Chapter 588: Decided by a Single Strike

These six Yin Sons of Heaven want to use the method of negotiation to exchange for some dignity.

They do not want to fight with others, because they are not generals, not warriors, but emperors. And since ancient times, there is no reason for emperors to charge into battle, only Taizu Emperor Zhao Tianxing would do such a thing.

Therefore, his way of thinking still remains in his lifetime and is not a cultivator, so he cannot understand the behavior of these two people, the Shenwu Emperor and True Person Taiyi.

Why insist on fighting a battle when it could be negotiated?

This is very stupid and very irrational.

Looking at the atmosphere in the Yongchang Hall, which is somewhat solemn and truly has the meaning of wanting to fight.

At this time, Yingzong Emperor speaks: "Shenwu Emperor, calm down first. Many things cannot be solved just by fighting and killing. You are also a monarch of a country and should know that a ruler should not start a war out of anger. This is not a street brawl between commoners, but concerns the world and the national destiny."

"Not to mention the issue of winning or losing, if we fight, it is inevitable that someone will die. Perhaps it will be you who dies, perhaps it will be True Person Taiyi who passes away, or perhaps it will be the few of us Yin Sons of Heaven who vanish into smoke."

"Regardless of which side suffers casualties, I think it is something neither side wants to see. Since that is the case, negotiation might not be a bad thing. What you, Shenwu Emperor, need is the incense of the world, and what we want is just the stability of coexisting with the country."

Shenwu Emperor Li Jiye takes a look. He understands that these few Yin Sons of Heaven no longer have the ambition of their lifetime. Without a physical body, turned into Yin spirits, their courage is gone, and they only want to lie on this dynasty to suck blood and enjoy pleasure, unwilling to make any more great moves.

This is also about the same as what he had anticipated before.

Seeing Li Jiye calm down, at this time Taizong Emperor immediately says: "Shenwu Emperor, why don't we do this? We will take a step back, as long as we have the three-hundred-mile Longcheng. This is the ancestral foundation and cannot be abandoned."

"Three-hundred-mile Longcheng?"

Li Jiye glances: "The land is not big. However, if you really have sincerity, I can give you a suggestion: I will give you five hundred miles of land, but I have one requirement: you abandon the title of emperor, act as ordinary princes, and yield the incense of the world to Me."

"Keeping the incense belief power on you is the biggest waste. If you are willing to agree, you can continue to stay in Longcheng to act recklessly and enjoy pleasure. If you are not willing, we will still have to fight."

Abandon the emperor title?

This requirement makes the several Yin Sons of Heaven instantly somewhat angry.

Without the emperor status, they will just be ordinary incense gods in the future, and at that time, they will still be at the mercy of others. This is no different from kneeling and surrendering.

However, at this moment, Zhao Tianxing, the Taizu who is the founding emperor, suddenly laughs: "The Shenwu Emperor's condition is not harsh. Leaving five hundred miles of Longcheng for us to enjoy our old age is not bad. However, I have one more requirement."

"Speak." Li Jiye says calmly.

Facing Li Jiye's rudeness, Zhao Tianxing is not angry. He just says: "I fought for many years in my lifetime, and after death, I turned into a Yin god, enjoying the incense of the world. Now a thousand years have passed. Although I have spent most of my time living in a muddled way, I have accumulated some strength over these years."

"Letting a founding emperor like Me end so gloomily is truly unwilling. How about this: Shenwu Emperor and True Person Taiyi, whoever comes to take a strike from Me, if you are safe and sound, we will immediately abandon the emperor title today, flee Longcheng, and never appear again."

Subsequently, he unbuckles a precious sword from his waist and stands it before him, looking at Li Jiye and Li Yi with a smile that is not a smile.

Deciding the outcome with one strike?

The other five Yin Sons of Heaven look at Taizu.

This indeed fits Taizu's style.

Because when he was conquering the world, Taizu once fought with the enemy generals, and finally cut off the enemy's head with one sword, thus winning the crucial great battle and successfully taking this world.

Now, it is another time of life and death, and Taizu still wants to gamble with his own strength.

And this is a high-stakes gamble with the smallest cost.

If he wins, whether it is the Shenwu Emperor or True Person Taiyi, they will die under his sword. If he loses, he has nothing to say and can only retreat to Longcheng and abandon everything.

Shenwu Emperor Li Jiye does not speak, just glances at Li Yi, as if asking for his opinion.

But Li Yi says very decisively: "Good, then I will agree to you. You and I will exchange one strike. At that time, you will understand that abandoning the emperor title will be the most correct decision you have ever made."

"Don't waste time. This is not a place to make a move. Come to the sky."

After speaking, he turns and walks out of the Yongchang Hall, then a golden auspicious cloud appears under his feet, carrying him to fly toward the sky.

Although this is the imperial city and the Son of Heaven's aura is rich, which can interfere with the operation of Daoist arts, with Li Yi's current strength, he is not to the point where he cannot even perform the Art of Riding Clouds and Mist.

Soon.

Li Yi constantly rises into the air, passes through the clouds, and arrives high in the sky.

At this height, he is no longer affected by the Son of Heaven's aura in the imperial city.

But soon.

A young man wearing armor, spirited and full of dominance, also flies over at this moment. His body begins to change at this moment, and the massive amount of incense belief power, which is like substance, surges, like a sea of clouds, rushing toward all directions with him as the center.

"Is this the incense power of the founding emperor?" Li Yi's face flickers slightly.

He can feel that the surrounding heaven and earth seem to have been affected, becoming somewhat unfamiliar, as if forming a domain that belongs exclusively to the other party. In this domain, this Taizu Emperor is omnipotent with a single thought.

