NOVPUBHearing the words of the White Bone Demon, Shen Ze seemed to be reminded of something.
His face slightly uneasy, he stared coldly at the White Bone Demon.
He said indifferently, "You’re nothing but a bunch of homeless dogs. If we were in the Heaven Beyond Heavens, my Reincarnation lineage would have eradicated you long ago.
You should be thankful for the restrictions of the rules of this world."
"If you’re so powerful, feel free to challenge the Ancient Demon Cave; I am more than welcoming," the White Bone Demon sneered.
"I reckon the demonic creatures there are eagerly awaiting your arrival."
"The affairs of the Ancient Demon Cave will be dealt with by those above, no need for you to try and gain the upper hand with words," Shen Ze stated dismissively.
"As for now, I stand guard over the Eternal Ancient Continent, and I’ll slay every member of the Demon Race I encounter."
"Then give it a try. You were just a defeated subordinate in the past," the White Bone Demon snorted coldly.
Surrounding him, Demonic Qi surged sky-high, confronting Divine Power at the crown of the Firmament.
The vast expanse of the sky split in two.
Half filled with Demonic Qi, half with Divine Power.
Shen Ze rode a giant bird, white all over, flapping its enormous wings behind him.
In an instant, sand and stones flew through the air, and cracks opened up around him in the fabric of space as he rose high into the sky.
"To battle," he shouted fiercely, charging directly at the White Bone Demon.
The White Bone Demon extracted a white bone knife from within his own body, created from countless slender bones fused together.
The bone spikes were sharp, the blade’s edge emitted a cold gleam, and blood-thirsty Demonic Qi swirled around it.
The White Bone Demon’s original body was just like that of an ordinary person.
Now, within him, sounds of "crackling and snapping" could be heard.
The bones grew bit by bit, as if donning him in a suit of white bone armor.
His whole figure grew larger, the bones glowed, already eroded by black Demonic Qi.
Shen Ze and the White Bone Demon battled in the Firmament, while Xu Zimei turned to look at an elder beside him.
"Your turn to kill?" Xu Zimei handed the Curved Blade over to Jiuyou and asked with a smile.
Jiuyou was silent for a moment, took the blade, and walked step by step towards Gu Yu.
"Seeking death," Gu Yu snorted coldly. Despite being seriously injured, he was not someone Jiuyou could despise.
His palms were filled with Divine Power as he struck out towards Jiuyou.
"You’d better act like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered," Xu Zimei’s voice suddenly rang out from behind him.
"How is this possible?" Gu Yu’s face changed dramatically.
The next moment, Xu Zimei’s figure had appeared behind him, a palm strike coming at his back.
Gu Yu felt a soul-piercing pain spread throughout his body as if all his bones had been shattered.
He collapsed on the ground like a lump of mud.
Jiuyou, holding the Curved Blade in hand, slowly approached Gu Yu.
"No, don’t," Gu Yu struggled, speaking in a panicked tone.
"You can’t kill me, I am your Clan Leader, only I can lead you to revival."
"When you get to Hell, use that nonsense to deceive the ghosts," Jiuyou shouted as she raised the long blade in her hand.
"I cannot die, I have not yet become Divine Race, I can’t die," Gu Yu shouted in struggle.
"Divine King Shen Ze, save me."
The Curved Blade descended, a streak of red bloomed in mid-air.
A head with eyes wide open in death rolled slowly away, like a bouncing ball.
Jiuyou, tears streaming down her face, repeatedly chopped at Gu Yu’s corpse with the Curved Blade.
Even though the body was already lifeless, even reduced to mangled flesh, she couldn’t bring herself to stop.
After a while, she seemed exhausted, suddenly dropping the Curved Blade, and she sobbed with her head in her hands.
"Father, Mother, your daughter has avenged you."
...…
The battle in the sky was still ongoing. Witnessing Gu Yu’s death, Shen Ze spat disdainfully and said faintly, "Useless."
Opposite him, the White Bone Demon was wreathed in sky-high Demonic Qi, rising like a mushroom cloud after an explosion.
The aura radiating from him grew ever more immense.
Blood-black Demonic Qi occupied the entire Firmament, the intensity of the battle seemingly increasing by the moment.
This creature was born for warfare.
Its white bones felt no pain or fear of death, each bone personified Death.
And, having previously assimilated the bones of numerous members of the Divine Race, it was now somewhat immune to Divine Power.
Shen Ze fought with trepidation, never expecting that, after so many years, the White Bone Demon had become far stronger than before.
His gaze shifted and suddenly landed on Xu Zimei below.
The wings behind him blocked out the sun like dark clouds, and the enormous bird beneath his feet let out a soft cry, its talons reaching straight for the White Bone Demon.
The White Bone Demon remained unflustered, allowing the giant bird to seize its white bones, leaving them utterly unscathed.
With a turn of its body, it swung its blade, and a black-bloodied wound inflicted by the corrosive Demonic Qi emerged on the bird’s belly.
The giant bird screeched in agony, but in that brief moment, Shen Ze pivoted and suddenly lunged towards Xu Zimei.
"Anyone who mixes with the Demon Race can’t be any good, you deserve to die," Shen Ze snorted coldly.
Divine Power swirled around the wings behind him as he charged directly at Xu Zimei.
Watching the approaching Shen Ze, Xu Zimei murmured lowly, "Well, you could serve as a test for my Heaven-reaching Trilife Gate."
...
"Gate of Life, open," Xu Zimei called out softly.
He had used his time in transit from Eternal Ancient City to the Divine Demon Battlefield to practice for a period on the Divine Continent.
Although he had only mastered the Gate of Life in the Heaven-reaching Trilife Gate, and the Gate of Death and the Gate of Immortality were still incomplete, it was worth testing the power of this Divine Method.
As the Gate of Life opened, a pale blue light shone down upon Xu Zimei’s head.
Under this light, Xu Zimei felt his Divine King strength breaking through continuously.
Pushing towards the limits his body could withstand.
In fact, he was already capable of Stepping into Immortality, but he had been holding back, awaiting Destiny’s preparation, refraining from unleashing his full potential.
As Shen Ze charged at him, Xu Zimei was surrounded by a faint blue luminescence.
His figure instantly vanished from in front of Shen Ze.
"So fast!" Shen Ze exclaimed in shock as he gazed at the empty space in front of him.
In the next moment, an excruciating pain surged through him; Xu Zimei had somehow appeared behind him.
He grabbed Shen Ze’s wings with both hands and savagely tore them from the body.
"Ah...," he screamed in agony.
The White Bone Demon descended from the Firmament, and a Curved Blade flew out of its grasp.
The blade, charged with dense Demonic Qi, pierced directly into Shen Ze’s back, puncturing his heart.
Struggling to stand from the ground, Shen Ze’s pupils dilated and golden blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
"Heaven-reaching Trilife Gate, one of the ten great Divine Methods – who on earth are you?" he asked Xu Zimei, with a cold look in his eyes.
"I would not change my name nor seat, Qiong Qi of the Sect of Seven Fears," Xu Zimei replied lightly.
"Your Sect of Seven Fears, colluding with the Demon Race, is unworthy of being the guardians of Divine Methods," Shen Ze roared.
"From now on, there will be no place for your Sect of Seven Fears in Heaven Beyond Heavens."
Behind him, the Demonic Qi seething off the White Bone Demon’s Curved Blade continued to ravage Shen Ze’s insides.
Just as Shen Ze faced death, he wrote four golden characters in the air with his hand.
"Sect of Seven Fears, Demon Race."
