Chapter 1801: The Secrets
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Zhang Tie had seen a lot of sage-level knights, such as Yun Zhongzi of the Great Wilderness Sect, Zuoqiu Mingyue the Military God, the old guys of the three top sects, the Abyss Monarch of demons in Taixia Country. As Zhang Tie was acquainted with these sage-level knights, he was crystal clear about the overall strength of sage-level knights and the great power of sage-level realms.
However, this old man in red robe looked so unfathomable that he was absolutely out of the reach of sage-level knights. This space was not like sage-level realm.
In Motian Realm, only immortal emperors and demon emperors were higher than sage-level knight!
Watching the old man, Zhang Tie's pupils contracted as his heart raced unconsciously.
In red robe and silver hair, the old man was heavily wrinkled as his eyes were as dark and profound as the eternal vacant space. Zhang Tie couldn't identify whether he was kind or evil. Besides, the old man's long nose was similar to the beak of a hawk which revealed his tough temperament; his thin lips felt merciless and fierce.
Zhang Tie had seen the portraits of Star Emperor and Force Emperor. Given his look, this old man was neither Star Emperor nor Force Emperor. When Zhang Tie triggered his lotus-flower eyes, he found that the old man was surrounded by a layer of transparent fog, which couldn't be seen through.
"Senior, I wonder how I should refer to you. How do you know that I was not born in Motian Realm?" Zhang Tie asked the old man calmly.
According to Zhang Tie's temperament, he would always feel frank and calm when the situation had already reached the forefront. As for whether the old man was his friend or foe and whether they needed to fight or reach a peaceful agreement, just put it straightforward. 'Now that this old man could show up at this moment and he must have been paying attention to me for more than a day given his words, I believe that it's not a coincidence for the old man to show up here.'
The more powerful one was, the more confident and straightforward he would be about his own power instead of playing any tricks on this occasion. Even though they were going to die, they preferred to die without doubts.
"Hahaha…" The old man in red robe laughed loudly. When he hid his laughter, he took a glance at Zhang Tie, saying, "I thought you would deny that you came from another world unless I used some tricks. It's not bad for you to have such an act of courage and insight!"
After hearing that the old man was going to use some tricks on him, Zhang Tie squinted his eyes as he had been ready to fight. "As a tough man, I should stand up and fight like a man. My background is diverse. It's unnecessary for me to keep it from you. However, after coming to Motian Realm, I know that there are many differences between the two worlds. If I told others that I came from another world, I'm afraid that I would be taken as a lunatic and would arouse trouble. Therefore, I didn't mean to publicize it. Now that senior has already known that, I should be honest to you. Oh, senior, you've not answered my question yet. Is there anything wrong with your name?"
"You've just killed two of my subordinates and destroyed my plan in Cyan Lotus City, Woods Medium-sized Domain, don't you know who I am?" the old man asked casually as he watched Zhang Tie with a smile, "As for why I know you were not born in Motian Realm, it's simple. I've discovered it the moment I saw you. When humans and demons were born in Motian Realm, they had already lit all the surging points on their spines; additionally, there was a wisp of congenital qi in those surging points. However, all the surging points on your spine were lit up after you were born. You might think that others couldn't discover it; whereas, in my eyes, they are as eye-catching as a jumby bean in a pile of mung beans!"
"You're the head of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace?" Zhang Tie asked as he contracted his muscles and released his protective battle qi and spiritual energy at his full efforts. Meanwhile, he was trying his best to work out solutions to respond to the old man's attack.
If Zhang Tie was out of the realm, he might have turned around and fled; because Zhang Tie was clear that he didn't even have 1% of chance to defeat the immortal emperor, not to mention that he was in the realm of this immortal emperor-level enemy. He could never escape away unless he defeated this old man.
"You can call me Your Majesty or Rune Emperor just like how the others called me before!" The old man in red robe revealed one more secret.
"Rune Emperor?" Zhang Tie gazed at the old man out of great shock, "Wasn't Rune Emperor screwed by Versatile Demon Emperor and killed by a large battle formation of over 10,000 demon immortal generals in the Dark Valley many years ago?"
"I was almost killed at that time!" the old man in red robe replied with a faint smile, "However, at such a high realm, it's not easy for me to die even if I wanted to. What's more, Versatile Demon Emperor didn't know the significance of my Tadpole Rune Sutra …"
"Now that you're a human immortal general, why did you establish Dark Emperor Immortal Palace to disrupt the overall situation facing humans?"
"What do you think?"
With a faint frown, Zhang Tie looked straight into the eyes of the old man in red robe as a whim occurred to him. In a split second, Zhang Tie realized why Rune Emperor had founded Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. "There's only one reason. After being ambushed by Demon Emperor, although you were not dead, you suffered a great loss. When you almost recovered, you found that your influence couldn't match that of before anymore. Additionally, you found that Rune Emperor Immortal Palace had already perished. As a top power, of course, you want to recover your influence as soon as possible. All this eventually led you to establish another immortal palace. However, as the territory of Motian Realm was shared between major human forces, it was not easy for you to establish another emperor-level immortal palace anymore aboveboard; therefore, you could only carry it out secretly…"
"Right, you're smart. I appreciate you more!" the old man in red robe clapped his hands as he said, "But you've only hit half. If you have any question, just let me know!"
Another whim occurred to Zhang Tie as he asked, "When did you discover me?"
"Now that you're so smart, you could guess it again?"
Being silent, Zhang Tie started to consider it with a tight frown. This question was very important. If he didn't figure it out, he would not sleep well; nor would he have a good appetite. Zhang Tie was completely confused about his mistakes and loopholes. 'Although we are talking peacefully and calmly at this moment, I might be killed by this Rune Emperor after a short while.'
When Zhang Tie was happy for getting the biggest achievement today, he fell into the realm of the immortal emperor. After putting one piece in the wrong place, he had already lost the game. Therefore, Zhang Tie wanted to find out his loopholes as he started to recall each detail and scene since he came to Motian Realm seriously.
After a long while, Zhang Tie suddenly raised his head as he heaved a sigh, saying, "It turns out that you've already been in Dragon Emperor City when I arrived at Dragon Emperor City for the first time. You've already made your plan in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace for many years and have long treated Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace as the flesh in your tray. When Dragon Emperor Immortal Place recruited immortal generals on a large scale and shrunk its force back to Dragon Emperor City, you might have already wanted to gulp it down. As for power, before you wanted to take an action, of course, you needed to confirm whether there were someone tricky or moles of other emperor-level immortal palaces among the new immortal generals in case of trouble. Therefore, you should have already noticed me the moment our airboat arrived at Dragon Emperor City or Flyingdragon Mountain Villa!"
After saying that, Zhang Tie revealed a bitter smile as he couldn't imagine that he had won the attention of an immortal emperor-level power the moment he arrived at Dragon Emperor City. After retrospecting it carefully, Zhang Tie realized that he was indeed a bit careless. Before he came to Dragon Emperor City, he had already known the bad situation facing Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace and that Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace might have already become the target of immortal-emperor powers. There were absolutely many surging hidden forces in Dragon Emperor City. However, Zhang Tie still chose to involve himself in. He realized that he was indeed a bit presumptuous inside.
What was more, Zhang Tie felt that he was innocent. 'F*ck, there's no immortal-emperor level powerhouses at all in Taixia Country.' How could a shadow knight know the terrifying power of an immortal emperor-level powerhouse? How would he know that the fact that he was not an aborigine of Motian Realm was instantly exposed the moment someone took a look at him from somewhere secretly. This was Zhang Tie's top secret in this world. Therefore, Zhang Tie realized that there was a sharp difference between him and this immortal-emperor level powerhouse…
"Hmm, not bad. Exactly, I had intended to kill the other elders of Dragon Emperor Palace so as to pave a way for Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu at that time. But I didn't imagine that I could discover you in Dragon Emperor City!" Rune Emperor said as his dark and profound eyes suddenly shone. Gazing at Zhang Tie, he looked a bit greedy and surprised, saying, "As for me, you're my biggest achievement in Dragon Emperor City. You're the real surprise. In my opinion, your value is far greater than that of the entire Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. You're priceless. God really treats me good. After surviving the battle, I discovered you, hahaha…"
Rune Emperor started to laugh loudly. Facing his crazy laugh and greedy and surprised look, Zhang Tie felt cold inside as his heart raced while his anus contracted despite being always composed. 'Damn it! Hopefully, this old douchebag doesn't have any abnormal hobby. I just look a bit handsome; instead of being very handsome. Even if this old douchebag has some strange hobby, he shouldn't find me…'
"I've already been trapped by you. Do you want to take revenge for Qian Changqing, Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu?" Zhang Tie asked as he pretended to be composed.
"Take revenge for them?" Rune Emperor stopped laughing as he shook his head, saying, "You're wrong. I would not avenge anybody's death in the Motian Realm. They're just some fire immortal generals. Their meaning of existence was to sacrifice themselves for me. If you want, I could find some more for you. You could refine their chakras and promote to a fire immortal general as soon as possible, even a supreme-level immortal general!"
"What do you want then?"
"I want you to be my guide!"
"Be your guide?" Zhang Tie blinked his eyes as he thought he had misheard it, "You want me to be your guide?"
"Right, I want you to be my guide." Rune Emperor nodded seriously.
