Dragon-Marked War God

But the Second Palace Lord was a Half-step Divine Emperor after all. Time and again Dragon Shisan tried to inflict heavy wounds on him, but at the same time, for every eight hundred damage he dealt the enemy, he took a thousand himself. Even so, the Second Palace Lord found him a terrible headache. The flesh of both men had been torn open and they were dripping with blood. Staff shadow after staff shadow crashed down. Even after clearly taking one of his palm strikes, Dragon Shisan would still risk certain death to deal him a fatal blow, forcing the Second Palace Lord to hold back and settle for second best. And as a result, Dragon Shisan’s offensive grew even fiercer.

The Second Palace Lord burned with rage. Dragon Shisan was trading his own wounds for his. In this life-and-death struggle, he too had suffered no small injuries. In terms of momentum, he had already lost, because he was being led by the nose by Dragon Shisan the whole time.

“Since you’re so set on dying, I’ll grant your wish!”

The Second Palace Lord roared.

“Five Thunders Sacrifice! Lightning and Fire, Twin Heavens!”

The Second Palace Lord brought out his strongest techniques and clashed with Dragon Shisan again and again. Dragon Shisan’s bloodthirsty fangs gave the Second Palace Lord a terrible headache. The two of them crashed into each other like wild beasts, and the look in Dragon Shisan’s eyes grew ever more crazed. Although their injuries were not the same, every single time, Dragon Shisan was hurt more seriously than the Second Palace Lord.

“You madman!”

After several life-and-death exchanges, the Second Palace Lord knew he was completely tied down by Dragon Shisan. But Dragon Shisan’s aura was already at its last gasp, and the Second Palace Lord was determined to finish him off even if he had to risk his own life.

Each time Dragon Shisan was on the edge of life and death, seemingly about to collapse at any moment, yet each time he was able to deliver a huge shock to the Second Palace Lord. He was simply too abnormal. If this went on, he would drive the Second Palace Lord insane. Dragon Shisan didn’t care about his life, but the Second Palace Lord didn’t want to die.

“With my blood I offer sacrifice to the Heavenly Lightning. Power of the Heavenly Lightning of the five directions, heed my command!”

The Second Palace Lord summoned the Five Thunders Striking the Crown, and Heavenly Lightning descended upon the world. Under the Second Palace Lord’s Five Thunders Striking the Crown, Dragon Shisan’s offensive was finally beaten back. But Dragon Shisan was like an undying puppet. He wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth, blood that had already flowed all over his body, raised his head once more and launched another attack.

“Perish! Five Thunders Heaven-Burning Decree!”

This time, the Second Palace Lord’s attack finally knocked Dragon Shisan down. Dragon Shisan dropped to one knee, and his charging steps finally stopped at this moment. His aura grew weaker and weaker, faint as if it were barely there.

“Battle Saint Technique: battle the heavens, battle the earth, battle the boundless universe. Fight ghosts, fight gods, fight the cycle of the Great Dao!”

“The Battling Symbol Art is the art of life and death. The Fighting Symbol Art is the art of annihilation. The Battle Saint Technique battles the boundless universe, the cycle of the Great Dao, passing through past lives, I alone am supreme! The fighter stands through ancient and modern times, spanning the endless years.”

“The Battle Saint Technique can fight the Heavenly Gang, shake the Big Dipper, and overturn the heavens. There is nothing it cannot fight, nothing it is unable to fight. Wherever its battle intent points, the stars of the sky shift!”

An extremely terrifying will appeared in Dragon Shisan’s mind. That will seemed to run through heaven and earth. It was like an inheritance, a figure seen from behind, an invincible Dao Essence!

If Jiang Chen could see this at this moment, he would definitely be extremely shocked, because that was Dao Essence, a Dao Essence comparable to his own Dao of Heavenly Domination. Moreover, it was a complete Great Emperor Dao Essence, completely different from his own newborn Dao Essence.

