The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  “Not good!”

  Wang Chong paled. Just as Masil had guessed, he had been fighting with Masil to cover the Tang retreat. Masil attacking the regular soldiers was exactly what he feared, striking right at his weakness.

  “Hahaha! You’ve finally been found out! You were trying to protect these soldiers! Let me have you taste a little despair!”

  Masil smugly laughed as he controlled the giant ape into striding toward the thousands of retreating Tang soldiers. At the same moment, the three other Behemoths roared, raising their heads as they received the command.

  Rumble! In the blink of an eye, all four Behemoths began to move, giving up on their targets and charging toward the Tang army.

  “Didn’t you want to save them? Let me see how you do it! I’m going to kill them all right now!”

  Masil chortled. In his battle with Wang Chong, he had been almost entirely forced into a passive position, but now, he had finally found Wang Chong’s weakness. Although he had no means of attacking Wang Chong, through his Psychic Energy, Masil could clearly make out Wang Chong’s pale complexion, proving that his conjectures were correct.

  He would now make the Tang youth pay a price for his arrogance!

  A group of nearly six hundred Tang soldiers was in full retreat. Their armor was shattered and covered in blood, and they appeared exhausted to the very limit.

  “Oh no, it’s the giant ape!”

  “It’s coming at us!”

  “Everyone, run!”

  The soldiers scattered in panic when they saw the giant approaching.

  “Heh, can you really escape? I’ll kill you lot first, and then the others!”

  Masil looked down, his scarlet eyes gleaming with a savage joy. He didn’t use his steely fist, instead simply stomping down with his massive furry foot. With the giant ape’s strength, a single stomp was enough to so finely crush these Tang soldiers that not even a corpse would remain.

  “Come! Let me see how you’ll stop me!”

  Masil’s expression was scornful and brimming with cruelty. He didn’t care about these ordinary soldiers, but if he could hurt Wang Chong, he didn’t mind personally killing them.

  “Bastard!”

  Wang Chong’s eyes went red. Just as those nearly six hundred soldiers were about to be crushed to death, Wang Chong sent out a violet Sword Qi that vanished into the back of the giant ape’s knee.

  The giant ape’s leg went momentarily numb, causing it to freeze in the air for two or three seconds.

  “Damn it!”

  Masil ground his teeth, immediately understanding that Wang Chong’s attack had struck an acupuncture point of the giant ape that had numbed its leg.

  “I’d like to see just how long you can struggle for their sake. You’re just gasping at death’s door!”

  Boom! The Consecrated’s enormous foot stomped down, sending rocks and stone flying and creating a giant hole in the ground. But Wang Chong’s attack had bought the soldiers enough time for them to escape. Though frightened out of their wits, they were still alive.

  “You can save them for a moment, but you can’t save them forever!”

  Masil sneered as he ordered the Consecrated to stomp its left foot down in pursuit. But to Masil’s astonishment, the right foot that should have followed seem to gain a life of its own and stepped backward.

  When the Consecrated’s left foot stepped forward, it had placed its weight on the right foot, so the right foot’s sudden disobedience caused the Behemoth to lose balance and fall backward.

  “You! You! You… bastard!”

  Masil was furious. He didn’t dare believe that Wang Chong had managed to gain control over the Consecrated’s right leg in such a short amount time, even causing it to intentionally lose its balance.

  “I’ll kill you!!”

  Masil once more attempted to swat at Wang Chong on his left shoulder, but Wang Chong easily blocked it.

  “Masil, you’re too arrogant! As I said, I know all your secrets. You can’t win against me anymore!”

  Wang Chong’s voice rang out in Masil’s mind, and as he stood on the left shoulder of the ape, his eyes glowed with disdain. The comprehension ability of the supreme War Saint of the Central Plains far surpassed Masil’s imagination. Even though he was no expert in the field of Psychic Energy, Masil served as the finest teacher.

  Wang Chong had not only grasped the essence of Psychic Energy and understood Masil’s secrets. More importantly, by understanding the secrets of Psychic Energy, he had obtained the key to dominate the battlefield.

