novelraw Chapter 711 711 - The Sky Turns, The Emperor is About to Die!!
Chapter 711 711 - The Sky Turns, The Emperor is About to Die!!
Qin Heng's strength was beyond doubt!
He was too strong!
Truly too strong!!
However, the terrifying Sword Qi that had descended from the sky earlier still amazed Xue Qinan and Ning Shuying.
Two peak Semi-Saints, three Semi-Saints!
Under that single sword strike, they were like insignificant ants, instantly engulfed by the torrent of sword light, turned into a viscous slurry, leaving not even remains to be buried!
So strong! Truly so strong!!
TAP! TAP! TAP!!
The ground began to shake. The dense sound of footsteps approached, and even the sand and stones on the ground trembled continuously.
Soon, Qin Heng arrived before Xue Qinan and Ning Shuying.
Both women looked somewhat dazed.
Qin Heng's current appearance was truly dazzling: an imperial robe, a crown, a chariot pulled by Nine Dragons, followed by hundreds of thousands of skeleton soldiers—it was simply too extravagant!
Although they had both seen Qin Heng from a distance before, it hadn't been this vivid.
As Qin Heng drew near, Xue Qinan and Ning Shuying found themselves somewhat afraid to speak.
"What's with this appearance?"
Ning Shuying, having once been Qin Heng's instructor, summoned her courage. "Isn't this a bit too ostentatious? After all, this is the Warring States era, where experts are legion."
"Yes! Great Saints are as common as clouds, and Saints as plentiful as rain!" Xue Qinan added, her face etched with worry. A chariot pulled by Nine Dragons, hundreds of thousands of skeleton soldiers—this was truly too much!
What if they encounter a top-tier Great Saint? What then??
"You don't need to worry about that," Qin Heng said with a smile. "Come with me, so you won't encounter similar dangers again."
"Where are you going?" Ning Shuying asked, puzzled. She couldn't comprehend Qin Heng's actions. After annihilating the capital of Wei Country, he had assembled such a vast army of skeletons. What was he planning?
"To Zongzhou," Qin Heng replied indifferently.
"Zongzhou??" Xue Qinan was taken aback. "You mean Zongzhou, the current capital of the Zhou royal family!? Have you gone mad!?"
Qin Heng didn't answer, merely glancing at the two women before smiling. "Let's go."
ROAR! ROAR!!
Nine Yuan Qi Dragons roared. Immediately, golden clouds began to rise beneath their feet, spreading out and lifting not only Xue Qinan and Ning Shuying but also Bai Qi and the hundreds of thousands of black-armored skeleton soldiers into the sky.
Then, dazzling white light erupted from the bodies of these hundreds of thousands of skeleton soldiers. In the blink of an eye, the black-armored skeletons transformed into soldiers clad in pure white armor, their very bones turning to light, becoming incredibly sacred!
Bai Qi stared in disbelief, unable to comprehend how Qin Heng could achieve such a transformation—it was unfathomable, truly inconceivable!
Xue Qinan and Ning Shuying were also stunned; Qin Heng's methods were simply magical!
In fact, for Qin Heng, this was very simple, merely a transformation-type Immortal Technique, hardly worth mentioning. But in the eyes of others, it was nothing short of a miracle.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
The auspicious clouds ascended, carrying hundreds of thousands of soldiers who seemed to emerge from light itself. Their imposing aura surged, nearly dispersing the high Stellar Winds!
A thousand feet above the ground!
The Nine Dragons drove the clouds, pulling the chariot and leading the soldiers, as if the Heavenly Emperor himself were on an imperial procession, heading towards Zongzhou!
"My heavens, Qin Heng, what is he trying to do!?" Ning Shuying exclaimed, standing on the auspicious cloud. She was utterly astounded, her voice trembling.
This display of power was too immense, truly too immense!
A nearly ten-kilometer expanse of golden auspicious clouds soared through the air, carrying a chariot pulled by Nine Dragons and hundreds of thousands of soldiers—heading to Zongzhou like this!?
"Innate? Such might, such techniques... how can he possibly be Innate?!" Xue Qinan looked at Qin Heng in extreme shock. She had just confirmed his cultivation level several times and found it was indeed at the pinnacle of Innate, without any falsehood!
Too terrifying!!
"The Qin Emperor is going to Zongzhou to kill the Son of Heaven, seize the Nine Tripods, and take control of the Nine Provinces," Bai Qi explained in a low voice to Ning Shuying and Xue Qinan, clarifying Qin Heng's purpose.
