189: Chapter 189 Battle against the Demon Lord

The moment they saw the Demon Venerable, Ma Jiaqi and Ouyang Feng immediately felt an intense sensation of death envelop their entire bodies.

Their inner intuition told them that the person before them was absolutely terrifying and powerful, and they were by no means a match for him.

However, they felt at ease once they remembered they still possessed the immortal emperor artifacts bestowed upon them by their master.

Looking back at the Demon Venerable, they regained some confidence and stepped forward.

"Fellow Daoist, I wonder why you are stopping us?"

Ma Jiaqi asked, his tone calm and devoid of any fear toward the Demon Venerable.

Seeing that Ma Jiaqi and Ouyang Feng showed not even a hint of fear toward him, the Demon Venerable felt a spark of interest.

"Survive three moves from my hand and you may enter the Demon Realm; otherwise, leave on your own."

As a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, he naturally would not allow the Ancient Heavenly Emperor Dynasty to enter the territory of his Demon Realm so easily.

Although he had been with the Ancient Heavenly Venerable when the latter promised Gu Jixiao, that was only the Ancient Heavenly Venerable's promise; he himself had never spoken.

Therefore, if they wanted to enter the Demon Realm, they had to pass his trial first.

His trial was for them to withstand three of his moves; as long as they could endure them, he would permit them to enter the Demon Realm.

What he did not expect, however, was that Ma Jiaqi would sneer upon hearing his words.

"Why should I listen to you? Why should my Ancient Heavenly Emperor Dynasty need your consent to act?"

"Leave now, or else you shall be an enemy of my Ancient Heavenly Emperor Dynasty!"

Currently, they represented the Imperial Dynasty. If they took even a single step back, it would be equivalent to the Imperial Dynasty retreating. Thus, he had to act extremely strong and could never allow others to look down on their Ancient Heavenly Emperor Dynasty.

Upon hearing Ma Jiaqi's words, the Demon Venerable's expression instantly turned incredibly ugly, and he let out a cold snort.

"How arrogant! In that case, let me see if the strength of your Ancient Heavenly Emperor Dynasty is worthy of your arrogance!"

After speaking, the Demon Venerable did not wait for the two to respond; without another word, he struck out at them with a palm.

A palm strike from a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and one delivered without holding back at that, possessed power enough to be called world-destroying; the entire Chaos shifted and changed color because of it.

In an instant, countless mighty beings throughout the Chaos looked toward the direction of the Demon Realm, their hearts filled with immense curiosity.

They were no strangers to the Demon Venerable, a warmonger within the Chaos; it could be said that the Demon Venerable's power was built through fighting.

Thus, they were extremely curious about who had provoked the Demon Venerable into action. They estimated it must be another Quasi-Immortal Emperor of the same level; otherwise, no one would have the qualifications to make the Demon Venerable strike.

Looking back at Ma Jiaqi and Ouyang Feng, their expressions turned incredibly grim when they saw the Demon Venerable attack directly. However, they didn't have time to overthink and immediately summoned their immortal emperor artifacts.

If they relied solely on their own strength, there was absolutely no possibility of surviving a palm strike from a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. Therefore, they had to use their master's immortal emperor artifacts to withstand this strike from the Demon Venerable.

The moment the immortal emperor artifacts appeared, they transformed into the shape of a shield. When the Demon Venerable's palm strike landed on the immortal emperor artifacts, it was directly blocked.

When the Demon Venerable saw two full immortal emperor artifacts, his expression became just like that of the Ancient Heavenly Venerable—filled with shock.

Clearly, he had not expected that these two people before him would both be holding immortal emperor artifacts.