Chapter 1054: Blood Rage Rising
“Kneel and beg for it! If you don’t show yourselves, I’ll slaughter the entire city of Zhenxian!” The Celestial Prince was extraordinarily handsome, but at this moment his expression was terrifying, holding a demonic blade as if about to strike down at the city below.
“Whoosh!”
Zhenxian City exploded like a bomb, cultivators scattering in all directions like startled birds, afraid of dying here unjustly. The mortals were even more terrified, crying out as they rushed toward the city gates.
“A cornered beast will jump the wall. He’s completely tearing off his mask to force us out. Maybe he thinks you’re human and can’t let go of all this,” the Holy Prince said to Ye Fan.
“You dare?!”
Suddenly, a heaven-overwhelming aura surged up from within Zhenxian City, a powerful demon saint’s presence spreading out, shaking the four wilds as if a star domain were collapsing.
“What? A saint’s aura! Is a demon saint cultivating here in hiding?” Everyone was stunned.
“It’s the Black Tortoise Saint.” Dongfang Ye, his hair disheveled like a barbarian, grinned, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.
The reason they had chosen this city was because they had heard that the guardian god of the Southern Ridge’s barbarian tribes, the Black Tortoise Saint, had come here to reminisce and visit ancient sites, so they had selected this place as their final stop.
“A mere Dao Cutter dares to speak such nonsense? Wanting to destroy a great human city? Move a single finger and I’ll flay you alive!” A cold voice came from within Zhenxian City.
No one had expected that a demon saint was stationed in Zhenxian City. Those who had been fleeing calmed down and no longer feared.
Even if the Celestial Prince were stronger, he wouldn’t dare provoke a saint’s might. A single finger could crush him. A “saint” transcended the category of “man”; that heavenly moat was insurmountable.
Although it was said that saints could not act, that was conditional—provided you didn’t provoke them. If someone dared to slaughter a city where a demon saint resided, they could be annihilated ten times over without anyone daring to object.
“Chi!”
The Celestial Prince gritted his teeth, his face dark and gloomy. With a single slash of his blade, he tore open the sky, carving out a chasm hundreds of miles long that turned into a black hole devouring all things.
He was burning with rage inside, but he truly dared not destroy this city. Otherwise, even an ancient ancestral king couldn’t save him; he would be killed on the spot.
“Enough!”
The Celestial Prince’s thick hair flew wildly as he took his heavenly blade and departed. The ancient war chariot rumbled across the sky, the Eight Divine Generals following closely.
Meanwhile, Huang Xudao, Huo Qizi, and Huo Lin’er all vanished into the heavens. Their cultivation was heaven-defying; no one could stop them. They came and went freely, hiding who knows where.
“If this city cannot be slaughtered, I’ll destroy the other ten cities instead! I’ll make rivers of blood flow across the land and pile up millions of bones—let’s see if you come out then!” The cold, ruthless words echoed through the sky.
Everyone had anticipated that the Celestial Prince, raising a great army and marching south, would surely cause blood to flow and bones to pile up by the tens of thousands. But no one expected it to be even crueler than imagined.
The ancient war chariot rumbled. The Celestial Prince stood atop it, a heavenly blade slung across his back, his eyes sharp as lightning. Half his face was hidden by black hair, his killing intent shaking the nine heavens.
Strange beasts galloped, the Eight Divine Generals forming a torrent of steel that crushed across the sky. The rumbling of hooves made the void tremble.
Banners flapped loudly. This army was thick with slaughterous aura. Cold light shone on iron armor, filled with a grim determination. They had endured enough—they wanted to sweep away dozens of cities in one go!
“Here they come. This emperor has long since prepared a big bag outside Zhenxian City. Let’s see where you run this time!” Black Emperor sneered coldly.
In the distance, the Celestial Prince’s face was cold. “The only one who can enter my Undying Palace silently, aside from a saint, is that dog under heaven!”
“Your servant is ashamed. I cannot deduce that dog’s movements.” An old man from the ancient clan beside him bowed. He knew divination arts and could deduce heavenly secrets.
Over the years, others might not dare to challenge the Celestial Prince, but that dog was an exception. It had once set up a great formation to ambush the Son of the Gods. Though it failed in the end, it had truly shaken the world.
“I hope it doesn’t show up. Otherwise, I’ll make it regret ever being born!” The Celestial Prince’s eyes were cold and fierce as he gazed into the distant sky.
Far from Zhenxian City, just as the Eight Divine Generals entered the airspace above a mountain range, a world-shaking killing intent suddenly erupted. From dozens or even hundreds of mountain peaks below, sword auras pierced the heavens, cutting across the cosmos.
“What?! Someone dares to ambush the Celestial Prince?!”
Hundreds of mountain peaks came to life, transforming into traces of the Great Dao, crisscrossing and intertwining into a sea of stars. One could clearly see ancient stars appearing, spinning there. This place seemed to have become a star domain.
“Ah...”
The ancient clan members screamed. A group of them instantly exploded into blood mist. White bones, still clinging to bloody threads, flew in all directions. No one had expected the killing formation to activate so suddenly.
