Chapter 1656: Emperor’s True Blood

In the field, the old monsters were already on the verge of mental collapse after so many of their companions had been slaughtered left and right.

When they saw Lin Xun called back the terrifying beings, there was only one thought in their mind—

It had been a close brush with death!

Their breathing was ragged, and their expressions kept shifting. The greed in their hearts had long been replaced by fear, and they all looked at Lin with apprehension.

Up to this point, among the old monsters who participated in this battle, four quasi-Emperors and seven Saint-Kings had perished.

The casualties could be described as heavy!

No one doubted that it would have been even heavier if the battle had continued.

On the other hand, Shun Ji, Madam Mu, Ling Xiaozi, and the rest of their group looked as if they had been relieved of a great weight, feeling grateful but at the same time indescribably sorrowful.

It was utterly regrettable that those old monsters hadn’t given away their life in a battle with the enemies, but instead in the infighting that had resulted from their own greed!

At this moment, everyone was surprised to see Gu Liangqu still continue attacking after the red-clad woman stopped and was about to draw back.

Rumble!

His face was livid, and he looked like he had gone mad as he dragged a silver halberd and chased after her like a berserk war god.

This caused quite a few faces to lose color. They instantly knew that Gu Liangqu was too furious and unwilling to end it like this.

“Do you really think I’m afraid of you?” The red-clad woman’s eyes flashed with an intimidatingly icy gleam. Her hair floated up as billions of misty sword qi started to circle her and clanked resoundingly.

In just an instant, Gu Liangqu’s momentum went on the decline, and he was suppressed.

The woman paced the void. Her red dress twirled like a torrent of blood. As the sword qi flowed around her in all trajectories, she looked like a bewitching and peerless sword goddess!

Her lofty and cold temperament, and her sharp and powerful aura amazed the world!

Lin Xun did nothing to stop her.

Whether Gu Liangqu was fighting recklessly with his life on the line because he was angry or because he was harboring other intentions, it didn’t matter.

Since he didn’t want to accept defeat and back down, why would Lin Xun take the initiative to call for a truce?

He had already given way even though he was furious.

If it wasn’t for the sake of Shun Ji’s group, he would never have stopped the battle.

Rumble!

In the sky, Gu Liangqu had been completely suppressed under the boundless misty sword qi. His situation was as close to hopeless as it could be.

Everyone could see that the number one expert of the Great Emperor Pass was clearly inferior to the red-dressed woman in a head-on confrontation.

If this continued, Gu Liangqu would most likely fall to his demise!

Many hearts tightened.

Shun Ji couldn’t help but say, “Now that things have come to this, Lord Gu, why are you still insisting on violence?”

“Shut up!” Gu Liangqu’s livid face became even more unsightly as his eyes burned with raging fury.

Admitting defeat meant admitting that he was inferior!

If word got out that he, Gu Liangqu, had personally come to the Sun Pass to punish a junior only to end up in disgrace and return defeated, how could he have the face to remain in the Great Emperor Pass?

“Brother Gu, what’s the harm in each of us taking a step back? We are all part of the Ancient Wasteland Camp. If we continue to fight and kill each other like this, we will become the laughingstock of our foreign enemies,” Ling Xiaozi tried to kindly persuade him with logic.

“You all are afraid of that brat, I know. But do you think I’m the same as you?!” bellowed Gu Liangqu as his face twisted hideously.

These old fogeys were actually persuading him to bow to a junior and admit defeat! What an atrocity!

“He knows he’s wrong. He just would rather die than change his ways because of his ego. This world is never short of such bastards.” Lin Xun laughed coldly.

“Brat, I shall teach you a lesson.” Gu Liangqu’s expression was eerily cold.

He looked like he had gone completely mad, with absolutely no sanity left to speak of.

“Enough, Gu Liangqu! Are you not humiliated enough?!”

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out from afar and shook the area like thunder, causing many people to tremble.

It was a man clad in a scholar attire, with a lean figure and a graceful bearing. He arrived in large strides like a lofty mountain, and his aura was as vast as the ocean.

“Mister Shen!” The spirits of Shun Ji and all the other old monsters were lifted as if they had found their backbone.

Meanwhile, Lin Xun’s black eyes flashed with a strange glint.

Back then, Mister Shen had been dressed in a rough outfit, and his aura had been mediocre as he had taught Lin Xun the art of stone carving in that small and ordinary store.

But now, meeting him again, Lin Xun realized that his true elegance was actually so magnificent and unique.

“Humiliated? Hahaha, you are here to laugh at my misery, aren’t you? Makes sense, though. Since you came to the Great Emperor Pass, when have you ever taken me seriously at all? Now that you see me in trouble, it would be strange if you don’t take this opportunity to add insult to injury!” Gu Liangqu laughed at the sky, his face particularly vicious.

Mister Shen’s arrival did not calm him down. Instead, he became more and more manic as if he had been triggered further.

Mister Shen looked around and couldn’t help but let out a long sigh, “Let’s stop it here. Considering that we are fellow practitioners, please don’t make it difficult for me.”

‘Fellow practitioners’ meant that they were all cultivators who served the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

“Make it difficult for you? How many times have you made it difficult for me in the past three years?” Gu Liangqu became even more furious. As if venting, he completely disregarded everything. “This time, I was only going to punish a junior, yet you personally jumped out to oppose! You can’t tell me you’re not targeting me!”

