Kill intent surged.
The Heavenly Emperor's killing intent caused the entire Sword City to crumble.
Ancient city walls suddenly showed mottled marks.
Sword marks, knife wounds, spear intent…
"Hum."
The city walls glowed.
At this moment, something no one had anticipated happened.
A sword mark suddenly flew out from the city wall.
Though it was just a sword mark, it unleashed sword intent.
It was only sword intent, seemingly ordinary.
But the moment the sword intent appeared, it seemed to tear apart heaven and earth.
The Giant Rhinoceros's attack was silently rent open.
That was a Heavenly Emperor's strike, yet it was cut open by sword intent… no, by the sword intent remaining on a mere sword mark.
"Swish."
All eyes were drawn to the ancient city walls.
The city walls emitted a faint, soft light, their ancient marks representing past battles.
The Giant Rhinoceros was also stunned.
He raised his palm, looking at the bloody mark on it.
That sword had wounded him.
Just a sword mark.
"Why?"
The Giant Rhinoceros muttered to himself.
He had been an Emperor for thousands of years, and Sword City had seen more than one owner.
That Sword City was a treasure, known to all, but no one paid it any mind.
At the level of a Heavenly Emperor, anything less than a divine artifact was no longer worthy of their attention.
Therefore, no one had ever thought of claiming Sword City as their own.
Even the Five Heavenly Emperors had not harbored such thoughts.
In everyone's understanding, Sword City was merely an ordinary treasure.
But now, things were different.
Sword City contained residual sword intent.
If sword marks held sword intent, what about knife marks, and spear marks?
"Supreme treasure."
The Giant Rhinoceros became excited.
Just now, he had felt the aura of ancient times.
Those sword marks had endured for an immeasurable age.
Perhaps they had been there since the emergence of the Immortal Realm.
A time when even the Five Heavenly Emperors had to look up to the early Immortal Realm.
"If I can find the primordial Great Dao of the Immortal Realm…" The Giant Rhinoceros trembled with excitement.
Was it possible to control this ownerless world?
Yes, the Immortal Realm was ownerless.
"Boom."
The Giant Rhinoceros was thrilled.
He launched a fierce attack.
His palm sealed the heavens and earth, descending with ferocity.
This time, he avoided directly targeting the city.
As expected, the city walls' glow dimmed.
"That's it." The Giant Rhinoceros grew even more excited.
Sword City only automatically defended itself when someone attacked it directly.
If the attack was not aimed at Sword City itself but at the people within, Sword City immediately fell silent.
To Sword City, everyone was an outsider.
The Giant Rhinoceros's excitement brought despair to the people of Sword City.
His palm sealed the heavens and earth; no one could escape.
"Die."
The Giant Rhinoceros spoke again.
His goal was to kill everyone and seize Sword City.
"Attack."
If they couldn't rely on Sword City, they had to act themselves.
The Mad Emperor roared, and behind him, Old Demon Chu instantly soared into the sky.
Now, only the two of them could fight.
"Boom."
They couldn't withstand a Heavenly Emperor's attack.
This strike was the Giant Rhinoceros's full power.
Who was he?
He was a Heavenly Emperor.
Under a full-power assault, the Mad Emperor and Old Demon Chu's bodies instantly exploded.
"Bang bang."
The Mad Emperor's soul, Old Demon Chu's physical body.
Under the crushing might of a Heavenly Emperor, there was no possibility of resistance.
"Giant Rhinoceros."
As Old Demon Chu's body disintegrated, he quickly regenerated with dripping blood.
His pupils were filled with crimson: "If you have the guts, wait for the City Lord to return. Killing us is what kind of ability? When the City Lord returns, he will surely slay you."
No one had more confidence in Chen Fan than Old Demon Chu.
"Heh heh."
The response was the Giant Rhinoceros's cold laughter.
His palm descended at a constant, unvarying speed: "Don't worry, he'll soon be joining you…"
"Is that so?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice echoed in the Giant Rhinoceros's ear.
