Chapter 2007: Slay the Strong First, War Escalates
Chapter 2007: Chapter 2007: Slay the Strong First, War Escalates
Boom!
Xiao Fangu vanished, no one knew if he was dead or alive. At this moment, everyone’s attention was focused on the King of Destruction who appeared out of thin air.
"Xiao Jiteng is dead?!"
"Why did the King of Destruction kill him first?"
The crowd was puzzled.
The gaze of the King of Destruction fell respectively on Emperor Dragon Sovereign, Crimson Queen, Gong Qingqiu, Tiangang Immortal Emperor, and he laughed grimly, "Very well, I’ve killed the strongest among you with one strike. Next, it’s your turn."
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.
The strongest among them?
So, the unremarkable Xiao Jiteng turned out to be the strongest of them all?
"That kid stronger than me?"
Emperor Dragon Sovereign was shocked, then he was unconvinced.
"Indeed, don’t think you’re the strongest among you. To be honest, as the King of Destruction, I can clearly perceive that the one just killed was the strongest among you."
The King of Destruction spoke with hands behind his back.
Black Prison Peak.
Everyone also observed the commotion in the Heavenly Origin Sea and learned that Xiao Jiteng was assassinated, their faces all showed surprise and indignation.
Except for Ye Feng, no one knew that Xiao Jiteng was actually the traitor Xiao Fangu.
So, they mourned Xiao Jiteng’s death.
In their view, he was a strong figure, if he could become a Quasi-Heavenly Venerable, he would definitely directly influence the outcome of this Cosmic Grade battle.
Unfortunately, Xiao Jiteng died!
"Hah, not bad!" Only Ye Feng rejoiced inwardly.
He had long perceived that Xiao Fangu disguised as Xiao Jiteng was strong, purely in terms of combat power, stronger than Emperor Dragon Sovereign, Crimson Queen, Tiangang Immortal Emperor, and Gong Qingqiu.
Therefore, the King of Destruction would kill him first.
That’s why, at the moment the King of Destruction struck, Yao Yue and the Four Dreams of Heaven and Earth, hidden in the shadows, did not strike, giving the King of Destruction a chance to act.
It was Ye Feng’s calculation.
He didn’t want Xiao Fangu to succeed in becoming a Venerable, so he used the King of Destruction to resolve this person.
"Perhaps, Xiao Fangu is already dead."
Ye Feng thought darkly.
Even if he wasn’t dead yet, the qualification mark to become a Venerable at his brow had already detached, indicating Xiao Fangu’s attempt to become a Venerable had failed this time.
Next, let Yao Yue and the Four Dreams of Heaven and Earth block the King of Destruction, allowing Emperor Dragon Sovereign, Tiangang Immortal Emperor, Crimson Queen, and Gong Qingqiu to succeed in becoming Venerable.
"Heh heh heh..."
"Next, it’s your turn!"
Although Ye Feng had thought many things just now, in reality, it all happened in a flash. At this moment, the King of Destruction in the Heavenly Origin Sea struck once again.
Rip!
The bizarre, sharp sword beam instantly hacked towards Emperor Dragon Sovereign’s neck, wanting to kill him.
"Damn it!"
Emperor Dragon Sovereign rushed to retreat, but found he wasn’t as fast as this strike from the King of Destruction.
The opponent was the peak of Half-Step Heavenly Venerable!
"Brazen!"
At the critical moment, Yao Yue appeared, blocking between Emperor Dragon Sovereign and the King of Destruction, with a bloody bright moon appearing behind her, releasing endless Cosmic-level Pressure.
Poof!
The King of Destruction’s sword beam was forcibly dispersed, allowing the distant Emperor Dragon Sovereign to let out a sigh of relief.
"Leave this to me, you continue fighting."
Yao Yue swung her large sleeve, saying boldly.
"Thank you, Friend Yao Yue." Emperor Dragon Sovereign thanked across space, then looked at Gong Qingqiu, Tiangang Immortal Emperor, and Crimson Queen, "Everyone, since there are now four people, why not go two on two, then one on one."
"Okay!" The other three readily agreed.
