Two Realms: I Will Become the Immortal Emperor

Chapter 297: Chapter 269: Each for Their Own Master

In the blink of an eye, another ancestor had fallen.

After snatching Gu Xingkong’s Storage Ring, Chen Che glanced into the distance. He saw Meng Qianxun and Chen Yin locked in a fierce struggle with the ancestors Lu Hongtai and Yuan Yi.

With a point of his finger, the resplendent Red Dragon Lock Chain surged forward.

”What?”

Seeing Gu Xingkong slain, the two ancestors’ faces turned ashen, their eyes filled with disbelief. This was especially true for Yuan Yi, who was already struggling under the combined assault of Meng Qianxun and her Demon Beast. When he saw the Red Dragon Lock Chain hurtling toward him, he panicked like a startled bird and retreated in terror.

As he retreated, he threw out a black, tombstone-like Magical Artifact.

The moment the Tombstone appeared, it swelled with the wind to a size of seventy or eighty zhang. With a downward press of his hand, the Tombstone descended fiercely, its momentum like the Giant Spirit God hurling Sumeru Mountain into the North Sea.

CLANG!

With a tremendous crash, the Tombstone smashed into the Red Dragon Lock Chain.

In a single instant, the Red Dragon Lock Chain failed to withstand the force. It was brutally smashed from mid-air, gouging a deep crater in the ground as the Tombstone threatened to pin it completely.

Chen Che remained expressionless as he flipped his right hand over.

The Red Dragon Lock Chain clanged as flames erupted from its length. Like an earth dragon turning over, it tore the ground asunder. Its rising momentum threw the Tombstone into the air, carrying it a hundred zhang high.

”Coil!”

He clenched his fist.

At his command, the chain snaked upward and began to coil around the Tombstone.

But then, Yuan Yi suddenly began chanting in a strange tongue, his voice a bizarre mix of weeping and wailing.

Instantly, the black Tombstone emitted a hazy, gray glow. An overwhelming power then erupted from it. Accompanied by the shriek of grinding metal, it once again smashed the Red Dragon Lock Chain to the ground.

With a thunderous boom, the ground sank again and again. The entire landscape rumbled under the immense pressure as countless fissures spread wildly from the Tombstone’s base.

’Huh, this Magical Artifact...’

Chen Che thought in surprise.

In that instant, he lost control of the Red Dragon Lock Chain. All the True Essence he’d poured into it vanished as if a stone dropped into the ocean, and the artifact’s response became incredibly sluggish.

Still, Chen Che wasn’t particularly surprised.

’There are countless types of Magical Artifacts in the world, each with its own unique function. Besides offense, there are also artifacts for capture, illusion, suppression, and imprisonment. Though powerful, offensive artifacts can be countered by those with special effects.’

As Chen Che considered this, he was unaware that Yuan Yi was about to cough up blood from the strain.

’This kid’s True Essence is way too strong! I have to activate the Tombstone with my full power just to suppress his Magical Artifact? He only just entered the Late-stage Foundation Establishment, yet he already has the strength of a Half-Step Core Formation cultivator?’

Normally, he only needed to use thirty percent of his power to suppress the Magical Artifact of a Cultivator at the same tier. But to suppress the Red Dragon Lock Chain—an Artifact of the same grade as his Tombstone—he had to use one hundred and twenty percent of his strength just to barely succeed.

Of course, the ”Half-Step Core Formation” Realm didn’t actually exist in this world.

After the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, one passed the Celestial Tribulation to reach Core Formation.

In practice, however, the strength of Cultivators within the same Realm could vary immensely. ”Half-Step Core Formation” was merely a title used to distinguish those at the very peak of their current stage.

Though shocked, Yuan Yi had no time to dwell on it.

He wasn’t just facing Chen Che; he was also up against Meng Qianxun, whose strength was no less than his own.

WHOOSH—

Just then, the Blood Python Queen Bee swooped in, beating its wings, and thrust its massive, spear-like forelimbs forward.

