Chu Old Demon, a top-tier first-order Emperor Venerable, was locked in combat with a second-order Emperor Venerable.
"Buzz."
Mad Emperor appeared, looking towards the direction of White Emperor Palace. "Second-order Emperor Venerable, one more."
If Chu Old Demon could fight a second-order Emperor Venerable, he, Mad Emperor, was no less capable.
There wasn't much he could do at the moment, but blocking a second-order Emperor Venerable was still quite simple.
As a former third-order Emperor Venerable, his experience and methods were not inferior.
"Dong."
From White Emperor Mountain, a second-order Emperor Venerable emerged.
They feared Chen Fan because Chen Fan had slain a third-order Emperor Venerable.
Being outmatched was one thing.
But if they all charged at him at once, so many of them, even a third-order Emperor Venerable would perish.
Over ten second-order Emperor Venerables fighting in unison was enough to cause a qualitative shift.
As Emperor Venerables, they were all proud.
Chu Old Demon and Mad Emperor each faced a second-order Emperor Venerable.
No one intervened in these two battles.
Emperor Venerables valued their pride.
As an Emperor Venerable of White Emperor Mountain, if a second-order had to rely on others against a first-order, they might as well die.
...
And at this moment, all eyes were fixed on Chen Fan.
Chen Fan was currently walking step by step towards White Emperor Mountain.
His gaze met with Sword Venerable's.
"Come fight?"
If he could keep fighting them one-on-one, killing them one by one, that would also be a good option.
"..." Sword Venerable.
His gaze, like a sword, shot forth as sword light.
Clang.
Before the sword light could approach, it shattered.
The power of rules boiled in the sky of the West Continent.
"Do you dare?" Chen Fan asked again.
"..." Sword Venerable.
He still didn't answer, nor did his body move.
"Heh."
Chen Fan sneered. "You... are inferior to Blade Venerable, and even less worthy of wielding a sword."
A swordsman should be courageous and advance without hesitation.
If one doesn't even dare to draw their sword, they are unworthy of the essence of sword intent.
Chen Fan also wielded a sword, but his sword had never retreated.
Unworthy of a sword was his evaluation of the opponent.
Sword Venerable's expression immediately turned grim, their eyes meeting across the distance.
Bang.
The sky between them resounded with the clang of metal on metal.
That was the collision of rules.
The air grew thick with tension.
No one dared to approach, lest they be torn apart.
"Zheng Zheng."
Sword Venerable's long sword seemed to grow impatient.
As a Sword Dao Venerable, when had he ever been so disdained?
"Zheng."
A sword dragon materialized.
That was Sword Venerable's dragon of rules, roaring across heaven and earth.
Dragon's breath transformed into a sword, piercing towards Chen Fan's forehead in an instant, spanning thousands of miles.
"Roar."
A fierce tiger roared out.
Uncontrolled by Chen Fan, it directly charged out of the realm.
That was the tiger of rules.
With a single roar, it shattered the dragon's breath sword.
The fierce tiger, treading through the air, charged towards the sword dragon.
Dragon and tiger contended.
"Rumble."
The tiger roared across the heavens, the dragon soared through the seas.
Two colossal beings vied for dominance in the sky.
The collision of the Great Dao's rules sent out ripple-like waves, as if space itself was distorting.
And Chen Fan and Sword Venerable had still not made a move.
In the distance, Chu Old Demon and Mad Emperor had already reached a fever pitch in their battle.
Both sides had their victories and defeats, but the two first-order Emperor Venerables, though appearing disheveled, grew bolder as they fought.
"Demonic Path Devouring Heaven."
Chu Old Demon unleashed a powerful move.
A gluttonous maw appeared, swallowing his opponent whole.
The next moment...
Bang.
The gluttonous maw exploded.
The second-order Emperor Venerable who had been swallowed burst out, their physical body corroded beyond recognition.
It was only for a fleeting moment.
Chu Old Demon was not unscathed; the gluttonous maw was shattered, and a sliver of his rules was also fractured.
But do not forget, he was Chu Old Demon.
Perhaps the last demon in this world.
"Strength Demon, come..."
An incredibly massive demon appeared amidst the demonic flames.
It instantly merged into Chu Old Demon's body.
