The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  As this thought appeared in Wang Chong’s mind, he turned to look. As expected, a square box ritual tool floated above Ozmish Khagan’s head, covered in exquisite bronze inscriptions and spewing out smoke.

  Three people, three ritual tools!

  An Lushan and the men in black had prepared incredibly well for this war.

  As he thought this…

  Boom!

  Suddenly, a massive boom came from the ground, a sound so loud that it drowned out the sound of their battle. Wang Chong turned to the source of the sound and saw that a new development had taken place on the battlefield while he had been fighting.

  Rumble! In the rear of the collapsing Youzhou army, a sinister and ghostly energy was surging toward the heavens, and another massive formation began to take form.

  Centered on Cui Qianyou and the Ghost Hell Army’s formation, the several hundred thousand elite soldiers of the Youzhou army arranged themselves into an immense and majestic formation!

  Awooooo!

  Thousands of ghosts howled, and strange figures appeared in the middle of seething black mist, roaring and struggling. At this moment, the hundreds of thousands of Youzhou soldiers swelled in power. Not only that…

  Rumble!

  As the formation was completed, dark clouds roiled above the Youzhou army, lightning flashed, and another mythical world appeared.

  This shadowy world was stalked by enormous and savage fiends and devils, and at their feet were hundreds of millions of hungry ghosts, white bones, flesh, and blood, all of it merged together into a hellish river of sin and evil.

  Countless beings moaned in fear, pleading, and anger.

  The ground cracked open, and countless gouts of sulfurous flame erupted from them, scorching those puny souls.

  Hwooo! An evil wind angrily blew, and a demonic claw the size of a mountain descended and snatched at those puny creatures struggling on the ground as if they were mired in a swamp, casting them into a fanged maw. Elsewhere, clack! Clack! Giant wheels rolled back and forth across the ground, crushing everything in their path.

  Farther up was a world of rumbling thunder and golden lightning, and at the highest point of this world, a giant deity looked upon the world with callous eyes of gold.

  Wang Chong merely glanced at it and understood!

  Formation phenomena!

  This was an ancient formation that was similar to his Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation!

  Wang Chong was extremely familiar with apex formation phenomena, because this was something he had worked step by step to comprehend.

  But An Lushan had not gone through the same experiences!

  Clearly, ‘Heaven’, or the men in black, had helped An Lushan by granting him this ancient battlefield art.

  Boom!

  The moment the formation was complete, this sinister and wicked formation immediately crashed into the Great Tang’s Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation.

  It was impossible to describe that collision!

  One was the number one formation of the apocalyptic era!

  The other was a war formation that the Celestial God Organization had used to subjugate mortal dynasties!

  These two formations had two different kinds of energy and were like two primordial beasts battling, tearing apart the world around them.

  Whoosh!

  Wang Chong’s Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation had been seemingly unstoppable, and already, one hundred thousand Goguryeons and Eastern Turks had fallen to it, but this time, it had finally encountered an opponent.

  As the two formations collided, the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation’s speed immediately slowed down.

  “An Lushan, Ozmish, Yeon Gaesomun… so this is what you were relying on. But with just this, you want to rebel against the Great Tang, oppose the Central Plains? Naive!” Wang Chong coldly sneered.

  With three ritual tools, three experts, and this mysterious information, and also the Yeluohe still waiting in the rear, Youzhou’s rebellion was not as hastily put together as it had seemed. Normally, this would have been enough to alter the power structure of the continent and even fulfill their wish to swallow up the Central Plains.

  Alas, An Lushan’s opponent was him.

  The Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation had brought together the intellect of everyone in the apocalyptic era, and it had reached the apex of formation power. Not even the powers wielded by the men in black could compare.

  “Now, I will crush your hopes!”

  Wang Chong’s expression chilled, his eyes flashing with harsh killing intent. A moment later, Wang Chong vanished as he lunged at Yeon Gaesomun and Ozmish Khagan.

  During the feast of all countries, he had been able to destroy An Lushan’s three ritual tools, so today, he would do the same for Yeon Gaesomun and Ozmish Khagan.

  “Careful!”

  Ozmish Khagan and the others turned nervous. They swiftly closed together, pouring Stellar Energy into their ritual tools, and joined together to strike at Wang Chong.

  Behind them, the remaining Earth Sect experts and the generals of the two empires unleashed their own energies, and ten-some streams of Stellar Energy lashed at Wang Chong like pythons.

  “King of Foreign Lands, let this king play with you!”

  The thundering of hooves rang out, and then a muscular figure jumped into battle.

  The Khitan King, leading the elite experts from his tribe, had finally arrived.

  Bang!

  The energies of the two sides clashed, unleashing a massive shockwave and a storm of destructive energy. Regular alliance soldiers nearby instantly had their organs pulped by the explosion, dying on the spot.

  But with the three ritual tools and their combined strength, they managed to stop Wang Chong’s immense strike.

  “What a pity!”

  In the distance, beneath the six banners, Gao Shang let out a long sigh.

  “Truly a pity!”

  An Lushan also let out a sigh.

  Plans could not keep up with the times. The Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation was their strongest formation and had been meant to be used against the Great Tang.

