"Futile, a mere grand formation, dares to obstruct me!"
With a boom, Murong Ke stepped through space, his warbow in hand. Each step felt like traversing countless layers of dimensions.
Concurrently, the quasi-emperor wielding the Duan Xiao War Demon Blade let out a long roar. After sealing the surrounding space, he directly raised his battle saber. Rolling demonic energy surged skyward, and the blade sliced through space, splitting it in two. The blade's light was unstoppable. Having learned from past mistakes, this quasi-emperor unleashed boundless combat power, unleashing a horizontal slash. The blade's light grew increasingly powerful and sharp.
"You are stronger than him, but still no match for me!" Murong Ke glanced at the split space, raised his warbow, gripping it with both hands. A black arrow materialized, accompanied by the flickering of a Xuanwu Dao text. The arrow shot forward.
With a "bang," the blade light that had split space struck the arrow. The immense blade light, so vast and sharp, hit the arrowhead as if striking Mount Tai – immovable, unconquerable, unshakeable.
"Annihilate!"
Seeing his attack fail, the quasi-emperor did not continue to exert frantic pressure. Instead, he retracted his battle saber and uttered two words. A black demonic pattern appeared on the immortal treasure, shimmering with rolling dark light.
With a single slash, he shattered the invincible arrow. The blade light moved with incredible speed, making it difficult to track. The sharp edge transformed into a beam of light, slashing diagonally towards Murong Ke's head. Murong Ke immediately loosed an arrow. The Xuanwu divine beast roared behind him, and the black arrow's light instantly blocked the swift blade light.
Boom!
A sound echoed within space. In that instant, the Xuanwu divine beast lowered its head, its four eyes sweeping across the exploding space. The terrifying arrow shattered the blade light, piercing directly towards the quasi-emperor's head. The moment the blade light disintegrated, the quasi-emperor violently shook his arms, blood erupting. As his pupils lifted, he saw the image of the Xuanwu divine beast roaring to the heavens.
"You dare attack my divine sense!"
The instant the phantom of the Xuanwu divine beast appeared in his pupils, the quasi-emperor roared to the heavens. His demonic energy expelled Murong Ke's attack. He wrapped his demonic energy around his injured arms, raised the Duan Xiao War Demon Blade in his hand, and unleashed ten thousand blades in an instant. One terrifying blade light followed another, as if this space were a forest of blades, a sea of blades, a world of blades.
Murong Ke gazed at the overwhelming blade light that covered the sky and devastated all directions. He raised his warbow, black divine light filling the entire bow and his arms. Terrifying energy gathered on the warbow, causing the void to rumble. An arrow shot forth, and a massive rune appeared above the quasi-emperor's head.
"Ah!"
The moment the arrow was shot from the warbow, the sky full of blade light exploded. The quasi-emperor let out a sharp cry. The Duan Xiao War Demon Blade snapped into two pieces. His arms were devoid of flesh and blood, only pale white bone covered by the terrifying black arrow light. The blood essence from his arms did not splatter; it was all consumed by the arrow's light. He trembled, already harboring thoughts of escape.
"Presumptuous!"
Boom!
A pair of giant hands appeared from nowhere, tearing through dozens of layers of space. They descended to seize the quasi-emperor, shielding him beneath their palms. The manifested Dao patterns dispersed the arrow light from the quasi-emperor's arms. A middle-aged man with a pair of celestial horns on his forehead, a quasi-emperor! Another quasi-emperor of the Void Demon Clan appeared, the most powerful demon race experts besides the Void Immortal Emperor.
The moment he appeared, he was close to Murong Ke's body. Murong Ke had no time to draw his bow. He raised his right fist to meet the attack. Their invincible impact shook the heavens, causing brilliant flashes. With a "boom," a colossal demonic phantom appeared, like a vajra, radiating astonishing brilliance. It wielded a demon blade and slashed down.
"Quake!"
The middle-aged man uttered a word, and a demonic pattern materialized in space. The demon's colossal phantom raised its demon blade and smashed down. The immortal energy in space surged like an upward flowing torrent. With a loud roar, under Murong Ke's arrow shot, it exploded. Another black light shot skyward, piercing directly through the forehead of the colossal demon. The demon head disintegrated, its essence scattering. The aura of the middle-aged man surged, causing his clothes to rustle.
"Human, you are extraordinary! What is your name!"
With a boom, the middle-aged man took out a demon lamp. The moment a wisp of black flame was lit, the entire world plunged into darkness, leaving only the flickering black flame. Were it not for the light from that black flame, heaven and earth would have lost their brightness. Stars flickered, and all things dimmed. The demon lamp shot out a beam of light, a truly terrifying beam. It possessed the demonic power of time. The moment the light appeared, Murong Ke felt his blood qi rapidly decay, and his heart twitched violently. This demon lamp possessed the power of time and could devour the blood qi of living beings.
For a quasi-emperor like Murong Ke, it was merely a decay of blood qi. For ordinary beings, they would likely age to death under this demon lamp. Though lifespan is endless, it could drain all your blood qi, leaving you utterly depleted. Without blood qi, how could one achieve eternal life!
"The power of the River of Time. You wish to make my blood qi decay, leaving me unable to contend with you. Regrettably, this small amount of blood qi is of no use to me." Murong Ke said disdainfully, feeling his blood qi continuously draining.
At this moment, the middle-aged man holding the demon lamp let out a long cry, "Then let's try. Under the demon lamp, no one can escape the River of Time." He fiercely shook the demon lamp in his hand. The beam of light that shot out expanded into a River of Time stretching for ten thousand miles. Time is the origin of all things. Countless beings strive for eternal life precisely to break free from the prison of time.
Boom!
He spread his arms, and the black arrow erupted again. Instantly, the beam of light seemed to go mad. Even the black flame of the demon lamp in the middle-aged man's hand flickered as if about to be extinguished. The arrow that shot from the warbow, carrying endless killing intent, charged towards the beam of light.
The arrow shattered the ten-thousand-mile-long River of Time. Time could not halt the arrow's advance. The river collapsed, time became chaotic, crushing everything in its frenzy, forcing time to flow backward. The middle-aged man's blood qi instantly decayed. In that powerless state, his life was taken by the arrow. The former quasi-emperor perished completely under the arrow's erosion.
Boom!
Murong Ke retracted his warbow and appeared in the sky. He exchanged a glance with Wang Zhongsi in the distance. The army then advanced deep into the territory of the Void Demon Clan.