Immortal Martial Emperor

A faint blue radiance circled Hong Yu’s arm.

The Nine Feather Flying Knives levitated around his arm, like guardians protecting a deity.

He threw a punch, tearing through the air with a deafening roar.

The fist shot forward, swift as lightning. The sheer force of its momentum made even Hai Cangtian gasp in astonishment. A crystalline blue light enveloped his arms as he crossed them to block.

"BOOM!"

The punch landed.

Under the impact of the fist, a force of millions of pounds was somehow blocked by Hai Cangtian.

But it was soon followed by an even more ferocious impact.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

As the nine Nine Feather Flying Knives struck one after another, Hai Cangtian’s expression changed drastically.

"BOOM!"

Hai Cangtian was slammed against the rock wall behind him, just as another round of attacks from the Nine Feather Flying Knives arrived.

"PTHOO!"

Unable to suppress the churning qi and blood in his body, Hai Cangtian spat out a Blood Arrow.

His face suddenly turned incredibly grim, a chilling glint in his eyes. "Damn you, Hong Yu! You’re forcing my hand!"

But Hong Yu didn’t say a word and charged again.

’This narrow space, plus the fact that Hai Cangtian is hesitant to use his most powerful Martial Skills inside the mountain, makes this a very advantageous battlefield for me!’

’I have to seize this opportunity.’

"Spirit Storm!"

Hong Yu’s pupils suddenly dilated, and a blue light flashed past.

A blast of Spiritual Power coalesced into a storm, sweeping forward with a flickering motion and the buzzing roar of a gale.

It surged past, leaving Hai Cangtian with no way to defend against it.

The moment the Spirit Storm entered his body, Hai Cangtian’s expression changed dramatically, and his mind fell into a trance.

But he was, after all, a Peak Powerhouse of the Primordial Embryo Realm. How could his Spiritual Power be anything but immense?

He managed to extinguish the Spirit Storm in about three seconds, but those three seconds were enough for Hong Yu to unleash his second wave of attack—Pupil Technique: Enchanted City!

Hai Cangtian had just resisted the Spirit Storm and his spirit was at its weakest.

He only felt his vision blur.

「Suddenly...」

The dark cave before him vanished, replaced by a magnificent grand hall.

The hall was resplendent in gold and jade, with eight Azure Dragon pillars supporting it, majestic and imposing.

At the head of the hall, a dazzling golden Throne stood silently. It was adorned with Nine Dragons Coiling, all spitting out a single Moon Pearl that radiated a faint blue light.

Hai Cangtian froze. He looked down, and his expression shifted slightly.

He found himself dressed in a Dragon Robe embroidered with Nine Dragons Coiling among auspicious clouds and a moon shining over a vast sea—the very robe only the Emperor of the Ancient Sea Kingdom could wear.

*HISS!*

Hai Cangtian sucked in a sharp breath.

He had dreamed of this scene countless times, and that very throne had appeared in his dreams just as often.

But...

He knew perfectly well that his father, the Emperor, was still on the throne. If his father discovered him in this attire, death would be certain.

Hai Cangtian tried to take off the Dragon Robe.

However, just then, figures began to appear throughout the grand hall. They were the various ministers of the Ancient Sea Kingdom. All of them looked at Hai Cangtian with reverence and shouted in unison, "By the Mandate of Heaven, the former Emperor has passed! The throne is bequeathed to the Third Prince, Hai Cangtian! We welcome the new Emperor, Hai Cangtian, to his ascension!"

Solemn and magnificent imperial music erupted.

Under the respectful gazes of the ministers, a somewhat dazed Hai Cangtian walked toward the Throne.

Seated upon the Throne, Hai Cangtian looked down upon his subjects. The other princes who had once competed with him for the throne were all trussed up at the foot of the dais.

An old man wearing a purple Jade Dragon Crown stepped forward. This was the Prime Minister of the Ancient Sea Kingdom.

The Prime Minister spoke respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Eldest Prince and Second Prince have plotted a rebellion to usurp Your Majesty’s throne. We await Your Majesty’s judgment!"

Hai Cangtian looked down.

Gazing at the two imperial brothers who had once suppressed him, now reduced to prisoners, he burst into laughter and with a grand wave of his hand, declared, "Execute them!"

