Immortal Martial Emperor

"So you’re the one who murdered my little brother?"

Qi Feng’s expression changed drastically. His face turned cold and severe, as if covered in a layer of frost, and his eyes resembled those of a hysterical, savage Desolate Beast.

He stared intently at Hong Yu.

Xiaohua quickly clamped a hand over the little boy’s mouth, but it was too late. She looked at Hong Yu with a worried and guilty expression. "Brother Hongyu, I’m sorry..."

Hong Yu gave a bitter smile. "It’s nothing!"

’What an unexpected disaster!’

’I could have gone to the Ice Kingdom and searched for the Profound Ice Secret Realm in peace. But instead, a moment of kindness has stirred up all this trouble. With the Blood Demon Palace’s power, my journey in the Ice Kingdom will likely become incredibly difficult!’

Of course...

Hong Yu didn’t regret his actions.

Faced with Qi Tian, who had slaughtered over twenty thousand innocent lives, he would still choose to save Xiaohua and the others if given the choice again.

Qi Feng took a deep breath. "Good! Good! Good! No wonder Qi Tian died at your hands. You certainly have the strength to kill him. Oh, my poor little brother!"

"Poor?"

Hong Yu raised an eyebrow.

Since things had come to this, he naturally wouldn’t deny it.

His calm gaze swept over the surroundings as he said flatly, "To cultivate the so-called Blood Demon Scripture, Qi Tian slaughtered over twenty thousand innocent people to create a Soul-Refining Blood Pool. If he can be called ’poor,’ then what about all the innocent commoners he drained of their blood?"

HISS!

His words immediately triggered a wave of gasps.

The crowd of onlookers, numbering no less than ten thousand, heard Hong Yu’s words and began to murmur among themselves in astonishment.

Compared to ordinary people, Martial Artists indeed held extreme privileges.

The Kingdom’s laws might even turn a blind eye if they occasionally killed a few dozen commoners.

But thousands upon thousands was an entirely different matter.

People’s hearts are made of flesh, after all. Aside from the most vicious and depraved, who could remain calm after hearing that twenty thousand people were killed just to cultivate the Blood Demon Scripture?

"This can’t be true, can it? Twenty thousand people... that’s a full twenty thousand people!"

"Qi Tian was indeed cultivating the Blood Demon Scripture. Could what this young man said be true? If so, then killing Qi Tian was an act of justice for the heavens!"

"Whether it’s true or not doesn’t matter. Given the Blood Demon Palace’s style, they won’t bother with reason. This kid is doomed."

"Sigh, this young man is a good person. It’s just a shame..."

Hearing the onlookers’ chatter, Qi Feng’s face alternated between green and white.

His frigid, murderous eyes swept across the crowd, and the murmuring stopped abruptly. No one dared to make another sound.

Only then did Qi Feng turn back to Hong Yu. "I don’t care what my brother did. Even if he killed everyone in the world, you had no right to kill him."

"Even if he killed everyone in the world? Heh, you two brothers really are alike!"

Hong Yu let out a soft breath.

From Qi Feng’s words and tyrannical nature, it was easy to see that both he and Qi Tian regarded human life as worthless. People like that deserved to die!

"My brother and I depended on each other. I once swore I would always protect him. It’s a pity I was in seclusion and couldn’t go with him to act as his Guardian, which led to my brother’s tragic death."

Qi Feng shook his head, sighing with emotion, a frigid killing intent flickering in his eyes. "Little brother, your big brother will kill this murderer right now to commemorate your spirit in heaven!"

The moment his voice fell, Qi Feng shot forward.

His speed was incredibly fast. In an instant, he was in front of Hong Yu. He clenched a fist, the wind howling as a bloody light suddenly spread down his arm, coalescing into a blood-red dragon arm that shot toward Hong Yu with a SWOOSH.

As the blood-red dragon arm lunged forward, it exploded just as it was about to reach Hong Yu.

