At that moment, he was exuding terrifying Genesis Qi all over his body.
Zhou Yuan's eyes, without the slightest ripple of emotions, locked on King Wu, and an indifferent voice reverberated throughout the heavens and earth.
“If this is your last trump card then....”
“King Wu....”
“Today, you will die.”
Chapter 701 Kill King Wu
Clad in silver armour, Zhou Yuan stepped across the water. The outside of the silver armour was glowing in a mysterious light, and behind him was a pair of stretched out wings. If one carefully examined, one would be able to discover that the silver armour was fluctuating with a green yellow colour.
Earthshaking Genesis Qi was emitted from his body, stirring up tremendous waves.
Countless gazes from both sides, filled with shock and disbelief, focused on his body.
This was because Zhou Yuan’s imposing aura was too tremendous. Even King Wu, who had just stepped into the middle level of the Divine Dwelling stage, seemed to have been suppressed by him...
“Your Highness is really...invincible.”
On the city walls, Wei Canglan couldn’t help but exclaim when he looked at the figure in silver armour. He still remembered that day when Zhou Yuan turned the tide when King Qi rebelled. At that time, he was like he was now, dressed in silver armour.
However, back then, Zhou Yuan wasn’t as strong as he was now.
The other generals also nodded repeatedly with awe in their eyes. The strength that Zhou Yuan showed was indeed too terrifying.
Hearing their praises, Zhou Qing couldn't help but laugh, his eyes filled with pride.
“King Wu thought that Yuan’er wouldn’t be able to rise after he took away his Sacred Dragon Qi. But my Zhou family’s Sacred Dragon won’t be destroyed so easily by him!”
Zhou Qing was in high spirits.
....
While Zhou Qing was beaming with happiness, King Wu’s face was incredibly gloomy when he stared intently on the silver armoured figure below and the corners of his mouth twitching involuntarily.
He could feel that Zhou Yuan had used several Genesis Techniques at the same time. If his predictions were correct, they were all Heaven Genesis Techniques that were a higher grade than the Scarlet Dragon Seal that he performed!
Otherwise, Zhou Yuan wouldn’t have possessed such powers.
But this made King Wu felt somewhat indignant. His scarlet dragon seal was something he only obtained after he exhausted all his strength, but even so, it was only a mid-grade Heaven Genesis Technique.
Was any one of the Genesis Techniques that Zhou Yuan used weaker than his?
Therefore, even if Zhou Yuan's Genesis Qi was slightly less than his, through those powerful Genesis Techniques, he was still able to force him into a difficult situation.
Looking at the silver figure below, there was finally a trace of uneasiness rising in King Wu's heart.
Boom!
But when emotions were tumbling within King Wu, Zhou Yuan fiercely flapped his light wings behind him. Huge waves rolled up, but his figure had disappeared from where he was like a ghost.
King Wu's face changed abruptly, retreating rapidly.
Buzz!
However, as his figure retreated, a silhouette had appeared in front of him, and a mottled black brush, wrapped in terrifying power, was thrust directly at his vital point.
King Wu swung the golden sword in his hand to block the attack with all his strength.
Clang!
Metallic clang echoed, sparks sputtered, and King Wu’s expression changed rapidly, because he felt an incomparably fierce power gushing over like a mountainous torrent. The hand that gripped around the sword hilt instantly cracked, blood rapidly trickled down, and his body was blasted away.
Zhou Yuan had activated the Mythic Saint Body, Omega Saint Spirit Art, and Earth Saint rune...Under that tremendous power, each strike was over 1.5 million Genesis Qi foundation!
So even if King Wu had stepped foot into the middle level of the Divine Dwelling Stage, Zhou Yuan was still able to suppress him.
Clang!
Zhou Yuan fought without holding back. His power soared unreservedly, and the overwhelming brush shadow whizzed out.
King Wu frantically tried to withstand. He roared repeatedly, but all attempts were useless. His figure constantly retreated, while blood trickled down the body of his sword.
