The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  Thwishthwishthwish!

  The stones and arrows continued to pour down, but merely by standing there, Song Yuanyi was able to repel all these attacks.

  The Immortal Universe Eternal Spring Mantra!

  As one of the top three arts of the righteous path, it excelled, was perhaps unparalleled, when it came to defense. This Origin Immortal Formation might have been littered with traps, but their threat to Song Yuanyi was limited. The Eternal Spring Mantra could deal with such attacks far easier than any other arts. This was primarily why Song Yuanyi had had Xie Guangting remain outside while he ventured inside.

  “Zhang Wenfu! I finally found you and your disciple! This time, none of you should even think about leaving alive!”

  Song Yuanyi’s expression was cold and aloof, his eyes exuding a sharp and intimidating light. And at a time like this, he was the only person in his group who could remain so calm and composed.

  As a leading light of the righteous path, Song Yuanyi was definitely one of the strongest experts of the present era, and with his Eternal Spring Mantra, he could face the Demonic Emperor without fear.

  “Hahaha, Song Yuanyi, when this old man was making his name, you were just some nobody martial artist. If your master were here, this old man might have been a little apprehensive, but you! You are not worthy!”

  The Demonic Emperor Old Man’s beard and hair began to dance as his body erupted with tides of astonishing power. This was the natural aura of a lion, and even a titan of the martial arts world like Song Yuanyi appeared inferior before him.

  In the current martial arts world, Righteous Alliance Lord Song Yuanyi had a thunderous reputation and was known by countless people. The name ‘Song Yuanyi’ itself inspired respect and awe, and even Wang Chong could find little advantage when fighting with Song Yuanyi.

  But the Demonic Emperor Old Man was different. The Demonic Emperor was currently sixty-some years old while Song Yuanyi was around fifty. The two were separated by a gap of ten-some years. While Song Yuanyi had a resounding reputation, Zhang Wenfu in his prime had a reputation that far surpassed that of the Righteous Alliance Lord.

  When Song Yuanyi was only a youth of ten-some years, Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu was already the great demon of the martial arts world, inspiring dread whenever people uttered his name. In terms of experience, Song Yuanyi could not possibly compare to Zhang Wenfu.

  “Demonic Emperor, that was then and this is now. Your era is over. Evil cannot suppress the righteous, and no matter what you say, I will represent the heroes of the righteous path and all those martial artists you killed in vanquishing you and your disciple!” Song Yuanyi sternly said, not backing down at all in front of this legend of the martial arts world.

  The present was not the past. The Demonic Emperor Old Man’s cultivation level had long ago begun to decline, and he could no longer use the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art. Meanwhile, Song Yuanyi had cultivated the Immortal Universe Eternal Spring Mantra to an incredibly high level. Even if the Demonic Emperor still had his evil arts, he would feel no fear.

  “Yuanjia, Changheng, we’ll deal with the Demonic Emperor. The Origin Immortal Art is secondary, but we must kill this master and his disciple!”

  “Yes!”

  Sikong Yuanjia and the elders behind him bowed. Only Ouyang Changheng glanced at Wang Chong with a complicated look in his eyes.

  Why did he have to be the Demonic Emperor’s disciple?

  Ouyang Changheng inwardly sighed.

  He even now still remembered how Wang Chong had helped the Righteous Alliance beat back the Black Yin Ancestor, and he still felt immense gratitude over it. If Wang Chong had been anyone else’s disciple, none of them would have allowed him to fall into this situation, but the Demonic Emperor… There was no room for negotiation.

  Bang!

  There was a thunderous boom as Song Yuanyi made the first move. This was actually the first time Song Yuanyi had decided to go on the offensive for a battle of this level. Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu was the most powerful and most legendary existence in the martial arts world, and also the most feared.

  Although Song Yuanyi had always been extremely well-respected within the martial arts world and was one of its leading figures as well as an extremely experienced combatant, he was well aware that there was still a gap between him and the Demonic Emperor. In the face of such a foe, he did not dare to be careless, and understood that only by taking the initiative could he have any sort of advantage.

