Chapter 891: Decapitating Godkings
As death approached, the Imperial Grandchild’s fear reached new heights and he had to shout: "Li Qiye, if you kill me, my Stony Edge Kingdom will never let this go!"
Although his lifespan was depleted, there would always be hope if he continued to live on instead of dying in this manner!
"The Stony Edge Kingdom?" Li Qiye looked at him and cheerfully smiled: "I'm sorry, but I am planning on trampling your kingdom soon afterward. A bunch of old geezers cultivated such a worthless genius! A great piece of Luminous Mirrorstone was wasted by all of you!"
With that, he was too lazy to look at his prisoner and commanded the basilisk: "Okay, commence the execution."
The basilisk brought out three sets of guillotines from seemingly nowhere and slightly bowed towards the three before smiling: "Grandpas, for every grievance, someone is responsible; for every debt, there is a debtor. Please don't turn into ghosts and haunt me after death."
The three prisoners all had cold expressions. There was no chance of them escaping death today, so they only wanted for this to go faster to lessen the humiliation.
The entire scene was silent at this point. This situation was the epitome of shocking. Three grand existences that were comparable to Godkings were captured alive and were about to be executed — just how unbelievable was this?
Some people here had seen countless things and weathered uncountable waves, but they were still left in awe of this scene.
No one had ever seen God-Monarch or Godking level existences being decapitated before. Outside of Immortal Emperors, no one else could carry out such a terrifying act. The decapitation of three Godking level characters was definitely something that would deter the world. In the future, anyone in the Stone Medicine World would take the long way around whenever they saw Li Qiye. If he even dared to kill Godkings, what could he possibly be afraid of?
At this time, the three prisoners were pushed into position under the guillotines. They held cold demeanors and remained silent.
The Stone-Dragon God didn't really mind. He was someone who could handle defeat, so he told the basilisk: "Hurry up, kid. Give me a swift end, I'll appreciate it even after becoming a ghost."
"I can rest assured now that Senior has said that!" The basilisk released the blade.
"Pluff!" The head of the Stone-Dragon God rolled very far. A genius that had once competed against an Immortal Emperor was now dead.
Next was the Imperial Grandchild. His head also rolled for quite a while. When it was the Unbreakable Emperor's turn, he unwillingly shouted: "No!"
However, the blade still came down and his head still rolled. His eyes were wide open since he couldn't accept this ending!
His title was Unbreakable, unkillable even by Immortal Emperors. But now, a junior decapitated him in front of everyone. This was the biggest humiliation of his life!
Everyone was silent at this moment. No matter how powerful and arrogant one might be, they wouldn't necessarily be stronger than the Unbreakable Emperor. But now, what was his end? He was still decapitated so that Li Qiye could make a point.
"People have been challenging my authority until now. Very well, today, I will let everyone see the result of those who oppose me!" Li Qiye glanced at everyone around Bi'an City and spoke: "I welcome all challengers! But, before challenging me, remember to bring a sharp executioner’s sword so that we won't have to bother people to find us some guillotines!"
This was met with silence. No one dared to say anything as Li Qiye's eyes swept through the crowd, causing them to tremble with fear. They knew they were nothing compared to the Unbreakable Emperor.
The silent crowd all felt chills as they looked at Li Qiye. His moniker, Fiercest, would now terrorize the world.
"Very well, the punishment has been carried out. It is time for the rewards." Li Qiye chuckled and opened his bamboo basket. Treasures and weapons fell out one after another. These items were all from the captured members of the alliance.
Among them was no shortage of Virtuous Paragon weapons. A few were even of the God-Monarch level.
Li Qiye divided these weapons to the many experts from the Jian Clan and the Beastmaster Citadel: "I kill my enemies without showing mercy, but I never mistreat those who pledge loyalty to me."
Both of these were imperial lineages. Their experts had no lack of treasures, but none of them could be like Li Qiye who had no room for even more. Many of these rewards were quite good. Moreover, if those from the older generation had no use for such treasures, they could still give them to their disciples.
"Hurry up and thank His Excellency." The smartest one here was still the Dragon-Tiger Monarch. He was a sensible person, so he immediately told his sect to show their gratitude.
Although the Jian Clan Master was a brute, he was not foolish and learned from the Dragon-Tiger Monarch's actions. He also told his sect to thank Li Qiye.
The process of handing out the rewards made many cultivators outside drool in jealousy, especially when the God-Monarch level weapons were bestowed. These were the defining treasures for a few great powers! But now, Li Qiye was using them as mere rewards — just how generous was he?
