Chapter 1689: The Peerless National Master
The East Emperor Azure Dragon glanced at him, feeling that this current Yinkang National Master was just as detestable and irritating as the previous one.
Qin Mu had rescued him from Taichu's One Qi Grand Celestial Heaven, and Jiang Baigui had revived him using the East Emperor divine artifact. He understood their intentions perfectly well—they simply wanted to borrow the power of this mighty ancient god to fight for Yinkang.
The East Emperor Azure Dragon was originally an incredibly powerful existence. Jiang Baigui had no means to break the East Heaven Azure Emperor, so he could only revive him and ask for his help.
But not giving him a single soldier—was he supposed to fight alone?
Opposite him were sixty army marquises, with heavenly soldiers and generals numbering in the millions at least!
Various heavy artifacts, various formations, plus the East Heaven Azure Emperor himself—charging forward alone was nothing but suicide, wasn't it?
The East Emperor's eyes blazed with violet light: "Jiang Baigui, do you mean to say that you're only giving me a horse to go meet the East Heaven's sixty army marquises, to take the East Heaven Azure Emperor's head from among millions of gods and demons?"
Jiang Baigui nodded.
The East Emperor's dragon eyes narrowed, and he took a long breath: "Then when will you lead the troops out to support me?"
Jiang Baigui said, "When the East Emperor charges ahead, once the timing is right, I will dispatch the troops."
The East Emperor stared hard at this refined man: "A horse?"
"An exceptional horse."
Jiang Baigui said unhurriedly, "Azure Dragon Heavenly Lord, your physical body, your ancestral land, and your countless descendants are all in the enemy camp. You can also choose not to fight and abandon all of this."
The East Emperor laughed heartily and turned around.
Jiang Baigui said calmly, "Azure Dragon Heavenly Lord, Mu Heavenly Lord has already repaid your favor. He no longer owes you anything. If you die again in the future, then you will truly be dead."
The East Emperor Azure Dragon's heart jumped, understanding his meaning. He turned his head back: "If I make him owe me another favor, then even if I die in the future, he will revive me again."
Jiang Baigui smiled and slowly nodded.
The East Emperor Azure Dragon continued, "Now, there is a perfect opportunity for me to make him owe me a favor. As long as I can help the National Master break the East Heaven's sixty army marquises, that will be a great achievement, and Mu Heavenly Lord will surely be grateful!"
Jiang Baigui nodded with a smile.
The East Emperor Azure Dragon's massive body shook, shrinking smaller and smaller until he became a middle-aged emperor with a dragon head and human body, divine might rippling around him. He said in a deep voice, "Bring me my horse!"
Jiang Baigui led the horse forward and handed the reins to him.
The East Emperor's dragon energy flowed, drilling into the chestnut old horse's body.
The old horse let out a neigh, its mane flying, scales emerging from within its body, its hooves splitting open as sharp dragon claws protruded. Its body grew larger and larger, divine dragon power leaking out, forming clusters of divine fire floating around it!
Just moments ago, this horse had been an ordinary mortal horse, but now it had truly become a fire dragon steed!
The East Emperor sat on the dragon horse, glanced at Jiang Baigui, and said, "You are very wicked. You are a wicked man." With that, he squeezed his legs, and the dragon horse leaped into the air, neighing as it galloped across the sea surface, charging straight toward the opposing East Heaven camp!
The dragon horse raced, and the East Emperor's voice shook the sea surface as he shouted loudly, "East Heaven Azure Emperor, do you still remember the time I broke you with my bare hands and beat you into a cripple?"
His dragon roar spread across the East Sea, heard clearly by everyone!
"Back then, you were honored as the number one Imperial Throne divine weapon under heaven, yet before me, I broke you with my bare hands, shattered your cultivation, and destroyed your Dao patterns."
The East Emperor laughed heartily: "I thought you were dead, so I casually threw you away. I never expected you to be so fortunate as to survive, taking root in some filthy place. I suppose the soil was fertile, covered in yellow soup!"
"Doot doot——"
From the East Heaven camp, horns sounded long. The Azure Emperor stood on the city wall, his face ashen. He raised his hand and waved, and the East Emperor's headless body was brought forward. The Azure Emperor sneered, "Splash black dog blood!"
Immediately, soldiers poured basins of black dog blood onto the East Emperor's headless body!
The East Emperor halted his dragon horse and laughed loudly, "I come alone, one man and one horse, to challenge you. Azure Emperor, you are still the same coward you always were, using black dog blood to insult my body! Azure Emperor, you are only fit to be a firewood stick, grabbed by someone and waved around, useless and worthless. A filthy wretch like you, once someone tires of playing with you, you're used to wipe the filth off their backside!"
