Chapter 1004: [ Asura ] Leader VS Silver King

Chapter 1004: Asura Chieftain vs. Silver KingAuthor: Sanjiu YinyuWord Count: 1238

Upon hearing this, the Silver King's expression darkened like never before.

“...Oh?” he sneered. “A stray dog who hasn’t even completed the divine self-affirmation... dares to be so arrogant?”

Hongxiu’s pupils slightly constricted, as if her reverse scale had been touched. A monstrous killing intent surged out from within her body!

“You said... who is a stray dog??”

“Heh, who else could it be?” the Silver King spoke slowly. “The Aurora Realm has become a paradise of calamity, with millions of its inhabitants buried in the extreme cold... And you? You, the former peak combatant of the Aurora Realm, humanity’s last enforcer—everyone died, yet only you survived. Calling you a stray dog is already being polite. I have an even harsher term, would you like to hear it...? A deserter.”

Boom—!!!

A tremendous explosion erupted beside everyone's ears, instantly pulverizing all buildings and streets within several miles into dust! Discernible black killing intent, like a thousand frenzied pythons coiling in the air, swirled around the Enforcer's trench coat, resembling the tentacles of a demon or the scythe of the grim reaper. The spot where the Silver King had stood was already crushed into a vacuum, not even a speck of dust remaining...

“...I am not a deserter.”

Hongxiu slowly turned her head, her eyes, bloodshot from the overwhelming killing intent, fixed intently on the Silver King not far behind her. “I survived because I needed to avenge everyone in Aurora City, because I needed to prevent more realms from becoming the next Aurora City...”

“As long as I live, the world will not forget that a magnificent city once existed beneath the auroras of the far north.”

“As long as I live, the world will not forget the Enforcers.”

The Silver King sneered, “A group of failures? Do they deserve to be remembered by the world?”

Hongxiu clutched the tongue-shaped pendant tightly, faces under the aurora flashing in her mind. She shook her head: “I don't care how the world evaluates the Enforcers as a whole... I only know that some of us are worth remembering by this world.”

“Is that so?”

The Silver King had lost patience. He slowly spread his arms in the ruins, his English-style trench coat floating in the dust, his slightly curled hair diffusing a deadly aura through the haze. “Then you can try... Either kill me, a demigod, with your eighth-tier power and carve your name in history; or be killed by me in plain sight, making the Enforcers disappear completely from the world...”

Hongxiu emotionlessly raised her arm. The solidified killing intent gathered in her palm, forming a black spear. Instantly, an overwhelming pressure spread out, reaching heaven and earth. The surrounding haze began to swirl like a whirlwind, creating a nearly vacuum-like vortex around her.

“As long as I live... I will not let the Boundless Realm become the next Aurora City.”

Boom—!!!

An incredibly swift spear of killing intent pierced through the earth. The ruins where the Silver King had stood were instantly annihilated and dispersed, but the figure in the English trench coat was no longer there.

Almost simultaneously, Chen Ling pulled Fang Liangye and sprinted frantically into the distance! “Now! Run!!”

No one could say for certain who would win the battle between Hongxiu and the Silver King... But there was no doubt that with their current combat power, if they fought without restraint, the mere aftershocks could kill Chen Ling and the others three or four times over.

Jian Changsheng, Sun Bumian, and Jiang Xiaohua also snapped back to reality and followed closely behind Chen Ling and Fang Liangye. They didn't notice that the moment they turned to leave, the mixed-blood figure in the English trench coat had already appeared like a phantom in the air above them...

The Silver King's gaze shimmered with cold light, as if looking down upon ants.

But before he could make a move, a long spear, seemingly ignoring space, flashed instantly towards the Silver King’s chest!

Monstrous killing intent erupted like a volcanic explosion. In that instant, all colors in the world seemed to be erased, time frozen in black and white, with only a swath of deep red hair several kilometers away, flickering intensely like flames.

The Silver King's pupils slightly quivered.

The next moment, the demigod-level ability of “Theft” activated, and the world-destroying spear vanished into thin air. But immediately after, a second spear roared forth from his back!

The Silver King snorted coldly, his figure standing in the void. The second spear was also “stolen” away, then the third, the fourth...

Hongxiu’s spears were condensed from killing intent, but her killing intent was nearly infinite. In just the blink of an eye, the spears had torn through the fabric of time, forming a dense, impenetrable black sphere, enveloping the Silver King! Thirty-three thousand spears in an instant!

Thirty-three thousand spear thrusts, thirty-three thousand “thefts.” The Silver King stood amidst the impenetrable tips of the spears, a flicker of anger appearing on his face. He directly raised his hand and “stole” space, tearing open a grotesque rift beside him.

“An Asura’s direct combat strength is indeed formidable, but your weakness lies in your unguarded mind... If I could control you once, I can naturally control you a second time!”

The Silver King spoke coldly. He looked up, about to “steal” Hongxiu’s “combat memories,” but Hongxiu acted first.

“You're right, but...” Hongxiu’s eyes narrowed slightly. “This time, you won’t be able to steal anything.”

Hongxiu struck her own head with a palm!

Bang—!

With a crisp sound, Hongxiu’s head instantly exploded. Under that single palm, her skull and brain were utterly shredded, leaving only half a blood-red neck exposed to the air.

The Silver King’s raised hand froze in mid-air. He stared at the scene before him, a rare look of astonishment appearing on his face! She... blew up her own head?!! Is she insane?!!

No head meant no brain, and naturally no memories or any “weak points” to exploit... All of the Silver King’s abilities related to memory and mental theft were thus brutally and simply countered!

A deep hum—

The headless Hongxiu slowly raised her spear, its tip pointing directly at the Silver King’s face... Heaven and earth trembled and roared under her killing intent. At this moment, Hongxiu had lost all ability to think, relying only on her most primitive and pure combat instincts to lock onto the Silver King. From now on, there was no retreat, no surrender in this battle... only to the death.

Even without her head, Hongxiu did not die. On the contrary, her combat power surged once again, reaching a level comparable to a ninth-tier being... Like a true Asura God of Slaughter!!

The Silver King stared intently at the headless Hongxiu, who was radiating monstrous killing intent, his expression darker than ever before... The sense of mortal danger, which he hadn't felt since reaching the ninth tier and becoming a demigod, now surged towards him like a tide with Hongxiu's spear tip.