Chen Fan, utilizing the power of instantaneous movement, killed another Rank 2 Emperor Venerable of Bai Di Mountain.
Slowly, Dao Zun calmed down.
He said in a deep voice, "Who did I injure just now?"
While instantaneous movement was an extremely powerful rule of the Great Dao, it did not possess the ability to change Chen Fan's position twice in an instant.
If it could achieve such a feat, it would not be instantaneous movement, but teleportation.
Rules would not permit it.
This already transcended the limitations of rules.
"Curious?"
Chen Fan smiled faintly, "Fight me one-on-one, a fight to the death, and I'll tell you."
He certainly wouldn't tell him.
At this moment, within the Emperor Palace, Tian Wen was mobilizing life force to erase the Geng Jin power from An Mie.
That's right, the one who attacked just now was Yan Meng.
Yan Meng was the true perceiver of instantaneous movement, while Chen Fan, in essence, had borrowed her power.
Yan Meng's strike had drawn Dao Zun's attention, catching him off guard.
...
On the other side, Dao Zun spoke, "You're willing to fight me one-on-one?"
"Of course."
Chen Fan nodded, "At the border of the Western Continent and the Central Continent, you and I will fight to the death. Either you kill me, or I kill you. How about that?"
"..." Dao Zun.
He hesitated.
Not out of fear of his opponent, but out of fear that Chen Fan might have a hidden move.
"How about it?" Chen Fan urged.
"Heh heh."
Finally, Dao Zun made his choice, "Since you're seeking death, so be it."
"Good."
Chen Fan's eyes lit up.
He had long wanted to spar with a peak Rank 3 Emperor Venerable.
Dao Zun spoke again, "I hope you keep your word and don't launch a sneak attack the moment I leave..."
"Don't worry."
Chen Fan turned and left, "I won't make a move again until you are dead."
A deathmatch to the border between the Central Continent and the Western Continent.
Dao Zun did not follow immediately, but instead said, "Jian Zun, please awaken for a moment."
*Hum.*
At the summit of Bai Di Mountain.
From the sword and halberd, the sword... awoke.
A white-haired elder materialized and said, "Dao Zun may go. I will guard here."
"Mm."
Dao Zun nodded.
Then, he transformed into a saber's light and swept towards the border.
At the boundary of the two continents, Chen Fan had already arrived and turned back to wait.
"City Lord." Kuang Di appeared.
"How is Yan Meng?"
"She's unharmed."
Kuang Di said, "The opponent's saber intent is very strong. Tian Wen is going all out to treat her, and in a while, she should be able to dissipate the sword intent."
"Mm."
A strike from a Rank 3 Emperor Venerable was not something to be trifled with.
Yan Meng was merely a minor Half-Emperor. Surviving one strike was already her limit.
She could no longer fight.
This method could not be used again.
With one more strike, Yan Meng would surely die.
*Chii.*
The saber's light arrived.
Dao Zun materialized, his icy gaze fixed on Chen Fan.
Then, he looked at Kuang Di and sneered, "A Rank 3 Emperor Venerable from ten thousand years ago has chosen to submit, heh heh..."
He knew Kuang Di's identity.
Bai Long had participated in the final battle of the Mad Realm. Although he had returned injured, he had also brought back some information.
Kuang Di had not died.
And the one before him was clearly Kuang Di.
This piece of information could not be kept secret.
Kuang Di retorted, "So what? I made my choice, what right do you have to butt in?"
I was a peak Rank 3 Emperor Venerable back then, who do you think you are to lecture me?
You also submitted to Bai Di, didn't you?
Of course, the reasons for submission were different.
Dao Zun submitted to the Heavenly Emperor's power.
Kuang Di submitted to the future, the Lord of Life and Death Dao.
He had died once and survived through immense luck.
Only those who have died once truly understand the terror of death; he did not want to die again.
And the Lord of Life and Death Dao might be able to pull him back from death in the future.
This was the future.
"Heh heh."
Dao Zun sneered and ignored Kuang Di.
No matter how glorious he was in the past, he was now merely a Rank 1 Emperor Venerable.