Zhang Tie revealed a faint smile as he replied, "Is there any place that you don't know in Motian Realm?"
"Take me to your world. Now that you could come here, you could leave too…" Rune Emperor watched Zhang Tie as two fierce flames blazed in his dark and profound eyes…
Chapter 1802: Rushing Towards A More Powerful One
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"You want to go to the world I came from? But why?" Zhang Tie shockingly watched the elder in red robe.
Rune Emperor replied with a bit of grief, "The reason is simple. As for each immortal emperor, Motian Realm was just a cage that they could barely escape. All the immortal emperors know that Motian Realm is not a complete world. The entire Motian Realm is just a piece of space-teleportation equipment that has been amplified many times. In another world, Motian Realm is just subject to the real world where you came from. Over tens of thousands of years, immortal emperors in Motian Realm have been wishing to escape out of this cage and enter the real world for freedom. Pitifully, nobody has ever succeeded…"
"Don't you care about that I've destroyed your plan and killed your subordinates for this target?"
"I've already told you. You're more valuable than the entire Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. As long as you promise me, all the old scores will be even once and for all. I could even help you promote to a supreme-level immortal general rapidly!"
Zhang Tie revealed a brilliant smile as he watched Rune Emperor in an extreme sincere expression, saying, "Well, I agree. Do you have a crystal plate? I need one to notice you when I'm able to go back. By then, we will leave together…" After saying that, Zhang Tie rubbed his hands as his smile became more passionate and playful. "Look, I've already agreed with you. If you don't have other things, you shall allow me to leave this… immortal emperor's realm. I'm waiting for refining those fire elements. Oh, please keep secrets of my background. You could send fire immortal generals to the Forbidden City if there're surplus fire immortal generals in Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. Thank you…"
Zhang Tie's words were pretty similar to how two familiar ones greeted each other before the Catastrophe: well, let's have a journey together one day. Let's contact by phone if there's an emergency. If you don't want your furniture and account-books any more, remember to post them to me. You know my address. Bye bye!
Rune Emperor squinted his eyes at Zhang Tie straightly.
"What? Anything else?" Zhang Tie asked with a smile.
"It's simple if you want to leave. Just accept my sacred sacrifice…" Rune Emperor said calmly as he pointed at the sky by his finger. At the same time, a bizarre golden light started to circle around his fingertip like a colorful butterfly.
Golden-Soul Rune Virus!
According to Zhang Tie's knowledge about Golden-Soul Rune Virus, at the sight of the golden light, he had known that it was specially prepared for a supreme-level immortal general. 'Rune Emperor really think highly of me.'
The bit of golden light at Rune Emperor's fingertip made Zhang Tie's smile shortly stiff as he replied, "Erm… if my master knows that…"
"Your master? Who's that?" Rune Emperor asked him calmly.
"Grand Dragon Emperor…" Zhang Tie replied firmly. Of course, he was just telling a lie. Zhang Tie just wanted to know how many secrets did Rune Emperor know about him.
Zhang Tie didn't know how many secrets did Rune Emperor know about him besides monitoring him all the way till now. Therefore, Zhang Tie felt a bit worried. 'Rune Emperor knows my background; knows what I've done; knows my kinetic strike; knows my Purgatory Samsara Method; even knows my body-changing immortal bloodline. Does he know that I have Castle of Black Iron, body-separation skill and King Roc Sutra?'
Rune Emperor burst into laughter as he replied, "Your body-separation skill is unrivaled across the Motian Realm. Even the shadow demon's body-separation method of Versatile Demon Emperor couldn't match that of yours. Additionally, there's a heavenly-level immortal outfit on you. Being a piece of space-teleportation equipment, the heavenly-level immortal outfit was different than ordinary space-teleportation equipment as it could form an ecological system inside and enable you to access to it. Such a heavenly-level immortal outfit is rare even in Motian Realm. Additionally, you're cultivating a special cultivation method. It could even enable you to imitate the effects of World Shocking Sutra which you acquired from the calligraphy of the former Dragon Emperor. Such a secret method has never appeared in Motian Realm before. Your spiritual attack is also very powerful. Do you want to hear more? I was speaking highly of you just now; don't play such a trick in front of me anymore…"
After hearing his reply, Zhang Tie gradually became worried. It was his first time to expose so many trump cards since he acquired Castle of Black Iron. At this moment, Zhang Tie really felt like standing in front of others naked.
'No, it's impossible for him to know everything about me. Even though he could monitor me without being discovered, it's still impossible for him to know everything about me. He could know and see what I've done; but he could never know why I did that!' When Zhang Tie recalled what Rune Emperor said word by word, he instantly saw a beam of hope. 'Although he knows my body-separation skill, he doesn't know how to use it and its limits. Although he knows the existence of Castle of Black Iron, he only treats it as a piece of heavenly-level space-teleportation equipment that could form a complete ecological system inside. He knows that I could imitate the effects of other cultivation methods; however, he doesn't know that I'm cultivating an emperor-level classic King Roc Sutra . Additionally, he doesn't know that I'm cultivating the Great Wilderness Sutra and is not sure about the ability of my lotus-flower eyes…'
'Therefore, he's not almighty. Even the unrivaled immortal emperors are not almighty. They also don't know everything. I still have opportunities to escape from him.'
"I admit that you're right. Now that you know so much about me, do you think that I would accept your sacred sacrifice?" Zhang Tie asked Versatile Demon Emperor as his face gradually turned solemn.
"You know that you will not lose your life after accepting the sacred sacrifice. You could still keep your awareness. If you don't accept my sacred sacrifice, I'm afraid that you will break your promise…"
"I'm afraid that you will break your promise too…"
"We could make an agreement. As long as you could take me away from Motian Realm, I will detoxify your Golden-Soul Rune Virus the moment we reach the world you came from!"
Zhang Tie responded with a faint sneer, "It sounds good. But do you think that I will believe in a demon's promise?"
"What do you mean?" The Rune Emperor's eyes turned fierce at a stroke.
"After setting a trap to kill Rune Emperor, Versatile Demon Emperor has acquired the Tadpole Rune Sutra of the late Rune Emperor. Meanwhile, Versatile Demon Emperor was heavily injured by Rune Emperor and has not recovered completely. Therefore, Versatile Demon Emperor has been lurking over these years. After acquiring Tadpole Rune Sutra , Versatile Demon Emperor combined his knowledge about puppet worms which were under the control of demons and created Golden-Soul Rune Virus. Additionally, he lurked among the people in Motian Realm and founded Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. He wanted to divide and disintegrate human forces by the force of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace and create chaos among humans. He even wanted to fix your heavy losses with the power of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. When he prepared to annex Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, he found an immortal general who had just joined Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace was from another world. Through secret observation, he found many secrets about Zhang Tie. Additionally, this person called Zhang Tie probably knows the secret to leave Motian Realm. Therefore, he wanted to control Zhang Tie. However, he was afraid that Zhang Tie would not trust him if he exposed his identity of the demon emperor to Zhang Tie. Therefore, he decided to turn into Rune Emperor so that Zhang Tie could believe in his promise and follow his order. Do you think this story is more reasonable and could better explain the background of Golden-Soul Rune Virus than that you've fabricated?"
Watching Rune Emperor, Zhang Tie continued, "I feel this story is more reliable. What do you think about it, Your Majesty Demon Emperor? Given intelligence and tricks, nobody else could match you across Motian Realm. I believe in only a bit of what you've said just now, namely Motian Realm is really too small for superb powerhouses like you. It's just like a cage for you. Although being not a fire immortal general, I also feel it's too small…"
Watching Zhang Tie, the old man in red robe suddenly let out a sigh as he said, "It's boring to make it so explicit. If you want to battle with me, you will suffer a great loss in the end for sure. Actually, you could accept Golden-Soul Rune Virus. Smart ones always go after profit and avoid harm. Do you think that you could really escape away from me?"
"Whatever, I just don't want to cheat myself. I have to follow my consciousness!" Zhang Tie shrugged as he added, "I've told you that nothing is more difficult than death in one's life. There's only one means of communication between demons and me…"
After saying that, Zhang Tie instantly rushed forward as he shot a sword light towards the old man in red robe from his central forehead…
As Zhang Tie launched a strike, his battle qi became berserk all over. Meanwhile, he kept advancing towards the demon emperor.
——Someone would rush towards weaker ones in order to prove that he's more powerful; however, Zhang Tie always rushed towards more powerful ones in order to prove that he's more powerful…
"Go to hell…" Zhang Tie roared which was as loud as a thunder…
Chapter 1803: Like Iron
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The deity-killing sword arrived at the central forehead of Versatile Demon Emperor as fast as a lightning bolt. Versatile Demon Emperor revealed a faint smile as he reached out his hand and pinched the deity-killing sword immediately.
The Versatile Demon Emperor's speed was indescribably high, but it appeared extremely slow. Such extremely contradictory impressions made Zhang Tie feel his head numb.
Zhang Tie had never imagined that his deity-killing sword could be pinched easily by someone like an arrow. The deity-killing sword was composed of Zhang Tie's spiritual energy like a beam of light. It was virtual. Otherwise, it could not enter one's mind sea.
'How could Versatile Demon Emperor pinch a virtual thing? How could he pinch a beam of light?'
