Chapter 1173 - A present age Martial Emperor

Translator: Aran

“Great.” The Crown Prince was already unable to control his excitement, almost jumping up.

This hateful Zhang Longcheng was finally defeated.

Finally defeated!

The Crown Prince felt that he was finally able to heave out the resentment in his chest.

Ever since the country bumpkin jumped out as an enemy of the King of Zhenyuan’s residence, he had repeatedly stomped on the dignity of the King of Zhenyuan’s residence, been insufferably arrogant and considered him unexcelled in the world. The Yuan clan had repeatedly suffered because of him, but now, his father had finally taken action. This Zhang Longcheng was finally defeated. All nightmares were coming to an end.

The King of Zhenyuan’s residence's glory was returning.

The Second Prince Yuan Wenguo, the Poison Flower Princess and other people also breathed a sigh of relief, finding it difficult to contain their excitement.

“The King is brilliant!”

“The King is invincible!”

At the east main gate, many aristocrats who originally came to show their support for King Zhenyuan, after recovering from the astonishment, were eager to start shouting and cheering. They absolutely did not want not to miss this opportunity to show their face, scrambling to express themselves in the hope that the invincible King Zhenyuan in the air would notice them.

All of a sudden, celebrations broke out at the east main gate like there was a grand festival.

Only a few aristocrats were secretly supporting Ye Qingyu.

During these days, Ye Qingyu's performance in Royal City could absolutely be counted as a clear stream, but seeing this scene they dared not to show anything. After all, King Zhenyuan was too powerful that there was no one who was not afraid of him.

The tsunami-like cheers and applause rang across the entire east main gate.

The atmosphere was incomparably warm and enthusiastic.

But, all of a sudden, without the slightest warning sign, a laugh like a clap of thunder of the Ninth Heaven resounded across the void, crushing all the cheers and applause. It echoed painfully in the ears of every living being and made them instantly shut up.

All of the cheers halted.

“Hahahaha, the strength of King Zhenyuan, I have finally experienced.”

It was naturally the laugh of Ye Qingyu.

He was shrouded all over in blood-coloured flames, qi and blood surging like an ocean, and all his injuries were healed in the blink of an eye. The numerous blood-coloured cracks across his body, in this moment, also disappeared. His skin was increasingly bright, skin resembling jade, bones like gold, and did not seem like a human being at all. There were even wisps of Immortal aura curling around his body.

That palm strike just now had indeed seriously wounded Ye Qingyu to the extent that his body almost shattered like broken ceramic.

But that was it.

Ye Qingyu’s refined body had almost reached a world-shaking degree, almost surpassing all people in the past. Even if King Zhenyuan, a ninth step Quasi-emperor expert, had crushed down at Ye Qingyu, it was still difficult to send the strange force and laws into Ye Qingyu's body or wound his consciousness and divine sense.

Therefore, Ye Qingyu only needed to circulate his blood and qi to fully recover.

Although Ye Qingyu’s airship had exploded, his present state was even a lot better than before.

Even the aristocrats standing on the city wall could feel that Ye Qingyu's aura was increasingly distant and boundless, like the vast starry sky, and faintly able to match that of King Zhenyuan, Yuan Wenjun.

Compared to before, he was even stronger.

Heavens, what happened?

“How is that possible?”

The Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Poison Flower Princess and other people were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out. He isn't dead? Is he Immortal?

And the aristocrats who were cheering like a tsunami, seeing that the situation did not look right, their mouth instantly snapped shut.

Even the four pillars and many generals on the flagship of the Zhenyuan army were dumbfounded.

How is that possible?

In the past hundreds of years, King Zhenyuan's cultivation base had increasingly rose to unfathomable depths, and although it was not often that he made a move, every time he did, the opponent was bound to be a remarkable supreme expert. But no matter who, whether they fought or escaped, the opponent would certainly vanished like a puff of smoke, but this time...

Someone had actually taken on King Zhenyuan's attack head on, and was almost unscathed?

The wind soughed.

King Zhenyuan's eyes flashed a hint of astonishment.

“No wonder you dare to go against my King of Zhenyuan’s residence. I underestimated you before, but since I can break you once, I can break you ten thousand times. After ten thousand times, how much of your qi and blood will be left?”

