Chapter 181: Azure Lotus Cleaving the Heavens, Empress Bloodline

It was actually Bei Nianyu!

She didn't hesitate for a moment; her petite body suddenly spread its arms wide, standing firmly in front of Zhou Chen to face the terrifying black light of the Half-Emperor Evil Spirit King!

Squelch!

The sound of flesh being pierced rang out.

The black light instantly pierced through Bei Nianyu's thin shoulder blade, and a dazzling mist of blood exploded in mid-air!

The phantom of the Ancient Heavenly Kun in the Void Realm also instantly became withered.

"Ugh!"

Bei Nianyu let out a muffled groan, her delicate body shaking violently as dark red blood flowed down her shoulder, staining her spiritual robes red.

However, she still stood stubbornly in front of Zhou Chen, her eyes defiant and determined, refusing to retreat a single step.

"Silly girl! Are you crazy?!"

Zhou Chen's heart felt as if it had been struck hard by a giant hammer. A beast-like roar erupted from his throat as he looked at Bei Nianyu's figure with eyes nearly bursting from their sockets.

"Brother Zhou… I… I like you… I don't want… to see you get hurt…"

Bei Nianyu's voice was very soft, like a candle in the wind, as if it would be completely extinguished in the next moment.

Boom!

Zhou Chen's mind went blank.

In an instant, Zhou Chen's eyes became bloodshot, and rage immediately consumed his reason!

Inside his body, a vast power that seemed to have been dormant for an unknown amount of time suddenly awakened.

"Elder Xuan, help me!!"

Zhou Chen roared in his heart.

Boom—!

An indescribable, terrifying Aura rose from Zhou Chen's body into the sky.

Zhou Chen's long hair danced wildly without wind, and his Aura instantly reached the tenth level of the Saint Realm, infinitely close to a Half-Emperor!

Perfection Slaughter Sword Intent!

The Dragon Fall Abyss was filled with invisible killing intent everywhere. Under the influence of this killing intent, even some weak Evil Spirits began to kill each other.

Perfection Great River Sword Intent!

A majestic river of Spiritual Qi surged powerfully, as if cascading down from the Nine Heavens.

Nine Firmament Spirit Refining Art, Seventh Level!

Nine Revolutions Dragon Elephant Skill, Eighth Level!

Zhou Chen's veins bulged, and the bones in his body roared.

An incredibly solid phantom of an Ancient Dragon Elephant manifested behind him, as if an actual Ancient Dragon Elephant had arrived in person.

It wasn't over yet.

The next moment.

A sword light tore through the thick clouds of the Dragon Fall Abyss.

The phantom of an azure lotus suddenly bloomed.

Behind him, eight Dragon Elephants roared together, their voices shaking the Nine Heavens!

Zhou Chen gripped the Void Demon-Slaying Sword with both hands, his entire spiritual power circulating as he slashed down violently.

Crack—!

The sky split open!

Azure Lotus Sword Scripture Second Form, Azure Lotus Cleaving the Heavens!

A Sword Qi that blotted out the sun forcibly sliced the firmament in half: one half remained a clear sky with a bright sun.

The other half instantly fell into endless silence and darkness, as if an eternal night had descended.

One sword to cleave the heavens!

In the distance, the cruelty and mockery that had just appeared on the Half-Emperor Evil Spirit King's face were instantly replaced by extreme terror!

It let out a non-human shriek as the black mist, thick as a solid substance, surged frantically. Its body expanded rapidly like an inflated balloon, attempting to use its strongest defensive measure.

However, it was too late.

An azure sword light flashed past, so fast that it was completely impossible to track.

The Evil Spirit King only felt a chill in its body. It looked down, and it seemed to be unharmed?

A sinister smile of surviving a disaster just began to squeeze onto its distorted face—

The next instant.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

Countless streams of ink-thick black liquid suddenly sprayed out frantically from its chest.

Screech!!!

A shrill wail echoed through the Dragon Fall Abyss.

The Half-Emperor Evil Spirit King couldn't understand; it remembered clearly… clearly it had dodged it?!

