The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  In order to defeat Wang Chong, he only needed to be even fiercer.

  Most importantly, now that he had lost everything, he only had one thought in mind: kill Wang Chong no matter the cost, even if he had to give up his own life.

  This man who had ruined his imperial aspirations had to die.

  But An Lushan had underestimated just how frightening Wang Chong was.

  “Hmph!” A cold snort rang out in An Lushan’s ear, tinged with indescribable scorn.

  Wang Chong’s original body had started off stronger than An Lushan, and with the power of the World Consciousness, it wasn’t something that An Lushan could stop.

  Bang!

  Another resplendent beam of Sword Qi sliced through space and cleaved through the lightning energy that An Lushan had unleashed.

  “Ah!”

  An Lushan plummeted from the heavens like a meteor. Boom! He was once more brought crashing to the ground by Wang Chong.

  Rumble! The entire region swayed and shuddered from the impact.

  Kaclack!

  The World Consciousness seemed thoroughly enraged now, and in a flash, six or seven thick lightning bolts crashed down onto An Lushan’s body.

  Not only that, the Origin Energy of the entire Eastern Turkic steppe surged up and converged on An Lushan’s body.

  At this moment, An Lushan had truly become the energy center of the world.

  “Aaaaah! I’ll kill youuu!”

  An Lushan’s ruthless voice resounded through the world. At the site of the impact, dust roiled and a tyrannical beam of black energy shot upward, piercing through the heavens as it made its way toward Wang Chong in the air.

  An Lushan joined the black beam of energy in traveling upward, slashing at Wang Chong.

  “Still not willing to give up?” Wang Chong’s majestic voice boomed through the world. Bzzz! One dark golden Halo of Spacetime after another appeared and closed over An Lushan’s attack like golden bands.

  These Halos of Spacetime rapidly constricted. Boom! Boom! Boom! The collapsing power of spacetime cut off the black beam of energy, section by section.

  Bang!

  Before An Lushan could react, Wang Chong appeared in front of him and slashed the Xuanyuan Sword. The sharp edge of the sword paired with Grotto Heaven energy left a scar more than half an inch deep in An Lushan’s World Armor, and the sword’s explosive strength once more blasted An Lushan back into the ground.

  “Special Event: Clash Against Destiny!” The Stone of Destiny’s voice rang out in Wang Chong’s ears.

  “The smallest seed can grow into a skyscraping tree. When forced to deal with the situation, the smallest chick will finally mature into an iron-winged eagle and soar across the azure skies. From the moment user was born, user endured the rejecting force of this world, facing the threat of obliteration at any moment. But times have changed. Since being promoted to Archon of Destiny, user has possessed the ability to contend against destiny and earn its respect.

  “In this struggle against the World Consciousness, user has thwarted the World Consciousness’s attack three times, unlocking the special ability, Power of Adjudication!

  “Description: The Power of Adjudication is an important ability that allows the user to counterattack against the world and contend against the World Consciousness. At 100%, the Power of Adjudication grants the user an attack that can utterly annihilate the World Consciousness’s attacks and prevent the World Consciousness from reawakening for the next thirty days.

  “Note: The World Consciousness cannot be destroyed, only defeated again and again or sealed for a period of time. Since user resides in this world, such an attempt would be akin to trying to pick up one’s own hair to lift oneself off the ground.

  “Note: User’s Power of Adjudication is currently at zero. More power can be accumulated by thwarting the attacks of the World Consciousness!”

  Wang Chong’s feet paused, his eyes flashing in surprise.

  The World Consciousness was coiled above An Lushan, and Wang Chong lacked any good method of dealing with this sort of incorporeal existence. Moreover, while the Xuanyuan Sword could damage An Lushan’s World Armor, the degree of damage was not great. With this ‘shell’ protecting An Lushan, it would take some time for Wang Chong to kill him.

  Worst of all was that no matter how fierce Wang Chong’s attacks became or how severe An Lushan’s wounds, the World Consciousness would simply grow stronger in response and interfere to an even greater degree.