Now was the moment of the universe’s life and death, they didn’t want to compete for first place anymore, they just wanted to quickly decide the victor in becoming a Quasi-Heavenly Venerable.
Only then could they confront the crisis.
Even if they failed to become Venerable, they could come again next time. But if the universe was destroyed, no one would have a chance to become Venerable. They understood this.
Boom!
In an instant, Gong Qingqiu faced Tiangang Immortal Emperor, while the eternal rivals Crimson Queen and Emperor Dragon Sovereign faced each other once more, both sides brimming with battle intent.
In the void.
"Retreat!" The King of Destruction saw Yao Yue, this peak Half-Step Heavenly Venerable level expert appeared, and immediately went to hide, but before he completely entered the Cosmic Dao, he encountered an accident.
"Do you think you can get away?"
Yao Yue suddenly blew out a breath of mist, transformed from Dao Divine Water, forcibly encasing the King of Destruction, turning him from an intangible into a full corporeal state.
"Damn, it’s Dao Divine Water again!"
The King of Destruction roared angrily.
After being purified by Dao Divine Water, he could no longer hide within the Cosmic Dao; in the universe, he became a rat in the street, subject to being attacked by all.
The situation immediately became unfavorable for him.
On the side of the Cosmic Sea.
"Why is there still Dao Divine Water?" Moon-Worshipper Elder watched the scene on the screen, his mouth twitching.
"Never mind, let the King of Destruction unleash all his power, forcibly bypass Yao Yue, and first kill those four candidates for Venerable, then it will be half successful."
Venerable Hong Mei presided over the entire scene.
"Yes." Moon-Worshipper Elder nodded, hurriedly crushed a spirit talisman, and sent the message out.
One-Way Extraterritorial Gate.
Boom!
Ancient Sky Tribe Ancestor and Divine Sword Immortal Emperor were killed by the two King of Destruction opposite them, coughing up blood. If it weren’t for Ye Feng’s advance preparation of numerous Life Origin Marks, they would have already been killed, unable to hold on until now.
"We can’t hold on, what should we do?"
Divine Sword Immortal Emperor said bitterly.
"We’ll hold on even if we can’t!" Ancient Sky Tribe Ancestor took a deep breath, devoured a massive amount of cosmic star rivers, enhancing his aura, attacking the opponent.
"You hold them off, I’ll go to the Heavenly Origin Sea to help the boss." One of the King of Destruction said.
"Alright, no problem." The other King of Destruction nodded, surprisingly taking on two foes alone, holding off Ancient Sky Tribe Ancestor and Divine Sword Immortal Emperor without losing.
Whoosh!
The other King of Destruction immediately left.
This changed the complexion of Divine Sword Immortal Emperor and Ancient Sky Tribe Ancestor, rushing to transmit sound to others.
"Another King of Destruction is coming?"
Yao Yue received the sound transmission, her beautiful face showing a solemn expression.
"What, afraid?" The King of Destruction standing opposite Yao Yue sneered, and then received a one-time sound transmission from Moon-Worshipper Elder, his eyes bursting with a cold light.
Whoosh!
He suddenly turned, slicing out four energy beams, simultaneously attacking the four candidates for Venerable, including Emperor Dragon Sovereign.
"How dare you!" Yao Yue roared, exerting all her strength to urge the blood moon behind her, blocking the four energy beams.
"Boss, I’ll hold her off, you go kill those four candidates." A sinister voice suddenly came from behind Yao Yue.
"So fast?" Yao Yue’s expression changed, not expecting the second King of Destruction to already be behind her.
Poof!
A sharp sword pierced Yao Yue’s body from behind, pinning her in the void, blood splattering.
"Second Brother, well done." The boss of the King of Destruction suddenly attacked, slicing out four beams once again, attempting to simultaneously annihilate Emperor Dragon Sovereign and Gong Qingqiu and the others.
"We’re doomed!"
The faces of Emperor Dragon Sovereign and the others were filled with horror, even if this strike didn’t kill them, the qualification marks to become a Venerable on their brows would be hit off, losing the qualification to become Venerable this year.
In that case, everything would be over.
Over by the Black Prison Peak.
