Star Gate-Chapter 1712: Crazily Strong (I)
“Senior Sun God... we look to you for this battle!” Supreme Zhang nodded at the man.
The Sun God lifted his head and looked at the supreme, then at the big cat overhead.
“Flaming Sun is strong enough,” he chuckled. “It has a seventh rank master and peak seventh rank battle strength! It will be hard to break through their defenses. But you and Big Cat together... that should be enough.”
“The senior jests,” sighed the supreme. “We can borrow strength from Fang Ping, but he might be in danger at the moment himself. Once we pull from him, he’ll be doomed!”
The Sun God chuckled merrily and didn’t say a word. Zhang Tao, the Martial King, Supreme Zhang...
This was how this guy always was. He was an irritating sight, but... Forget it, the Sun God decided not to argue. It wasn’t like the supreme ever spoke a word of truth, anyhow.
Those of New Martial didn’t understand him, much less his enemies. It was how New Martial had made it so far. Who knew how many trump cards he had up his sleeve? The supreme was the true emperor of New Martial!
He was strong when the people were strong. New Martial had accumulated so much strength over a thousand years—who would believe that the supreme wasn’t strong?
While the Human King and Ash Emperor were the master of the world and master of great dao, the supreme also counted as one, despite not possessing such a title. It was most terrifying of all that the Human King was yet to sever the supreme’s dao of the human emperor.
Fang Ping simply sat by and watched the supreme grow stronger. Aren’t you afraid of this old fart selling you out?!
The supreme chuckled while the Sun God was lost in his thoughts. “Alright now, the right time has come. Let’s take action!”
Dozens of exalted emperors poured fourth. The Ash Emperor shifted New Martial’s main world and rushed toward Flaming Sun. There were more fish to eat... It seems like Number Two’s gotten a lot stronger these days! It could sense the other’s presence with increasing clarity. Was Number Two about to descend upon reality?
But I haven’t prepared enough dried fish yet! It seems like it won’t be long now before Number Two comes back! It might be just the span of a yawn!
“I have to fish!” grumbled the cat.
A powerhouse in the distance yelled as soon as he saw the cat materialize, “New Martial has come! Stand ready for battle! Request reinforcement!”
Request them from who?
Blazing Sun, of course!
The worst case scenario was upon them—New Martial was supposed to be roaming through Red Moon Region, but it’d appeared here!
Battle erupted in the blink of an eye, the world fell apart!
......
War had arrived in Blazing Sun Region, namely Flaming Sun major world. Some masters of the world in the vicinity immediately sensed some of the changes. When they saw a massive cat the size of a star come down on Flaming Sun, immediate comprehension dawned.
New Martial was ambushing them!
However, their first thought wasn’t to reinforce their brethren, but to flee with their worlds. If withdrawing was too hard, then they would beg for support. New Martial was renowned throughout the four regions these days. It’d taken down two seventh rank worlds in one day. Who dared stand against it now?
Someone quickly sent a message to Blazing Sun major world, the overlord of the region. They requested backup!
An eighth rank’s presence was naturally needed since New Martial of Red Moon Region had come calling. Although they knew that the Exalted Blazing Sun Emperor seemed to be on Skyward, there was more than one eighth rank in Blazing Sun Region. There were also numerous seventh ranks left on duty.
Flaming Sun might not be able to fend off the enemy, but at least it could hold out until nearby exalted emperors came in support.
A giant the size of a sun stood over the world. “Why does New Martial ambush us?!” it shouted.
That was a futile question. There was no talk of right or wrong in the chaos, just whether one was weak or strong. It was the most naked law of the jungle. It was just... a bitter pill to swallow!
Why are you attacking us?! There are so many worlds out there, why aren’t you targeting some in Red Moon Region?? What are you doing here?!
A book of great dao manifested in the void. The pages blotted out the sun, seeking to suppress it. An old man floated out of it and said softly to the Flaming Sun master, “There is no reason or justification. This is simply an invasion!
“You can either hand over your dao universe and world, or be executed where you stand! You will be spared if you forsake your great dao and retain the strength of an Empyrean King if you separate yourself from the dao universe. The world will be spared if there are no longer any exalted emperors within it!”
Supreme Zhang didn’t bother with fabricating a proper excuse or reason. This was an invasion, plain and simple!
New Martial needs what you have, so here we are.
He couldn’t be bothered with wasting further effort on other endeavors. Since New Martial was a shit-stirrer in many people’s eyes, then let them stir it even further!
The Flaming Sun master flew into a rage! But with the Sun God, Ash Emperor, and New Martial supreme on the scene, he couldn’t clearly assess the battlefield in front of him. And as strong as Flaming Sun major world was, he wasn’t confident in holding them back despite occupying home ground advantage.
Blazing Sun was very far away and support might not make it in time. Not to mention, the Blazing Sun master wasn’t in residence at the moment. He’d gone to Skyward. No one from Blazing Sun might be willing to come without his express approval.
