The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  What terrifying speed!

  Wang Chong’s heart chilled. He had never imagined that the beast was able to use its own scales as weapons, and to shoot them forward with such incredible speed. That sound at the start had been so soft that it felt like it was coming from very far away and still needed to travel some distance.

  But in truth, the beast’s scale was already cutting at his body.

  If not for Wang Chong’s intuition and instinct, the Dragonbeast would have already cut him in half.

  This fellow is even more formidable than I imagined!

  Wang Chong instantly felt an intense apprehension. He had only recently used the Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor, and he would need to wait twenty to thirty days before he could normally use it again. Without that powerful suit of armor, Wang Chong would find it very difficult to contend against the Dragonbeast’s heaven-defying strength.

  Whether it was the biting of its jaws, the slashing of its claws, or even the scales on its body, they were all enough to deal enormous damage to an unarmored martial artist like Wang Chong.

  Wang Chong’s repeated resistance had infuriated the Dragonbeast, and its crimson eyes stared at Wang Chong through the darkness. Bzzz! The massive Dragonbeast vanished in a flash of light.

  The place Wang Chong was standing collapsed in an explosion of dust. The hardy rocks of the underground were incapable of holding out against a swing of the Dragonbeast’s feet, but even this determined strike had still managed to miss.

  But after missing with this strike, the Dragonbeast lunged at Wang Chong without hesitation. This time, however, Wang Chong changed his tactics.

  Bzzz! Wang Chong’s body flickered, and then three identical afterimages appeared around the Dragonbeast. As the Dragonbeast lashed out at Wang Chong with two legs, Wang Chong moved to the side, dodging the attack by a hair. At the same time, he fired two milky-white bolts of Sword Qi from his hand that shot toward the Dragonbeast’s eyes.

  Art of God and Demon Obliteration!

  Wang Chong had deployed the supreme sword art he had learned from Great Tang War God Su Zhengchen.

  The greatest advantage humans had compared to beasts was their skill and intelligence. Martial arts were one of humanity’s most formidable advances. When fighting against this Dragonbeast with a strength that surpassed a peak Great General, it was best to avoid direct confrontation and instead attack its weakest points.

  This Dragonbeast had a powerful Anti-Stellar trait that greatly weakened even the strongest attacks. But no matter how powerful the Dragonbeast was, its eyes, mouth, and pores were always weak spots that were impossible to protect.

  Wang Chong’s idea wasn’t bad, but the truth took him by complete surprise.

  Bang!

  Wang Chong’s bolts of Sword Qi did not blind the Dragonbeast as he had imagined. Instead, the Dragonbeast closed its eyes, a translucent layer covering them. Wang Chong’s Sword Qi utterly failed to pierce through the eyelids.

  On the contrary, Wang Chong’s attack only infuriated the Dragonbeast.

  Raaaa! A claw covered in fine scales began to expand in Wang Chong’s vision. At the same time, the Dragonbeast opened its giant maw and unleashed a torrent of searing flame that was much hotter and more concentrated than before.

  The flames immediately filled the cave, even engulfing the Dragonbeast’s body.

  Not even Wang Chong dared to be careless around this flame. This flame gave him an extremely strange sensation, somewhat similar to the Fires of Mara and Ju Bi that he had absorbed from the men in black, but it seemed to possess a different kind of attribute. But even in this situation, Wang Chong did not panic.

  A good chance! I can use it to attack its insides!

  Although the Dragonbeast’s flames were formidable, Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy was unaffected and he could clearly locate where the mouth was.

  Whoosh! Wang Chong opened his hand, drawing the sword of the slain martial artist into his hand. With a toss, the sword flew like a bolt of lightning, piercing through the flames toward the open mouth of the Dragonbeast.

  Any martial artist who could get this deep into the pit was no weakling, nor were their swords. Although they were still lacking compared to Wootz Steel, their sharpness could not be questioned.

  Clang! There was a metallic snap as the sword passed through the flames, and the flames vanished, revealing a part of the Dragonbeast’s body. Wang Chong could see that the Dragonbeast had closed its jaw, biting down on the sword Wang Chong had thrown.

