Chapter 812: Demon Emperor's Inscription
Huangfu Long's gaze was fixed firmly on Lin Feng, twisted with rage. He was dead. He was the leader of the Jade Heaven Royal Clan's operation this time. He had already arrived in the Jade Emperor Palace, ready to receive the Jade Emperor's inheritance. He should have become the true leader of the Jade Heaven Royal Clan, laughing at the world. Yet, all his dreams shattered in this moment. This sword strike was so painful.
"In my storage ring, there is the Jade Emperor Scripture!" Huangfu Long uttered a sound, and then his aura dissipated. Death.
Duan Wuya saw Lin Feng glance at him and quietly retreated, extremely cautious. This young man had grown so powerful that he already made him feel fear, surpassing his previous expectations. On that day in Snow Moon, he had sensed that Lin Feng had slipped out of his control. When the demon sword was drawn, even Heavenly Martial cultivators had to flee.
The Blood Drinking Sword absorbed the blood from Huangfu Long's body, becoming even more eerie, its blood energy stronger. Lin Feng sheathed his sword and glanced at the chaotic battlefield. Did the storage ring really contain the Jade Emperor Scripture? Lin Feng suspected Huangfu Long had ill intentions and said it deliberately.
"No need to rush and grab it." Lin Feng said to Jun Moxi and the others. They all understood his meaning and nodded slightly.
Lin Feng then walked to Tang Youyou's side and handed her the seized pseudo-Jade Emperor Crown, saying, "This thing seems to have the ability to transform, both offensive and defensive. They all have their own treasures now, so you take this."
Tang Youyou looked at Lin Feng, her beautiful eyes flickering. She saw a faint smile in his black pupils; he didn't care about the Jade Emperor Crown at all.
"Mm." Nodding gently, Tang Youyou smiled and accepted the Jade Emperor Crown. She erased the imprint left by Huangfu Long and planted her own. With a thought, the Jade Emperor Crown transformed into a golden-threaded jade garment, draping over her body, enveloping her in a layer of noble radiance, making her appear even more elegant and beautiful.
"Not bad, very beautiful." Lin Feng said with a smile, actually causing a blush to appear on Tang Youyou's face. She lowered her head slightly, showing a hint of shyness.
"You dare to fight me for it? Do you want to die?" At this moment, Ao Jiao's thunderous roar came from over there. The battle there had completely descended into chaos. Even people from the East Sea Dragon Palace were fighting Ao Jiao for the storage ring.
"For the sake of profit, who can resist?" Lin Feng glanced over there, especially recalling Huangfu Long's last words: the storage ring contained the Jade Emperor Scripture. The voice wasn't loud, but it was enough for everyone to hear. The Jade Emperor Scripture, an emperor-level cultivation technique, earth-shattering. Who wouldn't covet it greedily? Getting it and finding a secluded place to cultivate, only emerging after achieving success—the thought alone was thrilling. They could temporarily abandon the East Sea Dragon Palace and the Jade Heaven Royal Clan.
In the face of such a heavy treasure, people's minds grew hot. They couldn't maintain absolute calm. They knew they shouldn't strike so early to seize it, but seeing others act, they couldn't restrain themselves. Such is human greed.
Lin Feng's gaze was calm. He remained suspicious about the Jade Emperor Scripture being in the storage ring. He looked toward the Jade Emperor's body and sighed inwardly. A thousand years had passed, yet the body was still bathed in imperial aura, as if it still had blood and qi. The body wouldn't decay. The power of an emperor was too terrifying. At first glance, it looked no different from a living person.
He then turned his gaze to the surrounding golden stone walls. The profound inscriptions, the obscure sacred patterns carved here—they probably all contained formidable power. Unfortunately, he didn't even have the qualification to comprehend them now.
His gaze kept shifting, and then Lin Feng's eyes landed behind the Jade Emperor's statue. With just one look, Lin Feng's body trembled violently.
On that stone wall, Huangfu Long had been unable to understand it, believing it contained the secrets of the Jade Emperor Palace, but he couldn't comprehend it.
Lin Feng's steps shifted slightly, bypassing the Jade Emperor's statue, and slowly walked toward that stone wall. Every step felt as heavy as billions of pounds. He felt as if he couldn't lift his feet. His mind exploded with a bang, rumbling. He seemed to lose the ability to think, staring only fixedly at that stone wall.
Lin Feng's body trembled violently. His steps forward were slightly unsteady, as if he couldn't even stand firm. Just as Huangfu Long had guessed, this stone wall indeed held a secret—a huge secret. This secret struck Lin Feng like a thunderbolt from the blue, numbing him from head to toe, leaving him at a loss, as if his breath might stop.