  If he chose his actions poorly, An Lushan really did have a chance of escaping.

  But this Power of Adjudication that the Stone of Destiny had offered presented another possibility!

  “No! I’ll never lose to you!” A furious roar came from the ground. An Lushan did not know what had happened with Wang Chong, but his repeated failure to defeat Wang Chong and even the inability of the World Consciousness to deal with him had only further incensed him.

  Rumble!

  Lightning flashed as An Lushan shot up from the ground, gathered up the Power of the World, and assailed Wang Chong.

  Boomboomboom!

  The two continued to fiercely battle in the air. An Lushan attacked Wang Chong with no regard to his life, and Wang Chong cast An Lushan down from the heavens again and again.

  In this battle, Wang Chong constantly had the upper hand.

  “Congratulations to user! For thwarting the World Consciousness’s attack once, your Power of Adjudication has been increased to 10%!”

  “Congratulations to user! For thwarting the World Consciousness’s attack twice, your Power of Adjudication has been increased to 20%!”

  “Congratulations to user! For thwarting the World Consciousness’s attack thrice, your Power of Adjudication has been increased to 30%!”

  An Lushan was red-eyed and insane, constantly attacking again and again. Each time he was knocked from the sky by Wang Chong, he would heedlessly charge back up, not sensing at all the changes on Wang Chong’s body.

  During the entire process, Wang Chong remained calm and collected.

  After the tenth time Wang Chong pushed back An Lushan, the Stone of Destiny spoke once more.

  “Congratulations to user! Your Power of Adjudication has reached 100%, granting you the ability to counterattack against the World Consciousness a single time.”

  Wang Chong’s eyes flashed with delight.

  “Wang Chong! I’ll kill you!!”

  A figure shot up from the ground like a cannonball, surrounded by a furious storm of energy.

  Each time An Lushan was defeated, his body would grow slightly stronger. Though An Lushan had yet to control the power of spacetime, in terms of pure power, he had already reached the peak of the Grotto Heaven realm and wasn’t much weaker than Genesis Supreme.

  This was all due to the boost from the Power of the World.

  This was a development that not even An Lushan had anticipated, but his eyes were crimson and his face distorted. The only thought in his mind was to kill Wang Chong, and he could no longer notice such things.

  “Enough! It’s time to end things!”

  Wang Chong’s eyes glinted with cold light. Using the power of spacetime, he instantly appeared above An Lushan’s head and swung his sword down. The enormous force instantly blasted through the protective Halos of Lightning around An Lushan and sent him tunneling into the earth.

  “Again!” An Lushan savagely roared, as if nothing had happened to him. He jumped to his feet and prepared to once more receive the ‘baptism’ from the Power of the World.

  But when An Lushan raised his head, the scene that he saw was branded into his soul.

  “An Lushan, there is no next time. Now, not even the World Consciousness can protect you!” Wang Chong’s cold and lofty voice resounded through the world.

  Wang Chong stood in the air like a god, his body erupting with brilliant light.

  Bang!

  A fist of golden energy shot into the air and struck the center of the thu
ndercloud vortex.

  The entire world seemed to fall silent, all things frozen in time. A moment later, an enormous boom came from the center of the thundercloud vortex, the unwilling roar of the World Consciousness, and then the sky tore open.

  Yes, Wang Chong’s attack had wounded the World Consciousness, and a few moments later, the lightning scattered, and that thundercloud vortex circling above began to disperse. It took only a few seconds for it to completely disappear.

  And with the thundercloud vortex, the immense World Consciousness also vanished.

  “Congratulations to user! For defeating the World Consciousness (Avatar) and completing an impossible feat once, you have been rewarded with 100,000,000 points of Destiny Energy!” The Stone of Destiny’s voice rang out in Wang Chong’s mind.

  “This… This is impossible!”

  Sensing that familiar energy fading, An Lushan trembled, staring up at the sky in disbelief. Even his crimson eyes somewhat sobered up.

