Chapter 526 456: [Battle Royale]

The Seven Celestial Passes of Mountains and Seas.

The Great Dao Celestial Punishment was weak here.

Conflicts and grudges were commonplace across the All Heavens. For this reason, the Commander's Law Enforcement Team stationed at the Seven Celestial Passes was composed of cultivators at the peak Quasi-Emperor level at minimum, and every mission was led by a Great Emperor!

"What? Conspiring with the enemy to set up a Celestial King? They're really courting death!"

On this day.

Within the main city of Chen Tian at the Seven Celestial Passes,

Shen Lian, the Commander of the Commander's Law Enforcement Team within the Inspectorate, received a report from a Vice Army Master of the Three Lives Battlefield—

Long Chen, the Crown Prince of the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty, was a traitor colluding with the Mountain and Sea Alien Race. He planned to ambush and kill the Primordial Heavenly King at the Thunder Sea Fortress!

Shen Lian had naturally heard of the Primordial Heavenly King. In less than half a year since entering Shanhai Pass, he had been successively granted the titles of King and Heaven-Sealing King. His battle merits were so illustrious that the Dragon-slaying Battlefield had no choice but to issue a combat ban and send him away.

Such a loyal and capable general!

And someone actually dared to plot against him!

The conspirator was none other than Long Chen, the once-prominent Three Lives Army Master of the Seven Celestial Passes. Could the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty be behind this?

The Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty.

Were they the traitors they had been searching for?

Shen Lian realized the gravity of the situation. However, he didn't blindly trust this one-sided account, because at that very moment, Long Chen was engaged in a battle with the Sealing Demon Army Master at Sealing Demon Pass.

"Lord Shen, the Primordial Heavenly King has gone dark!"

But just then, a Law Enforcement Envoy lowered his Battle Merit Order.

He reported in a grave tone, "Our Battle Merit Orders are high-level and can contact any officer or soldier in the Seven Celestial Passes."

But just now, he had tried to contact Wu Dao.

There was no response.

All communications were completely blocked.

This was highly unusual.

If the Mountain and Sea forces were targeting the Primordial Heavenly King, a single Great Venerable would have been more than enough. There would be no need to block communications.

"Let's go!"

Upon hearing this news, Shen Lian's expression turned frigid. He hesitated no longer, leading the Great Emperors and Quasi-Emperors of the Law Enforcement Team in a rapid advance toward the Thunder Sea Fortress.

To avoid alerting the enemy, they didn't alert anyone.

It was still unknown if the report was true. If it was...

If the armies of the Rising Dragon World discovered they had been exposed and revolted, the trouble would be immense.

Great Emperors were incredibly fast.

Furthermore, the Law Enforcement Team possessed an exclusive Supreme Treasure for traversing the pass territories. Even though the last pass was extremely far from the Thunder Sea Fortress, they arrived outside the seemingly calm Thunder Sea Fortress at extreme speed.

"Reveal!"

Shen Lian was the strongest among them, having reached the level of a Great Emperor of the Twenty-four Heavens. As his emperor's eyes opened and closed, they pierced through the layers of boundless space-time fields within the Thunder Sea, revealing a vision of the core fortress in the void.

A casual glance would have revealed nothing amiss. But one look was enough to set Shen Lian and the other Law Enforcement Envoys ablaze with fury!

The core fortress of the Thunder Sea!

A Little Cosmos was enveloped in golden Celestial Thunder!

At that moment, mysterious figures in black stood in all Ten Directions around the Little Cosmos. They had deployed their Emperor's Weapons to seal it off, continuously reviving their Mighty Power as if targeting someone within.

With Shen Lian's experience, how could he fail to see that those mysterious figures were all from the Human Race? There was no trace of a Desolate God's aura among them!

"Break!"

Suppressing the rage in his heart, the order of the Emperor Dao surged in Shen Lian's eyes. His Insight Power rose to another level, breaking through the seal of the mysterious figures' Emperor's Weapons and revealing a blurry scene within the Little Cosmos.

"Kill him! Kill him!!"

As fate would have it, Shen Lian and the Law Enforcement Team happened to see the exact moment Long Chen's defenses were broken by Wu Dao. Wearing his signature Hundred Emperors' Armor, he was roaring in fury, his hair a mess!

And in the space-time opposite Long Chen, was the Primordial Heavenly King, Wu Dao, shouting, "Long Chen, you useless piece of trash! You can't even play fair!!"

He was wrapped in his signature Holy Spirit Emperor's Plate, tearing through the Emperor's Weapon seal and fleeing in a panic.

RUMBLE!!

Before Shen Lian and the Law Enforcement Team could get a closer look,

AROOO—

ten thousand dragons roared, and a vast Emperor's Might surged!

A hidden Great Emperor from the Rising Dragon World suddenly erupted. A sky-covering hand seal slammed down, causing the Little Cosmos to explode. Endless space-time was annihilated, and everything returned to Chaos, making it impossible to observe from a distance.

