The Immortal Emperor Returns

Chapter 435 The Power of the Edict of the Assembly of Immortals

One last trick: the accumulation of natural energies of the surroundings.

Ten huge, blood-red silhouettes of the glyphs that Wu Kejin wrote on the piece of parchment with his blood hovered over like holograms.

“This is what we call the power of the Edict of the Assembly, Devil! Its ability to muster every iota of natural energies in the vicinity. The proof that you are against the will of Nature itself,” proclaimed Wu Kejin with an albeit pale face.

“As if the Assembly has such right to bark commands at Nature,” hissed Chu Xun sarcastically.

“How you hate to be wrong, Devil,” retorted Wu Kejin venomously. He flicked a drop of blood from a cut on his finger onto the Edict.

The magical parchment shone brilliantly all of a sudden like embers bursting to life. All ten blood-red glyphs hovering over it glowed brightly like the sun and a huge red dome of light burst forth like a tidal wave.

Rumble!

The very air trembled once more like resonance and winds churned suddenly with a vortex forming at the Edict now massing with natural energies from around them and even the sky darkened as if cowering with fear.

Bang! Bang!

A few of the Lost Races mutants who got too close to Wu Kejin got swept in by the growing dome of red light and burst into blood and viscera before they even knew what happened.

The rest of the people around could feel the inexplicable pressure coming back to crush down on them, this time with such force that their bones were literally groaning with pain and some of the lesser Human Kings and Beast Lords were already having blood oozing out of the pores on their skin.

Those who could still stand were practically shaking to their very boots in horror.

And this time, even those who were watching the broadcast live could feel how dangerous and terrible it was.

“ARRGGHH!”

A few of the lesser Human Kings began spewing blood from the pressure.

Chu Xun gave them a curt look and fired a blast of Hong Meng Immortal Qi at them. The magical energy turned into a giant cocoon that enveloped the lesser Human Kings and hurled them away for thousands of meters.

“Back,” he audibly commanded.

His hand aimed at a space just not far before the rest of the Human Kings and a purplish barrier of light erected, stopping the red dome-like lights from reaching them.

Seeing their chance, the surviving Human Kings quickly retreated further away.

“Die, Devil!” Wu Kejin snarled, thrusting a finger into the air.

Rumble!

The sky groaned and rocked again as if an invisible and gigantic hand was stirring and rousing up the winds and clouds overhead, causing the air to crackle and pop.

The magical parchment, although tattered and fray, never stopped shining brilliantly. It hung in mid-air, facing Chu Xun and the ten blood-red glyphs glowed with an intensively morbid aura.

Even Chu Xun could not help feeling as if someone had just walked over his grave.

Whoosh!

By this time, five of the blood-red glyphs had amassed enough natural energies and they each fired jets of red light that united into one single beam that headed straight for Chu Xun.

Chu Xun vanished from where he stood before, evading the attack.

Boom!

The red beam struck the spot where he was just at before and blasted a huge gaping hole with yawning cracks everywhere.

With a mind of its own, the Edict of the Assembly swiveled like a turret gun and aimed at Chu Xun.

This time, all ten glyphs of red shone together like neon signboards and they fired two beams like laser which came dangerously fast and deadly.

Chu Xun’s face turned to stone as he clenched his fists hard and he punched at the incoming beams of red light.

The purplish energy circling around his fists launched towards the first red beam.

Boom!

An explosion tantamount to a nuclear eruption ensued when the beam and the energy bolt met, culminating in a glittery display like fireworks.

Chu Xun grunted hoarsely; a sharp pain shot up from his hand. His knuckles were hurt from this exchange and he was bleeding. But there was no time; the second beam was just coming and before he could cleanly avoid it, it caught him at his shoulder, eliciting a huge spray of blood.

Chu Xun grimaced with pain. He had not felt such struggle for so long. The Edict of the Assembly really was a dangerous object and his right shoulder now felt numb from the blow.

“Could this really be natural energies?!”

One could almost make out the bones through the messy and bloodied mess that was the wound on his shoulder and his clothes were all drenched with blood.

It had been so long since he was actually hurt before after he bathed in dragon’s blood.

All around the world, warriors at the site or those watching the live broadcast all yelped with fright. Just one blow and the Devil was hurt.

Meanwhile, Chu Xun quickly activated Eternal Phoenix Scripture of the Hong Meng Scripture disciplines of spells to heal his wounds.