  The two of them had gathered a great deal of information on Wang Chong, and they had known that Wang Chong had used formation phenomena at the Battle of Talas. But the Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation that the men in black had provided should have been more than enough to deal with that level of formation phenomena.

  The alliance had intended this formation to destroy Wang Chong.

  No one had expected the situation to be reversed.

  Wang Chong’s Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation was completely suppressing Youzhou’s Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation!

  “Ozmish Khagan and the others should be able to hold against him for a while, but if we don’t think of a solution soon, the three gaps will be fully repaired!” Gao Shang said.

  On the other side of the battlefield, countless Tang craftsmen were working away. Smoke and fire rose as steel modules were stacked atop each other with astonishing speed.

  If they kept up this speed, it would take only one hour for the three gaps they had gone through so much effort to create to be repaired.

  Time was on the Great Tang’s side!

  At this moment, An Lushan and Gao Shang silently turned to the Divine Works Elder.

  As these two silently stared, the Divine Works Elder’s face began to shift between green and purple.

  The Divine Works Elder stomped and angrily said, “I know! But I’ve already told them to hurry up!”

  He naturally understood that the two of them wanted the men in black to take action.

  “Divine Works Elder, has the Venerable Genesis Supreme still not arrived?” An Lushan asked.

  There was no need for this war to be so complicated. So long as Genesis Supreme took action and killed Wang Chong, the war would quickly conclude. />
  Rather than the Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation, it was Genesis Supreme that was Youzhou’s greatest asset.

  Genesis Supreme wanted to use An Lushan and his alliance, so why couldn’t An Lushan use a powerful ally like Genesis Supreme to help him out?

  “Venerable Genesis Supreme is high above, and he is not someone either you or I can fathom. Since he said that he could appear at any time, then it must be the case. All we need to do is wait,” the Divine Works Elder coldly said.

  The alliance had mobilized almost all its forces for this war, yet the men in black had sent only a few ordinary subordinates, so it was natural for An Lushan to want this. But Genesis Supreme had an extremely high status, and if An Lushan wanted him to entreat Genesis Supreme, he was delusional.

  “Heh, Elder has misunderstood. We did not have this intention. Elder simply needs to get in touch with a few Divine Lords for me to help us deal with Zhang Shougui on the left flank and the Tongluo Great General on the right flank.”

  Gao Shang smiled.

  The Divine Works Elder clenched his teeth and said, “Very well! But I can only mobilize two Divine Lords. This is my limit!

  “The organization lost too many Divine Lords to that Child of Destruction in previous battles. We cannot send too many for you!”

  An Lushan and Gao Shang smiled as they spoke in unison. “Two is enough!”

  The Divine Works Elder said no more. The current situation truly was very bad. Two-hundred-some half–Lu Wus and Asuras had infiltrated the fortress, but they had failed to cause the slightest stir, not even opening the gate. This was far too abnormal.

  Although the Celestial God Organization truly did want to use An Lushan in this war of empires, it also could not continue to be a spectator.

  Chapter 2198 - Three Wang Chongs Appear! The Oriole Behind!

  Chapter 2198: Three Wang Chongs Appear! The Oriole Behind!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  Swoosh!

  The Divine Works Elder quickly vanished into the snowstorm.

  As the Divine Works Elder vanished, An Lushan and Gao Shang glanced at each other, their eyes slowly sharpening.

  “You were right. They really weren’t taking us seriously and were keeping some power in reserve to watch us.” An Lushan’s stream of Psychic Energy entered Gao Shang’s mind.

  Back in Youzhou, these people who called themselves gods had suddenly come to find him, saying that he was the Son of Heaven and that they were willing to do everything in their power to support him onto the throne and unite the continent.

  At the time, An Lushan had chuckled and happily agreed, doing all he could to cooperate. But deep down, how could he really believe it?

  He still knew nothing about this Celestial God Organization, finding it furtive and mysterious, so how could he trust it without apprehension?

  An Lushan had worked with them and borrowed their power, but he had also been vigilant against them.

  Until he conquered the entire continent, however, An Lushan was not ready to quarrel with them.

  Gao Shang looked ahead and said, “It’s fine as long as they take action. Our first priority is still that man!”

  The battle had reached an extremely critical juncture, but Gao Shang remained cold and collected.

  A strategist needed to be like this in this sort of situation.

  “You think he’s still holding back?”

  An Lushan deeply frowned.

  “Yes!”

  Gao Shang lowered his head in thought.

  “But the Great Tang has already sent more than six hundred thousand soldiers, more than ninety percent of their manpower. Do they have some other scheme?”

  “I do not know!”

  Gao Shang shook his head. This was precisely what he was uneasy about.

  It appeared that the Great Tang really had mobilized all its soldiers, with Wang Chong himself entering the battlefield, together with Zhang Shougui and Abusi. Even a top-class formation, the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation, had been used. There should have been nothing left.

  But deep down, Gao Shang still felt an intense unease.

  Was this really all the Great Tang’s supreme War Saint had?

  “Is it Wang Zhongsi?”

  Gao Shang was disconcerted.

