The spatial rift sealed, yet the terrifying light continued to surge. Gusts of elemental energy storms relentlessly ravaged the void. Li Guang's expression flickered slightly, veins bulging on his arms as he pressed down with all his might on the saber in his hand.
The Barbarian Emperor fiercely resisted, suppressed by the saber's intent, his entire body trembling violently. Layers of bloody mist were forced out from his flesh. After mere dozens of breaths, dragons roared on Li Guang's arms, his saber's radiance surging, directly cleaving the Barbarian Emperor a hundred zhang away.
From an initial stalemate, a fierce clash of top-tier combat intent, it ultimately ended with the Barbarian Emperor's foundation being slightly inferior, widening the gap. The widening of this gap signaled the end between life and death.
"Barbarian Emperor, you are formidable. This is the first bloody battle I've had since my descent, truly exhilarating!"
Li Guang held his saber, his imposing aura undiminished, speaking softly.
"Cough... cough... cough..."
"I have not yet lost, why do you regard me with such arrogance?"
The Barbarian Emperor wiped a thick layer of blood from his face, smearing it onto his great axe, its cold light reflecting the crimson hue.
"Is that so?"
Li Guang gently spun his saber, dragon roars echoing, a profound thirst and greed for the Barbarian Emperor's blood emanating from him.
"Li Guang!"
"Do not rejoice too soon."
"Human race, the Great Han Imperial Dynasty, and you Li Guang, I have walked from the era of insignificance to this day, where countless tribes bow to me alone!"
"I am invincible, how can I be so easily defeated by ants like you!"
"Demon Ancestor was no match, and neither are you, Li Guang!"
The Barbarian Emperor's gaze swept across Li Guang and the Azure Dragon Legion in the distance. Veins, like blood vessels glowing with a scarlet light, appeared on his battle axe.
"Fight!!"
The Barbarian Emperor raised his blood-hued battle axe. Though his power had slightly waned, his blood-fiend aura suddenly surged to a new peak. With a swing of the great axe, a crimson blood-light shot towards the heavens.
"I shall fulfill your wish!"
Li Guang's blood-light erupted. With a raise and a fall of his hand, he unleashed a saber strike that shook the entire world. Chen Tang and the others in the distance watched the battlefield enveloped by terrifying force with grim expressions.
"Clang!"
The two lights collided. Axe intent and blood-light intertwined, furiously attempting to devour the azure saber intent. The saber intent flashed, dragon roars resounded, azure and red intermingled, and fierce energies exploded in the void, deafening all who heard.
"Barbarian Emperor, you are no longer qualified to fight me!"
"The era of the Barbarian race shall end beneath my saber!"
"Die!"
Li Guang roared, peak saber intent flashing between his eyes. Above the void, he held his saber, looking down at the weakened Barbarian Emperor. At this moment, Li Guang's arrogance surged, completely overwhelming the exhausted Barbarian Emperor.
As the roar subsided, his saber ignited with boundless azure light. An endless azure river flowed through the nine heavens. Li Guang grasped his saber, his blood essence soaring to the sky, his aura surging. Along the river, saber intent flickered, permeating all directions of the void.
The Barbarian Emperor felt a tremor of fear, a sense of powerlessness creeping into his heart. The High Priest had always told him that in the path of martial arts, throughout the entire Cangyuan Plane, only the Demon Ancestor could narrowly defeat him.
And now, it had come to this!
"No..."
"This era belongs to me, the era of the Barbarian race!!"
"Li Guang, do not shatter my martial heart!!"
"Barbarian Emperor, your ignorance has sealed your doom!!"
"Where the banner of Great Han shakes, all shall be Han territory!"
"Boom!"
The Barbarian Emperor's battle axe, along its blood-red, vein-like markings, split open with cracks covered by azure flowing light. From the terrifying saber intent above his head, he felt the aura of death.
This feeling was more terrifying than physical death, the dissipation of his primal energy. The sense of powerlessness shocked him so much that he dropped his battle axe and hastily retreated to the left, attempting to evade this devastating strike he could barely resist.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Your life, I shall claim!"
The moment the Barbarian Emperor dropped his battle axe, the saber intent shattered the battle axe that had accompanied him to the peak of martial arts. The shattering of the battle axe was the collapse of his Barbarian Emperor's martial heart.
Li Guang swept his saber to the right, its intent like a dragon, tearing and biting. Azure flowing light flashed, the dragon traversing the firmament. Saber intent flickered, furiously engulfing the Barbarian Emperor's physical body.
"Master, you lied to me..."
Li Guang sheathed his saber, gazing at the terrifying elemental energy storm raging with saber intent ahead. The Barbarian Emperor's unwilling voice, sometimes strong, sometimes weak, drifted intermittently. Saber intent crisscrossed, and threads of blood seeped out.
"Ah..."
"I am not reconciled, I am not reconciled..."
"Save me..."
Fear had finally shattered the Barbarian Emperor's pride. Before his death, primal survival instincts emerged, his desire for life manifested to the extreme!
"Rumble!"
Chen Tang and the others, leading the Azure Dragon Legion, crossed the void and arrived beside Li Guang. They watched as the saber intent gradually dissipated, revealing the vast, empty void. Only wisps of blood drifted faintly amidst the elemental energy.
"How are you?"
Chen Tang looked at the weakened Li Guang and asked with concern.
"No harm!"
Li Guang's pale complexion slightly recovered his core essence after consuming a few pills.
"Let's go!"
Chen Tang glanced at Li Guang, drew his sword, and pointed it at the sky: "Azure Dragon Legion, sweep through the Southern Domain!"
"Kill!"
Myriad soldiers roared. With the Barbarian Emperor dead, the hinterland of the Southern Domain continent could be seized with a mere flip of the hand!
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"Ding! Congratulations to the host, Li Guang has killed the Child of Destiny of the Cangyuan Plane – the Barbarian Emperor, disrupting the original development trajectory of the Cangyuan Plane. A reward of ten million killing points, and one exclusive hero talent advancement opportunity is granted!" Su Dan Novel Network
"Exclusive talent advancement?"
"Child of Destiny!"
Yang Hao heard this and smiled, shaking his head slightly, and said softly, "Child of Destiny, I'm truly sorry."
"System, use the exclusive talent advancement for the unearthed hero Li Guang!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, the unearthed hero Li Guang has successfully advanced to Half-step Peerless General!"
"Half-step Peerless!"
Currently, the unearthed heroes who had reached the Half-step stage included Li Si, Li Bai, Xu Chu, and Li Guang. This gave Yang Hao even more confidence to sweep across the world. If Half-step Peerless were this powerful, how formidable would Peerless Generals and Supreme Generals be?
With the Barbarian Emperor's demise, the Barbarian race's High Priest, Demon Ancestor, and Heavenly Simo Monarch disappeared. Without their protection, the unification of the Western and Southern Domain continents would face no further obstacles.
Once the Western and Southern Domain continents were unified, the Cangyuan World would be within his grasp. With the Cangyuan Plane in hand, the Barbarian race's High Priest, Demon Ancestor, and Heavenly Simo Monarch would naturally be exposed under his watchful eye, with nowhere to hide!
Once these three were eliminated, the remaining two continental core seeds could be successfully recovered. With all four continental cores in his possession, the Cangyuan World would be stabilized.
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