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The sword energy was blood-red, like a blood moon descending from the sky, filled with a chilling sense of dread.

As the sword energy continued to converge and transformed into a giant sword energy, the soldiers and generals below all wore solemn expressions.

That terrifying aura sent shivers down one's spine.

Fortunately, Marquis Luoxia stood at the front of the formation and used the power of the army to resist most of the terrifying pressure.

Marquis Luoxia narrowed his eyes, looking at the giant blood-red sword energy that had gathered in front of Shen Bai, a cold smile on his lips.

"I didn't expect you to be able to unleash such a powerful attack with your current level of cultivation, but if that's all, I'm afraid it's not enough."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a whooshing sound echoed through the capital city of Luoxia.

Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman stood in mid-air, standing beside Marquis Luoxia.

After the two appeared, they both bowed and greeted Marquis Luoxia.

"Your subordinate greets Your Excellency."

The two exuded a terrifying aura, and with just a little observation, it was clear that they were experts at the Immortal Realm.

Seeing this, Shen Bai still controlled the giant blood-red sword energy, but his eyes narrowed slightly: "It is quite surprising that a master of the Immortal Realm would submit to Luoxia Capital."

Neither of them spoke, but their imposing auras did not diminish; instead, they both focused their energy on Shen Bai.

Marquis Luoxia sneered, "Shen Bai, if you retreat now, I can pretend nothing happened."

"If you still want to fight me, your life will end here in Luoxia Capital today, and I will kill you and become famous throughout the world."

Shen Bai sneered and casually pointed: "Today, not only will the Crown Prince lose his head, but your heads will also be taken from your necks."

As soon as he finished speaking, a giant sword aura descended vertically from the sky.

The massive sword energy brought with it a chilling wind, tearing the surrounding space into fragments.

A series of mournful wails echoed through the void.

After reaching the Celestial Realm, Shen Bai became even stronger, and his all-around combat power increased dramatically.

Even Yunlan back then couldn't withstand this sword strike.

When the crimson sword energy descended, it signified that a battle was about to begin.

A cold glint appeared on Marquis Luoxia's face as he shouted, "Attack!"

He made the first move, and a long spear appeared above his hands.

The spear, imbued with the power of a military formation, pointed towards Shen Bai's blood-red sword energy.

The other two middle-aged men and women were experts at the Immortal Realm. After Marquis Luoxia issued the order to attack, they also attacked Shen Bai without any hesitation.

Men wielded knives, women wielded swords; as the knives and swords clashed, they subtly formed a powerful array, coalescing in the sky into two gigantic swords that clashed with what appeared to be a pair of scissors.

The attacks from both sides collided, and the crimson sword energy dissipated completely.

The residual force of the repeated collisions spread at a visible speed, eventually destroying everything in sight.

Cracks appeared in the ground, and huge tremors echoed throughout.

Marquis Luoxia swayed slightly, his eyes filled with astonishment as he looked at Shen Bai.

"I'm afraid I'll have to break my promise today. Even if you want to leave, you won't be able to."

Marquis Luoxia sneered.

He originally wanted Shen Bai to leave, in order to create a reputation that Shen Bai would not dare to be his enemy.

But now it seems he absolutely cannot let Shen Bai leave.

At such a young age, he was able to contend with him, and even hold his own against three experts at the Immortal Realm.

For this reason alone, we absolutely cannot let Shen Bai go.

If we release him and give Shen Bai some time to develop, it would probably be enough to stabilize the entire world.

His ambition to dominate the world will be completely extinguished by Shen Bai.

The two experts at the Immortal Realm also showed surprise. The combined power of the two experts and Marquis Luoxia was enough to annihilate any Immortal Realm expert.

But Shen Bai was completely unharmed.

Upon hearing what Marquis Luoxia said, both of them revealed a ruthless look in their eyes.

Today's move means that I'm going head-to-head with Shen Bai.

If they cannot keep Shen Bai here, then all that awaits them is Shen Bai's subsequent reckoning.

If Shen Bai were to advance further, eliminating them would be a piece of cake.

This is something they absolutely do not want to do.

As Shen Bai watched the crimson sword energy disappear, his internal energy surged.

But fortunately, he quickly suppressed it again.

These three are all top experts in the Immortal Realm. Ordinary people in the Immortal Realm would only be sent to their deaths if they came here.

Therefore, even though Shen Bai fought three against one, he was unable to kill them immediately.

"interesting."

Shen Bai raised the Cold Moon in his hand again.

If one sword isn't enough, then two swords will do.

If two swords can't kill him, then three or four swords; surely one sword will be enough to kill him.

He'll unleash his ultimate move without any difficulty.

Then, the longsword in Shen Bai's hand turned into a blur.

Each sword strike generates thousands of blood-red sword energies.

