Chapter 1389: King Battle

"Heh heh, good, good, good. Qin Jiujie, with a temperament like yours, you were destined to become the fourteenth Ming Wang of my Guiyi Hui!"

Hearing Qin Jiujie's icy, indifferent words, the Faceless Ming Wang let out a giggling laugh, then directly tore off his ghastly pale face, transforming it into talisman papers flowing with a chilling aura; the talisman papers became streaks of light that shot out violently, landing at various positions throughout the Abyss City.

Wherever the talisman papers landed, all buildings immediately melted away, as if forming a Kong Dong, and from within the Kong Dong, a wax-like liquid surged forth.

Wherever the cold white liquid passed, Layer upon Layer of buildings immediately began to collapse and melt.

And anyone stained by this white liquid discovered in terror that their own bodies began to melt along with it, ultimately becoming part of the liquid as well.

In the span of a brief moment, within this Abyss City, no one knew how many had perished.

Wretched, desperate screams rang on without end.

"Let's fight him to the death!"

But there were also some powerful Marquis-level experts unwilling to sit and wait for death; one after another, Marquis Platforms shot up into the sky, launching attacks against the Faceless Ming Wang with a tragic, heroic bearing.

"Palace Master Qin, you're going to destroy the thousand-year reputation built by our Qin Li Tianwang lineage!" An elder of the Qin Li Tianwang lineage grieved to the extreme; once today's events spread, the Qin Li Tianwang lineage's prestige would surely plummet.

Then they too began joining those attacking the Faceless Ming Wang, because from the look of things, Qin Jiujie had clearly already treated them as sacrifices.

Within Abyss City, there still existed the "Black Water Guards," but at this moment they found themselves in an extremely awkward position, because nearly all the Guard Commanders of the Black Water Guards, such as Qin Beiming and others, had been isolated outside Abyss City.

Without the command of these Guard Commanders, a powerful army like the Black Water Guards that could shake King-level experts instantly became a scattered mess.

And this, precisely, is the drawback of gathering strength in numbers.

Within Abyss City, utter chaos reigned.

Yet Qin Jiujie's expression was cold as cast iron, not stirring even a shred of compassion for this city he had once striven to protect.

Since he had already made his choice, he must deliver a pledge of allegiance.

From this day forth, he was no longer the helmsman of the Qin Li Tianwang lineage, but the new Ming Wang of Guiyi Hui!

Qin Jiujie did not feel there was anything wrong with what he was doing; he merely murmured within his heart: "Ancestor, if in the future I can set foot in the Li Tianwang realm, I will surely behead this Faceless one and make him repay this debt of grievance."

"And by then, I will also raise up a new Qin Li Tianwang lineage."

The cold white liquid spread through Abyss City like a flood, and then, within the white liquid, one after another, towers of white bone slowly rose.

Those bone towers emitted eerie rays of light, which seemed to pierce through layers of space, connecting with the space outside.

Qin Jiujie gazed at those bone towers, his pupils contracting slightly; these things had clearly existed within Abyss City long ago, and now had merely been activated by the Faceless Ming Wang.

Yet the King-level experts of their Qin Li Tianwang lineage had sensed not the slightest anomaly.

Within this, there must have been the intervention of Guiyi Hui's Revered Lord.

A chill rose in Qin Jiujie's heart; the strength of this Guiyi Hui was truly too terrifying. It seemed joining them was the most correct choice.

Thinking thus, above his head, two layers of noble, vast Kingly Crowns condensed into being; the crowns flowed with pure Qi, evolving into a world of fire and Lei Ting.

Within that world, there was also a colossal celestial wolf treading upon Lei fire.

His gaze turned toward outside the city, where he saw the void collapse as the destructive assaults of Li Li Tianwang, Zhao Zong, and Zhu Yuan came howling over like a sky-covering tide.

Qin Jiujie unhesitatingly drove the "Black Water Transformation Divine Array" with all his might.

Above Abyss City, torrential black water roared forth, transforming into a black Wang Yang that blotted out the sky.

Within the Wang Yang, a terrifying colossal beast stepped out upon the water; that beast was entirely pitch-black, covered in black scales, with deer-like antlers on its head, and behind its head, layers of black halos revolved.

Black Water Qilin Beast!

This was the strongest attack of the "Black Water Transformation Divine Array"; Qin Qin Lian had also summoned it before, but compared to the one before them now, hers was simply a trivial trifle.

Every black scale on this Black Water Qilin Beast's body was inscribed with ancient, barbaric patterns, and between its massive jaws and sharp teeth flowed an aura of destruction.

And now, the Black Water Qilin Beast, as if arriving from primordial wilderness, shattered the void as it emerged, wrapped in surging black water, and collided head-on with the assaults of Li Li Tianwang and the other two.

Boom!

At the moment of impact, the entire Boundary River Domain seemed to tremble violently; the world's energy rolled unceasingly like surging tides.