  Thwish! Song Yuanyi thrust forward the index and middle fingers of his right hand like a spear. The air shrieked as thousands of swords made from Eternal Spring energy manifested and shot toward the Demonic Emperor. At the same time, even more Stellar Energy began to shift and writhe, and in the blink of an eye, a mighty and wrathful ‘Eternal Spring Emperor’ had been summoned.

  The Eternal Spring Mantra was easy to learn but difficult to master. Each step required a vast commitment of time and energy. Song Yuanyi had needed nearly six years of bitter cultivation before he finally succeeded in forming the being that symbolized the apex of the Eternal Spring Mantra, the Eternal Spring Emperor!

  The moment he summoned the Eternal Spring Emperor, Song Yuanyi entered his strongest state. No matter how strong his opponent was, he could take them on directly and fight for a long period of time. There was no technique in the world that could compare to this one when it came to tenacity and longevity.

  Buzz!

  In the face of Song Yuanyi’s deluge of attacks, the Demonic Emperor Old Man remained calm and composed. He merely extended a finger, upon which countless bolts of energy came shrieking forward at his command, each one aimed at one of Song Yuanyi’s swords of Eternal Spring energy.

  Boom!

  These two different kinds of energy collided in the air.

  Endless killing intent filled the air as heavy shockwaves of energy swept through the area.

  “Zhang Wenfu, use all your tricks! Today, only one of us can leave alive!” Song Yuanyi’s icy voice resounded through the air, seeming to come from every direction. Suddenly, the floating Song Yuanyi thrust out a palm, instantly sending waves of Eternal Spring Stellar Energy raging down to the ground. But unlike before, this Stellar Energy flashed with a metallic luster.

  Song Yuanyi had cultivated his Eternal Spring Stellar Energy to such a high level and to such a high density that it was even tougher than steel.

  Bang!

  The Demonic Emperor leaped forward, immediately rising into the air. At the same time, endless Stellar Energy poured out of his every pore and shot toward Song Yuanyi in a furious storm. The Demonic Emperor Old Man’s Stellar Energy also had a metallic luster, but it differed from Song Yuanyi’s in that this was the luster of that sliver of Stellar Energy the Demonic Emperor had drawn from the Subtle realm.

  Boom! The Stellar Energies clashed, but this time, Song Yuanyi’s body trembled as he was pushed back.

  Even with his Eternal Spring Stellar Energy cultivated to its peak and the Eternal Spring Emperor summoned, Song Yuanyi was still lacking compared to this legend of the martial arts world.

  “Again!”

  Song Yuanyi’s eyes gleamed with cold light as he lunged back into the fray. Although he was slightly weaker than the Demonic Emperor Old Man in terms of strength and cultivation, the Eternal Spring Stellar Energy’s recovery and repulsing abilities allowed Song Yuanyi to challenge any level of expert.

  He did not even fear Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu.

  The air rumbled and groaned with the sounds of collisions. The battle between Song Yuanyi and the Demonic Emperor Old Man grew fiercer and fiercer, causing even those arrows and stones of the Stop Gate to be obliterated before they could even get close.

  As Song Yuanyi and the Demonic Emperor Old Man, the new and old hegemons of the martial arts world, battled, on the other side, Sikong Yuanjia and the other Righteous Alliance Elders were eyeing Wang Chong and the nearby Formation Elder.

  Chapter 1395 - Fierce
Battle!

  Chapter 1395: Fierce Battle!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  “This scoundrel is together with Demonic Emperor Zhang Wenfu and his disciple, so he can’t be easy to deal with. Wei Wen, take a few people and kill that old man. As for the fake Young Master Qingyang, leave him to me!” Sikong Yuanjia spoke in a booming tone, his finger extending toward the Formation Elder, upon which eight Righteous Alliance experts immediately lunged toward him.

  “Damn it! What are you after me for!?”

  The Formation Elder paled at this sight. He was truly just an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire. He had never committed any crime against the world. Merely by being together with Zhang Wenfu, he had already been attacked twice by experts of the Righteous Alliance.

  “Senior Zhou, get behind me! I’ll protect you!”

  At this crucial moment, Wang Chong stepped in front of the Formation Elder to protect him.

