301: Chapter 301 Hand-to-Hand Combat, The Empress's Secrets

Three terrifying blade beams, each no weaker than the last, abruptly tore through the absolute space of the Trial Square and struck at Su Xuanchen from three extremely tricky blind spots with ruthless intent!

The Formation core within the Golden Dragon Disciple whirred crazily, greedily extracting the Origin spiritual energy of the Ancient Heavenly Staircase. The black long saber in its hand danced to the limit, its speed as fast as thunder from the Nine Heavens!

"Swish, swish, swish!"

In the blink of an eye, those three blade beams split into hundreds and thousands of razor-sharp black blade auras! The sky full of blade shadows was like an inescapable net of death, carrying the terrifying destructive power of a pseudo-Immortal King, completely sealing off all of Su Xuanchen's escape routes in every direction!

The moment the blade net closed in, the surrounding Void Realm emitted an ear-piercing cracking sound, and large swathes of space were directly mangled into incredibly fine fragments of Chaos.

Facing this lethal blade net capable of instantly mincing a Peak True Immortal into a blood mist, Su Xuanchen showed not a hint of fear; instead, a fanatical, bloodthirsty Battle Intent rose within his deep eyes!

"Well come! I was just worried I hadn't warmed up my muscles yet!"

Su Xuanchen let out a wild, arrogant roar!

Boom!

His Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body, which broke the taboos of the Dao, was completely detonated at this moment! Dazzling Immortal-Demon Aurora and pitch-black, deep Demonic Path radiance intertwined frantically around him! At the same time, a grey-white light of Chaos, ancient and capable of assimilating all things, erupted from the depths of his bones!

Su Xuanchen did not dodge or evade; he met the deathly blade net raining down upon him head-on, throwing out both fists at once!

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Dense, metallic explosions thundered across the Trial Square like a violent storm!

Su Xuanchen's fists were billions of times harder than the Primordial Divine Mountain. As his fist shadows crossed, they collided head-on with the pseudo-Immortal King-level black blade auras with immense brutality!

Every tragic collision between his fist and the blade auras triggered a violent earthquake in the Void Realm!

Those black blade auras, capable of tearing through the Star Domain, were like fragile thin ice when they touched Su Xuanchen's fists, which were wrapped in Immortal-Demon and Chaos light; they were crudely crushed on the spot!

In the face of Su Xuanchen's extreme violence, the sky full of black destructive Saber Qi turned into scattered spiritual light, dissipating frantically in all directions.

Su Xuanchen became more and more violent. He transformed into an indefatigable Primordial war god, using an unreasonable, extreme level of violence to ruthlessly crush the sky full of blade auras!

His fists were like two peerless heavy hammers capable of opening heaven and earth. Wherever his fist wind passed, the indestructible trial space was torn into hideous cracks hundreds of feet long! Violent spatial turbulence poured out through the cracks, yet it couldn't even damage a corner of Su Xuanchen's clothes!

Outside.

At the six-thousandth step of the Ancient Heavenly Staircase, Gu Hongchen and Ji Luanxi were climbing upward with great difficulty, enduring terrifying pressure.

Just then, to display the challenger's supreme battle record, the staircase Formation magically projected a massive Water-Moon Light Screen in the sea of clouds before them. The screen clearly broadcast Su Xuanchen's earth-shattering, violent slaughter in the Trial Square!

Gu Hongchen stopped, gasping for air. When she saw the shocking scene in the light screen, her beautiful face instantly lost all color, and she clutched the biluo emperor sword in her hand tightly, involuntarily.

"This... this is simply insane!"

Gu Hongchen's full chest heaved violently, her voice trembling with intense shock.

"That is a pseudo-Immortal King-level death net! It can easily shred space! He didn't retreat even a single step, and instead used his bare fists to smash it! This kind of pure physical violence is unheard of!" Gu Hongchen's palms were slick with cold sweat as she watched every detail of the battle with extreme nervousness.

Ji Luanxi, on the other hand, waved her little fists excitedly, her watery eyes glued to the light screen, her small face flushed red with excitement.

"Husband is too cool! Beat him! Smash that piece of junk with the blade into a pile of scrap metal!" Ji Luanxi cheered loudly and blindly.

Inside the Trial Square.

The fierce battle was in full swing!

Su Xuanchen smashed dozens of incoming blade auras with one punch. His keen Immortal-Demon eyes suddenly caught a hint of something hidden within the dissipating Saber Qi!

Deep within the black blade auras slashed out by the Golden Dragon Disciple, there was actually a trace of extremely eerie, nauseating grey-black Devilish Qi! This aura was full of extreme corruption and decay, exactly the same as the corrupted substance on the body of Old Ancestor Blood Saber, who had been crushed to death with a single finger earlier!

"So that's how it is!"

Su Xuanchen's eyes narrowed, and sharp killing intent erupted from the depths of his gaze.

"No wonder this piece of junk can unleash pseudo-Immortal King power! So it was stained with this disgusting, corrupted stuff, to the point where even a Puppet has developed twisted intelligence!"

Su Xuanchen gave an arrogant cold snort, not intending to give the opponent any chance to catch its breath.

"Get down on your knees for me!"

