The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  And things were only just getting started.

  After using his first two moves, Wang Chong used the Great Destruction Art.

  Boooom! There was a massive explosion and it felt like space itself had shattered. Immense destructive energy erupted from Wang Chong’s body and hurtled toward the black dragon.

  “The Great Destruction Art! How?!”

  The Black Yin Ancestor finally revealed a hint of panic. Each of the three techniques of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art was incredibly powerful, and Zhang Wenfu had relied on these techniques to commence a great slaughter in the martial arts world, killing numerous experts.

  The third technique was extremely difficult to cultivate, and one had to have an almost divine ability to control one’s energy.

  This was not something that could be accomplished through pure strength.

  But regardless of what the Black Yin Ancestor thought, it was too late for any second thoughts.

  “Aaaah!”

  The Black Yin Ancestor only had time to gather his Stellar Energy into his right claw and swipe it forward, but with a terrible scream, he was sent flying by that terrifying energy.

  “Damn it!”

  The battle was happening with such speed that the Black Yin Ancestor’s comrades had no time to respond.

  Bang!

  The Myriad Ghost Ancestor immediately lunged toward Wang Chong while the Bone Devil Ancestor sent forward a massive stream of energy to combat Wang Chong’s.

  These three ancestors had dared to find Zhang Wenfu and demand the Energy Condensation Pearl and the map to the Origin Immortal Lord’s treasury precisely because they had the advantage in numbers. As they said, two fists were hard-pressed against four hands, and a strong man couldn’t beat a more numerous crew.

  No matter how formidable the Demonic Emperor was, he couldn’t defeat all three of them working together.

  But their plan had relied on a faulty premise.

  As the Myriad Ghost Ancestor rose into the air, a white cane lightly tapped against the ground, and a moment later, another immense source of energy rose into the air from behind the Demonic Emperor Old Man.

  “If you want to injure the boy, you’ll have to get past this old man first!”

  The Wushang Village Chief had been standing behind the Demonic Emperor Old Man this entire time, saying nothing and keeping his aura restrained. Even the Myriad Ghost Ancestor and the Bone Devil Ancestor had forgotten about his existence.

  But now, the Wushang Village Chief used his indisputable strength to reshape their impression of him.

  Rumble! Before the Myriad Ghost Ancestor could get close to Wang Chong, he was stopped by the Wushang Village Chief, and as their palms met, destructive waves of energy swept out.

  The Myriad Ghost Ancestor’s energy was thrown into disarray and he dropped down to the ground. The Wushang Village Chief also landed back on the ground, but his movements were much more confident and relaxed.

  Thumpthump!

  A split-second later, Wang Chong and the Black Yin Ancestor also landed back on the ground. Wang Chong was relaxed and assured while the Black Yin Ancestor, his dragon form dispelled, revealed a nasty scowl.

  For a moment, silence dominated the world, all things going still.

  Whoosh!

  A gust of wind blew between the two groups.

  The Five Ancestor Alliance disciples did not dare to even breathe too loudly, a nervous tension in their eyes.

  As for the Bone Devil Ancestor, Myriad Ghost Ancestor, and Black Yin Ancestor, they silently stared at the Demonic Emperor Old Man and Wushang Village Chief with unsightly grimaces on their faces.

  Chapter 1429 - The Four Ends Martial Lord Arrives!

  Chapter 1429: The Four Ends Martial Lord Arrives!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  The discrepancy in strength between the two sides was vastly different from what the evil path ancestors had first imagined.

  Wang Chong had clearly been suffering from a cultivation defect that rendered him incapable of fighting intense battles, but he seemed completely unaffected in the battle with the Black Yin Ancestor. And now they had to consider the Wushang Village Chief, who seemed to possess an unfathomable strength of his own.

  At this time, even the strongest of them, the Bone Devil Ancestor, felt some apprehension and did not dare act recklessly.

  “Wei Wuxie, how do you think I will deal with you?” the Demonic Emperor suddenly asked.

