Chapter 3026: This Emperor Will Self-Detonate the Divine Source
Ancient Ink Sea was an inland sea within the Yasha Clan's ancestral realm. Here, eternal night reigned, not a blade of grass grew, the air was bitterly cold, and mortals could not survive.
The boundless seawater was as black as ink, even somewhat viscous, emitting a fishy odor like blood.
The realm lord of the Yasha Clan's ancestral realm was an ancient existence at the Taiyi Realm. His body stood over five zhang tall, green flames flickered atop his head, one eye grew on his crown and the other on his chin, his aged face was crescent-shaped, and one nostril pointed upward while the other pointed downward.
He was hideously ugly and terrifyingly ferocious.
Yet, this powerful and fearsome being was now earnestly trying to persuade a cat-headed man, saying, "You truly cannot barge in here. This is the forbidden sea where the clan's ancestor is in seclusion for healing. Before entering seclusion, the ancestor decreed that any cultivator who trespasses will be killed without mercy."
"Does he dare? What kind of existence is this Emperor? If he dares to touch this Emperor, the day of your Yasha Clan's destruction is not far off!"
Xiao Hei was furious, his cat eyes wide open like two glass beads, charging straight into the ancient black sea region.
The ancestral realm lord had been suppressing his anger for days, already at the breaking point.
This Heaven-Slaying Earth-Destroying Emperor was truly detestable. Though he had only just entered the Upper-Level God realm, he was even more arrogant than a Tai Xu Great God. At the slightest disagreement, he would scold this realm lord like a grandson.
When had the ancestral realm lord ever endured such treatment?
Just as Xiao Hei reached the edge of the sea, tens of thousands of chains appeared between heaven and earth, blazing with green divine flames. These green flames were extraordinary. Even with Xiao Hei's cultivation, when he crashed into them, his divine body sizzled and emitted black smoke.
"Boom!"
A powerful shockwave erupted from the chains, sending Xiao Hei flying more than ten miles away, shattering a large stretch of the coastal ground.
Xiao Hei screamed in pain and roared angrily, "You dare to harm this Emperor? You're dead! Your Yasha Clan is dead!"
The ancestral realm lord flew over, hovering in midair, no longer polite. "This realm lord has already advised Young Master Heaven-Slaying. It was the young master who refused to listen. If this matter reaches Lord Ice King, I believe he will agree that this old man was trying to save you, young master. You lack reverence in your heart. Some places simply cannot be breached."
Divine Undying Fire emerged on Xiao Hei's body, instantly healing the wounds burned by the chains. He spread a pair of broad phoenix wings and said, "Old fellow, you have thoroughly enraged this Emperor! Let's fight! Today, even if this Emperor burns every last drop of divine blood, I will break into Ancient Ink Sea. Who dares to stop me?"
The surrounding land was ignited by the Divine Undying Fire, turning into a crimson fire domain.
The ancestral realm lord was extremely troubled. He was genuinely afraid that the Heaven-Slaying Earth-Destroying Emperor would burn his divine blood to fight him.
Of course, he wasn't afraid of his combat power. After all, no matter how much an Upper-Level God jumped around, before a Taiyi Great God, they were no different from a child. It would just take a bit longer to suppress him.
What he feared was that Xiao Hei would burn all his divine blood and die in the Yasha Clan's ancestral realm.
That would be the real trouble!
Given how dim-witted the Heaven-Slaying Earth-Destroying Emperor seemed, he might actually do something so reckless and terrible.
Just as the ancestral realm lord was considering risking offending Ice King Star to suppress and seal the Heaven-Slaying Earth-Destroying Emperor, two beams of divine light flew from the horizon, landed on the ground, and materialized into Zhang Ruochen and Ai Lianjun.
Zhang Ruochen rushed over quickly and said, "Young Master Heaven-Slaying, don't act rashly. For the Undying Blood Clan, the most important thing is the divine blood in your body. If you lose a large amount of divine blood, your vitality will be severely damaged."
Xiao Hei roared, "Zhang Ruochen, mind your own business. I, the dignified son of Ice King, have been humiliated by this old thing. If I don't fight him to the death, how can I ever hold my head high among the gods of the world? A Great God is indeed powerful, and this Emperor is no match!"
"This Emperor will burn divine blood!"
"This Emperor will burn lifespan! At worst, I'll self-detonate the divine source and we'll all die together!"
The ancestral realm lord's nerves twitched violently, and he quickly said, "Realm Lord Ruochen, please persuade Young Master Heaven-Slaying! He was about to charge into Ancient Ink Sea, and this realm lord had no choice but to stop him in desperation."
Zhang Ruochen shot the ancestral realm lord a look that said, "Don't worry, I've got this," then immediately grabbed Xiao Hei's shoulder and arm, saying, "Are you crazy? Self-detonating the divine source? Do you want to die?"
"I can't live with the shame!"
Xiao Hei erupted with powerful divine force, trying to break free from Zhang Ruochen's mental suppression, and said indignantly, "This Emperor was just struck! I have internal injuries, my divine soul is damaged, and even my divine source is cracked. Zhang Ruochen, if you help this Emperor take revenge and annihilate half the Yasha Clan, I will still consider you a brother. If you try to stop me again, don't blame me for severing all ties with you!"
Zhang Ruochen's expression changed, and he looked at the ancestral realm lord. "Realm Lord, how could you strike so heavily?"
Ai Lianjun's gaze turned serious. If the divine source was indeed cracked, that would be a matter of destroying one's foundation.
