In the wilderness, Li Fuchen was traveling at a speed that wasn’t very fast, but it was comparable with regular monarchs.
Such a mediocre speed wouldn’t exhaust his qi even if he flew for a decade or a century.
At the later realms of the martial dao, even if the martial artist didn’t circulate the cultivation technique, qi would automatically gather. When flying at low speed, the speed of qi depletion and qi replenishment were almost equal and would break even.
In the depths of the wilderness, there was a dense fog…
“Come out.” Li Fuchen suddenly stopped and said with sharp eyes.
“You are indeed an elite prodigy. I wonder if you are interested in joining our Clan of Darkness?” Inside the fog, seven fuzzy shadows appeared, the leader’s voice was faint as he spoke.
“Clan of Darkness. The Emperor Sky Continent’s no.1 dark faction?” Li Fuchen heard of this faction.
If the seven top-notch emperor-class factions controlled the Emperor Sky Continent, the Clan of Darkness was controlling the dark side of the Emperor Sky Continent. In terms of prowess, the Clan of Darkness wasn’t inferior to any of the top-notch emperor-class factions.
“That’s right.” The shadow leader nodded. “If you are willing to join the Clan of Darkness, your future achievement will surely be beyond me.”
“What if I am not willing?” Li Fuchen asked in return.
“That will be troublesome. You have too many secrets on you and our Clan of Darkness is very interested.”
At the beginning, they were only requested by the County Protector Lin Tianyang to capture Li Fuchen. However, after understanding Li Fuchen better, they were certain that Li Fuchen definitely had a great secret. One of the elders in the Clan of Darkness had already instructed them to capture Li Fuchen and bring him back to the Clan of Darkness.
“Go ahead then.” Li Fuchen had his hands behind his back while he said indifferently.
“Form the formation.”
The shadow leader didn’t waste time and gestured with his hand. Six shadows leaped into the sky behind him and with a flash, the shadow leader blended together with the six shadows.
Subsequently, a giant black scorpion appeared in Li Fuchen’s vision.
Battle formation, Scorpion of Darkness.
The Scorpion of Darkness might only be a seven-men battle formation, but the power of a battle formation wasn’t just determined by the numbers of men, but also the grade of the battle formation.
Battle formations with more numbers would certainly have an extremely high grade, however, battle formations with lesser people might not have a low grade.
On the contrary, battle formations with lesser men had extremely high demand on the members as they were too profound.
Those formations that weren’t profound were normally known as combination arts.
The Scorpion of Darkness was extremely fast, it arrived behind Li Fuchen in a flash, as though it shifted instantly.
“Your strength should be a high-class combat emperor. It is a pity that our seven-men Scorpion of Darkness has a strength that is close to a peak-class combat emperor.” The shadow leader spoke with confidence.
The seven of them weren’t just regular high-level monarchs. Apart from him, the rest were high-class half-emperors or peak-class half-emperors. While the shadow leader’s strength was a mid-class combat emperor. When enhanced by the Scorpion of Darkness, his strength was already close to a peak-class combat emperor.
“It seems like you people aren’t really clear about my recent situations.” Li Fuchen said.
If they knew about his most recent situations, they would know that he was able to extinguish 32 individuals including Wang Yuan in a single move. His strength wasn’t just at the level of a high-class combat emperor.
“What?” The shadow leader was in doubt.
But soon enough, the doubtful feeling vanished as the Scorpion of Darkness’s long tail stung at Li Fuchen.
This tail was just an image, but it contained the paralysis law and it was also the battle formation ability of the Scorpion of Darkness, Sting of Darkness.
Li Fuchen didn’t dodge and it seemed like he didn’t even react in time.
Clang!
The air burst out with dazzling blood-colored sparks. One could obviously see a blood-colored qi power barrier covering Li Fuchen.
The Sting of Darkness couldn’t penetrate the qi power barrier.
“Impossible?!” There were astonished voices that echoed from within the Scorpion of Darkness.
“Too weak…” Li Fuchen shook his head.
The battle formation’s attack power was indeed very powerful, it was probably comparable with Li Fuchen’s qi cultivation strength.
However, his body refinement strength was even more powerful. Li Fuchen didn’t even have to make a move and could simply rely on the Hand of Blood’s qi power to block the attack with ease.
“There is error in the information, retreat!”
The shadow leader was very decisive and activated the battle formation ability, Darkness Divine Travel. The Scorpion of Darkness appeared far away in an instant and was just about to vanish.
“Since you are here, why are you leaving in such a hurry?” From far away, Li Fuchen reached out his left hand and grabbed the air.
Huff!
A bloody giant hand caught up with the Scorpion of Darkness with immeasurable speed before closing.
Pfff!
Blood burst out…
When Li Fuchen’s left hand withdrew, he suddenly felt something wrong. With a flash, he vanished from where he stood.
Rumble!
The ground broke open and even the heaven and earth law was temporarily in disorder.
“Law Phase Realm emperor.” Not far away, Li Fuchen’s expression turned grave.
“Such speed. It seems like everyone underestimated you.” It was unknown when an imposing figure appeared from the high altitudes.
“The Wang Clan is truly giving me high regards and actually sent a Law Phase Realm emperor to chase after me.”
Li Fuchen didn’t escape, he knew that escaping was useless.