Under such a terrifying clash, the "Black Water Transformation Divine Array" covering Abyss City was also roaring, faintly emitting cracking-like ripples.

Facing the joint assault of one Grand Unparalleled Marquis and two One-Crown Kings, although this "Black Water Transformation Divine Array" was a top-tier protective grand array, and was further empowered and driven by Qin Jiujie, it too was approaching its limits.

A few more clashes like this, and this grand array that had cost the Qin Li Tianwang lineage countless resources would collapse on its own.

But Qin Jiujie felt no heartache over this; after all, henceforth he was no longer a man of the Qin Li Tianwang lineage.

What mattered most now was buying enough time for the Faceless Ming Wang.

Thus, Qin Jiujie drew a deep breath; the celestial wolf wrapped in Lei fire behind him suddenly leaped into the "Black Water Transformation Divine Array," then directly bit down upon that "Black Water Qilin Beast."

The Black Water Qilin Beast let out a pained wail, rapidly being bitten apart and devoured by that celestial wolf.

The Lei Fire Celestial Wolf directly took the place of the Black Water Qilin Beast as the array spirit at this moment.

However, such a brutal replacement of the array spirit was also an immense destruction to the "Black Water Transformation Divine Array"; one could only say that Qin Jiujie's decisiveness and ruthlessness were indeed extraordinary—no wonder he could become the helmsman of the Qin Li Tianwang lineage.

After devouring the "Black Water Qilin Beast," the Lei Fire Celestial Wolf, which had originally been golden in color, rapidly transformed into a pitch-black hue.

Behind it, nine pitch-black wolf tails now lashed about, tearing at the heavens.

Qin Jiujie raised his head, his cold, sinister gaze fixed on Li Li Tianwang and the others in the void outside the city, and said: "Today, let me test just what is so remarkable about this Grand Unparalleled Marquis!"

The two layers of vast Kingly Crowns above his head poured down a flood suffused with the aura of origin, infusing it into the black celestial wolf wrapped in Lei fire.

And the tips of the black celestial wolf's massive tails gathered together, and a pitch-black pearl rapidly took shape.

The pitch-black pearl was no larger than a palm, appearing extremely exquisite, yet within the pearl one could see Lei Ting, flames, and black water flowing.

An extremely intense aura of origin surged forth, making that seemingly simple pitch-black pearl appear incomparably terrifying.

"I invite the three of you to taste this technique of mine."

Upper-grade Si Si Tianming level—Celestial Wolf Flame Lei Pearl!

Just how terrifying was an upper-grade Si Si Tianming level Marquis Art unleashed by a Two-Crown King with the aid of a grand array comparable to the King level?

This could be seen from the hints of fear that rose at this moment in the eyes of the Divine Tiger King Zhao Zong and the White Elephant King Zhu Yuan.

Presumably, if Li Li Tianwang were not present here, these two One-Crown Kings would have already turned tail and fled.

Even joining forces, they could not possibly withstand this move from Qin Jiujie.

And Dantai Lan remained composed. Above her head, on the Unparalleled Divine Throne, an ancient star chart emerged, blooming with billions of strands of profound light. Within that profound light, hues of gold and silver condensed, swiftly forming a gold-and-silver talisman.

"Origin Divine Talisman!"

At the sight of this gold-and-silver talisman, Zhao Zong and Zhu Yuan both felt their hearts jolt violently.

As king-tier experts themselves, they naturally understood what this represented — it was the key to activating the Unparalleled Art.

And the Unparalleled Art, even for experts of their king-tier caliber, could be called a great killing weapon.

The gold-and-silver talisman hovered in the sky, and the ripples it emitted caused the void to collapse ceaselessly. Finally, as the talisman spun, it transformed into a gold-and-silver talisman pearl.

At this moment, Zhao Zong and Zhu Yuan also reined in their fear. The two exchanged a glance, then poured out all their strength to activate the layer of king's crown above their heads. Instantly, origin qi swept across heaven and earth.

Behind Zhao Zong, the void shattered, and purple-gold divine light illuminated the firmament. A colossal purple tiger claw could be seen slowly reaching out, as if from some ancient time-space, releasing a terrifying aura of fierce savagery.

Above Zhu Yuan's head, a massive white elephant faintly appeared. The white elephant let out a long roar, and vast surging streams of black and white qi swept forth, crushing heaven and earth.

Upper-grade Si Si Tianming-tier, Purple Divine Claw!

Upper-grade Si Si Tianming-tier, Yin-Yang White Elephant Mystic Qi!

And, the one whose majestic aura was the most terrifying...

Unparalleled Art, Sky Peng Heaven-Ruling Seal!

The three attacks, which made countless beings between heaven and earth tremble in spirit, directly shattered the firmament and collided head-on with the Sky Wolf Flame Thunder Pearls that Qin Jiujie had activated through the "Black Water God-Transforming Array."