Strongest War Emperor

Shen Lang stared intently at the Celestial Secret Mirror.

In the scene displayed on the Celestial Secret Mirror, the little girl unleashed an unimaginable power, sending several hundred people flying.

And she held them back outside the barrier.

"Everyone, focus your power and attack this barrier together! I refuse to believe this Witch is that strong! The stronger she is, the more we need to kill her!" Yun Qing shouted from the crowd.

However, though these people were shouting fiercely, their gazes had all turned strange.

The killing intent of the crowd quietly faded. The members of the various factions stared at the young girl with burning eyes... Every power was now preparing to snatch her for themselves!

The power that had just thrown everyone back was not the Spiritual Power or Demon Power they were familiar with... but a formless energy!

A power different from what most people understood.

This power emitted no fluctuations of Spiritual Power, making it nearly impossible to sense, as if it had been born from nothing!

This was a power unlike any in this world. It was more like... the Witchcraft of the Witch Race, who called themselves the "Divine Race"!

The legendary Witch Race, said to possess heaven-shaking power—mysterious, unfathomable, and terrifying...

If they could master the Secret Techniques or Divine Techniques of the Witch Race, any Sect could undergo a world-shaking transformation, rise up in a short time, and become a dominant power!

"Kill all these villagers and seize the young girl!"

The various factions secretly transmitted this unified objective to their people.

Before these people could join forces and attack, figures flickered in the air, and a group descended from the sky.

Among them was a face Shen Lang recognized... Shui Qingwu had arrived with members of the Shui Family.

"You beasts! Do you have any humanity left? Get the hell out of here!" Shui Qingwu roared, her lovely face pale as she looked at the corpses on the ground.

"What, does the Divine Marquis Mansion want her all to yourselves? You’ve only got a few dozen people. Don’t tell me you think you can take on the several hundred of us?" someone retorted sarcastically.

"Well, well, the Shui Family certainly has good timing. We fight for half a day, and just as we’re about to reap the fruits of our victory, you show up..."

"If you want the little girl, just say so. Why pretend to be righteous gentlemen?"

"Don’t think so highly of your Divine Marquis Mansion. The Iron Shark Sect has never given you a second thought! Fuck, you dare to show up here and make a fuss with just a few dozen people? Are you looking to die?"

Shui Qingwu’s exquisite face was filled with Evil Qi. With a wave of her jade-like hand, she commanded, "Guard the village! Anyone who dares to approach will be considered an enemy of the Shui Family and will be killed without mercy!"

Her Cultivation was only at the Spirit Martial Realm Fourth Heaven, but her aura was astonishing. Furthermore, she was followed by several Xuanwu Realm masters, which intimidated many of the onlookers for a moment.

Unfortunately, her strength and that of the Shui Family members behind her were far from enough to truly deter the various factions.

A moment later, strange cries and sneers erupted from the surrounding crowd.

No one took Shui Qingwu’s threat seriously.

In fact, many of the factions present were not much weaker than the Shui Family; they were all Profound Iron Level Influences. Who would be afraid of whom?

Just then, a middle-aged man from behind Shui Qingwu slowly stepped forward.

He gave the other factions a cold glance and said, "An Elder Ancestor of my Shui Family is also within the Desolate Land. If you wish to challenge the honor of the Shui Family, we will accompany you to the very end. If you don’t want to die, then get lost!"

The middle-aged man’s words finally intimidated the crowd.

The few dozen Shui Family members were no cause for concern, but if they were actually killed, it would undoubtedly provoke a bloody retaliation from the Shui Family’s Elder Ancestor. Absolutely no one here would be able to escape!

"Hey, look!" someone suddenly cried out in alarm.

Everyone’s gazes once again fell upon the village.

Inside the mountain village, the young girl’s face was deathly pale. She sat cross-legged as her body slowly began to float upward.

There were no wings of light on her back.

Nor were there any visible Magical Treasure Secret Artifacts around her!

She was simply rising from thin air, higher and higher...

"AHHH!"

The instant her head touched the dome of light in the air, two tears of blood streamed from the girl’s eyes, and she let out a piercing shriek toward the sky!

