Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 638

Chapter 638: 638

Chapter 638: Mortal Emperor [V6C168 – Sorrow of a Silent Parting]

After losing the power of the tempest, Qianye fell straight down like a stone in the water . At this moment, his palpitation intensified and his entire body froze up—he actually couldn’t move!

Any other person might’ve been knocked out under the earth-shattering suppressive might . This wasn’t related to strength . It was akin to how myriad beasts would be overcome by fear when meeting the beast king .

However, Qianye’s body only froze up for a few seconds before the dark golden blood energy and Venus Dawn were awakened at the same time . His blood core began pulsating with great power, pumping the auric flame blood to every part of his body . His two origin vortices also spun rapidly in a bid to spray out a steady stream of crystal-infused daybreak origin power .

“Bang!” The flexible armor on Qianye’s body was torn to pieces and his combat robes, reduced to tatters . However, the golden blood energy was roaming throughout his body amidst the strands of surging sunlight-like origin power . This forcibly shattered the suppressive might binding his body .

Qianye spat out a mouthful of blood the moment this invisible pressure was broken . This mouthful of auric flame blood was mixed with countless crystalline granules . The auric flame blood ignited after coming into contact with the daybreak origin power crystals, quickly turning into a mass of flames which shot into the sky .

Qianye immediately felt relaxed after spitting out blood, and the mountainous pressure upon him disappeared . In truth, the pressure was still there, but Qianye’s rolling blood energy and origin power had isolated him from it . The pressure could no longer affect him .

Under the sweeping invisible pressure—perhaps in order to deal with the immediate mortal peril—the dark golden blood energy and Venus Dawn were actually showing signs of merging together . They seemed to be working together to resist the formless suppression .

Qianye flipped about and landed lightly on his feet . He suddenly thought of something and glanced far into the sky .

All he saw was a beam of white light coming in from the distance and speeding toward the horizon . It crossed the firmament all of a sudden and vanished into the center of the storm .

That was precisely where the Arachne Grand Duke and Duke Wei were engaging in battle .

Everything in the path of that white light, be it the dense clouds or flying debris, would shift to the side . The scene was akin to commoners retreating frantically upon seeing the emperor .

They weren’t destroyed but merely pushed back to make way for the beam of light . This formed a natural realm around the path of this radiance .

Qianye was both puzzled and shaken as he observed this scene which defied all common sense . Qianye was also helpless before this supreme majesty which seemed to be on par with the heaven and earth themselves . If he were in the path of this light, there was no doubt that he would also be pushed back involuntarily . The only reason Qianye was able to break through the restriction was because he was far away from the source and needed only to deal with the remnant waves . Even so, he had to activate the entirety of his blood energy and origin power in order to break free .

A sudden clap of thunder assaulted the world . The tremendous sound wave became the only sound left in this realm . As the sonic waves arrived, Qianye was sent into a stunned daze despite the attenuation offered by his blood energy and origin power . Blood trickled down from his mouth and nose .

Qianye staggered back but remained on his feet . He couldn’t quite tell whether that was a clap of thunder or the roar of the Evernight expert inside the tempest . Qianye was both shocked and delighted because that roar was filled with pain and anguish, hysterical even . Apparently, that expert had been gravely wounded .

Could that white light be . . . ?

Qianye suddenly recalled a legend about the imperial family .

At this moment, there was a lone boat floating on the distant horizon . With an azure body and black tent, it looked no different from any ordinary vessel . Yet, the naturally elegant contour gave away its extraordinary qualities .

The storm had reached where it was, yet the lonely boat wasn’t affected in the slightest . The flying gravel and sand couldn’t land on it, either . Once close by, they would circle around the boat, reconverge behind, and continue their original trajectory—it was incomparably mysterious .

It was as though this lone boat didn’t belong to this world . It remained untouched by the storm and undiscerned by the people .

There were several people on this boat . The one standing at the foremost was a young man with a dignified countenance . He was holding an astonishingly long origin gun which was aimed at the center of the tempest . The white beam of light just now was fired from it .

That origin rifle was over two meters long with the vivid relief of a flying serpent, the emblem of the Great Qin imperial family, coiled around it . However, the diagram therein was different from those widely-known in the common world . The flying serpent on the firearm had nine large scales on its back and none on any other part of its body .

Five out of the nine scales each displayed a human figure—some glaring furiously, some in deep thought, others inherently dignified—everyone had a different bearing, but all of them possessed facial features somewhat similar to the young man holding the gun .

The white light had already receded at this point, but the young man remained stationary . It was as though the river of time had stopped flowing .

After a moment of silence, a middle-aged man with a long beard sighed . “Repelling all evil and revered by myriad life! Such might is indeed worthy of the name ‘Mortal Emperor’!”

The young man had a smile on his lips . “All of this is due to the all-out efforts of the ancestors . ”

Another old man spoke, “The past emperors’ efforts indeed formed the foundation of this Mortal Emperor . However, the fourteenth prince is actually able to activate it at such a young age . This is truly rare throughout history . One day in the future, the person to appear on the sixth scale is very likely to be your highness . ”

Everyone was shaken by these words, and a dazzling light shone in the fourteenth prince’s eyes . Only the emperor had the right to wield Mortal Emperor and use his grand origin power to nurture it . The implications in the elder’s words were self-evident .

