Chapter 419: Using the Same Old Trick

Since Xiao Han had already laid his identity bare, "Mingyu Zhanzun" no longer bothered to pretend, sneering:

"Good brat, how did you see through this Emperor's identity?"

"This Emperor considers his disguise to have been quite decent."

"Disguise?" Xiao Han shook his head, smacked his lips, and said disdainfully:

"The aura was indeed imitated well, but the brain is truly not up to par~"

"The cruelty in the bones of you Evil Clan members cannot be covered up."

"As the builder of a ruin, you didn't even know that the aura suppressing the Evil Clan was leaking out?"

"Who do you think you're looking down on?"

As a Spirit Array Grandmaster capable of contending with a Heavenly Sovereign and even surpassing them in certain aspects, Xiao Han did not believe that the Spirit Soul left behind by a figure like Mingyu Zhanzun would have no perception at all, or that it would even allow things to drift and cause harm everywhere before Xiao Han stumbled in.

Furthermore, there were those millions of powerhouses who had entered the ruin in the past and never returned.

An existence capable of trapping and killing millions of powerhouses at once must have been a ruthless character while alive, and such a person would more or less be tainted by a trace of baleful aura, or even have their body filled with it.

Yet, the Mingyu Zhanzun he saw had such a gentle attitude, and he could not detect a single trace of bloodthirst; if it wasn't a disguise, then there must be some unknown secret behind the deaths of those millions.

It just so happened that the ruin had some connection to the legendary Evil Clan, so throwing the blame on them was naturally correct.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"Mingyu Zhanzun" called out "good" three times in a row, then gritted his teeth and said:

"Since this Emperor's little trick cannot deceive a genius of the Da Qian World, then I will not be polite."

"Hahaha~"

"Destroying a genius of the Da Qian World is what gives this Emperor the most pleasure."

Abandoning his original getup, "Mingyu Zhanzun" had blood energy surging all over his body,

"Hand of the Blood Demon!"

His eyes revealed ruthlessness as the surging blood energy condensed out of thin air into a giant blood-colored hand, which descended to envelop Xiao Han.

As the giant hand drew closer to where Xiao Han was, the latter remained motionless, and a trace of smugness appeared on the Demon Emperor's face.

Just as he expected, although this young man possessed extraordinary attainments in Spirit Arrays and was even far superior to an average Great Perfection Earth Sovereign in direct confrontation.

But his Spirit Power cultivation was ultimately his weak point; at such a close distance, this brat was scared silly and couldn't even release a Spirit Array.

"Caught you!"

Finally, the Demon Emperor sensed a trace of anomaly in his hand and was about to show joy, but when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Han sitting beside him with a smile.

???!!!

Before the Demon Emperor could look at his own hand, Xiao Han opened his mouth and silently spat out a few words at the Demon Emperor; the latter frowned, as those words seemed to be...

Poor hospitality?!

The next instant, a violent explosion erupted from the palm, the blood hand instantly shattered into pieces, and a rain of blood fell; the scarlet blood dripped onto the surrounding stone slabs, making a "hissing" corrosive sound, and the flat ground became pitted and scarred.

"Little beast, you deserve to die!"

The Demon Emperor clutched his hand, his eyes turning even more scarlet, and he said with his eyes splitting in anger.

Thinking of how he had fought for many years, and even when he was sealed by a Spirit Array Grandmaster who suddenly appeared at the cost of his life, he had never suffered such a great loss; yet now, he had been played by an unknown junior.

"I must make this brat pay the price!"

By comparison, Xiao Han's expression was unreadable; he was a two-hundred-year-old man, and it would not have been an exaggeration to call himself an old man, yet he had heard the cute and strange term "little beast" after a long time.

He was still very young, after all!

It was truly exciting!

At the very least, this term made his increasingly aging heart come alive again.

"Hehe~"

However, regarding the former's threat, Xiao Han sneered incessantly; it was merely a Ghost Demon Emperor, and even in his prime, Xiao Han would have had the confidence to escape from his hands.

Not to mention a decrepit piece of trash like this now; what qualification did he have to bark like a dog in front of him?