The moment the voice sounded…
"Boom."
Lightning arrived.
The Giant Rhinoceros's figure towered into the sky.
Above his head, a vast river of rules emerged.
The river stirred the wind and thunder of the nine heavens, and amidst the thunderous roars, ten thousand zhang of lightning descended.
A figure, like a thunder god, bathed in a sea of lightning, fought.
"Crack."
Thick silver lightning, each bolt like a dawn breaking through the heavens and earth.
"Chen Fan."
The Giant Rhinoceros, enduring the onslaught of lightning,
looked up, his voice laced with a hint of killing intent: "I thought you would run forever?"
"Run?"
Within the vast sea of lightning, who else could it be but Chen Fan?
He had returned and attacked immediately.
If he had hesitated, Old Demon Chu and the Mad Emperor would have died.
His voice carried a hint of disdainful mockery: "What are you? Do you think you're worthy of making this City Lord run?"
His usual contempt.
"Hmm?"
The Giant Rhinoceros was taken aback.
The sea of lightning still raged, striking his body, yet unable to penetrate his defenses.
The lightning was ignored. The Giant Rhinoceros thought he had misheard: "What did you just say?"
"I said you, a cripple," Chen Fan replied.
"..."
The Giant Rhinoceros fell silent.
After a moment, a smile spread across his face: "Good, good, good. Such a madman."
As his words fell,
"Boom."
An earth-yellow halo suddenly rose from the Giant's body.
The light turned golden.
The Giant Rhinoceros clenched his fist, and his golden fist, with a 'boom', shot towards the sky.
The vast, grand sea of lightning was shattered by a single punch.
The Giant attacked.
"Cripple."
The Giant Rhinoceros's voice was icy: "Is that all you've got?"
"Hahaha."
But his dismissive words were met with Chen Fan's laughter: "A cripple, you say? Hahaha… You are a Heavenly Emperor. Facing a mere Half-Emperor like me, who are you showing your pride to? Hahaha…"
A Heavenly Emperor defeating a Half-Emperor, was there a need for such confidence?
Chen Fan's laughter echoed: "But I don't acknowledge it. So what if you're a Heavenly Emperor? This City Lord most enjoys challenging superiors. So what if you're a Heavenly Emperor? Today… this City Lord will challenge a Heavenly Emperor. Today, this City Lord will slay you, kill…"
Zing zing.
The shattered sea of lightning suddenly transformed into a sea of swords.
"Fall."
Myriad swords return to their origin.
The overwhelming rules of swords struck the Giant's body.
Clangs resonated.
The rules of swords found it difficult to penetrate the flesh of a Heavenly Emperor.
Especially one renowned for his physical prowess.
"Dong."
The Giant Rhinoceros's attack was simple.
No grand spectacle, just an ordinary fist.
"Dang dang dang."
Countless rules of swords shattered.
Whoosh.
It began to rain.
The rain from the sky was torrential.
As soon as it started, the world became a hazy expanse of white.
"Flashy."
The Giant Rhinoceros disdained: "Watch me shatter all laws with sheer power."
Still the same method.
His golden divine fist shattered heaven and earth, disintegrating every raindrop.
"Hahaha."
Chen Fan's laughter came from within the rain.
He remained unmoved, letting the rain rules shatter against him.
"Shatter all laws with sheer power?"
He smiled: "It's merely the condescension of the strong towards the weak. In the same realm, I would kill you like a dog, do you believe me?"
The raindrops continued to fall.
Chen Fan was, after all, only a Half-Emperor.
In the Mad Realm, facing a Heavenly Emperor, he would have felt a measure of fear.
But now, things were different.
"Kill."
After the contempt came decisive attacks formed from countless Great Dao rules.
The entire sky was occupied by Chen Fan's offensive, as if a layer had been scraped off the firmament.
"Today, this City Lord intends to slay an Emperor."
Confident words echoed through heaven and earth.
Like an oath of the Great Dao, imprinted upon the world.