Chapter 552: Bare Hand Blocking Emperor's Weapon
This treasure, the Declivity-Mountain Bell, made Li Qiye bat his eyelashes. He focused his gaze on the bell that hovered above the Saint Child's head.
Lan Yunzhu understood Li Qiye the best and immediately had a hunch that someone was about to suffer misfortune.
Everyone held their breaths while watching the scene in the sky. At this point, Li Qiye, the Ghost Insect Evil Child, and the Titanic Crescent Saint Child were confronting each other up above with a horrifying atmosphere. It felt like the unstoppable waves caused others to quiver. The Saint Child's Declivity-Mountain Bell and the Evil Child's Evil Bell exuded a suppressive aura that caused everyone's legs to become weak.
The Declivity-Mountain Bell was a supreme treasure and the Evil Bell was an emperor's weapon. Despite the evil energy fluttering around it, the emperor's aura that came from it was still part of the true imposing grand dao.
Under the suppression of the unparalleled divine and immortal aura, those with a weak cultivation quivered and some just sat powerlessly on the ground.
Even Heavenly Kings were astonished when faced with the pressure from two emperor's weapons. Their combined force was not a joke since even a Virtuous Paragon Life Treasure wouldn't be able to stop one blow.
"Take out your weapon now because there will be no chance later on." The Saint Child was sure of his victory as he coldly spoke.
Regarding being able to smash Li Qiye into smithereens, the Evil Child and Saint Child were extremely confident with their unbeatable weapons. Even if Li Qiye had his own, it would still be useless against two. This applied even if Li Qiye had an emperor's True Treasure because the Declivity-Mountain Bell was a supreme treasure no weaker than a True Treasure.
At this point, many looked at Li Qiye. Very few had seen him use any treasures in the past. In the battle outside the Snow-shadow Tribe, he only used his bare hands. Even his saber and sword were only made from ordinary metal.
People began to guess whether he had any heaven-defying weapons or not. If not, then he had no chance of winning against someone like Di Zuo or Tian Lunhui.
Others felt that Li Qiye was much stronger than the Saint Child and Evil Child, but without an emperor's weapon, he would be suppressed and destroyed by the Declivity-Mountain Bell and the Evil Bell.
"Weapon?" Li Qiye looked at the two of them and slowly spoke: "Do I need treasures to fight against you two? My bare hands are enough." With that, he waved his hands.
This answer caused the crowd to clamor.
"So cocky!" Everyone had seen his arrogance before, but using bare hands to block two unbeatable weapons was simply too much. Not to mention Li Qiye, even Long Zuntian — with his grand completion Diamond Saint Physique — wouldn't dare to say that he could fight against these two weapons barehanded.
The Evil Child burst out in laughter as he shouted: "Ignorant fool, die!" He then poured all of his energy into the Evil Bell, causing it to flash with a blinding glare. Innumerable deafening buzzing noises appeared as a Myriad Evil Insect flew out from inside.
It was extremely ugly and was decorated with thick bony outgrowths, causing others to shiver. Its two wings flapped out with an endless amount of energy as if it wanted to turn the Water Realm into a realm of evil.
Although this evil energy covered the sky, the Evil Bell still had the pure presence of an immortal emperor's grand dao grinding against the sky. These two different auras mixing together turned even Heavenly Kings pale as if their skins were being flayed and their souls were being siphoned by this gigantic insect.
Nearly all the cultivators lost their strength once this Evil Bell erupted. The flying Myriad Evil Insect above everyone's heads had an unstoppable pressure that even Heavenly Sovereigns couldn't ward off.
The lights that reflected from the Myriad Evil Insect's thorny bones seemed to pierce the souls of spectators, giving birth to an instinctive fear. The terrorizing divine presence of the Evil Bell was irresistible in the same realm unless the opponent also had an emperor's weapon.
"Boom!" After the Evil Child empowered his Evil Bell, the Saint Child also hurriedly activated the Declivity-Mountain Bell with his vast blood energy.
"Ding!" The bell's ringing could even destroy the souls of gods. With a loud roar, the Saint Child and Evil Child attacked Li Qiye together with their unbeatable weapons.
The Declivity-Mountain Bell rushed across the sky. Although the Declivity-Mountain Bell didn't have the same creepy aura as the Evil Bell, no one could interrupt its trajectory — meet gods, slay gods; meet devils, slay devils.
Li Qiye finally took action as the two weapons approached. Space fluctuated as Li Qiye rush towards the Declivity-Mountain Bell with great speed.
