Chapter 919: "Killing Intent" from Xuanyujun

BOOM—!!!

The black energy, like a crescent moon, carved another gap into the shattered Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path, breaking through its pyramid-like exterior and sweeping away the lead-gray clouds of the Gray World firmament!

Jian Changsheng, Sun Bumian, and Bai Ye, who had just escaped the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path, looked back and saw this scene, the corners of their mouths twitching slightly...

"Is this Xuanyujun’s attack... a bit too flashy?"

"Flashy or not, that’s beside the point." Bai Ye looked at the collapsing suspended pyramid and said helplessly, "This lost ancient treasury, which only reappeared after hundreds of years, seems to be disappearing completely..."

"Will the Divine Path Ancient Treasury really disappear?"

"The Divine Path Ancient Treasury itself is just a storage device. Once destroyed, it will naturally disappear... But the foundation of the Divine Path cannot be destroyed even by a demigod. However, without the ancient treasury as a carrier, no one knows where the foundation will go."

Bai Ye was silent for a moment, then looked up at the sky of the Gray World. "Perhaps... it will return to the Divine Path Star?"

Sun Bumian was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of a bandaged figure lying motionless among the falling ruins of the ancient treasury, falling straight down along with a pile of dirt and debris. He was stunned.

"Is that..."

……

The black energy gradually dissipated in the air.

The Martial Emperor’s body had been completely slashed open, gradually dissipating amidst the black flames. Those hollow eyes looked indifferently at Xuanyujun in front of her, as if she wanted to etch him into her heart.

The remnants’ unwilling roars were carried into Xuanyujun’s ears along with the gale.

Xuanyujun frowned, seemingly finding it noisy, and swung his sword again, tearing them into pieces completely!

"A bunch of remnants, even forgotten how to speak, just know how to scream, scream, scream... so noisy." Xuanyujun snorted coldly and waved his hand to disperse the longsword in his hand.

Xuanyujun looked back. The entire "Flying Dragon in the Sky" was already shattered. Those once-standing monuments had almost all been swallowed by the black hole, leaving only the highest one standing alone, desolate and ruined.

However, since the emperor remnants had all dissipated along with the Martial Emperor’s death, it didn't matter whether these mountain peaks remained or not.

He was about to turn and leave when his figure suddenly blurred strangely, like a television screen with poor signal, and his footsteps froze in mid-air...

"Time is up, then." Xuanyujun looked at his hand, which was blurring like a snowy screen, and said calmly,

"Fortunately, the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path has been destroyed, and the foundation has disappeared... This mission can be considered a complete success. No embarrassment caused."

Thinking of this, Xuanyujun’s back straightened even more.

Just then, he caught a glimpse of a figure flashing past in the desolate "Flying Dragon in the Sky," and his eyebrows arched slightly...

"Oh, forgot about him..."

Xuanyujun looked at his gradually blurring body, estimated the time, and then flickered, disappearing from the spot.

He didn't notice that after he left, on that highest mountain peak, a figure wearing an imperial robe slowly outlined itself from the void...

"Sigh..."

A sigh rang out softly.

He stood on the lonely mountain peak, calmly overlooking this world that was gradually collapsing. As the ancient treasury disintegrated, his figure also gradually turned into points of light, seemingly about to dissipate soon.

"A bunch of remnants, unable to accomplish anything—that was expected..."

"But the departure of the foundation and the collapse of the ancient treasury were unexpected... In today’s world, all kinds of extraordinary people have emerged. If I hadn't left a backup plan, I fear I would have already met with disaster."

"But... with the ancient treasury disintegrated, this soul is a rootless duckweed. It should be resolved as soon as possible."

He stood on the peak, his gaze seemingly seeing something. He raised his hand and grabbed into the air in the direction where the Martial Emperor had dissipated, then fell toward the collapsing lower world.

……

Chen Ling stepped on [Cloud Steps], walking toward the outside of the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path while searching for traces of Bai Ye and the others.

After the foundation of the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path disappeared, Chen Ling, like the Martial Emperor, no longer had the favor of the foundation. The power he had originally obtained vanished like smoke, like a dream.

But the imperial robe on his body and the occasional imperial pressure he exuded were retained.

He walked a few steps, and the hair on his body suddenly stood up. He stopped in his tracks, alert!

A white-clad figure, carrying a gale, landed slowly in front of him... The next moment, the pressure of a Nine Lord level figure pressed down on Chen Ling’s shoulders like a vast mountain!

"Almost forgot... there’s still one [Emperor] left."

Xuanyujun’s voice rang out leisurely. He casually summoned into the void, and a longsword filled with destructive energy slowly took shape.

Violent particles flowed in the air, and a wisp of killing intent remained locked onto Chen Ling...

The purpose of Xuanyujun’s trip was to destroy the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path and prevent a new [Emperor] from being born. Now that the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path was ruined and the Martial Emperor had been killed, only Chen Ling was still walking down the road swaggering in an imperial robe...

Whether Chen Ling counted as an [Emperor], Xuanyujun didn't care, but it was true that he could mobilize the power of the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path.

Chen Ling’s heart sank to the bottom!

Oh no, did he bet wrong?

Ji Xuan was indeed not in the Wuji Lord’s camp, but was he also an enemy?

[Audience Expectation +3]

[Current Expectation: 67%]

The expectation value, which hadn't risen for a long time, suddenly jumped as Chen Ling once again faced a life-and-death crisis, making Chen Ling so angry he almost cursed.

These viewers, they don't like to watch anything else, they just love watching him get hacked to death, right?!

With Chen Ling’s current state, how could he possibly be a match for a peak Nine Lord who had just dismantled the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path... His brain worked at high speed, trying to find a glimmer of a way to break the situation.

"Ji Xuan! I consider us old acquaintances, do you really want to kill me?" Chen Ling said coldly,

"If you kill me, Lu Xun and Su Zhiwei will definitely avenge me!"

"Old acquaintances?" Xuanyujun sneered. "I don't think our friendship is that deep... As for Lu Xun and Su Zhiwei, if they want to avenge you, let them come. Do you think I’m afraid of them?"

“……”

Is this guy really immune to both soft and hard tactics?!

Chen Ling’s expression grew even uglier. He tried to say something else, but the longsword in Xuanyujun’s hand slowly raised...

"Prepare to die."

The longsword slashed down violently!

Terrifying pressure locked onto Chen Ling. In this instant, his mind went blank, and he couldn't react at all. Just as he instinctively closed his eyes, the terrifying energy aura dissipated in mid-air...

A palm patted Chen Ling’s shoulder gently.

Chen Ling opened his eyes in a daze, only to see Xuanyujun, whose whole body was as blurry as snowflakes, looking at him like a prankster, unable to stop laughing:

"Hahahahahaha, Director Chen, you actually believed it?!"

"I was just teasing you!!!"

Chen Ling: ????????