At this moment, Evan Chu had already regained his freedom. As for the Roc King, he’d made up his mind to kill him—if you’re ruthless to me, I’ll be ruthless to you. Originally, for Goldwing’s sake, he’d considered letting the Roc King off, but now that was clearly impossible.
With a single thought, he instantly activated Light Transformation—his whole body vanished in midair, stealthily closing in on the Roc King, ready to deliver a heavy blow.
Evan Chu’s sudden disappearance left everyone baffled. There was no way the Roc King’s space domain could have crushed him to dust, yet he was nowhere to be seen—too bizarre for words.
But the most shocked of all was the Roc King. For Evan Chu to vanish so completely meant he’d broken through the Roc King’s space domain—and anyone who could break a demigod-rank expert’s domain had to be terrifyingly strong.
At the same time, a trace of unease crept into the Roc King’s heart—a gut feeling that he was in danger. He instantly withdrew his space domain and went on full alert, watching every move around him.
Evan Chu hid his presence and slowly closed in on the Roc King. Even though his movements were slow, there were still faint energy ripples—hard for most to detect, but the Roc King was a demigod-rank expert.
His divine sense was incredibly sharp. When Evan Chu was just ten meters away, the Roc King sensed him, flashed hundreds of meters away in an instant, and ruined Evan Chu’s ambush.
“Kid, I didn’t expect you to break my space domain—really impressive. And you can hide your body, which is extremely rare. If the Dragon Clan has someone like you, that’s bad news for us. Today, I have to kill you—otherwise, my Golden-Winged Roc Clan will be in real danger.” the Roc King said.
Evan Chu was frustrated—he hadn’t expected his plan to be seen through, so he revealed himself and said, “Old man, you sure run fast. Even that you figured out, huh? Looks like a demigod-rank expert really is on another level compared to a late-stage Immortal Emperor.”
But I’m really curious—how did you manage not to ascend to the God Realm? I’ve racked my brains and still can’t figure it out. Could you tell me? Even if I die here today, I want to die knowing the answer. Otherwise, it’d be a real shame.”
The reason Evan Chu asked was that he hoped one day he could suppress his own cultivation and avoid ascending to the God Realm. Even though ascension was inevitable, he still had so much to take care of in the Immortal Realm—not to mention his women and brothers like Zhao Fei and Niu Tian hadn’t ascended yet. If he left, who knew what dangers Frostbane Imperial Palace might face?
The Roc King glanced at Evan Chu and laughed, "You’re not qualified to know my greatest secret yet. Beat me first, then maybe I’ll tell you. But I’ll give you a hint—I once obtained a heaven-defying item. Enough talk. Right now, I just want to kill you. Prepare to die!"
Evan Chu was stunned. The Roc King hadn’t said what the heaven-defying item was, but Evan instantly realized that if he could seize it, he could suppress his own cultivation too. This opportunity made it even more necessary for the Roc King to die.
Only by killing him could Evan get his hands on that item. With a thought, he drove his Chaos Immortal Force into a frenzy, channeling it rapidly into his right arm—he was ready to use Unicorn Arm together with Divine Cleave to slay his opponent.
He just wasn’t sure if this overwhelming strike would completely annihilate the old guy, body and soul. If it did, maybe the heaven-defying item would be lost too. But facing such a powerful opponent fired him up—this was his first time ever trying to kill a demigod-rank expert.
This kind of leapfrog challenge was a huge pressure, but he was confident he could kill his opponent.
Right now, his aura kept soaring, like a war god standing tall in the sky. Everyone below couldn’t help but feel a surge of submission.
The Roc King was also preparing his own ultimate move—a powerful martial art unique to the Golden-Winged Roc Clan: Windswift Freedom.
Evan Chu quickly finished his preparations too. The two unleashed their terrifying martial arts almost simultaneously. As their powers erupted, the whole world changed—wind and clouds roiled, space trembled as if on the verge of collapse.
In that instant, the mountaintop where everyone stood caved in. Many, distracted by the epic battle in the sky, were buried by falling rocks.
Though the rocks buried their bodies, they weren’t really harmed—but it made them look absolutely miserable. For an Immortal Emperor to be buried by falling stones? Talk about losing face. Even the Golden Dragon King was among them.
Little did they know, being buried actually saved their lives. The Golden-Winged Rocs who reflexively flew into the air were all wiped out by the overwhelming attacks of Evan Chu and the Roc King—no bodies left behind, just pure terror.
The sword unleashed by the Roc King gleamed with cyan light—it was a pure wind-element attack, something Evan Chu rarely encountered. The Golden-Winged Roc Clan was born to control the wind, just like the Phoenix Clan ruled over fire.
Countless sword-qi and wind blades came slashing at Evan Chu—the wind blades were cyan streaked with black, far deadlier than Glasswind, and the attacks covered the sky. Anyone else would have been shredded, with no bones left behind.
A demigod’s attack was terrifying, but the Roc King was up against Evan Chu—the heaven-defying underdog who wielded Sevenfold Absolute Cleave, the God Realm’s top sword art. Even if he could only use the sixth form, Divine Cleave, it was more than enough.
The name said it all—Divine Cleave was a martial art that could slay gods. A colossal sword-qi, hundreds of meters long and blazing red, appeared in the sky, smashing toward the Roc King like an unstoppable force.
Countless wind blades and sword-qi were obliterated by the dominant red sword-qi—almost nothing reached Evan Chu, while his sword-qi kept surging toward the Roc King.
Evan Chu thought he could kill the Roc King outright, but the old guy dodged at the last second when he saw the terrifying sword-qi. Still, he was blasted thousands of meters away by the residual force.
His body crashed to the ground, and Evan Chu’s strike leveled everything for thousands of miles. Smoke and dust filled the air—no one could see a thing, and the Roc King’s figure was nowhere to be found.
Evan Chu was left with several deep wounds, bone visible. A demigod’s attack really was fearsome—without Divine Cleave, he might not have survived at all…