Chapter 456: Emperor of the Heavenly Wind

The Heavenly Dao's snow-white giant hand radiated a strange fragrance, appearing like a piece of incredibly delicious meat.

Gazing at that giant hand, Xu Qing licked his lips and swiftly looked toward the Captain.

The madness in the Captain's eyes was extremely intense, and his movements were incredibly practiced; at this moment, as his limbs embraced the Heavenly Dao's hand, his mouth fell open fiercely and he bit directly into the Heavenly Dao's hand, using all his strength for a savage bite.

Perhaps because he was the "father" of the Heavenly Dao, combined with his previous merits, it seemed the Captain had actually managed to bite off something; after forcefully swallowing it, he laughed maniacally.

"Worth..."

But before he could finish his words, amidst the dumbfounded stares of Qing Qiu and Xiang Ningyan, the Captain's voice suddenly changed, turning into a wail.

It was as if he had eaten food that could not be digested; his stomach instantly swelled up, and with a *bang*, it burst open.

Amidst the splashing of flesh and blood, an extremely dense aura of the Heavenly Dao emanated from the hole that had burst open in his stomach, and one could see it was a piece of golden skin.

The Captain's eyes widened, and he let go with his hands, intending to cover it, but it was too late; the force of the collapse did not stop, and it now swiftly spread throughout his entire body.

In the blink of an eye, the Captain's hands collapsed, and his lower body also exploded with a boom; his intestines, his legs, everything completely collapsed and scattered, turning into countless fragments of flesh and parts.

Amidst the sky full of blood, his upper body could not escape either, and it exploded as if affected by the same force.

His upper abdomen was torn to pieces, his chest collapsed directly, and his internal organs dissipated rapidly amidst the spray; in the end, amidst the blur of flesh and blood, only his toughest head remained.

It was unknown how the Captain's head was grown, but it somehow managed to remain intact; the wail in his mouth was still clear, and at this moment, with a swing, he flew toward his own flesh and blood, opened his mouth wide, and bit onto that golden skin.

This time he did not swallow it, but held it in his mouth, madness appearing in his eyes once more; he struggled to swing his hair to hang himself on a tree branch, and while chewing, he finished the sentence he hadn't completed before.

"... it!!"

Qing Qiu gasped, and Xiang Ningyan stood there foolishly; he had seen people seeking death, but one as suicidal as the person before him was truly rare. By comparison, he felt that the few bites he had received earlier were nothing at all.

The Heavenly Dao also sensed being bitten; after its giant hand paused, a puzzled gaze fell from within the crack, as if it did not know what that head was doing.

Its hand did not have the slightest scratch; clearly, what the Captain had bitten off was merely a flake of skin.

After failing to fathom it, the Heavenly Dao continued to grasp the Ten-Intestine Tree and lifted it into the stomach within the crack.

Seeing this scene, Xu Qing immediately dismissed the thought of going to take a bite himself; at the same time, the Captain's wild laughter echoed in all directions.

"Haha, I finally got to eat the Heavenly Dao!"

"Time to slip away."

"Junior Brother, I don't know where we will each be teleported to, but the general range is correct anyway; everyone... leave it to fate!"

As the Captain laughed, a golden light shone from between his brows, and as it spread outward, it transformed into individual golden runes; their number reached hundreds of thousands in an instant, shrouding the surroundings and forming four massive teleportation arrays.

These four teleportation arrays were all translucent, a thousand feet in range, and permeated with the aura of the Heavenly Dao.

Clearly, the piece of skin the Captain had gnawed off had played a role at this moment.

The moment the four arrays formed, a heaven-shaking teleportation power surged within them, subsequently turning into four beams of light; the two most intense ones, one shrouded the Captain himself, and the second flew toward Xu Qing.

The other two went toward Xiang Ningyan and Qing Qiu.

Seeing this, Xu Qing knew he didn't need to kick the Captain.

Soon, amidst the rapid breathing of Qing Qiu and Xiang Ningyan, the heavens and earth changed color, wind and clouds surged, and as four heaven-shaking roars echoed, the teleportation began!

In an instant, the figures of the group on the Ten-Intestine Tree in the firmament suddenly vanished.