  His eyes slowly scanned the trio, his face a sheet of ice.

  This simple question instantly made the three pale, and the dread in their heart only increased.

  Before his dantian had been destroyed, the Demonic Emperor had been publicly acknowledged as the hegemon of the evil path. He knew all the martial arts of the evil path like the back of his hand.

  None of these three had ever beaten the Demonic Emperor Old Man in a one-on-one match.

  How could they not fear the existence that had cast a shadow on their hearts for several decades?

  But at this moment, a fierce explosion of Stellar Energy resounded in the distance, the shockwave sweeping over the earth. At the same time, everyone sensed a vast sea of energy beginning to rapidly approach them.

  “This is…?”

  Wang Chong creased his brow and turned his head in the direction of that energy.

  Experts of the Saint Martial realm were extremely sensitive. The sensation this person gave Wang Chong told him that they were an expert on par with the Myriad Ghost Ancestor and Song Yuanyi.

  And this energy was also extremely strange. Wang Chong couldn’t help but associate this Stellar Energy with the energy that could be found deep within the sea.

  “It’s him!”

  The Demonic Emperor Old Man raised an eyebrow as if realizing who this was, and he also looked over at the approaching energy.

  On the other side, the evil path ancestors sighed in relief. There was much less pressure on them now that this new energy had appeared. The reputation of a man was like the shadow of a tree. The Demonic Emperor had caused all the members of the martial arts world to tremble in fear at his name not merely because of his cultivation, but also his abundant experience in killing and his cruel and vicious way of doing things.

  The strongest and most stubborn of this trio was the Bone Devil Ancestor, but if it was not absolutely necessary, not even the Bone Devil Ancestor was willing to offend someone as fierce as the Demonic Emperor.

  Phweeet!

  The other party did not seem to be trying to hide.

  A piercing whistle tore through the skies and seemed to be getting closer and closer to the two groups.

  A moment later, everyone saw a powerful bolt of energy flying out of the distance like a meteor.

  In the blink of an eye, this bolt of energy appeared several hundred feet behind the Bone Devil Ancestor.

  Kaboom! That vast and all-consuming energy suddenly turned and plunged into the ground. A moment later, a silver-haired elder, his face tough and stern, appeared before everyone’s eyes.

  This elder had a sharp gaze, his eyes as bright and dazzling as stars. What drew the most attention, however, was the green hairpin thrust in his hair and the pair of green long-necked cranes emblazoned on his left and right breasts.

  There were white cranes, red-crowned cranes, and black-necked cranes, but Wang Chong had never seen a green crane before.

  This elder exuded an air of mystery.

  “What a lively scene! To think that so many of my fellow Daoists would be here! But it seems that I managed to arrive at just the right time.”

  The elder grimly scanned the crowd, and then he began to slowly amble forward.

  As this elder walked forward, Wang Chong immediately noticed that water droplets had begun to condense on the rocks, like the dew of autumn or winter.

  As Wang Chong was thinking, the Formation Elder breathed, “The Lone Silence Ancestor! It’s really him! I
didn’t think that the Origin Immortal Art would even draw out an old monster like this!”

  With a thought, Wang Chong immediately condensed his voice into a beam and sent it over.

  “Senior Zhou, who is this Lone Silence Ancestor?” Wang Chong softly asked. “He seems to practice a rather unusual art!”

  “It is said that the martial arts world has twelve ancestors. This refers to the twelve strongest ancestors of the righteous and evil paths, characters who are not to be lightly provoked. The Lone Silence Ancestor is one of them, and his territory is in the northeast, in Youzhou. He rarely leaves and does not usually involve himself in the matters of the Central Plains. Thus, even when your master was doing what he did back then… he was able to keep to himself. He cultivated a Water type art. As long as there is water, his strength will massively increase. It’s said that he can even draw on the water in the cloud layer to summon up a storm.

  “Under a torrential downpour, almost no one can oppose him!” the Formation Elder said.

