Chapter 1856: Everything Changes (II)
All of the exalted emperors from the outer regions had come with their sights set on Skyward. But as it turned out, Skyward’s revitalization was a trap overseen by a seventh rank to trap a bunch of eighth ranks!
That was one thing. What infuriated the eighth rank from outer regions the most was that the eighth ranks of the four regions were all so conniving! There were so many seventh and eighth ranks trapped together, but no one had been able to break through a silenced ninth rank dao universe!
It wasn’t just the eighth ranks not putting their backs into it, but so were the seventh ranks waiting. They waited... for eighth ranks to fall and a chance for them to rise!
If his brother wasn’t in Blazing Sun Region, the foreign exalted emperor would’ve happily watched the show. But his brother was in danger!
“Ole boy, if I don’t die this time and make my way to the outer regions one day... I’ll be sure that annihilating your Gemini major world is the first thing I do!” leered the Human King.
The eighth rank didn’t say anything. He unleashed his dao strength, shaking the dao universe, but it was dispersed by a single blow from the Human King nonetheless.
This guy can be considered as another eighth rank, damn it!
......
Blazing Sun Region.
Battle had broken out upon the major world. Four seventh ranks and one eighth rank jointly held the line. Fog Mountain had just managed to set foot into eighth rank after devouring the Skycloud dao universe. He was currently shaking the firmament with his clashes against the eighth rank!
Blazing Sun’s four seventh ranks held down the fort on the world itself. They led nearly one hundred exalted emperors to defend themselves against New Martial’s incursions.
As strong as New Martial exalted emperors were, they were on foreign ground against a prepared enemy. They hadn’t been able to take Blazing Sun off guard because Skycloud had fallen first. Therefore, they weren’t able to immediately dispatch the seventh ranks!
Supreme Zhang was yet to join the battle.
Of the New Martial seventh ranks, only Li Zhu, the Sword Sovereign, Earth Dweller King, and the newly ascended Earth Emperor and Exalted Blood Emperor were in the field. Three of them fought the four seventh ranks, leaving the other two to handle the regular exalted emperors.
New Martial held the advantage, if speaking in overall terms. Only Fog Mountain had some difficulty against his opponent since it hadn’t been long after his ascension.
In the surroundings, some more seventh ranks from other Blazing Sun Region major worlds hovered indecisively. They wanted to help, but were afraid of danger, and so couldn’t make up their minds.
It was a temporary stalemate.
The supreme looked at the two warring sides. There were a few more behind him who were not yet part of the battle. Sixth rank Suppression King, Exalted Divine Forge Emperor, and Nether King Li Zhen, his old friend.
There was also Qin Fengqing, the Heavenly Dog...
New Martial had far more sixth ranks than one might think. Most were close to breaking through to seventh rank, but they lacked sufficient yang qi. It would be difficult to make the leap so long as New Martial did not rise to the ranks of an eighth rank dao universe.
A golden dog shook fur that was as tough as metal threads. A haughty look filled its eyes. “Martial King, why do you not permit this emperor to join the fray?”
“The Martial King doesn’t permit us to participate probably because he thinks the fighting will be over if we’re part of it,” cackled the bald Qin Fengqing. “We’ll kill anyone we cross paths with because we’re stronger than the seventh ranks already in the field...”
The Heavenly Dog flicked a glance at the man. What a lunatic! Go ahead if you can actually overcome a seventh rank!
There’s no rush!” the supreme chuckled. He glanced at Blazing Sun major world again. “That world has sufficient yang qi, but what use is it if they don’t dare use it? The Blazing Sun master is also the master of their dao.
“If all of his seventh ranks die, he will certainly leave with every last drop of energy he can collect. That would be an enormous loss...” The supreme laughed meaningfully. “Let’s wait a bit longer and let him think there’s hope. He’ll deploy more dao origin then to these seventh ranks. What’s the point in us taking down an eighth rank world if someone else extracts all of the energy?”
Red Moon and Skycloud had known very quickly that the end was nigh when their seventh ranks fell. They’d extracted a large sum of dao strength before disengaging from their dao universes.
If Blazing Sun’s four seventh ranks died in this moment... The Blazing Sun master would absolutely withdraw a vast quantity of energy as soon as possible. He would immediately opt to become a wandering cultivator, instead of chip away at his own strength bit by bit because there was hope!
The Heavenly Dog couldn’t be bothered to consider all of this. The dog simply felt that the Martial King thought too much and was rotten through and through!
Clearly, the supreme was waiting for the seventh ranks to think there was hope and draw on more yang qi to battle New Martial! It certainly made sense that one eighth rank and four seventh ranks could stand against the enemy.
On the New Martial side, the supreme was the only seventh rank not in the battlefield. He looked toward distant Dragon Region in the east. Thunder and lightning continued to crackle there, but less than before. It would seem that the outcome between the large numbers of seventh rank was yet to be decided.
The Silver Moon king?
If this was his doing, then the young man was quite something!
My New Martial must acquit ourselves just as admirably. He’s out there slaying seventh ranks while we’re still stuck at seventh rank. That’s so embarrassing! Although New Martial only has one thousand years on Silver Moon, which is nothing in the grand scheme of the chaos, New Martial is unique!
Silver Moon is just a minor world that drifted off from us. How can it catch up?