As if a divine kingdom exists because of him.

"True Person Taiyi, offense."

At this moment, Zhao Tianxing looks at Li Yi with a serious expression. His body begins to constantly expand and grow larger. In just a brief moment, he is nine feet tall, like a god descending to the world.

Subsequently, the incense sea of clouds nearby rolls, and actually rapidly turns into armored soldiers and warhorses. In less than a while, a momentum of thousands of troops and horses is formed around. And he himself slowly draws the precious sword from his waist.

This precious sword is not a powerful magic treasure, but an ordinary sharp weapon. However, because of a thousand years of incense nourishment and accompanying Zhao Tianxing to conquer the world, it has become spiritual over time and become a special weapon.

The moment Zhao Tianxing holds the precious sword, the entire heaven and earth tremble slightly, and an infinite great power surges from this heaven and earth, constantly gathering on the blade of this precious sword.

This is not just pure incense belief power, but the blessing of heaven and earth power.

"This heaven and earth is working in concert with him? After the incense path reaches this point, will there be such a change?" Li Yi sees this scene with some surprise.

Fortunately, the other party's heaven and earth are not big enough. If they were bigger, or could shroud the entire world, wouldn't his strike contain the power of a world?

After realizing this, Li Yi feels that the incense method still has great potential to be tapped. If it is perfected, the future achievements will definitely not be low.

But at the moment, it seems this is not the time to think about this.

This Taizu Emperor's blade has already wrapped the power of a heaven and earth. This strike is destined to be astonishing, but he has not stopped his action, instead opening his mouth to inhale. The clouds in the sky roll, and the thousands of troops and horses condensed turn into rays of power and rush toward that precious sword as quickly as possible.

Such power has already exceeded the limit that this Taizu Emperor can control.

!

The massive power makes his hands holding the sword tremble, and his nine-foot-tall body is even constantly disintegrating.

"Having a body of powerful strength but not knowing how to use it, I have never seen anyone play themselves to collapse when channeling power in all the time I have been cultivating." Li Yi sees this scene and speaks directly.

"Don't disturb my mind. This sword represents the country of the Zhao Dynasty and the incense belief of billions of people. You cannot take it." Zhao Tianxing shouts suddenly, his voice echoing like rolling thunder in the sky.

"Whether I can take it or not is not up to you." Li Yi does not have any thoughts of being arrogant, but directly takes out the divine wood great bow from the Five Elements Bracelet, and then a black-gold arrow appears in his hand.

Nocking the arrow and pulling the bow.

Dragon-Tiger power leaks, four-colored magic power surges. Just by slowly opening this great bow, the surrounding air is wailing, and heaven and earth seem to be slowly torn apart by a huge force.

"A bow and arrow want to resist my sword of the country? Simply wishful thinking." Zhao Tianxing shouts, and the heavy precious sword in his hand is raised at this moment.

At this moment, heaven and earth seem to have turned into the shape of a great sword. In this sword, one can see the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers, one can see billions of people, and one can see incense belief.

It is precisely because there is too much power blessed on it, too terrifying, that Zhao Tianxing has not yet swung the sword, and his body disintegrates again, large pieces of his body peeling off, turning into plumes of green smoke in the sky.

However, he also dares not let Li Yi continue to pull the bow. Although he does not know what is magical about that great bow, since it is taken out by True Person Taiyi to fight the enemy at this time, it must be an extremely extraordinary divine weapon.

Suddenly, this sword falls with a bang.

Its power is enough to easily split mountains and cut off rivers, and the power contained in it erupts, which can easily destroy a heaven and earth.

That an incense god can reach this point has exceeded Li Yi's expectations, reaching an unimaginable level.

Li Yi does not dodge or evade. He just pulls the divine wood great bow as much as possible with a cold expression, and at the moment the blade falls, he releases his hand and shoots this black-gold arrow out.

This divine bow arrow from the Demon God World could easily pierce through Daoist artifacts when on Earth. Back then, to take down that great demon, not only were several Daoist artifacts lost, but Xiang Xiangzi's life was also sacrificed.

Now, the divine bow's power is displayed again, but this time it is facing an enemy.

The black-gold arrow turns into a ray of light and flashes away.

The speed is ridiculously fast, as if crossing space. Even Li Yi himself has no way to track its trajectory and can only identify the direction it hit at the moment of shooting.

That heaven and earth, like a precious sword, is immediately torn with a hideous opening after being crossed by this black light.

Mountains and rivers collapse, the myriad people are upside down, and the incense disintegrates.

The entire heaven and earth seem to have been cut off.

Such a scene makes this Taizu Emperor's eyes widen, full of disbelief.

However, he does not wait to be shocked.

Subsequently, he looks down again, only to see that his chest has an extra hole at some point. Around the hole, black-gold radiance flickers. This radiance seems to be aggressive, causing his body to be covered with cracks in an instant.

"I, lost? How is this possible." Zhao Tianxing cannot believe this scene.

He does not believe he will lose. With this sword, he has the confidence to cut off this True Person Taiyi and regain the lost power and status.

Boom!

Accompanied by the blade being broken, this heaven and earth explodes with a bang.

Countless terrifying forces spread toward all directions, swallowing Zhao Tianxing and Li Yi not far away in an instant.

"Not good." Li Yi's face changes drastically. He channels his magic power and quickly blesses it on the Red Feather Purple Gold Armor on his body.

The Daoist artifact-level armor is bright red at this moment, turning into a divine bird that shrouds him inside, blocking the aftermath of the other party's sword.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 589 =====