The sword light pressed forward relentlessly.

The entire surface of the river was slashed into two, only to restore after a long while.

Yinglong hovered in the air, motionless.

Drip.

A drop of black blood dripped from its body, hitting the river’s surface and spreading in pale black ripples.

Like a floodgate suddenly opened, a thin line on Yinglong’s dragon body burst open abruptly, and with a torrent, various bloody organs like a pouring rain crashed into the water from the split body of Yinglong.

In an instant, the river surface was dyed black.

The stench permeated the entire air.

Yinglong, fallen!

Killing Yinglong seemed smooth, but it was not easy in reality.

From the start, the four great chieftains joined forces to capture the dragon, and Han Zhan launched a powerful strike; the battle should have ended then.

The unexpected twist was that there was no Dragon Pill in the head of Yinglong when pierced by a sword, resulting in a miss on the insta-kill and only severely injuring it.

Han Zhan was flung away by Yinglong’s tail, plunging him into a state of dizziness.

If Yinglong had continued to attack at this point, the situation would have been dire.

Thankfully, under the pressure exerted by Li Wu and the four great chieftains, Yinglong abandoned its target and instead used gray deathly air against others.

The gray deathly air was extremely effective against the Jiuli warriors, like a natural nemesis. Li Wu’s bones, repeatedly tempered and hammered with potions under his assistance, found their purpose.

With jade-like bones, Li Wu resisted the gray deathly air, once again restraining Yinglong and providing himself the opportunity to deploy the Ancient Resentful Sunset Array.

There was another issue present here.

Yinglong was not like other enemies; its attributes were extremely powerful, with dual attributes of wind and water, and a high resistance to lightning.

In general, it was a small boss-level existence.

Even five Tier Eight Realm Jiuli warriors couldn’t withstand a few moves in its hands. Even with the Taixu Return Collection, Han Zhan couldn’t be certain of succeeding in a one-on-one.

But no one anticipated that Han Zhan could manipulate battle spirits to have its two former "allies" turn against it.

The abilities of Fenghou and the Nine Heavens Profound Lady were indeed the best counter to Yinglong.

Summarizing the results, it seemed like Han Zhan slain the dragon in two strikes, but in the actual process, any wrong move could have led astray by miles.

The dangers involved were only known to Han Zhan himself.

Thinking about it, he exhaled a murky breath.

After fighting three consecutive battles, even an iron man might not endure, he needed to take a breather.

However, before that.

"Everyone, hand it over." Han Zhan waved at the people behind him.

Having finally swum from the riverbed to the shore, Li Wu happened to witness the scene.

Without saying a word, he silently submerged himself in the water again.

...

After some "friendly" exchanges, all Jiuli clan members, including the four great chieftains and the Water Master Great Power, "willingly" handed over their heart’s blood.

In return, everyone received life spiritual power healing from the Shennong Cauldron.

Death aura was gradually dispelled, and the four great chieftains resumed their original forms.

Li Wu, who don’t know when crawled ashore from the water, was the same.

"Have we finally defended Jiuli?"

"The three enemies seen in the water’s reflection before, Fenghou, Nine Heavens Profound Lady, and Yinglong, have been vanquished. I guess it counts as a victory?"

"The heart oath within me has been released."

"Look at the Demon God’s Heart’s reaction, it seems... beating!"

Han Zhan and the other two were discussing in a small circle when suddenly Li Lingzhen exclaimed.

The Demon God’s Heart has been under her care.

After absorbing the recent wave of heart’s blood, all blood vessels within the heart wall of the Demon God’s Heart turned crystalline red, and the red flame at the center was burning brighter, almost illuminating the entire Demon God’s Heart!

Thump!

Thump!

The Demon God’s Heart throbbed twice suddenly, like a heart suddenly restored to pumping blood.

An aura unique to the Original Dao Soldiers began to emanate from the Demon God’s Heart; this was the prestige that the Original Dao Soldiers should possess!

"Great!"

"We’ve finally activated it successfully, our effort was not in vain all this while."

"This should be over now, right?"

Everyone spoke one after another with no one noticing Han Zhan frowning suddenly.

He suddenly got up, looking toward the opposite side of the river.

There, he felt a massive Sword Qi, so tremendous it could only be described as absurd.

Even from this far, even just glancing at it, Han Zhan felt his eyes pricked by the Sword Qi, causing intense pain.

Impossible to look straight at!

The emanation’s owner seemed like the master of all Sword Qi in the world, converging at its location.

Dense sword Qi turned into white mist, permeating the river surface.

By this time, other Jiuli clan members finally noticed the anomaly on the river’s surface.

Unlike Han Zhan, they couldn’t discern the person across the river; they could only rely on their instincts of crisis to try and avoid/react.

"Watch out!"

Han Zhan suddenly shouted loudly.

"Get down!"

Without any pause, he spoke the second sentence.

Li Lingzhen and Li Wu, closest to Han Zhan, trusted Han Zhan unconditionally, hesitated not at all, and together with Han Zhan, hit the ground.

On the other side, the reactions of those Jiuli warriors were much slower.

They were destined to pay a painful price for their hesitation, and this price was life!

That was a slash.

If Han Zhan’s slash, with multi-factor assistance, barely slew Yinglong,

Then the power sensed from this slash could easily annihilate dozens, hundreds of Yinglong without issue!

It truly split the winding river in two!

And it was still extending infinitely, extending, and extending, without end!

Cutting the river, breaking the water, opening the sky, splitting the earth.

All contained in this sword!

Han Zhan didn’t open his eyes because even the wind wrapped by the slash was too strong to keep them open.

He sensed it with Sword Sense.

When he ’saw’ that slash emanating from the riverbank, his consciousness only had that sword left.

Han Zhan also found a familiar sense in that slash.

A name slipped from his mouth.

"Xuanyuan Sword!"

In ancient times, the Xuanyuan Sword was the Yellow Emperor’s sword, accompanying him in pacifying all directions and pushing the era, being the Holy Sword.

In the Fruit World of Wilderness of Zhulu, Han Zhan’s Xuanyuan Sword ability was restricted, and he guessed this possibility back then. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Xuanyuan Sword, in the hands of the Yellow Emperor.

Therefore, the wielder of this unparalleled slash must be the leader of the Yellow Emperor Tribe, Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan!

With this thought, Han Zhan then ’saw,’ a figure not particularly tall but with an awe-inspiring, ocean-deep presence appearing across the river.

He spoke,

His voice upright and calm, yet naturally authoritative, resonating in everyone’s ears:

"Chi You, come and fight!"