Chapter 75: Telling The Golden Crow Emperor To Fly To His Death |
Everyone couldn’t understand.
They couldn’t understand how a Saint King could kill a Supreme just like that. How could Gu Changqing have killed a Quasi-Emperor with such little effort.
And they definitely couldn’t understand how Gu Changqing could have possibly been able to kill a Great Emperor at his current stage.
But they got an answer in no time.
In that moment, in the heavens.
Gu Changqing stood with his hands folded behind his back as endless laws emanated his surroundings.
He fixed his eyes on the palace in the middle of Tanggu.
Then took a slow step forward.
But as he took that step forward, a divine might like a tsunami suddenly exploded from his body.
In that moment, countless stars and planets vanished as myriad paths collapsed.
He had reached Supreme with one step.
After that, he took yet another step.
An even more tragic yet powerful aura burst forth from around him, sending ripples that shook the entire sky.
In that instant, the sun lost all color and the void walls were penetrated by his terrifying aura.
An imperial might that belonged only to the most powerful arose from the sky, sweeping through the entire sky like a fierce tsunami.
He was now at Quasi-Emperor!!!
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The cultivators outside the mirror were too stunned to utter a single word.
They stared in dumbfound silence as they watched Gu Changqing hit Quasi-Emperor with two literal steps. Their eyes and mouths were gaping.
“This is insane! Absolutely insane! This should be illegal!”
All the cultivators began to feel like their entire life had been a lie.
It had never crossed their minds that Gu Changqing’s talent for cultivation would be terrifying to this extent.
Even those who were considered more talented also needed to cultivate for thousands of years before reaching this stage. But this young man? He just took two steps.
Ye Chen too, stared at Gu Changqing in the mirror with shock written all over his face.
In that moment, he truly panicked.
He was supposed to be the one blessed by the gods. He was supposed to be the one with unlimited amounts of luck and blessing.
But compared to Gu Changqing.
When it came to how fast one could move from one realm to the next, he wasn’t worth even a single piece of shit!
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In the sky.
Endless might began to surround Gu Changqing once more.
He slowly raised his foot, like he was about to take another step forward.
But this time, he did not put his foot down.
Because just as he raised his foot, a sea of lightning appeared before him. A sea of lightning with unparalleled might.
Within that sea, terrifying lightning blazed without restraint. Thick and thin bolts of lightning measuring thousands of meters long formed a dragon that danced about inside.
It was as though even the Heavenly Dao wasn’t going to allow him to take this next step forward, and had deliberately created this anomaly in the sky to stop him.
“It’s enough,” Gu Changqing murmured.
He withdrew the foot he had raised.
At the same time, the sea of lightning suddenly disappeared, as though it had never appeared at all.
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The cultivators outside the mirror stared at Gu Changqing with their mouths open.
In that moment, everyone had felt it. It felt as though Gu Changqing could definitely have hit Great Emperor if he had taken that third step.
But he stopped.
“Why didn’t the Heavenly Emperor take that third step forward? Because of that sea of lightning? But why did that sea of lightning appear, anyway?”
Many cultivators were bewildered.
But nobody got any answer.
The crazy way Gu Changqing was able to cultivate was something they would never understand.
It was just that they could sense that Gu Changqing could really have become Great Emperor if he had taken that last step, yet he decided against it.
And they thought it was a pity he didn’t do that for himself.
After all, if Gu Changqing had become Great Emperor with just three steps forward, that would definitely have become an incredible legend for generations to come.
And if someone became Great Emperor in his twenties, that would make him even more legendary.
Of course.
The fact that he only took two steps to become Quasi-Emperor made him worthy of becoming a legend too.
“So, the Heavenly Emperor at Quasi-Emperor, managed to kill a Great Emperor?” someone suddenly piped up.
All the cultivators froze in shock.
Even though Gu Changqing’s ability to kill Supremes and Quasi-Emperors at Saint King was already mind blowing to them.
At the same time, Gu Changqing had almost immediately reached Quasi-Emperor after that.
So, he had probably been able to kill the Supremes and the Quasi-Emperor because he was already on the verge of levelling up. Otherwise, how could he have entered the Quasi-Emperor realm with just two steps?
But things were different now.
They knew how powerful a Great Emperor was.
Beixuan Continent was humongous and billions of creatures lived within it. Yet, so few managed to reach Great Emperor.
Even though they already knew in their hearts that Gu Changqing would be able to kill a Great Emperor while still at Quasi-Emperor, they were still feeling shocked about it.
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After taking those two steps, Gu Changqing did not do anything.
He just stared at the palace within Tanggu.
The flowing lava and dancing flames created an illusion in the heated atmosphere.
In that moment.
Gu Changqing felt like he could see the little fox’s face again.
“Hey, silly boy…”
She was smiling, trying her best to smile as brilliantly as she could. But those sapphire-like eyes were filled with tears.
Gu Changqing’s expression shifted, but her face disappeared the next moment.
He stared at the sea of lava.
Right now, he could even imagine the terror the little fox must have felt when faced with this sea of fire. The terror and helplessness she must have felt when she saw that palace.
She knew she was definitely going to die, yet she came anyway.
“Such a silly girl.” A sad smile appeared on Gu Changqing’s face.
Then, his expression turned to one of absolute resolution.
“I demand that the Golden Crow Great Emperor flies to his death!!”
A mighty roar that shook the entire Beixuan Continent resounded.
The soundwaves of his voice were like thunder, like the roar of the ones who created this world.
Everyone could feel the intense anger and fury contained in this roar.
Compared to that anger, even the sea of fire in Tanggu was nothing!
Boom!
A terrifying presence exploded within the palace inside Tanggu.
The void was torn apart as a valiant aura shook heaven and earth.
A figure dressed in gold imperial robes slowly emerged from the void.
He was a middle-aged man and looked rather different from what Gu Changqing was expecting. This man had ordinary features, but his gaze was incredibly sharp and he gave off an aura that could dominate the entire universe.
Around him, all of spacetime burned up and myriad paths were suppressed.
This was what a Great Emperor looked like.
A powerful cultivator who remained undefeated from time immemorial!
“What an impressive, shockingly talented junior. You were only at Saint King moments ago, yet you managed to hit your current realm so quickly.”
The Golden Crow Great Emperor emphasized on the words “impressive, shockingly talented”.
There was actually a look of admiration in his eyes.
This older man had praise for the younger one.
It was obvious that he had taken notice from the moment Gu Changqing set foot on Tangshan.
But even though thousands of demon clans ended up throwing up blood, and even if Gu Changqing wiped out the entire race, he did not intend to make an attack on this intruder.
Not because he didn’t care.
But because he felt that doing so would seem embarrassing.
If Gu Changqing hadn’t become Quasi-Emperor in two steps and was now unstoppable by anyone except a Great Emperor, this crow probably didn’t intend to show his face at all.
And so, his praise for Gu Changqing was genuine.
Of course, his hatred for the young man was just as real.