Necropolis Immortal

s shield and twin sword as his weapons, Darkriver snarled and screamed in his counter attack.
There was no point in trying to flee now.
If he tried to run, then Lie Shan would fill all of the netherdark with hellfire.
No matter where he headed to, he wouldn’t be able to escape the onslaught of hellfire.

Run to the outside world?

Leize would throw him back in here with a single punch!

Unfortunately for him, Darkriver had no idea that Leize was all bark and no bite from his grave injuries.

Up in the air, the crimson pillar continued drilling into the sea of flames, but its dreadful power was parried by the Sal Tree of Life and Death.
Meanwhile, all of Lu Yun’s attention was on battling Darkriver.

Though the patriarch hadn’t commanded the Blood Sea to become his replica, he was still its master and could maneuver its strength at will to protect himself.

However, as more of the Blood Sea evaporated, it became purer and more viscous.

“What? What’s going on here?” Darkriver suddenly looked around him.
It was becoming steadily harder to deploy the Blood Sea as it decreased in volume. 

In the end, the boundless waters disobeyed his orders and flowed back to where they’d stood.
He was left standing blankly in midair, alone and at a loss of what to do.

“You can go die now, Darkriver.” Lu Yun’s projection threw his head back in a long peal of laughter.
He stepped forward to smash Darkriver’s face in.

“Lie Shan, I’ve been waiting for you!” An overwhelming consciousness suddenly descended from the skies as a hand of white bone pulverized Lu Yun’s projection with one swift move.
“Let’s see who can save you this time without Tushan’s Bell of Chaos!”

The voice blared piercingly, making Lu Yun’s ears ring.
Stark-white flames flared up on the large hand, which then made for the depths of the Sea of Hellfire where Lu Yun’s true form was.

“Luo Houluo?!” Lu Yun jerked backward.
That was Hadal Bonefire burning on the bony hand!

“Hadal Bonefire belongs to Luo Houluo?!” He looked up and ignited the nascent spirit observation method, forming hellfire into three thousand, six hundred and fifty layers of protection that stood in front of him.

The white bony hand simultaneously broke through three thousand, six hundred and forty-nine layers.
Only at the last layer did hellfire reduce the hand to ashes.

Hadal Bonefire was less than hellfire, but Luo Houluo’s strength was far superior to Lu Yun’s.
In addition to the bonefire, there was Luo Houluo’s own power added to the flame.
The two combined proved too much for hellfire to resist.

Luo Houluo’s second punch followed swiftly on the heels of his first—another bony hand blazing with Hadal Bonefire.

However, Lu Yun was ready this time.

Humm.

A black haze blossomed from his body and the image of the Tome of Life and Death flashed through the air.
Utilizing fire for his sword, Lu Yun fashioned hellfire into a black sword and slashed at the hand.

“He’s still fighting against the heavens, we need to act together!” Luo Houluo yelled.
“We’re following heavens’ will if we attack him now, so we’ll reap bountiful benefits for our deeds!”

“Alright!” Darkriver trembled and sent his twin swords to redeploy the Blood Sea.
He howled a challenge as he swept toward Lu Yun.

With the destruction of his nascent spirit projection, Lu Yun huddled in the center of the fiery ocean and fended off the three forces simultaneously bearing down on him.
He was up against the awe of the heavens and the two most terrifying demons in the great wilderness!

Full power from the Sal Tree of Life and Death streamed out to bolster the Sea of Hellfire.
If it wasn’t for Lu Yun standing in the fiery ocean, he would’ve been blown to pieces already.

“Lu Yun, are you alright?” The little fox poked out of his robes to ask with worry.

She’d discovered that though Lu Yun wasn’t concerned about Luo Houluo or Darkriver as long as he remained surrounded by hellfire, the pressure from the heavens was too great.
With Luo Houluo and Darkriver following heavens’ wishes, they could bring more strength to bear when they attacked him.

Even Leize and Wahuang didn’t dare help Lu Yun at this moment.
To help him was to defy the heavens and go against the natural order.
Leize wouldn’t be able to endure one blow from the heavens in his current state.

“I’ll do it myself, you don’t need to do anything.” Lu Yun stuffed the little fox back in.

Pressure from above grew increasingly stronger, and the two demons’ attacks fired with growing madness.
However, Lu Yun remained unmoving in the blazing inferno of hellfire.
Things were a little rough, but he could still hold his ground against the combined assault.

As time went on, he grasped hellfire ever more skillfully and he even built a tenuous connection with the Sal Tree.

Numerous eyes opened in the skies of the netherdark, mutely observing the great battle here.

“Lie Shan, again!” some exclaimed with surprise to see the figure in the flames.
“He’s battling connate demon gods again? Does he want to kill Darkriver and Luo Houluo this time?”