"Krean, bring me the head of the arrogant lord."
Artena commanded after washing off the angry brought by Lu Chong's expression of challenge.
Now, he would wash away the anger brought by Zhou Zhou's confidence.
Nodding, Krean charged towards Zhou Zhou.
Having seen the attacks of his subordinates causing no single change on the barrier surrounding the city, he knew it was something he couldn't break.
And so, he had to rush and kill Zhou Zhou lest he hides inside the city.
Perfectly calm despite seeing how fast Krean was closing in on him, Zhou Zhou took a battle resurrection scroll before tearing it apart.
What did he do?
Krean just had that thought when 7 rays of light flew out of the torn scroll and landed on the corpses of the challenger's soldiers.
The slit on Qin We's neck closed up as his eyes shut open.
The deep cut on Bai Yung's head rapidly healed.
Lu Chong's severed head and hand rapidly grew anew.
Hui Teng, Huang Sai, Sun Can and Man Nao regrew their heads, lower bodies and their limbs.
Artena's expression froze when he saw the resurrection in the sky.
However, he forced a smile and said.
"Lord from the Supreme Will, you probably revived your soldiers with that scroll, but how many of these scrolls do you have?"
"You are still going to die at the end!"
"Nezario!"
Ignoring the confident words of Artena, Zhou Zhou called out.
Roar!!!
A terrifying roar erupted from deep within the fortified city as a 30 meters huge lava dragon flew out of the city.
"A lava dragon and a true dragon knight!"
Artena was shocked as he laid his eyes of the spiked covered beast.
What truly shocked him was the appearance of the dragon knight.
"Divine-tier entity! How can a lord with only 8 days of development have a divine-tier entity serving him!"
"Great Crimson Overlord, the Supreme Will is making a mockery of the supreme challenge!"
"He gave one of his lords a divine-tier entity!"
Artena cried to the Crimson Overlord.
Rumble!!
The scarlet fog spreading over the entire blazing desert expanded further as a terrifying will showed a hint of its presence.
Silence
The entire region went silent as one of greatest beings in existence focused on Zhou Zhou.
Not even the divine-tier dragon and his knight dared to breath in the present of the supreme entity.
After seeing through Zhou Zhou's past, the presence of the Crimson Overlord vanished like it never appeared.
And so, the judgment was passed.
The Supreme Will never made a mockery of the supreme challenge.
Zhou Zhou got the dragon and the dragon knight fairly.
'How powerful would I be if all my soldiers have such might?'
Zhou Zhou dared not speak out his thought as he remembered the dread he felt been stared at by the Crimson Overlord.
Shaken from his shock of revival by the Crimson Overlord's presence, Lu Chong said aloud to his lord.
"My lord, I'm close to a breakthrough!"
"Let me continue my battle with the fire demon!"
Directing his gaze towards Lu Chong, Zhou Zhou asked.
"What if you get killed again?"
"For the fulfillment of your ambition, my lord, I will risk my life over and over again!"
Lu Chong said as he pointed his spear at Krean.
"You have your wish."
Zhou Zhou said with a satisfied smile on his face.
Taking a look at Lu Chong, Krean refocused on his target as he continued rushing towards Zhou Zhou.
Teleporting 3 times in succession, the spawn of space and time appeared beside his pet dragon with Krean a couple of meters away from his throne.
'Can I survive a battle with the dragon and its dragon knight?'
Artena was no longer certain of his victory as he stared at Nezario standing beside Zhou Zhou with Aegon on his back.
'If I join forces with Tuun and Betek, there's a chance for us to kill the dragon.'
'But from the rumors of the knighted dragon, if the dragon knight uses his bloodline, we'll all die.'
He crushed the armrest of his throne at the circumstances of the once easy battle.
'We just have to kill the dragon before his knight use his bloodline power.'
Not able to contend with Nezario, Krean turned towards Lu Chong.
Aware that his death is imminent, he decided to pour out his fury on his once defeated opponent.
'The saying that your life flashes before your eyes in the moment of death is actually right.'
'And that has allowed me to get a proper view of the wavelike movement of space.'
Lu Chong spun his spear as he tried integrating the wavelike movement into his spear skill.
Receiving Krean's attack, he deflected his battle-axe away while also moving his body at the opposite direction.
