected golden scales...

"Golden Armor Corpse King! A Seventh Level Zombie King!"

Someone in the crowd gasped in a hoarse voice.

Every expert present turned pale!