Chapter 405 - Chapter 405: Complete Physical and Mental Destruction (1/2)
Chapter 405: Complete Physical and Mental Destruction
Gu Yang held the jade box in one hand, and in the instant his gaze shifted to a particular spot, someone couldn’t help but act.
The hooded figure in black made a move, a small black dot appeared out of thin air, about to fall onto the peach.
Almost simultaneously, a starlight lit up.
Just as it was about to pierce the tiny dot, it abruptly retracted.
A flame appeared out of nowhere, reducing the black dot to ashes.
Gu Yang looked at the black-cloaked figure, “Ancient insect?”
That black dot was not simple, it had managed to evade his perception. He almost allowed it to fall onto the peach if not for his quick reaction.
The black dot was a tiny insect, carrying a sense of familiarity, an aura of untamed wilderness about it.
Previously, in the Moon Water Cave Heaven, he encountered a demonic cultivator who released a Purple Lightning Golden Cicada, an ancient insect, whose aura felt similar.
“Ah, good observation.”
The voice of the cloaked figure sounded odd, not only in accent but the voice itself was not quite human-like, “I thought you were the reincarnation of that Emperor, but it seems I was wrong.”
“From the sounds of it, seems like you recognized it?”
“You don’t need to know that,” the cloaked figure laughed eerily, “Did you present this peach to have us kill each other? So naive of you, to think that such a scheme would work. If you want to survive, hand over the item. That’s your only chance.”
Gu Yang laughed, “Well, you’re mistaken. I simply aim to keep you all here!”
With that, he drew the Human Emperor’s Sword, asking, “Who’s first?”
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“Could it be… the legendary Witch King of the South?”
In the literary courtyard, Gao Fan thought of a certain figure after seeing the move of the black-robed man, or rather, a being that could hardly be called a human.
He exclaimed with surprise, “But, how could it be still alive? Weren’t there records of it from 5000 years ago?”
Wu Er also seemed concerned, “The South, even the Xia Emperor couldn’t really conquer that land. Perhaps, it’s due to its existence.”
The South was a vast area covered in forest, stretching mountains, and miasma everywhere.
None of the Xia Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, or the present Great Zhou could control that area.
In the South, there lived a number of mountain tribes, people who had fled into the mountains to escape the turmoil of war.
According to legend, the South was ruled by a Witch King, omnipotent, a manifestation of a god.
The legend of the Witch King was ancient, with initial records dating back to 5000 years ago.
At that time, the Xia Dynasty had not yet been established. This land was divided into several factions.
The largest faction, neighboring the South, aimed to expand its territory. They conducted a large-scale deforestation to make farmland and captured mountain people as slaves.
However, overnight, the high officials and tens of thousands of soldiers of that faction disappeared without a trace.
Since then, the legend of the Witch King began to circulate throughout the Divine State.
If the black-robed figure truly was the legendary Witch King, it could be a terrifying existence that had lived for five thousand years.
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“Who’s first?”
As Gu Yang asked this, his eyes were fixated on the black-cloaked figure.
This person, after initiating the first move, would naturally not stop there.
He saw him snort coldly, his figure blurring, then disappeared without a trace.
Sight of the Candle Dragon.
Gu Yang made use of the divine power of the Candle Dragon, looking around, but he couldn’t see the figure anywhere.
“He ran away?”
He finally realized.
The cloaked figure had actually just run away like that.
He genuinely had not expected it.
At this point, Zi Wei, the real person from the Star Sea, spoke up, “It’s not human.”
It was then that it dawned on Gu Yang. It avoided the Human Emperor’s Sword.
The Human Emperor’s Sword unleashed its true power only when dealing with non-human races.
Just like when he slaughtered the Jade Dew Divine at the Yaochi Conference before, if the black-robed figure wasn’t human, its fear of the Human Emperor’s Sword was justified.
He looked at Zi Wei, who seemed to have no intention of making a move.
Earlier on, when the robed figure released the insect, he made a move but pulled back midway.
“I’ll go!”
Chang Tian of the Barbarians had been raring to go. He drew out the scarlet longsword from behind his back.
In the past few days, he had learned a lot about Gu Yang’s exploits from the intelligence, and it made him a little indignant.