  Bang!

  A peal of thunder exploded in the mental world as Wang Chong’s scattered Psychic Energy suddenly transformed into thousands of writhing dragons which began to throw themselves at Masil. Wang Chong’s attacks were now hundreds or thousands of times more vicious than they were at first.

  Boom! Bang! Boom! These dragons of Psychic Energy exploded in Masil’s mind, biting, tearing, clawing, and lunging at his Psychic Energy and causing it to rapidly weaken. Wang Chong was no longer that green rookie. He wielded his Psychic Energy like he was one of the most powerful masters.

  In Masil’s life, this was the first time he had encountered such fierce and horrifying attacks.

  As the furious and shocked Masil was battered down by Wang Chong’s attack, his consciousness suddenly transformed into an endless ocean of black.

  Chapter 981 - Darkness! The Abyssal World!

  Chapter 981: Darkness! The Abyssal World!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  “Boy! You think too highly of yourself! The world of Psychic Energy is not as easy as you imagine it to be!”

  Masil howled, and the gigantic black hand of a demon god suddenly emerged from the sea of darkness, wielding a trident that seethed with black flames. It soared out of the dark waters, thrusting at Wang Chong’s dragons of Psychic Energy.

  Thump! A black dragon was pierced through its lower jaw by the trident and exploded into a cloud of smoke. The black demon god made another sweep, and in a series of explosions, another eight dragons were pulverized. The black demon god was clearly much stronger than the dragons.

  However, even though the demon god was powerful, it could not stand against the attacks of thousands upon thousands of dragons. In the blink of an eye, the demon god vanished, its painful howl echoing in the air.

  “It’s useless. In the psychic world, I have an endless supply of demon gods. You are no match for me!”

  Masil’s sinister voice echoed through the world. Whoosh! One, two, three… thousands upon thousands of demon gods emerged from the black ocean and began to battle with the dragons. This was a gruesome massacre, with dragon after dragon falling to the assaults of the demon gods.

  But before Masil could get too happy, the dragons in the sky suddenly morphed. The forehead of a dragon began to bulge, quickly transforming into a pair of coiled horns. Their bodies also began to rapidly swell, growing two times, three times, all the way to ten times larger. Each of them was now an enormous black dragon.

  “What?!”

  Masil’s eyes widened in shock and disbelief at this transformation.

  “Masil, if you’re done with your moves, it’s my turn now!”

  Wang Chong’s voice rumbled over the black ocean. Fwoosh! A gout of black flames erupted from the mouth of one of the enormous dragons, piercing straight through the chest of one of the demon gods. The black demon god looked down in stupefaction at the hole in its chest before exploding into smoke.

  Fwoosh! One searing flame after another descended upon the thousands of demon gods, and the tide of battle was instantly reversed.

  “Damn it!” Masil’s mind was reeling from shock. “I won’t lose to you, never!”

  “Masil, what skills do you still have left?”

  Wang Chong’s voice came down from the sky, instantly provoking Masil’s rage.

  “Reckless fool! You’ve only touched the surface of Psychic Energ
y, and you think you can fight me? Today, I will let you know the terror of the abyss.”

  Masil clenched his teeth. As a revered priest and commander of the Behemoth Army, he would never allow himself to lose to some young rookie.

  Rumble! With a thought from Masil, the vast black ocean transformed. All the water vanished, to be replaced by an enormous mouth.

  This mouth was so large that all of Wang Chong’s giant dragons were like grains of dust. Boom! The mouth swallowed up all the black dragons with a single bite.

  “Did you think you had seen through all my secrets? Ridiculous! This is the true ultimate secret of Psychic Energy! Upon entering my Abyssal World, you should never think about leaving again! You will be my eternal slave!”

  Masil’s voice was high and triumphant, bursting with endless pride.

  The domain of Psychic Energy was a strange and bizarre domain, home to countless techniques. But amongst all these techniques, the strongest technique was undoubtedly the ‘Psychic World’.

