Unexpectedly, this knife can still struggle on its own.

Gao Xuan tried to obstruct it with his sword intent, but he couldn't block the Dragon Scale Saber.

The Fire of Greed in the Greed Furnace blazed fiercely, as the Dragon Scale Saber was thrown into it, transforming directly into pieces of crimson dragon scales.

Following that, the Fire of Greed condensed and took shape, becoming a crimson body. This body had a dragon head and human form, standing about three meters tall.

As it was condensed from crimson flames, the body appeared semi-transparent red.

The crimson dragon scales decomposed and orderly attached themselves onto that body.

In the blink of an eye, the creature with the dragon head and human form was equipped with a set of red gold scale armor.

Then the Greed Furnace rapidly contracted, finally turning into a mass of crimson flame embedded in the chest of the dragon-headed human body.

This was somewhat similar to the Neutron Star Pulse Energy Furnace on a Mechanical Combat Body.

Gao Xuan observed the entire process through his spiritual power and immediately understood that the Black Banner King had reforged a body with the Greed Furnace and used it as his energy center.

Through this transformation, the strength of the Black Banner King's body was enhanced by an unknown magnitude.

Gao Xuan guessed that this semi-energized body probably also integrated other marvels.

As for the Dragon Scale Saber, it was likely what the Black Banner King gave to the Red Dragon King, refined by a Golden Powerhouse.

The divine soul and essence blood of the Red Dragon King and the other five Pirate Kings were all absorbed by the Greed Furnace, without any waste.

The next moment, the Black Banner King arrived at the Pirate King's Hall, standing before Gao Xuan.

Standing over three meters tall, the Black Banner King had a tall and well-proportioned figure, with the red gold scale armor further amplifying his sense of power.

His face was also covered with fine scales, with only a pair of vertical crimson golden pupils visible.

Just by standing there, the Black Banner King exuded a domineering presence.

The Black Banner King looked down at Gao Xuan condescendingly: "Haven't kept you waiting, have I?"

Having reforged his own body, even the Black Banner King's voice gained a rich magnetic quality, appearing quite charismatic.

"You killed over ten billion people just to play dress-up?"

Gao Xuan mocked, "Actually, you could have just bought a set of dresses. Or maybe a set of sexy ladies' lingerie."

The Black Banner King instead laughed; his smile stretched the fine scales on his face, revealing a sinister grin full of sharp white teeth.

"You're angry, but for the strong, anger is completely an unnecessary emotion."

With a chiding tone, the Black Banner King said to Gao Xuan, "Moreover, the death of so many people is all because of you. Had you not come, everyone would have been fine. It's your arrival that led them to their deaths."

The Black Banner King said solemnly, "You must take responsibility for the death of billions of humans!"

Gao Xuan shook his head slightly, "It's too late to say this now. Had you told me earlier, maybe I wouldn't have come."

This time, the Black Banner King didn't believe him. He curiously asked, "If it meant trading your life to save billions of humans, would you do it?"

"Who knows, maybe I would, maybe I wouldn't."

Gao Xuan said indifferently, "The people are already dead, talking about this is meaningless."

He gripped the hilt of the Hongyi Sword, "So, you should die now."

The Black Banner King laughed loudly: "Come at me then. I want to see what you're capable of."

Gao Xuan drew his sword and slashed. Although his opponent was three meters tall, under the Hongyi Sword, which gathered the power of countless rivers and seas, he was nothing.

The crimson pupils of the Black Banner King gleamed with divine light, as the Greed Furnace at his chest provided him with endless spiritual energy.

In the Black Banner King's pupils, Gao Xuan's movements were magnified and slowed. Not only on the level of physical movements but even in the levels of Source Power and Spiritual Power, every change contained in Gao Xuan's sword was clearly presented.

As an Evil God, although the Black Banner King's divine soul power was formidable, he was always restricted by physical laws in this world. He never had a real body and could only parasitize humans.

The fragility of the human body made him suffer greatly. Until he found a segment of a dragon's spine.

Judging from the energy of the spine, this dragon must have been incredibly powerful in its lifetime. The Black Banner King was actually a semi-draconic Evil God in an Alternate Space, and he felt a strong sense of affinity towards this dragon spine.

From then on, the Black Banner had a plan to use the Greed Furnace to refine the dragon's spine and reshape a powerful dragon race body.

Of course, the material cosmos has various powerful material laws which limit the maximum strength of powers. However, as one of the strongest life races in the universe, dragon races naturally conform to cosmic rules with their bodies.

It's that the dragon races can transcend the ordinary physical rules, possessing extraordinarily powerful bodies.

The Black Banner couldn't achieve this, but he could reshape a body from the dragon's spine.

What followed was a long process of smelting for two thousand years.

In fact, the dragon's spine was not fully refined yet, and the opportunity wasn't quite ripe.

But Gao Xuan's strength left the Black Banner King with no other choice but to prematurely activate the Greed Furnace. To enhance his power, the Black Banner even chose to extract all human Spiritual Power within the Star Realm.

As long as he killed Gao Xuan, there would be no need to maintain the Black Banner Star Realm.

As a divine of Negative Space, the Black Banner had a feeling that a great upheaval was looming in this universe.

Under the special mechanism of the Greed Furnace, the spiritual power of the Black Banner was operating at an unprecedented high speed.

In this state, all the exquisite sword intent, sword qi, and sword techniques of Gao Xuan were completely analyzed.

The Black Banner reached out and grabbed the Hongyi Sword, and a sky full of sword light instantly scattered.

The water light on the Hongyi Sword undulated fiercely, but no matter how the endless sword qi converged like a tide, it couldn't escape the Black Banner's grasp.

Because the hand of the Black Banner kept changing force, always locking down the variations of the Hongyi Sword.

The Black Banner grinned, "Don't you have a mechanical puppet? Why not call it out to stab me with a spear!"

Just as the Black Banner was speaking, a mechanical combat body emerged from behind him, thrusting an Infinite Godslaying Spear at the Black Banner's back.

"You really are obedient."

Even when faced with a surprise attack, the Black Banner had the energy to converse with Gao Xuan, as his spiritual power was operating so quickly that he completely suppressed Gao Xuan from this level.

He grabbed backhandedly, and the Infinite Godslaying Spear thrust with the weight of 1.28 billion kilograms was caught by him right at the blade.

The Greed Furnace in the Black Banner's chest suddenly flared with light, and with its endless energy, it neutralized the power of the Infinite Godslaying Spear.

The mechanical combat body activated the Neutron Star Pulse Energy Furnace at its chest, constantly energizing the Infinite Godslaying Spear, but to no avail.

"Is this all you've got?"

The Black Banner sneered, "You look good, but your brain doesn't work."

The Black Banner's transformed body had been killed, and several of his subordinates were killed by Gao Xuan as well, so he held quite a grudge against Gao Xuan.

Dominating the situation, he couldn't help but mock Gao Xuan.

As an Evil God, he wasn't as rational as he claimed, often swayed by his emotions.

"There are many more stances, let's take our time playing. I guarantee it'll thrill you!"

Gao Xuan wasn't being polite either; when it came to verbal combat, he was never outdone.

The Black Banner was about to reply when he heard a resounding "dong" inside his divine soul.

The majestic, heavy bell sound echoed in all directions, reaching everywhere.

From his divine soul to the Source Power to the material level, the Black Banner resonated under that bell sound, shocking him, "What the hell is this...."

(吐血三更~)