Chapter 1045: A Quasi-Emperor of the Human Race!

When the resplendent great sun descended between heaven and earth, everything fell silent, every ray of light was stripped away, and only that sun remained, falling from the heavens.

And the curtain of flame-light formed by the quasi-Emperor-grade formation was no longer dormant; it rose of its own accord, instantly swelling to several inches thick, blocking itself before the Flameflow Imperial Son, not daring to ignore him.

Sizzle~

When that wheel of golden, resplendent great sun struck the crimson curtain of light, the quasi-sixth-grade formation's curtain of light caved into a great crater, rippling outward in ring after ring of waves; the great sun and the crimson radiance annihilated each other, emitting a terrifying sizzling sound.

Space itself dissolved silently away; even Kings would die upon contact, with no possibility of survival.

When the great sun had melted away to a certain degree,

Boom!

A terrifying explosion erupted between heaven and earth; vast swathes of space shattered; apart from the Flame Throne, the palace beams and pillars all snapped, the roof collapsed, opening up a great expanse of sky.

Amid the smoke and dust, the Daoist in the blood-colored robe was sent flying backward several tens of li, as if struck by a great hammer.

But he was not injured.

In Jiang Ding's gaze, golden-yellow and bright-red flames burned as he stared at the Flame Throne.

"Quasi-Emperor!!"

Amid the falling rubble, broken beams, and shattered tiles, the Flameflow Imperial Son on the Flame Throne wore a panicked expression and cried out involuntarily, "You possess the power of a quasi-Emperor?"

"Impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

Quasi-Emperor!

Among the Horned Demon Imperial Clan, this was already a top-tier great figure; moreover, the number of quasi-Emperors was even fewer than that of Great Emperors, and far fewer at that—no, not just far fewer, there were essentially none at all!

An ordinary King could not possibly possess the foundation of a quasi-Emperor.

Those who possessed a quasi-Emperor foundation were generally only Imperial Sons or former Imperial Sons, and this was usually the result of an Imperial Son failing to advance to the Emperor realm and narrowly surviving, thereby achieving the quasi-Emperor realm.

When they were at the King realm, they too were unable to glimpse the quasi-Emperor realm!

"A servant—impossible!"

The Flameflow Imperial Son's entire worldview was on the verge of collapse.

"So you see, you are weak."

"Such an ant, actually calling this sovereign ant after ant, ant after ant… truly leaves one helpless."

Jiang Ding murmured.

After this sword strike, he gained some understanding of his own strength.

It was close to the quasi-Emperor grade, but there was still a great distance, and he had not yet grasped the power of Order.

The greatest reason he did not collapse the first instant was the Taiqing Flying Sword!

This flying sword condensed the highest immortal Dao technical crystallization of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion and the Immortal Gate—Taiqing Divine Iron, Po Fa Xian Jin No. 9 Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin, No. 4 Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin… and so on, a terrifying quantity of heavenly materials and earthly treasures refined together; its quality was simply too high.

One could say that, if there were a di

vision—setting aside the prohibitions and looking only at power—the Taiqing Flying Sword was a quasi-Emperor-grade flying sword!

This was the reason Jiang Ding did not spit blood and retreat the first instant.

The remaining reason was naturally that this quasi-Emperor-grade formation had no true sixth-grade formation master controlling it, and moreover had to constantly protect the weakling Flameflow Imperial Son, artificially creating a weakness in the formation.

"So, Flameflow,"

"go die!"

Jiang Ding growled low.

Boom!

Another wheel of resplendent golden-yellow great sun, carrying overwhelming killing intent and the boundless aura of destruction and law-breaking, crashed down with a thunderous roar.

The great sun collided with the golden curtain of light around the Imperial Throne, blasting out transparent ripples one after another; explosions erupted within the Imperial Palace, shattering space in all directions, vast swathes of palaces destroyed and collapsing, and the Horned Demon Imperial Clan members within were engulfed by the aftershocks and instantly reduced to ash.

Boom!

Jiang Ding was sent flying by the formation's rebound force, but the light in his eyes grew ever brighter as he brought down another sword.

The formations within the Imperial Palace were thrown into utter turmoil, heaven and earth churning without cease.

"Ah!"

Within the rumbling, turbulent formation, the Flameflow Imperial Son sat trembling on the Imperial Throne like a quail, frantically calling out to the Flame Stone Great Emperor in his heart, and suddenly let out a shriek.

"What is this?"

In his arm, accompanied by the writhing of flesh and blood, a twisted finger the size of a baby's fist sprouted forth.

This was only the beginning.

With the appearance of this finger, the Flameflow Imperial Son's body grew increasingly unbearably itchy; accompanied by the sound of scales tearing, twisted fingers, eyeballs, and mouths appeared one after another across his body.

Even a pair of twisted, shattered butterfly wings sprouted from his back, instantly transforming him into a bizarre and terrifying monster, no longer the lofty, handsome, dashing, and elegant Imperial Son of before.

This was the power of Great Sun Aberration!

