Duan Yonghui’s escape accelerated the Holy Fire Sect’s army’s defeat, and morale plumted. Many soldiers, yearning for life, threw down their weapons and knelt to surrender. Seeing the tide of battle turning, those unwilling to surrender gradually withdrew from the battlefield and fled. Of course, every faction had its staunch loyalists. Faced with the prospect of defeat, they fought desperately, trying to turn the tide. These fighters inflicted significant casualties upon the Qin Dynasty’s soldiers but were soon exterminated.
Looking out over the battlefield, a domain of a hundred li, millions of Holy Fire Sect soldiers knelt on the ground, their faces as pale as paper, their eyes filled with bewildernt. Although their surrender preserved their lives for the mont, what about tomorrow? Would the Qin Empire truly pardon them? They rembered thirty years ago, when Bai Qi had slaughtered millions of soldiers, stacking their bodies into a mound known as Death Bone Mountain. This mory made many Holy Fire Sect soldiers tremble more violently with unease.
With the ground battle concluded, the aerial combat continued. Under the combined assault of the Qin Emperor and Zhao Yun, the six venerable elders of the Holy Fire Sect were losing ground, covered in wounds, utterly defeated.
"Emperor Qin, let’s cease fire here and now! I swear to Heaven, I will never step foot into the Qin Empire in my life!" one of the venerable elders from the Holy Fire Sect yelled out during a lull in the battle, his body trembling from surging spiritual energy, barely keeping himself from vomiting blood. The aura he radiated still appeared mighty and unyielding.
But was it really? Continuous battles had already exhausted him. The spiritual energy within his Dantian was more than half depleted. If the intense combat continued, his death was certain.
"Kill!" The Qin Emperor showed a hint of contempt and didn’t deign to reply. He launched an even more ferocious attack, intending to use the fresh blood of the Holy Fire Sect elders to show the surrounding domains that the Qin Empire was not to be trifled with. Those who dared to violate the majesty of Qin would be killed!
PFFT!
After several more rounds of battle, the weakest among the Holy Fire Sect’s elders, the Seventh Elder, was gravely injured, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his aura diminished.
"Emperor Qin, are you really determined to fight until both fish and net are broken?" the Grand Elder of the Holy Fire Sect shouted, murderous intent surging in his heart as a mad idea surfaced.
"The fish will die, but the net won’t break!" the Qin Emperor sneered. The "Five Elents Unification Array" operated at its extre. A golden dragon a hundred zhang long appeared from the imperial sword, carrying magnificent heavenly might as it descended to kill.
The six venerable elders of the Holy Fire Sect paled; they all felt trendous pressure, especially the injured Seventh Elder, who had already begun to despair.
"If you want dead, I won’t let you have an easy ti either!" the Grand Elder of the Holy Fire Sect growled. His three thousand strands of white hair stood on end, and his body began to turn red, emitting a ferocious aura.
The forbidden technique: Blood Burst! This was a thod he had discovered during his youthful travels, found within an ancient tomb of a powerful expert. It was a suicidal tactic that reversed blood flow to detonate the Dantian, producing terrifying power. This move could only be used once in a lifeti!
"You must leave quickly!" the Grand Elder of the Holy Fire Sect yelled at the other elders. His body began to swell, brimming with terrifying energy, as he hurtled toward the Qin Emperor. After casting Blood Burst, both his speed and defensive power increased severalfold. In the blink of an eye, he crossed Changkong, arriving before the Qin Emperor. By this ti, his body had swelled to several zhang in size.
"All of you, fall back!" The Qin Emperor’s expression changed drastically. He was closest to the Grand Elder of the Holy Fire Sect and could sense the terrifying energy within the elder’s body. Should it explode, even Martial Artists who had Reached the Saint Realm would face near-certain death. At this critical mont, the Qin Emperor disconnected the "Five Elents Unification Array" and charged towards the Grand Elder of the Holy Fire Sect.
Two shadows flashed!
BOOM!
The Void exploded violently, blood splattering. A black hole several zhang wide appeared, instantly engulfing the Qin Emperor. A terrifying shockwave spread outwards. Bai Qi and the others, standing a hundred zhang away, were all blown away by this aftershock.
Within a radius of several hundred li, violent winds tore through, snapping ancient trees at their midsections. Dust and sand swirled, and the sky and earth grew dim, as if the end of the world had arrived.
"Get down, quickly!" Everyone scrambled to avoid the aftershock, clinging to each other to prevent being carried away by the wild wind and sucked into the black hole. No one noticed that at the mont of the explosion, the Execution Platform of God, suspended above Yinshan Pass, transford into a colossal blood-red dragon and plunged into the black hole.
This aftershock lasted for a full fifteen minutes before gradually weakening.
Qin Taizu and the others hurriedly flew towards the explosion site, deep worry etched on every face. After such a violent explosion, could the Qin Emperor still be alive?
Zhao Yun, a thousand zhang away, hesitated for a mont and did not follow them to the explosion site. Instead, he went to find Qin Wudao.
"Cough, cough..." After the aftershock had completely dissipated, the Qin Emperor’s figure appeared before the crowd. He was covered in grievous injuries. Above his head, the Execution Platform of God hovered, emitting blood-red energy that had blocked the aftershock. The Execution Platform of God was an Emperor’s weapon, integrated with the Qin Empire’s Fortune. The Qin Emperor, as the sovereign, was considered its partial master. At the critical mont, the Execution Platform of God had automatically protected him, preventing his demise. Even so, the Qin Emperor was severely injured.
"Your Majesty, how are you?" Li Si supported the Qin Emperor and gasped upon seeing his injuries. A scar nearly bisected his entire lower abdon. It was common knowledge that the Dantian was located there.
"Where are the Holy Fire Sect Ancestors?" The Qin Emperor waved his hand, ignoring his own injuries, and asked sternly. For him, affairs of state were paramount.
"Your Majesty, they have already fled!" Li Si replied.
Hearing this, the Qin Emperor heaved a sigh of relief. His vital energy and blood surged upwards, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood before fainting.
"Quickly, summon Wang Fu!" Li Si cried out in alarm, flying towards Yinshan Pass with the Qin Emperor in his arms.
Qin Taizu, Bai Qi, Zhang Gan, and the others followed closely behind. Everyone’s mood was extrely somber, devoid of the joy of victory.
Qin Wudao also saw that the Qin Emperor was injured and, with Zhao Yun and Jia Xu, hurried back to Yinshan Pass.
But upon his return, sothing happened that filled him with imnse rage.
He was only at the Nirvana Realm and had been at the front lines. By the ti he returned to Yinshan Pass, an hour had passed. Logically, the Qin Emperor should have received treatnt by then. However, only after he arrived did the army’s Alchemist, Wang Fu, tardily make his appearance.
"Why are you so late?" Qin Wudao, struggling to contain his fury, stepped out of the main hall. He grabbed a guard and demanded angrily.
The guard, startled, dropped to one knee. "Your... Your Highness," he stamred, "when I went to find Revered Wang, he was... dallying with a beauty, so... so he was delayed a bit!" By the end, the guard dared not continue, for he felt an intense killing intent. The Void for several zhang around them had beco like an ice cave, chilling to the bone.
Revered Wang referred to Alchemist Wang Fu. This was a special official position in the Qin Empire, affording first-rank treatnt and a noble status that allowed him to et the Emperor without kneeling.
This dog! Qin Wudao’s eyes turned red, his murderous aura flaring like a rainbow as he strode into the hall.
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