Chapter 614: The End Of The Show (1/2)
Everyone heard Ming Zhaotian’s abdication speech. Some people stared at the ground in shock, while others watched Ming Zhaotian, and a few of them even wept.
The emperor of a dynasty naturally had their own followers as well. With Ming Zhaotian abdicating, countless other people who had once followed him were bound to suffer from his fall. Ming Zhaotian did not even have a say as to whether these people lived or died.
“From this day forward, I will transfer my position to Reverent King Ming Zhaoshu. According to the decree of the heavens, the Shenwu Empire will now obey him,” Ming Zhaotian declared, following which, a number of the people who had gathered knelt down on the ground.
“Paying respects to Your Majesty”
“Paying respects to Your Majesty”
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Ming Zhaoshu stepped forward and stood at Ming Zhaotian’s side. He emotionally looked down at the gathered crowd, his eyes sweeping across all of them. More and more people knelt to salute him, until finally, everyone at the palace was kneeling on the ground, except for the foreign cultivators. Even the former crown prince, Ming Hao, was half kneeling.
Outside the palace, countless voices rang out in unison, “Paying respects to Your Majesty”...
Ming Zhaoshu had waited for this scene for far too long. He had always been adept at enduring silently, but that had demanded a certain price from him as well. The greater and deeper the patience, the more intense the eruption would be in the end.
Even with Ming Zhaoshu’s personality, he still felt a deep desire to roar at the sky. He had not expected his takeover to be this smooth; if Ming Zhaotian had vowed to fight him to the death, then there would have been a long, drawn out war even if he had managed to kill the emperor and his heirs. But now, Ming Zhaoshu had gained everything legitimately.
From now on, Shenwu Continent belonged to him alone.
Lu Yin looked at Ming Zhaoshu; was he happy? After waiting for so many years, enduring for so long, and scheming to the point where he had even managed to win over some of the four Martial Sovereigns who stood guard over the capital, despite being only a Martial Emperor at that time, he had finally succeeded.
Although it was just the small Shenwu Continent, Ming Zhaoshu’s ability could still be seen.
Lu Yin had relied on the glory of his predecessors as well as his own luck to gain control of the Great Yu Empire whereas Ming Zhaoshu had relied purely on his own ability to seize the Shenwu Empire. Once this sort of person was given a stage, they could achieve world-shaking accomplishments.
Lu Yin closely observed Ming Zhaoshu, paying the most attention to his expression. Was Shenwu Continent his final goal? Perhaps it was for the moment, but Ming Zhaoshu would undoubtedly step into the wider universe, and at that time, what would his next goal be? Ming Zhaoshu’s burning ambition would definitely become an even deeper and more impressive goal in the future.
Lu Yin told himself not to give this person a stage where he could fully display himself.
“I have abdicated, and I hope that you won’t break your promise,” Ming Zhaotian spoke softly to Ming Zhaoshu.
Ming Zhaoshu looked at the half-kneeling Ming Hao. “Rest assured, Brother. I will send him safely away from Shenwu Continent, but you...”
Ming Zhaotian smiled bitterly and looked up at the sky fondly. The sky of Shenwu Continent was very beautiful, and the five sealing planets protected this place, but in the end, it did not belong to him. “Don’t save that person. When you truly grasp control of Shenwu Continent, then go ahead and cooperate with the outsiders. However, it’s too early right now, and he cannot be controlled by you yet.”
This baffling comment confused Ming Zhaoshu.
The next moment, the entire palace quivered as the ground beneath Lu Yin’s feet broke apart. Stone pillars rose up from the ground, connected by a layer of solidified energy that cut him off from the outside world. Each of the five stone pillars emitted an eye-dazzling radiance.
Even Lu Yin could not react to this sudden change in time, let alone anyone else present.
Ming Zhaoshu hurriedly rose into the air and glared at Ming Zhaotian as he shouted, “Brother, what are you doing?”
Ming Zhaotian looked at Ming Zhaoshu with a complex gaze, “Before you completely integrate yourself with the empire, don’t take on any appearance of strength that cannot be controlled. That person’s strength surpasses both of ours, and they cannot remain. Cooperate only with the foreigners after you have truly grasped the empire.”
Ming Zhaoshu’s gaze flickered.
“I, Ming Zhaotian, have protected Shenwu Continent my entire life! Let me die the same way! Hahaha!” Ming Zhaotian shouted before dashing into the sky, straight towards the five sealing planets.
“Your Majesty!” countless shouted out in grief.
Ming Hao clenched both fists, both of his eyes wide open, but he could not say anything. Ming Zhaotian was literally seeking death.
Ming Zhaoshu looked up at the heavens with a complicated gaze, and he seemed to be disturbed, reminiscent, and also determined.
This time, Ming Zhaotian would not reappear. His body would remain at the five sealing planets until it completely rotted away.
Ming Hao knelt down and banged his head on the ground several times.
A dazzling radiance isolated Lu Yin, but it also blocked everyone’s sight. They could all see that Lu Yin had been sealed, but they could not see within the seal at all, and neither could Lu Yin see outside the seal.
Lu Yin looked around, and he quickly noticed that this seal was similar to the seal that had once sealed the Tower of Resonating Light. In the past, many of the trial takers had been sealed and trapped within the Tower of Resonating Light before being rescued by Lu Yin.
This time, the seal was much tougher than the one that had been in the Tower of Resonating Light.
Why had Ming Zhaotian trapped him in this place? Lu Yin could not figure it out.
He put on his universal armor and then reached out with a hand to probe the seal. A strong repelling force pushed back against his palm, and Lu Yin was astonished. This strength was a formless danger, so did that mean that these five pillars were sourceboxes?
He had previously guessed that Shenwu Continent contained many sourceboxes, and he had even wondered if the five sealing planets themselves were sourceboxes. Right now, he realized that it was not entirely impossible, as the sourceboxes on Shenwu Continent were strange, and they were even used to form arrays.
This was definitely not something that Ming Zhaotian and the other natives could do, as they were not capable of such a feat. This was a technique that belonged exclusively to Boundless Advanced Lockbreakers.
It seemed that there were still many unsolved mysteries on Shenwu Continent, but Lu Yin’s top priority at this moment was to escape.