Chapter 84: Breaking Jue Wushen's Indestructible Golden Body
The Wushen Jue Palace was solemn and grave; Jue Wushen was dressed in a dragon robe. Today was the day of the Emperor's abdication, the moment for him, Jue Wushen, to ascend the throne.
When people encounter happy events, their spirits are refreshed; Jue Wushen's face was full of joy, making it impossible for anyone to tell that he had only suffered the pain of losing a son yesterday.
Jue Wushen looked down from a high position at the princes and ministers within the former Huangcheng and laughed loudly:
"You are about to change dynasties, why do you not hurry and kowtow to meet your new Emperor?"
Two military officers said defiantly:
"Dongying people, the land of Shenzhou will not allow you to slaughter us at will. We will not submit to you; the people of Shenzhou will never yield to you."
Jue Wushen glared fiercely at the two, waved his palm, and two Ghost Yaksha immediately stepped out to drag the two military officers away.
Immediately after, the remaining princes and ministers heard shrill, miserable screams:
"Jue Wushen, even if we become ghosts, we will not let you go! You will die a horrible death!"
The two Ghost Yaksha strode back, their hands still stained with uncleaned blood.
Clearly, the two generals who had dared to stand up and speak just now had already been murdered.
Jue Wushen looked at the silent crowd and laughed loudly:
"Haha, today the land of Shenzhou changes masters; those who follow me shall prosper, and those who oppose me shall perish."
Seeing that the time was nearly right, Wen Chou Chou shouted:
"The auspicious hour has arrived!"
At this moment, the Emperor, disguised by Jue Tian, and the generals, disguised by Ghost Yaksha, walked out.
The fake Emperor walked to Jue Wushen's side, looked at Jue Wushen, nodded, and then faced the princes and ministers, saying:
"My dear subjects, I have recently contracted a severe illness and feel increasingly unable to handle state affairs.
Today, I have decided to abdicate the throne to Jue Wushen; I hope all my subjects will heed the new Emperor's decrees."
The princes and ministers looked at the Emperor in disbelief; they did not believe that the Emperor, who had been ordering them to resist Jue Wushen to the end just two days ago, would actually abdicate to Jue Wushen today. There must be a problem here.
They spoke up:
"Your Majesty, are these Dongying people threatening you? How could you abdicate the throne of our Shenzhou land to this Dongying person? Those not of our race must have a different heart."
The fake Emperor replied:
"My dear subjects, there is no need for further words; my mind is made up.
From this moment on, Jue Wushen is the Divine Emperor of our Shenzhou land. Follow me and pay homage to the new Emperor."
The fake Emperor held the Imperial Jade Seal in his heart and handed it heavily to Jue Wushen, who laughed with unparalleled arrogance.
At this time, Duan Fengyun and his two martial brothers had already arrived outside the Wushen Jue Palace. Looking at his former subordinates, Duan Fengyun advised:
"I do not wish to harm you. Today I have come to eradicate the Wushen Jue Palace. Those of you who wish to live, leave of your own accord."
Upon hearing this, the minions threw down their weapons and said:
"We thank the Sect Leader for his mercy in not killing us; we shall leave now."
Bu Jingyun said:
"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot; hurry and leave."
At this point, all the former World Association minions had thrown down their weapons and fled, and the three of them carried their weapons and rushed toward the Wushen Jue Palace.
"Feng'er, Yun'er, Duan Fengyun."
A familiar voice rang in the ears of the three.
"Master!"
"Master!"
"Senior Wuming!"
The person who arrived was none other than Wuming, and the three greeted him.
After the four-person anti-Dongying group gathered, they chatted as they walked toward the venue.
Just as all the princes and ministers were reluctantly kneeling behind the fake Emperor, the four, including Duan Fengyun, finally arrived.
"Jue Wushen, you certainly won't be ascending the throne today, but you have a unique ticket to the Western Heaven."
Hearing the familiar voice, Jue Wushen gritted his teeth and said:
"Duan Fengyun!"
The four, including Duan Fengyun, flew out, and Duan Fengyun laughed loudly:
"It is indeed your Grandfather Duan."
