Infinite Professions-Chapter 88 - 18: Emperor
"Bang!!!"
The space shattered, the heavens and earth roared.
High above, a burst of golden light suddenly appeared, breaking through the darkness, accompanied by a chilling murderous intent and the imposing presence of an emperor, changing the course of the winds and clouds.
Such murderous intent, such majesty, was as heavy as a mountain. All spirit beasts below Tier Four were completely paralyzed on the ground, and even those at Tier Five felt immense pressure, causing their movements to slow drastically.
"What is this...!?"
A Lord-level Spirit Control Master who had enacted the Spirit Fusion Secret Technique forced himself to look up, only to see the golden light dazzling high above, like a proud sun rising into the sky, ablaze at noon.
Inside the golden light, a glimpse of a massive shadow was visible, its wings seemed to cover the sky, its body could obscure the sun, its feathers were golden, like swords piercing the heavens, resembling a godly Kunpeng soaring through the nine skies, sweeping down with the winds and clouds.
"Golden-winged Roc?"
"How could it be!"
A cry of surprise rang out, echoing with shock.
The gathered monarchs’ expressions changed, they turned back in anger and fear, looking towards where Shentu Lang was, only to see the Flying Fire Meteor dashing away, and the Flaming Qilin Horse burst forth, galloping out of the city without a backward glance.
"Shentu Lang!!!"
"F*ck you!!!"
The monarchs roared in unison, their vulgar words unable to express their fury.
However, their rage lasted only a moment, immediately replaced by calm rationality, and the group of monarchs scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in terror, no longer caring about Zhang Xuanming and Chen Luojun, who were too exhausted to fight, with only one thought in mind: escape.
Run, run, run!
The monarchs fled, Shentu Lang still led the charge, but he felt no joy, only an indescribable panic and fear.
"How could it be, how could it be!"
"My father is dead, the Fire Spirit Essence Jade offered by the family is shattered, this news wouldn’t reach me in more than half a day!"
"The location of the Rage Sea Tide is at the intersection of the Sky Kingdom and Water Country, Southern Continent and Western Continent, tens of millions of miles from the Eastern Continent. Even if he had subdued a Golden-winged Roc, he couldn’t have arrived so quickly."
"Unless, unless... how could this be possible!?"
Shentu Lang’s heart screamed wildly, but his speed did not slow in the least, even disregarding the injury to his spirit beast’s life essence as he performed a forbidden secret technique, turning the Flaming Qilin Horse into a blazing fire, sprinting out of the city with astonishing speed.
But...
"Puff!!!"
A muffled sound, the blaze scattered, Shentu Lang looked down, seeing a hollow appear in his chest, but strangely, there was not a drop of blood, no visible organs or bones, only a sheet of golden light, smooth as a mirror, entirely wrapping the wound and spreading inward.
"Golden-winged... Roc... King!"
His body stiffened, only his lips struggled to move, spitting out five shocking words.
Soon after, golden light burst forth and spread ferociously from the hollow, engulfing his body, reducing flesh and bone to dust, even the Flaming Qilin Horse beneath him was not spared, scattering into a burst of fire.
It wasn’t just him, others too, a group of Lord-level Spirit Control Masters and King Spirit Beasts, also faced this fatal threat.
Because high above, the Golden Spirit Light radiated fiercely, forming a domain, within which the divine bird flapped its wings, its feathers like golden swords shooting in all directions, sweeping towards the despairing monarchs fleeing for their lives.
"It’s the Emperor Realm!"
"Golden-winged Roc King, Golden-winged Roc King!"
"Lord Taiyi, this is all a misunderstanding!"
"We surrender, we surrender!"
"Ah!!!"
Horrified screams, desperate wails.
A group of Lord-level Spirit Control Masters fled in panic, but seeing the rapidly expanding Golden Spirit Realm above, and the sky-covering giant shadow within, their hearts filled with despair.
Golden-winged Roc King
Spirit Beast Rank: Lord-level (Emperor Species)
Spirit Beast Type: Roc (Avian Type)
Spirit Beast Combat Skills: Heaven and Earth Extreme Speed, Space Travel, Golden Spirit Realm, Ten Thousand Swords Piercing the Heart...
