The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  Wang Chong and the Origin Immortal looked over and immediately saw two dark green eyes slowly approaching them.

  Buzz!

  The Origin Immortal Chief had only doubts at first, but when the Dragonbeast opened its mouth and spoke in human tongue, everything was confirmed. Even Song Yuanyi in the back was stunned.

  “Origin used a formation buried under here for more than one thousand years to scheme against this lord and hold down my fleshly body. This lord will take your life to vent my anger! I’d like to see what Origin can do about that!”

  The Dragonbeast slowly approached, its words chilling to the bone.

  True Lord Yellow Dragon!

  A name appeared in everyone’s minds, and their faces paled while their bodies shuddered.

  Even though True Lord Yellow Dragon was being held beneath the earth by the Origin Immortal Lord, his mind had managed to attach itself to the Dragonbeast, which was now pursuing the group. No one had expected something so bizarre and terrifying to take place.

  “Hmph, it’s just a few beasts. You really think that’s enough to deal with me?!”

  To everyone else’s surprise, Wang Chong coldly snorted and raised his sword, showing no signs of backing down.

  “What a pity! To think that even the mighty True Lord Yellow Dragon would have to attach himself to the body of a beast!”

  “Brat, wagging your tongue! Seeking death!”

  True Lord Yellow Dragon was infuriated by Wang Chong’s jeers, and then the other two Dragonbeasts emerged, their mouths opening at the same time and speaking the same words, their crimson eyes turning dark green. Rumble! In the blink of an eye, the three Dragonbeasts lunged at Wang Chong.

  Boom!

  At this moment, Wang Chong sent a stream of Psychic Energy hurtling into the minds of the three Dragonbeasts.

  Upon confirming that True Lord Yellow Dragon really had attached his mind to the three Dragonbeasts, Wang Chong had developed a plan. The best way to deal with this kind of beast was not weapons or Stellar Energy, but through the mind. As long as he could shatter the consciousness that True Lord Yellow Dragon had attached to the Dragonbeasts, he could free them from his control.

  With a thunderous boom, Wang Chong’s tangible Psychic Energy slammed into the three Dragonbeasts.

  Awooo!

  The Dragonbeasts came to a sudden halt, like they had run into an invisible barrier, but a moment later, the familiar energy of True Lord Yellow Dragon came roaring back.

  “Useless! Brat! This isn’t the mental body you think it is, but an ancient mental possession art beyond the imagination of ants like you! My mind has already fused together with the three Dragonbeasts. This isn’t something that a single mental strike from you can shatter.

  “Did you think this lord would repeat the error of the Earth Devil?!”

  True Lord Yellow Dragon’s mocking voice resounded through the passage, and then the three Dragonbeasts lunged at Wang Chong once more.

  Creee!

  As the three Dragonbeasts charged, a sharp whistle pierced through the air. A moment later, as the Dragonbeasts roared, the Stellar-Piercing Beetles began to rush at them.

  These beetles used their mandibles that could bite through the steel to madly attack the Dragonbeasts. One beetle had insignificant strength, but hundreds to thousands of them instantly drowned the three Dragonbeasts under a great wave, attacking every inch of their bodies.

  Even the Dragonbeasts couldn’t help but fall back as they angrily roared.

  “Damn it! You lowly slave! This lord will kill you!”

  True Lord Yellow Dragon’s shocked and infuriated voice came from the three Dragonbeasts.

  The powerful bodies of the Dragonbeasts countered all Stellar Energy attacks from martial artists and made them a nightmare to deal with, but this ability was practically useless against the beetles. These two vicious species had never fought each other in the thousand years they had been under the control of the Origin Immortal Villagers, but now, they were each facing a formidable foe.

  A gout of lava-like flame struck a group of several dozen beetles, cooking them alive. Their smoking bodies dropped to the ground, but their fellows continued to attack with the same ferocity.

  Awoooo! One of the Dragonbeasts had been gnawed into a bleeding mess by the countless Stellar-Piercing Beetles, and some of the beetles were even trying to enter its body through the wounds.