Unexpectedly, this Great Sun Aberration power seemed to contain the law-breaking ability of the Immortal Gate's Po Fa Xian Jin, and possessed a miraculous effect against the Flameflow Imperial Son, capable of penetrating directly through the quasi-sixth-grade formation's crimson curtain of light protection to act upon the person within the formation!

"Ah!"

"Father, Father, save me…"

The Flameflow Imperial Son's wails grew ever more shrill; in the agony he nearly lost his reason, even attempting to crawl out of the Imperial Throne's range and fly beyond the starry sky, only to be blocked by the crimson curtain of light.

"The power of Aberration!"

Jiang Ding's gaze lit up.

The power of Great Sun Aberration, against body cultivators… no, for the time being, against Horned Demon Imperial Clan cultivators, seemed to possess a special attack effect, as if countless unexpressed alien genes already existed within their bodies, naturally possessing negative resistance to this power that induced aberration.

One must know that, beneath the concealment of the crimson curtain of light, no matter how strong the penetrating nature of the Great Sun Aberration power, it could only penetrate so much; for a human Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun it posed little threat, yet it could instantly cause tremendous effects upon the Flameflow Imperial Son—truly immediate and visible.

No matter how strong its nature, it could only pierce through a little, posing little threat to a human Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, but it could instantly have a tremendous effect on the Yanliu Imperial Son—truly immediate.

Swoosh!

At that moment, a burst of flame emerged from the imperial palace's formation, enveloping Yanliu the Imperial Son, instantly burning to ash the many fingers, arms, eyeballs, and tattered butterfly wings that had grown on his body's surface. The remaining crimson flames wrapped around Yanliu the Imperial Son, temporarily suppressing the erosion of the aberrant power.

Clearly, this quasi-Emperor-grade formation had been laid down by Great Emperor Yan Shi, specifically adding many protections for his children.

"Not bad!"

"This broken formation has once again split off part of its power."

Jiang Ding laughed heartily, raised his hand, and brought his sword down in another slash.

A resplendent great sun was born, then fell, battering the quasi-Emperor-grade grand formation within the imperial palace until it swayed left and right, its formation light weakened again and again.

Because it had to absolutely guarantee Yanliu the Imperial Son's safety, it fell for the moment into this awkward predicament of being able only to take blows passively and unable to strike back.

However, this situation did not last.

The quasi-Emperor-grade formation possessed the ability to change itself. It quickly calculated that if things continued like this, the formation risked being broken through, which would instead be even more disadvantageous for Yanliu the Imperial Son. Therefore, it abandoned the act of using all its power to protect him.

It split off the greater part of its power.

Boom!

In the sky, countless flames gathered, condensing into a towering flame giant that filled heaven and earth. Its entire body was blurred; only a single giant flame fist was vivid and lifelike, every thread of texture and scale clearly visible. Any living being could clearly sense the power of flame order contained within the fist.

This kind of power made Kings lose their wits, giving rise to an intense, irresistible sense of terror.

"Die!"

The flame giant's phantom growled low, took a step, bent its body, and punched out with a single fist.

This punch was so simple, so concise, like a martial master among mortals, punching straight and level. Yet when one truly faced it head-on, it was as if the order of an entire world of flame had condensed into a single point, crashing down, collapsing, intent on destroying all living beings of heaven and earth.

This was, a quasi-Emperor's punch!

"Quasi-Emperor…"

Goosebumps rose all over Jiang Ding's body; he trembled ceaselessly, the instincts within his body awakening, so excited he shook.

With this one punch, if it so much as grazed him, his fragile little body would be annihilated in an instant—flesh and bone gone, divine soul destroyed—not even a single strand of hair would remain.

"Kill!"

Jiang Ding growled low. His full magic power and sword intent erupted, and together with the equally excited Taiqing flying sword, he slashed out a single sword strike of utmost brilliance.

Whoosh!

The instant the blue-gold sword body flew out, the myriad heavens dimmed, plunging into utter darkness; not a single thread of light remained. The entire sky and earth were shrouded in darkness.

The eyes and divine sense of all living beings lost their function, falling into a stretch of dark chaos, all five senses blinded.

Then, heaven and earth suddenly blazed with light!

A resplendent great sun, trailing one thousand and twenty-four beams of sunlight like the sun's gorgeous veil of gauze, amid an ultimate will of destruction and ruin, charged straight at the fist of the flame quasi-Emperor between heaven and earth—neither retreating nor dodging, nor able to retreat or dodge, because its main body was fragile as paper.

Boom!

The blue-gold sun flying sword, trailing its gorgeous sun-veil of gauze, hacked into the flame giant's fist imbued with the power of order. Driven by brute force, it bored brutally in several tens of inches deep, into the very center of the flame giant's strongest, toughest fist.

The Great Sun Destruction sword qi brutally seeped into the surroundings, madly destroying the flame giant's spell structure.

Boom!

Amid an earth-shaking explosion, the flying sword and the blood-robed Daoist vomited blood and retreated.

And that flame giant, however, stood dumbly, staring in a trance at its own fist split in two, not advancing to pursue.

The next moment, accompanied by a roar, countless Great Sun Destruction sword qi erupted, and the flame giant's body collapsed into a great expanse of flame spiritual light like a tsunami.