This was the difference between him and a warrior at the level of Dragon Emperor.
Neptune, Great Demon Lord, Dragon Emperor, and the others were basically in the late stage of the Nine Palace Tribulation. They had been in this realm for a long time. They were at the peak of the Reincarnation Realm and had passed the 18 major tribulations. In theory, they could all become gods.
Long Chen's true realm was the Six Paths of Reincarnation. It was already quite good for him to be able to fight evenly with someone like Liu Ji who had just passed the Nine Palace Tribulation.
Back then, he only destroyed Liu Ji's Poison Sacrifice Dao tool and did not really injure this woman.
Now, he had no chance against Neptune Emperor.
If Long Chen was given a little more time, the situation would not be like this.
Of course, he wasn't in a life-and-death struggle. He was looking for a final opportunity. It wasn't that he didn't want revenge. Chen Xingyao and the others had died to buy time for him. Although they had died easily, Long Chen wasn't at ease.
But for now, he could only hold back his killing intent.
The Vast Ocean Emperor Fist almost shattered Long Chen's body. Even Lingxi, who was on his dragon claw, was affected and almost seriously injured.
For a long time, Long Chen had not really suffered such a serious injury.
The Sea God Emperor was very satisfied with his punch, but he was still a little surprised that this punch didn't kill Long Chen. Even if it was Liu Ji, there was a certain chance that she would be killed by this punch.
"It seems that this young man is really a terrifying genius that the Human Race has never seen before."
Neptune Emperor's sharp teeth cracked and he smiled faintly.
But at this moment, his strange smile froze.
Because he saw that the blood-colored flame on Long Chen's body suddenly turned into a green flame. It was a flame with majestic life force. It quickly enveloped Long Chen's body. Lingxi was also in the flame of life. Long Chen had already used the flame of life to its maximum extent. Their injuries were all recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a short moment, a brand-new Long Chen appeared in front of Neptune Emperor again. He was seriously injured before, but now he had returned to his most perfect state.
Such a divine ability simply made the Sea God Emperor gasp in amazement.
His heart trembled again. He knew that killing Long Chen here was a crazy thing to do. However, in his current state of madness, this was the perfect time to do such a crazy thing. At other times, he wouldn't have the guts to do such a thing.
Back then, the Eternal Dragon Emperor had already caused all the experts in the world to feel despair. If Long Chen were to reach his level, he would definitely cause people to feel even more despair.
While trembling, Neptune Emperor no longer needed Liu Ji's reminder. His killing intent had reached its peak, and the surroundings were filled with killing intent. In his ocean-like eyes, waves and storms surged and roared. That was his inner world.
Long Chen realized that this would be the moment of life and death.
"Chen, I'm here with you. It's a pity that I can't help you."
Lingxi was not nervous. Instead, she kept encouraging him. She had seen many deaths, but she believed that Long Chen would be able to do it.
"Godly Sea Steadying Needle."
At this moment, Neptune Emperor waved his hand. In his thick arm, a golden rod appeared. There were complicated patterns on it, and both ends were black.
Clearly, this was Neptune Emperor's dao treasure. From its name, this was a divine item that could guard the entire Neptune's Domain. Those complicated patterns were all dao patterns.
Densely packed dao patterns.
Clearly, this was the most terrifying dao treasure of the sea race. It was even the dao treasure with the most dao patterns. Although it wasn't an Unbounded dao treasure, it was basically confirmed to have more than 900 dao patterns. Its power was very close to that of an Unbounded dao treasure.
This dao treasure led the entire Neptune's Domain and controlled the lives of billions of people. It had peerless majesty and dominance, like a king descending upon the world. All dao treasures had to submit.
Neptune Emperor's killing intent soared. He didn't even want to say a word. He directly rushed into the sky. The Godly Sea Steadying Needle expanded in his hand, stirring up the wind and clouds. Even the Deity's Heart Fire was swept away. If the Vast Sea Emperor's Fist could shake the entire Neptune's Domain, then a wave of this Godly Sea Steadying Needle would probably cause huge waves hundreds of meters high.
The rod smashed down.
That Godly Sea Steadying Needle suddenly flickered with a radiance as bright as the sun. It was even several times more intense, instantly drowning everyone's vision. If this kind of intense light were to shine on the Dragon Sacrificial Continent, it would practically cause the entire continent to disappear and turn into ashes.
"Die."
Neptune Emperor's heart was undoubtedly still trembling.
However, he had already thrown caution to the wind. At this stage, there was no longer any room for him to stop.
A peerless killing intent descended from the sky.
Long Chen might have been waiting for this moment. He could feel that this power had simply exceeded the limits of what his body could withstand. If there were no accidents, if he was hit head-on, he would definitely die instantly.
His goal was to let Neptune Emperor hit the ground.
Because the depths of the ground seemed to be empty, that might be his only chance.
Since he couldn't move in the sky, even Neptune Emperor could only jump for a while.