While everyone was defending against the relentless army of the Cosmic Sea, they watched the battle in the Heavenly Origin Sea. When they saw Yao Yue being ambushed and heavily injured, and another King of Destruction seemingly about to kill Emperor Dragon Sovereign and others, their hearts jumped to their throats, and most felt despondent.
"Don’t panic!" Ye Feng said solemnly.
The moment he spoke, four figures appeared, their bodies enveloped in dazzling sword light.
Buzz!
A resounding sword song echoed, and four sharp beams simultaneously slashed out, blocking the King of Destruction’s attacks.
Emperor Dragon Sovereign and others were temporarily safe.
"It’s the four dreams of Heaven and Earth!"
"Haha, I was wondering where they’d gone. Turns out they were lying in wait secretly."
"Sect Master Ye, was this your strategy?"
Everyone was ecstatic.
Ye Feng nodded and said, "Yes, this was my third secret maneuver, ensuring safety."
In fact, he had more hidden aces up his sleeve.
That was... himself!
If the situation became dire and others couldn’t fend off the threat, he’d reveal his secret of possessing the Quasi-Heavenly Venerable Divine Weapon, directly use the Myriad Spirits Treasure Vase or Army-Destroyer Sword Spear to forcefully eliminate the Outer Realm enemies.
"Phew, you finally acted," Yao Yue relaxed upon seeing the four dreams of Heaven and Earth, hurriedly healed, and then rejoined the battle.
"Damn it, there’s still a hidden ace!"
The King of Destruction was thwarted in his ambush, staring at the suddenly appearing four dreams of Heaven and Earth with a sullen face.
The Cosmic Sea’s strong would also gritted their teeth.
"These people are too united."
"What’s next?"
The Moon-Worshipper Elder and others looked towards Venerable Hong Mei and Silver Eyebrow Venerable, the main overseers.
"Why panic? Whether the King of Destruction fails to kill those who martialized or not doesn’t matter. Just continue to intensify the attacks from the Cosmic Sea army and await the birth of the Destroyer’s Treasure Box."
Venerable Hong Mei was quite confident.
Even if there were those who martialized as Quasi-Heavenly Venerable in the Twin Universe, as long as the Destroyer’s Treasure Box materialized, it could possess or devour the cosmic consciousness, ultimately dominating the entire Twin Universe. Then, using the Twin Universe’s cosmic consciousness, they could annihilate the Quasi-Heavenly Venerable.
"Attack!"
The Moon-Worshipper Elder waved his sleeve, leading the billions of Immortal Emperor-level Cosmic Sea Fish army to accelerate their charge, recklessly pouring into the Twin Universe, reaching the Black Prison Peak.
Main battlefield, Black Prison.
Ye Feng observed the frenzied influx of the Cosmic Sea army, noticing the occasional appearances of Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors, each harboring fierce killing intent, very powerful.
But, they were all killed by him with a single strike.
"No immediate threat on the main battlefield, you go resist the King of Destruction, best to eradicate him."
Ye Feng said solemnly.
"But if we leave, the main battlefield here at the Black Prison will have fewer defenders." Qingchen Ancient Immortal frowned, reluctant to leave.
"If you don’t go, I’ll go!" The Six-Eyed Divine King immediately tore open space, heading towards the Heavenly Origin Sea.
"I’ll go too." A half-step Heavenly Venerable who had just martialized at the end of October chose to go support the Heavenly Origin Sea.
"Can we hold this place?"
Qingchen Ancient Immortal frowned.
He had heard the Black Prison Demonic Beast say that this was the largest main battlefield at Black Prison Peak, but the crisis hadn’t yet arrived. When the real battle begins, that would be the desperate moment.
So he was very concerned.
"Hold if you can, if not, fight desperately to hold!" Ye Feng said solemnly.
"Yes, fight to the death!" This year’s third martialized Xu Longjia clenched his fist. He was strong enough to defeat Tian Meng in the previous martialization battle.
"Ha, foolish!"
The Moon-Worshipper Elder’s voice came from a tree hole.
"You’re confident, aren’t you? Moon-Worshipper Elder, if you dare to enter the Universe with your true form, not only the cosmic consciousness, I can obliterate you." Ye Feng sneered.
