Chapter 346: The Nether Clan

Chapter 346: The Nether Clan

"Why did it turn out like this?"

"Why must the Mingyue Dynasty, why must the foundation laid by my Imperial Father and ancestors, be buried in my hands now!?"

Empress Zhou Wu felt tears welling up but could not weep; looking at the Empress Mingyue outside the Formation barrier who was identical to her, along with the three Peak Emperor Realm experts of the Nether Clan, her heart turned to ash.

"Sister, after we left the Mingyue Dynasty, what exactly happened? What is that thing that looks exactly like you? Why are her aura, her appearance, and even her every movement identical to yours?"

Zhou Chen came to Empress Zhou Wu's side and asked nervously.

One must know that before Empress Zhou Wu broke through the barrier and appeared before everyone, even those closest to her, such as Su Youyu, Wu Bingqing, and even Zhou Chen and Ning Waner, had not identified the identity of the 'Fake Mingyue Empress'.

Even now, if not for their opposing positions, they would be unable to tell the real one from the fake.

Empress Zhou Wu looked at the Nether Clan member who was identical to her, her beautiful face growing increasingly bitter. "Back then, before Imperial Father and Mother went to that Secret Realm, they had already anticipated that they might not return safely. Imperial Father told me a great secret: deep beneath my Mingyue Imperial Palace, there is a Nether Vein of Nether Qi!"

"The Mingyue Dynasty originally rose to power by relying on this Nether Vein, and I have a compatibility with this Nether Vein of Nether Qi that surpasses ordinary people, allowing me to continuously absorb the Nether Qi within."

"Therefore, when I was only in the King Realm, I was able to rely on the endless supply of Nether Qi to unleash combat power at the Emperor Realm."

One must know that when Zhou Chen was imprisoned, Empress Zhou Wu's Imperial Father and Mother went to rescue him one after another, and both perished. They did not leave behind any contingency plans.

Even those Old Ancestors deep within the Imperial Palace, who were at the Peak Quasi-Emperor Realm, could not hold down the fort. After all, they were all existences on the level of fossils. Once they erupted, it would be like an epiphyllum, fleeting and short-lived.

Empress Zhou Wu had to rely on the Nether Vein of Nether Qi to consolidate the situation. For all these years, things had been peaceful, and she had even obtained a method to suppress the Nether Qi from Qin Xuan, which had reduced the sense of urgency in her heart significantly.

Who would have thought that ever since Qin Xuan and the others left the Mingyue Dynasty, she would sense an abnormal turbulence of the Nether Qi within her body. Not long ago, the Nether Qi residing within her body even gave birth to consciousness, transforming into this 'Fake Mingyue Empress' before her eyes!

At that time, she was completely unable to suppress the 'Fake Mingyue Empress', who could also mobilize the Nether Qi. Furthermore, the 'Fake Mingyue Empress' could detonate the Nether Vein of Nether Qi and could bury the entire Mingyue Imperial City, or even the Mingyue Dynasty, in a single thought.

Having no other choice, she had to compromise and let the Empress Mingyue satisfy her craving for being an empress. Who would have thought that as time passed, more and more members of the Nether Clan would be born from the Nether Vein of Nether Qi? There even appeared three experts at the Peak Emperor Realm, completely suppressing her.

This allowed the 'Fake Mingyue Empress' to disregard the agreement she had made with her, and she began to try to kill Wu Bingqing, Qin Xuan, and even Zhou Chen!

She hated it! She wished she could smash The Imposter before her into dust. But now, her combat power had plummeted to only the Early Stage of the Emperor Realm; how could she be a match for the Nether Clan?

If not for the three Peak Emperor Realm experts forcibly crossing the boundary and neglecting the Formation, she would still be like a bird in a cage, unable to escape at this moment!

"This fake is the consciousness born from the Nether Qi within my own body. I was using the Nether Qi, but this fake was also using me to explore information about the Mingyue Dynasty."

Empress Zhou Wu gently caressed Zhou Chen's face with a pained heart and spoke bitterly, "Little Chen, it was Sister's fault. Sister shouldn't have asked General Gu You to notify Qin Xuan to return. Sister also didn't expect that the Nether Vein of Nether Qi would actually undergo such a huge change, implicating you all!"

