Chapter 346: Black Dragon Temple

Regardless of his reputation, as the seventh-ranked expert on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, Han Chang’s depth of power was astonishing. It was even stronger than that of most Early Stage Primordial Pill Realm Martial Artists.

Chen Yuan cultivated multiple Secret Techniques, so his own depth of power was naturally immense. Han Chang was one of the few people who could match him in this regard.

Of course, this was largely thanks to the Original Demon Pill his father, Demon Venerable Han Guang, had planted within him—a pill imbued with Origin Demon Qi.

This time, even if Han Chang hadn’t come looking for him, Chen Yuan would have sought Han Chang out, aiming to finish him off here in the Endless Immortal Palace.

To Chen Yuan, the current Han Chang was a walking Original Demon Pill—his opportunity to break through to the Primordial Pill Realm!

In the aftermath of their collision, the immense power formed a whirlwind, tearing apart the area for dozens of zhang around them.

Watching the aftershocks of their battle from a distance, Long Yao was horrified. ‘Is this the true power of the top prodigies of the Central Plains Martial Arts?’

Just now, Han Chang clearly hadn’t used his full strength against her. For one, he still coveted Long Yao; for another, he didn’t want to harm her Poisonous Insects.

Now that Han Chang was fighting with his full power, the might he displayed was utterly terrifying.

From within the dissipating aftershocks of power, piercing Demon Sounds howled.

An incredibly turbulent and immense Demonic Qi erupted from the Demon Seal on Han Chang’s brow, and thousands of blood-colored demonic shadows swirled around him.

As Han Chang thrust out his Sword Pointing, the thousands of blood-colored demonic shadows instantly rushed toward Chen Yuan!

Celestial Demon Nine Transformations, Fifth-Turned Blood Shadow Celestial Demon!

The Original Demon Palace’s Celestial Demon Nine Transformations was a technique of a Hundred Divine Techniques, possessing nine major transformations. When cultivated to a profound level, these transformations could be combined in various permutations to unleash countless ultimate Secret Techniques.

Han Chang, of course, hadn’t cultivated it to the nine-transformation limit, but each transformation he used from the Celestial Demon Nine Transformations was still exceptionally powerful.

Dao Essence suffused Chen Yuan’s body. The immense Dao Essence Power he wielded was even a notch stronger than Zhang Xuanzhong’s.

In an instant, the silver-white Shenxiao Sky Thunder Power erupted from Chen Yuan’s left hand, while the purplish-blue Purple Sky Shocking Thunder Power gathered in his right.

Amidst peals of thunder, the lightning formed into swords. In a single moment, the Shenxiao Evil-slaying Sword and the Purple Sky Demon Slaying Sword shot out together, slashing toward Han Chang with a deafening thunderous boom!

The silver-white and purplish-blue long swords of lightning streaked across the sky. Wherever they passed, the sky full of blood shadows dissipated, and the immense Demonic Qi was completely torn apart by their immense evil-slaying and demon-slaying power!

“The Purple Sky Demon Slaying Sword!? You killed Zhang Xuanzhong!?”

Han Chang was utterly horrified, his mind reeling from the shock.

This Chen Jiutian had only ever revealed the Shenxiao Evil-slaying Sword before. The Shenxiao Sect had only demanded the Shenxiao Evil-slaying Sword from him as well.

Yet now he even possessed the Purple Sky Demon Slaying Sword. Where this Secret Technique came from was self-evident.

Moreover, for someone like Zhang Xuanzhong, it was impossible that he would have willingly handed over the Purple Sky Demon Slaying Sword.

There was only one way to obtain the Purple Sky Demon Slaying Sword from Zhang Xuanzhong: Chen Jiutian had killed him and used some method to forcibly rip the Secret Technique from his mind!

Although Han Chang had verbally looked down on Zhang Xuanzhong, saying that he—the long-nosed Daoist—and Ming Chong—the bald monk—were both trash.

But in reality, the gap between those ranked from tenth to seventh on the Hidden Dragon Rankings wasn’t that large. The rankings were mostly due to their combat records.

Han Chang often caused trouble in the Jianghu, so his combat record was extensive, placing him higher on the list.

Zhang Xuanzhong came from a Daoist Sect and spent most of his time in arduous cultivation at the Shenxiao Sect, so his combat record naturally placed him lower.

