Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 157 Slaying the Holy Thought

The rain was getting heavier.

It was no longer just simple rain; each drop carried a terrifying force, falling straight down and riddling the ground with holes.

The blood aura of the Heavenly Blood Emperor was like a blazing sun in the darkness, illuminating the entire sky, but it caused the hearts of all the saints of the Kunlun Realm present to plummet to the bottom.

Can Chen Yuhua, the Heavenly King of the Eastern Region, withstand a Six Tribulations Ghost King and an Undying Blood Clan Blood Emperor?

Judging from the current situation, Chen Yuhua has already been injured.

Emperor Yi activated his True Source Demon Eye and saw patches of blood clouds gathering beyond the endless tide of the dead.

He didn't know whether the undead vampires and the spirits of the underworld had joined forces.

The area outside the Tomb of Fallen Gods had become a dead end, but now it was crystal clear.

"What should we do?" Di Yue was shaken and panicked, shocked by what he saw.

The Emperor looked in the direction of the Hall Master of the First Rank Hall, and their eyes met, and he understood the other's thoughts.

"Outside the Tomb of Fallen Gods, the undead and the undead blood race have gathered. There are even Saint King level experts fighting. Even a slight aftershock could kill us. The Heavenly King of the Eastern Region may not be defeated, and the Taiyi Ancestor of the Two Elements Sect has not yet made a move. But if we continue to stay here, there is only one way out: death."

"With the entire army of the dead mobilized, the underworld will inevitably be empty. Going to the underworld is actually the safest option right now."

"Master, let's charge into the Fallen God's Tomb Forest."

Emperor Yue hesitated for only a moment before making up his mind.

"Alright, let's go to the underworld then."

From the direction of the Liangyi Sect, sword light rose up and was on its way. The battle in the sky was becoming more and more terrifying. The holy might was like a prison, impossible to look directly at, as if it truly possessed the power to destroy the world.

Using the power of darkness to create a protective barrier, and employing the Flowing Light Flying Rainbow Escape Technique, Di Yi and Di Yue went against the tide of the dead and rushed into the Tomb of Fallen Gods.

The screams of saints reached their ears. Looking up, they saw flames descending from the sky, breaking through the clouds like meteors, as if it were the end of the world.

It wasn't just the people in the black market who realized what was happening; many saints and demigods from various factions also made their own judgments immediately and rushed towards the Tomb of Fallen Gods.

Without the barrier of the formation, the entrance to the Fallen God's Tomb Forest became very open, and they successfully entered without encountering much resistance.

The moment Di Yi stepped into the Tomb of Fallen Gods, he turned around and looked behind him. The world was illuminated by a sword light, which was very similar to the sword that had struck the Undying Blood Clan's Qingyang King not long ago. It was Taiyi Ancestor of the Liangyi Sect who had arrived.

The sword strike that could severely injure the Qingyang King failed to achieve the same result against the Fengtian Blood Emperor, and was blocked by the God-Slaying Spear.

Chen Yuhua's aged figure emerged from the clouds for the first time. He was not as imposing as one might have imagined; his body was hunched, his face withered, and his hair and beard were gray.

Blood was flowing from his chest, wounded by the previous attack from the Blood Emperor of Heaven.

The hundred-zhang-tall Six Tribulation Ghost King re-formed his ghostly body, wielding a nine-story bone tower in his hand, drawing upon the yin energy and rules of heaven and earth, and attacked Chen Yuhua.

The clash between the four strongest beings below the Great Sage level produced a destructive aftershock that resembled divine punishment descending from the heavens. It struck the ground, leveling mountains one after another. Some unlucky Sages and Ghost Kings were unable to dodge in time and were struck by the holy light, instantly losing their souls and becoming powerless to resist.

More people began rushing into the Tomb of Fallen Gods, trying to avoid the battlefield of the four powerful figures.

Di Yi withdrew his gaze and headed into the depths of the tomb forest without looking back. Ahead, a large army of undead was still pouring in from the underworld.

"Shh! Shh!"

Bone arrows streaked through the void, shooting towards the people of Kunlun Realm. The one who made the move was a ghost king with two heads and six arms.

The bone arrows contained a sinister, ghostly aura, capable of killing even saints. One of them was heading straight for Emperor Yi.

The arrow flew ten miles and arrived in an instant, locking onto his sacred soul.

The leader of Yipintang arrived at the critical moment and used the temple as a shield to block the incoming arrows.

The temple in his hand was of extraordinary origin; it was an ancient artifact of a great sage, containing the power of a great sage.

The Spear Saint, wielding a spear of the thousand-patterned holy artifact level, leaped a thousand feet in a single bound, closing the distance to the Ghost King in just a few breaths, and engaged him in close combat.

The head of Yipin Hall released his holy image, which was a hundred feet long, and used it to support the temple, blocking the two ghost kings that were chasing after him.

"You go first, leave this to me."

