God Emperor

Riding on the back of the Elephant-swallowing Rabbit, Zhang Ruochen turned around and saw that the hillside had been completely filled with blood fog. Amidst the fog were vague images of long pointed teeth and sharp claws.

There were also faint shadows of winged human figures flying in the blood fog.

“Oh no, the Immortal Vampires are launching their attacks on the Shi Family’s troops.” The sight darkened Zhang Ruochen’s gaze.

In the meantime, a few miles from where Zhang Ruochen was, the Shi Family’s soldiers were attempting to break through the defense lines of the Golden Sparrow City. Only a few of the forefathers of half-saint level sensed the incoming threat from behind.

However, the incoming Immortal Vampires were the cream of the crop in their clan. They could easily make it to the outer ring of the city at the speed of multiple or even ten times faster.

By the time the leaders of the Shi Family’s troops reacted and restored the battle position, many of the soldiers would have been slaughtered already.

Zhang Ruochen looked determined, then said firmly, “Stall the attack.”

The Elephant-swallowing Rabbit widened its already big eyes, looking extremely surprised while refining the Half-Saint Light it took earlier. “Are you crazy, Master Zhang? The combined power of the Immortal Vampires is beyond our ability. This is a suicide mission — no, two suicide missions.”

“If we help them, the death toll of the Shi Family’s soldiers will be reduced.”

Zhang Ruochen pressed against the head of the Rabbit with one hand to flip himself over, facing the thunderhead-like blood fog. “Abyss,” he summoned.

The Abyss Ancient Sword then flew up from his back and hovered above his head, emitting a dark colored light.

As Zhang Ruochen continued to channel his Holy Qi into the sword, the light it was emitting grew darker and colder.

The dark light soon spread out, covering the entire area between the hillside and the city, as if darkness had taken over daylight.

The sword spirit of the Abyss Ancient Sword appeared – a man with a pair of black wings.

The activation of the Destruction of the Thousand-pattern released an enormous energy, and everyone shuddered.

“Zhang Ruochen is activating the Thousand-Pattern Saint Weapon. Attack him before he makes it!” The Second Prince of the Immortal Vampires commanded in his cold voice.

Following that, fifteen Immortal Vampires of half-saint level each activated a saint weapon; there were huge swords of several meters long, blood red wheels, and dragon whips used to tame the dragons.

The fifteen saint weapons glowed in the dark, then soared through the sky like shooting stars, aiming at Zhang Ruochen.

“Green Sea Blue Sky.” While Zhang Ruochen continued to launch the destructive pattern using the Abyss Ancient Sword, he swung the sword through the Immortal Vampires with the Nine-Life Sword Technique, and a long trail of Sword Qi was left behind the blade.

The Abyss Ancient Sword had been upgraded to be the Thousand-pattern Saint Weapon. Those saint weapons of a hundred-pattern wielded by the Immortal Vampires could never withstand the blow of a thousand-pattern.

Bam.

All fifteen weapons were blown apart, and the sky was a chaos of mixing energies falling apart.

And the blood fog was fed by influxes of the Sword Qi.

Then, screams of dying troops were heard, followed by a few hundred bodies raining down on the ground. Three of them were corpses of the half-saints.

The Elephant-swallowing Rabbit’s eyes flashed as soon as it saw the three bodies, and dashed toward the direction where they fell off.

Three dead half-saints meant three Half-Saint Lights.

“Do not go over.”

Zhang Ruochen landed behind it.

At this point in time, he was too weak to fight the others, for he had depleted his Holy Qi.

The Elephant-swallowing Rabbit could tell from his look, and managed to harness its greed by focusing on the Shi Family’s needs.

That attack Zhang Ruochen launched created a huge commotion. Not only did it manage to stall the Immortal Vampires for a short while, but also attracted the Shi Family’s soldiers’ attention.

The Shi Family’s soldiers recognized Zhang Ruochen from afar, who was riding on the Elephant-swallowing Rabbit.

“That’s … the Taotian Sword Keeper, Zhang Ruochen. He’s the one who killed hundreds of the Immortal Vampires with a single strike.”

“The Immortal Vampires planned an ambush? Thankfully Zhang Ruochen discovered them before the execution. Otherwise, the Shi Family would have suffered a heavy loss.”

“I have always thought Zhang Ruochen was undercover for the Immortal Vampires. I never knew he’s the one that’s been helping the Ancient Race of Prison Guardians all along. I should be giving myself a tight awakening slap.”

“If Zhang Ruochen hadn’t been here today, we could have been dead.”

…

Shi Yuncong, the Shi Family’s forefather of the Saint level, overlooked the incoming blood fog from the battleship, and gave a roar of rage.

The intimidating roar created ripples of sound waves that soon engulfed the blood fog.