The troops of the Great Wu all watched anxiously. Some Alpha Origin stage generals also felt a feeling of uneasiness shrouding their hearts.
No one thought that King Wu, who had stepped into the middle level of the Divine Dwelling stage, would lose to the Prince of the Great Zhou!
Clang!
The brush and spear collided in the sky once again.
“Million whale!”
As Zhou Yuan roared, there were multiple ancient whale images emerging outside the Heaven Yuan Brush, and as the black brush was swung down, the space also began to crack.
Clang!
Sparks sputtered in all direction. King Wu’s face was deathly pale as a jet of blood sprayed out his mouth. He stumbled and collapsed, rolling thousands of feet across the raging river.
Zhou Yuan stood tall in the air. Under the silver armour, his eyes were coldly staring at King Wu, and an indifferent voice sounded, “Dog Wu, when you took my Sacred Dragon Qi, have you thought about today?”
King Wu's face was covered with blood, looking incomparably terrifying, as he roared, “What I regret the most is that I failed to take your life when I took your Sacred Dragon Qi!”
He was indeed filled with regret. When he took the Qi of the Sacred Dragon, he was full of arrogance and thought that everything was sorted.
But who would have thought that, more than a decade later, the baby, who was almost crippled by him, hadn’t died, but had grown to be extremely strong.
What the Wu family had plotted for years was completely destroyed!
Zhou Yuan indifferently remarked, “A thief will always be a thief.”
Swoosh!
His figure transformed into a stream of light and shot out.
King Wu's Genesis Qi erupted as his figure rapidly retreated.
Chi!
The void shook and the brush shadow thrust forward, aiming directly at King Wu with inescapable speed.
Ah!
King Wu let out a miserable shriek, blood sputtered, and an arm was hurled into the sky.
“This is the arm you owe my father!”
Zhou Yuan’s eyes were piercing sharp like a knife. As he stepped forward, the brush shadow, like a dragon, directly pierced King Wu’s chest.
“This is for causing my mother’s lifespan to reduce!”
King Wu screamed, and retreated frantically.
The sharp brush shadow enveloped him, and directly tore King Wu’s body into two with lightning speed.
Blood streaked across Zhou Yuan.
“This is for the torture of the Dragon’s Resentment Poison that I had to suffer....”
King Wu’s body looked incredibly tragic. With blood red eyes, he clutched tight onto the Heavenly Yuan Brush as he sneered, “boy, your family was useless back then. They deserved to be turned into stray dogs by me!”
“So what if so? In fact, if it weren't for the hardships you caused me, I wouldn’t be who I am today.” Zhou Yuan remarked indifferently.
Without those suffering, and if everything had gone smoothly, Zhou Yuan perhaps would only be sitting in the Cangmang Continent and staring at the sky, just like King Wu.
King Wu’s face twisted with rage, “Boy, what makes you think you can kill me, I am going to make you be buried along with with me!”
His body suddenly erupted into thousands of rays of light.
His body had self-destructed!
Boom!
Incomparably terrifying Genesis Qi broke out. It tore the vast Broken Dragon River apart, and formed a huge pit that made it even difficult for the river to flow
.
Bang!
Zhou Yuan's figure blasted away, landing hard on the river surface.
Puchi.
A mouthful of blood spurted from his mouth, and cracks began to appear across his silver armour. The silver armour suddenly dissipated as he wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth. His eyes were still coldly fixed on where King Wu had self-destructed.
“If you really had self-destructed, then I might have respected you a little, but unfortunately you only used it to escape!”
From the area that his eyes were fixed on was an invisible spirit shooting out with two halos surrounding it. It was trying to break away at indescribable speed.
It was the spirit of King Wu.
“Zhou Yuan, I will get back at you for this!”
“I will return to massacre your Great Zhou!”
The roar of King Wu echoed throughout the world.
“Great Wu, retreat!”
When King Wu's scream resounded, the endless formation of the Great Wu army on the Broken Dragon River also completely crumbled.
