Chapter 1658 - 1641: Failed to Become Emperor?
"With the strength of Senior Brother and the four Masters, as long as they don’t encounter the Spirit Demon King, there shouldn’t be any danger."
Regarding Duanmu Kun, Xiao Ye held no resentment. On the contrary, he admired that Duanmu Kun elevated his cultivation to such an extraordinary level within twenty years.
Moreover, Duanmu Kun was his senior brother, and had once helped him in the past.
The Human Race Four Emperors had solemn expressions as they hurried forward with Duanmu Kun, rushing ahead.
"Hiss!"
Looking across, all that could be seen was the vast Outer Domain Battlefield echoing with the roars of the spirit demons.
Because the Human Race Four Emperors had ignited an overwhelming slaughter, the spirit demons were incited.
A boundless, dense swarm of spirit demons surged forth like tidal waves, tens of thousands rushing to attack the Human Race Four Emperors and Duanmu Kun.
As the Human Race Four Emperors and Duanmu Kun pushed deeper, although the Spirit Demon King had yet to be disturbed, numerous spirit demons with physical bodies comparable to Quasi Emperor levels emerged and swarmed, causing them to feel strain as their advancement slowed.
The roars of the spirit demons were incessant, breaking the air and ground, shaking the Outer Domain Battlefield, and even the Great Emperor disciples watching from afar struggled, their souls heavily damaged, forcing them to take out stored Domain Pills to restore their injuries.
"Little Junior Brother... you actually don’t need to take the Domain Pills?"
The gaze of Shen Cang inadvertently glanced at Xiao Ye, and he was immediately startled with disbelief filling his face.
Xiao Ye stood tall amidst the Outer Domain Battlefield, his expression consistently calm, showing no signs of injury.
"Twenty years ago, with his invincible physical body, Little Junior Brother could already slay a multitude of spirit demons. Surely these years he has also progressed, being able to withstand spirit demon’s sonic attacks is quite normal."
With equally white hair, Lin Yi remarked with emotion.
Due to the meticulous cultivation of the Four Emperors, Xiao Ye might not surpass Duanmu Kun yet, but he has far exceeded them.
"It seems that as long as the Time Tower doesn’t erupt in anomalies, it won’t provoke the spirit demons."
At this moment, Xiao Ye paid no attention to his senior brothers, but instead pondered internally.
On the Outer Domain Battlefield, he was most worried about such occurrences.
Over the past twenty years, he had experimented, discovering that as long as the Time Tower absorbed the Spirit Demon Blood, it wouldn’t stir anymore, nor would it provoke spirit demons, allowing him to breathe a little easier.
The intensity of the slaughter on the Outer Domain Battlefield exceeded everyone’s expectations.
These spirit demons seemed endless, inexhaustible in their killing.
Only after ten days did the Human Race Four Emperors and Duanmu Kun finally pause.
They were drenched by the blue blood of the spirit demons; the Human Race Four Emperors fared slightly better, but Duanmu Kun’s face turned extremely pale.
His cultivation had already reached the threshold of the Emperor Realm, but like the Cang Clan Patriarch, he lacked the opportunity to declare himself emperor, thus he would never truly be a Great Emperor and had a vast difference compared to the real Great Emperors.
At this moment, they were at the center of the Outer Domain Battlefield, where magnificent nebulae surged, and a severed gigantic ancient road stood in the starry sky, dim and without light, seemingly eternal and unknown for how many ages it had existed.
"Duanmu Kun, are you ready?"
"This time, if our Four Emperors reconstruct the path beyond True Spirit, we will certainly awaken the dormant Lingmo King, and possibly attract new spirit demons, for there will be no turning back."
"Either we Four Emperors kill the Spirit Demon King, completely ending the crisis that has shrouded True Spirit for ages, or we Four Emperors and you will fall in the river of time."
After sweeping away another horde of spirit demons, Unrivaled Emperor coldly looked at Duanmu Kun.
Here, the center region of the Outer Domain Battlefield held terrifying crises, even for the Human Race Four Emperors, who rarely ventured here.
"Master, I... am ready!"
Duanmu Kun felt the weight on his body, his body trembled, vehemently nodding, both excited and anxious.
Would Duanmu Kun... finally become an emperor?
