"Kill!" Zhou Hong didn't want to waste any more words, as they were on someone else's territory, and anything could happen.
"Boom!" The world's colors changed, several floating islands turned to dust. Many immortals who had been watching fled the scene, and a few who were too slow were caught in the aftermath and died.
Ye Chen's face was grim. He had only blocked two of Zhou Hong's attacks, yet his blood was surging, and he felt a bit overwhelmed.
"How could his puppets be so skillful?"
At this moment, Zhou Hong was also a little anxious because he felt his mental power was about to give out. Controlling these hundred thousand puppets consumed a great deal of mental energy. Fortunately, he possessed a vast sub-world that could enhance his mental power; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to drive them at all. But even so, he was struggling.
"Grandpa, why haven't we killed him yet? If this continues, I won't be able to maintain control for much longer," Zhou Hong said anxiously.
"I didn't expect Ye Chen to be even stronger than he was back then."
"Grandpa, the hundred thousand puppet sword formation, it always uses the same few moves. Once the opponent finds a way to counter them, they become useless."
"Indeed, the puppet sword formation relies on numbers to achieve its power. It cannot be like a single person, able to unleash all sorts of intricate techniques."
"I must quickly devise a stronger move now, otherwise, if he recovers, it will be very disadvantageous for me."
Just then, Ye Chen seemed to have entered a state of combat. He transitioned from merely defending to a fierce, heated battle.
"Die for me!" Ye Chen fiercely unleashed a palm strike. A colossal energy wall formed in the sky, pushing horizontally towards Zhou Hong. Zhou Hong felt as if the very air was being dragged along.
"Not good!" Zhou Hong quickly commanded his puppets to intercept.
However, Zhou Hong's puppets were instantly scattered like bowling pins. Fortunately, they managed to block the attack.
Zhou Hong's face showed panic. If the puppets couldn't block it, he would surely die, as his own strength was not yet at the level of a Demon King, and his body couldn't withstand even a casual blow from the opponent.
"Zhou Hong, the situation is not good. Perhaps we should retreat," Zhou Hong's grandfather said worriedly.
"There's no turning back. I'm only a Demon Master; how can I outrun him?"
"Could it be that I've kicked a steel plate? Am I going to fail this time?" Zhou Hong's grandfather was unwilling to accept defeat. If Ye Chen wasn't killed, then he would be utterly doomed forever.
"What's the use of saying that now? Quickly think of a stronger move. The previous ones were just basic puppet sword techniques."
"How can we possibly research something in such a critical moment? Even if we think of something, we might not be able to execute it immediately."
Zhou Hong's mind was tense.
Just then, Zhou Hong suddenly remembered, what if he added Earth's nuclear bombs? Could that help in some way?
Although nuclear bombs couldn't kill an Immortal Emperor, Zhou Hong didn't need to kill him; he just needed to disrupt him.
So, Zhou Hong acted on his idea instantly. He withdrew ten thousand nuclear bombs from his sub-world.
"Boom!" Ten thousand nuclear bombs exploded almost simultaneously. The fire blazed into the sky. Although the power was limited, Ye Chen had clearly never seen anything like it and was momentarily disoriented.
At that moment, Zhou Hong seized the opportunity. The puppet sword formation unleashed its strongest move.
"No!" Ye Chen didn't have time to react this time. In a high-stakes battle, every split second counts. With a single moment of delayed reaction, his body was instantly cleaved in two.
"I will return!" Ye Chen's primordial spirit didn't hesitate at all. It quickly fled into the distance, shouting that he would return.
Zhou Hong sneered dismissively. He wondered if Ye Chen thought he was like the Big Bad Wolf from cartoons, who always threatened to return. If he returned, Zhou Hong would just kill him again.
"Hoo!" Zhou Hong exhaled heavily. Although Ye Chen's primordial spirit had escaped, without its physical body, it couldn't become much stronger.
The many immortals who had been watching from afar now had complex feelings. They were once ministers of Ye Chen's Immortal Kingdom. Now that Ye Chen's physical body was destroyed and his primordial spirit had escaped, what should they do?
The crowd glanced at the countless immortals watching and shouted, "Your Emperor Chen has fled. This Immortal Kingdom will cease to exist. Everyone, disperse."
Zhou Hong also instantly left the scene, fearing that if he attracted other Immortal Emperors from nearby, there might be complications.
Indeed, not long after Zhou Hong left, Immortal Emperors from other nearby Immortal Kingdoms arrived, a total of seven or eight of them.
"What's going on?" The seven or eight Immortal Emperors looked puzzled.
"Replying to all Immortal Emperors, Ye Chen's physical body was killed, and his primordial spirit escaped," one immortal flew up and said.
"How is that possible? I was drinking with Ye Chen yesterday. How could such a major event happen today?" one Immortal Emperor said disbelievingly.
"Who did it? There is an agreement among the Immortal Emperors of our Immortal Realm not to invade each other. Who would dare?"
At this moment, Zhou Hong had already reached the territory of another Immortal Kingdom and landed on the ground.
"Grandpa, we don't need to rush back to the Demon Realm. Let's increase our strength further first. If I hadn't had a moment of inspiration just now and used ten thousand nuclear bombs to distract Ye Chen's mental energy, I would have been in great danger." Zhou Hong said to his grandfather.
"Yes, I was out of ideas just now. Fortunately, you had a moment of inspiration. Ye Chen was only a relatively weak Immortal Emperor. If we encounter a powerful one, it's hard to predict the outcome." Su Dan Novel Network.
Zhou Hong nodded. Next, he needed to figure out how to increase the power of the puppet sword formation. The current puppet sword formation was like a giant that moved sluggishly. Although any single strike could unleash immense power, it still had many weaknesses.
Zhou Hong arrived in a city and found an inn to rest properly. Although the battle just now was completed in a flash, it had drained Zhou Hong considerably.
"Grandpa, what kind of person was I in my past life?" Zhou Hong asked curiously after sitting down at the inn.
"You were not very old when you died in your past life; you were still a child, so it's hard to say what kind of person you were."
"What about my parents in my past life?"
"They were, of course, good people."
Zhou Hong couldn't help but smile. It was true; no one would say their own relatives were bad people.
Just then, Zhou Hong saw many people on the street below the inn looking up at the sky, as if some important person was passing by.
Zhou Hong also curiously leaned out to look. He saw a woman with flowing immortal robes flying through the air. This woman was incredibly beautiful, no wonder she attracted everyone's attention.
"Who is that? She's quite pretty," Zhou Hong chuckled.
A young man who was also leaning out snorted and said, "You don't even recognize her? She's the renowned Wuji Immortal Fairy of the Immortal Realm."
"Wuji Immortal Fairy?" Zhou Hong seemed to find the name somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.