Making plans truly was important, but in the end, one also needed to look at one’s strength and luck! Wang Chong was very capable, but in Hou Junji’s eyes, his struggles were futile.
“You said so much, but in the end, Senior has not won and the dust has not settled. Is that not so?”
Wang Chong was surprisingly nonchalant.
Hou Junji was taken aback and fell silent. This wasn’t the first time Wang Chong had said this tonight, and while he might have scoffed at first, after all that had happened, even someone as conceited as him didn’t dare to say any more.
Hissss!
In the bronze incense burner, the last sliver of smoke slowly dispersed into the air. The match on the board was over, but not the battle within the Imperial Palace. The winds continued to carry the roar of battle. Li Siye, Guo Ziyi, and the Lone Silence Ancestor were advancing with their army at astonishing speed toward Chongsheng Gate, which was guarded by Bai Hanzhou.
The soldiers at the Center Gate, Qian Gate, and Kun Gate, were no longer capable of stopping them.
Wang Chong was waiting, and so was Hou Junji!
Wang Chong was waiting for the news that Chongsheng Gate had fallen, and Hou Junji was waiting for the news that Taiji Palace had fallen. This battle had reached its final act, and despite the chess game being over, the surrounding area remained brimming with tension.
……
Deep within the palace, at Chongsheng Gate…
“That kid truly can’t be underestimated! He even managed to break Hou Junji’s formation!”
Atop a high palace wall stood a slender figure in a black robe. A design featuring seven bright stars had been woven onto the chest of the robe.
The Tianfu Divine Lord!
Wang Chong would have immediately recognized this man as the Tianfu Divine Lord he had previously defeated.
Although the Tianfu Divine Lord had been defeated, he had not been injured and could still fight. In this rebellion, the Tianfu Divine Lord had been assigned as the guardian of Chongsheng Gate.
Chapter 1779 - Bai Hanzhou Is on My Side!
Chapter 1779: Bai Hanzhou Is on My Side!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
“Hahah, I just think that it’s rather unfortunate that that kid was just too cautious. Earlier, if he had just taken a few steps forward, this battle would have already been over!”
The Tianfu Divine Lord had barely spoken when another voice came from four or five steps away. Another man, dressed in the same attire as the Tianfu Divine Lord, was standing there.
The seething energy in his body indicated that his cultivation was on par with the Tianfu Divine Lord.
This man was the Tianshu Divine Lord!
(TN: Tianshu here does not refer to a specific star of the Southern Dipper. Rather, in Daoist Mythology, the Six Stars of the Southern Dipper each represent a celestial official, with these six ‘Star Lords’ responsible for administering life. The six celestial officials of the Southern Dipper are Tianji, Tianxiang, Tianliang, Tiantong, Tianshu, and Tianji. Tianshu is the fifth-ranked official while the Tianji Divine Lord would be the sixth-ranked official.)
In this rebellion, Hou Junji had placed Bai Hanzhou to guard the Chongsheng Gate, as well as the Tianfu Divine Lord and Tianshu Divine Lord, two powerful Subtle realm experts. Earlier, if Wang Chong had tried to step past the Center Gate, thus entering the domain of the Hundred Thousand God-Devil Execution Formation, he would have faced the attacks of the Tianshu and Tianfu Divine Lords along with Bai Hanzhou.
Other experts would promptly arrive to reinforce them, and only death would await Wang Chong.
Alas, Wang Chong had been too cautious and had ultimately decided to not go through.
Whoosh!
The two stood on the wall, their robes rustling in the howling wind. Dark plumes of smoke rose from the Imperial Palace, fires blazed, and the din of fighting alarmed the heavens. And a great rumbling of hooves was getting louder and louder as it rapidly approached this place.
From their vantage point, the two could see a vast flood of soldiers sweeping toward them.
The Center Gate had fallen!
The Qian Gate had fallen!
The Kun Gate had fallen!
All the Imperial Army soldiers between the Chongsheng Gate and the Center Gate had been scattered into complete disarray, but even so, the two Divine Lords were utterly unperturbed.
“Hmph, nothing but a pile of ants!”
“With us here, no one can even think about passing through!”