  Although the Formation Elder had always been focused on studying formations, he still had some understanding of the famous individuals of the martial arts world. After all, he still belonged to this world. Moreover, almost everyone in the martial arts world knew about the Lone Silence Ancestor.

  “Ah? Summoning storms!”

  Wang Chong was startled to hear this. Whether in this life or the last, he had never interacted much with the people of the martial arts world. He had never known it to possess such a supreme art!

  And this was not one of the ten great arts.

  But Wang Chong was also aware that while the art was very important, most important of all was the person that cultivated it.

  There were some people who possessed such prodigious talent that even though they were not destined to learn one of the ten great arts, their persistence and talent allowed them to take the arts they did have to a divine level, breaking past the fetters of their techniques.

  Although these people didn’t have the ten great arts, they were so powerful that they were not one bit inferior to those people who did cultivate the ten great arts.

  At this level, there was no need for power to be connected to one’s art. Power came from the martial artists themselves!

  And the Lone Silence Ancestor was clearly this sort of person!

  “Hmph, yet another person greedy for the Origin Immortal Art has come. Good! I can kill you all in one fell swoop!” the Demonic Emperor Old Man suddenly said.

  Killing intent surged within his body, causing the space for several hundred feet around him to distort. This time, a brand-new and intimidating energy erupted from his body.

  Even Wang Chong found this energy to be a little unfamiliar.

  But on the other side, the Bone Devil Ancestor and even the Lone Silence Ancestor grimaced. In terms of cruelty, the Demonic Emperor was truly the world’s number one. He had slain countless experts of the righteous and evil paths, with even someone like the Bone Devil Ancestor suffering at his hands.

  Although the Demonic Emperor’s dantian was broken, he still exuded that familiar ruthless aura that made everyone’s hearts thump in fear.

  Just when the atmosphere had almost frozen with tension…

  “It’s here! This is the direction! I can’t be wrong! A battle just took place here!”

  “Look over there! So many people! Everyone, follow!”

  A vast clamor could be heard in the distance as a large number of people began to make their way here.

  Wang Chong’s group had remained here for far too long, attracting the attention of far too many people. Practically all the martial artists in the northwest were converging on this place. This unprecedented gathering of martial artists made even Wang Chong rather fearful.

  “Master…”

  Wang Chong subconsciously turned to his master. The situation was extremely bad for them, and the longer they stayed, the more attention they would attract.

  Once enough martial artists gathered, they wouldn’t be able to leave at all.

  But before Wang Chong’s group could decide if they were leaving or going, a thunderous boom came from the extreme north, and then a vast storm of energy began to approach.

  As if heralding the arrival of this figure, the air began to burn and scorching waves of heat swept over.

  “Good! The Lone Silence Ancestor, the Myriad Ghost Ancestor, the Black Yin Ancestor… all the supreme experts of the world are gathered. How could this lord miss out on such a gathering!?”

  A figure atop a warhorse rode out of the distance, his booming and domineering voice ringing in everyone’s ears.

  Neigh!

  With a cry, the horse sped up, seeming to be riding on clouds as it practically flew forward.

  “It’s the Four Ends Martial Lord!”

  The Formation Elder’s lips trembled. The three evil path ancestors together with the Lone Silence Ancestor were hard enough to deal with, and now, the tough and domineering Four Ends Martial Lord had shown up. The situation was getting worse and worse.

  And worst of all was that the arrival of this newcomer had seemingly ended any hopes of leaving.

  Countless thoughts ran through Wang Chong’s mind. He had never heard of this Four Ends Martial Lord, but from the Formation Elder’s reaction, he could guess that the Four Ends Martial Lord was a being of the same level as the Lone Silence Ancestor and the Myriad Ghost Ancestor.

  This person had the domineering and scorching energy of the blazing sun, the first time Wang Chong had ever seen energy of such ferocity.

  It seems like it will be a battle to the death!

  Wang Chong stroked the Energy Condensation Pearl in his bosom. At least everything was out in the open now.

