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Chapter 540: Five Element Luminaries
🕑 Added 2024-12-06 14:00:09 +0000 UTC“Nine Heavens Emperor!” Demon Emperor Redraco roared as he slashed down at Tianyi.
Even though Demon Empress Bluefeather had sacrificed herself, the injuries on the Nine Heavens Emperor’s body were not as severe as the ones he suffered when he received the Five Element Annihilation. Demon Emperor Redraco knew he couldn’t give his foe a chance to breathe. Otherwise, he would escape and her sacrifice would be for naught.
His claws slashed the immortal emperor’s form. However, they only widened the opened wounds slightly. Simultaneously, black mist-like qi flew out and stuck onto his claws. With his Realm Dragon Scales, the corrosive qi could do nothing but adhere to his claws, but it slightly increased the consumption of his qi.
If only he had been the one to scope out the situation instead of Demon Empress Bluefeather. Even if he had fallen into a trap, his realm artifact would have protected him. Even if the Nine Heavens Emperor ignored him and went after the demon empress in the distance, it would allow him to keep the Metal Source Talons instead of losing it again.
However, there were no what-ifs. What’s done was done.
He grabbed the Nine Heavens Emperor in his grasp just as the latter was slowly merging with the void. Energy radiated from his Realm Dragon Scales, interfering with the immortal emperor’s manipulation of spacetime. Then, he opened his jaws and released his dragon breath, engulfing his hands along with his enemy.
The Scarletblood Dragon’s blood breath blew away most of the immortal qi of primordial chaos lingering on his claws, but a tiny amount remained entrenched, like maggots gnawing on bone. Still, the demon emperor didn’t care and focused on his hated foe.
The Nine Heavens Emperor was still in his clutches, injured, but still struggling. Although he tried to escape, Demon Emperor Redraco kept his grip. How could a human’s pure power exceed a demon’s, especially a true dragon?
Although Demon Emperor Redraco couldn’t crush the Nine Heavens Emperor to death with his hand alone, it was enough to keep him trapped. With his free hand, the demon emperor clashed and attacked the immortal emperor, whittling away at his body.
Throughout all this, Demon Emperor Redraco held the upper hand, but the more smoothly the battle went, the more cautious he became. He had not forgotten how this human made them lower their guard and killed Demon Emperor Blacktiger. No way an immortal that felled two of the Four Divine Beasts would go down so easily.
He continued to attack. Like a crazed beast, Demon Emperor Redraco increased his consumption instead of decreasing it, hiding his doubts from the outside world.
Finally, the immortal emperor in his hand showed signs of weakening. More than half his skin had shattered, revealing the inner space. Black mist poured out without reservation, cloaking him and making him appear akin to a humanoid conglomeration of mist rather than a human.
Demon Emperor Redraco’s hands fully clenched, not because he crushed the Nine Heavens Emperor, but because he felt like he crushed air. The black mist that was the Nine Heavens Emperor floated, as if to escape.
But how could he allow it to do as he wished?
Once again, the Scarletblood Dragon inhaled deeply. When it exhaled, it released a dragon breath that engulfed the black mist. When the breath ended, only a clump of mist remained. It had been reduced to thirty percent of its former size. Not to mention that it couldn’t even keep its humanoid shape.
“Begone!”
Demon Emperor Redraco raised his claws. The sheer amount of power poured into it dyed the black claw crimson, and he brought it down onto the black ball of mist. The crimson claws slashed the outer membrane of the ball of mist and sheared through it.
Halfway through the ball of mist, Demon Emperor Redraco showed the joy of victory. It was at that time a change occurred.
The void above the Scarletblood Dragon rippled and out stepped a figure cloaked in purple. He had cracks on his skin, but it only covered ten percent of his skin, far from the disastrous state of the figure Demon Emperor Redraco attacked. He held the Immortal Confining Sword raised above his head, and brought it down upon Demon Emperor Redraco’s neck.
However, Demon Emperor Redraco’s scarlet eyes showed no hint of shock or panic. Or rather, he appeared as if he had already expected it.
Before the Immortal Confining Sword could slice through his neck, it separated by itself, and the sword passed harmlessly. Once the danger had passed, the neck reconnected, and Demon Emperor Redraco’s claws, which were still in the black ball of mist, made a sharp turn.
All of this happened in an instant, and Tianyi couldn’t react as the Scarletblood Dragon’s crimson claws struck him in the chest. A large crack appeared in the middle of his chest, originating from where Demon Emperor Redraco’s claws hit him.
Tianyi spat out a mouthful of mist, and he swung his sword in retaliation, striking the crimson claw. Once connected, the crimson shade coating the claw shattered, and a large crack appeared on one of the claws.
Demon Emperor Redraco wanted to attack again, but Tianyi had already controlled spacetime to distance himself. “Hmpf, you played dead so many times. Do you think we’ll continue being idiots?”
Tianyi said nothing as he clutched the large hole in his chest, which continually leaked black mist. He gripped the Immortal Confining Sword even more tightly.
***
Donghai Longzi slashed his two foes with both his claws.
One of his opponents, a man with a plain face and ordinary aura except for his exceptionally bright eyes that resembled the stars in the night, thrust his sword forward. The sword appeared plain, just like the man, but seven points glowed on it, making it resemble a constellation. Once it shot forward, it resembled a shooting star.
The second opponent exuded a terrifying aura. Every movement, each intent, contained his tyrannical will. He raised his sword above his head and slashed down with both hands. It was not beautiful like a shooting star, not elegant like the wind, just pure brute power to destroy all things.