He gave a slight clench of his palm toward the Demon Emperor,

"Five Elements Heaven Binding Array!"

As soon as the words fell, five-colored rays of light suddenly erupted, and five ropes shot out from the Demon Emperor's injured hand, then, under the latter's terrified gaze, they instantly spread over his entire body like a swarm of snakes.

Seeing these strange ropes, how could the Demon Emperor not know that he couldn't let the opponent fully deploy them? He immediately had his blood energy surge wildly, turning into countless sharp blood blades that cut down toward the ropes winding around his body.

"Too weak." Xiao Han shook his head indifferently and changed his hand seals.

"Bind!"

The five-colored rays of light suddenly surged, forcibly shattering the blood blades into nothingness, so that not even a speck of scarlet could be seen.

"Ah!" "Ugh!"

At the same time, the binding of the ropes became tighter and tighter, and they gradually squeezed into the Demon Emperor's body; the immense pressure even caused the latter's chest to cave in, and the intense pain inflicted upon him made the Demon Emperor let out a desperate wail.

As the force continued to increase, finally...

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, the Demon Emperor's body suddenly turned into a mist of blood. Smelling the thick, fishy stench in the air, Xiao Han couldn't help but frown. He waved his hand to summon a gust of wind and snow, dispersing and purifying the blood mist entirely, leaving behind red Ice Crystals all over the ground that made a crisp sound when stepped upon.

After everything was cleaned up, Xiao Han set his gaze on the head-sized crystal ball that the Demon Emperor had taken out. Cold energy lingered in his palm, turning into a small dragon two feet long that wrapped around the crystal ball.

As soon as it made contact, an evil scarlet aura immediately wrapped around and devoured the Ice Dragon. When it was released again, the eyes of the small dragon, which had turned crimson, instantly defected and charged toward Xiao Han, only to be casually dispersed by the latter.

It was very clear that there was an aura in this crystal ball that could affect the mind, and even a Spirit Power construct was no exception.

After only a moment of thought, he condensed an ice palm out of thin air, grabbed the crystal ball, and simultaneously confronted that scarlet aura.

Having lost its original master, the ice palm easily achieved victory in the struggle.

The moment the palm firmly grasped the crystal ball again, faint mist emerged from the crystal ball, forming a phantom figure of an upper body in mid-air. The familiar image made Xiao Han recognize it at a glance,

"Mingyu Zhanzun?"

Mingyu Zhanzun wore a mournful face, cupped his hands in immense guilt, and said:

"I have met this little friend."

"If not for the help of this little friend this time, I am afraid I would not have known what to do."

"Sigh! So many years have passed; I never expected that I would still fail to endure against that fellow Xue Mo Tian, allowing him to occupy my nest like a dove, nearly causing a grave mistake."

"Many thanks for your assistance, little friend!" Mingyu Zhanzun thanked him once more.

"Senior, there is no need for such formalities." Xiao Han waved his hand, "These are merely things that a junior should do; after all, we powerhouses of the Da Qian World and the Outer Realm Evil Clan are irreconcilable enemies."

"That may be so." Mingyu Zhanzun did not seem pleased, and finally, as if remembering something, he said with slight anxiety:

"I am not a person who does not repay kindness. Now that my time is running out, I shall pass on my life's mantle to you, little friend. I only hope you will not look down upon it."

As he spoke, he took a ball of light from his mind. After the ball of light was removed, Mingyu Zhanzun's aura visibly dropped by a large margin, and he said weakly:

"My life's learning is all here. I believe you will not disgrace it, little friend."

Saying this, he prepared to hand the ball of light to Xiao Han.

Xiao Han reached out to block him, and under the former's puzzled gaze, he shook his head in frustration:

"Senior War Venerable, that Xue Mo Tian is so weak right now, could it be that you still need this junior to help you take action?"

As soon as his voice fell, the stunned "Mingyu Zhanzun" immediately turned ferocious, threw the ball of light away, grabbed his head with both hands, and his veins bulged.

"Ah..."

(End of this chapter)