The Sage Perishes, Pity Is a Predator's Greatest Taboo

Inside the Great Emperor's Tomb.

Having lost the Jade Pendant, Luo Yan could only rely on the information he had previously acquired to decipher the many mechanisms and formation arrays he encountered along the way.

As a result, he had wasted a great deal of time and only reached the inheritance site now.

In his field of vision stood a magnificent palace, towering in solemn grandeur.

The massive gates were carved with azure dragons and dark phoenixes, with countless runes flowing across them. Golden clouds of radiance made them appear all the more sacred and supreme.

A terrifying Great Emperor aura spread out from within, making one unable to resist the urge to kneel in worship.

"Opening this gate will lead to the final trial."

Dragon Elephant Sage explained from the side, "If you successfully pass it, you will obtain the inheritance of the Heaven River Great Emperor."

He had waited for this day for a long time. Over the years, as Luo Yan's teacher, he had watched him grow, though the journey had been filled with hardships.

But today, the fruit had finally blossomed.

Luo Yan trembled all over, his excitement impossible to conceal. Once he pushed open this gate, he would ascend to the pinnacle!

"So much time has passed. The tomb's self-defense restrictions should have activated by now, right?"

Luo Yan checked the surrounding auras once more and found no unfamiliar presences.

Only then did he let out a long breath of relief.

"Actually, they haven't activated yet."

Suddenly, a young man's amused voice sounded behind Luo Yan.

That voice!?

How was that possible!?

Luo Yan's eyes widened. It felt as though he had fallen into an ice pit, and a chill ran through his entire body.

How had Su Changge arrived here so quickly?

"Su Changge, you—"

But he suddenly discovered a familiar beautiful figure standing beside Su Changge—Luo Qingyu!

Thinking of how Su Changge had entered so quickly, there could only be one reason: Luo Qingyu had deliberately let him in!

Seeing this scene, Luo Yan clenched his teeth so hard they nearly shattered, trembling with rage!

"You bitch! You betrayed me too!?"

Luo Yan's face twisted hideously as he roared in fury, "I treated you with all my heart, and this is how you repay me!?"

At those words, Luo Qingyu's expression did not change much.

Along the way, she had already confirmed that everything Su Changge said was true. Her heart had long died along with the tear stains lingering at the corners of her eyes!

"You treated me sincerely?"

"How disgustingly hypocritical!"

"You deliberately arranged for me to be left outside. Your purpose was to trigger a great battle, activate the tomb's restrictions, and use me to buy time. Yet even now, you still put on that heartbroken act?"

"Your table manners are truly hideous!"

"From this day onward, all ties between us are severed!"

Luo Qingyu looked at Luo Yan, her crystal-clear eyes filled with boundless coldness and disappointment.

Her words were so indifferent that they carried not the slightest trace of emotion.

All the feelings of these past years had been poured down the drain.

Even after so many years, even a person and a pet should have developed feelings.

Yet he had treated her as a tool. What was that supposed to mean? Was he worse than a beast?

But hearing Luo Qingyu's words, Luo Yan felt not the slightest guilt. He had clearly been only one final step away from obtaining the Great Emperor's inheritance!

Because of Luo Qingyu, everything had turned into nothing but bubbles!

The more he thought about it, the more his fury burned.

"What a fine severing of ties! You joined forces with Su Changge to steal my Great Emperor opportunity, and you still dare speak of severing ties?"

"If I survive today, one day I will slaughter every last one of you!"

His killing intent toward Su Changge had reached its peak.

First came the humiliation Su Changge had given him at the Yun Family, and now he had joined forces with the woman who had once shared a room with him to betray him!

Everything was Su Changge's fault. If he did not avenge this hatred, he swore he would not be human!

"No! I haven't reached the end yet!"

"I still have Teacher. Teacher is a Sage—he can definitely kill Su Changge!"

At that thought, Luo Yan dropped to one knee and roared toward the heavens, "Teacher, please help me!"

Buzz!

A streak of light flew out from Luo Yan's chest, gradually condensing in the void into a blurry phantom.

Though it seemed unreal, the Sage pressure it emitted revealed just how extraordinary the figure was.