Murong Yehai released his holy energy to envelop Di Yi and Di Yue, bursting forth at extreme speed, passing through a group of undead, and continued to rush into the depths of the Fallen God's Tomb Forest.

Although the surrounding area was still filled with endless undead, it was clear that the number and strength of the undead had decreased, making them much less of a threat to the saint.

After escorting Di Yi and Di Yue to a relatively safe location, Murong Ye Hai did not continue deeper into the tomb forest. Instead, he turned back to help the leader of Yipintang and the Gun Saint.

The battlefield inside the Tomb of Fallen Gods is not as terrifying as the one outside, but it is still a battlefield between the saints and the ghost king. Half-saints are in it and may perish at any time.

“Patriarch, it’s still not safe here. If the Ghost King targets us, we’ll be in danger. We need to go deeper into the Fallen God’s Tomb Forest to avoid the main force of the undead army.”

Di Yi did not hesitate for long. The battle of the Holy Realm was not something he could interfere with at the moment. Protecting himself was the best help he could give to the Hall Master of the First-Class Hall and the others.

The two immediately set off, choosing a direction with fewer undead to continue their escape. They fled for an unknown distance, maintaining their maximum speed for more than two hours, until they arrived at a river of corpses.

The river water was murky yellow, with ancient corpses floating on it, and a foul stench wafted from the surface.

The Corpse River is the dividing line between the Yin and Yang realms. Crossing the Corpse River means leaving the Kunlun Realm and entering the outer area of ​​the Underworld.

After using their movement techniques for an extended period, Di Yi and Di Yue's holy energy was greatly depleted, leaving them completely exhausted.

Fortunately, there was no longer an army of undead behind them. However, it was unknown whether the leader of the First-Class Hall and his group had successfully escaped, and what the outcome of the great battle outside the Tomb of Fallen Gods was.

Standing before the river of corpses, the two did not proceed any further.

"Crossing the River of Corpses leads to the Underworld. None of the saints and demigods who entered the Underworld before have returned. They have only managed to send back messages through various means." Emperor Yue was worried. After witnessing the true power of the Underworld, he was skeptical that those demigods and saints who entered the Underworld had not died and had even found heaven-defying opportunities.

No longer believing any information they had previously received, the previous news might have been bait thrown out by the ghost kings of the underworld. No one knew what was really going on on the other side of the River of Corpses.

After traveling more than a hundred miles along the River of Corpses without encountering a single powerful undead, Di Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The two concealed their presence and proceeded along the River of Corpses. No undead emerged from the opposite bank of the river, nor did any return from outside the Tomb of Fallen Gods. This was naturally good news for them, but it also meant that the Kunlun border defense line outside the Tomb of Fallen Gods had completely collapsed, and the undead had broken out of the Tomb of Fallen Gods and rushed towards the Eastern Region.

Chen Yuhua and Taiyi Ancestor may have already been defeated by the Sealed Heaven Blood Emperor and that Six Tribulations Ghost King.

The surrounding yin energy gradually thickened, and gray mist surged from the river of corpses.

At first, Di Yi didn't pay much attention, thinking it was just a special mist on the Corpse River.

Until black feathers condensed in the water vapor and enveloped him and Di Yue from all directions.

"This is... the Sacred Feather of the Kunpeng?"

Upon sensing the danger, Di Yi immediately used the Flowing Light Flying Rainbow Escape Technique to rush out of the mist.

In the darkness above, a gigantic claw print appeared, a hundred feet in size, pitch black, and chillingly menacing.

Xu Sheng's figure appeared in the void, his face filled with chilling killing intent.

It was not his true form, but a divine consciousness clone with 30% of his own combat power.

When the Kunpeng claw mark first appeared, it was only a hundred feet long. As it landed, the claw mark grew larger and larger, covering an area of ​​several miles, leaving Di Yi and Di Yue with nowhere to escape.

“It’s Xu Sheng who’s caught up with us. I’ll hold him off. You go first.”

Emperor Yue channeled his full holy energy and unleashed the Hell King Claw to meet the Kunpeng Claw Imprint.

Di Yi did not choose to retreat. He realized that Xu Sheng was only a divine consciousness clone and not his true body. However, since the clone had arrived, the true body was probably not far away. He had to finish the battle quickly.

"Sword Four!"

The Four Symbols Holy Swords flew out together, transforming into the four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind, to meet the claw marks falling from the sky.

Having attained sainthood for decades, Xu Sheng's cultivation has reached the upper realm of sainthood. Even if his saintly consciousness clone can only exert 30% of the combat power of his true body, it is still within the realm of sainthood, which is unmatched by quasi-saints and half-saints.

The Ghost King Seal unleashed by Emperor Yue and the Four Symbols Holy Sword of Emperor Yi collided with the Kunpeng Claw Seal, instantly collapsing and the Holy Sword lost control, flying in all directions.

