Strongest War Emperor

Chaos’s fighting style was simple, and true to his name, utterly chaotic.

With every smash of the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads against Duanmu Xie’s head, they doubled in size.

After a few loud BANGS, Duanmu Xie was seeing stars and screaming miserably, the upper half of his body driven deep into the ground.

He had completely lost the ability to resist.

Seeing this, everyone’s hearts, which had been lodged in their throats, finally settled. Expressions of immense joy and relief appeared on their faces.

Shen Lang, however, kept most of his attention focused on healing Yuan Bupu.

Flower Soul, Yin Qianshang, and the others stood guard to the side, watching everything unfold in the distance with the same nervousness as everyone else.

Seeing that most of the corpse poison around Yuan Bupu had dissipated and his complexion had improved significantly, Shen Lang breathed a sigh of relief. "You’ll be fine for the time being. Just hang in there a little longer. Afterward, I’ll have Chaos and the other Emperor Martial Realm powerhouses help you completely expel the corpse poison from your body."

Yuan Bupu shot Shen Lang a grateful look, nodded, and closed his eyes to continue healing.

The expressions of the crowd behind them changed once again...

Shen Lang had spoken casually, but the meaning behind his words was anything but ordinary.

In the entire Purple Chu Country, who had the power or the status to command several Emperor Martial Realm powerhouses to act at their whim?

But this masked man was first called "Senior Brother" by a Buddhist Sect master, and his tone suggested he was very familiar with the other Emperor Martial Realm powerhouses.

This sent a massive, irrepressible shock through everyone’s hearts, making them even more curious about his identity.

"Jingle jingle..."

Xue Dangdang strode forward through the void, circling around to Shen Lang’s front and sizing him up.

"What are you doing?" Shen Lang’s gaze followed her movements, his focus sharp and vigilant.

No matter what, Xue Dangdang’s Cultivation was already at the King Martial Realm. She also considered him an enemy. If she were to suddenly go berserk, she would be extremely difficult to handle.

Xue Dangdang cupped her chin, her eyes narrowed as she asked curiously, "Are you a monk?"

Shen Lang’s expression turned solemn. He immediately pressed his palms together and said in a gentle, slow tone, "Amitabha. This humble monk’s Dharma name is Buse."

"Get lost! Do you take me for an idiot? Look at your hair, it’s even longer than mine!" Xue Dangdang scoffed.

Shen Lang gave a slight nod like a charlatan priest. "Benefactress, an idiot is not an idiot, and to not be an idiot is to be an idiot. This humble monk is merely cultivating with his hair... Er, let’s talk about this later. Shouldn’t we check on that Duanmu Xie first?"

As soon as he turned his head, Shen Lang saw...

The Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads had already grown several hundred times larger, spinning continuously like a small mountain above Duanmu Xie’s head.

The surging Buddha Power suppressed Duanmu Xie, making it difficult for him to move.

Not only that, but the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads also released streams of golden threads that wrapped tightly around Duanmu Xie.

Those golden threads looked delicate, but the moment they coiled around Duanmu Xie’s body, they became like sharp blades capable of cutting through anything. In the blink of an eye, they sliced through his muscles and bound his very bones!

Before this Buddha Power, the Dark Evil Power collapsed like a landslide!

The black qi dissipated, and white smoke billowed.

Duanmu Xie roared incessantly, but he couldn’t break free no matter how he struggled.

Seizing the opportunity, Nangong Yan and the other two restrained Duanmu Xie’s arms, then used their Magical Treasures to wrap him up layer after layer, like a rice dumpling.

Chaos’s figure darted around him, casting one Buddhist Sect Restriction after another. Countless golden characters plastered themselves onto Duanmu Xie’s body.

At last, the Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie was completely subdued!

"You bald donkey, you’re too damn nosy! I have no grievance or enmity with you, so why do you oppose me? I’m warning you, release me immediately, or you will definitely regret it!"

Duanmu Xie struggled with all his might but couldn’t escape. His power was constantly draining away under the corrosion of the Buddha Power, and he roared with a fierce expression and tone.

The once-mighty Zombie Emperor of the Emperor Martial Realm Ninth Heaven, now captured by a few juniors. Could anything be more frustrating than this?

What was even more frustrating was that he had been crippled by those bastards from the Celestial Purity Sect back then. After ten thousand years, he had finally recovered a little. He had been awakened by the Supreme Yin Qi from the Earth Rift and was just about to seize this once-in-a-ten-thousand-year opportunity to fully repair himself...

And now he had fallen into such a state!

Duanmu Xie felt like he was about to vomit blood just thinking about it... although he had no blood left to vomit.

Chaos, wearing a "compassionate" expression, said leisurely, "You’re the donkey, your whole family are donkeys. You went after my Senior Brother, how is that being nosy? Tell me, of all the people you could have provoked, you just had to provoke my Senior Brother. Isn’t that just asking to die?"

The crowd was completely dumbfounded...

This monk was definitely a Buddhist Sect powerhouse, there was no doubt about that. But his words and actions... they seemed rather out of place for someone from the Buddhist Sect.

And he had mentioned "Senior Brother" again. Could it be that this masked man was really his senior brother?

’Hmm, that would make sense. If so, then everything that happened earlier would be logical.’

’It seems this masked guy, just like this Buddhist Sect master, is an old monster!’

’Otherwise, how could he possibly have refined an Exotic Treasure in such a short time inside the Twin Towers Hall earlier?’

’Only an old monster like him could casually give some guidance to the Desolate Domain Demon Ape and enable him to sever the Zombie King’s arm with a single slash...’

