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"What are you dawdling here for, act now!" Seeing her standing there in a daze without moving, Pan Niu Da-Jun couldn't help but feel displeased. He furrowed his brow and urged from behind.

"That person is somewhat strange," Xie Ying Da-Jun said in a low voice, her muscles tensed.

"A mere human martial artist who isn't even from Heavenly Deceit, what's there to be afraid of?" Pan Niu Da-Jun sneered, took a step forward, and his curved, long horns burst forth with a dark glow. As if forged from divine iron, they were extremely sharp, capable of bulldozing a large mountain.

"Women are always so hesitant, it's boring!" Pan Niu Da-Jun snorted, "Let me do it!"

Bang!

His reverse-jointed hooves heavily stomped down.

As the ground exploded, Pan Niu Da-Jun's burly body also turned into a straight black line, charging towards Su Heng.

The ground shook, and the rumbling sound rapidly approached from afar.

Su Heng looked up, lifting his eyebrows slightly.

A look of interest appeared on his face.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Pan Niu Da-Jun was uncontrollably fierce, stirring up a tornado on his way, which swept up gravel, turning it once more into a terrifyingly powerful black dust explosion. From afar, it looked like a flood released from its gates, sweeping over everything in its path, unbridled and overwhelming, collapsing everything.

Facing such a terrifying and long-prepared strike, Su Heng simply raised his hand and blocked in front.

"You mere mortal, watch as I crush you alive into minced meat!" Seeing the human who was not even from Heavenly Deceit daring to belittle him, Pan Niu Da-Jun instantly flew into a rage. His muscles swelled like a hunting pack of wolves, jutting out, showing a strange and dangerous dark red.

In this state, Pan Niu Da-Jun's speed skyrocketed once more, as he collided head-on.

Boom!

The ground violently trembled.

Winds from the tremendous pressure swept the dust, scattering in all directions.

In the midst of the black sandstorm, Pan Niu Da-Jun's face registered shock. He felt like he hadn't hit a flesh and blood body, but had rather collided head-on with a mountain forged from divine iron. Su Heng's body hadn't been moved in the slightest, yet the rebound force made him bleed from his nose and mouth, his bones in agony.

Su Heng's cold and merciless voice came from the black sandstorm, "Very well, I'll have beef for lunch today, and it's an extra meal."

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Bang!

Su Heng's palm turned into a dangerous dark red, the temperature rapidly rising.

A thick smoke rose from the top of Pan Niu Da-Jun's head, a stinging pain followed, he struggled violently, but Su Heng's five fingers, like heavenly pillars, firmly fixed him in place with a single hand.

Then a red flame burst forth, entering from the top of Pan Niu Da-Jun's head and exiting through the back, instantly evaporating and cooking all the organs inside his body, turning them into charred remains.

Whoosh!

A flash of firelight, Xie Ying Da-Jun dodged to the side.

The rolling thunder of a storm came from behind, lifting a wave of heat, the wild wind raging. Xie Ying Da-Jun turned back to look, only to see a huge mushroom cloud slowly rising behind her, emitting endless light and heat. She gulped down saliva, cold sweat breaking out on her forehead.

"What happened!?" Xie Ying Da-Jun clenched her fists, "Where is Pan Niu Da-Jun?"

She had just seen Pan Niu Da-Jun sneer and charge forward, then the dust storm exploded, and a red beam of light emerged from the battlefield. After the dull booming of an explosion, the whole world went quiet. Only the endless howling wind continued to roar in this wasteland, with thunder rumbling in the sky.

"I think you should be more concerned about yourself right now," just as Xie Ying Da-Jun was at a loss and anxious.

A calm voice came from behind her.

Xie Ying Da-Jun's heart nearly leaped out of her mouth. Discover more stories at empire

She widened her eyes, her body hair stood on end, she swiftly turned to look. She saw Su Heng's jaw open like a snake's, inside were densely packed razor-sharp teeth; at that moment, with a greedy look, he lunged forward with a bear hug and bit towards Xie Ying Da-Jun's neck without saying a word.

A chill ran straight to her forehead.

"What the hell kind of monster is this! Who is the real demon!"

Xie Ying Da-Jun shrieked as three scorpion tails emerged from her back, transforming into black light armed with lethal poison, and shot towards Su Heng's throat heart area.

Unfortunately, it was useless. The stingers that had pierced through Qin Shunying along with his armor could only barely cause Su Heng's skin to slightly dent, not even penetrating the dermis.

"Do not struggle in vain, give up your resistance, merge with me, this is your supreme honor."

Crack!

Su Heng stretched out his arms, enveloping Xie Ying Da-Jun in his embrace.

With a little effort, Xie Ying Da-Jun's eyes bulged, her body breaking nearly seventy percent of its bones.

"Hehehe, indeed, the taste of a female demon is better!" Su Heng let out a nasty laugh, his tongue lightly licking the ear and neck of Xie Ying Da-Jun. Then, he opened his mouth wide and bit down, a pain-filled and despairing muffled groan sounded, soon muffled by a hand over her mouth, leaving only a bone-chilling sound of chewing.

After a moment, a blood-drenched head was gently placed by Su Heng on top of a pile of mashed flesh and broken bones.

