The Human Emperor c1-2382
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Wang Chong slowly began to walk toward An Lushan.
“As I said before, if I want to kill you, no one will be able to save you, not even the so-called World Consciousness.
“Genesis Supreme and his lot called you the Child of the World, but all you really are is a slave of destiny, a puppet on strings. But I am an existence that neither destiny nor death can control.
“An Lushan, we were never on the same level of existence. All you have done has been nothing more than a last-ditch struggle.
“Accept your fate!”
Clang!
As Wang Chong spoke, he took the Xuanyuan Sword from its sheath, once more revealing its cold splendor.
The armor An Lushan wore was no ordinary item. Ordinary attacks were unable to injure him, so the Xuanyuan Sword was the best option.
And for someone who wanted to bring disaster down on the Central Plains, the Xuanyuan Sword was the best execution weapon!
“No! I won’t accept it!
“World Consciousness, kill him! Kill him!” An Lushan bellowed and pointed at Wang Chong as he backed away.
Boom!
The World Consciousness also seemed enraged by Wang Chong’s ‘arrogance’, and countless bolts of lightning even stronger than before spewed out.
Crack!
A moment later, all this lightning merged together into an enormous bolt that slashed down at the puny Wang Chong below.
But that shocking event took place once more.
The lightning bolt slammed down one hundred feet away from Wang Chong, seemingly unable to lock onto him.
“Bastard!
“Bastard! Bastard!!
“What World Consciousness? What Child of the World? All useless! Useless!!!”
An Lushan’s eyes were blood-red as he bellowed in frustration.
But this time, instead of roaring at Wang Chong, he was roaring at the thundercloud vortex and the World Consciousness that had descended.
When Genesis Supreme had told him that he was the Child of the World, and when he was truly able to summon the World Consciousness and control the weather, he truly had been very excited.
But what was the point?
It couldn’t even kill a single human!
Kaclack!
Lightning bolts crackled for several dozen li around. An Lushan’s indignant rage had caused the World Consciousness to further evolve, and more powerful, concentrated, and terrifying lightning descended upon Wang Chong. This frightening energy tore open the fabric of space, creating tens of thousands of pitch-black spatial fissures and turning the entire region into a danger zone.
The World Consciousness was seemingly going all out in order to stop Wang Chong and save An Lushan, the vortex growing larger and larger and the World Consciousness growing more and more concentrated.
This area was now extremely dangerous to Grotto Heaven experts.
But Wang Chong continued to confidently stride through the blazing lightning.
In defeating the alliance army and killing Genesis Supreme, Wang Chong had obtained an immense amount of Destiny Energy, which he had used to activate a more powerful ability.
The Archon’s Power!
A faint golden barrier surrounded Wang Chong, almost imperceptible to the human eye, preventing any lightning within a hundred-some feet from getting close.
This was a special ability that Wang Chong had received upon being promoted to Archon of Destiny.
As the ‘Destiny Struggler’ and ‘Controller of Destiny’, Wang Chong had been subjected to the World Constraint, and he was constantly assailed by attacks and rejections from the World Consciousness.
But after completing missions which should have been impossible to complete and altering key historical events, Wang Chong had been promoted to Archon of Destiny, whereupon there was finally a qualitative shift. He finally had the ability to protect himself.
This was the Archon’s Power!
As the Archon of Destiny, he had escaped the control of destiny, and any attack that came from the world, including the World Constraint, was incapable of harming him.
Within a certain range, the Archon’s Power could erect an Archon Barrier around Wang Chong. The only price was a massive consumption of Destiny Energy.
But this was no problem for Wang Chong in his current state.
“An Lushan, hand over your life!”
Wang Chong’s expression was cold, and his eyes were thick with killing intent.
He and An Lushan had kept up their grudges for two lifetimes. It was about time to bring an end to it all.
Clang!
The sword vibrated, and then Wang Chong disappeared into the snowstorm.
“Nooooo!”
An Lushan’s pupils constricted, and he felt like his breathing had stopped. His sense of danger had been completely overwhelmed at this point, unable to rise any higher.
Bang!
With no time to think, An Lushan exploded with a speed that he had never reached before, shooting into the sky and toward the north.
An Lushan was afraid.
Yes!
He didn’t want to die!
He had begged for his life in front of Wang Chong purely because he didn’t want to die. Only if he was still alive would he have a chance to make a comeback and return everything Wang Chong had done to him.
“Hmph, do you really think I’ll let you leave?”
Wang Chong’s voice was so cold that it could make blood freeze.
“Noooo!”
As An Lushan howled in fear and anger, Wang Chong unleashed a beam of Sword Qi several thousand feet long, slicing through the air and the snowstorm. It took only a split-second to strike at An Lushan in the clouds.
Boom!
The fabric of space trembled as An Lushan was struck by Wang Chong’s attack and plummeted from the skies like a block of wood.
The massive impact made the ground quake, and the ice sheet for hundreds of thousands of feet around cracked, some slabs of ice rocketing more than one thousand feet into the air.
Bang!
But in the blink of an eye, An Lushan shot back into the sky like a distorted bolt of lightning, fleeing once more toward the north.
