"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The terrifying roar continued, with thunderous rumbles constantly exploding, collapsing the void, scattering blade light, and boundless sharp aura sweeping across the heavens and earth.

The battle between Chen Yuan and Xiang Qianqiu had completely surpassed their previous encounter before the Goddess Palace. In other words, Chen Yuan's current strength was enough to be considered invincible below the immortals!

If Xiang Qianqiu hadn't broken through the Sixth Realm, this battle would represent the highest level below the Sixth Realm. Of course, if Xiang Qianqiu hadn't broken through the Sixth Realm and condensed the flower on his head, he wouldn't have been Chen Yuan's opponent and would have died under his blade long ago.

No, if they were truly compared, their current conflict was no less than a clash at the immortal level. Xiang Qianqiu grew more alarmed and solemn as he fought.

In his expectation, after breaking through the Sixth Realm and comprehending the rules, he would easily suppress Chen Yuan and resolve the grievances between him and his son. If the other party knew what was good for him, he might even spare him.

But as the battle unfolded, he discovered that not only was Chen Yuan not suppressed, but his fighting spirit grew stronger and his strength increased, as if he were using him as a whetstone.

Using a dignified immortal to hone himself, perhaps no one else in this world would dare to be so arrogant except for Chen Yuan.

Xiang Qianqiu's double pupils emitted divine light to the extreme, seemingly capable of reversing the heavens and earth. Streams of faint light resembled abysses, bombarding Chen Yuan with all their might.

Chen Yuan also pushed his extraordinary ten-inch primordial spirit to the limit, and the divine ability of void stagnation was almost continuously activated.

Causing the void to stagnate time and time again.

If he had dared to activate his primordial spirit like this before, it would have long overwhelmed him, even risking its collapse. But as he comprehended the rules, the consumption of using void stagnation was no longer so great. After all, the rules originated from the void.

"You far exceeded my expectations."

Xiang Qianqiu gazed at Chen Yuan with a serious expression, but his hands didn't stop, as streams of rule light constantly bombarded Chen Yuan, colliding with his flesh.

He didn't seem to care about the hole in his chest at all.

"You... have overestimated me."

Divine light exploded, and radiance flowed. Chen Yuan's entire body was shrouded in a hazy divine light, emanating from within, his blood surging, and his internal organs roaring as they were pushed to the limit.

"Hehehe... good, good..."

Xiang Qianqiu laughed loudly. During close combat with Chen Yuan, his pupils suddenly contracted, and two drops of bloody tears quickly flowed out. At the same time, an extreme double pupil divine light was directly activated.

This time, Chen Yuan's void stagnation was ineffective. The divine light directly shattered the void, piercing through Chen Yuan's left chest, leaving a bowl-sized hole.

"Puff!"

Chen Yuan's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. His gaze was extremely solemn. He had almost figured out Xiang Qianqiu's bottom line, but now his power had directly increased several times, which was definitely the result of the other party activating his double pupils at all costs.

"I hope you can hold on!"

Xiang Qianqiu's face was somewhat frantic, with bloody tears hanging on his cheeks like two long streaks. His black hair danced wildly, and terrifying divine light erupted time and time again, sealing off all of Chen Yuan's escape routes.

Almost in an instant, Xiang Qianqiu's combat style underwent a drastic change. Chen Yuan's strength had exceeded his expectations, and there was no point in continuing the fight.

But in terms of conventional methods, even if he was unwilling, he had to admit that he couldn't take down Chen Yuan at this time. He had to forcibly increase his strength and squeeze his own potential to succeed.

The balance of equal strength was instantly broken, and Chen Yuan was almost instantly forced into a disadvantage by Xiang Qianqiu, driven to the point of desperation. But his expression was only solemn, without despair or panic.

Because Xiang Qianqiu's current state was definitely unsustainable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have fought him for half an hour before, and only now did he use such a trump card.

When Xiang Qianqiu had squeezed out his potential, it would be the time of his death.

But Xiang Qianqiu's methods were not just this. When he had completely and thoroughly suppressed Chen Yuan, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

A wisp of divine thought quickly merged into the void turbulence. The next moment, the God-Slaying Spear suddenly condensed in front of Chen Yuan, suddenly erupting with an extremely terrifying power, spitting out a powerful killing aura and directly locking onto Chen Yuan, erupting in an instant.

Faced with the sudden eruption of the God-Slaying Spear, Chen Yuan did not appear as panicked and desperate as Xiang Qianqiu had imagined. Instead, he gave a light laugh.