Like an enraged Azure Dragon, it suddenly opened its cavernous, bloody maw.

Nine streams of eerie, blood-red light shot out from its mouth.

The nine streams of blood-red light were like nine chains, intending to bind Hong Yu, or even strangle him to death!

Hong Yu snorted coldly. "A mere worm dares to call itself a dragon?"

His loud voice boomed like thunder.

A vast demonic might swirled around Hong Yu. A Demon God War General, revered by heaven and earth!

He clenched his fists, golden lightning dancing on his ten fingers.

As he thrust the Godslaying Spear forward with his arm, he suddenly rotated his wrist. The Bloodthirsty Rune activated to its limit, emitting a faint, bloody glow.

CLANG CLANG CLANG!

The nine blood-red chains wrapped around the Godslaying Spear.

The Godslaying Spear’s forward momentum suddenly halted. A cold smile appeared in Qi Feng’s eyes as he opened his mouth, and a sharp sword shot out, flying straight for Hong Yu’s face.

Hong Yu’s eyes were motionless, devoid of any emotion.

He let out a soft cry: "Shatter!"

BUZZ!

The Godslaying Spear erupted with golden light, shattering the nine blood-red chains with a SWOOSH. Then, the spear’s tip pulsed with a sharp Golden Light Spear Aura, which annihilated and crushed the sword with a BOOM.

Such a terrifying strike was nothing short of ferocious!

"How is that possible?" Qi Feng’s expression changed slightly.

He shifted his body slightly to the side, his hands glowing with blood-red light as he grabbed the Godslaying Spear, trying to snatch it from Hong Yu. But Hong Yu’s strength was terrifying. No matter how much force Qi Feng used, he couldn’t move the Godslaying Spear an inch. However, just as he was about to let go, Qi Feng suddenly sensed a crisis.

’Crap!’

Qi Feng instinctively looked back.

He saw the playful glint dancing in Hong Yu’s eyes.

"Too late!"

As Hong Yu sneered, a Finger Light was already upon Qi Feng.

"WAAAH!"

Two-Finger Shattering Mountains and Rivers!

The Finger Light hadn’t even truly struck him yet, but the terrifying wind it emanated was enough to make Qi Feng scream in agony. Under the impact of the terrifying force, his facial features instantly twisted, his skin split open, and his flesh was mangled.

The power of this one finger from Hong Yu was enough to blow his head apart.

It looked as if this finger was about to kill Qi Feng.

At the critical moment...

A furious roar suddenly echoed between heaven and earth. "You spawn of evil, stop at once!"

BUZZ!

A wave of energy so sharp it made one’s heart pound radiated from within the city.

A blood-red arrow shot out, accurately shattering Hong Yu’s golden finger. Its momentum unabated, it continued straight for Hong Yu’s heart.

’Not good!’

Hong Yu let out a low cry. He tapped his toes on the ground and shot backward, striking out repeatedly with the Godslaying Spear in his hand.

BANG! BANG!

After two consecutive impacts, he finally shattered the blood-red arrow.

Hong Yu flipped back and landed to the side, his gaze narrowing as he looked toward the massive walls of the Frozen City. ’What a terrifying attack. A single Primordial Gang Arrow has this much power. The newcomer’s strength is probably at the Peak of Primordial Embryo Realm Level.’

With Hong Yu’s current Late-stage Primordial Core Realm cultivation.

Coupled with the boost from his fifteen-zhang True Dragon Martial Fortune, he could cross three minor realms, giving him the combat power to kill an expert at the Early-stage Primordial Embryo Realm.

He could even fight, and perhaps kill, an expert at the Mid-stage or even Late Stage of the Primordial Embryo Realm if he went all out!

But...

If his opponent was an expert at the Peak of the Primordial Embryo Realm...

...then without a doubt, Hong Yu would be unable to fight back.

Unless he could break through again to the Half-step Primordial Embryo Realm and gain preliminary use of Mystical Power, then he might stand a chance against a Peak Primordial Embryo Realm expert.