Even Lan Yunzhu was astonished at this sight, so it was needless to say about the rest of the crowd. Others would run before such an attack, let alone meeting it face forward.
Moreover, the first choice of attack should be towards the Evil Bell and not the Declivity-Mountain Bell since the latter was much stronger than the former.
Li Qiye ignored the weak to face the strong as he confronted this mountain-decorated bell. His hand met it head-on at an unbelievable angle.
Everyone was sent into a daze. They all expected that Li Qiye's hand would be tattered with blood or maybe even his body would be smashed into a pulp by the bell.
However, the unbelievable happened. Li Qiye met it with his hand and the bell spun a full circle around Li Qiye. He kept on using the bell's momentum and manipulated it to spin around instead of directly hitting his body.
His actions were perfect. Even an attack from a True Dragon would be redirected by his hand. This simple yet flawless change of force and trajectory was decisive and without any wasted movements.
The Saint Child was completely aghast as his expression greatly changed. Because of Li Qiye's forceful yet gentle redirection, the Declivity-Mountain Bell didn't listen to his commands to change its trajectory.
This was the Dragon-subduing Fist, an extremely ancient technique with a shocking origin that was given to Li Qiye by Huang Jiaofu.
It had two astonishing effects. The first was to stop a weapon and the second was to use softness to redirect any amount of force.
If one wished to block an attacking weapon, this move could weaken the offensive power layer by layer until it becomes blockable.
However, as for using softness to redirect the force, one could tell that Li Qiye's natural movement of his hand contained many mysterious transformations and allowed for one to take control of the weapon. 1
"Boom!" Space broke apart as the Myriad Evil Insect rushed forward. Even before its frightening thorny bones reached its target, they would already strike fear into the enemy, rendering them unable to have the strength to fight back.
Even a Heavenly King couldn't stop this great attack from the Evil Bell, this attack that carried an evil aura as well as the force of an emperor.
However, Li Qiye didn't even bother looking at the Evil Bell. His hand then pushed the Declivity-Mountain Bell towards the Evil Bell.
When it flew out, Li Qiye's blood energy soared to the sky. He then used the Resplendent Break to push the bell, causing it to light up.
This bell suddenly disappeared. In the endless sea realm, a majestic mountain appeared as if it was the tallest guardian mountain in the Nine Worlds.
With the Resplendent Break, the mountain unleashed its strongest attack as if an Immortal Emperor himself was using it. This attack could break the Nine Worlds, and even a Virtuous Paragon would become ashes if they tried to stop it.
This sudden change stunned everyone, including the ancestors from the great powers. In this second, the ancestors had an illusion that an Immortal Emperor had personally arrived, causing these old men to shiver. No one in their right mind would try to stop this attack from the Declivity-Mountain Bell.
"Bang!" At this moment, a deafening blast could be heard. The Saint Child had lost control of his own weapon as it used its strongest attack to smash the Evil Bell.
This attack illuminated the world, and even the cultivators from the other realms became shocked and trembled in fear.
A shrill scream emanated from the Myriad Evil Insect as it was blown into pieces. Then, the Declivity-Mountain Bell continued to hit the Evil Bell. The explosion was so loud that it was as if the entire Sacred Nether World was being torn apart. Even the ancestors couldn't stand straight from this impact.
The two unbeatable weapons slammed into each other, but the Declivity-Mountain Bell used its strongest and most heaven-defying attack, so even the Evil Bell — as an Immortal Emperor Life Treasure — was at a great disadvantage.
The Evil Bell was knocked backward as the shocked Evil Child was hit by it. This attack from the emperor's weapon caused him to become a rain of blood. He didn't even have the chance to scream.
552 TeaserThis treasure, the Declivity-Mountain Bell, made Li Qiye bat his eyelashes. He focused his gaze on the bell that hovered above the Saint Child's head.
Lan Yunzhu understood Li Qiye the best and immediately had a hunch that someone was about to suffer misfortune.
Everyone held their breaths while watching the scene in the sky. At this point, Li Qiye, the Ghost Insect Evil Child, and the Titanic Crescent Saint Child were confronting each other up above with a horrifying atmosphere. It felt like the unstoppable waves that caused others to quiver. The Saint Child's Declivity-Mountain Bell and the Evil Child's Evil Bell exuded a suppressing aura that caused everyone's legs to become weak.
