Chapter 624: Victor King, Vanquished Bandit
"Han Zheng! How dare you!"
Ji Taichang's face was immediately full of rage.
Qi Zhangwu was still somewhat tactful, but Han Zheng was much more straightforward.
If Ji Taichang was truly behind all this, then there was nothing to discuss, they'd take action directly.
If Han Zheng had wronged Ji Taichang, he'd still plan to replace the Emperor today.
Ji Taichang was not a competent Emperor to begin with; if he hadn't indulged Ji Yuanfang, this situation wouldn't have arisen.
Having stepped into the Heavenly Position, and even touched the peak of today's Cultivation World, Han Zheng had the power to change the heavens and earth and felt no need to tread carefully any longer.
"I have even bolder measures in mind, does Your Majesty wish to try them?"
Han Zheng took a step forward, and the celestial phenomena changed instantly. Thunder tribulations brewed in the sky, terrifyingly powerful.
At that moment, all Han Zheng was short of saying directly was that if Ji Taichang wouldn't openly activate the Dragon Vein Array for inspection, he'd find a graceful way for him.
Feeling Han Zheng's aura, Ji Taichang's angry expression vanished in an instant, becoming extremely calm.
"Since when did you notice?"
Ji Taichang's expression was calm, but golden light spots appeared around him.
Everyone was very familiar with that power, it was the aura of the Dragon Vein, one they had faced with Ji Yuanfang not long ago.
"But it's no longer important. I never planned to hide it forever, but why couldn't you have seen it later? By then, it would have been settled, and you'd still be my loyal ministers, wouldn't that be better?"
Ji Taichang sighed deeply, seemingly very regretful.
"You wanted to see the Dragon Vein, right? Then I'll show it to you!"
As he spoke, Ji Taichang waved his hand, and suddenly the Dragon Vein Array activated. Golden light illuminated the earth, accompanied by dragon roars, enveloping the entire Imperial City.
Yet upon closer inspection, that golden light contained a trace of blackness, and within the golden dragon formed by the Dragon Vein were countless dense black lines, like black veins, continually devouring the Dragon Vein's power.
Looking closely, those black lines were all connected to Ji Taichang.
This was different from Ji Yuanfang using the Ancient Country's Dragon Vein Qi Fortune to devour the Great Zhou Dragon Vein.
Ji Yuanfang sought to devour the Great Zhou Dragon Vein with rainbow Dragon Vein power, which would eventually strengthen the Dragon Vein, although it would transition into a Dragon Vein controlled by Ji Yuanfang.
Now Ji Taichang was completely consuming the Dragon Vein's power for himself, leading to the potential disappearance of the Great Zhou Dragon Vein altogether!
"Ji Taichang! Are you mad? As the Emperor of Great Zhou, you dare to devour the Dragon Vein's power, can you face the ancestors of Great Zhou?"
Qi Zhangwu shouted angrily, with a tone of remorse, regretting he hadn't realized Ji Taichang's ambitions earlier, inadvertently becoming a tool to eliminate Ji Yuanfang for him!
It was only at this moment that Qi Zhangwu finally understood Ji Taichang's scheming.
Ji Yuanfang was merely a tool, and Qi Zhangwu was also just a tool in Ji Taichang's hands.
Ji Taichang intended to completely devour the Great Zhou Dragon Vein for his own use, seeing the Dragon Vein's power as an inconvenience due to its strength.
Thus arose the turmoil in Qingzhou Dao, Huainan Dao, and now Yan Mountain Dao.
Dragon Vein Qi Fortune naturally arises from the essence of mountains and rivers, and the Willpower of all beings.
The damage to the Dragon Vein Qi Fortune brought endless calamities to Great Zhou, leaving the people in misery.
As the people of the three provinces were slaughtered, the lands stained with blood, the Dragon Vein's power was also severely damaged.
Adding in Ji Yuanfang's previous disruptions of the Great Zhou Dragon Vein, it was already at its limit, vulnerable to Ji Taichang's whims.
