Chapter 539 - 262: The End! The World Concludes!

Nightmare God...

Seems like I’ve heard of it somewhere...

Ye Mingqiu recalled this name with a peculiar sense of familiarity, as if he’d heard it somewhere before, but it wasn’t a deep impression, so it probably wasn’t at an important moment, perhaps just from some daily occurrence.

Unable to recall it quickly, rather than concern himself with such unnecessary trivialities, he should focus on defeating the last enemy before him; there’s no point in getting entangled.

....

Earth Battlefield

The Barbaric Emperor was like a rampaging ancient beast; every step he took caused the ground within a hundred-meter radius to crack and sink, triggering a terrifying tremor.

He needed no weapon; his fists, elbows, knees, and shoulders—every part of the Barbaric Emperor’s body was the top-tier Divine Weapon, possessing immense Power and resilience.

On the Barbaric Emperor’s bronze-colored skin, those Divine Beast totems shimmered brilliantly as if they had vibrant Life, exuding radiant Light, granting him the Power to tear through mountains.

"Boom!!"

The Demon Sword clashed with his fist, the terrifying shockwave fractured the earth, and blood seeped from Modus’ mouth. Even though he had the Buff of the World-Destroying Demon Sword, his hard Power was still a notch below that of the Barbaric Emperor.

The Demon Sword’s power was astonishing, leaving countless scars on the Barbaric Emperor’s towering body, but those scars would heal back to normal in a short time, as if he hadn’t been injured at all.

"Clang!!"

Another intense clash, the Sword Qi from the Demon Sword was blasted apart by the fist, but a deep bone-revealing scar was left on the Barbaric Emperor’s fist, and viscous black liquid oozed from his wound, clearly not human blood.

Modus wasn’t surprised; everything was as he expected. Now, he had to find a way to slay the Barbaric Emperor here.

Next, should I....

A sharp whistling in the air interrupted his thoughts, and the Tyrant, with an ominous murderous intent, descended from the sky, the Blood Spear in its fiery red blaze.

He looked up to the sky, only to see the jet-black Giant Dragon helplessly plummet, and the two Emperors fall with it, a startling revelation dawned in his mind.

The two Emperors were taken down?

This quickly? What terrifying Power!

"Boom!!"

Though the Barbaric Emperor instinctively resisted, he was still pierced through by the fast descending strike, resulting in an immensely terrifying explosion.

"Drip."

Dark, viscous liquid silently dripped, the Blood Spear pierced through the Barbaric Emperor’s arms, continuing on to his forehead, penetrating his strong body. The giant-like Barbaric Emperor was pinned to the ground by the over ten-meter-long Blood Spear, the crimson Blood Flame igniting and evaporating the dark liquid.

The Barbaric Emperor’s body was healing itself, but a smile of relief appeared on his face. Like the other two Emperors, he ceased further resistance, allowing the Blood Spear to completely shred him apart.

"Hoo~"

The Blood Erosion Tyrant exhaled a heavy breath, extracting the Storage Ring from the Barbaric Emperor’s body by sensing it and found the Raw Stone hidden within it. However, the Raw Stone he found was noticeably dimmer, likely unusable as a Stabilizing Stone.

"Hmm..."

Ye Mingqiu frowned slightly and took out the Storage Rings seized from the Black Dragon Emperor and Angry Emperor, extracting the Raw Stones within.

As expected, the Raw Stones possessed and controlled by the Three Emperors were all quite dim, with much of the World Origin inside absorbed. Using these Raw Stones as Stabilizing Stones would likely be unfeasible.

"These Raw Stones..."

"That’s right, they’ve been absorbed of Energy, that’s how the Three Emperors survived for so long." Ye Mingqiu responded, reverting to his initial appearance.

With his eyes lowered, he recalled the battle scene with the Three Emperors just now. He could be quite certain of one thing—they all hadn’t used their full strength.

When the Black Dragon Emperor had his chest pierced through, despite his body quickly healing and still resisting, he didn’t counterattack. Instead, he showed a confused stare, as if lost in doubt, ultimately surrendering without resistance and getting killed.

The Angry Emperor was similar. Upon seeing no anomaly after the Black Dragon Emperor’s death, his Spirit shattered, as if he encountered something more unbearable than death.

The Barbaric Emperor was in a similar situation.

Sorting through the information, summarizing the situation.

The Three Emperors had the ability to absorb World Origin, a power likely originating from the Ancient God, whose name the Angry Emperor mentioned before—the Nightmare God.

The Three Emperors were controlled by the Nightmare God, becoming pawns under its dominion to suppress the Hero, commit evil in the world, collect Raw Stones and absorb Power to nourish the Nightmare God, and the Nightmare God’s Spirit is likely hidden within the original Elf Detection Institute.

The so-called Detection itself was likely just a ruse for the Ordinary nobles; they were not qualified to know such deep-seated secrets, knowing not to venture there should suffice.

The Angry Emperor, being a top-tier Mage, had an extremely strong Spiritual Strength, and likely realized he was controlled. However, if he openly resisted, the control would likely intensify, so he implanted a channel of suggestion within himself to resist, leaving hope for the world.

But...

This never came into use.

Within the Elf Detection Institute, the Nightmare God’s Spirit was absorbed and extinguished by Ye Mingqiu, so the shackles on the Three Emperors were also loosened, hence their lack of fierce resistance at the time of their demise.

The collapse of the Angry Emperor was likely due to the realization that after scheming against the Nightmare God for countless years, the Nightmare God never appeared, making all his arrangements and strategies seem useless, instead making his hidden actions drag the world further into darkness and disaster.