But in a real fight, despite the difference of several places in their rankings, Han Chang wouldn’t dare say he could defeat Zhang Xuanzhong with 100% certainty. At most, he had a seventy percent chance.

And that seventy percent chance was only to defeat Zhang Xuanzhong, not kill him.

This was because the Shenxiao Sect’s Divine Soldier, the Shenxiao Decree, was extremely powerful and also somewhat countered his Original Demon Palace’s Heaven-Devouring Demon Lotus.

‘Just how did this Chen Jiutian do it? How did he manage to kill Zhang Xuanzhong and even take his Purple Sky Demon Slaying Sword without a Divine Artifact Incarnation?’

At this moment, Han Chang had no time to think. The Shenxiao Evil-slaying Sword and the Purple Sky Demon Slaying Sword had not only torn through the sky full of blood-colored demonic shadows, but their remaining power was also rushing straight for him.

A chilling Demonic Qi surged from the Demon Sword in Han Chang’s hand. With a downward slash, icy Demonic Qi froze the air, forming a barrier in front of him.

Celestial Demon Nine Transformations, Second-Turned Cold Ice Celestial Demon.

The icy Demonic Qi was obliterated by the Thunder Light Annihilation. Han Chang retreated hastily, finally getting a moment to catch his breath.

Then, Han Chang immediately formed a Seal Technique. His Qi and Blood instantly began to boil, burning fiercely.

The Demonic Qi trembled and erupted from Han Chang’s body.

This Demonic Qi was completely different from what Han Chang had unleashed before. Its Strength Attribute was incredibly domineering, and the qi itself felt viscous like ink, so dark that it absorbed all light.

Anything that came near this Demonic Qi, even the surrounding light, would be swallowed by it.

As the Demonic Qi spread, a terrifying demonic shadow emerged behind Han Chang, taking the shape of a distorted humanoid figure.

With all the surrounding light being devoured, Han Chang stood there like a black hole.

Celestial Demon Nine Transformations, Eighth-Turned Devouring Elemental Celestial Demon!

Han Chang gasped for breath. His eyes were now steeped in the Devouring Yuan Demonic Qi, turning completely black.

Following a Celestial Demon’s roar, the Devouring Elemental Celestial Demon surged toward Chen Yuan, leaving a trail of absolute blackness in its wake, devouring all power in its path.

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow, drew his bow, and fired a Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow from his normal state.

Although it wasn’t fired from his Nine Prisons State, the arrow’s power was by no means weak.

However, just as the arrow’s power was about to pierce the Devouring Elemental Celestial Demon, before it could even erupt, it was completely swallowed by the demonic shadow, vanishing without a ripple.

Chen Yuan was somewhat astonished. ‘What domineering power!’

Among the Five Demonic Sects, the Original Demon Sect had always ranked near the top. Although it was usually second, its position was extremely stable.

It wasn’t like the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, which at its peak could look down on all heroes and contend with the Daoist and Buddhist sects, but during its decline, nearly fell off the Jianghu Wind and Cloud Rankings entirely.

The Original Demon Sect’s power was so stable because although its Cultivation Techniques were of the Demon Dao, they were, in fact, the orthodox Demon Dao.

Its Secret Technique, the Celestial Demon Nine Transformations, had each of its turns as an orthodox extension of the Demon Dao Origin.

As the incarnation of the Devouring Elemental Celestial Demon roared toward him, Chen Yuan formed a seal with his hands, and an utterly Profound Mysterious Power bloomed from his body.

It was a power that belonged neither to the Buddhist Sect, the Daoist Sect, nor the Demon Sect.

It was a Profound Mysterious Power that fused the Daoist, Buddhist, and Demon Three Veins, approaching the Chaos Origin.

The next moment, this power twisted and extended, forming a hundred-zhang-tall Black Dragon behind Chen Yuan that roared at the heavens. It drew in the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, emitting waves of peerless power.

This was the ‘Black Dragon Temple’ that Chen Yuan had condensed after mastering the Sumeru Free Observation of the Hidden Treasure Realm!

When a dragon fights in the wild, its blood is black and yellow.

As Yin and Yang attack, heaven and earth change color!