This whim occurred to Zhang Tie. With a scream, his huge mace had already arrived at the Versatile Demon Emperor's side.
Versatile Demon Emperor used his strength and cracked the shiny deity-killing swords in a split second. Almost at the same time, he lightly patted Zhang Tie's mace using the same hand.
With a bang, Zhang Tie released his kinetic strike in a split second. However, its power didn't expand as Zhang Tie had expected; instead, like a directional blasting, the great energy of his kinetic strike bounced back towards Zhang Tie when it reached Versatile Demon Emperor's hand. Precisely, the great power was more like being released by that hand; instead of Zhang Tie. More precisely, all the energy of Zhang Tie's kinetic strike had been controlled as it bounced back the moment it was released.
Facing the great impact wave, Zhang Tie was sent flying backward to 1,000 m away.
Versatile Demon Emperor didn't even lose a fine hair. By contrast, Zhang Tie's mouth corners had started to bleed. Zhang Tie could always control the great strength of the kinetic strike. However, this time, the great strength of his kinetic strike was controlled by Versatile Demon Emperor and reacted onto Zhang Tie. As a result, Zhang Tie was injured.
"You're powerful. You're very powerful. I've never seen such an attack mode before. You're really something to reach such an amazing effect by combining your speed and the weight of your weapon…" Versatile Demon Emperor praised Zhang Tie's kinetic strike without changing his face, "Given your current ability, none of the water immortal generals or fire immortal generals across Motian Realm could defeat you. You're unrivaled among those below supreme-level immortal generals. However, your strike is useless for emperor-level powers. You could not imagine the realm of immortal emperors and demon emperors. However, there's not been such a person like you in Motian Realm for thousands of years. Now that you could realize the secret methods left by Dragon Emperor, you're almost qualified to be his disciple. Given the face of Dragon Emperor, I won't launch a counterattack for 3 movements. If you couldn't defeat me, you will have no opportunity to defeat me anymore. Just be my puppet then…"
Wiping the blood off his mouth corners, Zhang Tie looked very decisive. In a split second, he rushed towards Versatile Demon Emperor again. This time, Zhang Tie had already taken out a hammer which weighed thousands of kgs by another hand. Zhang Tie brandished his huge hammer towards Versatile Demon Emperor ferociously as fast as a lightning bolt.
When Zhang Tie approached Versatile Demon Emperor, Zhang Tie spun rapidly as he roared, "Double-Dragon Kill"——Zhang Tie then brandished the two heavy weapons towards Versatile Demon Emperor's head…
Double-Dragon Kill was a fatal skill that Zhang Tie had comprehended after the Battle at Weishui River. When he used this skill, he would hold two heavy weapons and brandished them towards the same target with the same rhythm. With Zhang Tie's delicate movements, the two weapons' weights could be integrated. If his weapons could be two times heavier, his kinetic strike would also be two times more powerful too. Additionally, as he spun rapidly, due to the great centrifugal force, the two weapons' speed could increase by more than 20% before hitting their common target.
Zhang Tie had not displayed this fatal skill before. However, at this moment, he used it without demur.
The power of the second kinetic strike was 2 times more than that of the first kinetic strike.
However, Versatile Demon Emperor just raised his same hand lightly like lifting a mountain, a city and an insurmountable city wall facing the second kinetic strike which was two times more powerful than that of last time. As a result, Zhang Tie's kinetic strike was blocked completely. Almost at the same time, the great impact wave rolled back and sent Zhang Tie flying backward. Spurting out blood, Zhang Tie's injuries aggravated.
Before the second round of impact wave disappeared, Zhang Tie, with blood all over his face, had already gone against the impact wave as he lifted his two weapons and roared, "Go to hell…"
It was Double-Dragon Kill again. Versatile Demon Emperor raised the same hand with a glassy-eyed look.
However, this time, it was different than before. When the two heavy weapons approached Versatile Demon Emperor, Zhang Tie allowed them to go, letting them fly over Versatile Demon Emperor. Even Versatile Demon Emperor was shortly stunned by this trick.
At the same time, Zhang Tie caught Versatile Demon Emperor's wrist and moved to the latter's back. Closely after that, Zhang Tie strangled Versatile Demon Emperor's neck as fast as a lightning bolt in an overwhelming manner by another arm.
The two secret weapons were as light as straws. As a result, Zhang Tie couldn't give play to his terrifying strength at all. If the two weapons could be 10 times or 20 times heavier, their kinetic strikes would be 10 times or 20 times more lethal. However, Zhang Tie was unable to increase the weights of the two weapons at this moment. Therefore, he could only exert his utmost effort to fight Versatile Demon Emperor by taking advantage of the latter's arrogance and his great strength.
Zhang Tie didn't know whether an immortal emperor-level power could have greater strength than him. However, at this moment, as his kinetic strike couldn't hurt the opponent even a bit, Zhang Tie could only have a try…
Zhang Tie's arm really had terrifying strength. Before his arm approached Versatile Demon Emperor's neck, it had caused sonic booms and terrifying cracks.
A shocked look flashed across Versatile Demon Emperor's face. However, it was just a little shock. "What a nice trick! But it's still useless to me…"
Zhang Tie's arm finally touched Versatile Demon Emperor's neck as his two arms formed a solid triangular shackle. At this moment, Zhang Tie exerted his utmost effort, causing his blood vessels, meridians and muscles to bulge out. Each muscle reflected terrifying power; blood boiling all over, Zhang Tie could even hear the sound of surging rivers.
"Go die…" When Zhang Tie locked Versatile Demon Emperor's neck, he roared and hit his forehead against the backside of Versatile Demon Emperor.
Feeling Zhang Tie's terrifying force, Versatile Demon Emperor's face turned a bit pale; however, he still didn't move; instead, he just released a golden flame all over.
Zhang Tie was instantly heavily injured by the great force from the golden flame as he spurted out blood through his eyes, ears, mouth and nose at the same time.
The great force was out of Zhang Tie's imagination. It seemed to be a protective battle qi of Versatile Demon Emperor which could realize negative protection. The defensive force of an immortal-emperor level power was too great. Zhang Tie felt like being run over by a tank or an armored vehicle.
However, Zhang Tie still didn't loosen his grip. As it was his first time to be so close to Versatile Demon Emperor, Zhang Tie knew that as long as he loosened his grip, he would not have an opportunity to approach and kill this top power anymore.
"Let go of your hands…" Versatile Demon Emperor screamed icily. Being strangled by Zhang Tie, even this top power felt restless. Closely after his words, his golden flame had rocked again, breaking some of Zhang Tie's bones and ribs at the same time.
Zhang Tie didn't loosen his grip at all; instead, gnashing his teeth, Zhang Tie used more force. Like iron being just forged, his hands turned hot while his eyes turned bloody. When Versatile Demon Emperor's golden flame hit against Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie kept hitting against the backside of the former's head using his forehead.
Even Zhang Tie's skull was almost cracked. Each time he hit against the backside of Versatile Demon Emperor's head, he would spurt out blood through his nose, eyes and eyes. As a result, his clothes also had been tinted with blood, making him a bloody person. However, Zhang Tie still didn't give it up. He just strangled Versatile Demon Emperor's neck and hit against the backside of the latter's head using his forehead time and time again.
Zhang Tie's decisiveness and persistence made Versatile Demon Emperor's face turn paler. Not until then did Versatile Demon Emperor feel Zhang Tie's strong will and decisiveness. Zhang Tie was not just fighting him or lingering on with his last breath of life; instead, Zhang Tie wanted to… kill him.
"Let go of your hands…" Versatile Demon Emperor sounded a bit furious. Closely after that, his golden flame rocked again, shattering Zhang Tie's bones and ribs immediately. At the same time, the golden flame became terrifyingly hot. In a split second, Zhang Tie felt like embracing a red-hot copper pillar and a burning flame.
At such a high temperature, Zhang Tie's clothes started to burn together with his hair and eyebrows. Although being burned, Zhang Tie still didn't loosen his grip; instead, he used more force.
Versatile Demon Emperor was shocked. He had not imagined that Zhang Tie still didn't let go of his hand on this occasion. It was nothing different than jumping into the furnace. Almost nobody could sustain such great pain. It was more like corporal punishment in hell. The pain could not be described in words. Versatile Demon Emperor found that Zhang Tie might be extremely resistant to high temperature. However, his immortal protective flame was also special.
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Tie's arm, face and skin close to Versatile Demon Emperor started to emit smoke. His hands' skin in contact with Versatile Demon Emperor's body started to carbonize, crack and break up in high temperature, exposing his muscles, blood vessels and meridians. Zhang Tie's hand muscles and blood vessels were taut like steel, which soon started to emit smoke like fresh flesh being put on red-hot searing iron…
Versatile Demon Emperor finally became a bit scared. He wondered what made Zhang Tie's will so strong. At this moment, Zhang Tie was more like a terrifying lunatic than a human fighter. An immortal general could cut off his nerves causing pain when necessary. Meanwhile, it meant that immortal general gave up controlling his own body. However, Zhang Tie's arm and hand were as powerful as before. Additionally, he continued to hit against the backside of Versatile Demon Emperor Demon's head using his forehead. It indicated that Zhang Tie didn't cut off his nerves at all. With what a strong will could a person sustain such terrifying pain?
