The gap in the blood wall quickly vanished.
Chen Nan vanished with it.
"Pursue him! He just unleashed his strongest attack, he must be weak now."
"We must catch him, kill him at all costs!"
"I will extinguish humanity's last hope!"
Hatu roared, utterly astonished that Chen Nan, despite the gathering of so many powerful beings and the activation of the Blood Demon Formation, could still escape.
If this news reached the Myriad Monster Cave.
It would surely displease the one who resided there.
He would not only be mocked by other leaders.
He might even be ruthlessly killed.
As the formation was disrupted.
And countless异魔 (foreign demons) pursued.
Hatu coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face ashen.
"Commander, are you injured?" a humanoid 异魔 asked in horror, astonished that Hatu would bleed.
Even when they had faced the experts of the Phoenix Tribe ten thousand years ago, no one had managed to injure him.
Hatu snorted, "Do you think the Samadhi True Fire is a joke?"
"That is the most terrifying divine fire in the Three Realms."
"If I hadn't reacted quickly and stopped absorbing it, I would be dead by now!" A hint of fear flickered in his eyes as he said this.
At his current cultivation level, he was in no condition to withstand the Samadhi True Fire.
"Tell your subordinates not to underestimate that human, and certainly not to engage him in close combat." Recalling the recent fight with Chen Nan, Hatu's eyes were filled with solemnity. "This child's physical body is terrifying, not inferior to mine. If you fight him up close, you will surely be killed by him."
At this point.
He involuntarily coughed up another mouthful of blood.
Although it seemed like he had sent Chen Nan flying with a single blow earlier.
He had also suffered a strong backlash.
He had simply endured it.
Seeing that Hatu was severely injured, Chi Ren quickly gave some instructions to his subordinates, then helped Hatu to his usual cultivation cave.
Hatu: "Chi Ren, stay. The rest of you, leave!"
"Yes!"
Everyone turned and left.
Only Chi Ren remained in the cave, trembling.
Hatu's gaze turned icy, "Why was that human able to find the location of the Phoenix Tribe?"
"Thump!"
Chi Ren knelt on the ground, his voice filled with dread. "Reporting to Commander, your subordinate does not know. That human disguised himself as one of our kind. I thought he wanted to drink the sacred water with me."
"But he said he was not worthy, and it was because of this that I told him the location where the Phoenix Tribe had gone missing. I thought he would earn merit, and then we could be together!"
"Your subordinate is guilty, please punish me, Commander!"
Hatu sighed, "How can you be guilty? You were merely looking for a like-minded companion!"
"But."
"Do you know why we are guarding the Phoenix Tribe?"
"Is this truly a good place?"
"No!"
Hatu roared, "The Phoenix Tribe is a crucial link for the rise of humanity, and now, they have likely followed that human away."
"You have ruined our tribe's plans!"
"If I don't kill you, my anger will not be appeased!"
As he spoke.
He thrust out a palm.
A terrifying wave of blood energy surged out, instantly engulfing Chi Ren.
Chi Ren cried out in pain, as if trapped in an endless swamp.
His blood was uncontrollably being devoured by Hatu.
He struggled desperately.
Attempting to break free from Hatu's grasp.
But it was futile.
Even though their cultivation levels were similar, Hatu's strength was clearly superior.
A moment later.
Chi Ren turned into a withered corpse.
With a "plop," he fell from the air.
Hatu's ashen face regained a trace of color.
At this moment.
A humanoid 异魔, carrying a wooden box, approached with trepidation. "Commander, the medicine has been retrieved!"
Hatu said calmly, "Place it down."
The humanoid 异魔 obediently placed the wooden box before Hatu.
Hatu reached out and opened the wooden box.
But the moment he opened it.
A surge of blade intent erupted without warning, instantly severing his arm.
Hatu gasped, glaring at Chen Nan. "It's you! You didn't escape?"
"Escaping is not my style!" Chen Nan's face was contorted with madness. With a raise of his hand, the cold blade appeared, and without a word, he slashed at Hatu.
"Swoosh!"
Hatu never expected that Chen Nan, after breaking through the Blood Demon Formation, wouldn't escape but instead disguise himself as one of their kind to ambush him.
He couldn't believe that someone so reckless was humanity's last hope.
Before he could react.
Chen Nan's cold blade sliced across his waist.
Cutting him in half.
However.
At his current cultivation, being cut in half would not be life-threatening.
But in the next second.
The cold blade in Chen Nan's hand sliced past his jaw.
"Swoosh!"
Black blood gushed from Hatu's neck.
"I am a man of my word. I said I would take your head, and I will not go back on my promise." Chen Nan revealed a chilling smile, then took Hatu's wolf-tooth club.
"How can an ant like you take my life?" Hatu roared, the cave shaking.
With Hatu's roar.
Terrifying demonic energy surged from within him.
He transformed into a colossal canine-like 异魔, nearly a thousand meters tall.
His massive body tore through the cave.
And blew away the mountaintop.
This sudden transformation shocked the humanoid 异魔 experts who remained at Phoenix Ridge.
Many of them had never seen Hatu's true form.
"Human, die!" Hatu bellowed, then raised a massive palm and slammed it towards Chen Nan.
"Damn it!" Chen Nan spat. "You can grow big, so can I?"
As he spoke.
He unleashed the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, transforming into a wild ape five thousand meters tall.
His head touched the sky.
His feet stood on the earth.
His enormous soles stomped on Phoenix Ridge, covering it.
Crushing countless 异魔 beneath him.
"Die for me!"
Chen Nan raised his mountain-like fist and smashed it down without any semblance of technique.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The earth trembled violently.
As if beaten by war drums.
Every punch landed accurately on Hatu's true form.
Each punch sent gouts of blood splashing.
Hatu tried to retaliate.
But Chen Nan's assault was too relentless.
He was powerless to fight back.
He abandoned all thoughts of counterattack.
At this moment, all he wanted was to survive.
But Chen Nan gave him no such opportunity.
The Samadhi True Fire enveloped his colossal fist, like a meteorite streaking across the dark night sky, growing larger and larger in Hatu's terrified, despairing eyes.
"Boom!"
As Chen Nan's powerful blow struck the ground.
A blinding flash of fire erupted beneath his fist.
A deep pit, about a hundred meters deep and over a thousand meters in diameter, appeared on the earth.
In the center of the pit was a patch of black soil.
And a headless 异魔 corpse.
Chen Nan, panting, looked at the stunned humanoid 异魔 experts in the distance and spoke in a low voice, "I said I would take Hatu's head and his wolf-tooth club, was I exaggerating?"