New Martial must enter eighth rank today!
The supreme watched silently. Not only must they take Blazing Sun, but it was best if Fang Ping could also kill the Blazing Sun master. They might not gather enough yang qi if they only had the world. An eighth rank could withdraw large quantities of energy.
Fang Ping, will you be able to defeat the Blazing Sun master under these circumstances? If you can’t... then we’ll have problems making it to eighth rank.
Supreme Zhang waited a bit longer. The four seventh ranks were as brilliant as four suns. Their battle strength seemed to be stronger than before. Morale on Blazing Sun major world swelled. The eighth rank from the outer region even shattered Fog Mountain’s five mountains and cracked the man’s dao!
Fog Mountain vomited blood!
He was flabbergasted to find that he wasn’t able to match his opponent. Fog Mountain was also resigned by the lack of participation from the New Martial supreme. The man might be able to turn the tide around if he’d joined earlier. As things stood, they were still in trouble even if Supreme Zhang joined them now.
Fog Mountain didn’t understand!
Why did the New Martial supreme just watch from the sidelines? Was he on guard against the seventh ranks that might join them from nearby?
Perhaps that was indeed necessary. But now... they were in for it. Thank goodness Fog Mountain had joined after reaching eighth rank! New Martial wouldn’t have stood a chance against Blazing Sun otherwise.
They might still be able to retreat now. The four seventh ranks wouldn’t be able to overcome the New Martial seventh ranks if they lacked home world advantage
“A newly ascended eighth rank huh?” sneered the eighth rank form the outer region. “Not bad, you’ve got some skill to your name. But it looks like you guys have no hope of conquering Blazing Sun today!”
“Foreigner, this is a four region internal affair!” Fog Mountain continued coughing blood. “What does it have to do with you? Is Blazing Sun your old man?”
The other snorted and didn’t bother to answer. Survival would be even more difficult if they didn’t seek out a partner in the four regions. There were plenty of powerhouses here.
Blazing Sun was a splendid partner, they needed each other. That was the best sort of ally to have. Since he could stop these invaders, why shouldn’t he try to defend his ally’s home?
BOOM!
Great dao flared and forced Fog Mountain back. His five mountains bestirred heavenly fortune and seemed to be everyone, but the other eighth rank broke through them all!
The newly broken through Fog Mountain could not stand against the other.
Next to them, the four Blazing Sun seventh ranks shone as brightly as four individual suns. They suppressed the Sun God, Sword Sovereign, and Li Zhu. These three were premier seventh ranks and the Sword Sovereign had even been able to kill a seventh rank when he was a sixth rank!
But at the moment, he was kept underfoot as well!
Although it was three against four, the situation didn’t quite match their reputation for being domineering.
The observing supreme smiled at the four seventh ranks. This was almost their limit. At least half of Blazing Sun’s yang qi lay with them. There could be no more as that would begin to threaten the Blazing Sun master himself. This was likely the most that the world master could help his people with.
The rest of the world’s yang qi was with him.
“So this is just about it...” the supreme murmured. He summoned a book into his hand. “Everyone likes to call me the supreme these days. Supreme means I am the most lofty or the crowning glory. They speak too highly of me!
“When New Martial was first established, my title was the Martial King. I established my reputation with my skill in martial might. Whether it was the Human King, Ash Emperor, or those of you present, who dared dismiss me as a scholar?”
I am the Martial King!
“No one treats you as a scholar, you’re the only one who thinks so!” someone grumbled next to him.
“......” The Martial King glanced over and patted Qin Fengqing’s bald head. “You’re still as mischievous as a child even after one thousand years. You’re right, so you’re not allowed to repeat that, understood?”
“......” Qin Fengqing reddened, his scalp growing numb. Alright alright, I won’t repeat it. Can you put your hand down? You’re rubbing my head raw!
“How can we let our Silver Moon juniors think less of us? We already became a joke when Red Moon fell. We cannot let them see us embarrass ourselves again today!”
A book floated into the void, extending an avenue of great dao from it. There seemed to be millions of people bowing down to it from all directions, alongside thousands of exalted emperors. It was a stately dao of the human emperor!
The dao of the emperor was majestic!
The book turned golden and an instructor’s whip appeared in the supreme’s hand. A crown manifested over him. Was this the conferment of godhood from the faith of billions?
The four seventh ranks looked at him, wary yet unafraid! They would be four against four even if the supreme joined the fight. The Exalted Blood Emperor and others were still embroiled with the low ranks.
“It’s been so many years and now, it’s finally my turn!” The supreme chuckled.
The book abruptly disassembled into individual pages. A duplicate of the supreme appeared on each page!
There was suddenly one thousand of him, and while each of them weren’t that strong, they were all exalted emperors. They all seemed to be his replicas and Supreme Zhang suddenly seemed to wield something similar to Li Hao’s dao of one thousand worlds.
The one thousand supremes transformed into a massive net. They weren’t strong, but the net was that of one thousand daos. It flew toward the four seventh ranks!
The Sun God, Sword Sovereign, and Li Zhu erupted with force! Sword intent, boxing intent, and a book of darkness materialized. They were much stronger than before.
Stunned, the four seventh ranks didn’t have time to stop the net from coming down over them!
Humm!
It severed their connection to their dao universe!
