After Chapter 78, I will be the King of Yue.
After Chapter 78, I will be the King of Yue.
What?
The King of Yue was shocked.
He practiced demonic and evil arts, so even though he had never seen the Myriad Soul Banner, he could sense its terrifying power. It takes countless lives to forge even one such spiritual weapon, yet he possessed seven. Who exactly is this person?
Even the self-proclaimed ruthless King Yue felt a chill run down his spine, believing Gu Yan to be even more vicious and inhuman than himself. If Gu Yan knew, he would surely feel extremely wronged; after all, he hadn't created this; he had merely inherited the legacy of his demonic predecessors.
"Who exactly are you?" King Yue's voice trembled. Each of these seven banners was no less than a weapon of the highest rank. Judging from their appearance, the seven banners were forged together and were a combination of weapon-type spirit weapons. He dared not imagine the power they would have after being combined.
What kind of power can possess such a spiritual weapon?
He thought of four families and five sects, but who were they? Which one?
"Li He, Li Changji."
Layer upon layer of illusory sounds echoed in the sky. A young man in black robes with flowing hair waved his hand, and blood-red light emanated from the seven banners of ten thousand souls. Then, seven chilling and terrifying black winds emerged from the banners, containing billions of souls. The King of Yue was shocked, his face turning ashen.
Among these billions of souls, the main souls are seven humans or demons at the Void Refinement stage. Where were these seven main souls captured, and what dynasty were they from? Gu Yan didn't know.
Seven gusts of yin wind resembled seven black wind dragons, within which were countless soul-refining beings. These soul-refining beings rushed towards King Yue. King Yue was terrified and channeled all his power into the demon god phantom behind him, allowing the demon god phantom to take the blow in his place. Then, he transformed into a streak of blood-red light and rushed towards the palace.
The palace's defensive array was set up by hundreds of high-level array masters working together; even if a Spirit Venerable were to arrive, it would only hold out for a short time. Even if the defensive array were to break, there were still the palace guards and maids inside; by sacrificing them, they could hold out for a while. As long as one stayed inside the palace and tried to ask Empress Fuyao for help, one might be able to save their life.
The moment the demon god's phantom shattered, King Yue rushed into the palace's grand formation. His body trembled, and he coughed up blood, suffering a backlash.
Ignoring his injuries, he roared, "Activate all thirty-six layers of barriers..."
Before he could finish speaking, a deafening roar was heard, and the defensive array surrounding the palace shattered, breaking apart like a mirror.
King Yue and everyone else were shocked. Even if the defensive array was only half activated, or even if it wasn't fully deployed, it should normally be able to withstand the strong attacks of ten early-stage Spirit Emperors for half a month. How could this be...?
A direct assault would indeed be quite troublesome.
But Gu Yan was very good at array formations, and he could tell where the flaws and weaknesses were just by looking at them.
The horrified King Yue turned around, a beam of red light shooting out from his body. Blood gushed from his mouth as he looked down and saw a ghostly claw pierce his chest and crush his heart.
He slowly looked up and saw a young man in black robes with black hair looking down at him coldly like the Grim Reaper. The seven soul banners were filled with demonic energy and ghostly mist.
One of the Myriad Soul Banners emitted a blood-red light, and Yue King Gu Lan's primordial spirit was forcibly dragged into the Myriad Soul Banner. No matter how he howled, it was meaningless.
Although King Yue Gulan was only at the early stage of the Spirit Emperor Realm, he was just an ordinary early-stage Spirit Emperor. Let alone him, even a mid-stage Spirit Emperor would be finished against the Seven Myriad Soul Banners.
These seven Soul Banners are only one-third of the total number of Soul Banners Gu Yan possesses. Gu Yan was also quite surprised. How did the predecessors refine so many Soul Banners? The number of souls inside those Soul Banners already exceeded the total population of all dynasties, but the souls inside were definitely not of the Huaxia race, Gu Yan was very certain.
Dead!
The entire palace was deathly silent!
No one could believe it. His Majesty... just like that, he died?
The tyrant is dead? Is that true?
Is that tyrant really dead?
The palace was deathly silent; no one dared to answer.
Gu Yan put away the Seven Soul Banners, but the immense spiritual pressure still weighed heavily on everyone. He looked down at the uneasy crowd below:
"From this day forward, I will be the King of Yue!"
Everyone froze, but some quickly recovered. The first to react was the Grand Eunuch Su, who bowed sharply towards Gu Yan in the air: "This servant Su Sheng greets Your Majesty!"
Then everyone else knelt down, including the Grand Commander Huo Yun, and shouted in unison:
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
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The palace gates were tightly shut, and thousands of candles burned quietly within. In the center of the hall, a young man dressed in black was meditating. His appearance was exquisitely beautiful, like a jade statue under the lamplight.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew in from somewhere and extinguished most of the candles.
The light in the hall dimmed instantly, and a stunningly beautiful woman with silver hair and red eyes appeared. She wore a light gauze dress, with jeweled bracelets on her snow-white wrists and silver bells on her jade feet. The jade belt wrapped around her arms flowed like mist.
Umir, who had not appeared for a long time, has appeared.
Gu Yan, who was meditating, suddenly opened her eyes.
"Master, the way you went on your killing spree today made me so thirsty~"
Her alluring voice was captivating, and the silver-haired, red-eyed devil breathed sweetly into Gu Yan's ear, her slender white hands already climbing onto Gu Yan's shoulders.
She made a suggestive sound, pressing her body against Gu Yan's back. A murderous glint flashed in Gu Yan's eyes as he grabbed her arm and slammed her to the ground. A loud bang shook the entire palace; the guards outside were startled, but none dared to enter.
No one knew what kind of person this new emperor was. However, recalling his terrifying techniques and the bizarre spiritual weapons that had been forged at the cost of countless lives, he was certainly not a good person.
It's best not to break in without a summons.
Inside the main hall, cracks appeared all over the floor.
The stunningly beautiful woman with silver hair and red eyes was being choked and pressed to the ground. The ground beneath her sank, and spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards from her.
The stunningly handsome young man, who was holding her tightly, had an utterly indifferent expression.
"Are you ever going to stop being annoying?"
Every so often, she would try to create a clone to harass him. Although these weak clones posed no threat to him, they were incredibly annoying.
"I...I missed you so much! You haven't seen me in so long, and you're hurting me so much..." Umir looked pained and reached out to grab Gu Yan's wrist.
Gu Yan was utterly disgusted by her affected manner. Red light surged from her hands, and the Samadhi True Fire ignited the clone. Umir's clone vanished in the flames, and her laughing voice reached Gu Yan's ears:
"You're not suited to cultivating immortality, you're suited to cultivating demonic arts, hehe~"
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