In the dim starry skies.
The only light shining.
It was the sword light from half of Chen Xia's immortal sword.
He still didn't know what to say to Xu Zhen, so he took this time while slashing out his sword to kill the Divine Realm Prince to think carefully and not say the wrong thing later.
Hmm...
How should I greet her?
Should I do my signature scissor hands again?
Chen Xia was a little distressed, and it was also from this moment that he realized he was indeed a little out of touch with the times, his thoughts completely lacking in innovation.
This was probably the helplessness of having a six thousand year life span.
The gaze of the Divine Realm Prince kept shifting between Chen Xia and Xu Zhen, and after a moment he laughed and said,
"I'd like to know where you get the courage to challenge me. Turns out you have Xu Zhen to act as your human shield. Heh, this is truly laughable, a so-called Heaven Ranking Cultivator actually only able to cower behind another person to survive..."
"Shut up!" A clear and loud shout suddenly rang out, interrupting the Divine Realm Prince's words.
The Prince frowned and looked over at Xu Zhen's extremely gloomy face. His heart jumped. This was the first time he'd seen Xu Zhen so furious.
The immortal arts Xu Zhen was gathering became more and more intense, already sweeping up dim deep purple light. The light kept fluttering about, and behind Xu Zhen in the starry sky it had already condensed into a huge Peanut Shore of Nirvana flower!
The cultivators watching who were knowledgeable and well-informed recognized it at a glance, eyes wide in surprise as they cried out,
"A top-level immortal art, the Peanut Shore of Nirvana! Xu Zhen really wants to send the Divine Realm Prince away!"
To lead with a top-level immortal art represented that Xu Zhen wasn't joking around with the Divine Realm Prince at all. This was real life-and-death combat, completely different from their casual skirmishes in the past.
"Awesome, as expected of the fiercest emperor's true legacy in the immortal realm these past tens of thousands of years. Not only is her combat power incredible, but her temperament is just as overbearing. With Xu Zhen here, the Fuyao Immortal Sect might be able to directly reach the highest position of immortal sects. She really is their rejuvenator!"
Discussion continued amongst them.
But the gaze of the Divine Realm Prince became increasingly strange as he sized up Chen Xia and Xu Zhen, rather puzzled as he said,
"I've never heard of this before..."
He could be arrogant when facing Chen Xia, but not when facing Xu Zhen at the same level.
"It's fine, little Xu, just watch Brother Chen make his move." Chen Xia said flatly, then paused and turned to smile and say lightly,
"The same as before."
In the dim starry skies, a gentle breeze suddenly blew by, stirring Xu Zhen's hair.
Her charming face blanked for a second before blossoming into a radiant smile. She nodded happily and replied,
"Okay!"
After responding, her expression instantly darkened again as she glared coldly at the Divine Realm Prince.
"If Brother Chen gets hurt at all, I will definitely kill you in the Great Death Realm!"
It was quite the turnaround.
Even the Divine Realm Prince was stunned, raising and lowering the long spear in his hand at a loss, unsure whether or not he should release it.
Seeing this battle array, if he fought the Thunder Sword Lord to the death, he would have to fight Xu Zhen to the death afterwards as well.
Somewhat irritated.
Just as he was thinking...
Buzz!
Gorgeous sword light lit up in the starry sky. A figure in blue robes had arrived by his side in an instant, the immortal sword in his hand pulled sideways. The majestic sword intent spread along the way, converging half the stars present into a Heaven Splitting Sword, stabbing straight toward the Divine Realm Prince's head.
This was Chen Xia's first sword strike.
Clang!
The Divine Realm Prince's golden long spear shot out from midair, directly clashing with the flying sword. The collision resulted in a violent surge of spiritual energy, tearing open space itself, shredding everything caught within.
Buzz!
The first sword didn't stop, and a second sword rose!
The bronze sword directly slipped past the golden long spear to hack towards the Divine Realm Prince's neck.
Two seamless swords!
A bright divine light suddenly shot out from the Divine Realm Prince's eyes, the resplendence contained within like two blazing suns. Ordinary people couldn't look directly at it.
