Chapter 1347: Divine Artifact (First update, requesting everything)

Qiangliang's Wrath: A Thunder Attribute Divine Artifact, forged from the condensed essence of Qiangliang's entire body combined with Purple Heaven Divine Thunder. It increases the power of Thunder Attribute skills by 100%, and after being equipped, it can activate a Lightning Domain, significantly increasing damage and Paralysis effects against evil creatures, while also possessing destructive properties.

Only those with a bonus reaching or exceeding 100% can be called Divine Artifacts; at the same time, Divine Artifacts also possess 4—5 effects.

Judging by this Qiangliang's Wrath, it can only be considered a bottom-tier Divine Artifact, yet even so, both its effects and value far exceed those of a Semi-Artifact.

Among these, the Lightning Domain belongs to the domain-type skill category, similar to area-type skills, but it possesses the special effect of strengthening oneself while weakening the enemy; its cost-effectiveness goes without saying.

As for significantly increasing damage and Paralysis effects against evil creatures, there is no need to elaborate further; as for the final destructive property, it is similar to the Fire Element's burst effect, causing the opponent to suffer greater damage.

This Qiangliang's Wrath is naturally to be carried by the Thunder Qilin; equipped with this Thunder Attribute Divine Artifact that significantly increases effects against evil creatures, the Thunder Qilin is absolutely worthy of the title Evil Bane, making it even easier to deal with demons in the future.

Not long after, the Imperial Capital of the Tianling Empire came into view in the distance.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Li Zhangsheng still couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the scene before him.

The once extremely prosperous Imperial Capital had been almost razed to the ground; everywhere there were broken walls, ruins, and corpses, along with large amounts of stagnant water, as if accusing the Human Emperor and the others of their atrocities.

As the Imperial Capital of the Tianling Empire, the hegemon of the Southeast Region, it held the title of Southeast Light; its level of prosperity went without saying, and it even possessed a population of several million.

Yet such an Imperial Capital had now been destroyed in a single stroke, and those who luckily survived were few and far between.

As a participant at the time, Wendi said with a heavy tone: "When we were fighting the Human Emperor and the Phoenix Emperor, we all tried our best to avoid harming the innocent, but the Dragon Clan was different. They had no such taboos, stirring up trouble in the Imperial Capital and causing Water Floods Golden Mountain; how could the ordinary populace withstand such a disaster?"

"They are heavy with Karma and deserve a miserable death."

"Those not of our race must have a different heart; if there is a chance in the future, we must slaughter the entire East Sea Dragon Clan!"

The expressions of Li Zhangsheng and Wudi were very unsightly; the East Sea Dragon Clan had committed grave sins, and anyone who saw such a scene would harbor ill feelings toward the East Sea Dragon Clan.

However, the three of them did not leave immediately.

Even though the Imperial Capital had been destroyed, there were certainly still many treasures left behind; based on the foundation of the Tianling Empire, this was definitely a huge fortune.

After spending the better part of a day, the three of them did not continue to linger in the Imperial Capital and flew toward the second largest city of the Tianling Empire, Cangping City.

Among the three, Li Zhangsheng's harvest was naturally the greatest; utilizing his special abilities along with the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Mouse and the Red Luan, most of the high-grade treasures were pocketed by Li Zhangsheng.

The only pity was that the portals to the Secret Realms in the Imperial Capital had all been affected by the aftermath and destroyed; to reopen these Secret Realm portals, some preparations would be needed.

Soon, Cangping City came into view in the distance.

Although it was the second largest city of the Tianling Empire, the city's area was not even half that of the Imperial Capital.

Xiang Yutian was right here; when the Spirit Emperor fell, he had no choice but to hide in Cangping City with some kings.

Cangping City possessed a Plane Teleportation Array; the many Moon Elf corpses that Xiang Yutian had obtained were acquired in this different plane, and crucially, this place was also a Small Thousand World.

When the three of them arrived, dozens of streams of light flew out from Cangping City, among which there were nearly twenty kings, and the rest were all Fifth-Sixth Rank Demon Tamers.

What was strange was that among these people, there were no Double-Character Kings.