Su Xuanchen's arm muscles bulged, and he exerted force into his fists!

Boom!

The vast power of the Immortal-Demon surged like a bursting river from the Nine Heavens, erupting violently through his fists! This power was unstoppable, tearing all the remaining blade nets into shreds!

Su Xuanchen's figure blurred like a teleportation, closing the distance instantly. His fists, carrying the terrifying might to destroy heaven and earth, slammed solidly into the center of the Golden Dragon Disciple's chest!

Bang!

The violent Immortal-Demon power, like countless sharp blades, surged into the Golden Dragon Disciple's body with brute force! This power ignored all logic, frantically destroying the complex Formation patterns inside its body and domineeringly purifying those eerie, corrupted Devilish Qi!

"Pfft—!"

The trial Puppet, which should have been incapable of feeling pain, weirdly opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of foul-smelling blood mixed with fragments of black internal organs!

The Golden Dragon Disciple's terrifying aura, which was originally comparable to an Immortal King, withered instantly like a punctured balloon under this fatal blow, and even the hands holding the blade began to tremble violently.

At this absolute moment of life and death!

A flash of extremely crazy, human-like viciousness suddenly flickered in the Golden Dragon Disciple's originally empty, lifeless pupils!

It decisively let go of its hands, completely abandoning the black long saber it relied on for survival!

"Die!"

A hoarse roar, like two rusty iron plates grinding against each other, was squeezed out from the Golden Dragon Disciple's throat with great difficulty.

The Formation core between its eyebrows exploded! It crazily burned all the remaining eerie essence blood and Formation Origin within its body, decisively triggering a terrifying Soul-killing move meant to drag the enemy down with it!

"Shoo!"

A ball of blood-colored light, radiating an aura of extreme corruption and destruction, shot out from between its eyebrows!

The speed of this blood-colored light orb exceeded the limits of space, ignoring all physical defenses, and with terrifying Divine Soul-shredding power, it struck directly at Su Xuanchen's Sea of Consciousness!

Facing this lethal blow capable of severely wounding an Immortal King's Divine Soul, a calm, disdainful sneer curled onto Su Xuanchen's handsome face.

"I was already prepared for this trick of yours!"

Su Xuanchen showed no panic whatsoever.

Hum!

At the center of his brow, the ancient divine mark representing the "Secret of Foretelling," one of the Nine Secrets, suddenly lit up with dazzling golden light!

An indestructible golden barrier, exuding the aura of the supreme Dao, instantly appeared half an inch in front of Su Xuanchen's brow!

Bang!

The terrifying blood-colored light orb crashed fiercely into this golden barrier! It emitted an ear-piercing corrosive sound, but could not shake the barrier in the slightest, being blocked ruthlessly by the power of the divine mark!

At the same time he blocked this fatal blow, Su Xuanchen turned his right hand into a palm, and carrying violent Chaos Immortal light, he backhanded a ruthless slap!

"Get down there!"

Slap—!!!

This palm landed solidly on the Golden Dragon Disciple's chest!

The terrifying force exploded! The Golden Dragon Disciple's burly body, looking more miserable than a kite with a broken string, was smashed away by this slap!

Boom!

The Golden Dragon Disciple drew a miserable arc in mid-air and crashed heavily onto the hard bluestone ground! The huge impact created a deep pit dozens of feet deep!

The tough Formation Meridians all over its body snapped inch by inch under the aftermath of this slap, emitting dense popping sounds. It lay completely limp at the bottom of the pit, like a pile of mud, unable to resist any longer.

Su Xuanchen casually withdrew the violent Immortal-Demon Aurora around him.

With his hands behind his back, he walked steadily to the edge of the deep pit.

Su Xuanchen looked down at the broken Golden Dragon Disciple at the bottom of the pit, his eyes icy cold.

"Speak."

Su Xuanchen asked coldly, his tone filled with intense killing intent and pressure.

"What kind of unspeakable secret is hidden in this Ancient Heavenly Court? As a trial Puppet, how could you have that kind of eerie, corrupted Devilish Qi inside you?"

The Golden Dragon Disciple lay in the pit, its originally numb face now filled with extremely human-like, extreme fear.

Its whole body trembled violently, its scarlet eyes filled with horror, yet it still gritted its teeth, making indistinct "he, he" sounds in its throat, stubbornly trying to hide this massive secret.

"You won't shed tears until you see the coffin."

Su Xuanchen snorted coldly, his patience completely exhausted.

Boom!

The monstrous killing intent within him, enough to make the All Heavens and Myriad Realms tremble, was released without reservation! The terrifying killing intent turned into a substantial cold storm, directly locking onto the last trace of twisted intelligence within the Golden Dragon Disciple!

Under this absolute pressure of death, the Golden Dragon Disciple's psychological defense collapsed completely.

It opened its mouth with great difficulty and, in a hoarse voice filled with endless fear, trembled and spat out a few sentences.

"The Empress... the Ancient Empress... she was tainted by something terrifyingly eerie..."

"She is not dead... she intends to take revenge... on all her enemies from back then..."

Just as the Golden Dragon Disciple trembled while speaking this earth-shattering secret, beneath its bowed head, a vicious thought of a desperate counterattack was hidden deep within its scarlet eyes.