“Stop!” Ao Jian constantly used spells and controlled the stream to ram it towards Ling Han and Helian Tianyun.
He was a descendant of a True Dragon, and could inherently control water.
These were waves drawn by a Shattering Void Tier elite. Ling Han and Helian Tianyun only had the cultivation of the Heaven Tier, so how could they block them? Peng, peng, peng, they were slapped by the waves, shocked and numb all over.
Fortunately, one of them had a physique of tenth-tier rare metal, while the other was only slightly inferior, not that far off, or else the waves alone could shatter them into pieces.
However, Ao Jian seized the chance to catch up with them.
“Sh*t, now that’s a great loss!” Ling Han finally unleashed the Instant Teleportation Talisman. This time, he wasn’t just doing it for show, but truly planning on using it. Otherwise, being trapped and unable to escape from this sea area, he would still have to use the Instant Teleportation Talisman in the end.
“Instant Teleportation Talisman?” Catching the his gaze, Ao Jian sped up in a rush, trying to stop them from leaving.
“See you next time, little brat. At that time, This Lord will definitely kill you!” Helian Tianyun said fiercely. A dignified alternative dragon like him was hunted down and had to flee helter-skelter… such a thing couldn’t be stomached.
Shua , Ao Jian extended his hand and thrust a long spear, but when the spear point landed, only a vacuum layer was created. Ling Han and Helian Tianyun already disappeared without a trace.
“Damn it!” His gaze shone with a chilling glare, appearing very regretful.
Honestly, he wouldn’t chase them onto land, because he’d already heard that there was an extremely powerful human, who was also a born killing formation, there, and on top of power of the nation’s blessing, his battle prowess broke through twenty stars!
He was afraid he’d die there.
No way—he was a dignified True Dragon’s descendant with boundless prospects, and couldn’t possibly endanger himself in this lowly, small world. The only purpose he had here was to ensure smooth creation of the Realm Pill.
Wretch! Damn it! How could they have an Instant Teleportation Talisman, something extremely rare even in the divine realm?
Xiu , with a flash, Ling Han and Helian Tianyun already appeared at sea level.
“Where’s this?” Ling Han gazed into the distance.
Helian Tianyun sniffed, and then said, “As far as This Lord can tell, it should be the west sea.”
Ling Han couldn’t help but reveal a strange expression, and said, “You can smell that out?”
“No sh*t, the waters of the four sea’s are all different, how can This Lord not smell it!” Helian Tianyun snorted, appearing very proud, and then said strangely, “Brat, how come you have an Instant Teleportation Talisman? Although this thing’s well-known, even This Lord has never obtained it before!”
Ling Han came to a realization, connecting it with that big news that Asura Demon Emperor had revealed.
If the vast lands originally “stayed” in the immortal realm before, then it wasn’t unacceptable that some divine level things appeared here—they could’ve been dug from a grave by Ma Duo Bao.
This fatty was really a pretty good person to have given him such a precious thing.
“Someone gifted it to me,” Ling Han said without thought.
“Gifting even such a precious thing?” Helian Tianyun was shocked. “Hurry, hurry, hurry, who’s that person? Introduce him to This Lord. This Lord doesn’t mind becoming good friends with him.”
Ling Han couldn’t help but laugh, and said, “You and him really are somewhat alike in some ways.”
He told Helian Tianyun about Ma Duo Bao while returning to land. Since they were in the west sea, they would obviously first arrive at the west region, then turn towards the north region to return to the imperial capital.
With their pace on foot, they finally left the ocean area after seven days, stepping on land.
The people in the Black Tower also knew the course of the matter. Except for Hu Niu running out, the other people still stayed inside to accommodate fast pace of the journey. However, Ling Han would sometimes take his son out and hold him, nourishing the bond between father and son.
The west region was now also Great Ling Empire’s territory, with the totem’s duplicate silhouette, and Ling Han only had to connect to it to be able to find out about the movements of the Great Ling Empire. Originally, he just randomly thought of it and thus connected to the totem, but after receiving some news, he immediately revealed a shocked expression.