"Bah!" The Moon-Worshipper Elder spoke no more, though clearly apprehensive of Ye Feng’s formidable power.
Rumble!
More Cosmic Sea Fish flooded into the Black Prison, but since the tree hole wasn’t large, even thousands upon thousands of troops rushing out met the fate of being wiped out by Ye Feng’s single strike, posing no threat.
"Ye Feng, I am Venerable Hong Mei. I greatly admire you. If you’re willing to join our Abyss Clan, I would like to adopt you as my godson."
A voice echoed.
Even across the cosmic channel, Ye Feng and the others, hearing this voice, felt a dreadful shiver in their divine souls, their expressions changing drastically.
Venerable Hong Mei? Quasi-Heavenly Venerable!
"This person is formidable," the Ancestor of Demons said gravely.
He wasn’t referring to their peers’ combat strength but the pressure emanating from the Quasi-Heavenly Venerable.
"Ye Feng, don’t agree!" Heavenly Venerable Lu and others urged, fearing Ye Feng might actually choose to become Venerable Hong Mei’s godson.
Ye Feng replied, "Venerable Hong Mei, is it? Since you want me to be your godson, then please show yourself so I can see if you’re worthy."
Upon hearing this, everyone could hardly restrain their laughter.
This was inviting Venerable Hong Mei to her doom!
After all, being defined by the Twin Universe as Outer Realm Evil Spirits, if they entered with their true form, they’d be targeted by the cosmic consciousness, doomed to death or injury.
"Ye Feng, are you mocking me?"
"Indeed, mocking you," Ye Feng folded his arms, sneering sarcastically.
"Refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!" Venerable Hong Mei coldly snorted, and together with Silver Eyebrow Venerable, widened the cosmic channel further, clouding the dark tree hole’s surface with a water-blue light veil.
That scene made everyone’s face change drastically.
They knew what that implied.
Splash!
Next moment, countless specks surged through the light veil, suddenly expanding to their full size, forming an army of Cosmic Sea Fish.
This time, no less than a million heads came!
"War escalated, attack!" Ye Feng knew Venerable Hong Mei was incensed.
Next moment, he struck first.
But with over a million high-level Cosmic Sea Fish army, Ye Feng couldn’t slaughter them all at once. Qingchen Ancient Immortal, Xu Longjia, Ancestor of Demons, and others immediately intervened.
"Attack!" Disciples of the Misty Holy Sect joined the fray, each a top-tier force.
Thus, the main battlefield at Black Prison Peak finally met its first wave of fierce battles, with countless casualties on both sides.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The light veil of the tree hole trembled continuously, and with each pulse, an army of a million Cosmic Sea Fish appeared, soon surpassing a billion here, densely packed, almost filling the sky.
"Utterly terrifying!"
An Eightieth-layered Immortal Emperor looked at the densely packed army of billions of Cosmic Sea Fish in front, pale-faced but still raised his sword to fight back.
The battle here grew increasingly ferocious.
...
Heavenly Origin Sea.
The four dreams of Heaven and Earth, Yao Yue, Six-Eyed Divine King, Nameless Half-step Heavenly Venerable intercepted the two Kings of Destruction, creating an opportunity for Gong Qingqiu and Emperor Dragon Sovereign and others.
"Moon Wheel!"
Facing Tiangang Immortal Emperor, Gong Qingqiu rapidly formed seals with her immaculate snow-white hands, a round mirror appearing behind her like a bright moon, devouring the countless Punishment Divine Thunder of Tiangang Immortal Emperor, then erupting suddenly.
Boom!
Tiangang Immortal Emperor was struck by his own Punishment Divine Thunder, his whole body scorched, the mark on his forehead fallen, fused by Gong Qingqiu, thus determining the victor.
"Ah, what a pity!" Tiangang Immortal Emperor quickly retreated three hundred miles, "Gong Qingqiu, if you can martialize, then save all beings!"
Saying this, he turned decisively, heading towards the Black Prison.
Though his martialization failed, he’d go to slay enemies!
[PS: Chapter word count exceeds 4100, good morning!]