  Fear!

  Shock!

  And then came an endless chill!

  Chapter 2252 - Unwilling An Lushan!

  Chapter 2252: Unwilling An Lushan!

  ranslated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  An Lushan stood on the ground, that seemingly inextinguishable will to fight and killing intent instantly disappearing. Even his twisted and reddened face returned to normal. All that was left was infinite defeat and dejection.

  Absurd!

  This was the World Consciousness, the highest will of the world. No existence should have been able to surpass it.

  How?

  Wang Chong was somehow even capable of defeating the World Consciousness.

  “What are you?” An Lushan suddenly said, his gaze settling on Wang Chong.

  At the final moment of his life, An Lushan suddenly understood something.

  He had always believed that Wang Chong was some ordinary noble who was merely more talented than the rest, but at this moment, An Lushan recalled the ‘Child of Destruction’ that Genesis Supreme had spoken of. Many things that he had only possessed a surface-level understanding of suddenly had a special meaning.

  Someone who could defeat the World Consciousness and the heavens could not be an ordinary person.

  Wang Chong had to have at least as many secrets as him.

  “There’s no need to tell you. Regardless of what it is, it is all meaningless to you,” Wang Chong indifferently said, refusing to answer.

  He naturally had secrets. At the very least, their relationship was not as grudge-free as An Lushan imagined, but there was no need to explain to An Lushan.

  Bang!

  Wang Chong struck before An Lushan could react, Stellar Energy infused with spacetime power rumbling into An Lushan’s body.

  The abruptness of the attack and Wang Chong’s grasp of spacetime laws left An Lushan no time to respond.

  “Ah!”

  An Lushan vomited blood as he was blasted away, slamming into an ice-covered hill several dozen meters away.

  The ten-some-meter-tall hill lasted for only a few moments before the frenzied energy within An Lushan’s body obliterated it.

  An Lushan was heavily wounded at this time.

  “Wang Chong, I’m going to kill you!

  “World Consciousness, give me power! Power!”

  An Lushan lay fallen in the ruins, staring at the approaching Wang Chong with panic, shock, and rage on his face.

  The sturdy World Armor was covered in scars. He shifted backward, trying to create distance with Wang Chong as he reached out to the sky and roared, still hoping to obtain more power from the World Consciousness.

  So long as the World Consciousness was there, no matter how badly injured he was, he could immediately recover.

  He would not be harmed no matter how Wang Chong attacked him.

  “Hmph, it’s useless. It will not appear again, at least not while I’m here!”

  Wang Chong slowly strolled over, coldly laughing at the sight.

  The cold wave raged above as always, but the thunderclouds were gone. An Lushan pleaded in vain.

  No matter how unwilling An Lushan was, the moment Wang Chong dispersed the thundercloud vortex, he had put an end to any chance at reversal.

  Bang!

  In a golden flash of light, Wang Chong attacked once more. A dark golden Halo of Spacetime emerged, and the golden short halberd flew through it and slammed into An Lushan’s body.

  The golden short halberd had been Firmament Supreme’s weapon and was incredibly sharp. Moreover, as Wang Chong had attacked the World Armor at the same place several times, with a sharp crack, the World Armor’s left breast was blasted open, totally shattering.

  Plush! The golden short halberd embedded itself in An Lushan’s body, the enormous impact sending him flying back several thousand feet.

  An Lushan crashed into the ground in an explosion of dust.

  “To the death!”

  An Lushan’s crazed roar erupted through the snowstorm.

  After being blasted back by Wang Chong. An Lushan shot out of the cloud of dust like a cannonball, black energy roiling out of his body and transforming into a three-headed, six-armed, pitch-black war god.

  The Turkic War God, Yaluo!

  An Lushan had summoned his strongest attack.

  Each arm of Yaluo, each grasping a different weapon, fiercely slashed at Wang Chong.

  Roooar!

  With a mighty roar, the black dragon of Youzhou reappeared behind An Lushan, quickly taking the form of a spear that landed in Yaluo’s hand.