In front of him, he was insignificant.
"Chen Fan."
This was the one he needed to pay attention to. "I didn't expect you to have reached Rank 3. Impressive."
"Mm."
Chen Fan nodded, "Just Rank 3, it's nothing difficult. Come and praise me again when I've stepped into the Heavenly Emperor realm... Oh right, you probably won't have the chance."
Dao Zun chuckled, "Heavenly Emperor? What do you think a Heavenly Emperor is?"
A colossal joke.
If becoming a Heavenly Emperor were so easy, why would he have been stuck at Rank 3 for thousands of years?
The difference between a Heavenly Emperor and an Emperor Venerable was the difference between heaven and earth.
Chen Fan shook his head; he didn't want to discuss such matters with a weakling.
Was becoming a Heavenly Emperor truly that difficult?
It was difficult, and yet, it wasn't.
Before the Twin Extremity Emperor Venerables, the path to Heavenly Emperor had already been paved.
He possessed the Great Annihilation.
As long as he found another aura that corresponded to the Great Annihilation and transformed it into his own realization, he could instantly enter the Heavenly Emperor realm.
He just hadn't found that power yet.
"Never mind."
Chen Fan didn't want to discuss things unrelated to combat anymore.
He said, "Do you have any last words?"
"Those are words you should be leaving," Dao Zun said with utter confidence.
*Clang.*
Waves of saber hum pierced the ears.
His saber was already eager to kill.
Tian Cong Yun Sword appeared, pointing at Dao Zun, "You wield the saber, I wield the sword. Come... let's see today whether your saber cuts me down, or my sword annihilates you."
"As you wish."
*Dong.*
Before they could even make a move, the saber's light and sword energy collided.
Between them, a saber and a sword materialized.
The instantaneous clash immediately caused immense turbulence.
"Kill."
The next moment, both roared simultaneously.
Their figures instantly vanished from their positions and charged towards each other.
"I am the saber."
Dao Zun launched a killing move from the outset.
Although he was confident in his strength, he would not underestimate any opponent.
With a single saber strike, he sliced through space.
The saber's light, carrying spatial rifts, extended forward, devouring everything.
Vast sword shadows weaved through the rifts.
With clanging sounds, Tian Cong Yun Sword and the long saber continuously clashed.
Each collision was a world-shattering storm.
A storm of destruction swept in all directions.
From the moment they engaged, the two had entered a white-hot state of combat.
"Roar."
The saber's light transformed into a dragon.
The saber dragon roared, swallowing Chen Fan and Tian Cong Yun Sword in one gulp.
"Refine."
His saber could cut through anything, swallow anything.
*Chii.*
The next moment, boundless sword energy erupted.
The sword energy was brilliant, instantly tearing the saber dragon apart.
A rotating sword lotus appeared.
The void was ripped open, drawing Dao Zun into it, his physical body being pierced by ten thousand swords.
*Pfft.* Da Feng Novel Network
Blood splattered.
"Get lost."
Dao Zun roared.
An even more colossal Geng Jin saber's light was unleashed, directly shattering the sword lotus.
This saber, carrying endless sharpness,
The saber's light that shattered the sword lotus, continued its momentum towards Chen Fan, "I will cut you."
*Boom.*
Chen Fan could not block this strike.
His physical body disintegrated under the wild saber.
The next moment, he reappeared.
With icy eyes, he looked at Dao Zun, extended his palm towards him, and grabbed fiercely, "Life and Death."
*Boom.*
The Dao of Life and Death materialized.
Life and Death converged and shot through.
Dao Zun was engulfed within, the forces of Life and Death acting as a grinding mill, crushing Dao Zun's physical body.
Life and Death were severed, and the aura of death permeated his body.
"Invulnerable to all arts."
Dao Zun roared.
His physical body instantly transformed into a wild saber.
The saber is me, I am the saber.
Man and saber became one.
"Break."
Boundless saber's light erupted, directly shattering the grinding mill of Life and Death.
This was Dao Zun's Dao, his most powerful Dao.