Some of the spectators were full of regrets as well. If they knew that this would happen, they would have pledged allegiance to Li Qiye. It would have been a hundred times better than pledging allegiance to Ye Qingcheng!
"Old turtle." After rewarding the Jian Clan and the citadel, Li Qiye called for the old turtle who was hiding behind the four-eyed basilisk.
"Great immortal, this lowly one, lowly one is right here…" The old turtle immediately came forward after hearing his name and prostrated straight on the ground while shivering in fear.
Li Qiye glanced at him and nodded: "You did a good job as my driver for the last few days. Very well, I will allow you to return to the Quicksand River and also grant you one treasure."
He shook his bamboo basket and a treasure fell down. It was the bronze bell that belonged to the Stone-Dragon God.
The old turtle didn't dare to believe his own eyes after this bell fell straight into his hands. This was the true fate weapon of the dragon god, an existence that had competed against Immortal Emperor Ta Kong!
He wouldn't even dream about this type of treasure before, but Li Qiye actually gave him one today.
"This lowly one will never forget great immortal's generosity and will worship you for generations…" The old turtle bowed his head nine times and was moved to tears.
He was forced to be Li Qiye's driver so he had never thought about a reward. He was happy enough that Li Qiye chose to spare his life, so now this gift that was simply unimaginable made him feel grateful to the point of crying! The level of envy in the air was at an all-time high. The old turtle was only an ordinary little demon, but Li Qiye gave him such an extraordinary treasure!
"Hehehe, Boss, what about this lowly one?" The four-eyed basilisk cheekily asked for a treasure.
"Don't be ridiculous!" His sister couldn't help but yell at her brother. She was very wary of Li Qiye at this moment. A monster like him was definitely an existence who could destroy a sect with the lift of a single finger!
"Mmm, your Basilisk Tribe has always been sensible, and since you followed me, I'm going to treat you well. Of course you will have a piece of the good stuff." Li Qiye liked the guy so he nodded his head in agreement.
Having said that, he floated up to the battlefield. With a buzz, he instantly summoned the pentagate and the five ancient creatures rushed out from within.
Celestial Sunbird, Moon Eating Wolf, Star Devouring Ant, Heaven Shrouding Eagle, and Earth Sealing Rat — these ancient beasts sat there, sealing the entire domain as they waited.
Under their empowerment, the battlefield was solidified and nothing could shake or destroy it!
Right when everyone had no clue of what Li Qiye was doing, Li Qiye shook his basket and four Immortal Emperor Life Treasures fell out.
These four life treasures were from Taiyang Wang, the Crystallized Sea Prime Saint, the Imperial Grandchild, and the Unbreakable Emperor. When they were captured, these four treasures were trapped by the Immortal Plucking Annihilation as well.
Compared to a true treasure like the Coiling Dragon Banner, these four life treasures were much weaker. A true treasure like the banner had an even greater intelligence compared to them. Earlier, when the basket opened, the banner knew that the situation was bleak and instantly fled. Conversely, these four treasures did not choose to escape.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" After being released, they thought about escaping as well and slammed into the pentagate. However, they were only weapons. Without a user, their power was severely restricted; they couldn't exude their invincible imperial auras, thus they couldn't escape from the containment.
"Buzz!" Li Qiye's World Seal changed again and took the shape of another pentagate.
"Boom!" A boundless light illuminated the sky. The same five ancient beasts came out from the World Seal and emitted an immemorial beastly aura as if they were divine beasts that had reigned over an ancient age.
At this moment, the five ancient beasts turned into five different supreme grand dao. As they resonated together with the surrounding area, the grand dao suppressed the entire battlefield. Under these five grand dao and the original pentagate, the battlefield suddenly became indestructible.
891 TeaserAs death approached, the Imperial Grandchild’s fear reached new heights and he had to shout: "Li Qiye, if you kill me, my Stony Edge Kingdom will never let this go!"
Although his lifespan was depleted, there would always be hope if he continued to live on instead of dying in this manner!
"The Stony Edge Kingdom?" Li Qiye looked at him and cheerfully smiled: "I'm sorry, but I am planning on trampling your kingdom soon afterward. A bunch of old geezers cultivated such a worthless genius! A great piece of Luminous Mirrorstone was wasted by all of you!"
With that, he was too lazy to look at his prisoner and commanded the basilisk: "Okay, commence the execution."
The basilisk brought out three sets of guillotines from seemingly nowhere and slightly bowed towards the three before smiling: "Grandpas, for every grievance, someone is responsible; for every debt, there is a debtor. Please don't turn into ghosts and haunt me after death."
These are what I imagine the guillotines look like. The three in this picture are from Justice Bao. Yes the judge’s name is Bao. The dog one is for commoners, the tiger one is for officials, and the dragon one is for royalty.