“Not good! Celestial Prince, we’ve fallen into a trap! This is a vast formation, clearly prepared long ago!”
The Eight Divine Generals were greatly alarmed. All the ancient beasts neighed. The place was in chaos. In the sea of stars, ancient stars rotated, each time unleashing a world-grinding force.
“Puff!”
In the blink of an eye, over a dozen powerful ancient clan members turned into flashes of blood light, as if crushed by a great millstone, becoming blood paste and shattered bones, unable to resist.
“Don’t panic! I knew it would jump out. Deploy the formation flags and counterattack to break the formation!” The Celestial Prince flicked his wrist, and a full one hundred and eight great flags flew out, each covered in complex and mysterious patterns.
“Ancient formation flags.” In the distance, Black Emperor’s heart jumped. These array patterns were very powerful, seemingly meant to shatter the ancient stars.
“Boom!”
The one hundred and eight great flags shook. The sea of stars collapsed, many ancient stars exploding as if an entire universe were being destroyed, turning into terrifying black holes and nothingness.
“Rise!”
Black Emperor shouted. Forty-nine formation platforms flew out, each with a soft luster, operating according to the Dao’s trajectory, suppressing the killing formation here.
“Mere tricks. I’ve been waiting for this day, wanting to kill you all together.” The Celestial Prince said darkly. He opened his mouth and spat out three special ancient flags—Heaven, Earth, and Man—suppressing the area.
“Not good! A few years ago, this emperor ambushed him and nearly made him drink bitter regret. These flags were specially crafted to counter me.” Black Emperor said gravely.
“Could he be countering us instead?” Li Tian asked.
The big black dog said, “Several ancient ancestral kings helped him refine these. Fortunately, this emperor has multiple preparations. Hurry to the other three directions of Zhenxian City and move the other formation platforms here to surround him!”
They had set a trap, luring the Celestial Prince to the Southern Domain and drawing him into Zhenxian City. There were killing formations in all four directions, and they had only activated one side so far.
“I’ll go move the formation platforms.” Yao Yuekong, Yan Yijian, and the others went together. They already knew how the formations were arranged and could do it.
Before long, the formations overlapped. The four-sided formation platforms activated simultaneously. The ruined sea of stars reappeared, the world-grinding aura clearly felt. Black Emperor had put in great effort this time, using years of accumulated resources, hoping to slaughter the Celestial Prince and his Eight Divine Generals cleanly.
“Boom!”
However, with a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar, all the flags the Celestial Prince had deployed exploded and burned, forcibly tearing open a path and breaking out.
The Eight Divine Generals followed behind. Banners fluttered. Thousands of troops pressed forward, breaking through and charging out. Iron hooves trampled the sky.
“Damn it! Several ancient ancestral kings referenced the formations left by the Immortal Emperor and laid out a targeted countermeasure, leaving this emperor helpless too.” The big black dog sighed.
The Celestial Prince’s formation flags were all destroyed, but Black Emperor’s formation platforms had also turned to powder. The main army emerged unscathed, its core forces unaffected.
“Let’s go! March into the Southern Domain and level everything related to Ye Fan!” The Celestial Prince issued a kill order.
Even opening his heavenly eye, he couldn’t spot Black Emperor and the others. Ruthless and cold, he wanted to sweep away the place where Ye Fan had first emerged, erasing all traces of his origins in the Southern Domain.
“Though it’s aimed at this emperor, it seems he suspects you’ve returned?” The big black dog said to Ye Fan.
“Hard to say. Since Black Emperor and Ye Fan are closely connected, he’s a cornered beast jumping the wall, willing to do anything to eliminate us. That’s why he’s gone mad.” Li Tian said.
“This is trouble. Though we set up a killing formation, he had those flags to break it.” Black Emperor said.
“Then let’s fight!” The Holy Prince said gravely, telling him to open a domain gate to the Southern Domain.
“Let’s go!” Ye Fan nodded.
The Southern Domain boiled over once again. The Celestial Prince had come and gone, but now he was completely throwing caution to the wind. Since he had already lost all face—even his golden underpants had been taken and auctioned off—he didn’t hesitate to vent his anger on countless innocents this time.
“I once heard that Ye Fan cultivated in a small sect called Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven near the Ancient Forbidden Land. Today, let it turn to ashes. No one will be left.”
The Celestial Prince’s face was cold, devoid of any emotion. His eyes were like ice blocks, exuding a chilling air.
“In the past, these ants never caught my eye. But today, I am furious. I will make the humans of that place die without a burial ground!”
That region was called Yan Land, a small kingdom. The Ancient Forbidden Land was at its center, with six small sects like Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven surrounding the mountain range’s outer edges.
“Boom!”
The Southern Domain fell into chaos. The Celestial Prince led his iron cavalry south, rampaging without restraint. They trampled several human sects into the ground. Blood flowed, severed limbs and broken arms flew out, and sacred mountains were razed to the ground.
