198: The power of the divine child

In the void, the first collision between the thousand-zhang-tall Primordial Hegemon Body and the ten-thousand-zhang-tall demonic body erupted with a world-destroying energy storm.

Rumble!

The pitch-black axe glow collided violently with the giant claws burning with demonic flames, and space shattered inch by inch like a broken mirror.

Chu Batian felt an unmatched, massive force transmit from the handle of the axe; the web between his thumb and forefinger instantly split open, and blood flowed freely. His tyrannical Physical Body, strong enough to clash head-on with a Dao Artifact, was shaken until his blood and Qi surged, and he was sent flying back uncontrollably for hundreds of miles.

“Pfft!” Spitting out a mouthful of blood, a ferocious and excited smile appeared on Chu Batian's face. “Thrilling! This is much more invigorating than Old Dad's Clone!”

Demon King Fenyang was also inwardly startled. Although he hadn't used his full strength in that claw strike, it was enough to shatter a star. This Spirit Transformation Realm human youth before him actually managed to take it head-on, suffering only minor injuries?

“What a powerful Physical Body! Just right, this King is lacking a suitable Puppet. Your body belongs to me!”

A look of greed flashed in Demon King Fenyang's eyes as his other giant claw snatched forward once more.

But this time, Chu Batian did not meet it head-on again.

“In your dreams!”

His figure flickered as his feet performed profound steps, narrowly avoiding the range of the demonic claw. This was exactly the movement technique Chu He had taught him during training, the Dragon Roams the Nine Heavens.

Just as Demon King Fenyang's strike missed and he prepared to give chase, a sudden change occurred.

“Bind!”

A cold and clear feminine shout rang out.

Chu Yuning held the spring and autumn brush and wrote in the air. An ancient word for 'Bind,' bolstered by the Word Becomes Law Dao Body, transformed into thousands of golden chains of Law that appeared out of thin air, instantly entangling Demon King Fenyang's limbs.

“Humph! A mere grain of rice dares to compete with the radiance of the moon?”

Demon King Fenyang snorted disdainfully. With a shake of his demonic body, the power of the Integration Realm's Law erupted, intending to shatter these chains.

However, the toughness of these chains far exceeded his imagination. Although they were breaking inch by inch, they successfully caused him to stall for a brief instant.

And for a top-tier battle, this instant was already enough to be fatal.

“Now!”

A shadowless and invisible sword light appeared at Demon King Fenyang's thick neck like a ghost.

It was Chu Lingxi!

She seized this fleeting opportunity, pushing her Innate Sword Heart and Void Sword Dao to the limit. The shadowless sword heart in her hand transformed into a void sword specifically meant to sever the Divine Soul, stabbing straight at the Demon King's vital point!

“Seeking death!”

Demon King Fenyang was furious. The flesh at his neck instantly turned into indestructible black crystals, while a surge of majestic demonic soul power counter-attacked.

Clang!

Chu Lingxi's sword tip struck the black crystals, letting out a crisp sound, yet it was unable to advance an inch. She herself was sent flying back by the counter-shock force, her face turning pale.

“Too hard!” she thought to herself.

An Integration Realm Demon King's demonic body, tempered by the Law, had a degree of sturdiness that already exceeded the scope of a High Grade Dao Artifact.

But her attack was not without effect.

In the moment Demon King Fenyang was distracted by Chu Yuning and Chu Lingxi, a massive Formation covering a radius of ten thousand miles had quietly taken shape.

“Zhou Tian Star Dou, heed my command! Suppress!”

Chu Ce held three hundred and sixty-five Formation Flags, drawing upon the Zhou Tian Star Power to transform it into a massive starry cage, firmly trapping Demon King Fenyang within.

“Another Formation?” Demon King Fenyang felt as if he were entangled in an invisible net, restricted at every turn, making him increasingly irritable. He let out a roar, about to forcibly break the Formation.

A grey-gold spear glow containing the two extreme powers of creation and annihilation appeared silently before his brow, like the light of dawn piercing through the darkness.

It was Chu Tian!

From the very beginning, he had been hidden in the void, waiting for the best opportunity to strike.

Now, the opportunity had come!

“Chaos! Become One!”

Chu Tian poured the power of his Chaos Creation-Annihilation Dao Body into the chaos annihilation dragon spear without reservation. At the tip of the spear, a tiny grey-gold singularity that seemed capable of devouring everything suddenly took shape.

This spear strike gathered all of Chu Tian's essence, energy, and spirit; it was the strongest blow he could currently deliver!

The sense of fatal crisis caused Demon King Fenyang's entire demonic flame to freeze. He finally cast aside all his contempt, feeling the threat of death.

“Demonic Sun Body Protection!”

He let out a roar, and a 'sun' burning with black flames rose from his Dantian, blocking the front of his brow. This was his life-bound demonic treasure, a peak-grade Dao Artifact.

Boom!

The grey-gold spear tip and the black Demonic Sun collided fiercely.

There was no world-shaking explosion, only an extreme, dead silence.

The moment the black Demonic Sun touched that grey-gold singularity, it began to decompose and annihilate at a speed visible to the naked eye. The powers of creation and annihilation formed a perfect cycle here, continuously grinding away the Demonic Sun's Law and energy.

“No!”

Demon King Fenyang let out a terrified roar. He felt his life-bound demonic treasure being erased from the very root of its existence by that bizarre power!

Crack!

Finally, with a crisp sound of shattering, the black Demonic Sun completely collapsed, turning into a sky full of light specks.

And that grey-gold spear glow, although it had dimmed considerably, still continued with unabated momentum, stabbing fiercely into Demon King Fenyang's brow!

“Ah—!”

Demon King Fenyang let out a shrill scream.

His demonic soul felt as if it had been thrown into boiling sulfuric acid, being crazily eroded and torn apart by that incomparably overbearing Chaos Power.

However, he was an Integration Realm Demon King after all; his vitality was tenacious to the extreme.

In the moment his demonic soul was about to be completely ground away, he actually cut his losses, violently detonating a small portion of his demonic soul to forcibly expel Chu Tian's invading Chaos Power.

“You all... deserve to die!”

Demon King Fenyang's hair was disheveled, and a bloody hole deep enough to see the bone at his brow was slowly healing. Although his aura had withered significantly, the madness and tyranny in his eyes had reached their peak.

He had been pushed to this point by a group of Spirit Transformation Realm ants! This was an unbearable humiliation!

“Since you seek death, this King will fulfill your wish! Let you witness the true power of the Integration Realm!”

“Demonic Flames Incinerate the Heavens! Turn to ashes along with this realm!”

Demon King Fenyang had gone completely mad. He actually triggered his Integration Realm Dao Fruit, igniting all the world Origin he had extracted from the Tianlan Realm along with his own demonic essence!

A wave of destructive energy sufficient to completely destroy this Star Domain began to brew within his body.

Watching from a distance, Chu He saw this scene and his brow twitched slightly.

“Playing at self-detonation? It seems he's at his wit's end.”

He had no intention of stepping in to stop it, only watching his children calmly.

He wanted to see how they would respond to a desperate, all-out strike from an Integration Realm Demon King regardless of the consequences.

Chu Tian clutched his chest, his face pale; that spear strike just now had almost drained all his power. He looked at the crazed Demon King Fenyang, a flash of determination in his eyes.

He prepared to burn his own Chaos Origin to deliver a strike that transcended his limits and perish together with the opponent!

Right at this critical moment.

A warm palm lightly pressed onto his shoulder.

“You did well.”

Chu He's flat and steady voice rang in his ear.

“Leave the rest to me.”