High up in the sky, Mu Chen stood in the air as a profound spiritual light surged within his eyes. On the surface of his body, there was a seemingly substantial spiritual light condensing, as if it had formed into a layer of spiritual light clothes that enveloped him.
Although there wasn't any shocking aura, when Mu Chen opened his eyes, everyone could sense that there was another fluctuation that broke through the suppression of the Blood Demon Monarch's demonic aura.
Although that fluctuation wasn't as vast and profound as the Blood Demon Monarch's, it was still majestic. It was like a towering pillar that stood between the heavens and earth, allowing the wind to blow against it.
Mu Chen lowered his head as he slowly clenched his five fingers. He could sense the powerful Spiritual Energy that was constantly surging in his body. It was so much so that even his flesh and bones showed signs of crystallization. That was because the Spiritual Energy was too boundless, to the point that even his physical body couldn't contain it.
"What power!"
Mu Chen's eyes flickered with a spiritual lustre as he exclaimed in his heart. He never expected that the second level of the Three Pures would be so overbearing. The moment his main body fused with his clone, the power would instantly increase by several folds.
At this moment, if he fought with the Greater Blood Demon Monarch again, he would only need a jab to destroy the latter.
The boundless Spiritual Energy in his body was akin to a volcano gushing out. Mu Chen raised his head and fixed his gaze on the Blood Demon Monarch with fighting intent surging in his eyes. In the next instant, he stomped his foot, causing space to collapse and his silhouette had mysteriously appeared behind the Blood Demon Monarch.
Spreading out his five fingers, he rotated his palm and abruptly slammed it down. At this moment, his entire palm seemed to have transformed into a jade-white palm that emitted a lustrous spiritual light. Light flickered in the center of his palm, as if it contained the starry sky.
However, when that gorgeous palm descended, the earth within a radius of ten thousand miles crumbled as an incomparably huge palm print was imprinted on the ground.
Such a palm was truly terrifying.
But when the palm was about to land, the Blood Demon Monarch faintly smiled and threw a palm forth. His palm turned crimson, as if it was made of crimson jade. As the palm whistled, a bloody stench spread out in every direction.
Bang!
Two palms clashed in the sky. At the instant of collision, blood light and white light blossomed, enveloping half of the horizon. At the point of contact, it was as if the entire world had been split into two.
When the two forces exploded, Mu Chen and the Blood Demon Monarch's bodies trembled. The former was blown back, while the latter was also forced to take ten-odd steps back.
The Blood Demon Monarch instantly nullified the impact and stared at Mu Chen with a cruel smile on his face. "Not bad. You have not disappointed this Monarch. You finally have the strength to fight this Monarch."
"Only with such power can I make your essence blood more pure. After this Monarch devours your essence blood, it should be able to make up for the drawbacks of my early birth."
"Hahaha!"
The Blood Demon Monarch's laughter echoed in the horizon. Shortly after, he opened his mouth and a crimson river gushed out from his mouth. That river was crimson and was filled with an ominous stench of blood. It was as if it was the filthiest thing in the world, and anything that was swept into it would be turned into a puddle of blood.
"Since the prey is delicious enough, then this Monarch will reel in the net!"
"Spirit Devouring Blood River!"
Along with the Blood Demon Monarch's laughter, the crimson river gushed out and swept towards Mu Chen.
Looking at the crimson river, Mu Chen squinted his eyes. He could sense the terrifying corrosive force contained within it. If he fell into it, he would be heavily injured, even with his current strength.
Thus, he did not dare to delay and waved his hand. Boundless spiritual lustre gathered behind him and swiftly formed into the Immortal Golden Body. This Immortal Golden Body was undoubtedly more powerful than before. Not only had it expanded, but the purplish-golden lustre around it was also extremely intense, akin to a blazing sun.
Joining his hands together, Mu Chen swiftly formed purplish-golden runes on his Immortal Golden Body. In just a few breaths' time, a total of three hundred purplish-golden runes had appeared in the sky.
After borrowing the power of the Three Combination Stage, the number of Divine Immortal Runes that Mu Chen could form had also increased.
Buzz!
Buzz! Three hundred Divine Immortal Runes soared into the sky and gathered above Mu Chen. A purplish-golden lustre blossomed and formed into a palm-sized purplish-golden gourd.
"Immortal Golden Gourd, collect!"
Forming seals with a single hand, Mu Chen roared and the gourd poured down with a golden lustre flickering on its mouth before a suction force burst out.
When the whistling river of blood met the suction force, it immediately trembled violently. In the end, after a moment of stalemate, it actually reversed and was sucked into the purple-gold gourd along with the suction force.