Everything Chen Yuan had learned was a grand fusion of the Daoist, Buddhist, and Demon paths, yet he followed none of them. His path was one of combat and slaughter, a pursuit of the ultimate lethality in the Martial Dao!

Therefore, the Black Dragon Temple he condensed also represented ultimate slaughter and chaos.

Once the Black Dragon Temple appeared, the Profound and Yellow stood in opposition, the heavens wept blood, and the battle would not end until death!

The Black Dragon roared forth, unleashing an incredibly violent Chaos Power. This terrifying force was born from a jumble of the Daoist, Buddhist, and Demon Three Veins’ Power, and also from the conflict and tearing of the Yin Yang Xuan Huang Power.

As the Black Dragon bit and thrashed its tail, it lacked the majestic aura of a normal True Dragon, but it possessed a violent and brutal intent to kill!

The Sumeru Free Observation of the Hidden Treasure Realm was a Buddhist Cultivation Technique. The ‘Views’ condensed by the Monks of the Militan Temple in the past were all related to the Power of Buddhism. Chen Yuan, however, was the first to integrate the Daoist and Demon Power into it as well.

His current strength was naturally inferior to that of the Abbot of Militan Temple, but the Black Dragon Temple he had condensed was stronger than the White Tiger Temple condensed by the Abbot of Militan Temple!

The power of the Devouring Elemental Celestial Demon was incredibly domineering and could devour anything, but it could not devour Chen Yuan’s Black Dragon Temple.

Instead, under the bites of Chen Yuan’s Black Dragon Temple, the demon’s body was completely disintegrated. In moments, it was torn to shreds, causing the Central Demon Qi to detonate in a series of thunderous explosions!

Han Chang immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and looked at Chen Yuan in horror.

‘What is this power!?’

‘It’s not a Cultivation Technique from any of the Daoist, Buddhist, or Demon lineages, yet it’s so incredibly domineering and powerful!’

He had only cultivated the Celestial Demon Nine Transformations to the eighth turn at most. He even had to burn his Qi and Blood Power just to barely activate this Devouring Elemental Celestial Demon.

The Devouring Elemental Celestial Demon was connected to his very lifeblood. Now that it had failed to devour enough power and was instead torn apart by Chen Yuan’s Black Dragon Temple, Han Chang suffered a backlash, losing Qi and Blood and injuring his Inner Viscera.

At this moment, he finally felt fear. This Chen Jiutian was simply a monster!

‘Who among the top ten of the Hidden Dragon Rankings didn’t come from a top-tier Noble Family or a supreme Sect?’

‘Which one of them didn’t have a host of trump cards and a deep heritage?’

‘And yet, this Chen Jiutian came from Zhenwu Hall, one of the Seven Alliances of the World—a grassroots faction that couldn’t even create a Divine Artifact Incarnation and had no deep heritage to speak of. For him to possess so many powerful Secret Techniques… it’s just ridiculous!’

Han Chang was a pragmatic person; he didn’t feel it was shameful to flee when he was outmatched.

It’s never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, ten years later or more. What’s more, he was the Demon Child, Han Chang!

Right now, they weren’t even in the Primordial Pill Realm. In the future—condensing the Primordial Pill, opening the Divine Platform, and eventually charging for the Celestial Profound realm—each step would require an enormous amount of resources!

He refused to believe that Chen Jiutian could still keep up with him then!

Therefore, Han Chang didn’t hesitate for a second. The Demonic Qi around him erupted, his body transformed into a demonic shadow, and without even a single parting threat, he turned and fled. His decisiveness was absolute.

A cold glint appeared in Chen Yuan’s eyes.

‘That’s not Han Chang running away. That’s my key to advancing to the Primordial Pill Realm, the Original Demon Pill!’

In the outside world, Han Chang had a Ninth Realm Celestial Profound expert protecting him. Unless Chen Yuan exposed his own identity and had Mr. Bei take action, there was simply no way to kill him.

Therefore, Chen Yuan had to find an opportunity to slay him within the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

Just as Chen Yuan was about to give chase, Long Yao suddenly handed him a Poisonous Insect. It was the size of a pinky finger and looked like a mayfly.

“I left a mark on Han Chang. No matter how far he runs, my Poisonous Insect can lead you to him!”

A cold look crossed Long Yao’s face. “That bastard hurt my Poisonous Insects. Go get him and kill him!”