Chapter 103: Four Wood Lords

Tang Chen stared blankly.

Inside the Wood Lord, Bai Yuan heard his second disciple's slightly shy voice: "Master, I need four sets of clothes."

Bai Yuan instantly understood, for he sensed via the Five Elements Formation that four other trees representing metal, water, fire, and earth had transformed into human shapes and rushed over.

Without hesitation, Bai Yuan handed over the ready-to-change clothes he had prepared to the Wood Lord.

Instantly, those four sets of clothes were sent out.

In midair, Tang Chen, enveloped by a water ball, came to his senses; he shifted his gaze to the distance and saw four identical-looking women, barefoot, treading air, walking slowly toward him.

Though they looked alike, their powers were utterly different, so these Wood Lords' pupils and the colors of their hair trailing behind were completely different.

From the direction where the White Tiger attacked came a Wood Lord with white hair and golden eyes, wearing a flawless white dress adorned with golden patterns, extreme killing intent swirling around her; even just a glance made Tang Chen's eyes ache.

Among the other three women, one with fiery red hair and dark red pupils, a Wood Lord, stood with arms crossed, aloof, coldly staring at him; the air around her twisted from intense heat.

A Wood Lord with ice‑blue hair and deep sea‑blue eyes, calm as an ancient well, gazed steadily at Tang Chen.

Lastly, a brown‑haired, brown‑eyed Wood Lord stood silently.

"Five demigods!" Tang Chen's expression shifted slightly.

He saw the expressionless Wood Lord raise a hand and gently clench; the solid water ball trapping Tang Chen instantly shrank at extreme speed.

Black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black, red — nine soul‑rings that shook the mind rose from beneath Tang Chen's feet.

After undergoing the Asura Eight Trials, Tang Chen not only gained the right to wield the Asura Sword, but also raised the age of his own soul‑rings to a level unimaginable for ordinary people.

In an instant, the first three ten‑thousand‑year soul‑rings around Tang Chen exploded simultaneously; blood‑colored streams of light enveloped him, and surging Asura killing intent poured from the sword‑shaped blood crimson mark on his forehead.

Tang Chen lifted the Asura Sword; his whole body gathered blood light, and the terrifying power generated by the exploding rings made the blood light swirling around him blaze with dazzling brilliance.

"Slash!"

The Asura Sword came down; piercing blood‑red light slammed into the water ball, turning the pure water into a sheet of crimson.

"Boom!"

The water ball shattered, yet the piercing blood‑red light's power did not wane.

"Hmph!" The Wood Lord with arms crossed stepped forward; as she raised her hand, countless huge fireballs, trailing long flames, shot out explosively.

At this moment, if viewed from the ground, one would think a meteor shower was falling from heaven and earth; but within a radius of a kilometer, ordinary metal chunks would instantly vaporize into steam!

"Boom! Boom! Boom……"

Endless fireballs bombarded the blood light; the terrifying energy released by the explosions spread, carrying an indescribable heat.

Under this fierce heat, Tang Chen, even without being directly hit by a giant fireball, felt miserable all over, as if he were about to carbonize.

"Brainless violent maniac." The white‑haired, golden‑eyed Wood Lord muttered, then delicately pointed her jade‑like hand at Tang Chen.

In an instant, a fierce sword aura carrying terrifying killing intent burst from the Wood Lord's fair fingertip.

The sword aura was soundless and traceless, yet it left a cut in the space it passed, moving faster than the eye can see.

At first glance, it seemed the Wood Lord's finger had pierced a straight spatial rift aimed straight at Tang Chen.

This sword aura tore through the sky‑full of fireballs, then, with unstoppable force, drilled through the red light resisting countless huge fireballs, and stabbed straight at Tang Chen.

Instantly, Tang Chen felt his hairs stand on end, and a faint stabbing pain came from the sword‑shaped blood crimson mark on his brow.

Without hesitation, Tang Chen gripped the huge sword's hilt with one hand and placed his other hand on the blade's center, laying the Asura Sword horizontally across his forehead.

Scarcely had the words finished when, the instant Tang Chen assumed his stance, a tremendous impact struck the Asura Sword.

"Bang!"

Under that impact, Tang Chen's hands were utterly unable to resist; the Asura Sword slammed straight into his forehead.

"Pfft!" A mouthful of blood spurted out; just as Tang Chen prepared to counter, endless dust suddenly filled heaven and earth, enveloping him.

"Break it!" Tang Chen roared angrily.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth soul‑rings burst simultaneously, releasing massive energy that shattered the earth imprisoning him.

At the same time, the blood light Tang Chen had previously slashed out was worn away by countless fireballs, which then kept bombarding him.

Accompanying this, Tang Chen again felt a faint stabbing pain at his brow, while water molecules and dust in heaven and earth began to converge.

Moreover, even more deadly, in Tang Chen's eyes every incoming attack turned into the embrace of a long‑lost reunion, as Poseidon lunged at him.

Tang Chen stared at that sight, dazed for a moment, but heeding his intuition, he snapped back and detonated the final three soul‑rings.

Accompanying the detonation of all soul‑rings, though not all nine exploded together and the energy from the first three had already been depleted by half, the effect was still remarkably impressive.

Tang Chen gripped the sword hilt with both hands, raised the Asura Sword again, and a dark‑red phantom appeared behind him.

Sensing the dark‑red phantom, Bai Yuan couldn't help cursing in his heart.

"You damn Asura God, won't you ever quit?"

But curse as he might, Bai Yuan had already drawn seventy‑three blood‑dragon‑scale swords, ready to unleash a barrage of firepower at any moment.

The Slaughter Domain erupted from within Tang Chen, enveloping a radius of several kilometers and dyeing everything a deep, dark red.

The Wood Lords went on alert.

Because the faint dark‑red phantom appearing behind Tang Chen, though slight, made them tremble from the depths of their souls.

That is the power of a deity!

And Tang Chen's power at this moment.

He was nearly stepping into the god‑level!

Within the Slaughter Domain, the illusions dissipated; all the huge fireballs returned to their true nature, emitting the extreme heat that warps space.

The space‑rending sword aura, carrying terrifying killing intent, slowed down after entering the Slaughter Domain.

The dust and moisture of heaven and earth were expelled by the Slaughter Domain at this moment, affecting Tang Chen not in the slightest.

"Die!" Tang Chen swung his sword down.

With the Asura Sword's empowerment, this strike could match a god‑level blow that Bai Yuan could deliver with a dragon‑scale sword, and even surpass it in sharpness.

After all, the blood‑dragon‑scale sword contains only a wisp of Asura God's killing intent, whereas this is the Asura Sword—a super‑divine artifact!

(End of chapter)