The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  Wang Chong was keenly aware that this was no normal development. But there was no time to think, and Wang Chong quickly turned his gaze to the front.

  “All soldiers, hear my order. Reform and attack!”

  Abu Muslim was fast, and Ziyad was only a little slower. Wang Chong would not be able to catch up to these two commanders, but it was different for the soldiers they had left behind. Moreover, besides the Arab soldiers, Wang Chong was still confronting one other enormous threat: the Skyquaking Giants!

  Whoosh!

  The Burning One raised its head and fired a gout of flame, striking a Skyquaking Giant a hundred zhang away.

  With a scream, the eighteen-meter Skyquaking Giant was set aflame.

  Wang Chong only glanced at this scene before shifting his gaze to the overall battlefield. From his vantage point on the giant ape, he could see countless Skyquaking Giants roaring as they tore through the battlefield.

  Although the Skyquaking Giants were strong, their lack of intelligence was on full display. Wang Chong had taken control of the four Behemoths and now dominated the battlefield, causing countless Arab soldiers to retreat to the west in panic. Even Abu Muslim and Ziyad had been forced to beat a temporary retreat.

  But these Skyquaking Giants remained unaware, all of them immersed in the battle before them. More than eighty percent of the Skyquaking Army was still fighting and showing no intention of retreating.

  “Truly stubborn things! No wonder Abu Muslim only waited until the critical moment to let them out,” Wang Chong coldly said.

  In the past, five or six of these enormous Skyquaking Giants would have been enough to deal a heavy blow to the Great Tang, but with the four Behemoths, these Skyquaking Giants were no longer worth mentioning.

  The Skyquaking Giants might have been powerful, but before the dreadful Behemoths which were endowed with frightening offensive and defensive powers, they were little more than grains of dust.

  Chapter 992 - Dominating the Battlefield!

  Chapter 992: Dominating the Battlefield!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  Roooar!

  The white bear Behemoth roared as it shot forward, swinging down its enormous palm. A Skyquaking Giant raised his hands in fear and screamed as he was crushed into pulp.

  At almost the same time, at Wang Chong’s command, the giant ape punched two twenty-meter-tall Skyquaking Giants, rendering their dark-green Giant God Armor into scrap metal and their bodies into two. The power of the Consecrated was far greater than that of the Burning One or the other Behemoths, and the Skyquaking Giants were certainly no match for it.

  “Kill him!”

  Surprisingly, the sight of their comrades being slaughtered failed to strike fear into the nearby Skyquaking Giants. Instead of fleeing, their eyes filled with bloodlust toward the giant ape.

  The call of a single Skyquaking Giant immediately caused the earth to thunder. Eight Skyquaking Giants, their heights ranging from eighteen to twenty-three meters, furiously roared as they heedlessly threw themselves at the giant ape.

  Boom! These Skyquaking Giants, wielding shields and long spears, nimbly attacked the giant ape from all angles.

  Raaaaa! Some of the Skyquaking Giants even leaped onto the giant ape’s body and began climbing up towards its head. Their spears, shields and fists unleashed a storm of blows on the giant ape.

  These Skyquaking Giants possessed incredible strength—one punch of theirs could shatter mountains and sunder steel. However, all of their attacks were blocked by the giant ape’s tenacious hide.

  Wang Chong could only shake his head at this sight. Boom! The ape’s enormous arm descended from the sky, flattening the Skyquaking Giants that were trying to climb up its back. Blood squirted out from the green suits of armor in veritable waterfalls.

  Bang!

  A savage giant holding aloft his shield as he leaped through the air was struck by a punch from its left arm. Kacrack! The shield shattered as the tremendous power of this punch shattered every bone in the giant’s body and made blood gush out of every orifice. Thud! The Skyquaking Giant crashed to the ground like a punctured leather bag.

  Boom! Bang! Crash! The giant ape was both swift and nimble. It slashed and swept with its arms, kicked with its feet, and slapped with its palms, using all kinds of techniques to paint the sky with the blood of these giants. A few seconds later, their corpses lay scattered across the ground, motionless.

  It was far too easy for the giant ape to deal with these giants.

