landbeastnovel Chapter 69 Crushing an Imperial Weapon with Bare Hands!
Chapter 69 Crushing an Imperial Weapon with Bare Hands!
"Holy crap! What's going on? Why is someone standing to the side?"
"Internal strife? Didn't we agree to attack the Heavenly Emperor together?"
"Is that the Myriad Dragon Emperor? And the Ancient Qilin Emperor? Why aren't they making a move?"
"Could they have been bribed by the Heavenly Emperor?"
"Sister Yu! Explain this quickly! I don't understand!"
In the live stream, millions of viewers witnessed the bizarre scene on the Starry Sky Battlefield—the Undying Taoist was instantly killed by Jiang Feng with just two words, his soul scattered.
Among the dozen or so Supreme Beings who had charged in with great momentum, several of them not only did not make a move, but instead took the initiative to retreat, adopting a neutral stance and forming a standoff with the other Supreme Beings!
This sudden change left all the viewers stunned, and the screen was instantly flooded with question marks.
On the rooftop of the Heavenly Court Temple, Jiang Yu watched the live stream and the comments, her little face full of pride.
She cleared her throat, faced the camera, and said in a deliberately low but undeniably excited tone:
"Family members! My buddies! Are you stunned? This is what you call—strategy! My brother had it all planned out long ago! See that senior who hasn't made a move yet, looks the most imposing, and seems to have some kind of dragon horn phantom on his head?"
She pointed to the figure of the Dragon Emperor in the image: "That's the Dragon Emperor of the Dragon Nest! He's also... the biological father of my future sister-in-law, Sister Long Li!"
"What? The Dragon Girl's father?"
"Oh, it's my father-in-law?! Of course, I can't hit my son-in-law!"
"Holy crap! There's this connection? No wonder!"
"So the Dragon Emperor is an undercover agent? He's been in cahoots with the Heavenly Emperor all along?"
"The Heavenly Emperor's move is on a whole new level! He even managed to get his father-in-law involved!"
"What about the others who didn't make a move? Are they also on our side?"
"The other senior figures are also righteous individuals who are pragmatic, reasonable, and unwilling to associate with darkness!"
Jiang Yu, without batting an eye, flattered the other Primordial Ancient Mine Supremes who had also betrayed the mine.
"They've long disapproved of these people harming the common people, but they were outnumbered and powerless before. Now that my brother has raised his voice, they've naturally turned to the light! This is what they call 'the righteous gain many supporters, the unrighteous lose few!'"
She was talking enthusiastically when she suddenly felt someone else beside her.
Turning around, I saw a pale golden figure quietly land on the observation platform. Her purple hair was like a waterfall, her dragon horns were crystal clear, and her face was peerless, but she carried a trace of anxiety and worry. It was Long Li.
"Sister-in-law! You're here!"
Jiang Yu was both surprised and delighted, and quickly pulled Long Li in front of the camera, "Look! My sister-in-law is here too! Perfect timing, sister-in-law, tell everyone, what's the background of that big stone man that my brother is fighting right now?"
Long Li's ears burned slightly at Jiang Yu's address of her as "sister-in-law," but she couldn't care less at the moment.
She had been anxiously pacing outside the Heavenly Court, but when she sensed that her father hadn't really attacked Jiang Feng, and then saw Jiang Feng display his invincible prowess, a great weight was lifted from her heart, and she was filled with a mixture of emotion and pride.
Fearing that her father and other surrendered supreme beings would be besieged, and also missing Jiang Feng, she took advantage of her relationship with Jiang Feng and her own cultivation level to risk coming to the Heavenly Viewing Platform at the core of the Heavenly Court, where she happened to meet Jiang Yu.
She composed herself and looked at the blurry battlefield image projected on the screen.
At this moment, in the center of the battlefield, Jiang Feng still stood with his hands behind his back, while Shi Huang, after experiencing the initial shock and the rage of betrayal by his allies, knew that there was no way out today and that he could only fight to the death!
A dazzling stone-like light erupted from his body, and the unique imperial laws belonging to a Holy Spirit Prover surged forth, attempting to break through the suppression of Jiang Feng's invisible imperial might.
"The one confronting Jiang Feng is named Shi Huang, one of the current controllers of the Undying Mountain."