  As one of the strongest Psychic Energy experts, Masil had formed his Psychic World ten years ago. During the Arabian Empire’s conquest of its surrounding countries, Masil had used this technique to make countless Psychic Energy practitioners and martial artists yield, imprisoning their souls and making them his eternal slaves.

  The Abyssal World!

  This was Masil’s unique skill. Even the Governors and Great Generals of the Arabian Empire that could use Psychic Energy knew the origin of this name.

  The Abyssal World could only be used once a month, and Masil’s injuries from his battle with Wang Chong made it even more difficult for him to utilize this technique, but his extreme loathing spurred him on. He wanted to use the Abyssal World to forever trap Wang Chong’s soul in his own mental world.

  Bzzz! The sky suddenly dimmed as all the black dragons formed from Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy were trapped inside Masil’s Psychic World.

  This ability…

  Wang Chong narrowed his eyes. This Psychic Energy ability of Masil’s was very special, and very strange. But Wang Chong could still sense a tiny hole in this Psychic World. This world did not seem as firm and tight as it appeared.

  “Haha, let me see what you can do now! Anyone in my Psychic World will slowly lose all their memories, and in ten days, you will be my slave, taking only my orders and following only my lead.”

  The bottom of the abyss roiled as black energy surged in from all sides, condensing into the body of Masil. His face had a satisfied smile, brimming with the joy of victory.

  A good method to avenge oneself on one’s enemy was killing them, but an even better one was making them an eternal slave, dominating their will. It was only in this stage of his battle with Wang Chong that he finally felt that he had victory in hand.

  “Is that so?”

  A voice drifted through the air, and in a flash, the thousands of black dragons began to fuse. Wang Chong created his own psychic avatar and slowly descended from the sky, the armor on his body transforming from black to gold, exuding a revered and holy aura.

  Boom!

  As Wang Chong spoke, a massive golden arm swatted down at the abyss below. The abyss immediately began to toss and turn with massive waves, the entire world beginning to shake and rumble.

  Although Wang Chong was not a Psychic Energy practitioner and did not know many Psychic Energy techniques at the start, from the moment of his rebirth, he had one of the strongest Psychic Energies in the world. Moreover, his obsession made it so that his Psychic Energy was perhaps more tenacious and more powerful than any other expert in this entire world.

  To a person that had died once, no Psychic Energy technique could make them submit.

  Wang Chong’s incredible insight from his time as the War Saint together with his supreme Psychic Energy made it extremely easy for him to learn Psychic Energy techniques. This enormous golden arm was a technique he had comprehended when he was gathering up and melding together his Psychic Energy to form this avatar.

  This attack was far stronger than the psychic thorns he had previously used.

  “It’s useless!”

  Though initially stunned, Masil quickly sneered.

  “This is my world. It doesn’t matter how great your abilities are. You cannot harm me here. My word here is law.”

  Wang Chong snorted and ignored Masil. He quickly began to condense his Psychic Energy into an even larger golden hand. This time, he swatted at Masil’s avatar. Boom! Masil’s avatar was pulverized, and the entire Abyssal World trembled.

  But a moment later, Wang Chong grimaced and drew back his golden hand from the abyss. He could see that an inky liquid had stained the golden hand, creeping through the five golden fingers as if it had a life of its own to infect the entire hand.

  Not only that, the thick inky liquid apparently possessed strong corrosive properties. As Wang Chong was withdrawing the golden hand, the fingers were already dropping off, piece by piece.

  “What is this?”

  Wang Chong’s face paled.

  “Now do you understand what true power is?”

  Masil’s cold laughter came from all around, his satisfaction fully bared. Several dozen zhang from Wang Chong, the black fog once more gathered, and ‘Masil’ once more appeared.

  “The more you resist, the greater your injuries will be. You’re just hurting yourself. In my view… you should just obediently give up and yield to me!”

  A strange light flickered through Masil’s eyes, and then the abyss vanished. At some point, a thick and corporeal darkness had begun to flood in, the same kind of darkness that had infected Wang Chong’s golden arm.

