“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.” Long Haochen said with a smile, looking at Ah Bao, who was rapidly approaching. His voice wasn’t loud, but every Black Dragon Guardian could hear him clearly.

Ah Bao stopped two hundred meters away from Long Haochen. His previous composure had vanished, and his fists were cracking as he clenched them. His muscles and bones seemed to be expanding.

“It’s been more than five years. How is His Highness the Crown Prince?” Long Haochen sat on the Throne of Eternity and Creation, showing no intention of getting up.

“Good? I’m very good. Thanks to you.” Ah Bao’s voice was cold and deep. Behind him, dark purple light surged continuously, rising in a fan shape, a testament to his intense fighting spirit.

Long Haochen smiled faintly and said, “I know, you weren’t convinced by your loss back then. So, today I will convince you.”

Ah Bao said coldly, “I don’t understand why Father values you so much. But I believe, if I bring your corpse to him, he will be very happy.”

Long Haochen said, “The Demon God Emperor has already killed me once. If you really have the ability, then please.”

Ah Bao’s eyes flashed with intense purple light, and he was about to move when Huang Shuo blocked him.

“Get out of the way.” Ah Bao roared.

Huang Shuo said in a deep voice, “Your Highness the Crown Prince. He’s definitely not alone here, don’t be fooled. The hidden assassin is still somewhere. We need to be careful. His Majesty said that when encountering Long Haochen, we don’t necessarily have to fight him with all our strength, as long as we can stall him, our mission is complete.”

“Get out of the way.” Ah Bao’s cold voice sounded again. This time, a terrifying aura of pressure erupted from him, and the dark purple light behind him completely condensed into a huge dark purple dragon head shape.

Huang Shuo’s face changed drastically, and he subconsciously dodged to the side.

Ah Bao did not immediately rush towards Long Haochen. He stared coldly at this opponent whom he considered to be the greatest of his life and said in a deep voice, “Long Haochen, it’s been five years. We meet again today. I know that the people of your Dawn of Light Hunter Squad are definitely around. But, this is a battle between you and me. Do you dare to accept my challenge?”

Long Haochen finally stood up from the Throne of Eternity and Creation. Looking at Ah Bao, he nodded seriously, “You’re right, this is a battle between us. One on one.”

“One on one!” Ah Bao roared. His body instantly expanded. In the blink of an eye, his height had soared to over three meters. As his muscles expanded rapidly, the dragon armor of his original body also increased rapidly. Dark purple spikes protruded from his joints, and circles of spirals appeared on the horns on his head.

A purple-red halo appeared beneath Ah Bao’s feet, and his entire aura instantly rose to its peak. The tyrannical aura of pressure caused the Black Dragon Guardians behind him to subconsciously retreat dozens of meters. They feared the aura of the Rebellious Demon Dragon royal family the most.

At this moment, in the distant sky, figures appeared from different directions, one after another. They were all more than a thousand meters away from the center. There were a total of nine people, facing this side in a surrounding formation.

Huang Shuo immediately saw Cai’er holding the Scythe of the God of Death.

It’s her? Was she the assassin just now? As the commander of the Black Dragon Guardians, Huang Shuo was not only the most trusted member of the Demon God Emperor’s clan, but also the strongest in the Black Dragon Guardians. His perception was also very strong. Just by looking around, he immediately sensed who was the strongest in the Dawn of Light Hunter Squad. Cai’er’s cultivation was clearly not much weaker than his. She had likely broken through the ninth rank, fifth level, and she was also an assassin!

“Two on one. Go.” Huang Shuo roared and issued the order to attack.

The number of people in the Dawn of Light Hunter Squad had increased, but this made Huang Shuo feel relieved instead. The Demon race’s higher-ups had already learned about the performance of Long Haochen and his Hunter Squad in the Saint Temple Selection Competition. Therefore, the Dawn of Light Hunter Squad was listed as the most dangerous opponent. Huang Shuo naturally knew about them as well. Now that all the members of the Dawn of Light Hunter Squad had appeared, and Long Haochen had stated that he would definitely fight the Crown Prince one-on-one, he would naturally not miss this opportunity to deal with the Dawn of Light Hunter Squad. However, to be on the safe side, he himself still did not attack, guarding not far from Ah Bao.

The eighteen Black Dragon Guardians transformed into eighteen black lights, rushing out in nine directions simultaneously. They were as fast as lightning, and their bodies swelled in size as they flew. Each of them held a weapon, and they were all equipped with epic-level dark attribute equipment.

The nine members of the Dawn of Light Hunter Squad turned around and ran almost without hesitation, instantly widening the distance between themselves and Long Haochen.

