Chapter 76: Finally Stabbed the Adoptive Father
"..."
Ye Hao's face was iron-green, his body surrounded by overwhelming killing intent.
First his father was killed, and then four Venerable Realm experts.
These were his right-hand men, the four Venerable Realm experts who monitored officials and suppressed the realm for him, crucial to his imperial ambitions.
They were killed right before his eyes.
Ye Hao was enraged to the extreme, his overwhelming imperial might spreading throughout the imperial capital as he stared at He Ni's secluded cultivation cave.
"Hand over Gu Qing, then get out of my empire, and I might spare your life."
Ye Hao summoned the Mountain River Cauldron.
This sacred artifact, after being baptized by national fortune when he ascended the throne, had been upgraded to a divine artifact capable of suppressing national fortune.
With the blessing of national fortune, its power was even greater than ordinary divine artifacts.
With such a divine artifact in hand, Ye Hao had absolute confidence in killing He Ni, but this was the imperial capital, and regardless of victory or defeat, he would lose half the battle.
Moreover, his backlash power was extremely severe and he could barely suppress it anymore.
After all, Ye Zhentian was his father, deeply connected to the national fortune, and his fall had already severely affected it.
The four Brocade Guards were similarly affected.
Once he stabilized the national fortune, he wouldn't let anyone from the Star Temple go.
"Get lost!"
He Ni uttered a single word, containing boundless killing sword intent, forming a domain of swords that gave birth to infinite sword energy.
Each sword energy possessed the power to open heaven and earth, making one feel their soul being annihilated just by looking at it, their faces twisting in pain.
They didn't doubt that if even one sword energy fell upon the imperial capital, the entire capital would be destroyed into nothingness.
"Hiss~"
Bai Wuya gasped.
He had seen Saint Realm experts before, but compared to He Ni, they were like heaven and earth.
"Truly worthy of a Saint Realm expert from the Star Temple, terrifyingly powerful..."
Bai Wuya flashed to the mansion and without a word, directly took his daughter and wife to flee.
After all, when Divine Fire Realm experts battle, they could destroy heaven and earth, and he didn't want to be caught in the crossfire.
"Master, son-in-law is still in closed-door cultivation."
"I can't protect him, it's safer for him to stay with the Saint."
In the void, Bai Wuya stroked his beautiful beard, divine light flowing in his eyes, reflecting the scene in the imperial capital.
His several wives and concubines looked at each other, wanting to speak but hesitating, their faces filled with worry.
After killing Ye Zhentian, they probably couldn't stay in the entire Eastern Domain anymore.
It would be better to take the opportunity to escape quickly.
After all, they didn't believe a Saint Realm expert could match a Divine Fire Realm expert.
But Bai Wuya was not someone who could be easily persuaded.
"Fine, fine, fine. Since you seek death, I shall grant it."
Ye Hao laughed in his extreme anger, his gaze chilling.
On his own territory, his Divine Fire Realm cultivation was actually being despised by a Saint Realm expert.
No one would believe it if he told them.
Ye Hao immediately activated the formation, moving the entire Bai Mansion into a formation-trapped killing space.
"With just you?"
He Ni glanced at him, seeing that his overwhelming momentum was merely a bluff.
Moreover, Ye Hao's Divine Fire Realm power was borrowed external force, his true combat strength was very weak.
Even if Ye Hao was at his peak, she was confident she could handle him. She also knew the Dao techniques and divine abilities of the Divine Fire Realm, and was more proficient than Ye Hao.
The only thing He Ni feared was Ye Hao's nation-suppressing divine artifact and his innate spiritual treasure.
So she had thought to pick up an easy victory.
But since Ye Hao insisted on courting death, she didn't mind sending him on his way early.
The thought flashed by, and He Ni put Gu Qing into the Heaven and Earth Sword, casually throwing a punch at Ye Hao.
"Seeking death."
Ye Hao snorted coldly, summoning the Mountain River Cauldron.
The great cauldron revealed visions of sun, moon, and stars, mountains and rivers, and all spirits worshipping, with fierce birds crossing the sky, making one feel as if they had entered an ancient, wild era, mysterious and vast.
Clang!
The Mountain River Cauldron was sent flying by He Ni's ordinary punch. Her qi and blood surged out of her body like a golden ocean, with every strand of blood energy containing shocking power, like a true dragon.
She didn't use any divine abilities or secret techniques, relying solely on her physical strength to break all techniques with one force. Each punch could shatter space and send divine artifacts and treasures flying.
Formation patterns that could kill Saint Realm experts were as fragile as paper before her.
"A berserker?"
Gu Qing in the Heaven and Earth Sword murmured, his eyes filled with shock.
Wasn't He Ni a sword immortal?
But at this moment, He Ni's immortal dress fluttered, her battle spirit soaring to the heavens, her fists shattering heaven and earth, like a female war god fighting against heaven and earth.
He couldn't find the slightest trace of an immortal sword's ethereal grace in her.
"Pfft!"
