Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 438 - 435: Corpse Demon Evolution

Chapter 438: Chapter 435: Corpse Demon Evolution

The two women joined forces and finally managed to block the Bright and Dark Ming King’s assault.

"Boy, do you only know how to hide behind women?"

Seeing his offensive thwarted, the Bright and Dark Ming King’s expression soured. He then looked at Ye Xuan and mocked him.

"I was just letting them gain some experience. Since you are so eager, I don’t mind entertaining you."

Ye Xuan moved swiftly and appeared in midair before the Bright and Dark Ming King, coming to a stop. He then looked at the two women,

"Let me handle this guy. After all, this grudge is between us. It’s time to completely settle the remnants of our past."

"Alright."

Ling Qianxue and Nangong Yao nodded. They knew that this being, merged with the Corpse Demon, wasn’t easy to handle. Even if they teamed up, it would still be hard to eliminate him.

"What? Ye Xuan is going to fight the Bright and Dark Ming King alone?"

Seeing the two women withdraw, the people from Heavenly Martial Hall were somewhat confused. Clearly, they could have fought together, so why go alone? Ye Xuan’s actions seemed overly arrogant, especially at such a critical time.

"He’s too confident. The current situation is not one to be taken lightly."

Ling Jingtian sighed. This battle was crucial to the survival of the Heavenly Martial Hall, and Ye Xuan’s actions undoubtedly alienated them all.

"Thinking you can defeat me? Who do you think you are? I want to see what makes you so arrogant!"

Seeing Ling Qianxue and Nangong Yao step back, the Bright and Dark Ming King also breathed a sigh of relief. He had feared that Ye Xuan teaming up with the two women would complicate things, but now that Ye Xuan had sent them away, it was foolish. He would deal with Ye Xuan first and handle the others later.

"Then watch carefully."

Ye Xuan’s expression remained unchanged. He then raised his hand, True Qi quickly gathering in his palm, and unleashed a fierce Palm Force, striking at the Bright and Dark Ming King in midair.

"Hmph, petty tricks."

The Bright and Dark Ming King snorted, lifting his hand and striking out a palm. A black handprint collided with the one Ye Xuan had sent.

However, in this collision, the Bright and Dark Ming King’s handprint collapsed almost instantly, while Ye Xuan’s handprint, still carrying momentum, struck like a meteor towards the Bright and Dark Ming King.

"What?"

The Bright and Dark Ming King’s eyes contracted, and he swiftly twisted his body to dodge the attack.

Yet, as his gaze darkened, Ye Xuan gave him no chance to catch his breath. With a flash, Ye Xuan disappeared from the Bright and Dark Ming King’s sight and reappeared directly in front of him, launching another lightning-fast palm.

With this strike, accompanied by a deafening dragon roar, a Palm Force like a wild ancient dragon enveloped the Bright and Dark Ming King.

"Damn you, get lost!"

Being so aggressively suppressed, the Bright and Dark Ming King became furiously enraged. He was supposed to kill Ye Xuan in this battle, to avenge his grievances, but now Ye Xuan was gaining the upper hand.

In his rage, the Bright and Dark Ming King’s eyes quickly filled with darkness, and the next moment, two beams of light burst from his eyes, striking the Palm Force Ye Xuan had launched.

This clash once again caused a violent stir, shaking the entire Martial Arts arena. Beneath their feet, the ground began to crack, spreading like a spider web.

"Die!"

A fierce gleam flashed in the Bright and Dark Ming King’s eyes, and the black beams bursting from his eyes intensified suddenly, enveloping Ye Xuan’s entire figure.

"This is bad."

Seeing this, Ling Jingtian and Murong Yun were utterly despondent. From these intensely fierce black beams, they sensed a wave of destructive power that could annihilate even them, evidently, the Bright and Dark Ming King, after consuming the corpses of many strong warriors, had significantly advanced in strength. Now it seemed even a First Grade Martial Venerate might not be able to defeat him, let alone Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan should have teamed up with Ling Qianxue and Nangong Yao earlier; only then might there have been a chance. Now, they feared all hope was lost.

However, while Ling Jingtian and others looked ashen, seeing the calm expressions on Ling Qianxue and Nangong Yao’s faces left them somewhat astonished.

Before they could ponder further, an abrupt change occurred in mid-air and the massive twisting black light that had distorted the void was suddenly cleaved apart by a sword. From within, a figure also burst out, the sword edge unstoppable, immediately enveloping half of the plaza with its fearsome Sword Qi.

The figure was unharmed; it was Ye Xuan.

"Ptui!"

The sword light flashed like a comet, momentarily present and then vanished, yet in its path, it severed the body of the Bright and Dark Ming King, cutting off the fleshly link between it and the Corpse Demon.

"Is it a success?"

