The overlord had to admit it. That attack was strong and injured him seriously. However, thanks to his quick wits by activating a defensive formation on time, the damage he receive wasn't that great. Because if it was, he knew himself that he wouldn't be standing here right now.

"You sure are taking me very seriously." The overlord spoke after stabilizing his breath, "It is my honor that His Majesty is fighting me with his utmost seriousness."

The overlord smiled, pausing for a moment and adding, "However, if you really want to kill me, it isn't enough. Far from being enough."

"Do you think it's all what I got?" Jin Rou guffawed and smiled, "You are just seeing the tip of the iceberg, I have yet to show you the full capacity of my power."

It was true. Jin Rou wasn't yet giving everything he got as he was thinking about his endless fatigue later on. Of course, it was just a matter of time before he use everything. After all, he was only waiting for the right time.

"Oh?" The overlord acted surprised. He chuckled and gave a meaningful glare at Jin Rou, "Very well, Your Majesty. Please show me the true capabilities of a celestial king."

"Hmph!" Jin Rou snorted and bent his knees to charge momentum. He didn't say anything anymore as he took the offense once again.

"Whish!" He became a streak of blue light that was coming for the dark tree. And it looked like he was aiming for the wound he just made in it.

"Not a second chance, Your Majesty." The overlord smirked and activated his grand dao, the Land of Darkness. After this, the dark tree shook a bit before standing still again.

"Hmm?" Jin Rou could feel an abnormality coming from the tree. However, he only raised his alertness to its maximum degree and still resumed his offense.

Just when Jin Rou was about to swing his sword to create a devastating slash, millions of black vines came charging at him in a lightspeed manner.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Jin Rou thought that the tree could only do a single form of attack, slashing every vine he encountered. One slash, one explosion. The canyon was painted with colorful energy powers as it appeared magnificent and grand.

Not just that, this power was capable of holding the world into submission and was just a tad weaker to create a whole realm.

"Open!" The overlord could see that Jin Rou wasn't getting it hard. Thus, he wanted to raise his game. He activated his proven dao, the Mark of Darkness.

"Boom!" His dark energy burst out of his body and gave the whole world intense fluctuations. The world shook violently as it lost its shine and stars in the sky.

"..." Jin Rou could feel the overwhelming darkness power of the other party. Thus, he took a step back and observe, "The power of a proven dao."

Jin Rou could feel it. The dao has proved itself to the heavens and had been accepted. It could freely maneuver the darkness on its free will, as if it was just a playing by his palm.

"Your Majesty, you are indeed strong. You made me use my proven dao." The overlord smiled. He was still composed and mild as ever, "It has been a while since the last time I used this."

People at the dao-proven level would not use their proven dao whenever they want. After all, though the heavens had accepted it, the fact remained that it exhaust your mental and physical energy. Meaning, after this, you will be extremely tired that you won't have the capability to stand or walk.

Of course, there were exceptions. If the user used his essence blood instead of mental and physical energy, then the expected exhaustion wouldn't come. However, just like the former, this latter had also a dangerous con to begin with. Take note, you're using the most precious part of you, your essence blood.

"And?" Jin Rou looked like he was disinterested, "Should I be thanking you and feel honored for doing so?"

"Ah, that's not what I meant." The overlord laughed a bit. He could feel the intense mockery in Jin Rou's words, "But I don't want to explain further."

The overlord knew that everything, words included, would be useless. In the eyes of the celestial family, he was a threat that needed to be removed for no further complications in the future. And likewise, he looked at them like that too. If he didn't oust the celestial family himself, then it would be more than impossible for the darkness to be acknowledged.

"Enlarge!" While he was in a trance, Jin Rou threw his dual swords above his head. Then, it became larger and larger that it was already at the size of the biggest ship. Take note, two swords had this kind of size.

"Hmm?" The overlord snapped back into his reality and realized this.

"On!" Jin Rou gave full buffs to his enlarged swords. The hue of the swords became black from blue and the intensity of aura increased by several levels. Now, the two swords appeared as if the two strongest dragons appeared out of nowhere.

"Open!" The overlord could feel the threatening power of the swords and immediately activated his essence blood, circulating it to add more power to his proven dao. Then, two pairs of black wings appeared out of his back, looking like a fallen angel.

The vines of the dark tree has also surrounded him, clearly indicating their defense. It looked like the overlord was ready to take this attack.

"Your Majesty, show me what you truly got." The overlord confidently said. He had already used his proven dao and now, his essence blood. He would be the next to attack once Jin Rou finished this.

Jin Rou smiled seeing this because he could feel a bit of admiration towards the enemy. Though they were natural enemies, the other party didn't lose his respect for Jin Rou up to this time. Even though they were fighting to the death, the formality was still there and he knew that the overlord was really true to his words.

"Very well." Jin Rou's view for the overlord turned for a degree. However, the fact still remained that he had to kill him, "I'll show you."