'The Ten Thousand Dragons Void Refining Hand Seal?'

With Shen Lian's keen eye, even as everything turned to Chaos and the field became turbulent in that final moment, his sharp gaze still recognized this Great Emperor's Ultimate Skill from the Rising Dragon World.

More importantly, not a single Mountain Sea Ancestor King had appeared to stop it!

If this wasn't colluding with the enemy, what was?

"Notify headquarters! Lock down all Star Hubs within the passes and suppress the Rising Dragon... Get out here!"

Shen Lian suppressed his fury as he gave orders to his subordinates. But before he could finish, he let out a sudden roar. The Great Dao's Heavenly Sound vibrated, and the endless, boundless Thunder Sea before them exploded into a vacuum of Chaos!

BZZZT!!

The vast Chaos roared with destruction. After rampaging for some distance, it was suddenly intercepted and blocked by a series of towering silhouettes that acted like a dam against the Great Dao. Among them were humans and Desolate Gods!

More than a dozen of them!

All of them Great Emperor Ancestor Kings!

The lineup was nothing short of extravagant and powerful!

The one in the lead—

"The King of Ten Thousand Borders?!"

Shen Lian's pupils contracted abruptly as he recognized the leader's identity.

This King was not just any king!

He was a Prince of the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty, and his cultivation and attainments were on par with his own!

The other Human Race Great Emperors! They were also from the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty, all of them territorial Princes!

It was confirmed!

The Rising Dragon World was turning against Hongyuan!

"Lord Shen has good Eye Power!"

Seeing that Shen Lian had recognized him, the King of Ten Thousand Borders dispersed the Chaos Qi around him, revealing a tall figure clad in a black royal robe. He looked at Shen Lian with a chuckle.

"Execute the traitors!!"

Shen Lian was extremely decisive. Without any unnecessary words, the moment the King of Ten Thousand Borders revealed himself, he led the Law Enforcement Team in a charge to kill!

For so many Great Emperor Ancestor Kings to gather, their target was definitely not just the Primordial Heavenly King. There had to be a much larger conspiracy afoot!

If they couldn't be stopped, the Seven Celestial Passes would face a great disaster!

As for the Primordial Heavenly King... hunted by a Great Emperor and fleeing toward the Mountain and Sea Territory... not even the arrival of a Peak Great Emperor could save him!

"Hahaha, today the Rising Dragon returns to the Mountain and Sea! You alone cannot stop us, Lord Shen!"

The King of Ten Thousand Borders wasn't afraid to stir up trouble. He dealt another blow to Long Chen and the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty's reputation, showing no fear as he led the group of Great Emperors to charge toward Shen Lian and the Law Enforcement Team.

The exposure of these Nails wasn't actually part of some grand conspiracy. The Hongyuan Heavenly Realms were not weak, and with the constraints of the Celestial Punishment, even a suicide attack from them within the passes wouldn't cause much of a stir.

Their main objective was to capture the Primordial Heavenly King.

Their secondary objective was to sling mud at the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty to divert Hongyuan's attention.

Because during this period, Hongyuan had been investigating traitors in secret with great intensity. If they didn't create a diversion to mislead them, more of them would be exposed!

...

Mountain and Sea Territory!

The Thunder Realm!

Here, space-time was boundless, and all of creation was Thunderbolt.

Ever since the Mountain and Sea race occupied three-tenths of the Seven Celestial Passes' territory, this vast region behind the Thunder Sea Fortress had become the territory guarded by the Thunder Qilin clan and was renamed the Thunder Realm.

RUMBLE!

A universe exploded, and Chaos roared!

The Mighty Power unleashed by the Great Emperor from the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty rippled through infinite space-time. The thunderbolt-filled universes within the endless interstitial layers of the Thunder Realm's space-time bounced like marbles before exploding into chaotic nothingness!

BZZZZ—

A Sacred Spirit roared, and an Asura bellowed!

Wu Dao's battered figure teleported away just before the Ten Thousand Dragons Void Refining Hand Seal from behind could slam down again, and he continued to flee deeper into the Thunder Realm!

This Great Emperor from the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty who had attacked was unusually powerful!

He had reached the Twenty-Fifth Heaven of the Great Emperor realm!

With a single thought, he could evaporate heaven and earth!

A single palm strike could destroy a cosmos constructed from the collective of twenty-five small, infinite space-times. It was as if a prehistoric behemoth that roamed the All Heavens was on a rampage!

If it weren't for the Asura Battle Banner being a Half-Step Celestial Soldier, and the Holy Spirit Emperor's Plate being tough enough, a single slap would have been enough to blast Wu Dao into nothingness—the kind of death from which there is no return!