  This sword had been made from the best steel and reinforced with many inscriptions, but the monster had managed to instantly bite it in two.

  Wang Chong’s mind shivered once more. No vicious beast in the world could do this. This monster possessed an incredible instinct and reaction time. Wang Chong had begun to realize that this beast was far from some ordinary vicious monster. It felt to him like it had been trained by some martial artist.

  Otherwise, there was no way it could have reacted so quickly.

  Boom! An intense danger filled his mind, and Wang Chong’s body blinked as he shot backward. In an explosive shockwave, the Dragonbeast slammed a foot down on where Wang Chong had been standing just moments ago.

  It’s no good! This beast’s abilities are meant specifically to counter martial artists. Its duty is probably to guard the underground Origin Immortal Treasury. It won’t do to keep fighting with it!

  Wang Chong’s mind was spinning with thoughts.

  Wang Chong was not that much weaker than the Dragonbeast, but as the Dragonbeast had a strong resistance to Stellar Energy, Wang Chong would just be wasting time attacking it. There was no easy way to actually kill it.

  It would be better to leave as quickly as possible and find the treasury!

  Wang Chong quickly decided to rush into one of the branching caves. Explosions and booms rang out behind him, as it seemed like the Dragonbeast had locked onto Wang Chong and was doggedly pursuing him.

  The cave network was vast and extensive. Wang Chong soon saw three branching caves, and he immediately split up into three clones, one for each cave. But to his surprise, this move had no effect.

  The Dragonbeast showed no hesitation, plunging into the right cave in pursuit of Wang Chong.

  Wait! This beast isn’t relying on its eyes to find its prey… It can smell a martial artist’s Stellar Energy!

  Wang Chong immediately understood.

  The Dragonbeast’s crimson eyes were extremely obvious in the darkness. Wang Chong had believed that it used these eyes to hunt its prey, which is why he made two clones. But Wang Chong had just ‘seen’ how the Dragonbeast had chosen the correct path without even a moment of thought.

  It was obvious that the Dragonbeast did not hunt using its eyes.

  If it wasn’t using its eyes, then the only other possible method was the Stellar Energy on the martial artist’s body.

  With this thought, Wang Chong swiftly had an idea.

  Rumble! The sounds of collapsing caves and the roars of the Dragonbeast rang out endlessly behind him, closer and closer. The Dragonbeast was apparently determined to seize Wang Chong, but even so, Wang Chong remained calm, his mind rapidly turning.

  A few moments later, another branching cave appeared. Wang Chong was much more cautious this time and once more separated into two. This time, he transferred a large amount of Stellar Energy onto the clone while at the same time restraining his dantian and sealing his pores and meridians, except for those in his legs. His Stellar Energy flow almost came to a stop, and his body’s aura plunged.

  After doing this, Wang Chong had his clone and his real body enter two separate caves.

  Raaaa! The vicious Dragonbeast’s murderous roar resounded through the caves, causing rocks to rustle down from the ceiling.

  But a moment later, the Dragonbeast beast shot into one of the caves, pursuing Wang Chong’s clone.

  Just as expected!

  In the other cave, Wang Chong was now confident and
assured.

  Swish! Swish! Swish! He began to fly deeper into the depths of the cave, but as he was making his way forward, without any warning, a soft explosion came from overhead. An energy had been hiding there for some time, only revealing itself when Wang Chong appeared.

  If it were anyone else, they would have been caught off guard by such a close attack and swiftly struck, but Wang Chong remained calm. Bang! Wang Chong turned a palm upward and thrust it overhead.

  Boomboomboom!

  As two palms met, an enormous wave of Stellar Energy erupted from his body, clashing with extremely Yin energy, dark and turbid to the extreme. There was a grunt from above, and then the assailant flipped around in the air and landed in a cave above Wang Chong’s head.

  That person staggered unsteadily as soon as they hit the ground.

  “Eh?”

  An astonished voice arose, but it was from a completely different place than where that figure was.

  “Kid, to think it was you!”