  Neeeigh! A few moments later, the Four Ends Martial Lord had appeared in the north and stopped a short distance from Wang Chong’s group. He was wearing golden armor and radiating waves of heat. The monstrous horse he rode on made him seem even more imposing.

  If he didn’t look carefully, Wang Chong would have taken him to be some Great General of the court!

  Chapter 1430 - An Unexpected Development!

  Chapter 1430: An Unexpected Development!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  “Wang Chong, you must be extremely careful,” the Formation Elder whispered from behind Wang Chong. “The Four Ends Martial Lord was originally an officer in the military posted to the border, but he happened to come upon an inheritance from the Fierce Yang Sect of more than two hundred years ago. The item most emblematic of this sect is that Fierce Yang Golden Armor he’s wearing as well as his peerless Fierce Yang Divine art. The Four Ends Martial Lord has already cultivated his Fierce Yang Divine Art to a supreme level, almost to the point where he can turn himself into a sun that can scourge the world! His strength is simply dreadful!”

  It seemed like today’s events were bound to end messily. The Demonic Emperor Old Man stared at the Four Ends Martial Lord, his eyes seething with killing intent.

  “Have you also come for this?”

  It had been a very long time since he had commenced a slaughter, but if these people thought that they could use their numbers to bully him around, they were gravely mistaken.

  The thick killing intent coming off the Demonic Emperor Old Man’s body caused everyone to become extremely nervous.

  Whoosh!

  As these groups were in a stand-off, to the northeast, a figure was observing everything from a distance. The symbol of the Yin Yang and white crane on his uniform was extremely obvious.

  “Hurry and report to the alliance lord!”

  He suddenly turned around and began to rush into the distance. At the same time, a messenger bird flew up from his hand.

  On a mountain several li away, a Righteous Alliance disciple respectfully kneeled.

  “Reporting to Alliance Lord! The Lone Silence Ancestor and the Four Ends Martial Lord have arrived. Together with the ancestors
of the Five Ancestor Alliance, there are now five top-class experts of the martial arts world gathered there. In addition, we’ve also spotted that extremely powerful elder standing by the side of Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu.”

  Bang!

  The surrounding Righteous Alliance experts were thrown into a great stir by the scout’s report, and they began to converse with each other.

  Matters were developing far faster than they had imagined. A day ago, all of the martial artists had been mobilized but had failed to find even the shadow of the Demonic Emperor. But now, the Demonic Emperor’s location was exposed and had instantly attracted the titans of the martial arts world.

  Sikong Yuanjia stepped forward and sternly said, “This matter involves the Origin Immortal Lord and the treasure he left behind. The Five Ancestor Alliance and the Four Ends Martial Lord are already there, so shouldn’t we go over as well? Otherwise, the Five Ancestor Alliance might end up taking the Origin Immortal Art.”

  “That’s not necessary. Taking action here is inferior to being still. For now, we will watch.”

  Song Yuanyi stood on the summit, gazing to the southwest with a bright light in his eyes.

  The surrounding experts were struck dumb. But no one in the Righteous Alliance dared to oppose Song Yuanyi’s decision.

  “Yes!” everyone replied in unison.

  Meanwhile, toward the southwest, a bloody storm seemed imminent.

  No one dared to take the threat of the Demonic Emperor, the number one individual of the evil path, lightly. Everyone, including the Lone Silence Ancestor and the Myriad Ghost Ancestor, appeared apprehensive, tensing their muscles as they readied to fight.

  And then, something unexpected happened.

  Whoosh!

  The Four Ends Martial Lord upon his massive horse suddenly shook his wrist. Cling! A decorated metal tube shot with astonishing speed toward the Demonic Emperor. Pa! The tube exploded while still in the air. Just when everyone believed that the Four Ends Martial Lord had chosen to attack first, a dark golden scroll flew out of the explosion at a much slower speed.

  Clap!

  The Demonic Emperor Old Man reached out and took that golden scroll, and he immediately recognized it for what it was.