"Seems like I've still underestimated Darklight King's strength!" Ye Chen had no idea how powerful the second layer of life-and-death chamber was. However, Darklight King had suppressed his strength to the first layer, yet he was able to fight evenly with Murong Qingcheng. One could easily imagine how powerful the second layer would be. Moreover, the reason why Murong Qingcheng was able to contend against Darklight King was because the latter didn't dare to engage in close combat. Now that Darklight King had revealed his true strength, even if the Dark Force Field was effective, it would be greatly reduced.
"Sure enough, no 'strongest' half-step King can be underestimated."
Becoming a Life and Death King didn't necessarily require one to become a 'strongest' half-step King. In fact, the majority of people skipped this process and directly broke through from peak half-step King to Life and Death realm. However, their foundation would undoubtedly be a bit lacking. After becoming a Life and Death King, the Undying Body could only reach the realm of Broken Limb Regrowth, which was a common path in Life and Death realm. However, if one became a 'strongest' half-step King and then broke through to Life and Death realm, they could directly reach the second realm of Undying Body — Flesh Derivation, which would greatly increase their survivability and foundation.
The reason for these two situations was actually related to one's potential and foundation. As for other factors, nobody could say for sure.
Therefore, such a situation appeared in Elysium. Some people stopped at peak half-step King realm, unable to advance even an inch in their life. However, once their luck broke out, they would directly become Life and Death Kings. On the other hand, after reaching peak half-step King realm, due to their solid foundation and high potential, they would enter the 'strongest' half-step King realm, and then step by step, step by step, they would reach Life and Death realm.
Although the former occupied the majority, it was only because of the large number. After all, peak half-step Kings were many times more numerous than 'strongest' half-step Kings. Thus, the number of Life and Death Kings was naturally higher.
The latter might not necessarily become Life and Death Kings, but the probability was extremely high, reaching one in three to four.
Generally speaking, ten percent of newly ascended Life and Death Kings within a hundred years were 'strongest' half-step Kings, and ninety percent were peak half-step Kings. Therefore, 'strongest' half-step Kings could be said to be a dividing line of potential. Those who could become 'strongest' half-step Kings had extremely high potential. After becoming Life and Death Kings, they would be much more powerful than ordinary Life and Death Kings. If they couldn't become 'strongest' half-step Kings, their potential would be one level lower.
As a 'strongest' half-step King, Darklight King's potential was naturally not weak. Of course, Ye Chen didn't dare confirm that he had relied on his own potential to become a 'strongest' half-step King. Elysium was boundless, and there might be some heavenly treasures that could increase one's potential.
"Hehe, die! Obsidian Palm!"
With his strength rising to the second layer, Darkbright King roared and slammed his palm toward Murong Qingcheng. The enormous palm imprint blotted out the sun, and a fiery Qi wave swept out in all directions, evaporating the ocean waves.
Swish!
Not wanting to face Darkbright King head-on, Murong Qingcheng flapped her black bat wings and instantly disappeared. With her natural advantage in speed and the speed amplification of the Shadow Armor, Darkbright King would have a hard time locking onto her.
"Where are you going?"
Darkbright King thrust out dozens of palms in a row, sending out fiery palm energies.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Swish! Murong Qingcheng's figure flickered unceasingly in the void, dodging palm energies one after another. Her extreme speed left everyone dumbfounded.
"Demonic Finger!"
Suddenly, Murong Qingcheng attacked Darkbright King with her finger.
Who could've expected that after reaching the second layer of Life-and-Death Chamber, Darkbright King's battle strength would be no small matter. With a single palm, he slapped away the black sun-like Demonic Finger.
The power of the Sky Demon Finger brushed against the surface of the ocean and left a terrifying mark. Finally, with a loud bang, it exploded and created a huge crater with a diameter of tens of miles.
"Soul Extinguishing Wave!"
Murong Qingcheng felt that her demonic power was about to be exhausted. Up until now, she had barely used any of her trump cards. Most of the time, she was using ordinary attacks to contend against Darkbright King. It was not intentional, but the Shadow Armor and Purple Flame Demonic Gloves consumed too much demonic power. If not for the fact that she had activated the Shadow Armor in the middle of the battle, her demonic power would have been exhausted long ago.
Even so, after using the Soul Extinguishing Wave, she didn't even have ten percent of her demonic power left.
The Soul Extinguishing Wave's range was too wide, and its speed was too fast. Darkbright King knew that he couldn't dodge, so he circulated his martial will and arranged a will barrier in front of him.
Boom! Boom!
Boom! The will barrier blocked the soul attack, and the Protective Zhen Yuan blocked the Soul Extinguishing Wave's energy attack. Darkbright King wasn't injured in the slightest.
"Demonic Fist!"
Suddenly, Murong Qingcheng's speed soared, and she instantly appeared before Darkbright King.
"Not good!"
Darkbright King pushed his Zhen Yuan to the limit, and a flickering black light burst out. His whole body was like a black sun, burning fiercely. Large patches of black flames surged out, containing a terrifying power capable of scorching the earth.
Just as he finished all of this, Murong Qingcheng's attack arrived.
Murong Qingcheng's right hand clenched into a fist, and the black demonic power vortex on her fist became tighter and tighter before fiercely bombarding Darkbright King's Protective Zhen Yuan.
Peng!
This fist contained immense power, and a tyrannical demonic power burst out.
With a swish, Darkbright King was sent flying. Before that, he clenched his teeth and slammed his palm on Murong Qingcheng's Protective Zhen Yuan. Unfortunately, he didn't have the time to exert his full power and was sent flying, leaving behind a black streak in the void.
Puff!
