Chapter 1935: Conclusion of Battle (II)
Whatever!
The Reincarnation master left without a look back and sped through his dao universe with the other exalted emperors that’d left with him. They quickly made for Reincarnation major world.
Outside, color drained from Drifting Life’s face. He could sense the departure of the dao universe.
“World master!” he bellowed. The world master had left! He’d been abandoned!
He was a descendent of the Reincarnation master, not just any random eighth rank! Why else would the world master expend so many resources to revive him?!
He has the ability to stay and rescue me!
“I know about time...”
He knew the secrets of time!
He’d seen certain things and sensed others. There was even some power from the future in his body right now. It was a peculiar dao that was highly ordered. It would be an immense boon to an eighth rank, but the world master had left!
Do you know that Reincarnation major world might not be as important as this strength?! You’ll regret this!
Crazed despair dawned in Drifting Life’s eyes. You’ll regret leaving me behind! Do you think I wanted things to end up this way?? Any one of you guys would’ve been beaten back as well! Is this my fault??
He raged, hated, and refused to accept the straits he was in. Aggrieved suffering built to a peak when he felt that no one would listen to him. I did my best, but I failed. It’s not my fault!
Why am I the one who has to bear responsibility for everything?!
He sneered, summoning all of his dao strength. Li Hao and the others looked sharply at him. Was the man about to self detonate?
Drifting Life looked chillingly in the direction of the departing ripples. That was the trajectory of the dao universe.
“You’ll regret this sooner or later, world master! I do not bear the blame for this battle!” Burning with fury and resentment, he turned a complicated gaze upon Li Hao. What kind of power had imbued that blow?
He really wanted to know!
“Can you tell me... what kind of strength was in that sword?”
“Why should we?” The Human King roared with laughter as he rushed over. “So that you can spill the beans once you’re resurrected? I’ll let you die with bitter curiosity!”
Such was the Human King. Under normal circumstances, he would never satisfy his enemy. He would ensure that they died agonized deaths!
Li Hao, however, raised an eyebrow and said after some thought, “Order!”
He wasn’t entirely sure what the strength was, so this was his best speculation. As for spilling the beans after a revival... it wouldn’t be that easy. And so what if everyone knew that ordered dao rules were stronger? Was mere knowledge enough?
I also know that combining all daos as one makes a cultivator invincible. It makes them a ninth rank!
Fat lotta good that knowledge does me!
“Order...” murmured Drifting Life. He looked knowingly at the Human King. This fellow is a bastard through and through. He wouldn’t tell me anything even if he knew. Not to mention, he doesn’t know diddly squat!
Drifting Life chuckled and exploded with a massive roar!
He focused his strength on the Human King instead of Li Hao, sending the man flying backward while vomiting blood, yet again. He wasn’t that weak, but repeated fighting had taxed him to his limits.
Is Drifting Life trying to get me even in his final moments, that jackass?!
“You’re such a piece of shit, man!” the Human King jeered as he tumbled backward. “I love seeing people like you hate me and being unable to do anything about it!”
He found nothing bad about Drifting Life’s reaction and was rather delighted by it. I like you like this! You know you can’t take me with you, but you want to try all the same. I’m suffering some injuries from your self detonation, but you’re flat out dead! You won’t have any satisfaction even in death, harhar!
Everyone in the surroundings looked at the Human King. They didn’t know what to say. This... was indeed the Human King.
They then looked at Li Hao and were suddenly unable to determine who might be older and more mature. The Human King carried himself with the brashness of youth and Li Hao... conducted his affairs like an older man.
Everything was heavily injured by this point. Li Hao breathed out, more at ease now that Drifting Life was dead. He tilted his head at the Human King. “The supreme’s side...”
The four returning exalted emperors were all eighth ranks. They hadn’t stopped any of them. So now...
“It’s fine, I was beaten so heavily because Old Zhang misjudged the situation,” the Human King roared with laughter. “He thought I wouldn’t die, which almost doomed me! He can have some fun fighting for a while. With three eighth ranks on his side, he won’t die that quickly!”
Not to mention, was fighting New Martial the first thing on the Reincarnation master’s mind now?
......
Reincarnation major world.
Supreme Zhang, the Ash Emperor, and the Reincarnation master arrived at almost the same time. The latter traveled extremely swiftly thanks to the dao universe. They were almost faster than the supreme’s group.
Although the supreme and Ash Emperor were nearby, the two sides reached Reincarnation major world at nearly the same time.