The Azure Emperor flew into a rage and shouted harshly, "Drag out the dragons of the East Pole Heaven and behead them! Prepare the dragon-slaying platform!"
Immediately, many soldiers pushed the divine dragons of the East Pole Heaven onto the city wall, making the East Emperor Azure Dragon's descendants kneel down with their heads sticking out over the battlements. Divine and demonic executioners raised their divine and demonic blades, and with a swing of their hands, heads fell!
The East Emperor remained composed, smiling as he said, "My descendants are spread across all heavens and myriad realms, numbering in the billions! From heavenly dragons down to snakes and insects, every race has my offspring. Kill them if you wish. Azure Emperor, you are only fit to hide among the myriad troops, a disgrace. If you come out of the city to fight me, I will admire your courage and beat you back into your original form, turning you into a shit-scraping stick!"
The Azure Emperor could no longer hold back. He looked toward Jiang Baigui's camp and instructed his attendants, "I will go out of the city to kill this wretch. You guard the camp and must not move out. If Jiang Baigui leads his troops to attack, you must not come out to rescue me either! Just guard the camp well and do not let the formation fall into chaos! As long as the formation is not disrupted, Jiang Baigui can do nothing to us!"
The soldiers acknowledged the order.
The Azure Emperor walked down from the city wall alone, grabbed a divine dragon, and lashed it with a whip, forcing it back into its original form. He mounted the dragon and rode out of the city.
The East Emperor laughed heartily and charged toward the Azure Emperor.
When enemies meet, their eyes burn with hatred. The Azure Emperor let out a long roar, and behind him, a heavenly palace materialized. His heavenly palace was unique—its structures took the form of a divine tree!
Countless palaces were stacked and built, resembling a single divine tree, and his heavenly palace numbered seven in total, seven divine trees sharing the same root!
Because the East Emperor was originally an ancient god, although he had undergone reincarnation and cultivated the divine treasury and heavenly palace system, this body was merely a divine artifact created by the Creation Divine Artifact, so he did not need to activate any techniques.
Ancient gods were naturally powerful, naturally mastering the Great Dao. The East Emperor divine artifact was made according to his physical body and was highly compatible with his own Dao, so he had no need to activate any techniques!
Boom——
The moment the two collided, the sea boiled. Their power was evenly matched. The East Emperor laughed, "You really are still a shit-scraping stick! I have only just been revived, yet I already have the strength to contend with you. If I were at my peak, crushing you would be like crushing an ant…"
Before he could finish, countless thick, massive roots danced behind the Azure Emperor, forming wooden fists that struck the East Emperor's face with countless blows—bang, bang, bang—distorting his face and knocking out countless dragon teeth!
The East Emperor was blasted away, his head spinning. From the corner of his eye, he saw countless tentacles flailing beneath the Azure Emperor's feet—his roots.
His roots extended into the sea, weaving beneath the waves like wooden dragons, rapidly chasing after him!
"This bastard is far stronger than when he was the so-called number one Imperial Throne divine weapon back then! Unfortunately, this body of mine is not my true body, merely an artifact imitating my true form…"
The East Emperor spat out broken teeth from his mouth and activated the power of his body. Suddenly, he sensed that within this East Emperor divine artifact, there were actually imprints of heavenly palaces, and he was stunned.
When Yinkang forged the East Emperor divine artifact, they had actually turned the eight types of dragon clan Imperial Throne techniques into imprints and integrated them into the East Emperor divine artifact!
This forging technique was unprecedented, surpassing the Heavenly Court and the Kaicheng era by an unknown degree!
Whoever could achieve such profound and unfathomable forging skills must have reached a level of meticulous detail approaching the Dao itself!
The East Emperor immediately activated the vast primordial energy within his body, channeling it along those heavenly palace imprints. Suddenly, an incredibly violent and fierce aura burst forth from within him, and heavenly palaces rose from his body, causing his power to expand explosively!
The East Emperor landed on the sea surface, steadying himself. Boom, boom, boom—violent tremors came from the seabed as he used his magical power to suppress the Azure Emperor's countless thick roots!
The Azure Emperor charged forward, and the two top-tier deities of the age clashed, fighting until the sky darkened and the earth dimmed. On both sides, the roar of drums shook the heavens as the soldiers of Yinkang and the East Heaven beat their drums to encourage the fighters!
