Chapter 1393: The Final Artifice
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The Blood Demon Emperor stood within the large crystal pagoda, his eyes squinting narrowly as he looked around it. However, his facial expression remained unmoving and indifferent. The space not far away vibrated as Mu Chen’s figure also appeared. He gazed at the Blood Demon Emperor’s figure, his well-defined face similarly expressionless.
“You actually withstood my Blood Fiend Spirit Thunder…” The Blood Demon Emperor shot Mu Chen a faint smile and seemed to be a little amazed.
After all, his strike could make anyone beneath the Demon Emperor level turn into dust immediately. But, unexpectedly, Mu Chen had survived it!
The Blood Demon Emperor’s bloody eyes gradually glanced over Mu Chen’s body and sized him up. The condensation of those blood rays seemed as if they could rip a hole through his entire body.
After a while, he seemed as if he had discovered something, as he couldn’t help but show a weird grin on his face as he said, “So, it seems like my Blood Fiend Spirit Thunder did not actually not have any effect on you…”
At those words, Mu Chen’s eyes narrowed. He then immediately shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
At that moment, the spiritual light around him fluctuated, and within his body, two beams of light disappeared, then reappeared faintly, as if they were about to leave his physical body. Those two beams were the two incarnations that he had harmonized within his body.
He had only begun to control this Tri-Union Level of his. Thus, it wasn’t yet perfectly harmonized. Beside that, he was previously so shocked by the Blood Thunder that he could no longer maintain that state of integration, so he was slowly detaching from it.
Once he was detached from that state, his combat powers would definitely be reduced. By then, if he wished to face the Blood Demon Emperor, it would be nearly impossible.
The Blood Demon Emperor was obviously aware of this. Hence, he just wrapped his arms around his body and gazed tauntingly at Mu Chen. It was as if he was wanting to see how he was going to fare in his final struggle.
The Demon Emperor is truly troublesome to deal with. Sensing the Blood Demon Emperor’s taunting gaze, Mu Chen could only sigh.
These past few years, Mu Chen had encountered many powerful opponents, but there had been only a few times like this, where even if he used all of his skills, he still couldn’t gain the upper hand. Not only was he not able to gain the advantage, but he was instead gradually being forced into a very dangerous state!
However, he didn’t know that there was such an indescribably large gap between the Earthly and Heavenly Sovereign levels. If the news of him standing here fighting the Demon Emperor was to be sent back to the The Great Thousand World, it would cause an uproar.
After all, under normal conditions, a Complete Earthly Sovereign facing a Heavenly Sovereign ought to yield an ending that was a definite and easy kill. But, in Mu Chen’s case, it appeared that he could still ferociously fight a Demon Emperor to this step, which was, in itself, already something that seemed to be somewhat of a miracle!
Mu Chen raised his head and looked at the Blood Demon Emperor, then murmured, “If this is the case, then I can only use up all of my energy to temporarily trap this guy before the incarnations have completely left my body.”
After saying these words, he did not hesitate at all, but formed a seal immediately with both of his hands.
Boom!
The large crystal pagoda vibrated, and on its walls, eight golems appeared gradually. Their malicious figures caused an insidious aura to permeate within the pagoda the moment they appeared.
As the Blood Demon Emperor saw the eight golems, his previous expressionless face changed suddenly. This was because he felt a surge of demonic power coming from those golems.
“These golems were refined using the Demon Emperor as type of material base?” The Blood Demon Emperor narrowed his eyes as he asked.
These golems clearly had remnant demonic power that had been kept from before their deaths. He could sense that they were even comparatively stronger than he was currently! This meant that the golems’ abilities during their lifetimes were all more valiant than his own abilities!
As the Blood Demon Emperor was still in a state of shock and trying to process all of this, Mu Chen took a deep breath and waved his sleeves. Immediately, a torrent of spiritual energy filled up the pagoda. This time, Mu Chen drew out all of his remaining Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, which was as much as 150 million units!
Boom!
The torrent that had been transformed by the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid raged on, as the eight golems greedily opened their mouths and inhaled it violently. Immediately, they swallowed the whole torrent in one gulp!
Right after they swallowed the enormous amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, the eight golems seemed to gradually detach their bodies from the pagoda wall, breaking free bit by bit before finally jumping out of it. The eight golems were like eight Demonic Gods as they stood towering in the middle of the pagoda, vaguely resonating a sense of peerless savagery.
Whoosh!
The eight golems then burst out of the pagoda, directly charging towards the Blood Demon Emperor. Seeing them approaching, the Blood Demon Emperor narrowed his eyes and took a step out, appearing first in front of one of the golems. As he shot out a palm, bloody beams covered the sky, colliding against the golem with great force.
Bang!
A fearful energy wave spread apart as the Blood Demon Emperor’s body shook. As for that golem, it flew backward and smashed against the pagoda wall, causing a deep pit to form on the wall.
Whoosh!
The other seven golems charged ahead and trapped the Blood Demon Emperor as a fearful attack loomed over him like a rainstorm.
