The surroundings were engulfed in bone-chilling cold. Parts of the formation arrays froze and shattered, and even many regions of the planet began to drift with snowflakes. In the distance, the Crown Prince ‘Jiao Yunteng’ and his guards, including Cha Yunnong, watched nervously. Fortunately, the Red Fiend Divine Emperor deliberately controlled the terrifying cold, diverting it away from them. Though they were only slightly affected, they still shivered uncontrollably.
As the primary target, Dongbo Xueying merely smiled, gazing at the enraged Red Fiend Divine Emperor. “Perhaps it is I who will send you to your death!”
“Hahaha—”
Boom!
The Red Fiend Divine Emperor, clad in white armor and wielding a colossal warblade, lunged at Dongbo Xueying in a frenzy.
Dongbo Xueying stood firm, surrounded by surging waves of blood-red energy. However, this was not the original ‘Domain of Slaughter’ but merely a technique derived from it, combining the Dao of Slaughter and the Dao of Ripples. Neither Dao had reached the level of perfect eternity, and the Domain of Slaughter was suppressed by the endless cold, its power greatly diminished.
Yet…
Dongbo Xueying remained unmoved, holding his silver spear with a faint smile as the Red Fiend Divine Emperor charged toward him.
The colossal warblade descended like lightning, its might even greater than before.
“Swish.” With a subtle twist of his spear, Dongbo Xueying effortlessly deflected the blade. The terrifying strength within his body prevented him from retreating even a single step, while the Red Fiend Divine Emperor was sent staggering backward.
“My speed has slowed?” Dongbo Xueying frowned. The surrounding space was filled with invisible cold energy, which not only suppressed the Domain of Slaughter but also hindered his movements.
“I admit your strength is formidable, but to challenge a Ruler—you are not yet enough!” The Red Fiend Divine Emperor’s voice boomed across the heavens as his figure blurred, attacking Dongbo Xueying from all directions. Under the influence of his ultimate technique, his speed and power surged, while Dongbo Xueying was slowed. For a moment, Dongbo Xueying found himself at a disadvantage in terms of speed.
Yet, with his spear, he defended flawlessly.
“His body remains completely unaffected?” The Red Fiend Divine Emperor pressed his assault, but inwardly, he grew anxious. Based on his experience, ordinary Rulers would suffer severe injuries under such cold, and their recovery would be drastically slowed. Prolonged exposure could even deplete their vitality to the point of death.
But Dongbo Xueying stood unharmed, his body showing no signs of injury despite his slightly reduced speed.
Unbeknownst to the Red Fiend Divine Emperor, the combination of the Dao of the Void and the lineage of the Voidwalker granted Dongbo Xueying survivability on par with the Wuyu Emperor. Though currently a Paragon, his resilience would make even Rulers envious!
“Whoosh.” As the Red Fiend Divine Emperor launched another attack, Dongbo Xueying vanished into thin air.
“Gone?” The Red Fiend Divine Emperor’s expression darkened as he scanned his surroundings. His single eye radiated boundless cold, yet he could not sense Dongbo Xueying at all. “I can’t even detect him?”
A faint glow emanated from the Red Fiend Divine Emperor—his Rule Domain.
Though small in range, the Rule Domain’s perception was incredibly sharp.
“There!” The Red Fiend Divine Emperor’s face twisted in alarm.
He had found him.
But by the time his Rule Domain detected Dongbo Xueying, the spear was already at his chest.
“Pfft.” The spear tip pulsed with ripples of destructive energy, tearing through everything in its path. Before the Red Fiend Divine Emperor could react, the tip struck his chest.
“Crack—”
The white armor on the Red Fiend Divine Emperor’s body showed only minor damage, and the spear failed to pierce through.
Dongbo Xueying instantly retracted his spear and vanished once more.
“Where is he?” The Red Fiend Divine Emperor frantically searched, his heart filled with panic and shock. This Paragon’s concealment techniques were terrifying—only his Rule Domain could detect the enemy, and even then, its range was limited to a mere thousand meters. For combatants of their level, such a distance was pitifully short.
…
On the sidelines, the Third Prince Jiao Yunliu and his retinue, as well as the First Prince Jiao Yunteng and his followers, watched in tense awe.
None had expected the battle to escalate to this extent.
The Red Fiend Divine Emperor had unleashed an ultimate technique none of them knew existed—a devastating cold that engulfed everything, suppressing enemies while amplifying his own power. His defense, bolstered by the white ice armor, had become nearly impenetrable.
Yet, the mysterious Dongbo guard had vanished without a trace, striking from the shadows again and again.
“Even a Ruler struggles to detect him. If he targeted us, would we even survive?” muttered the watching guards.
“Assassinate us? He wouldn’t even need to sneak up on us!”
The guards were utterly awestruck, some even feeling admiration and reverence.
…
Within the Void World.
Dongbo Xueying frowned slightly. He was simultaneously employing two concealment techniques—the Void World and Voidwalking. Just as traversing space-time within the Void World was faster, hiding within it while using Voidwalking made his concealment even more formidable.
One was a rule-based concealment, the other a technique innate to Voidwalkers. The two merged seamlessly.
As a result, even the mighty Red Fiend Divine Emperor could not detect Dongbo Xueying without relying on his Rule Domain.
“A Ruler with no reputation—one who serves as a mere guard for the Crown Prince—and yet, defeating him is proving so difficult.” Dongbo Xueying sighed inwardly. “Let me try the Soldier’s Wrath. If even that fails to breach his defense, victory will be beyond reach.”
The Soldier’s Wrath.
One of the three core techniques of the Voidwalker lineage—Body, Voidwalking, and Soldier’s Wrath.
The Soldier’s Wrath involved refining the destructive energies within the chaotic void that the body could not absorb, condensing them into an extremely aggressive force known as the Soldier’s Wrath.
“Soldier’s Wrath.” Dongbo Xueying gripped his silver spear. From his palm, a faint black radiance emerged, spreading along the shaft until the entire spear was coated in a shimmering black glow. Even the spear tip bore the same eerie light, pulsating as though it could slice through anything.
“Die.”
The spear twisted like a coiling dragon, bursting forth with terrifying killing intent as it pierced from the Void World into the real world, tearing through the Rule Domain and thrusting toward the Red Fiend Divine Emperor.
The speed of the strike was blinding.
Hiding within the Void World minimized the cold’s influence, rendering its effect on his speed negligible.
“Pfft.”
The Red Fiend Divine Emperor turned just in time to see the spear’s illusory afterimage before him. This time, however, something was different—the spear tip bore not only rippling crimson energy but also a layer of black radiance. Even the shaft was coated in the same eerie glow.
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