"As you command!"

The Prime Minister immediately raised the Emperor-Slaying Saber in his hand and brought it down with a single stroke.

The Eldest Prince and Second Prince were instantly decapitated.

"Hahaha! Who is the most honored in the world today? Watch as I, Hai Cangtian, reign supreme as Emperor! In the future, I will even ascend to the position of Great Emperor of the Southern Border Profound Domain!"

Hai Cangtian laughed wantonly and wildly.

However, at the moment of his greatest triumph, the two severed heads suddenly flew into the air. With twisted features and blood pouring from their seven orifices, they flew right toward him.

A wave of fear washed over Hai Cangtian as he watched the heads of his supposedly dead brothers fly toward him like Evil Ghosts intent on claiming his life.

The euphoria of his ascension to the throne shattered in that instant, and he became lucid.

’This isn’t real!’

Hai Cangtian was horrified.

His whole body trembled violently. The golden throne hall finally dissipated, and he found himself back inside the mountain.

Alarms blared in Hai Cangtian’s mind. He tried to dodge, but the surrounding stone walls impeded his speed.

At that critical moment, Hong Yu’s powerful, long-prepared attack finally reached him.

"RUMBLE!"

Four Fingers Shattering the Sky!

Under the impact of a gigantic golden finger, Hai Cangtian’s body was thrown backward.

The rock wall collapsed wherever he passed.

"BANG! BANG! BANG!"

This single blow sent Hai Cangtian flying back a full sixty or seventy meters.

"BOOM!"

With an explosion, the rock wall that Hai Cangtian crashed into shattered, and his body was sent flying out along with a pile of rubble.

He had actually been punched clean out of the mountain by Hong Yu.

"PTHOO!"

Hai Cangtian’s face turned deathly pale.

He coughed up mouthful after mouthful of blood, and his aura weakened considerably.

He struggled to steady himself in mid-air. Seeing the mangled, bloody hole in his left shoulder, the corner of Hai Cangtian’s eye twitched uncontrollably.

A line of cold sweat trickled down Hai Cangtian’s forehead.

’If I hadn’t woken from the Illusion Realm at the last second and dodged, that attack would have pierced my heart.’

"Damn you, Hong Yu..."

His gaze was incomparably dark as he looked toward the mountain peak.

From within the huge cave, Hong Yu slowly walked out. He stepped on the scattered rubble and stood in the air as if taking a leisurely stroll.

His eyes, tinged with a blue halo, glanced at the bloody hole in Hai Cangtian’s shoulder. Hong Yu sighed with regret. "Just a little off. The power of Enchanted City is still lacking. To think you saw through the Illusion Realm at the last moment."

Hearing the young man’s regretful sigh,

the muscles on Hai Cangtian’s face twitched, and he ground his teeth in anger.

"Good. Very good. In all my years, this is the first time I’ve suffered such a loss at the hands of a peer."

Hai Cangtian took a deep breath, swallowed a Pill to stabilize his injuries, and stared at Hong Yu with a cold glare. "I was careless this time. I never thought that someone with a mere Fifteen-Zhang True Dragon Martial Fortune could possess such terrifying combat strength. I fear your true talent is already close to that of a Third Heaven Realm True Dragon!"

One had to admit, Hai Cangtian’s judgment was sharp.

Although Hong Yu only had a Fifteen-Zhang True Dragon Martial Fortune, he possessed twice the ability of a typical genius to fight above his level.

A Fifteen-Zhang True Dragon Martial Fortune was comparable to that of an ordinary True Dragon Genius of the Third Heaven Realm with a thirty-zhang True Dragon Martial Fortune.

"However..."

Hai Cangtian’s tone shifted, and he said coldly, "Don’t think you can get complacent just because you injured me. I was merely careless. This time, I will go all out. You are destined to have no more chances!"

As he spoke, the blue light radiating from Hai Cangtian’s body intensified.

The blue light coalesced, forming a terrifying Sea Beast.

The Sea Beast twisted its body and swatted a claw toward Hong Yu.

Hong Yu’s expression tightened, and he prepared to dodge.

But Hai Cangtian was already prepared for that.

