Poison God's Heritage

Chapter 776: Attack

About ten days later, inside the largest fortified city of the Sea of Demons, the Imperial City. Where the self-proclaimed emperor resides, a commotion was happening.

The thought was that Shen Bao, the victor of the Tournament would come to try and claim the area for himself, but he was a mere Void Stage cultivator.

Though Strongest Under the Sun, he was not at the level of taking over the territory of the Sea of Demons. No matter how powerful he was in the tournament, it was a rigged one. After all, the cultivators there could not use their Origin Qi, so if he tried and dared come to claim this land, he would end up dead.

The Emperor was not a fan of the decisions that the Suns had taken, after all, he had reached the peak of the Origin Shattering Stage, only a bit away from the Heaven Stage. Which was a very powerful level of cultivation.

They all saw how Shen Bao was powerful and smart, but that is only if he is able to use his tools and puppets. Here, so far out of the world, in an area where even normal usage of Qi is restricted, his trinkets wouldn't pose a threat if he dared come here.

Not to mention, there were plenty of Void Shattering Stage cultivators, and a few Origin Realm Cultivators, and a couple who are the guards of the Emperor at the Origin Shattering Realm.

The area couldn't be more fortified even if one wanted to.

The agreement he had with the Suns to keep this land is to stop the Walkers from moving outside the Sea of Demons and to keep them at bay here until the Endless Nights starts. Only then will they no longer have any obligation toward the Beyond and will have to fight to protect themselves only?

Which was an agreement that has been going on for hundreds of years.

But now, the Suns reneged on that agreement and gifted the territory that the current Emperor Spent ages to develop to some no-name guy who won a rigged competition.

A man hurriedly rushed inside the imperial hall, where several councilors and generals were bowing in prostration to the imperial seat.

The man was wearing the robes of an eunuch, he was basically a slave for the imperial family and only served the imperial family. He would prostrate himself there, and present a jade with both hands over his bowed head.

"A message arrived, Your Imperial Majesty!" the eunuch said with all the air in his lungs.

The nearest general who was the man who had his daughter saved by Shen Bao went and grabbed the jade.

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He read through it and frowned.

"What is it?" the Emperor asked.

The words had found difficulty leaving his mouth when he said "It is a threat."

"Someone dares threaten his majesty?!" one of the other three generals rose up as he slammed the butt of his glaive on the ground in an uproar.

"Who and what do they want?" the Emperor Asked.

"It is Shen Bao, the victor of the-"

"SKIP THE USELESS DETAILS!" the Emperor roared.

"Y-yes your majesty. Shen Bao is demanding you hand over the key and throne to the Empire. And is claiming dominion all over the land as the rightful ruler and inheritor of the land. We have… as he said about a day's worth of time to come with a decision, or else…"

"Or Else? Or ELSE?! Who does he think he is?!"

"Also, he said he is right outside the Imperial City if you wish to confront him."

"Bring me his damn head!" the Emperor said as he grabbed a jug of wine from the nearest table and drank from it.

"As the Lord commands!" the General of the West twirled his glaive, a wide grin on his face appeared as he shot out of the palace in the direction of the main gate.

"Fools, they think just because the Suns gifted them something that they're allowed to…" his words were cut short as a world-shaking explosion echoed. It was so loud that it shook the very palace's foundations.

"Bloody Fool!" the Emperor said, "Why use so much force in capturing a damn Void Stage cultivator! Is he trying to kill me! THIS IS TREASON!" the Emperor shouted in a loud smiling face.

He was clearly enjoying the pain and misery that must have befell Shen Bao at the hand of one of the Origin Realm Cultivators who are acting generals of the Sea of Demons.

Soon, the explosion and vibration died down. And not longer than a few breaths worth of time something came flying right through the main gate of the Imperial Palace.

It was a scorched, barely recognizable head, with a fractured skull that caved in so much the whites of the brain inside were oozing out.

"Get this filthy thing out of my hall," the Emperor said. "Also, where is Ya Zu? I told him to kill and bring me the Head of the so-called Shen Bao why did he only bring the head and not himself? Is he planning on fooling around in the city like usual?"

One of the other generals smiled. He was the youngest and most handsome-looking one in the room, sitting with on knee up on a chair and had a spear hanging on top of his shoulder as he used one of his arms to hang over it, "He probably found another good-looking woman to ruin. Does he not know he should bring her to the Emperor First," the man shook his head.

"Like you would do that," the Emperor Said, "At least he kills them after he is done, you let them live in utter misery," the Emperor Joked as he drank more of the wine.

Another eunuch soon arrived at the palace gate, only this one was shaken and pale as a sheet of paper.

"What is it?" the General of the West Spoke trying to keep his neutrality and his allegiance in check. Although Shen Bao had saved his daughter, the General was a man and a soldier of the Sea of Demons he couldn't simply switch sides. And he definitely mustn't show any pity or mercy to Shen Bao or else nothing can save him from certain death.

"The- the life Jade of General Ya Zu… it broke…"

The information fell like a thunderbolt in a clear sky, unexpected and unwarranted and clearly impossible to even digest or consider true.

The Emperor stood up from his seat and slowly went all the way down to the head on the ground, he picked it up and his eyes widened as he recognized a familiar tattoo that hadn't completely burnt.

A small piece of jade was imbedded into the dead general's ear which the Emperor played.

"You now have one hour to come up with a decision." It said.

He dropped his head and shouted with all his might, "BRING HIM TO ME! RIGHT NOW! ALIVE!"

The there generals immediately shot out of the palace, hurrying toward the gate as they noticed something they didn't ever expect.

It wasn't due to their lack of ability to sense something from far away after all, they were all at the Origin Realm and were more than capable of sensing stuff at the gate. But due to the nature of the Sea of Demons' Qi sealing and limitation, their Qi could only extend to a few miles around them. While Shen Bao was so far away standing with both hands crossed in front of him.

The wind blew and ruffled his hair lightly and his robes, while his eyes were shining bright green.

However, his stalwart and courageous appearance wasn't what brought the attention of the royal guard. But the fact that he was standing on the shoulder of a puppet so gigantic that it easier towered over the walls of the city.

The cries and fear of people intensified as they noticed the looming titan peering over them as if they were ants.

And around the gigantic puppet were tens of thousands of other smaller puppets. A majority of them were on one knee holding a tube-like object that was aimed straight forward. While the rest stood like resolute soldiers that have undergone a thousand battles.

The three generals spread out and simply decided to surround and come at Shen Bao from three different directions to spread his focus.

But he didn't even take a second glance at any of them.

He pointed up, then down at the royal palace.

This made the three generals stop in their tracks. That mere motion was so full of confidence and certainty that it made them hesitate. Especially since he aimed at the Royal Palace. Where their Emperor was.

Thinking that it was simply a ruse from Shen Bao after nothing happened two of the generals rushed forward, the General of the West holding a saber, and the General of the North with his golden spear. While the general of the Shield remained back waiting for whatever thing could threaten the Royal palace.

And he was right in waiting, after all, a massive pillar-sized spear was coming down from the high heavens at a speed so fast that it bore through the clouds of the Sea of Demons tearing them apart and blowing them away to reveal the bright sun.

The projectile was coming down at such an incredible pace that he was forced to use Blood Escape, sacrificing a good chunk of his blood essence to increase his speed a hundredfold to intercept.

The General of the Shield raised a massive circular shield up to block the incoming pillar of pure tungsten metal.

All the two other generals heard when they were about to reach Shen Bao was.

"If only you learned the Law of Kinetic Energy… you wouldn't have tried to do that," he grinned.