  “Kid, you’re just a clay Bodhisattva who can’t even protect yourself, yet you have the time to worry about others! Someone! Join me in capturing this kid so that we can set the record straight!”

  Sikong Yuanjia’s eyes chilled as he shot forward to attack Wang Chong.

  Boom!

  As Sikong Yuanjia attacked, Wang Chong immediately thrust a palm forward, but Sikong Yuanjia had no intention of dodging.

  “Zhurong Divine Armor!” Sikong Yuanjia bellowed.

  Dense flames burst out of his body and swiftly congealed into fiery red armor. The attack unleashed from Wang Chong’s palm bounced harmlessly off the half-foot-thick Zhurong Divine Armor. Meanwhile, Sikong Yuanjia continued to fly forward with astonishing speed, his trajectory not at all affected.

  A defensive divine art!

  Wang Chong’s eyes flashed.

  He had already seen Sikong Yuanjia while on the mountain, but this was the first time they had actually exchanged blows.

  The martial arts of the world were divided into offensive, defensive, agility, and speed arts. Sikong Yuanjia’s martial art clearly belonged to the defensive category and appeared to be one of the very best. For it to emerge utterly unharmed after taking one of his attacks meant that this divine armor Sikong Yuanjia was wearing had reached an astonishing level of toughness.

  But Wang Chong was quick to respond.

  Swish! Swish!

  Wang Chong flicked his finger, sending several milky-white bolts of energy at Sikong Yuanjia.

  “Petty tricks!”

  Sikong Yuanjia sneered and immediately swung a fist at one of these bolts of energy.

  But a moment later, as fist energy intertwined with the bolt of energy, Sikong Yuanjia immediately felt as if the Zhurong Divine Armor around his arm had been pierced through. The incomparably tough Zhurong Divine Armor was actually incapable of blocking that bolt of milky-white energy, and two more bolts of energy were shooting straight at his face.

  Not good! Sword Qi!

  A frightening thought flitted through Sikong Yuanjia’s mind. Sikong Yuanjia had originally believed that Wang Chong had only fired off some dense bolt of energy, but only when he truly interacted with it did he realize that this extremely sharp energy was none other than that martial energy which was the most difficult of all to cultivate, Sword Qi.

  Sikong Yuanjia sensed that these milky-white bolts of energy that were about as thick as a finger were each made from condensed slivers of Sword Qi. Each sliver of Sword Qi was tougher than steel and as sharp as a divine weapon. Sikong Yuanjia’s Zhurong Divine Armor could block Wang Chong’s attacks, but it could not prevent itself from being cut through by these unremarkable slivers of Sword Qi.

  Buzz!

  With no time to think, Sikong Yuanjia twisted his head to the side, barely avoiding Wang Chong’s attacks. “Aaaah!” There was a scream from behind him as one of Wang Chong’s bolts of Sword Qi shot through the head of a Righteous Alliance expert, dropping him to the ground.

  Art of God and Demon Obliteration!

  Wang Chong had inherited this art from Great Tang War God Su Zhengchen, but for a variety of reasons, Wang Chong had focused on advancing the easier Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, leaving the more difficult Art of God and Demon Obliteration on the wayside at the early stages, with greater understanding of the technique still far off in the future.

  But even so, Wang Chong’s cultivation level paired with the lethality of the Art of God and Demon Obliteration meant that even the Sword Qi of the early stage was enough to pose a major threat. Not even Sikong Yuanjia’s Zhurong Divine Armor could do much to stop it.

  “Everyone, together! Kill him!”

  Seeing Sikong Yuanjia suffer a setback, the Righteous Alliance experts bellowed and quickly charged up.

  “Damn Righteous Alliance, a bunch of bastards!”

  The Formation Elder was both shocked and furious. These Righteous Alliance experts showed no regard in their attacks, including the Formation Elder as one of their targets. With no time to think, the Formation Elder waved a sleeve, sending out a formidable Stellar Energy to knock back the arrows that were coming up behind him.

  At the same time, he opened up his palm, revealing five multicolored pebbles that he scattered around himself. The moment they thumped to the ground, the Formation Elder disappeared in a flash of light.