The “things” buried underneath the former Fire Country’s mineshaft… finally came out!
Through the totem silhouette, he saw blurry shadows of humanoid creatures enveloped in black current that were extremely powerful, besieging towns and strongholds in their path. With every city they conquered, they refined everyone in the city into the walking dead, which were also bound by black current, becoming their subordinates, though their strength was average.
Fortunately, refining one city took a considerable amount of time. They still hadn’t completely seized the desolate north, so it wouldn’t be any time soon that they’d pass through the Fallen Moon Gorge and enter north region’s large territory.
“What’s the matter?” Helian Tianyun asked casually.
Once Ling Han spoke of the situation, Helian Tianyun also frowned.
It just had to be at this time!
If the two of them were given time, they’d be the strongest elites with battle prowess of Shattering Void Tier twenty stars in the future, but the heavens seemed to deliberately make things difficult for them, not even giving them one year, and setting up difficult problems for them one after another.
Ling Han immediately made a decision to let the Rock Spirit make a trip to Purple Moon Emperor’s Court to get reinforcements while he immediately charged back. Whether it was out of responsibility or for himself, he had to stop those people from the ancient mineshaft.
They buried and remade themselves with the Yin Qi in the ground, turning from a living person to one of the underworld, even trying to turn this small world into part of the underworld. When the time came to split open the skies, they’d be ascending into the underworld.
It definitely couldn’t happen!
With power of the nation’s blessing, Ling Han’s power instantly skyrocketed to Shattering Void Tier nine stars. Although the desolate north was small, after falling into enemy hands, it still affected the power of the nation, or else he should boast the power of Shattering Void Tier ten stars now.
The Thunderclap Ninth Heaven and Fairy Demon Steps were activated by him at the same time, so his speed was swift as he was flying rapidly in the direction of the Fallen Moon Gorge. On the other side, he issued orders through the totem, having all elites gather at the Fallen Moon Gorge to fight the people of the underworld.
After three days, he arrived at the Fallen Moon Gorge. At this time, the Rain Emperor and Mu Rong Qing also arrived with large amounts of experts, and stopped the large army outside the gorge. Yi Shuang Shuang was also requested to come, and was now sitting leisurely on the side, out of tune with everyone else.
“Your Majesty!” Seeing Ling Han, everyone knelt down to pay their respects.
Ling Han waved his hand, having everyone stand up, and then said, “Big Brother, how’s the situation?”
The desolate north already fell into enemy hands, and the totem obviously also lost its use as his eyes and ears. He no longer knew what happened inside.
“According to what I saw the few times I scouted the gorge, the enemy already rallied their forces again, and will come out the gorge in a few days,” the Rain Emperor said with a frown. He’d seen the destruction those “things” had caused, and as Rain Country’s former ruler, he obviously utterly detested it.
“Report!” A scout suddenly charged in, knelt down, and said, “There is movement within the gorge!”
Chapter 851 - Demon Servants
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They came so quickly!
Hong, long, long , chaotic heavy footsteps sounded within the gorge. Judging from this point alone, it was a motley crew.
Ling Han and the others immediately came out of their tents, and looked towards the gorge. Hundreds of humanoid beings could be seen at the forefront, but their entire bodies was enveloped in a black current, and their countenance couldn’t be seen at all—even their height and sex were indistinguishable.
Behind them was a dense crowd of people, who clearly used to be normal people, but were now bound by black demonic Qi, making their appearance terrifying. They were emitting an intense atmosphere of blood lust.
“They were converted into the underworld’s low-level demon servants.” Yi Shuang Shuang started to talk. “Somewhat similar to Corpse Soldiers, unaware of pain, and unafraid of death, but their physiques are far inferior. However, they still maintain considerable intelligence, and aren’t necessarily easier to kill compared to Corpse Soldiers of the same level.”
