Many renowned figures were waiting to see just how strong the Twin Demons of the Era, spoken of by those from the Burial Emperor Star, truly were.
They refused to believe that two Mortal Bodies could suppress an entire era.
"When he comes, I'd like to see just how formidable this Mortal Body praised so highly by the creatures of the Burial Emperor Star really is."
"A mere Mortal Body entering Divine Prohibition? What a joke. It would be impressive enough if he hadn't been slain by someone of a higher realm. Entering the Forbidden Domain? Do you think I'd believe that?"
"He must be a powerful expert with a special constitution."
Many experts scoffed at the rumors about Xu Changqing. Some even felt that the people of the Burial Emperor Star had gone mad. If they said Xu Changqing possessed some terrifying constitution, they might have believed it.
Xu Changqing had traversed the Starry Sky for several years, and the enemies he encountered grew ever stronger. Yet even more of them were unable to contend with him.
He had seen far too many tragedies that he had never witnessed during the Mortal Period. He had once seen a peerless great demon turn hundreds of millions of mortals into food for cultivation, raising his cultivation all the way to the Saint King Realm.
In this world, there was no right or wrong.
Obsessing over right and wrong was merely the mindset of the weak. They believed the world was fair and constantly kept words like "You're wrong, I'm right" on their lips.
But if you were strong enough, did right and wrong still mean anything to you?
No.
The Starry Sky withered, and countless outstanding figures fell. Since the Emperor's Road had opened, the once dazzling Heavenly Prides had faded from the stage, while insignificant nobodies obtained opportunities and soared into the heavens.
Another year passed. Xu Changqing had already spent five years on the Emperor's Road.
Five years of slaughter, battle, and enlightenment had made him increasingly steady. His temperament had changed as well. He now carried an incomparably intense aura of slaughter, his dense killing intent seeming capable of freezing the surrounding void.
Even his cultivation had reached its peak. He could enter the Saint King Realm at any time.
He planned to enter the Saint King Realm only after encountering a special situation. Otherwise, he would head to the fiftieth checkpoint and undergo tribulation to become a Saint King.
Xu Changqing had arrived at the forty-ninth human checkpoint.
His white hair draped over his shoulders, and his expression was blank. Tall and slender, he walked through the city with firm steps, his eyes utterly calm. People around him watched and discussed him.
There was admiration, disdain, hatred, and resentment.
Yet no one dared approach him. Even the commanders silently moved away upon seeing Xu Changqing, not daring to provoke him.
Some of those commanders were in the Saint Realm, while others were Saint Kings. Yet none dared provoke this executioner. They had paid close attention to the legends spreading through the ancient road.
"So this is that Heavenly Demon? He really is extraordinary. Even from this far away, he makes me feel fear..."
"I don't want to continue down the road anymore. I've decided to withdraw from the struggle on the Emperor's Road. Becoming a commander here might not be such a bad choice."
"He's unusual. His eyes are full of coldness, without the slightest emotion. His breathing is steady, and he isn't affected by anything around him at all."
The road was paved with bluestone. Shops lined both sides, along with withered yellow trees and even more cultivators.
They all silently made way for him.
After five years of slaughter, Xu Changqing's aura was simply too terrifying. Combined with all those rumors—
—it made everyone too afraid to even breathe loudly, fearing they might displease that man.
"Wuqing, give me back my daughter's life!"
Suddenly, a grief-stricken roar came from the sky. An incomparably vast aura swept through the entire city like a boundless ocean, and countless people were crushed by the terrifying pressure until they could barely breathe.
Boom!
A crimson sea of blood descended from the heavens, formed from incredibly dense blood qi.
Boom!
Two golden pillars of light burst into the sky. The people on the street froze before fleeing in every direction.
The intense pressure caused countless shops and houses to collapse. Yet neither the commanders nor the Guide Envoys appeared. They were all watching from the shadows.
Xu Changqing stopped and looked up at the sky. His face remained expressionless, while his icy eyes seemed capable of freezing the void.
Though the Saint King's blood qi surged mightily, he had clearly begun to decline.
Xu Changqing had killed no one knew how many Saint Kings over the years. In his eyes, the Saint King expert in the sky was nothing more than a clown.
Boom!
A terrifying explosion rang out from the void. Countless sparks erupted in rapid succession, densely packed and accompanied by two streaks of divine light.
Xu Changqing's figure turned illusory before vanishing completely. It was as though he had merged into the void, or transcended the world itself. There was not the slightest aura or ripple.
Boom!
Those attacks failed to strike Xu Changqing, but the surrounding houses and shops were blasted apart by the terrifying residual energy, even reduced to ashes.
The next moment, fierce sounds of battle came from the sky. Everyone saw that the white-haired man had only made a slight move, yet had already sent that Saint King flying.
In the sky, two figures clashed as terrifying shockwaves continued spreading.
That Saint King was a middle-aged man who appeared to be in his fifties. Yet his aura was unstable. He must have only recently broken through.
"At last, I've seen him make a move. The rumors were true." A commander exclaimed in the shadows. As fellow Saint King experts, even one who had just broken through was not someone a Saint could resist.
