The heavens and earth were furious, the sky trembled, and Ling Tian's fury infused the entire world. Long Chen activated his Heavenly Fury state, slashing at the nine-headed lion with a single strike.
With a loud explosion, the Dragonbone Evil Moon collided with the sharp claws of the Nine-Headed Lion. The entire world shook, golden light and black energy waves intertwined, black cracks instantly spread across half the void, and the world seemed about to shatter.
"If you can't beat Sister Hanwei, then come to me. Do you think I'm a pushover?" Long Chen's sword-like brows lifted, his long hair flying, his anger soaring.
"Smack!"
Long Chen suddenly swung his hand and slapped the nine-headed lion's terrified face with a large slap. The lion's face was split open, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.
People were shocked. Long Chen was completely different from before. As the divine ring behind him swirled, endless Heavenly Dao runes swirled around him.
However, unlike the Great Emperor, those runes did not worship him; instead, they trembled there, seemingly harboring endless fear toward Long Chen.
It was as if they were under a deadly threat, forced to lose their power to Long Chen or else be killed. To survive, they had no choice but to submit.
"What kind of state is this? Why is it so terrifying?"
"After advancing to Fusion Heaven, Long Chen's aura completely changed."
No one had ever seen Long Chen truly enter the state of Heavenly Wrath, and this was the first time he had entered it so smoothly.
Previously, when he practiced the ninth form of the Heaven-Opening Technique with the old man, he used a method similar to self-hypnosis, making himself angry, then entering a state of heavenly wrath—simple and direct, but lacking a gradual process, and often getting scolded by the old man.
Because that would instantly raise anger to its peak, which would cause huge harm to the body and prevent you from fully realizing your potential.
But this time was different. Long Chen used Tu Qianshang's domineering alcohol to quietly unleash his anger step by step, making it smoother than before and much easier to control.
"My anger is the wrath of Heaven. The world is vast, but I am the greatest. I'm just a lion—how dare you look down on me? Today, I'm going to cut your lion's head meat to go with the drinks. Long
Chen's wine surged as Dragon Bone Xie Yue carried it on his shoulder, step by step approaching the Nine-Headed Lion.
"Ignorant human, you're courting death."
The nine-headed lion was sent flying by a single slap. This was already the third time he'd been slapped. Facing Long Chen in his state of heavenly wrath, he was both shocked and furious, and suddenly all nine heads' mouths opened at once.
"Buzz!"
Nine divine lights shot out, converging in the void to form a single divine light. As the light passed through the void, the void shattered and charged straight at Long Chen.
This was a deadly technique, one of the strongest divine abilities of the Nine-Headed Lion Clan, even stronger than the previous strike against Emperor Hanwei.
"A small test of the's blade!"
Long Chen shouted sharply, the dragon bone evil-moon evilly light in his hand blossoming, the blade shadow slicing through the air—suddenly the ninth form of the Heaven-Opening Technique.
"Sss!"
The long blade slashed through myriad paths, its divine might shattering the heavens. In his state of Heavenly Fury, Long Chen unleashed this strike, and the nine-headed lion's attack was actually cut through with a single stroke.
The blade shadow sliced through the divine light like a bamboo knife, charging straight at the nine-headed lion. The nine lions were terrified, their claws clasped together in a cross.
"Pfft!"
Blood splattered as the nine-headed lion was harder than a divine artifact, able to catch the divine weapon's claws barehanded. It was slashed open with a huge gash and sent flying backward.
"Buzz"
The Nine-Headed Lion had just been injured when Long Chen's figure flickered and he was already in front of him. The Dragon Bone Evil Moon slashed fiercely at the Lion's neck.
"Give me your braised lion's head meatballs."
Everyone cried out in shock—Long Chen was too fierce. With this strike, the nine-headed lion was doomed.
"Clang"
But when Long Chen slashed the nine-headed lion's neck, there was a loud explosion in the void, sparks flying, and the nine-headed lion surprisingly remained unharmed.
"What?"
At some point, the nine-headed lion was completely wrapped in chains. Long Chen's blade struck the chain, but the shock made his hands go numb.
"It's the power of the realm. He was empowered by the power of their world." Longgu Xie Yue said.
"Die!"
The Nine-Headed Lion roared, his chain-wrapped punch fiercely smashing at Long Chen. Long Chen snorted coldly, stepped back, and dodged the lions' strike.
"Boom!"
The nine-headed lion's strike missed, shattering most of the void. Everyone was shocked—what kind of power was this?
Moreover, after the void shattered, it didn't heal immediately like before; it seemed everything had slowed down, healing extremely slowly.
"Long Chen, you're the first in your life to force me to use the Domain Divine Chain. You can rest in peace now." Golden symbols flickered in the nine-headed lion's eyes, and the golden chains on his body swam back and forth like a monstrous python, exuding a terrifying aura.
Everyone was stunned. This nine-headed lion was terrifying. When it fought Emperor Hanwei before, it didn't even use its full strength. How confident must it be?
"Don't brag. Your essence blood is slowly draining. This Domain Divine Chain should be your ultimate move.
Besides, you won't last much longer. Your essence will burn out, and then the quality of my braised lion's head will drop significantly. I advise you to give up resisting and behave yourself. Let me chop off your head, and I'll let you go. Long Chen carried the Dragonbone Evil Moon, took out a jar of wine in his left hand, took a gulp, and said calmly with a sidelong glance.
"Hahaha, are you an idiot or what? Saying such stupid things, or are you so scared that you have to drink to boost your courage? The nine-headed lion laughed loudly toward the sky.
"Idiot, I drink to better control myself, so I don't get angry and kill you and ruin everything." Long Chen said disdainfully.
"Idiot can't be bothered to waste words with you. Today, I'll show you the strongest divine power of our Nine-Headed Lion Clan.
But before I kill you, I'll kill this woman first, so you can see that so-called emperors are nothing special. If they were born in my era, they'd only be mere supporting roles. The
Nine-Headed Lion shouted sharply, kicking his large foot through the void. As the void shattered, he was already charging toward Emperor Hanwei above the void.
While the Nine-Headed Lion and Long Chen were fiercely battling, Emperor Hanwei did not intervene. Instead, he looked at Ziyan in the distance, as if the two were communicating something.
When the nine-headed lion charged at Emperor Hanwei, he frowned. As the five strings of the zither trembled, the void rang out, a murderous aura shaking the void. Five divine lights converged on the strings, slashing toward the nine-headed lion.
"Just a petty trick. Watch me break it with one punch."
The nine-headed lion sneered coldly, his entire body glowing with chains, energy surging, and with a punch, he shattered the void and struck Wuxian. In that instant, a force not belonging to this world erupted.
With a loud "boom
," to the shock of the crowd, all five strings of Emperor Hanwei's zither shattered simultaneously.
"What?"
People were shocked.