'This person has to die! If such a person promotes to an immortal emperor, it would be doomsday of demons in Motian Realm…'
This whim occurred to Versatile Demon Emperor. At the same time, his immortal protective flame changed into tens of thousands of spines and sharp edges as they hit against Zhang Tie once again. In a split second, Zhang Tie who was burning all over felt being penetrated through by dozens of sabers and swords while blood sprayed out of his back through numerous wounds. All of a sudden, Zhang Tie's hands were full of bloody wounds, through some of which, Zhang Tie could even see his bones. Additionally, a sharp flame penetrated through Zhang Tie's left eye, blowing up and causing his pupils to fly out of his eye sockets.
"Hoho… it's fewer than three movements…you couldn't stand it anymore?" Zhang Tie said as he gnashed his teeth with a miserable smile. In the fierce flame, he watched his enemy with his right eye as his hands were still locking the neck of Versatile Demon Emperor like an iron shackle.
"It's the natural response of my immortal protective flame. If I wanted to launch a countermeasure, do you think you could still speak…" Versatile Demon Emperor replied icily, "Let go of your hands, it's meaningless for you to do that…"
"It's meaningful; of course, it's meaningful…"
"What else besides bitterness…"
"It means that I could die together with you…" Zhang Tie said as his sound turned abruptly heroic, "Xing Tian brandishes his axes with his fierce strong will forever…"
Closely after Zhang Tie's words, a beam of light had risen up. And Zhang Tie's weak qi became terrifying once again. In the beam of light, a giant appeared behind Zhang Tie with endless and overwhelming qi. That giant was bloody all over with naked upper body. There were strange tattoos on his body. His head had been chopped off. There were new eyes on his chests. His navel became his new huge mouth. The giant was holding two huge towering axes and patting his own chests with them, causing thunders time and time again, rocking the entire space.
At the critical moment, Zhang Tie activated his Xingtian Bloodline, which was one of the most powerful battle-god heavenly-level bloodlines among Hua people. It was always activated in heavy injuries. The heavier the injuries were, the more terrifying its power would be.
In a split second, Zhang Tie's arms had increased their force for more than 10 times. Versatile Demon Emperor's face turned purple at once as his eyes almost popped out of his eyesockets——At this critical moment, the force of Zhang Tie's hands had already surpassed the upper limit of Versatile Demon Emperor.
Previously, Zhang Tie had already acquired 1/2 immortal strength body; plus the force of Xingtian Bloodline, his force became more terrifying.
More than that. When Zhang Tie triggered his Xingtian Bloodline and made Versatile Demon Emperor suffocate, another beam of light rose up from Zhang Tie. In this beam of light, a magnificent and muscular immortal being hefting a mountain appeared behind Zhang Tie, right behind Xingtian.
This immortal being was Kua'e of Hua people. Kua'e was known as a Hercules, one of the immortal beings of Hua people. It was said that people who had activated Kua'e Bloodline could heft a mountain. Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain in the fable——Silly Old Man Removes Mountains were removed by Kua'e. Kua'e Bloodline represented the top force among all the bloodlines of Hua people. It was the topmost heavenly-level bloodline. Zhang Tie had not heard that anyone could awaken this bloodline over the past hundreds of years in Taixia Country.
Soon after he awakened the two bloodlines, Zhang Tie had felt endless force converging at him from the air.
"Go die…" Zhang Tie roared as loudly as thunders as he hit against the backside of Versatile Demon Emperor's head with his forehead again.
"Puffff…" Versatile Demon Emperor spurted out blood as his face turned purple.
Versatile Demon Emperor's face turned dreadfully pale. At this moment, due to his great perception, Versatile Demon Emperor felt that another force was converging in Zhang Tie's body which meant Zhang Tie was going to awaken the third bloodline. With a perilous qi, the third bloodline gradually boiled Zhang Tie's battle qi, bloodline and mind sea all over… it… seems to be a bloodline which could enhance the power of Zhang Tie's self-destruct… this bloodline was strengthening the effect of Xingtian Bloodline simultaneously…
Versatile Demon Emperor's golden flame became more brilliant as he thrust his left elbow backward. Meanwhile, his right hand cut Zhang Tie's left arm like a saber…
With a bang, Zhang Tie was sent flying 10,000 m away like a cannonball, meridians and bones broken all over. Meanwhile, Zhang Tie spurted out blood like rain.
…
Zhang Tie picked himself up as he wobbled. His left arm had been broken while the broken part was instantly burned into ashes by the golden flame of Versatile Demon Emperor after losing its link with Zhang Tie.
"Did you say 3 movements… it seems that …ahem, ahem… Versatile Demon Emperor …is just a pile of rubbish who talks like breaking wind. Peh… ahem, ahem, ahem…" None of Zhang Tie's body parts were complete at this moment. However, he was still smiling with arrogance like a triumphant monarch. He watched Versatile Demon Emperor with the right eye in a disdainful way from over 10,000 m away.
Closely after saying that, Zhang Tie spurted out the broken pieces of his guts through his mouth.
"You're indeed out of my imagination. I've really underestimated you. You should die. Previously, I planned to let you be my puppet; now, I don't feel reassured making you my puppet with the control of Golden-Soul Rune Virus…" Versatile Demon Emperor said as he watched Zhang Tie icily.
"Even if I fight to death…you're still a loser in front of me… ahem, ahem… you're still a pile of rubbish… ahem, ahem…" Zhang Tie covered his mouth using the only hand as his blood was flowing out of his fingers.
"No matter what, I will live and you will die today. In the future, it will be only related to me, not you. Nobody would know what I'm I doing here today…" Versatile Demon Emperor said with a distant look…
"Go die…" Zhang Tie roared again as he rushed towards Versatile Demon Emperor with his incomplete body again. Meanwhile, the huge mace and heavy hammer flew towards Versatile Demon Emperor as fast as lightning bolts under Zhang Tie's control.
Versatile Demon Emperor sneered as he raised one hand. Zhang Tie felt numerous mountains moving towards him. The air in the space froze at a stroke and turned as hard as steel as if it was not air in front of Zhang Tie, but layers of invisible steel plates and mountains. As a result, it became much more difficult for Zhang Tie to march ahead one more inch…
The speed of Zhang Tie and the two heavy weapons immediately slowed down. Finally, they were squeezed and stayed still in the air. Even though Zhang Tie gnashed his teeth, he could hardly march even an inch forward.
"This is immortal emperor's fatal formation, also the realm that you've mentioned. In this space, all the rules are determined by me. Therefore, it's time for you to…"
Before Versatile Demon Emperor finished his words, the entire immortal emperor's fatal formation suddenly rocked heavily like experiencing an earthquake of Richter scale magnitude 10. At the same time, the stress and resistance facing Zhang Tie became very volatile.
An abrupt and playful voice suddenly sounded in the fatal formation, "It turns out to be a demon b*stard who's applying his fatal battle formation secretly here. Hahaha, coincidentally, this grandpa has just acquired a rarity from Mountain Ruins. I will gift it to you. Take my Formating-Breaking Thunder…"
The voice sounded very strange. When it appeared in the fatal formation, it entered Zhang Tie's consciousness at the same time. Although the words sounded lengthy, actually it had been finished in 0.001 s.
Soon after the words, Zhang Tie had found that Versatile Demon Emperor's face turned pale as his fatal formation rocked heavily. In a split second, Versatile Demon Emperor rushed towards Zhang Tie as he pointed out at Zhang Tie by one finger, shooting one terrifying beam of light towards Zhang Tie's head in an overwhelming way. Meanwhile, Zhang Tie felt that the forces around him had increased greatly again as numerous strong qi hit against him from all directions like thunders.
Zhang Tie knew that he might directly disappear in this world as long as he was hit by it.
Zhang Tie immediately released all the silver secret shields from his mind sea to protect his body…
With a bang, Zhang Tie heard a loud explosion right beside him and outside the fatal formation at the same time. In the heavy rocks and impacts, Zhang Tie spurted out blood again as he felt his guts burning heavily. After that, he felt being involved in a destructive hurricane like a tiny leaf in a split second as his wounds all over crack again. As a result, Zhang Tie felt falling in the dark as he lost his consciousness completely…
Chapter 1804: Survival
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Zhang Tie faintly heard rhythmic splatters. At the beginning, it was blurry like coming from the distance with a mist. Gradually, Zhang Tie's consciousness started to recover like sparkles in the dark.
The rhythmic splatter didn't become clear until over 10 minutes later.
As it became clearer and clearer, Zhang Tie finally identified that it was the sound of sea waves lapping against the sand beach. After that, Zhang Tie's senses recovered a bit. Not until then did he realize that he would slightly rise and fall as each sea wave passed by him. Additionally, he felt that he was lying on something which prevented him from sinking in water.
At this moment, his hands also recovered senses. Zhang Tie felt it was smooth, hard and grained with a sense of texture under his hand. He was catching the thick rim of this object while lying on it.
With one foot in the water, Zhang Tie felt a bit itchy from his knee to his foot. Something might be supporting his foot so that his foot could float and he could lie flat on it…
Through hard efforts, Zhang Tie finally opened his eyes.
When Zhang Tie opened his eyes, he instantly caught sight of a sand beach and an isle not far away and the rising and falling sea waves. Zhang Tie looked down as he found he was catching the rim of a thick brownish-black shell of a tortoise. A huge sea tortoise longer than 1 m was carrying him on its back and swimming towards the sand beach.