At this point, everyone knew that the battle in which the Great Wu exhausted all its strength to attack the Great Zhou had ended.
The Great Wu troops were completely defeated like a landslide.
Chapter 702 Great Zhou’s Counterattack
Atop the walls of Broken Dragon City, Zhou Qing, Wei Canglan and the rest stared with dazed expressions and hanging mouths at the Great Wu Empire army that had been crushed in the blink of an eye.
No one had expected the aggressive and menacing army that had threatened to destroy the Great Zhou Empire to fall apart so easily.
The area atop the city walls fell into a temporary silence.
Countless people rubbed their eyes in disbelief, feeling as if they were in a dream.
Was they seeing a final impossible delusion before their deaths?
Some of the warriors could not help but give themselves a slap, causing slapping noises to sound one after another, which were quickly followed by painful yelps.
“Ouch! Wait, so this is real?”
“Hey! Can’t you hit yourself? Why the hell did you hit me!”
“Eh…”
“The Great Wu Empire army has collapsed?”
“That seems to be the case…”
“......”
The city walls turned somewhat chaotic. Everyone finally returned to their senses as wild joy flooded their faces.
Deafening cheers exploded a split second later, shaking even the sturdy city walls.
Everyone had been prepared to die for their country just moments ago, not because they no longer wished to live, but because the situation had been hopeless and there was no other path left for them to take.
Who could have imagined hope to descend from the sky amidst their despair?
“His highness is invincible!”
“His highness is invincible!”
“......”
Cheers that could over turn even the sea itself boomed across the land.
The Great Zhou Empire army gazed at the youthful figure atop the river with incomparable excitement. The reverence and worship in their eyes so concentrated that it was nearly about to overflow.
Having Zhou Yuan descend like a god from the heavens and single handedly save them from what should have been sure death likely made them revere him even more than Zhou Qing.
The eyes of Wei Canglan and the other commanders turned red with emotion as they sighed deeply, “His highness truly is the sacred dragon.”
Their hearts were filled with shock. No one had expected the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage King Wu to be forced to flee after having his physical body destroyed by Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Qing’s face was likewise flushed red with emotion, no longer any trace of his usual steady expression. He slammed his hands onto the city walls as he mumbled, “Great! Great!
“Wu Xuan, you wanted to ruin the Sacred Dragon of my Zhou clan. How do you like the taste of the consequences?!
“The Sacred Dragon of my clan will not succumb so easily!”
While the city walls were bathing in jubilation, Zhou Yuan cast a glance in the direction King Wu had fled in before flying towards the city walls under the countless stares of near fanatical reverence.
“Father, mother.”
When he landed, his gaze immediately looked towards Zhou Qing and Qin Yu as he smiled.
Qin Yu was the first to rush over, her eyes red as she carefully looked Zhou Yuan up and down. “Yuan’er, are you hurt anywhere?”
Zhou Yuan chuckled as he hugged his mother. “Relax mother, I’m fine.”
Zhou Qing also strided forward, his eyes filled with emotion as he looked at Zhou Yuan. In the end, he forcefully patted the latter’s shoulder as he said, “You’ve finally grown up.”
Zhou Yuan had merely been a very young Heaven Gate stage practitioner when he left his home years ago. After returning again, he was now a Divine Dwelling stage expert.
While it did make Zhou Qing feel a little sad, he was also extremely proud and happy.
“The Great Zhou Empire really has to thank you this time.”
Zhou Yuan shook his head and smiled, “I’m the prince of the Great Zhou Empire, and it's my duty to protect it.
“Besides…”
He fell silent for a moment as a set of gleaming white teeth were revealed. “Father, after so many years...I can’t keep ignoring my responsibilities.”
When he left his home years ago, Zhou Yuan had told Zhou Qing that he would pay back all of the humiliation they had received back then.
At that point in time, perhaps even Zhou Qing had merely taken these words as the boasting of a kid. However, this very same kid had actually done it.
