Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Zhendong City’s Teleportation Array was, naturally, guarded by powerful experts.

However, due to the Six Mountains Dynasty’s power and confidence, they hadn’t stationed too many experts at the Teleportation Array.

It was merely guarded by a squad of Union Palace Realm experts!

A group of men were gathered together.

A hulking, broad-shouldered man walked in, carrying a plainly dressed, unconscious young girl on his shoulder. His deep voice boomed through the Teleportation Hall. "Brothers, look what I’ve brought back for you!"

"Fuck, what a tender little girl!"

"Captain, where’d you get this kid?"

The hulking man grinned. "I was out buying wine earlier when I saw a blind old hag begging with this little girl. Even though she was dressed in rags and her face was covered in mud, I have a keen eye for beauties and spotted her right away. So, I just finished off that old blind hag and brought the girl here for all of us to enjoy!"

"Quick, clear off a table! It’s been a while since we’ve had such a top-grade little thing!"

The men cleared a table and placed the little girl on top of it.

The little girl’s eyes were shut tight, but her long eyelashes trembled slightly. She was already awake.

She just didn’t dare to open her eyes.

This sent the men into fits of laughter. "Look at the little brat, pretending to be unconscious!"

"Don’t worry, I’ll give her a jab that’ll wake her right up! HAHAHA!"

As the hulking man spoke, he began to unbuckle his belt.

But just then...

The Teleportation Array, which had been completely still, suddenly erupted in a brilliant flash of light, drawing everyone’s attention.

HUM!

Jiang Chen’s figure emerged from the light of the Array. His gaze fell upon the little girl surrounded by more than a dozen large men. How could he not know what they were about to do?

His icy gaze swept over them as he said flatly, "The Six Mountains Dynasty is truly filled with scum."

"Fuck, you’re asking to die, kid!"

"Waste him!"

Several of the men advanced on Jiang Chen with vicious expressions, but after just a few steps, their bodies shuddered to a halt, unable to move another inch.

They trembled all over as a yellow liquid trickled down between their legs, dripping onto the floor.

The acrid smell of urine filled the Teleportation Hall.

The hulking man’s view was blocked by his subordinates. Seeing his men had pissed themselves in fear from a single youth, his face darkened and he bellowed, "What are you doing? Hurry up and kill this brat! Don’t you want to enjoy the little girl anymore?"

"..."

The men didn’t respond.

The brute sensed something was wrong. Frowning, he walked forward and finally saw what was behind Jiang Chen.

THUD!

This powerful Union Palace Realm expert collapsed to the ground in terror, pointing a trembling finger at Jiang Chen’s back. "You... you... you..."

Jiang Chen glanced at them. "Time to die."

SWISH!

His Divine Thought, sharp as a blade, severed their heads, which then floated behind him.

Jiang Chen glanced at the little girl, his expression perfectly calm, and started to walk past. As he did, he felt a tug on the corner of his robes. Jiang Chen looked down to see a small, chubby hand clutching his clothes.

The little girl’s eyes were wide, her bright, dark eyes reflecting Jiang Chen and the hundreds of thousands of human heads floating behind him. Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing?"

The little girl stared at Jiang Chen without blinking and said in a clear, sweet voice, "Big Brother, can you take me with you?"

"Take you with me?"

Jiang Chen paused, looking at the little girl with great interest.

’A normal child would have fainted from fear long ago seeing me like this, wouldn’t they?’

’This little girl looks to be only four or five, yet she’s not afraid of me at all?’

The little girl nodded earnestly, her two small, chubby hands gripping the corner of his robes tightly, her expression serious.

"Big Brother, Xiaoyou’s daddy was taken to the Beast Fighting Arena and died. Mommy went crazy and killed herself, and Grandma was killed by him today..." She pointed at the hulking man on the floor, her crisp voice unusually calm. "Xiaoyou is all alone now, with no one to rely on. I want to follow you, Big Brother. Can you take Xiaoyou in, please?"

Jiang Chen’s heart trembled.

’Her parents are dead, her grandmother was just murdered, yet she’s still so calm.’

’This definitely isn’t because Xiaoyou is cold-hearted.’

’It can only be that she has experienced too much. Her tiny body and soul have endured too many hardships.’

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Xiaoyou, are you sure you want to follow me? You’ve seen what’s behind me..." He pointed to the dense mass of human heads. "Aren’t you afraid I might be a bad person?"

Xiaoyou shook her head. She actually smiled.