And after they disappeared, the giant hand reaching out from the crack in the firmament did not pause at all; it continued to grasp the remaining Ten-Intestine Tree to merge it, and soon it stuffed the remaining three thousand-plus feet and countless roots into the crack.

When the last wisp of root dissipated in the firmament, the crack also slowly healed and eventually disappeared.

Everything returned to normal.

Only... the earth was a complete mess.

The True Immortal Ten-Intestine that had stood here for endless years was no more.

On the ground, there was only a massive deep pit and gullies spreading outward from this pit like a spiderweb, enough to make anyone who saw it feel shocked and terrified.

As for the thirty-six city-states, most of their cities had now collapsed, and all the Saint-Lan tribesmen within had long been stunned by this scene, their minds still buzzing at this moment.

The Sovereign of the Tian Ding Kingdom watched the sky from afar on the ground, his heart filled with endless waves, his breathing rapid; his right hand clenched and opened intermittently, clearly struggling internally.

Beside him, Zhou Zhou Xingwu was also long since stunned; while he was silent, Lin Yuandong behind him suddenly spoke loudly.

"The God-Child is mighty!"

Zhou Zhou Xingwu wanted to say something, but in the end, he did not speak; as for the Sovereign of the Tian Ding Kingdom, his right hand finally relaxed completely, a look of decisiveness appeared in his eyes, and he cupped his fists and bowed toward the firmament.

"Respectfully send off the God-Child!"

Following the Sovereign of the Tian Ding Kingdom's words, the host of Tian Ding Kingdom cultivators behind him all bowed toward the firmament.

In the end, Zhou Zhou Xingwu also lowered his head.

And just at this moment, the firmament, which had returned to normal, suddenly changed again; a boundless sea of light appeared instantly in the sky, and as it spread infinitely in all directions, a massive figure wearing an imperial robe manifested amidst the clouds and mist.

The wide golden imperial robe displayed sacred majesty; the nine dragons embroidered upon it seemed to exist in reality, sealed upon this robe, moving like flowing water and exuding a sense of nobility.

The red imperial crown on his head was like a red sun, forming a huge red halo behind him.

And what drew the most attention were the beaded curtains hanging from the imperial crown, twenty-four in total, front and back, each string threaded with twelve jade beads; while they covered his face, each bead emitted a brilliant radiance, making him even more impossible to look at directly.

One could only vaguely see that this person wearing the imperial robe was a middle-aged man.

The moment he appeared, the heavens and earth changed color, the ground roared, and a powerful pressure surged from his body like a tidal wave, shrouding all directions.

The moment he saw this figure, Zhou Zhou Xingwu immediately knelt down.

"Emperor!"

The Sovereign of the Tian Ding Kingdom also trembled all over and knelt as well; all the Black-Clad Guards and the entire Saint-Lan tribe of the thirty-six cities knelt toward the figure in the firmament at this instant.

"Emperor!"

In the Tian Feng Dynasty, the so-called Emperor was, in a sense, just a King.

And within the Ancestral Imperial Court, which stood above the four great dynasties within the entire Saint-Lan tribe, was the only Ancestral Emperor of the entire Saint-Lan tribe!

The person who arrived was naturally not the Ancestral Emperor who hadn't appeared in ten thousand years, but the Emperor of the Tian Feng Dynasty, who had received the decree from the Black Heaven Divine Temple and had come in person to welcome the God-Child.

He stood between heaven and earth, expressionless; he first glanced at the deep pit of the True Immortal Ten-Intestine on the ground, then looked up at the place where the crack in the firmament had once appeared, and after a long silence, spoke calmly.

"Mu Mu Tianzheng."

"Your subject is here!" the Sovereign of the Tian Ding Kingdom responded loudly.

"Your son, Mu Ye, has rendered meritorious service in welcoming the God-Child; the Divine Temple bestows upon him the status of Divine Servant."

Upon hearing this, the Sovereign of the Tian Ding Kingdom felt endless excitement surge in his heart; his body trembled, and he kowtowed repeatedly toward the firmament.

"Your subject, Mu Mu Tianzheng, thanks the Emperor for his heavenly grace!"

