Chapter 267: Martial King Slaughters the Imperial City

Chapter 267: Martial King Slaughters the Imperial City

"Your words, my dear subjects, shall all be granted!"

King Zhou Wu didn't care in the slightest.

Killing one Wu Bingqing was a kill, and killing two was the same.

He might as well crush them all into blood food to help him return to the strength of an Emperor!

Back then, he was able to ascend to the Emperor Realm by slaughtering several remote major cities, forcibly climbing to the Emperor Realm using the blood, bodies, and souls of hundreds of millions of Cultivators.

Now, there was no longer his Imperial Father to restrain him.

He would be fearless!

Boom—

A giant palm covered in golden palm prints, like a prison cage trapping the heavens, descended upon Qin Xuan and the four of Ning Waner.

Seeing this, Ning Waner was terrified: "Underworld King, be careful!"

"Qin Xuan, take the Underworld King and escape this place!"

She stood up to face death, wishing to delay them for a moment.

To give Qin Xuan, the Underworld King, and the future ruler of the Mingyue Dynasty time to leave.

Qin Xuan rolled his eyes indifferently and summoned the ancient prison-suppressing tower.

The small tower turned into a streak of light, drawing Qin Xuan and the others, as well as Wu Bingqing not far away, into the tower, and took King Zhou Wu's palm strike head-on.

Clang!

The sound of the Dao hummed, and with this palm, even space was shattered.

The ancient prison-suppressing tower was like a ball, sent flying in all directions, crashing into the deepest part of the Wu Clan's territory.

"What a strange little tower; even I cannot shatter it."

"Is this an Emperor Weapon!?"

King Zhou Wu stared at the exquisite, glass-like small tower, which retained a sense of antiquity and Dao essence, with a look of astonishment in his eyes.

He wanted to make it his own.

"My Emperor!"

"This is the quasi-emperor artifact of that thief Qin Xuan; it has not yet ascended to an Emperor Weapon."

"Even if it is a quasi-emperor artifact, it cannot stop the future grand situation of my Emperor's unification."

King Weiwu and the others turned into sycophants.

Whenever there was a chance, they hurried to stand out and flatter King Zhou Wu.

"Only a quasi-emperor artifact? When it was promoted, did no heavenly phenomena appear?"

The greed in King Zhou Wu's eyes gradually faded.

Staring at the small tower, he had no desire to make it his own.

He was once a powerhouse of the Emperor Realm.

After being suppressed by his Imperial Father and imprisoned in the Forbidden Land of Shanwai Mountain for tens of thousands of years, he was still at the Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

If it weren't for the fact that there were not many living things in the Forbidden Land of Shanwai Mountain.

It would not be enough to maintain his Emperor Realm.

How could it come to this?

After breaking the Seal, his desire for power climbed to an extreme.

He wanted to return to the Emperor Realm!

Here, they were all his loyal subjects and could not be killed, but he didn't care at all about those lowly commoners in the Imperial City.

If they were slaughtered, he could just gather more from elsewhere.

"I have important matters to attend to; you all guard this tower!"

King Zhou Wu strode like a dragon and walked like a tiger, like a god or demon capable of creating the world.

He stomped his feet on the ground, leaping high like a giant mountain, and shot violently toward Mingyue Imperial City.

The Yuan Family Head looked at King Zhou Wu's disappearing figure and muttered to himself, "This demon god has actually broken the Seal; those people in the Imperial City, our descendants, are going to suffer this time!"

King Weiwu snorted coldly, "Our children died tragically at the hands of Wu Bingqing not long ago; those collateral Bloodlines can just be reborn after death."

"Now that the Martial King has broken the Seal, Empress Zhou Wu hasn't even shown her face, leaving Ning Waner and the others exposed before the Martial King."

"I'm afraid she is like a mud bodhisattva crossing a river, unable to even save herself."

"The Mingyue Dynasty is about to change!"

"The future Lord of Mingyue shall be produced from between the Martial King and Prince Zijing."

"Although I am a supporter of Prince Zijing, now that I have witnessed the power of the Martial King, I am willing to follow my Emperor!"

"..."

The Aristocratic Families and royal clansmen present had the exact same thoughts as King Weiwu.

Even if Prince Zijing is strong, at most he is only at the Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

And this Martial King is a supreme powerhouse who has truly reached the Emperor Realm before.

Who is strong and who is weak is clear at a glance.

