Dominator Emperor

Chapter 476: Chapter 474: Slaughter

No one imagined that Li Qiye wouldn’t need a quarter of an hour, or even three seconds. With a single stomp, the entire Ghost Zen Supreme Secret Array instantly collapsed. The scene was utterly breathtaking.

This method of breaking the array involved no technique, required no complex derivations, and needed no calculations. It was the most direct, simple, and brutal method: destroying the Ghost Zen Supreme Secret Array with absolute power. Of course, it was also the most difficult to achieve. Such a method required power several—or even dozens of—times greater than the Grand Array itself to even have a chance of destroying it.

However, with the Small Success Prison God Body, the outcome was never in doubt. His vast and matchless Blood Qi, combined with the power of his Nine Great Life Palaces, was more than enough to allow the Prison Suppressing Divine Body to unleash its supreme, invincible weight.

Such a tyrannical and powerful method of breaking the array shocked everyone. It was the beauty of pure violence—direct and simple—striking awe deep into their souls.

At that moment, time seemed to freeze. Prince Shen Ran was like a fish out of water, dangling high in the air, his throat caught in Li Qiye’s one-handed grip. The whites of his eyes were showing.

The image seemed to be frozen in time, seared into the minds of all who watched. It was a sight that everyone present would remember for the rest of their lives.

Prince Shen Ran tried to struggle, but with Li Qiye’s hand around his neck, he was completely immobilized. His eyes rolled back in their sockets, and he was on the verge of suffocating.

Prince Shen Ran finally managed to gasp for air. He was utterly terrified, scared out of his wits. For the first time, he felt the Death God so near. For the first time, he truly knew what it felt like to have his life completely in someone else’s hands.

“Y-you can’t do this to me—” Prince Shen Ran shrieked. “M-my brother-in-law is the Emperor! Y-you can’t treat me like this! If… if you… if you touch a single hair on my head, my brother-in-law… my brother-in-law will never let you go! E-even if you flee to the End of the Earth, you… you won’t escape death!”

At this life-and-death moment, Prince Shen Ran played his only card: his powerful backer. Perhaps now, only the prestigious name of his brother-in-law, the Emperor, could save his life.

Everyone held their breath. While it was shameful to bring up one’s backer to intimidate people, for Prince Shen Ran, his brother-in-law, the Emperor, was his only remaining lifeline.

The Emperor’s name was known to all, ringing like thunder. As one of the Three Heroes and hailing from the Ten Thousand Bones Throne, he was adorned with countless honors. His very name seemed to possess a magical power, making anyone who heard it wary.

In the Ghost Sacred Realm, be it individuals or Great Teaching Territories, there were precious few who would dare to disrespect the Emperor. Even the powerful heritages of the Ghost Race were unwilling to offend such a figure.

Everyone could see that the Emperor was like a rising sun with a boundless future. He was the most promising candidate of the new generation in the Ghost Sacred Realm to become an Immortal Emperor. In the future, even if he failed to become an Immortal Emperor, he was destined to achieve Divine Enthronement and establish a kingdom, perhaps even ascending to the peak of the Divine Throne.

Naturally, everyone was eager to be on good terms with such a promising young genius.

Prince Shen Ran was the Emperor’s younger brother-in-law. No matter how pathetic he was, most people would show him some courtesy for the Emperor’s sake.

Everyone was curious to see what Li Qiye would do. After all, killing Prince Shen Ran meant becoming the Emperor’s mortal enemy.

“Your brother-in-law?” Li Qiye cracked a smile and spoke leisurely, “The Emperor, you mean? The successor of the Ten Thousand Bones Throne.”

“That’s right! The Emperor is my brother-in-law, the Young Immortal Emperor who is peerless in this generation!” Prince Shen Ran desperately clung to this lifeline.

“Oh, a Young Immortal Emperor. Truly remarkable,” Li Qiye praised with a smile.

“If… if you know what’s good for you, let me go right now!” Thinking Li Qiye was intimidated by his brother-in-law’s fame, Prince Shen Ran’s courage swelled, and he blustered, “If you let me go now, I can still put in a good word for you with my brother-in-law. Otherwise, if he has to act personally, he will annihilate you in three moves!”

Hearing this threat, Li Qiye couldn’t help but laugh. He shook his head and said, “Prince Shen Ran, oh, Prince Shen Ran. Are you really that much of a waste? Or do you actually worship your brother-in-law as an Immortal Emperor? Your brother-in-law? The Emperor? Who the hell is he? To be blunt, I don’t know the guy, and in my eyes, he’s less than nothing. A Young Immortal Emperor? So what? Even a real Immortal Emperor couldn’t intimidate me. So this ‘Emperor’ you speak of? I couldn’t care less!”

Everyone present gasped in shock. In the entire Ghost Sacred Realm, few people would dare to utter such words. Even the most monstrous of geniuses wouldn’t dare claim they paid the Emperor no mind, let alone dismiss him so contemptuously.

Yet this young man from the Human Race before them was arrogant beyond belief. To dare say he paid the Emperor no mind… such arrogance, such dominance, was rarely seen in this age.

