We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

"Senior, don't waste words with him. He's seriously injured and only increased his strength by relying on a secret technique. We should take advantage of this rare opportunity and finish him off immediately!" Zhu Jiuyou interjected from the side.

Upon hearing this, the Third Prince sneered: "I am injured, but do you think he can deal with me?"

He wasn't afraid of Su Chen; on the contrary, he was somewhat wary of the person behind Su Chen.

After all, someone who can wield a divine weapon at the Divine Power Realm level may not necessarily lack the strength of a Celestial Realm cultivator.

If the two sides were to actually fight, it would be impossible to predict who would win or lose.

Thinking of this, he suddenly turned to Zhu Jiuyou, his killing intent palpable.

He wanted to seize Zhu Jiuyou before the other party could react.

Zhu Jiuyou instantly noticed the other party's expression and quickly retreated, trying to reach Su Chen's location.

Unfortunately, Su Chen witnessed this scene and intervened without hesitation to stop him.

"You're right there!"

Both Gu Xiaoyao and Duan Tiandao are currently in seclusion, and he will not allow anyone to disturb them.

"you……"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jiuyou's expression suddenly turned ugly.

Just then, the Third Prince chuckled and his figure flashed like lightning, covering a thousand meters in a flash.

At the same time, he stretched out his palm and reached out to grab Zhu Jiuyou.

"help me!"

Feeling that immense power, Zhu Jiuyou couldn't muster even the slightest desire to resist.

At this moment, he had no intention of blaming Su Chen and hurriedly asked him for help.

"Who gave you permission to lay a hand on me?"

As the voice faded, a massive shield appeared out of thin air in front of Zhu Jiuyou, blocking his view.

With a loud bang, the Third Prince's palm collided with the shield, unleashing a burst of brilliant light that resounded through the sky like thunder.

Although their exchange was brief, it was incredibly powerful.

"How dare you! You mere cultivator at the Divine Power Realm dare to stop me, Your Highness! You're courting death!"

Seeing Su Chen take the initiative to attack, the Third Prince roared on the spot, his voice rolling like thunder, mixed with boundless demonic power.

Like a tidal wave, it swept towards Su Chen.

In that instant, the vast sky seemed to be shrouded in darkness, losing all its light.

Su Chen was completely enveloped in darkness.

Seeing this, Zhu Jiuyou dared not gamble with his own life. He gritted his teeth and prepared to rush into the rear while the two sides were fighting.

Little did they know, the Third Prince thought the same thing.

He deliberately used a sonic attack to temporarily prevent Su Chen from intervening, and then began to deal with Zhu Jiuyou.

Upon seeing Zhu Jiuyou escape first, his expression darkened slightly. He raised his palm, bent his five fingers, and a terrifying power surged from his hand. At the critical moment, this dark power containing more than ten laws burst out, like light and lightning, cutting through the air and rushing towards him.

"not good!"

Zhu Jiuyou only glanced back once, but he felt his soul tremble. He didn't even need to resist; he felt an intense threat of death.

If he were hit, he would surely die.

Fortunately, he was about to arrive behind Su Chen and enter the room.

"what?!"

To his despair, there seemed to be an invisible wall in front of him, blocking his way.

"Damn it, let me in right now!"

In this moment of crisis, Zhu Jiuyou could no longer hold back, lost all composure, and burst into a tirade of curses.

He knew that Su Chen was deliberately preventing him from entering.

This infuriated him; he was in a desperate situation, yet the other party still dared to stop him.

If he didn't need Su Chen's help right now, he would have already taught the other party a lesson.

Both of them were at the supernatural power level, but how could a mere broken sword possibly contend with him?
If it weren't for conserving his energy, why would he have to be so tolerant at every turn?

However, now that things have come to this, he is no longer willing to tolerate it. Facing this invisible wall, Zhu Jiuyou unleashed all his power.

It gathers in the palm of the hand and is unleashed as a punch.

In an instant, a vast amount of Yuan energy pressed down like a mountain, crashing heavily against the barrier.

The clash between the two sides produced an even more terrifying commotion than when Su Chen fought the Third Prince earlier.

The air boiled as if a volcano had erupted at that moment.

The terrifying impact was almost unbearable even for Zhu Jiuyou, who was caught in the blast.

He gritted his teeth and persevered, his anxiety growing stronger.

He could already sense the approaching killing move of the Third Prince behind him. If he didn't break the barrier soon, he would surely be in grave danger.

No matter how much Yuan power he unleashed, the barrier in front of him remained completely unchanged.

This made him look desperate.

