Chapter 1073: Lacerate
Mei Suyao smiled elegantly after hearing this ancestor. This faint smile exuded an incomparable beauty that swayed the minds of others. It was not without reason that people called her the prettiest girl in the Mortal Emperor World.
"Think twice?" She gently shook her head: "Fellow Ancestors should be the ones to reconsider. If you want to fight, this junior will take you on."
One person against eight ancestors — just how confident was Mei Suyao? Moreover, she spoke with such an insipid tone. This made many people quiver. They now understood that she was more powerful than they imagined, perhaps even more powerful than Jikong Wudi.
The eight ancestors from the ancient kingdom were rattled. Mei Suyao, a junior, wanted to fight the eight of them alone? This was truly not putting them in her sight at all.
One of the ancestors laughed out loud from acrimony and coldly uttered: "Very well, the Eternal River descendant is indeed incredible. It seems like this old man will have to check out your school's supreme techniques."
Mei Suyao was not afraid. She calmly stood there like an elegant fairy: "If Elders want to fight, I am ready."
Such a nonchalant demeanor revealed her confidence and power.
"Suyao." At this time, Li Qiye who had been sitting loftily on his palanquin waved for her. She didn't say anything and retreated to his side.
Such a scene left countless people envious and jealous. The number one beauty in the Mortal Emperor World was listening to each of his commands in such an obedient manner — this romantic luck was simply a lifelong pursuit for many people.
In their eyes, a life having a beauty like that would be a life without regrets.
Li Qiye raised his brows with disdain and dismissively said: "Good, since your Azure Mysterious Ancient Kingdom is acting so bullish, nothing can be better. I like slapping others who exaggerate themselves with no bounds the best."
With that, he gently waved his sleeve and ordered: "Children, tear them to pieces."
"Screech—" The dark monkeys kneeling on the ground instantly pounced at the eight ancestors. Their torrential numbers became a devastating onslaught.
"Kill them!" The eight ancestors were aghast and screamed as they attacked in unison. With a strike that carried enough power to move mountains and flips seas, split the sky and boil the ocean, they swept away the majority of the dark monkeys.
"Screech—" In just a moment, the screams of the monkeys echoed everywhere as the horde frantically tried to kill the ancestors.
The eight were immediately surrounded by the ocean of monkeys. Only monkeys could be found around them. Even their screeching howls were enough to kill a common expert.
What was even more frightening was that the dark monkeys that came out from the depths became increasingly powerful. In the back, Monkey Monarchs and even Monkey Kings were rushing forward.
One dark monkey was most likely not that powerful, but an endless number of them was truly frightening. Even a paragon could be easily torn to pieces. Plus, killing a dark cultivator at the Devil World was an extremely difficult matter.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The eight worked together to attack again, but due to the continuous onslaught from the monkeys, especially after the Monkey Kings joined the fray, they were overwhelmed and forced to retreat.
What's more was that after they split a group of monkeys apart, these monkeys would regenerate after a split second and continue to kill.
The ancestors were injured after a while. Some had scratched arms while others were bitten on the chest. One had his shoulder pierced completely.
These powerful ancestors couldn't stop the continuous onslaught and began to falter.
The crowd was trembling even though they had evacuated to a safe distance. Moreover, more monkeys jumped from the thick forest to join this battle, as if they were endless in numbers.
"Open!" This battle was too drawn out for their liking. The eight ancestors grew furious and worked together to use an imperial weapon, unleashing its power completely.
"Boom!" The weapon flew to the sky and swept away a large group of monkeys, causing their howls to ring throughout this world.
"Imperial weapons are truly invincible…" Someone murmured after seeing the successful attack.
However, it was too difficult to kill creatures like dark monkeys at the Devil World. Even the sweeping imperial weapon failed to do so.
"Squeak—" The sharp cries of the monkeys echoed again. In an instant, another wave of attacks surfaced to tear the ancestors apart.
"Rumble!" Under the crazed attacks from these monkeys, the ancestors had to shift from offense to defense. They couldn't unleash an endless amount of imperial power since it required a huge amount of blood energy.
Once the weapon shifted to defense mode, the monkeys couldn't break through the weapon despite the relentless barrage. This was the strength of an imperial weapon. It was not so simple to penetrate once it was readied.
At this time, Mei Suyao took one step forward with a righteous grand dao. The stars began to move with the sun and moon. The reincarnation cycle of life and death was accompanied by the six paths. In this grand dao, a new generation was born with a single thought, as if billions of creatures and Yin and Yang were merely part of the entire system. The Beginning and end existed at her whim.
Alaya Heavenly Fragrant Dao — this was the grand dao that Mei Suyao cultivated. She had reached a level of profundity that made even Li Qiye nod approvingly.
"Buzz!" She closed her fingers and myriad existences began to change. The stars were moved in the sky along with the other celestials. With a simple gesture, all defensive lines were no more. The imperial weapon seemed to be flipped over and the eight ancestors lost control.
"Boom!" The weapon was shot into the sky as if a giant threw away their imperial weapon.
