The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  This was one of the main reasons Genesis Supreme was ranked near the top of the Supremes.

  Buzz!

  But as those golden-white Halos of Spacetime converged on Wang Chong, he smiled and extended his right index finger, upon which an invisible energy began to radiate out from him.

  Boom! Time seemed to stop as those Halos of Spacetime suddenly froze in the air, seemingly colliding with some invisible barrier.

  “Genesis Supreme, you couldn’t kill me back then, let alone now!”

  Wang Chong softly chuckled as he spoke to Genesis Supreme, and before Genesis Supreme could react, he fiercely punched.

  “Mortal World Manifestation!”

  As a thunderous voice bellowed, spacetime ripples on par with Genesis Supreme’s erupted from Wang Chong’s right fist.

  With a mighty bang, countless images began to appear behind Wang Chong: houses, pavilions, livestock, villages, birds, stars… All of these images overlapped on Wang Chong’s right fist, transforming into countless dark golden Halos of Spacetime. These Halos of Spacetime took on a bizarre form that Genesis Supreme had never seen in all of his long life, and with one strike, they shattered Genesis Supreme’s Spacetime Prison.

  The golden-white halos that were assaulting Wang Chong began to shatter in twos and threes before they could even get close.

  “Impossible!”

  Genesis Supreme trembled in shock. Not even Wang Chong’s obliteration of the Inextinguishable Lightning Talisman had shocked him this much.

  “What technique is this?”

  At Genesis Supreme’s level, one possessed an inextinguishable soul, and physical bodies became like sets of clothes. But never in his long, long life had he witnessed such a bizarre sight.

  It was possible to trace the learning paths of all Grotto Heaven realm experts. No—to be more precise, the Celestial God Organization was the forebear of all martial arts. Even someone as strong and talented as Li Xuantu had been at a disadvantage against Genesis Supreme.

  But Wang Chong’s ability had completely overturned his understanding of the world. It was completely unlike any of the numerous techniques of the Celestial God Organization. Houses, pavilions, livestock, villages… what were these?

  Genesis Supreme had not seen any Grotto Heaven realm expert manifest these things when they were using their abilities. It would be different if this were some worthless ability, but he happened to sense enormous potential in Wang Chong, a potential that left him deeply apprehensive.

  Wang Chong had been in the Grotto Heaven realm for two months at most. If he had this level of strength right after breaking through, then once he was able to more thoroughly study it, not even Genesis Supreme dared to imagine how strong he would turn out!

  But Genesis Supreme quickly got ahold of himself.

  “If he’s not killed now, he will be a major problem in the future!”

  An unprecedented killing intent welled up in Genesis Supreme’s mind.

  Mortal dynasties, from their lofty sovereigns to their meek subjects, were all nothing but ants in the eyes of ‘gods’.

  ‘Gods’ were able to control the people precisely because there had never been a mortal dynasty that could oppose the gods.

  There had already been one Li Taiyi. A second could not be permitted.

  “Seeking death!”

  With a furious roar and a flash of light, Genesis Supreme stepped on a golden-white Halo of Spacetime and disappeared. A split-second later, Genesis Supreme appeared in his divine and majestic armor right in front of Wang Chong and punched at his face.

  Bang!

  The punch carried so much force that the fabric of spacetime crumbled. And this time, Genesis Supreme’s fist had been infused with formidable spacetime energy that sealed the surrounding spacetime.

  Only Grotto Heaven experts could deal with Grotto Heaven experts!

  No one understood this more than Genesis Supreme. Pure strength could not threaten Wang Chong.

  But to Genesis Supreme’s surprise, Wang Chong made no attempt to dodge.

  “You came at just the right time! Genesis Supreme, we will see which one of us is better on this day!”

  Wang Chong’s voice rang out through the world.

  Boom! Wang Chong harnessed all his strength and punched back, his fist colliding with Genesis Supreme’s.