These sword energies resembled tornadoes, stretching from the sky to the earth.

From a distance, it looks like a blood-red pillar connecting heaven and earth.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Bai raised his left hand and pointed it in mid-air.

The once dazzling sunlight was instantly extinguished, and day turned into night.

A terrifying darkness engulfed the surrounding beauty.

Only the enormous golden Buddha statue behind Shen Bai radiated light.

"Transforming the world, what a brilliant method! As far as I know, only certain professions can accomplish this. You truly have a multitude of methods."

Upon seeing the dazzling divine light emanating from Shen Bai, Marquis Luoxia was not afraid; instead, he raised his spear.

At this moment, military formation power was constantly condensing on the spear, but it was held back and compressed under the control of Marquis Luoxia.

Before Marquis Luoxia could speak, the person beside him, who was at the Immortal Realm, also unleashed his strongest attack.

The long sword flew up and shattered into pieces in the sky.

Each fragment contains extremely strong energy.

The other longsword emitted a brilliant light, condensing into a dazzling lightsaber.

The fragments of the longsword gradually overlapped with the light, as if wrapping the giant lightsaber in a layer of brilliant armor.

The energy emanating from it, however, was enough to destroy the world.

"Do it!"

Marquis Luoxia shouted.

Immediately afterwards, he thrust out the gun in his hand.

Countless military forces erupted from the spear, like a world-destroying tornado, and pierced towards Shen Bai.

The lightsaber, wrapped in fragments of a longsword and carrying immense power, merged with the military might of Marquis Luoxia.

With the combined power of the Falling Cloud Marquis's army, this lightsaber, wrapped in fragments, became even more formidable.

With this sword strike, they were confident that even if Shen Bai possessed immense power, he still wouldn't be able to withstand it.

But at this moment, something unusual happened.

Shen Bai casually pointed, and the blood-red sword energy that stretched from the sky to the ground gradually merged together.

Immediately afterwards, like a whirlwind gathering dark clouds, it crashed into the combined attack of Marquis Luoxia and the two Immortal Realm experts.

When the crimson sword energy struck it, it immediately vanished into thin air.

But it had barely dissipated when the crimson sword energy surged back in one after another.

The attacks from Marquis Luoxia and his men were gradually approaching Shen Bai.

Although the speed was slow, it locked onto Shen Bai's entire aura, and even if Shen Bai moved his feet slightly, it would trigger a chain of attacks.

Fortunately, the situation is not serious.

Although the attacks from Marquis Luoxia and the others were getting closer and closer, Shen Bai's expression remained extremely calm.

The countless sword energies seemed inexhaustible, constantly bombarding the attacks of Marquis Luoxia and the others.

Whether it was the power of the military formation or the lightsaber wrapped in fragments, it disappeared at a visible speed under the impact of a large amount of sword energy.

By the time it got close to Shen Bai, the attack had become negligible, and even the fragments on it had completely disappeared.

Shen Bai waved his hand casually, and a gust of wind swept past, completely dissipating the attack in front of him.

"puff!"

The man coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He was a swordsman, and the sword was in harmony with his heart.

He wouldn't have used it if the circumstances weren't special.

But now, not only is he unable to kill Shen Bai, but even the knife in his hand has been reduced to ruins by Shen Bai.

The backlash from the attack left his blood and qi surging within him, making it virtually impossible for him to fight Shen Bai again.

On the other side, another middle-aged woman, although she had only unleashed the light sword she had just used, immediately turned her eyes extremely dull after Shen Bai destroyed the light sword.

His eyes revealed a sense of helplessness.

Both of them used their strongest methods, but they still couldn't do anything to Shen Bai.

Shen Bai watched as the two people's auras weakened, then turned his gaze to Marquis Luoxia.

Marquis Luoxia remained in his armor, standing in mid-air as if he had not been injured by Shen Bai's attack.

"interesting."

The corners of Shen Bai's mouth rose slightly.

He knew that Marquis Luoxia had held back his strength in his attack just now, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to defeat him so easily.

For the first time, Marquis Luoxia looked at Shen Bai with a serious expression, as if he were looking at someone who could never exist.

After a moment, Marquis Luoxia sighed.

"If you were on the same side as me, with your help, I could conquer the world in an instant. What a pity."

These words were extremely regrettable, as if Shen Bai's death was inevitable.

Shen Bai frowned, but did not reply to Luo Xia Hou. Instead, he simply waved the Cold Moon in his hand.

This time, there was even more blood-red sword energy under the cold moon.

The dense swarms completely obscured the sky. A terrifying killing intent loomed downwards, carrying an atmosphere so oppressive it was almost unbearable.

Just then, the middle-aged man and woman exchanged a glance, and simultaneously used their movement techniques to transform into afterimages, preparing to escape from Luoxia Capital.

