Chapter 218: 218 War Mana


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    When Gu Yang and the Dao Sect’s master Wen Jue arrived at Chengtian Pce, they didn’t rm anyone and entered the Great Hall directly.


    They arrived just in time to see the Empress slit her own throat with a jade hairpin, blood sttering across the Great Hall.


    “Why did shemit suicide?”


    Upon seeing this, Gu Yang was stunned.


    From another perspective, he could clearly “see” that her life was rapidly fading away, and in a blink of an eye, she had turned into a corpse.


    The Empress is indeed dead?


    He found it hard to believe that the mysterious Empress, who always had thestugh in all his previous simtions, had died so easily.


    “No”


    Zhao Yi’s head buzzed, his eyes nearly bursting out of their sockets. He reached out to stop her, but it was already toote.


    All he held was a dead body.


    The ministers in the Great Hall were all shocked to the extreme point, as if in a dream.


    They simply couldn’t believe that the Empress, who had dominated the court for nearly a decade, had died just like that.


    “Attack!”


    At the same time, Wen Jue gave the signal, pulled out her sword, and charged at the Emperor.


    Boom!


    The instant she made her move, two terrifying auras descended onto Chengtian Pce, crashing into her.


    “Come on!”


    Wen Jue showed no fear. Above her head, a Tai Chi pattern appeared, repelling the pce’s force field and restoring her full mana. Her Unleaking Realm cultivation level burst out without any reservation.


    The numerous ministers on the scene were nearly hit by the overwhelming pressure, with those at lower cultivation levels fainting instantly.


    “Un…leaking…realm!”


    A few ministers with higher cultivation levels were utterly horrified in their hearts.


    For the first time in five hundred years, a powerful being of the Unleaking Realm had invaded the pce.


    Could it be that the events from twenty years ago were about to repeat themselves?


    Just then, two rays of light, one red and one blue, enveloped them.


    With a sh of light, the terrifying powerhouse disappeared, already been teleported away.


    “It was those two who made the move.”


    The few elderly ministers who were still conscious, along with the three princes, felt the pressure lighten and a sense of relief as if they had escaped death.


    Thank goodness, the two guardians of the pce had taken action. Otherwise, there would have been no survivors in the Great Hall today.


    Yet, the crisis was far from over. The assassin was not alone.


    “Gu Yang?”


    The fifth prince was the first to recognise the identity of the other assassin and uttered in shock.


    Hearing this name, the others present felt like they were plunging into an abyss.


    Gu Yang, with his Golden Body at the third level, could easily kill them with his physical strength alone, even if his True Essence was suppressed.


    Just then, a figure stood in front of the Emperor, holding a knife in his hand and a de of grass between his teeth.


    He extended his mana, firmly pinning Gu Yang in ce.


    “It’s Uncle!”


    The fifth prince recognised the man and was simultaneously surprised and delighted, his heart filled with intense excitement.


    His ally had finally arrived.


    With the support of his uncle at the Mana Realm, he now had a strong and powerful supporter.


    The man who arrived was indeed Pan Chen. He had been at Chengtian Pce for some time, watching everything unfold but had not revealed himself until now.


    Only when the Emperor was in danger did he suddenly take action and restrained the assassin.


    Pan Chen eyed the man not far away and said, “So you’re Gu Yang? I have heard of you. You’re indeed a once-in-a-millennium exceptional genius. The strength of your body even surpasses mine.”


    “If we were outside, I’m not sure I could kill you. Unfortunately, you came to the pce to find death.”


    “Is there anything you regret not aplishing?”


    Gu Yang felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him, rendering his struggles futile.


    He stared at the man opposite him and said, “So this is what you look like.”


    In the simtions, every time he attempted to assassinate the Emperor, he was stopped by a powerful Mana Realm cultivator and was ultimately unsessful.


    Now, he finally saw what this Mana Realm powerhouse looked like.


    He wasn’t an eunuch after all.


    So this is what you look like?


    Upon hearing these words, Pan Chen was somewhat baffled and the next moment, his expression slightly changed.


    Boom!


    Gu Yang’s figure began to swell, and the mana cage Pan Chen had set up was suddenly broken.


    How is this possible?


    In the blink of an eye, Gu Yang had turned into a massive yellow ape standing one zhang tall, his eyes filled with brutality.


    The fourth level of the Divine Ape Technique!


    The moment he transformed into the giant ape, the jade seal next to the dragon throne vibrated fiercely, emitting a golden glow.


    Immediately, Gu Yang felt the ubiquitous suppression on him disappear, and the True Essence that had been suppressed returned to his body.


    He raised his hand and pped it towards Pan Chen.


    “It’s the ‘Nine Heavens Divine Method’!”


    An old minister cried out in surprise.


    This renowned peerless divine technique, which had been lost for a thousand years, had reappeared in the world today.


    A few others sensed Gu Yang’s violent power and felt an eerie fear deep in their hearts.


    It was as if they faced a primal fear, like a human facing a natural predator.


    The three princes retreated continuously, until they reached the side of their father, the Emperor.


    The moment the giant ape moved, Pan Chen’s expression changed once again, and finally, he drew his sword.


    That was horrifying power, capable of dispersing his mana with physical strength alone.


    A Great Ape that Pierces the Heavens!