“The Assembly suffers no insult from your ilk, Devil. Woe betides you who sullies their name,” Wu Kejin burst out with laughter upon seeing Chu Xun wounded.

“Even if the Lord of the Assembly is here, I’ll force him to his knees. Nevermind a wretched little orphan like you,” hissed Chu Xun coldly.

The wound on his shoulder was no more and Chu Xun flexed it for good measure. He peered at the magical parchment and curled his lips into a grin.

But the sight of Chu Xun recovering so quickly appeared to be hardly pleasing to Wu Kejin. Bitterly, he activated the Edict of the Assembly of Immortals once more.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two destructive beams of red screamed through the air again, racing straight for Chu Xun.

Chu Xun flitted around very quickly like an apparition.

Boom! Boom!

The beams hammered into the ground, kicking up stone and gravel while leaving fresh holes and crevices everywhere in the chaos.

Then another lethal beam shot at Chu Xun with blinding speed.

Chu Xun balled his fists. Channeling his Hong Meng Immortal Qi, he swung it furiously like a club at the incoming beam.

Boom!

Another terrible explosion saw Chu Xun being tossed off his feet and he crashed hundreds of meters away.

Cough!

He spat a mouthful of blood.

The might of the Edict was just too great.

Silence pervaded every corner; the site of the battle and the Internet likewise.

Through the years, the Devil had never been forced to such lengths before.

One enchanted piece of paper from the Assembly of Immortal. That was all it took to cause damage to the invincible Devil. No one could possibly fathom what great might the Assembly must wield.

Humans were slaves to the Immortals when they still ruled Earth epochs ago, said Wu Kejin just now. If he, a mere orphaned son of the Immortals could see humans as mere peons and drudges, then the Immortals could see humans as worse if and when they returned to reclaim their place as masters of Earth.

Despair spread across Earth like a pandemic.

“What a pitiful weakling you are, Devil. An existence as miserable as an ant’s. From whence did you find the nerve to resist your true masters, I wonder? No. Perhaps it’s better off that you’re dead,” gloated Wu Kejin smugly.

Chu Xun struggled to his feet, his bones crackling with sickening snaps as he got up. Inside him, the Ancestral Dragon bones blossomed brightly in gold and his insides hummed defiantly, and so did his heart, beating furiously to keep him going.

Whoosh!

As if with a sentience of its own, the magical parchment fired another salvo of energy beams at Chu Xun when it sensed that he had got up.

Chu Xun quickly summoned every iota of Hong Meng Immortal Qi he could to protect him, and the coat of magical aura glittered like stars around him and his fists imbued with energy.

Boom!

He retaliated, launching his energy-imbued fist at the blood-red beam spearing at him.

The ground and hills around him shook the moment his fist collided with the beam, eliciting more waves of pulsing shock waves and steam.

“Is that it?” Chu Xun growled belligerently.

He had done it! He had defeated one of the blood-red beams!

Boom!

But the second red beam came at him very quickly and blasted into him.

“URRGGHH!”

Chu Xun stumbled backward in a rich diffusion of his own blood.

Those who were just about to burst out cheering for Chu Xun for defeating the first beam froze.

Bang!

Chu Xun crashed into a boulder from the blast, destroying it inadvertently.

Cough!

He vomited another mouthful of blood with a hand clutching at his midriff where more blood was trickling out.

“Dammit, what a real bummer!”

Chu Xun grimaced to himself with a painful grin. The blast would have dismembered him into halves if he had not bathed in dragon’s blood before.

“This junk of the Assembly is really annoying!”

“This is the most hallowed Edict of the Assembly of Immortals, Devil, which all mortal races shall humbly submit themselves to. You are an ant and a slave; an inconsequential being of negligible who seeks to defy the will of the Assembly. What a wretched thing you are,” Wu Kejin sneered.

All thanks to the Eternal Phoenix Scripture and the Hong Meng Immortal Qi inside him, Chu Xun’s wounds were healing quickly.

He got up quickly and glared at Wu Kejin.

“As I said, a piece of paper barely useful enough to wipe my backside won’t stop me.”

“You really do hate to be wrong,” Wu Kejin snorted.

The battered Edict trained its sights once again on Chu Xun. Bursting with golden lights once, it fired more red beams at him.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two beams of red traveled at rapid speeds at Chu Xun like a pair of twin arrows eager to perforate Chu Xun.