Much less someone who could directly suppress a Saint King with his physical body.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the Starry Sky, the two figures collided without pause. Their fists rained down upon each other like raindrops, their movement techniques so fast that no one could see clearly.
That Saint King was filled with hatred. He continuously burned his life force and activated terrifying forbidden techniques, but they only managed to injure Xu Changqing rather than heavily wound him.
They fought all the way into the depths of the Starry Sky. Xu Changqing unleashed all his combat strength and directly suppressed thirty percent of his opponent's power.
Boom!
Xu Changqing directly entered Divine Prohibition and used his movement technique to appear before the middle-aged man in an instant. His right hand shot out, seized the Saint King by the throat, and lifted him high into the air.
"A false Saint King."
He sneered at the Saint King before him. With his many years of combat experience, he had long realized that the other man had not entered the Saint King Realm through his own strength.
Instead, he had forcibly raised his cultivation through some kind of treasure, or consumed certain Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to barely break through.
Being able to exchange two hundred moves with Xu Changqing already made him quite strong.
The next moment, Xu Changqing's left hand transformed into a blade. He released the middle-aged man with his right hand, then swiftly slashed with his left.
A cold blade light reflected in the middle-aged man's pupils, causing them to constrict.
Pfft!
A head soared high into the air, while blood sprayed from the headless body like a fountain.
Xu Changqing grabbed the flying head and simply stood in midair, looking down on everyone in silence.
He had encountered situations like this far too often.
There was nothing he could do. He had killed too many people—so many that he could no longer count them. Even now, he had no idea how many members of the younger generation or powerful experts with special constitutions he had killed.
He had even slaughtered some family Heavenly Prides on the Emperor's Road.
The next moment, Xu Changqing brought out the Soul Slaying Nail and drove it into the forehead of the head in his hand. Activating the Soul Slaying Nail, he directly exterminated the middle-aged man.
He knew that wherever he went, slaughter would follow. Enemies were everywhere.
To some people, his threat was simply too great.
Everyone fell silent. This was far too absurd.
A Saint King had died just like that. How long had they even fought? After merely two hundred exchanges, the other man had been killed.
Moreover, he was far more outrageous than the rumors suggested. Was he really a Mortal Body? It did not seem so, because Mortal Bodies could not possibly be that terrifying.
"Fighting is forbidden in the city! Arrest him!"
Suddenly, a loud shout rang through the city. Immediately afterward, a brilliant light erupted, targeting Xu Changqing directly and carrying incomparably intense killing intent.
Everyone froze. They had not expected anyone to dare attack under such circumstances.
"What's going on? Didn't they see that inhuman White-Haired Demon kill a Saint King? How do they still dare to attack?"
"Looks like this isn't so simple. Just watch and see."
Many experts discussed the matter with cold smiles, all watching Xu Changqing in the sky. They wanted to see who would dare attack him in full view of everyone.
To them, Xu Changqing was too great a threat. If they could eliminate him, the road ahead would become much easier.
Whoosh!
A Heavenly Net appeared in the Starry Sky, directly surrounding Xu Changqing before descending upon him, intending to capture him or seal off his escape route.
A commander clad in black armor leaped into the sky, cold light in his eyes. Holding a Black Long Spear that radiated a terrifying aura, he thrust directly toward Xu Changqing.
He was not alone. Someone in the shadows had also acted. A dark crimson blood sword pierced through the void, streaking through the clouds with a vast red glow.
They had no reason to target Xu Changqing, but they had accepted another's benefits and had to do the job.
"Why hasn't the Guide Envoy appeared?" Everyone was puzzled.
That was right, where was the Guide Envoy?
Fighting within the city was forbidden. No matter how peerlessly magnificent you were or how astonishing your talent might be throughout the ages, if you had not grown up yet, you were nothing.
The Guide Envoys were the true experts of the Emperor's Road. They were also the rules.
Those capable of becoming Guide Envoys were all Great Sages, or even beings beyond Great Sages!
Yet now, a great battle had broken out in the city, but the Guide Envoy remained nowhere to be seen.
Xu Changqing naturally understood the situation as well. There was not the slightest fear on his face as he drew the Bone Saber and prepared to fight.
"Pang Tong, stop!"
Other commanders also moved to stop him. Anyone with eyes could see that there was definitely something wrong with that commander. Otherwise, he would not have attacked under everyone's watchful gaze with such urgency.
Boom!
A commander clad in purple armor blocked Pang Tong, his face filled with frustration as he gritted his teeth and said, "What are you trying to do? Do you not value your life?!"
If Pang Tong had not been his friend, would he have chosen to help him? Impossible.
"Don't stop me. He broke the rules. Even if that man started the conflict and made the first move, Xu Changqing shouldn't have killed him. We should be the ones to judge him!" Pang Tong showed no fear, his tone incomparably cold.
There was no helping it. Someone had offered him something he could not refuse and told him to keep Xu Changqing here.
Not kill him—just trap him if possible. It would be best to trap him for a hundred years, or even a thousand.
And Xu Changqing had killed someone within the city, instantly giving Pang Tong a reason where he had previously had none.
Although Xu Changqing was terrifying and possessed formidable combat strength, Pang Tong was not weak either.
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