    One of the most top-notched divine beasts legend ever spoke of, possessed infinite strength, its punch could destroy a star, and its foot could step through a continent.


    The Golden Body Stage in the realm of the Divine Power came specifically from a part of the “Nine Heavens Divine Method”, the “Divine Ape Technique”.


    At this moment, the giant ape transformed by Gu Yang had already far surpassed the limit reachable by the Golden Body Stage.


    With a palm strike, space seemed to be copsing under the pressure. Pan Chen’s mana was also annihted.


    This is pure power.


    In different circumstances, Pan Chen could avoid this force.


    But at this moment, the Emperor was behind him.


    He had no choice but to take the strike head-on.


    The moment the sword was unsheathed, it carried a de of ck light.


    Hum!


    Gu Yang felt a moment of stagnation in his mind, his palm faintly felt a pricking pain.


    A rare divine weapon?


    His heart shook.


    Upon transforming into the divine ape, his body became immensely strong, even mana couldn’t harm him, but this did not include the rare divine weapon.


    Gu Yang quickly retreated, staring at the uniquely-shaped, pitch-ck knife in his hand, he said word by word, “The God-ying Knife?”


    That knife gave him an extremely familiar feeling as if it was closely rted to the “God Destroyer Nine Styles”.


    Saying this, his body transformed again, and in the blink of an eye, he became a phoenix with bright red mes burning on its feathers.


    The fifth stage of the “Divine Phoenix Manual”!


    The phoenix opened its beak and breathed out golden me.


    The Phoenix Divine me!


    “Opportunity hase, why are you not acting yet? What are you waiting for?”


    Zhao Yi’s was overwhelmed with countless voices in his mind, he felt like his head was about to explode.


    “Father, what’s wrong with you?” A concerned voice came from his side.


    It was his fifth son.


    Zhao Yi, clutching his head, roared, “Don’te over!”


    “Father, you—”


    Before he could finish his sentence, he was swallowed by a big, bloody mouth which emerged from a ck mist oozing out of Zhao Yi’s mouth.


    Caught off guard, he was swallowed in an instant.


    The other two princes were stunned by what they had seen.


    Too many unimaginable things had happened today, but nothing was scarier than this.


    The Emperor had actually “eaten” his younger brother.


    Amid a harrowing crunching sound, the Emperor turned his head around, staring deadly at them with his blood-red eyes.


    “Don’t”


    In that instant, the two were scared out of their wits and turned to flee.


    Two clumps of ck mist shot out from Zhao Yi, wrapping the two of them and in the blink of an eye, only their outfits remained.


    All three princes of Great Zhou, annihted.


    The two ck mists returned to Zhao Yi and he felt a surge of strength elevate to the peak of First Rank.


    The ministers who witnessed this nearby, were shocked beyond words.


    The Emperor had be a monster.


    He unleashed yet another clump of ck mist towards Pan Chen.


    The ministers cried out, “Watch out!”


    Pan Chen felt the sudden death of his nephew and immediately after that, two more died while the Emperor’s strength soared exponentially.


    In the short span of a breath, the Emperor transformed from an average individual with no cultivation to someone who possessed a cultivation level at the pinnacle of First Rank.


    This was beyond belief.


    However, all of Pan Chen’s attention was on Gu Yang; he could not be distracted.


    At this moment, Gu Yang transformed into a Phoenix and breathed out a cluster of golden mes that brought an unprecedented threat to him.


    If he was distracted, it would be his death.


    “God Destroyer Nine Styles”, Seventh Style: Sky-Devouring!


    With a swing of his knife, a ck vortex appeared in front of him, much like a ck hole devouring the vitality of heaven and earth.


    With his cultivation level in the Mana stage, and the God-ying Knife in hand, the power of this style was a thousand times stronger than when Gu Yang had used it.


    The all-consuming cluster of golden mes was about to be sucked into the ck vortex.


    In an instant, the God-ying Knife turned red hot, as if it was going to melt.


    A golden me erupted from Pan Chen’s body. His outfit along with his hair was instantly incinerated, and his skin turned pitch ck.


    At the cost of his injury, he finally received the Phoenix Divine me.


    On the other hand, Gu Yang could no longer maintain the Phoenix’s form, and reverted back to human form.


    The Phoenix Divine me had depleted all his internal energy from the Phoenix Bloodline, and it would take decades for it to recover.


    Just as Gu Yang was getting ready to take advantage of his opponent’s injury, he saw a ck mist enveloping thetter from behind.


    It was Zhao Yi!


    He seized the opportunity when the Mana stage warrior was severely injured and used the Heavenly Extreme power to seize his magic and cultivation level.


    Gu Yang’s true essence was suppressed again and he was unable to transform into a Phoenix.


    Whether it’s the Divine Ape, Divine Tiger, or Divine Tortoise, none of these transformations can destroy the Heavenly Extreme Taoist’s power.


    The only thing that can restrain the Heavenly Extreme Taoist is the me of the Phoenix.


    In the ck mist, intense expansion and contraction were taking ce, as if it could rupture at any moment. Obviously, there was a struggle going on between them.


    Crack! Suddenly, the God-ying Knife fell to the ground.


    In a sh, Gu Yang rushed forward and picked up the God-ying Knife.


    [Energy source detected, do you want to charge?]


    “Yes.”


    [Recharge sessful, 20 units of energy obtained, current bnce, 20 units.]


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