Everyone thought they had figured many things out.

At that moment, the Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie’s gaze once again fell upon Shen Lang.

’After all this, it was all because of this masked brat?’

’He turned my younger brother into a headless Zombie, and now he’s brought me to this state... This is all thanks to him!’

"You... Who in the world are you!"

Duanmu Xie’s furious roar was filled with irrepressible indignation and frustration.

"Why do you care who I am?" Shen Lang drifted down leisurely.

The moment he landed, Shen Lang drew the Immortal Celestial Saber and swung it at Duanmu Xie’s arm, landing four consecutive strikes!

All of his speed, strength, Blade Intent, and spirit were fused into those four slashes.

The full power of his Chaos Divine Body, all his Thunder Power, his Small Success Blade Intent... everything was fused together, then unleashed in an unprecedented burst of sparks.

Fiercely mighty and incomparably domineering!

"CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!"

Sparks flew and Thunder Power radiated. In an instant, the black qi tightly wound around Duanmu Xie’s arm was blasted away.

However, to everyone’s shock, aside from dispersing the black qi, the strikes had only left four shallow marks on his arm!

Frowning, Shen Lang stared at the marks for a moment, then said with a dark expression, "Forget it."

He then sheathed the Immortal Celestial Saber.

"Hahaha..." Xue Dangdang couldn’t help it and burst out laughing.

The surrounding crowd finally broke into smiles for the first time.

The previous despair and danger had finally passed. It was like parting the clouds to see the blue sky. Now, seeing Shen Lang suffer a setback, everyone shared a knowing smile!

Chaos pressed his palms together. "Senior Brother, my Cultivation isn’t enough to completely Seal this fiend, and Senior Brother Kong Jing isn’t in the Purple Chu Country. What do you think we should do now?"

Nangong Yan and the other two immediately showed looks of urgency as well.

The people in the air all thought the dust had finally settled, but only they knew that this Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie was not so easy to deal with.

They had him restrained now, but he was impervious to blades, fire, and water. Inflicting any more significant damage on him would be incredibly difficult.

Let alone sealing or destroying him...

Even if they could destroy him, faced with a major Demon Dao Sect like the Corpse Yin Sect, Nangong Yan and the others wouldn’t dare to actually do it...

Otherwise, if they angered the Corpse Yin Sect, their three Spirit Copper Level Influences could be ground to dust in minutes.

Compared to a Legendary Power, the three great Sects that dominated the Purple Chu Country were like three stumbling toddlers facing a giant.

At this point, everyone could only turn their gazes to Shen Lang, hoping he might have a way to handle this thorny issue.

Shen Lang pointed a finger at the Zombies lying all over the ground. "Seal these small fry first. As for this Duanmu Xie... heheh, his body is Vajra Indestructible. It would be most suitable for refining into a Puppet."

"As for the others... have them leave this place immediately."

Nangong Yan and the others immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

’Refining the Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie into a Puppet... only he would dare say something like that.’

Shangguan Feiyue gave a hand signal. Several King Martial Realm powerhouses from the Imperial Dragon Sect immediately descended from above and worked together to round up all the already crippled Zombies.

Shen Lang looked up and waved his hand. "It’s over. Everyone can disperse now!"

Tian Mou stepped out from the crowd, clasped his hands toward Shen Lang, and said loudly, "I will never forget this life-saving grace for the rest of my life. The mountains are high and the rivers are long; we will meet again!"

Immediately, a pair of light wings unfurled. With a flash, his figure shot toward the Purple Chu Imperial Capital and soon disappeared over the horizon.

The people from the various factions, grateful but still shaken, all thanked Shen Lang before departing one by one.

Yuan Bupu and his two companions flew down to the ground and stood behind Shen Lang.

Aside from a few Peak Xuanwu Realm Powerhouses from the Imperial Dragon Sect, the only ones left in the sky were Xue Dangdang and the five people from the White Bone Hall.

"Dingdang?" Shen Lang called out.

Xue Dangdang scoffed. "I’ll leave when I want and stay if I want. What’s it to you?"

Shen Lang shook his head helplessly and stopped paying her any mind.

Turning around, Shen Lang looked up at the top of Duanmu Xie’s head. The Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads, radiating a brilliant light, were still slowly rotating.

Meanwhile, the black qi on Duanmu Xie’s body continued to surge, and it even seemed to be gradually growing denser...

"Junior, so what if this bald donkey ambushed me? With your pathetic little tricks, what can you possibly do to me!"

"In a little while, once the Buddha Power in these Prayer Beads weakens, my power will grow as its wanes. I’ll be able to break these restraints in an instant, and then it’ll be too late for you to even beg for death!"

Duanmu Xie cackled smugly, his voice hoarse.

Shen Lang’s expression remained unchanged. He circled Duanmu Xie twice, inspecting him carefully with his Silver Eyes of Truth, before finally speaking. "This fiend is gathering his strength, trying to break through the Prayer Beads’ restraints in one go. The Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads won’t be able to completely suppress and dispel his power in a short time. It looks like everyone will need to stretch their limbs again..."

Chaos’s eyes lit up. "Senior Brother, do you have a way to deal with this fiend?"

Shen Lang nodded. "Completely destroying him is a bit beyond your current power, but completely crippling him is possible."

"Bullshit! You want to cripple me? You think you’re worthy? Who the hell do you think you are?"

A bloody light surged in Duanmu Xie’s eyes as he let out an extremely grating sound.

Shen Lang sneered. "A mere Zombie dares to be so arrogant? Whether I’m worthy or not... you’ll find out soon enough."

"Today, I’ll let you witness my methods!"