Chapter 166

【I know, Shi Huang is still alive!】

【Therefore, I decided to kill him before marching on the Immortal Path—but this Shi Huang was too arrogant.】

【He boldly claimed that if he couldn't kill me within ten strikes, he would kill himself—such words were utterly arrogant, but at the time I did not know...】

【The reason he was so arrogant was because he could only deliver ten strikes; after ten strikes, he would certainly die.】

【The reason was that he had been severely wounded by the Ferocious Great Emperor Rebirth, leaving him with little time left—this grandiose boast was merely for show.】

【But let's be fair, Shi Huang was truly strong.】

【I admit, as a Sacred Spirit who reached peak cultivation and became Emperor, he had the right to be arrogant—but in the end, I won. I didn't need ten strikes; five were enough to kill him.】

【Thus, with Shi Huang's fall, the Immortal Death Mountain—this life forbidden zone—vanished from history!】

【Of course, whether it was the Cycle Sea or Immortal Death Mountain, I was able to destroy them not because I was so powerful, but because of the efforts of my predecessors.】

【Without heroes like the Void Great Emperor, I could never have destroyed these two forbidden zones today!】

At this moment, the audience across all worlds erupted:

"Whoa, the Free and Easy Heavenly Venerable? That's an ancient Heavenly Venerable from the Mythic Age—stronger than an ordinary flawless Emperor!"

"If he reaches Ultimate Ascension, can Ye Hei even match him? I feel it's doubtful—after all, Ye Hei is still weaker than a flawless Emperor!"

"Damn, this Free and Easy Heavenly Venerable is also a sneaky old bastard—the Xiantian Emperor ambushed a dying Emperor, and this guy went and possessed a near-Enlightened genius!"

"Worst of all, he actually succeeded—and not just once. This guy is truly treacherous!"

"Hmph, you still want to possess Ye Hei? Today is your Doomsday—you'll learn what a Heavenly Emperor truly is! Do you really think Ye Hei is just an ordinary accomplished Sacred Body?"

"Bad! This old bastard is reaching Ultimate Ascension—this terrifying power, Ye Hei can't possibly match him!"

"Incredible speed—his speed even warped time and space, and his final strike was utterly blasphemous—if only he hadn't still clung to the desire to become Immortal..."

"If that strike landed on Ye Hei, he'd be dead for sure—this guy is truly terrifying!"

"Thankfully, it ended with a narrow victory—Ye Hei is awesome! From today on, the Cycle Sea no longer exists!"

"True, Ye Hei now understands his gap from a flawless Emperor—he's finally stopped marching on the forbidden zones. Otherwise, he might have truly perished here!"

"Whoa, Ye Hei has achieved an unconventional path to enlightenment—such a powerful aura, clearly on par with a flawless Emperor!"

"No wonder he's the strongest Sacred Body in history—this power is astonishing! Too bad the heavens restrain Ye Hei, preventing his ultimate leap into Emperorhood!"

"Heh, that's fine. Ye Hei never wanted to become an Emperor—he wants to become a Heavenly Emperor. If the heavens won't let him become an Emperor, then let him become a Heavenly Emperor instead!"

"The Flying Immortal Star has opened—I remember this battle. That unlucky Jin Wu Emperor became an Emperor right then, and even tried to become Immortal!"

"Too bad—he was too greedy. In the end, he became a flawed Emperor, and was suppressed by Ye Hei because of it."

"Whoa, is this Shi Huang really that arrogant? He dared say if he couldn't kill Ye Hei in ten strikes, he'd kill himself?"

"Hah, I'm laughing my ass off—so this guy was severely wounded by the Ferocious Great Emperor Rebirth and could only deliver ten strikes? I thought he was some big deal, but turns out he's just this?"

"But let's be fair, Shi Huang really was strong—no wonder he became Emperor as a Sacred Spirit. If he hadn't been wounded, even Ye Hei would've had a brutal fight on his hands!"

"Ye Hei crushes Immortal Death Mountain again—awesome! First the Cycle Sea, now Immortal Death Mountain—he's wiped out two forbidden zones at once. I can only say: Ye Heavenly Emperor is awesome!"

"Ye Heavenly Emperor is indeed powerful, but he owes it all to the predecessors who fought the forbidden zones—otherwise it wouldn't have been this easy!"

"......"