  “What’s going on here?”

  The eight attacking Righteous Alliance experts slowed down, staring in wide-eyed shock at the now-vacant space before them.

  “Impossible! This scoundrel couldn’t possibly have escaped!”

  One of the Righteous Alliance experts gnashed his teeth and thrust out a palm, sending out a wave of energy that shattered several stones in the air as it hurtled toward the position the Formation Elder had just occupied. Boom! A ripple appeared in the air as that wave of energy seemed to strike something solid.

  “Over there! Don’t let him escape!”

  The Righteous Alliance experts excitedly turned in the direction the Formation Elder had vanished and sent all kinds of energy toward it.

  But before any of their attacks could land, all the arrows and stones flying through the air were pulled on by some immense force into a vortex that proceeded to howl toward the Righteous Alliance experts.

  Boomboomboom!

  The vortex of arrows and stones dashed to pieces the energy attacks of the Righteous Alliance experts and continued onward toward them.

  “How could this be!?”

  “This scoundrel has taken control of the Origin Immortal Formation’s energy!”

  The Righteous Alliance experts paled in fright, their eyes almost popping out of their sockets. No one could have imagined that this short old man would be so powerful, turning around the power of the formation and using it against his foes.

  “Careful!”

  The Righteous Alliance experts immediately radiated Stellar Energy to fight back against the arrows and stones. This downpour of arrows and stones was clearly stronger than before, shaking the experts so badly that their wrists went numb and the energy within their bodies seethed.

  Nearby, another vortex began to take shape, bringing with it a second wave of arrows and stones.

  “Damn it! Pull back!”

  The Righteous Alliance experts turned apprehensive at the situation and hastily retreated.

  They had come to attack the Formation Elder, but a moment later, they were running off faster than they had come.

  “You little bastards! Get over here! Come on! Try and get this old man!”

  In a small formation of a few square feet, the Formation Elder heartily laughed at the fleeing Righteous Alliance experts, a smug look on his face.

  He was not skilled at martial arts, and while he wasn’t that weak, he was also no match for the likes of the Demonic Emperor Old Man, Song Yuanyi, and even Righteous Alliance Elders like Sikong Yuanjia. The martial arts world was a dangerous place, and if he didn’t have a few tricks, he would have never been able to tra
vel the world.

  Those five pebbles had been one of the Formation Elder’s tricks.

  While the Formation Elder had not been able to comprehend the rules of the Origin Immortal Formation, he had been able to study some of its secrets. These secrets coupled with his own attainments in the field of formations allowed the Formation Elder to locally control some of the formation’s energy and use it against the Righteous Alliance experts.

  “The evil path is a crooked one, and all the people upon it must be punished! Everyone, work together and exterminate this little demon!”

  Meanwhile, the battle between Wang Chong and Sikong Yuanjia’s group of Righteous Alliance Elders had reached a fever pitch. The robes of the Righteous Alliance Elders flapped in the air as they attacked Wang Chong from various angles, torrents of Stellar Energy raging back and forth.

  Such an offensive would be enough to make anyone pale.

  And Wang Chong was in a very weakened state, still recovering from his cultivation defect. Despite this, Wang Chong remained fearless.

  “Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor!

  “Vast Heaven Earth Art!

  “Art of God and Demon Obliteration!

  “Void Movement Technique!”

  Light flashed on Wang Chong’s body as he was covered in the black Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor, and then he used the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, at the same time flicking out sharp bolts of Sword Qi with his finger.

  Most terrifying of all was the Void Movement Technique Wang Chong had obtained from the men in black. Although Wang Chong had not completely comprehended it at the start of the battle, he was frighteningly comprehending it in the middle of the battle.

  At the start, Wang Chong had been very clumsy in his application of the Void Movement Technique and had exposed himself throughout, but the fearsome defenses of the Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor allowed him to endure the attacks of Sikong Yuanjia and company.

  But Wang Chong quickly began to accustom himself to the Void Movement Technique, and under the pressure of battle, with the mantra of the Void Movement Technique flitting through his mind again and again, he actually began to deepen his understanding of the technique. Moreover, actual practice was far superior to just groping around in the darkness.