Long Chen's blade hadn't even struck down, but the sharp intent of the blade had already compressed space, twisting the space. The earth trembled, the void wailed, as if the world was about to be split apart by this strike.
This was Long Chen's first time using the phenomenon of star-sea purple energy. He knew that once this phenomenon was used, his body would endure immense pressure.
So previous battles were all about warming up, putting his body in optimal condition, gradually increasing his strength; otherwise, he feared he wouldn't be able to withstand the impact of the purple energy.
When the phenomenon of purple energy emerging from the starry sea was summoned, Long Chen discovered that even in the Heavenly Fire World, a world dominated by flames, he still had the ability to control myriad paths.
Unlike the outside world, outside he needed the recognition of the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao was willing to give him as much power as he could receive.
But here it was different. Here, he could steal the spotlight, forcibly wielding the power of this world. The Heavenly Fire World was irresistible—an absolute form of suppression. Under the starsea phenomenon, he could suppress the Heavenly Dao here and force it to submit.
"Crack, crack, crack... "
At that moment, a spiderweb-like crack appeared in the void beneath Qi Hong's feet. Long Chen's sharp blade intent locked onto him, and he suddenly realized that the myriad paths were no longer under his control.
"The flames of the Heavenly Dao all return to Qingxu; the fire of myriad Daos is for my use."
With a sharp shout, a massive black shadow appeared behind him. But the shadow was too blurry to make out what it was. Within that shadow was an endless aura of evil. As soon as it appeared, the millions of miles of lava sea beneath Long Chen and Qi Hong's feet vanished in an instant, completely absorbed by him.
At that moment, Long Chen slashed down again. The Minghong Blade brought down a strand of stars, purple energy soaring to the sky, the heavenly wall collapsing continuously, leaving a huge gash with no end in sight.
"Boom!"
Countless runes lit up the black spear in Qi Hong's hand, evil energy burst forth, and a roaring sound echoed as if an ancient ferocious beast had awakened, slashing down two divine weapons once again.
"Boom boom boom... The
earth shattered into pieces, the sky wall shattered, countless black holes appeared—this was a world-shaking impact, nearly shattering the world.
As the sky cracked and the earth sank, the earth kept cracking and sinking, and the sky walls began to collapse, creating a scene of the apocalypse.
Where Long Chen and Qi Hong were, space began to collapse continuously. Their strikes shattered the balance of this world, and it was about to be destroyed.
"Qi Hong's body... As
people fled into the distance, they turned to look at the two of them. To their shock, they found half of Qi Hong's body cracked and his aura had diminished significantly. Although he had blocked Long Chen's move, he was severely wounded.
"Why is this Long Chen so terrifying?"
All the beings were stunned. That was the son of Yan Xu, known as the number one flame in the world, yet Long Chen had severely injured him with external force.
"There's one more move: end your life."
Long Chen's voice was icy cold, devoid of emotion, his fighting spirit as solid as a rock, unaffected by the changes before him.
"Buzz!"
The Minghong Blade raised again. The purple energy that had scattered across heaven and earth from the strike was absorbed once more.
This was a method Long Chen had created himself: when the first strike was activated, only eighty percent of the force was released, with twenty percent contained. When the strike hit the enemy, this twenty percent of the power helped Long Chen counteract the recoil, allowing him to change his moves at any time.
On the other hand, and most importantly, this twenty percent of the power is scattered throughout the void, allowing it to gather the scattered forces so they don't immediately disperse.
Before they had dispersed, Long Chen struck again, able to absorb them again and stack their power.
This stacking was truly astonishing, because the reclaimed purple energy not only contained the power that had vanished, but also the Heaven-Opening Will attached to the previous strike.
If about thirty percent of the power could be withdrawn, then the Will of Heaven Opening was completely withdrawn, so after absorbing the power and will of the first Heaven Opening Technique, the destructive power of the second strike was several times greater than the first.
Yan Hong's moves were extremely strange, allowing him to channel part of his opponent's power into the heavens and earth to ease his own pressure.
In this way, all the power he had released was reclaimed by Long Chen, who was helping Long Chen without even realizing it.
