Chapter 836 - 238: Human Emperor and Li Yuan

Chapter 836: Chapter 238: Human Emperor and Li Yuan

The Human Emperor wielded a sword, with the common people as its spine, the mountains and rivers as its courage, and the heroic spirit within as its sharp edge. With a single slash, he could annihilate all barbarians, vanquish all demons, and quell all chaos.

Yet the Human Emperor, so towering that he reached into the distant clouds and whose form could not be discerned, issued just one strike before pausing motionlessly with his sword.

This strike shattered the resolve and ambition of twenty thousand Two-headed Wolf Riders who sought to breach the Central Plains and knock open the gates of Jade Capital.

Regardless of whether they were Fifth Grade Ice Barbarians or the Two-headed Giant Wolves bred in Kabulor, all were bleeding from seven orifices. This was not merely injury; everything within them was crumbling, including their hearts.

One strike, and nearly all twenty thousand Two-headed Wolf Riders were annihilated.

A mere scattering of over a thousand remained.

Before this thousand, the Barbarian King with wildly swirling mane clutched the shattered Golden Axe Handle, his eyes bloodshot, filled with rage and disbelief.

He was of the Earth Soul Second Realm, theoretically capable of eternal indestructibility.

But "indestructible" was merely "not dying enough."

At that moment when the Human Emperor’s strike landed, he felt his "lifespan" had nearly run dry.

He was indignant.

Why?

"Ah!!"

After the initial shock, the Barbarian King’s eyes ignited with renewed flames, and he roared angrily, raising the broken handle and pointing it at the exalted Human Emperor, filled with defiance and pride.

"Battle!!"

He bellowed.

Yet, that cry was incredibly solitary.

For although the Barbarian King remained unbeaten, the Wolf Riders behind him were shattered with fear, each displaying terror on their faces.

Morale was broken, soldiers were annihilated, and the original thousand-foot shadow of the Barbarian King had vanished.

What remained was a tiny bean-sized figure, standing before the towering Human Emperor whose face could not be gazed upon even by looking up.

From above the clouds, a gaze was cast downward.

An overwhelming aura pressed down; the Human Emperor did not strike again, yet the surviving Wolf Riders turned to flee in terror, leaving the Barbarian King alone on the empty battlefield.

Upon the Wolf Riders’ retreat, even the Martial Artists on Cloud Mountain Path and ordinary logistic soldiers on the rear began fleeing madly.

Defeat, as complete as a collapsing mountain!

On the vast battlefield, only the Human Emperor and the Barbarian King remained.

The two gazed at one another silently across the clouds.

The Barbarian King did not flee; after a moment of astonishment, he merely lowered his head, briefly silent.

Then... still he raised the shattered axe handle, aiming it at the giant in the sky.

"Battle!!"

He croaked hoarsely, prepared to meet death.

And at that moment, the ground suddenly transformed, with two giant hands of rock rapidly emerging beside the Barbarian King, closing in, and then pulling him directly into the earth.

Underground, a rolling earth dragon swiftly carried him away with a rumbling sound.

The Human Emperor quietly watched this scene.

Though initially motionless, he suddenly raised his sword again, lightly pointing it toward the ground.

"Ah!"

The little Wu Ya beside Illusionary Sparrow let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Little Wu Ya was unharmed, merely saddened, but the earth held a Glacial Xiaozhao pierced by the sword.

Xiaozhao’s Celestial Soul Second Realm boasted battle strength of around a hundred thousand, which was already top-tier on the continent. Yet, this power was negligible in front of the Human Emperor.

With this sword stroke, it was as if crushing ants, instantly obliterating the giant rock Xiaozhao.

Yet, it was merely one giant rock Xiaozhao.

With one Xiaozhao dead, there remained thirty-five Xiaozhaos.

Thus, the Xiaozhaos began relaying their rescue of the Barbarian King.

But the Human Emperor merely silently issued his sword strikes.

His sword strokes were measured.

Each time killing only Xiaozhaos, without further harm to the Barbarian King.

Only upon reaching the last Xiaozhao did he suddenly halt.

The last Xiaozhao was Glacial Xiaozhao.

This Xiaozhao directly used icy hands to clutch the Barbarian King, running all the way to Long Sleep River.

The river surface, initially brisk autumn waters, suddenly froze.

The ice formed a winding ice path capable of allowing carriage passage, swiftly moving toward the opposite shore.

The Barbarian King lay on the ice, sliding rapidly along.

Above...

Little Wu Ya fumed.

Still, there was no resentment.

Even if the Barbarian King’s twenty thousand Two-headed Wolf Riders were annihilated by a single strike, even if she assembled the Celestial Soul Array, it would still be but a sword’s work.

At this moment, she was like a soulless specter, carrying the Barbarian King in a mad escape.

Should soldiers manage to follow, she allowed the ice path to persist.

But the ice path would not last long.

Thus, more logistic soldiers scrambled to leap aboard ferry boats.

Wolf Riders and Ice Barbarians directly dove into the river water, madly retreating.

Chaos, rout, akin to an avalanche.

...

On the river...

"Let me...down..." The Barbarian King was firmly grasped by ice, yet he still spoke.

Xiaozhao replied: "No."

The Barbarian King’s chest heaved rapidly, then he turned his head, spitting a mouthful of scorching blood, subsequently lying lifelessly on the glacier.

The blood fell into the river, raising white mist.

The Barbarian King’s eyes remained wide open, his voice grave: "The Barbarian King may die, but never retreat.

I have lost, yet the Barbarian Race has not lost, its future shall not fall.

Let me down."

Xiaozhao replied: "No."

"Let me down! Cough cough cough!"

"No!"

Suddenly, the Barbarian King shouted urgently in a pleading tone: "Big sister!"

Xiaozhao’s body trembled, and Li Yuan saw Little Wu Ya’s eyes turn red.

Yet, Glacial Xiaozhao still replied: "No, no matter what you say, I won’t let go."

The Barbarian King laughed miserably: "If you don’t let go, the Great Zhou Emperor won’t stop, will he?

The ending is simply... the Barbarian King being slain by the Great Zhou Emperor while fleeing like a lost dog, hahahaha.. cough cough cough...

In any case, it’s all death, can’t you let me die a little more honorably, big sister?