When the Blood Demon Monarch saw the crimson river being sucked into the purplish-golden gourd, his eyes flickered and he snorted. He wanted to control the crimson river to wreak havoc and destroy the gourd.
But just when he was about to do that, Mu Chen waved his hand and the purplish-golden gourd soared into the sky. In the next instant, it shattered space and disappeared.
The gourd disappeared along with the crimson river. Mu Chen and the Blood Demon Monarch had lost contact with it.
"You're pretty smart."
The Blood Demon Monarch squinted his eyes and the crimson light in his eyes grew stronger as he stared at Mu Chen with a sneer. He never expected that Mu Chen would resolve his blood river in this manner.
"You're overpraising me."
Mu Chen did not have any expression on his face. Although he had resolved the Blood Demon Monarch's attack, his eyes were grave. He might be able to fight with the Blood Demon Monarch with the help of the Three Combination Stage, but he knew that it didn't mean that he could defeat the Blood Demon Monarch.
A true Demon Emperor was still too powerful.
"Then let this Empress see exactly how many times a little mouse like you can struggle at death's door."
The Blood Demon Monarch's hair fluttered as a cold smile flashed on his face. Shortly after, he bit the tip of his finger and his finger danced before him. A few breaths later, a crimson rune appeared before him.
That rune continued to squirm, emitting a torrential baleful aura. Within the rune, there seemed to be countless ferocious ghosts sealed within it, constantly emitting mournful shrieks.
Looking at the crimson rune, Mu Chen squinted his eyes. He could sense a powerful threat coming from it.
With an indifferent smile, the Blood Demon Monarch flicked his finger and the crimson rune soared into the sky before it disappeared.
But ten-odd breaths later, everyone noticed that the sky had started to darken. Crimson clouds suddenly gathered in the sky, covering the sun and enveloping a radius of a million miles.
As the crimson clouds rubbed against each other, there was a vague and mournful rumble of thunder that echoed between the heavens and earth.
The entire heavens and earth trembled from the rumble of thunder.
Mu Chen's body tensed up at this moment with a chill enveloping his body, making his face turn grave.
The Blood Demon Monarch looked down at Mu Chen as if he was looking at an ant. Taking a deep breath, he slowly joined his hands together and his indifferent voice of destruction resounded between the heavens and earth.
"Blood Fiend Profound Lightning!"
Rumble!
In the vast blood clouds, there was an explosion of lightning. In the next instant, countless blood-red lightning bolts descended from the sky and bombarded towards Mu Chen's direction from every direction.
Every single bolt of crimson lightning contained destructive power that caused the heavens and earth to tremble when they descended.
Mu Chen's eyes narrowed at this scene. He did not dare to delay and unleashed a roar. The Immortal Golden Body behind him blossomed with a myriad of golden radiance that gradually formed into a massive purplish-golden lotus.
"Immortal Golden Lotus!"
Along with a deep sound, the purplish-golden lotus swiftly closed and enveloped Mu Chen within it.
Facing the Blood Demon Monarch's terrifying attack, Mu Chen did not hesitate to bring out his strongest defensive means.
Boom!
Endless blood-colored lightning rained down from the sky, bombarding the golden lotus in a frenzy.
In the distance, Bai Susu and the residents were shocked as they looked at the destructive lightning. Every single bolt of crimson lightning possessed the power to destroy the heavens and earth. But at this moment, they were violently shooting towards Mu Chen, and no one knew if the latter could withstand such a terrifying attack.
"Lord!"
Bai Susu clenched her fists and bit her rosy lips as she stared at the crimson lightning. She knew that if the golden lotus shattered, even Mu Chen would be destroyed by the lightning.
Rumble!
Thunder rumbled endlessly and the heavens and earth trembled. The rumbling lasted for nearly half an incense's time before the crimson clouds started to dissipate and the thunder also weakened.
Countless gazes were directed at the location where the crimson lightning dissipated.
As the lightning dissipated, a purplish-golden lotus slowly appeared between the heavens and earth. It was covered in charred marks and the purplish-golden lustre had already dimmed.
Crack!
Cracks suddenly appeared on the giant lotus. In the end, it exploded with a loud bang with crackling sounds.
The Blood Demon Monarch squinted his eyes as he looked at the purplish-golden lotus. He then narrowed his eyes because he realised that Mu Chen's figure was nowhere to be seen.
"A golden silkworm shedding its shell?"
The Blood Demon Monarch raised his brows in surprise.
Boom!
However, he suddenly sensed something at this moment. He abruptly raised his head, only to see a cloud layer shattering in the sky as an enormous crystal tower whizzed out. It descended from the sky and enveloped him with lightning speed.
(To be continued.)