"Everyone, this is not the time to discuss these things. The Martial Emperor has gone to suppress that treacherous woman Empress Zhou Wu. We must do our best to blast Qin Xuan out of that turtle shell!"

"Your beloved sons, and my Wu Clan, were all tragically killed and destroyed under his instigation!"

The Patriarch of the Wu Clan was furious, and at the Peak of the Saint King Realm, he continuously slammed his fists at the ancient prison-suppressing tower.

King Weiwu and the others were also incited by the words of the Patriarch of the Wu Clan, gathering their hatred.

Gritting their teeth, they attacked one after another,

"Die, thief!"

"Empress Zhou Wu is unjust; today she will surely die at the hands of my Emperor."

"Your backer has already collapsed; there is only a dead end, do not bring humiliation upon yourself!"

Brilliant radiance erupted from the bodies of each powerhouse at the Peak of the Saint King Realm and the Quasi-Emperor Realm, extremely dazzling.

More than ten Quasi-Emperors attacked together.

They struck the ancient prison-suppressing tower, which was like a yellow leaf in the wind, being tumbled and sent floating in all directions.

It looked like it was about to collapse, unable to withstand such a siege.

Inside the ancient prison-suppressing tower, Ning Waner watched everything happening outside and said anxiously, "This is not a solution; the small tower will eventually be unable to withstand the siege of these powerhouses!"

"I will go out to attract their attention, you take the Underworld King and escape from here!"

Qing Ning nodded as well, "Young Master, Young Miss Ning is right. I can also divert the attention of some of the powerhouses now."

Qin Xuan couldn't help but smile, looking at the two women who were ready to die, and shook his head, "You two, you really always harbor the worst-case scenario."

"Rest assured, it just looks like it can't hold on, but in reality, even if you gave them three days and three nights, they still couldn't break my small tower!"

He was intentionally attracting the attention of these Aristocratic Families and royal clansmen to exhaust them.

Showing weakness to the enemy.

Likewise, it was to avoid luring back that Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, King Zhou Wu.

Otherwise, a dignified, true Emperor Weapon.

How could it be shaken by these quasi-emperor artifacts?

It was just to give these Quasi-Emperors a visible possibility; otherwise, how would these people consume their own heritage so recklessly?

Zhou Chen believed Qin Xuan's words deeply. He pointed to Wu Bingqing not far away, his youthful face full of suspicion, and asked, "Master Qin, what happened to Third Sister? After killing that commander, Left Commander Zuo Yao, she seems to have been frozen and is not moving at all?"

"Her? I have temporarily suppressed her Soul-Devouring Body."

Qin Xuan walked to Wu Bingqing's side and patted her shoulder lightly. Wu Bingqing became limp, as if she had no bones, and collapsed into Qin Xuan's chest.

"Having lost the Soul-Devouring Body's continuous absorption of soul fragments and energy, it is equivalent to the sudden drying up of her source of power, which naturally leads to abnormalities in her body and a loss of mobility."

Of course, this is a good thing.

Don't look at how Wu Bingqing went on a killing spree in the Wu Clan, rampaging without hindrance.

In reality, her physique simply could not withstand such endless consumption.

Being able to kill a Middle Stage of the Quasi-Emperor Realm at the Peak of the Saint Realm is already the limit.

Otherwise, this time she would again experience total memory loss.

No, that's not right!

This time the situation would be even more miserable; the current Wu Bingqing has her rationality after falling into demonic possession.

If she forcibly refused the healing and body remodeling of the domain-suppressing cauldron, her body would truly explode and die.

Ning Waner said in disbelief, "You can curb the Soul-Devouring Body? But I clearly didn't see you make a move. Could it be that you are hiding your strength?"

Qin Xuan shook his head indifferently, "That is not the case. The gift I gave Wu Bingqing earlier, she has been carrying on her, and it just played an indirect role."

From inside Wu Bingqing's wide black robe, he took out a severed arm tied to her waist and waved at Ning Waner, "It is this object that allows me to quietly curb the Soul-Devouring Body, avoiding irreparable scars on Wu Bingqing's physique."

Ning Waner frowned tightly, her beautiful eyes filled with urgency.

Even Her Majesty the Empress cannot curb the Soul-Devouring Body.

Yet Qin Xuan can completely suppress it.

Doesn't that mean Qin Xuan's methods are even more brilliant than Her Majesty the Empress?

Thump!

Ning Waner knelt in front of Qin Xuan and begged, "Qin Xuan, I want to ask you for one thing!"

