"Have you been waiting here long, fellow Daoist?"

"Someone else?!"

Su Ziyue's heart skipped a beat, and she also released her divine sense to scan the area.

However, the void remained unusually calm, with no changes. She didn't sense anyone, but she trusted Chen Yuan implicitly, knowing he wouldn't let the Fox Clan demon saint go for no reason.

Someone must still be lurking around!

Chen Yuan gripped the Emperor Slaughter Saber, his expression grim.

"Heh heh..."

A faint chuckle echoed from the void, causing ripples in space.

"That demon saint has a very keen sense."

After uttering these words, a middle-aged man slowly stepped out of the void. He wore a robe embroidered with golden pythons, had a stout build, and his long hair was tied up. His eyes were like torches, exuding an aura of imposing authority.

Although his appearance was ordinary, one could tell at a glance that he was extraordinary.

"I am a human. The one who just left was the demon saint." Chen Yuan's gaze was icy as he stared at the man. There was no doubt this was a powerful human cultivator. Based on his attire and current location, Chen Yuan roughly guessed who he was.

"This King is Nangong Lie. May I ask the demon saint's name? To be able to chase a Heavenly Fox Clan demon saint to the point of desperate flight shows considerable strength." Nangong Lie held one hand behind his back, while the other gently stroked his long beard, a smile on his face.

However, a murderous intent lurked within the smiling eyes.

He ignored Chen Yuan's words 'human race,' firmly believing him to be a demon saint, perhaps for some hidden purpose. What truly made Chen Yuan feel danger was that this man had an opportunity to kill the old fox, but he let it go, focusing his attention on him instead.

"It seems the Prince of Zhennan's eyes aren't very good."

Chen Yuan's eyes also held a dangerous glint, a subtle flash of azure light passing through them. Then, shock filled him, because... Nangong Lie possessed Destiny!

The hand gripping the Emperor Slaughter Saber tightened instinctively.

"This King only believes what he sees. Human race... heh heh... where in this world is there a human with horns and scales?" Nangong Lie's lips curved into a smile.

Although his aura was heavy, his presence was elusive. Yet, the more it was like this, the more wary Chen Yuan became.

Nangong Lie hadn't made a move in many years, but he was still listed among the top ten on the Supreme Ranking (Zhizun Bang), a testament to his strength. Chen Yuan knew well that the Supreme Ranking didn't truly represent everything.

It was merely based on battle records and predictions by the Ascending Immortal Pavilion (Dengxian Lou). It was only natural for some to hide their true strength.

His heart sank slightly. In his current heavily injured state, not to mention fighting Nangong Lie, even escaping was a luxury unless he awakened Moro regardless of the consequences, or... revealed his true form.

But looking at Nangong Lie's demeanor, even if he showed his true form and revealed his identity as Chen Yuan, he probably wouldn't let him go.

As for his purpose, Chen Yuan had a vague idea.

"A Kirin (Qilin) beast... This King has been searching for decades. I didn't expect you to get there first. However... since you have become a Kirin Demon, your bloodline must still contain Kirin blood. Heh heh... very good."

Nangong Lie sized up the black-armored man before him with a relaxed air.

After receiving the news, he immediately dropped everything and came. He had been tracking their movements all the way, arriving here ahead of them.

All for the Kirin blood!

Human or demon didn't matter. As long as he got the Kirin blood, the trip would be worth it.

As expected!

Hearing Nangong Lie's candid words, Chen Yuan's suspicion was confirmed. Many coveted the Fire Kirin (Huo Qilin). Although it had fallen, the Kirin blood was on his body.

Naturally, it would attract those who coveted it.

But what exactly did the dignified Prince of Zhennan want Kirin blood for?

He vaguely felt there was a significant secret involved.

"So, the Prince of Zhennan is certain he can kill me?"

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, forcing himself to remain calm.

Nangong Lie possessed Destiny, which he greatly desired. But at this moment, it wasn't up to him. The current situation was that the enemy was strong and he was weak.

"What, you don't believe me?"

Nangong Lie looked at him with interest.

"Heh heh..."

"You are already at the end of your rope. Chasing that Fox Clan demon saint was just you holding on. Even if this King used only thirty percent of his strength, he could easily suppress you.