The swords of white and black clashed with Donghai Longzi’s right and left claws, respectively. They entered a stalemate for only a moment, but the black dragon’s demonic might prevailed, forcing the two back. Ye Chen retreated a hundred meters, while Meng Tingfeng retreated three hundred meters.
“So that’s a demon emperor, nothing special,” Ye Chen muttered as he brandished his sword.
Meng Tingfeng didn’t say anything and entered a stance.
Donghai Longzi narrowed his eyes.‘Original Body only said to keep Meng Tingfeng alive and enact the plan. He mentioned nothing about Ye Chen. That means I can kill him.’
With his goal made, Donghai Longzi’s aura surged. Although his body size remained the same, more stars reflected off his scales. It made his original body, which appeared to be a desolate star field to resemble a vibrant galaxy.
Meng Tingfeng and Ye Chen’s expression turned grave upon sensing Donghai Longzi’s rising aura. Meng Tingfeng couldn’t help but cast a glance at the latter, as if to say, “Congratulations. You successfully ignited their fighting spirit.”
Ye Chen ignored it, of course. Instead, his aura also surged. His body, which reached two meters in height, increased. It grew and grew until he stood over a hundred meters tall. His skin turned coal black, hair fluttered in the wind like rope, but his eyes were golden with vertical pupils. Like those of a dragon. Two coral-like dragon horns grew out of his forehead, and azure scales covered his entire body. The black sword in his hand also gained an argent tint.
Donghai Longzi soared forward. He took a deep breath and exhaled his dragon breath. Contrary to what his appearance suggested, his breath was a white-hot flame. However, the beautifully pure breath was a flame of destruction. All those touched by it would be purified into nothingness. It contained a vast amount of heat, but its underlying principle was destruction.
Ye Chen didn’t dare to take the dragon breath head-on and dodged, Meng Tingfeng did the same. Upon seeing this, Donghai Longzi halted his breath for a moment and resumed. He didn’t shoot it out in one stream like before, but in multiple fireballs. Its power and sustainability decreased, but its range expanded.
Meng Tingfeng turned into a stream of light and attempted to weave through the group of fireballs. He succeeded because Donghai Longzi’s target wasn’t him. Compared to hitting a regular-sized immortal, the one hundred meters tall immortal was much easier.
Ye Chen snorted when he saw Donghai Longzi shoot more fireballs at him. “Damn beast.”
He did not return to his former size. Strictly speaking, his current height was his true size. Because he primarily focused on the martial path, his body size also increased. Many other martial immortals experienced the same thing, but their increased size was on a much smaller scale. He could increase his size further, but against a powerful opponent, it would only increase his weakness and waste his qi.
His hand and sword blurred. They shot out several sword lights that struck the incoming fireballs. The fireballs swallowed the sword lights and, to Donghai Longzi’s surprise, exploded before they reached their target.
Donghai Longzi saw Ye Chen repeat the action and figured out what was going on. Ye Chen used the Law of Destruction to form his monarch immortal body, but before that, he had held the Kunlun Mirror and mastered some concepts under the Law of Time. Now, he majored in the Law of Destruction and minored in the Law of Time.
Furthermore, he showed signs of fusing the Law of Destruction and the Law of Time. Fusing multiple laws into one was something immortals started on once they reached the Extremity Immortal Realm. Although it was only a trace, it allowed Ye Chen’s power to exceed newly ascended immortal emperors.
‘But do you think you’re the only one that successfully started on the fusion of laws? I’m a demon emperor. If I can’t show more progress than a mere monarch, I won’t have the face to show myself again!’ Donghai Longzi thought.
A black sphere erupted from Donghai Longzi’s body. It was his Destruction Domain. However, there were traces of red, black, yellow, green, and white within. When Ye Chen tried to release his sword light again, they flew slowly, as if dunked in molasses. Even when they hit the fireballs, the fireballs did not explode like Ye Chen thought.
Instead, white fireballs continued to shoot toward him. Ye Chen’s body blurred, but before he got far, the fireballs exploded and engulfed him. He escaped out of their range with scorch marks and burns on his scale armor. However, they quickly disappeared as if he had never gotten hit.
Meng Tingfeng felt the changes in Donghai Longzi’s domain. He sensed the additional power attached to the power of destruction. It was a power he was familiar with. Because he thought Ba Shifang was his son, he did everything to get close and learned that Ba Shifang used the Law of Five Phases to become a seamless immortal.
The Law of Time and the Law of Destruction were innately superior to any one of the five elemental laws. But compared to the Law of Five Phases? They were inferior.
Although that was the case, Meng Tingfeng changed his trajectory and charged toward Donghai Longzi. Although the power of worldly laws was one aspect, the user that applied the worldly laws was even more important.
Five of the seven stars on his Seven Star Sword lit up. Five differently colored lights burst out and transformed into versions of himself, each donning a different color robe: red, black, yellow, green, and white.
Seven Star Sword Art - Luminaries Incarnate
The red robe incarnation represented the Mars Star of Fire, the black robe incarnation represented the Mercury Star of Water, the yellow robe incarnation represented the Saturn Star of Earth, the green robe incarnation represented the Jupiter Star of Wood, and the white robe incarnation represented the Venus Star of Metal.
Each one emanated the aura of stars and one of the five elements, perfectly merged. Of course, Meng Tingfeng had not embarked on the path of fusion the laws, and he was a step behind Ye Chen and Donghai Longzi. However, he wielded the divine Seven Star Sword, and one of its innate abilities was to form seven incarnations. So far, he could only use five of them.
The five incarnations and Meng Tingfeng charged at Donghai Longzi.
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Ed
'Saturn star of earth' had to read that a few time
