Watching the chaotic primordial energy flowing from the ancient divine emperor's corpse, Liu Xie became more and more enraged. His originally calm imperial heart was greatly affected.
Of course, this was understandable. After all, who wouldn't be furious if their meticulously prepared trump card was so easily taken and used by someone else?
And worse, it was used against him! Such a frustrating turn of events, who could endure it?
No matter who it was, they couldn't stand this!
It was precisely because of this that Liu Xie was the most desperate among the seven.
Instantly, countless attacks transformed from the law of destiny surged towards Wu Tao.
Wu Tao, wielding the top-tier spiritual treasure, the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, engaged in hit-and-run tactics. The superior spiritual treasure, the Twelve Chen Celestial Buddhist Beads, and the sixth-grade Golden Lotus protected his body. Although he was outmatched, he could still protect himself.
The law of destiny and the law of time intersected, collided, and attacked, causing numerous peculiar anomalies!
Of course, the true force dominating the battlefield, suppressing Liu Xie, Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Chuang, Kong Xiangxi, Li Zihao, and Qin Ruohuo, making them unable to lift their heads, was the ancient divine emperor's corpse!
The ancient divine emperor's corpse, controlled by You Meng, acted as the main offensive force, while Wu Tao provided support to the ancient divine emperor's corpse.
Liu Xie, consumed by fury, relentlessly pursued Wu Tao. However, it was precisely this focus that gave You Meng an opportunity.
Behold, the ancient divine emperor's corpse, with a fist tens of times larger than mountains, smashed heavily into Liu Xie!
"Not good!"
Before Liu Xie could react, the law of destiny that had protected him was breached by the chaotic primordial energy. The incredibly powerful primordial energy was invading Liu Xie's body!
Just as Liu Xie instinctively tried to expel this primordial energy, he found his body stiffen. Not only could he not expel the energy, but even the law of destiny was affected to a certain degree.
"Damn it, what's going on..."
Liu Xie cursed inwardly. But before the worst could happen, he used the superior spiritual treasure, the Imperial Celestial Bell, to staunchly block the world-destroying giant fist!
"Boom!"
Liu Xie, along with the bell, was sent flying, tracing a massive arc through the air until he crashed into a corner of the Chang'an city wall, finally stopping.
Seeing this astonishing sight, everyone on the battlefield widened their eyes.
"Is this for real..."
"The Immortal Emperor... was sent flying?"
"This, this is impossible, this must be a dream, a nightmare..."
The Immortal Emperor was the foremost figure in the cultivation world of Zizhou, representing its strongest fighting power.
Especially for the Liu imperial family, Liu Xie was a spiritual pillar for the vast majority of Liu clan cultivators.
For the Liu cultivators, more than the title of Immortal Emperor, they were convinced by the moniker of "Number One Person Under Heaven."
And now, the ancient divine emperor's corpse had sent Liu Xie flying with a single punch, causing a collapse of faith for the Liu cultivators who had almost blind trust and adoration for Liu Xie, believing they would ultimately win this war.
Even the cultivators of the four great families, their opponents, felt a wave of despair at this moment.
It was the same principle as the rabbit dying, the fox feeling sad – a shared misfortune.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
A series of violent coughs broke the eerie atmosphere. Bricks and tiles flew everywhere as Liu Xie, staggering, returned to the battlefield!
However, Liu Xie looked somewhat disheveled, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, clearly having suffered a significant blow!
"Damn it, Wu Tao, you deserve to die."
Liu Xie grumbled, cursing. It was impossible to take such a powerful punch head-on without sustaining any injury.
However, Liu Xie was indeed worthy of being the number one person under heaven in the Zizhou cultivation world. In reality, his strength was the strongest in the current Jiuzhou cultivation world.
It was just that the power contained within this ancient divine emperor's corpse was too immense, leading to this outcome!
Under You Meng's control, the ancient divine emperor's corpse, while enduring the obstruction of Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Chuang, Kong Xiangxi, Li Zihao, Qin Ruohuo, and others, once again attacked Liu Xie, who was the strongest and posed the greatest threat!
The chaotic primordial energy circulated to its fullest, streams of chaotic colored light enveloping the massive fist as it fiercely struck Liu Xie again.
"Pfft!"
Although the ancient divine emperor's corpse was merely an inanimate object, after absorbing the essence, blood, and souls of millions of cultivators, it could now exert seventy percent of its original combat power!
A Nascent Soul stage being with seventy percent of its power was not to be trifled with. With one punch, Liu Xie's protective superior spiritual treasure, the Imperial Celestial Bell, was dented and even cracked.
"Damn it... Go to hell!"
Liu Xie's face turned extremely grim. As an Immortal Emperor, when had he ever been so humiliated?
