Chapter 2875: The Survival Embers Plan (1/2)

Although the Darkstar Emperor would often be able to make it to the next city before Jian Chen arrived, it was useless. Despite everything he was capable of, despite everything he could think of, he was simply unable to stop Jian Chen from massacring cities.

Whether the ten divine halls worked together and defended or took the offence, they were unable to stop the destruction city after city.

Before Jian Chen’s ultimate will, all they could achieve was protect themselves and prevent themselves from being harmed. They were unable to protect their clansmen.

During his journey between the major cities, Jian Chen ran into a few towns and villages scattered in the various regions of the Darkstar race, and he discovered all the members of the Darkstar race in these towns and villages also partook in the ultimate curse.

However, none of these towns and villages had statues. They only used the incantations of the ultimate curse to deliver their will to the thirty-six major cities before using the faceless statues in the major cities as a medium to imbue Jian Chen with the power of the great curse.

As a result, Jian Chen ignored these people in the towns and villages. His primary target was still the thirty-six major cities.

He had discovered a long time ago that as long as he brought a major city to ruins and destroyed the statue that served as the medium, the wills from the towns and villages were unable to gather together, much less find him in the vast world.

The destruction of over twenty major cities weakened the curse on Jian Chen very much, but the power from the remaining dozen or so cities continued to eat away at his flesh and blood.

By now, everything below Jian Chen’s knees had already vanished. Even half of his thighs had already vanished.

And, as time went on, the destruction gradually spread towards his waist.

The gates of death were growing closer and closer to him.

“Hahaha, Darkstar race, I’d like to see whether it’s you who destroy me first, or it’s me who destroys your Darkstar race first…” After annihilating another city, Jian Chen’s figure vanished as he laughed aloud, leaving behind the fuming Darkstar Emperor and the upper echelon.

They hovered above the empty major city with faces pale from anger. As they experienced uncontrollable fury, they also felt extremely powerless.

Even the Darkstar Emperor who believed himself to be invincible felt deeply defeated.

“Your majesty, we can no longer stop him. Should we continue…” The seventh hall master Getti spoke up with a bitter expression.

Among the ten hall masters, he hated the outsiders the most, and his killing intent towards Jian Chen was unprecedentedly intense. But right now, he truly experienced cold feet. He already felt fear.

“He has the Laws of Space. Even if we have the remaining major cities continue with the curse, as long as we don’t kill him off entirely, even if he’s reduced to a mere head, he’ll have a chance to escape. As for our race, we’ll have to pay a price that involves the destruction of the remaining major cities and the lives of billions of clansmen,” the second hall master spoke up too. With how everything had developed, all the hall masters were considering backing down.

They could all tell that if this continued, the outsider might not necessarily die, but their race faced the risk of extinction.

The Darkstar Emperor clenched his fists. His sharp nails already dug deeply into his flesh. At a closer glance, it was possible to see that he was gently shaking all over.

This was from utter fury. The Darkstar Emperor’s hatred and killing intent towards Jian Chen had reached the point where it could drown out the heavens and destroy the entire world a long time ago.

He did not rush off to the next city. Instead, he remained where he was. His eyes that had become completely blood-red flickered violently with red light. He seemed to be facing an intense conflict inside.