  As the four Behemoths began to move, the Skyquaking Giants which had been like a thorn in the heart of the Tang instantly suffered heavy casualties. Twenty, fifty, eighty, one hundred and twenty… The Behemoths dealt with the Skyquaking Giant like they were cutting melons, and the mighty figures of the giants continually crashed to the ground.

  As one batch of Skyquaking Giants after another charged fearlessly into the fray, another batch would be cut down like weeds. Finally…

  “Run away!”

  There was a wretched scream as the giants finally felt fear at the overwhelming power of the Behemoths. A Skyquaking Giant who was charging at the giant ape saw the bodies of his fallen comrades and stopped, fear appearing in his eyes as turned around and began to flee.

  The first was the herald for a second, a third…

  Although the giants had sacrificed intelligence for strength, becoming so dense that they had failed to notice the shift on the battlefield, they were still beings that possessed some modicum of intelligence. Even they knew to be afraid of death.

  The rout was almost immediate, their courage crumbling rapidly. All the Skyquaking Giants finally lost their nerve and began to follow the Arabs westward.

  By this time, nearly three hundred giants had already fallen.

  “Kill!”

  With the crisis of the Skyquaking Giants averted, all the Tang soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. Taking out their weapons, they swept toward the distant Arabs in a lethal tide. Whether it was the Behemoths or the Skyquaking Giants, these were not normal beings that commonly appeared on the battlefield.

  In the end, it was soldiers that fought soldiers!

  That was their kind of war!

  ……

  “Damn it! What is going on here? How did Masil’s Behemoth Army fall under the control of these eastern humans? And where is the bastard himself?”

  No one was more panicked and dismayed at this moment than the commander of the Skyquaking Army, Ghareeb Hassam. Even now, he couldn’t figure out how this battle in which victory had been certain had morphed into a defeat. Even the illustrious Governor of the East Abu Muslim and his deputy Ziyad had fled. And his heart chilled at the fact that more than two hundred of the mighty Skyquaking Army had been killed in such a brief period of time.

  “Hurry and leave this place! These Tang are far stronger than rumored. We can’t stay and fight here. If we don’t flee, we really might die here!”

  Ghareeb Hassam was panicked and anxious as he endeavored to flee. But then, he noticed something that immediately made him fume with rage.

  “These bastards! They’re actually running away faster than me!”

  Several hundred meters in front of Ghareeb Hassam, the Skyquaking Giants were fleeing for their lives, outrunning Ghareeb Hassam. This made Ghareeb Hassam want nothing more than to catch up to them and knock them to the ground.

  Just when Ghareeb Hassam was prepared to catch up, he suddenly felt a strange feeling. In the blink of an eye, a flame more dazzling than the sun exploded in front of him. Ghareeb Hassam reeled back in shock.

  But this was not the end. Booom! Something whistled through the sky, stirring up a storm as it crashed down in front of Ghareeb Hassam. When he saw the giant ape that had emerged before him, Ghareeb Hassam paled in consternation.

  The Consecrated!

  Ghareeb Hassam had never imagined that this strongest of the Behemoths would appear to block his path.


  “Everyone else can leave, but you should obediently stay!” came a voice from the giant ape’s shoulder. Wang Chong looked down with a scornful gaze, his expression callous and his voice determined as he spoke to the giant commander.

  There was no one more powerful in this army of giants than the ‘King of Giants’. He was nearly thirty meters in height, standing out like a crane amongst chickens, even amongst the other giants. But this was far from the only reason Wang Chong was determined to make him remain. Wang Chong’s gaze swept from Ghareeb Hassam’s head to his neck, chest, and finally to the enormous war halo under his feet.

  This King of Giants was not different from the other giants merely because of his title, but because of that vast sea of energy that Wang Chong could sense from him.

  Wang Chong had encountered giants in the war of the southwest, but this was the first time he had encountered a giant that knew martial arts. He had vast Stellar Energy reserves, and though he was not at the Brigadier General level, in terms of pure ‘power’, not even twenty Brigadier Generals could compare to him. Not even Great Generals could compare to him in this aspect.

  In Wang Chong’s eyes, this was a moving and breathing Stellar Energy warehouse.