As the army got closer and closer, their eyes turned cold and domineering.
“Close the gate!”
The heavy doors of Chongsheng Gate slammed shut. At the same time, an army in orderly formation swiftly took up position behind it. Above the gate, the two Divine Lords swept their eyes across the approaching army and swiftly spotted the Lone Silence Ancestor, Li Siye, and Guo Ziyi.
At that moment, their eyes were frigid beads of ice.
One needed to shoot the horse to shoot the man, and capture the king to subdue his soldiers. They just needed to kill these commanders to make this disorderly mob fall apart.
“Bai Hanzhou, have your men guard the gate. Don’t let a single person through. Leave the rest to us!”
The Tianfu Divine Lord looked down at the Lone Silence Ancestor, a cruel gleam in his eyes.
Bai Hanzhou just needed to hold the gate while they killed the commanders, and then no one would be able to get past Chongsheng Gate and disrupt their plans.
The Tianfu Divine Lord wickedly smiled, and then he jumped from the wall.
Although the army down below numbered nearly ten thousand, they were nothing to Subtle realm experts like the Tianfu Divine Lord and Tianshu Divine Lord.
In the middle of this army, the Lone Silence Ancestor, seated upon a captured horse, suddenly narrowed his eyes and cried out in alarm, “Careful!”
The Lone Silence Ancestor was a peak Great General and possessed a powerful sense for danger. As they approached Chongsheng Gate, he had noticed those two black-robed figures on the wall. Those two black-robed men radiated an extremely menacing aura.
“Haha, a fast reaction, but it’s still too late!”
Floating in the air, the Tianfu Divine Lord shook his wrist, and his Stellar Energy transformed into black smoke. Sharp awls appeared within the smoke, his supreme technique, the Star Awls of the Southern Dipper!
……
Hou Junji listened to the fighting coming from the depths of the Imperial Palace and suddenly declared, “You can’t win this battle! There are tens of thousands of soldiers stationed at Chongsheng Gate. Based on the speed you needed to destroy my formation, even if you’re lucky, I predict you’ll need at least ten minutes to get through, but you don’t even have that!”
“Heh, Senior is so certain?” Wang Chong asked, his eyes bright and his lips smirking.
“It’s good that the young are confident, but blind confidence is simply arrogance!”
Hou Junji chuckled. Wang Chong’s abilities truly had taken him by surprise, and it had truly surprised him how quickly the Center, Qian, and Kun Gates had fallen, but the Chongsheng Gate was another matter entirely.
“I’ve already ordered Bai Hanzhou to remain on the defensive. In addition, I’ve also given him a formation I developed. No matter how powerful your troops are, you can never break through in ten minutes… ah!”
Hou Junji cried out in alarm as a scream came from the direction of Chongsheng Gate. At the same time, there was a great rumbling as the doors of Chongsheng Gate suddenly opened.
“!!!”
Hou Junji instantly paled.
“Impossible!”
Hou Junji’s mind was in turmoil, and there was only one thought in his mind.
“Heh, I forgot to tell you: Bai Hanzhou was actually on my side from the very start!”
Wang Chong finally revealed the truth.
His statement lef
t everyone slack-jawed and wide-eyed.
……
A few moments before, at Chongsheng Gate, the Tianfu Divine Lord had just been preparing to attack the Lone Silence Ancestor.
“Ah!”
A scream came from behind him, causing the Tianfu Divine Lord to turn around in shock, upon which he saw an unbelievable sight.
Above Chongsheng Gate, the Tianshu Divine Lord’s body was stiff, a sharp sword protruding out of his chest. Behind him, a familiar white-armored figure clenched the hilt of the sword.
Down below, those Imperial Army soldiers that were responsible for defending the gate had instead opened the gate, allowing the enemy army to enter.
“Bai Hanzhou!!”
The Tianfu Divine Lord almost stopped breathing. He had never imagined that one of the First Prince’s most favored generals would actually attack them.
Bang!
With no time to think, the Tianfu Divine Lord shot over and thrust a palm at Bai Hanzhou.
“Protect the general!”
