Strongest War Emperor

「At the same time...」

Shark’s Kiss sensed the anomaly. Shocked, he swung his Giant Blade sideways and slashed viciously at the massive hand descending from above!

The blade’s light streaked across the sky, slicing through the black mist and tearing the air with a series of thunderous cracks.

The still-forming space of the Death Realm wavered and destabilized under this incomparably powerful slash.

Amidst a deafening BOOM, the group grunted in pain and fell toward the ground.

But just as they were falling...

Shangguan Feiyue snorted coldly. Majestic Imperial Qi burst from his body, enveloping everyone.

Outside the Buddha Light but within the Death Realm, he forcibly erected a massive barrier!

Meanwhile, Nangong Yan, her face pale, took out a translucent, emerald-green bamboo staff and gave it a sharp shake...

The staff immediately released vibrant green ripples that spread outward!

This added another powerful layer of protection!

The Death Realm was no small matter; it ranked extremely high among all types of Realms.

Back in Celestial Phoenix City, Xue Dangdang’s cousin, Xue Jingyuan, had once tried to use the Death Realm to torture Shen Lang to death.

Who would have thought that after tempering himself within the Death Realm, Shen Lang had used his Emperor Realm to instantly crush it, nearly crippling Xue Jingyuan in the process.

A novice like Xue Jingyuan, who had just begun to grasp the Death Realm, was naturally no match for the Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie.

That was why the three Emperor Martial Realm experts, their faces pale with shock, went all out in a desperate attempt to break through the Death Realm before it could fully form!

Otherwise, even experts of their caliber would be plagued by illusions and thrown into mental chaos if trapped within. In a worst-case scenario, they would go completely insane, their lives and deaths entirely at the mercy of the one who had manifested the Realm!

Although Duanmu Xie’s cultivation had plummeted, leaving him only a notch stronger than Shark’s Kiss and the others, his Realm was a different story. It wouldn’t weaken with his cultivation, for it was a fundamental understanding of the Death Dao’s rules!

Once the Death Realm was fully manifested and solidified, the hundred-mile radius around them would become a Netherworld Hell, completely under his control!

The life or death of any creature within the Death Realm would depend on a single thought from Duanmu Xie!

As Shangguan Feiyue and Nangong Yan made their moves, Sword Intent surged around Shark’s Kiss. He took three steps forward and, in an instant, unleashed three consecutive slashes at Duanmu Xie!

The three peerless streaks of blade light merged, forming what looked like a river of stars falling from the sky, crashing down upon Duanmu Xie’s head!

"How futile! Like an egg striking a stone! This Emperor despises people who use blades!"

Duanmu Xie tossed the headless Zombie in his hand backward. His descending palm was only momentarily halted by Shark’s Kiss’s first slash before it continued its downward grab.

Meanwhile, his other hand shot up, fingers spread wide. It suddenly grew countless times larger, seized the tyrannical blade light from Shark’s Kiss’s slash, and squeezed hard!

The solidified, tyrannical blade light instantly shattered, spraying countless motes of light outward!

However, in the very instant the blade light shattered, just as the Energy ripples began to spread and before Duanmu Xie could retract his right hand, something unexpected happened!

A Buddha’s Golden Body suddenly materialized in the sky!

Bathed in brilliant Buddha Light, a massive Buddha Hand Seal enveloped Duanmu Xie and all the Zombies, pressing down to suppress them!

The Buddha Hand Seal descended as fast as a bolt of lightning!

And its power far surpassed the combined might of Shark’s Kiss and the others!

"Great Compassion Great Mercy Vajra Palm!"

The phantom Buddha manifested by Chaos let out a soft cry. Buddha Power surged, sweeping away the black mist and forcing the demons back!

At this exact moment, Nangong Yan and Shangguan Feiyue on the other side struck simultaneously.

The green bamboo staff expanded in the wind, like a rapidly growing stalk of bamboo, and wrapped itself dozens of times around Duanmu Xie’s arm, holding it fast!

The vast Imperial Qi coalesced into a True Dragon, which opened its maw and bit down hard on Duanmu Xie’s hand, refusing to let go!

To assist Chaos, the two Emperor Martial Realm experts were using every ounce of their strength just to hold back one of Duanmu Xie’s arms!

This was a life-or-death gamble!

If Duanmu Xie reacted and ignored the threat from Chaos to attack them instead, the group of people behind them, left unprotected, would be instantly annihilated!

But as vicious as Duanmu Xie was, he was no reckless fool. Facing Chaos, the Buddhist Sect master who posed the greatest threat to him, he was already in disarray. There was no way he could ignore Chaos’s lightning-fast attack!

Duanmu Xie roared in frustration and rage. In the blink of an eye, the hand that had crushed Shark’s Kiss’s blade light shot up to his forehead, barely managing to block Chaos’s Buddha Hand Seal!

A golden Buddha Hand Seal, as large as a mountain, slammed into the ink-black giant Zombie palm. The moment they made contact...

"BOOM!"

Buddha Light erupted in all directions as Powerful Qi raged. The group of Zombies behind him screamed as they were flung away.

Duanmu Xie, who took the full force of the palm strike, let out a string of wretched cries as white smoke billowed from all over his body.

Dark Attribute powers were always significantly weakened when facing a Buddhist Sect expert.

On one side was a hasty defense, further hindered by the other three’s restraints.

On the other was a long-prepared attack, with surging Buddha Power like a furious, crashing wave!

With that single palm, Duanmu Xie had already suffered a major loss!

"ROAR!"

The Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie let out a ferocious roar. Billowing Corpse Qi surged outward as he tried to blast away the Buddha Power assailing him.