  At the sound of this familiar voice, Wang Chong turned in shock. Across from him was a series of caves, and in one of them, twenty-some meters away, was a familiar figure who was staring in shock at him with sinister eyes.

  Next to him were two figures of equal power, and they were also staring in shock.

  Chapter 1449 - Baiting a Tiger to Kill a Wolf!

  Chapter 1449: Baiting a Tiger to Kill a Wolf!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  “The Black Yin Ancestor!”

  Wang Chong’s heart thumped as he recognized the figure.

  He had never imagined that in such a complicated and vast cave network, he would run into this man.

  “Hey, isn’t this Zhang Wenfu’s disciple?” the Myriad Ghost Ancestor said. “We just wanted to deal with a few small fry, but we ended up catching a big fish. Kid, since you dropped yourself at our doorstep, don’t blame anyone but yourself.”

  “Your master back then committed all manner of crimes and was utterly heartless. This is just the cycle of karma,” the Bone Devil Ancestor declared, his expression ice-cold. “Kid, accept your fate!”

  The three top-class experts of the Five Ancestor Alliance appeared in a line in front of Wang Chong.

  Wang Chong grimaced and his heart sank.

  The Black Yin Ancestor, Myriad Ghost Ancestor, and Bone Devil Ancestor each possessed heaven-shaking power. These were existences from the same generation as the Demonic Emperor Old Man, and whether it was in cultivation, experience, or fighting skill, they had reached the apex.

  Any one of them was a supreme expert of the current era, able to pose an immense threat to any foe, and now, all three of these ancestors were here.

  Wang Chong felt his blood freeze and an unprecedented sense of danger sweep through his body, greater even than the sense of danger instilled by the metal storm or the Dragonbeast.

  “Hah, so it was you! You’re done for this time!”

  “This is what they call refusing to take the path to heaven and going to find the gate of the underworld!”

  With these two jeers, the elders of the Five Ancestor Alliance and various Imperial Martial and Saint Martial experts of the evil path began to appear from the other caves, tightly surrounding Wang Chong.

  Bang!

  And with a thunderous boom, twenty to thirty meters behind Wang Chong, the roof of the cave suddenly fell in. Four or five black-robed Five Ancestor Alliance elders had broken through the ceiling to drop in from another cave.

  “Hmph, our Five Ancestor Alliance has fully mobilized this time, with even three ancestors taking part. Even if the Origin Immortal himself were here, he still wouldn’t be able to escape! This kid is finished!”

  “Kill the chickens to cow the monkeys! Let’s kill him to show off our power and let the entire world know what happens when you offend the Five Ancestor Alliance… Even the disciple of the Demonic Emperor will die like the rest!”

  Powerful streams of energy shot out from Wang Chong’s surroundings and locked onto him.

  This time, there was truly no escape. A tight net of experts had sealed off every path.

  The three evil path ancestors all had sinister sneers, and they were already regarding Wang Chong like he was a dead man.

  Surrounded by the Five Ancestor Alliance’s forces with three evil path ancestors presiding… there was no one in the world that could escape this array of forces. Not even the Demonic Emperor Old Man would dare to make such a claim, let alone his disciple.

  “Kill him!”

  “Kill the young one and then go and kill the old one!”

  With cold laughter, the Black Yin Ancestor gave the order to kill. With his order, the mood in the cave instantly turned tense.

  Wang Chong was on the verge of being killed under the barrage of the Five Ancestor Alliance.

  “Wait!”

  Wang Chong suddenly bellowed, his abrupt shout causing everyone else to freeze.

  “Hah, kid, do you have some last words? For the sake of Zhang Wenfu, I suppose I can agree to hear them out!” the Black Yin Ancestor mocked.

  The evil path experts all exploded with laughter, but the encirclement around Wang Chong only tightened.

  “Black Yin Ancestor, you’re overthinking it.”

  Wang Chong suddenly laughed, but his mind had begun to rapidly turn.

  “He who laughs last, laughs best. It’s not at that final moment yet, so you shouldn’t get so happy so soon.”

  Wang Chong appeared calm and assured, showing not even the slightest panic.

