In a deserted valley
Rumble…Rumble….
The sky was dark and thunder echoed throughout the place. Amidst the loud thunder a man was hovering in midair as he challenged the law of heavens. It was the thunder tribulations that one receives while achieving the heaven realm. He was unaware of the deep conspiracy behind the scenes.
As the heavenly thunder began to approach him, he roared "Today is the day I step into the heaven realm. None shall block my path of immortality. Finally I will be able to protect you for real this time."
Woosh...woosh...woosh….
Just as he was making bold assumptions, several figures suddenly arrived in the vicinity. He ignored them and rushed towards the heavenly tribulation, just then he heard a sky piercing cry.
Aargh….aargh…..
The voice belonged to someone he recognized. ' This, why is Yin Ran here? Don't tell me ...'
His figure stopped abruptly and looked at his surroundings. The several figures were all too familiar to him as they were all prodigies of great forces and his lifelong enemies. Amidst the group of people he saw a familiar yet weak woman, looking at her state he felt an unbearable pain. One of her arms was severed and she was being kept hostage by this group of people.
He was enraged yet he controlled his anger and asked " What do you all want?" As soon as he asked this question, a figure appeared right behind him and said " Isn't it obvious? I want you two to die so that I can ascend the throne and become the Emperor that I deserve to be." Yan Lao was shocked to hear this familiar voice. He turned around and gritted his teeth and said " You could have just asked us and we would have obliged. So, why did you take such drastic measures? You even colluded with other great forces. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"
" Hahaha hahahahaha..... Fool, If not for you, I wouldn't have fallen to such a state. Ever since you arrived, father has been attracted by your talent and wants you to inherit the throne. He refused to hand over the throne to me so all I can do is eliminate the threats."
" If that's what you want. Just kill me and let her go."
All the people laughed as they mocked him.
" Look at his arrogance, In the face of our strength, he dares to act boldly."
" It's not up to you. I feel sorry to separate you two so it's best for you two to die together."
Anger was boiling within him yet he clenched his fists and remained silent. Just then the heavenly thunder roared.
Seeing this everyone was shocked as one of them said " Bad, don't let him be baptized by the heavenly thunder. If he reaches the heavenly realm, we won't be a match for him at all." Larzen was about to rush forward to stop Yan Lao but was stopped by Yin Zhao. " What! Why are you stopping me?"
Yin Zhao then said " Let him ascend to heaven realm. I once read in an ancient book that one would need several days to control the unstable energy brought together by the heavenly thunder. I believe he would be weakened even more and it won't be a problem for us to go against him. Also, it would be best for us as killing a Heaven realm master would promote our reputations."
Larzen felt reasonable and calmed down. Soon the breakthrough was completed and Yan Lao managed to reach the Heaven realm. Yin Ran was slowly losing her consciousness as she was too weak right now. Yet she mustered up some courage and said in a weak voice " Yan…Yan Lao… R..Run … it's a ….."
Bam..
Before she could finish her words she was hit hard by Romie the Alfa prince of the wolf clan. " Bitch, since you are courting death, I will fulfill your wishes." Yin Ran was sent flying. Seeing this Yan Lao could no longer hold his anger at all. The murderous intent covered the entire valley. The group of people were intimidated by the intense killing intent. They couldn't believe the sheer might of the intent alone.
Wooosh…..
"Yin…Yin Ran.., " He roared in pain as he grabbed the falling body of Yin Ran and held her gently in his arms. He tried to heal her but it was futile as her life essence was already too weak to support any of the healing methods. As death was inevitable, Yin Ran caressed his hair as she said " I am sorry, I couldn't accompany you. Get away from this place, it's dangerous. Go and live your life to the fullest and don't take revenge. I have no regrets in this life….."
Suddenly her lips stopped moving and her eyes turned cold. AArgh..... Aargh.... She breathed her last breath in his arms, he lost all of his reasoning and became a mad mad thirsty for blood.
Seeing this the group was a little intimidated yet they didn't back down. " Attack, He can't think properly. This is the best opportunity for us to destroy him."
