"Oh?"
Kagura, who was watching the spectacle from within the spatial fragment, was slightly surprised. She had no idea that Chen Qing actually possessed the Golden Crow Bloodline.
He glanced at the emperor with a strange look in his eyes. Although he found it unbelievable, surely Chen Qing couldn't be a member of the Xiao Household?
The emperor remained expressionless, ignoring Kagura, and instead looked towards Chen Qing, his mind drifting back to past events.
I've never felt guilty in my life. Even though I schemed against the King of Qin back then, a true man should not live under someone else's thumb. Turning against someone is a competition between men. No matter what means are used, if the other party loses, it's simply because they are less skilled, and there's nothing more to say.
But there was one person he didn't really want to face.
Yes, it was the empress who had been with him for thirty years.
That girl never took advantage of him, gave him the purest feelings, and stayed by his side when he was most despised. Yet, as a man, he watched helplessly as she died at the hands of demons because of his own schemes.
On the day Chen Qing came to the palace, how could he possibly fail to save the Empress given his abilities?
But if the Empress hadn't died, the Black Queen wouldn't have trusted him. It would be a lie to say that he wasn't affected by using a woman who had never been wary of him or used him, a woman who had borne him children.
The Crown Prince is foolish; he was plotted against from birth by Xiao Mingyue and harbored rebellious intentions. He deserves to die, but he also has the blood of the former Empress.
He didn't know how Chen Qing had used that bloodline on himself, but he was certain that Chen Qing's flames came from that child.
That kid!
At this moment, at the center of the shattered chaos, Chen Qing's overwhelming flames possessed unparalleled power. Within the void, all laws were swayed, and their pure intensity directly burned away the basic elements of space, instantly creating turbulent currents.
The old celestial master was utterly astonished by what he saw, and retreated repeatedly, not daring to confront him directly.
This guy's trump cards completely exceeded his intelligence and expectations. He couldn't understand why, under the influence of the laws, the opponent dared to break through to the King Level —wasn't he afraid of being trapped here?
As the martial arts priest of the Ancient Demon, if there were enough Earth Spirit, he would have been at the peak of the King Level long ago. Even the leader of the Reincarnator knew that he needed to create Asura Body clone below the King Level to do things. He knew that the Earth Spirit could not supply the King Level for combat. This guy really dared to do that!
At this moment, Chen Qing's eyes were burning with flames, and his whole body was distorted by the scorching Golden Crow Flame. It was not his own body that was distorted, but the space itself that was distorted by the terrifying heat. Clearly, the world at present could not withstand the power of King Level unless there was a specific spiritual energy space.
This is one of the reasons why Chen Qing went all out.
Once the power of King Level being is unleashed, the opponent simply cannot stabilize the surrounding elements. No matter how extraordinary his methods are, without the basic elemental structure around him, any sophisticated magic array will fail. This is the so-called method of breaking all laws with one force.
Although it seems invincible, this state cannot last.
This temporary breakthrough to the King Level came from A Li, the child. Although she was Cui Yan's child, for some reason, she possessed the fortune of half of the Central Plains royal family and had extraordinary talent. As the Lord of the Divine Path, Chen Qing also possessed the same talent as Xiaoli joined the Divine Path system.
In this state, Chen Qing only has three breaths left!
Xiaoli is a genius who has not yet grown up. Chen Qing can only break through to the King Level by using her future power. This is the Fortune-Stealing Technique in the Divine Path Style School!
However, this method has extremely serious side effects. Not only does it damage the body, but it also doesn't last long. The reason is simple: under the current laws, it is impossible for King Level life form to exist. There is simply not enough spiritual energy to support it. Once the consumption is too great, and there is no enough spiritual energy to replenish it, the person will suffer from brain hypoxia and fall into a coma.
Three breaths was his limit; after that, he would be almost powerless, essentially surrendering his life!
" Laoda, look, in the sky!"
In the spatial fragment where Tian Heng was, the deputy general next to him excitedly pointed to the sky. As Chen Qing's flames, as bright as the blazing sun, shot into the sky and collided with the old celestial master in the center of the void, the entire sky suddenly cracked open.
Tian Heng was startled upon seeing this and quickly said, "Quick, hold your breath!!"
The lieutenant was taken aback for a moment, but his natural trust in Tian Heng made him subconsciously hold his breath.
He immediately understood the reason.
The next second, the entire surrounding space distorted, and the earth fire and water were twisted into a single mass by a tremendous suction force. The surrounding air visibly Fusion with various exploding elements, and it was almost obvious that these things should not be inhaled.
Tian Heng, on the other hand, was intently sensing his West Sea Army.
The power of Lord Chen Qing far exceeded his imagination. He felt that it was probably no less than that of the sealed Dragon King in the West Sea. However, he also knew that using this power would be a great burden. The West Sea Dragon King was still obedient, not only because it was sealed, but also because the surrounding world was not suitable for its survival.
In other words, from the moment the lord decided to use this force, he had already entrusted the outcome of the battle to himself and his West Sea Army.
This trust left Tian Heng with incredibly mixed feelings.
He couldn't understand why Chen Qing trusted him so much, from initially allocating resources to him to now entrusting his back to him. Wasn't he afraid that he might turn against him at the last minute?
He wasn't actually that loyal.
Having risen to power amidst chaos, he understood that nothing in this world was more important than his family and his men; they were his foundation. The reason he chose to defect to those deputy generals, aside from some fundamental issues, was primarily because most of his men identified with Jiangnan.
Even if he managed to take over Jiangnan himself, his subordinates would become disloyal. This was the reason he ultimately decided to defect at the last minute, not because he was loyal to Chen Qing.
Now, facing a formidable enemy, it's not impossible that he might switch sides again; he's done this kind of thing more than once or twice.
"Everyone, listen up! Hold your breath and do everything in your power to assemble at the designated location and form a battle formation!"
Having exhausted his last Power of Faith, Tian Heng activated the West Sea Divine Decree, transmitting his message to every West Sea Army.
The Ancient Demon's soldiers were extremely powerful; if separated, one could fight ten against one. If they could not quickly regroup into a battle formation, they would have no chance of winning.
Although Chen Qing's actions just now gave the West Sea Army a glimmer of hope, he really didn't know how many were still alive, or how many would eventually stand before him.
Bang bang bang!
As the spatial array failed, all the spatial fragments forcibly merged towards the center, creating turbulence and massive currents that were too much for most of the people in the fragments to handle.
Many Dragon Transformation sorcerers from the South Sea were caught off guard and had their hands and feet severed one by one by the Four Saints Guard, left to wail in despair as they were nailed to certain places.
Amidst the fragments, countless West Sea Army suffered an even more brutal massacre. The Four Saints Guard showed no intention of leaving them alive, ruthlessly and mercilessly strangling them. In the chaos, the cries of countless soldiers rose up, mingling with the massive elemental turbulence, instantly sending chills down one's spine.
"Faster! Faster!"
Tian Heng prayed anxiously, hoping that the turbulence would end sooner so that the soldiers could regroup more quickly, because every second that his elite troops were lost was suffocatingly painful for him.
In that moment of anxiety, Tian Heng was completely unaware that a shadow was slowly approaching him from within the turbulent currents.