Chapter 1622: No Martial Virtue

“You are the Great Emperor of Fengdu and a man of epic cultivation, senior. Why torment the common people and the innocent? You’ll become the laughing stock of the world at this rate!”

His strength wasn’t enough, so he could only try using his mouth and persuade the Great Emperor of Fengdu.

“You are the reason behind their suffering.”

The Great Emperor of Fengdu said icily, “I told you that I would make you wish you were dead. Physical torment is inferior, but spiritual torment is superior.”

“I will take you and these people into my Endless Hell. I will have them scream forever in your ears so that you would live in regret and hatred forever. I will inflict eternal torment upon your soul.”

“Hahahaha...”

As he laughed, the god demon in the sky stretched its arms wide and descended from the sky. It looked like it was planning to embrace the entire imperial capital.

If it succeeded, then the entire imperial capital would turn into an Endless Hell.

“You piece of shit! How despicable!”

Negotiation failed, so it was time to use force.

Ye Qing let out an angry shout while his heart was full of anger. He bent his knees slightly, and the surrounding space slowly sank like the surface of a lake. At the same time, dull rumbles were occurring underneath Ye Qing’s feet non-stop.

When the rumbles grew so rapid that they transformed into a unified, indistinguishable cacophony of noises, and Ye Qing’s aura had climbed to the peak, he shot up toward the sky like an arrow. He was overflowing with the fist intent that would annihilate all things and fist force as torrential as a river.

Right here and now, Ye Qing was the fist, and the fist was Ye Qing.

He had made himself into a fist that would slay a god demon.

His fist intent was so vast it was as if this corner of the world could not endure it. It split into many cracks of void.

His fist intent was so murderous that time and space itself could not endure it. Everything had come to a standstill and turned into primal chaos.

Even the god demon of Endless Hell bending down to embrace the world abruptly came to a stop. It could only watch as Ye Qing slammed into its burning pupils.

At first, it felt like Ye Qing’s resistance was as impotent as a mud bull entering the sea, failing to elicit even the slightest splash.

However, the Great Emperor of Fengdu was frowning with deep concern. That concern rapidly transformed into pain and anger.

“Argh!” A guttural growl escaped the Great Emperor of Fengdu’s throat, and his forehead abruptly burst open as if someone had punched a hole in it. Dark blood dripped out slowly.

At the same time, cracks spread throughout the god demon of Endless Hell starting from its pupil. They covered the creature entirely in just the blink of an eye. The next moment, it shattered into a million pieces like a mirror that hit the floor hard.

When the god demon of Endless Hell shattered, the Endless Fire that permeated the entire imperial capital winked out as well.

“Hahaha... is that all you got, Great Emperor of Fengdu?”

Ye Qing reappeared after shattering the god demon of Endless Hell.

However, it was clear that he wasn’t doing too well. His flesh was split apart and bleeding profusely like he had been cut a thousand times over. He looked terrible.

Ironically, his wounds hadn’t been inflicted by the Great Emperor of Fengdu. Most of it was a result of his own attack.

The fist intent of his Annihilation Hammer was so great that even his adept level Earthly Sovereign True Body could not endure it completely. That was why his body was broken by it.

Of course, the Earthly Sovereign True Body wasn’t inferior to the Annihilation Hammer. The reason it broke was because the three finger flicks from the Great Emperor of Fengdu had breached his Earthly Sovereign True Body and punched holes in his normally flawless physique. Later, he had executed a full-powered Annihilation Hammer before he recovered. Naturally, he was hurt by his own fist intent.

Despite this, Ye Qing was laughing and seemingly riding the high of his momentum. They had shed all pretense of cordiality anyway, so there was no need to give face to the Great Emperor of Fengdu any longer.

“You’ve angered me, junior.”

The repeated humiliation he suffered in the hands of a junior had also pushed the emperor’s anger to its peak. The next moment, a tombstone slowly crawled out of the savage-looking wound on his forehead.

The tombstone looked broken and covered in blood. It was overflowing with terrifying energies.

“Earth Yin Origin Lord”

The name “Earth Yin Origin Lord” was etched onto the tombstone. Ye Qing felt great, inexplicable terror the moment he saw it.

It was terror toward death.

Legend had it that the Earth Yin Origin Lord was a natural deity just like King Taishan. He once fought King Taishan to rob him of his authority. Alas, his attempt ended in failure, and he was killed by King Taishan.

Clearly, this tombstone was connected to the Earth Yin Origin Lord.

The tombstone plummeted toward the earth after it had fully exited the Great Emperor of Fengdu’s forehead.

Although it was a broken tombstone, Ye Qing saw a deity carrying the immense power of the Heavenly Way and the laws of the Nether falling toward him.

He found himself unable to move for a time.

This old fuck has no martial virtue! I can’t believe he’s using a Strange Artifact against me, a junior!

Ye Qing ranted up a storm inside his head. If he still possessed the Earthly Sovereign Bell, the Great Emperor of Fengdu would not be able to throw attack after attack at him without suffering some form of retaliation.

There was no “if” in this world though. He would have to find a way out of this himself.

Although the tombstone had inflicted the terror of death in him, he wasn’t going to submit to his fate without struggling.

With a thought, he cycled the Innate Yin Yang Qi and turned death to life. Slowly, he was able to neutralize the forces pinning him in place.

He was just in time. The tombstone was right above his head at this point.

Ye Qing only had enough time to raise his hands. The next moment, the tombstone hit him like a mountain.

“Grr!” A muffled groan escaped Ye Qing’s lips as the earth beneath him ripped asunder like an earthquake. All around him, buildings were collapsing and shooting thick puffs of smoke and dust into the air.

Ye Qing’s wounds had recovered a moment ago, but now they split open and drenched him in his own blood once more.

“The hell? Just how heavy is this thing?”

It didn’t feel like he was enduring a tombstone or even a mountain. No, Ye Qing felt like he was enduring the weight of an entire world. This was a bit too much even for him! At a critical moment, the Chief Libationist’s voice suddenly boomed once more. It was calm, collected, and overflowing with strength. It overwhelmed the countless deafening noises that overtook the imperial capital since the battle began.

“I offer this sacrificial text to heaven and earth and beg for your sympathy. I ask that you repel the evil, expel the filth, and return purity to the human world once more...”

“By Yinghu of Chu.”

As soon as he finished his words, the sacrificial text created using the countless hearts of the people and the lifeblood of the masses shot into the clouds.

For a moment, time seemed to come to a complete stop, and everything fell silent for a few moments.

An indefinite amount of time later—it could be an instant, or it could be years—a drumbeat slowly came from the air. Like thunder, it was grand and deafening. It could be heard throughout the entire God Continent.

“A thunderous beat from the sky...” No one was speaking, but everyone seemed to understand what was happening.

The thunderous drumbeat was the sound of the Heavenly Way.

When the drumbeat resounded, all things were rejuvenated like the season of spring.

The good and kind only felt warmth, comfort, and lightness from the drumbeat, but the evils felt indescribable terror from it.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Slowly, the drumbeat grew increasingly rapid and fierce. The thick, dark clouds in the sky were dispelled, the tangled mess of taint and filth were cleansed, and some of the weaker Strangers and evils literally died from shock.

Even powerful Strangers and champions such as the Night Demon, Corpse Buddha, Snake Evil Sovereign, Great Emperor of Fengdu, White Bone Divine Sovereign and more were feeling terrified.

This was especially true for Strangers such as the Night Demon, Corpse Buddha, and the Snake Evil Sovereign. They wore pained expressions like the drumbeat physically hurt them.