"Buzzing."
The sound of beating wings grew closer.
As the world-destroying locusts approached, space was devoured relentlessly.
Rules, the Great Dao... everything vanished, consumed by the world-destroying locusts and transformed into chaos.
Chaos was the beginning and the end of heaven and earth.
The swarm of locusts drew nearer.
Yet, Chen Fan and Chu Laomo continued their conversation.
They acted as if the approaching locusts were invisible.
"How did you escape?" Chen Fan asked.
This was interesting.
Chu Laomo, though a newly promoted Half-Emperor, possessed unparalleled combat power.
He was the type who grew stronger the more he fought.
The more severe his injuries, the stronger his fighting capacity became.
Currently, Chu Laomo's injuries did not seem severe, indicating the fight had not been too fierce.
Chen Fan then looked at the Kuangdi Gauntlets on Chu Laomo's shoulder.
These gauntlets were incredibly powerful.
"Can you understand me?" he directed the question to the gauntlets.
"..."
The gauntlets remained silent.
They seemed like ordinary gauntlets.
"Interesting."
Refusing to speak, were they? "If I hadn't helped, you wouldn't have escaped at all. What, are you acting arrogant now?"
"Buzz."
The gauntlets twitched.
Then, they fell silent again.
"Heh heh."
Chen Fan sneered and reached out to grasp the gauntlets.
"Boom."
The moment his hand was about to touch the gauntlets,
A violent, destructive aura suddenly erupted.
The aura was immensely powerful.
With a 'bang,' it repelled Chen Fan's hand.
"Hmph."
Still daring to resist.
Chen Fan became more interested.
What if they were the weapon of a Heavenly Emperor?
"Come here."
Rules enveloped his fist, and he punched out.
"Boom."
Destruction collided with myriad Daos.
Instantly, an incredibly violent and brutal aura spread out.
The impact exploded right beside Chu Laomo's ears.
"Ah..."
Chu Laomo cried out in agony.
His head exploded with a 'bang.'
His physical body remained, and he quickly retreated to reconstruct his head.
"What the hell."
Chu Laomo was thoroughly dismayed.
This was a disaster from nowhere.
Although these injuries were nothing to a Half-Emperor,
They were still painful.
Really, couldn't he have warned me beforehand?
He just struck without warning.
...
On the other side, Chen Fan and the gauntlets were trading blows.
"Bang, bang, bang."
No fancy moves, just pure, head-on confrontation.
The clashes distorted the void, causing it to constantly shatter.
The gauntlets were peerlessly domineering, their destructive aura sweeping across the eight directions.
Chen Fan's battle spirit blazed. His fists were already bloody and mangled, yet he refused to retreat.
"Crack."
Bone fragments pierced through his flesh from his elbow.
But Chen Fan's expression remained unchanged.
He would not stop until the enemy was defeated.
"Haha."
Instead, Chen Fan laughed heartily.
With fierce defiance, he delivered punch after punch.
"City Lord, it's done."
Only when Xi Qiu's voice reached him did Chen Fan stop.
The Burial Mountain had been compressed.
The colossal Burial Mountain had been shrunk to the size of a small hill, yet it was being carried by over a hundred people.
For Huang Dao powerhouses, carrying a mountain was simple.
But do not forget, this was the fusion of the Burial Mountain and the Tiandang Mountain.
Even though it looked like a small hill, its weight remained unchanged, still carrying the immensity of endless mountain ranges.
"Chu Laomo, take your people and go." Chen Fan had truly ignited his fury.
His physical body was now like porcelain, covered in cracks.
"City Lord..."
Chu Laomo was somewhat worried.
He glanced in the direction of the world-destroying locusts. They were too close.
"It's fine."
He didn't even spare a glance for the world-destroying locusts.
What truly mattered to him was the Kuangdi Gauntlets.
These gauntlets were the weapon of a Heavenly Emperor, and judging by their appearance, not just any Heavenly Emperor.
So, he would fight.
"Withdraw quickly, and wait for me near the Central Domain."
"Alright."
Chu Laomo no longer hesitated and turned to leave.
Tian Wen, Zhao Kai, and the others dared not say anything more.
The City Lord's command was to be followed.
"Boom."
The group, carrying the small hill, departed swiftly.
"Buzzing, buzzing."
The swarm of world-destroying locusts arrived.
The sky-obscuring swarm engulfed Chen Fan and the gauntlets.
"Scram."
Chen Fan was now incredibly ferocious.
He was fighting the Kuangdi Gauntlets; why were these insects joining the fray?
"Buzz."
His gravity domain opened instantly.
This time, he pushed the gravity to its absolute limit.
"Whoosh."
The swarm of locusts fell like dumplings.
Before they even hit the ground, the insects exploded, ground into dust by the immense gravity.
In an instant, a large swathe of the swarm was cleared.
With the swarm cleared, the devoured rules reappeared, but alas, the heavens and earth could not reform, and space had vanished.
Chaos was the manifestation of disordered rules.
When rules were perfectly organized, it was no longer chaos.
Under the shroud of the gravity domain, Chen Fan and the gauntlets continued their clash.
"Rumble."
One person and one pair of gauntlets grew stronger with each exchange.
The violent collisions seemed poised to destroy everything.
"Haha, exhilarating."
Chen Fan laughed heartily.
It had been a long time since such a straightforward, hard-hitting battle.
"Have you had enough?"
The gauntlets suddenly spoke with humanlike voices.
"Haha."
Chen Fan smiled, "You've finally spoken. I thought you'd never say a word."
Even as they conversed, their fight did not cease.
"Junior."
The gauntlets' voice carried a hint of anger. "If we continue to entangle, we will be lost in the chaos."
Chaos had no end.
They could still faintly sense a trace of the Kuang Realm's aura.
If they waited any longer, the locusts would have devoured so much that the Kuang Realm's aura would be undetectable.
"Anxious? Heh..." Chen Fan sneered.
"...Junior."
The gauntlets' voice remained laced with anger. "Even if I am cast into the chaos, it will not be so dire for me, but for you..."
"Then let's continue."
Threats?
Heh... was this City Lord afraid of threats?
What of chaos? It wasn't as if survival was impossible.
The gauntlets ceased their chatter, and the battle... continued.
Time slowly flowed by.
"Junior."
This time, a trace of urgency entered the gauntlets' tone. "Are you sure you want to fight to the death?"
"I don't care anyway." Chen Fan's tone was relaxed.
Neither his tone nor his expression revealed any hint of tension.
But in truth, he was also extremely anxious.
The aura of the Kuang Realm was already flickering in and out of existence.
If they lingered any longer, they might truly be unable to return.
He spoke of not caring, but he had more important matters to attend to. He would never wander in chaos.
"What exactly do you want?"
"I want to ask you something."
"What is it? Ask away. I will answer whatever I know." The gauntlets were unwilling to be lost in chaos like this.
Since that was the case, they could only choose to compromise.
"First, who are you?"
"..., I am a spirit vessel." The gauntlets responded.
"This is quite disappointing."
This answer did not satisfy Chen Fan. "I think you should reconsider before answering."
"I am truly a spirit vessel."
"I don't believe you."
The gauntlets: "..."
"If my guess is correct, you should be... the Kuang Emperor, shouldn't you?" Chen Fan uttered words of shock.