He didn't dare to dodge too quickly. If he did, Neptune Emperor would change the direction of his attack in advance.
He was enduring and gambling. Finally, when that Godly Sea Steadying Needle had already descended on top of his head, he enveloped himself with the fire of life and used Space-Time Reversal at the same time.
The Space-Time Reversal contained his greatest understanding of the Dao of Time.
There was also the power all over his body.
This was a power that could almost affect Neptune Emperor's Godly Sea Steadying Needle.
Boom.
Even Neptune Emperor himself didn't know what had happened in that instant.
What he felt was that the instant before his dao artifact hit Long Chen, it was shifted slightly. In the end, he still hit Long Chen. And just as he expected, although his rod was slightly off, it still smashed onto Long Chen's dragon head.
It didn't make his head bleed, but the Godly Sea Steadying Needle could directly penetrate the primordial spirit. Neptune Emperor believed that this life of Long Chen's was more or less over.
The remaining power smashed onto the ground that was burning with the Deity Heart Fire.
Rumble.
An even louder explosion rang out.
The ground shattered, creating a huge crack. The mirror exploded into countless pieces. It seemed to be extremely sharp, and Neptune Emperor could only dodge slightly.
"He seems to have been knocked into the ground."
Liu Ji hurriedly said.
"The ground is actually empty."
The Sea God Emperor also did not expect this. He put away the Sea Calming Divine Needle and flew towards where Long Chen was. He saw that the mirror floor below had countless cracks, and there was a huge hole in the middle. It was caused by the Sea God Emperor's attack.
Long Chen had already disappeared.
They looked at the edge and saw that the Deity Heart Fire was burning below. It was just like the place where Emperor Xi Yao had encountered before. The number of Deity Heart Fire far exceeded the number of Mirror City, and they didn't even know how deep it was.
"Falling from this place, under the heavy encirclement of the Deity Heart Fire, unable to soar into the air, then he will never be able to get out. Furthermore, my previous move basically pierced through his primordial spirit, so he should be dead."
Neptune Emperor said with certainty.
Right now, there was only the blazing Deity Heart Fire below, and nothing else.
It wasn't that Neptune Emperor didn't want to kill them all, but the Deity Heart Fire below was unfathomable, and he didn't dare to jump down. Furthermore, if he walked forward, he would be able to reach the depths of the Mirror City.
"Is he sure he's dead?" Liu Ji couldn't help but ask.
"He has that green flame, so I can only use this sure-kill method. Don't worry, I can see that his primordial spirit has already been shattered, and there's the Deity Heart Fire below. So what if there's a woman? As long as Long Chen dies, the other one will die without a doubt. If they continue to fall like this, do you think they can still hold each other?"
Hearing Neptune Emperor's words, Liu Ji was relieved.
"You're amazing."
Liu Ji looked at him coquettishly, her posture was extremely charming.
"Haha, little demoness, after you take the treasure and leave this place, I will announce to the entire world that from today onwards, we can be together openly."
As he spoke, he began to tease Liu Ji.
"How annoying. Alright, I've taken care of these small flies. It's time to go inside."
Liu Ji rebuked and patted his thick chest. If it wasn't for the Deity Heart Fire around them and this was a crucial place, Neptune Emperor would probably have executed them on the spot.
They held each other's left hands and took a step forward, heading towards the depths of the Mirror City.
… …..
Long Chen had succeeded slightly.
At least he wasn't dead yet. It was just that under the impact of the Sea Calming Divine Needle, the Void Dragon's primordial spirit was greatly affected. Although it didn't collapse, it was still in a very confused state.
The fire of life could heal physical injuries, but it was very difficult to heal primordial spirits. Fortunately, the primordial spirit of the Void Universe Dragon was strong enough. Otherwise, it would have been shattered by the dao item with more than 900 Dao patterns.
Below was the Deity Heart Fire, and he didn't know how high it was.
In a daze, Long Chen could only feel that he was constantly falling, surrounded by incomparably hot flames. That was definitely the Deity Heart Fire.
Long Chen also experienced that fatal pain.
This was the pain that Emperor Xi Yao had endured for a year.
He had already transformed into a human and was slowly falling. The more he floated down, the less likely the Sea God Emperor would be able to find him. Then, he would definitely be safe.
The primordial spirit suffered heavy injuries, but there would always be a time to recover. Long Chen had no choice but to fall into a deep sleep to recover from the injuries on his primordial spirit.
Everything outside could only be left to Lingxi, who was currently hugging him and falling with him.
She was the only thing he could rely on at this moment.
Although he wasn't completely out of danger, he had finally found a way out.
In this vast Deity Heart Fire, Lingxi hugged Long Chen and held his left hand together to resist the burning of the Deity Heart Fire.
"Chen."
She discovered that Long Chen was already asleep.
Although she was a little flustered, she knew that she had to shoulder the responsibility of protecting him at this time.