# 1402
Chapter 1403: Get Down Here
"It's you…"
Yue Huai also recognized Tang Yusheng, his brow furrowing deeply.
Under the effect of 【Dominion Emperor】, his speed gradually decreased, ultimately coming to a halt before Tang Yusheng. Just as despair crept into Yue Huai's heart, the dominion shackles binding him suddenly loosened.
Control over his body had returned!
Yue Huai was clever. He glanced back toward the direction of the Island, and fury appeared in his eyes.
"You think using my death will unlock his heart?" Yue Huai coldly hmphed.
He was all too aware that he had invaded the sacred ground protecting Great Xia's national fortune, and there was no way Huo Qubing would let him leave. The only reason the restraints had been lifted was to let Tang Yusheng personally kill him.
If he tried to bypass Tang Yusheng and flee directly, 【Dominion Emperor】 would activate once more and erase him on the spot.
Huo Qubing's action had granted him a moment to breathe, but being toyed with like this left Yue Huai seething with rage.
He had always been the one manipulating others. When had the founder of the Church of the Ancient Gods ever endured such humiliation?
"You think you've already won?" Yue Huai stared coldly at Tang Yusheng before him, his voice dripping with venom. "Back then, I could destroy your mother. Now, I can destroy you…"
Upon hearing these words, an extremely rare flicker of rage crossed Tang Yusheng's eyes.
He gripped the Sky-Piercer Halberd tightly. The inverted ocean above him seemed to boil, roaring with thunderous fury. His form blurred into a streak of white, carrying a monstrous wave as it surged toward Yue Huai!
Tang Yusheng's figure flickered rapidly, and a massive blade of cold light slashed toward Yue Huai's neck like lightning. The latter narrowed his eyes, his halberd transforming into shadow as it drifted past Tang Yusheng's body, then shot straight back toward Tang Yusheng's hand!
Tang Yusheng didn't seem surprised at all. With a flick of his finger, the waves behind him condensed into countless water blades, billowing toward Yue Huai like a tidal wave!
"Let's see how many things you can etherealize simultaneously?" Tang Yusheng said calmly.
Beneath the terrifying barrage of water blades, over a dozen sliced through Yue Huai's body every second. As the sea above Tang Yusheng grew more violent, more and more water blades rained down, and Yue Huai's expression grew increasingly grim.
"You've studied me?" Yue Huai said darkly.
"All those years I served as Night Watch Supreme Commander, I dreamed of killing you every single day… To find your location and weaknesses, I gathered extensive materials, read through countless texts. I was waiting for this day." Tang Yusheng caught the Sky-Piercer Halberd as it flew back to his hand. Faint golden patterns began to emerge on his cheek.
"Today, I will definitely kill you!"
Tang Yusheng roared, his body expanding rapidly. His slender limbs strode across the void. A pair of long horns pierced the air like white lightning. As the intricate and ornate pale golden patterns on his body lit up, the inverted seawater above churned into a terrifying vortex kilometers wide!
This was Tang Yusheng's true form… the Bai Ze!
Dense water blades sliced down from the sky, nearly blotted out the entire heavens. Hundreds to thousands of water blades carved through Yue Huai's body every second, reducing him to nothingness. He was nearly submerged in the sea!
At such a terrifying density of water blades, even Yue Huai, who had reached the Human Apex level, couldn't continuously and precisely etherealize every incoming blade. Blade after blade cut into his skin, leaving bloody gashes. His face twisted in agony, and several petals of black lotus fluttered out.
As Yue Huai's defense grew increasingly strained, Tang Yusheng's form suddenly burst through the curtain of water blades amid the overwhelming assault. His powerful forelimbs slammed heavily into Yue Huai's chest!
BOOM—!!
A terrifying shockwave rippled outward, causing the surrounding seawater to freeze mid-air for an instant. Yue Huai's body shot across the sky like a meteor, crashing violently into the churning waters.
Bai Ze was one of Great Xia's supreme Divine Beasts. At Tang Yusheng's level, in terms of raw power alone, he was no less formidable than any Chief God. This single kick was enough to crush an ordinary Human Apex to dust!
But Yue Huai was a battle-hardened veteran. Before Tang Yusheng could land that kick, he had already covered his chest with several black lotus petals, dissipating most of the force. Even so, the terrifying vibrating force still ruptured his internal organs. He spat out a mouthful of blood and helplessly tumbled from the sky.
Seeing Yue Huai's body fall into the sea, Tang Yusheng, still in his Bai Ze form, vanished from the ocean's surface instantly.
Then, the sea began to rage and heave violently!
The ocean was Tang Yusheng's domain… No one could defeat him here.
Lin Qiye and the others climbed to a mountain peak, gazing out at the distant battlefield. The violent storms poured down upon the turbulent sea, as if two world-destroying beasts were locked in a death battle beneath the ocean, the waves nearly swallowing the entire island.
Fortunately, each time a massive wave surged toward the Island, it was torn apart by an invisible hand, dissipating mid-air and falling as heavy rain upon the island's trees.
Lin Qiye turned to look at the spear thrust into the earth, a gaze of profound reverence in his eyes.
Only now did he truly comprehend the terror of 【Dominion Emperor】.
As long as General Huo Qubing willed it, not a single drop of water, not a grain of sand, could cross this island's borders… The absolute sovereign of all material in existence. This was a true "Emperor"!
The violent storm over the sea lasted over ten minutes before finally subsiding.
The mist covering the night sky gradually dispersed. A white-robed figure stained with blood, one hand carrying the Sky-Piercer Halberd, the other clutching an aged head, slowly emerged from the waves.
Tang Yusheng's expression was extremely exhausted, but his eyes were brighter than they had ever been!
He threw Yue Huai's head onto the ground, thrust the Sky-Piercer Halberd into the sand, clasped his hands in a formal salute, and deeply bowed toward the depths of the Island:
"Junior Tang Yusheng… thanks to the Marquis for his generosity."
"No need."
Huo Qubing's calm voice rang out, devoid of the earlier oppressive force, replaced by a hint of appreciation instead. "Remember to fish out his corpse and destroy it as well, just in case."
"Yes." Tang Yusheng nodded respectfully.
WHOOSH—!!
The bloodstained spear thrust into the earth suddenly trembled violently, automatically launching into the sky. It traced a long arc and steadily fell into the crack in the earth, disappearing into the Island's depths.
At the same time, the dozen or so black crocodiles coiled in the valley visibly faded, dissolving into wisps of smoke, following the spear through the crevices.
"Whew… It's finally over." Upon seeing this, Baili Pangpang breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Too bad the Marquis doesn't seem to want to show himself. It would've been something to witness the legendary Marquis of the Champion in person." Cao Yuan sighed.
Just as Lin Qiye was about to offer some words of comfort, a voice echoed from the crack in the ground:
"Lin Qiye, you come down."