Long Li's voice was clear and melodious, with the unique magnetism of the dragon race. It was broadcast to millions of viewers through the live stream. "He is not human, but a holy spirit born of heaven and earth. He has attained the path of emperor and his combat power is among the top of the ancient emperors. What he holds in his hand is his natal imperial weapon - the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Halberd."
As Long Li explained, in the scene, the Stone Emperor roared, and the terrifying battle halberd in his hand, which was pitch black, covered with dragon-shaped Dao patterns, and whose blade gleamed with a destructive cold light, was completely revived!
The supreme imperial might swept across the starry sky, as if a world-destroying black dragon was roaring. Wherever the halberd pointed, large swathes of the void were annihilated, and stars fell!
This dragon-patterned black-gold halberd possesses the imperial laws of the Stone Emperor and contains the petrifying and sealing power of its holy spirit origin. Its power is terrifying, and it has drunk the blood of more than one ancient supreme being.
"This halberd, when combined with the Stone Emperor's forbidden secret technique, Imperial Sealing of the World, can temporarily imprison time and space, freeze an emperor of the same level, and deliver a fatal blow."
Long Li's tone was solemn, but the trust in Jiang Feng in her eyes remained undiminished. "However..."
Before she could finish speaking, the situation on the battlefield changed drastically!
Facing the fully revived, imposing, and seemingly poised to cleave through the chaos and reshape the earth, fire, water, and wind with a single strike, the dragon-patterned black-gold halberd came crashing down.
Jiang Feng finally made a move.
He did not use any weapons, nor did he display any earth-shattering supernatural powers.
Just as the devastating halberd light struck his body, he slowly raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and then... grabbed at the supreme imperial weapon that had shaken the ancient times and made even the supreme beings wary—the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Halberd.
Yes, bare-handed, to grab a fully revived supreme imperial weapon, driven by a furious ancient emperor!
"court death!"
Shi Huang's eyes flashed with ferocity as he frantically poured the last of his blood and the essence of his imperial power into his halberd, intending to cleave Jiang Feng in two with a single blow!
"clang--!!!"
A terrifying roar, like two ancient stars colliding or ten thousand celestial bells ringing in unison, shook the entire Mars star field!
The endless golden light and black halberd-like radiance swept outwards like the Big Bang at the beginning of the universe, turning countless meteorites and asteroids in the vicinity into dust!
However, the anticipated scene of the Heavenly Emperor's arm shattering and blood splattering across the starry sky did not occur.
As the golden and black light dissipated, the scene that was revealed left all who witnessed it speechless, their pupils shrinking to their limit! Whether it was the supreme being in the starry sky, the millions of viewers watching the live stream, or even Long Li, who was providing the commentary, they all uttered their last words.
In the starry sky, Jiang Feng still stood still, his black robes fluttering in the wind.
His right hand, with its long, strong fingers, was firmly and steadily gripping the sharpest blade of the dragon-patterned black-gold halberd, which radiated a chilling light capable of destroying the world!
He grabbed the blade of the ultimate imperial weapon with his bare hands!
Moreover, he looked so relaxed and carefree, as if he had just grabbed a swaying branch.
The terrifying halberd light, powerful enough to shatter stars and tear apart the universe, and the imperial law containing the power of "petrification and sealing," vanished without a trace the moment they touched his palm, failing to harm him in the slightest!
He didn't even scratch the skin on his palms!
"This...this is impossible!"
The sinister smile on Shi Huang's face froze completely, turning into boundless horror and absurdity!
He felt as if his imperial weapon was trapped in a frozen universe, and no matter how he activated it or how he unleashed the imperial origin, it remained completely still!
The five fingers gripping the halberd blade seemed to be billions of times stronger than celestial metal, containing the supreme power to suppress all the heavens and myriad paths!
"An imperial weapon? Nothing special."
Jiang Feng spoke calmly, his tone devoid of any emotion.
The next moment, under the horrified gaze of the Stone Emperor, and under the incredulous stares of the Supreme Being of the Samsara Sea, the Supreme Being of the Immortal Tomb, and others, Jiang Feng gently... squeezed the five fingers that were gripping the halberd blade.
"Click...click click..."
The teeth-grinding, soul-chilling sound of shattering echoed clearly throughout the starry sky!