The Eye of the Spirit-control, a fleeting glance, looking at the Golden-winged Roc King that shielded the heavens and covered the sun within the Golden Spirit Realm, everyone finally understood why it had arrived just in time.
The eruption site of the Rage Sea Tide was at the intersection of the Sky Kingdom and Water Country, Southern Continent and Western Continent, tens of millions of miles away from the Eastern Continent. Even with the Golden-winged Roc’s full-speed flight, equipped with Heaven and Earth Extreme Speed, it would still require a day and a night to reach here.
But that was a Golden-winged Roc, not the Golden-winged Roc King.
The former is a King Species, the latter is an Emperor Species.
A difference of just two words, but worlds apart. The Golden-winged Roc King of the Emperor Species not only possesses Heaven and Earth Extreme Speed but also masters the ability of Space Travel. A distance of tens of millions of miles is merely a matter of dozens of transits, not requiring a day and a night, half a day is enough to arrive.
So, it came, at this critical moment, it came.
As to how it managed to evolve the recently subdued Golden-winged Roc into the Golden-winged Roc King, no one knows, and at this moment, no one has the heart to delve into it.
Because, it has already arrived!
King Emperor, a difference of two words, and worlds apart.
This Golden-winged Roc King, although still a Tier Five spirit beast, equivalent to these Lord-level Spirit Masters in rank, due to its Emperor Species nature, its actual combat power has long surpassed Tier Five, equating it to Tier Six spirit beasts.
Unless an Emperor-level Spirit Master intervenes, or a Tier Six spirit beast contends with it, this battlefield will be completely dominated by it.
Do they have an Emperor-level Spirit Master?
Perhaps they do.
But they would absolutely not interfere, or rather, the moment they saw the Golden-winged Roc King, they had already withdrawn from this vortex.
Because that’s the Golden-winged Roc King, an Emperor Species Golden-winged Roc King, certain to ascend to Tier Six, and even potentially dominate under Celestial Destiny.
A Royal Ancestor of the Sky Kingdom became the strongest Emperor-level Spirit Master under Celestial Destiny, solely by possessing a Golden-winged Roc King.
No one desires to provoke such an enemy, not even an Emperor-level Spirit Master, nor the formidable figures of the Three Great Kingdoms or Spirit Control City.
So, they were abandoned, abandoned in an instant.
But they don’t wish to give up on themselves.
Therefore, they struggle, plead, and surrender.
Even resisting in despair.
But to no avail, to no avail at all.
The Golden Spirit Realm unfurled, shrouding the entire battlefield, the authority exclusive to Emperor Spirit Beasts and Tier Six spirit beasts, crushing all resistance.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!"
Feathers like swords, golden light crisscrossing, the group of monarchs had not fled the realm’s boundary before they were pierced by the terrifying golden spirit swords. Whether Spirit Lord Species or King Species, they were felled in one strike.
This is the Emperor Species, the Emperor Species Spirit Beast that can dominate the battlefield and command everything.
And more despairingly...
"Roar!!!"
"Howl!!!"
"Whimper!!!"
"Cry!!!"
Another round of wails and howls echoed, as four beams of light surged within the Golden Spirit Realm, with four spirit beasts rushing forth, sweeping towards the four directions of Wudu, searching for any fish that slipped through the net.
"That is..."
"Earth Monarch Emperor?"
"White Tiger Star Monarch?"
"Fighting Saint Ape?"
"Wind Thunder Divine Eagle?"
"Emperor, five Emperor Species?"
"How could it be possible, how could it be possible!"
Outside Wudu, a Lord-level Spirit Control Master shouted hoarsely, staring at the four spirit beasts rushing forth, his eyes filled with despair.
Five Emperor Species, five Emperor Species!
Beside the Golden-winged Roc King, does he have another four Emperor Species spirit beasts?
How could it be, how could it be?
Since when did Emperor Species spirit beasts become so abundant?
It’s known that even the strongest of the Spirit Control Continent, the master of Spirit Control City, and the predecessors of the Nine Great Celestial Destiny Spirit Masters only each have two or three Emperor Species spirit beasts, and these are results cultivated over hundreds of years, with great dedication and endless resource expenditure.
But he... how could he!?
Despair filled their hearts, only to be buried under the dazzling spirit light that soon followed. The four Emperor Spirit Beasts surged forth, establishing their respective domains, capturing any that slipped through the net.