"Ah!" Screams immediately rang out with blood splattering everywhere. Without their imperial weapon, the eight ancestors simply couldn't stop the waves of monkeys. They were eventually unable to hold on any longer and finally, the first ancestor fell.
"Ah!" More screams came about shortly afterward. All eight fell as their flesh was mangled and blood flowed, true to Li Qiye's command from earlier.
The crowd trembled after seeing this scene. They knew Li Qiye was pretending to be a Devil King, but no one thought that he would be able to order the dark cultivators in this realm.
Keep in mind the sheer number of dark cultivators here. Some of them were even comparable to Godkings. Moreover, Godkings had no way of killing these beings!
If Li Qiye could order them, then who would be able to stop his terrifying wishes? It would truly be meet god, slay god; meet devil, slay devil.
An old paragon shivered and commented: "One thought to become Buddha, another to become Devil. Why is he so heaven-defying? At the Buddhist Funeral Plateau, he was able to control its power. And now, at the Devil World, he can order the dark cultivators. It looks like he can rampage wherever he goes."
Mei Suyao was another cause for astonishment. She immediately flipped over an imperial weapon with her first move. To do so required an overwhelming amount of force.
"She is definitely much stronger than Jikong Wudi." Someone else whimpered.
Alas, even a genius as strong as her had decided to follow Li Qiye. This made many people here feel a cold chill. Remember that she came from a lineage with three emperors. Gaining her favor matter was much easier said than done, yet Li Qiye managed to recruit her.
From this, one could imagine just how powerful and terrifying he truly was.
After tearing the eight ancestors apart, Li Qiye waved his sleeve and ordered: "Okay, all of you can return."
The dark monkeys receded back into the thick forest like a tide. They crawled up the trees as if nothing had happened.
People held their breaths while watching this scene. Silence was commonplace with some in the crowd losing control of their legs from fear with blanched expressions.
Paragons from the previous generation were astounded as well. They would rather oppose imperial geniuses like Jikong Wudi instead of Li Qiye.
He looked at the blood flowing on the ground and insipidly stated: "How disappointing, I actually thought that the Azure Mysterious Ancient Kingdom would have some more powerful characters show up. After half a day, only these eight geezers actually came to play."
"Shen Menghui escaped." Chen Baojiao spoke.
Back during the fight between the ancestors and the monkeys, Shen Menghui noticed that the situation wasn't favorable, so he escaped without a care for anything else.
"Let him. I actually want to see if there are any more powerful existences here and if they would dare to protect my enemy." Li Qiye revealed a nonchalant smile.
Chapter 1074: Dark Maxim Palace
In the depths of the Devil World was a mountain that stood tall. It was not particularly towering or large, but it still gave the feeling that it was suppressing the heavens. Even gods and devils would retreat before its grandeur.
There was a palace at the summit. It was completely black and made from unknown rocks, giving it a very mysterious feel.
There were no luxurious decorations or immortal lights that soared into the sky. It could even be said that the palace was rather coarse and unadorned. The black pebbles acting as the foundation for the palace weren't polished, making it seem that they were found and built on-site.
However, such a seemingly simple palace gave off a suffocating pressure. Anyone who gazed at its presence on top of the mountain would feel this oppression.
The gate to this palace was forever locked, so no knew who was staying inside.
Dark Maxim Palace! This was the most mysterious place in the Devil World. The majority of the dark cultivators here didn't dare to come close to it.
Legend states that this palace used to be the location where the master of the Devil World gave orders to all of its inhabitants. Later on, it was also the gathering place of Devil Kings. However, newcomers hadn't seen the opening of the palace yet. No one knew the situation or what was inside.
There were many cultivators at the base of this mountain right now. They wanted to try climbing to the top.
There were rumors that the Dark Maxim Palace contained the Devil World's ultimate treasures and weapons. These weapons were even above Immortal Emperor True Treasures.
A tale claimed that as long as one could open the palace, they would be able to obtain the spoils inside.
Since the opening of the Lesser Imperial Devil World, a large group of people had come and tried, but they couldn't even climb to the top. Those who were able to still couldn't open the palace. There was no lack of God-Monarchs among them either.
At this time, the spectators were quite excited at the base of the mountain because the current climber was Jikong Wudi. They wanted to see if he would be able to open the Dark Maxim Palace or not.
Outside of the many experts, even Heavenly Emperor Lin, Zhan Shi, and the Jewel Pillar Mortal King were here.
Before Jikong Wudi, they had climbed to the top but failed to open the palace. However, this was not a shameful matter to them because there were no records of anyone having succeeded before.
"Thump! Clank! Thump!" Different sounds rang from the summit. Jikong Wudi activated different types of peerless methods to try and tap on the gate of the palace. However, regardless of his knocking, the palace remained closed.
Eventually, Jikong Wudi also gave up and descended from the mountain. He accepted his inability to open this palace.
No one mocked his failure due to the history of the inaccessible palace. It was not at all surprising for Jikong Wudi to fail.
