Chapter 941: Final Strike

But he was not quite dead.

Just like Venerable Qinghe before his demise, even on the verge of death, he remained a Five-Aperture Nascent Soul!

“Ah!!”“You junior! I’ll drag you down with me!!!”“Explode!”

The Hell Lotus that enveloped them exploded amidst Venerable Baiyu's furious roar!

The Slave Heart Demon Empress watched Venerable Baiyu rapidly decay, her heart filled with shock!

What was the origin of her master's pen? The character 'Death' it drew was so potent that even a Five-Aperture Nascent Soul found it difficult to resist?

Shocked, she already held Jiang Fan and fled towards the gap in the lotus, which had been torn open by the 'Death' character.

After breaking through to the Demon Empress realm, her speed was astonishingly fast.

She managed to escape just before the Hell Lotus exploded.

Behind them, an earth-shattering roar erupted. A sky-piercing, blood-red fiery thunderbolt burned from the earth to the heavens, incinerating everything within a thousand zhang radius, both above and below.

The intense airflow propelled her, causing her to stagger forward.

A spark, carried by the airflow, splattered onto her ankle, immediately burning through it, creating a blood hole the size of a pinky finger!

She gasped in pain, secretly alarmed.

Was this the strike of a Five-Aperture Nascent Soul?

Even a mere touch was far beyond what a One-Aperture Demon Empress could withstand!

“Die! You all die with me!” Venerable Baiyu spat out mouthfuls of black blood. His flesh rapidly decayed and fell off, revealing blackened bones.

From his toothless mouth, a venomous roar escaped.

He had only wanted to silence a few witnesses, not wanting anyone to know that he, at his age, was still snatching other men's wives and daughters.

But this ant named Jiang Fan had actually reduced him to this state!

He regretted it!

He regretted not having gone all out to kill him from the very beginning!!!

His eyes had exploded, leaving only two pus-filled bloodied sockets. He could no longer see Jiang Fan.

But his powerful soul sensed things far more clearly than his eyes ever could.

With a casual sweep, he pinpointed Jiang Fan and the Slave Heart Demon Empress.

He raised his palm and clenched his fist; the horsetail whisk, spread out like a spiderweb in the sky, flew into his grasp.

The Slave Heart Demon Empress's expression changed drastically, and she immediately cried out, “Innate Divine Ability!”

Thanks to the natural bloodline Jiang Fan had given her, she had acquired a second innate ability even before breaking through to the Demon Empress realm.

Clones!

Her shadow beneath her feet immediately detached from her body, transforming into a being identical to her main form.

The two figures fled in different directions.

Venerable Baiyu's soul scanned, but for a moment, he couldn't distinguish which was the Slave Heart Demon Empress's true body.

By the time he realized Jiang Fan was fleeing with one of them and confirmed his target, the Slave Heart Demon Empress had already flown a thousand zhang away.

Venerable Baiyu's throat had also rotted away, and he let out an incoherent roar: “You… will… not… die… well…”

He raised his arm and clenched the horsetail whisk tightly.

This exertion caused all the decaying flesh from his arm to his fingers to shake off.

If he were to strike, the immense Nascent Soul power would first completely shatter his own body into a skeleton.

But he couldn't care less.

Having been reduced to this state, he vowed to drag Jiang Fan down to hell with him!!!

He swung the horsetail whisk.

The vast Nascent Soul power within his Nascent Soul violently shattered his body, causing rotten flesh and decaying blood to splatter everywhere.

Only a blackened skeleton remained, along with a rapidly decaying and melting soul!

Its eyes filled with venomous hatred, it fixed its gaze on the Slave Heart Demon Empress and Jiang Fan.

It wanted to witness them both descend into hell before its own demise.

The horsetail whisk was activated by his strike.

Emitting terrifying fluctuations, it lashed out fiercely towards the distant Slave Heart Demon Empress and Jiang Fan.

Its thousand-zhang-long silk threads, like countless razor-sharp divine weapons, enveloped the two.

It sought to tear them into ten thousand pieces.

The Slave Heart Demon Empress's face changed dramatically!

