The Yun clan's Immortal Emperor's expression was dazed as he watched that slender figure, flickering in and out of sight amidst the dust. That one move back then was a blunder. Yun Shan's awakening failed, and he poured all his unwillingness and rage onto Yun Shan's mother and her clan.
It was this move that created a vast gulf between him and Yun Shan. But he had no regrets. How could an emperor be wrong? Although Yun Shan was his daughter, he had many other children; one waste was no great loss!
"Hmm?"
"How can this be??"
The national destiny of the Yun clan's Immortal Dynasty resonated strangely with Yun Shan at this moment. The tremor far surpassed that of he, an Immortal Emperor!
Boom!
Zhang Hao wielded his long spear, and Deng Qiang held his long halberd. They only mobilized two-thirds of the divine power within them, but even this two-thirds was unleashed to its utmost. The spear intent and halberd light that flashed through the void continued to suppress the seven Yun clan beings.
Rumble!
A terrifying storm of divine power raged within a radius of ten feet. The seven Yun clan beings within this radius were like withered leaves in autumn, liable to fall at any moment.
"Immortal Emperor, these two men who followed Yun Shan are rare prodigies among the human race. With the power of a lesser Heavenly Venerate, they managed to hold back a great Heavenly Venerate and six top-tier lesser Heavenly Venerates. And yet, their divine power doesn't seem to be fully unleashed!" The Grand Commandant standing beside the Yun clan Immortal Emperor exclaimed, his face filled with shock. They couldn't sense the shifts in Yun Shan and the national destiny, and now they were astonished. Where did a mere waste, a banished commoner, find such powerful individuals?
"Suppress them!"
With a slight upturn of his lips, Deng Qiang shouted. The two exerted a slight force with their hands, and with a bang, a section of the city wall collapsed. The seven were instantly sent flying backward, like the imperial guards' generals before them, heavily injured and unconscious. Su Dan Novel Network.
"Damn it!"
A first-rank Great General, unable to bear it any longer, reached into the void and dragged out a long spear. A silver cold light emanated from it, tinged with a hint of bloodlust. Stepping forward, he raised the spear high and smashed it down at Deng Qiang.
"Boom!"
Deng Qiang thrust out his halberd. The two collided violently. Cracks like spiderwebs appeared on the bricks suppressed by the national destiny. With a roar, they were torn up piece by piece, and a faint dragon's cry echoed in the void.
"The Yun clan's Immortal Dynasty's first-rank Great General, is this all you've got?" Looking at the being suppressed beneath the halberd's light, Deng Qiang raised his eyes, a look of disdain in them. He exerted force in his right arm, and as the divine power violently clashed, the first-rank Great General was sent flying backward, falling to the ground, blood gushing from his mouth.
"A Great Heavenly Venerate? I see nothing special."
Deng Qiang, holding his halberd, looked at the first-rank Great General lying on the ground, spitting blood. If not for the Divine Emperor's orders, this one halberd strike would have collapsed the imperial palace. What was a first-rank Great General against the might of his halberd?
"You!!"
Hearing Deng Qiang's words, the first-rank Great General felt immense humiliation. He, a dignified first-rank Great General at the Great Heavenly Venerate realm, was so powerless. Enraged, his eyes were about to burst. Just as he was about to rise, Deng Qiang stomped down with a bang, his internal organs rupturing and bleeding.
"Pfft!"
"Take one more step forward, and you will die!"
Seeing the first-rank Great General being stepped on by Deng Qiang, the Grand Commandant could no longer restrain himself and drew his long saber.
"Try me!"
"Boom!"
Zhang Hao took a step forward, smashing another general aside, turning a grand palace into dust.
"Yun Shan!"
"Why do you not kneel when you see me?"
Witnessing this scene, the Yun clan Immortal Emperor suppressed his rage deep within his heart, showing no outward signs of it.
"Heh heh!"
Yun Shan walked forward and came to Zhang Hao and Deng Qiang's side. Hatred flickered in her eyes. "That day, you drew your saber and knocked off my mother's phoenix crown. You should have foreseen this day!"
"Is that so?"
A cruel smile appeared on the Yun clan Immortal Emperor's face. He looked at his daughter, whom he had raised himself and who had once been his glory. The former affection was gone, replaced only by hate.
This hate was a hate of national grievance. She had been his pillar, and he had envisioned Yun Shan truly awakening her True Phoenix bloodline one day and leading the Yun clan Immortal Dynasty to the peak of the world. Alas, Yun Shan failed, burying his dream of conquering the world and the dream of the Yun clan's rise along with it!
"Do you know how much effort I poured into you? Yet, you disappointed me immensely. I don't have a daughter like you. Every time I return to the harem and see your mother, I think of you, which makes me immensely disappointed and utterly disgusted!"
"Within this Yun clan Immortal Dynasty, what I give you is yours. You are like this, your mother is like this, everything exists for me!"
"You are too selfish. Remember this, it's not that you don't acknowledge me as your father, but that I don't acknowledge you as my daughter."
"Scoundrel!"
"If I hadn't been soft-hearted and spared your life back then, do you think you could have left the Yun clan Immortal Dynasty?"
The rage hidden deep within the Yun clan Immortal Emperor's heart erupted, revealing his ugly true face.
"Consort Yun, tell us what you wish us to do?" Deng Qiang asked softly, looking at the scene. This was Consort Yun's family affair. As her subjects, they could only follow orders. Even if their father-daughter relationship was so strained, he, as a subject, could not say much.
"Suppress him! Forever seal him before my mother's tomb to atone for his sins!" Looking at the face she never wished to see again in this life, a tear fell from the corner of her eye.
"As you command!"
Deng Qiang stomped his foot, shattering several ribs of the first-rank Great General beneath him. With another surge of force, he sent the general hundreds of feet away, smashing him violently into a palace.
Witnessing this, the dozens of officials gathered in front trembled. Even a first-rank Great General and six generals working together were no match for these two burly men.
"Yun Shan!"
"You are acting wildly!" shouted Crown Prince Yun Hao. Anger, affection, and a hint of guilt flickered in his eyes.
Back then, the Yun clan Immortal Emperor had ordered Yun Shan to be demoted to a commoner and had even ordered the extermination of Yun Shan's mother's lineage. He had hesitated and had not interceded for his sister.
"Hmm?"
Yun Shan looked at Yun Hao, but it was merely a cold glance. At this moment, no one could stop her!
"Boom!"
The Grand Commandant, long saber in hand, stepped off the platform and faced Deng Qiang and Zhang Hao. "You are colluding with Yun Shan in her rebellion and treason. Do you know the consequences?"
"No matter how she rebels, the blood of the imperial lineage flows through her. What about you?"
"You talk too much!"
Zhang Hao roared, swinging his long spear and smashing it furiously towards the Grand Commandant.