Chapter 1478: Snake Emperor Displays Power

"Tens of millions of mercenary warriors usually traverse the Kunlun Abyss, yet I never expected to encounter experts of your caliber. It seems another millenary catastrophe is about to descend."

The Level Nine Giant Snake Demon Emperor suddenly uttered these perplexing words, causing Xu Yang and his companions to pause in thought.

However, everyone quickly dismissed the demon emperor's strange words and focused their attention on his combat prowess. Only Xu Yang paused to consider, not rushing into action, but instead calmly fixing his gaze on the immense serpent.

A Level Nine Demon Emperor was, without a doubt, a top-tier existence in the Kunlun Abyss.

"Aside from the legendary Level Ten demon beasts, known as Demon Sages, no other demon race can truly contend with your strength. I do not necessarily need to kill you. We arrived at your cave tracking a small creature. If you permit us to enter and look around, perhaps our conflict can still be resolved."

Xiaohua shifted her strategy. She knew Xu Yang’s primary goal was to capture the small creature that had suddenly vanished. Killing the Level Nine Giant Snake Demon Emperor might alert the creature, allowing it to escape in the chaos, which would prevent them from achieving their objective.

However, demon emperors remained king-level beasts in the current Great World; their majesty could not be easily challenged. Moreover, top-tier experts like demon emperors naturally harbored a strong aversion to humans. It was inconceivable that they would allow a few humans to casually waltz into their cave territory.

"It's impressive that you could even conceive such a method. Unfortunately, however, you gravely underestimate my dignity as a demon emperor. How could I possibly allow you to trespass upon my domain?"

"Since our conflict cannot be resolved by any other means, then we must resort to battle. You leave us no choice."

Long Kun suddenly soared into the air. Having awakened his star power and completed a further transformation in strength, his demeanor had changed somewhat, but this did not mean his former desire for battle had truly diminished.

On the contrary, when encountering opponents of comparable strength, his desire for battle would still surge to its peak.

As expected, when Long Kun once again stood before the Level Nine Giant Snake Demon Emperor, the warrior's blood within him burned anew. A powerful, oppressive aura locked firmly onto the massive snake demon emperor's body, and the great serpent showed no further hesitation.

Its colossal, hundred-meter-long snake body soared into the sky, circling like a black flying dragon. As it hovered, vast swathes of dark clouds rapidly gathered overhead, and the rumbling of thunder and downpour of rain continuously surged downwards, engulfing the area.

"Indeed, worthy of a Level Nine Demon Emperor! Wielding wind and rain, summoning the power of heaven and earth—you are truly no easy opponent. But this is good; I can use this opportunity to test my own strength with your help."

In his fury, Long Kun rapidly condensed incredibly brilliant starlight in his palm, simultaneously striking towards the black giant snake's body.

What surprised everyone, however, was that the Level Nine Demon Emperor showed not the slightest hint of worry or nervousness, calmly continuing to gather its power.

Soon after, massive black, rock-like scales rapidly covered its body. What Xu Yang hadn't expected was that the properties of these scales were completely different from the earth laws and the sand and stones the black giant snake could normally manipulate. They seemed to be mutated giant rock attributes, immune to suppression by earth laws, as if they had fused with a special demon race life force.

"Boss, who do you think is stronger in a head-on confrontation: the Level Nine Demon Emperor or Long Kun?"

Xu Yang gently shook his head. "I initially believed that after his transformation, Long Kun's strength would be among the continent's absolute strongest. However, it seems we underestimated the evolution and transformation of life forms resulting from 300,000 years of civilization on this main continent. The life forms nurtured here are now immeasurably more powerful than those from our time.

Moreover, a Level Nine Demon Emperor who has cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years possesses a physical body as tough as a master artifact. This giant snake, in particular, is renowned for its defensive attributes and will not be as easy to deal with as one might imagine.

We still do not know if this creature possesses any other combat talents, so we can only observe for now. However, with me here, this great snake absolutely cannot harm Long Kun in the slightest. Let us observe first."

As expected of the team leader, Xu Yang's thinking remained remarkably clear, completely unaffected by the heat of the moment.

Xu Yang knew well how excited Long Kun was to face an opponent who could draw out his full combat potential; asking him to calm down would be impossible.

Instead of forcibly dissuading him, it would be better to let him unleash his full strength while also allowing them to further observe what hidden abilities this Level Nine Demon Emperor possessed.

Unbeknownst to them, the small creature Xu Yang had been tracking had already changed its physical form, transforming into an inconspicuous black rock. It lay calmly outside the entrance of the giant snake's territory, observing everything around it.

"Heh, you lowly humans, no matter how powerful you become, you still cannot compare to our demon race when facing the erosion of time.

What I hate most in my life are ambitious humans like you. Crushing you is the best punishment for your transgressions against the demon race."

The Level Nine Demon Emperor's aura intensified once more.

Xu Yang's keen perception immediately detected a deep-seated resentment toward humanity hidden within the creature's soul. For a moment, an incredible thought crossed Xu Yang's mind: he even felt that this Level Nine Snake Emperor seemed to be entangled with an inseparable past related to humans, which had forged such a powerful obsession within it.

Soon, a new offensive finally began. The Level Nine Snake Emperor suddenly grew two humanoid arms from its back, rapidly condensing black, rock-attribute energy and swiftly gathering it towards Long Kun's position on the other side of the void battlefield.

This black, rock-like energy body quickly enveloped Long Kun's form, eventually solidifying into a massive stone sculpture, sealing him in the void.

"Hahahaha, sealed by my power so easily! It seems you are nothing special after all."

The Snake Emperor scoffed, then suddenly opened its gaping maw. A black beam of light rapidly shot out from its dark mouth, its power comparable to that of a master artifact. Xu Yang immediately perceived its terrifying destructive force and, without hesitation, extended a finger.