“You—” Prince Shen Ran’s face went white with fear. He shrieked, “You… I… m-my brother-in-law…”

“Alright, I’m tired of hearing it. Time to see you off.” Li Qiye smiled and tightened his grip. A sickening CRACK of breaking bone echoed. Prince Shen Ran’s eyes flew wide open, but he was crushed to death without even a chance to scream.

Li Qiye tossed Prince Shen Ran’s corpse to the ground as if it were garbage. Until the moment of his death, the Prince couldn’t believe it—that Li Qiye had actually killed him, that his brother-in-law’s fearsome reputation had failed to intimidate a junior from the Human Race. It was something he could never have imagined while he was alive.

The entire area fell so silent you could hear a pin drop. Prince Shen Ran’s body lay there, his eyes wide open, filled with disbelief even in death.

This was simply too shocking. Li Qiye had crushed Prince Shen Ran to death, right in front of everyone.

This was a declaration of war against the Emperor! No matter how broad-minded or magnanimous the Emperor might be, he would never forgive someone who had crushed his own brother-in-law to death in front of a crowd!

Li Qiye’s actions had made him and the Emperor irreconcilable enemies—a feud that would only end in death! The hearts of everyone who witnessed this trembled. Not since the Emperor’s legendary battle all those years ago had anyone dared to provoke him, let alone declare war on him so openly.

And now, it had been done by a mere junior from the Human Race. In the past, such a thing would have been completely unimaginable.

“Does anyone else have a problem with me?” Li Qiye turned to face all the young Ghost Race cultivators in the Oasis.

Li Qiye smiled faintly and said in a slow, leisurely tone, “I’m a very agreeable person. If any of you have an opinion you’d like to share, feel free to speak up.”

The surviving young Ghost Race cultivators had already been scared out of their minds. Even geniuses like Qing Jinzi and his group had been like ants in Li Qiye’s grasp; what hope did the rest of them have?

Just a short while ago, these young Ghost Race cultivators had regarded humans as ants and Li Qiye as an ant. But now, standing before Li Qiye, they were the ones who were nothing more than ants.

How could any of these Ghost Race cultivators dare to claim they had a problem, let alone voice it to Li Qiye?

Li Qiye looked at the Ghost Race cultivators present and said slowly, “A moment ago, I believe I heard someone mention annihilating the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan. My apologies, but if you don’t mind, please help me spread a message. I don’t care which clan you belong to, whether it’s the White Bone Saint Clan or the Ghost Zen Clan. If any of you dares to destroy the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan, I will grind you to dust. Even if it’s the Ten Thousand Bones Throne, I’ll wipe them out all the same! In short, whoever dares to touch the people under my protection, I will destroy them. The reasoning is just that simple!”

Everyone looked at each other in dismay. Weren’t these words too tyrannical? Throughout the ages, who had ever dared to speak of destroying the Ten Thousand Bones Throne? Especially coming from a young human.

Yet at this moment, even if some were unhappy with Li Qiye’s words, they didn’t dare make a sound. After all, the fate of Prince Shen Ran and his companions was the greatest deterrent.

“Since none of you have any objections, you can all disperse. I’m sure you’re happy to welcome me in, right?” Li Qiye said with a wide smile.

The Ghost Race cultivators in the Oasis immediately scattered like rats fleeing a sinking ship. They had no desire to remain, desperate to put as much distance as possible between themselves and this terrifying man.

Li Qiye led Qiu Rong Wanxue toward the lake within the Oasis. The Ghost Race cultivators were already scrambling to escape, so who would dare block their path? Even if a true treasure were to appear in the lake, they wouldn’t stay. Life, after all, was far more precious than any treasure.

Cultivators from the other races outside the Oasis saw Li Qiye walking toward the lake, where the treasured light was growing ever brighter. Finally, one of them mustered their courage and entered the Oasis, following Li Qiye from a safe distance.

They didn’t dare try to snatch the treasure from Li Qiye, but they couldn’t suppress their curiosity. Thus, they trailed far behind, eager to see what kind of treasure was about to be born in the Oasis.

As Qiu Rong Wanxue and Li Qiye neared the Oasis’s lake, the treasured light within grew more intense. When they stood on the shore, a dazzling radiance erupted from the water, illuminating the entire Oasis.

“Is the treasure about to emerge?” Many people couldn’t help but crane their necks to see, some even asking impatiently, “What kind of treasure is it?”

Qiu Rong Wanxue, however, thought otherwise. She noticed that the closer Li Qiye got to the lake, the brighter its glow became. By the time he was standing right at the shore, the radiance was blindingly brilliant.

This made Qiu Rong Wanxsee realize that a treasure wasn’t emerging from the lake. The lake was glowing simply because Li Qiye had arrived.

The lake wasn’t very large. Despite emitting a brilliant light, its surface remained perfectly calm—not at all the sign of a treasure about to emerge.

Hearing Qiu Rong Wanxue’s speculation, Li Qiye chuckled. “You’re right,” he said. “It’s not a treasure. It’s because of this.” As he spoke, he took out an item.

He held an object that resembled neither a talisman nor an edict. It looked like a sheet of paper, inscribed with runes that Qiu Rong Wanxue couldn’t decipher. The item was incredibly ancient, appearing to have weathered countless eons.