Chapter 234: The Arrival of A King, The Killer, Chu Batian (II)

Chapter 234: The Arrival of A King, The Killer, Chu Batian (II)

Chen Chu stood with his halberd, golden-red light circulating around him like a war god. His gaze pierced through the viewport, looking toward the depths of the forest on the right, and he spoke lightly.

"Come out, I've already spotted you."

However, the surroundings remained silent; no leaked aura, no energy fluctuations, only the gentle mountain breeze rustling through the forest.

Sensing the gaze from the several-meter-high shrubs, a faint smile tugged at the corners of Chen Chu's mouth. "Do you think I'm bluffing?"

Roar!

Accompanied by an echoing roar like that of a dragon and an elephant, a majestic and domineering aura erupted from Chen Chu, akin to an awakened colossal beast.

Boom!

The ground beneath his feet shattered as Chen Chu leaped hundreds of meters into the air in an instant, filling the sky and earth with his formidable aura.

Light swirled on his halberd, spanning five meters in length, and resembled a giant golden-red halberd, descending from the sky and annihilating everything in its path with its unstoppable power.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

As the strike descended, the roar grew even more profound, as if a true colossal beast were stomping down from the heavens, sending circular white air waves rippling through the air.

Bang!

The dark shrubs below exploded, and endless bloodlight surged forth, coalescing into a nine-headed blood python over twenty meters in length that soared into the sky.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

The blood python’s nine heads emitted hissing sounds, intertwining with each other with a thick and sinister bloody aura to form a red column of light shooting upward.

Bang!

All nine of the blood python’s heads exploded instantaneously under the golden-red halberd, yet said halberd’s momentum didn’t slow down at all. With a dominant aura, it cleaved through the blood python, slashing toward the horrified Ma He below.

Boom!

The heavy and domineering halberd clashed against intersecting blood-red swords, and for a moment, Ma He felt as if the heavens and earth were collapsing and the world itself was trembling.

Under the force of the earth-shattering power, Ma He spat out blood from his mouth, his figure sank, and with a thunderous crash, he fell to his knees.

Boom!

With Ma He at the center, the earth within a radius of over ten meters collapsed, a huge amount of soil and debris thrown dozens of meters high by the unmatched force.

"H-How is this possible!"

Within the crater, Ma He, kneeling on both knees, was engulfed in flames of blood-red color, staring fixedly at the sharp halberd blade looming close. In his hands, one of the twice-refined transcendent swords had been severed, while his arms covered in armor were crossed under the other, holding it firmly in place.

His face was filled with horror and disbelief. A formidable expert, at the late stage of the Sixth Heavenly Realm, was now being suppressed by a Federation student at the middle stage of the Fifth, with just a single-handed halberd strike.

Despite his realm only being at the peak of the Fifth Heavenly Realm due to the spatial cuts, his body, strength, formidable willpower, and combat prowess were all still in the Sixth, at least as powerful as an average Sixth Realm expert.

At the edge of a large pit dozens of meters away, Chen Chu stood with his halberd, clad in black and red crystal armor, emitting an extremely heavy and oppressive aura that seemed to collapse the air. The ground within a few meters around him even sank slightly, as if unable to bear the weight.

Just two moves, and Ma He, who was at the peak of the Fifth Heavenly Realm and possessed Sixth Heavenly Realm strength, was severely injured and on the verge of death. This was the terrifying power that Chen Chu now possessed after his breakthrough.

Ma He leaned on his broken transcendent sword, struggling to stand up, his expression even more frantic.

"I didn't expect that I would be forced to this point just by killing a Federation lackey. It seems I can no longer continue the fight for the great god Akunus. But even if I die today, I'll drag you down with me."

With that, Ma He dropped the broken sword, knelt on the ground in a strange posture, and devoutly recited, "To seek the path of the true god, beings must endure countless eons, reciting in hell, with clear intentions..."

As he continued, the dim blood-colored flames on his body suddenly brightened, becoming stronger and stronger, and his whole person seemed to radiate with vigor. Gradually, a strange aura spread from him into the air above his head.

It was as if he was communicating with an ultimate being from an unknown void, one that was about to descend with the aid of his burning soul...

Boom!

In Ma He's eyes, a shattered golden-red world came crashing toward him with a thunderous roar, causing the earth to collapse, the forest to shatter, and a massive chasm to form in the ground.

Boom!

Under the onslaught of the Infinite Purgatory, an even more dazzling golden-red light, several times more powerful than before, burst forth. The earth collapsed, and hundreds to thousands of tons of soil were thrown into the air, forming circles of destructive shockwaves sweeping across a hundred meters.

No!

From the center of the explosion came Ma He's screams, filled with desperation and doubt. It seemed as if he was asking why he couldn't complete the ritual.

When the smoke and dust cleared, a large pit with a diameter of twenty meters had appeared in the middle of the forest, surrounded by cracks and resembling a shattered microcosm.

Chen Chu approached the edge of the pit, looking at the scattered fleshy residue at the bottom, and said faintly, "Only a fool would stand there waiting for your lengthy ultimate move to strike."

As soon as he finished speaking, however, Chen Chu's brow furrowed slightly.

He saw wisps of red bloody mist emanating from the broken flesh, gathering in the air to form a vague face.

In an instant, an ominous aura, surpassing that of ordinary mortals, permeated the surroundings, as if an invisible gaze had pierced through endless voids and fallen upon Chen Chu.

Then, a sinister thought shook the very air.

"You're quite remarkable. You've actually managed to slay one of my blood avatars. With such strength at your age, you are already worthy of giving me your name.

"Come, mortal, tell—"

Boom!

Before that thought could finish speaking, a halberd surrounded by golden-red light swept across the sky, annihilating the blood face.

It was only at this moment that Chen Chu said calmly, "I will never change my name. I am the most monstrous genius of the southern battlefield, the Chu Batian."

A voice faintly emerged from the void.

"Chu Batian, I will remember you. When you arrive in the mythical world, I will personally welcome you."