There were numerous sand-scale fish in the sea beside this sea tortoise. In the sunlight, these sand-scale fish were like large quantity of silver coins while their smooth scales were dazzling, forming a thick silver carpet right below him and the sea tortoise. Sand-scale fish were supporting Zhang Tie's foot using their bodies in case he fell into the water.
Zhang Tie wanted to smile; however, he dropped off tears first.
Zhang Tie had not imagined that he was saved by a sea tortoise and so many sand-scale fish. Without their help, Zhang Tie might have already sunken into the water due to heavy wounds. Being unconscious and breathless, he could only die.
If he still had consciousness, he could easily drive such a sea tortoise and so many sand-scale fish to carry him using his animal-controlling skill. However, after losing his consciousness, he couldn't drive any animal to help him. In this situation, the help of the sea tortoise and so many sand-scale fish made Zhang Tie feel complex.
When he was in Hidden Dragon Island, he had set free a lot of sand-scale fish. After coming to Taixia Country, he released a large number of aquatic beings including sand-scale fish and tortoises. Unimaginably, he was saved by sand-scale fish and a huge sea tortoise this time. Zhang Tie sighed with emotions…
Being pushed by sea waves, the huge sea tortoise soon carried Zhang Tie to the sand beach. The sand-scale fish then left there. The huge sea tortoise carried Zhang Tie towards the coconut woods near the sand beach slowly and awkwardly. When it arrived at a patch of dry land being covered with fine sands, Zhang Tie instantly tumbled down the tortoise's shell, facing the sky.
The huge tortoise turned around as it took a look at Zhang Tie with its kind and wet eyes. After that, it turned back towards the ocean. Only after a short while, he had already entered the waves and disappeared in front of Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie was too weak to utter any word, not to mention move.
Zhang Tie tried his best to recall what had happened at the last moment when he fought the demon emperor. However, he could only remember that he was heavily injured and was involved in the turbulent flow which could overcome everything just like a hurricane. The turbulent flow was made of berserk four elements. It was a bit similar to the chaos caused by the explosion of the semi-sage level realms of Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu before they escaped away. However, the former was much more powerful and destructive than the latter. Additionally, the turbulent flow of four elements appeared to be containing a strange powerful strength which could destroy the universe.
As the two different strengths collided with each other, the turbulent flow became terrifyingly fast. Even though Zhang Tie had a great perception as a divine dominator, he only felt that he was bound to a roller coaster like a 30-year old baby. In front of the speed of hundreds of thousands of meters per second, Zhang Tie. who had already been severely injured, passed out in a split second.
As for what happened later, Zhang Tie didn't know anything.
It seemed to be exhausting for Zhang Tie to think at this moment. When he was recalling what had happened, he gradually felt pretty weak in an overwhelming manner. He felt increasingly sleepy and fatigued. After reluctantly taking a look at the sun that had just risen up and hearing the chirps of the sea gulfs in the sky, Zhang Tie fell asleep once again…
…
When Zhang Tie woke up, it was already a few hours later. This time, Zhang Tie had woken up due to the sharp pain all over. Lying on the sand beach, he heard the splatters of sea waves as the sea wind felt chilly. The sun was going to fall as the glow of sunset tinted the sea level. At the same time, the sharp pain made Zhang Tie prefer death.
Although being still weak, Zhang Tie found that he had recovered some strength. Supporting the ground by hand, he struggled to sit up. Unimaginably, he tilted down towards left. Watching the empty part on his left, he realized that his left arm had already been chopped off and burned into ashes by Demon Emperor…
Besides, he also lost his left eye…
At this moment, the sharp pain across Zhang Tie's body made his face extremely pale. Supporting his incomplete body using his right arm, Zhang Tie reluctantly sat up as he started to look inside his body…
The result made Zhang Tie stunned once again. He even forgot about the heart-wrenching pain across his body…
Chapter 1805: The Incessant Chase
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Zhang Tie's qi sea was empty. After clashing against Versatile Demon Emperor, all the silver secret items including the heavy mace and hammer in his qi sea had been destroyed. What counted the most was that all the battle qi in Zhang Tie's qi sea had disappeared; instead, a sort of grey energy was occupying Zhang Tie's qi sea like fog, which devoured all the battle qi in Zhang Tie's qi sea.
Zhang Tie was familiar with this sort of energy very much as it was the same as that left by the thunder of nirvana in his body last time.
Zhang Tie almost spurted out blood due to this discovery. As for the energy of the thunder of nirvana in his body, if not the help of golden sage and silver sage, Zhang Tie didn't even know whether he could find the solution or not. He had not imagined that he could encounter the same thing in Motian Realm for the second time.
'No, I should not be that hapless. Now that I could survive the strike of Versatile Demon Emperor, I should not lose my battle strength and become a good-for-nothing; additionally, I was not hit by the thunder of nirvana directly this time…'
Zhang Tie consoled himself. Closely after that, he recovered his composure and continued to observe that energy in his qi sea.
Through serious observation, Zhang Tie finally discovered the difference between this energy and the one left by the thunder of nirvana last time.
This energy was not as much and terrifying as that in his qi sea last time.
If the energy left by the thunder of nirvana in his qi sea was like a black hole with great suction which could devour everything, this energy was smaller, thinner and sparser like a huge dry piece of sponge. Last time, the energy was like real which made his qi sea a sieve. By contrast, this energy was like a grey fog which didn't have such a great suction at all; nor was it too worse. Although being in his qi sea, it didn't make his qi sea a sieve. Zhang Tie just felt that a foreign body was in the complete space of his qi sea.
This situation was much better than last time.
'It's empty in my qi sea. I think part of the reason lies in the overconsumption of my battle qi when fighting Versatile Demon Emperor; what's more is the last fatal strike of Versatile Demon Emperor against me.'
'The last strike of Versatile Demon Emperor was too terrifying. Its energy was too weird. Although I could withstand the greater part of its energy, when the remaining energy of that strike broke my protective battle qi and hit me, I was still heavily shocked. When the remaining energy spread over my body, my qi sea was heavily damaged at a stroke. In a split second, the sun in my qi sea was shattered into pieces by the special energy. Meanwhile, all of my surging points were heavily shocked. After being invaded by that energy of Versatile Demon Emperor, besides scorching pains, I also felt being blown up.'
Zhang Tie felt that Versatile Demon Emperor didn't want to penetrate through him by the energy of his last strike; instead, he just wanted to detonate Zhang Tie's battle qi in his qi sea and his surging points, destroying him in this world in a split second.
It was definitely a fatal strike of Versatile Demon Emperor. However, Versatile Demon Emperor had not imagined that Zhang Tie could release a pile of silver secret items to withstand his fatal strike at that moment. Additionally, Versatile Demon Emperor's fatal battle formation suddenly collapsed due to a strange foreign force; otherwise, Zhang Tie would never have survived.
Without that fatal strike, Zhang Tie felt that the grey energy being similar to that energy left by the thunder of nirvana in his qi sea last time should not be able to empty his qi sea. Zhang Tie was already a heavenly knight who was many times more powerful than that when he had just been promoted to a shadow knight. Additionally, the grey energy was much weaker and sparser than that before; therefore, Zhang Tie confirmed that this grey energy would not cause the same severe effect as before.
Therefore, the current situation facing his qi sea should be mainly related to the last strike of Versatile Demon Emperor.
Through introspection, Zhang Tie gradually recovered his composure as he started to analyze his problem precisely and objectively.
After studying that grey energy in his qi sea seriously, Zhang Tie finally confirmed that the "Immortal Formation-breaking Thunder" that he had heard in the fatal battle formation of Versatile Demon Emperor was absolutely the thunder of nirvana that he had suffered at Weishui Riverside.
In the world where Zhang Tie came from, the thunder of nirvana was a weird existence. Someone took it as a silver secret item; someone took it a golden secret item because it was too destructive. However, it was a bit weird if a golden secret item was disposable. Therefore, there was not a unified way of expression about the thunder of nirvana.
In the world where Zhang Tie came from, the thunder of nirvana was taken as a strategic weapon for killing sage-level knights and top powers. However, in Motian Realm, the thunder of nirvana was used for breaking the immortal emperor's battle formation. Given its effect, the thunder of nirvana should be more destructive to the realms of immortal emperors directly. Perhaps this was the real purpose of the thunder of nirvana. Immortal battle formation-breaking thunder should be the real precise name of the thunder of nirvana.
As there were no immortal emperor-level powers in the world where Zhang Tie came from, the immortal battle formation-breaking thunder was only used to kill sage-level knights.
Zhang Tie gradually checked out the true purpose of the thunder of nirvana. After all, the accumulation in this aspect in Motian Realm couldn't be matched by that world he came from.
When Zhang Tie introspected his mind sea, he finally proved his speculation and judgment.
There was also a grey fog in his mind sea. However, the situation facing his mind sea was much better than that facing his qi sea.
Zhang Tie's mind sea was not heavily injured. In the mysterious mind sea, the 360 brilliant stars and golden moon were still hanging over the sky. Starlight and moonlight were casting down like mercury and reflecting on the lofty Kingkong Mountain. Under the starlight and the moonlight, the deposited snow on the top of Kingkong Mountain slowly melted down and entered the lake at the foot of the mountain, which was composed of Zhang Tie's real spiritual energy.