"The real masters have all tried. I'm afraid this palace cannot be opened by anyone." Someone murmured.
"Maybe one person can." His friend added: "Fiercest might be able to. He is an unfathomable person, even climbing the Prime Peak back at the Godwar Mountain. Maybe he will create another miracle and open the Dark Maxim Palace."
The mentioning of his title alone caused many people's expressions to change.
Another quietly spoke: "I heard Fiercest has turned into a Devil King. I wonder if he will come here or not."
When the title Fiercest was brought up, many people here turned quite unhappy. The first to show a visible shift in demeanor was the Mortal King. His enmity towards Li Qiye was quite immense. Jikong Wudi's expression turned cold as well.
Zhan Shi and Heavenly Emperor Lin, on the other hand, were fine with it. Zhan Shi's expression remained aloof while Lin was as nonchalant and comfortable as ever.
"Even Fiercest will not be able to open the Dark Maxim Palace." The Mortal King coldly uttered with an oppressive momentum that soared to the sky. Anyone would be wary of him at this moment.
His battle intent was surging as he entered a peak state like a War God ready to enter a life or death match. It was a very suffocating aura.
Perhaps he was not the strongest among the supreme geniuses, but he was definitely the type who would never accept defeat. His overflowing self-confidence prevailed regardless of victory or defeat.
The speakers here immediately closed their mouths the moment the Mortal King spoke. The more timid ones didn't dare to add their own opinion.
Of course, there were also those who were dissatisfied with his bullish attitude. An expert quietly muttered: "If you want to act cool, then go find Fiercest and then do so."
"What did you say?" The Mortal King gave a chilling glare with a soul deterring force. Even an expert would obediently shut up under this pressure.
The king snorted and was determined to have vengeance. Recently, he had been fighting against the imperial troops nonstop. He used blood to train himself and was confident that he had surpassed his weakness. Thus, he was quite eager to challenge Li Qiye again.
Being thrice defeated by Li Qiye had been extremely humiliating to him. He could never breathe easy until he finally killed Li Qiye.
"Brother Jewel Pillar, Brother Jikong, save me!" While the mountain was quiet, someone quickly ran over and shouted from the distance.
This person instantly reached the area and noticed that everyone was here. He acted as if he had just seen his saviors and let out a sigh of relief.
The escapee shouted: "Brother Jewel Pillar, lend me a hand."
"Brother Menghui…" The Mortal King was surprised to see this person. Even Jikong Wudi nodded his head in greeting.
The three had a good relationship; the king and Shen Menghui were especially close.
After all, Shen Menghui came from the ancient kingdom that had two emperors. Anyone would be happy to befriend him. Moreover, his master was the most powerful ancestor, the Divine Ancestor. This was a mythical Godking. Furthermore, the Mortal King's school was far weaker than the ancient kingdom. In the future, he would require its assistance in many areas.
Earlier, the Mortal King was very uncomfortable, to the point of being annoyed when someone brought up Fiercest. But now, after seeing Shen Menghui running here with such a ragged appearance, his eyes lit up. It was time for him to release this anger on a punching bag, whoever they might be.
"Who hurt you, Brother Menghui?" The Mortal King spoke oppressively and raised his voice: "Don't you worry. No matter who did it, we will seek justice for you."
In his eyes, it didn't matter who hurt Shen Menghui. He was itching for a fight against an expert to sharpen himself, to use their blood to polish his will to fight. He needed this sensation. The stronger the enemy, the more exciting it was.
"Me." A languid answer came about. A palanquin was being carried into everyone's sight.
At this time, Mei Suyao's group was bringing the palanquin to the base of the mountain. Li Qiye sat on the palanquin and looked down on all existences as a supreme Devil King!
"Fiercest…" Someone shouted. Li Qiye's transformation into a Devil King was not a secret at this moment.
"Is that really Fiercest?" Others took a meticulous look at him and couldn't see how this Devil King ahead was related to Li Qiye at all. This devil was full of tyrannical evil energy.
However, true experts understood that Li Qiye was using the same principle as when he transformed into Buddha. This was the embodiment of the famous phrase in this area.
The crowd begrudgingly stared at the girls that were carrying his palanquin. Jikong Wudi's eyes became quite profound. Who knew what he was thinking at this moment.
There had been rumors of him trying to court Mei Suyao but being met with rejection. Another rumor stated that the Space Trample Mountain had gone to the Eternal River School to propose a marriage, but the school refused as well.
Jikong Wudi himself did not talk about this matter, but some insiders knew that he was indeed interested in Mei Suyao.
Even the unmoved Zhan Shi and the relaxed Heavenly Emperor Lin put on dignified expressions.
Putting the Dual Blade Beauties aside, just Mei Suyao alone was more powerful than them. Bai Jianzhen was once on the same level as them as well. But now, both of the girls were willing to carry Li Qiye's palanquin. This had an extraordinary significance.
Despite losing to Li Qiye before, both Zhan Shi's and Lin's hearts sank again. They once again realized that they had been underestimating Li Qiye.