If the Demon Emperor truly wanted to force Chen Chao into battle, it was actually very simple. He only needed to go to the Divine Capital, and Chen Chao would have no way to avoid fighting.

The Sword Sect's Sect Master could see through such matters with a single glance.

Yun Jianyue said no more, merely watching the distant battle situation. He formed a hand seal and silently recited a daoist mantra, forcing himself to calm down.

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Meanwhile, deep within the sea of clouds, the battlefield between Chen Chao and the Demon Emperor had already reached the skies above White Deer Prefecture. The two towering dharma idols were engaged in fierce battle there. Chen Chao's situation was far more perilous. The qi mechanisms in many parts of his towering dharma idol were constantly being worn away.

Meanwhile, the Demon Emperor's dharma idol opposite him was far more intact.

The straight saber that had previously condensed had long since shattered, but the Demon Emperor's spear still remained. At this moment, he thrust out a spear strike that directly pierced through Chen Chao's dharma idol body.

Then the Demon Emperor's dharma idol continuously rammed forward, carrying the already weakening Chen Chao deeper toward the interior of the Great Liang Dynasty.

The cultivators of the human world could not see the battle situation itself. All they could see was an extremely broad ravine appearing across the sea of clouds, continuously extending outward.

In an extremely short time, it had already swept across an entire White Deer Prefecture and entered Yellow Dragon Prefecture.

Chen Chao's face became incomparably pale. Under the Demon Emperor's collision, his dharma idol had suffered severe damage. The two were closely connected, so naturally he could feel the pain within it as well.

If this continued, it would no longer simply be a matter of defeat for him. There was even a very high possibility that he would be beaten to death by the Demon Emperor.

Chen Chao gritted his teeth. While retreating, that towering dharma idol had already reached out and grabbed the spear lodged within its body.

But the instant it grasped it, that spot immediately began emitting sizzling sounds.

The spear wrapped in demonic qi was continuously tearing apart the giant hand of Chen Chao's dharma idol.

Fundamentally, this was actually the collision of the two men's auras, but for an existence as powerful as the Demon Emperor, the abundance of his demonic qi truly was unmatched by others.

"Only this much ability?"

The Demon Emperor's indifferent voice rang out here. The demonic qi behind this terrifying ruler of myriad demons surged upward once more and, in an instant, spread across the entirety of Yellow Dragon Prefecture.

At this moment, the whole of Yellow Dragon Prefecture abruptly changed from day into night.

And this was not merely ordinary darkness covering the skies, but true pitch-black darkness where one could not see even their own hand before them.

This sudden darkness caused all the common people of Yellow Dragon Prefecture to feel panic in their hearts. They did not know what had happened and only felt fear.

Countless people hid inside their homes, hoping this sudden terrifying scene would quickly disappear.

But it seemed that by this point, such hopes had already become extravagant wishes.

Fortunately, before long, a brilliant white line appeared across the skies above Yellow Dragon Prefecture, tearing open a portion of the night curtain and likewise bringing a sliver of light back into the world!

At the same time that the towering dharma idol was gradually falling into disadvantage, Chen Chao drew Cloud Mud and used the saber as a sword, delivering a sword strike!

Chen Chao's martial path cultivation had never actually been singular.

He had listened to sword dao, observed magic spells, and with the addition of that white mist, the things he had learned throughout his life could truly be described as mixed and varied. But in the end, he had still chosen to abandon those other paths and wholeheartedly walk the martial path alone, which was how he achieved what he had today.

That sword strike could not be considered outstanding. In fact, if the Sword Sect's Sect Master were here, he would be able to see that it was full of flaws. But Chen Chao's strike was not intended to heavily wound the Demon Emperor. He merely wanted to tear open a gap within this night curtain.

The Demon Emperor glanced indifferently at Chen Chao's actions and paid them no mind. Afterward, his dharma idol poured in even more demonic qi, pressed one hand against the spear, and violently flicked it upward, tossing Chen Chao's towering dharma idol into the air before smashing it heavily downward!

With a thunderous boom, Chen Chao's towering dharma idol crashed heavily into the sea of clouds. Afterward, the Demon Emperor arrived not far away, raised the spear, and viciously stabbed it straight toward Chen Chao's head!