He wanted to run, escape from this place!
The world was so big that he had to have a chance!
No, just the north pole was enough!
The snowstorm engulfed all there, and it was countless times colder. With his abilities, he could definitely resist the extreme cold, and the place was so blanketed in white that whether he hid on the land or in the sea, Wang Chong would never be able to find him.
An Lushan’s entire body tensed as he mentally roared, I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die here! Wang Chong, I won’t forgive you for this!
With death imminent, An Lushan unleashed all his latent potential.
He rapidly burned away all his Stellar Energy, and wherever he went, the air let out a piercing whistle.
An Lushan was far faster than anyone beneath the Grotto Heaven realm, and with the assistance of the World Consciousness, he even exceeded Wang Chong’s Shadow Fiend Art. But in front of Wang Chong, he was still just a beast running around in a cage.
Grotto Heaven experts controlled spacetime, and the normal definition of speed was meaningless to them.
No matter how quickly An Lushan fled or how much strength he exerted, he would never be able to escape Wang Chong’s palm.
Buzz!
A moment later, a dark golden halo appeared in front of An Lushan’s despairing eyes, rapidly expanding. In a flash of light, a youthful and cold-faced figure walked out of the Halo of Spacetime.
“An Lushan, just how far do you think you can run?”
In Wang Chong’s domineering eyes was a faint tinge of pity.
Wang Chong was in no rush to kill him. To kill him like this would be too good for him. Even if this archcriminal of the Central Plains died all the same, Wang Chong wanted him to taste fear and despair, wanted him to
know what it felt like to have nowhere to run.
Only this could be considered the true end of the road.
Chapter 2250 - Black Dragon Versus Violet Dragon!
Chapter 2250: Black Dragon Versus Violet Dragon!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
“Ah!”
An Lushan couldn’t help but howl, lashing out at Wang Chong and seizing the initiative.
Black, destructive energy erupted out of his body in a massive wave and roared toward Wang Chong.
This black energy was so concentrated as to be tangible, and in the air, it took the form of a lifelike black dragon. An Lushan had put all his strength into the blow, and it had surpassed the peak of the Subtle realm and almost reached the basic level of the Grotto Heaven realm.
This was an attack created by combining An Lushan’s strength with the Black Dragon’s.
Though the war had been lost and the alliance army had been routed, all of these facts set in stone, it was also true that An Lushan was still the black dragon. In fact, the defeat had actually made the black dragon stronger.
This was a desperate beast’s struggle!
On the path to seizing supremacy over the realm, defeat in rebellion created an even stronger comeback.
Roooar!
A roar that could only be heard in the spiritual domain rang out, and that enormous black dragon stared at Wang Chong with immense loathing. This was no longer An Lushan’s will, but the fury of the Youzhou black dragon, the hidden dragon rising to the heavens!
Every hidden dragon wished to evolve into a true dragon, but Wang Chong had cut off its path.
Rumble!
Thunder rumbled in the black dragon’s wake, and its immense momentum could leave anyone shocked and dismayed.
“Hmph! The fortune of the black dragon? Rather than leaving this latent disaster around, I might as well send you off together!” Wang Chong coldly said as he faced down the enormous black dragon.
Through the True World, he had long ago sensed the black dragon’s existence.
Boom!
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong unleashed his shocking amount of Psychic Energy and slammed it into the black dragon and An Lushan.
“Stellar Universe!”
Wang Chong used his ultimate mental skill, the Psychic Energy instantly transforming into millions of stars as it slammed into An Lushan and his black dragon fortune.
Moreover, perhaps because it was drawn out by the black dragon fortune or summoned by Wang Chong’s will, an immense violet dragon erupted from Wang Chong’s body with a mighty roar and lunged at the black dragon.
The violet dragon opened its massive maw, and boom! It bit down on the black dragon’s neck.
Raaaah!
The black dragon howled in pain, its massive body writhing and trembling as black energy sloughed off it.
Yet the black dragon was fierce, and even though it was heavily wounded, its four sharp claws attempted to scratch at the violet dragon while its tail swung around.
But it faced an even more vicious attack from the violet dragon. The violet dragon’s four claws latched onto the black dragon’s body, and its even larger tail made a savage swing.
Bang!
The world trembled, and far above the clouds, the world of stars shifted, hundreds of millions of stars shaking as their lights flickered.
Wang Chong and An Lushan, whether they were righteous or evil, had both been born with enormous fortunes. Their battle would inevitably influence the world of stars and the power balance of the Central Plains.
Bang!
The black dragon finally lost the battle and was cast by Wang Chong’s violet dragon fortune into the ground, heavily wounded. Correspondingly, An Lushan also suffered an unprecedented wound that caused him to howl in pain and anger.
“Aaagh! Wang Chong, I’ll never forgive you!”
With a furious roar, An Lushan unleashed a wave of Stellar Energy at Wang Chong.
But by the time the Stellar Energy exploded, Wang Chong was no longer standing there.
An Lushan felt his breathing stop.
At this moment, Wang Chong’s voice entered his ear. From behind An Lushan, a golden short halberd packed with destructive energy slammed into An Lushan’s chest like a golden dragon.
