"I'll kill you!" The Beast King, its right eye splattered with blood, roared furiously, its massive body charging forward, its sharp claws gleaming coldly.
Cheng Xiao held his breath, more focused than ever before, the purple light shining deep within his pupils meeting the Beast King's crimson eyes!
Here it comes!
Cheng Xiao bent his body at an incredible angle, leaning back, and then his left hand once again conjured a shadow dagger.
The sword trembled from the gathering magic, the black aura emanating from its trembling blade distorting the surrounding space.
In that instant...
"Ughhhhhh!"
Cheng Xiao mustered all his strength and swung the shadow dagger with all his might.
Skill, Wild Blades, activated! Crack!
Crack! Crack!
A fierce attack followed, the sound of sharp blades tearing through the air echoing violently, the onslaught leaving its mark on everything around it.
The enraged Beast King instantly snapped back to reality, using his beast-like instincts to frantically raise his strong arm to block Cheng Xiao's swinging black dagger.
"Such a fast blade!" The proud Beast King wavered, its pupils contracting. Now, it began to take the human before it seriously.
Clang, clang, clang, clang—
Forced to retreat by the speed difference, the Beast King's face showed distress. This scene before it seemed familiar—no, not just seemingly, it had experienced the battle with the Shadow King's vessel once more!
The next moment, Cheng Xiao, who was gradually gaining the upper hand, suddenly sensed a chilling killing intent. He instinctively twisted his upper body to the side.
The spear thrown by the Demon King narrowly missed his ribs, almost grazing him. Although he wasn't injured, the magical energy carried by the spear still caused Cheng Xiao a slight pain.
The Demon King also joined the battle between Cheng Xiao and the Beast King; it would not allow the same thing to happen a second time.
In a brief moment, when their eyes met, Cheng Xiao saw intense hatred for him in the Demon King's eyes. It seemed that the Demon King's hatred had reached its peak, stemming from his past death at the hands of the Shadow Soldiers.
"Interesting," Cheng Xiao uttered softly. Facing the combined attack of the kings, he felt not fear, but even a sense of excitement.
Grabbing the flying spear with his right hand, Cheng Xiao exerted force, swinging his upper body in a wide arc. The spear, which should have been aimed at him, instead hurtled towards the Demon King.
*Whoosh!
* The spear sliced through the air, accompanied by a buzzing sound.
The Demon King's expression remained unchanged. With a casual wave of his hand, he deflected the spear's trajectory, sending it crashing into a tree trunk behind him.
"Too naive." The Demon King's ugly face twisted in pain. He remembered being killed last time, seemingly by Berleon's longsword and that damned ant.
Looking at the Demon King with some regret, Cheng Xiao, though not expecting the attack to hit, still held a sliver of hope, albeit a very slim one.
*Clang!
* As if knowing the attack would come at him, Cheng Xiao retrieved the Demon King's longsword from his storage soul tool, then turned to block the Beast King's claws.
"The Hundred Flame King's sword has fallen into your hands," the Beast King's pupils contracted, and he sneered.
It was a hair's breadth off.
Even after blocking the attack, Cheng Xiao didn't have time to catch his breath, because the Demon King's attack came again. He drew his own sword.
Then, the Beast King seemed somewhat displeased. It retrieved its own longsword from its alternate dimension and, together with the Demon King, launched an attack on Cheng Xiao.
Behind him was the Demon King, and before him was the Beast King; two monsters with different powers launched a fierce attack on a human they valued.
However…
Clang clang clang clang clang clang!
With a shadow scythe in his left hand and the Demon King's longsword in his right, the coordination between the scythe and the longsword exceeded Cheng Xiao's expectations. The two completely different weapons flashed back and forth like lightning, blocking the two monsters' swift attacks.
Cheng Xiao's movements, exceeding the limits of visual perception, left only blurry afterimages. His terrifying speed was continuous, making it seem from the outside that he was blending into the figures of the two monsters.
If it weren't for the intensely flashing sparks and the clanging of weapons, no one would suspect that three figures were attacking each other in the limited space.
Of course, Cheng Xiao couldn't have reacted directly to all the continuous, relentless attacks simply by seeing them.