Ye Hao's body suddenly split open, clearly unable to suppress the backlash power, as drops of golden blood sprayed wildly.
He looked at He Ni in disbelief, having thought he could easily crush her, only to find himself being completely suppressed.
"Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo..." And one whose physical toughness was comparable to a divine artifact.
Damn it all, how could such a terrifying existence exist in this world?
Ye Hao's mentality collapsed, his invincible Dao heart shattered to pieces.
He could not accept that someone was more formidable than him.
He had always firmly believed that he was invincible among his peers, killing them as easily as chickens and dogs, and killing those of higher realms as easily as eating and drinking.
However, He Ni's terror was such that even if they were in the same realm, he estimated he would still be crushed.
Seeing the fist print coming towards him, Ye Hao had no time to think, fully summoning a jade imperial seal.
Upon it, nine true heavenly dragons meandered, propping up eight large characters: Mandated by Heaven, may he have longevity and eternal prosperity!
These eight characters seemed to contain supreme and mysterious power, and upon their appearance, they suppressed time, space, mountains, and rivers.
Seeing this, a light flashed in He Ni's cold, beautiful eyes.
She finally brought out the nation-suppressing divine artifact.
She formed hand seals, and three thousand great worlds appeared around her, with ten thousand Daos of laws circling her.
At this moment, she was like a creator god, opening up a myriad world, enveloping the jade seal within it, as one chain of law and order after another sealed the jade seal.
"You..."
Seeing this, Ye Hao was greatly alarmed. The nation-suppressing divine artifact's connection to him was weakening.
Once the soul connection was severed, his jade seal would belong to He Ni.
He would also absolutely be killed by the backlash of national fortune.
Without a second thought, Ye Hao summoned the Kongtong Seal.
"Human Dao Supreme Treasure..."
He Ni was knowledgeable and, upon seeing the Kongtong Seal, instantly recognized its origin, and was immediately overjoyed.
This kind of Dao Supreme Treasure was countless times more precious than an innate spiritual treasure.
The Kongtong Seal, in turn, naturally suppressed the human race, possessed infinite power, and could gather boundless great fortune.
If used to establish a nation, it could establish a supreme dynasty of fortune.
It could also be used to suppress a sect, making its tradition last for eternity, never declining.
Furthermore, it provided a tremendous boost to comprehending the Dao, truly having endless wondrous uses.
Many thoughts flashed through her mind, and He Ni summoned the Xuanhuang Mother Qi Cauldron to smash it towards the Kongtong Seal.
At the same time, she struck with her strongest sword, the Hun Tian Sword. Heaven and earth were like a chicken's egg, and one sword could open them.
Time and space were retracted into a single point, all things ceased to exist, with only one sword cleaving through eternity.
"Roar!"
The golden dragon of fortune flew out from Ye Hao's body, but in an instant, it was split apart by the Hun Tian Sword.
Ye Hao's pupils shrank sharply, his scalp tingled, and a great terror of death filled his body and mind.
He could not take this sword...
This thought rose in Ye Hao's mind, and he instinctively used the Mountain River Cauldron to protect himself.
Clang!
The Heaven and Earth Sword split the Mountain River Cauldron, splitting half of Ye Hao's body.
"He's still not dead?"
He Ni was somewhat surprised.
Her Heaven and Earth Sword contained the sword intent of opening heaven; by all rights, it should have annihilated Ye Hao.
But it didn't matter that he wasn't dead. Ye Hao had played all his cards and was now completely unable to suppress the national fortune; he was doomed to die.
He Ni no longer glanced at him, forming hand seals. A hand seal surrounded by ten thousand Daos of laws directly grabbed the Kongtong Seal.
The moment her hand seal was shattered, she successfully pulled the Kongtong Seal into the Heaven and Earth Sword's space.
He Ni then reached for the Mountain River Cauldron and the jade imperial seal.
Although divine artifacts were powerful, it depended on the user.
Ye Hao could barely protect himself now and was utterly powerless to control the divine artifacts.
"No..."
Despair filled Ye Hao's eyes, and his heart was filled with raging hatred.
He was a transmigrator, and he had a system to back him up; how could he lose to a native?
"Your Majesty..."
Zhuge Liang and the assembly of civil and military officials were completely in despair.
How could their incomparably unparalleled Majesty be so feeble?
Wasn't it said that he could kill immortals and slaughter gods, and destroy the Star Temple?
A minister who knew Ye Hao's character thought with a glimmer of hope, "Is he still hiding his trump card?"
"He Ni, quickly let me out."
Gu Qing said urgently, and the moment he appeared, he thrust a halberd into Ye Hao's chest.
After longing for it for so long, he had finally stabbed his adoptive father.
Ye Hao was so powerful; he wondered what treasure the system would reward him with.
"You..."
Ye Hao's eyes revealed boundless hatred.
Ever since meeting Gu Qing, everything had gone wrong for him.
Even his most beloved aunt had been defiled by that bastard Gu Qing.
If looks could kill, Ye Hao would have dismembered Gu Qing into ten thousand pieces.
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