The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  “Zhang Wenfu, I gave you five minutes to think and hand over the treasure left by the Origin Immortal Lord, but you used this chance to kill the Seven Fiends King and the others! As they say, if this can be tolerated, what cannot be tolerated? You’ve gone on long enough with your bullying ways! Don’t blame me for using my Gu!”

  The cold and furious voice continued to resound in their ears, tinged with an extreme danger.

  “Brother Wenfu, Brother Fang, get in! Watch out for the Gu Poison King’s flying Gu!” the Formation Elder anxiously called out from the ground.

  The Gu Poison King was a character that not even he dared to provoke.

  Those invisible attacks of his were far too terrifying. Formations could only be used for defense, not offense, and each attack method was different and needed a plan to deal with. Brute force alone would not do.

  “Brother Fang, Chong-er, hurry and go back!”

  The Demonic Emperor Old Man slowly landed, his sleeves drifting in the air. His eyes continued to warily scan his surroundings. Wang Chong and the Wushang Village Chief had no experience in dealing with such attacks. If he was by himself, he was at least confident enough to protect himself.

  “Master, be careful!”

  Wang Chong had never seen his master so serious before, and from this, he understood just how formidable this Gu Poison King was. Wang Chong did not dare to be careless, and immediately rushed toward the Formation Elder along with the Wushang Village Chief.

  Whoosh!

  As the two retreated, a gust suddenly blew out from the southeast.

  The wind blew past the Demonic Emperor Old Man, Wang Chong, the Wushang Village Chief, and the stone formation set up by the Formation Elder. Thump! With a groan, the Formation Elder suddenly clenched his teeth and fell over like a wooden beam.

  “Not good!”

  A split-second later, the Wushang Village Chief grimaced as he dropped down from the sky and staggered on the ground.

  “Wang Chong, watch out!”

  By the time his feet hit the ground, his face had already started to turn purple. The Wushang Village Chief immediately sat down and began to circulate Stellar Energy. It seemed like countless insects were crawling under his skin, causing it to bulge and writhe.

  “Gu poison!”

  Wang Chong realized in alarm what that evil wind had been.

  There was no question that the Gu Poison King had mixed his Gu poison into that evil wind.

  He knew of the Wushang Village Chief’s strength. This person was only second in strength to his master, yet he had so quickly fallen victim to this attack.

  But as these thoughts ran through his mind, Wang Chong suddenly staggered, his vision turning dark as his Stellar Energy stopped circulating, causing him to drop from the sky.

  Not only that, even though Wang Chong had clearly sealed off all his pores, once he scanned his body with Psychic Energy, he could see numerous unimaginably small creatures infiltrating his body through his pores.

  These tiny things were truly as small and slender as hairs, but they were constantly moving, burrowing deeper into his body. These were clearly living creatures.

  And some of the extremely fast ones had only needed a few seconds to reach Wang Chong’s meridians.

  Just what are these things!?

  In shock, Wang Chong hurriedly imitated the Wushang Village Chief, seating himself on the ground and using Stellar Energy to suppress them.

  But Stellar Energy seemed to have little effect on these hair-sized beings. It only managed to slow them down, not actually stop them.

  Wang Chong immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

  He had never encountered such a bizarre method of attack. The attacks of martial artists seemed to be of little use against these beings.

  At this moment, only the Demonic Emperor Old Man was in relatively decent condition. His face was pale and there were tiny beads of sweat on his forehead, but he still remained floating in the air.

  “Zhang Wenfu, this is what happens when you oppose me! These Hair Gu of mine were made by having the forty-nine most vicious Gu of the Miao territory devour each other! They’re the strongest Gu in the entire Miao territory!”

  The Gu Poison King’s voice rang out, gloating over their struggles.

  “I know of the special attributes of you martial artists, so when raising them, I took them into my own body and fed them my own Stellar Energy. Your stubborn resistance will only put off your time of death. No matter what you do, you’re doomed!

