Chapter 1203: Seizing the Imperial Weapon
“Is that so? Even if you have hidden cards, you’re all still going to die!” Ye Fan retorted sharply.
“Haha…” The Mortal World’s Killing Sage, despite his disheveled hair and exposed bone fragments, still let out a cold, sen leng laugh, his icy aura spreading. “You don’t know when to quit!”
In the distance, saintly might surged as several old sages appeared, silent, their gazes fixed on the ancient bone hall.
“Let everyone die. There’s no need for anyone to survive.” A majestic voice came from within the bone hall, a killing intent rolling out like an ocean.
This was undoubtedly an existence that had crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, killing year after year, day after day, every moment, to reach this level.
An old man walked over silently, skin and bones, his hair long gone, eyes sunken, body withered, almost devoid of life signs.
Saint King Realm!
This was a terrifying existence who had attained the Dao through slaughter, reaching the Saint King Realm. No one had expected such an old assassin to emerge.
He belonged to the Mortal World, having only come out a few days ago, having slept within a Divine Source for over a hundred thousand years, living to this era.
Yin energy stirred, and beside him appeared another figure in black, his form withered. Though not a Saint King, he was still a Killing Sage.
The two ancient divine dynasties were fortunate, having accidentally unearthed part of their foundation in a secret place. Now, stationed here, they made this place as solid as gold.
Behind them, several more ferocious auras appeared—three members of the Ancient Clan, who had allied with the ancient assassin divine dynasties.
This was truly unexpected. This was originally a stronghold of the ancient divine dynasties; why had three Ancient Clan members come?
Black Emperor was astonished, for he noticed that among the bone buildings, an altar flickered with you guang. Those three Ancestral Kings had been summoned.
The assassin divine dynasties had secret dealings with certain Ancient Clans. The three seemed to be here for the first time, their eyes flickering as they looked around.
Ye Fan was fearless. “Do you think reviving two Killing Sages and adding three Ancestral Kings will save you from destruction? Don’t forget who has come to besiege you today!”
“Heh, who is the prey will be clear soon enough,” the Mortal World’s Killing Sage said, struggling and roaring within the heavenly tribulation.
Ye Fan, Ji Zi, and the Holy Prince acted together, charging forward with the heavenly tribulation, dragging the two “tribulation-bearers” with them, confronting the newly appeared ancient sages.
“Kill!”
An icy aura erupted as the opposing Killing Sage King shouted, a bone-chilling cold spreading across the Chaotic Divine Soil.
At the same time, ten thousand divine rays burst forth from the bone hall behind him, cutting off their escape.
“The previous killing formation was just a prelude. Now, let the ancient grand formation that can grind all things to dust fully awaken!” A piercing voice rang out.
“Boom!”
A surge of heaven-shaking energy erupted, rushing in their direction, with billions of beams of light.
Ye Fan, the Monkey, and Ji Zi, while resisting the heavenly tribulation, also felt a shudder. The killing calamity was boundless; if not for the descending thunder sea, they would have borne the brunt.
This was a vast ancient formation. The entire dried-up Chaotic Immortal Soil was inscribed with formation patterns, trapping everyone inside with no retreat.
Swish!
The Killing Sage King vanished instantly, launching a terrifying assassination, charging toward the distant sages.
The ancient divine dynasties wanted to seal this place, capture everyone in one net, and slaughter the invading sages.
With a violent tremor, the Killing Sage King clashed with the old master of the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion. The assassination failed, but it cast a shadow over the hearts of the Holy Land members.
The two divine dynasties were emboldened!
“Ancient divine will, fully awaken! Crush all invaders, destroy all life!” A Killing Sage shouted.
The formation’s aura grew even more terrifying. The dried-up Chaotic Immortal Soil was once a place where ancient deities secluded themselves, leaving behind fearsome, incomplete formations.
The area instantly erupted with ten thousand zhang of light, plunging into chaos. Essence energy enveloped everyone, attempting to refine them all.
“Killing formation, cut them down!” Black Emperor roared.
“You will all die!” the Killing Sage King said coldly, activating the formation, trying to split the heavenly tribulation and rescue the two.