BOOM!

A sound like a clap of thunder exploded as the Queen Bee’s giant spear-limbs whistled through the air.

Its Demon Essence boiled and surged from its body, coalescing into the phantom of a giant hornet shrouded in an ethereal halo. Only its spear-like forelimbs radiated a brilliant light. It then struck, the movement deceptively slow but incredibly fast. For an instant, it looked like a furious dragon bursting from the clouds—a truly soul-shaking sight!

This Queen Bee was actually a Spear Master!

”This is bad.”

Yuan Yi cried out in alarm, a wretched smile twisting his lips. He clenched his fist, and a cyan talisman materialized. It instantly transformed into a massive cyan Shield, dozens of zhang wide, that shot forward to meet the phantom spear’s vicious thrust!

BOOM!

The phantom spear and the cyan Shield crashed into each other. The ear-piercing screech of grinding metal was nearly deafening. After being locked in a stalemate for several breaths, both simultaneously shattered and disappeared.

Yuan Yi’s old face contorted as blood gushed from the corners of his mouth.

Although he had used the Cyan Lotus Shield Talisman to block the Blood Python Queen Bee’s attack, nearly thirty percent of his meridians had shattered from the impact.

However, before he could even catch his breath, hundreds of sword-lights, like so many fireflies, materialized out of thin air in a radius of several hundred zhang around him. Accompanied by a fierce whistling, his surroundings instantly became an Asura Killing Field!

”Valley Master Chen, spare me...”

Yuan Yi’s pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears. Chen Che remained unmoved, extending his translucent, jade-like right hand and abruptly clenching it into a fist.

RUMBLE!

The sky full of firefly-like sword-lights converged from all directions, piercing through him and emerging stained with blood. With a dull thud, a corpse with a terrified expression plummeted from the sky.

Thus ended the life of the Yuan Family Ancestor.

Meanwhile, Lu Hongtai was trembling uncontrollably, his eyes wide with absolute terror.

After all, whether it was Yuan Yi, Gu Xingkong, or Jin Chaoheng, all were patriarchs, the true leaders of their families. Each was incredibly powerful, leagues beyond any Loose Cultivator of the same tier.

Yet Chen Che had slain three of them on the spot, with even Yuan Yi falling to his and Meng Qianxun’s combined assault.

Cough, cough...

After killing Yuan Yi, Chen Che made a quick motion with his right hand and unhesitatingly swallowed several Pills.

He had fought Wu Qianhai, killed Jin Chaoheng and Gu Xingkong, and then rushed to aid Meng Qianxun. Only someone with his reserves could have lasted this long. As it was, the True Essence in his Dantian was almost completely depleted; he couldn’t muster another shred of it.

’He shouldn’t be able to fight anymore!’

Seeing this, Lu Hongtai’s sinking heart found a sliver of hope. But he had no will to continue the fight. With a palm strike, he blasted away Chen Yin’s grasping claw, then turned and fled toward his family’s estate.

But Chen Yin wasn’t about to let him escape. He flipped his hands, and two dragons of Evil Qi, each several zhang thick, shot out from his sleeves. They crossed in mid-air, cutting off his retreat and trapping him on the battlefield.

”Chen Yin!”

A vicious fury surged through him, and Lu Hongtai roared, ”We were simply fighting for our masters! We’ve already lost! Are you still not willing to let me go? Must you really slaughter every last one of us?”

”A moment ago, were *you* planning on sparing me?”

Chen Yin sneered, making no attempt to hide his killing intent.

’It was true they were just fighting for their masters, but his opponents hadn’t shown any intention of holding back. If Chen Che hadn’t foiled their plot tonight, and the Five Races had successfully united, his own fate would have been grim. How could he possibly show mercy now?’

”Fine, fine, fine!”

Seeing no hope of survival, Lu Hongtai let out a guttural roar. ”I’ll fight you to the death!”

Chen Che watched with cold indifference. There was no need for him to intervene now.