BANG! BANG! BANG!—

The Three-Colored Emperor Arrow pierced through the layered, boundless space-time of the Thunder Realm. Everything in its path was annihilated, and thunderbolt-filled cosmoses continuously exploded!

It wasn't just the Emperor of Ten Thousand Dragons! Wielding the Path-Breaking Bow and wearing the Hundred Emperors' Armor, Long Chen was also hunting Wu Dao like a maggot clinging to a bone!

"Hahaha, you think you're so tough, don't you? Come and kill me! Come on, kill me, you piece of trash!"

He had become somewhat unhinged! He was in a state of frenzy, acting tough with borrowed power. He continuously drew the Path-Breaking Bow, blasting Wu Dao into a pathetic state, and felt an extreme sense of glee in his heart.

Because of the interference from the King of Ten Thousand Borders and the other turncoats, Long Chen and the Great Emperor hunting Wu Dao had no idea that the Law Enforcement Team had witnessed their act of betrayal against the Celestial King firsthand.

Furthermore, they didn't know the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty had been branded as traitors!

On top of that, the deeper they went into the Mountain and Sea's Thunder Realm, the weaker their connection to Hongyuan became!

Whether it was the Battle Merit Order, other Communication Methods, or the Faith Connection... all of them failed.

Long Chen had absolutely no idea what a huge turmoil the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty was currently experiencing. And he, the Crown Prince, had gone from being the illustrious Three Lives Army Master to one of the leaders of the human traitors!

If he had known, he probably wouldn't have been able to laugh at all.

"Crown Prince, something is not right with this little bastard!"

The Emperor of Ten Thousand Dragons, wreathed in Dragon Qi, had been unable to capture Wu Dao despite attacking repeatedly. He couldn't help but send a serious transmission to Long Chen:

"A Quasi-Emperor reviving Emperor's Weapons, no matter how powerful the essence of that Asura Battle Banner and Holy Spirit Emperor's Plate are, shouldn't be able to achieve this kind of speed!"

He was a Great Emperor of the Twenty-Fifth Heaven.

Under normal circumstances, it was no exaggeration to say that no matter how strong the Emperor's Weapon Wu Dao wielded was, he would only need one slap to kill him, never a second.

Because Wu Dao was only a Quasi-Emperor. It was impossible for him to revive a Great Emperor Weapon to its peak state. Forget a Great Emperor of the Twenty-fifth Heaven; even a Great Emperor of the First Layer Heaven could ignore it with his bare hands.

But strangely, even when the Emperor of Ten Thousand Dragons attacked with his full power, reinforced by his own Emperor's Weapon, he still couldn't catch up to Wu Dao.

This was far too abnormal!

"How could that useless dog have gotten this far in such a short time without some trump cards? But in the face of an absolute gap in power, it doesn't matter how many trump cards he has!"

Long Chen was dismissive.

For someone favored by great destiny, it was normal to have an endless stream of trump cards. He himself, for example, had quite a few, and not even a Great Emperor could kill him in a short amount of time.

Not to mention, for a beast like Wu Dao, who had become a King and then a Heaven-Sealing King in such a short period, it wasn't strange at all for him to have trump cards.

But just as he said, in the face of an absolute gap, unless one had a heaven-defying trump card that could turn the tables in a single move, it was useless!

If he had that kind of heaven-defying trump card, Wu Dao wouldn't need to be running. And in his panic, he wouldn't have chosen to flee toward the Mountain and Sea side.

Long Chen estimated that Wu Dao must have some top-tier escape-type Supreme Treasure on him, the kind that even a Great Emperor couldn't catch up to for a while.

This kind of Supreme Treasure must have a terrifyingly high consumption rate.

Before long, Wu Dao would find it difficult to maintain his speed and would have to slow down. At that point, they could easily toy with him as they pleased!

"Haha, his speed is dropping! He's a dead man!"

Just then, Long Chen noticed that Wu Dao's escape speed was gradually flagging, his stamina failing. Several times, his life hung by a thread, and he was nearly suppressed and killed by the Emperor of Ten Thousand Dragons!

This proved his guess was correct!

The energy source for Wu Dao's escape treasure was nearly depleted. He had clearly reached a dead end!

BANG! BANG! BANG!—

The crystal walls of space-time were continuously pierced!

Under the pursuit of Long Chen and the others, Wu Dao crossed an unknown number of Grand Cosmoses toward the depths of the Thunder Realm. Only after completely losing contact with Hongyuan did he slow down.

It was worth mentioning that he encountered no ambushes from the Mountain and Sea race along the way.

It was unknown if this was because of the Emperor of Ten Thousand Dragons' imposing might, or if an even greater crisis was waiting for him up ahead.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!—

The instant the Heart Lake Alarm Bell rang out,

Wu Dao had his answer!

He suddenly raised his head and looked toward the space-time ahead!

At the ends of the Ten Directions, Chaos churned!

Dozens of towering Mountain Sea Ancestor Kings stood tall!