  Besides that, an enormous pressure came with the darkness, squeezing and pushing at Wang Chong with ever-increasing force.

  “Just sit back and obediently accept your fate!”

  ‘Masil’ had already vanished, but his proud voice continued to seep in through the darkness. The darkness began to surge in at an even faster rate.

  “Not good!”

  Wang Chong grimaced, but there was nowhere to run in the Abyssal World. In the blink of an eye, the darkness had engulfed him, and as black smoke seethed on his body, his Psychic Energy began to rapidly diminish.

  Masil had used the Abyssal World to completely subsume Wang Chong.

  “Success!”

  Deep underground, several hundred zhang from the surface, Masil’s coiled-up body atop the centipede monster finally opened its eyes. It was only now that he could truly relax. This was truly the most difficult battle he had fought in his entire life.

  Chapter 982 - Unthinkable Art, Blazing Sun!

  Chapter 982: Unthinkable Art, Blazing Sun!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  Masil held a high status in the Arabian Empire and also had the assistance of the Behemoth Army, so he had never before been forced into such a miserable state. His physical strength was at its limits, and even the Psychic Energy that he had always been proud of had been greatly reduced.

  But now, he could put the final period on this chapter.

  Any person would find it hard to resist the power of the Abyssal World. This was a top-class power that even the best priests of Arabia would find difficult to escape from, let alone anyone else. This Tang infidel might have been powerful, but he was still bound to be subsumed by his world and become his eternal puppet.

  But then, he suddenly sensed an intense ripple from his consciousness.

  Boom!

  In Masil’s mental world, a blazing ball of fire like the golden sun exploded. This golden sun exuded endless heat, casting aside all of his corrosive darkness.

  Hissss!

  The corrosive energy of Masil’s Psychic World melted away like snow having boiling water poured over it.

  “This is impossible!”

  Masil’s expression was like he had been struck by a lightning bolt, the blood completely drained from his face. The enormous shock made his body tremb
le so badly that he almost fell from his centipede.

  “Impossible! How could anyone resist the strength of my Abyssal World! This can’t be!!”

  A Psychic World was the strongest technique any Psychic Energy expert could possess. Even the Great General with the hardiest resolve would find it impossible to leave if they carelessly fell into Masil’s Psychic World. If it weren’t for the fact that Masil’s body was too feeble and he was worried that it would be hurt in a confrontation with Imperial Great Generals, he would have long ago used such methods against them.

  In the Psychic World, everything was different.

  “No, no! This must be a coincidence… No matter what, I will kill you!”

  Masil’s eyes closed, as he poured all his Psychic Energy into the mind of the Consecrated. The more Psychic Energy one poured into a Psychic World, the more powerful it would be, but the greater the risks would be.

  Failure might mean crippling injury, even death.

  Thus, even though the Psychic World was a supreme technique, almost all Psychic Energy experts chose to use it very cautiously, and when they did use it, they would not use all their Psychic Energy.

  Psychic Energy was one’s soul. If it were all consumed, the soul would die.

  But Masil had gone mad in his effort to deal with Wang Chong, and no longer cared.

  Buzz!

  Masil’s mind returned to the Abyssal World. In its depths, Wang Chong’s aura was no more, replaced by a blazing golden sun bursting with endless destructive energy.

  This world of darkness was now home to the brightest sun!

  Masil had never seen such a thing in his life!

  “This can’t be! No one understands the secret of the sun! Just how did you do it!”

  Although he knew that Wang Chong wouldn’t answer, Masil still couldn’t help but blurt out this question. Psychic Energy experts could transform into almost everything they wanted, all except the sun. To them, this was unthinkable!

  In the history of Psychic Energy arts that Masil knew of, many supreme experts had been able to transform their mind into the moon, but nobody had ever succeeded in taking the form of the sun. At best, they could take the form of a ball of light. This was because no one knew the true appearance of the sun. Some people once imagined the sun to be a large ball of fire, but all they had managed to create was a ball of fire, not the sun.