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Lu Chen didn't waste any more time. He narrowed his eyes slightly, his aura suddenly froze, and then slowly raised the sword in his hand. The patterns on the hilt seemed to be infused with life at this moment, emitting a faint but cold light.

Immediately afterwards, he swung his arm and slashed out with his sword. A powerful sword aura surged toward the emperors of the four major powers in the distance.

The sword energy was like a silver river pouring down from the heavens, carrying an unparalleled power. Wherever it passed, the air was torn apart with a sharp whistling sound, and space was shattered inch by inch.

The emperors, affected by the black energy, were already unable to move as if their bodies were bound by invisible shackles. Now, facing the seven-colored sword energy surging like a tidal wave, a look of fear and despair flashed in their eyes, their lips trembled slightly, and they didn't even have time to cry for help.

The Lord of Nirvana stared wide-eyed, veins bulging on his forehead, and he shouted hoarsely, "No! I cannot die here!!!" His voice was filled with resentment and fear, but as soon as he finished speaking, his body vanished into thin air like sand swept up by a gale, leaving not even a trace behind.

At this moment, Empress Dusheng's eyes flashed with hesitation and struggle, as if she wanted to make a final struggle. She opened her mouth, trying to say words of surrender, but Lu Chen's sword energy had already been unleashed like a surging tide, and it was impossible to retract it.

The next moment, the sword energy mercilessly swept over Empress Dusheng's body, and her body instantly turned into dust, slowly dissipating in the air as if it had never existed.

Wherever the seven-colored sword energy passed, no matter how many realms of the Great Emperors were, they were all like fallen leaves swept by a gale, powerless to resist, and all turned into dust, becoming part of this desolate land in the outer realm.

As the sword energy drew ever closer to the Divine Martial Emperor, the Divine Martial Emperor suddenly raised his head. At this moment, his eyes had turned black, like two bottomless pools of darkness. His entire body emanated a thick black aura, making him look like a demon crawling out of the depths of hell. He seemed to have completely transformed into a celestial demon.

Lu Chen did indeed sense the power of the Heavenly Demon from the Divine Martial Emperor, but he keenly noticed that the Divine Martial Emperor was different from the other Heavenly Demons. There seemed to be a trace of his own original consciousness flickering deep in his eyes, like a candle flame flickering in the darkness, weak but still present.

The Divine Martial Emperor suddenly and slowly raised the staff in his hand. Although the movement was slow, it exuded a strange power. Then he laughed loudly at the sky of the outer realm and said, "So that's how it is! So that's how it is!!! Hahahaha!!!" His laughter was filled with madness and pride, echoing in this silent outer realm space, making people shudder.

"Heavenly Emperor! I am finally going to become the Heavenly Emperor!!!" As soon as he finished speaking, a strange power wave was released from the staff. The power spread through the air like ripples. Then, a black vortex appeared in front of the Divine Martial Emperor. The center of the vortex emitted a powerful suction force, as if it could devour everything.

Before Lu Chen could react, the Divine Martial Emperor's body was sucked into the vortex and disappeared without a trace.

This sudden turn of events stunned Lu Chen. His brows furrowed tightly, and his eyes were filled with shock and confusion.

He had already used power close to that of the Heavenly Emperor to seal off the surrounding space, so why was the Divine Martial Emperor still able to break through the space? This question lingered in his mind, leaving him completely baffled.

After the Divine Martial Emperor escaped, the emperors of the four major forces were all killed by Lu Chen's powerful sword energy. Lu Chen's sword strike wiped out the entire area.

However, after dealing with the people from the four major forces, Lu Chen could sense that the power of the emperors behind him was almost exhausted. Their auras became weak and their faces were somewhat pale, which made Lu Chen a little worried.

It seems that although the Spirit Gathering Array is useful, at his rate of consumption, even a hundred Great Emperors combined wouldn't be enough for him to use his power a few times. It seems that he should not use his power recklessly in the future, and it is best to resolve things in one go if possible.

Lu Chen then deactivated the spirit-gathering array. He lightly leaped to a spatial rift and cautiously probed the black energy. Just as his hand was about to touch a wisp of black energy drifting in the air, the energy recoiled as if startled, seemingly possessing its own consciousness.

Lu Chen could clearly sense that the black energy was afraid of the spiritual power within his body, which was why it was avoiding him.

A thought struck him, and he immediately circulated his spiritual power to surround a ball of black energy, intending to investigate its composition and find out what it was all about.

As soon as his spiritual power came into contact with the black mist in the air, the black mist vanished instantly, like paper being burned by a raging fire, making it impossible for him to detect the composition of the black mist.

