This wasn't the first time Xu Chuan had faced a Half-Emperor realm powerhouse.
But every previous encounter had either left him severely wounded or forced him into a desperate escape.
To stand face-to-face with a Half-Emperor realm alien today, even proclaiming he would slay them, was an unprecedented event!
This wasn't Xu Chuan being arrogant.
It was confidence in his own strength!
His power had increased astronomically in this period, and he hadn't had a chance to truly gauge his limits.
Today, that opportunity had finally arrived!
A newly ascended Half-Emperor realm alien.
However, as this was a re-enactment in an illusion, their strength seemed inferior to a genuine Half-Emperor.
This gave Xu Chuan the confidence to defy and strike down this alien Half-Emperor.
Without any further pleasantries, Xu Chuan sidestepped, evading the sneak attack.
Then, the Zhenyu Devil Blade erupted in a dazzling radiance, and a single saber strike was unleashed.
With this strike, Xu Chuan poured in a hundred percent of his strength. At this moment, he was more serious than ever!
Fighting an opponent stronger than oneself, any mistake could cost him his life. Even Xu Chuan dared not be careless.
As the saber was swung, the space began to tremble, and faint spatial cracks became visible.
If outsiders could see this scene, how many jaws would drop!
The space within the Void Immortal Realm was incredibly stable; otherwise, it wouldn't have fallen from the chaos into the Xuanyuan Continent without collapsing.
To shake the space in the void, to create spatial rifts, even some weaker Half-Emperor realm experts couldn't achieve this.
Yet, Xu Chuan defied this convention, achieving such a feat with the cultivation of only the fifth level of the Heavenly King realm!
To others, this saber strike appeared differently.
The moment this strike was unleashed, a surge of immense power erupted from within Xu Chuan.
This power was entirely concentrated on the Zhenyu Devil Blade, unleashed along with the blade energy without any waste.
This strike embodied the principle of breaking the whole with a single point!
"Good lad, I didn't misjudge you!"
"To unleash such power with the cultivation of the fifth level of the Heavenly King realm!"
"Truly worthy of being a prodigy of our Human Race!"
This saber strike also caught the attention of the middle-aged Half-Emperor from before.
A smile spread across his rugged face as he wiped the alien blood from his countenance, praising without reservation.
Then, with a booming laugh, his spear erupted again, piercing through several powerful aliens as if stringing them onto a skewer!
Ning Youci and Cui Jiang also turned to look at Xu Chuan, who was displaying his divine might not far away, their eyes gleaming with unspoken thoughts.
"Die for me!"
Xu Chuan roared, and this saber strike finally landed on the alien's grotesque body.
"Ah!"
The alien Half-Emperor let out a soul-stirring scream.
One of his arms was directly severed by Xu Chuan's saber, blood splattering everywhere!
Had he not reacted at the last moment, Xu Chuan's strike might have cleaved half his body.
"What a pity!"
Xu Chuan shook his head upon seeing this.
However, although the final outcome differed slightly from his expectations, Xu Chuan had gained a clear understanding of his own strength.
The alien Half-Emperor, whose arm was severed by Xu Chuan, endured the brief pain and finally recovered.
"You dare injure me? I will rip out your soul and watch as I devour your flesh inch by inch!"
The alien Half-Emperor was furious, his eyes bloodshot, surrounded by black mist.
Before making his move, he had never anticipated that this human brat could injure him.
While his carelessness was a factor, it more significantly indicated that Xu Chuan's strength far surpassed his cultivation level!
"I wonder what a human prodigy of this caliber tastes like?"
He opened his maw, filled with jagged teeth, and greedily licked his scarlet tongue.
Then, right before Xu Chuan's eyes, he picked up his severed arm from the ground and began to chew on it voraciously.
The scene was gruesome and nauseating.
Even Xu Chuan frowned at the sight.
The alien Half-Emperor, however, was unfazed.
After consuming his own arm, he opened his large mouth and devoured the corpses around him, whether they were alien or human.
He finished them off in a few bites.
He then appeared to be left wanting more.
"Truly delicious!"
"As expected, a bunch of beasts, incapable of being civilized!"
Xu Chuan reprimanded coldly, his killing intent intensifying.
Just as Xu Chuan was preparing to strike again, the alien Half-Emperor's severed arm began to regrow at an uncanny speed.
In the blink of an eye, it was as good as new.
It seemed that consuming corpses accelerated his recovery.
Xu Chuan's brow furrowed deeply. Indeed, the aliens possessed many unknown means.
However, based solely on the act of consuming corpses, Xu Chuan had already sentenced him to death!
"Heh heh, next, it's your turn!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, the alien Half-Emperor attacked.
He threw a punch out of thin air, unleashing a terrifying surge of energy, no weaker than Xu Chuan's previous strike, perhaps even stronger!
If Xu Chuan couldn't block it, there was a high probability he would die on the spot!
Xu Chuan's expression grew solemn, and he swung the Zhenyu Devil Blade once more.
Simultaneously, his body erupted in a dazzling light.
The Great Sun Divine Demon Sacred Body was fully activated, with the sun and moon floating behind him, surrounded by martial dao rules.
BOOM!
Xu Chuan and the alien Half-Emperor clashed, and a terrifying energy storm erupted between them.
The space trembled, the void tore, and the clash of golden and black light blinded everyone present.
When the radiance dissipated, their figures reappeared.
Finally.
Xu Chuan managed to block the punch, but his body was forced back several steps.
His tiger's mouth was torn open by the terrifying force, and drops of golden blood dripped down.
"Again!"
Xu Chuan's fighting spirit remained undiminished, and he didn't lose confidence despite the temporary disadvantage.
He had declared he would defy a Half-Emperor today, and he would see it through!
No one could stop him!
Xu Chuan then erupted once more, his origin energy surging wildly, and his three-headed, six-armed form was displayed without reservation.
One hand held the saber, another the pagoda, and the third, the bow.
Behind him.
The giant formed by his Yang God stood tall, like a deity in the world, exuding boundless majesty.
"This brat... he was still hiding something?!"
The middle-aged Half-Emperor in the distance, who had been observing Xu Chuan, couldn't help but show a hint of shock upon seeing him unleash his three-headed, six-armed form and his power increase again.
What sect had nurtured such a monstrous talent to be so terrifying!
Even with his vast battlefield experience, he had never seen a prodigy like Xu Chuan!
At the same time, his attention was increasingly drawn to Xu Chuan.
As long as Xu Chuan was in danger, he would immediately intervene.
He absolutely could not allow such a peerless prodigy to fall into the hands of the aliens.
The alien Half-Emperor, upon seeing Xu Chuan's renewed burst of power, was not alarmed but rather delighted.
"Good, good, good!"
"To think I would gain such a reward this time!"
"Killing you will surely be a great merit!"
He declared boastfully, showing no regard for Xu Chuan.