"Pfft..."
"Ah... Lin Fan!"
Blood poured uncontrollably from the corners of Luo Chen's mouth. Before he could react, he saw two of Lin Fan's fingers reach toward his eyes.
The next moment, agonizing pain shot through his eyes, and everything went black.
Lin Fan gouged out Luo Chen's Double Pupils. Luo Chen screamed in pain, his empty eye sockets trailing two horrifying streams of bloody tears.
At this sight, Lin Fan felt no guilt whatsoever. As a villain, he ought to have a villain's methods. Without Uncle Fu, he would have been the one Luo Chen killed.
[Ding! The host has gouged out Luo Chen's Double Pupils, depriving him of an important talent. This qualifies as villainous behavior. Awarded 10,000 Villain Points and triggered a hidden ten-thousandfold critical reward: ungraded World-Destroying Double Pupils.] Ungraded World-Destroying Double Pupils: a talent above emperor grade and immortal grade. One eye creates, one eye destroys. Cultivated to the pinnacle, it can destroy a universe with a glance and evolve a great universe.
Rumble...
"You whelp, how dare you! Stop at once!"
Before Lin Fan could think further, an earth-shaking roar rang out between heaven and earth. The world trembled violently, as though its sovereign had descended. His voice arrived before he did! Terrifying pressure swept forth.
A Quasi-Emperor!
Quasi-Emperor Shenshang!
Uncle Fu's and the supreme elder's expressions changed drastically. They flew high into the sky to block Shenshang's wrath!
The sound of the Dao thundered. Lin Fan was momentarily dazed, but immediately recovered.
As though he had heard nothing, he pressed the emperor weapon down without another word.
At the same time...
Taking advantage of a moment of inattention from Lin Fan, Luo Chen used his trump card. A divine ray burst from his eyes. His pupils contracted, and the divine ray pierced Lin Fan's dantian.
"Hahaha! Even if I die, you won't have it easy!"
"This is the Ancient Forbidden Immortal-Slaying Curse, condensed from this emperor's soul. Even if you survive, you'll spend the rest of your life as a cripple..."
Luo Chen unleashed the final embers of his life, sacrificing his emperor soul regardless of the cost. Even if he could never be reborn for all eternity, he wanted to take Lin Fan with him.
Unfortunately, as Lin Fan's emperor weapon fell, his aim went slightly astray, striking only Lin Fan's dantian.
With a bang, the emperor weapon smashed Luo Chen into a mist of blood.
The reborn Great Emperor Tianchen fell at Lin Fan's hands before he could reach the pinnacle again. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Lin Fan had slain a Great Emperor!
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing the Son of Fortune, Luo Chen. Awarded 10,000 Villain Points. Congratulations to the host for obtaining all of Luo Chen's belongings: Tianchen Emperor Scripture, saint artifact Saint-Slaying Sword...] [Remaining opportunities viewing function unlocked!] [The Son of Fortune Luo Chen's remaining opportunities: 1. Chaos Origin Qi in the Primordial Secret Realm, the Heaven-Devouring Devil Emperor's inheritance, the third-transformation secret method of the Ancient God Body Refining Art. 2. Nine-Transformation Divine Soul Grass in the Immortal King Ruins...] [Ding! Luo Chen's demise has deprived the Daughter of Fortune, Liu Yanran, of her powerful backing and source of resources. Awarded 10,000 Villain Points.]
"Fuck!"
"A Son of Fortune really doesn't die that easily!"
Lin Fan truly wanted to curse someone's mother. He had to admit that sons of destiny really were uncanny.
Still, the rewards he received were generous.
Fortunately, he was not panicking...
He had just asked the system. The Immortal-Exterminating Curse was useless against him.
As long as he completed the mission, he could receive the beginner's gift pack, and the Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill could repair the damage.
The Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill was meant to abolish one's former foundation, rebuild a supreme foundation, and allow one to cultivate anew. This step had merely happened ahead of time.
What expression would the dead Luo Chen have worn if he knew that all the effort he had spent crippling Lin Fan had actually helped his opponent?
He eagerly anticipated how powerful he would become after merging with the Chaos Gods and Devils Body and rebuilding his foundation.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lin Fan activated the emperor weapon several more times. Only after shaking Luo Chen's blood mist into fine dust, leaving him dead beyond all doubt, did he feel reassured.
"Young master! Are you all right? Your dantian is shattered..."