The astonishment on his face soon turned to confidence and indifference as though everything was within his grasp.

Ye Qingyu also smiled indifferently.

“King Zhenyuan is good at joking. These words may work to frighten others, but for people of our cultivation level, such words mean nothing... Haha, ten thousand times, you can't do it.”

Previously, he just wanted to know the true power of King Zhenyuan, so he chose to receive the attack head-on and was injured as a result.

But if he chose to fight back, with the complete [Formless Armor of Shifting Clouds] on him, he was already invincible and would not be afraid of such an attack in the slightest.

“A battle of words is meaningless.” King Zhenyuan gave a cold smile.

But in fact, he also sensed the strangeness of Ye Qingyu's state. He was able to vaguely perceive that the face before him was not the true face of this person. However, even after a number of techniques, he still was unable to see through him entirely.

Of course, he couldn't say this out loud.

King Zhenyuan was standing in midair like a fiendgod as he responded indifferently, “But you are right, I have other matters to deal with, and indeed do not have time for a lowly person like you, who dares not show his true face. Well then... this move, will send you on the road.”

Before his voice died away, King Zhenyuan made another move.

This time, it was indeed a real killing move.

With his left palm on the chest, right palm spread open, he made a forward grabbing motion. There was an unprecedented force flowing out from his body. The laws of heaven and earth were all gathered onto his body, like the incarnation of the Dao. His right palm seemed to have turned into a black hole, absorbing and devouring heaven and earth.

Seeing this hand gesture, the four pillars of the Zhenyuan army all took on an abrupt change of expression.

I alone am the honoured one in the heavens and earth.

This move, [Devour Heaven and Earth], was the real hidden card of King Zhenyuan!

Suddenly a terrifying aura similar to a fiendgod filled the air. Everybody at the east main gate miserably fell to their knees. No matter how strong they were, it was impossible to defend against this power. All living beings were quivering with fear. A vortex of the chaos law had appeared in the void. It was as though this side of the world was about to be cut off and destroyed.

Ye Qingyu had to bear the brunt, suffering the most terrifying pressure.

His expression was indefinitely changing.

Instinct and intuition told him that this move of King Zhenyuan was very terrifying. If he continued to counterattack with the identity of Zhang Longcheng and not bring out the [Cloud Top Cauldron], then he most likely would suffer a big loss. However, if he were to do this, after this battle, his true identity might be found out...

Should he simply go ahead regardless and bring out his hidden card to kill King Zhenyuan here?

Ye Qingyu was anxious to try his chance.

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

During this period of time, he had been reflecting and understanding himself. His mind had improved as a result and his cultivation base had been frantically rising in silence. This was already not a normal speed of ascension for a martial artist, but a rapid leap. Now he urgently needed an earth-shaking battle to hammer and confirm his enlightenment. King Zhenyuan was undoubtedly a perfect opponent for this.

But if that was the case, his identity will no doubt be exposed.

And his plans would have to be given up halfway.

If once the Guardian camp finds out that he is the Ye Qingyu from the Vast Thousand Domains, they will surely be able to deduce a lot of things. At least some of the secrets of the Luoshen Ridge will be uncovered earlier than predicted. The true power of the earth's civilization must not bloom completely yet.

What should he choose?

There were countless thoughts flashing in Ye Qingyu’s mind. He could already feel the [Cloud Top Cauldron] rumbling slightly in the depths of his dantian world, as if it was longing for a battle.

“Let it be, why not have a big fight, create a mess in this Royal City, and then go straight to find [Quasi-emperor Xiaofei].” In the face of a peerless enemy, the instinct of a martial artist had sent the battle intent within Ye Qingyu's body bubbling, almost insuppressible. In the end, he decided to strike back regardless of everything.

It was just a battle.

Everything else, he would think about it after the battle.

However, who would have thought that, at this moment——

There was another strange change.

“It ends here.”

An ancient voice like a faint gasp from an ancient creature in the river of time clearly rang in everyone's ears. The next moment, King Zhenyuan's terrifying power, like melted snow, instantly disappeared without a trace.

In the void, King Zhenyuan's [Devour Heaven and Earth] also dissipated.

Everything had returned to normal.