  At this time, War God Yaluo had perfectly fused with An Lushan’s black dragon Qi, the whole greater than the sum of the parts.

  To unleash this supreme attack, An Lushan had burned all of the latent potential in his cells, rapidly shriveling his slightly plump body.

  He was no longer simply burning potential, but half of his lifespan as well.

  An Lushan was going all out to destroy Wang Chong.

  “Die!”

  An Lushan savagely snarled as the Turkic War God gripped the black dragon spear and unleashed the power created through burning all of An Lushan’s life on Wang Chong.

  Rumble!

  A massive explosion of golden light erupted in front of Wang Chong.

  Waves of energy rippled, shaking the ground for several hundred li and sending sheets of white snow into the air.

  Not even the earth could sustain the impact from this blow, and it fractured and fissured.

  Crack! Crack! With a deafening rumble, a pitch-black chasm that was more than ten li long appeared on the vast Turkic steppe.

  Just when An Lushan was brimming with the joy that came from vengeance, he heard a familiar voice at his ear.

  “Are you satisfied?”

  It was flat and indifferent, neither too loud nor too soft, but it exploded in An Lushan’s ear like a boom of thunder.

  “Impossible!!!”

  An Lushan gnashed his teeth and stared in disbelief at the armored figure of Wang Chong, floating in the air with a confident expression on his face. A dazzling golden halo in front of him had blocked An Lushan’s all-out attack.

  “!!!”

  An Lushan was dumbfounded.

  He instantly recognized the golden halo as the ritual tool that Genesis Supreme had used.

  “How could this be? No!”

  An Lushan felt a chill as if cold water had been dumped on his body, and his will to fight completely vanished.

  He keenly understood the power of Genesis Supreme’s divine tool. So long as this ritual tool was there, then no matter how powerful his attacks were, even if he burned up all his lifespan, he would never be able to hurt Wang Chong.

  So long as this divine tool was there, Wang Chong was invincible.

  He had never imagined that Wang Chong would be able to refine this ritual tool so quickly.

  Buzz!

  Wang Chong’s expression was aloof as the halo divine tool trans
formed into a golden sword.

  The Sword of God!

  Wang Chong had successfully activated the halo’s strongest form.

  Bang!

  An Lushan stared in shock as the Sword of God swung into An Lushan’s chest.

  It was the same move, but the power unleashed was on a completely different level from An Lushan’s.

  “Aaaaah!”

  With a terrible scream, An Lushan shot through the sky like a comet, seeming to have been struck by a thousand mountains.

  Cracking and popping erupted from his body as many of his bones snapped and blood gushed out of his pores, painting the World Armor red.

  Boom!

  An Lushan was thrown back several li this time, and his impact with the ground created another explosion that left a pit ten-some meters deep and several hundred meters wide.

  Wang Chong’s Sword of God also displayed its other terrifying ability.

  That seemingly invincible World Armor had been slashed in two from the left shoulder to the right abdomen, the metal at the site of the cut even curling.

  The Sword of God had fully exhibited its destructive power on the World Armor.

  Bang!

  Several hundred steps away from An Lushan, a young figure appeared. Wang Chong looked at the bloodstained An Lushan in the crater, his eyes ice-cold.

  The protection of the World Consciousness and the World Armor were no more. There was nothing left stopping him, and he needed just one last strike to put a checkmark on their old grudge.

  “No, no!

  “I won’t die here!

  “The grudge between us isn’t over!”

  As An Lushan watched the callous Wang Chong slowly approach, his face grew agitated, his eyes brimming with unwillingness.

  He still had far too many things he needed to do. He had yet to topple the Great Tang or establish his own ideal country. How could he just die here?

  Bang!

  An Lushan struggled up and flew out from the crater to escape, escape from this place and escape from Wang Chong, but after only a short distance, he dropped to the ground with a thud.

  His Stellar Energy was all used up. The fact that he could flee so far while so heavily injured was already a miracle.