Luo Xianxian tilted her snow-white neck, looking proud and unrepentant, and hummed, "What's the big deal? It's just the Nether Clan, right? Just another race, right? They're only three Peak Emperor Realm experts; what kind of waves can they make?"

"My Celestial God Clan now has over ten experts at the Peak Emperor Realm, and over a hundred experts at the Emperor Realm. Just one Nether Clan can be wiped out with a snap of my fingers."

Empress Zhou Wu glanced indifferently in Luo Xianxian's direction with an unreadable expression, suspecting that she had been beaten silly by The Imposter.

"What kind of look is that? You don't believe me? My Celestial God Clan benefited from Qin Xuan taking the seventh place on the imperial ranking and receiving rewards from the God Ruins; over a hundred clansmen advanced to the Emperor Realm, and my father and some experts of the direct Bloodline have even advanced to the Peak Emperor Realm!" Luo Xianxian was very displeased.

It was this look again! She had had enough; why did no one ever believe her when she told the truth?

"Seventh on the imperial ranking, over a hundred Emperor Realm experts?" Empress Zhou Wu repeated indifferently.

Although she had never entered the God Ruins, she had learned about some of the events within from the Double-Pupil Woman. The king ranking and the imperial ranking were both places where the prodigies of the ten thousand races of the Hongmeng Continent contended for supremacy.

Even the Double-Pupil Woman had no ability to enter the imperial ranking back then. She was even firmly suppressed by an unknown Prodigy from another race. Let alone the imperial ranking!

How many prodigies and old monsters were there who deliberately suppressed their cultivation in the Emperor Realm, just to accumulate enough foundation, and then forge ahead after igniting the divine fire?

She had witnessed Qin Xuan's talent and combat power. She also knew how strong he was, and could call him invincible in the same Realm! If Luo Xianxian had said that Qin Xuan was seventh on the king ranking, she might have believed it. But Qin Xuan was only in the King Realm; how could he take seventh place on the imperial ranking? There were two whole major Realms in between!

"If you don't believe me, you can ask your brother; they all witnessed and saw it with their own eyes." Luo Xianxian pointed at Zhou Chen and argued loudly.

Empress Zhou Wu did not shift her gaze, just stared at Luo Xianxian gloomily, "Where are they?" "Where are the Emperor Realm experts of the Celestial God Clan?"

Luo Xianxian pouted, "They have things to do, they can't come for the time being, they can't get away."

Heh—Empress Zhou Wu sneered.

She took out a bronze mirror from her bosom. It was the three lives mirror that had allowed her to swap Souls with Shangguan Ying back then.

Holding the three lives mirror, Empress Zhou Wu walked to Qin Xuan's side, staring intently at the Nether Clan outside the barrier, and said in an unquestionable tone, "In the current situation, we must save as many people as we can. Later, when I activate the three lives mirror, my combat power will skyrocket, and I should be able to restrain these four people for a period of time. Take this opportunity to quickly escape from the Mingyue Imperial City and head to the Secret Realm of the Celestial God Clan!"

"The Celestial God Clan has the celestial god edict, and those two guards at the Peak Emperor Realm; even the Nether Clan would not dare to force their way in!"

Pfft! Empress Zhou Wu spat out a mouthful of heart blood, which landed on the three lives mirror, and the bronze mirror bloomed with strange brilliance.

Qin Xuan grabbed the humming three lives mirror, not letting it continue to vibrate, and glanced at Empress Zhou Wu, asking curiously, "What are you doing? Do you have so much blood you don't know where to spit it?"

Empress Zhou Wu, with a pale face, gritted her teeth and said, "This barrier was set up by three experts at the Peak Emperor Realm and one at the Late Stage of the Emperor Realm. If we don't activate this Imperial Artifact, how can we break it!?"

Qin Xuan raised his hand and summoned the heavenly desolation halberd into his palm. Swish—the heavenly desolation halberd turned into a stream of light and flew out.

The barrier set up by the Nether Clan was like paper; a huge hole appeared where the heavenly desolation halberd pierced through.

Qin Xuan turned his head, looked at Empress Zhou Wu, shrugged, and said, "Didn't that just break it?"