  With this battle going on and Wang Chong, Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, and Wang Yan all badly injured, the King of Giants could not be allowed to leave.

  “Foul brat, don’t get too arrogant. You think I don’t know that you’re the one controlling the Behemoths? Although I can’t beat the Consecrated, I can easily defeat you,” Ghareeb Hassam roared at Wang Chong.

  “Oh?”

  Wang Chong’s eyes widened in surprise. If this King of Giants was able to see the crux of the problem, then he was apparently smarter than he looked.

  “A giant that can provoke me is truly interesting. But you should still just obediently lie down for me!”

  Wang Chong grinned and swiftly ordered the giant ape to attack. Boom! The air howled as the ape’s steely fist thundered toward Ghareeb Hassam. Ghareeb Hassam’s expression flickered, and all he had time for was crossing his arms and taking up a defensive posture.

  Ghareeb Hassam was very powerful, but there was still a large gap between him and the giant ape. Bang! It struck Ghareeb Hassam on the left shoulder, shattering the armor there and launching him like a cannonball. Boom! He crashed into the ground, creating a giant pit.

  “Mm?”

  But punching Ghareeb Hassam not only brought little pleasure to Wang Chong, but made him stop. His brows furrowed as he looked down at the giant ape’s arm. Wang Chong was under the impression that the giant ape’s fist would strike Ghareeb Hassam’s chest, not the left arm. Such a blow would have been sufficient to heavily injure Ghareeb Hassam and deprive him of all his fighting strength. But for some reason, the Consecrated’s attack had veered off at the last second.

  “What is going on here?”

  The sense of wrongness that Wang Chong felt was getting stronger and stronger. Whether it was the gap the white bear had revealed while trapping Abu Muslim or the sudden shift of the Consecrated’s attack, Wang Chong felt that ever since Masil had died, his control over the Behemoths had become much less smooth.

  Chapter 993 - Strange Signs Amongst the Behemoths!

  Chapter 993: Strange Signs Amongst the Behemoths!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  “Could all this be related to Masil?”

  As Wang Chong thought about Masil’s last words, his brow creased even more. He knew all of Masil’s secrets already, and he had already won a complete victory in the battle of Psychic Energy, so Masil shouldn’t have been able to hide anything from him. Moreover, his control over the Behemoths was just growing more sluggish. It might have just been because he had been controlling them for too long. There might not have been any real problem.

  With these thoughts, Wang Chong quickly calmed down and looked into the distance. On the ground, the King of Giants Ghareeb Hassam was in much better condition than expected, as he had not been struck in a vital point.

  “Damn thing! Don’t give me another chance. Otherwise, I’ll eat you alive, tear you to pieces!”

  As he crawled out of the ground, Ghareeb Hassam clenched his teeth in fury.

  Wang Chong only sneered at these words. He understood Arabic and could understand everything this King of Giants said, but he did not argue or refute. He only quietly stared at Ghareeb Hassam and then gave the order.

  Boom!

  As Ghareeb Hassam raged and cursed, the sky overhead dimmed, and an enormous palm gave Ghareeb Hassam’s back a hefty slap. Rooooar! The enormous white bear withdrew its palm and roared after knocking Ghareeb Hassam unconscious.

  “Still not smart enough!”

  Wang Chong faintly smiled and swiftly turned the giant ape to begin striding toward the front lines. The battle was decided. The Skyquaking Army had fled and Abu Muslim and Ziyad had chosen to withdraw, so all that remained was to pursue the Arab soldiers. Unlike before, the Arabs had lost almost entirely elites in this battle. It was time to strike while the iron was hot and reap a greater harvest.

  Boom! Boom! Boom! The giant ape swiftly strode forward. As Wang Chong observed the battlefield from its shoulder, he could hear countless panicked screams. More than one hundred thousand Arab cavalry had thrown aside their weapons and armor in their mad flight to the west. Behind them, the Tang army had gathered and was in hot pursuit.

  Wherever the black tide of Tang soldiers reached, the Arabs would be cut down in great swaths. For the first time, the number of Arab corpses exceeded the number of Tang corpses.