"It's a clumsy strategy, but it's way better than dying."
Zhou Zhou muttered as he watched the battle.
As for Bai Yung and Qin We, they decided to finish up the White silver-tier fire demons with the help of the archers, the mage and the pudao soldier.
Repeatedly force to retreat with every attack from Krean, Lu Chong was becoming frustrated and fatigued.
'At this rate, I will likely end up dead again!'
Thoughts of regret began creeping into his mind as the battle went on without any breakthrough.
'No. I wasn't wrong. To become stronger, I will risk my life over and over again!'
He crushed every thoughts of regret as he began attacking head on with Krean.
"You've accepted your death. So, have I!"
Krean laughed out loud as he hacked his battle-axe repeatedly without any thought of defending from a sneak attack.
After 49 seconds, Lu Chong's waist was thoroughly severed apart.
"Who else want to breakthrough?!"
Pointing his battle-axe at Bai Yung and Qin We, Krean roared.
His words were filled with both defiance and fury.
'He definitely had a smile.'
Remembering the look on Lu Chong's face at the moment he was killed, Zhou Zhou knew he figured out something.
'If he figured out his breakthrough, the best opponent would still be Krean rather than Artena.'
He thought as he took out another battle resurrection scroll before tearing it.
Watching Lu Chong regrow his lower body, Krean said.
"Lord from the Supreme Will, how much do you hate your soldier to treat him like this?"
"I haven't experienced it, but I know death isn't a nice thing to experience."
'No, Krean. You shouldn't speak that way.'
'Continue killing his soldier and let the lord from the Supreme Will use up those resurrection scrolls.'
'I don't want after I kill the dragon, he end up resurrecting it.'
Artena almost shouted at Krean to shut up and stop speaking to the lord of the Supreme Will.
But doing that might let the lord know about his plan.
Surprise to see himself once again in the land of the living, Lu Chong turned towards his lord before taking a deep bow.
The presence of Krean just a couple of meter away didn't stop him.
Watching Lu Chong bow, Krean did nothing to stop him as he planned to enjoy the next couple of minutes with him.
Standing straight up after 3 seconds, Lu Chong immersed himself in the change occurring around and within him.
"Want to continue?"
Walking towards Lu Chong with his battle-axe splitting the desert sand on the ground, Krean asked with an excited smile.
"Sure."
Lu Chong gave a smile of his own before shooting forward.
!!
Widening his eyes in shock, Krean couldn't sustain such expression as the blood dripped down the spear puncturing his neck.
"Now you know how death feels."
Lu Chong said before withdrawing his spear from Krean's neck.
The entire battlefield was silent as every eyes fell on Lu Chong.
"Impossible!"
Artena shot up from his throne after recovering from his shock.
"How could he make use of such attack?!"
"That shouldn't be possible! Not even a Legendary-tier demon can brag of making use of such an attack!!"
He felt like going insane at the numerous changes that has occurred in just over 6 hours.
"That's definitely a space law skill."
Zhou Zhou was also on his feet as he recalled the feeling Lu Chong's attack brought on him.
As the spawn of space and time, he was sensitive to laws relating to both domains.
"I didn't even see the trajectory of his spear. As soon as it moved, it suddenly appeared within Krean's neck."
Bai Yung muttered in shock at Lu Chong's attack.
"I must ask him to teach me!"
He swore as he watched Lu Chong pulling Krean's corpse towards Zhou Zhou.
"My lord."
Bringing Krean's corpse in front of Zhou Zhou, Lu Chong bowed.
"You've exceeded my expectations."
"I'm proud of you."
Zhou Zhou had a smile on his face as he said to Lu Chong.
"You didn't let my struggles become a waste by resurrecting me. I will never forget your kindness, my lord."
Lu Chong bowed once again before leaving Zhou Zhou to loot the Yellow gold-tier intermediate grade fire demon.
Looking at the notification that appeared after Lu Chong killed Krean, Zhou Zhou read.
[Prompt One: You have completed the fourth round of the supreme challenge and obtained the 4th round of the supreme challenge treasure chest!]
[Prompt Two: The 5th round of the supreme challenge will begin in 4 hours. Please prepare for battle in time!]
[Prompt Three: Your war losses have been restored!]
[Prompt Four: You can choose to withdraw from the supreme challenge now.]
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