A light that was purest white spread out from Chen Xia's body in that instant, instantly wrapping around him entirely. Resisting the divine light, he shot upwards in the form of a heavenly dragon, determined to behead the Divine Realm Prince.
"Don't overestimate yourself!" The Prince yelled coldly. The sound was like shockwaves stirring the stars. His right hand which had been holding the jet-black spear of deathly stillness finally moved. Spearpoint wrapped in greyish-white mist, one small skull after another endlessly dissipating and reforming.
The Prince bared his teeth in a vicious smile, thrilled at the prospect of slaughter.
The jet-black deathly stillness spear had already been raised and aimed.
The observing cultivators' expressions became serious as they spoke out the level of the black spear.
"A divine instrument of the Divine Realm, the Spear of Great Death Extinction!"
The ultimate killing weapon, second only to immortal swords!
"Die!"
The Prince yelled sharply. Brandishing the Spear of Great Death Extinction, he tore open the starry sky, leaving a thick trail of gashes behind. Deathly stillness quivered for hundreds of miles, accompanied by shrill wailing cries. It homed in straight toward Chen Xia's head.
From the spear throw to the fatal blow happened extremely fast. As if it had been predetermined, without any time to react at all.
Chen Xia's chest blossomed with blood. Spearpoint pricking up the blood, the Spear of Great Death Extinction continued to stab in, wanting to pierce through his chest cavity and impale him in place amidst the starry skies.
This drew first blood.
It also made Chen Xia's left eye blaze with crimson light. Even his right eye started glowing.
Contemptuous laughter lingered at the corner of the Prince's mouth.
The Spear of Great Death Extinction was forged from the deaths of tens of millions gathered by emperors of the immortal realm. It could even impale emperors at the same level. Among those at the same level, only immortal swords were superior. What's more, the Spear of Great Death Extinction also contained profound truths of the Dao of Causality.
From the initiation of the throw to the strike landing was predetermined. Because the Spear of Great Death Extinction deduced causes from effects.
First the result of the lethal blow, then the reason for it happening.
This was the most arrogant and unscrupulous Dao of Causality. Similar to the interactions of past, present and future within the Dao of Time.
Since he was going to tear off all pretense with Xu Zhen already, he might as well take this opportunity to kill the Thunder Sword Lord with one strike. One less Heaven Ranking Cultivator making trouble in the future.
The Prince considered many things in that instant.
And Chen Xia acted.
First, the jet-black coffin of the Death Star Realm opened its external avatar's eyes. After borrowing half a life last time, this time it astonishingly lent half of its remaining divine soul, coalescing over Chen Xia's right hand. Casting the purely white heavenly dragon contour into jet-black deathly stillness!
Next, greyish-white color spread out, not affecting any other timeline, only influencing Chen Xia himself. The greyish-white hue wrapped around him, his color becoming paler and paler, from greyish-white slowly turning into complete transparency.
Being able to employ past and future arts meant that Chen Xia's comprehension of the Dao of Time had reached the stage of greatly advanced.
He stood in the present, glimpsing the future.
If time was a flowing river, then he was currently a person standing atop the river itself, not only unmoving, but even reaching out a hand to cut off a section of the river's flow.
And that outstretched hand was jet-black.
So it didn't just cut off the river flow.
It also intercepted the Spear of Great Death Extinction!
Chen Xia retreated three thousand meters, regrouping. Gripping tightly onto the struggling Spear of Great Death Extinction, the crimson glow in his eyes blazed to an extreme frenzy, seemingly deranged.
With a fierce fling,
The bronze sword that was Chen Xia actually shot out directly to assassinate the Divine Realm Prince!
The Prince frowned, uncertain why he couldn't recall the Spear of Great Death Extinction for the moment. He could only use his divine light to block the bronze sword, and was just about to try again when he suddenly looked up.
The imminent sword light!
Resplendent, luminous.
It chopped down!
The Prince split apart for three thousand meters before crashing into the stars, spiritual energy rippling violently!