Chapter 406: Supreme Emperor Sword
Chapter 406: Supreme Emperor Sword
As this thought flashed through the mind of the Sword Devil, the Imperial Heaven Sword and the Supreme Emperor Sword clashed, causing the entire Counter Essence Realm to tremble violently. For a moment, the world lost its color. The dense, white clouds in the sky dispersed and all the spiritual herbs around them turned into powder in that instant!
"Break!" Long Chen roared. The black sword Qi emitted by the Demon Emperor Sword shattered the Imperial Heaven Sword. With a loud explosion, the sword in the Sword Devil's hand turned into fragments. Long Chen’s attack forced the shrapnel into the Sword Devil’s body, covering him in cuts and blood. Then the attack of the Demon Emperor Sword finally descended upon the Sword Devil and violently sent him flying backward. Although Long Chen didn't kill the Sword Devil immediately, the attack had inflicted a life-threatening injury!
In a real showdown of strength, the Sword Devil was no match for Long Chen. Long Chen had suppressed him completely!
When the dust settled, Long Chen caught the Sword Devil and pressed him onto the ground. The Sword Devil's vision was blurry and his whole body was in excruciating pain. His internal organs were almost shattered, and there wasn't a single intact bone in his body. The pieces of his broken sword were pushed deeper into his body and heavily mutilated him.
"Long Chen..." With one remaining eye, the Sword Devil looked at Long Chen. He had never imagined that he would die at the hands of such a young man. Seeing the cold expression on this young man's face, he realized how terrifying Long Chen truly was.
This young man had killed Song Yuefeng, the Ninth Prince, the six commanders, and even Song Zhongcheng! Long Chen seemed like a legend, and another accomplishment had been added to the list. The Sword Devil shuddered to think what kind of conflict would erupt in the imperial city.
The Sword Devil felt that he was just the first. In the future, Long Chen would kill many more people. With Long Chen's current strength, he could confront Lin Zichen, who was even more powerful than the Sword Devil. Long Chen was indeed powerful, but Lin Zichen couldn’t be written off. No one knew who was stronger …
The only thing the Sword Devil didn't understand was why Long Chen hadn't killed him immediately.
At that moment, Long Chen pressed him down and leaned close to the Sword Devil. "Tell me, where is the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit?"
"No way..." Although he didn't know what Long Chen wanted to do with the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit, there was absolutely no way he would give him what he wanted.
The phrase "no way" indicated that there was definitely a Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit here. Otherwise, the Sword Devil wouldn't have said that.
"Think carefully. Tell me the location of the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit. Otherwise, I will take away all the spiritual herbs and kill all of the Immortal Guards here until I find it. I will get my hands on it one way or another. Choose," Long Chen threatened.
The Sword Devil's lifelong duty was to guard the imperial family's Counter Essence Realm. If Long Chen really did that, the Counter Essence Realm would be destroyed. Before dying, the Sword Devil weighed his options and said, "It's useless even if I tell you. The Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit is something my brother wants. You came at the wrong time. He took the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit a month ago..."
"What?!" Long Chen was stunned.
"You can continue your search If you don't believe me. I discovered the anomaly in the Counter Essence Realm, and I warned my brother about it immediately. If you have the guts, search the place all you want..." After saying this, the Sword Devil didn't give Long Chen a chance to kill him as he succumbed to his injuries.
"Shit!"
Long Chen didn’t believe the Sword Devil’s words, but he didn’t want to risk it. What if the Sword Emperor really came here? Long Chen would be done for. He didn't want to die right now.
"Brother Chen, look at the sky! They finished merging. Take the stone talisman! It might be an amazing treasure!"
Ling Xi only spoke after the Sword Devil was dead. Now was an important time, and every single second counted.
Long Chen realized that Ling Xi knew he would defeat the Sword Devil, so her attention had been focused on the stone talisman. Now that the fight was over, she quickly updated Long Chen on the situation. Long Chen looked up and saw that the stone talisman had resumed its original appearance.