[collapse]Chapter 892: Destroying Imperial Weapon
Pentadao Timeless Seal — this was the ultimate defense of the Heaven Sealing Pentagate. This move was definitely not weaker than a Heavenly Annihilation from an Immortal Emperor True Treasure. If anything, it was likely to be stronger. Keep in mind that in an archaic age, this technique had sealed an entire world! 1
"…" Even the treefather was shocked to see this level of sealing as he murmured: "Who could escape such a seal?"
As the Pentadao Timeless Seal approached, the four imperial weapons crazily slammed into the walls even harder. They could feel the danger, but they couldn't even break through the initial layer, let alone the ultimate defense from the pentadao technique. They were simply ants futilely trying to push down a tree.
Li Qiye glanced at the four weapons and chuckled: "I'll give all of you one chance. Unlock your imperial seal and I will spare you!"
The four weapons paused for a moment but chose to ignore Li Qiye and continued on slamming into the pentagate. Although life treasures were not as spirited as true treasures, they were still gestated by the auras of emperors, so they still had a certain degree of intelligence.
"Fine, you chose to give this chance up!" Li Qiye smiled. With that, the World Seal changed again. It took the shape of a cauldron with a stately aura. This was another treasure from the Alchemy Kingdom, the Brightflame Imperial Cauldron!
"Clank!" The cauldron opened and poured down the most terrifying and overbearing flame in this world, a flame capable of burning down myriad realms and their gods and devils. Even the strongest beings would be burned to ashes by this flame.
"Oh god, this is the legendary Karmic Flame!" A great power's ancestor paled and fell flat to the ground: "Legend states that even a single spark of this flame could burn down a great power!"
Although the ancient battlefield was sealed by both the pentagate and the Pentadao Timeless Seal, everyone outside could feel this terrifying flame. Even the Allpine Treefather blinked in the face of this flame.
"This is the cauldron's Heavenly Annihilation, Karmic Imperial Flame, the most tyrannical fire in this world!" Even Old Eight's expression blanched before this attack.
This attack was created by Immortal Emperor Zhuo Huo from bringing together the strongest karmic flames in this world. He then used the Heaven's Will to refine them, culminating in its final form. This flame could incinerate all things!
At this time, Li Qiye had sealed one of the four imperial weapons. The Karmic Flame came crashing down and engulfed this weapon in an instant and madly burned it up.
Even an imperial weapon couldn't withstand the destructive properties of this flame. It took on a crimson red hue before liquefying. Although it still maintained its form, it couldn't last much longer.
"Boom!" In this instant, the weapon exuded an endless imperial power. Before destruction, the imperial aura within awakened. A shadow emerged as if an Immortal Emperor had arrived in person.
"The imperial aura won't do either!" Li Qiye shouted.
"Boom!" The Declivity-Mountain Bell was in his hand. A scintillating light bloomed as Li Qiye unleashed the Resplendent Break in conjunction with the bell.
The bell released an invincible strike. It could only be stronger than a Heavenly Annihilation, not weaker!
This majestic mountain came flying, causing the nine skies to tremble. On top of this divine mountain was a supreme Buddha. As the mountain came crushing down, the Buddha on top performed an offensive mudra that could destroy millions of demons in an instant!
Divine Mount Meru — this was the ultimate attack of the Declivity Mountain Bell, an attack much more terrifying than a Heavenly Annihilation performed by Li Qiye's World Seal. 2
"Oh god, this is another true Heavenly Annihilation!" Even those distant to the ancient battlefield could feel this terrifying attack and were scared out of their minds.
"This doesn't make any sense, how can he unleash Heavenly Annihilations so easily?" Even someone as confident as Mei Aonan was aghast at Li Qiye's ease of using these ultimate attacks!
Her brother, Mei Aoxue, remained aloof and quiet. Although one couldn't tell anything from his expression, his eyes narrowed a bit! He was a heaven's proud son and had the Jade Dragon Whip. However, it was very difficult for him to unleash Heavenly Annihilations while it was as easy as eating a meal for Li Qiye!
"Bang!" Even the imperial aura within couldn't withstand this Heavenly Annihilation and instantly shattered. The weapon was already having a hard time holding out against the scorching flame, so after being struck by the bell, it broke right away.
"Buzz!" The World Seal turned into a black light that engulfed everything. The shattered imperial weapon was instantly devoured!
Extinguish — this was the Immortal Devouring Evil Jar's ultimate attack. Everything would be rendered into nonexistence after this attack came out!