Boundless terrifying demonic qi followed that spear and slammed together into the head of Chen Chao's dharma idol.

Chen Chao's dharma idol began continuously falling downward, while the Demon Emperor seized the momentum, pressing Chen Chao's towering dharma idol down toward the mortal world!

After the people of Yellow Dragon Prefecture regained the light, before they could even feel relief at surviving the disaster, they saw two incomparably gigantic dharma idols beginning to fall toward the mortal world.

That sight directly frightened countless common people out of their wits!

As Chen Chao fell together with the dharma idol, the speed was so fast that the black robe on his body began burning away.

In only a few moments, the upper half of Chen Chao's clothing had already burned to ashes, revealing a body covered in scars yet incomparably well-proportioned.

During the fall, Chen Chao turned his head and glanced toward the ground below.

It was precisely a commandery city within Yellow Dragon Prefecture.

If he crashed into the mortal world, the countless common people within that commandery city would certainly all die here, without any hope of survival.

Chen Chao's heart sank by half.

But very quickly, he still shook his head.

He could not allow such a thing to happen.

He took a deep breath and circulated the qi within his body into a furious surge, then clenched his teeth until his mouth filled with blood!

A dragon's roar suddenly rang out from nowhere!

Upon the earth below, a snow-white true dragon abruptly appeared. The snow-white true dragon was incomparably enormous, stretching across heaven and earth, and then its gigantic dragon head slowly lifted, just enough to brace against Chen Chao's falling dharma idol!

When the Demon Emperor saw this scene, he merely sneered coldly.

Boundless demonic qi once more poured into the spear, and an even more terrifying pressure erupted at this moment.

That true dragon which had only just raised its head was now forced to lower it once more!

And at this moment, the snow-white true dragon even let out a mournful cry.

It was struggling desperately to resist, but it seemed to have no effect at all.

There was a deep sense of helplessness!

Chen Chao himself had actually felt it for a brief instant as well.

But he understood more clearly than anyone that now was absolutely not the time to give up. If he gave up at this moment, then it would not only be him who died, those countless common people would die together with him.

Chen Chao gritted his teeth and made a downward bracing motion with both hands. Then in the next instant, he directly merged into that dharma idol.

In truth, making such a decision at this moment carried enormous risk. If the dharma idol and true body were separate, then even if the dharma idol truly shattered, it would merely mean severe injuries.

But if the dharma idol shattered now, then he, Chen Chao, would die together with it!

But he had never lacked the courage to survive after being driven into certain death!

In the next moment, the dharma idol made a motion of pressing downward with both hands, as though a flat piece of ground had suddenly appeared in midair. Pressing downward with both hands felt as though it had touched the earth itself.

At this moment, the falling speed of the dharma idol instantly slowed.

The Demon Emperor furrowed his brows.

In the next instant, Chen Chao's dharma idol halted its descent.

But that spear pierced even deeper through it!

But that spear pierced even deeper through it!

In the years past, when Chen Chao tempered his body, there had been countless times when he suffered pain even greater than this.

At this moment, he merely gritted his teeth, determined to make himself stand up.

But the Demon Emperor did not wish to see such a situation. He released the spear, then directly stomped one foot onto the chest of Chen Chao's dharma idol!

At this instant, Chen Chao spat out a huge mouthful of blood.

The endless qi within the entire dharma idol also began dissipating.

"Fuck your mother!"

Blood filling his mouth, Chen Chao roared furiously. Not only did the entire dharma idol fail to dissipate, it instead directly flipped itself upright!

This martial artist who had experienced countless brushes with life and death could now feel with absolute clarity that his entire body seemed about to fall apart.

But he still endured the intense pain, and the instant the dharma idol stood up, it slammed directly toward the Demon Emperor!

Endless qi instantly transformed into a massive wave, crashing toward the Demon Emperor!

The Demon Emperor was somewhat caught off guard, and his dharma idol swayed momentarily.

In the next instant, his dharma idol was knocked backward by the tremendous impact.

Like a streak of flowing light, it continuously shot northward!

This was the first time the Demon Emperor had ever appeared so wretched.