At this moment, the lake was already dry as all the spiritual energy had been absorbed by that grey fog. However, his spiritual energy was still flowing off Kingkong Mountain constantly.
Compared to Zhang Tie's battle qi, his spiritual energy was several levels higher in quality and quantity and could better meet the demand of the grey fog. Zhang Tie found that as it absorbed more and more spiritual energy in his mind sea, a wisp of the grey fog over the lake of Zhang Tie's spiritual energy had turned white. It seemed that the grey fog's suction decreased a bit at the same time. At the same time, more spiritual energy flew off the Kingkong Mountain and entered the dry lake.
The Heavens-Separation Sword and the Earth-River Vehicle which were flying across the surface of the dry lake became thrilled at a stroke.
When he saw the two golden secret items and felt more and more available spiritual energy in his mind sea, Zhang Tie looked much better at once as he became a bit confident…
Although his physical condition was a bit bad, it was not the worst yet. At least it was much better than that when he fought demons at Weishui river. He was confident to recover his mind sea in a short period of time. As for his broken arm and eye, as long as he could return to Castle of Black Iron and took a vial of super recovery medicament, they would grow again.
After finishing his introspection, Zhang Tie opened his eyes as he found that half of the sun had been below the sea level and it was going to be dark. After taking a look at his naked body, Zhang Tie revealed a bitter smile as he wobbled and picked himself up.
'Oh, hope I could take something out of Castle of Black Iron. At least, I don't want to be naked in this isle.'
Zhang Tie ran his spiritual energy; however, he found that Castle of Black Iron was still unavailable.
"Heller, can you hear me?"
"Yes, I can!" Heller replied calmly and warmly. After 2 seconds' silence, Heller added solemnly, "Congratulations, Castle Lord, you've survived the fatal strike of Versatile Demon Emperor!"
"What time is it now? I remember that it was close to April 15 when I chased after Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu…"
"It's been a few more days. Precisely, it's April 18, the 3586th year of Emperor NvWa's Calendar!"
"Ah, I've already been in a coma for a few days…" Zhang Tie asked out of shock. Meanwhile, he took a look at those swollen and white wounds which had already healed automatically despite being soaked in seawater for a few days. Zhang Tie then started to feel lucky about his powerful physique. If not his super-powerful physique, his super great resistance to fatal strikes and superb self-healing ability, he must have been killed after being soaked in seawater for a few days, even though he was not directly killed by Versatile Demon Emperor.
"Yes, Castle Lord, if you want to use the items in Castle of Black Iron, you have to wait for another 12 days…"
"Alright, I will find other ways…"
Zhang Tie then ended the talk with Heller. After taking a look around, he sighed inside, 'I'm afraid that I could only use tree leaves as a fig leaf.
Zhang Tie then wobbled towards a coconut wood in the nearby. Meanwhile, a feeling of starvation hit his brain time and time again like a tsunami.
It was good for him to have the feeling of starvation as it meant that his physical functions had started to work. What counted the most was to replenish water and energy.
Bang!
A coconut fell onto the sand the moment Zhang Tie entered the coconut wood.
There were so many coconuts on the sand, some had been there for a few years. Some coconuts on the sand beach were carried into the ocean by rising and falling tides, leaving many remains of coconut shells on the sand beach.
Licking his lips, Zhang Tie walked over there and picked that coconut.
Previously Zhang Tie planned to break the coconut by his fingers; however, he found that he couldn't even do it as he was even weaker than a commoner at this moment despite being able to lift a mountain in normal times.
'Alright…' Zhang Tie gave up using sheer force. Holding the coconut, he formed an invisible force in the air by his spiritual energy and opened a hole in the center of the coconut shell in a split second.
Closely after that, a fresh and aromatic juice flew out of the coconut. Raising the coconut, Zhang Tie then put his mouth on the hole and had a cool drink.
At this moment, the juice in the coconut was the most precious thing for Zhang Tie in this world.
The juice contained water and sugar which was urgently needed by Zhang Tie.
After drinking it up, Zhang Tie immediately absorbed the energy of the sweet juice. Just now he felt a bit cold facing the sea wind; now, Zhang Tie felt warm. Closely after that, he felt having more force.
After taking a rest for 2 minutes, Zhang Tie felt having recovered some force. At least he felt much better than before, although he had not completely recovered.
At this moment, he picked the empty coconut shell and broke it by his fingers at once, revealing the snow-white meat inside.
After looking at his dirty hands, Zhang Tie put down the coconut and fetched two finger-long clean shells from the sand beach. Closely after that, he started to dig coconut meat by shells and eat them…
After eating up all the coconut meat, Zhang Tie felt a bit more energetic. As the dark fell, his wounds started to heal at a higher speed…
…
Half an hour later, Zhang Tie in a special pair of shorts made of coconut tree leaves had already collected a pile of coconuts. Sitting in the wood, he was going to open those coconuts to replenish water and energy. When he was eating coconut meat, his heart suddenly raced as he looked up at the sky in the distance.
With the bit of spiritual energy that he had accumulated in his mind sea in such a short period of time, Zhang Tie immediately triggered his lotus-flower eyes. Closely after that, he found an immortal general was inspecting the sea level in the sky.
As he didn't wear any metal wings, it indicated that he was at least a heavenly knight. When Zhang Tie saw his face clearly, Zhang Tie's heart pounded at a stroke——he saw another gloomy and slightly old face under the stranger's mask.
Although Zhang Tie had not seen him before, he had read it through the mind of the general butler of Si Clan in Cyan Lotus City in Woods Medium-sized Domain. This man was Si Dan the forbear of Si Clan, also the head of Cyan Dragon Branch of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace who was being chased by Star Emperor Immortal Palace and Force Emperor Immortal Palace!
In a split second, Zhang Tie had understood that Si Dan must be looking for him after receiving the order of His majesty of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, also Versatile Demon Emperor. 'He's searching for me in the possible regions. Although Versatile Demon Emperor didn't kill me, he could generally judge where that hurricane could take me to. Given the force of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, of course, Versatile Demon Emperor could assign someone here to look for me. Perhaps, Versatile Demon Emperor himself is looking for me somewhere.'
When Zhang Tie recognized the true identity of that person, Si Dan sensed Zhang Tie's spiritual energy too as he fixated onto Zhang Tie and rushed towards this isle as fast as a lightning bolt, eyes shining…
'Motherf*cker, can't you spare me a life?' Zhang Tie sprung up as he passed through the coconut wood and escaped towards the ocean as fast as he could…
Chapter 1806: Escape and Kill
Translator:WQL
Editor:Aleem
Even if Zhang Tie had preserved his complete battle strength, it was almost impossible for him to defeat a sage-level knight. Zhang Tie had been deeply impressed by the great power of Immortal Heavenly Chaos in the air territory of Yinhai Desert. Zhang Tie knew that even sage-level knight's protective battle qi alone was disappointing.
The protective battle qi of a sage-level knight combined some power of realm which had nothing to do with space. Any strike on any point of a sage-level knight's protective battle qi would be easily transferred to the other point and finally be dissolved. This feature alone had already made Zhang Tie's most powerful kinetic strike ineffective. In such a combat, the mere protective battle qi of the enemy had already dissolved all of his strikes. Zhang Tie couldn't even approach his enemy; nor could he do any harm to his enemy. What else could he do?
When in Yinhai Desert, Zhang Tie couldn't even break the protective battle qi of Immortal Heavenly Chaos by his 36.6-ton hammer, not to mention that he was severely injured and had no weapon at this moment.
However, Zhang Tie could defeat a sage-level knight to a certain degree; because he believed in that there was an upper limit for a sage-level knight's protective battle qi to resist and transfer energy. As long as Zhang Tie's kinetic energy could break the upper limit of the tolerance of the sage-level knight's protective battle qi, he would be able to win the combat.
However, it was not easy for him to break this upper limit. If Zhang Tie had a silver secret weapon weighing more than 50 tons and preserved his complete power, he could have a try by clashing against this sage-level knight.
However, at this moment, Zhang Tie could only try his best to escape.
A few days ago, Zhang Tie was chasing after Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu all the way from Dragon Emperor Big Domain to Brokenstars Ocean. In the blink of an eye, the case had been reversed...
'F*ck! This father has been crippled and blind. However, you're still chasing after me. Don't you have even a bit of mercy?' Zhang Tie swore inside, 'These b*stards of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace would never know the meaning ofgreen seats1on railed buses in Class-A cities in Taixia Country. Well, it's a lame joke. I gotta escape as fast as possible...'
Sage-level knights could fly over 700 miles per hour. It was just a few minutes' journey for a sage-level knight. As long as Si Dan arrived, Zhang Tie could never escape away from him.
Therefore, Zhang Tie only had a few minutes to escape. At the critical moment, Zhang Tie didn't even have time to watch his wounds and complain about it; instead, he could only continue to escape...
Thankfully, after over half an hour's rest on the island and enjoying some coconut meat and juice, Zhang Tie had already recovered his physical strength to a certain degree although there was still no battle qi in his qi sea. What was more, some spiritual energy had already come into being in his mind sea despite the existence of the grey fog. Zhang Tie could already use some spiritual tricks, which were also what Zhang Tie depended on at this moment.