So when the second form of the Heaven-Opening Move locked onto him, he immediately sensed trouble. Long Chen's purple energy could actually counter it, and he noticed the stacking moves Long Chen was using. He immediately unleashed his ultimate move.
But he still suffered a heavy loss. If he hadn't devoured the entire sea of lava, Long Chen would never have taken this strike.
Now, seeing Long Chen raise his blade again and absorb the purple energy from heaven and earth, his expression changed dramatically. If this strike landed, he might truly be killed. In order to investigate Long Chen's background, he had actually fallen into Long Chen's death trap.
"Yanxu Fire, all spirits submit in sacrifice!"
Yan Hong roared angrily, forming hand seals with both hands.
Long Chen's face suddenly changed drastically. Before he could strike the third blade, his figure flashed like lightning as he rapidly retreated.
At the very moment Long Chen retreated, three Heavenly Fire Behemoths appeared at his position—these were the three Divine Venerable-level Heavenly Fire Behemoths.
"Boom boom boom!"
Three explosions rang out as the three Divine Venerable-level Heavenly Fire Beasts self-destructed simultaneously. Massive flames surged, instantly engulfing Long Chen.
Long Chen was shocked. He hadn't expected Yan Xu to be able to control three Divine Venerable-level Heavenly Fire Spirits to launch a suicide attack. Although he had escaped as fast as he could, the Divine Venerable-level Heavenly Fire Beast self-destructed simultaneously, with an attack range exceeding millions of li. Long Chen simply couldn't escape that range.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a war chariot crashed into the core area, and at the same time, a giant dragon-shaped shield and a seven-colored divine shield appeared before Long Chen—it was Huo Ling'er and Yu Qingxuan.
With a thunderous boom, Yu Qingxuan's domain artifact-level war chariot actually shattered in the terrifying explosion of flames. Even domain artifacts couldn't stop the self-destruction of the three-headed Divine Venerable-level Heavenly Fire Spirit.
However, the disintegration of the war chariot only offset part of the impact for Long Chen. Immediately after, with a loud explosion, the fire dragon shield that Huo Ling'er had been stretching out also shattered.
"Buzz!"
When the endless flames collided with Bai Shishi's seven-colored shield, the divine light on the shield surged, blocking the aftershock of the flames. However, Long Chen and Yu Qingxuan were still sent flying far away.
"Boom!"
In the end, Yu Qingxuan's shield shattered, but her shield still helped Long Chen block the ordeal.
Bai Shishi kept a close eye on the battlefield, while also operating the chariot, absorbing the power of the flames to quickly recover.
But her source power was almost completely depleted by Yan Hong. Even in the Heavenly Fire World, she had only recovered twenty percent in such a short time. To help Long Chen withstand this blow, her source power was depleted again.
Her face was pale, and the corners of her mouth hungBloodstains on his face, yet he wore a relieved smile. Being able to save Long Chen meant it was all worth it.
Long Chen looked at Yu Qingxuan's pale, pretty face, his heart aching as if cut by a knife. His anger soared, and he ordered Huo Ling'er to protect Yu Qingxuan. Long Chen raised his knife, ready to kill Yan Hong.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, a huge jaw-swallowing mouth appeared behind Yan Hong in the distance, frantically absorbing the power of flames from heaven and earth.
"This is bad! He's trying to devour the entire world's flame power. Long Chen, quickly find a way to stop him, or he'll recover instantly and even advance." Yu Qingxuan suddenly cried out in surprise.
Only then did Long Chen notice that it wasn't just the three Divine Venerable-level Heavenly Fire Spirits that self-destructed; all the Heavenly Fire Spirits in the Heavenly Fire World had already transformed into countless runes.
"Alright, I'll compete with him."
Long Chen formed hand seals with both hands, and the seven-colored divine ring on his back grew infinitely larger, instantly piercing the sky. His expression was solemn as he recited the true scriptures, and the sacred and solemn Great Brahma Heaven Sutra reverberated between heaven and earth.
Endless flame runes surged toward Long Chen's divine ring like a sea of rivers.