Demon Lord looked at the flame. A deep sense of familiarity and fear.
"Do I know senior?"
With white eyes, Yan Long looked down at him.
"Ask the king of hell on your way down."
In an instant, he appeared behind Demon Lord Tian Zun. Yan Long backhanded his face causing him to fly to three different mountains.
"GAAARGGH!!!"
The onlookers were completely shocked. Shen Yuexin''s grandfather spoke, "great immortal!?"
All the disciples turned to look at him in disbelief.
"No wonder he was bragging so much!"
They all thought in unison.
However, Shen Yuexin and her grandfather both knew.
This was only a temporary fix.
The two of them fought on and on for 1 minute. Surprisingly, demon lord Tian Zun was able escape Yan Long''s attack; although not completely.
[This is bad. Looks like I''ve underestimated him too much.]
Master?
[Tian Zun also realized that we can''t keep going like this. With each attack, he''s taking only non-lethal damage as he sacrifices minor injuries for survival.]
That was exactly what Demon Lord Tian Zun was thinking.
Too bad. Their own strategy had come to bite them in the butt.
Looks like this senior can''t go on for long. Although this strength is a great immortal, its only half as powerful.
Not only that, if they were really powerful, why bother making a ploy at the beginning to trap me?
He looked down with the corner of his eyes to Shen Yuexin''s grandfather. He could instantly tell that he was up to something.
"Hmph. How laughable."
With a large amount of energy, he pointed to Shen Yuexin''s grandfather.
"Die."
A orb like the sun flew towards Shen Yuexin''s grandfather like a flying sword.
[This is bad!]
Yan Long tried to block it, but Demon Lord Tian Zun blocked their way.
"Senior, leaving so soon? This junior still wants to fight!"
Master! Looks like...we have to use THAT move...
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[...Make sure to be careful.]
"Understood."
"Hm?"
Seeing the aura change slightly, Tian Zun knew that Yan Long was back in control.
Meanwhile.
The ball of energy was breaking through countless barriers.
"Disciples, gather energy!"
They tried to resist it, but each barrier was getting broken like shards of glass.
"Leave!"
Shen Yuexin looked at her grandfather who had no plans at all of leaving. If he did, they would all die. He has to complete the formation, even if he had to die alongside Tian Zun!
"Grandfather!"
"I said leave, didn''t you hear me!?"
"If you''re staying, then so am I!"
Shen Yuexin stood by his side, clinging on to his clothes.
"Leave!"
However her grandfather would not let his granddaughter to die here. Never in a million years.
With a strong push with his spiritual energy, he pushed Shen Yuexin away.
"Ahh!!"
As she is pushed away, she heard a faint voice.
"Grandfather can''t take care of you anymore. This is where we part."
"G-grandfather!?"
He looked directly into the small ball of the sun that was inches away from his face. As the heat was burning through his skin and meat, as the smell of burning flesh was smelt, he laughed aloud.
"HAHAHA!"
Yan Long and Tian Zun were now equally matched. This was because of the leftover energy that his master left as he left control.
"You fool! Now you have no chance of winning at all!"
"To deal with you, I''m enough!"
"Pathetic ant that doesn''t know where it belongs!" A fist came heading towards Yan Longs face.
However Yan Long disappeared.
"!?"
Tian Zun quickly scanned the area to find him doing...something inconceivable.
With bright flames burning brightly on his left hand.
With blue tribulation lightning on his right hand.
Yan Long circulated his hands outwards from his chest. A ball of energy was amassing between his carved hands.
"You mad man!"
Demon Lord Tian Zun felt the intense sense of death. No longer willing to fight, he ran.
Otherwise he might blow up alongside Yan Long if he tried to stop him. Even he, wouldn''t be unscathed.
"D-don''t run!"
Yan Long was prone at the moment and couldn''t move. If he couldn''t finish this move, he would blow up. And this move was his only chance at killing Tian Zun!
Just then...
A formation appeared above Demon Lord Tian Zun''s.
"What!?"
It began to glow white light as a beam of energy holding him down.
"AAAAGAGGHHHHH! You baastaaaard!"
"Chance!"
The energy in Yan Long''s hand began to charge insanely fast.
ZzzzzuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!
Demon Slaying Cannon!!!
The smoke and dust began to clear up.
The demon lord was....
NOT DEAD!
"D-damn it!"
Yan Long held on to every fiber of his being to not collapse. Not yet.
However sleep and tiredness was starting to take over him.
Demon Lord Tian Zun on the other hand wasn''t doing well either. Compared to how he was previously, he was now a wreck of a mess.
His clothes were tattered, breathing heavily for life.
Seeing that the medicinal heavenly sect was still waiting to kill him, he lamented the fact he couldn''t kill Yan Long at the moment.
"Kid...consider yourself lucky."
In a instant he vanished.
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"UGH!"
Tian Zun with the last of his strength, had teleported into a forest.
Now he laid on the floor lifeless.
However his iron will kept his fading consciousness awake.
In front of him was a pond...
Just from what he could tell, it held an intense amount of spiritual energy.
Have to...get in...
Slowly dragging himself towards it, it was right in his reach.
He looked at the water as his reflection showed.
However...
BOOM!
The pond exploded with him right in front of the impact, causing him to hit a tree on his back.
CRunch!!
Countless bones were broken, including his spine. He was now wheezing and trying to breathe for air.
As he looked at the pond, a giant yellow ape was in front of him.
"Woo..."
You....
"WOOO!!"
You shouldn''t have jumpscared me!!
"WOOHAAH!"
Let me have mercy on you! This is the best for you.
The yellow ape''s foot hovered above Demon Lord Tian Zun''s head. It crushed it like it was a coconut.
"Woo..."
Rest in peace.
The thought that Demon Lord Tian Zun had at this moment was;
I, who have walked the path of immortality... fall to something so trivial?!
To a damn monkey?