What was more, it was a vast ocean right in front of him. As for Zhang Tie, the ocean to him was what a forest to a fierce tiger and what sky to a hawk.
As a disabled person, Zhang Tie triggered his Kuafu Bloodline and rushed out of the woods in only 3-5 strides. He then came to the beach which was opposite to Si Dan's flight direction. Closely after that, he rushed into the ocean like a bird, leaving over 100 m long sprays on the surface of the ocean, before diving into the billowy ocean...
In only a few minutes, with a thunder-like sound in the sky, a middle-aged man with a stereotyped face had already arrived above the waters. Gazing at the waters with shiny eyes, he revealed a scornful sneer. Closely after that, he dove into the ocean over 70 miles away from the point where Zhang Tie entered the water like a lightning bolt...
The billows covered the two people absolutely.
...
4 hours later, with a sudden bang, numerous water columns spurted out of the ocean within 1000 m at over 2,000 miles away and reached 100 m high. Before the water columns fell, a shadow had rushed into the sky and fled away as fast as a lightning bolt.
At this moment, being awkward and naked all over, Zhang Tie spurted out blood in the sky the moment he left the water.
2 minutes later, the middle-aged man with a stereotyped look also came out of the water with a long sword in hand as he chased closely after Zhang Tie. Like playing hide-and-seek, soon after this man got out of the water, Zhang Tie had entered the water again. Zhang Tie just didn't mean to stay with this man in the same medium for too long...
...
At dawn, Zhang Tie flew out of the water where some submerged reefs could be seen above the water for the 8th time.
However, 10 seconds later, the shadow who chased after him had come out of the water too, narrowing the distance to 10,000 m.
Bleeding heavily all over, Zhang Tie who had been exhausted didn't enter water anymore; instead, he suspended in the air. Panting heavily, he watched that calm middle-aged man with a dreadful pale look. Of course, this middle-aged man was Si Dan the ancestor of Si Clan. However, he wore a mask.
Si Dan also knew that Zhang Tie didn't have the strength to escape anymore. When he arrived at 1,000 m in front of Zhang Tie, Si Dan stopped as this distance was equal to none for a sage-level knight. Actually, Zhang Tie's ability to escape overnight when being heavily wounded had already shocked Si Dan.
"Don't waste time anymore..." Si Dan watched those submerged reefs above the water with a sneer as he said, "His Majesty said you've suffered heavy injuries. Unexpectedly, you could still escape overnight..."
"Who are you?" Zhang Tie asked him while panting heavily.
"Haha, you've almost destroyed Si Clan. Don't you know who I am?" Si Dan looked straight into Zhang Tie's eyes with a brutal look.
"You're Si Dan?"
"I will take your head back right now. If you have any will, just let me know..."
"To be honest, I could detoxify the Golden-Soul Rune Virus in your mind. This is also the major reason that your His Majesty wants to kill me. Don't you want to detoxify it?" Zhang Tie asked Si Dan as he said seriously.
Si Dan became slightly stunned as he asked, "You know how to detoxify Golden-Soul Rune Virus?"
"Of course..."
"How?"
Zhang Tie panted heavily as he spurted out blood again, "Let... let me take a short rest first..."
Si Dan watched Zhang Tie with a slight frown. However, 10 seconds later, he changed his face all of a sudden as he slashed his long sword towards Zhang Tie.
What was absolutely out of Si Dan's imagination was that his long sword penetrated through Zhang Tie's chest easily. It seemed that Zhang Tie didn't mean to dodge it at all. When the long sword penetrated through his chest, Zhang Tie opened his arms and caught Si Dan's arms in a split second as he revealed an odd smile...
Before Si Dan figured out Zhang Tie's odd smile, all of a sudden, a white light flashed across the sky while a dazzling sun rose up, which was even more brilliant than the real sun which had just come out of the sea level.
In a split second, clouds and mist in the air had disappeared while a huge pit whose diameter was thousands of meters was caused in the ocean by the great pressure in the air. Closely after that, the overwhelming impact wave struck the waters...
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Chapter 1807: Zhang Tie's New Recognition
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The scorching white light made the surging seawater white. After it dissipated, Zhang Tie had long disappeared, leaving a person in bizarre shiny green full-body armor standing in the air. After shaking once, the person spurted out blood. Taking a look around, he unfolded the pair of metal wings on his back. Closely after that, he shot far away as fast as a lightning bolt and disappeared…
Not until then did the red sun jump out of the sea level.
After a few minutes, the air territory above the waters, where a fierce battle broke out, recovered its tranquility as if nothing had happened.
In the distance, a flock of fish hawks was flying in the air. Some of them would dive into the water and catch a fish out of there every once a while…
One of the flocks of fish hawks was hovering there while focusing on the air territory where the battle had just broken out with its sharp eyes.
This fish hawk was Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie's substitute or Zhang Tie's eye in the air.
Zhang Tie had not imagined that he still failed to kill Si Dan the forebear of Si Clan at the cost of one substitute after preparing for that strike for one night.
Just now, Zhang Tie got two visual angles: the fish hawk under his control and that substitute. From the visual angle of his substitute, Zhang Tie could see what had happened more clearly——
When the overwhelming scorching white light descended, Si Dan the forbear of Si Clan revealed a stunned look which left a deep impression in Zhang Tie's mind. At the most critical moment, a light suddenly appeared on Si Dan.
The light implied the start of a golden secret item. When Zhang Tie thought that Si Dan would take out a powerful shield to defend it, he saw a bizarre, mighty shiny green full-body armor.
Zhang Tie had not seen such a kind of powerful full-body armor silver secret items even in Taixia Country, not to mention a golden secret item.
With the protection of that set of golden armor, Si Dan was heavily injured. However, Zhang Tie's substitute disappeared the moment the white light approached him.
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"What a powerful golden secret item. Is this the real immortal outfit in Motian Realm?" Zhang Tie, who was absolutely invisible, exposed his head out of seawater over 160 miles away and murmured as he watched the direction in which Si Dan was heading for with a complex look.
When Zhang Tie couldn't even find a proper weapon, the sage-level knight, also the head of Cyan Dragon Palace of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace had already got a powerful golden secret item——a powerful armor that Zhang Tie had never seen before. If Zhang Tie said he didn't admire him, he must be cheating. Sage-level knight's protective battle qi was already amazing. If each sage-level knight could have such a set of armor, a golden secret item, Zhang Tie had to assess the difficulty for him to kill a sage-level knight seriously in the future.
As Zhang Tie was thinking about it, he dared not continue to stay in the waters any longer. After exposing his head for a short while, he dove into the water again. Closely after that, he swam fast towards afar quietly like a dark current.
At the same time, Zhang Tie started to consider about his current situation. Meanwhile, it refreshed his recognition of Motian Realm…
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'If Si Dan has such a powerful golden secret item, it could be speculated that Versatile Demon Emperor who was Si Dan's owner must have something more powerful than it. It seems that I'm really fortunate enough to survive Versatile Demon Emperor's attack. In the beginning, Versatile Demon Emperor didn't want to kill me as he felt I was useful. Later on, when he wanted to kill me, a stranger destroyed his plan. Therefore, I could seize the opportunity to escape. Otherwise, I might have long been killed.'
'If Versatile Demon Emperor is so powerful, those humans who could fight Versatile Demon Emperor or superb demon powers like Demon Emperor are definitely not bad.'
'There're various powerful secret items that I've not seen and superb powers with powerful trump cards that are far out of my imagination. This might only be the tip of the iceberg.'
After experiencing such a life-or-death situation in Motian Realm, Zhang Tie suddenly realized that he had not met any real powerhouses over the past 2 years. Nor had he encountered real tests and setbacks. Therefore, Motian Realm was far more complex than he could imagine.
'In the beginning, I took great advantage of the identity of Dragon Emperor and promoted to a heavenly knight from a shadow knight rapidly. However, at the same time, the halos brought by that identity covered my eyes too and limited my recognition about Motian Realm, causing me to lose alert and perception about real crises.'
When Zhang Tie recalled how he blackmailed Star Emperor the other day, he really oozed sweat. If not with the protective halos of Dragon Emperor or expose the real identity that he was from the other world which meant great value for research, he might have long been killed by Star Emperor.
Now, he couldn't continue the game anymore. The halos of Dragon Emperor fabricated by him would also dissipate. Even though the other human immortal emperors in Motian Realm didn't know Zhang Tie's background, the Demon Emperor had already known that he was fake. Additionally, he must want to kill Zhang Tie by every means. Therefore, Zhang Tie could never go back to Dragon Emperor City or Dragon Emperor Big Domain anymore. As long as Demon Emperor was waiting for him in Dragon Emperor Big Domain or Dragon Emperor City, it was nothing different than seeking death the moment Zhang Tie showed up in Dragon Emperor Big Domain or Dragon Emperor City.
Additionally, Zhang Tie couldn't bamboozle other human immortal palaces in the name of Dragon Emperor anymore. Otherwise, he was seeking death too. As long as Demon Emperor revealed a bit of information about Zhang Tie to Star Emperor or Force Emperor, he would be able to kill Zhang Tie with the help of Star Emperor or Force Emperor. If the two human immortal emperors knew that the real Dragon Emperor was not back at all and Zhang Tie was justing cheating them, it was not hard to predict what would Star Emperor or Force Emperor do. In the worst scenario, two more human immortal emperors would join the team of chasing Zhang Tie.