With a cold snort, a layer of blue light spread out, blocking Hong Yu’s escape route like a blue cage.

"BOOM!"

The claw slapped viciously against Hong Yu.

Hong Yu’s body was sent flying like a falling meteor, crashing hard onto the ground.

"BUZZZZ!"

Hai Cangtian stood atop the head of the blue Sea Beast.

His eyes glowed with a cold, sinister light.

He no longer suppressed his aura, which skyrocketed from the Primordial Core Realm back to the Peak of the Primordial Embryo Realm.

Forced by Hong Yu, he could no longer maintain his previous arrogance and indifference. He was going to use his full power to kill Hong Yu.

To wash away his recent humiliation with Hong Yu’s blood!

"Hong Yu, do you now admit that you are an ant?" Hai Cangtian said coldly.

"BANG!"

Hong Yu burst out from the rubble.

Golden light surrounded him, and a trickle of blood was at the corner of his mouth. He looked at Hai Cangtian with deep apprehension and helplessness.

’The Peak of the Primordial Embryo Realm... it’s just too terrifying!’

’To face Hai Cangtian, unless I can reach the Primordial Embryo Realm and my True Dragon Martial Fortune reaches over thirty zhang, there’s just no way to deal with him at his peak!’

Hai Cangtian looked at Hong Yu coldly and grinned. "Don’t look at me with such a defiant expression. I only said I would fight you with my Primordial Core Realm cultivation, but I never said I wouldn’t use my full combat power. But don’t you worry. I won’t let you die so easily!"

The moment he finished speaking, Hai Cangtian suddenly waved his hand.

A vast expanse of blue light surged forth, and a tsunami of surging Primordial Gang shot out.

"BOOM!"

The attack landed in the middle of a group of Cyan Nether Sword Sect disciples.

It exploded instantly.

With that single strike, several thousand Cyan Nether Sword Sect disciples were blasted to dust, and nearly ten thousand more were severely injured, their screams and wails filling the air.

Hai Cangtian clicked his tongue. "Oops, my apologies. I forgot you don’t have much affection for the Cyan Nether Sword Sect!" As soon as he spoke, he lashed out with another attack, this time targeting the mountain peak where Bai Yunfeng and the others were.

"Not good..."

Hong Yu’s expression changed drastically.

The Pipa Locks on Bai Yunfeng and the others had not yet been removed. If this attack hit them, they would surely die.

Hong Yu frantically activated Tyrant’s Walk, flashing past like a Gale Fury.

He took the blow head-on.

Hong Yu’s body plummeted. This time, several of his bones were broken, and he spat out blood.

Staggering to his feet, Hong Yu looked at Bai Yunfeng and the others, who were unharmed in the distance, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Yunfeng and the others were all furious, shocked, and horrified. When they looked at Hong Yu, their expressions were filled with self-reproach and guilt. "Little Yu, run! Stop fighting him! Run! Only if you live will you have a chance to avenge us."

Hong Yu shook his head and looked at Feng Xue Xin, Old Sir Tie, and the others. "Senior Brother Feng, Old Sir Tie, General Zhou, I’m begging you, take Master and the others and go. I’ll hold him off. Hurry and go."

The expressions of Old Sir Tie and the others all changed. They tried to persuade him further.

Hong Yu roared angrily, "Just go! Only when you’re gone can I escape without any reservations!"

"Alright!"

Old Sir Tie and the others gritted their teeth.

But Hai Cangtian sneered, "Run? No one is running anywhere!"

As his voice fell, the attack Hai Cangtian had been gathering for a long time shot toward Hong Yu and the others once more.

The power of this attack was more than ten times stronger than the last. If it hit, no one would survive.

Hong Yu gritted his teeth, knowing he was the only one who could withstand this blow. Otherwise, Bai Yunfeng and the others would certainly die.

He took a deep breath, golden light swirling around him, preparing to block Hai Cangtian’s killing blow with his own body.

But in that split second, a thin figure "SWISHED" in front of him. The slender figure spread their arms, shielding Hong Yu and facing the world-destroying attack.

Gazing at that familiar back, about to be consumed by the terrifying blow, Hong Yu’s expression froze. Then, his eyes looked ready to pop from their sockets as he let out a hysterical roar...

"NO!!!"