So, will you willingly accept your death, or will this King do it himself? If it's the latter, it might be a little more painful." Nangong Lie smiled faintly.

He was very confident, certain that he could easily suppress this fellow. He could accurately sense that this person's cultivation had not reached the Yang God Realm.

Being able to chase a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox demon saint was only because of the Kirin Demon transformation.

But how much strength could he have left after a fierce battle with his already insufficient cultivation? Most importantly, even if he wasn't seriously injured now, and even if the Kirin Demon was in its prime, he was still confident he could suppress this person.

Being in the top ten of the Supreme Ranking was not easy.

Those who could make the list were all peerless True Monarchs, either princes of the court with different surnames, or powerful figures from the Central Plains immortal sects. Almost none of them were easy to deal with.

Such an existence could not be matched by a mere Kirin Demon.

Kirin blood was of great use to him. He had investigated this matter before, but unfortunately, he had never found any information. He didn't expect to encounter it so coincidentally now.

Chen Yuan's heart sank. He naturally knew how strong those in the top ten of the Supreme Ranking were. It might have seemed easy to block Gu Tianqiong, the former Chief Supervisor of the Celestial Patrol, but that was all Moro's power.

On his own, he was far from being a match!

However, even so, he would never be taken prisoner without a fight!

Jiang He was already on his way. He also had a token given to him by Old Daoist Tianxu. It wasn't like he didn't have the power to resist, but...

He didn't expect Nangong Lie to come so quickly, and specifically target him. Even if he sent a message to Biyou Palace (碧游宫) now, it was a bit too far.

Su Ziyue nestled in Chen Yuan's arms, holding him tightly.

"I have long heard that the Prince of Zhennan, Nangong Lie, is extraordinarily strong, one of the best in the world. I have long wanted to compete with him. Since the Prince of Zhennan wants to make a move, then come on. Why should I fear?"

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he didn't back down in the slightest.

Even if Jiang He couldn't make it, he wasn't without the ability to fight back. At most, Senior Moro would suffer serious injuries as a result, but it wouldn't cost him his life.

"Good courage!" Nangong Lie praised him, but he wasn't surprised. Those who could cultivate to this stage had incredibly firm martial hearts, and few would surrender without a fight.

"Your courage is commendable, and this King appreciates it. Perhaps you don't have great righteousness in your heart, but it's still good to contribute to the human race. This King will give you a chance.

Submit to this King and follow me to guard Nanzhou, resisting the demon race. However, you must extract half of the Kirin God blood from your body. What do you say?" Nangong Lie wasn't in a hurry to make a move. Instead, he began to persuade him.

He had just been testing the other party. He needed the Kirin blood, but not all of it. As long as this person was willing to submit to him and offer half of the Kirin God blood, he could give him a way out.

Of course, as a price, he would have to make a Demonic Heart Blood Oath.

"What, has the Prince of Zhennan now realized that I am a human?" Chen Yuan retorted.

"That's not important. What's important is how this King sees you. If you are a demon, you will die here today. If you are a human, you can live." Nangong Lie replied.

The meaning was very clear.

To live, submit. Nangong Lie would recognize him as a human. To die, resist. Then he would be dealing with a demon saint. Whether he was human or demon depended entirely on his decision.

This shamelessness... to be honest, Chen Yuan felt inexplicably familiar after hearing it because that was his personality. He looked at Nangong Lie calmly and said:

"A great man stands between heaven and earth. How can he be subservient to others?"

"So, that's your answer?"

"You are not qualified to make me submit."

"Good, good, good..." Nangong Lie nodded, not angry at all, and continued:

"In that case, let this King see the power of the Kirin Demon and see if it is as powerful and unparalleled as recorded in ancient books."

As soon as the words fell, a terrifying aura instantly rose from his body, directly stirring up the celestial phenomena, like a black vortex condensed on top of his head.

The aura was strong and powerful.

Chen Yuan estimated that it was almost comparable to Gu Tianqiong. Sure enough, the Supreme Ranking didn't represent everything. As long as one deliberately concealed their strength, even the Ascending Immortal Pavilion couldn't find out.