There had been twenty-four exalted emperors on guard, but six had left. Of the remaining eighteen, twelve were still alive. New Martial and Light had cut down six seventh ranks in this short span of time!
Four out of Reincarnation’s fourteen seventh ranks were dead. But since four had been revived after the last battle, it only brought the world to where it had been before.
When the supreme manifested, he immediately ordered, “Retreat!”
New Martial exalted emperors promptly carried out his orders. The bald Qin Fengqing at the front was dissatisfied that he hadn’t been able to run his opponent through with one blow. He wanted to get in a few more hacks, but had to withdraw upon seeing eighth rank presences rise around him.
He wasn’t afraid of death, but didn’t want to die! The man had to settle for loud curses as they swiftly moved backward. Damn it, Fang Ping hadn’t been able to keep these guys preoccupied!
The Reincarnation master glared forebodingly at Light and the others. A lot of his people were dead!
It wasn’t just seventh ranks, but several dozen mid and low ranks as well. These were the foundations of Reincarnation major world.
He looked into the distance, sensing violent upheavals on the other side of Thunder Region despite the vast distance that separated them. The Reincarnation master turned back to the supreme.
“The eastern region is predicated on the backs of sixteen eighth rank worlds.” The look in his eyes was frosty, but his tones were light. “You people have eliminated many of the worlds and gravely weakened us. The overlords of the other three regions will not let this stand!”
With that, he chuckled and looked at the chaos beast next to him. “I will have to trouble the fellow daoist then!”
Only now did the chaos beast revert to its primary body. It was a fish so massive that it could not be measured. Or perhaps it was more accurately described as a kunpeng? [1]
The ginormous chaos beast opened its mouth and swallowed Reincarnation major world. The world master looked around, considered the New Martial group, then sighed at his surroundings. “Today marks the end of Reincarnation’s journey to becoming overlord of the east!”
He was self deprecating, but also quite bittersweet.
“We withdraw and head to the west! Reincarnation has been defeated. Today, we join the west and fall under Chaos Sky’s banner!”
The gigantic kunpeng moved out, escorted by a crowd of high ranks. Chaos Sky had wanted to continue putting down roots in the east, but that was no longer possible. They’d been defeated!
Four eighth ranks were dead and the other worlds in the east were likely to be heavily impacted from these proceedings. Retreat was the only option at this point.
To the west!
Perhaps they might be able to return to the east one day, but not as its master.
The New Martial exalted emperors all looked at the supreme, but he shook his head. The enemy still retained their battle strength of four eighth ranks and a dozen seventh ranks. If they really were to fight, they might be able to stand a chance once the Human King arrived.
But... was there a need to do so?
If they really fought to the death and drew in the other worlds as well, then it would be a bitter fight to the death today.
“Clean up the battlefield,” he shouted instead. “In addition, come with me to clean up the worlds that have lost their world masters...”
Long Zhan, since you are killing eighth ranks as well, then New Martial will be collecting the now masterless worlds...
Even though there might be other eighth ranks in residence, New Martial might be permitted to claim those worlds without a fight.
Everyone sped for the major world of River. Its world master had been the first to die.
......
The four regions.
Eighth eighth ranks had come to conquer the four regions. The chaos beasts had only four eighth ranks to defend with—Long Zhan, Red Moon, Black Tiger, and the newly ascended Feng Yan.
Despite the gap in strength, it was Long Zhan’s side that occupied the upper hand.
A massive golden dragon flew through the void, suppressing three eighth ranks by itself!
Red Moon worked with Black Tiger and Feng Yan to suppress the rest. A crowd of seventh ranks were present on the outskirts to exert pressure on the eighth ranks!
Arctic Frost froze a large swathe of the chaos and was peerless in battle, but suppressed all the same.
“Humans in the surroundings, why do you not act to kill these chaos beasts??” he snarled. The hell?!
He was ready to pop with rage! Had the most hotblooded of the four regions all left, leaving a bunch of weaklings behind?
There were more than a dozen seventh rank worlds around them able to supply at least several dozen seventh ranks. But not a single seventh rank had been forthcoming. Long Zhan’s side had not occupied the advantage before, so resistance then would’ve had a high chance of bearing fruit!
Yet there wasn’t a single face to be seen!
That was immensely surprising.
1. This is a mythical Chinese beast that is a fish in the water and a roc bird in the skies. ☜
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