Xu Sheng's divine consciousness clone revealed a cruel smile. He reached out and the Kunpeng claw mark continued to press down, landing on Di Yue's body and instantly injuring him severely. The sound of his chest collapsing and his ribs breaking could be heard.

The Four Symbols Holy Sword was knocked away. Facing the falling claw marks, Emperor Yi instinctively raised the Chaos Divine Magic Image, activated the divine seal in his palm, and unleashed the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.

The Kunpeng Claw Imprint was mostly blocked by Di Yue, and its power was somewhat weakened. However, when it collided with the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, the power transmitted was still extremely strong, which was beyond Di Yi's ability to withstand.

Even with the physical body cultivated through the Nine Revolutions of the Heavenly Demon Diagram, it was still incredibly fragile at this moment. Its skin cracked open, revealing bright red flesh, and it couldn't help but retreat backward.

They simply couldn't withstand that attack.

The power of a saint is simply too great.

Xu Shengsheng was slightly surprised to see that Di Yi had not been killed by a single claw strike, but he immediately struck out with another palm, delivering an even stronger blow than before.

Di Yi dared not directly confront the force of this attack, his mind racing as he considered ways to escape.

Once locked onto by the Holy Will, even if he hides in the inner space of the World-Stabilizing Banner, he will be discovered, and then he will become a sitting duck. He lacks the means to threaten the Holy One.

Xu Sheng's divine will didn't give him much time to think. The claw mark fell again, landing on Di Yi and sending him flying into the river of corpses behind him, creating waves several feet high.

The water in the River of Corpses is highly corrosive; even a saint who falls into it will have his flesh and blood corroded away, and even his saintly soul will be unable to escape.

Emperor Yi was thrown into the River of Corpses, and in Xu Sheng's view, he was doomed to die.

Xu Sheng's divine consciousness landed on the ground and walked towards Di Yue, who had been severely injured and unconscious by a claw attack.

"So what if he was the greatest hero since the Middle Ages? So what if he possessed the destiny of a god? Before a saint, he was still nothing but an ant."

He was in a rare good mood, and raised his palm, ready to finish off Di Yue.

But suddenly, the yin energy on the River of Corpses became active, and the river water boiled.

A whirlpool with a diameter of tens of feet appeared on the river surface.

Xu Sheng's thoughts stopped, and he turned his gaze to the River of Corpses. His expression became solemn, worried that a powerful being from the underworld might be awakened in the River of Corpses.

The expected powerful Yin spirit did not appear. Instead, Di Yi's figure rushed out of the putrid river of corpses, exuding a dense dark power that intertwined with Yin energy, making it even more sinister than the Ghost King's ghostly aura.

Xu Sheng frowned slightly, then swung out another claw at Di Yi, saying in surprise, "You didn't die even after falling into the River of Corpses, you definitely have more than just the destiny of a god, you must have other treasures on you."

Emperor remained expressionless as he unleashed the Hell King Claw. Boundless dark power surged forth from his Xuan Tai, elevating his combat strength to a level capable of contending with a Saint.

Previously, after falling into the River of Corpses, he had planned to hide inside the Yuan Chen Sumeru Stabilizing Banner to temporarily avoid the brunt of the attack. However, as soon as his physical body came into contact with the water of the River of Corpses, the long-dormant Guixu Twin Lotus in his Xuan Embryo was revived, absorbing a large amount of the River of Corpses water into his Xuan Embryo and converting it into dark power to nourish Di Yi.

The Hell King's Claw and the Kunpeng Claw collided, and Xu Sheng's expression immediately changed.

"not good……"

The two unleashed roughly equal power, but the dark power was too troublesome, and it began to erode Xu Sheng's holy mind through his palm.

Xu Sheng's true form was on its way. Di Yi did not give Xu Sheng's consciousness a chance to delay. He transformed into a streak of black light and once again closed the distance between himself and Xu Sheng's consciousness.

"boom!"

His hands moved incessantly, unleashing thirty-six moves of the Hell King Claw, including the Ghost King's Seal, the Ghost King's Wrath, and the Netherworld. This overwhelmed Xu Sheng's holy thoughts.

A moment later, the Holy Thought clone finally collapsed completely and dissipated by the River of Corpses.

At the same time, Xu Sheng's true form, which had already arrived hundreds of miles away, coughed up blood and turned pale after his holy thoughts were severed.

"How is this possible? How could my holy will be erased?"

The dark power within his body returned to the Xuan Tai, and Di Yi's body became extremely weak. He mustered his strength, put Di Yue into the inner space of the Ding Shi Banner, and then leaped onto an ancient corpse that had been pushed to the side of the Corpse River by the whirlpool. He summoned the Four Symbols Holy Sword as an oar and rowed towards the other side of the Corpse River.

A moment later, Xu Sheng's true form arrived at the banks of the Corpse River, his face grim as he looked at Di Yi's back, who had already reached the center of the river.

(End of this chapter)