Chapter 384: The Hell Flower Blossoms (1/2)

The strength of the fiery cape had merged with Scarlet Ape, enhancing the giant ape’s strength to the greatest it could currently manage. Under the new strain, the human demon’s arms shattered like porcelain, and even the rest of his body began to crack.

Scarlet Ape had lost all reason and become a beast of undiluted savagery as it struggled to break free. Ten breaths were a very short time, but also very long.

“Die!!” Lu Yun suddenly howled.

BOOM!

The world suddenly became exclusively black and white; every other color was eclipsed from the onlookers’ field of vision. Such was the power of this mind-blowing attack, one that could bring down the celestial emperors themselves.

As the horrifying beam of light landed squarely on Scarlet Ape, it smashed through the red flames surrounding its body. Even the connate fiery cape couldn’t cope with such terrifying power.

Not only did the beam contain the energy of the Formation Orbs, it was also augmented by the power of the land and seven goodwill fruits.

Helplessness and dread filled the giant ape’s eyes as it sensed its very life under threat.

Ping!

A streak of sword light as bright as snow suddenly originated from a distant unknown, crossing time and space to land on the human demon. Withstanding Scarlet Ape had already brought the human demon’s body to its limits. The sword light wasn’t particularly formidable, but it was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Bang!

The human demon exploded at the same instant the beam of intertwining black and white  reached Scarlet Ape. The giant ape reacted with extraordinary speed and moved to the side almost simultaneously. It managed to avoid the terrible attack by a hair, but—

“Ah—” A blood-curdling wail soon followed.

While it had indeed dodged the attack, the pillar of light had nevertheless brushed past half of its body, and that half vanished with the light. Scarlet Ape keened with pain from the destructive wound. Too spooked to spend one more second in Dusk Province, it vanished on the spot in the form of a crimson blur.

In the sky, the silver Cosmic Eyes opened bit by bit and the power of the restriction took control of the province again.

While the human demon’s body had indeed been destroyed, the root of its existence was the power of the restriction. As long as the Dusk Tomb existed, the human demon would never die.

As a result, the entire province ran with blood before anyone could react—the restriction churning countless monster immortals to pieces. Meanwhile, Lu Yun’s men were all ghostly servants from the netherworld. After Scarlet Ape’s escape, they quietly returned to hell.

“What just happened?” By Lu Yun’s side from beginning to end, Empress Myrtlestar looked in the direction where the sword light had originated from, incomparably aghast. While not all that powerful, the sword strike had been extremely strange. It’d come at the perfect time for the final blow on the human demon.

“The Sword of Chaos.” Lu Yun’s expression was unreadable. Under his feet, the cannon shone once more and reverted back to a fortress ship. However, the vessel was now a wreck, its hull almost entirely broken. The tremendous energy from the Formation Orbs had overloaded it beyond its limits.

“The heir to the Sword of Chaos has appeared again,” he murmured.

Appeared again.

The last time, the Sword of Chaos had fired a sword light at Dusk Province’s border and destroyed the black, long-haired monster that had almost made its escape. But this time, it’d come to rescue Scarlet Ape instead.

“I wonder about the identity of this heir.” Lu Yun looked down, lost in thought.

……

The curtains slowly fell on a great battle that shocked the immortal world.

Northern part of the North Sea, on a deserted island.

Scarlet Ape’s missing half had already grown back. It gripped its iron staff in one hand and Beigong Xuan with the other. Bent forward, it gasped for air, trying to catch its breath.