Boom!
The two sides fought for quite some time, but the Blood Demon Emperor was ultimately more powerful, showing not a bit of fear, even though he was facing such an intense siege. Instead, he was continuously sending golems flying outward, one by one.
“The Budur golems in this type of state should have reached the capabilities of a Heavenly Sovereign, but this is still not enough.” Mu Chen’s sight flashed as he witnessed this scene.
According to his presumptions, in order to return these golems to the energy level of a Heavenly Sovereign, at least 400 to 500 million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid units would be needed. There was also a precondition that he had to personally own the energy level of a Heavenly Sovereign. Otherwise, he would not be able to stifle the hostility of these Budur golems at all!
“However, it should still be possible to temporarily trap this Blood Demon Emperor…” Mu Chen murmured as he suddenly formed a seal with both of his hands.
In that instant, those eight golems that were surrounding the Blood Demon Emperor suddenly fell back and joined their palms together. At that moment, a black beam permeated the space, and within moments, it formed a black diamond-shaped light shield. The light shield rapidly shrunk before finally trapping the Blood Demon Emperor within it, like a jail cell!
The Blood Demon Emperor blasted punch after punch, and every punch that he blasted onto the diamond light shield made it rock vigorously. Judging from appearances, it looked like it wouldn’t be much longer until the shield was forcibly smashed apart.
Seeing this, Mu Chen waved his sleeves. Then, within the crystal pagoda, an intense crystal beam exploded! It gleamed away before settling on the dark diamond-shape light shield.
Sizz.
The crystal beam rapidly etched lines of crystal veins onto the light shield, and with the formation of these ancient veins, the originally rocking diamond-shape light shield slowly became stable and remained unmovable, no matter how much the Blood Demon Emperor struck at it.
It was only when Mu Chen saw this that he faintly let out a breath. But, he knew that this was only a temporary fix, which would not be able to last long. The Blood Demon Emperor would escape sooner or later. By then, the Eight Budur would also be damaged, which meant that he would not be to activate it for a short while!
Inside the diamond-shape light shield, it was as if the Blood Demon Emperor knew that this was Mu Chen’s last artifice. Hence, he looked at Mu Chen with intentional mockery.
“Stop putting up such a stiff resistance. If you would just obediently let me swallow you up, you could die a better way!” As his voice echoed out, it was as cold as ever.
However, Mu Chen only grinned at his remark and ignored him. He then disappeared within the pagoda.
Mu Chen’s figure quickly re-appeared outside Mount Blood Demon. The faraway top powers of the indigenous people were startled by his appearance. Soon after, their faces lit up with happiness, as they clearly thought that Mu Chen had been victorious.
But, before they were able to cheer, Mu Chen waved his hand. His serious expression startled everyone, causing them to shut their mouths instantly.
Bai Susu came to Mu Chen’s side and looked at the pagoda carefully before she asked in a perturbed manner, “Master, what about the Blood Demon Emperor?”
Mu Chen stayed silent for a while before answering, “I was able to temporarily trap him, but time is limited. Once he escapes, I fear that even I cannot stop him anymore.”
After hearing those words, Bai Susu’s delicate face turned pale and her gleaming eyes dimmed. She bit her red lips with her porcelain-white teeth, and after a while, she whispered, “Master, if this is unable to be done, when that time comes, please leave when you get the chance.”
She knew that, with Mu Chen’s capabilities, even though he couldn’t defeat the Blood Demon Emperor, if he wanted to escape, then he would presumably still be able to do so successfully.
Mu Chen did not respond to her. Instead, he just furrowed his brows and looked down at the the rune stone that was given to him by the Martial Ancestor, which was now in his hands. If he get to the point where he had no other option, he figured that he would crush the rune stone.
But, he was not very sure, as he was in the Lower Planes, if he would still be able to summon the Martial Ancestor in time. Hence this tactic did not seem stable, and could thus only be used as his last resort. As such, it seemed like he would still have to depend on himself alone to come up with a way to deal with the Blood Demon Emperor!
Mu Chen this dilemma pondered for a while, then suddenly squinted his eyes as if he had just thought of something. He hesitated a little, then put out his palm.
A white light appeared on it, and it was gleaming! Then, the White Dragon Spiritual Pearl appeared within his palm!
Mu Chen flicked his finger, and the White Dragon Spiritual Pearl gradually rose before it started floating in front of him. Now, his only tactic was to try to see if he could summon the conviction of the Sovereign White Dragon here.
The White Dragon Spiritual Pearl floated silently in front of him. Although it was hovering in white light, it still had no movement.
When Mu Chen saw this, a shade of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He sighed in his heart and waved his sleeves again, intending to store the White Dragon Spiritual Pearl away. However, at that moment, he suddenly felt the White Dragon Spiritual Pearl vibrating!
Buzz!
A beam of white light suddenly burst out from within the pearl. Then, it finally condensed above the White Dragon Spiritual Pearl before transfiguring into an old figure…