Chu Old Demon erupted, shedding all fancy techniques.
Brute force.
He was a standard giant demon.
Bang, bang, bang.
Punch after punch landed on the second-order Emperor Venerable.
Each punch shattered the void, and along with it, the second-order Emperor Venerable's physical body collapsed.
"Get lost."
The second-order Emperor Venerable roared in anger.
With a raised hand, he grabbed a long spear.
Puff.
This spear pierced through the giant demon, piercing Chu Old Demon's physical body.
The next moment, with a "bang," the giant demon disintegrated.
"Hahaha."
Chu Old Demon coughed up blood and laughed.
He had been heavily injured again.
"This is exhilarating, haha... This is the real deal. In the name of the last of the Demonic Path, I summon the Heavenly Demon to descend, come..."
Hum.
War Demon appeared amidst the demonic flames.
War Demon was not tall, just the figure of a normal person, a war saber at his waist, a war bow on his back, and in his hands... a peerless war halberd.
War Demon lived for battle.
He might not have truly existed, but was a figment of Chu Old Demon's imagination.
The imagined War Demon stepped out, overbearing.
As long as Chu Old Demon's rules existed, War Demon existed.
"A second-order Emperor Venerable?"
War Demon was even more defiant than Chu Old Demon. "Three moves, I will slay you."
Overbearing.
Chu Old Demon's aura was extremely weak.
Summoning War Demon was a tremendous drain on him.
He had succeeded, and thus no longer needed to act himself.
"Kill."
War Demon launched his attack ferociously.
His great halberd swept across the sky, cleaving through heaven and earth.
With a single strike, it was like a massive mountain blocking the way.
With a "boom," he sent the second-order Emperor Venerable flying.
"So strong."
The second-order Emperor Venerable's pupils contracted.
He would not sit idly by. With a sweep of his spear, he deflected the great halberd.
"Blade."
With the great halberd deflected, War Demon drew the saber at his waist.
Clang.
The saber strike was grand and unrestrained.
An unavoidable saber strike, a peerlessly dominant one.
This saber strike contained all of War Demon's spirit and essence.
Crack.
The second-order Emperor Venerable's long spear was directly severed.
As his pupils contracted, he rapidly retreated, dodging the fierce approaching saber light.
In the distance...
The second-order Emperor Venerable flew back, only to see War Demon sheathing the war saber in his hand.
The next moment, he took the great bow from his back.
"Draw."
The bow was drawn to its full extent, and a rule-based arrow materialized. "Shoot."
The bowstring snapped, and the rule-based arrow shot out like a fiery meteor, disappearing into the heavens and earth.
In the distance... the second-order Emperor Venerable felt his scalp tingle.
"Defend."
His body, already sent flying by the saber strike, had not yet stopped.
At this moment, all he could do was defend.
Boom!
A rule-based long spear, a hundred meters in size, shielded him.
He could only defend.
But he couldn't defend against it...
"Crack."
The spear defense shattered directly.
The sharp arrow, capable of piercing anything, broke through the spear.
In the horrified gaze of the second-order Emperor Venerable, it pierced his forehead.
"Ah..."
The second-order Emperor Venerable let out a scream.
The power of the arrow was all-penetrating, extremely sharp.
His physical body and soul shattered inch by inch.
Only his agonizing cry echoed through the heavens and earth.
The second-order Emperor Venerable was dead.
Bang.
The second-order Emperor Venerable's Emperor Palace appeared.
The Emperor Palace, formed by rules, crumbled inch by inch.
The power of the nascent world dispersed into the heavens and earth.
Chu Old Demon had no Emperor Palace; he did not need the power of an Emperor Palace's origin. He watched as the essence of the Emperor Palace slowly rose into the sky and then dissipated...
"This..."
This was a bit terrifying.
At the foot of White Emperor Mountain, the assembled Emperor Venerables were silent.
Another one was dead.
A first-order Emperor Venerable had reversed the order to defeat a higher rank.
"Why is this happening?"
This was the question on everyone's mind: "How many prodigies does Sword City have?"
One Chen Fan was already enough, but now even his subordinates were so formidable.
At the first-order realm, they could defeat those of a higher cultivation.
It was too terrifying.