Return of the Immortal Emperor Daddy

Chapter 650: Chapter 653 Sacrificial Spirit [First Update]

"Stop your screaming," Wu Tian said, his eyes shimmering with boundless coldness. "It doesn’t matter if you flee. In the end, anyone who wants my life will have theirs taken by me."

With a flick of his palm, the enormous Vanquishing Heaven Seal in mid-air began to move toward the fleeing soldiers. Then...

BOOM!

The Vanquishing Heaven Seal crashed down, shaking the very earth. The deserters were all smashed into a bloody pulp. Blood splattered everywhere—it was the epitome of cruelty.

When some of the Heavenly King Country’s soldiers noticed the disturbance, they began to rally their forces and converge on the location.

"Kill them all." Wu Tian’s tone was chillingly cold. At his command...

SWOOSH!

The gigantic Vanquishing Heaven Seal moved through the air again, smashing down repeatedly.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Each terrifying impact obliterated another group of soldiers. It was absolutely horrifying. Every time that thunderous sound echoed, the onlookers trembled with fear, their scalps tingling.

It’s impossible to imagine what grade of Supreme Treasure this Vanquishing Heaven Seal is. How can it be this powerful? What a terrifying Supreme Treasure... and what a terrifying man. Looking at Wu Tian and his Vanquishing Heaven Seal, everyone was shocked beyond measure.

Beneath the immense Vanquishing Heaven Seal, which exuded a crushing pressure from mid-air, everyone felt as insignificant as ants. So weak... so small.

"Surely... all the soldiers of the Heavenly King Country can’t be dead, can they?" someone stammered in stunned disbelief.

Wu Tian looked at Xiao Shimin and declared, "Your kingdom has fallen."

"No." Xiao Shimin refused to believe it. He had always proclaimed that as long as he reigned, the Heavenly King Country would be eternal! How could it fall while he was Emperor?

He gritted his teeth in a fury. Finally, Xiao Shimin could bear it no longer and began to howl like a madman. "Do you think this is all the strength a Three-Star Power possesses?"

"Let me tell you! The difference between a One-Star and a Two-Star Power lies in the breadth of their territory and the size of their armies. But the difference between a Three-Star Power and a Two-Star Power isn’t just about land or soldiers. It’s... the Sacrificial Spirit!" At this, Xiao Shimin’s face twisted into a fierce sneer as he bellowed, "In the name of the Monarch of Tianlong Country, I summon the Sacrificial Spirit!"

Everyone was stunned. A Sacrificial Spirit?

The One-Star and Two-Star Powers had no idea that ascending to a Three-Star Power involved something like this.

The so-called Sacrificial Spirit, also known as the "Spirit of Sacrifice," is a shortened term for the "Spirit of Worship and Sustenance" of a tribe, kingdom, or clan. It is an entity that guards its patron power and intimidates its enemies.

What exactly is the Sacrificial Spirit of the Heavenly King Country? Utter confusion was written on every face.

At last, under the watchful gaze of the crowd, the ground began to shake violently. Rocks and debris flew into the air, and among them, one particular stone began to emit a faint halo.

"You wish for my aid? Do you know the price?" A voice like thunder, filled with heavenly authority, boomed from within the stone, echoing through the space. The aura emanating from the stone had already reached the Ninth Grade of the Tongxuan Realm, just one step shy of the Heavenly King Realm. Such power struck terror into the hearts of all who witnessed it.

"I am willing! I will sacrifice the blood of ten thousand of my subjects to you, Great One!" Xiao Shimin responded immediately.

"Very well." The Sacrificial Spirit of the Heavenly King Country—the stone—readily agreed. It then began attracting nearby rocks, which flew towards it and covered its surface, causing its form to grow larger and larger. Finally, it became a gigantic stone golem. Its aura was overwhelming, radiating invincibility. The colossal figure stood there, a terrifying silhouette nearly one hundred meters tall.