But the glint in the fourteenth prince’s eyes quickly receded, his gaze becoming as gentle and peaceful as before . “I only barely activated Mortal Emperor by a lucky fluke . How can I dare compare myself to the ancient ancestors? Please make no more mention of leaving my imprint on the flying serpent . ”

The old man didn’t quite agree, however . He stroked his beard and said with a laugh, “Everything will happen naturally when the conditions are right . Those with intentions will know even if we don’t mention it . Moreover, your highness launched an attack at the critical moment and saved Duke Wei’s life . Such a contribution cannot be suppressed . Being modest alone isn’t enough during this important war of national fate, one must forge ahead with boldness and vigor . ”

The fourteenth prince laughed wryly . “Ignoring the future for now, today’s deed was only possible because of Marshal Lin’s planning and the protection of everyone here . How can I boast about it like so?”

‘Mortal Emperor’ started to tremble just as the group was going back and forth with their modest arguments . The flying serpent's eyes, which hadn’t opened even during the shot into the tempest, blinked slowly and proceeded to stare at a point on the ground below . Soon, boundless imperial might surged up from the serpentine body and formed an illusory image of a large snake overlooking the earth below .

It was full of combat intent and poised to engage in a fight to the death, almost as though it had encountered its arch nemesis .

Mortal Emperor’s unusual change alarmed everyone on the boat . However, none of them had witnessed such a scene before and knew not what they should do .

The fourteenth prince let out a sudden cry the moment the serpent opened its eyes—all he could feel was his origin power being drained . He had already expended the greater part of his origin power when he activated ‘Mortal Emperor’ a while ago . Now that he was being drained once more, it felt as though his origin vortices were about to be dragged out of his body . Who could withstand this? Soon after crying out, his vision darkened and he fell down unconscious .

Mortal Emperor lost its source of origin power after the fourteenth prince’s collapse . Soon, the giant flying serpent in the air let out an indignant roar as it gradually dispersed .

Greatly shocked, the people on the boat quickly lifted the fourteenth prince to examine his condition . They felt somewhat relieved after finding out that he had fallen unconscious due to over-exhaustion . Such an injury was an incurable disease to an ordinary person, but the imperial family possessed both capable people and spiritual medicines . It wouldn’t be too hard to heal the prince .

The bearded middle-aged man wore a deeply concerned expression . “Just now, Mortal Emperor seemed to be confronting something . ”

Everyone’s expressions changed .

Mortal Emperor was one of the ten Grand Magnums of the generation . Its firepower had been increasing little by little with the successive upgrades by the emperors . Although the imperial family hadn’t announced it openly, many people privately believed that this firearm was the most powerful in the world .

The old man was the leader of this group . He pondered for a while and said, “With His Majesty unconscious, there’s no one capable of using the Mortal Emperor . We shouldn’t remain here for long, let us leave . ”

No one voiced their dissent . As such, the boat made an agile turn and vanished over the horizon in a flash—it was almost as though the vessel had never appeared here .

At this moment, Qianye was standing amidst the boundless rocky wasteland, his luminous wings spread out behind him as he gazed at where the flying serpent had appeared before .

Qianye had sensed an indescribably powerful suppressive might just now . The difference from before was that this might contained an intent to do battle and kill . Moreover, it was directly targeted at Qianye . Although he couldn’t see the illusory image of the flying serpent in the air, Qianye could feel a primordial giant creature staring at him .

This wasn’t a contest of levels at all . The aftershock from the suppressive might nearly injured Qianye a while ago . Now that he was being directly targeted, the formless suppression shattered his origin power and blood energy, sending him paralyzed to the ground .

It was at this time that the hiding Wings of Inception unfurled behind him . A faint radiance engulfed Qianye and actually resisted the invisible monstrosity in the air .

The contest lasted mere moments before the suppressive might in the air dispersed, followed by an angry roar full of discontent . The voice was akin to rolling thunder .

What was going on?

The series of events was too much for Qianye to take in at once, but the inexplicable change in the Wings of Inception gave him a faint idea . He didn’t get the time to ponder in detail before a large shadow appeared in the air and came whistling down toward him .

Shocked out of his wits, Qianye flashed over ten meters to the side .

The black shadow smashed into the ground with a loud bang, sending dust and gravel flying everywhere . The object carved out a shallow pit in the ground . After the dust had settled, Qianye found a huge arachne lying inside the hole . Judging from its sizeable frame and powerful darkness origin power, it was at least a count .

It was just that there was something wrong with the arachne . It had completely reverted to its spider body with its eight stiff limbs moving about randomly . It simply couldn’t clamber up because the darkness origin power in its entire body was in chaos . It looked up at Qianye and gasped uncontrollably . “Y-You, how can you still move?”

These words reminded Qianye . He recalled how he had nearly lost the ability to move when the suppressive might descended upon him . The arachne before him didn’t have auric flame blood, Venus Dawn, nor the Wings of Inception . Hence, it had lost the ability to move and fallen straight down beside Qianye .

Qianye’s expression became somewhat abnormal as he looked at the arachne count who had just fallen down from the sky .