  “If you had just handed over the Origin Immortal Lord’s treasure, you could have avoided this fate, but now that you dared to oppose me, you brought this on yourself. Once I kill you, those treasures will be mine all the same.”

  No one said anything. Wang Chong, the Demonic Emperor Old Man, and the Wushang Village Chief all clenched their teeth as they focused, while the Formation Elder had already fallen unconscious.

  Invisibly killing people was the most terrifying trait of the Gu Poison King.

  The Formation Elder was one thing, but Wang Chong and the Wushang Village Chief were both top-class experts, yet it had taken only seconds for the Gu Poison King’s attack to work on them.

  This was the power of the Gu Poison King’s Hair Gu!

  Just what are these things?

  Cold sweat seeped out of Wang Chong’s forehead. He had never imagined that he would encounter an attack so terrifying and bizarre that even all the energy of his body was powerless against it.

  Senior Zhou has already fallen unconscious from the poison, and Master and the Wushang Village Chief are also suffering from the poison. If this continues, we might all die here!

  Wang Chong’s mind rapidly spun.

  But the Gu Poison King had dominated the Miao territory for many years, and not even the Demonic Emperor had been able to do anything to him. How could someone of such power be dealt with so easily?

  But as Wang Chong was panicking, the unexpected occurred.

  “Warning! Small unknown organisms are attempting to invade the Stone of Destiny. It has been determined that the conditions are appropriate to activate the Stone of Destiny’s Purge ability. Does user allow the activation of this ability?”

  The Stone of Destiny’s emotionless voice resounded in his mind, catching Wang Chong by surprise.

  What’s going on here?

  This was definitely unexpected. Wang Chong had been with the Stone of Destiny for so long, but he had never heard of it having some ‘Purge’ ability. But although he was surprised, Wang Chong quickly understood what was going on.

  Those Hair Gu must have entered my brain through the meridians and entered the Stone of Destiny’s area of influence. They were regarded as invaders, triggering the Stone of Destiny’s counterattack.

  Activate the Purge ability!

  Wang Chong activated the Stone of Destiny without hesitation.

  The Stone of Destiny’s voice spoke once more. “Purge ability activated! For the span of one hour, user can exterminate all unknown organisms of this type. The countdown begins now!”

  One hour!

  Wang Chong was shocked by this voice.

  He had taken this ability to be targeted on himself and to be passive, but it was now apparent that the Purge ability could also be used on others and was an extremely active ability.

  I get it! The Hair Gu are constantly invading, so just clearing out the Hair Gu currently in my body is far from enough. This is why the Stone of Destiny has given me the ability to actively purge.

  Wang Chong quickly understood the reason, and his confidence in its power swelled.

  Activate, Purge!

  Wang Chong immediately activated the Stone of Destiny’s ability, and a moment later, an invisible pulse of energy erupted from his body.

  Unlike other energies, this pulse of energy originated from the Stone of Destiny in his brain.

  Once this pulse of energy had swept through his body, Wang Chong reached out with his Psychic Energy
. He discovered that all those Hair Gu that had been crawling throughout his body had been instantly obliterated.

  Chapter 1426 - The Origin Soul, Blood Cicada!

  Chapter 1426: The Origin Soul, Blood Cicada!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  After purging the small Hair Gu in his body, Wang Chong felt as if his entire body had been refreshed, and the Stellar Energy circulated through his body much faster than before.

  Bang!

  Wang Chong pressed against the ground and shot into the air, instantly appearing at his master’s side and placing a palm on his shoulder.

  “Master, I’ve come to help you!”

  Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong activated the Stone of Destiny’s Purge ability, sending that invisible energy into his master’s body. Bang! Less than a second later, the Hair Gu in the Demonic Emperor Old Man’s body melted away like snow.

  In flashes of light, Wang Chong shot over to the Wushang Village Chief and the Formation Elder, quickly purging their bodies of the Hair Gu as well.

  “All that’s left is the Gu in the air!”

