Hu Li the Immortal has suffered a severe blow!
"Was Yellow Heaven Dao’s Eight Gates Locking Gold Array intentional or unintentional?" At this moment, Zhang Chen’s heart was pounding wildly, his eyes filled with shock.
Hu Li the Immortal was pierced by the Immortal Slaying Sword, the terrifying Sword Qi rampaging within his body, causing his Bloodline Power to become chaotic. He could no longer maintain his power of flight and began to fall toward the ground.
"Hu Li the Immortal, today is the anniversary of your death! Once you’re dead, I will honor you every year! I will use your death to uphold the prestige of my Shen Family, ensuring we remain unshaken! This round, my Shen Family has won!" Shen Li gestured with his palm, and the Immortal Slaying Sword returned to his hand. He stepped through the void, walking step by step toward where Hu Li the Immortal was falling.
"Hu Li the Immortal is in grave danger! This place is sealed by the Eight Gates Locking Gold Array, preventing any powerful Demon Race members outside from knowing Hu Li the Immortal’s life or death and unable to assist him. Now, with no one to attend to him in Jinling City, the situation looks grim. Could the Shen Family possibly turn the tide?" Tushan Qing was astonished, his face pale.
Hu Li the Immortal is the leader of the Demon Race, a pillar of support for them. If Hu Li the Immortal perishes here, it will be an indescribable catastrophe for the Demon Race, tantamount to an existential crisis, and it will be difficult for them to rise again in the future.
"Hu Li the Immortal cannot die!" Zhang Chen moved his body and used the Escape Technique to rush toward Hu Li the Immortal.
Over there, Shen Li landed ten meters away from Hu Li the Immortal, holding the Immortal Slaying Sword in his hand, his eyes filled with cruelty: "Beast, today you’ll die, and I’ll make a name for my Shen Family! After today, my Shen Family will become a top family under Heaven, ranked first among the Human Race!"
Shen Li raised the Immortal Slaying Sword, needing only one slash to decapitate Hu Li the Immortal from afar. At this moment, Hu Li the Immortal lay on the ground, blood flowing like a fountain, his eyes weakly watching Shen Li, filled with unwillingness.
"I am not content!" Hu Li the Immortal’s heart was filled with stifled anger.
Having heard Hu Li the Immortal’s words, Shen Li coldly laughed: "How is your death unjust, beast? You colluded with Prince Pingbian’s Mansion, allied with Yellow Heaven Dao, plotting to encroach on us humans and destroy my Shen Family, which is nothing but your self-destruction. Yellow Heaven Dao intends to reverse control over the Demon Beasts, how could they allow your existence? Only with your death, the Demon Race will be in chaos, and Yellow Heaven Dao could seize control of the Demon Race."
The alliance between the Prince Pingbian’s Mansion and the Demon Race has always been strong, with the Prince Pingbian’s Mansion at a disadvantage. If Hu Li the Immortal dies, the strength dynamics will reverse, allowing the Prince Pingbian’s Mansion to take control of the Demon Race, even potentially mobilizing a demon army to the south, ravaging the lands.
"The Prince Pingbian’s Mansion uses my life to eliminate you, that Crown Prince is indeed skillful!" Shen Li slowly raised the Immortal Slaying Sword, his eyes showing a hint of coldness.
Regardless of whether it is a scheme by the Prince Pingbian’s Mansion or Yellow Heaven Dao, today Hu Li the Immortal is doomed. If the Shen Family can kill Hu Li the Immortal, they will certainly become renowned, and recover from their decline.
As long as Hu Li the Immortal is dead, the Shen Family will still have a Tenth Tier divine being, and tonight the Shen Family’s crisis will be considered over.
Just as Shen Li lifted his head, a figure appeared on the scene: "You can’t kill him!"
Zhang Chen remained in the Invisibility Rune state, visible only to Hu Li the Immortal and Shen Li.
Although Zhang Chen wore a mask made of ice, Shen Li immediately recognized Zhang Chen’s aura: "It’s you!!!"
"It’s me!!!" Zhang Chen replied.
"Are you in league with the Demon Race and Yellow Heaven Dao?" Shen Li’s voice was filled with disbelief.
"I’m with Hu Li the Immortal. As for Prince Pingbian’s Mansion and Yellow Heaven Dao... they’re pretty much mortal enemies." Zhang Chen sighed softly, his voice full of emotion.
"Are you really Zhang Chen?" Shen Li’s voice held confusion.
"Yes!" Zhang Chen replied.
"Since you are truly Zhang Chen and not possessed, why are you helping outsiders harm my Shen Family?" Shen Li questioned: "Do you not remember our Shen Family’s kindness in taking you in? Without our protection, you would have been captured by the government long ago. Are you not ashamed of your actions against the Shen Family?"
"The Shen Family broke the marriage contract and coveted what my mother left behind, and you dare accuse me here?" Zhang Chen coldly laughed.
Shen Li glared at Zhang Chen: "Enough talk, this will be settled by battle! Since you want to save Hu Li the Immortal and stand in my way, there’s only one path for you: death!"
"So be it, I’ll kill you first, then slay Hu Li the Immortal!" Shen Li’s voice was filled with coldness.
"Boy, run quick! He’s a Tenth Tier strongman, now in Extreme Realm Ascension, with a great weapon. Even against an Eleventh Tier enemy, he dares to fight a few rounds. You’re no match for him, don’t worry about me, just run!" Hu Li the Immortal coughed up blood behind Zhang Chen, shouting to him: "If I survive this calamity, you will be like a son to me, and I will protect you fully."