The group used their strongest skills to attack him but before the attack reached him, He arrived right beside Romie. His piercing gaze sent shivers down his spine, he couldn't even move his fingers let alone his body. ' This, what's going on? Why can't I move my body at all? Come on move…move ...."
Romie was still confused as he saw Yan Lao smirk at him. Without being able to resist he was thrown high in the sky. Then slammed back to the ground. His body remained motionless as he could feel his life fading away, he roared " Yan Lao, you will have to pay with your life for killing me. My father will…."
His body turned cold before he could finish his words.
Yan Lao didn't give a damn to his threats and viciously glared at the others. His piercing glare made everyone suffer. None of them had thought that Yan Lao possessed a special trait, a natural body because of which he was able to stabilize his energy right after the breakthrough.
Yin Zhao staggered as he felt intimidated by the intense murderous aura. Feeling death so close to himself he decided to flee for life but how could it be so easy for an spirit emperor realm master to flee from the grasp of the heaven realm master.
Soon Yan Lao caught up with and blocked his way. Yin Zhao spoke in a shuttered voice " What are you trying to do? If you leave me then I will remain silent about the incident that happened today. You know that our family lineage is protected by the dragon race, don't you? Once you kill me one of the elders from the dragon race will come to hunt you down."
His words were in vain as Yan Lao wasn't in a state of calmness. Without any more delay Yan Lao grabbed the neck of Yin Zhao and with all his might punched him. Boom….Boom….. Amidst the confusion other prodigies managed to escape from the imminent danger.
Despite receiving a powerful blow Yin Zhao was still alive. Suddenly Yan Lao could see a gigantic aura that protected Yin Zhao. " How dare you, filth, lay a hand to the descendent of the royal family?"
Yan Lao shook his head and gritted his teeth as he roared " Heaven and Earth I desire greater power in exchange of my life." With some weird symbols, his aura began to rise rapidly. Even the elder of the dragon race was intimidated by the terrifying momentum of the aura. But as an elder of the dragon race he was already above heaven realm.
With just a wave of his hand he sent Yan Lao flying hundreds of meters away.
Cough… cough…
Yan Lao couldn't help but cough out blood as his internal organs were shattered yet he stood up again and dashed towards Yin Zhao who was showing arrogance. Seeing this Elder Zen was even more confused as he thought' well i didn't use my full strength but it shouldn't be possible for him to stand right back up. Interesting… Let's see how long you can take this old man's attacks?' The old man was so excited that he disregarded the safety of Yin Zhao and dashed towards Yan Lao.
Yan Lao who was about to throw his punch at Yin Zhao was suddenly stopped by a big dragon claws. He struggled to free himself but he wasn't able to. He burned his life force even more as he tried to break the dragon claws. The increasing force made the dragon claws crack and shatter eventually. The old man was confused. He only knew that this young man tried to kill the Royal bloodline but he didn't know that there was such a great hatred.
He grabbed Yan Lao again and said " Young man, you have a great potential, Don't cling onto your hatred and open your eyes. Is revenge more Important than your life?"
Yan Lao glared at the dragon elder and said " What right do you have to advise me? You don't know a thing about me at all."
The elder scoffed as he said " What good would it be for me to know about you. Stop your futile efforts right now then I shall show you mercy."
Yan Lao gritted his teeth and roared " Since things have come to this then let's see if you would be able to protect the royal bloodline. With no more attachment to this world, I would be satisfied as long as I can take that bastard's life."
Saying those words he began to gather energy at an alarming rate. The heaven and earth were enraged by his act of stealing the natural aura without any limit. The wrath of heaven began to fall all over the deserted valley. When the dragon elder saw this " Shit, this brat is so cunning. Even I won't be able to handle the wrath of heaven and earth. I need to escape with the Imperial Prince."
They immediately began to escape the range of attacks. Seeing this Yan Lao laughed as he used all his strength to catch up with the dragon elder. As he came closer to them, he could feel his life fading away. He roared, " This would be the burial place for us."
The dragon elder was terrified as he screamed in agitation " Brat, don't drag me to hell with you." The dragon elder sped up as the heavenly wrath struck him. Yan Lao clearly saw that Yin Zhao escaped. He regretted it as he screamed in his Soul. " No, this isn't fair."