"Quite ruthless, willing to go all out to survive, but unfortunately, there’s an essential difference in strength." Su Chen murmured to himself. In the last moment, Di Qu’s madness and desperation to stay alive were actually quite admirable to Su Chen.

Of course, this didn’t change Di Qu’s inevitable death.

It was at this moment.

With Di Qu’s struggles and madness, he was still slashed to death by one sword from Su Chen.

Adding to the two consecutive moves between Su Chen and Di Que, it seemed that Su Chen had a slight upper hand, causing the remaining nine elders and deacons of the Imperial Family at the first, second, and third levels of the Human Lord Realm to tremble and twitch in fear.

All of them were so terrified they couldn’t breathe.

They were all scared.

Terrified to the core.

They had seen the end of death!

Except for Di Que, this supreme elder.

They had to realize that none of them were stronger than Di Qu, and Di Qu was killed instantly by Su Chen.

Instinctively.

The nine Imperial Family members started to retreat, even thinking of using their movement technique to escape.

But Di Que spoke up: "Act together!!! There’s still a way to live, otherwise, we’ll all die. Even if you escape, how far can you run?"

Indeed!

Even if the remaining nine Imperial Family members ran, it wouldn’t be of much use!

Their strength couldn’t match that of Di Que, and even with the Wind Absorbing Pearls, during the raging and roaring of the Primeval River Storm, they couldn’t escape fast enough.

Su Chen could easily deal with Di Que and then catch up with them to kill them one by one.

"There’s no retreat! Either kill him or we die!!!" Di Que shouted again, and as he roared, the gravity in his eyes reached its peak.

He had no confidence in facing Su Chen alone.

Despite his reluctance to believe it, he had a gut feeling that from Su Chen’s first sword to the subsequent two swords—a total of three moves—none were Su Chen’s trump card or his strongest power.

This was too terrifying.

Dragging the remaining nine people along, they might have a chance to survive; without them, they had no chance at all.

"Kill!"

"We have more people, what are we afraid of?"

"Go all out with him!"

"Damn it!!! Isn’t it just death? The Imperial Family fears no death!"

"And we have Di Que, the supreme elder!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Kill! We kill!"

...

Di Que successfully persuaded the remaining nine people.

Those nine, all elders and middle-aged men, averaged millions of years old, yet at this moment, each of them was pushed to the edge, glaring intensely at Su Chen, locking onto him. The weapons in their hands hummed with suppressed sound.

Around them, the Primeval River Storm increasingly turned into void.

The entire space took on an aura of chaos and nothingness.

Su Chen’s expression remained unchanged, still maintaining a faint smile, exuding strong self-confidence and a slightly cold indifference.

Although locked onto by the nine Imperial Family members, he didn’t even glance at them.

Completely ignoring them.

In Su Chen’s eyes, there was only Di Que.

"A blade is the Divine Mountain, a sword is the Vast Sea!!! Blade and sword unite! Divine Mountain and Vast Sea, kill for me!" At the next moment, Di Que was the first to act.

He didn’t hold back at all.

The sword previously strapped to his back was now in his hand.

One blade, one sword.

The blade, heavy and oppressive, massive and trembling, when unleashed, its momentum was as if the earth was roaring, giving a sense of the whole body’s blood, tibia, dantian, and internal organs resonating, shattering together.

The instant the blade was lifted, in front of the Sword Light, one could vaguely see the shadow trace of a Divine Mountain, presented in red, as if the Divine Mountain were about to bleed; the mountain was straight and rising, piercing the clouds and reaching the sky.

At the same time as the blade was raised, the sword moved too, carrying a surging, piercing, urgent, and eerie aura, like a tsunami tearing and roaring, like the sea god rolling in the heart of the ocean.

In front of the Sword Light, wave after wave of blue sea rhyme, one wave higher than the other, crazily sweeping, as if to annihilate everything before it.

And what was even more surprising.

When both the blade and sword moved, there was a harmonious, complementary aura between them.

Blade and sword resonated together.

Mountains and seas coexisted.

A remarkably stunning move.

Su Chen even sensed a hint of danger.

However, not only did Su Chen not fear or panic, but a hint of interest also appeared.

"Now that’s the spirit!" Su Chen blinked and inexplicably smiled.

And this expression, falling in Di Que’s eyes, gave him an inexplicable feeling like the Grim Reaper had suddenly arrived.

"Kill, all of you!!!" Instinctively, Di Que shouted, yelling at the nine Imperial Family members behind him who hadn’t moved yet.

Only then did those nine Imperial Family members react.

"Invincible Emperor’s Sword, kill for me!"

"Unmatched Gravity, suppress for me!"

"Ahhhh... die!"

"Whoosh!"

...

Though those nine Imperial Family members were far behind Di Que in strength, they were nonetheless above the average Human Lord, possessing decent strength.

Especially since they were going all out, giving their absolute best.

Every strike, kick, palm, blade, sword, and spear carried overwhelming and unparalleled killing intent and fierceness.

Yet Su Chen still didn’t even glance, seemingly completely unaware.

In his eyes, there was only Di Que.

More precisely, only the blade and sword combining move from Di Que at that moment.

Not bad.

Really quite good.

"But I, still one sword!" He then murmured to himself, abruptly striking without warning, still just one sword, with no other technique.

Of course, one sword.

Why?

The previous three swords he wielded were all the same, each powered by one hundred eighty trillion units of Dragon’s Force + Seven Stages Sword Rhyme, each being a supreme sword capable of easily and effortlessly killing a martial cultivator at the peak of the fifth level of the Human Lord Realm.

But is this the ultimate in Su Chen’s swordsmanship?

No.

Far from it.

He hadn’t incorporated the Nine Great Dao Rules yet.

The reason he didn’t incorporate them was that one hundred eighty trillion units of Dragon’s Force + Seven Stages Sword Rhyme were already terrifying enough, invincible enough. Just the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme alone was enough to inspire despair, so he didn’t add anything else, not because he couldn’t. He totally could.

Moreover, he could also incorporate the Three Great Cosmic Treasures into a single sword, further boosting the sword’s power. The previous three swords didn’t utilize them either, simply because it wasn’t necessary.

In short, previously, Su Chen was testing how strong the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme truly was, deliberately refraining from adding many terrifying elements.

But at this moment.

Facing Di Que’s full, two-hundred percent effort, facing the Mountain and Sea Resonance technique, Su Chen incorporated the Nine Great Dao Rules. Still not enough, he added the Chaotic Divine Thunder, yet he still didn’t include the Divine Demon Ghost Fire and Chaotic Current.

Can’t bully too much, right? Using a butcher’s knife to kill a chicken is more than enough, no need to use a nuclear missile, right?