Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

”What?”

”The Sect Master is injured?”

”An ambush? Who was it?”

The expressions of everyone from the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect changed drastically. All eyes snapped in unison toward the direction from which the arrow had come.

There, in the calm expanse of the void,

a thick bank of clouds was slowly dissolving, dispersing in all directions like smoke scattered by a gale.

Atop those clouds, a white-robed figure stood suspended in mid-air.

He wore long white robes, his hair fluttering in the wind. His eyebrows were as sharp as swords, and faint spatial fluctuations rippled out from his body. This was a Human Emperor!

In his hand, he held a violet-gold Coiling Dragon Great Bow.

The Golden Dragon coiled around the bow was brilliant and fierce, radiating an aura of supreme majesty.

A terrifying aura pulsed around him.

The void before the bow still trembled. Clearly, he was the one who had fired that sneak-attack arrow!

”A Human Emperor Realm powerhouse launched a sneak attack?”

”How shameless!”

The faces of Black Emperor, Little White, and the others changed instantly.

A Human Emperor Realm expert hiding in the shadows to ambush someone—it was an absolutely lethal move!

Everyone turned to look at Jiang Chen, their gazes filled with tension and worry...

In the void,

a mist of golden blood hung across the Celestial Vault.

Jiang Chen stood within the bloody mist. His face was pale, one hand pressed against the wound in his abdomen, and an ice-cold, bone-chilling killing intent flashed across his features.

Golden blood trickled from between his fingers.

It hung in the air, refusing to disperse.

”Hahaha, Jiang Chen, I bet you never expected this day would come!” a brazen voice boomed from the Human Emperor.

The sound carried for a hundred miles.

It was like the tolling of a great bell, deafening to the ear.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes and stared at the man, a cold glint in his gaze. ”Who are you?”

”Kekeke!”

The Human Emperor sneered, a wide grin spreading across his face. ”My, what a forgetful man of importance you are! Didn’t you just offend my ancestor a few months ago? How could you have forgotten it all already?”

”The Fire Emperor?”

Jiang Chen’s voice was cold and calm; he showed no sign of being heavily injured.

”That’s right!”

The Human Emperor Powerhouse holding the violet-gold Coiling Dragon Great Bow laughed heartily. With a single step, he crossed dozens of kilometers, yet he maintained a distance of several kilometers from Jiang Chen, a cruel and arrogant smile on his face. ”I am Yang Hong, a Direct Disciple of the Fire Emperor Ancestor. Today, I am here on the Ancestor’s orders to take your miserable life!”

Yang Hong’s face was alight with a triumphant and cruel smile.

His cultivation had reached the Peak of the Human Emperor Realm Fifth Stage, and he wielded the Demigod Weapon, the Emperor’s Bow. He had been completely confident in his ability to kill Jiang Chen from the start.

And now...

with Jiang Chen heavily wounded from his ambush, Yang Hong considered victory to be firmly in his grasp.

”Where is that old bastard, the Fire Emperor? Was he too scared to come himself, so he sent you to die in his place?” Jiang Chen scoffed, his tone light.

His gaze swept the surroundings, as if searching for the Fire Emperor’s figure.

Yang Hong roared with laughter. ”Stop looking. We don’t need the Ancestor himself to deal with you. In fact, Jiang Chen, you should feel honored. To handle you, the Ancestor even entrusted me with the Demigod Weapon, the Emperor’s Bow. Tsk tsk, I must say, this Emperor’s Bow is truly powerful. A single arrow was enough to grievously injure you. It’s just a pity you managed to dodge a fatal blow. I couldn’t kill you in one shot!”

A Demigod Weapon!

On the entire Eastern Continent, this was one of the most supreme Divine Soldiers in existence!

One had to understand...

on the entire Eastern Continent, you could count the number of known Divine-tier Profound Weapons on one hand.

When Divine Soldiers were not in play, Demigod Weapons were the venerable masters among all weapons!

Jiang Chen glanced at the Emperor’s Bow, raising an eyebrow. He smiled faintly. ”So you’re wielding a Demigod Weapon. It seems that old geezer, the Fire Emperor, is truly desperate to see me dead! However... he still underestimates me. If he had sent Yang Qiong, perhaps I wouldn’t have been his match. As for you... I don’t even consider you a threat!”

