CHAPTER 548: CHAPTER 532: EVERYONE IS LIKE A DRAGON_1

The sky rumbled with thunder as dark clouds roiled. Countless colossal thunder dragons coursed through the tribulation clouds, unleashing world-shaking roars that revealed a forbidden power, shattering the Void and reducing all to ash.

The power of the heavenly tribulation has grown stronger again!

Li Bai strode beneath the thunderclouds. His black hair whipped about as his white robe fluttered. His gaze was sharp, and two rivers of Sword Qi slashed across the sky, shaking heaven and earth. From the heavenly thunder, he sensed no trace of life.

Death! Endless death! It seemed that the purpose of this heavenly tribulation was nothing more than destruction, designed to kill the one undergoing the tribulation!

Ordinarily, Martial Artists undergoing tribulations would not encounter forbidden heavenly thunder. Even among prodigies with special physiques, only an exceptionally gifted few would ever face a single bolt of forbidden heavenly thunder. But when it came to the Martial Artists of the Great Qin Saint’s Court, the heavenly thunder revealed its forbidden power even before it descended.

BOOM!

The firmament quaked!

A ten-thousand-zhang ancient red dragon flew out from the thunderclouds, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, its roars echoing through eternity. It radiated an extremely high temperature, like a prehistoric sun, annihilating everything in its path. This heavenly thunder was the Forbidden Ancient Fire Heavenly Thunder!

Wherever the thunder dragon passed, Spiritual Energy began to dissipate, the Void began to melt, and laws began to evaporate... It was as if the end of the world had arrived, and all was returning to Chaos!

"Come then!" Li Bai murmured, raising his three-foot blue-steel sword. "Let me show you the strength of Great Qin’s Martial Artists!" An aura of terrifying might emanated from him, making the Void tremble as if heaven and earth could not bear the pressure and were about to collapse.

BOOM!

A towering, heaven-piercing azure Sword Qi emerged! This was a sword strike from before the creation of heaven and earth. The Chaos Green Lotus manifested, bearing an unparalleled sharpness that overturned the world, destroyed all in its path, and even slew the thunder dragon.

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP...

After this one strike, the ten sword lotuses wreathed in green light beneath Li Bai violently shattered. However, many more sword lotuses bloomed, their brilliant radiance dimming the rest of the world, providing a ceaseless supply of energy.

...

"The Clan Leader is dead!"

"The Ancestor has fallen!"

"Damn the Great Qin Saint’s Court! I’ll fight you to the death!"

On the last remaining battlefield, seven experts from the Three Sacred Lands were still alive, howling with hideous expressions, their eyes blood-red as they launched frenzied attacks. After the fall of the Elder of Daoism, Lin Xiao Yun, and Jin Yinduo, they had abandoned all hope of survival. With their cultivation levels, escape was impossible. Now, only one thought filled their minds: to drag an enemy down with them to Yellow Spring.

"You wish to die with us?" Xu Chu and Dian Wei sneered, their expressions composed as they met the attacks. "In your dreams!" They were merely a pack of defeated dogs. If they hadn’t feared them when all the experts from the Three Sacred Lands were present, why would they fear them now? Besides, Han Xin and Yan Yun’s eighteen riders were observing from the sidelines. Even if they encountered danger, they would be rescued in time, eliminating any risk of perishing. The two of them already stood in an invincible position!

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Xu Chu and Dian Wei roared, their murderous aura reaching an extreme intensity as they clashed with the seven supreme experts. Sword light split the dawn, and halberd light gleamed like the night, their power terrifyingly rampant.

Three minutes later, an Ancient Great Emperor Martial Artist from the Gold Tripod Inn was cleaved in two by a single sword strike!

Five minutes later, an Ancient Great Emperor Realm Mage from the Saint Heaven Institute was slashed in half at the waist by halberd Qi!

Nine minutes later, a Ten-thousand-year Emperor Martial Artist from the Lin Family Holy Clan was jointly killed by Xu Chu and Dian Wei...

Above the battlefield, Emperor corpses grew more numerous. The dense, baleful blood energy dyed the skies of the Imperial Capital crimson.

An hour later, the last supreme expert from the Three Sacred Lands spat blood and collapsed. His mouth was agape, as if he wanted to say something, but no words came out before he lost all signs of life. The regret and entreaty lingering in his eyes were clear. His death marked the victory of the Great Qin Saint’s Court in this war!

We... we won?