The ancestral realm lord had never seen such a shameless god. The divine chains and divine fire he had conjured earlier were purely defensive, at most burning off a layer of Xiao Hei's skin.
Divine soul damage? Cracked divine source?
If this got out, who knew what kind of storm it would cause.
How had the Yasha Clan ended up attracting such a plague god?
...
Rain Master stood on a rocky planet at the edge of the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, gazing toward the Yasha Clan's ancestral realm.
With her seventy-eighth-level spiritual power, even from billions of miles away, she could see what was happening on that land. Her powerful divine soul and spiritual power granted her eyesight that could pierce through the void.
The Taiyi Realm initial stage Li Xiao Great God clearly had a vast gap with Rain Master. He could only sense Zhang Ruochen's aura appearing in the Yasha Clan's ancestral realm but could not see what was happening there.
"What a wonderful show!" Rain Master chuckled softly.
Li Xiao Great God said, "If Zhang Ruochen and the Yasha Clan join forces, they will become extremely difficult to deal with."
"Do you think the Yasha Clan dares to oppose the Darkness Temple?" Rain Master's tone was full of disdain.
A mere son of Ice King could throw the Yasha Clan into chaos, and they dared not offend him. With such cowardice, how could they possibly stand against the Darkness Temple?
Li Xiao Great God disagreed. "Once inside the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, all heavenly secrets vanish. Then, it's all about strength. Who cares if you're a god of the Darkness Temple?"
"Even if it's just about strength, the ancestral realm lord of the Yasha Clan plus Zhang Ruochen are still far from matching me."
Rain Master naturally had such confidence. A seventy-eighth-level spiritual power god could contend with a Taibai Great God. Against a seventy-sixth-level initial stage Zhang Ruochen and a Taiyi Realm mid-stage Great God, she could completely crush them.
Li Xiao Great God gazed at the vast starry sky and muttered to himself, "I have a bad feeling, as if some invisible danger is approaching. I wonder what happened to Shuangcheng Mo. Cleaning up a few Radiant Divine Temple gods shouldn't have taken this long."
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Xiao Hei's attitude was extremely tough and unyielding, his murderous aura soaring to the sky. "This Emperor will not let this matter rest today!"
Then he added, "Unless the Yasha Clan produces a divine medicine to heal this Emperor's injuries."
Finally, his true colors were revealed.
It turned out that he felt he hadn't plundered enough recently and wanted to use this opportunity to extort a divine medicine.
How could the ancestral realm lord agree to that?
Just as he was about to expose Xiao Hei's fake injuries...
Zhang Ruochen secretly transmitted a message to the ancestral realm lord: "Senior, agree to him for now. If he keeps causing trouble like this, it might delay our important matters."
The ancestral realm lord said, "But the Yasha Clan has no divine medicine. How can I give him one?"
The ancestral realm lord was a shrewd old fox. Even if they had one, he would only tell Zhang Ruochen they didn't.
Zhang Ruochen continued his transmission: "He's pretending to be injured. You can pretend to agree as well. Since the Yasha Clan has no divine medicine and will never have one, what difference does it make whether you agree or not?"
The ancestral realm lord understood Zhang Ruochen's meaning. As long as the Yasha Clan never had a divine medicine, they wouldn't have to give him one.
And whether they actually had a divine medicine or not was entirely up to the Yasha Clan to decide.
Zhang Ruochen continued, "Realm Lord can secretly go to Ice King Star and report everything that happened here to Lord Ice King. Lord Ice King is a reasonable man. He will judge who is right and who is wrong."
"Thank you for the guidance, Realm Lord Ruochen."
With the secret exchange concluded, the ancestral realm lord had no other choice. He could only lament the Yasha Clan's misfortune. If he didn't stabilize this lawless Heaven-Slaying Earth-Destroying Emperor first, and he started a massacre in the Yasha Clan, things would become even more troublesome later.
The ancestral realm lord said, "If Young Master Heaven-Slaying insists that this realm lord severely injured you, I will accept that responsibility. But divine medicines are rare treasures in the world. How can I just produce one on the spot? How about this: consider this divine medicine a debt I owe you. If I ever find one in the future, I will send it to Ice King Star immediately and deliver it to Young Master Heaven-Slaying."
Xiao Hei's emotions gradually calmed down. He glanced at Zhang Ruochen and said, "Fine, since you old fellow are so sensible, today, for Zhang Ruochen's sake, this Emperor will spare the Yasha Clan. You Yasha Clan are truly lucky to have made connections with a great figure like the Heavenly Mother's Divine Envoy. Hmph!"
The ancestral realm lord laughed inwardly. Ice King was a hero, but his son was so foolish that he actually believed such a perfunctory excuse.
Ai Lianjun, standing to the side, watched Zhang Ruochen and Xiao Hei and instinctively felt something was off.
But since the realm lord had already agreed to give a divine medicine, it was too late for him to speak up now. Moreover, doing so would offend the greedy Heaven-Slaying Earth-Destroying Emperor and bring trouble upon himself.
As a Mid-Level God, there was no need for him to do something so stupid.
Right there on the shore of Ancient Ink Sea, Zhang Ruochen communicated with the ancestral realm lord, learning more about the "Star-Shattering Bowl" trap.
"The clan leader is personally stationed there. Realm Lord Ruochen can rest assured," the ancestral realm lord said.
The clan leader, of course, was the leader of the entire Yasha Clan, governing thirty-eight major worlds.