Chen Yuan didn't respond. With a thought, the void within a hundred feet instantly twisted, and strands of mysterious black flames appeared from the void, turning into a sea of fire in an instant.

He stood in the sea of fire, holding a beautiful woman in his arms, like a God of Fire walking out of the abyss!

"This fire is not bad, but it's only not bad." Nangong Lie commented, acknowledging the strength of the Kirin Demon. This kind of flame could definitely injure a Yang God True Monarch.

But it was not enough to hurt him.

His aura changed, and an overwhelming force like a flood burst towards Chen Yuan in an instant.

The atmosphere was extremely quiet, like the calm before a storm, perhaps the next moment would be a terrifying scene of the earth collapsing and the sky falling apart.

Chen Yuan was fearless, holding the Emperor Slaughter Saber that had changed shape, and his blood was surging, ready to display the true form of the Kirin at any time, and face Nangong Lie in the strongest posture.

He was carrying a lot of injuries, and was definitely not Nangong Lie's opponent, but he did not think about defeating him. Although he had been chasing the old fox in the direction of Southern Border, he had changed direction in the middle, which delayed a lot of time. Jiang He should still be on his way at this time.

As long as he held on for a while, he would be able to wait for Jiang He to arrive.

At that time, the two of them joining hands would give him hope of blocking this person, and even... risking damage to his primordial spirit, cast Space Freeze again to give Nangong Lie a surprise, and it was even possible to keep him.

A breeze blew, and the world was quiet. Nangong Lie raised his hand, and a golden divine mace appeared in his hand, filled with the aura of a divine weapon that had undergone multiple tribulations.

At least it was not inferior to the Immortal Slaughtering Sword (Zhuxian Jian) in Jiang He's hand.

The flames in the void seemed to have spirituality, sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing, condensing around Chen Yuan.

At this moment, suddenly, a sharp edge that pierced the sky swept across the world, and Chen Yuan and Nangong Lie frowned at the same time, looking into the depths of the void.

The endless dark clouds were shattered by the sharp edge, and a divine sword that could not be seen clearly hung in the sky, exuding surging sword intent and soaring sharp aura all over its body.

Mount Shu (Shu Shan)?

Nangong Lie frowned suddenly. The sword cultivators of the world were no more than the Mount Shu Sword Sect, and such a terrifying sword intent, I am afraid that few people could have it except for Mount Shu.

Nangong Lie frowned, his eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking.

Compared to Nangong Lie, Chen Yuan's brows relaxed, because he sensed this familiar sword intent, it was from Jiang He, and he would never admit it wrong.

It's just that he didn't expect to come so fast!

It was really a bit incredible!

However, no matter how Jiang He came so fast, his arrival was good news for Chen Yuan.

"I don't know who Your Excellency is? Could it be the Mount Shu Holy Land?"

Nangong Lie asked in a deep voice.

He could feel that the sharp sword intent of the other party was directed at him, and it was obvious that he might be the helper invited by this Kirin Demon.

"This is a private grievance between this King and this fellow Daoist, please do not interfere." Nangong Lie directly revealed his identity with a sentence from this King, hoping that the other party would retreat.

"If you dare to do it, I will kill you today!"

A faint voice came from the long sword covered in sword intent, revealing a coldness that kept strangers away.

"Your Excellency has a big tone, want to kill this King? Even if you two join forces, it's not enough." Nangong Lie narrowed his eyes and stared at the long sword in the void.

This sentence was not to boast, to be his opponent, at least the existence of the top ten on the Supreme Ranking was required, and these people were all the best in the world.

But they would not easily show up.

However, what made him unsure was that he could not sense the other person's aura, he could only sense a sharp sword intent, so he did not act rashly.

"Then, Prince of Zhennan, why not try it and see if this seat can kill you!"

As soon as the words fell, the sharp sword intent on the long sword instantly converged, but the more it was like this, the more dangerous he felt, that sword immortal really dared to do it!

In addition to this Kirin Demon with considerable strength, Nangong Lie hesitated for a while.

It wasn't that he couldn't fight, but there were still big things in a while. If the injury delayed the real big things, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

"Prince of Zhennan, please!"