Qin Xuan stuffed the severed arm into Wu Bingqing's Storage Ring, then immediately used his right hand to tear off his own left arm in public, threw it to Ning Waner and said, "Do you and I need such pleading between us? As long as you ask, it is just an arm, I give it to you."

Ning Waner felt a chill run down her spine, and she shook her head, "It is not about this. That King Zhou Wu is the uncle of Her Majesty the Empress. He once slaughtered several major cities and used the monstrous blood Qi to ascend to the Emperor Realm!"

"It was the former Supreme Emperor who forcibly suppressed him and imprisoned him in the Forbidden Land of Shanwai Mountain. Now that he has broken the Seal and returned to Mingyue Imperial City, he will surely slaughter the common people wantonly and then attack Her Majesty."

"Her Majesty cannot make a move now because there are secrets! Please help my Mingyue Dynasty eliminate the traitor and preserve the Bloodline for my Mingyue Dynasty!"

"If you didn't want the gift, you should have said so clearly earlier."

Qin Xuan raised his hand, and the severed arm returned to his hand.

Under the healing of the Nirvana Fire, his severed arm had already regrown. The extra arm had nowhere to be placed, so he simply stuffed it back into Wu Bingqing's Storage Ring.

Let it be a gift for him stepping up this time.

"I will go to Mingyue Imperial City and take a look."

Qin Xuan raised his hand and helped up Zhou Chen and Ning Waner who had also knelt down.

Luo Xinyi and the other woman, as well as Su Youyu, were all in the Imperial City.

Even if they are Daughters of Luck, he had to see them to be at ease.

As for suppressing King Zhou Wu?

He simply did not have that ability right now.

The Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm was already something he could not contend with.

Not to mention that after King Zhou Wu absorbed a massive amount of blood food, he might even ascend to the Emperor Realm.

——

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Inside the Imperial City, the Ming Emperor Blood Guards and the Imperial City guards, led by a Quasi-Emperor, were assembled.

They formed a battle formation of tens of thousands.

The battle formation gathered the Yuan power of tens of thousands of people; these Ming Emperor Blood Guards and Imperial City guards were at least at the Heavenly Human Realm.

The monstrous Yuan power gradually converged above the battle formation into the beast body of an ancient fierce tiger.

It was surprisingly comparable in size to King Zhou Wu who had come from afar.

"Imperial City ahead, stop!"

"Those who disobey will be killed without mercy!"

The monstrous killing intent soared into the sky.

The wind and clouds changed color, and heaven and earth mourned.

Violent winds and heavy rain suddenly arose.

The power of the battle formation had already stirred the celestial phenomena.

King Zhou Wu, from his leaping state, smashed down with a boom.

Clang— Within a radius of thousands of miles, the earth shook and the mountains swayed; the entire ground of the Imperial City developed a large, visible chasm.

Just this impact, with its peerless might, like the power of heaven and earth, caused the battle formation to immediately sway and scatter.

Countless surrounding houses were instantly shattered into powder.

The commoners of the Imperial City who were nearby were all blasted into blood mist, which King Zhou Wu absorbed into his body.

"A bunch of rebellious traitors."

"How dare you act so violently in front of Me."

"Even this Ancient Desolate Tiger Formation was something I researched back then. To think you'd use it against Me now—what a joke!"

King Zhou Wu raised his hand, gripped the tiger by the throat, and punched out.

The tiger's body was shattered into dust.

The battle formation of tens of thousands below all spat out blood, their complexions turning deathly pale as they withered and suffered heavy injuries.

"Those who defy Me must all die!"

King Zhou Wu struck down with his palm, and the defensive line formed by the Quasi-Emperor Realm experts and the battle formation instantly collapsed.

Severed limbs and broken arms were everywhere, resembling a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

With a whale-like gulp, King Zhou Wu absorbed the monstrous blood energy into his belly.

His aura surged once more, and his physique became even more burly.

Like a demon god, he kicked down the towering city wall and walked into the Imperial City without obstruction.

It was like a tiger entering a sheep pen, ready to feast.

"King Zhou Wu, this is the Imperial City! If you dare to slaughter, Her Majesty the Empress will never let you go once she breaks free!"

"If you cause carnage here, even if you win this struggle, you will never be able to ascend the Imperial Throne!"

A brave expert from the royal clan stood up to speak plainly.

King Zhou Wu glanced at him and sneered, "Old thing, you're still not dead? Your vitality has decayed to the point that I can't even be bothered to look at you."