The Great Emperor disciples from afar watched, eyes wide and nearly forgetting to breathe.
"Will the opportunity to declare myself emperor affect me?"
Xiao Ye’s eyes flickered with intrigue.
He was very interested in the opportunity to become emperor.
"Let us begin, open the Emperor opportunity!"
Unrivaled Emperor led the charge, hands sweeping through the void, fiery Divine Light soared from within him, majestic Emperor’s Power erupted from his Heavenly Spirit Cover, Emperor Level Tao and Law crushing this section of the starry sky.
Tie Xue, Wudi, and Jue Dai, the other Three Emperors, also made sealing gestures, unleashing their Tao and Law.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Four Emperors represented insurmountable monuments in Martial Arts on True Spirit Continent, and now their Tao and Law burst forth, shaking the heavens and earth, shattering the firmament, reversing Yin and Yang, waves visibly rippling outward.
Immediately—
Pfft!
Pfft!
...
The advancing spirit demons suddenly convulsed violently, as if crushed by a heavy peak, their bodies turning to dust, drifting in the starry sky.
"Open!"
The Human Race Four Emperors all shouted together, driving their Tao and Law, evolving four supreme Emperor Roads, shrouding the severed ancient road.
Buzz!
Seemingly stimulated, the ancient road actually revived, trembling wildly as the four supreme Emperor Roads supplemented its gaps.
Zizz!
Under astonished gazes, the ancient road seemed to grow like a tree, continuously extending forward, directly penetrating the Outer Domain Battlefield, as though leading to Otherworld’s void.
Rumbling!
The entire Outer Domain Battlefield shook, as if the blue sky were collapsing, an indescribable change enveloped this starry sky.
The Great Emperor disciples felt the ’Qi’ covering the Outer Domain Battlefield surge like a floodgate opening, it exponentially increased.
"The Emperor opportunity has opened, Duanmu Kun, what are you waiting for!" Unrivaled Emperor roared.
Having completed everything, even the Human Race Four Emperors showed pale expressions.
Yet at this moment, roars entirely dissimilar to those of spirit demons resonated across all heavens, filled with endless anger, three massive shadowy figures revived, swiftly approaching.
The aura they emitted suppressed Nine Desolates, causing the Human Race Four Emperors’ hearts to pound.
The Spirit Demon King had been stirred!
"This is impossible, impossible, why am I not yet declared emperor?"
"My strength hasn’t changed at all!"
"Master, I don’t understand, where did things go wrong?"
At this moment, Duanmu Kun, deemed the New Emperor by them, had disbelief fill his face, seemed madly crazed, his eyes blood-red, completely losing reason.
The Emperor opportunity clearly opened, yet why was he never declared emperor?
"What?"
Seeing this, the Human Race Four Emperors felt their hearts sink.
What immense effort and price did they pay to cultivate Duanmu Kun?
Now, having reconstructed the path beyond True Spirit, they could possibly attract new spirit demons aside from having awakened the Spirit Demon King; it was tantamount to putting everything on the line, yet Duanmu Kun...
Had still not declared himself emperor? Who could accept this outcome!
Was it insufficient time, or was Duanmu Kun’s realm inadequate?
But now was no time for them to deliberate.
"In our current state, for we four to escape completely under the attack of three Spirit Demon Kings is challenging, it seems destiny is as such."
"Let me sacrifice Life, Brother Wushuang, you all leave."
With graceful bearing, supreme elegance, the Empress stepped forward, revealing her true form, a face dazzlingly beautiful enough to render the world dim and filled with resolve.
She wielded Emperor Soldiers, facing the three Spirit Demon Kings.
"Jue Dai..."
At this moment, the three Great Emperors fell silent.
Because the Supreme Empress spoke truly.
Now someone must make a sacrifice, or losses will increase.
Had they been wrong from the start?
"Four Masters, the Emperor Sect is in peril, as a member of the Emperor Sect, I should contribute."
"Today, our Emperor Sect won’t have anyone fallen."
At this moment, a young man in a black robe stepped forward, moving with unparalleled speed, as if shattering the turbulent flow of Time, directly appearing beside the Supreme Empress.
(Additional Chapter for a reader in the afternoon!)