Enduring the ancient divine emperor's corpse's attack head-on, Liu Xie launched a desperate counterattack.
As expected of the number one person under heaven in the Zizhou cultivation world, Liu Xie pushed the power of the law of destiny to its extreme!
Countless threads of the law of destiny shot out from Liu Xie's body, transforming into chains that bound the ancient divine emperor's corpse.
"Wu Tao, I'll see if you can realize your dream without this ancient divine emperor's corpse!"
Liu Xie first let out a cold laugh, then shouted to the others, "Why aren't you acting? What are you waiting for?"
Upon seeing this, Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Chuang, Kong Xiangxi, Li Zihao, Qin Ruohuo, and others unleashed their ultimate moves, attacking the trapped ancient divine emperor's corpse fiercely.
As for why they didn't deal with the relatively easier-to-handle Wu Tao first, it was because Wu Tao was cunning and slippery, like a loach, hiding behind the ancient divine emperor's corpse.
As long as Wu Tao didn't wish it, it was difficult for Liu Xie, Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Chuang, Kong Xiangxi, Li Zihao, Qin Ruohuo, and others to get past the ancient divine emperor's corpse to attack Wu Tao.
Therefore, after several attempts, Liu Xie, Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Chuang, Kong Xiangxi, Li Zihao, Qin Ruohuo, and others could only choose to deal with the ancient divine emperor's corpse first.
However, what Liu Xie, Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Chuang, Kong Xiangxi, Li Zihao, Qin Ruohuo, and others did not know was that this decision was extremely wrong, so wrong that they would have to pay for it with their lives.
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Actually, Wu Tao's original plan did not involve controlling the ancient divine emperor's corpse; it was You Meng who proposed this plan herself.
And it was precisely because of this that all that happened next occurred.
You Meng dared to do this, naturally, for a reason.
A deceased ancient divine emperor might find it difficult, or even impossible, to destroy Liu Xie, Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Chuang, Kong Xiangxi, Li Zihao, Qin Ruohuo, and others.
However, if they were willing to destroy this ancient divine emperor's corpse and burn all the primordial energy within it, there was a significant chance of success.
Behold, purple flames, one after another, ignited from the ancient divine emperor's body, as vast as stars!
Burning, under You Meng's control, the ancient divine emperor's body began to collapse, slowly self-destructing!
"Rumble!"
With the start of the self-immolation, everything that the ancient divine emperor had once been seemed to be ignited at this moment. The tens of thousands of years of time flashed by, finally turning to dust.
The chaotic primordial energy, pushed to its extreme, spread for a hundred thousand miles, assimilating part of the heavens and earth, and allowing this ancient divine emperor, who had been dead for countless years, to reappear in his former glory!
The ancient divine emperor's corpse, having burned everything, seemed to have been resurrected.
Even in the most prosperous Primordial Era, when all races coexisted, a Nascent Soul stage ancient god could stand at the pinnacle of power.
"This is the best puppet that can allow a force to achieve eternal inheritance. Madmen... madmen... you madmen..."
Liu Xie tried to maintain his composure but found it impossible. Rage and annoyance filled his heart, making it impossible for him to concentrate on how to defeat the enemy.
Clearly, he was the one who paid the most to activate this ancient divine emperor's corpse!
Clearly, he was the owner of the ancient divine emperor's corpse! This was his treasure!
As the person who had studied this ancient divine emperor's corpse for the longest time, Liu Xie was well aware of the power that could be unleashed after the ancient divine emperor's corpse burned all its strength.
If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul stage being, perhaps a few combined efforts could hold them off until they self-destructed...
But when the target was an emperor of the ancient god race, it was very difficult...
In the current epoch, with humanity dominating most of the world, almost all races would admit that humans were the protagonists of heaven and earth, favored by the heavens.
However, only the races left over from the Primordial Era knew how laughable this was.
Human talent, among all races, was not particularly poor, but it was definitely not considered outstanding.
In the Primordial Era, the universally recognized strongest race was the ancient god race.
They were able to be supported by all races for an entire era until the end of the Primordial Era and the beginning of the Ancient Desolate Era, when all races overthrew their rule. The terrifying nature of the ancient god race was evident.
Taking humanity as an example, in this world, the number of humans was the largest. There were countless continents, on land, underground, and so on. While the exact number was hard to say, there were certainly billions of people!
However, among these billions of people, only one percent were cultivators with combat power. And of this one percent, over ninety percent were Qi Condensation stage cultivators, with less than ten percent being Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. Following this logic, the top experts among humans, in proportion, were not actually too many.
But, any ordinary member of the ancient god race possessed at least the combat power comparable to the Core Formation stage. There were also many ancient gods comparable to the Violet Palace stage and Nascent Soul stage.
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