“Then what about those people in front?” Ling Han asked.
Yi Shuang Shuang nodded, and said, “They can be counted as high-level demon servants.”
“Shattering Void Tier ones are only high-level demon servants?” Ling Han was shocked.
Yi Shuang Shuang rolled her eyes at him, and said, “The divine beings are divided into five levels, and every large level is subdivided into four small levels; even small levels are almost insurmountable, equivalent to twenty levels. These guys haven’t even advanced to the divine level, could they even be called demon generals or demon kings?”
… That made sense.
Judging from the level of the vast lands, these high-level demon servants were already peak stage existences, but in the underworld, they weren’t even close to the edge of being an expert.
“Resisting against the underworld is every divine being’s responsibility, and this lady is no exception!” Yi Shuang Shuang’s expression was stern. “Today, this lady will fight alongside you, these demon servants must be eliminated!”
“Hahahaha, I didn’t come late, did I?” With a laughter, a lonely man with a lanky figure descended from the sky, holding a wine gourd in hand, stubble all over his face. He looked extremely old.
“Big Brother!” Ling Han was pleasantly surprised, and immediately went to greet him.
It was Feng Po Yun!
They hadn’t seen each other for a few years, and Feng Po Yun had already advanced from Shattering Void Tier third layer to the fifth layer. Such an improvement was truly great. Presumably, it should be because he cultivated out Sword Heart Illumination, which could cut the demons within his heart, so his improvement in tier became relatively easier.
This was definitely a helping hand. Although Feng Po Yun hadn’t reached Shattering Void Tier’s ninth layer, Sword Heart Illumination should have extremely great destructive power towards these demons.
“Younger Brother, long time no see. Your cultivation’s improvement speed truly astonishes me!” Feng Po Yun laughed loudly. At the time they met, Ling Han was only at the Flower Blossom Tier, and now, he was about to cross into the Shattering Void Tier.
“Big Brother, you can come under my empire temporarily, and I’ll bestow you with the title of a king, allowing you to utilize the power of the nation to improve battle prowess,” Ling Han said with a smile.
“Okay!” Feng Po Yun agreed with a smile.
Originally, with his tier and status, he obviously wouldn’t deign join under someone as some king, but to resist against the underworld’s invasion now, he was obviously able to distinguish which was the the more important between the great cause and his reputation.
Besides, it wasn’t anything bad to work for his younger brother.
Ling Han actuated the totem, and said, “This Emperor now bestow’s Big Brother Feng Po Yun with the title of this court’s ‘Feng Yun King,’ and hereby proclaims it to the nation!”
Hong , the totem instantly operated, transmitting this appointment to every corner of Great Ling Empire immediately. Above the imperial city, a golden name was added onto the black tower totem’s body.
“Feng Yun King, Feng Po Yun!”
This represented Great Ling Empire’s official conferment; he could accept the mental power of millions of subjects through the totem and operate the power of the nation.
Now, Great Ling Empire had a total of three kings—the Rain Emperor, Mu Rong Qing, and Feng Poyun, who was just conferred his title.
Feng Poyun immediately operated the power of the nation, and couldn’t help but be pleasantly surprised. He said, “My power actually increased to the level of Shattering Void Tier eleven stars! Unfortunately, my physique isn’t tough enough, or else it could still increase a little bit more.”
Under the blessing of the power of the nation, his power increased by four stars, but the increase of his actual battle prowess should be more than that.
“Brat, give this lady the title of a king,” Yi Shuang Shuang said. Although she was a divine being, suppressed by the realm’s power, and her tier dropped straight to the Shattering Void Tier’s ninth layer, it didn’t mean that her power couldn’t reach Shattering Void Tier twenty stars.
Thus, the power of the nation would also have an addition effect on her.
Ling Han nodded, and conferred Yi Shuang Shuang the title “Wu Shuang King” through the totem.
“This lady’s battle prowess only increased by three stars?” Yi Shuang Shuang couldn’t help but be gloomy.
