Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 116 Night Battle with the Vampires

The destructive shockwaves unleashed by the War of the Saints reduced large swathes of Dingxuan Prefecture to ruins.

Zhong Yao picked up a blue longbow from beside a half-saint who had died by Emperor Yi's sword and followed behind the man in black robes.

The long street the two walked along had become a bloody path, stained with the blood of those in the black market, but even more so with the blood of the imperial court and various factions within the city.

The various families, saintly clans, and numerous Heavenly Kings and Domain Kings within Dingxuan City are mostly former soldiers and descendants of the Dingxuan King.

Many of them have reached their current positions thanks to the countless bones of the Zuoqiu family.

The Evil Emperor is a man of evil ways. He never thought of only punishing the ringleaders. Only the blood and tears of a city can quell the anger and murderous intent that have raged for five hundred years.

As for right and wrong, the victor is free to judge.

When Di Yi walked out of the city gate, the once prosperous and thriving ancient city of 100,000 years behind him was mostly destroyed and reduced to ruins, filled with smoke and flames under the desolate night.

More and more saints arrived at the battlefield, along with officials from the imperial court, military markets, and money shops...

The northwestern sky, crimson for 30,000 miles, is the direction of Langhuan Heaven, from which come the fluctuations of the Great Sages' battle, or perhaps the encounter between the Martial Venerable and the Evil Emperor.

Since Empress Chi Yao unified the Central Region, the Central Region has not seen such a brutal holy war for hundreds of years. Even looking at the entire Kunlun Realm, the last war of this magnitude was the pacification of the Death Zen Sect in the Southern Region.

Di Yi's black robe was stained with blood, and the ink color had become different shades. After leaving the city, he took Zhong Yao and headed away from the city as soon as possible.

The fighting within the city has completely spiraled out of control, degenerating into a life-or-death battle between good and evil. The saints of the black market have no time to spare; their situation has become extremely dangerous. If they were to encounter saints from the imperial court or the martial arts money exchange, they would face certain death.

Zhong Yao looked up at the two beams of holy light rapidly descending from the northwest horizon, her expression solemn: "They are the first and second heads of the Central Region Holy Academy. They arrived so quickly."

Among the Five Domains Sacred Academy of Wushi Money Exchange, the Central Domain Sacred Academy is the most powerful. Its eighteen academy masters are all top-tier beings in the Sacred Realm, and the top three academy masters are even great experts who have stepped into the Sacred King Realm for many years.

The two concealed their presence and quickly fled Dingxuan Prefecture City, traveling three thousand miles south before finally escaping the lingering effects of the Holy War.

Not long after shaking off the holy aura, Di Yi sensed something and looked back towards Dingxuan Prefecture City, where he saw two black dots flying towards him. Both of them were emanating the aura of a half-saint.

Di Yi held the White Tiger Holy Sword in his hand and hid the imperial edict from the First-Rank Hall Master in his sleeve, ready to activate it at any time.

As the two black dots drew closer, Zhong Yao beside her breathed a sigh of relief.

“Young master, they are not pursuers, but two elders from the Myriad Elephant Pavilion.”

The Wanxiang Tower is actually a stronghold of the black market in Dingxuan Prefecture, and the elders inside are naturally all people from the black market.

However, Di Yi did not let his guard down. At this time, anyone he was unfamiliar with could become a deadly threat.

Sensing the presence of Di Yi and Zhong Yao, two dark figures quickly approached. They were two middle-aged men with very similar appearances, both with cultivation levels reaching the fourth-order half-saint.

"Young Master Di Yi, Young Master, we've finally found you." The slightly overweight middle-aged man was named Huang Xuan. His cultivation level had reached the peak of the fourth-order half-saint realm. He had a strong smell of blood on his body, clearly indicating that he had just experienced a great battle.

"How did the two elders catch up with us?" Di Yi asked with a hint of doubt.

"The Lord instructed us to escort Young Master Di Yi out of the city. My brother and I have been keeping an eye on his whereabouts with our divine senses. We only came after seeing him leave the city to protect his safety." The slightly thin middle-aged man was named Huang Feng. His cultivation was not as high as Huang Xuan's; he was only at the early stage of the fourth-order half-saint.

The two men treated Di Yi with great respect, showing no disrespect despite him being the young master of the First-Class Hall in the Eastern Region Black Market. However, Di Yi keenly sensed something amiss.

There are many semi-saints in the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion, and there are many who are stronger than the two in front of them. Even the peak semi-saints and saints are too busy to pay attention to anything else, so where would two fourth-order semi-saints find the extra energy to keep track of his whereabouts?

Unless, of course, these two had been secretly following him from the beginning and had not participated in the battle in the city at all.

Di Yi felt uneasy, but he calmly activated his True Source Demon Eye and looked at the two of them with a light smile.

His hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and he smiled, "Then I'll have to trouble the two elders."

“We will naturally obey the Lord’s orders. Where does the young master intend to go now?” Huang Xuan pressed.

Di Yi took a step forward, quietly shielding Zhong Yao behind him, and looked towards the direction of Dingxuan Prefecture City.

"Where to go, that is the question..."

Before he finished speaking, the power of the Five Elements Gods and Demons appeared on Di Yi's body. His spiritual power and martial arts cultivation were unleashed at the same time. The inscription on the White Tiger Holy Sword in his hand instantly revived. The divine script of the character "True", the dark martial soul, and the primordial power guided by the Divine Lotus all converged into a single sword. Before the two people beside him could react, he slashed at Huang Feng with his sword.

The fifth level of the second sword technique, Yin Yang Wuji, combined with the White Emperor Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique, pierced Huang Feng's heart with a single strike. The sword tip then sliced ​​upwards, cleaving his semi-saintly body in two, and holy blood gushed several feet high.

Without pausing, Di Yi attacked Huang Xuan, who was stronger, with the Soul-Seizing Seal almost simultaneously. Dark power swirled around the sword's edge, and he unleashed the Flowing Light Flying Rainbow Escape Technique to its fullest extent.

However, the reaction speed of a fourth-tier half-saint was extremely fast. The gap in killing Huang Feng had given Huang Xuan ample time to react, and he swung the holy artifact Black Moon Death Scythe in his hand toward Di Yi's head.

The sword energy clashed with the scythe, causing the surrounding earth to collapse. Even with Di Yi standing in front of her, Zhong Yao was still thrown back by the aftershocks of the battle, spitting out blood, her clothes stained red, and her aura becoming extremely weak.

She looked at Di Yi, who had suddenly attacked, with great confusion, not understanding what had happened. Her gaze fell on Huang Feng, who had been dismembered by a single sword strike, and her expression changed drastically.

Amidst the pool of blood, the originally humanoid corpse slowly sprouted a pair of scarlet blood wings, and sharp fangs grew from its flung head, clearly indicating that it did not belong to the human race.

"This is... the legendary immortal vampire?"

Eight hundred years ago, the Undying Blood Clan wreaked havoc on Kunlun. It was only through the combined efforts of the Ming Emperor and the Qing Emperor that they were defeated and suppressed on Manji Island in the North Sea. For the past eight hundred years, the Undying Blood Clan has not appeared in the Kunlun Realm. Zhong Yao was able to recognize them at a glance only because she had seen descriptions of the Undying Blood Clan in ancient books.

She was horrified. Elders Huang Xuan and Huang Feng had been in the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion for decades, and they were actually transformed from the Undying Blood Clan. Didn't that mean that the Undying Blood Clan had secretly escaped from Manji Island decades ago?

After exchanging more than ten blows with Huang Xuan, Di Yi's arm was cracked and his internal organs were burning with pain. His opponent was getting stronger and stronger and was gradually breaking the seal. He was not just a fourth-order half-saint, but a fifth-order half-saint.

After breaking through to the ninth transformation of the Fish-Dragon and condensing the Glazed Treasure Body, Di Yi's physical body became even stronger, and the Heavenly Demon Nine Revolutions Diagram also improved. His physical body was no weaker than a third-tier half-saint, and he could fight against half-saints with his physical strength alone. However, even if he used all his strength, he still had a chance of winning against a fourth-tier half-saint, but against a fifth-tier half-saint, he would only face certain death.

With the divine inscription of the character "真" (True) enhancing the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, Di Yi clashed palms with Huang Xuan. He was forced to fly back by the force of the palm strike. He no longer wanted to fight, fearing that other powerful members of the Undying Blood Clan were on their way. He directly put Zhong Yao into the World-Stabilizing Banner, activated the decree of the First-Rank Hall Master, and transformed into a beam of holy light, fleeing south.

Huang Xuan's aura of blood grew increasingly intense, and a pair of blood wings sprouted from his back. He looked at Huang Feng's corpse beside him, his expression turning extremely gloomy.

If he hadn't absorbed the blood of several imperial demigods in the city tonight, which allowed him to advance to the fifth-tier demigod level, he might have actually been ambushed and killed by Di Yi.

“This child is clearly only at the Fish-Dragon Realm, yet he has the combat power to kill a fourth-order Half-Saint. He is simply an anomaly. If he grows up in the future, he will surely become a great threat to our clan. We cannot let him leave Dingxuan Prefecture alive.”

He used a secret technique to send a message to the Undying Blood Clan Half-Saints and Saints near Dingxuan Prefecture, and then with a flap of his blood wings, he chased after the direction in which Di Yi had fled.