The Declivity-Mountain Bell was a supreme treasure and the Evil Bell was an emperor's weapon. Despite the evil energy fluttering around it, the emperor's aura that came from it was still part of the true imposing grand dao.
[collapse] Basically Taijiquan, an internal Chinese martial art 武术 practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. ↩Chapter 553: Myriad Enemies Annihilated With A Wave Of The Hand
The Evil Bell was powerless even if it wanted to protect its master. The Declivity-Mountain Bell was already stronger than it, and now, that stronger bell even shot out its most powerful attack. The Evil Bell already had a difficult time saving itself, let alone saving the Evil Child. It was blown far away and disappeared in the endless sea.
During its uncontrollable descent, cracking sounds could be heard. It had definitely been cracked by the Declivity-Mountain Bell. It didn't stop even after falling into the ocean; it kept on flying at an extremely fast speed. Once it regained control, it decided to fly away since it didn't dare to stay any longer. Another strike from the other bell would completely shatter it despite it being an emperor's weapon.
After the long years, the Evil Bell had its own consciousness, so at this moment of life and death, it chose to run away as far as possible from the Declivity-Mountain Bell.
From Li Qiye leisurely changing the trajectory with his hand to the Resplendent Break and the impact between the two bells, everything happened too quickly.
In a minute, the Evil Child died a pitiful death and the Evil Bell had escaped. The Insect King Lineage and the Titanic Crescent Sacred Ground didn't have the chance to react.
Afterward, the Saint Child regained his senses and once again tried to establish a connection with the Declivity-Mountain Bell.
After sensing its existence again, he quickly reacted to regain control: "Return!"
However, before he could take back the reins, a beam of light shot forward, causing him to scream miserably: "Ahh!"
With no chance to fight back, he was struck by this beam of light as his blood spurted everywhere, resulting in his immediate death.
The Yin Yang Refining Immortal Mirror was hovering above Li Qiye's head since who knows when. It was a foreign dao treasure at the same level as an Immortal Emperor True Treasure. Without the Declivity-Mountain Bell protecting him, the Saint Child was not able to withstand even one blow.
With the death of the Saint Child, the Declivity-Mountain Bell had lost its master so Li Qiye reached out to grab it.
The group from the Titanic Crescent Sacred Ground regained their composure after seeing the bell with its new master. A group of experts then screamed out: "You dare?!"
They then all rushed forward.
"Boom!" A gigantic hand reached out, aiming to take the bell away from Li Qiye's hand. Universal laws accompanied this gigantic hand like a waterfall, giving this hand the power to crush all things. Not to mention sovereigns, even a Heavenly King wouldn't be able to stop this one blow.
"A Virtuous Paragon!" People shivered when they saw this gigantic hand. The strength of this hand clearly showed that an ancestor of the Titanic Crescent Sacred Ground had taken action.
This was an ancestor of an emperor's lineage — extremely terrifying and heaven-defying. Even an ordinary Virtuous Paragon could crush a Heavenly King like crushing an ant.
The Declivity-Mountain Bell heard the call of the sacred ground so it rattled, wanting to leave Li Qiye's hand.
Li Qiye ignored the group of experts soaring forward from the sacred ground as well as the approaching gigantic hand.
He threw out five bronze doors and shouted: "Seal!"
"Bang!" The five bronze doors came down from the sky and turned into five gigantic corners, sealing all the experts and even the ancestor of the sacred ground.
Heaven Sealing Pentagate! The five doors became one with five corners and trapped all the experts inside.
"Rumble!" From inside the newly erected walls formed by the five doors in five different corners came banging noises. The experts and the ancestor of the sacred ground wanted to break out.
Their impact created blaring noises, causing pain to the listeners.
"Boom!" Another huge blast occurred as an emperor's aura emanated all around these bronze walls. From the outside, one could sense this aura. Everyone was immediately filled with dread.
"An Immortal Emperor Life Treasure! The Titanic Crescent Ancestor is using an emperor's weapon!" A person quivered and shouted with a blanched expression.
A Virtuous Paragon wielding an emperor's weapon was a terrifying thing; their power could sweep through all things in this world.
But despite this, the ancestor still couldn't escape the Heaven Sealing Pentagate in a short period of time since this was an item that had once sealed a world.
"Chase it!" Amidst this development, another emperor's lineage, the Insect King Lineage, ignored the sacred ground's offensive and chose to chase the Evil Bell instead.
