Chapter 1799: Kings Block The Snake

The power that originated from the Acheronian Sun and was connected to Nine Snakes' body stopped right outside Xia City. As it descended, decaying flesh and blood poured out, squirming in a mass before fusing and turning into a gigantic blood serpent that was hundreds of thousands of feet long.

The serpent was made of rancid flesh and blood, constantly writhing as it burned with black flames. Shocking amounts of Authority emanated from it, causing worldly natural energy to rumble.

The pressure that rolled off the blood serpent was nowhere near Nine Snakes's level; it could only be compared with ordinary Heavenly Emperors. However, that was more than enough to roam the East Divine Continent unhindered.

Everyone knew that the snake had originated from a remnant wisp of Nine Snakes and the Acheronian Sun's power. Its target was clear—it wished to take advantage of the delay before Li Luo was revived to destroy the resurrection seed within House Luolan's headquarters. This way, his resurrection would fail.

Once the blood serpent had fully taken shape, its towering killing intent was directed towards Xia City, and it let out a roar.

The countless Kings who heard the roar immediately shouted, "Stop it!"

Crowns immediately manifested in the sky, swallowing up copious amounts of worldly natural energy and condensing large amounts of source origin. The Kings all understood that the situation had reached a crucial tipping point, and only someone like Li Luo was capable of emerging triumphant against Nine Snakes.

When it was at the cusp of exhausting its final life, Nine Snakes had discovered the secret to Li Luo's resurrection. It had then used a secret art to preserve a minute part of its power to form a blood serpent as strong as an ordinary Heavenly Emperor, using it to stop Li Luo's resurrection. If the resurrection failed, then all of the efforts to stop it would end up being useless.

Without their main pillar propping up the resistance, no one on the East Divine Continent would be able to stop Nine Snakes, and total annihilation would await the living. Thus, even though the King Stage experts who had rushed over understood that a massive gap in strength existed between them and the blood serpent, they acted without hesitation, using all of their strength to buy even a minute for Li Luo.

When faced with the obstructing Kings, the blood serpent's eyes glinted with merciless ferocity. It unhinged its maw, and a torrent of rotting flesh and blood spewed out. Within the flesh and blood were countless limbs that were wrapped with the power of Authority, directly swatting the source origin attacks launched by the Kings into oblivion.

At the same time, some of the limbs shot outwards, grabbing the closest Kings and instantly crushing them into bloody piles of flesh. The mighty Kings who were once pillars of Heavenly Emperor powers were akin to ants before this enemy. However, the massacre that was unleashed by the serpent did not faze nor terrorize any of the Kings. On the contrary, it fueled their fighting spirit.

A King who had been seized by one of those bloody limbs let out a maddened laugh. Before he was destroyed by the serpent, he unhesitatingly chose to ignite his own crown. "Haha, if my death can buy a moment of time for Heavenly Emperor Luo to revive, it will all be worth it!"

Boom!

A tremendous explosion swept the world with a thunderous bang when the King self-detonated. Violent waves of source origin rippled across the battlefield, shattering some of the bloody limbs produced by the serpent. At the same time, it forced the serpent to stop advancing.

The blood serpent was enraged by the thought of being stopped by these inferior existences. Its killing intent surged as the power of Authority swept outwards, suppressing the countless Kings. Despite that, vicious and decisive looks appeared in their eyes.

Weng!

Bang!

A moment later, crowns started to ignite one after another. It was akin to a sky filled with blooming fireworks. The only difference was that these fireworks signified a magnificent but resolute final stand.

"May fear be gone, may we live long!" they roared into the sky.

With every roar, a King rushed out like a moth to a flame, igniting their crowns and exploding. The once lofty King Stage experts could only stop the blood serpent through their tragic sacrifices. Everyone knew that the final hope of the East Divine Continent rested within Xia City.

When Pang Qianyuan saw this, his eyes welled up with tears. He had reached the peak of the Triple Crowned King Stage, and he was leading the other three Triple Crowned Kings as the vanguard at the front. Even so, he was forced back time and time again by the power of Authority.

He took a deep breath as his gaze turned decisive. If things reached the tipping point, he would sacrifice his old bones as well. This was the cruel fact of war—they had to block the enemy no matter what.

More and more Kings from the East Divine Continent rushed over, entering this desperate battlefield. Lives were constantly being spent to hold the blood serpent back, though it was still brutally ripping through the defenders, getting closer and closer as every minute passed.

All of Xia City had descended into chaos. Everyone knew that once the serpent appeared outside the city walls, everything would most certainly be destroyed. No one could avoid this fate. Despite this fact, no one chose to flee, as it was meaningless. Instead, they prostrated themselves, facing House Luolan's headquarters. Since they didn't possess the power to stop the serpent, they would offer their most sincere prayers towards their savior. In their eyes, Li Luo was indeed an unfathomable deity.

On Xia City's walls.

Yu Lang stood there with his blade in hand, his features weathered by time and experience. As the wind blew his hair away, a trace of his youthful arrogance could be seen below. He could hear the sounds of chaos coming from deep inside the city. His keen senses allowed him to feel the monstrous killing intent emanating from the blood serpent, capable of blotting out the sky.

The defensive lines hastily constructed by the Kings were all being torn apart by the enemy. Something on the level of a Heavenly Emperor was not an opponent Kings could face alone. Even though they were sacrificially igniting their own crowns, they couldn't cause lasting harm.

Yu Lang's gaze turned thoughtful as he peered into the distance. The only Heavenly Emperor experts capable of stopping it, Lu Qing'er and Zhen Linshuang, were both embroiled in their own battles, unable to assist. In this case, he could only rely on himself.

Yu Lang lightly chuckled, gripping his blade as he mused to himself, "Li Luo, oh, Li Luo. Can you see this? Even when you've become a pinnacle expert, you still need to rely on ol' Yu Lang to protect you."