He raised his hand and struck his former younger brother to death with a single palm.

He then casually harvested the commoners of the Imperial City with a thought.

In his eyes, these people were all lowly commoners.

Even if they submitted to him, he wouldn't bother to look at them twice.

If the commoners were gone, he could just migrate more from elsewhere.

So what if he turned the entire Mingyue Imperial Dynasty into blood food?

There were plenty of people; he could just go to the Ziyang Empire to plunder, let them breed endlessly, and supply him to maintain the Emperor Realm!

In the face of a Quasi-Emperor Realm expert, sporadic resistance was like a moth flying into a flame.

Everything was turned into blood food and swallowed by King Zhou Wu.

The entire Mingyue Imperial City turned into a purgatory.

One moment, the voices of students echoing in the academy still lingered; the next, they had been crushed into blood food by King Zhou Wu.

Many families united against a common enemy, harmonious families huddled together wailing, and those kneeling to beg for mercy and willing to submit—all were crushed into blood mist before King Zhou Wu.

They transformed into a constant stream of energy to support his ascent to the Emperor Realm.

"I didn't expect that those beloved generals of Mine were actually still alive! They were suppressed!"

As a thought arose, King Zhou Wu sensed a familiar aura and strode toward the location of the dungeon.

He raised his hand and conjured, dragging out the countless white bones and several Quasi-Emperor Realm experts whose vitality had rotted away from within the dungeon.

"Your Highness, Martial King!"

"This subordinate has finally waited for you!"

Those former experts ultimately could not withstand the passage of time. King Zhou Wu's followers now numbered less than a handful. Seeing the Martial King break the Seal, they were overjoyed.

King Zhou Wu grinned and comforted them, "No matter, this time, I will lead you all to cleanse the universe!"

"Go ahead and devour the blood food to your heart's content. The entire Imperial City is nourishment for you to replenish your blood energy."

He released his four confidants, letting them go and devour blood food to return to their Peak.

King Zhou Wu gazed gloomily at Su Youyu, who was held in mid-air, and asked suspiciously, "Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?"

He did not know why a beautiful woman would appear in the dungeon that imprisoned his confidants, and furthermore, one who was only at the weak Quasi-Saint Realm.

"Your Highness, Martial King, I am the beloved daughter born to your confidants. They, they have all vanished with the passage of time. Only I, having been born shortly before, managed to withstand the Power of Time."

Su Youyu was so scared that her tears retracted back into her eyes. Oh, heavens! She was scared out of her wits.

She had just prepared herself to hide in this dungeon, thinking she could protect herself in these troubled times.

Who could have guessed that this dungeon was used to imprison the Martial King's confidants? Moreover, this Martial King, who had been sealed for tens of thousands of years, had actually broken his Seal at such a moment!

Wuu wuu wuu! I'm crying to death! If she had known this would happen, she must have been kicked in the head by a donkey to have refused the invitation from Luo Xinyi and the other girl.

Now, even if she had the star pill, what use would it be? In front of King Zhou Wu, she wouldn't even have the chance to take the Medicinal Pill before being crushed into blood mist!

She could only hope that her lie would deceive King Zhou Wu.

"The daughter of an old friend?" King Zhou Wu stared gloomily at Su Youyu.

At this moment, a Quasi-Emperor Realm confidant whose vitality had surged after devouring blood food returned, pointed at Su Youyu's nose, and cursed, "Your Highness, Martial King, do not listen to this woman's slander!"

"This is the sixth of the Seven Pearls of Mingyue! She is the sworn sister of the current Empress Zhou Wu, and she is a loyal partisan of Empress Zhou Wu!"

"She was imprisoned in this dungeon because she committed a crime. Even though we tried to tempt her, she still refused to say a single bad word about Empress Zhou Wu."

"I request that Your Highness, Martial King, execute this woman to maintain military discipline!"

Su Youyu angrily retorted, "You are spouting nonsense! You are spewing lies! You are calling a stag a horse!"

"So many years have passed, those people were not exterminated to the third degree of kinship. Who knows if any Bloodline has remained until now?"

"What if I really am the descendant of the Martial King's confidants!? No one can guarantee that!"

Feeling the heavy breathing, Su Youyu shrank her neck. Looking at the Martial King giant before her, whose pupils were comparable to the sun and moon, she tremblingly squeezed out a forced smile. "Your Highness, Martial King, if I say it like this, will you believe me?"

