Chapter 178: Surround and Kill

The Blackwater Palace Lord stared at the young man in the distance, whose clothes were tattered and whose protective inner armor had dents and cracks.

“Very good, very good.” The Blackwater Palace Lord’s rage burned. He had initially thought Zhang Junfeng posed the greatest threat, but now he felt Meng Chuan was even more dangerous! With Meng Chuan present, the human Divine Demon side completely held the initiative. They could fight when they wanted, retreat when they wanted, and trap him when they wanted. He, however, had no way to counter them.

“Just keep him entangled like this.”Zhang Junfeng transmitted his voice, “With Junior Brother Meng here, he can’t harm me, nor can he escape my domain.”“In that case, he can’t threaten the other Divine Demons either,” Yang Fang nodded as well.

“Three Great Sun Divine Demons, you want to trap me?” The Blackwater Palace Lord’s powerful voice resonated through the heavens and earth, “Alright, I’ll satisfy you then.”

The Blackwater Palace Lord stood his ground, but his serpentine tail, over ten zhang long, suddenly swept out, striking the nearby ground with terrifying force.

The earth was torn open, revealing a massive gash dozens of zhang long and seven or eight zhang deep, which exposed an underground tunnel below! Nearly a hundred mortals hiding in the tunnel were instantly killed by the impact, their blood staining the tunnel chamber red.

“Keep me trapped.”The Blackwater Palace Lord’s long serpentine tail whipped out again, striking in another direction. Once more, the earth cracked open into a dozens-of-zhang-long gash, revealing another underground tunnel chamber deep within, where all the mortals inside had also perished. Jiangzhou City was densely populated; typically, every few dozen households would have a large, well-hidden underground tunnel that minor demons found difficult to locate. Demon monarchs had to search for them, but the Blackwater Palace Lord, with his primordial spirit domain, could clearly sense the life force of mortals.

Moreover, ordinary demon monarchs typically needed one or two breaths of time to break into a tunnel.However, for a Fourth Heaven demon monarch, a casual strike was enough to tear apart the earth, destroy a tunnel, and kill hundreds of mortals.In the blink of an eye, two strikes from his long serpentine tail annihilated the two nearest tunnels.

“I will kill them one by one, a thousand, ten thousand, even a hundred thousand people.” The Blackwater Palace Lord looked coldly at the three Great Sun Divine Demons in the distance. “You can continue to trap me.”

Meng Chuan, Zhang Junfeng, and Yang Fang’s eyes burned with fury at this sight.Mortals being slaughtered before their eyes was a testament to their own incompetence as Divine Demons!

“Damn it.” Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng’s eyes turned red, while the most temperamental Yang Fang let out a furious roar: “Demon monarch, prepare to die!” Wielding a large axe in one hand, he transformed into a streak of light and charged directly forward.

“Haha…”The Blackwater Palace Lord, however, moved dozens of zhang away to another spot, and his long serpentine tail struck the earth once more. The ground cracked open into a gash, and nearly another hundred mortals perished.

“Come and fight me!” Yang Fang roared, his aura surging dramatically, and his speed soared, surpassing the Blackwater Palace Lord, who was still suppressed by the domain.

“Divine Demon forbidden art?” The Blackwater Palace Lord did not dodge. Instead, he held a pair of water-splitting daggers in his hands and met Yang Fang head-on.

*Bang bang!*In an instant, as the two clashed, the Blackwater Palace Lord was jolted backward, stumbling. His serpentine tail immediately twitched, altering his stance, allowing him to narrowly dodge Yang Fang’s terrifying axe strike.

“Come on!” Yang Fang was utterly frenzied. His movements were faster, his attacks quicker, and each successive axe strike made the Blackwater Palace Lord dare not meet him head-on.He was completely suppressed!

“This is bad, his speed and movement technique have both improved, and his strength is greater than before.” The Blackwater Palace Lord’s expression changed. With Yang Fang having unleashed his Divine Demon forbidden art for an all-around boost, and the Blackwater Palace Lord still being suppressed by the domain, he found himself completely overwhelmed.

From a distance, Senior Brother Zhang Junfeng controlled the situation on the field. Seeing this, he immediately transmitted a message: “Junior Brother Yang, Junior Brother Meng, we have a chance to kill this Blackwater Palace Lord. Follow my command.”

As Yang Fang’s large axe struck again,*Boom!*The Blackwater Palace Lord suddenly felt the surrounding domain’s pressure intensify dramatically. The overwhelming, omnipresent pressure was astonishing, causing his strength to plummet once more, to the point where he could barely exert thirty percent of his power.

