Chapter 113: Showdown

Before long, Wei Jiadong’s entire face had turned golden as well, making him look like a man cast from gold.

Chen Yiyi was slightly taken aback. What was going on?

Every step Wei Jiadong took rang with the clang of metal striking the ground, leaving deep, sunken footprints behind him.

“Today, I’ll let you witness the power of the Great Demon King!”

As he spoke, Wei Jiadong shot toward Chen Yiyi like a cannonball.

Chen Yiyi slashed through the air with a finger of condensed energy.

A spark merely scraped across Wei Jiadong’s golden body, leaving him completely unharmed.

His speed was astonishing. In the blink of an eye, he had already crashed into Chen Yiyi.

Chen Yiyi was sent flying by the impact.

Shen Youlin stared in shock from the side. Seeing her brother-in-law hurled away by that monster, she was so worried that she nearly rushed out to help.

But then she saw that, after being knocked away, her brother-in-law did not fall to the ground. Instead, he rose with the momentum and came to stand in midair, as though he were an immortal.

Her heart bloomed with delight.

Her brother-in-law was so handsome! He could even fly!

“He isn’t a martial artist, nor a practitioner of arcane arts, and he isn’t a demon either. What exactly is he?” Chen Yiyi stood in the air, deep in thought. “Could he be a superpowered individual?”

“You took my charge and emerged without a scratch? That blow of mine could collapse a small mountain! But do you think flying into the air means I can’t touch you?”

A strange smile spread across Wei Jiadong’s golden face. He suddenly opened his mouth and inhaled with tremendous force.

A bizarre magnetic field radiated from his body. Every metallic object in the surrounding area began to gather toward him. Even the knives and forks in the restaurant flew toward him at great speed, as though making a pilgrimage.

Shen Youlin pressed Shen Zhuyun to the ground and did not dare breathe. The scene was utterly beyond her comprehension, yet she was not afraid in the slightest. In her heart, her brother-in-law was already an immortal.

In the blink of an eye, a massive metal sphere formed before Wei Jiadong, vibrating with a deep metallic hum.

Then Wei Jiadong forcefully exhaled the breath he had drawn in, directing it toward Chen Yiyi.

The enormous metal sphere began to spread apart. Each metal object seemed to have been melted in a furnace, its shape changing rapidly. In the end, they transformed into countless prismatic blades that streaked toward Chen Yiyi, who stood in midair like a scattering of stars.

“Condense!”

Chen Yiyi gave a quiet shout.

A wall of energy instantly solidified before him. The countless prismatic blades were stopped in their tracks, blocked in midair. Yet they continued to tremble violently, and the energy wall seemed on the verge of being shattered.

Chen Yiyi raised an eyebrow, his expression growing more solemn. This ability had indeed exceeded his expectations somewhat.

But what did that prove?

“Freeze!”

He gave another soft command and unleashed an arcane spell of ice.

In an instant, a frosty aura enveloped the blades. Their movement ceased. Moments later, the sounds of freezing rang out one after another, and the blades turned into chunks of ice that dropped to the ground.

A trace of astonishment appeared in Wei Jiadong’s eyes.

“An ice-type superpower?”

“This is not a superpower. It is magic.”

Chen Yiyi stood in the air and answered coldly.

An uncertain expression flickered across Wei Jiadong’s metallic face.

“Magic? Don’t tell me you’re an immortal who knows sorcery.”

“Your knowledge is rather lacking. You don’t even know what magic is. Today, I’ll let you see for yourself.”

As he spoke, Chen Yiyi pointed into the distance.

A stream of white mist, visible to the naked eye, shot toward Wei Jiadong like a winding little white snake. It appeared slow, but in truth it was strangely swift and vicious.

Wei Jiadong was startled, but before he could react, the sound of freezing had already begun to emerge from his body.

In no time at all, the golden man had become an ice man.

Chen Yiyi slowly descended from the air.

“Your body is certainly strong, and you can control metal as well. It seems superpowered individuals truly do exist.”

“Brother-in-law!”

Seeing that her brother-in-law had subdued the monster, Shen Youlin could no longer hold herself back and rushed out.

She had not yet reached Chen Yiyi when Wei Jiadong, still encased in ice, suddenly thrust one hand free.

That hand stretched out like a rubber band and seized Shen Youlin by the throat.

She felt a chill around her neck. Before she could react, the metallic hand had already clamped down on her throat. Then again, what could she possibly have done?

The elongated arm quickly retracted, dragging Shen Youlin back with it.

