Divine King of Honour

The demon sneered as he stood above the ground.

Blood-colored spiritual energy continuously surged upwards.

The might of a Saint swept across in waves,

oppressing everyone to the point of gasping for breath.

Xu Nian, however, held the Immortal Sword with an arrogant stance.

A misty and celestial aura emanated from him.

He was not affected in the slightest by the thick Blood Qi.

"Hmph, I'd like to see how you intend to block my Hell Blood Claw," the elder snorted coldly and, with a flash of his figure, transformed into a streak of blood light, rapidly clawing towards Xu Nian.

The power of the blood enveloped the Blood Claw, directly doubling its size.

The force on the claws was utterly terrifying; it could easily crush meteorite iron.

If one were caught by the claws, death was an absolute certainty.

Yet, Xu Nian let out a cold laugh and waved the Immortal Sword in his hand.

He slashed the air with one strike.

The sword light turned into a cyan crescent of Sword Radiance, emitting an exceedingly sharp aura.

"Trivial tricks!"

The elder snorted coldly, and with one grasp of his Blood Claw, he shattered the Sword Radiance.

At the same time, his other Blood Claw reached for Xu Nian again.

Xu Nian blocked horizontally with his sword.

The Blood Claw struck the Immortal Sword,

and the sharp claws came within an inch of Xu Nian's eyes.

Had they moved a hair's breadth closer, Xu Nian's eyes would have been completely ruined.

"Clang!"

Xu Nian tapped a finger onto the surface of the sword.

A clear and resonant sword cry rang out.

Subsequently, the elder was sent flying by the Sword Qi bursting from the sword.

Xu Nian also took the opportunity to retreat a distance, widening the gap between them.

He breathed a sigh of relief, nearly having lost his eyes.

"Ha ha, it seems your swordsmanship is nothing special after all, today you are surely doomed," the Blood Robed Elder laughed heartily.

His eyes were full of mockery.

Initially, when he saw Xu Nian draw the Immortal Sword, he was somewhat wary.

But now, seeing Xu Nian's mediocre display of swordsmanship, all caution in his heart vanished in an instant.

In the distance, Xia Bingling and General Tie Yan heard this and their faces grew solemn.

"It's over, it looks like this young man truly cannot match this demon, and if the young man loses, doesn't that mean they all have to die?" General Tie Yan sighed inwardly.

They had still harbored a glimmer of hope for this young man.

But now, it seemed the young man was too young after all.

Not a match for this demon.

Xia Bingling also frowned deeply, her spirit heavy with concern.

She had not expected that she would ultimately be unable to escape death.

On the field, only the Bull Demon King remained utterly composed.

He knew that Xu Nian had yet another formidable sword technique that he had not employed.

Even if that sword technique could not fend off the elder, he still had a powerful clone.

In other words, it was impossible for them to die.

Hearing the demon's words, a faint, almost imperceptible cold smile appeared on the corner of Xu Nian's mouth.

That sword strike, so lacking in force, was deliberately so.

If he had revealed his true strength from the start, perhaps the elder would have been on guard.

He intentionally concealed his strength in order to make the demon overconfident.

Now, it seemed the demon had fallen into his trap.

"The end is now, boy; your soul, this old man shall take," the demon bellowed, his aura instantly exploding in strength.

He darted towards Xu Nian at extreme speed.

But this time, he did not choose a frontal attack; instead, he circled behind Xu Nian.

His dreadful blood-colored claw reached straight for the back of Xu Nian's head.

Its speed was incredibly fast.

Those in the distance could only see a blood-colored afterimage.

"Be careful!"

Xia Bingling urgently cried out in warning.

But by the time they saw the demon circling behind Xu Nian,

it was already too late.

The demon's claw had extended, and in the next second, it was about to pierce through Xu Nian's heart from the back.

"Now is the moment!"

Xu Nian's eyes erupted with an intense glint.

Then, everyone merely saw Xu Nian's figure transform into a blur, as he incredibly avoided the Demon Beast's lethal claw strike by a hair's breadth.

At the same time, the Immortal Sword in his hand waved through the air like a strand of silk.

Sword Radiance was like a cyan phantasm.

Fast!

So incredibly fast!

The Demon Beast watched, eyes wide, as the cyan Sword Radiance flashed past his face.

And his body couldn't catch up in time to defend against that sword strike.

"Putt"—

The silken thread of cyan Sword Radiance vanished in a flash.

Xu Nian and the Demon Beast stood back to back.

Both remained motionless.

"What just happened?"

From a distance, General Tie Yan and Xia Bingling, among others, were stunned.

Just moments ago, Xu Nian's back was on the verge of being impaled.

Then, their vision blurred, and the scene before them changed to what it was now.

"Clang!"

The steel pitchfork dropped to the ground.

The Bull Demon King's face was blank with shock.

Xia Bingling and the others might not have seen clearly, but as a being of the Holy Realm, he saw everything with crystal clarity.

The sword strike that Xu Nian had just performed was too fast.

So fast that it even startled him, a One-star Demon Beast.

In that last moment, the fusion of Xu Nian's Body Skill and Swordsmanship was simply astounding.

The power of that sword strike was seamlessly natural.

If he were to face that sword strike, death would be the only outcome!

"Thud!"

The Demon Beast's body slanted and split into two halves, the cut as neat as a mirror.

Everyone around was agape with astonishment.

Just how sharp must a sword be to cut flesh so evenly.

If they looked closely,

they would certainly notice that there wasn't a single drop of blood on Xu Nian's sword.

"Dead... dead?" General Tie Yan was dumbfounded.

A Saint Level powerhouse had just been slain right before their eyes.

And the one who made the move was a teenager who appeared to be only eighteen years old.

Xia Bingling was filled with immense surprise as well.

Although she had long suspected that this young man was extraordinary, she had not expected him to be this powerful.

He had easily slain a Peak of One-star Saint.

Truly terrifying.

However, Xu Nian's expression did not relax.

He turned to look at the Demon Beast's body that lay on the ground, his eyes filled with vigilance.

This Demon Beast wasn't dead yet!

His physical form might have died, but the aura of his soul lingered on.

"Ha ha, what a perfect body, your flesh shall be mine."

A booming voice sounded.

Then, everyone saw a black silhouette burst out from the body, and in an instant, it dove into Xu Nian's forehead.

And in the moment that the black silhouette entered Xu Nian's forehead, his body stood unmoving in place.

"Is this guy trying to seize the body?" Xia Bingling, true to her status as a princess and having seen much of the world, recognized the true intentions of the Demon Beast at a glance.

"It's over, after consuming so many souls, that Demon Beast's soul power is incredibly strong, this doesn't bode well," General Tie Yan immediately exclaimed with a sigh.

He had thought the Demon Beast was dead.

But he hadn't expected that the Demon Beast still had such a trick up his sleeve.

If the young man's body really were to be taken by this Demon Beast,

it would likely mean disaster for all.

Xia Bingling's expression grew grave.

"You all need not worry, if this Demon Beast thinks it can possess my brother, it's just seeking its own death."

However, just then.

The Bull Demon King let out a cold laugh.

Anyone else might be subject to possession, but Xu Nian, never.

Xia Bingling and General Tie Yan turned to him in surprise, unable to understand why the Demon Saint was so assured.