Inside the Imperial Capital, countless visiting Martial Artists were dazed and astounded. Four Original Source Great Emperor Martial Artists! Fifty Martial Artists at or above the Ancient Great Emperor Realm! So many powerful experts, all dead now, transformed into cold corpses, silently floating in the sky! Most critically, someone from the Great Qin Saint’s Court had achieved enlightenment during the battle and broken through to become an Original Source Great Emperor Martial Artist!

Heavens! This can’t be a dream!

"We won! We won!"

"Wansheng! Wansheng! Wansheng..."

Countless citizens of Great Qin shouted with excitement. Their thunderous cheers drowned out the distant peals of thunder, reverberating for thousands of miles, lingering long in the air. The Great Qin Saint’s Court had once again defeated a formidable enemy!

"Honored ancestors, you have all witnessed it, have you not?" In the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Qin Wudao heard the cheers from across the city. He smiled faintly and spoke calmly. Then, his smile vanished. His eyes, like torches, burned with determination as he firmly declared, "But this is far from enough. The continent still harbors many enemies, waiting for the Great Qin Saint’s Court to vanquish them!"

"The Middle Region, the West Border, the North Border, the South Territory, and vast swathes of land await conquest by the Great Qin Saint’s Court!"

"I shall unify the continent and establish a Heavenly Court!"

"I shall make every citizen of Great Qin as mighty as a dragon!"

As he spoke of this, Qin Wudao became somewhat agitated. His boundless imperial majesty erupted forth without reservation, suppressing heaven and earth, his authority encompassing the entire nation. He was like a primeval Saintly Monarch descended upon the world, wielding the ultimate power over life and death!

"Hmph!" Qin Wudao took a deep breath, calming his mind, and gradually withdrew his imperial majesty. He bowed to the altar and said, "Honored ancestors, I pray you bless me and bless the Great Qin Saint’s Court!"

The civil and military officials followed his example, their breathing somewhat heavy. Gazing at Qin Wudao’s retreating figure, they secretly vowed to dedicate their all to assisting their sovereign in establishing the Heavenly Court, so that every citizen of Great Qin might become as mighty as a dragon!

This was a new aspiration!

An aspiration yearned for by countless souls!

...

Is it over?

Above Reckless Bull Demon City, Yinglong sensed the conclusion of the great battle in the East Border. Strands of Space Law pulsed, creating a localized spatial collapse that temporarily trapped Gui Guzi. Immediately, he beat his wings, his dragon form soaring into an untouched expanse of the Void. Demonic Qi suffused his dragon eyes as he gazed towards the eastern lands. The dazzling light in his draconic eyes pierced through heaven and earth, bringing the landscapes of the Dragon Realm, down to the very flow of the earth’s ley lines, into his mind as if he were personally there. He needed to see if the Fortune of the Great Qin Saint’s Court still endured!

When a monarch falls, their Fortune scatters!

Soon, his gaze locked onto the Imperial Capital. Outside the towering city walls floated numerous corpses of Emperors, remnants of the Power of Laws still clinging to them, their imperial blood dyeing the sky. All signs indicated that this place had witnessed a brutal battle!

After a brief glance at the corpses, Yinglong looked towards the sky above the Imperial Capital. Within the vast Sea of Fortune, a Fortune Golden Dragon was coiled, its eyes closed. Its endlessly winding body exuded an imposing might that seemed to dominate the Nine Heavens.

ROAR!

As if sensing it was being watched, the Fortune Golden Dragon opened its eyes and roared at the heavens. Its dragon chant shook the firmament, shattering all prying gazes.

How could this be possible? The Fortune Golden Dragon is still there? Yinglong was aghast. He hastily withdrew his gaze, his expression turning exceedingly grim. The Great Qin’s Fortune Golden Dragon was unharmed. This meant Elder Dao-Seeker’s plan had failed, and he himself had likely perished.

"Slay!"

At that moment, Gui Guzi, wielding the ’Slaying Immortal Platform,’ shattered the Space Law and escaped from the collapsing Void.

What a bunch of fools! The Human race, as expected, is unreliable! Yinglong cursed inwardly. Staring at the approaching Gui Guzi and then at the exhausted alien powerhouses, he reluctantly commanded, "Retreat!"

Truthfully, he should have retreated when the City of War Tiger Demons was breached! However, at that time, Demon Tiger Great Saint had just fallen. He was naturally unwilling to depart in such a dejected state, so he had gritted his teeth and held on until now. But it now seemed his perseverance had changed nothing!

A river of blood had stretched for ten thousand li!

The alien races were doomed!

The Ancient Court Dao Domain had fallen!

He had to retreat, to devise another strategy to defeat the Great Qin Saint’s Court, reclaim their lost lands, and restore the glory of the alien races!