Chapter 1177 - 398: Clash of the Two Dragons

The long-sealed ancient transmission array slowly began to activate, the dust layered upon its surface peeling away.

A vast spirit light erupted like a fountain, directly blasting beyond the Nine Heavens.

Chen Sansi’s vision was instantly filled with blinding white light, and then he felt his body enter into the void, vanishing from where he stood.

The fluctuations brought by the ancient transmission array quickly attracted a lot of attention.

Outside Daze Fang City.

Shen Junzuo and others keenly sensed the anomaly.

"Is that a transmission array?"

"Not good!"

Master Lianhua looked towards the direction from which the fluctuation came: "There are other ancient transmission arrays along the Beiyang path!"

"It’s too late..."

Shen Junzuo said angrily, "That kid should already be at Mang Mountain."

"What should we do?"

Master Lianhua worriedly said, "If he dies at Mang Mountain, won’t Cao Xie’s treachery succeed?"

"If? Is ’if’ even necessary?"

Shen Junzuo replied, "He’s just a Core Formation cultivator, no matter how capable he may be, how can he handle a late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivator? Not to mention, Cao Xie is just half a step away from undergoing tribulation into the Divinity Transformation Realm, this person is bound to die."

"Yes, bound to die."

Wang Shouzhuo frowned slightly and murmured, "But why, knowing he’s bound to die, would Chen Lei still charge right in, what else does he hide?"

With this thought.

His expression suddenly became grave.

...

Mang Mountain.

More and more Great Han troops were gathering towards this location.

But on the inevitable path to the mountain range, the earth suddenly cracked open, creating a chasm over dozens of zhang wide, completely sealing off the way.

"What should we do?"

An old general stationed within Great Han territory reined his horse to a stop, saying worriedly: "Having lost Mang Mountain, how can we explain to His Majesty!"

"Alas..."

The deputy general sighed: "Descending upon this place are cultivators above Core Formation, it’s no longer something we can interfere with."

"Wait, look, an Immortal Master has arrived!"

Everyone looked up to see a light of escape sweep through the sky like a golden meteor heading towards Mang Mountain.

"It’s His Majesty!"

...

Amidst mountains strewn with corpses, Cao Xie stood atop the peak, silently gazing into the distance until a light of escape arrived, landing on another mountain’s highest point.

Two dragons faced off.

Cao Xie stared at the peak a hundred li away and spoke out softly: "Seems that Feng Qi couldn’t take your life."

"Yes, my life is rather tough."

Chen Sansi raised his head, seeing the Sky Covering Plate suspended ten thousand zhang high in the sky, with a vast formation extending from its center, enveloping the entire Mang Mountain Range.

Within the formation, the opponent could completely ignore law suppression. As he had speculated, this guy’s purpose was to lure him over.

"Junior."

Cao Xie’s calm voice resonated again: "Do you know, you are very much like me, so much so that sometimes I even think, you and I are one soul in two bodies."

Upon hearing this, Chen Sansi couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

"Laugh?"

Cao Xie’s eye twitched.

"Horse servant."

Chen Sansi transmitted his voice saying: "You aren’t the first one to say this to me, Zhao Rui from Tianshui Song Court said something similar.

"I truly wonder, what did I do that makes each of you feel you’re so much like me?"

Cao Xie questioned: "You occupy Eastern Continent, is it not for the day to annex the thirty-six sects and unify the cultivation world? Isn’t it to ensure no one stands above you ever again?"

"Indeed, I don’t like anyone standing above, but do you know where we differ?"

Chen Sansi stared across the void at the opponent and said in a deep voice: "I simply don’t want anyone standing above me, while you, want to be the one standing above all!

"In this aspect, your Cao Family has been remarkably consistent throughout generations.

"I still remember your descendant, Emperor Longqing, Cao Kai, who just to live a few more years, used the lives of millions of servants as fuel, and even until death believed it was deserved!

"Little did they know ’Kings and generals, are they naturally noble’, under heaven no one should presume noble status!"

"Rather than saying ’Kings and generals, are they naturally noble’, better to say everything under heaven is survival of the fittest."

Cao Xie spoke unhurriedly: "Not only is the mortal world this way, the cultivation world is the same.

"For all cultivators under heaven, regardless of how many tribulations they endure or how long they cultivate in hardship, whether they can ascend to the Upper Realm ultimately still depends on the Holy Sect’s disposition?"

"And so?"

The battered Chen Sansi retrieved the Longdan Bright Silver Spear and asked: "Do you plan to have everyone look upon your disposition in the future?"

"I’ll give you an opportunity."

Cao Xie did not respond, but instead said: "If you actively abdicate to me, and hand over the Imperial Jade Seal and Prayer Bead, I can promise to only strip your root bone without harming your life, also granting you eternal status as an Alien Immortal King, how about it?"

According to his understanding, if the abdication could be peaceful, he could inherit the national fortune of the previous dynasty.

The decades of accumulated national fortune of Great Han, it’s best not to waste it for nothing.

"Horse servant!"

Chen Sansi sneered: "The fate of your Cao Family’s Jiang Mountain has long been run out, stop dreaming."

"Alright then."

Cao Xie drew the Green Blade inch by inch from the sword sheath, revealing the cold gleam hidden within: "Since you’re stubborn and unrepentant, there’s no more to talk then."

Before the words fell, the Wind Queen’s Strange Gate Formation appeared under his feet, his figure escaped into the void, but in an instant he had crossed nearly a hundred li distance, reaching the sky above the opposite mountain peak, the Green Blade humming continuously, the late-stage Nascent Soul’s vast sword qi converged, almost rolling the entire sky into a vortex, and then slashing heavily forward, where it passed, the void was torn, the mountain range crumbled!