Eternal Heavenly Emperor

Chu Hao, Su Wanyue, and Gu Qingcheng all looked back, but couldn't see anything.

"There are severe spatial fluctuations!" Fat Cat said. It had the ability to teleport and was either born with a spatial physique or had mastered the Space Law, making it extremely sensitive in this regard.

"Acting mysterious!" the Gao Family War Emperor snorted coldly. He moved his hands, condensing soul seeds into numerous iron blades that shot towards Gu Qingcheng and Yun Cai, forcing Chu Hao and Su Wanyue to expand their defensive range and consume more physical strength and Star Force.

He certainly didn't believe something had arrived.

"Old dog, just wait for your doom!" Chu Hao laughed heartily. Fat Cat had told him that the Spatial Crystal Insects wouldn't cause trouble if not provoked, but once they were... even a War God would find it troublesome.

The Gao Family War Emperor had attacked "Crystal", and now its reinforcements had arrived—it was time to pay back what was owed in the final month of the year.

"You little bastard, when I personally flay and de-bone you, I hope you can still be so tough!" the Gao Family War Emperor said menacingly. He had been provoked beyond anger by Chu Hao's constant name-calling, 'old dog' and 'old guy'.

"You don't have the chance anymore!" Chu Hao shook his head and quickly retreated.

"Where do you think you're escaping to—ah, what is this!" The Gao Family War Emperor wanted to pursue but suddenly his face changed drastically. It was as if he was hit by countless attacks in an instant, trembling violently as his clothes quickly shattered.

"Get out of my way!" he bellowed, spreading his Star Force shield, but it was completely useless!

"Spatial Crystal Insects feed on spatial nodes and specialize in breaking through space. What use is a mere War Emperor's Star Force shield? It might barely compare if it was the Field Domain of a War God!" Fat Cat said disdainfully.

During this exchange, the Gao Family War Emperor's body already bore many wounds, blood flew everywhere, and even his intestines were visible from a large gash in his abdomen; it was rather grisly.

Chu Hao felt a surge of alarm. These Spatial Crystal Insects were indeed indefensible—invisible to the naked eye, undetectable by Divine Sense, and able to ignore defenses; they were truly unsolvable!

"Ah!" The Gao Family War Emperor roared in anger, continuously launching attacks. Although the Spatial Crystal Insects were invisible, they were not intangible. He swatted them one after another, but their numbers were so vast that, as soon as he cleared one group, even more surged forward, besieging the War Emperor.

"Good strike! Well done!" Yun Cai cheered for the Spatial Crystal Insects, waving her pale little arms enthusiastically, utterly engrossed in the scene.

"You young ones, I'll be back!" the Gao Family War Emperor left these face-saving words behind and turned to leave desperately. After waving his hands, those invisible Crystal Insects were shaken off in swaths.

He quickly broke free of the insect encirclement, accelerating his pace. With the War Emperor's speed, he indeed had no equal and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

"Crystal!" Yun Cai reached out and seemed to embrace the Crystal Insect again, "Hahaha, don't all crowd over, I can't hold you all!" Her arms stretched wider and wider, as if embracing many things.

Chu Hao looked around and asked, "Yun Cai, are we now surrounded by Spatial Crystal Insects?"

"Yes!" Yun Cai giggled girlishly, twisting her neck, "Don't tickle my neck, it's so itchy."

Chu Hao, Gu Qingcheng, and Su Wanyue looked around at the empty surroundings but felt a chill in their hearts, the dreadful state of the Gao Family War Emperor still vividly before their eyes. These invisible little creatures were ferociously violent.

"Let them lead us to the Spirit Core's location," Chu Hao suggested.

"Okay!" replied Yun Cai, speaking to the air. After a while, she turned her head and said, "Let's go!"

The four of them set out, guided by the invisible entities, walking through the Abyss. According to Yun Cai, apart from the Spatial Crystal Insect from before, all the others had dispersed.

This place suppressed their speed, but they still moved faster than a typical War King. Even so, after half a day's journey, they finally arrived at a certain place.

Unlike the previous plains, there was a mountain standing alone here, too dark to discern its true height.

"Huh?" Yun Cai's hands loosened, and a strange expression appeared on her face. She walked towards the front, dazedly dropping the Crystal Insect she was holding—it was unclear if it would get angry.

"Yunyun, what's wrong?" asked Gu Qingcheng.

Yun Cai didn't answer and stopped in front of the mountain wall. She pressed her right hand against it and, after a while, said, "I feel like this mountain is calling to me."

"Huh!" Chu Hao and the others gasped softly.

Su Wanyue said, "A Bronze Dragon was buried here; could it be calling to you?"

"But isn't it already dead?" Gu Qingcheng frowned. If not, the Spatial Crystal Insects wouldn't have formed.

"A call of the bloodline between members of the same species, I guess," Chu Hao speculated.

"Look, there's movement!"

Suddenly, beams of light burst from the ground in the previously pitch-black space, as if to illuminate the entire Abyss.

Boom, boom, boom, the ground shook as if it were dancing, causing the four to stagger.

Crack, crack, crack, the earth cracked, revealing fissures from which the light emanated.

"Hey, my combat power is restored!" Chu Hao bounced on his feet, already levitating.

