Chapter 859: Chapter 858: Kill the Dragon Emperor!

When Lin Zheng spoke, he did not use any Dragon Technique. Instead, with his own body, he charged toward Lin Fan, as if… he wanted to use his own body to shield his younger brother from death!

“No…”

However, in the midst of his charge, Lin Zheng let out a pained wail.

He realized that his speed was far inferior to the speed at which the Sword Light descended.

Clearly, there were only a hundred meters between him and Lin Fan, yet this distance suddenly felt like an impassable abyss, as if even given ten years, Lin Zheng still could not cross it!

“Boom!”

The Sword Light fell, flashing by in an instant, tearing a massive fissure through the Void, emitting an earth-shattering roar. Then, under countless astonished gazes…

it directly struck Lin Fan!

“Slash!”

The snow-white dragon dissipated just as the Sword Light was about to strike, and Lin Fan’s Cultivation Base rose rapidly. Yet, it was already too late.

His body was torn into two by the Sword Light. Initially thinking his Primordial Spirit could escape, Lin Fan’s Primordial Spirit was consumed by despair the moment his body split in two.

He realized that this strike not only severed his physical body but could also shatter his Primordial Spirit!

In his final moment before death, the sole emotion in Lin Fan’s heart was regret.

Being in the Dragon Emperor Realm, why did he covet that ridiculous reward and insist on coming to kill Su Han?

If he hadn’t come today, with more time to Cultivate and a breakthrough in his Cultivation Base, even if Su Han truly grew stronger later on, whether he’d be a threat or not, Su Han likely wouldn’t hunt him down–a Dragon Emperor Realm cultivator–relentlessly, right?

Why…

Why did it have to be today…

No one gave him an answer. If there truly was one, it was greed.

Lin Zheng and Lin Fan bore no personal grudges against Su Han. Their presence here wasn’t due to sect orders; if they had declined, the sect wouldn’t have forced them.

Yet they came–for that earth-shattering reward.

Now Lin Fan had died–for that earth-shattering reward.

An expert in the Dragon Emperor Realm had fallen!

Normally, killing someone in the Dragon Emperor Realm is an exceedingly difficult feat. Even for someone at the Peak of the Dragon Emperor Realm, killing another at the Early Stage carries significant challenges.

Three reasons led to Lin Fan’s demise:

The first was his assumption that Su Han was already dead, leaving him careless and utterly unguarded.

The second was the unexpected appearance of the snow-white dragon, catching him completely off guard.

The third was the snow-white dragon’s ability to lower his Cultivation Base. Otherwise, Su Han’s Sword Light alone would not have sufficed to kill him!

Under normal circumstances, a Dragon Emperor Realm expert would always have protective measures in place, making such a death near impossible. In Lin Fan’s case, he hadn’t even activated defensive equipment or Dragon Techniques. If not for the rapid suppression of his Cultivation Base, Su Han couldn’t have so easily and swiftly killed him.

“No!!”

Seeing Lin Fan’s body cleaved into two, Lin Zheng was filled with rage, yet still held onto a sliver of hope.

He was waiting for Lin Fan’s Primordial Spirit to emerge!

However, as time dragged on, Lin Fan’s Primordial Spirit never appeared. Lin Zheng’s heartbeat quickened, until at last, he could only confirm that–not just Lin Fan’s flesh, but his Primordial Spirit too–had been utterly annihilated by that single strike!

This outcome was something Lin Zheng found utterly unbearable. His eyes turned blood-red, his hair disheveled and flying wildly, as if he were descending into madness, relentlessly bombarding the Void around him.

“Su Baliu, get out here!!!”

“You dared kill my brother, and by the heavens, I will drink your blood, eat your flesh, slaughter your family, and annihilate your sect!!!”

His strikes landed like ripples in a lake–shaking the Void endlessly, splintering fragments here and there–yet Su Han’s figure remained nowhere to be seen.

“No, this isn’t right!”

Suddenly, Lin Zheng appeared to have snapped out of his frenzy, shaking his head furiously: “No, judging by his mere strength, there’s absolutely no way he could kill my brother. Maybe the final strike was indeed his doing, but that snow-white dragon from earlier–it must have been controlled by someone in the Dragon Emperor Realm! That lowly Dragon God Realm cultivator, no matter how strong, cannot silently bind my brother like this. He is incapable!”

Realizing this, Lin Zheng grew even more frenzied: “Who is it?! Who the hell is it?! Get out here, now! If I don’t kill both you and Su Baliu, I swear I’ll die a broken man!!!”

Yi Leng and Xu Huo, who had been standing roughly a hundred miles away, initially intended to leave. But witnessing Lin Fan’s death, they reconsidered, deducing that someone must have assisted Su Han.

They decided to stay, wanting to see who had intervened, and whether Su Baliu could escape the ruthless Lin Zheng.

Of course, their animosity toward Su Han remained profound.

If Su Han hadn’t deflected the disaster toward them, they wouldn’t have lost so many disciples. If the opportunity arose, they too might strike against Su Han.

“Get out here!”

Lin Zheng’s roar continued unabated, his bloodshot eyes radiating vengeance. A heavy deathly aura surged from him.

Evidently, his brother’s death had extinguished any will Lin Zheng had to keep living.

At that moment, a sigh echoed from the Void. Then, a towering figure–nearly two meters tall–slowly revealed itself.

This figure was a bald man. As sunlight reflected off his head, it gleamed brilliantly. On his back, he carried a Long Knife, while beneath his feet, a snow-white dragon coiled.

“One Slash Palace, it’s you again!!!”

Upon seeing the bald man, Lin Zheng spat a mouthful of blood in fury and immediately charged toward him.

Lin Zheng’s reaction was expected, but Yi Leng and Xu Huo’s expressions shifted drastically the moment the bald man appeared!

“A Dragon Slayer?!”

Across the entire Dragon Martial Continent, the only sect capable of training Dragon Slayers was the One Slash Palace.

The status and power of Dragon Slayers were indisputable, their strength downright terrifying–otherwise, how could they dare face Demon Beasts carrying the bloodline of the Dragon Clan?

While they didn’t slay true dragons, the name alone, coupled with Yi Leng and Xu Huo’s dread-filled expressions, demonstrated how terrifying these individuals were.

As Lin Zheng stormed forward, the bald man didn’t even glance at him. Instead, he gazed into the Void nearby and said, “Little one, my intent was for you to leave, but you killed him. That… was a bit excessive.”

Within his gaze, the Void appeared to distort into an Illusion. Slowly, a bloodstained figure clad in white emerged.

“He’s alive after all!”

Upon seeing the figure, Yi Leng, Xu Huo, and others felt their hearts sink.

This man in white was none other than Su Han!