26: Chapter 26: The Nine Nether Hound battles the Fire Emperor, and even the father-in-law gets attacked.

"Kill!" He gave no opportunity for any explanation.

The Fire Emperor, eager to protect his child, raised his right hand directly.

"Boom!" The fire elements between heaven and earth gathered frantically, instantly transforming into a giant flame palm that blotted out the sky and sun.

The palm prints were clearly visible; every line flowed with the destructive Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, carrying the imperial pressure as it slapped down directly towards Wang Teng's head!

This palm strike held nothing back! It was aimed at turning Wang Teng into a pulp of flesh!

"Father?! Don't!" Princess Huo Linger heard the familiar voice, looked up, and was instantly scared out of her wits.

She was only jealous and acting spoiled; she didn't want her father to actually kill Wang Teng!

But the Fire Emperor had struck in anger, and his speed was so fast that it was impossible to stop him in time.

"Holy crap! This father-in-law has such an explosive temper!" Located at the center of the storm, Wang Teng only felt his scalp go numb.

He could clearly feel the terrifying power contained within that giant flame palm.

Although this was only a spiritual body of the Fire Emperor, limited by the rules of Baiduan Mountain, its strength was suppressed to around the peak of the Inscription Realm or even the early Array Formation Realm.

But this was an angry strike from the Human Emperor! The technique and comprehension of laws were at a completely crushing level!

"I can't dodge it!" Wang Teng's eyes narrowed. Since he couldn't dodge, then—he would face it head-on!

"Ten Heavenly Passages—Wall of Gods and Demons!" Wang Teng violently pushed Princess Huo Linger and Yun Xi aside, and his original human body instantly erupted with a dense black light.

"Hum! Hum! Hum!..." Ten jet-black passages appeared behind him, instantly connecting into a line and transforming into a black high wall that connected heaven and earth.

On the surface of the wall, the ancestral runes of the Nine-Nether Ao flashed frantically, and countless phantoms of gods and demons roared within the wall.

"Hold... it... back!" Wang Teng roared, his arms crossed upwards. That black wall of gods and demons, carrying the freezing death aura of the Nine-Nether Hell, crashed head-on into the giant flame palm descending from the sky.

"Boom—!!!" Red and black. Fire and ice. Imperial righteousness and the baleful aura of the Nine-Nether. Two completely different, terrifying forces collided violently in mid-air.

In an instant, blinding light swallowed everything. A massive shockwave swept out with the two of them as the center. The old peach tree on Huaguo Mountain was uprooted, and countless giant rocks turned into magma.

"Pfft!" Wang Teng's feet instantly sank three feet into the ground, and the bluestone beneath his feet shattered directly. He felt his internal organs trembling violently, his throat tasted sweet, and a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

"As expected of the Human Emperor... even a spiritual body with suppressed cultivation has such great strength." Not only was there no fear in Wang Teng's eyes, but instead, a crazy fighting spirit burned within them.

Although his Ten Heavenly Passages were trembling violently and even showing cracks, they—had ultimately held on!

The Fire Emperor's phantom in the sky also trembled slightly, a trace of disbelief flashing in his eyes.

"Ten Heavenly Passages? The aura of the Nine-Nether Ao?" The Fire Emperor was shocked.

His palm strike was enough to kill any cultivator in the Inscription Realm, and even ordinary princes in the Array Formation Realm would be seriously injured. Yet, this seemingly young boy before him had actually withstood it head-on?

And that aura... Ten Primordial Evils?!

"No wonder he dared to bully Princess Huo Linger; so he is a cub of the Ten Fiends!"

The killing intent in the Fire Emperor's eyes did not decrease; instead, it grew stronger.

"So what if you are one of the Ten Fiends? You bullied my daughter; even if you were a True Dragon cub, I would still slay you!"

"Vermilion Bird Precious Technique—Burning Heaven and Boiling Seas!" The Fire Emperor's phantom formed seals with both hands, and a giant Vermilion Bird dharma image appeared behind him.

The cry shattered the void, and endless divine fire turned into a sea of fire, intent on completely refining Wang Teng.

