"That was a terrifying battle, such intensity, I’m afraid that even at the Saint Realm Level, it couldn’t be much more than this."
Someone swallowed hard, speaking in disbelief.
"Was this guy hiding his abilities this deep?"
Zi Ying was also somewhat shocked; the Ye Xuan she knew had never been this monstrous. After all, she had only thought that Ye Xuan had some special techniques, like soul power, but she had not expected his combat power to actually reach this level.
In the midst of the sky, Ye Xuan and the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince had each landed on the top of a sculpture, their respective pressures making the entire sky clearly divided.
"Good lad, to have come this far, truly surprising."
The Heavenly Demon Crown Prince clearly hadn’t expected Ye Xuan to last so long against him, even in close-quarters combat, the other party showed no fear of clashing head-on with him.
"So will you step aside now?"
Ye Xuan asked indifferently.
"Haha, step aside? You are the first one to dare speak to me this way, did you really think I have no way to handle you?"
The Heavenly Demon Crown Prince laughed in fury. With a flip of his hand, a demonic light flickered, condensing a black trident in his grasp. Infused with his magic power, the trident voraciously sucked in the void in front, seemingly locking onto Ye Xuan’s life force.
The trident appeared to possess a peculiar magic power, a strong suction yanking Ye Xuan forward.
The sky gradually darkened.
"It’s the Demon Emperor Trident, he’s actually using that Holy Artifact."
Zi Ying’s lovely face turned to shock; the Demon Emperor Trident was a well-known Holy Artifact among the Heavenly Demon Clan, not just any Quasi-Saint Artifact but a genuine Holy Artifact.
It is known that each Holy Artifact has a significant origin, and their power could easily destroy heaven and earth.
"Haha, that kid is done for, let’s see you act tough now."
Fei Lian laughed joyously; Ye Xuan dared to be so reckless in front of the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince, if that wasn’t courting death, then what was?
At that moment, the center of the Holy City was stormy. Under the terrifying suction of the Demon Emperor Trident, Ye Xuan’s figure slowly shifted, totally out of his control. If he allowed this suction to intensify, sooner or later, he would crash into it and be directly pierced through by the Demon Emperor Trident.
"Holy Artifact, I have one too!"
Ye Xuan took a deep breath, seeing the extremely self-satisfied smile on the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince’s face, he flipped his hand over and a slightly damaged scepter appeared in his hand.
This scepter was the Human Emperor’s Scepter.
"Just this broken thing, you think it can block the Demon Emperor Trident? Keep dreaming!"
Fei Lian shook his head, a face full of mockery. The Demon Emperor Trident was a powerful Holy Artifact of the Heavenly Demon Clan, what was that broken and tattered thing in Ye Xuan’s hand, a broken crutch?
Seeing the scepter suddenly appear in Ye Xuan’s hand, the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince also paused for a moment, but then a sneer appeared in his eyes.
From that scepter, he couldn’t feel the slightest fluctuation.
At that moment, a glint of light passed through Ye Xuan’s eyes, and then he actively gave up struggling, getting directly sucked in by the power of the Demon Emperor Trident.
Just when he was about to be pierced through by the Demon Emperor Trident, Ye Xuan struck out with the scepter, colliding with the trident with a sudden boom.
A crisp sound echoed across the skies, but in the next instant, under the inconceivable gazes of the audience, the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince was sent flying backward. Even the Demon Emperor Trident in his hand was blasted away, his figure utterly disheveled as he crashed down beneath the Holy Tower like a meteor.
The entire place fell silent.
The Heavenly Demon Crown Prince had actually lost!
To be exact, it was the Demon Emperor Trident that had lost! It had been defeated by the seemingly inconspicuous broken scepter in Ye Xuan’s hand, and it had failed miserably, unable to put up any resistance at all.
Yet they did not realize it was the power of the Human Emperor’s Scepter; they thought Ye Xuan was hiding his true abilities. With just the cultivation of a Fifth Grade Martial Venerable, could his combat capabilities truly rival that of the Holy Realm Level?
"Kid, if I didn’t see wrong just now, that thing should be the Human Emperor’s Scepter, right?"
Right after the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince had been defeated, a slightly majestic voice suddenly spread through the square. Then, upon the high platform of the Holy Tower, a large-framed middle-aged Heavenly Demon appeared at some unknown time. His gaze fixedly eyed the scepter in Ye Xuan’s hand, scrutinizing it for a long time before finally shifting away.
"Human Emperor’s Scepter?"
As the voice fell, although many were somewhat clueless, Zi Ying and Fei Lian, and others, narrowed their eyes in realization. They knew all too well the terrifying origin of the Human Emperor’s Scepter!
It was a Holy Artifact exclusive to one of the Three Emperors of the ancient Human Clan, the Human Emperor, who had sealed this Evil Domain with the power of the Human Emperor’s Scepter.
Unexpectedly, such a legendary item had appeared in Ye Xuan’s hands.
"Yes, it is that very item."
Ye Xuan frowned slightly, not expecting to have his cover blown in such a short moment.
"Kid, you should clearly know what the Human Emperor’s Scepter means to us of the Demon Clan. Hand it over, and I can spare your life," the middle-aged Heavenly Demon gazed at Ye Xuan with a predatory stare, his voice deep and serious.
"Ye kid, you mustn’t listen to this demon’s nonsense. Even if he gets his hands on the Human Emperor’s Scepter, he will probably not spare your life. Now’s the time to run—it’s your only way out," transmitted the voice of the Artifact Spirit.
Ye Xuan nodded, knowing full well a far-off forest isn’t worried about not having firewood. The middle-aged man’s words were certainly not to be trusted, besides, the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince must detest him deeply enough to want to bite into him. The Crown Prince would never spare his life.
Without hesitation, Ye Xuan turned around and fled at top speed, not looking back.
"Foolishness, you think you can escape the palm of my hand, the Heavenly Incomplete Demon Saint?"
Murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged Heavenly Demon, and at the moment Ye Xuan moved, he made a gesture, and a black beam of light shot out unexpectedly, entering the space and seemingly vanishing entirely.
However, Ye Xuan felt an intense sense of danger. The space ahead of him twisted abruptly, and in that moment, he once again swung out the Human Emperor’s Scepter, blocking the black beam of light.
Yet, even after successfully blocking the black beam, Ye Xuan’s arm went numb, and his bones almost fractured. The power contained in that single finger was too terrifying. If the Human Emperor’s Scepter hadn’t absorbed most of the impact, his arms would have undoubtedly been ruined.
Moving at full speed once again, Ye Xuan took off in multiple directions.
"Kid, you can’t run away!"
Having missed the first strike, the Heavenly Incomplete Demon Saint was surprised and somewhat annoyed. He flashed out this time, catching up to Ye Xuan in a few blinks, and then struck with his palm toward the latter. Space twisted and deformed, cracks appearing densely packed. Above the firmament, endless Demonic Qi transformed into a colossal demon claw, shrouding the sky and pressing down on Ye Xuan.