Chapter 1784: Life! Execution!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Beams of Sword Qi shot out of the ground like a vast forest, serving as a s.h.i.+eld to block all of the Tianfu Divine Lord’s attacks.
Once, twice, thrice… the Tianfu Divine Lord was constantly s.h.i.+fting positions, disappearing and reappearing in just a split second, without a noise or ripple of energy. But no matter where the Tianfu Divine Lord moved or how fast his attacks were, Su Zhengchen always seemed to know where he would show up.
“Die! Fated Birth Star!” the Tianfu Divine Lord suddenly bellowed.
Kaboom! With a great clap of thunder, a steely-black star descended out of the darkness, rapidly growing larger as it hurtled toward Su Zhengchen.
Buzz!
As this attack carrying all of the Tianfu Divine Lord’s strength descended, Su Zhengchen’s eyelids trembled. Those closed eyes finally opened, revealing a dazzling light.
“So, this is all your strength?”
Su Zhengchen’s cold and callous voice could be heard all around Chongsheng Gate.
Boom!
Su Zhengchen thrust out his right hand with inconceivable speed, instantly striking that Fated Birth Star that was packed with destructive power.
For a moment, time seemed to stop.
The Tianfu Divine Lord could only watch as that Fated Birth Star, now about the size of a millstone, was suddenly sliced in two, allowing a terrifying Sword Qi to burst through.
As it was cut in two, another wave of Sword Qi sliced the Fated Birth Star in half horizontally, and there was a third wave, a fourth wave… A few moments later, the Fated Birth Star that should have exploded had been sliced into countless tiny pieces.
The process had taken place so quickly that the Fated Birth Star hadn’t even had a chance to show the slightest hint of an explosion.
Rumble!
It was only once it was in tiny pieces that the Fated Birth Star finally exploded, but the explosion was much weaker than imagined.
“How could this be? How could a human slice apart my Fated Birth Star?!”
The Tianfu Divine Lord didn’t dare to believe his own eyes.
The Fated Birth Star was packed with extremely dense energy that was even tougher than the energy of the Subtle realm. That his foe could slice the star into pieces without triggering the explosion meant that he possessed an absurd level of cultivation in the path of the sword.
This human has already surpa.s.sed me and Tianshu!
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and the Tianfu Divine Lord gasped. If he weren’t experiencing it for himself, he would have never believed that there was someone from a mortal dynasty that could somehow manage to cultivate to this transcendent level all on their own.
“Run!”
The Tianfu Divine Lord almost instantly realized that he was no match for this white-haired elder. Boom! Without the slightest hesitation, he unleashed a torrent of higher-dimension energy. In the blink of an eye, the Tianfu Divine Lord appeared one thousand feet away, rapidly fleeing to the west.
This move came without warning, and even Su Zhengchen couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow in surprise. But he quickly regained his composure.
“Since you’re here, why are you in such a hurry to go?”
Su Zhengchen’s voice was so soft that it could barely be heard, but the Tianfu Divine Lord clearly heard each word as if they had been whispered straight into his ear. His courage instantly failed, and he burned all the Stellar Energy in his body and hastened his flight.
Several thousand feet went by in the blink of an eye, and the Tianfu Divine Lord left the Chongsheng Gate far behind him. But just when the Tianfu Divine Lord thought that he had escaped, he once more heard that old, aloof, and majestic voice speaking into his ear.
“Life! Execution!”
With these two simple words, kaboom! A dark beam of Sword Qi, as sharp as could be, shot out from behind him. It pierced straight through the Tianfu Divine Lord’s chest, leaving behind a large hole.
Even after piercing through the Tianfu Divine Lord’s body, the dark beam of Sword Qi still had unspent energy that soared off into the darkness.
“Ah!”
On the ground, the Tianfu Divine Lord’s Power of Darkness had long ago dispersed. The thousands of Imperial Army soldiers couldn’t help but cry out in alarm when they saw this Sword Qi. Even the Lone Silence Ancestor, Li Siye, and martial artists like the Three Elders of the Northern Sea were left astounded.
Top-cla.s.s sword experts could easily attack a target that was several thousand feet away, but Su Zhengchen’s Sword Qi seemed to connect the heavens and earth, going more than ten thousand feet. Moreover, the Sword Qi had also left a distinct trail in the air.