  Boom!

  On the other side, another Dragonbeast erupted with strength and slammed into a wall. Pop! Pop! Pop! Several beetles exploded under the impact, golden liquid painting the walls. The Dragonbeast had relied purely on physical force, so the beetles were powerless to resist.

  But the beetles differed greatly between individuals, and quite a few of them had tough carapaces and tenacious vitalities. Thus, even though the Dragonbeasts breathed fire, rammed against walls, and swung with their claws, many of the beetles managed to survive.

  These beetles also had a hive mind. The death of one beetle would incur the rage of all the others, and their ferocity would only increase the more that were killed.

  “!!!”

  Wang Chong was left dumbstruck by this sight. He had never expected things to turn out this way.

  “Young Patriarch, hurry and go!”

  The sound of the flute faded away and the Origin Immortal Chief began to speak.

  “More than half of the beetles have died, and they’ve gone into a frenzy. Even without the flute, they will continue to attack the Dragonbeasts. Most importantly, now that the beetles have frenzied, they will attack without distinction. We must leave this place!”

  The Origin Immortal Chief pulled on Wang Chong and rushed away.

  Song Yuanyi also began to flee.

  “Damn woman! Damn bugs! This lord will tear your bodies to pieces!”

  The battle between the beetles and Dragonbeasts intensified, and the roars of True Lord Yellow Dragon resounded through the underground passage. But the three of them didn’t even turn their heads, focusing completely on fleeing.

  Boom! Wang Chong thrust out a palm, instantly knocking down a large pile of rocks to block the passage. Although this wasn’t enough to stop the Dragonbeasts, it would be enough to delay them if the beetles couldn’t hold them down.

  Several thousand meters went by in the blink of an eye, and they could no longer hear the battling of the Dragonbeasts. As the three of them fled, the passage slowly began to get brighter and brighter. It was still dark, but it wasn’t completely devoid of light.

  “We’re almost at the surface. Focus! It’s just another two or three thousand meters until we’re finally out!” Wang Chong excitedly said.

  The group picked up the pace.

  “I will send you off here!” A voice suddenly came from behind Wang Chong, causing him to come to a trembling stop.

  “Chief?”

  Turning around in surprise, Wang Chong saw that the Origin Immortal Chief had stopped some eighty feet away. The Origin Immortal Chief had a relieved smile on her face, a smile that Wang Chong found extremely strange. For a moment, Wang Chong couldn’t understand what was going on.

  “Young Patriarch, from here, you’re safe. By sending you up to here, I have fulfilled the last of my desires. I no longer have any regrets.”

  The Origin Immortal Chief smiled at Wang Chong.

  “Chief, what nonsense are you saying? We’re almost out of here! Get over here!”

  Wang Chong’s eyebrows twitched as an ill foreboding entered his mind. It was like some accident had taken place that he knew nothing about, or like he had lost some important object.

  Chapter 1565 - The Origin Immortal Chief’s Choice!

  Chapter 1565: The Origin Immortal Chief’s Choice!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  “The palace and its people exist together and die together. From the moment I became a guardian of the palace, it became my mission to guard this place. This place is my
final destination. I only followed so I could safely escort the young patriarch out. My duty is complete. Young Patriarch, go; complete your mission. Carry out the wish shared between you and the Immortal Lord!”

  With that relieved smile on her face, the Origin Immortal Lord turned around and headed back underground without hesitation.

  “Chief!”

  Wang Chong paled in shock, and he immediately tried to chase.

  But the Origin Immortal Chief had apparently expected this. Wang Chong had barely gotten several dozen feet when the rock walls suddenly began to collapse, starting close by and then continuing deeper into the earth.

  “How could this be?!”

  Wang Chong was stunned. He immediately slashed with his sword, sending a grandiose bolt of milky-white Sword Qi blasting into the rock. It furiously tried to bore through the collapsed rock in an attempt to open up a passage and save the Origin Immortal Chief.

  “Give it up!”

  A palm reached out and held back Wang Chong. Righteous Alliance Lord Song Yuanyi had walked over to stop Wang Chong.

