The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1536: Chapter 1634: Death Under the Dragon Throne

Involved with someone you shouldn’t have?

The Demon Suppressing King’s expression was dull; he had no idea that he had unwittingly provoked such a major figure that it would lead to the masked messenger from the Sky Swallowing Palace coming to claim his life.

“Can you at least let me die understanding why!” The Demon Suppressing King clenched his teeth, wanting to draw his sword, his eyes fixed intently on the Tiger-Head Masked person drawing closer.

“There’s no need for that.” The person with the Tiger-Head Mask spoke with impatience in their tone. He found it quite boring to be sent to the palace in Xuan City to kill the Demon Suppressing King, and naturally felt annoyed with all the last-minute chatter from a dying man.

The Demon Suppressing King suddenly remembered something, checked the Jade Slip presented by the scholar in white, and then stood there completely stunned.

In the Jade Slip were only two names—Fang Lin, Dugu Nian.

That was the news sent back by the spy planted in the Dugu Family by the scholar in white. Unfortunately, the Demon Suppressing King only saw it now; otherwise, he would have immediately released Dugu Cangyun and Dugu Ruoxu and then gone directly to the Dugu Family to ask for forgiveness.

Although the Demon Suppressing King didn’t know what the relationship between Fang Lin and Dugu Nian was with the Sky Swallowing Palace, just Fang Lin alone was enough to make the Demon Suppressing King bow his head in submission.

What a pity, the Demon Suppressing King knew too late.

“Die.” The person with the Tiger-Head Mask swung the cloth-wrapped blade in their hand, intending to finish the Demon Suppressing King beneath the blade.

The Demon Suppressing King crushed the Jade Slip in his hand, his face twisted fiercely, and suddenly drew his sword, intent on a do-or-die fight with the person in the Tiger-Head Mask.

Even knowing that the opponent was formidable, the Demon Suppressing King did not want to sit and wait for death. He still harbored a sliver of hope that perhaps, at the cost of grievous injuries, he could escape from this place.

No matter the cost, as long as he could survive, there would still be a chance, for once a man dies, he loses everything.

Moreover, the Demon Suppressing King was an immensely ambitious fellow; he valued his life even more, his journey had just begun, and he absolutely had no reason to die in this place.

The person with the Tiger-Head Mask had a cold gaze. Faced with the Demon Suppressing King drawing his sword, he had only one move.

Strike with the blade!

With one cut, the Demon Suppressing King spurted blood from his mouth, the dreadful blade force making his whole body feel as if it was about to split, like being in a sea of swords and knives, wounds sliced open by the sharp aura all over his body.

However, the Demon Suppressing King was after all the strongest figure in Xuan Country at present, even with a heart full of terror, he still exerted his full strength to slash out with his sword.

Clang!!!

The collision of blade and sword revealed dense cracks on the longsword in the Demon Suppressing King’s hand. Even though it had not completely shattered, it seemed like it would break after one or two more strikes, this treasured blade that had accompanied the Demon Suppressing King for half his life was on the verge of becoming completely useless.

“You should take pride in being able to block one of my strikes.” The person with the Tiger-Head Mask spoke coldly, his eyes still as tranquil as an ancient well, as if he had never taken the Demon Suppressing King before him seriously as an opponent.

The Demon Suppressing King’s face was covered in blood, showing a grim smile. From that instant of confrontation just now, he already knew he was finished. The Tiger-Head Masked person’s strength was outrageously formidable; even if he were to stand on the same level, he could never be his opponent.

“Is this the might of the Sky Swallowing Palace’s masked messenger?” The Demon Suppressing King glanced at his longsword and said with a hint of despair.

Beneath the Golden Palace, Dugu Ruoxu and Dugu Cangyun were utterly dumbfounded. The man in the Tiger-Head Mask was so terrifying that with a single slash, he managed to put the most formidable Demon Suppressing King of Xuan Country into such a miserable state.

“So it’s someone from the Sky Swallowing Palace!” Dugu Ruoxu’s expression was a bit grave, but mostly perplexed. If this man in the Tiger-Head Mask came from the Sky Swallowing Palace, then why would he come to rescue the two of them? He had never heard of any connection between his family, the Dugu Family, and the Sky Swallowing Palace.

For the Dugu Family, the Sky Swallowing Palace was an enormous entity beyond imagination. The people of the Dugu Family had never thought of having any interaction with such a power. They only wished not to provoke such a massive force, let alone expect to have any relationship with the Sky Swallowing Palace.

Dugu Cangyun pulled Dugu Ruoxu back a bit, fearing that the might of the man in the Tiger-Head Mask might affect them.

Dugu Ruoxu’s eyes were fixed on the man in the Tiger-Head Mask. He too was a renowned Martial Arts prodigy of Xuan Country, having reached the Spirit Bone realm at a young age. He naturally harbored a desire for strong opponents.

Now that he had a rare chance to watch a powerful warrior in action, he definitely wanted to observe closely, hoping to gain some insight.

The scholar in white had been cowering in a corner all this time; seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he suddenly got the impulse to take this opportunity to escape quietly from the Golden Palace.

However, just as he was about to make a move, he was discovered by Dugu Ruoxu.

“So it’s you, the deceitful scoundrel, who wanted to plot against the Dugu Family!” Dugu Ruoxu scoffed coldly, picked up a Longsword from the corpse of a royal expert outside the palace, and approached the scholar in white directly.

“Don’t kill me! I am willing to be ox or horse for the Dugu Family, just spare my life!” The scholar in white was terrified seeing Dugu Ruoxu approaching with the sword, crying and kowtowing repeatedly, his head banging on the ground with thumping sounds.

Dugu Ruoxu didn’t care about the scholar’s pleas at all. He had been holding his breath for a while and now finally had the chance to vent it.

With one slash, the scholar in white, who was merely at the Heavenly Origin realm, had no chance to struggle; his forehead was split open by Dugu Ruoxu’s sword.

The scholar in white twitched his limbs twice, then stopped moving altogether.

After killing the scholar in white, Dugu Ruoxu retreated back to Dugu Cangyun’s side to continue watching the situation between the man in the Tiger-Head Mask and the Demon Suppressing King.

The man in the Tiger-Head Mask’s first strike was blocked by the Demon Suppressing King, and then came the second slash, even more powerful than the first.

The Demon Suppressing King roared furiously, his Longsword blocking once again, but with a crack, the sword in his hand shattered instantly, and the knife’s force hit the Demon Suppressing King hard, cutting him in half at the waist.

The Demon Suppressing King let out a mournful scream. As a Spirit Source powerhouse, even with such a severe injury, he wouldn’t die immediately, and if there was sufficient Spirit Source within his body, he could recover gradually.

Unfortunately, the Demon Suppressing King had only just entered the Spirit Source realm and didn’t have enough Spirit Source to heal his wounds.

Even if he had the ability to recover, the man in the Tiger-Head Mask wouldn’t give him such an opportunity. After all, the task Dugu Nian had given him was to bring the Demon Suppressing King’s head to her.

The upper half of the Demon Suppressing King’s body lay in a pool of blood, his organs continuously spilling out, a truly horrific sight.

The Demon Suppressing King’s eyes were filled with resentment as he stared at the man in the Tiger-Head Mask, but his mind felt empty.

Less than a decade after taking the emperor’s throne, to die below the dragon seat—had he known this day would come, he would never have left Demon Suppressing City to seize this damned crown.

With one slash, the Demon Suppressing King was decapitated.

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