Global High Martial Arts: The Beginning Exposes the Cunning Martial King Zhang Tao
Chapter 23

The Coercion of the Emperors, the Choice of the Spirit Emperor!

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Spirit Emperor laughed.

Her laughter was no longer cold or bitter; instead, it carried a sense of relieved heartiness and an incredibly manic madness!

"I owe you?"

Spirit Emperor laughed until tears streamed down her face, glaring at the terrified Heaven Emperor with an icy expression, her tone chilling and heavy with accusation.

"For these thirty thousand years, whatever you asked of me, I did, giving it my all!

Thirty thousand years have passed; I have repaid your favor, and I owe you nothing more!"

"But you..." Spirit Emperor let out a shrill, cold laugh, "But you killed my father, wiped out my kin, and forced me to join in this bloody struggle for the Great Dao!"

"You didn't need to do this, so why did you have to destroy my people!"

"This is what you owe me!"

"Since you owe me, pay with your life!"

Tears dripped from the corners of Spirit Emperor's eyes.

Thirty thousand years of endurance, thirty thousand years of pretense, thirty thousand years of love... She had served as Heaven Emperor's lackey for thirty thousand years just to kill him!

Heaven Emperor's expression changed completely!

He was panicked and uneasy, hurriedly saying:

"Ling, listen to me..."

BOOM!

Caught off guard, Heaven Emperor had his mouth blown apart!

"Heaven Emperor, save your lies for hell," God Emperor interrupted coldly.

"Ling, can you choose to resolve the disaster of the Origin Source?"

Human Emperor stepped forward, looking directly at Spirit Emperor and saying in a deep voice, "Let us surround and kill Heaven Emperor together; he must die!"

At this moment, Heaven Emperor had lost the support of the Immortal Source and the Origin Source, and he likely no longer had the Seed's life channel either.

Even if Heaven Emperor still had a life channel with the Seed, they could request Yang God to help them restrain the Seed.

After all, Heaven Emperor had already transcended; the Seed would certainly not allow such an invincible powerhouse to live without any scruples or constraints!

"Yes, indeed,"

Western Emperor chimed in, "If we really want to kill Heaven Emperor, we should at least extract what the Sky Screen rewarded him with before finishing him off."

Southern Emperor and Beast Emperor also stood by Human Emperor's side.

"Ling, you cannot be so selfish..."

RUMBLE!

"Get lost!"

Eastern Emperor, incensed, shattered the bodies of Southern Emperor and the others with a single punch, causing the world to tremble!

"Huang, you have no right to point fingers at Ling. She owes you nothing, and she owes the Three Realms even less!"

Eastern Emperor's expression was cold.

God Emperor said coldly, "This is not a place where you should continue to stay!"

"Go back and guard your Origin Sources."

As he spoke, several strikes landed heavily on the places guarded by Southern Emperor and the others.

Void cracks erupted, and the Origin Sources shook!

Southern Emperor and the others were struck by the backlash, their bodies covered in blood, gore spilling from their mouths!

"Stop your incessant yapping, it's annoying!"

Earth Emperor retracted his long sword and shouted.

"Hong, you!"

Southern Emperor's eyes glowed red, staring at Earth Emperor and the others with intense hatred.

He let out a mocking laugh, filled with resentment!

You are all so noble, you have all transcended, yet we are still trapped in the Origin Sources!

Western Emperor was incredibly depressed; they had barely said a few words before the fighting started.

The weak emperors have no authority!

"Ling, you cannot kill me!"

Heaven Emperor roared, "I am the master of the Immortal Source and the Origin Source; if I die, the Immortal Source and the Origin Source will inevitably convulse!"

"When that happens, you will be the culprits who destroyed the Three Realms!"

Heaven Fighting Emperor spoke indifferently:

"Heaven Emperor, even now you are still struggling in vain, spewing nothing but lies!"

"No matter what, you must die today!"

Spirit Emperor had laid an ambush for Heaven Fighting Emperor for thirty thousand years, and they had harbored a grudge against him for just as long.

Today, even without the extra rewards from the Sky Screen for Spirit Emperor, they would still surround and kill Heaven Fighting Emperor!

If three paths could not be merged into one, then they would forcibly merge four!

Spirit Emperor remained calm and unhurried, staring at Heaven Fighting Emperor again with a light chuckle: "Master, your disciple fears that if you live forever, you will be too lonely!"

"So, you should just die."

Heaven Fighting Emperor was filled with terror, completely losing his composure!

Instead of dealing with Spirit Emperor, he turned and tore through the void, intending to flee the Three Realms!

However, at this very moment, the Three Realms suddenly began to tremble!

The Immortal Source was also shaking!

An arrow shadow pierced through heaven and earth, instantly tearing through the void and penetrating the Nine Heavens!

The entire Three Realms dimmed for a moment.

Hum!

The void trembled, and a torrential rain of blood poured down!

"Heaven Fighting Emperor!"

God Emperor and the others were terrified!

The long arrow had pierced through the body of Heaven Fighting Emperor!

With a loud boom, Heaven Fighting Emperor exploded, half of his body severed by the void!

Half of Heaven Fighting Emperor crawled on the ground, his aura fading!

"Who is it, who exactly is it!"