  “Interesting! At a time like this, you still want to play some tricks? If my guess is correct, that explosive pull from just now caused you to be split up from your master and that other old fellow. Otherwise, someone of your master’s personality would have never split up with you. Just accept your fate.”

  The Black Yin Ancestor gave a sinister and all-knowing chuckle.

  Moments after he had finished speaking, he began to gather evil energy onto his palms, preparing to end Wang Chong’s life with one thunderous strike.

  “Heh, Black Yin Ancestor, you’ve gotten far too happy. Do you really think that you’ve got me? Why don’t you turn around and look behind you?”

  To their surprise, Wang Chong sneered, showing no fear whatsoever.

  “Kid, don’t waste your time. You think we’ll be fooled by a trick like that?”

  The Black Yin Ancestor chuckled once more, not even trying to take the bait. As a titan of the martial arts world, he had been through all kinds of experiences, and he bore little interest in Wang Chong’s bravado.

  “Old Five, stop chatting and kill him already!” the Bone Devil Ancestor finally said. His cold eyes were fixed on Wang Chong as he suddenly stomped forward. Black smoke poured out of the trembling ground, evil energy swept through the cave, and the walls echoed with the shrieks and wails of ghosts.

  The three were burning with killing intent and just about to deliver the killing blow…

  Roooar!

  An inhumanly savage and tyrannical roar came from behind them, bursting with the desire to maim and destroy. And before they could even react, a terrifying and bestial aura began to charge at them.

  “What’s this?”

  The Black Yin Ancestor, Myriad Ghost Ancestor, and Bone Devil Ancestor were all alarmed and hastily turned their heads. However, as they were trying to make out that thing in the darkness, a gout of flame spat out from the cave, and in the blink of an eye, it was only a few feet from the trio.

  And there seemed to be some dreadful being approaching from within the flames.

  With no time to think, the three ancestors struck out in unison, as did the evil path experts around them, their attacks blasting at the sea of fire.

  “Black Dragon Art!”

  “Myriad Ghosts Pilgrimage Great Yin Art!”

  “Bone Devil Descent!”

  The three of them used their supreme evil arts, and the power they produced wa
s enough to make gods and ghosts weep.

  And truthfully, their triple attack did have an effect…

  Boomboomboom!

  Stellar Energy splashed into the surroundings as fierce explosions rang out incessantly. Innumerable attacks had barraged the sea of fire.

  But a moment later, with a heaven-shaking roar, an enormous creature six to seven meters tall charged out of the sea of fire, crashing into the three ancestors like a meteor.

  “Ah!”

  Screams filled the air as those weaker evil path experts at the side of the three ancestors failed to dodge in time and were engulfed by the flames. Their Stellar Energy erupted and their bodies were burned to ash.

  Even the Black Yin Ancestor, Myriad Ghost Ancestor, and Bone Devil Ancestor were sent flying like ragdolls after being struck by that enormous beast.

  “What monster is this?!”

  The Black Yin Ancestor had been knocked flying before he had even had time to complete his Black Dragon Divine Art.

  The Black Yin Ancestor’s entire body was trembling in shock, and the Myriad Ghost Ancestor and Bone Devil Ancestor were faring little better.

  No one in the martial arts world could take a combined attack from the three of them and all the Five Ancestor Alliance experts at their side, but this monster had taken it all and appeared barely scathed. This was simply inconceivable.

  Not only that, the Black Yin Ancestor sensed that his attack had parted before this monster like a wave breaking against a rock, inflicting no real damage. This sort of trait combined with this monster’s enormous size and strength was enough to make one despair.

  Roooar!

  As the three ancestors were sent flying, that bull-lion monster opened its maw and bit down on the corpse of a Five Ancestor Alliance elder, its sharp teeth biting the corpse in half. With a casual swipe, another Five Ancestor Alliance expert was torn to pieces.

  Fwoosh! A scorching flame swept forward, igniting six or seven Five Ancestor Alliance experts, who wretchedly screamed as their bodies were burned to ash.

  The three ancestors turned their heads around to look and instantly paled. The ferocity of this beast was simply unimaginable.