  “This is her own choice, so let her do as she pleases. The earth is not stable here, and if you try and stop her, you might bring about an unexpected consequence. It’s better to just let her go!”

  Song Yuanyi was abnormally calm, his voice tinged with a wisdom that had grown indifferent to the passions of life.

  Partings in both life and death were as normal as could be for members of the martial arts world. Most importantly, this was the Origin Immortal Chief’s choice. She had chosen to live and die together with the collapsed Origin Immortal Palace. She knew what she was doing. The best way to respect someone was to respect their choices.

  Wang Chong said nothing. He naturally understood the reasoning, but deep down, how could he possibly accept it?

  Rumble! Another series of collapses could be heard down below, and they seemed to be getting closer and closer. Song Yuanyi paled at this sound and pulled on Wang Chong.

  “This place is starting to collapse! Come on! If we don’t go now, we won’t be leaving at all!”

  The Origin Immortal Chief’s destruction of the passage behind her had finally triggered a chain reaction, a large-scale collapse. In truth, Song Yuanyi couldn’t be sure if this hadn’t been her intention, a means of forcing them to go.

  Bang! A rock came down and slammed in front of their feet, instantly creating a spider web of cracks on the ground. Wang Chong took one last glance backward before finally giving a reluctant sigh.

  “Goodbye, Chief!”

  Turning around, Wang Chong followed Song Yuanyi and headed toward the surface.

  The passage got brighter and brighter, the air cleaner and cleaner. Finally, they heard a large ruckus from above, like a large number of people were present.

  “No! No matter what, we have to find the alliance lord! Split up into teams! Zhou Chang, take a group and search that way. Chen Hao, you search over there.”

  “Young Miss, relax. No matter what, we will find the alliance lord!”

  The voices didn’t sound very far from the pair.

  “There’s no need! I’m over here!”

  The moment he heard these voices, Song Yuanyi shot ahead, shooting toward the surface.

  Those voices clearly belonged to members of the Righteous Alliance.

  Wang Chong fell back for a moment, but after a moment’s thought, he rushed to join him.

  But after traveling a little distance, still five or six hundred meters from the surface, Wang Chong suddenly heard a weak, almost inaudible, voice.

  “Mm?”

  Wang Chong’s brow creased and his feet came to a stop.

  “What’s going on?”

  Wang Chong was baffled. There were only five or six hundred meters from the surface, so there was no reason for anyone to stick around. In truth, he and Song Yuanyi had been the last group.

  Swish!

  Wang Chong immediately began to head toward the sound, which gradually grew more distinct.

  “Young Master, you have to hold on! I’ll definitely find a way to save you!”

  Wang Chong could hear someone crying out between sobs. He didn’t recognize the voice at first, but then he shivered in understanding.

  Sword Dragon!

  Wang Chong had never imagined that he would hear the voice of Young Master Qingyang’s guard here.

  Young Master Qingyang and Sword Dragon were inseparable. While Young Master Qingyang was known far and wide in the martial arts world, his guard also had a considerable reputation.

  But Wang Chong had a bad feeling upon hearing Sword Dragon’s voice.

  “Sword Dragon!” Wang Chong loudly called out.

  After a few moments of silence, a bellow came in response, tinged with panic and fear.

  “Young Master Wang! Is it Young Master Wang? I’m here!”

  It was Sword Dragon’s voice.

  Wang Chong had no more doubts. There were many branching passages here, but Wang Chong was able to follow the sound. At a depth of around one thousand meters, Wang Chong found Sword Dragon.

  But what Wang Chong saw made his heart go cold.

  In this side passage, Sword Dragon was kneeling on the side, his clothes in tatters and his body faring little better. With a single glance, Wang Chong could see that his right leg was a bloody mass of flesh.

  Next to Sword Dragon, a massive rock had fallen from above, and not even Wang Chong could determine just how large it was.

  Just the part that was exposed to him was ten-some meters long.