  Wang Chong slowly descended to the ground, his bright eyes searching the skies.

  The Gu Poison King’s Hair Gu could mix into the wind and become invisible. Only exterminating the Hair Gu in the body was treating the symptoms and not the disease. If he wanted to end the Gu Poison King’s attack, he needed to purge all the Gu in the area.

  Buzz!

  Wang Chong slowly extended a palm into the air and activated the Stone of Destiny.

  Comprehensive Purge!

  An invisible pulse of energy radiated from Wang Chong’s right palm.

  Hwoooo! While nothing could be seen in the physical world, in the world of Psychic Energy, tens of thousands of Hair Gu were being exterminated, layer by layer.

  This invisible pulse of energy obliterated every Hair Gu it encountered.

  Once the Stone of Destiny had finished unleashing its Purge power, the area for dozens of li around Wang Chong had been cleared of Gu.

  Even the black poison mist that was still hanging in the air had been cleared away.

  “No, impossible! Impossible!” A shocked voice resounded through the air. Wang Chong’s attack had been just as invisible as the Gu, but while others could not sense its power, how could the Gu Poison King not know what was going on?

  He had never expected that these Gu he had raised using his own body and that had made him famous for several decades would be destroyed by a single youth.

  “There’s one last thing left.”

  Wang Chong ignored that shocked voice as he closed his eyes.

  After the previous battle, Wang Chong was now well aware that none of these five poison masters were as mystical as the legends made them out to be. They, too, were just ordinary people.

  The Snake King had hidden his body amongst his snakes, cultivating a secret that allowed him to merge his aura with them to make him difficult to discover. The Black Poison King simply hid himself by flying high in the sky on a giant crow. As for the Seven Fiends King, he had hidden himself four to five hundred meters underground.

  None of these people were at a level where they could control their creatures from several thousand li away. Their bodies needed to be near their poisonous pets, but because of their superb concealment techniques, they had managed to avoid detection.

  No matter how mysterious and frightening the Gu Poison King was, he definitely shared the same flaw.

  Wang Chong’s boundless Psychic Energy spread outward, sweeping through every nook and cranny.

  A moment later, Wang Chong opened his eyes with a smile on his lips.

  “Found it!

  “Gu Poison King, it’s impolite to not reciprocate, so let me send you a gift!”

  Wang Chong’s eyes locked onto a withered tree several thousand feet away.

  There was nothing too remarkable about this tree, even within the world of energy, but Wang Chong knew that this was where the Gu Poison King’s weakness resided.

  Swish! Wang Chong shot forward, leaving afterimages behind him, and he was soon in front of this withered tree.

  “The danger is over. It’s our turn to attack now.”

  Smiling, Wang Chong grabbed a piece of bark and tore it off with a crack, revealing a massive blood cicada.

  This cicada was about the size of a palm and its body was like a translucent jewel, its wings seeming to be made of gleaming crystal.

  In every aspect, this did not seem like a product of the natural world.

  This blood cicada had been hiding in this tree for some time, and now that it was exposed, it clearly began to panic. Yes, panic! If one didn’t see it for themselves, it was difficult to believe that an insect could show emotions similar to a human.

  Wang Chong’s attack had clearly disrupted its plan. Its wings began to move and it soared into the air, but this was a futile gesture.

  Kee!

  The blood cicada had only flown a few feet before Wang Chong seized it.

  “Gu Poison King, this is your Origin Soul Gu, right? Everything has its price, or did you really think you could get away without consequence?”

  Wang Chong looked at the blood cicada in his hand and sneered.

  “Brat, you dare!” A furious voice resounded, but it was one tinged with panic and consternation.

  Wang Chong ignored this voice as his fingers came together, crushing the cicada in an explosion of blood.

  “Ah!”

  Almost the moment the blood cicada was crushed to death, a wretched scream came from several dozen li away. Amidst endless yellow sand, a figure shot into the air, vomiting blood. This figure began to flee to the south, shouting all the while.