They were all powerful martial artists who had seen their fair share of wondrous sights, but never had they seen such terrifying Sword Qi!
“This is impossible! How could he have such a frightening Sword Qi?”
The Tianfu Divine Lord stared at the hole in his chest and the Sword Qi that lingered in the wound, his eyes wide open and his body trembling.
He could sense the power of extermination contained in this attack, constantly pulverizing and obliterating his vitality. This extermination power was continuing to spread, seeping into every part of his body, every single cell.
The hole in the Tianfu Divine Lord’s chest was getting larger and larger…
The Tianfu Divine Lord was an arrogant man who considered himself a G.o.d, and even after w.a.n.g Chong defeated him, he still did not consider him an opponent worthy of his regard. But that mysterious old man had not only seen through his Starlight Step, was not only faster than him, his Sword Qi was even more frightening than the Subtle realm Southern Dipper divine power in his body!
This old man surpa.s.sed him in every aspect.
How could such a monster exist in this world?
A moment later, boom! Boom! Boom! The Tianfu Divine Lord detonated his four limbs, creating an explosion of gore and blood. As blood burst outward, a dazzling golden talisman about half a foot long emerged from his body.
This talisman was covered in images of the sun, moon, stars, and clouds. It appeared, hallowed, divine, and mysterious. The moment it appeared, it absorbed the cloud of blood, bones, and flesh, and then erupted with a golden-red light.
Boom!
After sweeping up the Tianfu Divine Lord, the talisman suddenly began to move at a hundred times the Tianfu Divine Lord’s earlier speed, vanis.h.i.+ng into the west in the blink of an eye.
“So fast!”
Su Zhengchen narrowed his eyes and subconsciously took two steps forward, and then he stopped. This ability was extremely bizarre, and that golden talisman defied everything he knew about martial arts. The talisman had absorbed more than half of the Tianfu Divine Lord’s essence blood, so even Su Zhengchen would find it hard to catch up.
Su Zhengchen quickly turned his attention to the Imperial Army.
Clangclangclang!
The soldiers threw down their weapons. Not even those two Divine Lords had been able to withstand Su Zhengchen’s terrifying power, with one dead and one wounded. The soldiers s.h.i.+vered, none of them daring to attack Su Zhengchen.
Guo Ziyi didn’t waste the opportunity presented to him. “This is the War G.o.d! Why aren’t you kneeling!? You want to keep rebelling with the rest of those traitors?”
“We surrender!”
“We surrender!”
All the Imperial Army soldiers, even the Eastern Palace guards, in front of Chongsheng Gate got down on their knees.
They had joined the rebellion partially because they had been ordered to by their superiors, and partially because they believed that it could succeed. But they were without their leaders now, and this battle was over. They had no desire to continue fighting.
“Everyone, listen up! According to the laws of the Great Tang, traitors are to be executed along with their clans! I’ll give you one chance! Take up your weapons and follow the King of Foreign Lands in pacifying the rebellion to redeem yourselves! If you don’t want to die, follow me!” Li Siye roared, gripping his giant Wootz Steel sword and raising it up into the sky. This combined with his enormous body made him exert an intense pressure.
“We’re willing to follow the King of Foreign Lands!”
“We’re willing to follow Milord!” the soldiers around Chongsheng Gate called out. Of course, they had no other choice. Following Li Siye to fight against the First Prince was their only way to survive.
Guo Ziyi understood and began to gesture, sending his men to work with Li Siye and reorganize the surrendered Imperial Army soldiers.
“Not bad. This child has managed to recruit some excellent officers!”
There was a twinkle in Su Zhengchen’s eyes as he subtly nodded.
That these two were able to use the chance offered by the defeat of those two Divine Lords showed an excellent reaction time and sharpness. It was clear that w.a.n.g Chong had recruited several powerful generals over the last few years.
“With these generals helping him, I don’t need to worry too much!”
Su Zhengchen quickly turned to Taiji Palace.
The battle was still ongoing there, but just when he was about to head there, he suddenly sensed something.
“This is—”
His brow fiercely twitched as he stared in the direction of Taiji Palace.