Chu Xun was not foolish enough to think that he could defeat both beams simultaneously. With unbelievable agility, he ducked and dove to escape the beams.

Boom! Boom!

The ground shook as the surrounding hills swayed and lurched wildly around the rocking Nether Mountain now suffering more opening gashes and crevices everywhere from the blasts.

Warriors everywhere around the world reeled with shock and awe at the might of the Edict.

Meanwhile, Chu Xun was finding himself deep in a predicament that he could not resolve. If a mere Edict from the Assembly could force him into a corner, one could imagine how true it could be that the Immortals once lorded over every mortal race on Earth.

“This day shall be the day you breathe your last, Devil!” Wu Kejin bellowed gleefully, pleased to see Chu Xun desperately fleeing for dear life.

That gave Chu Xun an idea; he wheeled around and darted after Wu Kejin, lunging at the latter with his fists on the ready and imbued with purplish Hong Meng Immortal Qi.

That was rather a surprise; Wu Kejin did not expect that Chu Xun would come at him, although he was not overly caught off-guard. Calmly, he readied himself.

As he drew closer, Chu Xun took notice of Wu Kejin’s composure. But confident in his own strengths, he shrouded himself in a coat of Hong Meng Immortal Qi and threw his fist at his enemy furiously.

But just before his fist collided with Wu Kejin, a sudden surge of white light devoured him whole.

Boom!

Chu Xun’s fist hammered hard on the white glowing shield and it emitted a deafening bang as he discharged every ounce of Hong Meng Immortal Qi he could muster.

Crack!

A tiny crack split upon the silver-white shield, a sign that its integrity was waning rapidly. Even so, the shield managed to live up to its charge of keeping Wu Kejin safe.

At the same time, the Edict of the Assembly of Immortals let off another bright glow and it fired more red beams at Chu Xun.

Bang!

The first beam hit Chu Xun in the back, blasting open his entire back and scattering blood in all directions, while the impact threw him into Wu Kejin who was right in front of him, and entangled together, they both careened uncontrollably away.

OUCH! The hit really was painful and savage that Chu Xun could almost feel his insides shaking from the impact.

Whoosh!

But no rest for the weary; the second beam was coming for him again.

Biting hard, Chu Xun bolted away, leaving trickles of blood in his wake.

Away from the battlefield and all around the world, silence hung like a pendulum over everyone’s head.

Everyone was holding their breaths for Chu Xun.

Whoosh!

The Edict fired another salvo of beams at Chu Xun.

Chu Xun was trying to avoid it. And Chu Xun did what he could to evade them.

“Where are you running to, Devil!?” screamed Wu Kejin with maniacal frenzy, firing a white energy bolt at Chu Xun.

Unfazed, Chu Xun balled his fist and fired another bolt at Wu Kejin’s attack, nullifying it easily.

Bang!

But the distraction was enough; a red beam smashed into his back, ripping his skin and flesh open that his entire back was bloodied and raw as he crashed a hundred meters away to the ground.

“This is your punishment for your disrespect to the Assembly, Devil,” said Wu Kejin as he lunged, cloaked in his glowing shield of white.

The battered Edict blazed once more in another glow of glory and launched more bright-red beams at Chu Xun.

Chu Xun activated his Eternal Phoenix Scripture again and he channeled his Hong Meng Immortal Qi while he quickly performed some hand seals.

Rumble!

The sky overhead groaned and a thick, hoary aura filled the air. A monolith appeared in mid-air, crashing down heavily.

Demon-slain Finger – Four Fingers Shocking the Sky!

Boom!

A sandstorm of dust and dirt swept across every inch of the battlefield as the explosion swallowed Wu Kejin inside while the ground cracked open into a long and hideous chasm more than hundreds of meters long.

Wu Kejin would still be standing, Chu Xun knew. He must be carrying some sort of Sacred Relic and an attack of this magnitude would not even hurt him the least.

Another barrage of blood-red beams singed dangerously at him.

Chu Xun bounded and sprinted as best as he could.

One of the beams missed him but it hit the ground nearby and the ensuing explosion caused a shock wave that slammed into Chu Xun, knocking him off his feet.

“URRGGHH!”

Chu Xun vomited a huge mouthful of blood as soon as he landed, drenching the front of his shirt.

“How’s that for fear, Devil!” Wu Kejin’s voice thundered triumphantly as he reappeared all fine and well. Whatever it was, the white-glowing magical shield had saved him from the Demon-slain Finger technique just now.