Chapter 823: Brutally Beating a Heavenly God

"Ying Zheng, you have violated the Heavenly Law and practiced forbidden arts. By the order of the Haotian Golden Palace Supreme Jade Emperor, I am here to apprehend you to the Heavenly Realm for discipline. Do not delay and surrender at once!" High in the sky, Gouchen the Great led one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

The wind rose and clouds surged, thunder rumbled, and dark clouds gathered over Xianyang City. A terrifying air pressure seemed to weigh down the entire city, as if it were about to be destroyed.

It was truly a case of dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to crush it.

"Presumptuous!"

Just then, a sharp shout suddenly erupted from within Xianyang City. The sound was as deafening as a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens. This single thunderous roar actually sent the one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals reeling, and some were even shaken to death on the spot.

"How dare you lot come to the territory of my Human Race to act so presumptuously!"

Soon, a general wearing Iron Armor and holding a Long Spear walked out above Xianyang City. A terrifying aura radiated from his entire body.

"It is the Lord of Martial Peace."

"The Supreme General."

Upon seeing the man arrive, many soldiers of the Human Race on the city walls were suddenly filled with excitement.

The Lord of Martial Peace of Great Qin was their Great Qin God of War, a Supreme General who was invincible and unconquerable.

Even the father and son of the Wang family, who had conquered the Six States for Great Qin, were merely juniors in the eyes of the Great Qin Military.

Only the Lord of Martial Peace, Bai Qi, was the true Great General of Great Qin.

"My lord is the Emperor of the Human Race's Great Qin. What qualifications does the mere Heavenly Court have?"

Bai Qi looked down at Gouchen the Great with disdain, making no attempt to hide the contempt in his eyes.

"Leizhenzi, I advise you to roll back to where you came from."

"Presumptuous!"

Upon hearing this, Gouchen the Great was suddenly enraged. "How can someone of your standing dare to address me by my name?"

Having said this, Leizhenzi immediately flapped his Chi Yu and charged toward Bai Qi to kill him.

During his approach, he encountered the barrier of Jiuzhou. Because he was of the Human Race, the suppression from the Humanity Luck was not very strong.

After all, he was of Human Race origin.

Moreover, he had achieved Fleshly Sanctification, so the suppressive power of the Humanity barrier was much lower for him than it was for those Immortal Cultivators.

"Hmph!"

"Stubborn and unyielding. Since you are seeking death, I shall grant your wish."

With that, Bai Qi held his blood-colored Long Spear and charged toward Gouchen the Great to kill him.

The two immediately engaged in a fierce battle in the air, trading blows back and forth.

After half an hour of intense fighting, Leizhenzi gradually began to fall into a disadvantage.

"How is this possible?"

"How can you be this strong?"

Leizhenzi was somewhat incredulous. He thought of how he had cultivated for tens of thousands of years after the Investiture of the Gods to reach his current level of cultivation.

One must know that in the Investiture of the Gods, their Chan Sect had emerged victorious, obtaining the Heavenly Dao Qi of Luck and Humanity Merit. Otherwise, even if he had cultivated for another tens of thousands of years, he would not have reached his current realm.

As a third-generation disciple of the Chan Sect, only Yang Jian's cultivation was above his. Even Nezha, due to the limitations of his innate Fleshly Body, could no longer make progress.

It was just like those deities on the Investiture of the Gods list, whose cultivation would remain stagnant forever.

As a third-generation disciple of the Chan Sect, the resources he received went without saying.

Yet, this human before him—by what right did he possess such cultivation?

He had naturally heard of the reputation of the Lord of Martial Peace, Bai Qi, in the Heavenly Realm. After all, he had once been a vanguard general of Western Zhou, and he knew of the human general's name.

He just hadn't expected the opponent's personal combat power to be so formidable. How many years had the opponent even been cultivating?

Great Qin had been established for less than ten thousand years, and the man had only risen to fame within these last few hundred years. In a mere few hundred years, he had cultivated to a level surpassing his own tens of thousands of years of effort.

