I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

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Chapter 243 Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life, but I do not.

In the main hall of the military lord, the aura of war surging endlessly.

Although only ruins and broken statues remain, one can still feel the indomitable spirit of the Jiuli tribe in ancient times, defying fate.

However, the creatures occupying this place at this moment have no ambition or heroic spirit to fight against nature.

Their faces showed only fear, unease, and endless anxiety.

The King of Birds stared at the shattered statue of Chi You, the God of War, his expression dark and unreadable, and remained silent.

Beside it stood the newly chosen kings of the Ear-Mouse, the Sniper, and the three races, all of them utterly bewildered and panicked, their joy at becoming kings long gone, replaced only by fear.

"Now that the human army has surrounded us on all sides, our path to survival is cut off. When will our ancestral god reveal his divine power and help us repel the invading enemy?"

The three new kings of the tribe all turned their attention to the king of the bird tribe, because of the original six kings, the king of the monkey tribe failed to attack Five Peaks Mountain and has not returned since. The other four kings also disappeared without a trace in the battle between the Sun Rat and Zhang Xinwu.

Of the six former kings, only the King of the Birds is still alive, and he has brought back news that the ancestral god, the Void Sun Rat, is not dead.

It was only after the King of the Birds issued a divine decree that the remaining forces of the six races were gathered at the Hundred Battles Emperor Cave, where they were to wait for the resurrection and return of the Void Sun Rat.

Otherwise, they would have surrendered to the Eastern Extremist Kingdom long ago.

After all, the Eastern Kingdom has always treated prisoners of war well. Even if the tribe is later scattered and resettled, it is better than being annihilated.

Wow~

A gust of cold wind blew by, and the firelight inside the main hall of the warlord flickered in the wind. In that instant, the figure of the King of Birds seemed to be swallowed by darkness, constantly changing shape on the stone wall.

The King of Birds remained motionless, turning his head to the side with a chilling smile: "Do you truly wish for the Ancestral God to return?"

"That's natural!"

"Very well, now it's time to prove your loyalty."

"How can you prove it?"

"As long as you offer your own flesh and blood, I will be able to return from the spirit world."

The king of birds grinned, revealing two sharp fangs, and a bloodthirsty red light flashed in his crimson eyes: "Come, help me return to the mortal world!"

"what!"

"No!"

The Ear-Mouse, the Sniper, the new king of the three races, and the strong who followed the new king all let out painful howls at this moment, as their flesh and blood were forcibly extracted by the King of the Birds.

Although the King of Birds is actually a giant bat demon that usually eats fresh flesh and blood, its power is definitely not that great!

With just a thought, one can extract the flesh and blood of a grandmaster.

"If you're not the king of birds, then who are you?"

"Am I not your ancestral god?"

"Ancestral God!?"

The powerful members of the Ear Rat, the Sniper, and the three races all felt a chill run down their spines. Although they were unwilling to believe it, they immediately understood that the Bird King in front of them had actually been possessed by the Void Sun Rat.

Even the other race kings who were suspected of dying in the aftermath of the God War were probably killed by the Void Sun Rat; it was the real culprit!

"You should feel deeply honored to be a part of my divine body and to be with me."

The Void Sun Rat manipulated the body of the Bird King and began to devour the flesh and blood of the Ear Rat, the Sniper, and the powerful members of the three races, as well as the clan's fortune, to accelerate its own recovery.

"No! We demand that our ancestral gods spare our lives!"

"Heh, Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life, but I don't."

The Sun Rat sneered: "Moreover, we raise an army for a thousand days to use it for one. Your lives were given to us by me, and it is only right that I take them back now."

Immediately, a large amount of high-quality flesh and blood gathered, strengthening the divine body of the Void Sun Rat.

Previously, His divine body had been completely destroyed by Zhang Xinwu, and even His divine soul had been severely injured. He could only use the secret technique of stealing the sky and changing the sun to escape into the spirit world.

Then, relying on the bloodline descendants of the Heju, Manman, Yu Niao, Er Shu, Ju Ru, and the Six Clans as their spiritual guides, they returned from the spirit world to the mortal realm.

Unfortunately, only a divine body can contain a soul; otherwise, it would be difficult for it to remain in the mortal world for long. Once the guiding spirit in the mortal world dies, the soul may be permanently trapped in the spirit world, thus completely losing its way and ultimately returning to oblivion.

"Not enough! Far from enough!"

The Void Sun Rat devoured a large number of bloodline descendants, but it was still not enough to restore its cultivation and strength. In fact, it was not even one percent of its peak strength at the moment.

