Chapter 448 – Fighting the Imperial Emperor (2/2)
Of course, Wu Jiu only felt pity. Since the Imperial Emperor had passed down the Imperial Decree, and didn’t even let go of Wu Jiu’s son, he had broken off all relationships with the Martial Saint Dynasty in his mind.
However, Wu Jiu and Xuan Ye’s minds were still raging with shock. The reason for these surging emotions was naturally Jiang Chen. When Jiang Chen left them, he was only a peak Divine Core warrior, not even close to the Combat Soul realm. However, in such a short amount of time, not only had he broken through to the Combat Soul realm, his combat strength had become even more incredibly heavenly defying, as he was able to kill so many mighty warriors of the Martial Saint Dynasty. Judging from the miserable endings of these emperors, without guessing, they were able to see that Shangguan Sheng and Tiangang Yi had ended up worse.
“Wu Jiu, look at this. This is the man you’ve called your brother, and he has killed all your blood brother. I’m betting you’re regretting your decision now.”
The Imperial Emperor threw a cold glance at Wu Jiu.
“Hmph! Regret? You’re the one responsible for all this! I told you before; do not offend Jiang Chen. When he just came to the Martial Saint Dynasty, if we could have treated him like an important guest, perhaps he would have joined us and worked with us. If that had happened, not only would the Martial Saint Dynasty have one less enemies, it would become stronger as well. But you and everyone else didn’t like Jiang Chen, so you created all sorts of trouble for him, and that is the cause for today’s tragedy. As for the blood brothers you mentioned, I’m sorry, but when you decided to kill me, and the moment they deliberately planned to kill me; the ties between us broke!”
Wu Jiu coldly harrumphed. The Imperial Emperor and the other emperors had long ago hurt him. He had no doubts, if not for Jiang Chen, he would already have become a dead man, and his son would have become a criminal who was wanted by the Martial Saint Dynasty.
“Good, very good! I will let all of you know what the consequences of becoming the Martial Saint Dynasty’s enemy are!”
The Imperial Emperor said with a hideous smile visible on his face.
“Imperial Emperor, save your brath. Set all four of them free, and I’ll give you the Crown Prince and all those heads.”
Jiang Chen interrupted the conversation and said. Today, he was here to trade.
“The Crown Prince can be exchanged for one man. Those heads can be exchanged for another. Out of these four men, you can only bring two away.”
The Imperial Emperor said.
“No, I want all of them; not one left behind.”
Under no circumstances would Jiang Chen give in. What a joke, with the Imperial Emperor current anger, he might perhaps kill those left behind.
“Jiang Chen, don’t push your luck, this is my bottom line.”
The Imperial Emperor was guarding his last bit of imperial authority.
“You have long ago crossed my bottom line. I must bring all four men with me; there are no rooms for negotiation.”
Jiang Chen said in a resolute tone, leaving no room for discussion.
Seeing Jiang Chen holding onto his position so firmly, the Imperial Emperor’s imperial robes started shaking, as his body was trembling with anger. However, in the follow moment, his eyes lit up. He suddenly realized that it didn’t matter if he gave all these men to Jiang Chen. Under the current circumstances, could Jiang Chen really escape from this place? As long as he could get the Crown Prince and those heads back, all of these men would still die, including Jiang Chen.
“I’ll say it one last time; the Crown Prince can be exchanged for one person, the heads for another. However, Jiang Chen, since you have the power to slaughter so many peak Combat Soul warriors, I wonder if you have the courage to fight with me? If you can take three strikes from me without being killed, I will let all of you go freely.”
A scornful smile appeared on the Imperial Emperor’s face.
“Alright.”
Out of the Imperial Emperor’s expectations, Jiang Chen actually accepted his challenge straightaway, showing no signs of hesitation.
“Since you’re seeking death, I won’t be polite with you.”
A ridiculing look leaked out from the Imperial Emperor’s eyes. He never thought that Jiang Chen would accept his challenge so easily. It looked like this young man’s confident had exploded forth as the result of his own strength; he thought he was invincible, and had no idea about the massive gap between the Combat Soul realm and Combat King realm, as that was something that Jiang Chen would never be able to imagine.
Let alone three strikes, the Imperial Emperor believed he would be able to crushed Jiang Chen into shredded meat with just a single strike. Once he killed Jiang Chen, he would proceed to kill all of Jiang Chen’s family and friends, avenging all the emperors.
This was the Imperial Emperor’s thoughts. Certainly, Jiang Chen had his own plan as well. In fact, he had been waiting for the Imperial Emperor to come out with the words saying that he would let them all go free. If not, with Jiang Zhenhai and the other three men as burdens, it would be really difficult for him to leave this place today.
“Come!”
Jiang Chen leapt forward and arrived in mid-air. At the same time, he placed all the floating heads into his storage ring, as well as the Crown Prince. Although the space within his storage ring was an isolated it, and it was used to place non-living items, the Crown Prince was a Combat Soul warrior, so he wouldn’t suffocate to death in such a short period of time.
“Chen’er, be careful!”
“Brother, be careful!”
Jiang Zhenhai and Wu Jiu gave out words of caution at the same time, especially Wu Jiu. His face was covered with worry. He certainly knew how incredible Jiang Chen was, but the Imperial Emperor was a real Combat King warrior, not someone a young man who was only at the Combat Soul realm could deal with. Three strikes from the Imperial Emperor could really kill him.