Hearing these words of gratitude, the Emperor of Tian Feng looked at the kneeling Sovereign of the Tian Ding Kingdom with deep eyes, then looked into the distance and spoke faintly.

"The God-Child's position is noble; since he intends to avoid Us, you shall search for his tracks and inform the God-Child of the Black Heaven's summons."

Having said this, the Emperor of Tian Feng turned and stepped into the void; before his figure disappeared, he paused, and his right hand lifted to lightly grasp the place where Xu Qing and the others had previously teleported away.

Instantly, that area roared and collapsed, and all traces were completely dissipated in this collapse, making them impossible to trace or investigate.

After doing this, the Emperor of Tian Feng remained expressionless, and his figure vanished from between heaven and earth.

On the ground, Zhou Zhou Xingwu was lost in thought, murmuring in his heart.

"The Emperor arrived so timely..."

Beside him, the Sovereign of the Tian Ding Kingdom acted as if he hadn't seen the scene in the firmament, and the moment he stood up, he immediately issued orders, arranging for his subordinates to scatter and search for the God-Child.

This search was not limited to this place; gradually, all departments and branch forces of the entire Tian Feng Dynasty, under the decree of the Emperor of Tian Feng, formed a mighty momentum, searching for the God-Child's whereabouts throughout the entire territory.

However, this grand momentum of searching for the God-Child was delayed by three days because the decree needed time to be communicated.

But it was not only the Black Heaven Divine Temple stationed in the Tian Feng Dynasty that issued the decree; soon, the other three dynasties of the Saint-Lan tribe also received the edicts from their respective stationed temples and began their searches one after another.

In particular, the Red Spirit Dynasty and the Moon Mist Dynasty were the most frantic; while they expanded their efforts with the power of their entire nations, the Black Heaven Divine Temples stationed there left their royal cities for the first time in many years to participate in the search.

Even countless tribes affiliated with the Black Heaven tribe and the Saint-Lan tribe received sternly worded edicts from these two great dynasties and the temples, joining the search.

Just like that, this event of searching for the God-Child gradually became a complete sensation throughout the entire Saint-Lan Domain.

The direction of the regional borders was the same, and each began to impose martial law.

It grew increasingly intense.

This scene naturally also drew high attention from the Feng Hai County; after they used their own methods to investigate part of the reason, the County Capital was shaken, and the three Upper Profound Palaces, including the Sword-Holding Palace, stirred up huge waves.

"Black Heaven tribe God-Child?"

"The True Immortal Ten-Intestine Tree that stood for countless years is gone? From now on, the Saint-Lan tribe has one less place of miracles?"

"The Black Heaven Divine Temple issued edicts to all four great dynasties?"

"The High Priests of the Black Heaven Divine Temples of the Red Spirit Dynasty and the Moon Mist Dynasty went out in person?"

"Why did the High Priest of the Tian Feng Dynasty's temple only issue an order without going out, and even tacitly allowed the Tian Feng Emperor to delay for three days?"

The high-level officials of Feng Hai County held an emergency meeting, and at the same time, a large number of Sword-Holders received missions to go to the borders to be responsible for martial law, guarding against the Saint-Lan tribe taking the opportunity to stir up trouble.

Kong Kong Xianglong and the others also received similar missions; when they went out, they looked at each other and noticed the deep suspicion in each other's eyes.

"It shouldn't be them, right..." Shan Shan Hezi murmured.

"Impossible, that is the God-Child after all; don't talk nonsense and scare people!" Wang Chen's heart trembled, and he shook his head vigorously.

"Right, haha, it's me overthinking; how could it be those two, given such a huge storm in the Saint-Lan tribe!" Shan Shan Hezi squeezed out a laugh.

"But I remember when Xu Qing and Chen Chen Erniu left, they mentioned that the place they were going to was the True Immortal Ten-Intestine, and they even said something about doing something big..." Ye Ling, who was on the side, hesitated and sent a message.

The group was silent.

After a long while, Kong Kong Xianglong suppressed the tremor in his heart and spoke seriously.

"Perhaps there were two factions of the Black Heaven tribe there."

"That's right, that must be it!" Hearing this, Shan Shan Hezi and the others nodded hurriedly, then all continued to remain silent; while they trudged along, their expressions were all more or less dazed.