They were indeed taken under the command of Marquis Luoxia.

But in terms of loyalty, they are not loyal.

They simply wanted to follow Marquis Luoxia and see just how much potential he truly possessed.

If Marquis Luoxia has good potential, they might be able to become founding heroes.

But now it seems that Marquis Luoxia doesn't have that much potential, and he's even about to die.

Now, facing Shen Bai's attack, they are probably at a loss.

Since that's the case, they felt there was no need to stay; running away was the best course of action.

Before they could run a few steps, a powerful military formation surrounded them.

The two turned around and looked at Marquis Luoxia in astonishment, a hint of fear in their eyes.

Marquis Luoxia's eyes held a hint of indifference: "Since you have become my subordinates, then you must obey my orders. Your life and death should be in my control."

The power of the military formation rapidly coalesced in an instant.

This time, instead of attacking Shen Bai, he attacked two experts at the Immortal Realm.

These two experts at the Immortal Realm had already exhausted all their strength dealing with Shen Bai, and now they only had the strength to escape.

At this moment, after being surrounded and attacked by the military force of Marquis Luoxia, he didn't even have the slightest ability to resist. He was crushed by the military force and turned into dust.

Marquis Luoxia raised his right hand and slowly clenched his fist: "What I hate most are those who desert in the face of battle, especially those who are weak-willed and cowardly. I will make them taste the pain of complete annihilation."

As Marquis Luoxia clenched his fist, the ashes, under his control, flowed like rain into the bodies of every soldier and general.

After the ashes of these two experts at the Immortal Realm merged into the group of generals, an even more terrifying aura erupted from them, as if they had suddenly risen to a higher level.

Marquis Luoxia turned around and stared at Shen Bai with a fierce look.

"I finally managed to recruit two experts at the Immortal Realm, but today, because of you, I have no choice but to ruthlessly kill them."

"Now, you must pay the price for your actions. I'm going to take your head."

As Marquis Luoxia uttered his ruthless words, his aura visibly intensified.

Every member of a military formation has their own secret techniques when practicing military formation methods.

Now, Marquis Luoxia is using his own secret technique.

This secret technique comes at a price.

Those two experts at the Immortal Realm were the price to pay.

At this moment, his aura surged once again, becoming more than twice as terrifying as before.

Marquis Luoxia pointed his spear at Shen Bai and said loudly, "Shen Bai, I will give you another chance. If you surrender to me and come under my control, I will allow you to continue as a king of equal rank."

"Even if you conquer the entire world in the future, you will still be second only to the emperor, above all others."

"Protecting the new dynasty for countless years, and being revered by thousands."

Sensing the imposing aura emanating from Marquis Luoxia, Shen Bai slowly said, "Shouldn't it be that someone admired by ten thousand people should be reviled by ten thousand?"

"Since I rose to prominence in Shengyun County, many people have said this to me, and many have tried to recruit me, but without exception, I have sent them all away. You will be one of them in the future."

Upon hearing Shen Bai's words, Marquis Luoxia knew that Shen Bai would never agree to him. Without further ado, he raised his spear and charged towards Shen Bai.

When he got close to Shen Bai, he swung his spear horizontally and slashed it down hard at Shen Bai's head.

If this strike lands, Shen Bai will surely be reduced to a pool of blood.

However, when Shen Bai watched the spear carrying the power of the military formation fall, he remained unmoved and instead showed a calm expression.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Bai raised his left hand, and the flawless divine soul Shen Bai light on his body quickly overlapped on his left hand, colliding fiercely with Luo Xia Hou's spear.

Not only that, the Buddha's image roared, and his fists rained down one after another.

Marquis Luoxia roared, and the power of his military formation condensed into a barrier that surrounded his entire body.

When Shen Bai's Buddha image landed on it, it immediately stirred up ripples, but it could not penetrate them.

"boom!"

A terrifying roar sounded.

The spear of Marquis Luoxia collided fiercely with Shen Bai's fist, and the flawless white light of the divine soul body on the fist completely dissipated.

At the same time, the flesh and blood in Shen Bai's left hand also disappeared.

In the blink of an eye, only bones remained of his left arm.

Intense pain surged into Shen Bai's mind, but it didn't elicit any unusual expression from him; instead, it made him even more excited.

With a flick of his left hand, a crimson sword aura covered his finger, and he thrust it straight toward Marquis Luoxia's chest.

As the sword came hurtling towards him, Marquis Luoxia's eyes revealed a hint of smugness.

"You wish to perish together with me? I will never allow it."

After saying this, Marquis Luoxia swung his spear horizontally, colliding with Hanyue, and used the recoil to retreat to a distance.

When Marquis Luoxia stared at Shen Bai's palm, he shook his head and said.