Human Emperor, Western Emperor, and Southern Emperor were gripped by panic.

Heaven Fighting Emperor had been shot and killed by a single arrow!

Such terrifying strength... who could it be!

"It is the aura of Zhan!"

God Emperor's expression changed drastically; he sensed the faint, lingering aura of Zhan on Heaven Fighting Emperor!

How could this be!

Zhan had clearly perished completely, filling the sea and suppressing the source; it was impossible for him to revive!

"Zhan?!"

Eastern Emperor's expression also shifted.

Earth Emperor's eyes flickered with surprise; he had sensed it too, but... how could this be possible!

Spirit Emperor paid no mind to the source of the arrow; she smiled brilliantly at Heaven Fighting Emperor and plunged her Jade Sword fiercely into his skull with her delicate hand!

Bang!

The skull shattered and disintegrated into nothingness!

Heaven Fighting Emperor, fallen!

A rain of blood swept across the Three Realms.

In an instant, the Forbidden Sea was dyed red.

Spirit Emperor wept silently, laughing as she cried.

She made no further choices, her figure flashing and disappearing completely from above the Immortal Source!

"Ling, you..."

Eastern Emperor's eyes were complex as he sighed softly.

"Qiong, Heaven Fighting Emperor, Hong, let us go as well."

God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Earth Emperor nodded and likewise departed from the Immortal Source.

Now, they had more important matters to attend to.

Was this arrow truly shot by Zhan?

If it was, then Zhan was far too terrifying!

But if it really was him, why hadn't Zhan appeared on the Sneaky Ranking?

Heaven Fighting Emperor was dead, but the Immortal Source remained, and the Origin Source still existed!

Even if the problem of the Origin Source was resolved, as long as the Seed was not dealt with, new problems would arise even without the issue of the origin.

Without Heaven Fighting Emperor, there would simply be another Heaven Fighting Emperor!

Western Emperor returned to the place he guarded and carefully sensed his surroundings.

It seemed he could temporarily break free?

With Heavenly Emperor dead, his power appeared to have returned to the Origin Source, making the Origin Source even more stable.

But... Western Emperor was incredibly conflicted.

It seemed there was someone in the Three Realms even stronger than Heavenly Emperor lurking about; would he die even faster if he went down there?

That arrow that killed Heavenly Emperor... was it War Heavenly Emperor?

Western Emperor frowned, his expression shifting between light and shadow.

Moreover, because Beast Emperor and Northern Emperor had acted too quickly before, they had consistently overlooked a problem.

Their combat power was far lower than Heavenly Emperor's; they had absolutely no strength to suppress the Immortal Source and the Origin Source!

Human Emperor searched the Immortal Source for a long time, but eventually left with a dark face; he dared not rashly refine the Immortal Source and the Origin Source.

He was not like Heavenly Emperor, who had the Seed to help him.

He alone could not suppress the cracks in the Immortal Source, nor could he suppress the turbulence of the Origin Source.

God Emperor and the others would not easily let him refine the Origin Source and the Immortal Source either.

Fortunately, after Heavenly Emperor died, his energy returned, making the Origin Source and the Immortal Source more stable.

Southern Emperor's eyes were dim, his body covered in blood, staring fixedly at the Immortal Source.

Blood rain poured across the Three Realms; no one knew if Heavenly Emperor had truly fallen, nor did anyone know which option Spirit Emperor had ultimately chosen.

"The blood rain continues... did Spirit Emperor finally choose to kill Heavenly Emperor?"

King Gen, King Xun, and King Gan speculated.

In the Earth Cave, King Ming was also lost in thought.

"Is Heavenly Emperor dead?"

In the Human Realm, Heaven Suppressing King, God Forger, and Zhang Tao looked at each other.

"Heavenly Emperor might already be dead."

Zhang Tao whispered.

Wasn't Spirit Emperor's thirty thousand years of forbearance all for the sake of killing Heavenly Emperor?

Since the Sky Screen gave her the opportunity, how could she not use it?

Heaven Suppressing King and God Forger did not speak.

They always felt something was wrong.

In Yang City, Yang God looked suspicious, "Did War take action?"

Did War actually still have a trump card?

That was impossible.

If War really still had a trump card, one capable of directly killing a Heavenly Emperor with 200 million combat power, why didn't he just start the slaughter back then?

Moreover, if it really were War, how could he not be on the Sneaky Ranking?

But when did another mysterious powerhouse appear in these Three Realms!

Yang God could feel that someone had shot and killed Heavenly Emperor!

But he could not perceive where the arrow had come from.

At the same time, In Southern Martial University, Zhang Xuan gripped the bow and arrow in his hand, nodding with satisfaction.

"That's more like it, everyone get nervous!"

Without a sense of crisis, what if God Emperor, Heaven Fighting Emperor, and Earth Emperor thought they were invincible now that Heavenly Emperor was dead and started wreaking havoc on the Human Realm?

Since that was the case, he would apply some pressure on them!

"Spirit Emperor."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand slightly, and the bow and arrow vanished in an instant.

He reckoned that if he hadn't intervened, Spirit Emperor would have chosen the option to kill Heavenly Emperor nine times out of ten.

But now, even he wasn't sure.

(Seeking follow-up reads, seeking everything, and the Sneaky One is about to be exposed!)

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