Chapter 998 - Please Have Mercy (1/2)

Zhong Yue kept mum, he clenched Feng Shenyong in his hand. He looked up at Fu Shang and murmured softly, "The seals here are already long unable to trap you, you can walk away anytime you want. But… when will you be able to walk out from the traps you've concocted in your own heart?"

Fu Shang's body shivered, he looked out at the world outside of the Six Paths Bead, "Walk out?"

"Yes, walk out, like a Fuxi."

Upon hearing, Fu Shang's eyes were swallowed by fear and terror, he quickly shook, "No! I don't want to go out! There are bones everywhere! Ghosts! They are waiting to devour all of me! They know I am responsible for their deaths! I don't want to leave!"

Zhong Yue frowned softly, Ghosts everywhere?

The ghosts Fu Shang referred, were they the imaginations of his own heart?

His heart was filled with guilt, and this guilt twisted his mind into demonizing the outside worlds being filled with ghosts seeking revenge on him.

"The crown prince is unsalvagable," Xin Huo who had never been been so disappointed before, shook his head, "You've delivered the Fuxi traitors to him in an attempt to reawaken the lost spirit in him, but your efforts led nowhere. His Dao heart has long shattered away, it will not return anymore."

Zhong Yue shook, "It's not that I needed him to return, but that the Fuxi Celestial Race that needed him, the Fuxis need him to rise."

Feng Shenyong heard the whole conversation, and he was overjoyed, This brat is the wild Fuxi! I must make my escape, once escaped, this intel will bring me endless wealth! In the whole Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, other than Fu Shang, none is capable of killing me! I still have a chance!

In the Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, as the silver curtain tardily dispersed, the gods were sweeping the battlefield; some were repairing the damaged ships and weapons and some proceeded in tending to their own injuries.

Under Zhong Yue's orders, they had battled with two ancient great presences who were both peak Imperial Emperors. The battle had greatly surged their battling spirits; before this, none of them thought they were strong enough to battle with the ancient presences. But now, they could feel the endless spirit burning in their hearts!

Of course, Feng Shenyong's and Fu Baozheng's art of the monarch strike was too strong, they were able to break the array formation and showed their magnificence as the ancient presences to the world.

However, even though the gods were lost in the battle, they could still claim the honors on them. After all, what they were facing against were two ancient great presences.

Furthermore, Zhong Yue's swing of saber that separated the two Imperial Emperors and severed their tails, breaking the art of monarch strike, has greatly bestirred the gods' morales!

The morale across the whole Heaven Suppressing Prefecture was purely impressive.

The 28 Heavens hung high in the sky, their powers billowed down as a God Slaying Stage was built. There were gods on the stage, drawing the powers of the Heavens to refine the God Slaying Stage and they were already at the end of the refinements.

Zhong Yue had given his order, one of the ancient great presences would be executed on this God Slaying Stage as a show of dominance!

Executing an ancient great presence as a show of dominance?

Just how upsurging would it be to the morale across the whole Heaven Suppressing Prefecture?

"Mister, should we notify my father?" Mu Suge watched as Zhong Yue dragging Feng Shenyong by the latter's neck and he hastily stepped forward and ask.

Zhong Yue smiled, "His Majesty should know by now. However, these two traitors are from His Majesty directly, there is a need to notify His Majesty. Your Highness, send the messengers, or connect His Majesty with the totem pillars."

"My father already knew?" Mu Suge startled but was quick to understand what Zhong Yue meant. There were Imperial Emperor Xian Tian's cronies hidden across the Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, they must've already passed the message to Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

Mu Suge was a little worried, he quickly said, "Mister, my father, he…"

Zhong Yue waved his hand with laughter, "Although the lord and subjects should always be intimate, there is still a need for the lord to remain vigilant and keep something up his sleeves. It is, of course, natural that His Majesty had allocated some eyes and ears around me. Prince Suge, worry not."

Mu Suge eased his heart, he replied, "I don't know what message was reported back to father, but I will be all honest and truthful in my message to him."

Zhong Yue nodded while Mu Suge quickly took out the totem pillar and said, "Then, I will proceed to contact father."

Zhong Yue dragged Feng Shenyong toward the God Slaying Stage. Feng Shenyong grew extremely agitated, he tried to speak but no sound could be made, Shit, Feng Shang has sealed all I have!

He couldn't cast his Yuan Shen, use his psyche and arcane energy; he couldn't move at all, not even his vocal cords!

On the God Slaying Stage, Zhong Yue glanced around and saw the Creators inscribing the totem patterns on the stage. These totem patterns came together and formed a complex system of blood grooves.

A Creator stepped forward, it was Sovereign Ning. He bowed and led Zhong Yue to the front and said, "Lord, please look. This is where the execution will be taking place. When the stage is opened, the criminal will be suppressed in the center of the stage."

Zhong Yue inspected the stage carefully. There were many strange and bizarre complex Dao totem patterns carved all over the stage. Even with his knowledge, Zhong Yue still couldn't see through all of these Dao totem patterns' secrets.

Sovereign Ning smiled, "The first swing of scythe will behead the criminal, the blood will flow into the grooves and activate the stage's totem patterns, locking the criminal's Yuan Shen and mortal body. But some may pull through the first swing, their heads would grow back, but the blood shed will still trigger the blood grooves. Once the totem patterns are activated, even the Immortal Body will be left powerless. When the new head was grown back in place, the second swing would fall, beheading the mortal body and Yuan Shen together."

Zhong Yue praised, "The Ning Race is indeed impressive. The God Slaying Stage is truly a stunning creation. But what if even the second swing fails to kill?"

"Then we'll do the third swing!" Sovereign Ning smirked with an eerie smile, "The third swing is the real deal here. Lord, please look there."

He walked down the stage to its back. There, dug a huge pool but there was no water in it. The pool's walls and base were also engraved with complicated totem patterns.

"This is the Pool of Death. The specters of the gods killed on the stage will be stored here. Their essences, blood, and flesh, all will turn into the nutrients to this pool. Along with the third swing, the Pool of Death's power will be gathered together and unleashed in one single strike that will even erase the criminal's soul!"

Sovereign Ning smirked, the eerie smile extended ear-to-ear and his looks grew nefarious, "Our Ning Race and Zheng Race had never been known of our powers. But all the reigns of Heavenly Monarchs have had us two races to forge the God Slaying Stages for them. Not even the Tian Gong Celestial Race stood a chance against us in this field. Our Ning Race still has the God Slaying Stage's blueprint with us. If there was the Zheng Race to help us, this God Slaying Stage would be even more perfect."

Zhong Yue then recalled that the Zheng Race was a race under the Haoying Clan's faction. Back when he encountered Fu Baochu, he had taken advantage of the Zheng Race to set up Fu Baochu's death, which also costed the Zheng Race a grand ancestor.