“I challenge you!” These few simple words were spoken by Long Haochen with forceful sonority.

Even the usually expressionless Star Demon God Vashak couldn’t help but show a hint of surprise on his face upon hearing this.

To have the courage to utter such words in such a desperate situation, facing an opponent they couldn’t possibly contend with, couldn’t help but make them look at Long Haochen in a new light!

“Good!” The Demon God Emperor suddenly roared, his closed eyes snapping open once more. From his eyes, two dazzling cold flames shot out, his gaze fixed intently on Long Haochen. In his eyes, there was deep sorrow and intense admiration. This complex gaze held even more resolution.

“Worthy of being someone I value. I grant you this honor.” With a flash, the Demon God Emperor landed twenty meters away from Long Haochen.

Long Haochen brought his right fist across his chest, striking it in a standard knight’s salute to the Demon God Emperor. “Thank you. I also hope you keep your promise.”

Fengxiu looked at Long Haochen deeply. “If there were a choice, how I wish you wouldn’t die like this. But it’s too late to say anything now. Do you know that killing you with my own hands is also an extremely cruel thing for me? I have to personally kill my…”

He paused there, not continuing, a strange smile appearing on his face. “Some things are better left unknown to you. I hope you can die without regrets. Come. Unleash all your strongest powers, let me see just how far you can go.”

Long Haochen nodded. At this moment, there were no tears in his eyes, only a perseverance. A perseverance that belonged to him alone.

Standing there, Long Haochen didn’t immediately attack. He seemed to enter a strange state. In his eyes, a hint of deathly stillness gradually appeared, and the gold in his clear golden eyes became even purer.

A faint mist of light gradually rose around his body, a mist that was white to begin with. The Aria of the Goddess of Light and Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light, which Long Haochen had previously separated, slowly merged above his head. Yating had reappeared behind him.

As Long Haochen’s elemental spirit, if Long Haochen were to die, it would be difficult for her to survive due to the close connection between them. However, Yating’s eyes showed no sadness, only a gentle tenderness and determination. She didn’t look at the Demon God Emperor at all; her gaze was fixed on Long Haochen, unwilling to waste time on anything else.

Orange-red and emerald green gradually met in the air, and the golden Yating became the catalyst for their fusion. A white-hot brilliance once again appeared in the Star Demon Tower. A strong sacred aura soared into the sky, merging with the white mist rising around Long Haochen’s body, erupting into intense white-hot flames.

Without a doubt, Long Haochen had reached the peak he could achieve in his life so far. Even his eyes had turned white-hot.

The Demon God Emperor Fengxiu quietly watched Long Haochen, his expression unchanging, sorrow and admiration rippling deep within his eyes.

Long Haochen moved. He took a sudden step forward with his left foot, and the heavy sword in his hands slowly slashed out. His movements seemed slow, but even powerhouses like the Moon Demon God and the Star Demon God couldn’t help but be moved by this strike.

Long Haochen’s strike had no trajectory, only a sword intent filled with perseverance. This sword intent wasn’t sharp, but it was impossible to evade. Coupled with the Creation and Life Sword, which surpassed ordinary divine artifacts, the sword intent hidden within the sword body had reached its peak. In that instant, he had truly achieved the purest state of sword and mind harmony. He was the sword, and the sword was him. There was no distinction between them. He and the sword had completely merged into one in a state of unity with the heavens.

Fengxiu didn’t move; he simply watched Long Haochen quietly, watching the sword slowly slash towards the top of his head. The entire Star Demon Tower had turned white-hot because of Long Haochen’s strike. The intense spiritual power fluctuations in the air were almost violently rhythmic. All the dark aura was compressed outwards by Long Haochen’s strike. Even the Star Demon God Pillar was surrounded by starlight at this moment, autonomously releasing its own powerful aura to resist the light spiritual power contained in Long Haochen’s strike.

Behind Long Haochen, a pure white phantom slowly appeared, the Goddess of Light.

This seemingly simple strike had condensed everything Long Haochen had. Divine artifact, divine descent technique, sword intent, and all his own persistence and spiritual power. This was the pinnacle of his life, and very likely his final flourish.