The attack was immensely powerful, and it had been unleashed at precisely the moment when An Lushan had emptied himself of Stellar Energy.
Clang! With the full power of the short halberd unleashed upon it, the supposedly impregnable World Armor caved in at An Lushan’s chest.
“Ah!”
With a scream, An Lushan was blown back by the immense force, blood flying everywhere. With one strike, not only had Wang Chong destroyed the World Armor, he had also sent a vicious energy into his body that obliterated his organs.
Bang!
A thick lightning bolt descended from the heavens, but this time, the World Consciousness was not aiming at Wang Chong. Instead, the bolt crackled into An Lushan’s body.
The immense energy flowed into An Lushan, nurturing his cells and boosting his strength. Even the vicious energy that Wang Chong had sent into An Lushan’s body was blasted out by the lightning’s power.
Sensing that An Lushan’s life was in danger, the World Consciousness had stepped in once more.
“Mm?”
Wang Chong couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.
He could tell that An Lushan was growing stronger and stronger due to the World Consciousness’s aid, and he was even showing signs of breaking through that threshold and reaching the Grotto Heaven realm.
Unable to injure him, the World Consciousness had decided to help An Lushan through other means.
Bang!
As Wang Chong was thinking, a second lightning bolt cracked down on An Lushan’s body, followed by a third, a fourth…
This domineering lightning energy poured into him, and An Lushan bellowed and roared like a beast, his hair dancing wildly in the wind. His body actually began to crackle with electricity, the silver snakes slithering across the surface of the World Armor. And around An Lushan, dazzling Halos of Lightning began to form.
These Halos of Lightning were each packed with enough power to blast away mountains. Through this method, the World Consciousness sought to protect An Lushan.
“Hmph, still not giving up?”
Wang Chong looked up at the thundercloud vortex. This was now a battle with him pitted against An Lushan and the World Consciousness.
But Wang Chong was not afraid.
“Wang Chong!” An Lushan spat, his hate-filled voice resounding through the world. High in the air, An Lushan opened his eyes and sharply glared at Wang Chong, his eyes crackling with electricity.
With this boundless lightning energy, An Lushan had managed to ascend past the basic level of the Grotto Heaven realm and approach the high level. This was how the Power of the World had directly assisted him.
“You have opposed me again and again. Everything I had was destroyed because of you. Even if I must become a malicious spirit, I will bury you with me!”
An Lushan’s body exploded with killing intent that grew more and more concentrated, and as it did, the Halos of Lightning around him grew brighter and brighter.
An Lushan once more began to exude a powerful will to fight.
“Is that so? You betrayed the Great Tang, betrayed the Central Plains. Do you really think I’ll give you the chance to become a malicious spirit?
“Death in both body and soul is your fate! No one can help you!” Wang Chong coldly said.
Boom!
Another bolt of lightning cracked down, and it was at this moment that Wang Chong preempted An Lushan and attacked.
Roooar!
With a draconic roar, a beam of Sword Qi shot out of Wang Chong, and within the Sword Qi was an ancient golden sword.
The Xuanyuan Sword!
Wang Chong had thrown out the Xuanyuan Sword.
Kacrack!
A moment later, that thick lightning bolt that was intended to strengthen An Lushan suddenly veered off and struck the Xuanyuan Sword.
This lightning bolt that had enough power to annihilate mountains was drawn into the sword, its energy greedily drained away.
As it absorbed the energy, the Xuanyuan Sword brightened, its blade becoming like a blue sun.
“Take my sword!”
As Wang Chong’s voice resounded through the world, a dark golden Halo of Spacetime appeared and disappeared, taking the Xuanyuan Sword with it.
When it next appeared, it did so with Wang Chong in front of An Lushan, fiercely slashing down.
Wang Chong’s power, combined with the Xuanyuan Sword’s power and the World Consciousness’s power, produced an unfathomably powerful attack.
Perhaps not even the World Consciousness could have envisioned Wang Chong intercepting its energy to use against An Lushan.
Rumble!
One thick lightning bolt after another emerged from the vortex, the World Consciousness bellowing in fury at Wang Chong’s presumptuous actions, but no matter how enraged it was, it was powerless to stop Wang Chong.
Kacrack!
Wang Chong’s sword swung down on An Lushan’s head with an unstoppable momentum.
“Come, then! Let us die together!” An Lushan savagely roared. Fearless, he gathered up all his energy and swung his own sword at Wang Chong.
Chapter 2251 - Defeating the World Consciousness!
Chapter 2251: Defeating the World Consciousness!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
An Lushan put his all into the attack, focusing purely on offense.
Over the course of the entire war, even though Genesis Supreme had granted him the World Armor, An Lushan had avoided clashing with Wang Chong, instead preferring to use Genesis Supreme’s strength to deal with him.
But now that he had been pushed into a dead end, he erupted with unprecedented fighting intent.
Wang Chong was far too strong!
Even Genesis Supreme had died to him.
There was no one in the northeast who could contend against him.
No one understood more than An Lushan how frightening Wang Chong was. Even with the assistance of the Power of the World and all of that lightning energy, he still wasn’t confident about his chances against Wang Chong.