297: The duck in the mouth flew away!

The Shadow Demon Emperor said this because he knew that his battle with Xia Fan was attracting a lot of attention, and those covetous eyes clearly belonged to someone hiding in the dark, hoping to reap the benefits!

Moreover, he had already probed and found that with the Magic Cat's blessing, Xia Fan's strength was actually on par with his own, plus that terrifying recovery ability and that strange bead, he had no chance of killing or even severely injuring the opponent.

Therefore, the Shadow Demon Emperor decided to escape!

There was also a most crucial point: he indeed felt Xia Fan's power, and if the battle continued, he might be defeated!

"Want to run? Have you asked this King?"

But how could Xia Fan let him leave so easily?

Xia Fan roared, and with the blessing of the Wind Manipulation Technique, he quickly pursued, and in a short while, he blocked the Shadow Demon Emperor, forcing him to reappear.

"Rumble—"

With a loud sound, the Shadow Demon Emperor's figure rapidly fell, his disheveled appearance almost unbearable to watch.

At this moment, the Shadow Demon Emperor raised his head, staring intently at Xia Fan, and shouted, "Jiangnan Tiger King, by pressing so hard, aren't you afraid of others taking advantage?"

"This Emperor wants to leave, not because he fears you, but because he doesn't want such a situation to occur!"

"With your strength, you must have also noticed someone lurking in the dark, right?"

Hearing this, Xia Fan said nothing, neither disagreeing nor agreeing.

He was very clear that his battle was definitely being watched; even the Magic Cat had just reminded him that she sensed several other unfamiliar auras, and those who came were mostly around the seventh-tier, very powerful.

To avoid any accidents, he had already sent his fierce beast subordinates like King Kong and Ta Mu back to Yunxia Mountain.

At this moment, Xia Fan smiled indifferently, with a hint of disdain in his words, "So what?"

"No matter who is watching, as long as they dare to show their face and harbor ill intentions, this King will kill them!"

"Shadow Demon Emperor, you should think about your own escape route!"

Upon hearing these words, the Shadow Demon Emperor's expression turned pale.

He couldn't understand why, when both sides were evenly matched, and a mutual destruction would only benefit others, the Jiangnan Tiger King still pursued him relentlessly?

With things said to this extent, the Shadow Demon Emperor knew he could no longer escape, and immediately roared, actively pouncing on Xia Fan, "Good! Since that's the case, this Emperor will grant your wish!"

"Myriad Shadow Formations!"

In an instant, the scene before Xia Fan's eyes abruptly changed; the towering trees and flowers all split into two, then four... In just a dozen seconds, they had already spread everywhere, surrounding him completely.

At the same time, the Shadow Demon Emperor's angry voice spread from all directions, "Jiangnan Tiger King, aren't you looking for a fight? This Emperor will grant your wish!"

"However... you should first break through these demonic shadows before speaking to this Emperor!"

"Heavenly Thunder!"

Before his words had even finished, Xia Fan raised his paw, summoning dozens to hundreds of lightning bolts, the terrifying power of which swept in all directions, instantly shattering those demonic shadows.

But when the lightning dissipated, he was surprised to find that further away were dense demonic shadows again; at this moment, the flowers, plants, and trees seemed to have all come alive, surging towards him continuously.

"Hahahaha, this is a spell this Emperor personally researched, and no one has ever been able to break it; you'll have to get a good taste of it!"

"Others can't, but that doesn't mean I can't either!"

Xia Fan's expression remained unchanged; while continuing to bombard the surrounding demonic shadows with lightning, he also unleashed an Aurora Ray.

Rumble—

The Aurora Ray was irresistible, instantly opening a gap, but when Xia Fan looked up, this gap was again covered by countless demonic shadows, making the surroundings incredibly dim.

"Jiangnan Tiger King... Why is he so fixated on the Shadow Demon Emperor?"

After witnessing Xia Fan's true strength, the Descendant of the Earth Mother didn't even realize that she had, in her quiet way, changed how she addressed Xia Fan, "Just now, they clearly had a chance to cease fighting, and besides, fighting to that extent was already enough to gain fame and cause a sensation."

"What is he doing this for?"

The Descendant of the Earth Mother didn't know that Xia Fan didn't plan to let the Shadow Demon Emperor go because if he could devour him, he would have a chance to step into the late eighth-tier in one go.

Currently, he could clearly feel that as his strength increased, ordinary fierce beasts or heavenly treasures were having a relatively slow effect on his improvement; if he continued to methodically devour spiritual fruits or other sixth-tier and seventh-tier fierce beasts, he wouldn't know when he could advance further.

However, if he devoured the Shadow Demon Emperor, his strength would undergo earth-shattering changes!

The sense of crisis in Xia Fan's heart kept him ahead of other powerful individuals, adapting to all changes with an unchanging approach, only then could he go further!

It was just that no one could know his thoughts.

Rumble—

While the Mother Earth was deep in thought, Xia Fan sent the Shadow Demon Emperor flying with one paw, the terrifying energy bursting forth also possessing extremely strong destructive power!

"Jiangnan Tiger King, must you fight to the death?"

In the sky, the Shadow Demon Emperor's aura grew weaker and weaker; now, facing Xia Fan, he was panting even more heavily!

After fighting for so long, his internal power was almost exhausted; on the other hand, Xia Fan, with that bead, had a continuous supply of replenishment, not to mention an auxiliary type demonic beast that merged with him!

Under this double blessing, Xia Fan's state remained very good.

This made the Shadow Demon Emperor extremely angry, "I truly don't know how someone as foolish as you has come so far!"

"Shadow Demon Emperor, there's no need for verbal provocation."

Hearing this, the Shadow Demon Emperor fell silent for a moment, then he suddenly gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on Xia Fan, filled with hatred and madness, "Since that's the case, neither of us will live today; we'll all become a wedding dress for others!"

"Realm of Shadows!"

"Myriad Shadow Formations!"

In an instant, the Shadow Demon Emperor used his last strength to simultaneously unleash these two extremely draining abilities, and he himself rushed directly towards Xia Fan, with a posture of mutual destruction, "If this Emperor dies, you won't live alone either!"

"Give me... explode!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Those demonic shadows surging from all directions, and the shadow clones personally conjured by the Shadow Demon Emperor, exploded instantly upon approaching Xia Fan, the terrifying energy emanating from them almost tearing apart the space here, causing a void collapse!

Xia Fan, at the center of the storm, calmly summoned the eastern emperor bell, blocking these attacks.

As the bell sound quickly diminished, he emerged from the eastern emperor bell, his tiger eyes gazing in all directions, "Shadow Demon Emperor, you still want to die with this King? Haha, how naive!"

But a moment later, Xia Fan's expression changed; he hadn't sensed the Shadow Demon Emperor's aura, and immediately exclaimed, "No!"