This was Great Qin, and it was also the time when the human world had once again fallen into war, as his master had said; this was the moment when Humanity Luck was at its most active.

"You dare to be distracted while fighting me?"

"Go to hell!"

"Ah!"

With a miserable shriek, Leizhenzi's Chi Yu on his back were pierced through by Bai Qi's blood-colored Long Spear. The former shook his spear, and with a violent tear, ripped the Chi Yu off Leizhenzi.

Golden blood was scattered across the mid-air.

Before the other Heavenly Soldiers and Generals could come to his rescue, Bai Qi struck again. With a sweep of his Long Spear, he decapitated Leizhenzi.

"Emperor Lord Gouchen!"

The one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals watched helplessly as Gouchen the Great was slain by Bai Qi, their faces turning ghastly.

Yet, not a single one dared to step forward.

Even Emperor Lord Gouchen had died at the hands of Bai Qi; they, these Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, were naturally no match for him. Even if they went up, it would only be to throw their lives away in vain.

"Human Bai Qi, you have committed a monstrous crime that cannot be forgiven..."

"Noisy!"

Before the opponent could finish his threats, Bai Qi struck out with a beam of blood-colored light from his spear, blasting the Heavenly General into dust.

"The continent of Jiuzhou is the territory of my Human Race. If you dare to cross even one step further, I shall execute you without mercy."

Bai Qi stood alone, intimidating one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals. Under his tiger-like gaze, not a single one dared to meet his eyes.

"Hmph! A bunch of cowards."

Bai Qi's face was cold as he flicked his Long Spear, tossing Leizhenzi's corpse back.

Regardless of everything, this Leizhenzi was also of the Human Race, a vanguard of Western Zhou, and he was also a descendant of that Human Sage.

His corpse could not be trampled upon at will.

Even though their Great Qin had inherited some of the legacy of the Yin-Shang and held a grudge against Western Zhou, there was no need to do such things in this regard.

Leizhenzi could also be considered a general of his own side.

As for the position of Gouchen the Great, one can only say that his virtue did not match his position; having been slain by Bai Qi, his skills were inferior, so he could blame no one but himself.

As for the Heavenly Court's retaliation afterward, Bai Qi did not fear it at all.

The things they had done had already placed them in an irreconcilable existence with the Heavenly Court.

Since the establishment of the Western Zhou, the Zhou King styled himself as the Son of Heaven and paid homage to the Heavenly Court, causing a large portion of the Human Race Luck to be divided into the hands of the Heavenly Court.

This also caused the Human Race to have no strong experts appear for these many years.

Thanks to the flourishing era of the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Human Race Luck surged, and subsequently, the Great Qin saw the emergence of a ruler of the most magnificent talent and strategy.

A peerless hero who would unify the world and also demand that the Human Race stand on its own.

This ruler not only wanted to unify the world but also to take back the Humanity Luck that the Western Zhou had offered to the Heavenly Court back then, restoring the prosperity of the Human Race from the ancient era.

Therefore, it was destined that they, the Great Qin, and the Heavenly Court could never walk the same path.

The King of Great Qin wanted to restore the prestige of the ancient Human Emperor, which was something the Heavenly Court absolutely did not want to see; the two sides had irreconcilable conflicts.

Therefore, Bai Qi felt no guilt for slaying Leizhenzi; although Leizhenzi was of the Human Race, he stood on the side of the immortal Heavenly Court, so he was not of one mind with their Human Race.

Since that was the case, if he was an enemy, he had to be finished off; this was the principle Bai Qi had always upheld.

Moreover, by finishing off one, they would face one fewer strong expert in the future.

And the Great Qin would have one more point of winning.

After throwing Leizhenzi's corpse back, Bai Qi turned around and returned to Xianyang City; he had to go and report back.

"Your Majesty!"

"It is resolved."

In Zhangtai Palace, that man asked without even raising his head.