Murong Qingcheng spurted out a huge mouthful of blood. Demonic Fist was the second martial art she had inherited from Demons after Demonic Finger. Compared to Demonic Finger, Demonic Fist consumed a lot more demonic power, compressing a large amount of demonic power into the fist to deal several times more damage to the enemy. Unfortunately, Murong Qingcheng didn't have much demonic power left. As soon as she used Demonic Fist, she didn't have much demonic power left in her body, causing the Shadow Armor to dim. Fortunately, Darkbright King was also sent flying, and the palm didn't connect. Otherwise, it wouldn't be as simple as just vomiting blood.
Compared to Murong Qingcheng, Darkbright King wasn't having a good time. He didn't have a pseudo supreme grade defensive artifact, and could only rely on his Protective Zhen Yuan to resist Murong Qingcheng's Demonic Fist. However, how could Demonic Fist be so easy to defend against? Therefore, he was injured for the first time by Murong Qingcheng.
With blood dripping down from the corner of his mouth, Darkbright King stood dozens of li away with bloodshot eyes, as if he couldn't believe that he had been injured by Murong Qingcheng.
"What kind of profound martial art is this? So powerful! Its offensive power increased several times, even injuring Darkbright King, who is at the second layer of Life-and-Death Chamber."
"It shouldn't be a profound martial art! Perhaps a secret art? "
Someone raised a doubt.
"Indeed, it's not a profound martial art, nor is it a secret art. If I'm not mistaken, this is a martial art inherited from the Demons, which belongs to the Demons. Demons have all kinds of martial arts, and this should be a martial art that compresses demonic power to the extreme."
Everybody was shocked. Even if Darkbright King didn't have a pseudo supreme grade defensive artifact, he had at least a powerful half-step supreme grade one. Moreover, his cultivation base far surpassed Murong Qingcheng's, having reached the second layer of Life-and-Death Chamber. One could easily imagine how powerful his defense was.
However, he was still injured by Murong Qingcheng's hand.
This Demonic Fist was simply too tyrannical.
"Murong, I'll go next!"
Ye Chen was quite supportive of Murong Qingcheng and Darkbright King's duel. After all, it would be hard to avoid encountering 'strongest' half-step Kings in the future. This duel would allow them to clearly witness the strength of a 'strongest' half-step King, as well as the strength of Murong Qingcheng. Now that Murong Qingcheng's demonic power was exhausted and she was injured, Ye Chen naturally had to step forward.
Murong Qingcheng faintly nodded and retreated to Ye Chen's side.
"What's going on? Don't tell me she's giving up?"
"What else can she do? Can't you see that her demonic power is exhausted? Without demonic power, anyone can kill her."
"You're right. Demonic power is different from Zhen Yuan, and there's basically no pill that can replenish it. This is also one of the shortcomings of the perfect demonic human bloodline."
Seeing Murong Qingcheng retreat, the crowd sighed inwardly. Darkbright King was Darkbright King after all, not someone ordinary people could deal with. Even after exhausting all means, he could only delay for a short period of time. At this moment, who among the two could stop him? That kid was probably even worse.
Darkbright King had only suffered a minor injury. He quickly flew over and coldly said, "Not bad, you actually managed to injure me at the last moment. Unfortunately, your endurance is a bit lacking. That was merely a warm-up for me."
"Then, let's start now!"
Treading on the void, Ye Chen walked out step by step, stopping ten li away from Darkbright King.
"Start? With just you? "
Darkbright King laughed heartily as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"No way! Don't tell me he's even stronger than that woman? His cultivation base is only mid half-step King realm, not even as high as mine. "
"He probably thinks that Darkbright King has consumed a lot of Zhen Yuan and is injured, so he wants to take turns to defeat him."
"Fart! This kind of injury is nothing to Darkbright King. Although this kid's cultivation base is similar to that woman's, one has Zhen Yuan while the other has demonic power. They are simply incomparable. In terms of martial skills, Demonic Power Fist is incomparably tyrannical. His profound martial skills are already not bad at all. Only his sword intent is a bit more powerful. Unfortunately, in a situation where the difference in willpower isn't too great, it won't be able to play a decisive role."
Everybody's mouths were wide open, unable to understand where Ye Chen's confidence came from.
"Aunty!"
Yue Bingxin was a bit worried. Darkbright King was frighteningly powerful. Murong Qingcheng had exhausted all her means, yet she couldn't do anything to him. In the end, she would exhaust her demonic power and retreat. Ye Chen would be in danger.
"Let's watch first."
Yue Lingshuang's expression was grave. If Ye Chen couldn't defeat Darkbright King, she would have to lend a hand. Therefore, she had to grasp the perfect timing.
"Let me see your true strength!"
Among the crowd, only Huang Mei had complete confidence in Ye Chen and said inwardly.
Stopping laughing, Darkbright King licked his lips and said, "Don't think that my strength has fallen after the battle. I'm not afraid to tell you that my blood is boiling. I hope you can take one move from me. If you can't, then you can die!"
Bang!
Black light erupted as Darkbright King charged at Ye Chen with extreme speed, slapping out with his palm.
Black Kiln Giant Palm, attack!
Clang!
Unsheathing the Evil Vanquishing Sword, Ye Chen's figure leaned forward. With a swish, he attacked at an unimaginable timing, brushing past Darkbright King's body. Immediately, a black crescent-shaped sword energy appeared and streaked across Darkbright King's body.
What happened next shocked everyone. In a single exchange, Darkbright King's entire body was sent flying. The clothes on his chest were torn, and a clear sword mark was left on his semi supreme grade armor. He spurted out a huge mouthful of blood, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
A single sword strike had sent Darkbright King flying.
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