  “Now is the time for all of you to pay the price!”

  Wang Chong had a smile on his face, but it quickly faded. He suddenly smelled a pungent odor carried along by the wind. He initially disregarded it, but he soon realized that this odor was only getting thicker, not fading away. Based on what Wang Chong could sense, this odor was coming from somewhere very close.

  Drip!

  The trickling and dripping of a liquid reached his ears. Though extremely soft, this sound was like a thunderclap to an expert of Wang Chong’s level. More importantly, the pungent odor multiplied in intensity.

  “This is…?”

  Wang Chong subconsciously turned his head, and witnessed a dumbfounding sight.

  Black trickles of blood were flowing down from the giant ape’s left ear. The pungent odor Wang Chong had smelled had come from this blood. Wang Chong had been focused on the battlefield the entire time, but when he turned his gaze to the giant ape’s face, he suddenly realized that as this black blood dripped down, a look of pain appeared on the giant ape’s face.

  “!!!”

  No matter how slow Wang Chong was, he realized that something was wrong now. Wang Chong swiftly turned his gaze to the other Behemoths. Just as expected, he could also see grimaces of pain on their faces.

  With regards to the weakest Behemoth, the Burning One, Wang Chong had only noticed that it was still spitting its flames, but only now did Wang Chong realize that the flames had lost all accuracy. He had only failed to see this because he had not ordered the Burning One to fire at any specific target.

  Besides that, he could also see that the Burning One’s body was faintly trembling as if it was unable to stand steady.

  Wang Chong’s heart sank and his face paled. Bzzz! A bolt of Psychic Energy shot through the air, burrowing through the center of the Burning One’s forehead.

  “How could it be like this?!”

  When he saw what was going on in the Burning One’s mind, he instantly found it impossible to keep his composure. Psychic Energy experts could control the Behemoths by occupying vital channels in their brains, and Wang Chong would have remained unconcerned as long as the channels remained normal. But when Wang Chong swept his Psychic Energy through the Burning One’s brain, he realized that this fire lizard was in an extremely poor state.

  Although those vital channels in its brain were sti
ll normal, the rest of its brain was clearly withering away, some parts already black from necrosis.

  This was what had made his heart sink like a stone.

  “This shouldn’t be!”

  Wang Chong’s mind reeled in shock. This situation was terrible news. But right now, he could not determine if this was simply a coincidence or if things were really as bad as he imagined. Bzzz!Wang Chong immediately withdrew his Psychic Energy and sent it into the white bear.

  At first glance, the white bear’s brain did not seem as withered as the Burning One’s, but when Wang Chong scanned the other parts of the white bear’s body, his optimism waned. The white bear’s veins and arteries were beginning to bulge and crack. The white bear appeared fine on the surface, but its internals were a disaster zone.

  In addition, as Wang Chong scanned the other parts of the white bear’s brain, he noticed that two channels related to Psychic Energy were showing signs of strain.

  “How could this be!”

  Wang Chong’s mind was trembling as he sent his Psychic Energy into the last Behemoth. Just as predicted, the last Behemoth’s brain was in similar disarray. Wang Chong began to sense an ill foreboding.

  Is this because the minds of the Behemoths can’t endure long-term mental control?

  This was the first possibility Wang Chong could think of.

  The Behemoths were so enormously powerful that even Imperial Great Generals found them difficult to fight, but their weakness was their brains. Although they were massive, the four Behemoths, including the strongest Consecrated, had brains that were completely at odds with their body. This was why Wang Chong could control them.

  But this sort of control had a price. Wang Chong had no way to confirm his speculation that the withering of their brains was due to Psychic Energy, but even if that wasn’t the case, it had to be related.

  The Behemoths had the strength to dominate this battlefield. Anyone who controlled them would decide the outcome of the battle.

  Wang Chong was currently facing a dilemma. He could control these four Behemoths until their brains completely withered away and died, or he could release his control of the Behemoths and delay their deaths. However, if this were to occur, the nature of the Behemoths would mean that they would certainly wreak havoc in the Tang army. Moreover, the fleeing Abu Muslim and Ziyad could use this chance to regather their army and launch a counterattack.