It couldn’t be helped. The stronger one’s strength, the weaker the power of the nation’s blessing. … Unless she was the country’s master, who could receive infinite power blessing—so long as the body could withstand it and the mental power of the subjects was strong enough.
“However, it’s still enough to suppress that alluring woman!”
The alluring woman obviously meant the Lunar King, whom she constantly had in mind. It was obvious just how great of a shock Lunar King’s charm brought her at the time.
“Human, hurry up and surrender, This King can grant you guys eternal life!” In the gorge on the opposite side, those high-level demon servants already walked out. A hundred Shattering Void Tier elites stood there, emitting terrifying presence, even seeming to shake down the firmament.
“A mere demon servant dares to boast shamelessly!” Ling Han sneered.
“Outrageous, how dare you speak to This King in this way!” a high-level demon servant whose figure was the tallest shouted, raising his hand and spreading out a silver ray of light, which immediately enlarged infinitely, turning into a great silver spider the size of a mountain.
This great spider moved its eight legs that were like heavenly axes, and looked down at all living creatures with a contemptuous look.
Reaching the tier it was at, changing its own body was obviously a piece of cake.
“Kill!” That high-level demon servant that claimed itself to be the king pointed at Ling Han. The great silver spider immediately sprung with its eight feet, and charged towards Ling Han.
“Haha, I’ll be your opponent!” Feng Po Yun laughed loudly, brandishing his sword and charging out. The fact that his tier could increase so fast also had to do with this great spider, which was continuously impelling him to get stronger.
Now, with the blessing of the power of the nation, Feng Po Yun was obviously going to vigorously fight a great battle.
Peng!
The two elites exchanged blows, and instantly fought from the ground to the sky—their fight was extremely intense.
Ling Han took a glance, and discovered that Feng Po Yun’s current battle prowess wasn’t inferior to the great silver spider’s, instantly feeling relieved. He said indifferently, “I am Great Ling Empire’s Emperor Ling Han, who are you people? State your names!”
The king of demon servants sneered. �
�A mere Heaven Tier warrior dares to claim kingship, what a gargantuan joke! This King already abandoned his previous name. You people can call this king… Demon King San Mi!
Yi Shuang Shuang couldn’t help but burst into laughter, and said, “A mere demon servant dares to claim to be a demon king? How shameless do you have to be? Come, come, come, fight this lady three hundred rounds and see if this lady won’t tear apart your thick face!”
“Are you seeking your own death?” The king of demon servants sneered, reaching out its hand to snatch Yi Shuang Shuang.
“This lady isn’t wanton, don’t touch her with your dirty hand!” Yi Shuang Shuang swatted with her hand, and the hand of the king of demon servants was instantly sent flying.
The king of demon servants smiled grimly, waved its large hand bound by Demonic Qi, and said, “Kill them all!”
The large army instantly charged towards Great Ling Empire’s troops.
Chapter 852 - Reinforcements
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“Kill!” Ling Han also brandished the Revere Life Sword. Shattering Void Tier ten stars of power was enough to completely activate this sword, and he also threw out the Ice Dragon Ground Blast Formation. Every bit of Shattering Void Tier power was precious right now.
The great battle immediately ensued.
At first contact, Great Ling Empire was at a disadvantage, an absolute disadvantage.
On the demon servants’ side, there were too many Shattering Void Tier elites, and the king of demon servants even reached Shattering Void Tier nineteen stars of battle prowess, a notch stronger than Yi Shuang Shuang, instantly making her unable to cope with him.
Yi Shuang Shuang bawled in anger. If it were in the immortal realm, she could kill this kind of trash ten thousand times with a breath, but she was actually in a disadvantageous position here, suppressed by the realm power.
If she unleashed a full-strength attack, she would be able to annihilate the king of demon servants, but she would be ejected out of the vast lands, and the foreign realm was sealed off by a formation which was enough to kill her.
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