The sound wave of a saint’s roar was powerful enough to annihilate the entire Immortal Vampires’ base camp.

Amid the chaos, a huge winged figure was seen.

He was ten times larger than a typical Immortal Vampire, and had silver wings, which were at least 30 feet long when fully extended.

He burst into laughter, then gave his expansive wings a flap, creating a huge whirl of blood wind blowing against the battleship.

The sound wave and the blood wind exploded with a roar as the two distinct forces collided.

The two forces neutralized each other, but the surplus from the impact sent a blast which threw off soldiers from both sides.

Shi Yuncong stared at the huge winged figure in surprise. “Wang Jinsuo?”

“Haha! I killed Wang Jinsuo a hundred years ago and sucked his blood dry. I am the Blood Emperor Qingtian – King Xianlan of the Immortal Vampires.”

King Xianlan let out an evil laugh.

Once again, he flapped his expansive wings once, and he was already above the battleship Shi Yuncong was at. Then, he struck a palm at the battleship.

There were two battleships that were hovering above the Golden Sparrow City. One was commanded by Shi Yuncong, and the other was commanded by a man in his mid-30s.

The middle-aged man seemed weak, as if he was ill. Yet he seemed to be a wise gentleman.

If Zhang Ruochen was on the battleship, he would have recognized the man was Shi Ren’s father, Shi Qiankun.

The moment when King Xianlan struck his palm, Shi Qiankun had alertly cast a rune scroll, shooting it from his hands to the sky.

“The coexistence of Yin and Yang, and the complementary Five Elements.”

Shi Qiankun was murmuring the rune spell.

Meanwhile, there was a strong boost of Spiritual Power coming from his body. The whole battleship went into a state of chaos.

As soon as the rune scroll touched the palm mark, the two energies detonated.

The power of the rune scroll outweighed the palm’s. Even King Xianlan who had achieved the saint level was affected by the impact.

His right hand was a mangled mash of flesh oozing with blood, exposing his jade-like saint bones.

“The First Town Destructive Sacred Rune!”

King Xianlan shifted his gaze to Shi Qiankun and shrieked, “Shi Qiankun, you have the courage to be here today? I know very well that you have been poisoned with Blood Poison of Pluto and the Evil Death Qi. Have you recovered from those two? They are not easy to recover from!”

Shi Qiankun remained sitting, and replied, “You seem to be well aware of the two poisons. Could it be you who poisoned me?”

Shi Qiankun had been practicing both Spiritual Power and martial arts.

Hence, he could use his Spiritual Power to cast rune spells while inhibiting the toxicity in the Blood Poison of Pluto with his Holy Qi.

As a member of the Shi Family, his cultivation as a rune spell practitioner was higher than that of a swordsman.

If he was not poisoned, he would have been the Clan Leader.

King Xianlan laughed in reply, “That’s right. I was the one who poisoned you, but under the command of Wang Beilie. He was afraid that you could be a threat to him when you achieved the saint level. Now, are you happy with my explanation?”

“Of course I am.”

Shi Qiankun took out yet another rune scroll.

He sliced his left finger on the piece of rune scroll for a small cut wound.

And then he scribbled on the rune scroll with his saint blood.

The scribbles on the rune scroll glowed, with an ever increasing brightness.

As soon as King Xianlan realized the rune scroll Shi Qiankun was holding, his facial expression changed. Immediately, he flapped his expansive wings frantically to escape.

King Xianlan had been undercover in the Ancient Race of the Prison Guardians for a century. He knew the destruction the rune scroll could cause. It was the Shi Family’s Nine Town Destruction Sacred Rune.

He was already wounded by the First Town Destructive Sacred Rune.

Using the saint blood to cast a rune spell could amplify its power to becoming the Third Town Destructive Sacred Run, where its destructive power was ten times stronger than the first.

Shi Qiankun glanced in the direction King Xianlan escaped to. Squinting his eyes, he said, “He’s fast at running away.”

“I will chase after him.”

Shi Yuncong flew off from the surface of his battleship, picked up his Xuan Dragon Sword and off he went.

Since Shi Yuncong had offered, there was no need for Shi Qiankun to cast out the Third Town Destructive Sacred Rune. Instead, he dropped the rune off at the Golden Sparrow City.

A flimsy piece of paper, yet the force it exuded was greater than the Destruction of the Thousand-pattern.

The power blasted the city’s defense formation off completely.

Many of the Immortal Vampires residing in the city were killed from the blast as well, and vanished into bundles of blood fog.

“Kill all and leave none behind.”

“Kill all the Immortal Vampires in the city! Avenge those who left us!”

…

Under the leadership of Shi Ren, the Shi Family’s troops were divided into a ratio of 7:3. The majority invaded the Golden Sparrow City, while the minority continued to fight against the Immortal Vampires from the outer ring of the city.

The war had finally begun.