"Damn War Emperor, damn Zhang Xinwu, you've brought me to this state!"

The divine might was like a prison, and the Void Sun Rat felt anger rising in its heart, which triggered strange phenomena in the heavens and earth. Around it, the primordial energy transformed into a blood-red hellish scene, constantly emanating the aura of death.

"Um?"

The Void Sun Rat looked towards the entrance of the Hundred Battles Emperor Cave, its gaze piercing through the many barriers before finally landing on Ye Qingzhou and his group who had already entered the Blood Arena.

"You've come at the perfect time, replenishing my blood and flesh with fresh blood."

With a mere thought, He caused the Blood Prison to descend.

At the same time, Ye Qingzhou immediately sensed the impending danger. Five-colored sword light appeared behind him, transformed into a dragon shape, and soared into the sky.

roar~

Under the illusory blazing sun, countless hideous and terrifying ghouls seemed to crawl out from the depths of hell throughout the Blood Arena, roaring and howling as they attacked any living creature within their sight.

These ghouls numbered in the thousands, without skin, their bones and muscles exposed, exuding a bloody stench that sent chills down one's spine.

Among them were even twelve Grandmaster-level corpse demons, wielding bone weapons and wearing bone armor. With a single stroke of their blades, earthly demonic flames would surge into the sky, forming the Twelve Zodiac Formation, their destinies intertwined, their combat power multiplied.

"Enemy attack!"

Gu Minghui also issued a warning. At the same time, the Nine Heavens Kunpeng Armor on his body transformed into the form of a roc. Sharp roc feathers turned into thousands of swords and blades, buzzing and vibrating incessantly.

"Thousand Feather Sword Formation, activate."

Upon receiving the command, the Heavenly Intelligence Brain immediately manipulated the feather sword to shoot out, automatically searching for enemies and attacking the twelve white bone corpse demons at the Grandmaster level.

Hundreds upon hundreds of silver-white feathered swords hummed and vibrated, their sharpness so great that they whistled past and cut through nothing!

The sturdy bone weapons and armor were as fragile as tofu before the high-frequency strikes of the feather sword, and were easily cut into pieces.

In an instant, the twelve Grandmaster-level corpse demons were instantly killed by Gu Minghui's attack.

However, as long as the Blood Prison remains unbroken, the corpse demons will be endless, impossible to kill or eradicate completely.

In the blink of an eye, new corpses rose from the Blood Prison: twelve Grandmasters, one hundred and forty-four Masters, and one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight Professionals.

Meanwhile, a large number of apprentice-level corpse demons, numbering over 20,000, surged towards Ye Qingzhou and his companions from all directions.

Even Wang Yin, who had entered the Hundred Battles Emperor's Cave with the group and served as the deputy commander, paled in shock: "Where did these monsters come from?"

"Divine power is like a prison."

Gu Minghui's eyes were calm and still, as a large amount of data was rapidly processing in his mind, and he was calculating various possibilities.

Finally, a conclusion was reached.

"As expected, the Void Sun Rat is not dead."

"What?!"

Upon hearing that the Void Sun Rat was still alive, everyone, including Wang Yin, showed expressions of horror: "How is this possible? Wasn't it said that Zhang Xinwu had already killed it?"

Even if a martial god is seriously injured and on the verge of death, they are definitely not someone they can deal with.

No matter how many people come, they're all just going to their deaths!

In this world, only God can fight against God!

Gu Minghui had expected this, so his expression remained calm: "How could a god who has lived for tens of thousands of years die so easily? It is precisely because of the possibility that the Void Sun Rat is not dead that the higher-ups sent me on this trip."

Ye Qingzhou was shocked upon hearing this: "You can deal with a god?"

In Kunlun Cave Heaven, Ye Qingzhou witnessed firsthand how a Martial God fought. He killed a Martial Saint as easily as killing a chicken; the two were on completely different levels.

Gu Minghui's ability to combine his mental energy with Blue Star technology to gain the combat power of a Martial Saint was already enough to amaze Ye Qingzhou, but now he actually claims that he can deal with a Martial God.

This is really hard to believe.

Of course, Ye Qingzhou did not doubt that Gu Minghui was lying.

After all, he had his own methods for dealing with the God of War. For example, when he dealt with Lian Lingxiao, he used the protective formation of the capital city of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Gu Minghui laughed and said, "If it were the previous Void Sun Rat, I would definitely turn around and run away as soon as I encountered it. Unfortunately, it has already died once. Even though it regained its life by using a secret technique to steal the sky and change the sun, encountering me is its greatest calamity."

"What are you planning to do?"

Ye Qingzhou swung his sword and slew the attacking corpse demon.