Di Yi used his mental power to control the direction of the imperial edict, while simultaneously operating the Heavenly Demon Stone Carvings to refine the cold blood energy that had invaded his body. After reaching the level of a half-saint, each level was almost a different realm, with a huge difference in strength between each level. Fortunately, Huang Xuan had only just entered the fifth level of half-sainthood, otherwise Di Yi's injuries would have been even more severe.

His mood was somewhat heavy. The situation tonight was becoming increasingly complicated, no longer just a battle between good and evil, but also involving the undead vampires.

After fleeing for over 50,000 li, the power of the imperial edict was expended by 20%. Emperor Yi put it away and landed in a mountain forest.

Imperial edicts are a means of saving one's life. The crisis tonight has not yet been resolved, so the power of imperial edicts should be used sparingly.

As soon as he landed, he sensed the aura of a half-saint approaching from a hundred miles away. A hundred miles was nothing to a half-saint, and he arrived almost instantly.

He was a figure in a Taoist robe, but he exuded a strong aura of the Undying Blood Clan. After Huang Xuan reported to the Undying Blood Clan Saint using a secret method, all the Undying Blood Clan experts in the vicinity received orders to intercept and kill Di Yi at all costs.

Di Yi's performance at the Martial Market Money Exchange tonight was too dazzling. Killing him would be tantamount to prematurely killing a future Great Saint of the human race. The figure in the Taoist robe rode on the back of a low-level sixth-tier flying beast, his cultivation only at the third-tier half-saint level.

A third-tier half-saint is not difficult for Di Yi to deal with, but once he gets entangled with him, it will give the other undead blood clan powerhouses an opportunity to surround him.

Although the imperial edict was a powerful tool for escaping, the holy aura that erupted during the escape was too conspicuous in the eyes of a semi-saint and could not be concealed at all.

Di Yi used the Flowing Light Flying Rainbow Escape Technique. He had already mastered the second level of this technique, reaching the mid-level of the Ghost rank. At full speed, his speed was no slower than that of a third-tier half-saint.

"Where do you think you're going, you human brat? Tonight is the night you die."

The figure in the Taoist robe no longer concealed his identity; blood-red wings sprouted from his back, making him even faster than the flying beasts beneath his feet.

Undying vampires are inherently extremely fast; this is a racial talent that is incredibly powerful, unmatched by most birds and beasts.

The sacred artifact of the Taoist figure was a long halberd. When sacred energy was injected into it, more than three hundred inscriptions on the halberd were activated and converged into a beam of blood-red light.

"Wow!"

As Di Yi continued his escape south, he also diverted his mental energy to watch out for the pursuing troops. The moment the crimson beam of light struck down, his body suddenly turned into a wisp of black smoke and vanished before the horrified eyes of the figure in the Taoist robe.

The next instant, the crimson copper Brahma Seal, burning with holy crimson flames, appeared above the Daoist-robed Undying Blood Clan and the flying beasts.

The crimson Brahma Seal transformed into a size of over thirty feet, releasing crimson holy flames that enveloped the surrounding area for five hundred feet.

Boom!

The savage beasts were instantly killed, their heads shattered by the power of the sacred artifact, and their souls were devoured by Emperor Yi's dark martial soul.

The Daoist Undying Blood Clan Half-Saint thought of dodging, but the flow of his holy energy became extremely sluggish, slowing his reaction. Before he could dodge, he was severely injured by the Crimson Copper Brahma Seal and coughed up blood.

Emperor Yi acted swiftly. The instant the Daoist-robed Undying Blood Clan Half-Saint fell to the ground, he pierced the Half-Saint's heart with a sword and then severed his head with another, devouring the Holy Soul with dark power.

Undead vampires have great vitality, but they also have weaknesses. They can be killed by destroying their heart and head.

Having devoured two souls at the half-saint level, Di Yi's dark martial soul became increasingly profound. Although it was still within the realm of martial souls, it was already comparable in strength to the holy soul of a third-tier half-saint.

The swift and decisive killing of two half-saint level experts, seemingly effortless, actually involved the utmost effort and the use of various powers, including the Dao of Sword, the Dao of Darkness, and the Dao of Origin.

Through battle after battle, Di Yi also figured out some ways to apply the Dao of Origin. The Origin is the ultimate principle of all things, and all tangible things fall within the scope of the Dao of Origin.

With Di Yi's current level of cultivation, he is already able to easily mobilize the primal power of heaven and earth. The reason why the holy energy in the body of the Daoist Undying Blood Clan Half-Saint was stagnant was because Di Yi used the primal method of the Illuminating Lotus to briefly seize control of a very small portion of the holy energy in the body, which achieved the effect of using minimal force to achieve maximum effect.