He had never been so shaken, never so dazed. But this time, the scene before him truly shook his soul, threatening to scatter it.
"Hm?" Tang Youyou and the others stared at Lin Feng one by one. What's going on?
They saw Lin Feng's body trembling. What had happened to cause such a strong reaction in Lin Feng?
Their gazes also turned to that stone wall. Like Huangfu Long, they couldn't understand it. They simply couldn't make sense of it. They only saw that the inscriptions and patterns were overwhelmingly domineering, filled with an aura of arrogance, an aura that defied the heavens. The person who carved these words must have been a formidable existence that dared to ignore even the heavens—not the Jade Emperor.
"Could it be an inscription left by the Demon Emperor?" They were startled. The Demon Emperor had pursued the Jade Emperor. Since the Jade Emperor's corpse was here, the Demon Emperor must have come as well. The domineering inscriptions on this stone wall, which defied the heavens, were very likely left by the Demon Emperor.
But why did Lin Feng react so strongly upon seeing them, while they couldn't understand them at all?
Wait!
Their eyes trembled. If they couldn't understand them, but Lin Feng could, what did that mean? It meant that the stone wall might hold a great secret. What exactly had Lin Feng seen that shocked him so deeply?
In the past, when Lin Feng had fallen into the demonic path, Tang Youyou had been by his side the whole time, yet Lin Feng had never been like this.
Their footsteps followed Lin Feng to the front of that stone wall. They carefully examined it, looking at it from every angle, but no matter how they looked, they still couldn't understand it. They looked at Lin Feng again; his body was still trembling, though not as violently as before, clearly slowly accepting it.
But Lin Feng's gaze remained fixed on that stone wall, his lips slightly trembling.
Quite some time passed. The struggle over there continued, but Lin Feng stood there motionless, as if possessed, looking at the stone wall again and again, over and over. Every time he looked, his body trembled once more.
"Demon Emperor, Demon Emperor!"
"Roar!"
Lin Feng clenched his fists, producing cracking sounds. His eyes held a look that no one could understand. Tang Youyou and the others had guessed correctly; this was indeed an inscription left by the Demon Emperor. These inscriptions and patterns, which had nearly shocked his soul to pieces, could only be understood by him alone.
After a long while, Lin Feng's eyes gradually calmed. He swept his gaze over those still fighting behind him, a cold smile on his lips. Treasures in the storage ring? Ridiculous. He was certain there was nothing.
"Demon Emperor, do you want the Jade Emperor to die with his eyes open?" Lin Feng let out a long sigh, then looked at the people beside him and said, "Don't go for the storage ring."
Their eyes were full of doubt. Lin Feng's tone was firm. They all understood that this stone wall must have told Lin Feng something.
But what exactly had Lin Feng seen?
Yu Tianji's eyes flickered incessantly. This Jade Emperor was actually the ancestor of the Jade Heaven Royal Clan. The one who should have received the inheritance was a member of the Jade Heaven Royal Clan. But now, the leader of the Jade Heaven Royal Clan, Huangfu Long, was dead, killed by Lin Feng. The others from the Jade Heaven Royal Clan probably couldn't contend with the East Sea Dragon Palace. Everything had become confusing and uncertain. On top of that, the Demon Emperor seemed to have interfered a thousand years ago, possibly disrupting the Jade Emperor's plans. And now, Lin Feng could understand the Demon Emperor's inscription that they couldn't—all of this seemed to foreshadow something!
At this moment, Lin Feng sat down cross-legged, his gaze fixed on that stone wall. From his body, a terrifying aura of annihilation slowly began to release.
Raising his palm, Lin Feng moved his hands, constantly forming complex hand seals. A mass of annihilating black lotus flame slowly released, madly surging into his right palm. That terrifying netherworld flame at this moment emitted a heart-shaking aura, dancing unceasingly, burning fiercely on Lin Feng's palm.
The flame in Lin Feng's hand danced faster and faster, the heart-shaking aura growing more and more terrifying. Wherever the flame passed, the void was annihilated, burning everything, exuding an aura of refinement, as if it wanted to refine even the heavens. Where the flame passed, nothing could remain; everything had to be annihilated, refined.
Tang Youyou and the others were stunned. Such terrifying power. They vaguely felt that Lin Feng was cultivating a fearsome technique. He was cultivating based on the inscriptions and patterns on the stone wall. Could it be that the Demon Emperor's inscription was teaching Lin Feng a great divine ability?
PS: I owe three chapters this week. I'll make up for them all today. Is this enough to ask for flowers?