“No way out—you come in too!” Ye Fan shouted lightly, charging forward with the Holy Prince and Ji Zi.
“Kill them!”
Divine patterns emerged within the dried-up Chaotic Divine Soil. Even incomplete, the ancient formation was extremely deadly, slicing in all directions. Without a saint artifact for protection, survival was impossible.
The Divine Maiden Furnace floated, shielding Li Tian, Dongfang Ye, Yan Yixi, and others below.
The Holy Land members also changed expressions, fending off assassin attacks while raising light barriers to resist.
Beside the Holy Maiden of Zi Mansion appeared an old woman, a sage, clearly a “hidden card” of that Holy Land, protecting them.
Above Jiang Yifei’s head, another terrifying divine furnace floated, emitting a trace of extreme imperial might—this was an imitation of an Imperial Weapon!
“Let everyone depart!”
Amid the killing light of the ancient formation, the members of the two divine dynasties spoke mercilessly. With the three Ancestral Kings moving through the familiar ancient formation, they launched a lethal strike.
Black Emperor roared in fury. His killing formation was immensely powerful, but he had few remaining formation platforms. Protecting the Heavenly Village members was manageable, but destroying this place was extremely difficult.
“Haha…” Within the heavenly tribulation, the Mortal World’s Killing Sage had shattered several times but always reformed, still laughing cruelly.
“Perish!” the white skeleton also roared, the divine fire in its skull unextinguished.
“Let’s destroy you two first!” Ji Zi said.
The Killing Sage within the thunder sea seemed mad. “I’ll make you understand that the divine dynasties cannot be provoked. We intended to stay hidden, but you relentlessly pursued, and now you’ll become prey.”
Ye Fan sneered, a cold smile curling at his lips. He shouted into the distance, “When will the senior of the Ji Family act? What are you waiting for?”
As the two divine dynasties and the three Ancestral Kings rampaged, relying on the ancient formation to strike fiercely, a vast wave of energy came from afar, the aura of an ancient Great Emperor spreading.
An ancient mirror rose into the air, ten thousand Dao threads hanging down. Its light pierced through past and present, its might unmatched in the world!
A brilliant beam shone from the mirror’s surface. The ancient formation began to crack, the Chaotic Immortal Soil splitting and slowly disintegrating.
This was a suffocating power that made even sages tremble!
“The Void Mirror! The weapon of the ancient Great Emperor has indeed been brought. This is a great killing calamity!” someone shouted, and the assassins panicked.
At this moment, the mysterious ancient formation left behind in the Chaotic Divine Soil was continuously being worn away, severed.
The Ji Family’s sage struck mercilessly. Above his head, the Void Imperial Mirror rotated, its blinding beam breaking everything, aimed at the Killing Sage King.
Swish!
It must be said that this Killing Sage King was terrifying to the extreme, dodging in the nick of time.
“Pfft!”
Blood scattered. Beside him, an Ancient Clan Ancestral King screamed, directly turned into a cloud of blood mist by the mirror light, body and soul destroyed, dying violently.
Everyone was horrified—an ancient sage killed in an instant!
What terrifying power was this? It was almost unbelievable!
The ancient mirror, simple and polished, emitted divine radiance that could sweep away all life. No one could resist it.
This was the weapon of an ancient Great Emperor, awakened in the hands of a sage, capable of splitting heaven and earth, destroying the universe, piercing through past, present, and future, omnipotent. Even a sage became a pool of blood in an instant.
“Buzz!”
The Void Ancient Mirror rotated again, targeting those people once more. The members of the two divine dynasties trembled, unable to move. Even the Killing Sage King could only retreat.
Another flash of blood light—the second sage-level Ancestral King was torn apart by the mirror light, turning into streams of blood energy, dispersing into the world.
“Fellow Daoists, when will you show yourselves? The chance to seize the Imperial Weapon is right before us!” the Killing Sage fighting Qi Luo called out urgently.
The altar in the ancient hall flickered with light, revealing seven or eight figures, all Ancestral Kings. The leader’s blood energy overshadowed the sun and moon, his cultivation dominating this place.