The people of Xiuyuan Country turned ashen-faced at the sight of the golem’s power, looking as if they had seen a ghost.

So this is the so-called Sacrificial Spirit? Incredible. The gap between a Three-Star Power and us One- and Two-Star Powers is just too vast.

The Empress and the others were both shocked and overjoyed. Moments ago, they had been in utter despair. Who would have thought that their Heavenly King Country possessed a Sacrificial Spirit? This stone was enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. We always thought it was just an ordinary rock. Who could have imagined it’s actually the legendary Sacrificial Spirit?

"Your Majesty, you never told me about this," the Empress said.

"It is a secret known only to the Monarch," Xiao Shimin replied. "It... will allow me to turn defeat into victory. With it, I am unbeatable!"

Boundless joy spread across Xiao Shimin’s face. He looked at Wu Tian as if staring at a dead man. "I must admit, you are quite formidable to possess such a mighty Supreme Treasure. However, before my Sacrificial Spirit, all things will perish."

Si’er and the others wore solemn expressions. A Sacrificial Spirit... who would have ever thought a Three-Star Power would have one? For them, the very concept of such a being was completely unheard of.

What was curious, however, was that even after the Sacrificial Spirit appeared, shaking the heavens with its invincible aura, the expression on Wu Tian’s face remained unchanged, as calm as ever. Furthermore, the crowd found his gaze toward Xiao Shimin particularly strange; it was as if he were looking at an idiot.

"You... why are you looking at me like that?" Xiao Shimin couldn’t help but demand.

"Your Sacrificial Spirit is trash," Wu Tian stated flatly.

He had never encountered a Sacrificial Spirit, not from his earliest travels in the Immortal Emperor Realm to the day he became the Immortal Emperor himself. But in the ten thousand years that had passed, this new system of star-levels for powers had appeared, and with it, Sacrificial Spirits. Originally, he felt a flicker of excitement at this novelty, but this particular Sacrificial Spirit was so pathetic that he felt no motivation to act against it.

To everyone else, however, Wu Tian’s words meant something else entirely. Xiao Shimin and his court simply thought Wu Tian was bluffing—spouting utter nonsense.

"You don’t believe me?" Wu Tian laughed softly. "Whether you call it a Divine Light Stone or a hundred-meter giant, beneath the Vanquishing Heaven Seal, all is reduced to dust."

An uproar swept through the crowd. Is the Vanquishing Heaven Seal really that powerful?

Xiao Shimin and the Empress scoffed, convinced Wu Tian was lying. Who was stronger, the hundred-meter giant or the Vanquishing Heaven Seal? Without a fight, who could say for sure? In any case, Xiao Shimin was supremely confident in his giant.

However, the scene that followed would be etched into their memories for eternity.

"Smash."

Wu Tian uttered a single word. The instant the sound left his lips, the Vanquishing Heaven Seal plunged directly toward the hundred-meter giant.

The air was torn apart, layer by layer. Space itself trembled violently. As they watched, the crowd realized that the aura of the Vanquishing Heaven Seal was still intensifying. Vaguely, they could see the phantom image of Mount Buzhou appearing within the seal.

What... what grade of Supreme Treasure is this?! Xiao Shimin and the others were horrified as their minds raced with speculation.

The Vanquishing Heaven Seal possessed the might of a Heavenly God; it was utterly terrifying. As it descended, the hundred-meter giant instinctively felt the encroaching terror, and a deathly chill spread through its stony body.

"No..." The Sacrificial Spirit was terrified. It tried to surrender, crying out, "I... I am willing to follow you! Please spare me!"

"What? How could you do this?" Xiao Shimin was aghast. He never expected the Vanquishing Heaven Seal to be so terrifying that it could force his Sacrificial Spirit to surrender. He was also furious. As the Sacrificial Spirit of the Heavenly King Country, how can it surrender? It should be willing to fight to the death for the kingdom!