The arm held by Nangong Yan and the other man was suddenly and viciously yanked back!

The expressions of Nangong Yan and Shangguan Feiyue changed drastically. The two great Emperor Martial Realm experts were actually pulled airborne!

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, Shark’s Kiss shoved Shen Lang and the others three hundred meters back with a palm strike from his left hand. His body then shot forward, and a peerless blade light slashed fiercely at Duanmu Xie’s arm!

"DANG DANG DANG DANG..."

Shark’s Kiss’s slashes were as fast as lightning. In a mere instant, he had already struck the arm more than ten times!

As the blade light fell, a continuous roar echoed, shaking heaven and earth.

"Fuck, what a tough body!"

Unable to sever Duanmu Xie’s arm even at full power, Shark’s Kiss’s expression turned extremely grim.

The terror of the legendary Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie, a being at the Emperor Martial Realm Ninth Heaven Peak, was now on full display through the sheer toughness of his physical body!

Although this fiend had slumbered underground for nearly ten thousand years and his injuries had not fully healed, his formidable body had been constantly refined and strengthened by the Supreme Yin Qi during that time. It was practically comparable to a Top Grade Emperor Artifact!

Seeing that the situation was bad, Shark’s Kiss decisively gave up on trying to sever Duanmu Xie’s arm.

He put away his Giant Blade and thrust out his hand. A cyan Locking Chain as thick as a waist appeared with a loud CLANG...

...and coiled around Duanmu Xie’s enormous arm like a python!

At that moment, a bizarre scene unfolded.

On one side, Shark’s Kiss and the other two Emperor Martial Realm experts gritted their teeth, holding on to Duanmu Xie’s arm for dear life. On the other, Chaos shrank back to his normal size, wielding the Great Sun Buddha Vajra Sword—a weapon sharp enough to pierce through anything—and in a flash had launched dozens of strikes while circling Duanmu Xie!

"TSHH TSHH TSHH..."

Each of these slashes, in addition to its ferocious Sword Qi, carried the purest Buddha Power, causing Duanmu Xie to howl incessantly.

When a Zombie fought a Martial Artist, an ordinary person wouldn’t dare to even touch the potent Corpse Poison.

But when a Zombie fought an expert from the Buddhist Sect, the situation was reversed... they wouldn’t dare to make contact with the Buddhist Sect expert!

Because to them, Buddha Power was a truly terrifying substance.

Unless their power far surpassed that of the Buddhist Sect expert, they would be at a huge disadvantage in any fight.

Caught off guard, Duanmu Xie was immediately put on the back foot, reduced to taking a beating.

However, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. Even though Duanmu Xie was heavily injured and had yet to recover, a former Emperor Martial Realm Ninth Heaven expert was still just that.

In terms of physical strength and combat experience, he far surpassed Chaos, who was at the Emperor Martial Realm Fourth Heaven.

Even with his cultivation greatly diminished, having just taken a Buddha Hand Seal from Chaos, and with one arm restrained by Shark’s Kiss and the others, he still managed to block the majority of Chaos’s attacks!

He appeared flustered, but he hadn’t suffered any truly fatal injuries.

For a moment, even Chaos’s brow furrowed slightly.

"Senior Brother, let me borrow the Prayer Beads!"

Chaos called out softly. With a flick of his finger, the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads in Shen Lang’s hand transformed into a streak of light and vanished.

The jaws of the onlookers nearly hit the floor...

’They didn’t recognize that Buddhist Sect expert, but he was clearly stronger than the Three Sect Ancestors. And he actually called this masked young man Senior Brother?’

’Just how incredible is this guy’s background?’

But Shen Lang was busy detoxifying and healing Yuan Bupu, so he had no time to pay attention to the others.

With his discerning eye, he understood everything and naturally knew the situation was already decided.

Without the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads, the most Chaos could do was severely injure Duanmu Xie; actually subduing him would still be incredibly difficult.

But with the help of these Buddhist Beads, even if he couldn’t destroy Duanmu Xie, he could at least suppress him.

The same Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads, in the hands of Shen Lang, who hadn’t studied a Buddhist Cultivation Method, versus in the hands of Chaos... the difference in power was simply immense.

Shen Lang was completely relaxed now, continuously taking out Elixir Pills, Potions, and various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from his Sumeru Ring.

As he kept stuffing them into Yuan Bupu’s mouth, he also instructed the two King Martial Realm Sixth Heaven experts from the Imperial Dragon Sect on how to seal and unseal Yuan Bupu’s acupoints to help him expel the Corpse Poison and heal.

Before the crowd could even recover from their astonishment...

...Chaos formed several Dharma Seals with his left hand, and with a light flick, pointed at the Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie!

"BOOM!"

The Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads, like a bolt of golden lightning, struck Duanmu Xie on the head.

Smoke rose from Duanmu Xie’s head as the black qi all over his body was forced out. He let out a series of sharp cries!

After taking such a heavy blow, the aura around Duanmu Xie weakened considerably, and his body abruptly dropped.

It was as if what had just struck his head wasn’t a tiny bead, but an entire mountain.

"WUAOOO!"

The strength in the arm held by Nangong Yan and the others suddenly surged. It jerked violently, forcibly pulling the three of them back!

The three great Emperor Martial Realm experts couldn’t even hold on to one of his arms anymore!

"Amitabha, be suppressed!"

Chaos formed a Hand Seal with his left hand, controlling the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads to hover over Duanmu Xie’s head. Brilliant Buddha Light radiated out like a great mountain, continuously pressing him downward until, with a loud BANG, he was brutally slammed into the ground!

The spectators watching from a distance had their hearts in their throats, so nervous they didn’t dare to breathe.