Dragon Shisan suddenly opened his eyes, because at this moment there was a heaven-reaching battle intent in his heart. That battle intent was born from the Great Dao and nurtured by the Great Dao. Battle Saint Technique: the Battling Symbol Art battles the boundless heaven and earth, the Fighting Symbol Art fights the cycle of the Great Dao. All of a sudden, Dragon Shisan’s inherited memory of the Battle Saint Technique became completely clear to him at this moment, because his battle intent had fully merged with the Battle Saint Technique, and only now had he truly grasped its essence.

Fighting toward death, the Battle Saint Technique was finally complete!

For so many years, Dragon Shisan had never been able to fully comprehend the Battle Saint Technique. He knew deep down that although the Battle Saint Technique was strong, it had never let him truly feel that terrifying, peerless dominance. It was strong, but constrained, so constrained that Dragon Shisan was unwilling to accept it, because he knew the Battle Saint Technique could be even stronger!

“Battling Symbol Art, battle heaven and earth!”

Dragon Shisan suddenly opened his eyes. At that moment, his aura surged to a level the Second Palace Lord could not believe at all. His strength was still at the Late Hierarch Realm, yet his aura had an invincible feeling to it, which made the Second Palace Lord’s face change drastically. It was a pressure coming from the depths of the soul. With the battle will of the Battling Symbol Art, Dragon Shisan brought down his staff, and mountains and rivers collapsed. The buildings of the entire Profound Connection Divine Palace and mountain ranges a hundred zhang high sank inch by inch. That majestic, enormous force changed the color of heaven and earth, and wind and clouds rose up suddenly.

“What a powerful strike!”

The Second Palace Lord said with dry lips. But when he threw a punch, wanting to take the blow head-on, he found that he couldn’t withstand Dragon Shisan’s pressure at all. That staff strike broke his arm outright and completely suppressed his aura. As for that invisible aura of the Great Dao and that terrifying battle will, even Dragon Shisan himself didn’t know just how strong they were.

“Again!”

Dragon Shisan’s bloody eyes were filled with fury and slaughter. He wanted to avenge Jiang Chen. He wanted to right the wrongs done to him! He wanted the Profound Connection Divine Palace to collapse completely.

Dragon Shisan gripped the Unparalleled Divine Staff once more and swept it across with peerless force. Tall mountains were sheared off, rivers flowed backward and volcanoes erupted. The scene was extremely magnificent, and extremely tragic. Under this staff strike, the Second Palace Lord was heavily injured once again. The battle will falling from the sky left him nowhere to dodge. He clashed head-on with Dragon Shisan, and the result was like crushing dry weeds. He was knocked down from the top of the void!

“Today, for Jiang Chen, I will dye the sky with blood! Dog thief, you must die!”

Dragon Shisan’s hand gripping the Unparalleled Divine Staff trembled slightly. Jiang Chen’s figure kept flashing in his eyes, but that fatal strike had already fallen on the Second Palace Lord without the slightest hesitation!

“No—don’t—”

The Second Palace Lord roared, his face completely ashen. That staff smashed down, and the Second Palace Lord’s body was smashed to pieces by the Unparalleled Divine Staff. His three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls were frightened out of their wits. Dragon Shisan turned and brought the staff down once more. The Second Palace Lord’s soul was filled with unparalleled terror, and in an instant, both his body and spirit were destroyed, vanishing like smoke.

Dragon Shisan’s hands were trembling slightly, though. He had fully comprehended the Battle Saint Technique, but who was that tall figure in his mind, seen from behind? Was it him? His father, whom he had never met?

What remained in his inherited memories were only scattered fragments. That figure was like a mountain, blurred and indistinct, filling Dragon Shisan’s heart with both despair and longing. From despair hope is born, and in hope one finds a way out of a hopeless situation.

Dragon Shisan had no way of knowing. But at this moment, his heart could not feel happy no matter what. The Second Palace Lord had been killed by him, but Jiang Chen would never come back!