My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

The wind howled.

At the summit of the Sky-Splitting Demon Peak, the air is so thin it's suffocating.

Li Chen, Jiang Liyue, and Jiang Qingxue transformed into three streaks of light, finally breaking through the layers of mist and stepping onto the highest land in the Realm of Ten Thousand Demons.

The mountaintop is a vast plain of black rocks.

And directly above the plain.

A massive spatial rift was slowly rotating in the sky.

At the edge of the crack, the light of the starry sky shimmered in a myriad of colors, and faintly, one could even smell a pure and ethereal aura that did not belong to this world.

"arrive!"

A look of joy appeared on Jiang Liyue's beautiful face, as if the fatigue of the past few days had been swept away.

"That's a boundary node!" Jiang Qingxue gripped the broken sword in her hand, her voice filled with barely concealed excitement.

"Young Master Li, let's go quickly!"

however.

Li Chen stopped in his tracks.

He didn't continue forward, but instead turned around abruptly, shielding the two women behind him.

In those deep eyes, purple-gold lightning danced wildly, fixed intently on the mountain path they had just rushed up.

"It's too late."

Li Chen's voice was deep and solemn, carrying an unprecedented weight.

"That old mudfish was faster than I imagined."

The voice just fell.

"BOOM—!!!"

The entire Sky-Splitting Demon Peak shook violently.

A terrifying pressure that made heaven and earth change color, like a tangible black tsunami, surged wildly upwards from the mountainside.

It was accompanied by a deafening sonic boom that tore through the air.

A figure dressed in a dark gold dragon robe crashed through the void like a black meteorite, slamming into the open space between the three people and the boundary node!

"Bang!"

The hard, black rock ground was smashed into a huge crater, tens of meters wide.

Smoke and dust rose everywhere.

The Demon King slowly stood up from the deep pit.

His sinister and cold face was now twisted to the point of near madness.

His magnificent dragon robe was blasted with several charred holes by the thunder bombs from below the mountain, making him look somewhat disheveled.

However, the spiritual pressure emanating from him, which was at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, was even more violent and bloodthirsty than before!

"Run!"

The Demon King's narrow, vertical pupils stared intently at Li Chen, his voice like two rusty iron pieces rubbing against each other.

"Why did you stop running?"

"You killed tens of thousands of my elite demon warriors and destroyed my vanguard army. Do you think you can leave this Demon Realm alive?!"

A chilling, bone-chilling killing intent instantly locked onto the three people present.

Jiang Liyue and Jiang Qingxue felt their breath catch in their throats.

Although there is only a half-realm difference between the mid-stage Golden Core and the half-step Nascent Soul stage, this half-step is like an insurmountable chasm!

That absolute suppression at the level of life made the flow of true essence within their bodies extremely obscure.

"Young Master Li."

Jiang Qingxue took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the fear in her heart.

She stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Li Chen, the broken sword in her hand emitting a clear sword sound, its sword intent soaring to the sky.

"Today, we must fight to the death! We sisters will help you hold him off while you find an opportunity to forcefully open the node!"

Jiang Liyue also silently drew her short sword, and a chilling aura of Taiyin quietly permeated her body.

They did not back down.

Having experienced so many life-and-death situations in the Demon Realm, they were already prepared for mutual destruction.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Li Chen grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth.

He moved his wrists, and his knuckles cracked like popping beans.

"I told you, I'd get you all out of here safely. Even if this old mudfish is a true Nascent Soul cultivator, I'll skin him alive!"

Li Chen turned his head, his gaze intense.

"Qingxue, Liyue, form the formation!"

"good!"

The two women responded in unison.

The three instantly dispersed, forming a "three-power formation," with each other at the corners, surrounding the Demon Emperor in the very center.

"act recklessly."

The Demon King sneered.

He didn't take these three Golden Core stage human cultivators seriously at all.

He slowly raised his right hand.

On his five fingers, sharp, jet-black nails, half a foot long, instantly grew.

A foul-smelling, black demonic aura frantically condensed in his palm.

"The Great Compassionate Hand of Ten Thousand Demons!"

The Demon Emperor struck out with a palm.

A massive black, demonic hand, the size of a small mountain, descended directly upon Li Chen's head with an overwhelming force capable of crushing everything.

Before the giant hand even arrived, the terrifying wind pressure had already carved deep trenches into the rocks on the ground.

"Well done!"

Li Chen's eyes widened, and instead of retreating, he advanced.

His mana bar, which had just been fully replenished, was now being unleashed with unbridled force!

"Purple-Gold Thunder, break through!"

Li Chen clenched his left fist and met the giant black hand with a powerful punch.

A pillar of purple-gold lightning, as thick as a water bucket, roared and shot into the sky, slamming violently into the palm of the black giant hand.

"boom!"

The raging thunder and demonic energy clashed violently.

The destructive nature of Heavenly Thunder makes it the natural nemesis of all evil and malevolent forces.

That seemingly invincible black giant hand was actually blasted with a huge hole by Li Chen's punch!

"What?!"

The Demon King's pupils contracted slightly.

He hadn't expected that this human boy's lightning magic would be so refined.

In that brief moment when the Demon Emperor was slightly stunned...

Jiang Liyue moved.

"Taiyin Mystic Ice Spikes!"

Her hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals, and the pure Yin essence within her body erupted without reservation.

The temperature in the surrounding air instantly dropped to absolute freezing point.

Hundreds of crystal-clear, yet deadly-smelling frost spears instantly solidified in mid-air.

With a piercing whooshing sound, it shot wildly out of the Demon Emperor's blind spot.

"A trivial skill."

The Demon Emperor snorted coldly, and a surge of black demonic energy erupted around him.

The frost spears struck the demonic energy shield and shattered into countless ice shards.

But Jiang Liyue's attack was not intended to hurt him.

It was to restrain them!

"Qingxue!" Li Chen shouted.

"A sword strike as if it were a fleeting glimpse!"

Jiang Qingxue understood immediately.

She seized the moment when the Demon Emperor was distracted in defending against the Yin Cold Qi, and transformed into a sharp and incomparable cyan sword light.

A dazzling sword beam, ten feet long, erupted from the broken sword, piercing directly through the demon emperor's demonic energy shield, which had been somewhat stiffened by the Yin energy.

"laugh!"

The sword energy grazed the skin on the Demon Emperor's cheek, leaving a shallow bloodstain.

A drop of purplish-black demon blood dripped down the Demon Emperor's chin.

The entire room fell silent.

The Demon King reached out and touched the bloodstain on his cheek.

He stared at the glaring purplish-black hue on his fingertips.

Then, an indescribable, violent killing intent surged up from his body.

"Good...very good!"

The Demon Emperor's voice was no longer the sound that human vocal cords could produce.

It was a roar that seemed to come from the ancient wilderness, filled with endless violence and cruelty.

"These mere three Golden Core stage two-legged sheep actually managed to injure my divine body."

"I will chew you up piece by piece and swallow you whole!"

"Boom!"

The Demon Emperor's body began to swell and twist violently.

His dark gold dragon robe was instantly torn into countless pieces.

Palm-sized, shimmering black scales pierced human skin and grew wildly.

The wind blows.

Dark clouds loomed overhead.

Under the solemn gazes of the three.

The Demon King finally shed his human disguise, revealing his terrifying and unparalleled ancient form.