"Father! Stop!" Princess Huo Linger finally reacted, but it was already too late to stop. Both of these men were blinded by the killing intent!

"Even a clay bodhisattva has a bit of temper, let alone me!" Facing the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire that covered the sky and could burn everything to ashes, the rationality in Wang Teng's eyes was finally completely overwhelmed by the violence in the bones of the Nine-Nether Ao.

He had originally intended to endure one strike for the sake of Princess Huo Linger, as an apology to this cheap father-in-law. But this old man was not only endless, he even directly used such a killing move intended to refine him into ashes, skin and bone alike!

Did he really think the Ten Fiends were house-raised pugs, to be manipulated by anyone?!

"Old thing, I gave you face, didn't I?!"

A roar that shattered the firmament exploded from the center of the rolling sea of fire. Immediately following, a black aura, more ancient, more evil, and more domineering than the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, erupted like a volcanic abyss, instantly overwhelming the red light filling the sky.

"Since you want to see, then I'll let you see enough! What is truly—a Great Evil!!"

"Rumble!!" The void let out an unbearable wail. Wrapped in the endless flames, that tiny human figure instantly disappeared.

Replacing it was a black shadow so massive it was suffocating, tearing open heaven and earth in an extremely violent posture!

"Roar!!!" This roar could no longer be produced by human vocal cords. It was mixed with the metallic tremolo, the ghostly wails of hell, and the meaning of submission from all beasts.

The sound waves turned into tangible black ripples, actually forcing the diving Vermilion Bird dharma image to halt in mid-air!

The black mist dissipated, and the true form descended! A terrifying giant beast with a body length exceeding fifty zhang lay across the peak of Huaguo Mountain.

His entire body was covered in the dark gold-patterned black-gold scales that had just evolved, each one like an immortal divine shield. Though the surrounding Vermilion Bird Divine Fire burned, it could not leave even a trace.

The massive wolf head was held high, and the pair of grey dragon horns on top of his head seemed to pierce the firmament, with the chaotic energy of creation flowing upon them.

The most terrifying thing was the nine tails fully extended behind him. Each tail was a hundred zhang long, as thick as a mountain ridge, and the nine True Dragon-shaped beast heads at the ends had all opened their blood-red maws, letting out provocative hisses at the Fire Emperor's phantom in the sky!

Nine-Nether Ao—Full Combat Form!

"This... this is..." The Fire Emperor's originally majestic phantom actually retreated half a step involuntarily.

As the Human Emperor, he was knowledgeable, but this was the first time in his life he had seen a cub of the Ten Fiends with such pure blood and in such a peak state!

The baleful aura rushing towards him made even his spiritual body feel unstable.

"Want to refine me? Is your fire hot enough?!"

The Nine-Nether Ao, transformed from Wang Teng, spoke in human language, his voice like rolling thunder.

He gave the Fire Emperor no time to react, kicking off violently with all four limbs.

"Boom!" The entire Huaguo Mountain instantly sank a notch, and countless giant rocks flew apart.

Borrowing this reaction force, Wang Teng's massive body was as agile as a streak of black lightning. He charged directly into that seemingly invincible "Burning Heaven and Boiling Seas" domain.

"Break!" The nine giant tails behind Wang Teng, like nine world-destroying magic spears, pierced out simultaneously with a shrill whistle that tore through the void!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!..."

That Vermilion Bird dharma image, condensed from the Fire Emperor's runes, was as fragile as paper in front of the Nine-Nether Ao's tails.

The nine tails instantly pierced through the Vermilion Bird's wings, chest, and head!

"Suck!" Wang Teng moved his mind.

The dragon heads on the nine tails exerted force simultaneously, sucking violently.

The Vermilion Bird Divine Fire filling the sky, that terrifying high temperature capable of boiling the seas, was actually swallowed into Wang Teng's body continuously along the tails!

"Hiccup—" Wang Teng burped, and two streams of black smoke puffed from his nostrils.

His massive body hovered in mid-air, his nine tails hanging with the tattered Vermilion Bird dharma image.

Three double-pup eyes looked down from above, staring fixedly at the stunned Fire Emperor's phantom.