Chapter 1232: Fiery Sea Fall (1)

Not even Zhang Qi had imagined that the traitor would actually be his father, the Fiery Sea King.

Fiery Sea King was known for being hot-headed.

During the early days of the current era, humanity had produced eleven new Invincibles. Two had subsequently perished.

People like Heavenly Forge King, Heavenly Seal King, Silk Destroying King, and Fiery Sea King were among these newer Invincibles. Out of these Invincibles, four had affirmed their dao in the minor realms, two had affirmed their dao in the Human Realm, and three had affirmed their dao in the Allheaven Battlefield.

As someone who had affirmed his dao in the Human Realm, Fiery Sea King was considerably strong. The weakest Invincibles would be those who had affirmed their dao in the minor realms.

Everyone believed that Fiery Sea King's bad temper was a result the characters he cultivated. After all, he specialized in fire-related characters. In fact, not even what Zhang Qi did earlier affected the opinion of the masses toward Fiery Sea King.

He had also contributed heavily to humanity. He had been fighting the myriad races with the Invincibles even prior to his dao affirmation. He had fought many battles for humanity. But he was actually the traitor? He had even killed Ye Batian?

This caught a lot of people by surprise, but at the same time, it also didn't seem too surprising. If Ye Batian had really died due to a personal grudge, then it would indeed be likely that Fiery Sea King was the culprit. After all, he was known for his terrible temper. Just how had Ye Batian humiliated him back then for him to resort to such drastic action?

Fiery Sea King did elaborate, but it was clear the matter wasn’t so simple. A regular spar would not be sufficient to create a grudge that would cause an Invincible to kill someone like Ye Batian. And with Ye Batian dead, it wouldn’t be easy for anyone to figure out the truth.

Su Yu, who was still busy fighting in the ruin, only cared about the fact that the traitor had arrived. He wasn't close with any of the Invincibles involved so he wasn't concerned about the reason for Fiery Sea King's betrayal.

Looking outside from within the ruin, he could see three Invincibles in battle. But he wasn't able to get a clear look, nor was he able to see if there was any symbol on Fiery Sea King's wrist. He was only certain that there was no symbol on the wrist of Fiery Sea King's future body.

Su Yu was indifferent, but Liu Wenyan was enraged as he asked, "You could have killed me. Why did you target my family? Back then, my teacher visited you with me. I even accorded you the proper respect you deserved as an Invincible. Yet that was what you chose to do to my family?"

He was furious and sorrowful. If the Invincible had a grudge against him, the Invincible should kill him. Why must the Invincible go after his family? Not even the children were spared. Was someone like that even worthy of being an Invincible? As an Invincible, how could he take his anger out on the innocent?

Fiery Sea King coldly said, "That was never my intention. I only instructed some people to lure you out. But your family struggled too intensely, resulting in the eventual bloodbath."

He was speaking the truth. What could he gain from eliminating the Liu Family? He was only trying to lure Liu Wenyan out of Great Xia.

But his subordinates had misunderstood him and went over the board. Then again, he wasn't that bothered about the destruction of the Liu Family anyway. Sure, he was surprised to learn that his subordinates had attacked in conjunction with an attack by the myriad races, eventually resulting in the elimination of that family. Nevertheless, he only felt a slight surprise upon learning about it. He felt no guilt over it.

His words further infuriated Liu Wenyan.

"After killing my teacher and everyone in my family, claiming that it was never your intention won't be enough to clean the slate!"

The enraged Liu Wenyan fought with even more madness than before. Triggered by his fury, he grew even stronger. Meanwhile, the Pseudo Invincible facing him could only grumble sullenly as he dealt with Liu Wenyan's madness. Yet another human had gone mad. Why were there so many lunatics among humanity?

Fiery Sea King said nothing else. He was too occupied to say more.

Wan Tiansheng was not holding anything back. His killing intent surged as he sent Devil King Lade flying yet again before roaring, "Piss off, Lade! If you keep interfering, I'll kill you!"

Devil King Lade cursed under his breath. If only his tri-life bodies were still around.

Alas, he was left with only one future body. Thus, he had to be extremely careful.

Since the identity of the traitor had been exposed, he saw no need for him to keep fighting. Thus, he withdrew unhesitatingly and shot toward the ruin instead. Wan Tiansheng and Fiery Sea King could keep fighting for all he cared. Both of those were humans. Any of them could die as far as he was concerned.

It would be even better if both of them died together. Of course, the best result for the myriad races was the victory of Fiery Sea King.

Losing Wan Tiansheng, Yellow Department head, and First Profound would be a great blow to humanity. With such a blow, it would no longer be a big deal even if humanity managed to produce a few new Invincibles from the dao affirmations they were currently attempting in the Allheaven Battlefield.

While attacking Fiery Sea King, Wan Tiansheng shouted, "Lan Tian, stop Lade!"

There were too many humans in the ruin, including Su Yu and the others. He could not allow Lade to get into their midst.

Lade must not be given the chance to wantonly slaughter the weaker humans while everyone else was occupied.

Lan Tian, who was in the middle of affirming his dao, grinned and said, "Alright! I love this task! Wan Tiansheng, I like how domineering you are currently! I suppose I can settle with the devil dao for now..."

With a flicker, he appeared in front of Lade and asked with the tone of a bitter mistress, "Been a while, Lade. Have you been missing me?"

"..."