As Zhang Tie was already being chased by Versatile Demon Emperor and Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, if he was taken as the thorn in the side of the two human emperor-level immortal palaces, it would be much harder for Zhang Tie to make progress step by step in Motian Realm…
Chapter 1808: Hiding inside a Whale
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
If one offended someone, he had to pay for it.
Not until now did Zhang Tie have a deep understanding of this sentence. Previously, he only wanted to stabilize his position in Motian Realm and acquire more requirements with the platform of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace; unimaginably, when he enjoyed so many conveniences and benefits provided by that platform, he had to pay and sustain more.
It was time for him to pay for that.
Zhang Tie even didn't know what Star Emperor would do after knowing his background given the latter's grim temperament.
It indeed felt satisfying to refine the chakras of demon immortal generals gifted by Star Emperor Immortal Palace; however, as long as Star Emperor knew that the return of Dragon Emperor was just Zhang Tie's trick, the outcome might be not that pleasant anymore.
'Will Versatile Demon Emperor expose my background to other immortal emperors?'
Zhang Tie didn't know what Versatile Demon Emperor would do as the latter had the initiative absolutely. Additionally, even if Versatile Demon Emperor didn't leak his background to the other immortal emperors, Zhang Tie couldn't show up in the identity of Dragon Emperor and the disciple of Grand Dragon Emperor any more as the fact that Versatile Demon Emperor had already known his secret was the worst scenario.
'If I don't return to Dragon Emperor Big Domain in the identity of Dragon Emperor, where else could I go? What else should I do?' Zhang Tie was at a loss when he thought about the future.
It was one's normal psychological reaction. The other day, one was an emperor and a boss who owned numerous resources and population and could assume Dragon Emperor's authority as his own; however, a couple of days later, he had to abandon his identity and all the benefits and conveniences that he could enjoy before; what's more, he was chased everywhere and could only hide from one place to another. Anyone would feel blank and helpless on this occasion.
People could barely adapt to the fast change of his identity and situation in a short period of time, except Zhang Tie.
If others encountered such a thing, perhaps they would still be complaining about that and fidgety. However, it only took a few minutes for this man who grew up in Blackhot City as an ordinary person to drop all the negative emotions and thoughts and renew his spirit.
'I've acquired the secret methods of Grand Dragon Emperor; undoubtedly, I'm the successor of Grand Dragon Emperor. Additionally, who else across Motian Realm is more qualified to rule Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace than me?'
'I indeed have cheated others. So what? My meritorious services to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace could never be neglected. If I didn't join Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, it might be a question whether Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace still exists or not. When I showed up, I unveiled the conspiracy of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace and left Dragon Emperor Medicament to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. I don't feel guilty about what I did at all. At least, I lived up to the expectation of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Even though I have used some means to ascend to the throne of Dragon Emperor, I never used this identity to bully people. Therefore, I don't feel guilty about that at all.'
'It's not a big deal even if I couldn't return to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace as I came to Motian Realm alone. In the worst scenario, I just returned to the original state. I've lost nothing at all.'
'As long as I could promote to an immortal emperor; even if I returned to Dragon Emperor City aboveboard and declared that I'm Dragon Emperor, nobody would dare to deny it! If someone doesn't agree, I will beat him up until he agrees. It's just a piece of cake. As long as I promote to an immortal emperor, the position of Dragon Emperor would belong to me. I could protect Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace too. In the final analysis, it's just a matter of power.'
'After getting rid of the limit of the identity of Dragon Emperor and Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, I could gain freedom again. Isn't it better? Previously, I just cultivated in the backroom beneath Jiaotai Palace by absorbing elements and lighting up my chakras; now, I can travel across Motian Realm for free, taste local customs and practices, attain secret methods and rarities and fight Versatile Demon Emperor and the other powers of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace using my intelligence. Isn't it also a sort of cultivation? If I want to be a real unrivaled person, why do I fear about that?'
Zhang Tie gradually revealed a faint smile as he swam in the ocean.
'I'd better settle down somewhere so as to heal my wounds first…'
After thinking through it, Zhang Tie instantly felt as free as a bird in the sky. He then swam in a more pleasant and relaxed way…
Most of the living beings in the ocean were similar to those in the world he came from.
As Zhang Tie swam rapidly, he saw shoals of colorful fish, shrimps, jellyfish as large as tree crown, waterweeds, fierce sharks and various odd-looking aquatic lives even powerful aquatic beasts.
After being saved by sea turtles and sand scale fish, Zhang Tie felt a sense of kinship with these aquatic lives.
Ocean was Zhang Tie's territory. Due to the power of Great Wilderness Sutra , waterproof body and powerful King Roc Sutra, Zhang Tie gained a supreme authority in this territory.
When in water, as long as Zhang Tie released a bit battle qi, all the fierce aquatic beast would become as docile as kitties. All of them wanted to flatter Zhang Tie like lackeys.
Zhang Tie swam at a high speed according to the memory of his substitute. Over 1 hour later, when he reached tens of thousands of meters deep into the ocean, he finally discovered his targets… A shoal of giant vegetarian whales.
At the bottom of the ocean, a shoal of over 30 dusty blue grass-eating whales was swimming leisurely in the seaweeds as deep as tens of thousands of meters. The smallest one was longer than 100 m while all the others were longer than 500 m. The two largest ones were even longer than 1,000 m.
Those grass-eating whales didn't see Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie became thrilled at the sight of them…
Right then, a 100 m longer ferocious sea serpent who was as thick as a gasoline tank blocked Zhang Tie's way. There was already a bulging cockscomb-sized bone on the top of its head. Given its qi, this sea serpent had already reached LV 17. It was absolutely a sea serpent king.
This sea serpent king was very sensitive to changes in water. Even though Zhang Tie was utterly transparent, his movement had still caught the attention of this sea serpent king. Being startled, this sea serpent king instantly stood up before swimming towards Zhang Tie. Although it couldn't see Zhang Tie, it was ready to attack him…
Zhang Tie released a bit of battle qi, paralyzing the sea serpent king at a stroke. As a result, it dared not even escape; instead, it stayed still, exposing its underside.
Zhang Tie ignored its existence as he continued to swim towards that shoal of vergetarian whales.
After feeling that Zhang Tie didn't want to hurt it, the sea serpent king wiggled its body and followed Zhang Tie. Meanwhile, it started to perform itself beside Zhang Tie by swimming as fast as a lightning bolt or frightening the surrounding little fish and shrimps. Given its movements, Zhang Tie realized that it wanted to be his mount in the ocean in case that Zhang Tie was tired in water.
Zhang Tie almost rolled his eyes. 'Are you kidding me? Look at how poor I am, how dare I take you as my mount? Am I afraid that Versatile Demon Emperor can find me or what? Piss off. Don't tell others that you've met me in the water…'
After feeling Zhang Tie's will, the coquettish sea serpent king swam away while looking back every once a while as he dared not "harass" Zhang Tie any longer…
Only after a short while, Zhang Tie had arrived at the front of the shoal of vegetarian whales. In water, those grass-eating whales were like flat skyscrapers and underwater airboats.
Zhang Tie selected a vegetarian whale which was longer than 600 m. Closely after that, he delivered an order to it. The vegetarian whale immediately widely opened its mouth. In a split second, a powerful swirl with great suction formed in front of Zhang Tie. He then dove into the huge mouth of the grass whale along with enormous seawater. Closely after that, the vegetarian whale closed its mouth.
Zhang Tie then slid straight to the first stomach of the vegetarian whale with surging seawater which looked like a falling waterfall.
As a huge space with over 20 m in length, width and height respectively just like a huge water tank, it was close to the esophagus of the vegetarian whale. On top of the space, there was a tube that could be closed whose diameter was over 1 m, leading straight to the blowhole on the back of the vegetarian whale…
It was the first stomach of the vegetarian whale.
Very few people knew that whales had 4 stomaches like cattle. The first stomach was a granary.
Huge whale rarely chewed food; instead, it gulped its food down before sending all the food in the first stomach and storing them there. After that, it would spurt surplus water out of the blowhole on the back. When it needed nutritions, it would transfer the food into the next stomach.
The first stomach of the whale was very clean. Its gastric wall was pink, smooth and wrinkled. Besides seawater, there were also long seaweeds, odd-looking items and small fish and shrimps which were swimming at the bottom of the stomach.
When Zhang Tie came in here, the pink gastric wall started to wriggle, spurting surplus seawater out of its body through the blowhole on its back.
After taking a look around, Zhang Tie finally understood why someone could still survive after being gulped down by a huge whale for 2 days. This place was simply like a room in the water.
There were some white shells which were longer than 1 m in this stomach, which were especially gulped down by this grass whale. When it suffered from indigestion, it would send some big shells into the next stomach so that these shells could rub and squeeze food for the sake of digestion…
Zhang Tie came straight to the top of a big shell as he started to take some rest, eyes closed, legs crossed…
Zhang Tie needed to rest urgently so that he could slowly recover his vigor…
If Zhang Tie stayed in the whale's stomach, who could find him?
It was the safest place for Zhang Tie.