But obviously...

That would all have to wait until after his breakthrough, not now.

While Hong Yu was lost in thought, Qi Feng suddenly shouted, "Master, your disciple has found my brother’s murderer! I implore Master to seek justice for me!"

’What? An expert from the Blood Demon Palace?’

Hong Yu’s expression changed. Without hesitation, he waved his hand, enveloping Xiaohua and the others in a protective golden light. He then shot into the sky, intending to flee.

Unfortunately, he was still too late!

From within Icebound City, Liang Hunran’s cold, hard voice exploded like a clap of thunder, making one’s scalp tingle. "What? You killed my disciple, and now you think you can just leave?"

As his voice arrived, a sharp palm of energy coalesced in front of Hong Yu.

On the surface of the palm, countless blood-red Vengeful Souls swirled.

Amidst whistling, shrieking, and roaring...

The blood-red palm struck toward Hong Yu and the group with Xiaohua behind him.

This palm’s power was immense, making Hong Yu feel that his life was in danger. It could definitely injure him severely while also harming Xiaohua and the others. There were only two ways to escape.

The first option was to use Xiaohua and the others as a Tank to block the attack.

This would buy him time to escape.

But it was obvious Hong Yu would never choose this option.

The only remaining option, then, was to take the hit himself and ensure Xiaohua and the others landed safely, protecting them from the palm’s impact.

At this thought, a resolute look flashed in Hong Yu’s eyes. "Xiaohua, take care of your little brothers and sisters!"

He spun around abruptly, sending Xiaohua and the others, who were inside the Primordial Gang Protective Shield, down toward the ground. He then whipped back around, his eyes shooting out bolts of lightning-like light, his entire body enveloped in swirling golden radiance. Bathed in this golden light, Hong Yu’s hair stood on end, his gaze was like a torch, his arms were like dragons, and he looked like one of the Deities.

"Three-Fingered Annihilation of Living Beings!"

"Four Fingers Shattering the Sky!"

He unleashed his two strongest attacks in quick succession.

BANG! BANG!

Faced with his two attacks, the blood-red palm’s light dimmed slightly before it slammed into Hong Yu.

Hong Yu let out a pained cry, "WAAAH!" His body was blasted away like a falling star, crashing straight toward the ground.

BOOM!

Hong Yu slammed heavily into the ground, blasting a ten-meter-deep crater. The clothes on his upper body exploded, and a palm-shaped shadow collapsed amidst the flowing golden light on his chest. A trace of fresh blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

That one palm had heavily injured Hong Yu, even with the protection of his Eight Desolates Dominating Body.

"Cough, cough cough..."

Hong Yu coughed violently as he climbed out of the crater.

The Primordial Gang Protective Shield that had been protecting Xiaohua and the others shattered with a loud crash. Xiaohua ran over with dozens of her younger brothers and sisters, anxiously asking about Hong Yu’s condition.

Hong Yu forced a smile, reassuring the group of adorable little ones.

He felt something and glanced sideways. From the massive city gate of the Frozen City, a burly figure emerged.

He wore a blood-red robe, and his long, blood-red hair was tied back. His eyebrows were as straight as swords standing above his eyes. His cold, sharp gaze fell on Hong Yu, the corners of his lips lifting into a sinister sneer like that of a Netherworld Ghost or Monster. "So you’re the one who killed my Tian’Er? Sigh, it seems I haven’t acted in a long time. People have almost forgotten my name!"

As Liang Hunran lamented, he bent a finger, condensing a sharp, blood-red arrow that shot toward Hong Yu. "Today, I will use your blood to celebrate my return!"

Watching the whistling blood-red arrow approach, Hong Yu’s face changed drastically. He was already heavily injured, and at such a close distance, there was no way he could block this arrow!

"To be able to die by my hand is something you can be proud of!"

Liang Hunran said arrogantly and indifferently.

The crisis of death enveloped Hong Yu...