Devil King Lade cursed inwardly at the sight of the lunatic before him. Yes, this wasn't his first meeting with Lan Tian. But the way Lan Tian framed the question was too suggestive. He couldn't be bothered to waste his time talking. He was fearful of Wan Tiansheng, but the same couldn't be said for Lan Tian.

Boom!

He answered with a punch, instantly blasting a Lan Tian apart.

"How could you be so heartless, Lade!"

Hundreds of Lan Tians appeared. One of them said bitterly, "You should die and leave your body to me. I will fuse your body. You will be me. I will be you. We will be one. I will capture a past body for you. What do you think?"

Countless Lan Tians surrounded Devil King Lade as an intense battle erupted between them.

Numerous explosions erupted, with one Lan Tian after another dropping from the sky as corpses. But the remaining Lan Tians continued giggling joyfully.

"How manly of you!"

"I like it when you're so masculine!"

"Become one with me, Dear!"

Hundreds of Lan Tians spoke in perfect unison with hundreds of different voices. They came in all ages and genders, speaking the exact same words. Everyone felt their hair stand on end as they witnessed this madness.

Not only was Lan Tian crazy. But he was surprisingly strong. For some reason, it felt like he was growing stronger as the battle raged on.

When he fought the Pseudo Invincible previously, he only had a slight advantage, unlike First Divine who was overwhelmingly strong. But now, he seemed to have grown as strong as First Divine. He could even put up a good fight against Devil King Lade.

He might be crazy, but one couldn't deny that he could also be quite helpful at times. Not only had he killed a Pseudo Invincible, he had also kept an Invincible occupied and relaxed the burden on Marquis Xia's side.

Without Lan Tian, the pressure on them would have been much heavier. It was likely that a lot more humans would die.

Of the many battles around Nanyuan, the fiercest of them all was the one involving Wan Tiansheng. Space around him had been reduced to the darkness of the void as the two super experts fought intensely. Even the boundless void was shaking as chunk after chunk of realm barrier crumbled apart from the clashes between the two.

With his numerous characters, Wan Tiansheng unleashed all sorts of attacks against Fiery Sea King who was mainly using a fire character. He had other characters as well, but most would be blasted apart right after manifesting.

It was inevitable that this battle was receiving a lot of attention. After all, the two were the sole combatants with the strength of Invincibles present. The other combatants were either tri-life bodies of Invincibles or Pseudo Invincibles. Fiery Sea King was the only Invincible to have arrived in the truest sense.

It was only after his arrival that many had a proper appreciation of how strong an Invincible was.

With a swing of Wan Tiansheng's sword, Fiery Sea King was killed. Yet with the flowing River of Time, he seemed incapable of dying. He came back to life almost instantly with renewed strength.

Boom!

Wrapped around in flame, Wan Tiansheng could hear the sound of his flesh sizzling. But he ignored it and continued fighting with a grunt.

Fifty-one years ago, Fiery Sea King had stabbed him and Ye Batian in the back while they were in battle against others. Assisted by a second Invincible, they attacked when both him and Ye Batian were at their weakest. Ultimately, Ye Batian had died in the hands of Fiery Sea King and the celestial chasm Invincible.

At the time, both he and Ye Batian were already drained from battle. They were too weakened to deal with the sudden attack. That was not the case today. Today, he had arrived at full power. Today, he was only facing one opponent.

Fiery Sea King!

Everything Wan Tiansheng had done over the years was for the sake of killing Fiery Sea King. For revenge. The death of Nether River King did not even matter to him. The death of a single Invincible wouldn't change much. He wanted vengeance. He wanted Fiery Sea King's life.

Boom!

As the battle raged on, Wan Tiansheng found himself increasingly injured. Fiery Sea King was also dropping in strength. He might have the ability to endlessly resurrect himself, but the price for that wouldn't be low. After yet another swing of Wan Tiansheng's sword, Fiery Sea King's arm was severed. This time, the arm was a lot slower to regrow.

Gnashing his teeth, Fiery Sea King said, "The two of you are indeed impressive. Back then, Ye Batian was unreasonably strong. Today, you're also unreasonably strong. But Wan Tiansheng, you're not enough to kill me!"

"Burning! Sky!"

It was as though the entire world was set on fire. At the middle of the fiery tempest was Wan Tiansheng.

Stepping into the midst of the fire, Fiery Sea King said, "Wan Tiansheng, kneel and I'll spare your life."

Wan Tiansheng said nothing and continued swinging his sword.

"Hahaha! So you find this unacceptable as well? Back then, your senior brother told me to kneel as well. Who did he think he was to speak like that to an Invincible? The audacity of him!"

Wan Tiansheng coldly said, "My senior brother might be domineering, but he's not unwise."

As fellow humans with no major grudge between them, there was no way Ye Batian would do something like that. He wasn't that stupid.

Wan Tiansheng greatly doubted Fiery Sea King's story. Clearly, the so-called second spar had been won by his senior brother as well. He might have done something excessive. If he had really forced an Invincible to kneel before him, Fiery Sea King's response would be somewhat understandable.

No matter what, that was their senior and an Invincible of humanity. One should not slight him so. But would his senior brother do something so stupid?

Wan Tiansheng was very doubtful about that. After taking a look at the sword in his hand, he gnashed his teeth. A human Invincible who had affirmed his dao in the Human Realm couldn't be killed so easily in the Human Realm. But it was merely difficult, not impossible.