The soldiers behind Bai Hanzhou seemed prepared for this. They rushed up to his side and assembled into a basic defensive formation that fused their energies with Bai Hanzhou’s.
This was the formation Hou Junji had given him to use against Wang Chong’s forces.
Boom! The Tianfu Divine Lord’s palm struck, causing Bai Hanzhou and his bodyguards to cry out as they were blown backward. However, the formation had dispersed and weakened the attack enough for Bai Hanzhou to avoid a fatal blow.
“Unforgivable! Absolutely unforgivable!”
The Tianshu Divine Lord slowly turned around, a savage look on his face. Despite his heavy injury, he seemed completely unaffected and maintained an impressive amount of strength.
“Die for me!”
With a dour look on his face, the Tianshu Divine Lord thrust out a palm. But Bai Hanzhou had been ready, and he pushed his right palm against the ground, narrowly dodging the strike. But the Imperial Army soldiers behind him screamed as they were blasted into the air by the Tianshu Divine Lord’s terrifying black Stellar Energy, together with countless pieces of debris.
“Just who are these people?!”
Bai Hanzhou’s heart sank like a stone. The First Prince had sent these men over, but he had given no explanation of their background. Bai Hanzhou had not expected them to be this powerful.
“Everyone, come with me!”
Seeing what was happening in the distance, the Lone Silence Ancestor, Li Siye, Guo Ziyi, Heaven Deaf, Earth Mute, and many other experts, including the Three Elders of the Northern Sea, flew up to Chongsheng Gate.
“Kill!”
At the same time, their soldiers charged through Chongsheng Gate.
“These damn ants! This god will have all of you killed!”
Upon seeing those numerous soldiers charging through the gate beneath him, the Tianfu Divine Lord snarled, endless killing intent churning in his eyes. Boom! With a single palm, a hundred cavalry were blasted through the air like ragdolls.
“Haha, you think that this is enough to get through? Ghost Slaves, come out!”
The Tianshu Divine Lord was also none too happy to see the final defensive line to the depths of the Imperial Palace about to fall, and he sharply whistled, the sound cutting through the darkness like an arrow.
Creee!
Numerous sharp cries came in response, and soon, numerous black silhouettes were converging on Chongsheng Gate.
“Kill them all!” the Tianshu Divine Lord ordered in his intimidating and brutal voice.
As the men in black converged, their bodies swelled and twisted, and they began to transform into half–Lu Wus, half–Ju Bis, and Asuras, howling and bellowing like true devils of the underworld.
“Ah!”
Moreover, as everyone else was focused on these approaching men in black, inhuman roars came from the ranks of Bai Hanzhou’s soldiers. Several dozen men who had been wearing the armor of the Imperial Army had begun to roar as they swiftly transformed into monsters.
Chapter 1780 - : The Man in the Bamboo Chair!
Chapter 1780: The Man in the Bamboo Chair!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Bang! An Imperial Army soldier who was beginning to take formation suddenly saw a blurry figure appear in front of him. A moment later, there was a cold gleam as an inhuman palm thrust through his chest. His sturdy armor shattered like glass, unable to even last for a second!
“What monster is this?!”
The soldier’s eyes were round with disbelief as blood gushed out of his mouth. A few moments later, he was dead.
Bang! Bang! Bang! As this Imperial Army soldier collapsed, soldiers around him were being blown into the air by these men in black that were transformed into half-human, half-beast monsters.
These men in black were like tigers in a flock of sheep, and not a single person was able to take a single blow from them.
“Hold!”
“Hold!”
The soldiers assembled into formations and tried their best to stop the men in black, but they were powerless against these men who possessed both massive size and impressive agility.
Fwoosh! A black ball of flame erupted from the hand of a man in black and engulfed an Imperial Army soldier.
That man only had time to bitterly scream before the Fire of Mara burned both him and his Stellar Energy to ash.
Under the frenzied attacks of the men in black, the ranks of the Imperial Army crumpled. Scorching ash drifted through the air as the men in black charged at the gate.
Boom!
At the same time, the Tianfu Divine Lord summoned his churning black energy and thrust out a palm, sending the Lone Silence Ancestor, Li Siye, and the others flying away.