“Kill!” Zhang Junfeng roared ferociously, his aura also surging, and his skin turning red all over. He, too, had unleashed a Divine Demon forbidden art, causing the domain’s pressure to skyrocket.

“Not good.”The sudden strengthening of the domain caught the Blackwater Palace Lord off guard. Yang Fang, also utilizing a Divine Demon forbidden art, had already brought his axe down. This one axe strike was meant to kill the Blackwater Palace Lord!

The Blackwater Palace Lord sensed the crisis of death. He didn’t even have time to activate his forbidden art. In that moment of life and death, he swung his serpentine tail, which blurred into a phantom as it swept toward the large axe.Blood splattered, flying into the sky.

A massive section of his serpentine tail was severed and flew into the air. The Blackwater Palace Lord’s face was ashen, more than half of his tail gone, leaving the remaining stump still attached to him twitching violently.

*Boom.* The Blackwater Palace Lord also activated a forbidden art, his aura surging dramatically as well.

“Go!”After activating his forbidden art, the Blackwater Palace Lord disregarded everything else and fled in a chosen direction.

“Flee?” Yang Fang roared as he gave chase, with Zhang Junfeng also pursuing.

However, after activating his forbidden art, the Blackwater Palace Lord’s strength had surged significantly. Even with the formidable domain, he could still exert eighty to ninety percent of his usual speed, which was now faster than both Yang Fang and Zhang Junfeng. Indeed, after reaching the Fourth Heaven realm, the Blackwater Palace Lord had improved immensely in every aspect.

In contrast, Yang Fang and Zhang Junfeng, while exceptionally strong in certain aspects, had both sacrificed speed.

*Boom, boom, boom!!!*The Blackwater Palace Lord suddenly noticed streaks of lightning-fast saber light slashing towards him from ahead.

“Meng Chuan, you can’t threaten me at all!” The Blackwater Palace Lord scoffed. He wasn’t even willing to attack while fleeing, as that would slow him down. He simply relied on his protective demonic energy to withstand the blows directly! He felt these saber lights posed a very low threat.

Indeed, there was little outward commotion as the saber lights struck the Blackwater Palace Lord’s body. However, streams of ‘Yin-Yang Annihilation Force’ were transmitted into his body. His tail was already severed, and these forces, causing internal vibrations, also made blood flow anew from the tail wound. This internal impact significantly slowed down the Blackwater Palace Lord’s movement speed.

Yang Fang quickly caught up.“Die!” Yang Fang’s axe followed, catching up again.

*Bang bang.* The Blackwater Palace Lord, having unleashed his forbidden art, could now only exert eighty to ninety percent of his usual strength under Zhang Junfeng’s domain. Meanwhile, Yang Fang’s power had surged far beyond his normal level.

In their clash, although it wasn’t like the previous single strike that severed his tail,He was still completely suppressed.

“Boom, boom, boom! Die, die, die!” Yang Fang was frantic.

“The Great Strength Demonic Body is too strong in close combat; I can’t hold on much longer. It’s this domain, it suppresses my strength too much, more than half of it.” The Blackwater Palace Lord grew anxious.

Zhang Junfeng and Yang Fang were truly among the peak Great Sun Divine Demons from Yuanchu Mountain, and their combined efforts were remarkably effective, complementing each other perfectly! At this moment, both disregarded their lives, unleashing Divine Demon forbidden arts, which plunged the Blackwater Palace Lord into a grave crisis.

The Blackwater Palace Lord barely managed to block five more attacks, struggling to shake off Yang Fang. As he tried to continue his escape,*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.* Dozens of saber lights came flying towards him.

Seeing the saber lights rushing towards him, the Blackwater Palace Lord’s heart grew cold, and he couldn’t help but bellow, “Meng Chuan, if you’re brave enough, fight me in close combat!” This time, he didn’t endure the blows with his body. Instead, he wielded his water-splitting daggers, unleashing streams of demonic energy to block and neutralize the saber lights. However, casting techniques while fleeing slowed him down, allowing Yang Fang to catch up once more.

“If I don’t deal with Meng Chuan, I can’t escape.” The Blackwater Palace Lord realized this.

Even if he could neutralize Meng Chuan’s saber lights, Meng Chuan could still use his movement technique to bring Yang Fang back to catch him again and again.

But how could he deal with Meng Chuan? He couldn’t think of a way.

The Blackwater Palace Lord realized... he truly might fall at the hands of these three Great Sun Divine Demons.