Chapter 449: Running Out of Options

At first, no clear winner could be identified from the battle. Once Lu Xuan used his divine arts, however, the tide turned altogether. That Great Seal of Imperial Demon dealt a crushing blow on Ao Chen.

Ao Chen was sent flying and coughing blood continuously. It felt as if all the bones throughout its body were about to shatter.

The demonic dragon was rendered almost immobile by the overwhelming fear coming from within its heart.

The dragon had no idea that the attack was but a part of the Imperial Demon Heaven’s Son Chant, but it still knew what was going on.

It was just like how through its overwhelming bloodline, it had been able to enthrall both demons that had just developed intelligence and monsters that had yet to develop it.

That demonic figure wearing imperial garb behind Lu Xuan was probably the kind of demon that was of an unnervingly high level.

Although the dragon had forced itself to enter a demonic state, that was something gained from an incomplete heritage. Thus, its knowledge about such arts was extremely limited.

Nevertheless, Ao Chen was still sure of one thing: as long as that the true body of the Imperial Demon Heaven’s Son remained behind Lu Xuan, the human would be able to continue overwhelming it.

That figure would also even out the level difference between Ao Chen and Lu Xuan.

The dragon then thought that if Lu Xuan was willing to develop demonic powers, he would have most likely become a supreme demon like no other.

That would have differed from the dragon who just obtained such a state. Lu Xuan would have become an emperor that practiced proper demonic arts, making him an unparalleled being.

The dragon wanted to flee right away. This was not the time for it to continue fighting Lu Xuan when it still needed to consume more blood essence. It had to become stronger before it could stand against Lu Xuan.

“You wanna run? Greater Prophecy Spell!”

Lu Xuan then used a divine art that stunned countless spectators: the Greater Prophecy Spell.

The Greater Prophecy Spell was a supreme divine art that belonged to the Roman Curia in the west. It was said to be a divine art inherited from God. It had always been considered something unique to the Roman Curia that cannot be cast by someone lacking resolute faith.

Despite that, Lu Xuan actually managed to cast that spell. There was no doubt that such a feat in itself had shattered what everyone knew about the Greater Prophecy Spell.

“He’s treading into the forbidden ground of the gods!”

“He is committing blasphemy! God shall punish him!”

“A human like him shouldn’t be allowed to master something like that!”

Countless devout ones were on their knees and cursing at Lu Xuan. They believed that the man had crossed the line separating human and the divine, treading the place that should have been God’s domain.

Lu Xuan was oblivious to how many people out there were cursing at him at that very moment. He was also unaware of how many were stunned by the fact that he just cast the Greater Prophecy Spell; that spell was considered to be one of the best 99 types of divine arts.

The Roman Curia had created a powerful sect that lasted for over a millennium with that spell at its core. That one divine art alone was enough to create a bloodline that lasts thousands of years.

However, it was obvious that Lu Xuan had been able to master more than one divine art.

Right after Lu Xuan cast that Greater Prophecy Spell, the struggling demonic dragon seemed to have instantly been fixed into place by some terrifying power. It was impossible for it to run away.

Roar!

Ao Chen continued to roar as it tried to escape, yet its body was rendered completely immobile.

Lu Xuan was then seen walking up to Ao Chen, but he was seen wobbling slightly with each step. It was apparent that he had completely exhausted his massive reserve of Spiritual Aether after using three divine art powers.

His current level of training was such that casting such divine art powers would still apparently take quite a toll on him.

“This is it. This will end very soon.”

Lu Xuan came before Ao Chen and raised his sword, bringing the blade down on the dragon rendered utterly immobile.

Pffftt!

Blood splattered as one of the horns of the dragon’s head was cut off.

Ao Chen barely managed to shrug free of Lu Xuan’s Greater Prophecy Spell in time.

“How dare you corner me like this! You’ll pay for what you just did!”

Ao Chen had started to panic, giving up the last sliver of reasoning as it completely submitted to its demonic state. In becoming completely demonic, it also renounced the last bit of his reasoning and intellectual capacity in exchange for exponential growth in power.

All that was now left in the dragon’s eyes was an undying desire to kill as they were locked onto Lu Xuan. That very desire to kill Lu Xuan was what drove the dragon to such a state in the first place.

Boom!

Ao Chen’s powers continued to spike as he briefly made a breakthrough into the eighth tier of Divine Treasure Realm. To make matters worse, its powers continued to climb towards their original level.

All of the towering demonic qi about it turned into a terrifying gale bursting towards the heavens.

Ao Chen had utterly become a loose cannon after succumbing to such a state, with what remained in it being his undying desire to kill.

Such beings were known to be lemures, the lowest among those walking the demonic path.

However, lemures could still possibly be the most terrifying of beings.

Lemures could become so terrifyingly powerful by sacrificing their capacity for reasoning

“Sh*t, Ao Chen managed to break free. It must’ve become more powerful!”

Despite being thousands of kilometers away, countless people who were currently watching the scene online could sense how much the towering demonic qi was boiling.

Even when Lu Xuan failed, everyone was able to tell that the man himself had been completely exhausted after using divine arts in quick succession, rendering him no longer capable of fighting like he used to.

The leaders of the big five had their fingers very close to the buttons. If Lu Xuan still proved incapable of taking down that demonic dragon, then the nations’ last resort would be to deploy nuclear missiles like crazy.

If even that proved insufficient to kill that demonic dragon, they would simply have had no choice but to accept their fate.

“Wait, no. Lu Xuan is standing up. He can still fight!”

Someone saw Lu Xuan wobbling for a bit before standing up again.

“Jeez, what a pain. Well, it’s not like there’s anything else I can do now that things had gotten this far.”

Lu Xuan sensed that his Spiritual Aether was almost completely depleted. It was bizarre for even someone like him to have been so cornered.

That was both the most dangerous and the most terrifying battle that he had fought ever since he was reincarnated.

Then again, that didn’t mean he had given up. He had gone through too much back in his past life. He had never given up even when he found himself in the direst of situations.

That was what allowed him to survive situations where hope was utterly lost and death was imminent.

“I’ve got no other choice. If I can’t stop you right here, you’ll be able to destroy everything that I’ve been protecting ever since my reincarnation.

The faces of his family members flashed in his mind. That was the softest part of his mind; he would go out of his way to protect them.

Roar!

Ao Chen, who had completely gone demonic, stood against Lu Xuan as it continued to roar. To his surprise, the noises surprisingly conjured into tornados sweeping out all over the place.

Countless bolts of lightning erupted all around it, which were then seen blasting down onto Lu Xuan.

However, to everyone’s utter surprise, none of those attacks were able to pose a threat to him at all.

An orb of blood-colored energy was raging in his body, mustering up all of the potential he had within him.