Sensing what had happened on Lin Fan's side, Uncle Fu hurriedly asked after him. When his divine sense discovered that Lin Fan's dantian had been crippled, his face instantly turned deathly pale, and he dropped to one knee.
"This... Young master, this was all this old servant's failure!"
"Quick! Young master, come back to the clan with me at once. The ancestors possess vast divine abilities. They will surely have a way to repair your dantian."
"Uncle Fu, I'm fine. There's no hurry. I have my own way to recover."
Lin Fan helped Uncle Fu up. Naturally, he knew how good Uncle Fu was to him. Luo Chen was simply too uncanny. With his methods as a Great Emperor in his previous life, coupled with the attack from the Luo Clan's experts, even Uncle Fu, who was in the Sage King Realm, had been unable to react in time.
"Fucking hell, a Great Emperor has descended?!"
"I've only just awakened my past-life memories, and already there have been several brushes with death! Do these people want to kill this young master that badly?"
The corners of Lin Fan's mouth could not help twitching. The pressing concern now was the powerful enemies attacking.
Less than a day had passed since he awakened his memories, yet he had repeatedly faced life-and-death crises. First came the false accusations, then Luo Chen, the grand elder, the Holy Land's elders, and the others trying to kill him.
A Great Emperor had come in person to kill him. Was a villain's lot really this miserable?
Dad, if you don't get here soon, your son will be done for!
A golden avenue swept across the void from a million li away, descending upon this stretch of heaven and earth in the blink of an eye. Two figures stood upon it like two peerless god-kings.
"A Great Emperor?"
"What happened? A Great Emperor has actually emerged. Could an imperial war be about to begin?"
Their appearance naturally drew the attention of the various factions. Experts in seclusion emerged one after another, looking toward the Primordial Holy Land.
"This is bad! The Luo Clan's Great Emperor has descended! Fan'er, go!"
Uncle Fu's expression changed drastically as he recognized the arrivals. The middle-aged man was the Luo Clan's Quasi-Emperor Shenshang, and the old man was the Luo Family Ancestor, Great Emperor Baiyu.
Uncle Fu immediately activated the emperor weapon, swept Lin Fan up, and tore through the void to leave.
He had heard that Luo Chen was Quasi-Emperor Shenshang's son, and Luo Chen had repeatedly said earlier that the Luo Clan's experts would descend. How could he fail to see that they had come for Lin Fan and him?
Had they been within the Lin Clan's territory, he would not have feared a mere Great Emperor of the Luo Clan.
Unfortunately, this place was far from the Lin Clan. Its experts would need time to arrive. He had to take Lin Fan away first and avoid the edge of their attack for now.
"Chen'er..."
"Ah... You little beast! You dared kill my son, the son of Shenshang!"
"You want to leave? Do you think that's possible? This emperor will have you dead! You'll accompany my son to the grave!"
Having seen his son Luo Chen in such a wretched state earlier, dying horribly before his own eyes, Quasi-Emperor Shenshang could not help letting out a grief-stricken roar.
He reached out with a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky, grabbing toward the stretch of void where Uncle Fu was leaving. A Quasi-Emperor's might swept forth, filling heaven and earth. Wherever it passed, the void collapsed, leaving destruction in its wake.
"Heavens, it's actually Quasi-Emperor Shenshang! Who was bold enough to kill someone from an imperial clan?"
An expert cried out in astonishment. Quasi-Emperor Shenshang's reputation was enormous. He was said to be the peak Quasi-Emperor most likely to break through to Great Emperor in the past thousand years in the Archaic.
Many experts shook their heads and sighed softly, unable to help mourning for this person. No one could save someone who offended the imperial Luo Clan, unless that person also belonged to an imperial clan.
"Luo Clan, you dare attack the imperial scion of our supreme imperial Lin Clan? Do you want your clan exterminated?"
Uncle Fu roared, unleashing his Sage King Realm might to its utmost as he activated the Emperor-Subduing Cauldron. Imperial might surged as it transformed into a gigantic cauldron ten thousand zhang tall and slammed toward the approaching hand.
Upon hearing that it was the Lin Clan, Quasi-Emperor Shenshang's hand paused, and he did not press his advantage. Even the Luo Family Ancestor, Great Emperor Baiyu, had his pupils contract. The two exchanged a glance.
They were considering the consequences.
The prestige of a supreme imperial clan was far too deafening.
It was engraved in the hearts of the people of the Archaic. Anyone who heard it would shudder, even a Great Emperor.