King Wu, who had once brought endless endless pain, suffering and humiliation for Zhou Yuan, Zhou Qing, Qin Yu and the Great Zhou Empire...the very same King Wu that had always seemed invincible, almighty and peerless in their eyes...had been defeated by Zhou Yuan in front of everyone.
All the past grudges and humiliation felt as if it had been fully repaid at that moment.
Zhou Qing’s red eyes finally turned somewhat moist as he nodded, “Although I’ve been suppressed in nearly every aspect by King Wu over the years, there’s one thing that I have over him; my son is stronger than his!
“I did not know how to answer earlier when King Wu asked me on what basis did I dare to compete with him, but now that I think about it...it's because I have a great son!”
At this point, Zhou Qing could not help but laugh.
Zhou Yuan also chuckled as he shook his head.
“Father, with King Wu defeated and their army falling apart, the Great Zhou Empire can’t let this opportunity slip past.” After conversing a little more with Zhou Qing, Zhou Yuan’s gaze turned towards the direction of the defeated Great Wu Empire.
Zhou Qing’s pupils shrunk a little. “What do you wish to do?”
Zhou Yuan slowly said, “Although King Wu’s physical body was destroyed, he has likely made preparations for such a situation, and it will not be difficult for him to recover. In the near future, he will become a big threat to the Great Zhou Empire again.”
In addition, he could not stay in the Great Zhou Empire forever. The world here was far too tiny, and would not be beneficial to his cultivation. Hence, he needed to eliminate the problem at its root.
“The sacred dragon blessing taken from me back then was divided into three parts by King Wu. I’ve already taken back Wu Huang’s portion, but there’s still one more with the Great Wu Empire. Only by destroying Great Wu will I be able to take back the blessing.”
Zhou Yuan looked straight at Zhou Qing as his voice turned cold, “Hence, the Great Wu Empire needs to be destroyed for the Great Zhou Empire to regain its former glory!”
Zhou Qing’s eyes immediately flooded with intense emotions. It was a day he looked forward to at every waking moment.
Zhou Qing took in a deep breath and said, �
�King Wu’s defeat is a fatal blow to the morale of the Great Wu Empire army. This is the best chance for us to counter attack.”
He seemed to regain the dignity of the Great Wu Empire’s king at this moment.
He looked towards Wei Canglan and the other commanders and solemnly said, “Great general, the Great Zhou Empire will pour all of our forces into counter attacking. The things that we once lost shall be taken back by us this time!”
Wei Canglan’s face flushed red with excitement as he cupped his trembling fists together, “I’ve received your command!”
As Wei Canglan left to carry out his orders, the interior of Broken Dragon City soon began a beehive of activity. An enormous army was swiftly assembled before the gates were flung open, revealing countless battle carriages filled with high spirited troops.
Zhou Yuan stood atop the city walls and nodded as he observed the grand sight.
“Father, this is still not the time to relax…
Zhou Yuan turned towards Zhou Qing and said, “I will go after King Wu and make it impossible for him to reorganize his army. As for the rest, I’ll leave it to you guys.”
He could kill King Wu, but it was not very possible for him to siege a thousand cities alone. That would be far too exhausting for a single individual.
Zhou Qing nodded and said in a concerned voice, “Be careful, even a cornered rabbit will bite back.”
By the side, unwillingness was visible in Qin Yu’s eyes.
Zhou Yuan nodded as he smiled at Qin Yu, “Don’t worry mother, even King Wu at his full power was not my match, let alone now that he’s already lost his physical body.”
As his voice rang out, Zhou Yuan’s figure had already soared into the sky, transforming into a flash of light as he sped away.
“Father, I will be waiting for you guys at the capital of the Great Wu Empire. We’ll celebrate again when we meet once more!”
Bright and clear laughter echoed above the Broken Dragon River as his figure faded into the distance.
Chapter 703 Astonishing Everyone
The entire Great Wu Empire was shocked when their army returned in defeat. Everyone was unable to believe what had happened, because it was a result that had exceeded their expectations.
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