But he could see their rhythm, movements, gazes, breathing, muscle movements, and the flow of magic.
Completely focused, at the limit of his perception, he didn't miss a single subtle sign, because the slightest mistake would mean certain death.
"Faster, faster! I need to be even faster!"
Cheng Xiao shouted inwardly. If he could be even faster than he was now, even just a slight lead, victory in this battle would be imminent...
"Faster, faster, faster, faster!"
Cheng Xiao's body quickly adapted to this high-frequency attack. In countless back-and-forth exchanges of offense and defense, his offensive gradually accelerated.
As the attacks grew faster and faster, the expressions of the two kings facing Cheng Xiao gradually stiffened.
The Beast King, who had been killed twice by the Shadow King, began to feel fear. The scene before him gradually overlapped with the scene before him, and he seemed to see that fearsome figure again.
"How is this possible... how could this be...?"
"He shouldn't be able to use the full power of the Shadow King yet, right?" The Demon King was briefly stunned. When he was killed last time, he fought against the complete Shadow King, and had not experienced being surrounded and killed by the Shadow King.
But the fact was right in front of him. This human was breaking free from the limitations of humanity and was gradually improving. If this continued, a true king might very well descend.
"No, King of the Demons, the Shadow King will definitely not be able to descend this time." The beast's pupils flashed with a bloodthirsty glint. "This land can't withstand much magic power. We were able to descend only because of the three fallen kings. The Shadow King is an existence like the Dragon Emperor. If the Dragon Emperor cannot descend, then he cannot descend either."
The beast king's voice was very firm, because only in this way could he and the King of the Demons eliminate this human in the shortest amount of time.
Once a true king descends, even if it's not the most powerful ruler of the chaotic world, even if it's the second-generation Shadow King, they will not be able to face him.
Then, at this moment...
Suddenly bursting forth, Cheng Xiao used overwhelming power to push aside the weapons of the two kings who were attacking in a crossfire.
The unexpected turn of events left the two kings stunned.
… …
"King…" Among the shadow soldiers bound by the Demon King's magic, the only non-native creature, the dragon Nash, gradually filled its eyes with rage.
Although it had once been a legion commander serving the Dragon Emperor, since following the Shadow King, it had experienced for the first time an emotion other than loyalty—the feeling of being treated as an equal. With the Shadow Legion, it felt something the Destruction Legion had never experienced.
It wanted to help its lord, but it couldn't escape. The Demon King was a completely different being; the suppression of the inferior by the superior was not just empty words. It lacked the power to break free from the magical constraints.
It could only pray for its monarch's safety, but the scene before it filled it with unbearable hatred for its own weakness. Despite being capable of killing any living being at will, it was like an ant before the even more powerful monarch, forced to watch helplessly.
Seeing the Beast King and the Demon King launch a joint attack on Cheng Xiao, it desperately began to struggle, its body trembling with anxiety. The other generals sensed their commander's unwavering resolve to protect his monarch.
At the same time, the Shadow Legion, led by Ah Yin and assisted by Titan, began a desperate struggle.
Meanwhile, Nash, the legion commander, underwent a transformation. Having absorbed the remnants of two Dragon Kings' souls, a unique yet equally formidable energy began to surge through his body.
A berserk mode, activated to protect his monarch, replaced the void of reason.
"King!!!"
Nash roared madly, his body radiating terrifying magic. The magical restrictions that had bound the Shadow Legion began to dissipate, and all the soldiers felt the terrifying magical fluctuations emanating from their commander.
"Aaaaaah!"
Nash began to sway, the magical restrictions no longer effective against him, finally collapsing completely. All the soldiers were now free, their gazes fixed on the Beast King and the Demon King who had attacked their lord. Nash,
having broken free of the magical restrictions, unleashed a terrifying skill. Ice-blue and crimson dragonfire began to gather in his mouth, and without hesitation, the dragon breath erupted forth!
"Those who harm my king shall die!"
The dragon breath, imbued with the ultimate power of the two converging forces, shot directly towards the Demon King.
The terrifying magical fluctuations caused the Starry Sky Forest, the main battlefield, to tremble, and also shocked the Demon King.
"The shadow soldiers broke my magic limit? How is this possible?"