Without any hesitation, he jumped up, grabbed the talisman, and placed it in his Universe Pouch. At that moment, he only had time to discover that the stone tablet seemed to have a life of its own. However, after holding it for a while, it seemed to have accepted Long Chen without any resistance.
Long Chen planned to study this thing after he was out of this place. For now, he decided to find the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit as quickly as possible. He had decided that if he couldn't find it within fifteen minutes, he would believe the Sword Devil's words and leave the Counter Essence Realm!
Thinking of this, Long Chen headed towards the Bloodseal Lotus using his fastest speed. The Soul Swallowing Gaze made everything much easier for him, so it didn’t take long for him to arrive. Most of the guards had been attracted by the commotion and were currently heading to where Long Chen had fought the Sword Devil. He had avoided them using the Soul Swallowing Gaze.
An Eighth River Stage and several Seventh River Stage guards were not enough to stop Long Chen. He was a blur of red when he swept through them, and the Demon Emperor Sword instantly took away all their lives!
"Bloodseal Lotus acquired!" Long Chen put the Bloodseal Lotus into a jade box and quickly stored it in his Universe Pouch.
"Xiao Xi, we have less than fifteen minutes left. If we can't find the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit, we will leave!"
"Brother Chen, forget about the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit. It won't be good if the Sword Emperor comes here!" Ling Xi was still hesitant about acquiring the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit, so she didn't want it as much as before.
"No, I must try again!" Long Chen said decisively and quickly moved. With the Soul Swallowing Gaze highlighting every single living being within a Li, Long Chen planned to search the area in a carpet sweep!
He guessed that when the Counter Essence Realm experienced abnormalities, the Sword Devil would send a signal to the Sword Emperor. When the Sword Emperor received the signal, it would take roughly fifteen minutes for him, with his Heavenly Passage Realm strength, to arrive at the Counter Essence City. Long Chen had killed the Sword Devil in less than fifteen minutes, so he had less time than that to find the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit!
He didn’t pause for even a moment, only getting faster and faster! Whenever he discovered the location of a strong individual, Long Chen swiftly approached them just like how he had done with the Bloodseal Lotus. Even though a huge commotion had kicked off in the Counter Essence Realm, there would still be at least one Eighth River Stage guard guarding each spiritual herb!
Time passed as Long Chen combed the area. He found several Eighth River Stage experts, but they were not guarding spiritual herbs. More than half of them were heading towards where the Sword Devil had died!
"Brother Chen, time’s up. I think what the Sword Devil said is true. We haven't detected a single trace of the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit, so it must’ve been taken by the Sword Emperor. If we don't leave now, we won’t stand a chance once the Sword Emperor arrives!" Ling Xi urged him anxiously.
"Fuck!" Long Chen punched the ground and cracked it!
"Fine! Since the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit is with him, I'll kill him and take it if he hasn’t used it. I’m sure I’ll be able to kill him once I reach the Ninth River Stage and transform into my dragon form!"
In the end, Long Chen failed to find the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit. He had searched through most of the Advanced Zone of the Counter Essence Realm, and he had no choice but to give up and head towards the exit!
On the way, Ling Xi saw Long Chen's gloomy face and tried to console him. "Brother Chen, don't be angry. I am not in a hurry. The Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit can wait. Moreover, we found two Heaven-tier spiritual herbs and also the mysterious stone talisman..."
"I know, Xiao Xi. You don't need to comfort me," Long Chen said when he reached the entrance of the Advanced Zone. He had located it earlier when he was searching. Long Chen changed back to his previous appearance and became a twenty-five-year-old man again.
Someone will definitely stop us at the exit once we head out of here. I will use Blood Warp and escape to where Xiaolang is! Long Chen took a deep breath and ran out of the entrance. Sure enough, countless attacks descended on him in an instant, including attacks from Eighth River Stage warriors. However, Long Chen had anticipated this. He instantly activated Blood Warp and disappeared in front of everyone. He was nothing but a blur of red.
The people looked at each other in shock.
"Where did he go?"
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