Suddenly.

A terrifying energy enveloped his entire body, instantly imprisoning Zhu Jiuyou's power, causing his pupils to shrink abruptly, and a sense of death crept up upon him.

boom!
Just when he thought he was doomed, a blade of light appeared from the side.

The blade gleamed, slicing across the sky and descending horizontally, as if to sever the heavens and the earth.

The Third Prince's fatal attack, which was about to strike Zhu Jiuyou, was abruptly blocked by this blade of light, making it difficult for him to advance any further.

Zhu Jiuyou, who was on the other side of the blade's edge, felt a more intense yet gentle force surrounding him.

His previously suppressed Yuan energy was instantly able to circulate freely, which made him realize what was happening in a flash.

His face lit up with joy, and he opened his eyes to a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

The blade of light stood upright in front, blocking the power of the Heavenly Demon, but not obstructing the view. The Third Prince's power was intercepted on the other side by this blade of light. Despite the continuous impact, it had no killing power. It looked like fireworks blooming, extremely dazzling.

"He actually managed to stop it!"

Zhu Jiuyou could not hide the shock in his eyes; Su Chen's power was even stronger than he had imagined.

The power that even he couldn't overcome was forcibly intercepted by him.

"how come?"

The Third Prince was equally shocked and incredulous.

A broken sword at the Divine Power Realm level actually stopped his full-force attack. Who would believe this if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes?

Even witnessing it firsthand still stirred up a storm of emotions within him.

But soon, a strong sense of crisis surged through my body.

He suddenly realized what was happening and looked in the direction where Su Chen was. There, he saw two knives suddenly appear.

Under his gaze, Su Chen revealed his true form.

Just as the two sides were exchanging blows, Duan Tian Dao, having finished absorbing the Divine Power Fruit, came out upon hearing the commotion.

Su Chen simply gave up on hiding it.

He gripped the Heaven-Severing Blade directly in his hand, and the instant it touched his skin, a sharp sensation washed over him.

Along with this came a familiar sense of blood connection between the two.

Needless to say, the tacit understanding between the man and the sword is now vastly different from what it used to be.

The moment he gripped the blade, Duan Tian Dao knew Su Chen's thoughts and cooperated fully.

Su Chen uttered softly, "Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique!" This killing move, which Su Chen had rarely used since leaving the Ten Directions World, finally revealed its sharpness and fangs at this moment.

Moreover, it is even more powerful than before it left.

So powerful that the moment the attack was launched, both Zhu Jiuyou and the Third Prince felt an overwhelming threat of death looming over them.

No one can guarantee that they will survive this blow.

"Is this the owner of that divine weapon?"

When Zhu Jiuyou first met Su Chen, he was more curious, after all, he could sense that this move was not aimed at him, but at the Third Prince.

He naturally had nothing to worry about, so he had the mind to observe Su Chen.

Judging from the aura emanating from Su Chen, the other party does not seem to be a Martial Immortal Realm expert.

But his strength gave him the feeling that even if Feng Lao came back to life, he might not be his match.

This secretly alarmed him.

I wonder who Su Chen is. He's so young, yet his strength is even greater than mine.

'If we could recruit him, he might be no less powerful than a Martial Immortal!'

This thought popped into Zhu Jiuyou's mind as he pondered a plan to recruit Su Chen.

However, all of this has to wait until Su Chen gets rid of the Third Prince first; otherwise, if he dies, nothing will be discussed.

Thinking of this, he quickly composed himself and turned his attention to the two people fighting.

After the exchange just now, the Third Prince clearly realized how troublesome Su Chen was. What bothered him even more was that the strength he had enhanced with the secret technique was disappearing at an alarming rate.

Faced with Su Chen's powerful attack, he dared not confront it head-on, so he tried to dodge.

But the next moment, he was completely dumbfounded.

Because the moment Su Chen made his move, he felt that the space and time around him were sealed off.

No matter how much he tried to unleash the power of the Heavenly Demon, he was unable to break the seal.

Seeing Su Chen's Heaven-Slaying Blade about to fall, he disregarded his injuries and once again activated the secret technique, burning his primordial spirit.

A much more powerful force erupted, making his strength countless times greater than before.

Having gained immense power, he was no longer afraid. He refused to believe that his opponent's moves could harm him.

He roared, clenched his fist, and unleashed a furious punch.

The void ahead collapsed rapidly under this punch, creating a black passage.

Just then, Su Chen's sword strike arrived with a thunderous roar.

With a single strike, it seemed to possess the power to truly cleave the heavens.

boom!
The two powerful forces collided instantly, unleashing a devastating force.

