Rise of the Demon God

Long Chen destroyed the Origin Sword of the White Tiger King. The entire strength of the Origin Sword was absorbed by the Sword of Time which further sent that Origin Energy inside the body of Long Chen.

The energy this time was finally sufficient for making Long Chen's breakthrough. His cultivation finally passed through to the next stage as he stepped into the middle stages of the Martial God Realm, all because of just one Origin Sword Abortion. His entire body appeared to be blazing with strength with his boost.

As soon as Long Chen achieved the breakthrough, he jumped back, creating some distance from the White Tiger King. If he wanted, he could've attacked the White Tiger King once again, possibly even hurt him seriously. He didn't want that though.

His entire goal was to use the White Tiger King to strengthen him, not to really defeat him. The more he let him be while leaving him free, the more the White Tiger King could feel frustrated and use more strength which was the entire goal of Long Chen.

The only thing that worried him was the statues in the back. He didn't want their battle to destroy the statues. Only for that, he had his movements limited.

If it were up to him, he wouldn't have fought either, no matter how advantageous it was for him, all for the sake of those statues.

Just as Long Chen had expected, the White Tiger King was getting increasingly angry as time passed.

Even Baihu Ling was surprised as to how Long Chen was still able to hold her father back.

Even though he was strong, he shouldn't have been that strong. What stunned her even more was the Sword in his hands. That sword appeared to be really ordinary for the most part, yet it wasn't.

Even though the Origin Sword of her father wasn't as strong as his Soul Sword, it still wasn't something that any other Sword should've broken this easily.

Even though her father didn't notice it, she had realized it. The first clash with the sword had weakened the Origin Sword. At first, she thought it was just her misconception, but when the sword broke, she was sure that it was more than that. She understood that the Sword of Time weakened the Origin Sword after the first clash and broke it after the second.

She also had a feeling that it was just more than weakening the sword. With each clash, Long Chen appeared to be getting faster and stronger. Moreover, he wasn't taking advantage of the moment to attack her father when he had the opportunity.

It was as if he didn't really look for a victory but wanted the fight to go on. It was like he was getting some benefit the longer this fight went on since he didn't even try to stop it after the first few attempts.

The young Princess found this whole thing really odd. She was sure that the way Long Chen behaved before was really genuine. He really didn't want to fight, but as soon as the battle began, he had changed. Now he was excited for this fight.

"That sword of yours... It is strong. Is it what the humans call a God Tier weapon? Even the Heavenly Emperor shouldn't have been able to break my sword."

"You shouldn't compare me with the Heavenly Emperor. As for this Sword, it can cut more than just your weapon. So please give your best if you want to defeat me."

"Is that so?" The White Tiger King asked. "Fine. I will give you what you want. No more trying to give you a quick and easy death." The White Tiger King's Origin Sword dispersed in thin air... At least what remained of it.

The White Tiger King stood bare-handed. He didn't call out any other weapon. It was as if he had given up on using a Sword.

Long Chen smiled. He was sure the White Tiger King was going to use more powerful Origin attacks to kill him.

Contrary to Long Chen's expectations, the White Tiger King didn't use any Origin Attacks either. It was something else.

His hands started changing... His arms became thicker, covered in beautiful silver hair. His hands also started transforming into claws.

"Long Chen, this doesn't look good," Xun yelled. "He is going to fight bare-handed. Be careful!"

She warned Long Chen, knowing what Long Chen was trying to do. She understood he was trying to steal the White Tiger King's strength with his Sword of Time, but the White Tiger King wasn't an idiot either. Instead of using long-distance attacks, he was going to go for the kill using what he was best at.

He was going to fight at close range, and that was the scariest part. At such a close distance, Long Chen couldn't have time to avoid the attacks like before. Moreover, the attacks could even be faster since the White Tiger King was much faster than Long Chen. A barrage of attacks like that was enough to overwhelm Long Chen.

This was the worst type of battle that Long Chen could be in, and she knew that. Long Chen used his distance and his Teleportation to avoid powerful attacks, but at this moment, he wasn't going to have that advantage.

Even Long Chen realized what a disaster it was. Just why was this guy jumping into the field like that instead of using his powerful Origin!

"This is going to be troublesome," Even Long Tian commented. "Are you sure you don't want to enter the Maze of Death again? I don't think going to battle of strength with the White Tiger King is a wise decision."

"You believe that I think it's a wise decision? That man just screwed all my plans. But if I went back into the maze, I'm going to fall behind. I can't afford this delay, and I'm sure you can't either. If White Tiger King is a danger to us, Tian Shen is the father of danger!"

"So we're stuck between a rock and a hard place," Long Tian grimly stated. "If you can't back off and can't win, then maybe you should try going ahead?"

"You mean?" Long Chen asked, gazing at the entrance between the two statues behind the White Tiger King.

"Yeah. But first, you need to make sure that the White Tiger King can't attack you when you're running. And I think you can use his daughter for that. Take her hostage and go ahead. He won't attack from the back in fear of hurting his daughter."