Chapter 517: Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign (1/2)

Jiangchen Xie’s body was sent flying and the fiery sea once again dispersed. Tiny cracks began spreading all over his body.

“How can this be?!” he cried out in confusion.

One punch.

He’d transformed himself into a zombie king and had obtained the strength of the Corpse Refiners’ founder in his youth. His bone arts and Hadal Bonefire could even burn dao immortals alive!

But… he couldn’t take even one punch from Lu Yun.

Just that one punch had been enough to utterly humiliate him. No methods or combat arts were involved, just a man and his fist.

A deep sense of failure rose from Jiangchen Xie’s heart. He remembered the path to the void realm that had appeared to him thirty thousand years ago and how he’d felt the same powerlessness before the black, long-haired monsters wielding dao weapons.

……

“You are afraid,” Lu Yun sighed wistfully. “You lost to yourself thirty thousand years ago. And after all this time, you still can’t get over it.” He strode over thin air toward his adversary. “That’s why I said you’re a pathetic worm, an utter and complete loser.”

“But I’m still alive!” Jiangchen Xie’s whole body began convulsing and he glared at Lu Yun with maddened intensity. Bloody light bloomed from every orifice of his body, fusing with the Hadal Bonefire in a rosé burst of energy.

Black fire rippled upon Lu Yun’s body and he dismissed the attack with a casual wave of his hand.

“Impossible. Impossible! As long as I live, I can rise again. The day I waited for has finally come! The void realm is here! I haven’t lost!” Jiangchen Xie shrieked hoarsely as the dread in his eyes intensified.

“Jiangchen Wushang was the body your ancestor chose to eventually possess. Do you know why he didn’t choose you?” Lu Yun walked up to his hysterical opponent.

By this point, Jiangchen Xie was kneeling impotently on the floor. His hands were the only thing that kept him upright. He panted in fearful exhaustion, no longer possessing the courage to raise his head.

“There is only fear in your heart. Not the invincible courage that should have accompanied your excellent talent.” The young master of hell cast a pitying glance at him. “Your fear and cowardice has seeped into your flesh and bone and drives your every instinct.

“You’re a coward hiding behind the halo of a genius. Do you think just living is enough to win? No.

“Some people are alive, but are already dead. Some people are dead, but still live on.” Lu Yun shamelessly stole a renowned quote from a famous personage on Earth, and it proved to be the last straw that crushed Jiangchen Xie’s heart like a terrifying combat art.

Gray floated to the fore as the light in Jiangchen Xie’s eyes began to dim.

“Hahahahahaha—” Sinister laughter suddenly echoed behind them. “Loser? Coward? Pathetic worm?”

The cackling transitioned to a low, sonorous voice. “What gives you the right to judge others so?” The words it uttered were tinged with a deep grudge of resentment and indignation.

Rumble!

The ground began to quake. The tomb of the Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign behind Lu Yun slowly cracked open and a huge hand of bone three hundred meters long reached out.

“Not good! The master of this tomb…” Lu Yun whirled around. “I tried destroying Jiangchen Xie’s dao heart and zombie king form with words, but it garnered the sympathy of the old thing in the tomb as well!”

He opened his Spectral Eye and cast his gaze toward the hand of bone.