Free Web NovelChapter 631: Chapter 193: Slaying the Emperor, Fierce Battle with the Martial God
But at this moment, Li Yuan’s third strike came out again; this slash seemed slow and lethargic, yet it nearly overlapped with the shadow of Dragon Breath.
The Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian, who blocked Li Yuan’s Dragon Breath, did not fall behind in the slightest. Within the intense explosion, he gripped his halberd with both hands, and its infinite mystery also formed an overlapping shadow as he slashed towards Li Yuan.
In the instant exchange between the two, the thoughts of the Emperor began to take shape.
Yet within this flow, there was endless confusion.
Who is this?
Is it...that day in front of the Mass Grave?
Is it...observed by the Flying Birds in Shanbao County?
"He" is actually a woman?
Why is she here?
How did she get in here?
Why does she want to kill me?
Did I offend her?
Escape!
Escape!!
Escape!!!
The flow of thoughts ultimately settled on "escape."
He wanted to turn around, but hadn’t turned yet.
Because the Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian blocking his way, and that woman aiming to assassinate him, were beyond imagination in terms of speed, reaction, and martial skill.
Two violent shadows intertwined.
Blade against halberd.
But this time, there was no loud clash.
Why?
The Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian struck with his halberd, but that blade, which seemed to be advancing, was actually synchronized with his halberd...
The blade was pressed against the halberd, relatively stationary, naturally making no sound.
In the next instant, the blade, resembling an invisible wind, circled the halberd and moved behind it.
The Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian’s gaze shifted sideways, and he saw his opponent’s eyes up close.
Both met,
one glance as if a millennium,
passing by each other.
As Li Yuan’s blade circled past the halberd, it released the power contained within the blade.
This release was like an ocean, flowing endlessly.
This strike landed on the Emperor, who "had just conceived the idea of escape," exploding instantly into a blinding red light.
———— Dragon Breath!!!
The terrifying high heat enveloped the Emperor at almost skin-level proximity, instantly burning him into a desiccated carbon corpse, which then shattered into ashes with a "bang" under the force of the blade.
Not a drop of blood remained...
The Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian swung back, the great halberd drawing an arc of light.
Li Yuan, however, leaped up.
This time, instead of ending, the arc followed closely like a shadow.
High above, a white-haired elder was flying in from afar; he was Xie Shiheng, the Ancestor of the Xie Family, who had heard the commotion and arrived first.
Xie Shiheng was bewildered.
As he arrived holding a spiritual weapon spear, he saw the ruined houses, the deep red firelight, the hellish thick smoke, and two silhouettes moving too quickly to discern.
Li Yuan’s gaze swept over Xie Shiheng, glanced at his over thirty-thousand upper limit data, and didn’t slow down; instead, she accelerated towards him.
Rushing amidst the charge, her entire being began to enlarge, her arms and legs thickening.
She soared rapidly from the height of a regular woman to a height over two zhang.
Her skin turned reddish, her muscles bulged, each part like thick armor newly forged, her dense muscle sinews akin to steel before quenching, radiating scorching heat.
Yet such a monster bore the face of a woman, making it both bizarre and terrifying.
This woman flew closer and closer.
Though Xie Shiheng understood nothing, he turned to flee.
But Li Yuan embraced him from behind.
With both hands squeezing, she crushed Xie Shiheng’s body entirely, leaving only a terrified head flying away.
At that instance, the delay allowed the Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian to catch up.
The halberd’s shadows heavily struck his body...
But in the next instant, he fiercely elbowed back.
This elbow, like a returning spear, clashed thunderously with the long halberd.
At this moment, Li Yuan’s entire body was a weapon.
This elbow strike was a spear dao secret skill he had cultivated before — Six Harmonies.
Except that in his cultivation, "Six Harmonies" had become far stronger than before.
The elbow-spear collided with the great halberd.
The expected sound did not occur.
The great halberd slid along the elbow-spear, bypassing the jab, slashing towards his neck.
In an instant, the Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian reproduced the technique Li Yuan had just used, returning it in kind.
Yet Li Yuan’s neck suddenly twisted violently, this twist propelling his body upward, then the neck flew in close contact with the great halberd.
An instant later, he bared his teeth, biting onto the great halberd with a snap.
His fingers turned into knives, a Dragon Breath instantly burst, slashing towards the Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian’s abdomen.
However, Lü Xuanxian did not dodge, allowing that Dragon Breath to strike, while he flipped his palm, the great halberd like a dragon turning!
The next moment...
Boom!!
Boom!!
Lü Xuanxian’s arms exploded beneath.
Li Yuan’s head exploded.
The headless Li Yuan stood in mid-air, although he couldn’t see, his senses were fine, while simultaneously, his flesh swirled rapidly, attempting to reconstruct a head.
Lü Xuanxian was the same.
The Evil Ghost Lü Xuanxian, with only his arms and head remaining, looked increasingly excitedly at Li Yuan.
And at this moment, Li Yuan suddenly pulled his fingers.
This was no place for a fierce fight; he had already seen the Flying Bear Army and even the Ghost Riders starting to mobilize.
He hoped the Xie Family Ancestor he killed could help clear the Xie Family’s suspicions.
Thus, he pulled his fingers.
In an instant, it was as if he traversed a dark tunnel, appearing near the Cloud Mountain Path by Chenxi Manor.
However, he did not enter Chenxi Manor directly, for his current form was truly frightening.
The eerie night was utterly silent.
Li Yuan’s heart finally settled.
He had succeeded.
He had conducted an assassination at the right time and place.
The Emperor... was dead!!
No matter what crisis, it was temporarily over, he had returned home.
But in the next instant, he saw a dark shadow coalesce beside him out of the night.
The shadow, holding a great halberd, scanned the surroundings, and hissed the first words, "So, it was here."
After being shocked, a voice from within Li Yuan’s belly also spoke, "Why...are you forcing me?"
