After a barrage of attacks, the battle had finally begun in earnest. This powerful clash was nothing but a warm-up, and that was why Logan Lin—who saw through everything—was truly shaken.
If you ignore other Sacred Emperor methods and realm suppression, just comparing raw power—even Logan Lin himself couldn't guarantee a sure win against these two! Of course, Evan Chu and Holden Hong are still far from true Sacred Emperors; at least, against Logan Lin, they have no chance of victory.
"You're strong—stronger than I imagined!" Holden Hong's face finally turned serious. He sensed that Evan Chu's power was different, a force that actually suppressed his Stellar Power by a whole level!
Come on, is there any energy in the Star‑River Sacred Domain that can surpass Stellar Power? Holden Hong absolutely refused to believe it—he'd rather trust it was a trick of the senses!
But in reality, it was true! Evan Chu's Ninefold Profound‑Meaning Power could suppress all forms of energy—including Stellar Power itself!
"You're nothing special—not as strong as I imagined."
"Heh, is that so? I was only using thirty percent of my strength just now."
When Evan Chu heard Holden Hong say that, he burst out laughing. "That's hilarious! Then let me tell you—I was only using ten percent of my strength. Do you believe it?"
"Big talk! You need to be taught a lesson!"
Holden Hong roared, and a massive blood-red greatsword appeared in his hand. The blade was wrapped in searing flames, and wherever it passed, it seemed to burn everything to ashes.
"Not bad, but still not enough!"
Evan Chu's massive dragon head swayed slightly. The burning power of those flames, unleashed at full force, might even surpass his own dragonflame by quite a bit—but was dragonflame his strongest technique? Not at all!
Evan Chu's core art was Ninefold Stellar Transformation, and his current ultimate battle technique was the Battle‑Star Canon!
"You'll only know if it's enough after you try!"
Holden Hong wielded the blood-red greatsword, sweeping forward with his true body and unleashing terrifying flames straight at Evan Chu. As he closed in, Holden's entire body suddenly expanded, growing much taller.
But no matter how he changed, before the ten-thousand-zhang Primordial Dragon body, he was still tiny and insignificant.
In reality, Evan Chu knew that the Primordial Dragon form wasn't actually the best for battle—many techniques couldn't be perfectly executed in this shape.
But there was no other choice. Ninefold Profound‑Meaning Power was simply too strong—even his true body's flesh couldn't fully bear it once unleashed.
So, until he reached the Sacred Emperor Realm, the only way to truly unleash Ninefold Profound‑Meaning Power was to use the Primordial Dragon body.
In fact, Evan Chu understood very well: the human form was endlessly adaptable, the ultimate evolution to which all races aspired. Maybe its foundations were weaker than other clans, but after endless refinement, only the human body could evolve to its final state.
That's why so many top experts from other clans risk everything to evolve into human bodies.
"When dragon blood boils, power multiplies. If I still can't win in this state, maybe it's time to give up."
Evan Chu knew his weakness: his raw strength was overwhelming, but his realm was lacking. In a drawn-out fight, he'd be riddled with openings.
He didn't have to worry about running out of power, but he did worry that, as his massive dragon body accumulated more flaws, Holden Hong would eventually find a chance for a decisive strike!
In battles between top experts, victory or death can come down to a single instant. Evan Chu didn't dare be careless, so he decided to gather all his strength and aim to end it in one overwhelming blow!
"Oh? Can't wait any longer? Good."
Holden Hong seemed to sense Evan Chu's intentions and was delighted—he wanted the same thing!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The blood-red greatsword slashed out three blazing sword beams. The fierce winds and tiger-like roars tore apart several already unstable small star-regions. Every abandoned region where starships could anchor was wiped out, leaving not a single trace.
Under such a powerful attack, Evan Chu couldn't avoid being hit. Even though he blocked two beams with the Desolate Dragon Saber, the third struck his dragon body head-on.
Several huge dragon scales were sliced off, sparks and flames flying everywhere. Evan Chu howled in pain, but luckily his defense didn't fully break—at least no blood had spilled yet.
"Damn it! How can your defense be this strong?!"
His strike had failed, and Holden Hong was furious. But instead of giving up, he shook his body and summoned his Holy Emperor Avatar.
"Let's go—together we'll slay this damned dragon!"
"You think too much! You're not the only one with a Holy Emperor Avatar!"
Evan Chu's dragon eyes flashed, and his tail lashed fiercely at Holden Hong's Avatar. At the same time, Lynton Chu was released from the Chaos World.
"Roar—hahaha! Finally, I get to fight! After all this training, I don't even know how strong I've gotten!"
Lynton Chu was pumped. But before he could finish, he saw Holden Hong charging over, wielding his greatsword and full of rage.
"Huh? Late-stage peak Holy Emperor? Half-step Sacred Emperor? Interesting! Big bro, leave this one to me!"
"Don't be careless. Trust me—until I finish off his Avatar, don't let anything go wrong!"
"Got it, don't worry, big bro!"
With that, the battle instantly shifted—Holden Hong and Evan Chu each brought out their Avatars, and the targets of both sides changed.
"Holden Hong's realm is late-stage peak Holy Emperor, almost half-step Sacred Emperor, and his combat power surpasses most Sacred Emperors. I can't finish him off instantly, but I can still cripple you! Die!"
Evan Chu eyed Holden Hong's Avatar—its realm was only late-stage Holy Emperor, so he wasn't afraid at all. He charged in with the Desolate Dragon Saber, slashing again and again.
Holden Hong's Avatar looked bitter. Evan Chu's realm was still just early-stage peak Holy Emperor, but in every other way he completely dominated! Plus, with a divine weapon in hand, while Holden's Avatar had no weapon at all—he couldn't resist!
Holden's Avatar had just gathered two stars, trying to muster enough power to fight back. But Evan Chu was even more ruthless—he pulled out the Crimson Demon Star and Blood‑stained Demon Star from the Chaos World and hurled them straight at him!
Boom, boom, boom! Stellar Blazeburst! These two stars had followed Evan Chu for ages and their power was top-tier. The explosions were terrifying—Holden's Holy Emperor Avatar was either dead or half-ruined, left as nothing but a lamb for slaughter.
On the other side, things were totally reversed...
Holden Hong stared—what the hell? Evan Chu's Holy Emperor Avatar had a realm several times higher than Evan's main body! Late-stage peak Holy Emperor, almost half-step Sacred Emperor—though its power wasn't as monstrous as Evan's true body, this bizarre lifeform was like an artifact spirit or soul body! Holden's greatest trump, his flame attacks, suddenly couldn't do anything!
Holden Hong instantly felt like coughing up blood.