The Demon God Emperor Fengxiu was slightly moved. He slowly raised his right hand, his movements also appearing slow. Moreover, there was no powerful elemental aura accompanying his movements, giving the impression that he was just an ordinary human, simply raising his hand calmly.

A finger, Fengxiu’s finger, slowly pointed forward, that finger as white as a woman’s, lightly touching the tip of the Creation and Life Sword.

But with just that touch, all the white-hot color instantly rolled back. The Star Demon Tower still didn’t show any strong dark aura. But Long Haochen’s body trembled violently under that finger.

The terrifying sword intent finally erupted at that moment, but it didn’t erupt towards the Demon God Emperor Fengxiu, but towards all directions of the Star Demon Tower. Countless sharp sword intent auras rioted frantically. The ear-piercing screams made the members of the Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad feel as if they had returned to the horrifying Howling Cave.

This explosion of sword qi and sword intent lasted for more than ten breaths before gradually dissipating. The white-hot light gradually subsided. Fengxiu slowly withdrew his right hand, bringing his fingertip in front of him. Long Haochen remained still, maintaining his previous posture. All his aura seemed to have been drained by that one strike. His eyes were still filled with perseverance, but a motionless perseverance.

A drop of blood gradually oozed from Fengxiu’s white fingertip, a dark red drop that radiated a strong golden light.

“Very good, very good.” Fengxiu suddenly laughed, laughing hysterically. The entire Star Demon Tower trembled in his skyward, wild laughter. In his laughter, the Moon Demon God and Star Demon God had to mobilize their own spiritual power to protect themselves. Even more unbearable were the members of the Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad, each one being forced against the walls of the Star Demon Tower by the terrifying pressure of the laughter. And it was at this time that Cai’er, in Wang Yuanyuan’s arms, was awakened by the insane laughter.

“Haochen–” Cai’er immediately shouted as soon as she opened her eyes. She immediately saw Long Haochen, standing there motionless, and the Demon God Emperor laughing maniacally.

The Demon God Emperor’s power was truly terrifying; even just his laughter suppressed each of them so that they couldn’t move at all.

“Child, goodbye.” The Demon God Emperor’s laughter suddenly ceased, and with a wave of his hand filled with sorrow, the drop of dark red blood radiating a strong golden light on his fingertip flew towards Long Haochen like an arrow, striking his left chest in a flash.

“Pfft–” Blood light burst forth, and a small blood hole instantly appeared on Long Haochen’s left chest, at the location of his heart. Then, accompanied by an explosion, a blood hole the size of a fist suddenly appeared where the blood hole had pierced through.

Strangely, not even a drop of blood flowed out. On Long Haochen’s chest, there was only that one penetrating blood hole; his heart had disappeared. The Adamantine Foundation Armor had not provided any obstruction whatsoever.

No one could help Long Haochen. The restrictions within the Star Demon Tower weren’t placed by the Star Demon God Vashak, but by the Demon God Emperor Fengxiu, the Moon Demon God Agares, and the Star Demon God Vashak together. Even the power of a super divine artifact couldn’t cross space to reach here.

“No–” Cai’er screamed frantically, but she was still firmly suppressed by the aura emanating from the Demon God Emperor, unable to move even a little.

Witnessing the scene of her beloved man’s heart being shattered with her own eyes, Cai’er instantly felt her mind go blank. A mouthful of blood burst out, and she slumped into Wang Yuanyuan’s arms.

Blankness, blankness, memories, memories.

The sound of porcelain shattering erupted continuously in Cai’er’s mind. The past, bit by bit, appeared in her mind.

… “Are you alright?”

“I can’t speak, bad people are chasing me, they’ll be here soon. Sister, save me.”

“I’m a brother, not a sister.”

“I can feel their aura, they’re coming soon, they can smell me, you should leave quickly, or it’ll be too late.”

“No, I’m a man, I have to protect you.”

… “Little girl, where are you going? Let me help you.”

“No need.”

“Let me help you, I’ll take you home.”

“I said, no need.”

“Hey.”

“Could you please give me a ride?”

“Okay.”

“Where do you live?”

“Forward seventy-six zhang, turn right thirty-eight zhang, then turn left twenty-three zhang, and you’ll be there.”

“W-what’s your name?”

“Ah?”

“My name is Long Haochen. What about you?”

“My name is Cai’er.”

(To be continued)

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