A faint breeze, from nowhere, slowly brushed Chen Yuan's cheek. The scene before the Goddess Palace reappeared.

The powerful God-Slaying Spear, spitting out killing aura, stopped a finger's width away from Chen Yuan's brow. He could even feel its sharpness touching his skin.

But even more, was the affectionate emotion coming from within the God-Slaying Spear.

Xiang Qianqiu's pupils constricted deeply, still in disbelief. He didn't understand why it was still like this this time. What trump card did Chen Yuan have that could once again block the God-Slaying Spear!

Last time, his methods didn't work, and he thought that Chen Yuan had the means left behind by that Earth Immortal expert on his body, which was why he could resist.

But in the previous confrontation, he was completely certain that Chen Yuan didn't have any other trump cards. According to common sense, this scene was absolutely impossible.

With a thought, the God-Slaying Spear returned and fell into his hand. Sensing the terrifying power of this supreme divine weapon, Xiang Qianqiu's face was uncertain. He stared at Chen Yuan and asked:

"What is this method?"

"A method you can't imagine."

Chen Yuan took a deep breath and quickly calmed his injuries. He felt a little relieved in his heart. His perception was correct. The God-Slaying Spear had a spirit and would indeed not hurt him.

Otherwise, at that critical moment, the God-Slaying Spear would definitely have nailed him to the void, his body collapsing, his primordial spirit annihilated, and his death on the spot would not have been impossible.

And this, was also a major trump card for him to face Xiang Qianqiu alone. The God-Slaying Spear was his arm, and now, he could be considered to have cut off the other party's arm.

And with the strength he had previously displayed, it was almost impossible to take him down.

Xiang Qianqiu's gaze stared fixedly at Chen Yuan, and he didn't blink his eyes for several breaths. He gritted his teeth and said in a low voice:

"At the Half-Immortal Realm, you have forced me to this point, Chen Yuan... you are really good, but your strength is already no less than a Sixth Realm immortal.

Even if you look at the world, you have already stepped into the top level. If my Great Chu is not destroyed, the position of emperor in the future will be under your control."

"Great Chu, Great Chu, Great Chu is already dead."

"No, as long as there is still a trace of my Xiang family's bloodline, my Great Chu will not perish. One day, it will make a comeback and revitalize Great Chu."

"This is just your delusion. Now that you have used up all your methods, you still can't do anything to me. Not to mention revitalizing Great Chu, even you... must fall today."

Chen Yuan took a step forward. In a short time, his aura returned to its peak again. Xiang Qianqiu could squeeze himself to forcibly increase his strength, and so could Chen Yuan.

The Furnace Grotto was opened, and the faint devil flames quickly spread throughout the void, burning around his body, as if he were an existence walking out of the devil flames. With each step he took, his aura became stronger.

"You are happy too early. With your current strength and status, you should know the terror of the Immortal Realm. Do you think my enemy is only you?

No, the Immortal Realm has been my enemy from beginning to end. Because of you, I can't emulate the Great Ancestor and embark on the path of the Martial God, but I haven't wasted these two hundred years."

Xiang Qianqiu suddenly raised his head, and the deep pupils in his eyes had long been filled with blood. From a distance, it looked like a person had directly become blind.

Faced with Chen Yuan's soaring power, he didn't panic at all. All he had... was a trace of determination.

"Hehe."

Chen Yuan sneered, not cooperating with the other party at all. The terrifying devil flames instantly turned into a black dragon, roaring and surging towards Xiang Qianqiu, but facing such a powerful offensive.

Xiang Qianqiu remained calm. When he had decided to use his true trump card, there was nothing worth hesitating about. He saw a layer of blood flames instantly ignite around him.

In an instant, this terrifying blood flame rose vigorously, hundreds of feet high, like a red virtual wall, forcibly blocking Chen Yuan's black dragon devil flames outside the blood wall.

"The flesh becomes holy, and can become a bloodline. This is the inheritance of the Southern Border Monster Race. Since the Great Ancestor embarked on the path of the Martial God thousands of years ago, my Xiang family has possessed the most powerful bloodline in this world.

This kind of method, when Great Chu was destroyed more than two hundred years ago, my Xiang family ancestors did not use it. They left me this unknown trump card. Now, let you experience this trump card first.

Let you know how terrifying my Xiang family ancestors were back then!"