They charged into the heart of the Southern Domain, unafraid of arousing human outrage. They opened a great slaughter, continuously destroying over a dozen sects through bloody conquest.
All because these mountain gates blocked his path. Whenever this happened, the Celestial Prince and the Eight Divine Generals would directly swing their blades, cleaving the great mountains ahead.
Blood flowed. These sects were tragically blood-washed, simply because they lay in the path of the iron cavalry’s southward march. Large numbers of cultivators were slaughtered, piles of bones and blood strewn everywhere.
The Southern Domain was filled with resentment reaching the heavens. Yet many dared not speak out. This army was too powerful. Though they had destroyed over a dozen sects, no one dared to stand up.
“Ah... Master!” Wails of grief arose. On the iron cavalry’s southward path, a medium-sized sect was destroyed. A young man, covered in blood, stood on a broken mountain, roaring in grief and rage. He brandished a long halberd, charging at the Eight Divine Generals.
“Puff!”
But the Eight Divine Generals swept past. One of them, holding a war spear, easily pierced him through. Blood dripped from the spear tip as the man was impaled and carried for dozens of miles.
He struggled, but it was useless. Blood gushed from his chest, and he died with his eyes wide open.
“Beasts!”
In the back mountain, an old man emerged from seclusion, flying toward the sky. But a strong ancient clan member on a strange beast slapped him down with a single palm. His chest caved in, he coughed up blood, his white hair stained red. His eyes, once full of anger, gradually dimmed.
“Grandpa!” A white-robed young girl screamed in despair, stumbling over to embrace the old man’s corpse, sobbing uncontrollably.
“You are demons! Heaven will not forgive you!” The girl’s clear tears fell as she wept helplessly, holding the old man’s body.
Cold laughter rang out. A rider galloped over. The ancient clan member’s long blade swung down. A flash of bright light, and the young white-robed girl’s still somewhat tender head flew off with a spray of blood. Her headless body fell beside the old man’s corpse.
“Today, whoever blocks the way will die!” The Celestial Prince stood on his ancient war chariot, watching all this coldly.
The Eight Divine Generals grew even more reckless, charging straight into the Southern Domain to vent the Celestial Prince’s anger. They would destroy Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven. Those on the road were just incidental. That was their ultimate target.
The Southern Domain was filled with resentment reaching the heavens. Over a dozen sects were destroyed. Many human cultivators were slaughtered. Blood flowed, and piles of bones became small mountains, shaking the entire Eastern Wasteland.
Finally, Yan Land drew near. The Celestial Prince glanced ahead, then personally acted. A brilliant divine spear appeared in his palm, and he hurled it.
“Boom!”
No one expected the Celestial Prince to be so cold-blooded. The spear pierced through a city inhabited by mortals—the capital of Yan Kingdom—and it instantly collapsed!
“Ah...”
It was like doomsday. Countless terrified human bodies split apart, blood splattering everywhere. The entire city’s population turned to bones and flesh. The ancient city shattered, mixing with blood to become a pile of ruins.
“My target is Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven, but anything blocking my view along the way must also be cleared!” The Celestial Prince said coldly.
“Wash it all clean!” The Eight Divine Generals shouted, men and horses crying out. Every one of them was stained with human blood, splashed on them during the southward slaughter of sects.
“Beasts!”
Ye Fan and the others gave chase. The formation Black Emperor had set up was ineffective; it hadn’t destroyed the Celestial Prince and the Eight Divine Generals. Instead, they had broken through and fled. Following them, they saw too much blood along the way.
Ye Fan struck first. The dark gold long spear in his hand swept across a thousand troops. The sharp spear tip cut like a blade, severing a group of ancient clan members. Blood splashed three thousand feet high!
“Hum!”
The Holy Prince struck, swinging his pitch-black great iron staff at the Celestial Prince’s skull. His courage was unmatched in the world. The black staff split the sky, emitting a roaring sound.
The Celestial Prince met the attack. The Undying Heavenly Blade in his hand emitted blinding light, rolling up ten thousand layers of blade light. Even the Great Dao was suppressed beneath it. His attack power was unparalleled in the world.
“Clang!”
Blade and staff clashed, deafening. It was like two stars colliding. Mountain ranges for ten thousand miles collapsed. The earth sank over a hundred zhang deep. The killing force was unmatched.
A phoenix cry shook the nine heavens. On the other side, a majestic man appeared, like an immortal phoenix descending from the nine heavens. He stepped forward in one stride. Huang Xudao manifested, his entire body wrapped in Dao marks, looking blurry and unreal.
“Boom!”
Ye Fan met him, throwing a punch to block his path.
However, on the other side, Huo Lin’er and Huo Qizi also appeared, heading straight for the Holy Prince, about to strike.
These two were terrifyingly powerful. Their blue hair flew. Their bodies were like divine forms. A single drop of their blood could pierce this world. The supreme blood power of an ancient emperor manifested.
“You come over here too!” A wisp of clear qi rose above Ye Fan’s head, transforming into another version of himself, cutting off the path and blocking the two.
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