The remaining power of his blow struck several hundred Imperial Army soldiers on the ground. All of them screamed as they were tossed about like fallen leaves.
“You accursed mortals, I’ll kill you all! And you! For daring to injure this god, I’ll tear your corpse to pieces!”
The Tianshu Divine Lord, seeing that the situation was slowly stabilizing, swiftly turned his cold and sinister gaze on Bai Hanzhou. He would not forget that it was Bai Hanzhou who had ambushed him and stabbed him in the back. If he had not reacted quickly and used his powerful cultivation to move his heart at the last moment, he would have truly died at Bai Hanzhou’s hands.
To be wounded and almost killed by a mortal was not something the Tianshu Divine Lord could tolerate. Only death could wash away his shame.
Buzz!
Bai Hanzhou’s pupils constricted as he sensed the Tianshu Divine Lord’s killing intent, and his face paled.
Everything had gone exactly according to his plan. He had taken control of Chongsheng Gate and backstabbed the Divine Lords, but Bai Hanzhou had never expected them to be this powerful.
An intense sense of danger welled up in his mind.
Bang!
The Tianshu Divine Lord disappeared in a flash of light. At the same time, Bai Hanzhou shivered as every muscle in his body tensed and he began to burn his Stellar Energy.
With no time to think, Bai Hanzhou lunged to the side.
“Great White Triple Radiance!”
Sword Qi erupted from his body, blazing with a light hundreds of times brighter than the sun. This Sword Qi then divided into three streams of energy that shot off in three different directions.
Bai Hanzhou himself had developed this technique. It was an offensive technique that could hammer an opponent with three damaging blows, but at this time, Bai Hanzhou was using it to avoid the Tianshu Divine Lord’s lethal strike.
Boom! Boom!
Bai Hanzhou’s two dazzling clones were only able to make it a few dozen feet before the Tianshu Divine Lord exploded them.
The third Bai Hanzhou twisted in the air, trying its best to dodge, but it was still struck by the Tianshu Divine Lord’s attack.
“Ah!”
Bai Hanzho
u’s body trembled, and he vomited blood as he was sent flying back.
But the Great White Triple Radiance had proved useful, allowing him to avoid a fatal wound.
As Bai Hanzhou was knocked away, there were two more thuds. Outside Chongsheng Gate, Li Siye and the Lone Silence Ancestor had been unable to withstand the Tianfu Divine Lord’s attacks, and they had been blasted outward along with the Three Elders of the Northern Sea and the other martial arts experts.
“Hmph, you foolish ants, did you think you could win with this? In front of a god, all of you are nothing but grains of dust!”
The cold snorts of the Tianfu Divine Lord and Tianshu Divine Lord resounded through the world.
Boom!
The two thrust out their palms at the same time, and the world swayed as their majestic Stellar Energy slammed into Li Siye, the Three Elders of the Northern Sea, and many Wushang Cavalry. These Wushang Cavalry had Meteoric Metal armor, but they were still unable to stop this terrifying energy. Kaboom! Several dozen Wushang Cavalry struck the ground, and their suits of armor cracked and crumpled into balls, blood pouring out from within.
“Too powerful! Too powerful! We can’t beat them! How did the Eastern Palace get such frightening experts?!”
Li Siye was covered in blood, his eyes were crimson, and his teeth were clenched so hard that they were on the verge of shattering. He had pushed his cultivation to its limits and had even used the Five Hells God-Devil Slash, but none of his techniques were any match for the black-robed Divine Lords.
“It’s no good! We’re all dead if this goes on!”
Blood was trickling from the lips of the Three Elders of the Northern Sea. After King Qi was defeated, the situation had been settled. The only person willing to hire from the martial arts world was Wang Chong. The three of them had only thought about showing off their abilities a little so that Wang Chong would recruit them, but they had never expected to fight such a terrifying opponent.
They were extremely old experts of the martial arts world, even above the likes of Song Yuanyi and Xie Guangting. These three had always possessed very high opinions of themselves, and in terms of martial arts, each of them was on par with the Lone Silence Ancestor. But in front of these Divine Lords, all three felt an immense fear.
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