King Zhenyuan's expression changed, and anger flashed across face, which quickly turned into a reverence and a hint of reluctance... it was an incredibly complex look.

“I didn’t know Your Majesty had come, Yuan Wenjun pays respect to Your Majesty.” King Zhenyuan curbed his arrogance and altered his high and mighty attitude to a respectful one as he bowed deeply in the direction of where the ancient voice was coming from. “

Ye Qingyu couldn’t help trembling inwardly at the sight of this scene.

He understood right away what sort of existence the ‘Your Majesty’ that King Zhenyuan mentioned was——It was a true Martial Emperor, a living Martial Emperor.

The Guardian camp adopted a militarized system, where the military division was the highest, under the command of the commanders, generals and marquis, and the entire aristocratic system was based on military service and the military ranks. There was almost no complete civil system, and above the military division was the sovereign. According to Ye Qingyu's understanding, there was more than one sovereign.

Any expert who enters the realm of the Martial Emperor can be regarded as a sovereign.

The shock in Ye Qingyu's heart was indescribable.

There were only rumours that there may be real living Martial Emperors existing in Royal City, but he had never seen one before. He had read countless rare books and documents in the collection hall of the military, which recorded all of the secrets of the world. However, there was no record of any Martial Emperor, as if it all had been specially erased. Moreover, he had never seen a sovereign show up to enact laws and decrees, and to manage the camp. Therefore, for some time, Ye Qingyu thought that perhaps this statement was really just a rumour and there really wasn’t a Martial Emperor.

But now, one had suddenly appeared?

It was unknown how many tens of thousands of years it has been since a Martial Emperor appeared in the Vast Thousand Domains, as though they had all vanished. However, there was unexpectedly a present age Martial Emperor in the Dark Realm. The shock in Ye Qingyu’s heart was simply indescribable.

Only a real Martial Emperor could counter King Zhenyuan’s killing move with one word, eliminated everything without a trace. It was also only a real Martial Emperor, who occupies the position of the sovereign, who could make King Zhenyuan swallow his anger, bow respectfully, and choose to accept it no matter how unwilling he was.

“I already know about the matters in the city. The grudges between the King of Zhenyuan’s residence and [Military Judge of the Nine Swords] end here today. The two sides are not going to bring up this matter again.” The ancient voice sounded again, did not answer King Zhenyuan’s question, but directly decided on a solution to this matter.

“This...” King Zhenyuan felt incredibly indignant and unwilling.

Not killing Zhang Longcheng today was equal to letting this [Military Judge of the Nine Swords] became famous once again. Adding to this, he managed to survive from his hands and had received the support of a sovereign under the watch of countless people. In the future, the King of Zhenyuan’s residence will have to carry this humiliation forever, and there would be few people in Royal City that could counterbalance this little [Military Judge of the Nine Swords].

For the King of Zhenyuan’s residence and the Yuan clan, this was simply the worst outcome.

At the city gate, all of the nobles were no longer afraid to say anything.

At this moment when they looked at Ye Qingyu again, their expression had already changed. All of the disdain and contempt, all of the gloating, had turned to envy, admiration and flattery——No matter who, even a beggar on the side of the street or a dog, to be able to obtain the recognition and support of a sovereign, would no doubt soar to the sky.

The Crown Prince of the King of Zhenyuan’s residence, the Second Prince, the Poison Flower Princess and other people looked even more pained. They found it hard to believe that a country bumpkin with no foundation at all was able to obtain the support of a sovereign. This cannot be justified. Wasn’t it said that the sovereigns pay no attention to worldly affairs?

The King of Zhenyuan residence’s grudges most likely cannot be settled.

Even though King Zhenyuan’s power could cover the sky, in the face of a present age sovereign, he also must not show any disobedience and had no choice but to accept all the humiliation.

However, the twists and turns of today's events were far beyond everyone's expectations.

Because just as everyone thought this matter had come to an end, just as King Zhenyuan was ready to clench his teeth and accept it, all of a sudden there was a grand voice reverberating across the sky, “Defied his superiors, trespassed the royal palace, obstructed the King's army... A madman like that should be killed by King Zhengyuan, how can he be spared?”

The majesty of this voice was no less inferior to the previous ancient voice.

Another Martial Emperor?——