After putting away the long spear with its hundred patterns, Di Yi used the Flowing Light Flying Rainbow Escape Technique to continue his escape in a different direction.

When Huang Xuan arrived, the flames around the battlefield had already been extinguished.

"waste."

He cursed the headless corpse on the ground and continued his pursuit.

There are quite a few Undying Blood Clan experts around Dingxuan Prefecture City. No matter where Di Yi tries to escape tonight, he will walk right into their trap.

More than one immortal vampire saint has already joined this hunting game.

Fighting and fleeing all the way, when encountering opponents he couldn't defeat, Di Yi would invoke the imperial edict of the First-Class Hall Master to shake off his pursuers.

Even so, his injuries continued to increase. If he hadn't cultivated the Five Elements Divine Demon Body, which made his body's self-healing ability extremely strong, he would have collapsed long ago.

The undead vampires who came to hunt were at least experts at the eighth or ninth level of the Fish-Dragon Realm, and more than 30% of them were half-saints. Almost every encounter was a fierce battle, and Di Yi had no time to adjust and recover.

The divine power within the edict of the Hall Master of the First Rank Hall was eventually exhausted, and the Emperor had no choice but to take out the scroll of the divine edict belonging to the talented woman of the Holy Book and continue his escape.

The Holy Book Talented Woman is a spiritual saint, but her cultivation is inferior to that of the First-Rank Hall Master, and the holy power contained within the imperial edict is also very limited.

In a valley 800,000 miles south of Dingxuan Prefecture, Di Yi beheaded two undead blood clan half-saints, and planted the White Tiger Holy Sword on the ground, feeling endless exhaustion in both body and spirit.

His injuries were severe, with more than ten kinds of blood energy and battle energy invading his body. His black robe was tattered, and new injuries were added to the old ones.

"We've already escaped seven or eight hundred thousand miles, and that vague sense of crisis has faded a lot. We should be out of danger for now."

Di Yi swallowed an eighth-grade healing pill. Even as the young master of the First-Class Hall in the Eastern Region Black Market, he didn't carry many pills of this level, and each one was extremely valuable.

After restoring his breathing for a while, he recovered about 10-20% of his holy energy. He then used the power of darkness to conceal his aura once more and continued his escape.

After traveling another ten thousand li, a great river appeared ahead, the Daming River, which runs through three prefectures.

He plunged headfirst into the Daming River, erasing all traces of his presence. Then he opened the World-Stabilizing Banner, hid inside, and let the banner drift downstream in the Daming River.

Inside the World-Stabilizing Banner, Zhong Yao's injuries had mostly healed. It was midnight outside, but three days had passed inside the banner. Besides her, Yin Yue Lin Kong and Yan Long Di Yan were also cultivating inside the banner.

Having cultivated within the banner for several years with a vast supply of resources, Silver Moon has already broken through to the Half-Saint level. Her accumulation in the Fish-Dragon Realm is profound enough, and she is now at the peak of the First-Order Half-Saint.

It was only because the silver moon descended from the sky to heal Zhong Yao that her injuries were able to recover so quickly.

After Di Yi's figure appeared in the space inside the banner, he finally could not hold on any longer and spat out the accumulated blood, which flew two feet away.

"Son!"

Zhong Yao rushed forward to help him up, her face full of worry.

Di Yi caught his breath and felt a little better. He managed to stand up and said in a low voice, "I need to go into seclusion to heal my injuries. It's safe here, so you don't need to worry."

Zhong Yao had long ago realized that this place was different from the outside world, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the world surpassed that of some sacred lands.

She felt a pang of sadness, realizing for the first time how weak she was, only able to be protected by Di Yi and unable to offer any help.

Di Yi was in very poor condition; his newly formed Glazed Body was almost shattered. He found a place with abundant spiritual energy and began to recover from his injuries.

It took three days for Di Yi to fully recover from his injuries.

Having regained his peak condition, Di Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief, but did not rush to leave the space inside the banner.

After last night, the entire Dingxuan Prefecture, and even the entire Central Region of Nine Provinces, will be plunged into chaos. The imperial court, the martial arts market, and the Undying Blood Clan will probably be searching for his whereabouts everywhere.

"My current strength is still too weak."

Di Yi's current cultivation level is only at the initial stage of the ninth transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm. There is still considerable room for improvement in the Fish-Dragon Realm. His martial skills, physical body, and holy energy all have room for improvement. His martial soul can also continue to integrate with the rules of the Holy Path. If he can integrate the Dark Path into his Dark Martial Soul, the dark power he can mobilize will definitely be greatly enhanced.

Most importantly, Di Yi had not yet begun refining the divine blood. Now that the Five Elements Divine Demon Body was complete, he could confidently begin refining the divine blood and attempt to break through to the supreme realm of the Fish-Dragon Realm.

(End of this chapter)