Xiang Qianqiu's eyes narrowed, and in an instant, the remaining yellow dragon robe on his upper body was completely torn apart, completely revealing his naked upper body.

Seemingly thin, but in fact, it had a beautiful sense of strength. The blue veins bulged, and the flesh opened up tiny cracks, and drops of essence blood, like red rubies, instantly poured out.

In front of his body, a huge blood clot condensed. Xiang Qianqiu's face instantly turned extremely pale, his flesh cracked, but his aura became stronger and stronger.

With a flash of light in his hand, a blood-colored bead condensed in Xiang Qianqiu's hand, extremely similar to the blood bead that Chen Yuan had obtained from Xiang Lingtian.

"Bang!"

The blood bead burst, and the blood inside quickly began to merge with the essence blood he had just forced out. The next moment, these essence blood seemed to have spirituality and all poured into the God-Slaying Spear.

The originally jet-black spear body suddenly bloomed with light, soaring into the sky. An extremely magnificent and terrifying aura gradually rose, like a ferocious beast waking up.

"The Great Ancestor's strength reached the heavens, and his cultivation reached the pinnacle of the human world. He was the most legendary existence of the human race. Although he has fallen, there is always a trace of his true mark hidden between heaven and earth.

When my Xiang family's bloodline activates the God-Slaying Spear, a trace of the Great Ancestor's mark will awaken, Chen Yuan... aren't you known as the peerless genius of the ages?

Aren't you praised by the world as another Chu Taizu?

Now, the Great Ancestor is here, can you block it?!"

Xiang Qianqiu asked sharply.

Sensing the magnificent aura, Chen Yuan frowned and his face was extremely solemn. How similar was this scene to the previous battle before Liangzhou City?

The only difference was that the mark of the Great Emperor Zhenwu existed in the Zhenwu Immortal Sword, which was worshiped by the Wudang Mountain through the ages, so it could display its power at a critical moment.

But Chu Taizu, instead, left his mark in the heaven and earth, as if he had merged with the Tao. That kind of terrifying existence, not to mention half of his strength, even if only one-tenth of his power could be displayed, it was still something he could only look up to.

Now, the only thing he could rely on seemed to be the Destiny Altar.

"Please... Great Ancestor!"

Xiang Qianqiu bowed down to the God-Slaying Spear. In the vast and endless void turbulence, a faint and illusory figure appeared.

Xiang Qianqiu's eyes were full of reverence. For him, Taizu was his pursuit in this life, and everything he sought was only to follow in Taizu's footsteps.

The void turbulence was not like the human world, so he could summon the Taizu mark without any scruples. Otherwise... it would definitely alarm those old dogs in the Immortal Realm.

He placed the battlefield in the secret realm, also with some of these thoughts in mind. If Chen Yuan was really too strong, he could only use the Xiang family's real trump card.

The illusory figure in the void gradually solidified, and its face seemed to be covered with a layer of hazy light, making it impossible to see its appearance clearly, but the overbearing aura on his body that surpassed everyone else in the world, invisibly verified its identity.

The God-Slaying Spear suddenly rose, turning into a hundred-zhang divine spear, falling into the hands of Taizu. The fierce killing aura increased again.

Chen Yuan's heart shook violently. This kind of power... even the Buddha of the past was far inferior.

He subconsciously wanted to turn around and leave, but when the illusory figure noticed him, everything around him stopped, and even the void turbulence stopped flowing.

The entire heaven and earth, only deathly silence remained.

Chen Yuan closed his eyes, and his mind constantly called out to the Destiny Altar. At this moment, even if Lu Chengfeng arrived in person, he could not save him. Only the mysterious Destiny Altar had hope.

Deep in his consciousness, Chen Yuan's call seemed to have worked, or perhaps it had sensed the existence of Chu Taizu on its own, and it trembled slightly.

But then, it fell into deathly silence again.

Chu Taizu moved. He held the God-Slaying Spear in one hand and gently thrust it forward, as if directly piercing through time and space, instantly appearing in front of Chen Yuan.

The terrifying sharp aura directly caused cracks to appear on Chen Yuan's body, and his primordial spirit trembled incessantly, with purple light constantly flashing.

A faint smile also appeared on Xiang Qianqiu's face, as if he felt that this battle was finally about to pass, and that he was still the final victor.

The rebellious son will never be his father's opponent.

But....

Sometimes, accidents often come so unexpectedly, Xiang Qianqiu's originally confident expression changed drastically in an instant, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

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"The monthly ticket is gone!"