Demon Emperor Wotan's combat power was far beyond what Evan Chu had imagined. And that bloody scythe in his hand clearly wasn't just any ordinary weapon—every time it struck, it radiated a thick, bloodthirsty aura.
Even stranger, that scythe seemed able to absorb the souls of fallen powerhouses, boosting its own strength with every kill!
Evan Chu glanced at his wounds, then surged powerful Wood-element energy throughout his body and began to heal himself.
Wotan stared at Su Xuan in shock—so many techniques, and yet in just an instant, he’d already healed his external injuries. In Wotan’s eyes, that was simply unimaginable.
“You really are strong—worthy of being the master of Frostbane God-Venerable in the God Realm! I’m surprised you could withstand my first attack, but let’s see if your luck holds for what’s coming next.”
Wotan hadn’t suffered a scratch in that earlier explosion—just a bit of dust and flying debris left him looking a little ragged. That was all.
A shadow fell over Su Xuan’s heart—this Wotan was frighteningly strong! And the further one’s cultivation advanced, the harder it became to fight across realms. With his current power, Evan figured he could maybe kill a mid-stage God-Emperor, but as for late-stage or peak, a head-on fight was probably impossible!
Because at this stage, every expert’s understanding and mastery of their powers could be called perfect.
Evan Chu had plenty of techniques, but his powers were all mixed together—none had truly reached the peak! Relying on Ninefold Divine-Dragon Metamorphosis alone, it was tough for an early God-Emperor to go up against a late-stage Demon Emperor at his peak. Unless he could fully ignite all seven Star Marks, or achieve perfect mastery of the remaining five elemental powers.
But look at Wotan—his power was focused into the purest demonic qi, and that bloody scythe he wielded was no weaker than the Frostbane Divine Sword. Add in his refined dark-element energy, and Evan figured only if he broke through to mid-stage God-Emperor would he have a shot at killing Wotan. As for now? Not realistic.
"I can't just let him keep having it so easy. Otherwise, forget about facing the Spirit Lord in the future—even this guy would be a nightmare to deal with!"
Evan Chu steeled himself, Wind and Thunder Laws surging wildly around him. At the same time, his eyes began a startling transformation.
"Oh? So you’ve still got more tricks up your sleeve!"
"Heh, if you think I’m out of moves already, you’re underestimating me way too much! I told you—I’m going to blood-wash your Demonic Imperial Capital and make you pay a heavy price! If I can’t do it, and get slapped down in front of my own daughter, that’d be pretty humiliating.
And I’m the kind of guy who cares a lot about keeping my word—and about saving face!"
On the surface, Evan Chu and Wotan seemed to be joking around, but in reality, the space around their bodies was already raging out of control.
It was as if the space itself could no longer withstand their power—on the verge of tearing apart. "Hah!" The Demon Emperor suddenly roared, attacking first this time. After their earlier clash, he’d already started treating Evan Chu as a rival on his own level. He couldn’t be sure what might happen if Evan survived any longer.
"Good! Bring it on! Roar—"
Evan Chu let out a dragon roar and transformed into his towering Golden Dragon true body—only in this state could he fully unleash the power of the Nine-Clawed Primordial Dragon.
"Chaos Golden Dragon Claw!"
This move was built on Chaos Force and the Chaos Arm as its base, then forcibly fused with his Primordial Dragon power—unleashed through the nine claws, its might was terrifying, as if a single swipe could rip open heaven and earth.
Previously, Evan Chu had only used the Chaos Arm—its power was fierce, but up against Wotan’s late-stage Demon Emperor peak, it just wasn’t enough. But Evan realized: if both powers could exist in his body, why couldn’t he fuse them in battle?
On a sudden impulse, Chaos Force and Primordial Dragon bloodline merged rapidly, and with his true dragon body unleashing the Chaos Dragon Claw, the power multiplied—Wotan actually felt his life threatened by that strike.
"Trying to kill me? Delusional! My supreme demonic weapon was forged from a million Demon Emperors’ devoured souls and ten million Demon Kings’ blood—it was refined for eighty-one years! But after all these battles, it’s never tasted the blood of a God-Emperor from the God Realm. You’ll be the first!"
Hearing how Wotan’s bloody scythe was forged, Evan Chu was utterly shocked—this guy was insane! No wonder the weapon radiated such violent, murderous energy; it could even affect Evan’s mind and battle instincts.
If his soul hadn’t been tempered by Thunder Laws, any ordinary God-Emperor standing here would have lost their mind before the fight even started—becoming just another victim for that bloody scythe.
Such a vicious, sinister thing absolutely couldn’t be allowed to exist any longer!
By now, the fight was so intense that neither Wotan nor Evan Chu had time for words. The Chaos Golden Dragon Claw of the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon was about to clash with Wotan’s bloody scythe.
At that moment, an even brighter golden light flashed across Evan Chu’s massive dragon head! The enormous Dragon Pearl surged with boundless divine dragon power, fueling his claw to condense and unleash even greater strength.
"Hmph! Petty tricks!" Wotan’s cloak billowed to hundreds of times its size, and a gigantic demonic shadow rose behind him. The overlapping shadows blotted out the sky, even dimming the dazzling golden light of Evan’s Dragon Pearl.
Evan Chu’s heart stirred—this was the perfect opportunity! He locked onto the timing: as the Bloodreaper Scythe and his Chaos Golden Dragon Claw collided in a silent burst, energy began to tear open the weakest edges of the surrounding space. At that instant, his two massive dragon eyes flared—one crimson, one blue.
This was the Icefire Divine Eye, now fully overlaid with Divine Dragon power! Although his Water and Fire element insights had only reached the eighth layer and were not yet perfected, the combined killing force of the Icefire Divine Eye was no less terrifying than the enveloping might of his Wind and Thunder Laws.
What’s more, this time the Icefire Divine Eye drew out every drop of Water and Fire element in Evan Chu’s body, then fused it with Divine Dragon power and, seizing Demon Emperor Wotan’s momentary opening, shot forth at blinding speed.
“Damn it!” Wotan cursed, unable to pull back. He had no choice but to pour even more force into his strike, furiously hacking at Evan Chu’s Chaos Golden Dragon Claw.
“Roar—!!” Evan Chu’s colossal dragon head whipped in agony. He’d pushed the Icefire Divine Eye far past its limits—his two dragon eyes nearly burst, and thick streams of fresh blood poured down from both.
And beyond that, the Chaos Golden Dragon Claw—no weaker than Wotan’s Bloodreaper Scythe—was severed clean through. Agonizing corrosive pain surged from the wound, instantly flooding Evan Chu’s five viscera and six organs.