Xia Hong stood on the massive stage with a scarlet aura that was nearly a myriad foot high swept out with a momentum that even caused the heavens and earth to darken.
The spear in his hand was pointed towards the ground with a scarlet lustre flickering on its tip. As the lustre surged, he casually brandished it and the ground was torn apart like tofu, leaving bottomless marks.
His body was covered in a scarlet armour with a scarlet dragon soaring on the armour, vaguely emitting a draconic roar along with a powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuation that slowly spread out.
At this moment, Xia Hong's bearing was so powerful that it was shocking.
The experts in this region were shocked as they looked at Xia Hong and couldn't help shaking their heads in envy. The foundation of the Xia Empire was truly robust. The equipment that Xia Hong was wearing was enough to make other Ninth Grade Sovereigns turn red with envy.
This was a complete set of Quasi-Saint Artifacts, so the might of them added together wouldn't be something that an ordinary Quasi-Saint Artifact could compare to. With the power of the two Quasi-Saint Artifacts, Xia Hong could probably confront a pinnacle level Ninth Grade Sovereign at this moment.
When Jiu You saw this scene, her face uncontrollably changed. At this moment, even she felt a dense threat coming from Xia Hong.
"That fellow is truly shameless. He's already a Ninth Grade Sovereign, but he still wants to rely on Quasi-Saint Artifacts." Tan Ya clenched her teeth and couldn't help saying.
Old Bai and the rest also had worry in their eyes. Although they had witnessed Mu Chen defeating the Dragon Arm Sovereign, the fighting strength that Xia Hong had displayed wasn't something that the Dragon Arm Sovereign could be compared to.
"Generally speaking, the winner takes all in a battle. The loser isn't qualified to question the winner's method of victory."
Xia Hong lightly brandished the spear in his hand with a scarlet lustre flickering on its tip as he indifferently looked at Mu Chen.
Boom!
Just as he finished his sentence.
His gaze instantly turned cold and his silhouette burst forth like a bolt of lightning. The scarlet spear in his hand had brought forth a hundred-foot scarlet streak with a sharp killing aura soaring into the sky.
It was as if the sky was going to be torn apart.
The speed of the spear was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, it had arrived in front of Mu Chen. This speed caused him to be slightly startled.
At this moment, Xia Hong was almost twice as strong as before.
Chi!
The long spear pierced through the void, and Mu Chen hurriedly retreated two steps. With a flick of his sleeve, the roar of a dragon rang out, and the spirit of a true dragon soared into the sky, transforming into a purple-gold light barrier that protected Mu Chen.
Buzz!
The crimson long spear did not stop as it heavily struck the purple-gold light barrier. Crimson light erupted wildly, but the light barrier formed by the True Dragon Spirit only lasted for a few breaths of time.
It was tyrannically pierced through as the tip of the spear pointed towards Mu Chen's throat.
Even if Mu Chen's True Dragon Spirit had undergone evolution, the power it possessed was only comparable to a Quasi-Ninth Grade Sovereign. But Xia Hong's attacks had exceeded that level, so the True Dragon Spirit's defences couldn't resist Xia Hong's attacks and could only resist a little.
The spear stabbed towards Mu Chen like a bolt of lightning. But just when it was about to hit Mu Chen's throat, a light suddenly gathered at the center of his brows.
Suddenly, a ray of light gathered between his eyebrows. A strange vertical eye suddenly opened at this moment, and an incomparably sharp black beam of light shot out.
The space before him instantly collapsed.
Boom!
The black beam of light heavily clashed with the spear and a terrifying shock wave exploded. The spear that couldn't be stopped was finally stopped and the spear was blown back.
"So you also have a Quasi-Saint Artifact!" The spear was blown back.
Xia Hong's gaze flickered as he looked at the vertical eye on Mu Chen's brows in astonishment.
"But I wonder if this Quasi-Saint Artifact of yours can be compared to mine?"
Xia Hong coldly snorted and his hand suddenly jolted. The scarlet spear flew out from his hand and a scarlet lustre burst out, forming into a massive scarlet spear with boundless Spiritual Energy sweeping out.
Roar!
As the scarlet spear dived down, it seemed to bring along destructive power as it enveloped Mu Chen.
Facing such a powerful attack, even a genuine Ninth Grade Sovereign would be in danger.
Mu Chen looked at the scarlet spear that was swiftly expanding in his eyes and squinted his eyes. In the next instant, a purplish-golden lustre burst out from his body and a pair of massive phoenix wings unfolded behind him.
Rustle!
The phoenix wings flapped and Mu Chen's silhouette disappeared.
Boom!
The scarlet spear dived down and slammed against the ground, causing the ground in a radius of a few hundred feet to crumble with a bottomless ravine appearing on the ground.
"What a swift speed!"
Xia Hong narrowed his eyes when his attack missed. The speed at which Mu Chen disappeared was so fast that even he was startled. Did that fellow suppress his speed earlier?
Rustle!
While thoughts circulated in Xia Hong's heart, a silhouette had already appeared behind him and his face changed. He clenched his fist and the scarlet spear flew back.
Boom!
But Mu Chen, who had appeared behind him, did not give him the chance and threw a jab forth with an indifferent expression.
