Chapter 2097 - 693: The Winner

Chapter 2097: Chapter 693: The Winner

At the same time, Mad Sword Feng San had already entered the deepest part of the Wang’an City Imperial Palace.

Half a moment earlier, he had received the order relayed by Shen Puzhao.

At that time, Mad Sword Feng San was still outside the city, leading the two "Jinghong Sword Immortal" Bai Lingxi, searching for clues related to the Corpse Army.

They found a vast underground cavern to the south of Wang’an City; its tunnels were intricate and winding, twisting a hundred times over, saturated with dense yin energy.

The three of them had only searched a portion of the tunnels within, yet had already found several thousand Poison Corpses and Corpse Beasts.

Feng San judged that the deeper level of this cavern very likely was where Emperor Jianyuan forged the Heavenly Gaze clones.

Yet after receiving the message he did not hesitate in the slightest to abandon this place, leading the two women under his command to strike directly for the Imperial Palace.

By this time, Daning Country had sent forth all its elites; the vast majority of the top experts had already followed Emperor Jianyuan south.

Moreover Emperor Jianyuan had fallen into decline, the sun setting behind West Mountain, betrayed by kin and ministers; now within the Daning Dynasty, those who could truly be called "top-tier" figures were not many.

Within the Imperial Palace, the only one who could catch Feng San’s eye was a single Imperial Concubine, Changsun Bingquan, who had already become the Taiyin Divine Lady,

Changsun Bingquan had no intention of fighting to the death; after exchanging a few blows, she simply withdrew from the Imperial Palace, directly giving over this vast Palace City to them.

Mad Sword Feng San was thus able, within a pavilion on the western side of the inner palace, to find the item recorded by Zhe Dragon in that Jade Scroll.

It was a pair of black human-skin gloves, placed at the very central spot of the pavilion, with a bloody red radiance coiling around them.

"What is this thing?"

Bai Lingxi No. 1 looked at these gloves, her gaze grave: "This seems to be a Stealing Heaven Technique? Could it be the remains of the God Stealer."

She could feel the powerful spiritual mechanism of this pair of human-skin gloves.

This was a Lower Eternal Tier Divine Artifact, the material being the hands of some God; yet its qi-flow was rather turbulent, and it carried an extremely dense blood poison.

But what truly surprised Bai Lingxi was the Stealing Heaven Heavenly Rules upon this artifact.

In bygone days, the Initial Heavenly Emperor mastered the Stealing Heaven Technique, and elevated it to the Heavenly Dao Fifth Layer; not only could he steal any thing between Heaven and Earth, he could even accomplish Stealing Heaven and Changing Day, wondrous to the extreme.

And approximately one hundred and ninety thousand years ago, within the Human Clan there was a man named "Tian Tuo" who mastered the Stealing Heaven Heavenly Rules; not only did he possess the marvel of the Stealing Heaven Technique, he could, in Combat, forcibly seize from Gods the control over various Divine Artifacts, as well as the Heavenly Rules Power they possessed—tyrannical to the utmost.

At his peak, this person’s battle strength directly chased that of an Emperor; fortunately his will was frail, far inferior not only to Burial Sky, but also to Li Tanzi Yu.

After his Ascension, All Gods invested enormous cost, continually performing Blood Sacrifice, and in the end caused this man to become a Fallen Demon.

Later, Burial Sky could not bear to see God Stealer Tian Tuo manipulated and humiliated by All Gods, and personally struck him down and killed him.

"These gloves were refined after Zhe Dragon obtained the God Stealer’s remains, by inviting artisans to forge them. They are also the medium by which Emperor Jianyuan stole Bloodline Talent from His Majesty and the Empress."

Mad Sword Feng San stepped up to the gloves: "His Majesty instructed me to use these gloves to steal something from him."

He felt that this wording was somewhat off, and after a brief moment’s thought, corrected himself slightly: "It should be to exchange—changing what Emperor Jianyuan stole of their Bloodline Talent into something else, for example the price of some Divine Contract."

Just as Feng San’s words fell, the two streams of qi behind him suddenly grew razor-sharp.

Yet they were not directed at Mad Sword Feng San, but at each other in mutual opposition.

Both Bai Lingxi wore expressions grave as iron, their gazes as sharp as blades.

Each placed both hands upon her sword, coldly watching her counterpart.

Bai Lingxi No. 1’s tone was like the edge of a blade: "What is it you intend, madam? Why do you mean to strike at Mr. Feng?"

Bai Lingxi No. 2 let out a cold laugh: "You truly spray blood from your mouth; the one who just now intended harm toward Mr. Feng was you, was it not?"

Their Heavenly Rules Power clashed fiercely between them.

Their confrontation seemed to show no obvious sign, yet the other structures outside the pavilion were being shattered piece by piece.

Mad Sword Feng San could not be bothered to pay attention; he did not even turn his head to glance back.

He knew that both of these Bai Lingxi had issues, and issues of great magnitude.

They harbored ill intent toward His Majesty, toward the Dalv Dynasty.

The only difference lay in their respective stances.

Just now, Feng San had sensed a killing intent that flashed past in an instant, yet could not distinguish from whom it originated.

Feng San, however, had no desire to delve deeply.

Following Chu Xisheng for several years, he had roughly come to understand this sovereign’s methods of ruling others.

This Emperor acted always aboveboard and forthright, commanding by name and title, ensnaring by benefit; he had no fear that these two would not exert themselves fully, nor did he fear their betrayal.

In these ten-odd days within Wang’an City, Feng San’s understanding of the Ruyi Dao had grown far more profound.

Common folk cannot act as they please, nor do they have the qualification to do so.

To truly attain Ruyi Sui Xin, one must grasp and rely upon incomparably powerful strength, must possess an incomparably solid foundation.

Just as now, he could wield Jinghong Immortal Bai Lingxi, whose battle strength could rival a Middle Eternal rank powerhouse, as though using his own arm and fingers.

—Though all of this relied upon Chu Xisheng’s strength, and upon the national power of the Dalv Dynasty.

And precisely at this moment, even if Feng San knew which of the two had truly given rise to murderous intent, he would be helpless before her.

This person, this matter, only the couple Chu Xisheng and his consort had the ability to deal with.

Once his understanding grew clear, he had, in this short span of time, seen his strength increase greatly, the might of the Ruyi Divine Saber far surpassing before.

Feng San focused his whole mind, manipulating this pair of "Stealing Heaven God Hands."

This Divine Artifact had merged with Emperor Jianyuan’s Lifebound Essence Blood; its nature was almost equivalent to his Lifebound Divine Artifacts.

Yet this item was forged from Tian Tuo’s remains, inheriting the God Stealer Tian Tuo’s madness; the Forbidden Techniques within it, by their very Innate nature, could not be rendered seamless as heavenly raiment, impervious as dripping water.