Upon witnessing this scene, Ling Jingtian and the others, who had lost all hope, suddenly twitched their eyes, staring in shock at the Bright and Dark Ming King’s body being cleanly cut in two in mid-air, feeling an indescribable astonishment. The sword strike from Ye Xuan just now seemed as if it were from beyond this world, utterly inconceivable.

"Could it be, as Qianxue just mentioned, that Ye Xuan possesses the strength to kill a First Grade Martial Venerate instantly?"

Ling Jingtian’s heart began to waver. Although he still couldn’t believe Ye Xuan possessed such power, the reality was before his eyes. Even if Ye Xuan wasn’t that powerful, the Bright and Dark Ming King, now merged with the Corpse Demon, seemed likely to be killed by Ye Xuan.

"Damned beast, you think you can kill me like this? The ties are cut but not destroyed, reconnect for me!"

Severed by Ye Xuan’s sword, the Bright and Dark Ming King was shocked but quickly regained his composure, chuckled coldly, and as his command sounded, black fleshy tendrils suddenly extended from his severed body, reconnecting the two halves. His body reattached, even the previous slashes rapidly healed, leaving no trace.

"Can it even reconnect?"

The faces of those from Heavenly Martial Hall darkened again, their hearts sinking back to despair. The Bright and Dark Ming King had thoroughly transformed into a monster; if such methods couldn’t kill him, and he seemed immortal, how were they to fight him?

"Let’s see how many times you can reconnect."

Ye Xuan swung the Dragon Abyss Ancient Sword, his figure flashed, executing the sixth palm of the Dragon Essence Palm, Fish-Dragon Transformation. Each movement left behind an afterimage where he’d been, each afterimage making a sword-wielding motion. Instantly, countless indiscernible sword lights assaulted the Bright and Dark Ming King. Despite his quick reactions, he was hit by several slashes, his body gruesomely mangled.

The Sword Qi from Ye Xuan was indefensible, and the Bright and Dark Ming King couldn’t react in time. Although his body was mangled beyond recognition, he was not yet dead, but he knew that if he let Ye Xuan continue this assault, he would undoubtedly perish.

"Little beast, you’ve forced my hand; today, no matter what, I will slaughter you—Heavenly Demon Decomposition Skill, Corpse Demon Becomes Demonic!"

As the vengeful voice of the Bright and Dark Ming King spread, the body he had attached to the Corpse Demon completely disintegrated, turning into a pool of flesh, which quickly merged with the Corpse Demon, completely integrating into its body.

Boom!

As the Bright and Dark Ming King executed this maneuver, the ground below also started shaking violently, and thick black Demonic Qi surged from the Corpse Demon, accompanied by "pop, pop, pop" sounds. Eight large hands and a pair of bone wings extended from its back, and its body swelled to more than twice its size, becoming even more grotesque.

This Demonic Qi was rampant and tyrannical.

"The Corpse Demon has evolved?"

Ling Jingtian and the others were utterly shocked.

The Corpse Demon was already horrific enough, and now it had evolved. Could this be the end for the Heavenly Martial Hall?

"You really went all out; I guess once you use this method, you are completely merged with the Corpse Demon forever now."

Ye Xuan’s eyes slightly narrowed. The evolved Corpse Demon’s aura had suddenly grown much stronger, so much so that even a First Grade Martial Venerate might not be its match.

"So what? As long as I can kill you, this price is nothing. Once I devour even stronger beings, one day I will be able to reform back into a human shape,"

came the slightly distorted voice of the Bright and Dark Ming King from the Corpse Demon’s mouth.

"Nice idea, except you won’t live to see that day. Today, both you and this Corpse Demon will be completely erased from existence,"

a hint of coldness flashed through Ye Xuan’s eyes as a pair of dragon wings astonishingly unfurled behind him. Instantly, a wave of dragon majesty swept through the mid-air. The aura from Ye Xuan resonated with that of the Dragon Abyss Ancient Sword, invoking turbulent winds and cloud movements, altering the color of the sky.

In a vague outline behind Ye Xuan, a massive dark-gold dragon appeared, drawing all the power from the surroundings. Combined with Ye Xuan’s Sword Qi and dragon majesty, this dragon seemed like a Creation Dragon and also like a Destructive Dragon, emitting terrifying fluctuations.

"We can’t let him complete this move!"

Seeing this transformation, the Bright and Dark Ming King was horrified. He quickly mobilized the Corpse Demon’s body, leaping up from the ground and directly toward Ye Xuan in mid-air, opened his serrated mouth, and spewed out a vast and foul light column. Within the beam, spirits of the dead seemed faintly visible, bolstering the strike as it surged toward Ye Xuan in the sky.

"Go!"

As the foul light column neared Ye Xuan, till it was less than ten meters away from his face, a glint suddenly flashed in Ye Xuan’s eyes. He swung his Dragon Abyss Ancient Sword down, and the dark gold dragon behind him roared heavenwards, then swept up the transforming winds and clouds, furiously clashed with the foul light column.