At this moment, Su Chen, the Third Prince, and Zhu Jiuyou were all affected by this power.

Within a radius of ten thousand meters, the power unleashed by the two during their battle was palpable everywhere.

Apart from Gu Xiaoyao inside the barrier, no one could escape it.

Countless sandstorms rose from the ground, swirling sand, soil, and gravel into the sky.

The ground was riddled with holes from the blast of energy, and sonic booms echoed continuously throughout the world.

Su Chen remained unmoved, his gaze sweeping around as his primordial spirit crackled, trying to capture the figure of the Third Prince.

While these violent energies would certainly cause him considerable injuries, he was more concerned with whether he could kill Wu Jixian.

Under his reconnaissance, he soon spotted the Third Prince.

The opponent was in a sorry state, but was not dead and was even able to move.

The power he had just received released the power restraints around him, which he had captured. He knew now was the best time for him to escape.

If he didn't run, he could handle Su Chen alone.

But then there's Zhu Jiuyou. If both sides are severely injured, how could he not have imagined that Zhu Jiuyou would definitely find an opportunity to take revenge on him?

Moreover, his injuries were indeed severe, and he needed to go back to heal quickly, otherwise his strength would regress.

Unfortunately, before he could retreat, Su Chen appeared in front of him.

In contrast, the two were strikingly different. Su Chen was spotless and looked at the Third Prince with a beaming smile.

"You, you can't kill me! I am a member of the Heavenly Demon Clan. If you kill me, you won't be able to escape even if you flee to the ends of the earth!"

At this moment, the Third Prince lost his previous arrogance. Faced with life and death, he invoked the Heavenly Demon.

Even knowing it might not be useful, I still hope to make Su Chen wary.

After all, their Heavenly Demon Army was at its peak, causing many powerful figures in the Ten Directions World to suffer repeated defeats.

Even if Su Chen is a human and hates them, they should still spare his life.

Capturing a Shura at the Martial Immortal realm is far more valuable than killing it.

In fact, anyone else might have done the same, but unfortunately, the Third Prince encountered Su Chen.

He didn't think too much about it, nor did he have many concerns. His motto was, "If you're going to take action, you have to bear the consequences."

"stop!"

However, to Su Chen's surprise, just as he was about to kill the Third Prince, a voice interrupted his actions.

The source of the voice was none other than Zhu Jiuyou.

After witnessing that Su Chen actually had the ability to kill a King-level Asura, Zhu Jiuyou was extremely shocked.

But when he saw Su Chen actually make a move, he disregarded his surprise and stepped forward.

"We can't kill him. He's a King-level Asura, very valuable to us. We must keep him alive!"

Zhu Jiuyou quickly came to Su Chen's side, her voice gentle but carrying a commanding tone.

"As long as we bring him to the Desolate Ancient Mountains and hand him over to our Zhu family, we can extract a lot of secret information about the Heavenly Demon from him. This will greatly benefit our fight against the Heavenly Demon. You hand him over to me, and in return, I can recruit you into our Zhu family. What do you say?"

Zhu Jiuyou looked at Su Chen with burning eyes, full of anticipation.

His initiative in recruiting them is already a statement of his attitude.

After all, there are only a handful of people in the world whom he can personally recruit.

But this is also because Su Chen's strength is indeed formidable.

The fact that he could defeat Wu Jixian with his supernatural powers demonstrates his formidable combat strength.

Once he breaks through, his true talent will be revealed.

However, he was worried that Su Chen had a powerful background, so he did not recruit him in his own name, but in the name of the Zhu family royal family.

After all, in the entire Ten Directions World, no power can compare to the Zhu family's imperial reputation.

Even now, that remains true.

Seeing that Su Chen did not speak, he added, "If you join our Zhu family royal family, I can help you break through to the Martial Immortal realm. You should know better than me how difficult it is for a martial artist to advance from the Divine Power realm to the Martial Immortal realm. As long as you agree, I can even guarantee you that you will be able to enter the Martial Immortal realm in at most ten years!"

No martial artist can resist the allure of the Martial Immortal Realm.

He believed that Su Chen was no exception.

However, to everyone's surprise, Su Chen shook his head: "Ten years is too short!"

Once he reaches the limit of the Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique, he can break through to the Martial Immortal Realm at any time.

Why wait ten years!

"what?"

Zhu Jiuyou was puzzled and paused for a moment.

Su Chen offered no explanation, but instead acted directly, refining the bewildered Third Prince right before Zhu Jiuyou's eyes! (End of Chapter)