Chapter 920: "Killing Intent" from the Lord of Hanging Jade

"Killing Intent" from the Lord of Hanging Jade

Boom—!!!

The black energy resembled a crescent moon, cleaving another gap in the already shattered Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path. Breaking through the pyramid-like exterior, it even swept away the lead-gray clouds in the sky of the Gray World!

Jian Changsheng, Sun Bumian, and Bai Ye, who had just escaped the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path, looked back. Seeing this scene, the corners of their mouths twitched slightly...

"Isn't this Lord of Hanging Jade's attack... a bit too flashy?"

"Let's not talk about whether it's flashy or not for now," Bai Ye said helplessly, looking at the gradually collapsing floating pyramid. "This Lost Ancient Vault that reappeared after hundreds of years seems to be disappearing completely..."

"Will a Divine Dao Ancient Repository really disappear?"

"The Divine Dao Ancient Repository itself is just a storage unit. If it's destroyed, it will naturally disappear... But the Dao Foundation of a Divine Path cannot be destroyed even by a Demigod. However, without the Ancient Vault as a carrier, who knows where the Dao Foundation will go."

Bai Ye fell silent for a moment, looking up at the sky of the Gray World. "Perhaps... it will return to the Divine Path Star?"

"Isn't that..."

...

The black energy gradually dissipated in the air.

Emperor Wu's body had been completely cleaved open, gradually dissipating amidst the black flames. Those hollow eyes stared indifferently at the Lord of Hanging Jade before her, as if to carve him into her heart.

The unwilling roars of the remnants, accompanied by the strong wind, swirled into the Lord of Hanging Jade's ears.

The Lord of Hanging Jade frowned. Seeming to find it a bit noisy, he swung his sword again, tearing her completely to shreds!

"A bunch of remnants, forgetting even how to talk, only knowing how to shout, shout, shout... so noisy." The Lord of Hanging Jade snorted coldly, waving his hand to dispel the longsword.

The Lord of Hanging Jade looked back. The entirety of Flying Dragon in the Sky was already in pieces. Those once towering Achievement Monuments had almost all been swallowed by the black hole. Only the highest one remained, standing alone in its original spot, barren and dilapidated.

However, since the Imperial Remnants had all dissipated with Emperor Wu's death, whether these mountain peaks existed or not was meaningless.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, his figure suddenly blurred bizarrely, like a television screen with a poor signal connection. His footsteps froze in mid-air...

"Is the time almost up?" The Lord of Hanging Jade glanced at his hand, which was blurry like television snow, and spoke calmly,

"Fortunately, the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path has been destroyed, and the Dao Foundation has disappeared... This mission can be considered successfully completed without making a fool of myself."

Thinking of this, the Lord of Hanging Jade straightened his back even more.

Right at this moment, from the corner of his eye, he saw another figure flash past in the barren Flying Dragon in the Sky. His eyebrows raised slightly...

"Oh, forgot about him..."

The Lord of Hanging Jade glanced at his gradually blurring body, estimated the time, and then his figure flickered, disappearing from his spot.

He didn't notice that after he left, atop that highest mountain peak, a figure wearing an Imperial Robe slowly outlined from the void...

"Sigh..."

A soft sigh rang out.

He stood on the solitary mountain peak, calmly overlooking this gradually collapsing world. As the Ancient Vault disintegrated, his figure also gradually turned into specks of light, seemingly about to dissipate very soon.

"A bunch of remnants failing to achieve anything was to be expected..."

"But the departure of the Dao Foundation and the collapse of the Ancient Vault were unexpected... In today's world, where strange humans emerge in great numbers, if We hadn't left a backup plan, We probably would have met with disaster."

"But... with the Ancient Vault disintegrating, this soul is like duckweed without roots. This needs to be resolved as soon as possible."

He stood on the mountain peak. His gaze seemed to catch sight of something. He raised his hand and grasped the air in the direction where Emperor Wu had just dissipated, then fell toward the collapsing lower realm.

...

Chen Ling stepped on Cloud Steps, walking out of the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path while searching for traces of Bai Ye and the others.

After the Dao Foundation of the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path disappeared, Chen Ling, like Emperor Wu, lost the favor of the Dao Foundation. The Dao Foundation power he had originally obtained vanished like a passing dream.

But the Imperial Robe on his body, and the occasional imperial Oppressive Aura he exuded, were retained.

After taking a few steps, the hairs on his body suddenly stood on end, and he stopped warily!

A figure in white, enveloped by a gale, slowly landed in front of him... The next moment, a Nine Sovereign Tier Oppressive Aura pressed down on Chen Ling's shoulders like a majestic mountain!

"Almost forgot... missed an 'Emperor' here."

The Lord of Hanging Jade's leisurely voice sounded. He casually gestured in the void, and a longsword brimming with destructive energy was slowly outlined.

Violent particles flowed in the air, and a wisp of killing intent remained locked onto Chen Ling...

The Lord of Hanging Jade's purpose for this trip was to destroy the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path and prevent a new "Emperor" from being born. Now the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path was ruined, and Emperor Wu had been slain. Only Chen Ling was left, strutting around in an Imperial Robe...

Whether Chen Ling counted as an "Emperor," the Lord of Hanging Jade didn't care, but it was true that he could mobilize the power of the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path.

Chen Ling's heart instantly sank to the bottom!

Crap, had he bet wrong?

Ji Xuan indeed wasn't in the Lord of Wuji's faction, but he was also an enemy?

[Audience Expectation Value +3]

[Current Expectation Value: 67%]

The Expectation Value, which hadn't increased for a long time, suddenly jumped as Chen Ling once again faced a life-or-death crisis, making Chen Ling so angry he almost cursed.

These Audience members, they don't like watching anything else, they just love watching him get hacked to death, right?!

Just relying on the current Chen Ling, facing a Nine Sovereign Tier at full strength who had just dismantled the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path, how could he possibly be a match... His brain spun rapidly, trying to find a glimmer of a possibility for Breaking the Deadlock.

"Ji Xuan! You and I can be considered old acquaintances, are you really going to kill me?" Chen Ling said coldly,

"If you kill me, Lu Xun and Su Zhiwei will definitely avenge me!"

"Old acquaintances?" The Lord of Hanging Jade sneered, "My relationship with you isn't that deep, right... As for Lu Xun and Su Zhiwei, if they want to avenge you, let them come. Do you think I'm afraid of them?"

"..."

This guy really refused to listen to reason or threats?!

Chen Ling's expression grew even uglier. He was just trying to say something more when the longsword in the Lord of Hanging Jade's hand slowly raised...

"Die."

The longsword swung down fiercely!

A terrifying Oppressive Aura locked onto Chen Ling. In this instant, his mind went completely blank, giving him no time to react at all. Just as he instinctively closed his eyes, that terrifying energy aura dissipated in mid-air...

A hand gently patted Chen Ling's shoulder.

Chen Ling opened his eyes in bewilderment, only to see the Lord of Hanging Jade, whose entire body was blurry like television snow, looking at him mischievously and bursting into laughter:

"Hahahahaha, Director Chen, you really believed it?!"

"I was just messing with you!!!"

Chen Ling: ???????