Chapter 701 - When The Hand Was Raised, The Head Fell (1/2)

The Eighteen Emperors of the Heavenly Cloud and King Geng knelt on the ground while King Geng continued bowing at toward the former; when King Geng swore the oath with Zhong Yue, he once said that Qi Practitioners should never kneel at Realm Monarch, heaven and earth and they should only pay their respect to heaven and earth.

But now, he was kneeling and bowing non-stop as he cried at the unfortunate fate of his men.

With their vision gone, the Eighteen Emperors of the Heavenly Cloud fumbled forward and forcefully dragged King Geng up as they all cried together.

"Loyal men," murmured Zhong Yue.

He silently lamented the disastrous fate that had befallen the eighteen men; they had tirelessly followed their lord's order, patiently waiting for his return and refusing to surrender even after having their eyes gouged out and legs and arms amputated.

"Wow, so lively! Crying here and there and kneeling everywhere, it's just as lively as a funeral."

At the opposite, Prince Yun He sneered , "With things in the state they are in, King Geng will no longer be able to maintain his full power. Who knows how much of his power he can use now. Perhaps, he is coming close to his end already."

He looked at the Heaven Realm Qi Practitioners beside him and he said, "They said King Geng is a proud man who only knelt toward the heaven and earth, not at the Heavenly Monarch and Realm Monarch. But now, he is kneeling before these blind and handicapped dogs. If we challenge him now, he will definitely accept our challenge in his grief. Killing King Geng will make us famous, maybe my father will start paying attention to me as well."

As soon as he said this, the other nine Qi Practitioners' eyes lit up.

And things were exactly just like what Prince Yun He said. Right now, King Geng was consumed with anger and sorrow, something that would greatly affect his strength; anger would cause him to lose his cool, and his grief would leave him irrational. Thus, the battle would be half won if they chose to fight him while he was in this state.

And Prince Yun He, whose eyes could see throug everything, dared to say, then it must be true that King Geng's end was near.

He had obviously prepared himself for this moment and had come here with his men and sat opposite of King Geng in order to see King Geng's death.

Unlike the Prison Realm's Qi Practitioners that knew no limits and no boundaries and had no respect for the Realm Monarch who banished them and their child into the Prison Realm, the Qi Practitioners from the Heaven Realm had always wanted to get into the Heaven Court; they wanted to build a noble reputation, start a huge family with great power and make their ancestors and their family proud.

Thus, Prince Yun He's proposal had greatly affected them.

One of them immediately stood up and shouted, "King Geng, I am Yuan Congxi from the Yuan Shen Family. I've heard that you are very strong and I wish to challenge you!

Another one stood up and said, "They said that King Geng once put up a tough fight with Realm Monarch and now, please allow me, Gu Xuanji from the Gu Family, to seek some teaching from King Geng!"

A lady laughed happily and she taunted, "King Geng, are you afraid of accepting a challenge from Qian Rou?"

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The Qi Practitioners around Prince Yun He all stood up and challenged King Geng while Prince Yun He smiled and continued enjoying his wine.

Zhong Yue frowned upon this scene and got out to stand in front of King Geng. At the same time, Li Tianxing, Yu Bochuan, Jun Wudao and the others also stood up to do the same.

Similar to those from Heaven Realm, Zhong Yue and the others could also tell that King Geng was not in the greatest state of mind right now. It was already good enough that King Geng didn't let his emotion completely devour his consciousness and if he was to accept the challenges, he would be killed right here in the Inn of Heavenly Treasures!

The challengers were all Qi Practitioners that have reverse opened all six wheels, innate spirit bodies, cultivated perfect Six Paths Reincarnation techniques and with their overpowered bloodline, they would prove themselves foes equivalent to King Geng.

Besides, with his current condition, King Geng would not be able to put up a fight.

King Geng was a proud man but knew what he was doing, and this was what all the Prison Realm's Qi Practitioners liked, which was also why they would still stand up for King Geng.

King Geng, however, stopped them and said with a very sore voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for your kindness and I appreciate that. I am previously the ruler of Heaven Realm and if I do not accept their challenges, my fame will be tainted! Let me deal with them!"

Jun Wudao frowned and she quickly said, "You are not in a very good condition to fight. Why try so hard to kill yourself?"

Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud frowned as well and Heavenly King Lu whispered, "King Geng, no point getting so angry over some puny injuries on us. You must stay calm…."

"If I don't accept their challenge and have them slaughtered, the anger and sorrow in me will not be abated and they will become a mental obstacle that will restrict my growth. Stand aside, I've made up my mind."

With a very depressed and gloomy look, King Geng said, "Brother Zhong, please take care of these eighteen brothers of mine. If you become strong enough in the future, please help me to lift their seals."

Zhong Yue frowned and an uneasy feeling crept up in his heart as he felt that King Geng was handing over the fate of Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud to him so that he could fight without any worries anymore!

"Isn't better if you do it yourself?" Zhong Yue said as he still tried to convince King Geng.

King Geng burst out laughing and said proudly, "I can, but if I kill Prince Yun He, the Realm Monarch will probably want my head so I cannot let you guys to it. Brother Zhong Yue, were you telling the truth when you told me that your previous life's age was fifty-four thousand years old?"