“I am the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor, surrender yourself. I do not wish to waste time.” The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor might seem calm, but his heart was actually shocked.
When did he ever see such a powerful Primary Sea Realm monarch? In his opinion, Li Fuchen’s combat strength was already at the level of peak-class combat emperor and was able to contest with weaker Law Phase Realm emperors.
Furthermore, Li Fuchen was unlike other peak-class combat emperors who required their divine abilities to reach their strength level.
Li Fuchen only required his regular strength to reach the level of a peak-class combat emperor.
In other words, Li Fuchen’s combat methods and endurance were much more incredible than other peak-class combat emperors.
‘This child definitely has some great secrets.’ The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor narrowed his eyes while they flickered with burning radiance.
“Do you think that is possible?” Li Fuchen sized up the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor carefully.
The opposition was emitting a layer of faint purple intent and it gave off an extremely dangerous feeling to Li Fuchen. Li Fuchen knew clearly that this purple intent was the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor’s emperor qi.
The monarch qi had blended the technique intent and qi to a certain extent, while the emperor qi had reached a higher level of fusion. In terms of quality, it was simply poles apart.
A trace of emperor qi was enough to wipe out a regular monarch’s qi. This was definitely not some exaggeration.
The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor mocked and said, “It seems like you don’t understand Law Phase Realm emperors enough. A peak-class combat emperor can contest with weaker Law Phase Realm emperors, but would never be victorious, and would only be able to exchange a few moves at best. While I am not those weak emperors.”
While speaking, the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor launched out a faint purple qi at Li Fuchen.
The void appeared with ripples and this was the sign of the heaven and earth law being distorted. The ground was cracking open with layers as though there were raging waves.
Just the burst of qi from the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor felt as though it was the apocalypse.
“So powerful!” Li Fuchen had a slight change in expression as he countered with a palm strike.
Rumble!
The giant blood hand clashed with the faint purple qi and caused a shaking sound.
This scene was just like a giant mountain smashing together with the vast sea.
Ultimately, the giant blood hand and the faint purple qi had all dispersed.
The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor was surprised. “Interesting, you are actually able to block my qi.”
His qi contained the Purple Sunset Technique Intent and it was absolutely tyrannical, as it contained many different kinds of laws. His qi burst was something that even peak-class combat emperors shouldn’t be able to resist, after all, he was a 2nd level emperor.
“Since that is the case, receive my Purple Sunset Divine Palm.”
(TL note: There is a Purple Sunset Guild and I am not sure if he is related)
When the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor executed his palm strike, layers of purple sunset covered the sky and surged at Li Fuchen.
“Open!”
Li Fuchen pushed the Hand of Blood to the extremity and raised his palm as a blade before cleaving at the purple sunset.
Bang Boom!
The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor’s Purple Sunset Palm force was much more resilient than Li Fuchen imagined. His Hand of Blood’s force felt as though he was cleaving into a bundle of cotton. He wasn’t able to exert much force and immediately after, boundless force surged onto Li Fuchen.
Li Fuchen tasted the blood in his throat while he was sent flying.
“Don’t think about escaping!” The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor’s calm expression suddenly changed and was enraged.
In his vision, Li Fuchen who was sent flying had transformed into a flaming light before vanishing in a flash. When Li Fuchen reappeared, he was already at the horizon.
This was obviously a fire shifting technique.
Even the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor had yet to comprehend any shifting technique.
The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor circulated his qi to his limits and there were a spray of purple sunset sparks. The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor turned into a purple light and chased frenziedly.
The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor was a 2nd level emperor and his speed was extraordinary. In the eyes of a regular person, the speed of the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor was no different from instant shifting. Of course, only the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor knew that he was purely fast, while Li Fuchen’s movements had the traces of instant shifting.
As the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor was getting closer, he decided that he would interrogate Li Fuchen and obtain all the secrets before handing him over to Wang Ke.
While thinking to this point, the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor stirred his qi and activated the emperor intent. The energy in the world gave way to him and offered him assistance.
In the state that was almost instant shift, Li Fuchen felt the world was very blurry. Everything was like a marked scale and coordinates.
Behind him, there was a bundle of purple light that was rapidly approaching. Li Fuchen knew that it was the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor. His opponent was a Law Phase Realm emperor after all and it was impossible for Li Fuchen to be faster.
Just as the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor was about to catch up, Li Fuchen took a deep breath and forced himself to enter the state of an empty spirit.
When facing such extreme danger, Li Fuchen hoped that his Flash Fire Divine Technique could break through, otherwise, he would be facing death.
Li Fuchen didn’t know that his spirit soul was blossoming with resplendent purple radiance, and there were countless spots of light flickering in his mind. Countless purple electric currents were scuttling around in his mind and this was a phenomenon of the mind thinking with extreme speed.
Unconsciously, Li Fuchen felt that the world became extremely clear. This clarity wasn’t a comprehensive clarity, but only in a single aspect.
Li Fuchen had arrived in the world of flames and the entire place was filled with fire dao energy.
“Kid, I have caught up.”
The Purple Sunset Martial Emperor was only a few dozen miles behind Li Fuchen, and such a distance wasn’t even considered a distance to Law Phase Realm emperors, as they could close such a gap in a single step.
Blaze!
When the Purple Sunset Martial Emperor finished his statement, Li Fuchen vanished and left behind a bundle of diminishing flame.