  At the moment of impact, Wang Chong felt like he had punched a steel mountain, but a moment later, he unleashed a strength that was just as terrifying.

  Boomboomboom!

  A massive shockwave rippled out from the point of impact, sending howling winds tearing through the battlefield. Hundreds of warhorses neighed in fright as they were swept off their feet and flung several hundred feet away.

  After this exchange, Wang Chong and Genesis Supreme immediately broke away from each other.

  “Twenty percent! No, only a gap of ten percent! This fight is winnable!”

  Wang Chong’s eyes shone with a dazzling light.

  Through this simple exchange of punches, Wang Chong had been immediately able to determine the gap between him and Genesis Supreme.

  The Celestial God Organization had a long history and formidable strength. Trying to fight against an ancient existence at peak power like Genesis Supreme would not be easy, but Wang Chong estimated that the gap in power was very small, even almost negligible.

  At the Grotto Heaven realm, where shifts in spacetime became involved, superior strength was no longer as effective.

  Experts at this level already possessed godly levels of strength. Match-ups here were more about contests of laws.

  Chapter 2203 - The Yeluohe Strike!

  Chapter 2203: The Yeluohe Strike!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  Wang Chong quickly calmed himself down, his body beginning to radiate an intense will to fight.

  “It’s impolite to not reciprocate a gift. Genesis Supreme, take my move!”

  After taking Genesis Supreme’s attack, Wang Chong shot forward to start his own offensive on Genesis Supreme.

  Bang!

  Stellar Energy radiated outward as Wang Chong exploded forward. A dark golden Halo of Spacetime expanded with terrifying speed, enclosing the surrounding several thousand feet. Within this dark golden Halo of Spacetime were tens of thousands of Halos of Spacetime of different sizes, gathered together into a Halo of Spacetime formation.

  Wang Chong had somehow managed to duplicate Genesis Supreme’s attack.

  Wang Chong’s original body disappeared into one of the dark golden Halos of Spacetime, his aura vanishing.

  Swoosh!

  When Wang Chong disappeared, nobody noticed that a dark golden light followed him into the Halo of Spacetime.

  “Brat, you dare!”

  A furious roar came from the depths of the thunderclouds, and a moment later, Genesis Supreme punched, blasting away that golden halberd that had emerged from the dark golden Halo of Spacetime behind him.

  This was none other than the golden short halberd that Wang Chong had obtained after killing Firmament Supreme by the Caspian Sea.

  After reaching the Grotto Heaven realm, Wang Chong had not only completely digested the Grotto Heaven Core he had seized from Firmament Supreme, he had also refined Firmament Supreme’s golden short halberd, allowing him to use it as he pleased.

  “Try it again!”

  Wang Chong appeared to not hear as he once more plunged into the depths of spacetime.

  Sensing danger, Genesis Supreme also disappeared.

  Boomboomboom!

  Explosions rang out in the sky as the figures of Wang Chong and Genesis Supreme appeared and disappeared, constantly shifting around as they moved with incredible speed. After just a few moments, it became impossible to keep up with their battle, and even their two auras had become indistinguishable.

  To the alliance generals, Grotto Heaven realm battles were as unfathomable as battles between immortals and Buddhas!

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sp; “How could this be? This bastard is really that powerful?!”

  On the ground, beneath the Youzhou banner, An Lushan stared in wide-eyed shock at the sky.

  With his control over the weather and the protection of the black dragon, An Lushan had been extremely confident in the success of his rebellion, believing that his own domineering strength and his immense army would be enough to deal with Wang Chong and take the Central Plains.

  But Wang Chong’s display had left him reeling in shock.

  Just when had Wang Chong advanced to this level where he could contend against Genesis Supreme?

  But a moment later, An Lushan’s eyes erupted with restless ambition.

  “Wang Chong, what does it matter how strong you are? This one is the Child of Heaven’s Will! So long as I can defeat the Great Tang, this one will be the true master of the Central Plains!”