Chen Yuan also spoke at this moment, took a step forward, ready to fight the Prince of Zhennan at any time, and even prepared to burn the Kirin God blood.

The atmosphere around him solidified again.

Nangong Lie stared at the Kirin Demon in front of him, and then looked up at the strong man hidden in the dark above. After thinking for a few breaths, he smiled lightly:

"Forget it, it seems that heaven doesn't want me to get Kirin blood. Let's stop here today, you two can leave."

"If you want to fight, then fight, if you want to leave, then leave, Nangong Lie, you think too well, if you want to leave, first take this seat's sword!" The voice in the void snorted coldly.

The next moment, the void condensed into a river of sword energy, falling from the sky, covering down.

"Hmm?"

Nangong Lie's pupils shrank, and he immediately sacrificed the golden mace in his hand and bombarded it with sword energy. In an instant, a terrifying roar broke out, and infinite sword energy leaked out.

"You really dare to do it!"

Nangong Lie frowned. Just now, that sentence was just him testing these two people to see if they were bluffing. Now it seemed that this was not the case.

Seeing the Kirin Demon raising his arm and preparing to strike, Nangong Lie snorted coldly, held the golden mace back in his hand, turned around and quickly disappeared into the void.

Only a harsh word was left behind:

"Let's stop this battle today, if we meet again another day, this King will definitely compete with the two of you!"

After saying that, the breath completely disappeared.

Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the void. At this time, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword (Zhuxian Jian), which had unleashed that sword, had almost exhausted its power, and slowly suspended in the air, stopping in front of him.

Bluff!

Yes, Jiang He was bluffing.

From the moment the Immortal Slaughtering Sword (Zhuxian Jian) appeared just now, Chen Yuan had quietly asked Su Ziyue to contact Jiang He through the Heavenly Book (Tian Shu), but the answer he got was that he was still on his way at the moment.

It was only because he was worried about his situation that he sacrificed the Immortal Slaughtering Sword (Zhuxian Jian), and rushed from Qingzhou City across thousands of miles to Nanping Prefecture at the fastest speed, almost the same as when Chen Yuan met the Dan Realm master of the Yun family in Cangbing Valley at the beginning.

The only difference was that that sword easily obliterated the Yun family master, and this sword, which gathered almost all of Jiang He's strength, could not even hurt Nangong Lie.

Otherwise, with Nangong Lie's Destiny, how could Chen Yuan let him go?

As long as there was a glimmer of opportunity, he would not hesitate to attack.

"You came at the right time."

Chen Yuan smiled lightly at the Immortal Slaughtering Sword (Zhuxian Jian).

If Jiang He had come one step later, he and Nangong Lie would have really fought.

"It's better to come early than to come at the right time, you're lucky." A wisp of Jiang He's distraction in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword (Zhuxian Jian) said.

With his strength, perhaps his main body could seriously injure Nangong Lie in a desperate battle, but now he only had the power of one sword, and there was almost no possibility of winning.

It was precisely because he guessed Nangong Lie's intention that he dared to take a gamble.

If he lost the bet, Chen Yuan would be seriously injured, and Moro would appear and get injured. If he won the bet, Nangong Lie would retreat after one strike. Fortunately, they won the bet. Although he didn't know why Nangong Lie didn't really fight, it was good to be safe.

"Where are you now?"

Chen Yuan continued to ask.

"Almost at the border of Nanzhou."

The speed of the main body was still much worse than the Immortal Slaughtering Sword (Zhuxian Jian) after all. It was precisely because he was worried that he used this method when Su Ziyue just started to contact him.

"Thank you, Brother Heavenly Sword."

Su Ziyue distanced herself from Chen Yuan, cupped her hands and said in a deep voice.

She didn't have the same attitude as before.

"It's not easy to get a thank you from you, hehe... when can I drink your wedding wine?" Jiang He's words were also a lot more than before, and he began to tease.

Su Ziyue glanced at Chen Yuan without speaking.

Chen Yuan understood that it was not appropriate to say that it was for cultivation at this time, so he pondered and said: SuDan Novel Network

"The time has not come yet, let's do it together after you have rescued my sister-in-law from the capital!"

Jiang He: "..."

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