  At the base of the rock, Wang Chong saw that a small depression had been dug out, and from it, Wang Chong could see a protruding arm and half a sleeve.

  The sleeve had been entirely drenched in blood.

  “Lord Marquis, help me! No matter what, you have to help me! Young Master is down there. We accidentally entered a side passage, and when we were coming out, we didn’t think that it would suddenly collapse… Young Master, Young Master was behind me… he pushed me out…”

  Sword Dragon immediately clung to Wang Chong like a drowning man grabbing hold of a rescue rope.

  Wang Chong had met Sword Dragon several times, and each time, Sword Dragon had been bursting with energy and fighting intent, someone who would never submit or yield.

  But now, this seven-foot-tall man was stricken by grief and despair.

  Immense pain and self-reproach had caused his lips to tremble, and he couldn’t even speak properly.

  As he looked at that the arm poking out from under the rock, Wang Chong’s heart sank.

  “That’s… Young Master Qingyang!” Wang Chong cautiously said, and when he saw Sword Dragon painfully nod, his expression turned gloomy. Young Master Qingyang could use very little martial arts, and based on the weight of this rock, he was probably…

  As if knowing what Wang Chong was thinking, Sword Dragon tearfully implored, “Lord Marquis! The young master isn’t dead! I was speaking with him just now! Hurry and save him! Save him…”

  No one else except Wang Chong could help him at this time.

  “Sword Dragon, don’t panic. Relax! I will definitely help you save Young Master Qingyang!” Wang Chong comforted.

  Although he had only met with Young Master Qingyang a few times and there had been the matter of the fake and real Young Master Qingyangs, Wang Chong felt no hostility toward the youth. On the contrary, from their interactions, Wang Chong had developed a very good opinion of him.

  Calming himself down, Wang Chong turned his attention to the boulder.

  “Eh?”

  When he first saw this massive boulder, Wang Chong had believed that the chances for Young Master Qingyang’s survival were incredibly slim. His words just now had been more of an attempt to soothe Sword Dragon. But now that he looked carefully, he noticed that the person under the rock still had a faint pulse, though the loss of blood and the impact from the rock had probably made them fall unconscious.

  “How could this be!?
”

  Wang Chong immediately sent a burst of Psychic Energy forward and quickly found out the reason.

  It turned out that while this boulder was heavy, its surface was very uneven and covered with natural depressions. Young Master Qingyang happened to be under one of these depressions.

  This was how Young Master Qingyang had avoided the fate of being instantly crushed to death.

  But while this depression was enough to keep him alive temporarily, it had also pinned him to the ground. Given how weak Young Master Qingyang was, he needed to be saved soon. If he remained there for too long, he would die.

  Bang!

  Wang Chong placed his hands on the stone, sent Stellar Energy surging into the boulder, and then tried to raise it up.

  But it took only a second for Wang Chong to realize that this method was not feasible.

  No good! This boulder weighs more than a hundred thousand tons, and Young Master Qingyang is in a depression right now. Carelessly shifting the rock might kill him on the spot.

  Wang Chong’s brow furrowed.

  If the person under the rock had been at the Saint Martial realm or even the Imperial Martial realm, it wouldn’t have been as much of a problem. But Young Master Qingyang was simply too weak, restricting the scale of any action. The debris from exploding rock or a sudden increase in pressure would instantly lead to Young Master Qingyang’s death.

  This instantly closed off many potential solutions.

  Chapter 1566 - Young Master Qingyang's Good Fortune!

  Chapter 1566: Young Master Qingyang’s Good Fortune!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  “Sword Dragon, wait for me here while I call over Song Yuanyi and the Black Yin Ancestor. If we put together all our power, we’ll definitely be able to save your young master!” Wang Chong said.

  Wang Chong immediately prepared to move so that he could seek the help of these two martial arts titans.

  “Ugh…”

  But just when Wang Chong was about to move, a weak groan came from beneath the rock. Turning around, he saw that the protruding arm had begun to tremble.

  “Is it… Young Master Wang?” Young Master Qingyang’s voice softly whispered, sounding extremely feeble.