Yan Hong unleashed his primordial power, holding nothing back. Long Chen's World-Destroying Fire Lotus combined the flame power from the Heavenly Dao with the vast power collected from the chaotic space, unleashing his full power.
This is a world-ending ultimate move—there's no room to dodge. When it lands, it's either you die or I die. With such a blow, all the techniques, experience, and routines are pointless.
"Boom!"
The two flames collided, and in the dark world, it was as if a sun had exploded, blasting a huge hole in the sky wall.
The flames inside the giant cave were swallowed by endless darkness, while the flames outside radiated out like waves.
"Rumble...
Waves of fire surged out like a tsunami, mountains were flattened in an instant, the earth turned into lava from terrifying heat, and terrifying flames swept across the heavens. Even Longyan Prefecture, tens of millions of miles away, was affected.
The grand formation of Longyan Prefecture had long been activated, but what the strong warriors of Longyan Prefecture did not expect was that when the flames collided with the formation, the runes on it rapidly collapsed.
"Oh no..."
The city lord of Yanlong Prefecture's face changed dramatically. He hadn't expected the terrifying destructive power contained within Long Chen and Qi Hong's flames, causing the grand array runes to instantly fail.
If the grand formation shattered, perhaps the city's level four and above experts would be fine, but the billions of other civilians would be reduced to ashes in an instant.
"Buzz!"
What no one expected was that as the endless waves of fire surged forward, a figure stood before the city gate, wielding a domain divine weapon fiercely slashing at the flames.
"It's Xiang'er!"
That person was Feng Xiang. Feng Xiang's father was shocked. With Feng Xiang's current strength, even with the domain divine weapon, he couldn't withstand such a terrifying wave of fire.
"Boom!"
But something strange happened. When Feng Xiang appeared atop the city wall, the endless flames suddenly parted, bypassing the Dragon Flame Ancient City and flying from both sides.
Originally, Feng Xiang knew that if he tried to block him, he would inevitably die, but in the end, he still chose to step forward.
Whether he was a true hero at heart or wanted to use his own death to prove his father's expulsion was a huge mistake, he had stepped forward and had no intention of living.
When the flames circled past him, he was stunned, and at the same time, he saw a fleeting fire dragon amidst the flames ahead.
"Long Chen,"
Feng Xiang's heart trembled. It wasn't that he had saved Longyan Prefecture, but that Long Chen had secretly intervened to save Longyan Prefecture.
At that moment, having narrowly escaped death, his heart was filled with complexity. He had planned to prove himself with his own death and also take revenge on his father. He hated his father's ruthlessness.
However, what he didn't expect was that Long Chen seemed to have already calculated the range of this strike, leaving Longyan Prefecture a way out in advance.
However, Long Chen's method was extremely concealed. On the surface, it looked like he had fought desperately, splitting the sea of fire and saving Longyan Prefecture. At that moment, his mind went completely blank.
"You saved Qingxuan's life, I saved you in Longyan City. From now on, we owe each other nothing."
Suddenly, a cold soul transmission entered his soul, causing Feng Xiang's whole body to tremble violently.
"Whew."
At that moment, the void twisted. Feng Xiang felt a powerful suction force and was involuntarily sent into Longyan Prefecture. His father looked at him with a look of relief and nodded, saying,
"From today onward, you are the city lord of Longyan Prefecture."
"Dad..." Feng Xiang looked at his father in disbelief.
"When you can set aside selfishness and consider others, you have already completed my test for you." Feng Xiang's father patted Feng Xiang on the shoulder, his eyes filled with satisfaction.
"Father, actually this is Dragon ...," Feng Xiang said hurriedly. He had his own pride and didn't want to claim credit for himself.
But Feng Xiang's father interrupted him: "Your bravery is seen by everyone. Sometimes the process doesn't matter; all we want is a result."
No matter your motives, if you bravely shield the people of Longyan Prefecture from disaster, you are qualified to be the city lord. Only
then did Feng Xiang realize that all the citizens in the city were looking at him with respect, their eyes full of gratitude—a genuine respect, completely different from the way he usually acted arrogantly.
In that instant, Feng Xiang was overwhelmed with emotion and filled with shame. Only now did he realize that to earn others' respect, one must not use force to oppress them, but to move them with heart.
"Rumble...
At that moment, endless flames roared out, the sea of fire engulfing the sky, engulfing the world. People's ears were filled with the roar of flames.
Although the onlooking experts fled quickly, they were still engulfed by the sea of fire. However, they were well prepared and should not be destroyed, though they had no idea where they had ended up.
"Boom!"
Another earth-shattering explosion echoed from the center of the battlefield, startling everyone:
"Still fighting!"
"Buzz!"
The void split open, and the Minghong Blade roared and exploded, pushing Yan Hong out of the spatial rift. Yan Hong kept retreating, and with every step back, the void exploded violently, sending endless waves of flame flying.
People noticed that the purple energy on Long Chen had vanished, but a large amount of purple energy still wrapped around the Minghong Blade, pressing down on Yan Hong so much he could barely breathe.
"Impressive! I didn't expect you to be this strong. But it's useless—our Yanxu clan is an immortal existence.
As long as the fire of heaven and earth does not extinguish, I will live forever. Your purple energy may be strong, but it cannot kill me.
Moreover, as time passes, your purple energy will gradually diminish, and as long as the fire of heaven and earth does not extinguish, my power will never run dry. What do you have to fight me? Yan Hong shouted with a ferocious expression. Though his voice was loud, he was already out of breath and was starting to catch his breath.
Yan Hong's furious roar shocked countless people. Clearly, he had lost. In a head-on fight, he couldn't beat Long Chen and now had to use his immortal body to wear Long Chen down.
Yan Hong's aura was already at the late stage of the Divine Lord realm. He was the strongest flame in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and among those of the same rank, he shouldn't have met a match. Yet he was defeated by a human—how could that be possible?
Long Chen stared at him coldly, murderous intent surging in his eyes, his voice icy and merciless:
"Your brother devoured Fairy Tianhong, you injured my confidante. I told you, today you definitely won't leave alive. Today, you must die!"
"Boom!"
Purple energy erupted wildly from Long Chen's Minghong Blade, igniting in an instant and fiercely suppressing Yan Hong, as if he was fighting Yan Hong for his last bit of strength, letting see who could hold out first.
"Buzz"
A black streak appeared on Yan Hong's foreheadThe divine pattern lit up. The moment the pattern appeared, his body began to become ethereal. Clearly, he was using his last strength, and both were already fighting to the limit.
"Fool, in this world, no one can kill my Yanxu clan. In the end, the only one who dies is yourself." Yan Hong roared with a ferocious expression.
"Is that so?"
Long Chen held his knife in his right hand, then suddenly raised his left hand, and with a finger like lightning, pointed at the black rune on Yan Hong's brow.
Just as Long Chen's finger was about to touch Yan Hong's forehead, a white lotus flower appeared at his fingertip. As soon as the white lotus appeared, the temperature in the world plummeted, freezing the heat and causing snowflakes to fill the sky.
"Ice Soul..."
Yan Hong suddenly shouted in terror. He tried to dodge, but it was too late.
"Pfft"
When Long Chen pointed at Yan Hong's forehead, the power of the Ice Soul surged into the rune. The rune exploded with a roar, and Yan Hong's aura vanished instantly.