Just then, the outer continent suddenly shook violently, as if the whole world was about to collapse. The ground beneath our feet trembled violently, and the distant mountains were also shaking, as if they would collapse at any moment.

Lu Chen quickly steadied himself. His figure swayed slightly in the air before he adjusted his posture and flew into the air, his eyes scanning his surroundings warily.

Suddenly, an emperor shouted, "Look quickly into the distance! What is that?!" His voice was filled with panic, and his finger trembled as he pointed to the distant sky.

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, a huge black vortex suddenly appeared in the distant sky, and the vortex was growing rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the vortex became the size of a low-level world, as if it was about to swallow the entire sky.

Immediately afterward, another emperor said, "It seems something is about to emerge from that vortex!!!"

His voice was filled with shock and fear. Everyone followed his gaze and saw a faint light flickering in the black vortex.

Lu Chen frowned, his gaze fixed on the black vortex. A hint of seriousness flashed in his eyes. He had a premonition that the otherworldly person that Empress Tianhong had mentioned was about to appear.

The next moment, a huge black palace slowly emerged from the vortex. Upon seeing the palace, everyone present became very serious. The palace exuded a powerful pressure that made it hard to breathe. The palace's level was probably no lower than that of the sword in Emperor Xia's hand.

At this moment, Lu Chen couldn't help but tighten his grip on the Shattered God Sword. His fingers tightened slightly, and the cold touch on the hilt made him even more aware of the crisis before him.

He could clearly sense that the palace was a celestial artifact. He never expected that someone else in this world, besides himself, would possess a celestial artifact.

As the palace slowly emerged from the vortex, the black vortex gradually closed. Suddenly, people heard a man's voice: "So lively, is this to welcome this young master's arrival?" The voice carried a hint of frivolity and arrogance, sounding particularly abrupt in this silent outer space.

Upon hearing this, the emperors of the Great Xia Dynasty looked at each other, their faces showing confusion. Clearly, none of them understood what these words meant; to them, they were just like gibberish.

However, one person present understood. Lu Chen looked at the palace in the sky in surprise. Although it was the first time he had heard these words, he subconsciously translated their meaning into his mind.

Lu Chen was puzzled. How could he understand this person's words? Filled with doubt, he couldn't help but turn to look at the Great Emperor behind him and ask, "Did you understand what that person was saying?"

All the emperors shook their heads; none of them understood. Lu Chen then looked at Empress Tianhong, who replied expressionlessly, "A little." Her voice was cold and brief.

Just as Lu Chen was about to ask Empress Tianhong if this was the language of people from another world, a man dressed in white brocade robes appeared in front of the palace. The man looked down at Lu Chen and the others with a disdainful and scrutinizing gaze, as if he were looking at a group of ants.

"Not even a single ninth-level cultivator? Has this Chaos Beast given up resisting?" The man's voice carried a hint of sarcasm. Hearing the man's words, Lu Chen basically judged that this man was from another world. Regardless of whether the man understood him or not, he directly asked, "What is this so-called Chaos Beast?" His voice carried a hint of urgency and curiosity, wanting to find out the truth.

Seeing that Lu Chen actually took the initiative to ask him, the man in the sky showed an expression of disbelief, his eyes widening slightly, clearly surprised.

Because he understood what Lu Chen was saying. In the past, the beast guards he encountered could never talk to him. They would attack him as soon as they saw him. The most important thing was that even if those beast guards communicated with each other, he couldn't understand what they were saying.

But he actually understood what the person in front of him was saying.

After regaining his senses, Chu Zhengyu carefully examined Lu Chen, his gaze sweeping over him like a sharp sword. Then, he tentatively asked, "You're not a Beast Guard?" His voice carried a hint of uncertainty.

Lu Chen looked at the white-robed youth in the sky with a puzzled expression. "Beast Guard, what is that?" His eyes were full of confusion, clearly he knew nothing about the term.

Seeing that Lu Chen knew nothing, Chu Zhengyu wondered aloud, "This person should be a beast guard, right? His power is from the same source as the Chaos Beast, but why can they communicate? That doesn't make sense." Out of curiosity, Chu Zhengyu didn't intend to attack immediately. He continued to ask, "Do you know who you are?"

Lu Chen replied, "The ruler of the Great Xia Dynasty." His voice carried a hint of pride, a symbol of his status.

Chu Zhengyu looked puzzled. The Great Xia Dynasty? What kind of power was that? He'd never even heard of it.

He frowned, seemingly pondering something, then seemed to realize something. Wait, could it be that these beast guards also have a country? And the Great Xia Dynasty he mentioned is the power to which this beast guard belongs? (End of Chapter)