“Hmm?” Huang Shuo’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could it be that they were trying to divide and conquer? But, besides Long Haochen and his team, only those few Divine Seal Knights were a threat to his clansmen in Yu Long Pass. And that was only in a one-on-one situation. But would they all come here? No, that was impossible. The Knight Temple definitely needed a Divine Seal Knight to guard it.

Huang Shuo’s cautious nature prompted him to immediately change his orders, ordering all the Black Dragon Guardians to maintain their pursuit distance, with a pursuit range not exceeding a hundred miles. If they encountered a powerful enemy attack, they were to immediately send a signal for help.

Just as he was arranging these things, Huang Shuo suddenly felt a chill down his back. He instinctively charged forward, and at the same time, his body rotated rapidly in the air. His right hand swung up, and a jet-black battle blade seemed to cleave through the air as it slashed behind him.

A point of black light also appeared silently in mid-air, hitting the tip of his blade.

“Ding—” In the crisp sound, Huang Shuo trembled violently, as if struck by lightning. He only felt a cold aura surge into his body instantly along the long blade in his hand.

Although his long blade was also a treasure, filtering out much of the cold aura, the substantial chill still invaded his body and erupted in the next instant.

Killing intent, how could an assassin force killing intent into my body?

While Huang Shuo was greatly shocked, his domain was also fully deployed.

As the strongest in the Black Dragon Guardians, he had a unique understanding of domain control. Instead of expanding the domain outward, he instantly formed a black protective shield around himself.

The black defense was like a black crystal eggshell, firmly protecting Huang Shuo inside. The point of black light, after launching the attack, disappeared silently into the air again.

Cold sweat dripped from Huang Shuo’s forehead. It wasn’t Cai’er, the assassin just now was definitely not Cai’er, who had lured away his clansmen earlier. But she was definitely someone who could instantly kill one of his clansmen.

Her assassination was too terrifying. If Huang Shuo hadn’t instinctively reacted and charged forward in the first place, he would probably have been ambushed successfully.

But even so, his whole body was still being ravaged by the cold killing intent. Not only was it coming from the long blade, but also from the back of his head. He only felt a chill on the back of his head after releasing his domain. Clearly, if he had been half a beat slower, he would have been dead.

What frightened him the most was the mystery of this assassin. After striking, she didn’t linger. She didn’t continue to attack, but broke through space and disappeared. He couldn’t feel the assassin’s location at all. How could such an opponent not make him tremble with fear? For a moment, he didn’t bother to take care of the other eighteen clansmen. He concentrated on sensing the subtle changes around him, constantly changing his position in the air, fearing that the assassin would attack again. At any time, his own life was the most important.

The battle between Long Haochen and Ah Bao had already begun before Huang Shuo was attacked.

A purple giant sword appeared in Ah Bao’s hand. This purple giant sword of his looked very special, because the light it emitted was a gradient color that Long Haochen had never seen before.

Gradient purple.

If this gradient purple was from dark to light from the inside out, it wouldn’t be so obvious, but the opposite was true. The color of this purple giant sword was from light to dark from the inside out. This made it exceptionally obvious and full of deterrence.

The purple giant sword brought a beautiful glow in the air, but the glow disappeared in the next instant. Ah Bao’s body had already appeared behind Long Haochen.

Only at this moment did a series of clanging sounds ring out in the air.

“What speed.” Long Haochen was shocked. With Yue Ye’s reminder, he had already highly estimated Ah Bao, but he still hadn’t expected Ah Bao’s strength to be so strong. The moment he dodged, the blue light from Long Haochen’s chest had already sprayed out. The soft green light directly sucked and pulled Long Haochen’s Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield to play its role in front of him. This blocked Ah Bao’s attack. Otherwise, with Long Haochen’s lack of preparation, he would have suffered a bit even if he could block this attack.

The aura of the Throne of Eternity and Creation instantly soared, causing Ah Bao, who had just completed his attack and was preparing to return and attack again, to stagnate for a moment. Immediately afterwards, he saw thirteen clusters of light instantly merging with Long Haochen.

The Armor of Eternity was attached to his body. Long Haochen also had a Sword of Eternity in his hand.

Green, colorful, and white light spheres slowly circled around his body. The dragon heads and twelve-winged angels on the left and right shoulder armor were all shining brightly, as if they were all staring at Ah Bao.

“This is the Throne of Eternity and Creation?” Ah Bao asked coldly.

Long Haochen nodded, “It seems that your improvement in the past few years has indeed been great. If I’m not mistaken, your cultivation has reached the ninth rank, fourth level. Moreover, your body strength is also at the ninth rank, fourth level. Only your Rebellious Demon Dragon Clan can do this.”

(To be continued)