The sound seemed to originate from the Primordial Chaos, piercing through time and space, shaking heaven and earth!

Outside the village, everyone—except for the Shui Family members—began to bleed from all seven orifices and collapsed to the ground!

Then, with the girl at its center, a wildly spinning hurricane formed, instantly connecting heaven and earth!

The clouds in the sky were swept away, and above a massive vortex, endless thunder and lightning linked with the hurricane around the girl, creating a scene like the end of the world!

An unspeakably terrifying pressure descended, causing even the Shui Family members to struggle for breath, their faces draining of color!

...

Suddenly, the Celestial Secret Mirror trembled slightly, and the image shifted.

A rift over a hundred feet long appeared in the mirror’s reflection.

Within the rift was what looked like an ocean, its pitch-black, tangible-looking water churning and surging violently.

Above this rift, waves of light flowed and countless runes shimmered. The power released by a mighty Seal tightly suppressed the ocean of Supreme Yin Qi within the rift.

But then, a massive vortex abruptly appeared in the sky above the rift!

From within the vortex, a black pillar of light, thirty feet in diameter, suddenly shot down.

BOOM!

It instantly pierced through the Seal below!

Dimly, figures could be seen at the edge of the rift, spitting blood as they were sent flying...

Huge ripples of Energy radiated outwards in all directions.

At that moment, the endless Supreme Yin Qi surged violently, rushing toward the heavens!

The tangible, pitch-black Supreme Yin Qi spread out rapidly in all directions like a black fog!

Darkness began to fall...

The area around the rift was plunged into a darkness like night, so thick you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

At this point, everything on the surface of the Celestial Secret Mirror slowly faded away, returning it to its original, clear state.

Then, it spun around and, like a compass, pointed to a position slightly west of northwest.

"How could this happen? The Witch Race actually appeared here and broke the Seal? Is it... is it too late?"

Shen Lang roared at the sky.

"No, wait!"

In his state of furious madness, a flash of insight struck Shen Lang’s mind.

’I’m not that far from the rift, but the density of the Supreme Yin Qi hasn’t reached the level it would be at if the Seal had been broken!’

Shen Lang cast aside all other thoughts and activated his Silver Eyes of Truth, looking in the direction the Celestial Secret Mirror was pointing.

Under the gaze of his Silver Eyes of Truth, he saw that over three hundred li to the northwest, the Supreme Yin Qi in the sky had condensed into terrifying black clouds.

But those black clouds were unusually stable, looking exactly the same as when Shen Lang first entered the Desolate Land.

"The rift’s Seal is still intact!" Shen Lang let out a long sigh of relief.

Immediately after, his body jolted. ’The Celestial Secret Mirror... Celestial Secret Mirror... it shows celestial secrets! This is what’s *about to* happen!’

He focused his Silver Eyes of Truth in the direction the mirror was pointing, piercing through the dense fog and layers of Supreme Yin Qi...

About a hundred li ahead, within the pitch-black Supreme Yin Qi, was a power that did not belong.

It was a drifting, extremely unstable wisp of Corpse Qi!

’This isn’t the Hidden Moon Tomb yet, and this Corpse Qi was formed only recently... Could it be? Is that the mountain village shown in the Celestial Secret Mirror?’

’There should still be time!’ A monstrous killing intent erupted in Shen Lang’s eyes as he bellowed, "Old ghost, let’s go!"

A sharp whistle echoed as the Ghost King’s power enveloped Shen Lang, shooting him toward the horizon like a streak of light. In the blink of an eye, he vanished.

"Today, I will unleash a massacre!"

Shen Lang’s icy voice drifted through the empty sky.

The killing intent, born from his rage, was so powerful that deep within the Hidden Moon Tomb, an existence inside a massive coffin opened its eyes. ’Such potent killing intent... it’s practically tangible, piercing through layers of space... Who could it be?’

’The tomb’s Seal hasn’t been broken yet, but it won’t be long now. A Rebirth awaited for a thousand years... This should be a joyous occasion for me. So why does this killing intent stir such an uncontrollable fear in my heart?’