The Dragon Pattern Black Gold Halberd, an ultimate imperial weapon forged from dragon-patterned black gold, which accompanied the Stone Emperor throughout his life of battle and drank the blood of the Supreme Being, began to crack like a spider web from the halberd blade that Jiang Feng had grabbed!
The cracks spread rapidly, instantly covering the entire halberd!
"No--!!!"
The Stone Emperor let out a desperate and unwilling roar. This imperial weapon was intertwined with his life and was an extension of his Dao. If the imperial weapon shattered, the foundation of his Dao would also suffer a severe blow!
However, it was all too late.
"Bang!"
A muffled thud, not particularly earth-shattering, seemed to toll the death knell.
That ancient and mighty dragon-patterned black and gold halberd was completely shattered with a gentle squeeze from Jiang Feng's five fingers!
It turned into countless black fragments shimmering with a dim golden light, like ordinary iron that had lost all its spirit, scattering and flying in all directions, eventually turning into dust in the cold universe, with no possibility of being reassembled!
"puff--!"
The instant the imperial weapon shattered, the Stone Emperor was struck as if by lightning, spitting out a mouthful of dark red imperial blood mixed with stone fragments. His aura plummeted like an avalanche, instantly weakening to the extreme, his eyes filled with endless fear, regret, and... bewilderment.
His path was broken.
Jiang Feng didn't even glance at Shi Huang, as if he had simply crushed an inconvenient toy.
He loosened his grip, letting the last fragments of the imperial weapon drift through his fingers, and calmly turned his gaze to the remaining supreme beings who were terrified and almost lost their will to fight because the stone imperial weapon had been crushed by his bare hands.
"Who else?"
Three words: plain and unremarkable.
This caused the several supreme beings to tremble, instinctively taking a half-step back. Their faces were devoid of any greed or killing intent, replaced only by boundless fear.
Crushing an ultimate imperial weapon with bare hands?
This is beyond their understanding of the "Emperor"!
This is a monster!
They are an invincible force!
"Wanlong! Qilin! And you lot!"
The Supreme Being of the Samsara Sea suddenly turned to the Myriad Dragon Emperor and the others who had been watching from the sidelines, his voice hoarse, filled with a final madness and resentment.
"Do you think you can rest easy by siding with him? He treats us this way today, and he might do the same to you tomorrow! On the path to immortality, we are all but ants! Why not join forces with us? Perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope!"
"Excellent! If we fight to the death and strive for the ultimate sublimation, we might be able to severely injure him! Then you can make your move, and we'll split the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Fruit equally!"
The Immortal Tomb Supreme also roared, attempting a final struggle and sowing discord.
However, faced with these words that were both tempting and threatening, Wanlong Emperor, Qilin Ancient Emperor, and the other supreme beings from the Primordial Ancient Mine simply exchanged glances, their faces revealing undisguised mockery and relief.
Emperor Wanlong spoke loudly, his voice echoing throughout the starry sky: "Stop spouting nonsense and bewitching people! His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor is unparalleled in benevolence. We have abandoned darkness for light, in accordance with the will of Heaven, to protect all living beings!"
The Ancient Emperor of Qilin sneered, "To be an enemy of His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor? That is the true path to death, to cut oneself off from heaven and earth! Your execution today is the cycle of heaven, retribution is inevitable! Fellow Daoists, what are you waiting for? Do you want His Majesty to personally deal with this filth?"
After saying that, the auras of the Myriad Dragon Emperor, the Qilin Ancient Emperor, and the other supreme beings of the Primordial Ancient Mine suddenly erupted. Although they had not reached the ultimate sublimation, the combined power of seven or eight ancient emperor-level beings was still terrifyingly powerful!
They took the initiative to step forward and subtly surrounded the remaining five or six Supreme Beings from the Reincarnation Sea, Immortal Tomb, and Divine Ruins. Clearly, they wanted to stop them for Jiang Feng, clean up their own ranks, show their loyalty, and prevent them from becoming desperate and interfering with Jiang Feng.
"You guys... are good! Good! Good!"
The Supreme Being of the Reincarnation Sea trembled with rage, knowing that even his last hope had been shattered.
A resolute madness flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to disregard everything and reach the ultimate sublimation, making a final gamble.