  An Lushan’s eyes flashed as he turned his attention back to the thirty thousand Yeluohe.

  In this war, he had a trump card of an overwhelming nature.

  “Tell the front line to work with the Yeluohe and attack!” An Lushan’s cold voice came out from the rear.

  Rumble!

  As Wang Chong battled with Genesis Supreme, the Yeluohe moved as quickly as lightning, and in just a few seconds, they reached the front.

  For the Yeluohe to push past the front line, they first needed to get through the millions of soldiers from their own side.

  But the heavily armored Yeluohe appeared to not even see the fleeing alliance soldiers.

  Bang!

  An Eastern Turkic soldier holding the front line saw the Yeluohe emerging from the rear, and became confused, his face turning blank. Before he could react, one of the Yeluohe galloped over, and with a crash, the Eastern Turkic soldier was sent flying a thousand feet, seeming to be as light as a feather.

  The Eastern Turkic soldier miserably screamed, and before his body had even crashed into the ground, his organs had been pulverized, bloody mist gushing out from the chinks in his armor.

  “Stand aside!”

  The alliance army fell into disarray at this sight.

  The Youzhou soldiers were somewhat better off, as they had known long ago that the Yeluohe were powerful and cruel, appearing inhuman, but their allies were unaware.

  Boom! Boom! Boom! The thirty thousand Yeluohe smashed through all the alliance soldiers in their way. In just a few seconds, tens of thousands of alliance soldiers had been thrown into the air, and the Yeluohe continued without slowing down, leaving behind a terrifying trail of gore in their wake.

  “Get back, quickly!”

  The tens of thousands of soldiers became a rain of blood that sent fear through the hearts of the alliance army. The Eastern Turks, Goguryeons, Xi, Khitans… even the Youzhou soldiers swiftly retreated to the sides.

  A path swiftly appeared in front of the Yeluohe.

  Meanwhile, Cui Qianyou, who had been commanding the Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation in resisting the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation, suddenly felt an icy energy coming up behind him, and his face instantly paled.

  “Withdraw!” Cui Qianyou roared.

  The Yeluohe had always been a secret that Youzhou kept from the alliance. An Lushan and Gao Shang had maintained the secrecy of the Yeluohe, but Cui Qianyou had known.

  No one understood more than him the power of the Yeluohe. This was an invincible army, an unkillable army.

  They had no human emotions, and the concept of allies did not exist in their minds.

  Anyone that stood in their way, even soldiers from Youzhou, would be slaughtered to the man!

  Moreover, it currently seemed that the thirty thousand Yeluohe were the key to destroying the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation.

  Rumble! The moment Cui Qianyou gave the order, the several hundred thousand soldiers forming the Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation receded like the tide, rumbling backward and ignoring the Tang army.

  The two armies had been at a stalemate, and in such a critical moment, retreating was extremely fatal.

  But Cui Qianyou couldn’t worry about such things.

  If they didn’t retreat now, then when the thirty thousand Yeluohe arrived, the Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation would cease to exist.

  “All soldiers, defensive formation! Prepare to retreat!”

  Surprisingly, when Cui Qianyou’s Youzhou army began to retreat, the Tang army to the south did not pursue. On the contrary, other than some soldiers forming a defensive line at the front, the rest of the army began to retreat toward the fortress.

  The army entirely retreating was impossible. Some soldiers had to remain to hold the line!

  Five thousand feet!

  Three thousand feet!

  The Yeluohe were far faster than any other cavalry forces. It didn’t seem like they even had a maximum speed, and in just a few moments, the Yeluohe had easily surpassed the natural restrictions that many cavalry faced. The warhorses beneath them did not seem to be affected by physical factors.

  Even before the Yeluohe had arrived, the gale they had stirred slammed into the faces of the soldiers, the wind cutting at them like sharp blades.

  One thousand feet!

  The howling winds battered the Tang defense line. The soldiers could even see the pale white skin and the white hairs between the chinks in the armor of the Yeluohe.

