Chapter 424 - The Man Behind the Curtain (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Hundreds of figures gathered around them, each of them carrying the same face – a face that looked exactly like Lonemoon’s.

“Why is Elder Lonemoon…?” Yu Hong was confused as well. All of those figures looked the same. They couldn’t all have been Lonemoon’s siblings, could they?

“They’ve duplicated Father Niu’s data,” Shen Ying said. Her expression darkened as she scanned the figures around her, one by one. In a low voice, she said, “Not one of these people are real.”

Once the group got over their shock, they managed to respond. Once again, they attacked the figures around them. Now that they could see these figures, they could retaliate properly. The different colored lights from their different techniques filled the sky once again.

The hundreds of Father Nius charged toward them, battling intensely with the group. Very quickly, the group discovered that the figures did not just look like Lonemoon on the outside – even their cultivation level and skills were exactly the same as Lonemoon’s.

In other words, the hundreds of figures they were up against were sword cultivators of the Young Emperor cultivation level. Once they realized this, they broke out in a cold sweat. Although each of them were at the level of Celestial Emperor, fighting this many Young Emperors meant that each Celestial Emperor had to match up against tens of Young Emperors. Naturally, this took a toll on their strength. What’s more, the Young Emperors were sword cultivators. While the group felt empowered at the start, they quickly began to feel defeated.

Their enemies seemed to have caught on. They attacked the group with more vigor and aggression. They even went so far as to abandon all forms of protection, putting their lives on the line to get rid of the group. The situation seemed hopeless, until they suddenly heard a dragon’s roar.

Yi Qing had no intention to give up. He transformed into his true form – a huge golden dragon – that charged toward the sky. His God Power was overwhelming. As he flew higher and higher, lightning began to flash throughout the sky, so that it looked like a huge net was cast around the entire world. The net flew toward the clones.

The deafening sound of thunder filled the air. The figures looked like they were wheat during harvest – one by one, they fell to the ground.

“Dra… Dragon!” All the Celestial Emperors stared in disbelief at the golden dragon in the sky. It took them a long while before they could react.

“Don’t get distracted! Fight!” Yi Qing could not help but remind them. His thick God Power swept past the group.

It was then that all of them regained their composure. With renewed strength, they faced the battle before them. It was almost as if someone had given each of them a boost – especially the Celestial Emperors. Each of them became much more aggressive. On the other hand, the Skyfiends seemed to grow weaker. After such a long time, a divine race had finally appeared in the immortal realm once again. Although they were similarly encouraged, they could not help their bodies’ natural reaction. The divine race was their arch-nemesis after all. The presence of God Power caused even their legs to grow weak.

The situation in the air had changed. Father Niu’s clones were falling to the ground one by one, like broken shards of a crystal. Before they hit the ground, they would disappear. Just like that, there were only a few of them left.

The battle had gone on for a few hours already. Everyone, including the Skyfiends were gravely injured. They could not even find it in them to speak another word. Once the last clone disappeared, all of them heaved a huge sigh of relief and retreated back to where Shen Ying was.

“It’s finally over,” Yu Hong sighed. She undid the defensive array around her and started to walk out to meet the others.

“Wait!” Shen Ying pulled her back all of a sudden and pointed in front of them. “It’s not over!” That glacier had not yet disappeared.

“What… ” Yu Hong hesitated, but she did not know what to say.

The glacier emanated white light once again, causing the demonic Qi in the air to dissipate. A strange aura began to spread rapidly across the entire area, and figures appeared all around them once again.