It was a smile as radiant and sunny as a flower blooming in spring. "Big Brother is a good person. The ones you kill are bad people who deserve to die. Xiaoyou isn’t afraid of you!"

Jiang Chen: "..."

The man and the child locked eyes.

After a moment, a smile appeared on Jiang Chen’s face. He lifted Xiaoyou into his arms, his expression full of affection as he ruffled her hair. "Alright. From now on, you’ll stay with me. I’ll never let anyone hurt you!"

"Okay! Xiaoyou believes Big Brother!"

Xiaoyou said with a smile, tilting her head and looking at Jiang Chen curiously. "Big Brother, where are we going now?"

Jiang Chen grinned. "To kill people! Are you scared?"

Xiaoyou shook her head. "You’re going to kill bad people. Xiaoyou isn’t scared!"

"Good!"

Jiang Chen nodded. Cradling the adorable and lively Xiaoyou in his arms, with hundreds of thousands of bloody heads floating behind him, he walked out of the Teleportation Hall.

As soon as he exited the Teleportation Hall, the sight of the hundreds of thousands of heads floating behind Jiang Chen was so terrifying that it immediately caused a commotion.

"Wh-Where did this Demon come from?"

"Run!"

"The Demon is here..."

People shouted as they fled in all directions.

Jiang Chen had no intention of harming ordinary people. His attention was drawn to the Beast Fighting Arena to the side, from which came waves of clamor and loud shouts.

Seeing Jiang Chen look toward the arena, Xiaoyou said, "Big Brother, this is the Beast Fighting Arena."

"Are all the nobles inside bad people?" Jiang Chen asked.

Xiaoyou nodded and said seriously, "They’re all very bad. Half the people from our village were captured by them to be slaves, forced to fight terrifying Demon Beasts. My daddy, my uncles, and Brother Ergou all died in there."

Jiang Chen nodded. "Alright then. I’ll take you to get revenge for Ergou, your daddy, and the others!"

"Okay!"

Xiaoyou clenched her two small, pink fists tightly.

Jiang Chen stepped into the air and flew up over the Beast Fighting Arena. It was a circular dueling ground with no roof. From his high vantage point, Jiang Chen saw many lavishly dressed noble experts inside, their faces alight with excitement as they watched a dozen or so commoners with no cultivation surround and attack a Tier One Demon Beast.

Watching the commoners get torn to shreds by the Demon Beast, the nobles let out excited shouts and howls.

"Tear him apart! Bite his head off!"

"Fight for your lives, you lowly slaves!"

"My money! I lost again..."

The battle in the arena was reaching its climax. Just as the Demon Beast was about to bite a simple-looking middle-aged man to death, a Sword Aura suddenly pierced through the beast’s head.

The Demon Beast fell to the ground with a THUD, all signs of life gone.

The uproar in the Beast Fighting Arena came to an abrupt halt.

"Fuck, who’s causing trouble here?"

"Look! In the sky..."

"M-My gods..."

All the nobles looked up and saw the youth in the Celestial Vault, along with the dense cloud of human heads. They were all stunned.

Jiang Chen patted Xiaoyou’s back. "Be a good girl, Xiaoyou. Close your eyes and cover your ears."

"Okay!"

Xiaoyou obediently rested her head on Jiang Chen’s shoulder, closed her eyes, and covered her ears with her small hands.

The smile vanished from Jiang Chen’s face. His icy gaze swept across the crowd of nobles as he said coolly, "You treat the lives of others as toys for your amusement, trampling on them at will. How utterly inhuman. Today, I shall deliver justice on behalf of the heavens!"

HUM!

His Divine Thought surged, unleashing Earth Extinction.

The Horror Divine City descended. The tens of thousands of nobles had no time to flee before they were all blasted to ashes by the Thunder Punishment Divine City.

RUMBLE...

The entire Beast Fighting Arena collapsed, turning into a field of ruins.

Tens of thousands of nobles were buried here. Only the few commoners were left standing in the center of the shattered arena, their faces filled with disbelief.

Jiang Chen looked at them. "The City Defense Army will be here soon. You should leave this place quickly and return to your families."

"Thank you, benefactor!"

"Take care, benefactor!"

Filled with excitement and gratitude, the commoners kowtowed deeply to Jiang Chen before hastily fleeing.

Almost at the exact moment they left, a dark, oppressive mass of City Defense Army experts appeared on the horizon, an army bearing down on Jiang Chen...