Mister Shen was just about to say something when Gu Liangqu shouted loudly, “No explanation needed! Let’s just use this opportunity to put an end to it all!”

Boom!

His aura fiercely changed, and a wisp of blood qi swept out from his head.

“Oh good heavens!”

There was a clamor when that inconspicuous wisp of blood qi suddenly turned into a red haze that pierced a hole in the sky, causing the stars above the Great Emperor Pass to fall down like rain and exploding thunderously.

Emperor Dao’s True Blood!

This left the whole field stunned and astonished!

Anyone who had stepped into the Emperor stage could be considered a most powerful existence under the heavens, with a reputation enough to shake history and a control over supreme greatness.

And the Emperor Dao’s True Blood, not to mention a wisp, even just a droplet was already filled with the mighty mysteries of the Emperor stage that could light up worlds and stand above everything within!

However, the Emperor Dao’s True Blood was not at all easy to acquire as it was branded with the true power of the Emperor stage. Every drop could be considered a priceless and unique treasure!

When the berserk Gu Liangqu called upon the Emperor Dao’s True Blood and integrated it into himself, it was clear that he had decided to disregard his life and fight to the end.

“Damn it!” The red-clad woman’s face changed slightly, and deep apprehension ran in her eyes.

The power of the Emperor Dao’s True Blood could compare to the might of a true Emperor. Let alone quasi-Emperor, even a half-step Emperor wouldn’t dare to take it head-on, which meant evading it was the only choice!

Boom!

Gu Liangqu’s aura shot up like crazy, making it look like a true Emperor was descending. Many old monsters choked on their breath, and their hearts quivered as they felt like ants being observed by a celestial dragon.

The invisible pressure was simply terrifying!

“Little brat, your life shall be the first I take!”

Gu Liangqu’s voice rumbled through the region. As he took one step forward, the sky-blotting Emperor might swept toward Lin Xun.

Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for the red-clad woman to block it at all, so choosing to avoid it would be the wisest course of action.

However, she did not hesitate to strike out with all her might to block Gu Liangqu.

Buzzz~

Billions of misty sword qi with beautifully demonic lusters spread out and covered the sun. The depth of their auras and the horror of their might permeated the land.

But in just the blink of an eye, it was blasted apart by a slap from Gu Liangqu. The ocean of sword qi shattered without being able to stop him in the slightest.

Even the red-clad woman was sent flying by this palm strike like a lone boat being thrown by the waves!

Her face changed drastically.

Shocked and horrified cries filled the area as the onlookers could not believe their eyes. Gu Liangqu had become infinitely more powerful than before!

“A little bit of noble spirit goes a thousand miles!” chanted Mister Shen with a grave expression as he waved his sleeve.

Then, a wisp of wind-like righteous aura appeared and wrapped in the energy and power of the land around, before condensing into the essence of the great dao and whistling out.

It was joyous and unrestrained, grand but invisible!

“Out of my way!” roared Gu Liangqu as he swung his halberd cut through the horizon with an overwhelming might.

Kaboom!

Mister Shen’s all-out strike was easily swept away. As he staggered back, his expression couldn’t help but falter.

And taking advantage of this opening, Gu Liangqu launched an onslaught at Lin Xun.

He appeared to be furious, but his mind was in fact sober with a clear plan. Maintaining face was only a part of the reason why he pushed on with this battle despite everything. More importantly, it was to seize the Ice Snow Leaf!

He was already a half-step Emperor and needed only an opportunity to step on the threshold of the Emperor stage. Therefore, when he had learned of the leaf’s ability to lead one onto that path, he was determined that he would get it at any cost!

It was like the terrifying beings in the Mulberry Woodland who had painstakingly hibernated for ages just to seize the opportunity that the Ten Thousand Tribulation Great Emperor had left behind.

Those like Gu Liangqu were more headstrong the more infinitely close to the Emperor stage they were. It wasn’t out of greed but for the sake of seeking the Emperor path!

No obstacles he encountered in the process would be able to make him back down.

This was Gu Liangqu’s true intention.

He was furious and angry, but it was not to the degree where it could cloud his judgment and affect his will.

And right now, he was about to succeed!

Lin Xun’s death would not only allow him to seize the Ice Snow Leaf but also granted him the control over more than a dozen terrifying beings, including the red-clad woman. It was killing two birds with one stone.

“Brat, accept your death!”

With a violent shout and no hesitation, Gu Liangqu deployed a fatal attack.

As a half-step Emperor who had triggered the power of the Emperor Dao’s True Blood on top of that, his might was definitely not something Lin Xun could block even if he summoned all the beings in the Ice Snow Leaf once again.

Both the red-clad woman and Mister Shen had already been repelled. At this moment, it was already too late for them to stop this.

As for the other old monsters, they had long been petrified by Gu Liangqu’s horrifying aura. There was nothing that they could do either.

Time seemed to have come to a standstill, perilous to the extreme!

Life or death would be decided in this instant.

Lin Xun, however, did not fall back, nor had he lost composure. Not a single fluctuation of emotions could be felt from him.

In his hand, a token had somehow appeared without anyone else realizing it.