“This is Blazing Sun Region, not Red Moon Region!” snarled the Flaming Sun master through grit teeth. “You guys invade us today and might set your eyes on all of the major worlds in the four regions tomorrow!”
“So?” The supreme looked in all directions. “No matter what you say, those worlds only have a few seventh ranks among them. Will they dare involve themselves? I’m short on time here. We are giving you an opportunity to choose since we have invaded you.
“Leave your dao universe and relinquish your strength as exalted emperors. Otherwise, you will be shown no mercy!”
“You...”
“Who hasn’t been invaded or invaded others within the chaos universe?” sighed the supreme. “How many worlds has Flaming Sun invaded throughout its rise to seventh rank? There is no order in the chaos, so there is no need for condemnation through morals or ethics. The only differentiator is how strong someone is!”
The Flaming Sun master blinked, then suddenly fell silent. He’d found the development difficult to accept and thus his emotions had raged out of control, but his previous fury had receded to give way to calm.
The New Martial supreme had spoken one thing truly, and that there was no order in the chaos. It all came down to a matter of personal strength. No reason was needed if one wished to invade. So long as one was strong enough and confident of success, unworried of inducing wariness in others or being attacked en masse... then they could invade whoever they wished.
The Flaming Sun master regained his composure and looked at those arrayed in front of him.
“Then kill this seat!” he howled. “Kill me first before you talk of seizing the great dao!”
“As you wish!” The supreme said nothing else. His book blotted out the sun, summoning a myriad of daos that knitted into a dao net. It produced a domain out of thin air!
A massive fishing rod suddenly appeared in the Ash Emperor’s paws—it fished for the sun!
The cat wasn’t actually seeking to catch fish, but to hook onto a myriad of daos in the void. An entire dao universe materialized—Flaming Sun’s dao universe!
It was filled with the qi of true yang and brimmed with innumerable suns. But for the moment, the fishing pole yanked out dao sun after dao sun.
A merry Sun God punched out nearby, shattering the void and crumbling the world. Another dao universe spun from a myriad daos came down over the scene! It suppressed the world!
Being the disciple of the Sun God, the Suppression King coordinated his efforts in conjunction with his teacher. He was most skilled at the dao of suppression! The same went for his master; a character towered as loftily as a mountain and came down on Flaming Sun with crushing force.
The peak seventh rank Flaming Sun master held home ground advantage and was reinforced by his world and dao universe. But in this moment, he sensed only unbounded pressure and danger.
The Ash Emperor had not come with the Human King’s strength, but the New Martial contingent seemed stronger than when they’d attacked Elysian Fields!
The rest of the New Martial exalted emperors circled around the fiercely battling powerhouses and broke through the world gates. They were answered in kind by a crowd of furious Flaming Sun peak sixth ranks.
However, a spear shot through the air and pierced through a sixth rank, nailing them in the void. It was a stunning and overawing sight!
The Flaming Sun master had hoped that his people could use the advantage of terrain and timing to defeat the invaders, then come to his aid. He quickly realized what a farfetched thought that was.
Not only that, but the Ash Emperor sent its fishing rod through the world with a twitch of its paws. It reeled in an exalted emperor and their dao sun with a wave and deposited both in its small pond.
The cat yawned, as if it truly was just fishing.
The Flaming Sun master continuously flared with power, throwing off energy like he was a sun. The entire chaos was being scorched, but he still wasn’t able to offer much resistance to the Sun God and supreme!
“You are... a seventh rank!” The Flaming Sun master clenched his teeth as he looked at the figure hovering in and out of sight within the book. The New Martial supreme was also a seventh rank? That meant that a seventh rank universe had produced three seventh ranks.
No, four.
The Ash Emperor, Human King, Sun God, and Supreme Zhang!
Four seventh ranks!
Apart from lacking an eighth rank, New Martial was no different from any eighth rank universe. It boasted a similar complement of mid rank strength as well as a full contingent of fearsome sixth ranks.
When the Exalted Blood Emperor loosed his arrow, it almost always ended in a kill.
A coffin hovered behind the Earth Emperor, one that seemed to be composed of a hundred million coffins. They devoured everything from the Exalted Blood Emperor’s targets, not permitting the enemy’s dao mark to recover!
As the saying went, no heavyweight left a mark that endured through the ages. Only the wind and cloud were known forevermore. The Earth Emperor was Daoist Wind and Cloud, he was the father of Li Zhu!
Their ancient family was the one of four emperors that’d defied the Heavenly Emperor during New Martial’s rise!
The bevy of coffins that formed the big coffin turned out to be different daos upon further inspection. The daos had become coffins, which then formed a dao net. They buried the heavens, earth, and bodies when they appeared!
A dense presence of the underworld wafted out from them. There really did seem to be a world within the coffin—the underworld!
The Earth Emperor had once died and ruled over the underworld. He spent his days in carefree ease after the Human King revived him, seemingly retired from the world. But for some reason, he fought for glory again today.
His collection of coffins buried everything in sight!
