Chapter 3018: Decisive

Earth Escape Technique.

Here, amid the sudden changes, General Qingwu's subordinates secretly removed two of the Ascending Dragon Mountain's boundary talismans, causing the anti-escape formation to fail. To flee such a perilous place, earth escape is far safer than flying.

Before entering the ground, a wisp of clear wind drifted by, swirling around Nie Xiaolou's ear—it was precisely the voice of the Xia Palace State Preceptor:

"Our game of chess, it seems, cannot be finished."

Immediately after, various divine lights flashed on the stage, followed by a tremendous explosion, the earth shaking and mountains trembling.

The new emperor's ascension is a matter of great national importance; naturally, the demon emperor's direct-line elite all attended the ceremony, and the Heavenly Palace also dispatched sufficient forces to deal with emergencies. Originally, the new emperor's ascension ceremony was grand, but it suddenly turned into a grand battle of the pinnacle experts from both sides!

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The demon emperor manifests his spirit, pointing out the true culprit!

This explosive news, of course, quickly spread across thousands of miles, reaching He Lingchuan's ears.

Even with the Nine Abysses Great Emperor's city mansion, he was genuinely startled, and his next words were:

"How is the new emperor, Wuhuan?"

While the Heavenly God killed the old demon emperor, he also sought to blame Cangyan, with only one purpose: to shift the conflict and completely control Begia. Thus, control over the heir to the throne, Wuhuan, became the most critical priority.

Even if many officials in the Begia court suspected the old emperor's death was the Heavenly God's doing, ultimately there was no evidence. At the ascension ceremony, the old demon emperor directly pointed to the Heavenly God as the murderer, which completely shattered the Heavenly God's clever plan.

For the Begia officials, how could Begia allow the murderer of the emperor to hold power?

For the Begia commoners, how could they continue to worship the murderer of the late emperor?

At this moment, Wuhuan became the key figure—he is the centripetal force and cohesion for Begia in this chaos.

Sun Fuling also worried: "If it also dies, I don't know what Begia will split into, instead giving the Heavenly Devil an opportunity." If Begia, this great enterprise, were to scatter, the Heavenly Devil could instead fish in troubled waters, after all, six hundred years of cultivation have gathered many followers, not lacking those who worship the Heavenly God more than the demon emperor.

"Alive." Du Shan respectfully reported, "The old demon emperor's last words had just been broadcast throughout Lingxu City, and Ascending Dragon Mountain was already in chaos. The Heavenly Palace and Lingxu City forces became entangled, the Qing and Xia Palace State Preceptors desperately rescued Wuhuan, and General Qingwu also led a hundred thousand troops southward, leaving Lingxu City." "Left the city directly? Did the Heavenly Palace not try to intercept?"

"They did intercept, but Ascending Dragon Mountain is in the suburbs of Lingxu City, so the defenses were not as strict as inside Lingxu City. Both sides fought fiercely around Wuhuan, and directly the Heavenly God descended. However, the Qing Palace State Preceptor seemed to have already planned this, sending the little green dragon away via earth escape." Du Shan continued, "We estimate there is an anti-escape formation on Ascending Dragon Mountain, but it was either not activated or perhaps someone turned it off. In any case, the new monarch has already escaped."

"Nie Xiaolou did well!" He Lingchuan gave a thumbs up, "The demon emperor and he, this ruler-minister pair, finally are the representatives who turned the tide!" Once Wuhuan falls into the hands of the Heavenly Palace, for all of Begia, it will cause a destructive impact.

If it can escape, Begia's resistance against the Heavenly God will still have meaning to continue struggling.

At the critical moment, Begia still has capable people.

"However, the Xia Palace State Preceptor sacrificed himself, and many immortals under the demon emperor were also injured. The court officials of Wang Ting also suffered nearly a hundred dead and wounded, mostly from the demon emperor's faction. Later, the situation directly developed into a confrontation between the Heavenly Palace and the army. According to eyewitnesses, Lingxu City has never been in such chaos in six hundred years!" He Lingchuan sighed: "Unfortunately, I was not at the scene, unable to witness such a famous moment!"

Sun Fuling then said to him: "Over the past few months, it has been Begia's side that had the beautiful scenery. Your limelight has all been stolen."

For over ten years, the Nine Abysses Great Emperor has always been the topic-maker of this world, truly deserving the title of the number one stormy figure.

But in the past short few days, Begia has experienced one shocking event after another, and not to mention the internal power struggle in Begia is already white-hot as background, just speaking of the demon emperor's death has shaken the human world.

Then, it is today's demon emperor manifesting his spirit, Lingxu City and the Heavenly Palace completely breaking ties.

The storm center of this world has already formed in Begia.

He Lingchuan fell silent for a few breaths, then said:

"Perhaps, I have always underestimated the demon emperor."

For many years, Lingxu City under the demon emperor's leadership has always appeased the Heavenly Devil, which contrasts sharply with He Lingchuan leading Cangyan's resolute resistance against the Heavenly Devil, and is also the main reason people are dissatisfied with it.

He Lingchuan also knows it must have its difficulties; no emperor wishes to be subordinate to divine authority, and besides, the Heavenly Devil is merely a false god, an alien race. But people living in the world—who has no difficulties, who does not need to weigh pros and cons?

So for so many years, He Lingchuan's evaluation of it has been under the second demon emperor.

But it ultimately perished together with the two great Heavenly Gods, and incidentally took down many Heavenly Devils, not only displaying formidable strength but also heavily damaging the Lingxu masses. "To arrange such a sudden and crazy move on one's own son's ascension ceremony—the demon emperor's actions are truly unexpected." The Heavenly God successfully assassinated the demon emperor, framed Cangyan, and their rule over Begia should have peaked on the day Wuhuan ascended the throne, but was instead driven to the bottom by the old demon emperor's counterstrike.

The third demon emperor lived only two hundred and sixty years. He was born in Lingxu City and finally died there; this entire life, from birth to death, was under the Heavenly Devil's surveillance—his growth, cultivation, policies, and employment almost never escaped the Heavenly Devil's scrutiny, whether in Lingxu City or Tianxin Island, both have Heavenly Devil spies planted, making it hard for him to keep true secrets.

Such helplessness is something He Lingchuan does not need to endure. Conversely, if the gods' gaze had fixed on He Lingchuan from the beginning, could he have kept so many secrets, could he have developed meticulously, could he have grown rapidly—it remains unknown.

Only the secret of the Dragon God's Crown belongs exclusively to the Green Dragon clan; outsiders cannot spy on it.

Thus, the demon emperor seized this only opportunity, painstakingly planning, and finally raised his hand to give the Heavenly Devil a resounding slap.

The vision that all previous demon emperors could not achieve in life was realized by him after death.

The Green Dragon clan, from now on, has been freed.

If they can still reproduce and continue, in the future they need not again bear the blame for the decision made six hundred years ago.

"Speaking of which, the Lingxu Holy Venerable's plan for the gods' descent has suffered two major setbacks: once when you stole the body of the Hidden God King from Lingyun Palace; another time, just now, when the demon emperor, at this grand ceremony, backstabbed and counter-killed the Lingxu Holy Venerable." Sun Fuling held his hand, gently saying, "So far, human fortune has been quite good. Whenever danger arises, it is protected by unexpected power."

"Yes, there will always be someone who steps forward." He Lingchuan murmured, "But I did not expect that the demon emperor would rather abandon his own offspring and Jiangshan than let Begia escape the Heavenly Devil's rule."