Eventually, the black light disappeared and strands of ashes fell onto the ground. An imperial weapon was completely destroyed before everyone. They became completely speechless.
Meanwhile, the remaining three weapons no longer slammed into the pentagate. They floated there and didn't dare to move. Li Qiye made a good example of the fate of that destroyed weapon earlier!
"This is your last chance. Either be destroyed like that weapon earlier or unlock your imperial seals and let me do as I please!" Li Qiye insipidly said: "Of course, feel free to struggle and attack. I don't mind. Not to mention that you all won't be able to unleash Imperial Massacres, even if you were able to, you still won't be able to escape the fate of being destroyed by Heavenly Annihilations!"
Life treasures were weaker after all. Imperial Massacres couldn't compare to Heavenly Annihilations in power!
"Click, click, click…" Three unlocking sounds appeared. The life treasures finally surrendered and released their imperial seals. They meekly fell into Li Qiye's hands just like that.
At the same time, the Crystallized Sea Sect, the Stony Edge Kingdom, and the Heavenhoof Ravine became dismayed after the imperial seals were gone. Their imperial weapons had been lost!
"So dominating…" Even ancestors felt their legs giving in before this scene. Godkings themselves would find it difficult to force imperial weapons into submission.
However, Li Qiye was able to force them to obediently give up their seals and surrender!
"God, I would kill myself before becoming enemies with this type of monster!" Peoples’ expressions completely changed how they looked at Li Qiye; now, their eyes would always contain nervousness.
Earlier, killing the Stone-Dragon God and the others deterred the majority of the crowd. But now, forcing three imperial weapons to surrender scared them witless.
Even the proud brother and sister, Mei Aonan and Mei Aoxue, looked at Li Qiye as if they were looking at a ghost. Mei Aonan had total confidence in challenging Li Qiye in the past, but now, her confidence was shaken!
"Is Smelly Qiye still a human?" Long Jingxian was at a loss for words as well. She had always been proud and wouldn't even give Ye Qingcheng a second glance, but now, she wasn't in the mood to do anything.
Jian Wushuang, on the other hand, was as cold as always. She only wondered if there was anything this devilish person couldn't accomplish.
Li Qiye took the three weapons and told the treefather: "Treefather is disadvantaged due to the lack of a weapon. You can use this imperial weapon for now, I'll find you a better one if there is an opportunity later." With that, he handed one to the treefather.
"Thank you, Young Noble." The treefather calmly accepted it. A Godking like him wouldn't be overly excited to accept an imperial weapon.
This gesture shocked quite a lot of people. To give an imperial weapon away so easily and to say that it was only temporary until he found a better one… How tyrannical was this kind of tone?
"There are two left here, do the two of you want to take them?" Li Qiye thought highly of the treefather as his current general, but he held young prospects like Jian Wushuang in high regard as well!
Jian Wushuang looked at the weapons for a bit, but she shook her head gently. There was no need to pick. Li Qiye had already given her the best weapon. Although she was conceited, she had a sense of propriety after being trained by Li Qiye.
"It doesn't matter to me." Long Jingxian felt that all treasures were the same, even an imperial weapon. She looked at the Dragon-Tiger Monarch and said: "Dad, does our citadel want another imperial weapon?"
The monarch quickly stepped forward and bowed towards Li Qiye: "To be able to work for Young Noble is the blessing of three lifetimes. One shouldn't get a reward if it is undeserved. We do not dare to accept this imperial weapon since Young Noble has already rewarded us."
The monarch knew better than that. In his eyes, as long as Li Qiye allowed them to work for him, one imperial weapon was nothing.
Li Qiye gently nodded and said: "Very good, Monarch has a good eye."
The monarch became happy after hearing this. Although Li Qiye didn't give direct approval, his words carried a different meaning for the future of the citadel. The monarch quickly bowed again in appreciation.
"Your luck is not bad." Li Qiye told the four-eyed basilisk afterward: "So be it, pick between these two imperial weapons!"
"Thank you, Boss!" The basilisk was ecstatic and bowed continuously. He went forward and picked one out of the two!
This made many people envious; someone like the basilisk actually obtained an imperial weapon! However, they could only sigh in secrecy. Back then, when Li Qiye asked for someone to kill the Stone-Dragon God's group, no one else dared to do it. Only the basilisk stepped up to the challenge. This was indicative of his courage!
As for the last weapon, Li Qiye left it to Madam Zi Yan. She was his driver and he would definitely not mistreat her. Moreover, he had always been fond of her.
World here is vague, don't know if it is a domain or an actual world like the nine worlds. ↩ Mount Meru is a sacred mountain in Buddhist cosmology. It is the center of the universe. ↩