  Their almost tangible killing intent exerted an immense pressure on all of them.

  “Release!”

  With a piercing howl, countless ballista bolts shot out from the rear.

  Su Hanshan’s ballista army did not wait for the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation to trigger before unleashing a destructive salvo on the Yeluohe.

  Not even the powerful Yeluohe could block ballista bolts, and the sharp bolts pierced straight through their armor.

  Thumpthump!

  A Yeluohe warrior had a fist-sized hole punched through its chest, the immense force carrying it off its horse.

  Rows of the Yeluohe were shot down by ballista bolts, at least six thousand of them struck by this ‘destructive volley’.

  “Okay!”

  Cheers erupted from the Tang ranks, but a few moments later, their excitement died away.

  “Careful!”

  “Danger!”

  Cries of alarm came from the army.

  As they looked at those Yeluohe who had been punched through by the ballista bolts, all of them saw something extremely odd…

  Even though the Yeluohe had been struck by that destructive volley, no blood was flowing out of their bodies. It was like those ballista bolts that had punched through their bodies were just a minor itch to the Yeluohe.

  “Impossible! How could this be?”

  “Just what are these things?”

  In the rear, Su Hanshan, who was ready to order the next volley, suddenly scowled, his heart sinking.

  Chapter 2204 - Unstoppable!

  Chapter 2204: Unstoppable!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  Any living creature, whether human or animal, would bleed when heavily injured. Even trees that were shot would occasionally bleed sap.

  Even though Su Hanshan had learned from Wang Chong long ago about the bizarre aspects of the Yeluohe, all of this still left him deeply stunned.

  The existence of the Yeluohe completely defied the basic principles of life.

  Not only that, Su Hanshan could see those Yeluohe that had been shot off their horses crawling up from the ground, jumping back on their horses, and once more charging toward the fortress.

  Bang!

  As all of the soldiers reeled in shock, one of the Yeluohe reached out, extracted the long ballista bolt in its chest, turned its crimson eyes, took aim, and threw.

  Bang!

  Two Tang horsemen several hundred feet away were struck by the long ballista bolt before they could react, and together with their horses, they w
ere nailed to the ground.

  “Careful!”

  Only now did a panicked warning ring out.

  “Defend! Defend! Defend!”

  The Tang generals turned fearful as they hollered with all their might. They had never encountered soldiers like this in their lives.

  The Tang ballistae needed mechanisms and switches to possess such astonishing destructive power.

  But these Yeluohe were different. A bolt that was thrown from their hands could pierce through the armor of the Tang horsemen and nail two elite Tang cavalry to the ground.

  It had to be known that for this war, the Great Tang had mobilized almost all of its strength. All of the Tang soldiers wore armor forged from the finest steel. Such armor was incredibly tough and even capable of stopping attacks from master archers.

  But in front of these Yeluohe, the armor seemed to be made of paper, so easy to pierce through that it seemed unbelievable.

  Boomboomboom!

  With a great rumble, the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation switched from offense to defense. This supreme formation had originally been equipped for both offense and defense.

  As the formation and messenger flags shifted, countless tower shields and heavy shields moved to the front. At this moment, everyone felt an intense danger.

  For them to feel this despite the battle not even having begun was unprecedented.

  Gallop! The hooves of the Yeluohe horses thundered as they moved as swiftly as ghosts, getting closer and closer. In the blink of an eye, the Yeluohe were only ten-some meters from the Tang defense line.

  In this entire process, the Yeluohe remained cold as ice, their movements as one. They did not say a single word, their silence exerting an oppressive pressure that stirred panic.

  Clang!

  At the very front, the Yeluohe leader’s eyes flashed. He instantly pulled an ancient sword out of his rusted sheath, and around him, the surrounding Yeluohe mimicked his action. As they pulled out their weapons, their energies soared to a new level. They became even more frightening, their cold and gleaming weapons seeming like the scythes of the death god.