At this moment, the audience across all worlds felt profound emotion.

They never expected that the first Emperor Ye Hei faced after his Sacred Body reached completion would be an ancient Heavenly Venerable.

The Free and Easy Heavenly Venerable's background and combat power shook many strong ones, for he truly deserved the title of Heavenly Venerable—he nearly caused Ye Hei to lose!

And what no one expected was

That little Shi Huang was also a clown—audiences originally thought he was awesome, but turns out he really was awesome... and yet his ending was just comic relief!

He could only deliver ten strikes at most, yet he still boasted he'd kill himself if he failed to kill Ye Hei in ten!

In the end...

He only lasted five strikes!

Honkai: Star Rail World.

"Hahaha, this is hilarious!"

The Joyful Star God Aha couldn't hold back: "This Shi Huang—why didn't I ever realize he had comedic talent before? I always thought he was just like this!"

Shi Huang had appeared before...

He showed up during the Dark Chaos, even taunting Seeing Wu Shi—but back then, he wasn't the protagonist.

Now, he doesn't show up—and when he does, he makes a splash. It truly caught me off guard; I just find him amusing, a great source of entertainment!

Shrouding the Heavens World.

"Free and Easy Heavenly Venerable, you're still alive!"

"Hmph, you ambushed me when I was about to attain enlightenment—if I hadn't been alert enough, you'd have succeeded. Today, you will pay!"

In the life forbidden zone, two Supreme Beings rose into the sky, then unleashed powerful auras as they descended upon the Cycle Sea forbidden zone.

Why? Because these two Supreme Beings had also been ambushed by the Free and Easy Heavenly Venerable. As former Emperors and Sovereigns, how could they tolerate such humiliation?

Of course, war was inevitable now!

"Brother, I'm willing to make amends!"

In response, the Free and Easy Heavenly Venerable could only submit.

If he could avoid it, he truly didn't want to fight two Supreme Beings—such a battle would drain him too much.

And if it came to a death struggle, even someone as strong as him would need to reach Ultimate Ascension—resulting in mutual destruction. That's something he didn't want, and refused to endure!

"Hmph, I don't accept compensation!"

But in the end, the battle still erupted.

Yet it was merely a minor skirmish—the Free and Easy Supreme Being gave the two Supreme Beings a face-saving way out: let them beat him senseless and take a portion of his flesh, thus quelling the chaos.

"Hah, what a great Shi Huang!"

"Tch, I thought Shi Huang actually had some real skill. Who would've thought he only knew how to talk big — nothing more than this!"

On the other side, there were also Sovereigns mocking Shi Huang.

And not just one — no other reason than that Shi Huang had been too overbearing, and so had offended quite a few people in the past.

At this moment, those he had once offended saw him being annihilated, and looking like a joke, naturally couldn't help but mock him a bit, and this also made Shi Huang fly into a towering rage:

"How dare you! How do you all dare to insult this Emperor?!"

Undoubtedly, another great battle.

But it was still just minor skirmishes — no one would fight to the death over a word or two, or go all-out sublimating and whatnot.

"Wang Wang, you kid are something!"

In some ancient land, Black Emperor couldn't help but bark, "You actually took out two forbidden zones — that's a great feat!"

"It's all the credit of our forebears!"

In response, Ye Hei did not grow proud.

In his view, this was the achievement of many Human Sovereigns, not his own solitary feat.

The scene continued to shift:

【When I once again returned to Flying Immortal Star】

【The various Sovereigns had already turned against each other, and the hazy Immortal Domain flickered in and out of view, with immortal Qi spreading within it】

【So, I chose to enter and battle within, yet what I never expected was that the moment I entered, I was actually set upon by five Sovereigns in a coordinated attack!】

【If I hadn't been strong enough, I'm afraid that under the encirclement of so many Sovereigns, I would have already perished body and Dao】

【Not only that, at this very moment someone outside was actually attempting to break through to the Emperor Realm — it was a Quasi-Emperor of the Jin Wu clan, who had clearly accumulated to a certain degree】

【If there were no accidents...】

【He was bound to become Emperor!】

【Only what I never expected was that this Jin Wu clan Quasi-Emperor was actually so bold — not only did he want to become Emperor, he even wanted to become an immortal in this very era. He brought his Emperor tribulation charging into Flying Immortal Star, attempting to become immortal in one fell swoop!】