The Demon King's face was filled with shock. Having been killed by shadow soldiers before, it inevitably felt fear. However, as a king, it immediately released a barrier constructed of magic to resist.
But, upon sensing the magic emanating from the shadow soldiers, the Beast King was immediately startled. "He actually has a legion commander-level individual in his hands!"
"An ancient dragon! How could the Dragon Emperor's subordinates appear in the hands of the third generation of Shadow Kings?"
The Beast King couldn't help but think of a possibility, but the current situation was that every legion commander under the Shadow Kings was an embodiment of destruction and annihilation.
Its gaze then fell on the remaining shadow soldiers. Upon closer inspection, it was alarming. Apart from the ancient dragon, the appearance of these shadow soldiers was extremely bizarre, and there were even quite a few general-level soldiers.
"Nash, I'll handle this myself. You go and help Snow Empress and Ice Empress. " The familiar voice made Cheng Xiao turn around happily, but he still chose to send Nash to help Xue Di and Bing Di. Currently, he could still control the situation, but Xue Di's situation was far from optimistic.
"Your Majesty!" The shadow soldiers had a mental connection with their kings, so after Nash launched an attack on the Demon King, he quickly rushed towards the Plague King, who was locked in combat with Xue Di and Bing Di.
"Beast King, Demon King, can't you even defeat a human who isn't a king?" "Noticing the shadow soldiers approaching, the Plague King roared in fury.
The extreme ice attributes of the Snow Empress and Ice Empress were causing her immense suffering, and what puzzled her most was that this woman, whose true form was a snow elf, possessed the strength of a legion commander. Even that scorpion was a lower-level legion commander; she simply couldn't spare the time to deal with them.
However, the Plague King was the master of all insects in this chaotic world, and being forced to this point by these ant-like beings only fueled her rage.
If this were in the void where the king was born..." The world—these ants had long been pulverized by her with a single slap.
She angrily struck at the Snow Empress, but the Snow Empress's agile figure seemed unaffected, easily dodging the attack.
Just then, Nash, charging forward, unleashed a breath of dragon's breath. The Plague Queen, unable to dodge, had her worms fall from her body.
As the worms fell in large numbers, the Plague Queen's true appearance was revealed: rotting skin and sunken eyes crawling with maggots.
The Plague Queen's true face immediately made the Snow Empress and Ice Empress feel uneasy.
"How dare you attack a monarch! You're courting death!" The Plague Queen's intense rage was palpable. She unleashed a furious roar, channeling all her magic power. This roar, however, caused Nash, who had been brimming with power, to wane.
Nash staggered back a few steps, feeling the chaos within his magic. He tried to continue his attack, but the vast difference in power prevented him from moving an inch.
As Nash desperately resisted, the insects that had fallen from the Plague Queen began to reassemble, reshaping her body and making her beautiful, yet beneath that beauty lay extreme ugliness and distortion.
Suddenly, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and a snow-white figure silently appeared beside Nash. She delivered a light, sweeping palm strike towards the Plague Queen's head.
"Hmm?" The Plague Queen paused slightly, then slammed out her massive magical fist to meet the seemingly effortless palm strike.
"Emperor's Palm - Great Cold Without Snow!"
"Interesting." The Plague Queen was not afraid. This level of attack seemed ferocious, but for the Queen, as long as her magic power was sufficient, she could quickly repair herself at any time, and was even immune to attacks of any element.
The Snow Queen snorted lightly, her pure white body instantly shifting. Then, a verdant figure took her place, its tail hook gleaming with a chilling light as it silently slashed past.
The Plague Queen waved her hand dismissively, her magic-constructed palm directly slapping the figure, forcing it to retreat repeatedly.
"You can't hurt me." The Plague Queen was very confident. This time, she wasn't in a hurry to attack the Shadow King's vessel, so she felt no fear whatsoever when facing these creatures.
"Beyond this realm, this is no place for you to run wild." Just then, a clear and melodious voice suddenly rang out, followed by a silver figure appearing in mid-air, its pale purple eyes like the brightest, clearest crystals in the world.
"…!" The Plague Queen turned around, her gaze falling on the silver figure suspended in mid-air, and she frowned involuntarily.
This enemy seems quite powerful?
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