Chapter 74: Kill The Quasi-Emperor In An Instant |
“Is this where the story of the Heavenly Emperor annihilating the Demon Race comes from?”
“Countless Great Saints and Saint Kings died in this one attack. No wonder the Demon Race fell from grace so quickly after that.”
Several cultivators exclaimed outside the mirror.
The Heavenly Emperor had no morals, was a cruel, bloodthirsty, violent man who soaked the world in a bloodbath and annihilated thousands of species!
The Heavenly Emperor had been given all sorts of nasty labels and names all his life, but none of them had expected that the annihilation of the Demon Race had been under such circumstances.
There was a slight shift in the gazes of the cultivators.
Actually, if they were in his position, they would probably have done the same thing.
The Heavenly Emperor had lived a life of loneliness and the only woman who had been kind to him died a tragic death. The Demon Race had fully turned their backs on the Qingqiu line and pledged their allegiance to the Golden Crows instead. To the cultivators, the fact that the Heavenly Emperor hadn’t completely lost his mind and wiped out every single creature in Beixuan Continent was considered pretty good already.
For the sake of a loved one, he massacred the Demon Race, yet got a bad name for it. That was a pretty terrible thing for him to go through, alright.
Right now, Bai Su started to feel that her life was a joke.
It never crossed her mind that the Heavenly Emperor she spent her life hating so much had actually massacred the demons for her clan. And she had carried this grudge for thousands of millennia.
“You massacred the Demon Race for the sake of the Qingqiu clan, so why did you attack the Qingqiu line again and even suppress my mother?”
Bai Su couldn’t figure it out.
Even though the Heavenly Emperor at this moment, had indeed slaughtered the demons for the sake of her clan.
But later on, the Demon Race fell under the rule of the Qingqiu clan again.
Yet, the Heavenly Emperor did not stop his pursuit of the Demon Race. He even pushed the Demon Race to flee to the northernmost part of the continent and suppressed her mother.
The deep hatred Bai Su had for the Heavenly Emperor was in part attributed to this as well.
Ye Chen could sense the shift in the expressions of the cultivators around him as well as the wavering of Bai Su’s spirit. He couldn’t help but reveal a hint of panic in his eyes.
The Heavenly Emperor had been able to clean up even this part of his reputation?
He then spoke up, “Even though we can see why the Heavenly Emperor should have massacred the Demon Race back then, don’t forget – later on, the Heavenly Emperor massacred the Beixuan cultivators again.”
“The Demon Race deserved to die back then. But what about the Beixuan cultivators later on?”
After he said those words, everyone’s expressions changed almost instantly. Anger could be seen on their faces.
“My great ancestor died in that massacre!”
“That’s right! The Heavenly Emperor had been way too violent and bloodthirsty at that time!”
Many cultivators were furious.
Actually, most of the cultivators within the Justice Alliance had chosen to rebel against the Heavenly Emperor because of this incident.
At that time, after the Heavenly Emperor took the throne, he began to massacre the cultivators of Beixuan Continent without any reason.
And that was how he became known for his cruelty.
…
The void was filled with blood, the heavens were crying blood.
Blood rain fell from the sky. All of Tangshan was covered in nothing but the blood of demons. Qi filled with murderous wrath shot into the heavens.
Gu Changqing was expressionless as the gigantic earth-shattering mill behind him spewed terrifying laws.
He was like the incarnation of the creator of the world, as though gods and devils had descended. His might nearly crushed heaven and earth, and shook the moon and stars.
He tore open the void and finally arrived at Tanggu.
This was a giant valley, and the middle of the valley was a sea of lava. It was so hot that it caused cracks in the spacetime within the valley.
Above the sea of lava was a monstrous ancient tree that had its roots inside the sea of lava.
Countless divine runes floated around this ancient tree and emanated true power.
And on top of that ancient tree was a humongous palace that resembled a bird’s nest. It was held up entirely by this ancient tree.
Two words were written on the plaque outside the palace: Fusang.
Gu Changqing could sense that an extremely terrifying existence resided within this palace. An existence that could be described as the original bearer of the Heavenly Dao, one with as much might as the heavens.
He did not enter the valley because his way was obstructed yet again.
Nine Supremes and one Quasi-Emperor.
…
“The Demon Race of ancient times was this terrifying?”
Outside the mirror, all the cultivators were taken aback.
Nine Supremes and one Quasi-Emperor – that was frightening enough. And worse still, there was one more Great Emperor!
Jiang Minghuang said calmly, “Beixuan Continent is a vast place. And since the Demon Race was the top race of ancient times, it only makes sense that they would have the resources and ability to reach such heights.”
Everyone gasped collectively. “Yet the Heavenly Emperor managed to wipe them out? How in the world did he do that?!”
It felt like the fact that the Heavenly Emperor had gotten to this stage was already his limit.
What more kill so many Supremes, a Quasi-Emperor, and the Golden Crow Great Emperor?!
It was simply unimaginable!!
…
Gu Changqing didn’t say much. He stretched his arm toward the sky behind him.
“Bell, come!”
BOOM!
The blast was accompanied by the sudden collapse of the sky and the annihilation of the endless spacetime.
Ripples spread across the void and the shrill sound of something flying rapidly resounded.
Clang!
The Heaven Burying Bell broke through the void and landed in Gu Changqing’s hand as it sent out terrifying soundwaves!
The soundwaves were interspersed with the will of the Heavenly Dao. Countless laws were merged with the soundwaves as they blasted out.
The soundwaves were like ripples as they swept through all the water and land of the universe.
Its divine might was terrifying as it flattened the whole Tangshan. Almost every single living creature turned to dust because of these soundwaves!
The Heaven Burying Bell truly lived up to its name.
The nine Supremes’ bodies shattered in an instant. They were killed by these soundwaves in a matter of seconds.
Even the Quasi-Emperor seemed to have lost his almost unrivalled powers.
He actually violently spewed fresh blood that turned into a river from the sky.
“Die!”
A furious war cry sounded from Gu Changqing’s mouth and countless laws revolved around him.
He held up the Heaven Burying Bell, then flung it into the laws.
The Quasi-Emperor was two entire realms above Gu Changqing, yet he couldn’t hold up against the attack of this bell at all and was immediately turned into a cloud of blood.
…
Silence.
Nothing but silence.
Everyone already knew from the start that the Heavenly Emperor was going to win this battle.
But they never expected he would win it like this.
Gu Changqing was supposed to be only at Saint King.
It was insane enough that he killed nine Supremes within seconds, but even a Quasi-Emperor proved no match for the Heavenly Emperor as well?
That was really crazy! Out of this world!
This guy wasn’t human at all!
“How could he have done that?!”
That was the only thought echoing in everyone’s minds.
Sure, after he ascended the throne, the Heavenly Emperor was a domineering character who was unparalleled in power, and it seemed like nobody in the entire universe was his match.
But when he was still at Saint King, he was capable of doing something like that? That was simply too hard to believe!
Those were Supremes!
A Quasi-Emperor!
These were cultivators that had been cultivating for centuries and millennia!
How did they get chopped up so easily by a Saint King, as though they were nothing more than vegetables on a wooden board?
After all, back when the Heavenly Emperor fought those nine Supremes at the Reincarnation Sea, he was already at Saint King and that battle had lasted quite a while.
But now? It hadn’t been too long since then!
And he was already killing Quasi-Emperors like they didn’t mean anything?
The cultivators felt goosebumps all over their bodies!