Although the East Emperor had discovered the marvels of this divine artifact, he had never cultivated these dragon clan Imperial Throne techniques, so his control over his magical power was not smooth. He remained at a disadvantage, suffering repeated losses.
The Azure Emperor's strength exceeded his expectations, and his vitality was terrifyingly strong. He could regenerate lost limbs and even regrow a severed head. His mastery of the Dao of Creation was unparalleled, healing any injury instantly—far surpassing the East Emperor!
The East Emperor Azure Dragon was the god of blood and qi. Among all the ancient gods under heaven, his blood and qi were the most vigorous. However, the blood and qi of this divine artifact, though strong, could not compare to his true body. With this shift in balance, signs of his defeat had already appeared.
"If the Azure Emperor kills me, will Mu Heavenly Lord revive me?" Fear crept into his heart.
If he had achieved nothing, would Qin Mu still save him?
"This bastard Jiang Baigui—why hasn't he sent the troops yet?" His fear grew, and his divine abilities began to falter.
On the Yinkang coastline, Jiang Baigui stood on a small boat, gazing at the battle on the sea, but he never gave the order to send troops.
"The beating isn't harsh enough yet. It needs to be harsher."
National Master Jiang Baigui calculated the East Emperor Azure Dragon's injuries. His calculations differed from Qin Mu's. Qin Mu's were more like deductions, while Jiang Baigui's calculations turned every aspect of the East Emperor Azure Dragon into data—how much magical power remained, what proportion his divine abilities occupied, how much blood and qi was left, what proportion his fighting spirit held, and so on. Combining all this gave him an accurate number.
A number representing how much time remained before the East Emperor's death.
Now, in his eyes, this number was shrinking continuously.
"If I send the troops, the Azure Emperor will surely abandon the East Emperor and flee back to the East Heaven camp. But if the temptation is great enough, he will hesitate for a moment and try to kill the East Emperor before my army arrives."
National Master Jiang Baigui's eyes flickered. The number representing the East Emperor's remaining time before death continued to shrink. He thought to himself, "And when I send the troops, what I need to do is reach his side before he kills the East Emperor and capture him! Therefore, the distance between us also needs to be prepared."
He was still waiting. The East Emperor's injuries grew heavier and heavier, yet he still stubbornly fought the Azure Emperor, refusing to retreat, waiting for Jiang Baigui to send the troops.
In Jiang Baigui's eyes, numbers leaped. Suddenly, the numbers stopped, and the small boat beneath his feet shot out like an arrow from a bowstring!
At the same time, the gates of the camps in the Yinkang formation swung open, and countless Yinkang gods and demons stepped onto the sea surface, forming formations as they roared forward!
In the sky, ten thousand sails moved in unison, banners fluttering. Countless tower ships and great vessels simultaneously raised their furnace power to the maximum!
At the same time, beneath the sea, ships sailed underwater. The Kun tribe and other divine races also advanced, while on the seabed, gods and demons trod the ocean floor, pushing forward with all their might!
Jiang Baigui mobilized his wisdom to the utmost, simultaneously coordinating the formations of the sky, sea surface, underwater, and seabed troops, charging toward the enemy camp!
In the sea, on a strange ship with glass-like portholes, Earth Virtue Lord Gongsun Yan stood beneath the porthole, hands behind her back, looking up.
When the Azure Emperor saw this, his heart tightened. But looking at the East Emperor's miserable state, he hesitated.
He made up his mind: "I can kill the Azure Dragon before the Yinkang army arrives!"
At the bow of the small boat, Jiang Baigui stood with his hands behind his back. The boat's speed increased, rushing ahead of the Yinkang army.
"…Six, five, four, three! Earth Virtue Lord, strike!"
The moment he finished this silent count, a large ship suddenly burst out of the sea, appearing between the East Emperor and the Azure Emperor. Gongsun Yan stood behind the porthole, face to face with the Azure Emperor.
She raised her hand, spreading her five fingers. The Azure Emperor, who was leaping into the air, suddenly heard cracking sounds from within his body. His primordial energy rapidly turned to wood, and along with his body, he quickly became wood.
An ancient, massive tree appeared on the sea surface, its roots plunging into the East Sea, thick as dragons, its trunk coiled like a hornless dragon, extremely ancient.
"Earth Virtue Lord!"
The Azure Emperor was startled. His primordial spirit immediately left his body, flying out with his massive form, trying to escape. But at that moment, Jiang Baigui's small boat arrived. Thirty-six heavenly palaces and seventy-two precious halls spread out, trapping the Azure Emperor's primordial spirit.