The Giant Rhino, temporarily incapacitated.
Chen Fan had never intended to kill the opponent; Heavenly Emperors were not easily slain.
Severe injury was already his limit.
And he had paid a tremendous price, with too many laws shattered.
In the distance… Dao He broke free from his confinement.
His pupils contracted.
As a Heavenly Emperor, he had actually felt threatened by a Half-Emperor.
Unimaginable.
“Kill.”
Chen Fan attacked.
This time, he set his sights on Dao He.
“Chen Fan.”
Dao He’s expression was grim. “You’ve paid such a heavy price to heavily injure the Giant Rhino; do you think you can still deal with me?”
Let alone the fact that he was already on guard.
Even if he hadn’t been, after injuring a Heavenly Emperor, he didn’t believe Chen Fan still possessed the ability to harm him.
His confidence.
“Kill.”
Chen Fan offered no reply.
His only response was the Sword of Heaven Splitting.
*Puff.*
The sword light was piercing.
And on that sword light, were characters formed by gathered laws.
Wind, thunder, yin, yang…
Laws manifested as characters, appearing in their most fundamental state.
“Hmph.”
Dao He snorted coldly.
Roars echoed continuously, countless manifested primal characters shattered.
Simultaneously, the surging great river also shattered.
“Too weak.”
A smile finally appeared on Dao He’s face.
Within the great river, waves crashed, countless waves transformed into fist imprints. Chen Fan, too, remained with a single move… drawing his sword.
Drawing his sword, drawing his sword, madly drawing his sword.
The two fought fiercely within the great river.
If anyone were to witness this battle from the outside, they would discover that neither of them had moved.
Yet, bodies continuously fell beneath them; this was the consumption of Great Dao power.
The fallen figures were their rule-manifested avatars.
This was even more perilous than close combat; a slight misstep meant the shattering of their Great Dao.
Their speed was at its absolute limit.
And at this moment, Chen Fan was at a disadvantage; his avatars were falling far more frequently than Dao He’s.
On Dao He’s side, only one avatar would fall about every minute.
But for Chen Fan, one would perish almost every few seconds.
This was a contest of Great Daos.
Until a certain moment…
“Sword.”
This was Chen Fan’s voice, nothing else.
Just one word: “Sword.”
What was the sword?
Ah, it was the sword in his hand.
Still the same sword strike, but as it descended towards Dao He’s brow, it suddenly vanished.
“Teleportation?”
Dao He sensed this power and sneered, “A decent Great Dao, but playing such tricks before a Heavenly Emperor is useless.”
Dao He didn’t even need to turn around.
In the river water behind him, with a *boom*, a massive, monstrous beast surged forth.
The beast roared, taking the blow for him.
“Rumble.”
The beast shattered.
And Chen Fan, wielding the Sky Gathering Sword, reappeared.
“Xi Qiu.”
At this moment, Chen Fan suddenly spoke.
His voice resonated, entering Xi Qiu’s mind, which had been closed off and ignored.
He opened his eyes in a daze…
The River of Laws still existed, but something seemed amiss.
Until he looked up, ah, he understood.
He had become minuscule, positioned at the tip of Chen Fan’s toe.
And when he looked up at Chen Fan, it was as if he were gazing at a colossus standing between heaven and earth.
Xi Qiu still didn’t know what had happened, merely looking at Chen Fan blankly.
“Sever the Dao, merge my River of Laws…”
Xi Qiu’s expression changed instantly.
“Sever.”
Chen Fan’s voice was decisive. “If you don’t, we will all die today.”
“Boom.”
The surging river churned.
Xi Qiu’s expression changed drastically; he sensed the aura of a Heavenly Emperor.
Damn it, involved with a Heavenly Emperor again?
Xi Qiu was completely dismayed.
But he dared not hesitate.
“Sever.”
He directly snapped his Great Dao.
Fortunately, his Dao was originally within the Savage Realm and had no connection to the Immortal Realm.
Therefore, at the moment he severed his Dao, it didn’t cause too much of a stir, as the Savage Realm had already shattered.
And this was precisely why Chen Fan sought out Xi Qiu.
Old Demon Chu was unsuitable; the disturbance would be too great.
As for Savage Emperor, being a former Heavenly Emperor, he would have to be ranked after Xi Qiu.
Thus, Xi Qiu was the first choice.
This was Chen Fan’s River of Laws, the first Half-Emperor power to appear within it.
Oh, and there was also the power of the Emperor’s Corpse before.
But he had only plundered a small portion of the Emperor’s Corpse’s power.
Xi Qiu was different; it was all of him.
“Boom.”
Xi Qiu severed his Dao, and his power surged into the River of Laws.
The River of Laws grew stronger, as did Chen Fan’s strength and defense.
“Haha.”
Chen Fan laughed heartily. “Rest assured, I will not treat you unfairly.”
Xi Qiu’s decisiveness earned Chen Fan’s admiration.
How could he possibly treat the first powerful being to be integrated into his river unfairly?
“Open.”
The sword light reappeared.
This strike looked no different from the previous one.
Dao He’s method of response also remained unchanged.
However…
*Chiss.*
This sword strike actually shattered his defenses and landed on his brow.
“What’s going on?”
Dao He was a little bewildered.
How… how did it break through?
Compared to the previous strike, the difference was too immense.
“Boom.”
A strike, directly at the brow.
There was no time to defend.
Countless forces of law spread out, drilling into his brow, frantically destroying his soul and body.
The same fate as the Giant Rhino.
“Ah…”
Dao He screamed.
And Chen Fan… his body had already vanished from its position.
“Don’t run.”
His ultimate target was only that single boot.
Sword light tore through the chaos, madly pursuing the boot.
Dao He and the Giant Rhino were temporarily evaded, but it was only a matter of time.
He had to catch up to the boot in the shortest possible time.
“Hum.”
The divine weapons on his body trembled frantically.
There was an attraction between divine artifacts of the same origin, and they were also calling out to the Spatial Boots.
But the Spatial Boots remained completely unresponsive.
“Damn it.”
The sword light accelerated again, leaping through space.
“Hurry back,” Chen Fan was truly anxious.
The Spatial Boots possessed the ability to traverse space, making his pursuit extremely difficult.
“Teleportation.”
Even the strongest Dao of displacement was useless.
The Spatial Boots continued to flee.
Until…
“Huh?”
In the chaos ahead, a point of light suddenly appeared.
In the chaos, how could light appear?
And that Spatial Boot instantly cut through the chaos, heading towards that seemingly infinitely distant point of light and vanishing.
“Wait.”
Chen Fan was forced to stop.
What was that point of light ahead?
“Hum.”
A strange power emanated from the front.
“This power…”
Chen Fan’s expression suddenly changed.
It was power.
An incredibly powerful force.
Simultaneously, the point of light ahead began to gradually magnify.
“Imperial Palace.”
Chen Fan’s expression truly changed.
The point of light ahead was actually an Imperial Palace that was rapidly growing larger.
Spherical in shape, immensely vast.
“Damn.”
Chen Fan’s expression was extremely grim.
How could an Imperial Palace appear in the chaos ahead?
And the power that spread forth carried a dense vitality.
“Retreat.”
He could not pursue any further.
It was a colossal Imperial Palace; even from an infinite distance, one could feel its immense power.