dognovel Chapter 340 Burning Technique
Chapter 340 Burning Technique
Zhou Li shouted loudly, and two gilded imperial orders burst out from his palms.
The air in the area solidified instantly, and golden runes flowed on the surface of the token, emitting a suffocating pressure.
One went straight to Hu Qing's soul, and the other roared towards the Deep Sea King.
Hu Qing's spirit was imprisoned in mid-air by the invisible force of the domain, and he watched helplessly as the imperial order penetrated his forehead.
In an instant, he felt his consciousness being dragged into an endless abyss, and ripples began to appear on the edge of his soul, as if it would dissipate at any moment.
But just when his soul was about to collapse, a crisp "clang" sound came from the darkness.
"what?"
Hu Qing suddenly woke up and found that his soul was intact.
He looked towards the east thoughtfully, a hint of understanding appearing at the corner of his mouth.
The soul contract between the twin flowers could not be severed even by the imperial decree.
The origin of his soul is in Gu Yang, so where does this imperial order come from to break up his soul?
"what--!"
The Deep Sea King was not so lucky and screamed heart-wrenchingly.
His newly reassembled body twitched wildly on the ground, and black blood foam seeped out from between the scales.
The imperial decree moved through his body like a branding iron, burning large pieces of flesh and blood wherever it passed.
What's even more terrifying is that the soul is being stripped away bit by bit by some force.
Zhou Li raised his hand indifferently, and a swirling golden nebula condensed in his palm:
"I will make you regret offending my Great Zhou Dynasty forever..."
Before he finished speaking, a sudden change occurred!
"Click——"
A crack suddenly appeared in the Deep Sea King's chest, and a strange black rock broke out of his body.
The surface of the stone was covered with vein-like lines, which were pulsating violently at this moment.
As the stone left his body, Deep Sea King fell to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut, and the light in his eyes instantly disappeared.
"Shut up! His soul has been given to me. How can I let you touch it?"
An old and hoarse voice came from the stone, and a vague black shadow slowly emerged.
It just waved its sleeves casually, and the imperial domain that Zhou Li had carefully constructed shattered like glass!
When the golden light in the sky dissipated, the black shadow turned to Hu Qing and said, "Boy, keep it for me."
Before Hu Qing could react, the black shadow, carrying the black stone, sank into his dantian.
In an instant, he felt a familiar tingling sensation deep within his soul—the sensation of the Trade Stone returning.
Looking at the fragments that had grown a whole circle larger, Hu Qing became even more frightened. Why was this thing becoming more and more scary?
What was even more bizarre was that the Deep Sea King's broken body suddenly turned into blood and water, which was completely absorbed by the black stone, leaving behind a pool of debris.
Zhou Li's face changed drastically. He clearly felt that the black shadow's casual attack contained a power that transcended the laws of this world.
The black long sword trembled uneasily in his hand, and the emperor hesitated for the first time.
The mountaintop fell into deathly silence, with only the smell of blood lingering in the wind.
The mountain wind blew across the altar, carrying the smell of blood. The surroundings were so quiet that one could hear the sound of rubble rolling.
Zhou Li's hand holding the knife was also trembling slightly - the image of the black shadow casually breaking through the domain just now was still lingering in his mind.
"Mahayana stage... no, I'm afraid it's even higher..."
Cold sweat oozed from the emperor's temples beneath his golden crown.
He suddenly realized that his peak Duanchen cultivation, which he was so proud of, was nothing but a joke in front of that kind of being.
Turning to look at Zhou Tianhao beside Empress Dowager Li, this usually docile son was clutching the hem of his sacrificial robe tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.
A hint of disappointment flashed across the emperor's eyes, but it quickly turned into determination.
He placed his hand on Zhou Tianhao's shoulder and whispered, "When the ceremony is over, I will pass the throne to you."
"Father, Emperor?" Zhou Tianhao widened his eyes.
"Protect the foundation." Zhou Li looked towards the clouds with a burning gaze, "Wait for my father to break through and return..."
Zhou Li sighed in his heart: After all, he is a son of a tiger father.
But then he thought, if he could break through that shackle, the rise and fall of the dynasty would be just a matter of a snap of the fingers...
"Go away. This matter has nothing to do with you. My target is only that beast."
Zhou Li waved his hand with his back to Hu Qing's soul body, and the black long sword turned into a stream of light and was retracted into his sleeve.
At this moment, he just wanted to end this farce as soon as possible and return to his paradise of seclusion.
Hu Qing was floating in the air, with a faint green glow on the edge of his soul body.
He lowered his head and "looked" at the place where his body had originally been - there was only a pool of blood mixed with gold threads.
Without the flesh puppet as a container, he didn't know where to go. Now he could only find a direction to see if he could return to Deepwater Town.
But before that, Deep Sea King has some good stuff...
"Let's start the music—"
The surviving civil servants pushed out a distinguished old man and shouted with a trembling voice.
Around the broken altar, the musicians suppressed their fear and played the Requiem.
But just as the chimes struck the first note, a loud sound of rocks exploding suddenly came from the end of the mountain path.
"boom!"
A pillar of red fire shot up into the sky, dyeing half of the sky blood red.
A scorching hot air wave swept over, and several civil servants were burned to pieces on the spot.
"Wait, have you forgotten me?"
Zhou Tianxuan slowly emerged from the sea of fire. With every step he took, the bluestone beneath his feet melted into magma.
The originally silver-bright armor was now as red as a branding iron, and the runes on the crystal longbow were madly devouring the surrounding spiritual energy.
The most terrifying thing was his eyes - his pupils had turned into two dancing flames.
"Rebellious son! What on earth are you planning to do today?! I'm already being merciful by not killing you..."
Zhou Lili shouted, but was shocked to find that the pressure around his second son was rising rapidly.
Beginning, middle, late stages...
When Zhou Tianxuan walked to the front of the altar, his aura was comparable to his own!
Empress Dowager Li suddenly started coughing violently, and the pearls on the phoenix crown burst one after another.
She looked at her eldest son in disbelief: "The secret method of blood sacrifice... How dare you secretly practice forbidden techniques..."
"Forbidden Technique? What do you know?"
Zhou Tianxuan grinned and ripped open his breastplate, revealing a red vortex swirling around his heart. "This is clearly the 'Burning Art' that our ancestors hid in the imperial mausoleum!"
As he spoke, he suddenly drew his bow and an arrow condensed from the earth's core fire pointed directly at Zhou Li's eyebrows.
"Old man, it's time to step down. I want to go up and sit down too."
The arrow shot out like a dragon, and the space was distorted and broken wherever it passed.
Zhou Li hastily swung his sword to block, but was shocked and retreated seven steps. The golden imperial blood bursting from his tiger's mouth dripped onto the altar, burning deep pits in the stone slabs.
The ministers scattered in an uproar, and no one noticed that Hu Qing's soul was quietly floating towards the black wreckage.
While everyone's attention was drawn to the duel between father and son, a half-black fragment quietly rose from the blood...