He was always ready to run away at any time. If Gu Minghui failed to kill the Void Sun Rat, he would definitely be the first to flee.

"You guys hold off the army of ghouls and buy me time. I'll deal with the Void Sun Rat."

Gu Minghui knew he needed to boost morale, so he unleashed his strongest attack right in front of everyone: "Break!"

Armed with thought, shining like the sun!

The Nine Heavens Kunpeng Armor, in the form of a roc, spread its wings majestically, and its silver-white feather sword shone with dazzling light. The supremely yang light of heaven instantly pierced through the Blood Prison, tearing open a gap that reached deep into the Emperor's Cave.

The main hall of the military lord was clearly in sight.

Among the piles of white bones, the group finally spotted the figure of the Void Sun Rat.

"Found you, you Sun Rat!"

Gu Minghui's figure instantly broke the sound barrier and headed straight for the Void Sun Rat.

"Um?"

The Void Sun Rat sensed a strong sense of crisis from Gu Minghui: "You mere mortal, how dare you threaten me?"

"You False Sun Rat, even if you possess the ability to steal the sky and change the sun, today is your death day."

"You?"

The Void Sun Rat was initially disdainful. Even though its divine body was not yet repaired and its cultivation was not complete, it was still a mere mortal who dared to kill a god.

But when Gu Minghui produced a delicate and exquisite Bagua lock, He was horrified: "The Bewitching Lock! Innate Yi Jing (Book of Changes)—you are a descendant of the Azure Emperor! You deserve to die!"

The Void Sun Rat turned to flee, but it was too late. The Hundred Battles Emperor Cave had sealed off time and space, leaving the Void Sun Rat with nowhere to escape.

Gu Minghui raised the Mind Lock high, and a pure white radiance shone on the Void Sun Rat, ignoring its struggles and howls, and dragged its soul into the lock.

The Bewitching Lock is an object used to seal away deities. It was originally created by the Azure Emperor to suppress ancient ghosts and gods that wreaked havoc on the human world. Its material is extremely special, and it is very difficult to make, so its quantity is very small.

Previously, when the soul and body of the Void Sun Rat were united, even with the Mind-Bending Lock in hand, Gu Minghui would have been helpless.

After all, the Mind Lock can only lock the soul of a Martial God. If a Martial God is encountered while still alive, the opponent must be killed before the seal can be applied.

Now that the Void Sun Rat has forcibly returned from the Spirit Realm, its divine body is not yet complete, so it is naturally unable to unite its spirit and flesh, and it cannot escape being sealed by the Mind Lock.

"No!"

The soul of the Void Sun Rat was absorbed into the Bewitching Heart Lock. With a click, the lock closed, and its divine sense was instantly sealed and suppressed.

Within the Mind Lock, the primordial energy, guided by the principles of divination, evolves into the images of Yin and Yang and the Eight Trigrams, resulting in countless permutations and combinations, trapping the mind and soul of the Void Sun Rat in an ocean of mathematics.

Without the key, the puzzle within the Mind Lock cannot be solved, and the soul of the Void Sun Rat will never leave.

Subsequently, without the divine power of the Void Sun Rat, the Blood Prison phenomenon disappeared, and the crisis was averted.

"They won so easily?"

Ye Qingzhou was surprised. He thought it would be a bloody battle with most of the survivors killed or wounded before he could take down the remnant soul of the Void Sun Rat.

He was, after all, a martial god who had lived for tens of thousands of years, right?

As a result, the Void Sun Rat was defeated by Gu Minghui in a single encounter.

Holding the Bewitching Lock in his hand, Gu Minghui replied, "If there were any real danger, you wouldn't have been allowed to participate in this battle. Before the battle began, the authorities activated the Heavenly Mystery System and the Heavenly Pivot System respectively, using the Great Derivation Divination Method to conduct pre-battle simulations, calculate various possibilities, and predict the outcome."

"Therefore, we came prepared for this battle, and we were already in an invincible position before the battle even started."

Ye Qingzhou laughed upon hearing this: "No wonder people in ancient times liked to perform divination before going to war. It turns out it really works!"

"The Great Derivation Divination Method is an algorithmic model created by the Green Emperor, not some kind of feudal superstition."

After Gu Minghui finished speaking, he was about to put the Bewitching Lock away when Ye Qingzhou stopped him: "What do you plan to do with this?"

Ye Qingzhou pointed to the Mind-Bending Lock in Gu Minghui's hand.

The Mind Lock only temporarily sealed the soul of the Void Sun Rat. It has lived for tens of thousands of years and may have left some other tricks up its sleeve, so it could be reborn at any time.