Upon hearing Hu Li the Immortal’s words, Zhang Chen’s face darkened. This guy was taking advantage of him, but listening to Hu Li the Immortal’s words, the other party still had a trump card to escape and save his life. These old guys truly cannot be underestimated.
As Hu Li the Immortal finished speaking, Shen Li’s eyes showed cold killing intent. Holding a long sword, he stepped forward to slash toward Zhang Chen.
"He can no longer release Sword Qi, he has to personally wield the sword against me. It seems he too is running on empty." Zhang Chen saw Shen Li leap toward him, the Immortal Slaying Sword flickering with cold light. The next moment, multicolored light flashed behind him, and Shen Li’s Immortal Slaying Sword disappeared, his footsteps halted one meter before Zhang Chen, eyes full of disbelief: "Where’s my Treasure Sword?"
The Celestial Measuring Ruler slipped from Zhang Chen’s sleeve and was held in his palm: "Ancestor, you have lost! You have no chance to kill Hu Li the Immortal."
"Even without this sword, with my current cultivation, I can still kill you all!" Shen Li’s eyes were filled with ferocity: "I am a Tenth Tier powerhouse, even without a sharp weapon to assist, killing you is as easy as turning my palm."
Shen Li raised his palm and continued to step forward, striking toward Zhang Chen.
What Shen Li said was not wrong; even though he was exhausted and nearing the completion of his Extreme Realm Ascension, he was still a Tenth Tier powerhouse, and it required no more than a slap to kill someone below Tenth Tier.
But he happened to encounter Zhang Chen!
As Shen Li’s palm struck over, a flurry of snowflakes danced in the space around Zhang Chen, catching Shen Li off guard as he barged into Zhang Chen’s Ice Domain. He had no time to stop, and the next moment he was directly frozen, transforming into an ice sculpture.
Then the Ice Hell opened, and Shen Li, carried by inertia, fell into the Ice Hell.
However, Zhang Chen was also shattered into fine powder by Shen Li’s powerful Divine Power, exploding within the Ice Domain and dispersing as snowflakes.
What does death taste like?
Now Zhang Chen finally realized it!
"Damn, it’s freaking unbelievable! Did this kid just die like that? Kid, don’t worry, I, the ancestor, will definitely slaughter the Shen Family to avenge you!" Hu Li the Immortal’s eyes turned red upon seeing Zhang Chen reduced to powder, his eye sockets moist: "But you must remember in your next life, good people die young while troublemakers live for a thousand years; don’t be a good person in your next life."
"Little tiger, what nonsense are you babbling here." At this moment, Zhang Chen’s voice sounded in the void, and then the scattered snowflakes reassembled, showing Zhang Chen’s form within the Ice Domain.
"What is this weird technique?" Hu Li the Immortal lay on the ground, watching the resurrected Zhang Chen as snowflakes mysteriously fluttered around him, recalling the scene of Shen Li being absorbed, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Were you just taking advantage, saying you wanted me to call you ’dad’?" Zhang Chen gathered the surrounding snowflakes, causing the Ice Domain to disappear, looking at Hu Li the Immortal with a dark expression.
"I was just joking around; why are you so petty? How about we interact as equals?" Hu Li the Immortal saw Zhang Chen’s unfriendly expression and hurriedly spoke to ease the situation.
Zhang Chen snorted coldly upon hearing this, deciding to overlook the matter since it was a joke from his little tiger.
"Are you okay? Can you hold on?" Zhang Chen asked.
"You underestimate me; the strength of my physique is far beyond your imagination." Hu Li the Immortal replied.
Zhang Chen glanced at Hu Li the Immortal, sensing through the Reincarnation Mark that Hu Li the Immortal’s condition was extremely dire, with meridians shattered by Immortal Slaying Sword Qi and flesh torn apart.
"It’s just a fragment of a sword tip, yet Hu Li the Immortal faced a sword and even he couldn’t withstand it!" Zhang Chen sighed softly.
But luckily, Hu Li the Immortal encountered Zhang Chen.
Seeing Hu Li the Immortal’s pitiful state, Zhang Chen hesitated slightly, then plucked a young leaf from the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu and handed it to Hu Li the Immortal: "Eat this!"
He had no other choice!
The leaf of the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu was so precious that Zhang Chen couldn’t bear to eat it, but for the sake of his plans, he had no choice.
If Hu Li the Immortal died, with Jinling City enveloped by the Eight Gates Locking Gold Array and under the grip of the Yellow Heaven Dao, there would be no place for Zhang Chen to stand.
Moreover, the soon-to-come struggle for the Shen Family Mausoleum would require Hu Li the Immortal’s protection.
Compared to the Innate Water God’s legacy, a leaf of the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu didn’t seem much.
"Is this an artifact from the Innate Era? And it’s filled with vitality?" Hu Li the Immortal’s eyes were filled with disbelief, staring at the flowing Innate Qi on the young leaf and the vast vitality, his eyes showing shock.
"This leaf seems to have just been picked from the tree, with no power lost..." Hu Li the Immortal gazed at the green leaf, showing obsession and disbelief as he stared at the leaf in his hand.
"Are you going to eat it or not? If not, I’ll eat it myself! You’re being too slow!" Zhang Chen impatiently scolded.