"Who gave you the courage to act so presumptuously here, ant? Do you dare to be more arrogant than me? Reveal your killing intent, and let us duel again," Pei Yuanqing's expression turned cold as his indifferent voice rang out. Emperor Qizhen, who controlled sixty-one numbers of imperial destiny, had reached Pei Yuanqing's limit. Suppression was enough, but eradication was impossible. Looking at the battered body that still spoke defiantly, Emperor Qizhen, Pei Yuanqing's dual hammers once again lit up.
"Cough... cough... cough..."
Couging out a few mouthfuls of clotted blood, Emperor Qizhen's complexion slightly eased, and his breathing became a bit smoother. He stood up, swallowed a pill, and his battered body quickly began to repair. He stretched his arms and said, "Young brat, this emperor has been cultivating for eons, from the era of the ancient emperors to the present. I have never been defeated. Today, I will show you why I control a territory in the northern part of the Immortal Realm!"
Pei Yuanqing, holding his dual hammers, let out a cold laugh. "I don't care what opportunities you've had, what trump cards you've obtained, or what killing techniques you've comprehended. Today, under my dual hammers, you are destined to lose!"
"Very well!"
As soon as Pei Yuanqing spoke, Emperor Qizhen's body trembled with anger. Especially seeing the vibrant blood qi radiating from Pei Yuanqing, it was clearly not an ancient monster reincarnated but a genuine young prodigy who had become immortal in his teens. How hateful! How detestable! His jaw clenched, his blood qi surged, and he strode through the void, letting out a long roar, "Young brat, I will tear your flesh apart!"
He roared and did not reach into the Heavenly Abyss for the blood-red mirror. Instead, he shattered the space before him. A powerful surge of death qi roared out, and a white object slowly emerged from the space, which he grasped in his hand. *Crack... crack...* With chilling bone-cracking sounds, a colossal bone ruler was condensed. This seven-zhang-long supreme treasure, which looked like both a saber and a whip from afar, appeared, and a terrifying vision of mountains of corpses and seas of blood manifested behind Emperor Qizhen.
"Bone Ruler!"
"Supreme Treasure!"
Among the watching beings, some aged and ancient creatures exclaimed in disbelief, "That was obtained from the Ancient Star Road. Legend has it that it was extracted and refined from the corpse of an emperor, and after adding Chaos Stone, it became a supreme treasure, inheriting the original owner's supreme great dao, and also containing the killing imperial patterns of this Immortal Emperor!" The beings exclaimed, not daring to speak Emperor Qizhen's name directly. Beings who had not attained the dao could not speak it directly; they could not withstand the supreme imperial might.
"Boom!"
A deafening roar echoed from the battlefield. Emperor Qizhen, holding the bone ruler, touched it with his other hand. The seven-zhang-long bone ruler instantly erupted with boundless, jade-like radiance. The bone ruler shone brilliantly, and wisps of jade-colored light flowed from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood that manifested behind him. At this moment, countless corpses floating in the endless blood sea all opened their eyes. They were white, like pearls, but with a faint tinge of blue. Billions of white pupils locked onto Pei Yuanqing.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
...
With his furious roar, billions of corpses opened their mouths and let out a cry. Countless "kill" characters echoed as Emperor Qizhen, holding the bone ruler, swung it forward. With a thud, a hammer strike descended, and the endless blood sea churned violently. With a rumble, the blood sea churned, and the floating corpses were thrown into disarray, their formations broken. The condensed killing intent became chaotic and difficult to maintain. The radiance of the bone ruler dimmed significantly, and Emperor Qizhen, who had charged forward, felt a tremor in his heart.
Thud!
Another hammer strike fell. Within the vision of the endless blood sea, endless wails erupted. All the corpses shattered, turning into countless particles of dust that dissolved into the blood sea, turning the blood-red river into a pink hue. The killing intent vanished instantly. With a thud, a third hammer strike fell, and the pink river-like vision evaporated. With crackling bone sounds, Emperor Qizhen's hands exploded, and the seven-zhang-long bone ruler, slipping from his grasp, plummeted to the ground.
"Ah~~"
With his arms shattered, the immense pressure of billions of forces bore down, causing Emperor Qizhen to cry out in agony. The silver hammer light that appeared above his head continuously pressed down. His body emitted faint wisps of bloody mist. This scene filled the onlookers with dread, and caused Emperor Bailian and Emperor Tianyuan to instinctively twitch their fingers.
"Clang!"
The silver hammer's silhouette vibrated, and Emperor Qizhen's body erupted with bloody mist in dozens of places. Blood qi splattered, and his aura weakened. Powerless, he fell from the void and, with a bang, was pressed down by the hammer's silhouette, his knees crashing heavily onto the ground. An imperial pattern flashed, preventing the ground from shattering as he knelt. With a thud, he knelt on the ground, layers of bloody mist rising, his knees shattering and spilling crimson blood onto the earth!
Rumble!
The silver hammer's silhouette continued to vibrate above Emperor Qizhen. Emperor Qizhen was already too weak to stand, resist, or fight back. Powerless, he knelt on the ground, his buttocks pressed against his thighs, his head tilted slightly, looking up at the youthful Pei Yuanqing standing in the void, holding his dual hammers.
Emperor Bailian stopped in his tracks. Emperor Tianyuan also stopped. All the beings who witnessed this scene were stunned for a long time. This young Immortal Emperor who had never appeared in the Immortal Realm, this young Immortal Emperor with no records or legends whatsoever, had, with a few hammer strikes, forced the renowned Immortal Emperor of the four directions of the Immortal Realm, the ruler of the Tiangang Ancient Court—Emperor Qizhen—to kneel powerlessly and crushingly on the ground, his arms shattered, his knees obliterated, his blood qi splattered. He had been so easily defeated.
Thump thump!
Pei Yuanqing retracted his dual hammers and slung them at his waist. He descended from the sky step by step until he stopped eight zhang away from Emperor Qizhen. Pei Yuanqing stood there, motionless. The腥气 drifting in the air flowed between the two. One, with peerless combat power, looked down with disdain; the other, completely devoid of combat power and with depleted blood qi, looked up in terror.
"Cough... Pfft~~"
Emperor Qizhen coughed out the clotted blood that was blocking his body. His body relaxed, and he collapsed onto the ground. Streams of blood qi flowed, condensing into his arms, and his knees gradually healed. He stood up with difficulty, his body swaying, and it took him a long time to regain his balance.
He looked at Pei Yuanqing, who stood on the ground, and stared for a long, long time. No one knew what Emperor Qizhen was thinking at that moment, whether he would abide by his previous promise or prepare for a desperate battle.
As many beings waited, with a thud, Emperor Qizhen knelt before Pei Yuanqing and shouted, "Qizhen, I wish to submit to the Great Han Heavenly Court and obey the will of the Great Han Heavenly Emperor!"