Roar!
Under that jab, a draconic roar and phoenix cry resounded and the True Dragon and Phoenix Spirits appeared on Mu Chen's arm at the same time. Along with Mu Chen's jab forth, they turned into a purplish-golden lustre that gushed out.
As he threw his fist forth, the purplish-golden light exploded in the air as ripples that could be seen with the naked eye spread out. Vaguely, there was a sonic boom as a deep ravine was formed on the ground beneath his feet.
Mu Chen's fist had gathered the power of the True Dragon and Phoenix Spirits. With the two powers stacked together, even a Ninth Grade Sovereign would be heavily injured if they were struck by it.
Sensing the terrifying power behind him, Xia Hong squinted his eyes. He could naturally sense that Mu Chen's jab was much stronger than before.
Furthermore, the latter had relied on his speed to gain the initiative, so he couldn't avoid that jab at this moment.
Xia Hong's gaze flickered as he sneered and hooked his finger. The scarlet spear pierced through space and a violent scarlet lustre was aimed at Mu Chen's head. Evidently, he was intending to use offense as defense.
Boom!
However, Mu Chen paid no attention to the spear that was flying in his direction.
The powerful jab pierced through space and landed on Xia Hong's back.
Boom!
A metallic sound suddenly rang out as Mu Chen's fist landed on the Scarlet Dragon Armour that Xia Hong was wearing.
Instantly, a scarlet lustre surged on the Scarlet Dragon Armour and the dragon rune started to revolve, opening its mouth and devoured the terrifying power.
The defence of the Scarlet Dragon Armour was extremely powerful.
It had far exceeded Mu Chen's expectations.
Boom!
But even so, Mu Chen's jab had sent Xia Hong flying.
When Xia Hong was sent flying, the Life-Extinguishing Pupil on Mu Chen's forehead burst out with a black beam of light, causing the spear to be blown back.
Xia Hong tapped his feet and stabilised his silhouette. He clenched his fist and the crimson spear fell into his hand once again. He coldly looked at Mu Chen. Mu Chen's previous punch had caused him to tremble.
If it wasn't for the protection of the Scarlet Dragon Armour, he would have suffered heavy injuries.
Everyone's faces gradually turned grave as they looked at the confrontation between the two of them. Some of them even looked at Mu Chen with fear in their eyes.
Qin Ya, Mu Shan, Jiang Ling and the rest wore solemn expressions. Although the confrontation between Mu Chen and Xia Hong happened in an instant, they could clearly sense the danger.
As long as one of them was careless, they would have to pay a great price.
"After this battle, I'm afraid that Mu Chen's reputation will soar." Qin Ya sighed.
Qin Ya sighed.
Being able to force Xia Hong, who had just stepped into the Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm, to bring out two Quasi-Saint Artifacts and not fall into a disadvantageous position with his cultivation at the Quasi-Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm, this achievement was probably comparable to those ranked in the top 20 in the Greatlaw Continent.
"Even this can't crush you to death? You're really a stone in a latrine pit, smelly and hard." Under the countless gazes of astonishment.
Xia Hong's gaze was hazy as he looked at Mu Chen, whose vertical eye was slowly opening and closing, without any emotion in his voice.
However, there was a trace of regret in his heart. If he knew that Mu Chen would be so hard to deal with, he would definitely think of a way to deal with Mu Chen. How would it be like now, where he was forced to the point where he had no path of retreat?
At this point, he had to determine a victor between him and Mu Chen. Otherwise, he would become a stepping stone for Mu Chen, which was something that the prideful Xia Hong couldn't tolerate.
If this matter was sent back to the Xia Empire, it would definitely affect the Emperor's view of him. At that time, his other brothers would have to climb above him.
Thus, Mu Chen had to die today!
Just thinking about it, killing intent surged in Xia Hong's eyes as he looked at Mu Chen with a sinister gaze. The killing intent had even caused the temperature in this region to drop.
Xia Hong's gaze was vicious as he slowly released the scarlet spear and formed seals with his hands.
Buzz!
The space behind Xia Hong suddenly distorted and a massive Sovereign Sea vaguely appeared. The Spiritual Energy in the Sovereign Sea was scarlet in colour, as if it contained torrential killing intent.
Boom!
The Sovereign Sea endlessly rolled and a myriad foot of Spiritual Energy soared into the sky, piercing through the Sovereign Sea and soared into the sky, dying the sky of the stage in a blood-red colour.
The scarlet Spiritual Energy violently gathered behind Xia Hong and in just a few breaths' time, it had formed into a Sovereign Celestial Body that was a few thousand feet in size under countless shocked gazes.
That Sovereign Celestial Body was crimson in colour as an ominous and overbearing aura swept out, causing others to feel suffocated. The arms, legs, chest and back of the Sovereign Celestial Body had nine corporeal beast runes on it. A torrential ominous aura burst out from those beast runes, as if a primordial ominous beast had traversed through time and space.
Violent and ferocious!
Looking at the massive Sovereign Celestial Body, Mu Chen couldn't help narrowing his eyes and a piece of information flashed in his mind.
Nine Ominous Heavenly Beast Body, ranked 57th in the 99 Rankings of Sovereign Celestial Bodies.
(To be continued.)