As Jiang Chen spoke,

he was secretly activating the Chaos Furnace to devour the two Mysterious Dharma Bodies.

As long as he could completely devour both Mysterious Dharma Bodies, he could accumulate enough power for a massive breakthrough, leaping several realms at once!

At that point...

killing this Yang Hong would be child’s play!

But for now...

Jiang Chen needed to stall for time!

Hearing Jiang Chen’s disdainful words, the smile on Yang Hong’s face slowly vanished. His features twisted, becoming exceptionally hideous as he spat through gritted teeth, ”Jiang Chen, how dare you look down on me? You’re too arrogant! Don’t even talk about your current, crippled state—even at your peak, you would be no match for me!”

As he spoke,

Yang Hong abruptly raised the Emperor’s Bow. The bowstring of the violet-gold Coiling Dragon Great Bow was as thick as a finger.

His arm tensed, and he drew the bowstring into a full moon.

VMMMM!

A sharp arrow suddenly materialized on the bowstring.

At the tip of this arrow was a single point of red light. This was the Blood of the Human Emperor!

The Emperor’s Bow, the Emperor-Slaying Arrow!

”This arrow has slain a Human Emperor Peak expert and is stained with the Blood of the Human Emperor... Jiang Chen, you should be proud to die by the Emperor’s Bow!” Yang Hong let out a low roar, and his two fingers suddenly released the string.

TWANG!

A thunderous crack echoed through the air as the bowstring vibrated violently. The arrow, stained with the Blood of the Human Emperor, shot forth.

WHOOSH—

The blood-red arrow tore through the void, trailing a scarlet gale several kilometers long.

Wherever the arrow passed, it caused Mountain Collapse and Earth Split, overturned the sun and moon, and reversed Qiankun!

It was like the end of the world!

A glint flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes, and a cold smile touched his lips. ”The Emperor-Slaying Arrow? Such pure Destruction Power. I was just wondering how I was going to break open the Mysterious Dharma Bodies. Perfect, I’ll use you to help me speed up the refining process...”

A crazed look flashed through Jiang Chen’s eyes.

Instead of blocking the incoming arrow, he spread his arms wide, a brilliant golden light pulsing in his eyes.

Under his focused gaze, the arrow’s speed seemed to decrease, its trajectory becoming perfectly clear and imprinted in his mind.

”What? He wants to catch the Emperor-Slaying Arrow with his bare hands? He’s courting death!” Yang Hong froze for a moment, then sneered.

But in the next second,

the mocking smile on Yang Hong’s face vanished. He watched as Jiang Chen clapped his hands together, actually catching the Emperor-Slaying Arrow between his palms. The arrow’s power was immense, forcing Jiang Chen backward, but he showed no panic. With a low roar, his arms suddenly bulged with power.

Then he raised his arms high!

SWOOSH!

The crimson arrow changed direction, flying straight into the Chaos Furnace behind Jiang Chen.

BOOM—

The Emperor-Slaying Arrow struck the two Mysterious Dharma Bodies dead center.

BANG! BANG!

With two crisp cracks, the Mysterious Dharma Bodies shattered under the impact of the crimson arrow. They broke into countless motes of light, and the Chaos Furnace seized the opportunity, madly devouring and easily refining the fragmented Mysterious Dharma Bodies!

RUMBLE...

An incomparably pure power surged from within the Chaos Furnace and flowed into Jiang Chen’s body.

In the distance, Yang Hong frowned. ”He didn’t die? Hmph, I refuse to believe you can catch a second arrow, or a third...”

However,

just as Yang Hong was preparing to nock another arrow, Jiang Chen suddenly looked up, a playful smile on his face. He said slowly, ”Yang Hong, you’ve just lost your last chance to kill me. Now, it’s your turn to tremble...”

”Hm?”

Yang Hong froze, his expression changing drastically.

An incredibly terrifying golden light suddenly erupted from Jiang Chen’s body.

He...

had finally devoured the Mysterious Dharma Bodies completely and was beginning his breakthrough!