Chapter 1212: Chapter 745: Sword Shatters the Misty Heavens (Part 4)
"Your Majesty, Daoist Monarch, I was sent to deliver a message to Your Majesty."
Speaking of proper business sobered the Crazy Eagle up a little; he hurriedly took the letter from his chest and presented it with both hands.
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor casually took the letter, opened it and glanced at it, then couldn’t help laughing out loud.
"Hehehe, that Daoist is quite amusing."
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor looked back at the Crazy Eagle and said, "I imagine the Nine-headed Bird must detest you. Only then would it give you this errand."
The Crazy Eagle could tell something was wrong; just as he was about to rise and argue, the Heaven-Confusing Demon Saint had already lightly pressed down on his hand.
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Saint didn’t use any force, yet the Crazy Eagle somehow felt his whole body go limp, a kind of indescribable comfort spreading through him.
That pleasant feeling grew stronger and stronger; he vaguely felt something was off in his heart, but he just couldn’t bear to break away from this delightful sensation.
The Crazy Eagle didn’t notice that his body was rapidly aging and rotting away; in the blink of an eye, his tall, robust frame had already turned into drifting motes of ash.
Those ashes rose and sank within the seven-colored flowing light, adding a touch of everyday smokiness to the gorgeous, wondrous Crystal Palace.
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor watched those floating motes of dust, his gaze deep, no one knowing what he was thinking.
"What are you thinking about?"
Gao Xuan, who had appeared without anyone knowing when, suddenly asked.
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor turned his gaze to Gao Xuan; he also straightened up and sat upright. "Truly, a bearing of divine grace and beauty, unparalleled under heaven. Never mind that the Southern Barbarian Wilderness has no such figure as you; I fear that even in the Primordial Celestial Realm there wouldn’t be a second person like you..."
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor was full of emotion and admiration; he had lived for dozens of eras, yet this was the first time he had seen such an outstanding figure.
He had always loved beauty—whether objects, people, or demons, there were existences of extreme beauty.
Yet someone as exceptional and handsome as Gao Xuan was beyond the Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor’s understanding.
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor sighed and said, "I often used to wonder what kind of presence a Celestial Immortal would have. Seeing you, I understand now: a Celestial Immortal is just like this."
He then said solemnly, "For a personage like you, I cannot bear to kill you. Why don’t you just withdraw here and now? I will return that portion of Ten Thousand Eyes Mountain to you, and swear that I will never again be your enemy. What does the Daoist Monarch think?"
Gao Xuan smiled. "Since you’re so sensible and perceptive, I really shouldn’t push you to the bitter end. It’s just that now that I’m here, going back empty-handed doesn’t sit quite right."
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor sighed a little helplessly. "Daoist Monarch, could it be that you think I’m afraid of you?"
"Whether you’re afraid or not doesn’t matter."
Gao Xuan rested his right hand lightly on his sword and said calmly, "In the end, you can’t escape death."
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor stood up from the Jade Bed. With a flick, he swept back his hanging long hair, revealing his exquisitely handsome face, so beautiful it was hard to tell male from female.
He said, somewhat angry, "Daoist Monarch, I’ve kept taking steps back, yet in return you press me harder and harder. Daoist Monarch, you bully others too far..."
"You’re not even human."
Gao Xuan’s tone was light as clouds and wind. "Besides, if I give you time to gather your Power, what’s the point of all this talking."
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor’s face went cold. "Daoist Monarch, within Mengze Lake, even if Yuan Qinglian came, I would not fear her."
"I’m going to draw my sword."
Gao Xuan couldn’t be bothered to waste more words with the Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor; this fellow had been rambling on all this time just to circulate his Power, but he’d said far too much.
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor had no way to delay any longer; he could only flick his sleeve and don a splendid set of Golden Battle Armor, a Golden Long Halberd appearing in his hand.
Under the illumination of the Crystal Palace’s seven-colored flowing light, the Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor’s Golden Armor and Golden Long Halberd both gleamed with seven-colored radiance, shifting and changing without end.
The aura on the Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor suddenly surged, his sharp, fierce presence a hundred times stronger than Gao Xuan’s.
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor pointed his Long Halberd at Gao Xuan. "Since the Daoist Monarch gives me no way to live, don’t blame me for staking my life against yours."
As he spoke, the Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor raised the Long Halberd and thrust fiercely at Gao Xuan.
This thrust was incomparably fierce, utterly at odds with his frail and exquisitely beautiful appearance.
The Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor’s Long Halberd also drew on the Power of Mengze Lake; it looked incomparably Fierce, yet on the Halberd there was also an inexhaustible, continuous watery Power.
Gao Xuan casually drew his sword; the Hongyi Sword lightly caught the rapidly thrusting Long Halberd, then the blade turned with ease, and the Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor’s handsome face split into two halves beneath the edge.
Golden blood spurted wildly out.
On the Heaven-Confusing Demon Emperor’s beautifully handsome face, now cleaved in two, there was a stark look of astonishment. He knew Gao Xuan was formidable, but he had never imagined that he wouldn’t be able to withstand even a single sword strike...