The sacred ground's problem had nothing to do with them. The Insect King Lineage was willing to give up the big fortune inside the pond because if they lost the Evil Bell, it would be an irrecoverable loss. To them, nothing was more important than the bell.
Li Qiye ignored the commotion in the Heaven Sealing Pentagate and used the Yin Yang Refining Immortal Mirror to pour down an endless stream of silk-like immortal light to wrap around the Declivity-Mountain Bell.
The bell kept on rattling and wanted to escape Li Qiye's control.
It was a heaven-defying item, but it was neither an emperor's weapon nor a true treasure personally refined by Immortal Emperor Ju Tian. It was not like the other life weapons that had imperial seals or a true weapon with a Heaven's Will seal.
Nevertheless, Immortal Emperor Ju Tian still left behind a mark on the bell so that it would have a connection to the sacred ground. Because of this, despite being suppressed by the immortal mirror, it still tried to escape.
Without the mirror, Li Qiye had no way of controlling the bell, let alone suppressing it. He didn't have too much time left since the Heaven Sealing Pentagate would not be able to imprison the Titanic Crescent Ancestor for much longer.
Li Qiye then used a drop of Longevity Blood that also contained a drop of Myriad Star Water. When this blood drop permeated the bell, it began to quiet down.
Li Qiye had used this method to unlock the imperial seal on Immortal Emperor Life Treasures before, so it was even easier to deal with the mark on this mountain bell.
Deep inside the Titanic Crescent Ancestral Ground, another ancestor lost his connection with the Declivity-Mountain Bell. He was startled and knew something terrible had happened as he exclaimed with shock: "Not good, the Declivity-Mountain Bell has been stolen!"
Li Qiye didn't have much time so he needed to finish this quickly. He took in the bell then rushed towards the Phoenix Maiden.
A bunch of ghost cultivators with boiling blood wanted to stop him. They shouted: "You have to ask us first before harming the Phoenix Maiden!"
The majority of them were young since the sly foxes didn't want to die in her place.
"As you wish!" Li Qiye was too lazy to look at them since he wanted to end everything quickly. With the Hell Suppressing Godly Physique activated, space shook once again!
"Bang, bang, bang…!" All the ghost cultivators that were protecting the maiden were blown away; all of this happened in just one second. They all turned into blossoming flowers of blood that had a strange and dazzling beauty.
With the cry of a phoenix, the maiden also rushed forward. She mustered all of her strength for an attack.
"Boom!" However, before she could get close, she was already sent flying away, spilling blood. She was not a match for Li Qiye before, let alone now when his two Immortal Physiques were activated.
Before she could fall to the ground, Li Qiye already had her by the neck!
This scene shocked everyone, especially the ghost cultivators. Everyone gasped but no one dared to take action at this moment.
The Insect King Lineage had left and the Titanic Crescent Sacred Ground was temporarily entrapped so no other great powers dared to act recklessly. Just thinking about the Declivity-Mountain Bell in Li Qiye's possession already left them shivering. Moreover, the royal lords and wily ancestors would not risk their lives against Li Qiye for the Phoenix Maiden.
These big shots only showed their agreement with the maiden to incite the crowd for a chance to kill Li Qiye. Only ordinary cultivators and young geniuses would trust the words of the maiden and become willing to heroically die for her.
The old and experienced cultivators knew when to move forward and when to let go.
Right now, Li Qiye had an emperor's weapon. No one wanted to fight Li Qiye to save the maiden. It was a shame that the experts from the Myriad Bones Throne weren't here to save her.
Li Qiye gripped her neck and slowly spoke: "Now it is time for last words if you have any."
The Phoenix Maiden took a deep breath; she became even calmer when death approached. She closed her eyes and inadvertently shed a tear. Finally, she ended with this sentence: "Please, everyone, tell Di Zuo to not avenge me!"
At this moment, she understood that she had taken one wrong step and lost the whole board. If she left with Long Zuntian earlier, then she would still have had a chance. Or, if she chose to acquiesce completely even earlier, then she could have changed this feud with Li Qiye into friendship. This battle just now enlightened her of Li Qiye's means, and she also understood why Long Zuntian chose to leave. But now, it was all too late!
Therefore, she left such last words because she knew that if her husband tried to fight Li Qiye, it would not end well. After having come this far, the maiden only wanted Di Zuo to live on. It was fine if he couldn't become an Immortal Emperor. Becoming a top Virtuous Paragon was enough, there was no need to compete with Li Qiye to become an Immortal Emperor!