Wuming looked at the fake Emperor and immediately struck the fake Emperor with a finger.
The fake Emperor, having no time to dodge, was struck, and his disguise fell away; beneath the disguise was none other than Jue Tian.
"No wonder the Emperor said he would abdicate to this Dongying person; it turns out he was an impostor."
The princes and ministers below discussed it among themselves.
Jue Wushen looked at the four people before him who had repeatedly ruined his plans, wishing he could get rid of them quickly.
Jue Wushen looked at Duan Fengyun and said:
"Duan Fengyun, I had intended to wait until after my coronation to find you and avenge my son's death. Since you have delivered yourself to my doorstep today, I will send the four of you down to be beasts of burden for my son."
Duan Fengyun teased:
"Jue Wushen, even if you send us down, are you sure it won't be your son acting as a beast of burden for us?"
Jue Wushen knew he was certainly no match for Duan Fengyun in terms of glibness, and he did not want to bicker with Duan Fengyun.
Jue Wushen directly circulated his True Qi, and the explosive True Qi shattered his dragon robe into pieces.
Beneath the shattered dragon robe was Jue Wushen's pitch-black armor, filled with killing intent.
Jue Wushen knew that someone would surely come to cause trouble today, so he had long been prepared.
Jue Wushen clenched his fists and attacked the four, including Duan Fengyun, with a barrage of Killing Fists.
Duan Fengyun and his two fellow disciples, whose martial arts were no longer what they once were, dealt with Jue Wushen's Killing Fist with ease.
Jue Wushen had previously heard Juexin speak of how Duan Fengyun's martial arts had become formidable, but he had remained skeptical; only upon seeing it today did he realize that Juexin's words were not false.
Furthermore, it was not just Duan Fengyun; the martial arts of Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun were also no longer what they once were.
In just a few short days, how these three had improved their martial arts so rapidly left Jue Wushen completely bewildered.
After the four of them blocked the Killing Fist, they picked up their weapons and charged at Jue Wushen.
Seeing this, Jue Wushen utilized his Indestructible Golden Body for defense.
Even though the group's martial arts had greatly advanced, they had not found the weak point of Jue Wushen's Indestructible Golden Body and still could not break it.
After Duan Fengyun signaled for Nie Feng and the others to step aside, he gripped his sword with both hands and unleashed a forty-meter-long Sword Qi attack against Jue Wushen's Indestructible Golden Body.
Jue Wushen sneered, "Is that it?"
"The four of you combined couldn't break my Indestructible Golden Body, and now you think you can break it alone? You're dreaming."
Duan Fengyun let out a loud shout, retracted his Sword Qi, and then slashed out with it again, repeating the process and attacking several times in succession.
Even though the defensive power of Jue Wushen's Indestructible Golden Body was astonishing, it had no way to withstand the repeated hacking of the Demon Blade.
Through the exchange between Duan Fengyun and Jue Wushen, Bu Jingyun and the others also discovered the weak point of Jue Wushen's Indestructible Golden Body.
The three flew toward Jue Wushen simultaneously, and Jue Wushen now had the will but lacked the strength to defend.
With Duan Fengyun watching him like a tiger eyeing its prey, he had no way to free himself to deal with Bu Jingyun and the others.
Wuming feigned an attack on Jue Wushen's lower body, while Nie Feng feigned an attack on Jue Wushen's head, creating a massive illusion for Jue Wushen and leading him to mistakenly believe that they had not discovered the weak point of his Indestructible Golden Body.
In his smugness, he neglected Bu Jingyun!
Bu Jingyun feigned a thrust toward his chest, but at the last moment, he changed direction and stabbed directly into his left armpit.
"Ah!"
Jue Wushen screamed in pain.
The armpit that Bu Jingyun had pierced was precisely where the weak point of Jue Wushen's Indestructible Golden Body was located.
Jue Wushen fell to the ground in agony, clutching his left arm; with his Indestructible Golden Body broken, he was now in extreme pain.
Duan Fengyun walked up to Jue Wushen, pointed the tip of the Jue Sword at him, and said:
"Jue Wushen, the land of Shenzhou is not something you can covet just because you want to."