All beings trembled. Many nearly fell to their knees, unable to withstand this ocean-like pressure.
“Qianlun Great Sage… It’s the Ancient Clan Great Sage from the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest!”
“He has brought the Ancient Emperor’s Weapon!”
People cried out, their faces pale, sensing great trouble, all trembling.
“I told you, who is the prey will be revealed in the end. You forced everything!” the Hell Killing Sage said darkly.
Clearly, they had long been in contact with the Ancient Clan, though they had never revealed this place. Now, pushed to the brink, they had opened everything up.
This was an extremely serious consequence. The ancient divine dynasties and the ancient imperial clan Ten Thousand Dragon Nest had joined forces. Just thinking about it made one’s scalp tingle.
The hearts of the Holy Land members sank.
In their original plan, with a sage backing them, leveling the divine dynasties should have been no problem. They never expected their hidden cards to emerge, and they had been scheming all along.
“We weren’t afraid you wouldn’t come, only that you wouldn’t appear. You took one of our Ancient Emperor Weapons, so now repay it with an Imperial Weapon!” Qianlun Great Sage of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest said coldly.
Everyone’s faces were ugly. The weapons of ancient Great Emperors could not be used lightly. Who would have thought that just after killing an Ancestral King, such a disaster would strike?
Hearts were heavy. Gai Jiuyou had left, going deep into the starry sky. Otherwise, Qianlun might not have dared to appear like this.
The Killing Sage King laughed grimly, like a dull knife scraping bone. “Who is the prey? You will all die!”
Ye Fan, Ji Zi, and the others were disgusted to the extreme, their faces dark. The Holy Prince sneered, “You’re celebrating too early.”
“The one you want to invite probably can’t come. Today, we’ll spare your life and send you to Mount Sumeru. Everyone else dies,” the Hell Killing Sage said, emboldened.
“Please, Uncle, act!” the Holy Prince called out.
But there was no response. The Chaotic Immortal Soil cracked, starlight from the universe spilling in, but the Battle Victory Buddha was nowhere to be seen.
Everyone’s expressions changed again. This battle, meant to destroy the ancient divine dynasties, had involved so many people and forces, becoming incredibly complex.
Qianlun Great Sage nodded. “Holy Prince, your uncle can’t come. An old senior might go chat with him. I won’t make things hard for you. I’ll personally escort you back to Mount Sumeru, but everyone else must die!”
Before him, a purple true dragon appeared, each segment of its body a purple bell, shimmering with dreamlike radiance. This was the weapon famous through the ages—the Ten Thousand Dragon Bell!
The aura of an ancient emperor filled the sky, covering the sun, shaking everyone’s hearts. Even before awakening, it had already made everyone collapse on the spot.
“I grant you death!” Qianlun Great Sage said coldly, sweeping his gaze over everyone, including the sages.
“Fellow Daoist, you overestimate yourself too much.” At that moment, Wei Yi stepped forward, his whole body emitting a terrifying power that shook the ages.
His white hair was disheveled, his body withered, but now every pore emitted strands of Dao intent, like a deity. A terrifying power surged skyward, as if an eternal divine furnace had awakened.
He borrowed the Void Mirror, suspending it above his head, its light illuminating past and future.
Great Sage!
This unassuming old man was actually a Great Sage-level existence!
Everyone was shocked, then relieved. After all, he was one of the three heroes of the Celestial Pivot Holy Land from that era, having attained the Dao in an age when becoming a sage was nearly impossible. Naturally, his cultivation was profound. So many years had passed—how could he be ordinary?
“This…” The Ancient Clan and the ancient divine dynasties were stunned.
“There’s nothing more to say. First, cut them down!” Ye Fan stared at the Killing Sage and the white skeleton within the thunder tribulation.
The Holy Prince and Ji Zi nodded. The thunder tribulation was boundless. The Killing Sage was in a miserable state, about to fall, and the white skeleton was the same, the divine fire in its skull nearly extinguished.
Both of these sages had thought they would be rescued, that they could counter-kill Ye Fan and the others. They never expected that when all cards were played, the other side would not be at a disadvantage, producing a Great Sage as well!