"Yes, me too," Su Wanyue and Yun Cai rose into the air as well.

Gu Qingcheng felt frustrated. She was only a War King and was unable to fly by herself. She had to be carried by Su Wanyue to leave the ground, which made her feel extremely annoyed. She called out to Chu Hao, "You lecher, come and carry me!"

"Stop fooling around!" Chu Hao replied sternly, for all anyone knew what had happened here, and yet this girl was still losing her temper out of place.

The mountain in front of them also started to light up, becoming even more dazzling and exuding a sacred aura.

"Treasure! An incredible treasure is about to emerge!" Fat Cat's eyes sparkled with excitement.

The light emanating from the mountaintop grew stronger and shone like a column, illuminating the surrounding area.

Chu Hao looked into the distance, his face showing surprise as he said, "It looks like there are buildings ahead!"

"What!" both Su Wanyue and Gu Qingcheng exclaimed in shock. There were buildings here?

Wasn't there only supposed to be a Bronze Dragon hanging here?

"Never mind that, the treasure is about to be born!" Fat Cat leapt up and down eagerly.

"Gaga, gaga, gaga, four juniors, I've said before, you all are going to die!" Whoosh, a figure flew in quickly, it was none other than the War Venerate of the Gao Family. His injuries had already healed, and with the suppression suddenly gone, the aura he released was immensely terrifying.

A true War Venerate, his combat power was overwhelming.

Chu Hao quickly drew out Western Wind, but frustratingly, while their powers had recovered, Western Wind was still in a sealed state and couldn't be activated.

"Did you think I would be unprepared?" the War Venerate of the Gao Family sneered coldly, "I saw you all having a good time talking just now, and I couldn't bear to disturb you. I just laid out some restrictions so the Ancestral Artifact couldn't be revived."

"Old dog, I am the fourth young lady of the Gu Family. Aren't you afraid that the He and Gu families will join forces to eradicate your Gao Family?" Gu Qingcheng pointed and scolded.

"As long as I kill you, who would know that I did it?" the War Venerate of the Gao Family chuckled sinisterly, "Besides, up to now, do you even know my identity? There are three forces hunting you down this time; who can be sure which one is the murderer?"

Chu Hao and Su Wanyue exchanged glances and nodded at each other, standing side by side. United in their Taiyin and Taiyang powers, they might create a miracle.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank you," continued the War Venerate from the Gao Family, laughing heartily, "You actually found a treasure for me. After obtaining it, I might even become a War Emperor! Hahaha, then, with an Ancestral Artifact in hand, even if I encounter a War God, I shall have no fear!"

Ever since he was sent tumbling into the Abyss, he had been at a disadvantage, until now, when his strength had fully returned, and he felt that everything was under his control. There was just one word for it: euphoria.

Chu Hao snorted coldly and said, "Enough talk, come on over!" At the same time, he secretly sent a divine message to Fat Cat, instructing it to seize the treasure the moment it appeared and teleport away with it, buying them time.

— If the War Venerate of the Gao Family pursued, they could escape; if he didn't, at the very least, the old man wouldn't get his hands on the treasure.

"Stubborn fools, before me, you are nothing but ants." The War Venerate of the Gao Family stood tall, hands clasped behind his back, his War Venerate aura billowed, materializing into a dark cloud. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be composed of countless iron swords.

A War Venerate's control over the Elemental Power far surpassed that of a War God; the transformation from ethereal to tangible was astounding.

"Die!" the War Venerate of the Gao Family pointed, and whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, numerous iron swords shot out from the cloud towards Chu Hao and Su Wanyue.

Chu Hao and Su Wanyue each extended a hand to hold each other's, and with their free hands, they swung the Purple Crystal Sword and the Xuanyin Sword, respectively, to meet the attack in the sky.

Taiji Tianyuan!

Chu Hao unfolded the Sword Diagram, while Su Wanyue employed gravity to disrupt the iron swords and change their direction.

In the midst of booming sounds, the Sword Diagram rapidly shattered under the assault of the iron swords, as this was, after all, an attack from a War Venerate, a gap far too wide to bridge. The remaining swords struck, and both Chu Hao and Su Wanyue shouted, activating the Unique Life Spring.

Boom!

A loud sound erupted. The two were violently shaken and hurled backward, spraying blood in mid-air and forcibly separated.

But they were not dead!

The War Venerate of the Gao Family couldn't help revealing a hint of wariness; his combat power had fully recovered, and although the strike seemed casual, it was a full-strength one, albeit without employing a Martial Technique.

But still, such a blow had failed to annihilate the two juniors. How could it not make him wary?

If he allowed them to grow, who within the same Realm could control them?

Die!

He gathered the sword cloud, ready to launch a second strike to completely annihilate Chu Hao and Su Wanyue, but suddenly he was seized by an intense premonition that made him abruptly stop and, involuntarily, look toward the mountain.

At that moment, the mountain seemed to come alive, radiating waves of vast and undefined might, far surpassing the level of a War Venerate and making the Gao Family War Venerate feel an intense sense of powerless awe.

Yet he was also overjoyed. What kind of treasure was this, that if he could obtain it, he would be invincible under the heavens?

He looked down, and upon seeing Yun Cai standing at the foot of the mountain, pressing a hand against the mountain wall, his killing intent surged tremendously. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)