"From ancient times to the present, the land of Shenzhou has never taken you tiny Dongying lands to heart. You shouldn't have come to the land of Shenzhou; go to hell, you Dongying devil."
Just as Duan Fengyun was about to plunge the Jue Sword into Jue Wushen's body to let it slowly devour his blood and make him experience the feeling of death, a voice interrupted him.
"Nie Feng, if you don't want your mother to perish, tell Duan Fengyun to release Jue Wushen."
Pojun emerged while holding Yan Ying hostage, and standing beside Pojun was a middle-aged man dressed in Dongying attire.
Nie Feng looked at Pojun and the Dongying man and said:
"Sir, what kind of hero holds an unarmed woman hostage?"
Pojun laughed:
"I, Pojun, have never considered myself a hero. As long as I can achieve my goal, I can sacrifice everything."
The Dongying man spoke up:
"Pojun is a good partner of our Dongying; I like his unscrupulous nature. Release Jue Wushen at once!"
Jue Wushen looked at the Dongying man and said:
"Senior Brother, I never expected you to come out to save me, haha."
After hearing Jue Wushen's words, Wuming said:
"If you are Jue Wushen's senior brother, then you must be Quan Dao Shen, right?"
Duan Fengyun had never heard the name Quan Dao Shen, and Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun had heard of him even less, so Wuming began to tell the two the story of Quan Dao Shen.
The Gate Master of the Dongying Fist Sect, Si Ze Quan Yi, had three disciples: the eldest disciple Chuan He Wu, the second disciple Quan Dao Shen, and the third disciple Jue Zhi Jie, who is now Jue Wushen.
All three of Si Ze Quan Yi's great disciples were gifted with exceptional talent for Dongying fist arts, with the second disciple, Quan Dao Shen, having the best talent and cultivation; he learned all the Cultivation Methods of the Fist Sect within one year of entering.
Quan Dao Shen was extremely arrogant and conceited; he viewed his own talent and cultivation as supreme, gradually treating his fellow disciples with cold disdain, and even holding his own master in contempt.
Because the three fellow disciples had conflicting beliefs, Quan Dao Shen took his wife and child away from the Fist Sect to struggle in the Jianghu on his own.
His wife passed away from illness shortly after, and later, when Quan Dao Shen was teaching his son to practice Fist Technique, he accidentally struck his son in the forehead, injuring him and turning him into a madman.
Just then, his eldest senior brother Chuan He Wu happened to pass by and, seeing this, began to mock him.
During their argument, Quan Dao Shen recalled all the past grievances, killed Chuan He Wu with one punch, and fed him to his son.
Later, his master Si Ze Quan Yi learned of this and questioned Quan Dao Shen in a rage. Not only did Quan Dao Shen not repent, but he also insulted his master.
Knowing he was no longer a match for him, his master conspired with Jue Wushen to poison Quan Dao Shen, and subsequently, Quan Dao Shen disappeared from the Jianghu.
I had always assumed Quan Dao Shen was dead; I never expected him to still be alive in this world.
Quan Dao Shen laughed loudly:
"Haha, it's been over twenty years; I never expected anyone to still know me, Quan Dao Shen. Wuming, you are truly worthy of being the Martial Arts Myth of the Central Plains."
Jue Wushen looked at Quan Dao Shen and said:
"Weren't you imprisoned by me in the Quanfen? How could you possibly have gotten out?"
Quan Dao Shen laughed: "I owe all of this to the Emperor. The Emperor sent people to rescue me from the Quanfen."
"Jue Wushen, you have deceived the monarch and defied the law; the Emperor has specifically ordered me to come to the Central Plains to capture you and bring you back."
Duan Fengyun spoke up:
"Hey, I don't care what kind of 'God' you are. This is our Central Plains Martial Arts, and it is not for Dongying devils like you to speak. If you want to save Jue Wushen, you must get past me first."
Quan Dao Shen laughed loudly:
"Good, today I shall test myself against you up-and-coming talents of the Central Plains Martial Arts."
A new round of battle is about to unfold.
End of Chapter