"Young man, must you truly kill them all?"

Su Changge stood with his hands behind his back and smiled faintly. "Senior, aren't those words a little excessive? Your little disciple also bears killing intent toward me."

"A sparring contest is fair and just. The weak are prey to the strong; only the fittest survive."

Dragon Elephant Sage was rendered speechless.

Though that was indeed true, Luo Yan was the inheritor he had chosen.

He had exhausted countless efforts to nurture him over the years. Now that success was right before them, he could not accept this!

"Luo Yan is the inheritor of the Heaven River Great Emperor chosen by this old man. Are you trying to disregard the Great Emperor's majesty?!"

Boom!

A terrifying pressure erupted from Dragon Elephant Sage. Though he was merely a remnant soul, his vast aura was enough to make one's heart tremble.

A faint smile remained at the corner of Su Changge's lips, while a trace of mockery glinted in his eyes.

There it was again—the threat routine.

How did this old fossil even cultivate to become a Sage with such a way of thinking? Incredible!

However, he could not be bothered to waste words.

Since he had already achieved his ultimate goal, all that remained was to sweep aside everything in his path.

"Fine, since Senior has made his choice."

"Gui Ying."

"I'll trouble you to send Senior on his way."

The instant his words fell, a vast and majestic aura descended.

"Annihilate!"

A massive fist radiance swirled with countless divine lights and Dao rhythms, while phantoms of true dragons and ancient phoenixes screeched and roared within it.

Rumble—!

In an instant, that vast Sage power erupted.

Brilliant light burst across this stretch of heaven and earth, like falling stars. Blinding golden light swept through everything!

"Argh!"

Accompanied by a miserable scream, heaven and earth soon returned to clarity.

Luo Yan's lips were stained with blood, his face incomparably pale as he stared at Su Changge in horror.

His connection with his teacher had been severed!

"You... you killed Teacher!?"

Luo Yan's eyes were bloodshot as he snarled at Su Changge.

"How laughable. He was merely a Sage's remnant soul."

"I don't know where he found the nerve to threaten this Divine Son."

As Su Changge spoke, his expression was cold and indifferent, as though he were discussing some utterly trivial matter.

There was not a trace of emotion in his detached eyes. Like a deity, he stood high above all else.

"Teacher was a follower of the Heaven River Great Emperor!"

"You killed Teacher—aren't you afraid the Great Emperor will hold you accountable in the future!?"

Luo Yan's hair hung in disarray. Everything had happened too suddenly for him to accept!

"Retaliation?" That word nearly made Su Changge laugh himself to death. This was the Great Emperor's Tomb—what did that mean?

It meant that the Heaven River Great Emperor had long since died.

And even if the Heaven River Great Emperor were alive, so what?

With the foundation of the Returning Origin Holy Land, dealing with a Great Emperor would not be difficult.

"Enough with your squawking."

"Since you're so grief-stricken, I'll send you on your way with him."

As his words fell, Su Changge placed his left hand behind his back and raised his right hand high. Vast Qi and Blood power surged into the sky.

Above his head, dazzling runes flowed as boundless spiritual power condensed into a hand that covered the heavens!

"From beginning to end, you were nothing more than an ant to me."

"And congratulations—you have fulfilled the last of your remaining value."

"Suppress."

As Su Changge's hand slowly descended, the hand that covered the heavens erupted with a sky-piercing aura. Its might was like the Ancient Divine Mountain, capable of annihilating stars!

"No... no..."

Luo Yan's pupils contracted. The immense crisis of life and death numbed his mind!

He unleashed all his power, but before that hand which covered the heavens, everything was merely the final struggle of a dying man.

Rumble—!

The massive hand fell mercilessly. Amid the raging spiritual energy, Luo Yan's body turned to dust and vanished completely from this world.

Su Changge watched everything with an indifferent expression.

This fantasy world had always been cruel. If his strength had been lacking, others would surely have stripped everything from him without mercy.

Besides, he was already a powerhouse standing at the peak, so he had to adapt to all of this!

For a predator to pity its prey was the greatest taboo.