  “Impossible—this is impossible! No one can destroy my Gu! This can’t be…”

  Unlike the Five Poisons Elder and the others, the Gu Poison King had been hiding in the Moheyan Desert, his aura restrained and his body immersed in the yellow sands.

  This was such a long distance that even Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy would find it very hard to reach him. Meanwhile, the Gu Poison King was using his Origin Soul Gu to control his Gu from a distance. All those Hair Gu in the air had been released by that blood cicada.

  One might hear the term ‘Gu Mother’ in the Miao territory, and the blood cicada was one of these ‘Gu Mothers’.

  The Gu Poison King was not much affected no matter how many Hair Gu Wang Chong killed. As long as he had the blood cicada, he could go back and raise some more. This was one of the terrifying traits of the Gu Poison King.

  But the Gu Poison King had never imagined that Wang Chong would not only destroy his Hair Gu, but also find the blood cicada.

  The Gu Poison King had reached a level where the stronger the Gu Mother became, the more synchronized it became with his soul.

  By destroying the blood cicada, Wang Chong had dealt him a lethal strike. According to the traditional stories from the Miao territory, the Gu Poison King had lost more than half of his life with this strike. Even if he returned to the Miao territory, he would only be able to live for another two to three years.

  “Demonic Emperor, I’ll never forgive you and your disciple!”

  The Gu Poison King’s hate-filled voice resounded through the air as he vanished.

  ……

  The snakes, scorpions, mist, and insects had all scattered. Everything had calmed back down, and this unprecedented danger had finally come to an end.

  On the ground, the Formation Elder finally came back to his senses, and the Demonic Emperor Old Man and Wushang Village Chief had also returned to normal.

  Blood cicada!

  “This is the Gu Poison King’s Origin Soul Gu. This old man has lived for so many years, but this is the first time I’ve seen what his Origin Soul Gu looks like.”

  Everyone gathered at Wang Chong’s side and gazed at the insect he had crushed to death. The Formation Elder clicked his tongue in wonde
r. However, he still felt some lingering fear over what had just happened.

  “Wang Chong, you played a big part. Without you, we might have all been wiped out. Right, just how did you get rid of those Gu?”

  These words immediately caught the attention of the Demonic Emperor Old Man and the Wushang Village Chief. Even now, the Gu Poison King’s attack style seemed impregnable. If not Wang Chong, they did not dare to imagine what would have happened to them.

  “It’s a long explanation…”

  Wang Chong thought for a few moments before finding an excuse that could get him through this, placing everything on an accidental miracle. Fortunately, the Demonic Emperor Old Man and Wushang Village Chief were only curious and did not question him further.

  Wang Chong had spent most of his time outside honing himself rather than spending time with his master, and his master also rarely questioned him on what he was doing. Thus, neither he nor the Wushang Village Chief found anything strange about this one-time ‘miracle’.

  The Wushang Village Chief looked up at the sky and said, “Brother Wenfu, Brother Zhu, this attack from the Gu Poison King’s group created a great stir that has probably attracted the attention of many people. Our first priority is to get out of here as quickly as possible!”

  Now that all the poisonous creatures were gone, they had resolved one crisis, but without this impediment, a new crisis would soon arrive.

  “Mm!”

  Everyone nodded and began to flee toward the southwest.

  The northwest was already a place of great danger for the group, so they needed to get out of this ‘center of attention’ area as quickly as possible.

  Alas, the plans of men were no match for the plans of the heavens. Before they could get very far, strange laughter rang out.

  “Hahaha, Demonic Emperor, I finally found you!”

  The air began to rumble with thunder, and Wang Chong raised his head and saw dark clouds up ahead. Amidst these dark clouds was a massive black dragon that was heading in their direction.

  The sight of that mountainous body, even at this distance, placed an immense pressure on them.

  “The Black Yin Ancestor!”

  Wang Chong’s eyes widened and his heart instantly sank.