Dragon-Marked War God

Tantai Jingzang and Jiang Chen looked at each other for a long time, her heart full of helplessness. But since this was the path she had chosen, she had to walk it to the end no matter what. Although in Jiang Chen’s eyes she might be nothing but a heartless, ungrateful person, even so, she had no other way. Some things were simply beyond her control as well.

Jiang Chen knew this battle was unavoidable. One of the two of them had to leave this fight.

“Knowing there’s a tiger on the mountain, I’ll still head for that mountain. If a person lives without any fighting spirit, how is he any different from a salted fish?”

Jiang Chen smiled calmly. The smile at the corner of his mouth left Tantai Jingzang ever more puzzled. This guy truly gave people a lot to think about. It was just that he should never, ever have come in here. From that moment, everything had changed. Although back then she had returned to the battlefield to save him, today things were no longer the same.

“Then I can only wipe you out. Don’t resent me. Everything in this world is cruel to begin with.”

Tantai Jingzang still never told him the reason, but she and Jiang Chen had already reached the point where only death would end it.

“Let’s just treat it as if we never knew each other.”

Jiang Chen smiled, calm and composed. Naturally, he did not want things to come to this either, but matters had come this far, and it was not something a single word from him could change.

A person’s life was full of helplessness and sorrow, full of sighs over the ups and downs of the world. Love and hate, life and death. Who knew who would become your enemy the next moment? Jiang Chen’s heart was as calm as still water. I set my heart toward the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. It was not his fault, nor something he could control. Perhaps Tantai Jingzang was not wrong either. The only thing wrong was the moment they had met.

“In the next life, we’ll meet again!”

Tantai Jingzang’s expression turned stern, and she pressed straight at Jiang Chen. She formed a seal with her hands and struck out powerfully. Her palm wind was like lightning, surging and roaring.

Life is like a play, and years are like a song. A glint of tears flashed in Tantai Jingzang’s eyes. Perhaps it was her complaint against this world, perhaps the guilt in her heart toward Jiang Chen, or perhaps that trace of inexplicable feeling in her heart.

Just as Tantai Jingzang’s seal struck Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen’s brows changed slightly. With a turn of his hand, he threw a punch with the force of a thunderbolt. Both of them were driven back more than ten steps, and at that moment, Tantai Jingzang’s eyes became even more shaken.

“Your strength… is still this strong? How is that possible?”

Tantai Jingzang said in disbelief.

“Nothing is impossible. Just like I didn’t think you would make a move against me. I always thought I was a good judge of people. Even now, all of this feels like another lifetime to me. The impossible has become possible. Since it’s come to this, make your move.”

Jiang Chen said coldly, without a trace of emotion. Those frosty words made Tantai Jingzang extremely awkward. Her face even flushed red, full of sorrow and helplessness. But now they had become strangers and were standing on opposite sides. There was no longer any possibility of them standing together again.

Tantai Jingzang clenched her silver teeth, the corners of her mouth trembling slightly, and she too was full of battle intent. At this moment she had no way back. Fighting toward death and living through death was her only chance.

“Then I have nothing more to hide.”

Tantai Jingzang’s whole body shook, and an incredibly bewitching, incredibly majestic aura rippled out. She no longer suppressed her strength. At that moment, even Jiang Chen felt an enormous pressure, a pressure even greater than when he had fought Leng Ruyan.

Her long sleeves fluttered, moving without any wind. Looking down on all heroes, it seemed no one could contend with her. That lofty, peerless domineering air was as cold as frost, like an empress above the Nine Heavens, proud and inviolable. Yet the complicated look in her eyes was something Jiang Chen could not see through or comprehend no matter what.

Tantai Jingzang’s strength had actually reached the Divine Emperor Realm as well! It was just that she had always kept it hidden, never showing the slightest sign. At this moment, Tantai Jingzang’s strength was fully revealed, and even Jiang Chen was quite surprised. The Divine Emperor Realm was not something ordinary people could reach. Whatever past Tantai Jingzang had been through, her power was beyond doubt.

“The Divine Emperor Realm, hahaha. It looks like you hid it far too deep after all. Even I was fooled by you.”

Jiang Chen laughed loudly. Now there was nothing left that could not be said. The standoff between the two of them had once again become completely one-sided. Jiang Chen’s strength was nearly exhausted, and he was only at the peak of the Hierarch Realm. Even if his divine might was peerless, he could not possibly defeat Tantai Jingzang. Tantai Jingzang was extremely confident of this. After all, even Leng Ruyan might not be able to defeat her, and Jiang Chen was now close to complete exhaustion. Otherwise, Tantai Jingzang would never have revealed her true face.

“Give up. You can’t possibly defeat me.”

Tantai Jingzang urged Jiang Chen again and again.

“What I carry on my shoulders is far beyond what you can imagine. My family, my brothers, my beloved, they are all waiting for me. How can you ask me to give up? How am I supposed to give up? Hahaha, it’s easy to say. If I gave up, would there still be a place for me, Jiang Chen, in this world? Today, even if a supreme Great Emperor stood here, I, Jiang Chen, would not retreat half a step. I can take a step back, but my beloved family and friends will never retreat. For them, I, Jiang Chen, am bound to fight the whole world. One day, I will let everyone know that I, Jiang Chen, am not someone just anyone can bully. My brothers and my beloved will surely make their names resound across the Central Region Divine Land.”

Jiang Chen laughed wildly. He could not retreat, because his family and his beloved were all waiting for him. He could only move forward step by step. Even standing still was not an option.

As long as a person lives, he must strive. To fight heaven, to fight earth, to fight men, there is endless joy in it!

Jiang Chen’s face was drenched in sweat, but his back was as firm as a boulder. He could not retreat, and even less could he fall!

“You can’t retreat, and neither can I. We are the same kind of people, but we are not people of the same world.”

Tantai Jingzang murmured to herself. Jiang Chen and she were the same. Neither of them was the master of their own fate, and neither of them feared anything. That was not because they were incomparably powerful, but because there was no way back behind them. Strength was always forced out of people. Who did not want to laugh proudly through this life? But only the strong could stand firm between heaven and earth, look down on the world, and hold the universe in their hands.

“Make your move. Life and death are both fated between us.”

Jiang Chen said.

“Fine!”

Tantai Jingzang raised her hand and struck out with a palm. This time, it carried the supreme divine might of the Divine Emperor Realm. With a single palm she heavily drove Jiang Chen back. The terrifying momentum, like toppling mountains and overturning seas, sealed off all of Jiang Chen’s paths. Life and death hung by a thread!