"What do you think!?" King Zhou Wu's expression was cold.

He gripped the air, and the compressed space shattered. A constant stream of power squeezed toward Su Youyu's petite body from all directions.

As the space continued to compress, her bones began to shatter.

"Cough!" Spitting out a mouthful of heart blood, Su Youyu wailed sorrowfully, "I was wrong!" "I was really wrong!" "I am so stupid, really!"

"I shouldn't have stayed in the dungeon. I should have followed my heart and stayed by Qin Xuan's side. Even if I were to die, I wouldn't have to die alone and forlorn like this."

Su Youyu's guts were broken with regret.

When she first entered the Mingyue Imperial City, she suffered a huge loss. She swore never to let her emotions dictate her actions again.

When Luo Xinyi and Mu Qingxue invited her to leave the dungeon, she forcibly suppressed the thoughts in her heart. Enduring the heartache and bitterness, she stubbornly did not leave.

If she had known this, how could she have been so decisive? Even if she died by Qin Xuan's side, she wouldn't be this forlorn and regretful.

"Am I going to die?" Su Youyu was held in mid-air. She tilted her head and looked at the sky, which was covered in black clouds. The raging wind and rain lashed against her face, adding a touch of tragic beauty to her exquisite features.

A knowing smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Back in the Land of Fallen Emperors, I shouldn't have kept my distance from you."

"Not becoming a Dao Companion means death, and joining as a Dao Companion also means death. Why did I abandon the truest thoughts in my heart for the sake of my own fear?"

Today, it is too late to say anything. She helplessly and desperately closed her beautiful eyes, praying in her heart that Qin Xuan could safely leave the Mingyue Imperial City, and incidentally, also praying that her eldest sister could turn danger into safety. Anyway, she was going to be killed by King Zhou Wu, so praying a little more in her heart wouldn't hurt.

Just as King Zhou Wu was about to compress the space to the limit, in a flash of lightning, the void shattered from a distance.

A small tower cast from glaze pierced through the air at extreme speed, shooting over. With the Emperor Weapon driven to the limit, even King Zhou Wu could not react in time. The small tower struck his back, causing his entire body to shake, and the grip in his hand instantly diminished.

Without the restraint, Su Youyu fell from high in the air. Before she could hit the ground, the ancient prison-suppressing tower flew over and sucked her into the tower.

"You're courting death!" King Zhou Wu locked the space and raised his hand to grab at the ancient prison-suppressing tower. He suddenly gripped the small tower, and monstrous blood energy soared into the sky. Even as an Emperor Weapon, it was humming and vibrating in King Zhou Wu's hand.

At the same time, inside the small tower, a mouthful of crimson blood gushed out of Qin Xuan's mouth!

"Qin Xuan!" "Young Master!" "Master Qin!" In a swarm, all the women rushed forward. Zhou Chen also wanted to go forward, but was kicked away by Moo Moo's short legs; he simply couldn't squeeze into the circle of beauties offering care and comfort.

"I'm fine!" Qin Xuan raised his hand to stop the concern of Ning Waner and the others.

Su Youyu's eyes were red, and tears streamed down, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on staying in this dungeon, I wouldn't have been captured by this King Zhou Wu!"

"If I had handed over the star pill a day earlier and escaped a day earlier, this situation wouldn't have happened. If I hadn't been afraid of death, I wouldn't have caused you to be seriously injured."

Looking at Qin Xuan's appearance of waning vitality, Su Youyu's regretful heart was bleeding.

Ning Waner clenched her small fists and gritted her teeth, "The matter of imprisoning you was something I pushed for. If it weren't for my stubbornness, this wouldn't have happened."

Looking at Su Youyu and Ning Waner fighting to take the blame, Qin Xuan was somewhat hesitant. No matter how much King Zhou Wu used killing moves on the ancient prison-suppressing tower, the small tower would not backlash and harm his body. It was entirely due to overloading the small tower to save Su Youyu that he spat blood.

At this moment, everyone was misunderstanding. Outside, King Zhou Wu was still in a thunderous rage, using every means possible to obliterate the small tower. Should he continue to spit blood at this moment? Or should he continue to spit blood?

"Don't rush to internal strife; let's leave this place first!" Qin Xuan moved his mind, manipulating the ancient prison-suppressing tower to break through the locked space. After a while, his brows furrowed slightly, "We actually can't get out! This King Zhou Wu's strength is even stronger than before!"