This Venerable Baiyu!

Even after death, he was still so malicious!

She despaired. Could she possibly withstand a dying strike from a Five-Aperture Nascent Soul?

At this moment.

Jiang Fan struggled to say, “My Heavenly Thunder Stone… mace…”

The Slave Heart Demon Empress immediately understood. Without hesitation, she used her mind to probe into Jiang Fan's Heavenly Thunder Stone.

With a quick scan, she saw the massive five-zhang-long mace.

Without another word, she took it out and raised it above her head.

But this alone was not enough.

She then took out the blue seed she hadn't used during the Heavenly Tribulation, swallowed it, and shielded Jiang Fan behind her.

Crack—

The boundless silk threads lashed down fiercely.

The surrounding earth was sliced open by the silk threads, creating fissures a thousand zhang deep, leaving only the handle of the horsetail whisk stuck in the ground.

Plumes of white smoke billowed up from deep underground, accompanied by thick dust and fumes!

However, the cluster of silk threads that should have sliced the Slave Heart Demon Empress and Jiang Fan into pieces became embedded in the mace, unable to harm them.

Back then, a weakened ancient giant, armed with a mace, had shattered numerous Nascent Soul spiritual artifacts from Taicang Great State.

Its incredible hardness was evident; the silk threads might not be able to cut through it!

Indeed, this was the case. It only managed to cut into the mace and could not cut any further.

Only the immense impact force was transmitted through the mace into the Slave Heart Demon Empress's body.

Yet, even this residual power caused a rapid, firecracker-like series of cracking sounds within the Slave Heart Demon Empress's body.

It was the sound of her bones breaking!

She let out a pained groan, unable to withstand the immense force, and was sent flying.

Jiang Fan, whom she had tightly shielded behind her, was also flung away with her, crashing violently into the distant Demon Empress's Court, landing amidst the ruins of a bedchamber.

Upon realizing that his dying strike had failed to kill them, Venerable Baiyu's remnant soul let out a venomous roar: “No…”

His soul body could not withstand the violent vibrations of his own roar; it explosively shattered into countless specks of soul light and dissipated.

Thus, a great powerful Five-Aperture Nascent Soul died confusedly in the struggle for the continent.

He didn't even fully understand what had caused his demise.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

The heavily wounded Sky Demon Emperor struggled to get up. The cracked wooden Buddha statue in his embrace emitted golden Buddhist light, healing his wounds.

The Buddhist light was extraordinarily miraculous.

His grotesque wounds healed at a visible pace.

His weakened aura slowly recovered as well.

This was even more heaven-defying than the effects of a Rejuvenation Pill!

He shakily stood up, his face showing the relief of having survived a calamity: “Thanks to this wooden Buddha statue. Otherwise, I would have truly died by Jiang Fan's hand today!”

The thought of Jiang Fan made his features contort hideously, emanating monstrous killing intent.

He wished he could personally slay Jiang Fan!

Unfortunately, he had no chance.

Chased by Venerable Baiyu, how could Jiang Fan possibly survive?

“Demon Emperor! Are you alright, Demon Emperor?”

Han Feidao arrived, leading the Heaven-Devouring Tiger Demon King and Liuli.

They looked at his terrible injuries with concern.

In contrast, the Heaven-Devouring Tiger Demon King and Liuli seemed somewhat afraid.

The Sky Demon Emperor took in their expressions, letting out a heavy snort from his nostrils: “I didn't die. Are you two very disappointed?”

The Heaven-Devouring Tiger Demon King and Liuli, frightened, immediately knelt on the ground.

“Your subordinate wouldn't dare.”“Your daughter would never have such a thought.”

The Sky Demon Emperor said grimly, “It's best if you don't! Since I survived this calamity, those who betrayed me must die! Heaven-Devouring Tiger, go slaughter that bitch Lingshu's tribe completely!!! Remember! No one, young or old, is to be spared!!!”

The Heaven-Devouring Tiger Demon King swallowed hard and said, “Yes, Demon Emperor.”

He turned and walked away, his heart turning cold.

The bloody purge was about to begin.