434: Chapter 434 The Forbidden Demon Emperor Resurrects! You want to eat me? Are your teeth strong enough?

"Creak—"

A harsh grinding sound echoed through the abyss at the Bottom of the Sea of Returning Ruins.

The heavy lid of the Chaos Black Coffin, no longer suppressed by the primordial order divine chains, was slowly sliding open.

As the gap widened, a thick, pitch-black Devilish Qi erupted like a deep-sea volcano suppressed for eons, carrying a violent, world-destroying pressure!

The negative emotions contained within this Devilish Qi were truly terrifying.

It was pure resentment that had settled after crossing eras and enduring endless loneliness and hunger.

The Chaos Seawater, which had been pushed aside by Xu Chen's Sword Qi, let out a series of boiling "sizzling" sounds under the impact of this Devilish Qi, and the barriers of the Void Realm shattered like fragile spiderwebs.

"Step back."

Xu Chen frowned slightly, tightening his left arm around Shen Xi's waist and leading her back several hundred feet. The Hongmeng Creation Qi within him transformed into an indestructible light shield, blocking all the invading Devilish Qi.

The color drained from Shen Xi's exquisite face. She tightly gripped the lapel of Xu Chen's robe, her dark golden eyes fixed on the trembling black coffin.

The moment they retreated—

"Bang!"

A heavy, dull thud rang out.

The coffin lid, weighing billions of tons, was kicked flying from the inside by a force of extreme brutality, smashing into the distant Chaos reefs and kicking up massive waves of turbid water.

Accompanied by a soaring pillar of black light, a figure slowly rose from the coffin, hovering above the abyss.

Xu Chen raised his eyes, his gaze piercing through the layers of Devilish Qi to land on that figure.

It was a woman.

She had ankle-length black hair as thick as splashed ink. At this moment, her long hair danced wildly and erratically in the seawater, exuding an undisguised sense of wildness and arrogance.

The woman was draped in a tattered, ancient dark-red imperial robe.

The erosion of time had reduced the imperial robe to mere strips of cloth, barely managing to cover a few key areas of her body.

Large expanses of skin, possessing a sickly pallor yet shimmering with a jade-like luster, were exposed without reservation to the icy seawater.

[Ding!]

[Stunning Beauty Scanning Eye has automatically triggered. Analyzing target data...]

[Name: Li Cangyue]

[Identity: Taboo Devil Emperor of the Returning Ruins / Dominator of the Previous Era]

[Height: 172cm]

[Weight: 55kg]

[Measurements: 100 - 60 - 98]

[Special Physique: Devouring Demon Body (Can devour all things; a peerless, ominous Physique that sustains itself through battle).]

[Comprehensive Score: 99 points]

[System Silent Prompt: Warning! The target has been sealed for too long and is currently in a state of extreme hunger and frenzy. In her perception, your Hongmeng Creation Origin Body is equivalent to a freshly served, peerless Manchu Han Imperial Feast. This woman truly eats people—in the literal sense.]

Looking at the astonishingly precise data on the System panel, Xu Chen's gaze lingered for half a breath on the few scraps of cloth barely hanging onto her.

Even as the Co-Lord of the Heavens, who was accustomed to seeing stunning beauties, he had to admit that this woman, radiating wild Devilish Qi, had a figure that was indeed illegally hot.

It was a style completely different from Su Qingge's elegance or Luo Hongyi's bewitching charm.

This was a pure beauty of ominous ferocity, filled with primitive wildness and the tension of destruction.

Just as Xu Chen was sizing her up—

Li Cangyue, hovering in mid-air, also slowly raised her head.

Through her messy, scattered black hair, Xu Chen saw her eyes. They were a pair of bloodshot, crimson eyes, with no light of reason remaining in her pupils, only the most primitive impulse called "appetite."

"Gulp."

The clear sound of swallowing saliva echoed in the silent depths of the sea.

A sickly flush appeared on Li Cangyue's pale yet exquisitely refined face. She opened her mouth slightly, and a scarlet tongue darted out to lick her dry, cracked lips.

Her gaze was locked firmly onto Xu Chen.

To be more precise, it was locked onto the surging Hongmeng Emperor Blood and Qi within Xu Chen.

As for Shen Xi, who was protected in Xu Chen's embrace and devoid of magic power, in Li Cangyue's eyes, she didn't even qualify as a pre-meal dessert and was completely ignored.

"So fragrant..."

Li Cangyue's voice was hoarse and dry, as if her vocal cords hadn't vibrated for two eras. Every word sounded like the scraping of rusted iron plates.

"Pure Origin... perfect Emperor body..."

"Eat you... this Emperor will be able to recover..."

As she murmured these illogical, crazed words, saliva actually dripped down her pale chin. A terrifying green light, like that of a hungry wolf seeing fat meat, erupted from her crimson eyes.

Hiding behind Xu Chen, Shen Xi felt that undisguised predatory aura, and her delicate body trembled uncontrollably.

"She's insane."

Shen Xi gripped Xu Chen's robe tightly, her voice trembling slightly. "Once the Devouring Demon Body loses its reason, it becomes a Vicious Beast that only knows how to kill and feed. Don't let her get close!"

"Insane?"

Not only did Xu Chen not retreat, but a glint of excitement belonging to a hunter rose in his eyes.

A 99-point top-tier beauty; if she's a bit short-tempered and wild, she's all the more worth conquering.

"Stay inside the light shield and don't move. Your husband is going to teach this ancient Senior how modern people should behave with manners."

Xu Chen released his hold on Shen Xi and backhandedly applied a thick purple-gold shield to her.

In that lightning-fast moment—

Li Cangyue, above them, moved.

Like a mad dog, she kicked off against the void, causing the space beneath her feet to burst inch by inch.

Her entire being turned into an afterimage invisible to the naked eye, carrying world-destroying, violent Devilish Qi as she pounced straight toward Xu Chen.

"Roar!"

Before she even reached him, a non-human growl erupted from Li Cangyue's throat.

Her pale, slender fingers snapped open in mid-air, her nails instantly growing three inches long and transforming into ten incomparably sharp, dark-red devil blades. Each nail was entwined with the Law of Devouring, capable of easily tearing through the boundaries of a great world.

Her target was very clear: she aimed directly for Xu Chen's throat and heart, intending to disembowel this perfect Emperor body on the spot and swallow him alive.

The wind howled against his face, bringing a pungent, fishy scent.

Looking at that exquisite face so close at hand, slightly distorted by madness, Xu Chen didn't dodge. Instead, he let out a world-shaking laugh.

"You want to eat this Emperor?"

The Hongmeng blood and Qi of a Peak Dominator roared like an angry dragon within Xu Chen's Meridians.

He directly clenched his right fist.

Purple-gold Origin Qi converged frantically on his knuckles, transforming into a dazzling miniature sun.

"I'm just afraid that an old fossil like you from the last era doesn't have a strong enough bite, and you'll end up shattering your mouthful of silver teeth!"

Xu Chen advanced instead of retreating, meeting Li Cangyue's ten devil blades that could tear apart stars with a simple, unadorned punch.