To put it bluntly, this thing is a hot potato. Once the Mind Lock is broken, the Void Sun Rat will escape and wreak havoc in the Eastern Pole Kingdom.

"Of course, we should find a secluded place and seal it away completely."

Seeing Ye Qingzhou's greedy expression towards the Bewitching Heart Lock, Gu Minghui said speechlessly, "What mischief are you up to now? This thing is dangerous, don't mess around with it."

Ye Qingzhou smiled and looked at Gu Minghui: "Does the official team want a divine weapon?"

"Are you willing to hand over the Flame Emperor Sword?"

"Don't even think about it. I'm talking about a brand new, custom-made divine weapon. As for the manufacturing fee, we can discuss it."

Ye Qingzhou smiled and began to enthusiastically promote the product.

"You can forge divine weapons?"

"Of course, I did receive the inheritance of Emperor Yan after all."

"But you've only received Emperor Yan's inheritance for a few months, haven't you?"

"I'm a peerless genius, aren't I?"

"..."

Gu Minghui blinked, still somewhat skeptical: "You really can forge divine weapons?"

"Made by both Heaven and Man".

Ye Qingzhou didn't say much, but as soon as those four keywords were mentioned, Gu Minghui was immediately convinced that Ye Qingzhou was knowledgeable, and therefore his attitude became enthusiastic: "You have already learned the art of the Co-creation of Heaven and Man?"

Indeed.

Ye Qingzhou then recounted the successful case of Lian Hongying: "When I was in the Kingdom of Rakshasa, I forged a pair of divine weapons for my queen. The main material for them was the soul of the God of War."

Upon receiving this news, Gu Minghui was overjoyed: "That's wonderful!"

Suppressing the soul of the Void Sun Rat is undoubtedly a difficult task, requiring a huge investment and potentially leading to catastrophic consequences if anything goes wrong.

If someone could turn this trash into treasure, only a fool wouldn't agree!

What do you need?

"Is the divine body of the Void Sun Rat still intact after it was damaged?"

"You can have it."

"I also need to find a propitious location to set up a furnace between heaven and earth."

"No problem. Although large dragon veins are rare, our Eastern Pole Kingdom is vast and rich in resources. Finding one is not difficult."

Gu Minghui agreed to all of Ye Qingzhou's conditions without any haggling.

Because he knew how important a custom-made, ownerless divine weapon was to the Eastern Kingdom.

Especially now that Zhang Xinwu has ascended to the position of Martial God, if he were to obtain a divine weapon, he would surely become the pillar of the Eastern Pole Kingdom.

"Finally, I need the technology to create the Elemental Armor."

After witnessing Gu Minghui's Nine Heavens Kunpeng Battle Armor, Ye Qingzhou felt even more eager for the technology of the Yuanling Battle Armor.

"make a deal."

After that came the cleanup of the battlefield. The remaining enemies in the Hundred Battles Emperor Cave had been almost all killed by the Void Sun Rats, so the human side was essentially there to clean up the mess, and the process was very easy.

Only when they were leaving did a small accident occur: the Hundred Battles Emperor Cave suddenly closed, and one person was missing from the group.

Gu Minghui looked around, his expression grave: "Where is Ye Qingzhou?"

Wang Yin looked completely bewildered: "I don't know!"

…………

"Old Gu, Old Wang?"

In the blink of an eye, Ye Qingzhou found himself separated from the main group and teleported back to the Blood Arena.

Unfortunately, it was completely quiet all around, and no one responded.

Only in the blood-soaked arena, four towering bronze statues stared at Ye Qingzhou. They had beast-like bodies and human faces, bronze heads and iron foreheads, each holding a spear, halberd, battle-axe, shield, and bow and arrow. Their thick eyebrows and angry eyes exuded a murderous aura, making the scene extremely terrifying.

Click~

The bronze statue suddenly came to life and even began to speak in human language: "The trial begins."

huh~

With a twang of the bowstring, the arrow pierced the air and arrived in an instant.

Ye Qingzhou reacted swiftly, immediately activating the second-level overclocking mode and drawing his sword to parry.

Ding~

The flying arrow struck the Longyuan sword with a deafening clang. Ye Qingzhou seized the opportunity to retreat quickly, escaping the battle and dodging the spears and halberds that attacked from the left and right.

"The Five Weapons Formation?"

Ye Qingzhou was utterly speechless. He had clearly come here to gain experience and prestige, so when had he ever said he wanted to participate in the inheritance assessment?

How can a dignified military commander not even understand the principle that "a forced relationship is never sweet"?

This is absolutely outrageous!