The dust storm cleared, and in the distance, there was a Pan Niu reduced to a skeleton.

The two Da-Juns looked at each other from afar, soon buried by the windswept sand.

Crack!

Su Heng continued forward.

He noticed something strange beneath his feet as if he had stepped on something.

He halted his steps and, with a wave of his hand, his energy swept away layers of accumulated sand and gravel from the ground.

Soon, an old man with vertical pupils and white hair appeared before Su Heng. Although the old man was dead, his aura was still strong, and he was not considered weak even within the Heavenly Deceit Realm.

"And the lone eye on his forehead..." Su Heng stroked his chin, recalling the information he had seen before, "He must be a descendant of the Remote Hope sacrificial lineage."

"Someone came here just now, opened the secret store, but alas, they were ambushed by Demon Country." Su Heng quickly pieced together the events that had transpired here. With this thought, his brow furrowed slightly, "Delay leads to change, I must hurry now."

Su Heng looked up at the sky.

The sky had been clear when he arrived, but in an instant, it turned dark and overcast, a heavy gloom hanging in the air.

To so easily alter the weather over such a broad area for a long time, probably only the Golden Crow King of Demon Country could achieve such a feat.

He remembered the first time they met; the opponent had struck from afar, wishing to eradicate him.

After that, the opponent took advantage of Xu Hanlin's assault to launch a sneak attack.

Although both probes had not truly harmed Su Heng, once a feud was formed, it would not be easily erased.

Perhaps, this expedition to the Golden Crow Secret Store could settle these grudges once and for all.

"The legendary Golden Crow King who could overthrow a nation." Thinking about the stories recorded in the ancient Remote Hope texts, Su Heng wasn't afraid—instead, a hint of red light flickered in his eyes, and excitement, long absent, surged within him, "I hope he proves to be a worthy adversary and doesn't disappoint me."

These thoughts flashed through Su Heng's mind.

He did not linger, and continued forward.

He soon reached the depths of the sandy sea, found his location, and took the Golden Crow Feather from his bosom.

The Golden Crow Feather emitted golden light, attracted by some mysterious force, and floated out of Su Heng's hand into the sandy sea. After a brief calm, it exploded with a "bang," transforming into a giant portal encircled by raging fire.

Feeling the ancient aura emanating from within the portal, Su Heng knew the secrets penned in the book were correct.

He looked up at the celestial phenomenon and stepped forward.

Whoosh!

Su Heng entered the portal.

Then, with a bang, the portal exploded and vanished without a trace.

...

A strong sensation of falling enveloped Su Heng.

The view around him blurred.

Bang!

Su Heng's robust body landed heavily, like a meteorite.

The ground shattered, debris and dust flying in all directions.

As the dust slowly cleared, Su Heng raised his head to look around and found himself in a vast palace, seemingly built for giants.

The palace, appearing to be constructed entirely of marble, was bright and magnificent. The supporting pillars rose straight from the ground, each etched with dragons and phoenixes, thick as giant trees, a hundred meters tall, exuding a sense of grandeur with just a glance.

This place ought to have been sacred and tranquil, but it reeked of a heavy scent of blood, and a continuous barrage of roars emanated from the other side of the walls.

The roaring was spine-chilling.

It didn't sound like any known creature's call but rather like one had descended into the depths of purgatory.

Even Su Heng furrowed his brow upon hearing it, feeling uneasy as his muscles tensed instinctively, ready for battle.

The sound of Su Heng's fall echoed through the empty hall.

It seemed to have disturbed those howling creatures.

Bang—rumble!

First, there was a muffled noise, and then the entire wall in front of him blew apart.

Countless fragments and stones burst out like a profusion of reeds, with smoke and dust whirling through the hall, obscuring everything.

Amid the black smoke, swarms of spider-shaped creatures with slender limbs poured out.

They were not very large, roughly the size of a coach, but their numbers were vast, countless, about hundreds or thousands. Amidst the tangled mass of flesh, deformed eyes and mouths embedded with a bloodthirsty gleam appeared, and upon seeing Su Heng, they let out ear-piercing screams.

It was as if someone who had been parched in the desert for days suddenly saw a spring, rushing eagerly towards Su Heng.

"Hiss!" Su Heng's eyes widened as the ground beneath him exploded.

Propelled by the recoil, his towering figure hovered mid-air. His aura burst forth like an erupting volcano, his energy sweeping across and flinging over ten spider-shaped abnormalities nearby, tearing them to shreds.

"What in the world are these monsters?" Su Heng's brows knit together as he sensed carefully.

"They resemble the strange beasts from Breath Swamp. That's right!" Su Heng clapped his hands as a bright light flashed in front of his eyes, "They are similar to the transformed state of Kui Lang, the Star Lord. These creatures must be the so-called remnants of demon gods."

"There are so many remnants of demon gods in the Golden Crow Mausoleum." Su Heng was even more astonished.

He wondered what kind of changes had occurred in this tomb over the years.

"And more importantly." Su Heng looked with some distress at the large pool of purple-red, still squirming flesh on the ground. After a moment's hesitation, he gritted his teeth, made a great resolution, reached out with a gravitational pull to tear a piece of fresh flesh from a monster's body, and swallowed it directly.