Everything happened in an instant, and Chen Yiyi had not been prepared for it.

A series of cracking sounds followed as Wei Jiadong completely broke free of the ice.

“Brother-in-law, help me…”

Shen Youlin struggled to call out through the hand around her throat.

“You’re not bad, kid. This is the first time I’ve truly encountered an opponent. I can’t do anything to you, but I know you can’t do anything to me either. So I have no choice but to use a few tricks. And this little girl arrived at exactly the right time.”

Wei Jiadong gave a sinister laugh. As he watched Shen Youlin struggle and kick helplessly, excitement gleamed in his eyes.

Chen Yiyi stared at him in silence.

“Let her go, and I’ll allow you to leave.”

“Let her go? If you knelt before me and begged, I might consider it. But now that this little girl is in my hands, what right do you have to speak to me so arrogantly?”

“Brother-in-law…”

Shen Youlin’s eyes had widened enormously from the lack of air.

Chen Yiyi stood with his hands behind his back, killing intent radiating from his eyes.

“So you truly want me to finish you?”

He had originally intended to see what other extraordinary abilities this superpowered individual possessed, but by now his patience was gone.

In the next instant, he suddenly transformed into a streak of platinum-white light and pierced straight through Wei Jiadong’s body.

The hand clutching Shen Youlin’s throat vanished in a flash together with Shen Youlin and Chen Yiyi.

“So fast!”

Wei Jiadong could not help exclaiming.

Then his metallic body began to split apart.

Shen Youlin felt her vision blur. When it cleared, she was already in her brother-in-law’s arms. The hand that had been gripping her throat was still clamped around it, disgusting as ever, but it no longer possessed any strength.

She immediately suppressed her nausea, threw the severed hand away, and curled up like a kitten in her brother-in-law’s warm embrace.

Indestructible body? Nonsense.

Control over metal? Nonsense as well.

Could he withstand the Golden Sovereign White Emperor Slash?

The true Golden Sovereign White Emperor Slash was an existence capable of destroying everything.

Although Chen Yiyi had yet to reach the earth-shattering level of the true technique, he had become far more proficient in wielding it. Its power when used against groups was countless times greater than before, while its power against a single target could now be controlled with perfect precision.

Wherever he pointed, that was where it would strike, without touching anything else.

In the past, Chen Yiyi might not have dared take such a risk. But after cultivating his spiritual power, his control over his strength had become meticulous to the finest detail.

Wei Jiadong was not yet dead. His two eyes were still open in his severed head.

“Are you really an immortal?”

With such speed and strength, Wei Jiadong could think of no one capable of displaying them except the immortals of legend.

“Not yet. Perhaps in the future.”

Chen Yiyi answered honestly and calmly.

At most, he could currently perform a few minor divine techniques. He was still far from the level of truly summoning wind and rain. But that was unimportant. What mattered was that the greater divine arts were no longer far beyond his reach. In the future, calling him an immortal would not be an exaggeration.

“But do you really think this is enough to kill me?”

Wei Jiadong suddenly burst into laughter.

At that moment, a black hole appeared above his severed head.

“I’ll remember you. We’ll meet again!”

The black hole drew Wei Jiadong’s head inside. After leaving behind those final words, shouted like a roar, he vanished into the darkness.

As his head disappeared, the remaining pieces of his body began to dissolve and fade away at a visible speed.

Chen Yiyi raised his eyebrows slightly.

He still had not died after all that. It seemed that dealing with superpowered individuals in the future would require more elaborate methods. From the looks of it, someone had likely used an ability to rescue him just now. These superpowered individuals truly could not be underestimated.

Shen Youlin, still in his arms, stared at the scene in astonishment. Everything she had witnessed that day had completely overturned her understanding of the world.

Fortunately, her brother-in-law was by her side.

“Brother-in-law, are you really an immortal?” she asked, tilting her little head.

Chen Yiyi rubbed the top of her head.

“What do you think?”

Shen Youlin rubbed herself vigorously against his chest twice.

“If that doesn’t make you an immortal, then what does?”

Then she suddenly raised her head, worry clouding her expression.

“What if, one day, you really fly into the heavens? What will my sister and I do?”

Chen Yiyi shook his head and smiled gently.

“If I truly can fly into the heavens one day, I’ll definitely take you with me.”

“What about my sister?”

“Of course I’ll take her too.”

Naturally, those were merely words of comfort. In the end, his relationship with Shen Zhuyun was nothing more than a transaction. No one knew what the future would bring. Perhaps they would eventually become strangers.

Even so, he would always remember this experience.