What it didn't know was that the second form of Zhou Chen's Azure Lotus Sword Scripture, Azure Lotus Cleaving the Heavens, contained the supreme Evil-Breaking True Intent.

It already had a natural suppression against Evil Spirits, and when stacked with the Nine Firmament Spirit Refining Art, the result was already predetermined.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…

The Evil Spirit King's body emitted thick black smoke and quickly dissipated, as the sky-filling foul black Qi spread throughout the Dragon Fall Abyss.

Seeing this, the distant Evil Spirits all turned and fled. Zhou Chen did not stop them.

"Letting you die just like that is too easy for you. It's not enough!"

The hostility in Zhou Chen's eyes had not faded. He forced out his last bit of strength and opened his mouth to spit out a small flame.

Sizzle!

The flames, interwoven with brilliant white, azure, and crimson gold colors, seemed to have a life of their own, instantly wrapping completely around the still-tumbling black Qi.

Samadhi True Fire!

"AAAAAAAAAHHH!!"

A miserable scream from the Evil Spirit King came from within the black Qi.

As soon as the black Qi touched the extremely yang and rigid Samadhi True Fire, the fire instantly grew larger. No matter how the black mist struggled, it could not be extinguished; instead, the fire grew more and more vigorous.

Within a few breaths, the black Qi completely dissipated, and along with that nauseating Aura, it vanished into nothingness.

Silence finally returned to the world.

Pfft—!

Zhou Chen could no longer hold on and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Tenth Level Saint Realm Aura around him receded rapidly like a tide, dropping directly to the Eighth Level of the Saint Realm!

At this moment, Zhou Chen's expression was terrible, his face as white as paper, and his body swayed, on the verge of collapsing.

The reckless outburst just now had almost drained all the Spiritual Qi from his body. His Meridians and Dantian were somewhat depleted and throbbed with pain.

However, he did not stop, ignoring his own condition. He endured the sharp pain and staggered to the side of Bei Nianyu, who had long since fallen unconscious.

He saw the hideous blood hole on her shoulder being constantly eroded by a stream of black Qi, and her Aura had now dropped to the First Level of the Saint Realm.

Zhou Chen couldn't help but feel some guilt, his eyes filled with nothing but heartache.

This little girl was just too silly.

He had so many trump cards; even if Bei Nianyu hadn't blocked that attack for him, with his Eighth Level Nine Revolutions Dragon Elephant Skill strength, taking the Evil Spirit King's attack head-on wouldn't have been a big problem.

He hadn't expected Bei Nianyu to jump in halfway.

Looking at her pale face and her blood-soaked, miserable state, Zhou Chen couldn't help but sigh: "Girl, thank you."

"Hold on a bit longer!"

Zhou Chen said to Bei Nianyu.

At this time, what Zhou Chen should have done most was to immediately take a healing Medicinal Pill to quickly recover his status, but clearly time waited for no one. He could feel Bei Nianyu's Aura weakening rapidly.

It seemed that the Evil Spirit King's attack had some kind of special effect, as if it directly acted on the Soul level.

So Zhou Chen endured the dizzy feeling, gritted his teeth, and picked up Bei Nianyu, finding a hidden Immortal Cave nearby.

Without time to study it, Zhou Chen directly took out a complete set of Saint Grade High Grade defense Formation Plates from the Array Emperor's Legacy and began to set them up.

With a "buzz" sound, the Formation Plates flowed with light, instantly setting up a light screen around the Immortal Cave, shrouding it in layers.

After doing all this, Zhou Chen only felt his vision go dark, almost fainting on the spot.

He didn't dare delay any longer, focusing his last bit of spirit, and urgently chanted in his heart: "System! Immediately use the return reward Empress Bloodline, designated target—Bei Nianyu!"

Boom!

That complete Empress Bloodline, which had been intercepted from Liu Qianru and left gathering dust in the System space for a long time, instantly turned into a brilliant ball of light and merged into Bei Nianyu's heart!

"Ugh…"

The unconscious Bei Nianyu's delicate body trembled violently, as if billions of shackles within her were suddenly shattered.