"By doing this, I am most faithful to the ancestors of Great Zhou!"
Ji Taichang roared, "What do you know?
They all see the throne as the supreme position, but sitting on it means severing ties with the path of cultivation.
They believe the Dragon Vein Qi Fortune protects Great Zhou, but it's actually a shackle, keeping our Ji family emperors bowed for generations!
Qi Zhangwu, you were once considered a prodigy, the last Grand Commander saw you as a stunning talent and groomed you as his successor.
But do you know that I was also such a prodigy back then?
At five, I began Martial Arts, reached Innate by ten, Condensed Gang at thirteen, opened the Dan Sea at fifteen, and by eighteen, I had already forged a True Pill, becoming a Martial Arts Grandmaster!
Before my coronation, I had already condensed a Yang God, becoming a Great Grandmaster, was that talent inferior to you, Qi Zhangwu?
If not for the constraints of the throne, I could have gone much further!"
Han Zheng sneered, "So someone forced you onto the throne?"
Ji Taichang coldly said, "Every Emperor in Great Zhou's history fought rivers of blood for this throne. If I didn't vie for it, and a brother of mine took the throne, would they let me live?
I couldn't even reveal my true cultivation back then, lest they first see me dead!
I had no choice but to fight for the throne, allowing the Dragon Vein to strip away my cultivation!
You Martial Artists should know what it feels like to be stripped of your cultivation.
I refuse to accept this fate!
Haven't you been curious about who garrisons the Imperial City for Great Zhou's Heavenly Position?
That was me!
Just by drawing a wisp of Great Zhou's Dragon Vein Qi Fortune, I obtained the power of the Heavenly Position.
You can't even imagine the power possessed upon absorbing all of Great Zhou's Dragon Vein Qi Fortune, comparable to the power of a God Demon!
Ji Yuanfang was just an arrogant fool.
He foolishly tried to devour the Great Zhou Dragon Vein with the Ancient Country's Dragon Vein power.
The Capital City Dragon Vein appeared weak merely because its power was distributed throughout all of Great Zhou's Nineteen Provinces.
If he truly touched the Dragon Vein's core, he'd have no place to be buried!"
"Selfish and deranged!"
Qi Zhangwu coldly said, "As the Emperor of Great Zhou, sparing not even the people of three provinces, more deaths than by Demons!"
"So what? The whole land belongs to the King, without Great Zhou's protection, these commoners would just become demon Blood Food!
Once I've devoured the Dragon Vein, gaining the power of a God Demon, I will annihilate the Demon Clan utterly, and I will become the first Holy King in history!"
Ji Taichang laughed loudly at Qi Zhangwu, "And you will merely be traitors in historical records!"
Han Zheng nodded with agreement, "Your Majesty makes a point, victors become kings, losers are rebels, it's always been this way in history!"
He finished speaking and took a step forward, holding the Godslaying Immortal Slaying Blade at the ready, overflowing with Killing Intent Origin. Suddenly, an ominous dark and chaotic aura descended with wailing ghosts and gods. The entire world seemed torn by Han Zheng's strike.
The entire earth seemed to split asunder under Han Zheng's blow.
Even Ji Taichang furrowed his brow slightly.
He hadn't expected Han Zheng to be so powerful.
Even in his prime, when Qi Zhangwu reached his peak, Han Zheng's current power was even more terrifying.
Yet Ji Taichang showed no fear, appearing with a mischievous yet eerie smile.
At the moment Han Zheng's blade was about to descend, a suddenly blinding Buddha Light appeared before him.
In front of Han Zheng, a figure appeared out of thin air.
A man dressed in black and red Demon Armor, with a handsome, demonic appearance and blood-red eyes.
Another man clothed in snow-white monk robes, with a compassionate face, holding a string of golden Buddha Beads in his hand.
Qi Zhangwu coldly spoke: "Seven Killings Demon Palace's Han Tianxing and Xuankong Temple's Long Shu.
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