"What!? Kill the Son of Heaven!?"
"Heavens! Mr. Xuantian wants to seize the Nine Tripods and rule the Nine Provinces!?"
Ning Shuying and Xue Qinan both cried out in alarm, turning to look at Qin Heng on the imperial chariot, their faces filled with shock, as if they had heard something inconceivable. Their eyes widened in utter horror.
"This is the Warring States era! Qin Heng, have you gone mad!?" Ning Shuying, who was quite outspoken, couldn't hold back her words and shouted directly at Qin Heng.
"Mr. Xuantian, do you realize that even the monarch of Qin Country is a Great Saint of the eighth heaven? The Son of Heaven can only be stronger. Don't be rash!" Xue Qinan also advised.
"King Zhao of Qin is already dead," Lu Ziyi suddenly spoke, somewhat wistfully. "He died at Qin Heng's hand. The might of a single sword strike was unstoppable, overwhelmingly powerful. No one could rival him, and Xianyang, the capital... was annihilated in an instant..."
Silence!
Utter silence!!
The previously agitated Ning Shuying and Xue Qinan, who had intended to persuade Qin Heng, were stunned. They instinctively looked at Bai Qi and saw his mournful yet helpless expression, immediately realizing... what Lu Ziyi had said... was true!
"My heavens, how is that possible? That was a Great Saint of the eighth heaven! Even if it was just a Time-Space Seal, whose real strength can't compare to an actual Great Saint, it should still be thousands of times stronger than a Saint Lord!" Ning Shuying murmured, her face a mask of shock.
"...This... how is this possible?!" Xue Qinan, the Mystical Female of the Ninth Heaven from the Myth Organization and soon to become their third Saint, looked at Qin Heng on the imperial chariot. She was already so flustered she was speaking incoherently, not knowing what to say.
Even the thought of dissuading Qin Heng from going to Zongzhou, from his delusional plan to kill the Son of Heaven, had slipped their minds.
The shock had truly reached an extreme.
...
The golden auspicious clouds drifted across the sky, moving in a perfectly straight line towards Zongzhou.
Inevitably, they encountered various states and numerous experts—some native to this secret realm, and others who had entered from the outside world.
This time, Ning Shuying, Xue Qinan, and the others fully witnessed how decisive and ruthless Qin Heng was.
Any state they passed through faced a choice. If they did nothing, they were left in peace. But at the slightest sign of resistance, Qin Heng would strike immediately, obliterating them without a word.
Moreover, annihilating states and razing cities was as easy for him as flipping his hand—effortless.
He was strong! Truly, exceptionally strong! All who witnessed Qin Heng in action were awestruck by his unparalleled might.
In the end, no one dared to resist anymore.
Some states even performed grand ceremonies, as if welcoming the Son of Heaven himself, respectfully greeting Qin Heng as his auspicious cloud passed over their capitals.
The journey lasted three days.
And Qin Heng made no attempt to conceal his intentions!
Almost everyone in the Nine Provinces knew that a mysterious and powerful individual, traveling in a chariot pulled by Nine Divine Dragons, was heading to Zongzhou to kill the Son of Heaven.
Even though Qin Heng had demonstrated incredible strength, instantly slaying even a Great Saint who had crossed the third Heavenly Ladder, the vast majority still believed his quest to kill the Son of Heaven was suicidal.
However, such a shocking event always attracted onlookers, especially those from the outside world, many harboring hopes of profiting from the chaos—throngs of people were also heading towards Zongzhou!
...
At this moment, before the capital city of Zongzhou, an army of a million strong stood arrayed in battle formation!
From a distance, Qin Heng's Nine Dragons chariot approached, carried on the golden auspicious clouds, flying in slowly. He neither called out a challenge nor spoke, but merely raised his hand and flipped it towards the sky.
Instantly, darkness swirled in his palm, as if Chaos itself ebbed and flowed within it. Layers of heavens and earth seemed to be created and destroyed, the very cosmos inverted. It was as though a Divine Mountain propping up the sky had collapsed, threatening to annihilate all existence!
"Audacious fiend! Form ranks! Kill the rebel!" roared more than ten Great Saint Generals of the Seventh Heaven at the head of the Zongzhou army. "The Son of Heaven's majesty is inviolable! Die!"
"Insignificant ants!" Qin Heng sneered coldly as his palm fiercely pressed downward. A phantom seal coalesced in the sky, ready to crush heaven and earth at any moment!
"Today, the heavens will overturn! The Son of Heaven, too, shall die!"