Chapter 6438 Killing Xiao Li
When Long Chen summoned his seven-colored Sovereign flames, the void itself ruptured.
If his violet-blood Sovereign flames were a gentle steed, the seven-colored Sovereign flames were an irritable bull—tamed, but ready to gore.
Just like that, Long Chen’s fist tore through space and smashed toward Xiao Li with appalling force.
In response, a divine rune appeared on Xiao Li’s forehead, mirroring the monstrous bird of his manifestation. With one-handed seals, his blood Qi erupted. Blood-colored chains wove into a giant net before Long Chen.
“So what if you have two types of Sovereign flames? In front of the natural laws, you are nothing!” Xiao Li shouted, his bloodline power pouring into these chains.
Law runes appeared on top of the chains. They gave off an unbreakable aura that would make someone else despair.
BOOM!
When Long Chen’s fist struck, the net trembled. However, Long Chen staggered and was forced back several steps.
“Long Chen,” Xiao Li bellowed, “no matter how strong you are, you are an ant before the power of laws! Laws cannot be broken by brute force! Face your death!”
Xiao Li changed his hand seals, and the chain net collapsed around Long Chen.
BOOM!
Long Chen once more struck the net, but he couldn’t break the law runes on the net.
Suddenly, the tough net turned soft and enveloped Long Chen. At this sight, Xiao Li smiled sinisterly, and his hand seals changed again.
“Seal!”
Following Xiao Li’s shout, the net tightened, layer upon layer.
“Hand over the Heaven Earth Cauldron, and I’ll let you die with a whole corpse!” Xiao Li snarled as the net shrank into a thirty-meter sphere, trapping Long Chen’s seven-colored flames within.
“You think an incomplete law rune can bind me?” Long Chen’s voice came muffled from the ball.
The next moment, seven-colored flames burst outward, and a majestic tide clashed against the chains. The runes groaned and creaked as the net gave ground.
Xiao Li’s pupils narrowed. He had fed essence blood into his rune to amplify it, yet Long Chen’s Sovereign flames still pressed the chains back. He ground his teeth.
“What kind of monster are you? How can brute force resist the power of laws?!”
Xiao Li drove his Blood Qi harder, compressing the net. He knew that Long Chen possessed the Earth Cauldron, and it couldn’t help him in battle.
As long as Xiao Li killed Long Chen, he would have a high chance of obtaining the Earth Cauldron. Thus, he could not retreat now. He had to succeed; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to explain to his race leader when he got back.
“This is your so-called law power? In that case, this is over!” Long Chen shouted.
His seven-colored Sovereign flames burned crazily, unleashing a wave of heat that washed over heaven and earth.
BOOM!
The runic net actually blew apart, transforming into a skyful of runes. Then, Xiao Li hacked up blood as he staggered back.
Seeing the opening, Long Chen planted a foot and sent a seven-color ripple outward. The gap between them immediately shrank.
His seven-colored Sovereign flames flared, unleashing a power that made the world tremble. Previously, such flames would have injured himself, but now, he could control them. While accelerating their burn cost more energy, it yielded devastating power—so great that even Long Chen was a bit afraid of it.
With each step, another seven-color ripple erased more distance. The sound of Long Chen’s footsteps was like the overture of a death god, penetrating deeply into the souls of his enemies and drawing out their most primal terror.
He was walking step by step toward Xiao Li, not to apply psychological pressure or show his arrogance. His body was simply heavy after igniting his seven-color Sovereign flames. It was as if he were carrying a mountain on his back.
While he’d lose agility, the power was worth it.
“Go ahead and use whatever tricks you have. You won’t have another chance,” said Long Chen coldly.
Xiao Li’s fists creaked as he clenched them, a vein throbbing on his temple. Fear, fury, jealousy, resentment—his features twisted into something ghostlike.
“Do you think brute force can contend with laws? You’re wrong! Today, you will die by my hands!” Xiao Li roared.
The moment the rune on his forehead ignited, his bloodline and bird-manifestation flared. Then, his manifestation shattered into hundreds of divine birds, their auras ancient and vast.
They were like divine birds of the immemorial era that had flown through space and time to arrive here. They emitted an ominous air.
Xiao Li roared, “So what if I haven’t condensed a complete divine rune? If I use my ancestors’ power, I can still draw out more of this law power. Our Shadow Divine Owl race passes legacies through bloodlines. All these birds are my ancestors. I have their protection, but what do you inferior humans have?! You are merely ants beneath my feet!”
The moment Xiao Li drew his bow, one of the divine birds in his manifestation vanished. Then, an arrow with the same aura as the bird appeared on his bow.
“Life Flame Ignition, Ancestral Protection! Shadow Void Breaking Arrow!”
In an instant, the bow left the bowstring and shot toward Long Chen.
“If we weren’t strong enough, how long could our ancestors protect us? And if we were strong enough, why would we need their protection? Is the power of the human race something a bird like you can understand?” Long Chen snorted.
As he unleashed a punch, his seven-color Sovereign flames surged forth.
BOOM!
The impact threw Long Chen many miles back. While his fist quivered, the arrow containing Xiao Li’s ancestor’s power disintegrated.
“How can this be?!” Xiao Li shrieked.
Like a death god, Long Chen started walking toward Xiao Li once again.
“I refuse to believe this!” Xiao Li roared, unleashing one arrow after another.
Explosive sounds repeatedly rang out as Long Chen’s fists blew apart the arrows. When he reappeared within the twisting space, his hands were bloody and his seven-colored flames had dimmed.
Long Chen had exhausted his Sovereign flames, and due to his lack of control over his Sovereign flames, he injured himself. In theory, this was the best moment for Xiao Li to attack.
However, Xiao Li couldn’t, his body shaking. His law power and manifestation flickered out. In the end, the barrage had exhausted all his power.
After gritting his teeth, Xiao Li took a deep breath.
“Long Chen, once I condense the complete essence divine rune and master the laws, you’ll be the first I kill.”
“No, you won’t get that chance,” Long Chen replied, shaking his head.
“I admit defeat today. But you’re dreaming if you think you can keep me—”
As Xiao Li reached for a talisman, a black halberd stabbed through his back.