  The only one who had yet to appear was the Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian. But what could Wang Zhongsi alone do?

  After all, even the Supreme Marshal, Wang Chong, had already taken action.

  Hiss!

  Gao Shang took in a deep breath and quickly calmed down.

  “It’s too late. Both armies have been mobilized. There’s no going back for us. We can only send in all our soldiers!”

  Bwoooom!

  A horn blared once more from the rear of the Youzhou army, calling for an assault.

  “Kill!”

  The alliance army grew even more restless, madly surging forward. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers avoided Wang Chong and his Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation in the center and charged straight at Zhang Shougui and Abusi, increasing the pressure on the Great Tang’s flanks.

  All of this was part of Gao Shang’s plan.

  Wang Chong’s Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation was just too terrifying. Any of their soldiers approaching it would be an egg smashed against a stone. The losses they would suffer would be uncountable.

  Zhang Shougui on the left flank and Abusi on the right flank were much easier to deal with.

  Moreover, Zhang Shougui was far too bloodthirsty, and he could no longer be ignored.

  He had been the one who had originally trained the Youzhou army, so he knew its tactics like the back of his hands. Under his command, the two hundred thousand Tang soldiers were second in power only to Wang Chong, penetrating deeply through the alliance army’s left flank.

  Zhang Shougui was at an almost unstoppable level.

  Not even Youzhou’s elite soldiers were able to exhibit their full strength in front of him.

  None of the veterans of Youzhou were willing to contend against Zhang Shougui.

  So long as he could use the men in black to kill Zhang Shougui, the Tang army on the left flank would no longer be a concern. Then, they just needed to kill Abusi and his Tongluo Cavalry on the right flank to consolidate their advantage, completely encircle Wang Chong’s army, and defeat him in a single stroke.

  This was Gao Shang’s plan.

  Swish!

  War cries resounded, halos resonated, and metal clattered, the sound traveling several dozen li. At this time, nobody noticed a figure traveling across the battlefield toward the left flank, moving so quickly that the eye couldn’t keep up.

  “Ant!”

  In the snowstorm, that Subtle realm expert coldly stared at Zhang Shougui with a cruel gleam in his eyes.

  Bang!

  Tens of thousands of feet went by in an instant, that mysterious figure creating sonic booms in his wake and scars in space. But at this time, that figure was already above Zhang Shougui and swinging a saber at him.

  “Die!”

  Bang!

  The saber cleaved through space, creating a giant scar in space that was nearly ten thousand feet long. The immense shadow cast down by the saber wave made Zhang Shougui seem tiny and insignificant.

  That ‘Divine Lord’ of the Celestial God Organization faintly smiled in disdain.

  What renowned general? In front of a god, they were all insignificant ants.

  Killing them would not be any more difficult than killing chickens.

  “Go to hell!” that Divine Lord bellowed, his expression twisting in savagery.

  Just when it seemed like Zhang Shougui would die to this Subtle realm Divine Lord of the Celestial God Organization…

  Bang!

  From deep underground beneath Zhang Shougui came a massive boom. The snow flew into the air as a figure exploded out of the ground and ap
peared above Zhang Shougui, blocking that Divine Lord.

  “Hmph, I knew that you would strike!” A cold and disdainful voice that was neither too loud nor too soft entered this Divine Lord’s ears, and the Divine Lord saw a familiar face appear in front of him.

  The sight of this face made this Divine Lord tremble in shock.

  “You! How?!”

  To his utter disbelief, this man was identical to the man in the center of the battlefield who was battling Yeon Gaesomun and Ozmish Khagan: Wang Chong!

  Two identical Wang Chongs had appeared on the same battlefield!

  This sudden mishap had taken him completely by surprise.

  As the Divine Lord reeled in shock, Wang Chong’s Divine Embryo 1 immediately unleashed the Trayastrimsa Heaven, which transformed into a fist that smashed into the Divine Lord.

  Bang!

  Wang Chong’s terrifying strike tore open space, shattered the Divine Lord’s saber attack, and slammed into the Divine Lord’s chest.

  The Divine Lord’s chest caved in, bones cracking and snapping, and the man screamed as he flew several thousand feet through the air like a ragdoll before crashing into the alliance army.

  And he was not alone.

  “Ah!”

  At almost the same time, on the other side of the battlefield, the second Divine Lord had been rapidly moving through the battlefield like a ghost, preparing to strike Tongluo Great General Abusi.

  Suddenly, one of Abusi’s ‘deputies’ suddenly erupted with a powerful aura that not even Abusi could match and fiercely punched at the second Divine Lord.

  Enormous energy howled into his organs, and as that Divine Lord flew backward, he vomited blood.

  The armor on Abusi’s deputy broke away, revealing a young face that was identical to Wang Chong’s.

  On the same battlefield, three identical Wang Chongs had appeared!

  “This is impossible!”

  The Divine Works Elder, who had just returned from the rear, almost stopped breathing, his pupils constricting.

  He had just made an exception and gone to the rear to call out the Divine Lords who had been observing An Lushan and have them join the battle. With their strength, they would have been able to kill Zhang Shougui and Abusi and then join together to deal with Wang Chong, thus smoothly turning the tides.