"You have lost an arm and can no longer fight me. Today I will take your head and give you a quick death."

Lost an arm?
Shen Bai shook his head, and his Qi surged within him as he unleashed an eighth-level Poison Avoidance and Spirit Return Technique.

The regenerative properties of the Poison Avoidance and Spirit Recovery Technique quickly took effect, and Shen Bai's left hand was completely healed in the blink of an eye.

The Poison Avoidance and Spirit Recovery Technique, when reached at level eight, not only doubles all its attributes but also gains the attribute of regeneration.

With Shen Bai's current strength, it can be said that he has already reached the pinnacle of recovery.

This minor injury is nothing to worry about for him.

Marquis Luoxia stared wide-eyed at Shen Bai's fully restored left hand, unable to believe what he was seeing.

He never expected that Shen Bai would be able to regenerate an arm.

"But it doesn't matter anymore. Even if you could have another child, so what?"

Marquis Luoxia roared and raised his spear again, attacking Shen Bai.

The next moment, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle.

Shen Bai possesses a flawless divine soul body as a barrier, which can withstand some of the attacks from Marquis Luoxia.

Even if another part of the attack landed on him, leaving Shen Bai's body in ruins, Shen Bai could quickly repair himself in a few breaths.

At this moment, Shen Bai did nothing but use his flawless divine soul body for defense.

He used all his supernatural powers to attack.

With the cold moon and fists constantly clashing, Shen Bai unleashed the ultimate power of the Soul Annihilation Sword and the Buddha Dharma Image Fist.

With a punch and a sword, Luo Xiahou's spear was evenly matched.

The residual power of the battle between the two sides was such that even experts at the Immortal Realm would not dare to match it.

This battle lasted for half an hour.

The longer Marquis Luoxia fought with Shen Bai, the more terrified he became.

He could sense that Shen Bai was becoming more and more courageous in battle, and the Qi in his body seemed to be inexhaustible.

On the other hand, his situation is rather bleak.

The strength of the army was derived from his soldiers and generals.

At this moment, he was still holding on, but the soldiers and generals were behaving strangely.

Many soldiers had turned pale, but they stood there stubbornly, clinging to life.

He could sense that the military power being transmitted was decreasing at a visible rate.

If this continues for a long time, he will inevitably be defeated by Shen Bai, or even have his head chopped off by Shen Bai.

"No, this can't go on."

Marquis Luoxia was terrified and shouted at Shen Bai, "I'll give you the Crown Prince's head, just let me go!"

At this moment, the eldest prince was in mid-air. When he heard Marquis Luoxia say these words, his face turned deathly pale.

He wanted to escape immediately, but the power of the surrounding military formations completely enveloped him.

"My lord, you cannot break your promise. I have entrusted tens of thousands of soldiers to you. If you cannot protect me, what will the world think of you?"

Marquis Luoxia sneered, "Compared to how the world views me, preserving my life is the most important thing. In this day and age, only those who survive are true kings, so you are doomed to die today."

The two of them were exchanging barbs, which Shen Bai found disgusting.

"No more."

Shen Bai said calmly, "You will all die today."

Since the fight has already escalated to this point, it's naturally impossible to release them.

Survival was out of the question.

Now there is only one way out: death.

A fierce glint appeared in Marquis Luoxia's eyes: "Do you really intend to kill us all?"

Shen Bai sneered, "So what?"

Marquis Luoxia gritted his teeth, then picked up his spear again.

"Today, I, this Marquis, will fight you to the death!"

Since escape is impossible, the only option is to fight to the death.

He used all his tricks but still couldn't defeat Shen Bai. He only thought that before he died, he could take a piece of flesh from Shen Bai.

Shen Bai smiled faintly and once again engaged in battle with Marquis Luoxia.

After the two exchanged over a hundred more blows, a head fell from the sky and landed on the ground.

The headless corpse fell onto the open ground, twitched for a moment, and then turned to ashes.

After Marquis Luoxia died, the soldiers suffered a backlash from the power of the battle formation, causing them to vomit blood.

Before they could react, countless crimson sword energies, like a storm, pierced through their entire bodies.

Just moments later, only a thick layer of dust remained on the ground.

Shen Bai stood with his sword in hand. A gentle breeze blew by, causing his robes to flutter and rustle.

Not far ahead in the void, the eldest prince trembled all over, his face as pale as paper.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Bai arrived in front of the First Prince, less than a meter away from him.

The eldest prince raised his head and stared at Shen Bai with bitter eyes: "Can't you really let me off the hook?"

Shen Bai shook his head: "You knew this would be the outcome when you merged with the chaotic organization."

The eldest prince opened his mouth, about to speak.

But what met them was a crimson sword aura. (End of Chapter)