Among them, the leader was Xiang Yutian.

"Respectfully welcome Wendi's arrival!"

"Respectfully welcome Wudi's arrival!"

"Respectfully welcome the arrival of the King of Ten Thousand Saints!"

As if organized, everyone shouted slogans, their expressions filled with respect.

This time, Wendi and Wudi specifically let Li Zhangsheng stand in the middle, appearing as if Li Zhangsheng was the leader, which made Xiang Yutian and the others astonished.

Although Li Zhangsheng was not yet an Emperor, in terms of strength, he was definitely stronger than the unrecovered Wendi and Wudi, and crucially, he had also saved their lives one after another.

"No need for formalities!"

Li Zhangsheng did not stand on ceremony with Wendi and Wudi; they certainly didn't lack kings, but he did. To occupy the Southeast Region, he alone was certainly not enough; he had to possess a large number of kings and Double-Character Kings, otherwise, how could those Abyss Gates be suppressed?

Li Zhangsheng was also not without things to do; now that the Spirit Emperor had fallen, the Abyss Gate that the Spirit Emperor originally suppressed had to be suppressed by him personally.

In the subsequent process, Li Zhangsheng began to negotiate with Xiang Yutian and the others; from beginning to end, Wendi and Wudi did not speak.

Regarding defecting to Li Zhangsheng, Xiang Yutian and the others had absolutely no objections; because of the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings, they had already learned that Li Zhangsheng had finished off Aidi in three minutes and had even almost finished off the Phoenix Emperor as well.

With such might, he was likely one of the best among the remaining Five Emperors.

With the fall of Aidi, one of the Nine Imperial Thrones remained vacant, and Li Zhangsheng had a great chance.

Taking a step back, even if this Imperial Throne was occupied by someone else, Li Zhangsheng could still achieve his goal by slaughtering an Emperor, rather than having to wait bitterly like the Double-Character Kings of the past.

With the defection of Xiang Yutian and the others, the number of kings under Li Zhangsheng's banner surged, directly reaching more than twenty people.

However, the number of kings under the Spirit Emperor had clearly exceeded fifty, and now only less than twenty remained; so where had the other kings and Double-Character Kings gone?

"My brother and the Dark Moon King took away most of the kings; they headed north and have already defected to His Majesty the Profound Emperor."

Xiang Yutian answered the doubt; his expression was very unsightly. He had also tried to persuade more kings and even Double-Character Kings, but his appeal was limited; perhaps it was about the same as the First Prince, but it was far inferior to the Dark Moon King.

The Dark Moon King was the only Top-tier Double-Character King of the Tianling Empire and could be said to be the Spirit Emperor's right-hand man; it was rumored that he possessed five Demon Emperor Level demon pets.

Li Zhangsheng's heart sank; they had arrived too late after all, and now there was no chance to stop them.

After the Dark Moon King and the others made contact with the Profound Emperor and expressed their willingness to follow the Profound Emperor, the Profound Emperor left the Northern Region alone and took them away.

In this way, the Profound Emperor once again possessed a Top-tier Double-Character King, and a Top-tier Double-Character King who possessed five Demon Emperor Level demon pets at that.

If the Profound Emperor cultivated him with all his might, it was likely that it wouldn't be long before the Dark Moon King could ascend to that Imperial Throne.

Of course, the Top-tier Double-Character Kings under the other two Emperors and five Emperors also had opportunities; in short, this vacant Imperial Throne would not remain for long.

According to Li Zhangsheng's estimation, it would likely only take a few months; if one possessed breakthrough resources like Rule Crystals in hand, perhaps even a few days would be possible.

Clearly, this was not good news for Li Zhangsheng.

"Who couldn't you defect to, you had to defect to the Profound Emperor."

Li Zhangsheng's face was gloomy; if the Dark Moon King had defected to the Blood Emperor, the Source Emperor, or the Thunder Emperor, he wouldn't have cared, but he had to defect to the Profound Emperor and even took away most of the kings and Double-Character Kings, which made Li Zhangsheng feel very disgusted.

On Li Zhangsheng's must-kill list, the name of the Dark Moon King was added once again.

(End of chapter)