CHAPTER 532: CHAPTER 516: BAI QI BREAKTHROUGH_1

"Martial Artists beyond the Saint Realm, hold the rear! Quickly protect the Heavenly Prides and retreat!"

Above the shattered ancestral land, the command of the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe’s Clan Leader echoed, his voice like a cuckoo weeping blood, piercingly mournful. Standing on the sacred mountain, seeing his kinsmen fall in droves, his heart bled. These were the elites of his tribe, now almost entirely wiped out.

After today, will the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe still exist?

With the fierce valor accumulated over countless generations, are we to perish today? To be annihilated by the Qin Dynasty?

He could only hope, only pray, that a small number of his tribe could escape and carry on the bloodline of the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe, even if they were reduced to a minor race!

But would the terrified members of the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe, already being slaughtered, still heed their Clan Leader’s orders? They wished they could sprout wings and flee this place!

This led to utter chaos in the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe’s ancestral land. A large number of young tribesmen died, powerless against the battle-hardened elites of the Qin Dynasty. They lay in pools of blood, their eyes wide open in death. Their dim eyes held seven parts fear, one part confusion, one part indignation, and one part resentment!

Their confusion was about why their tribe had brought upon itself this disaster of annihilation!

Their indignation stemmed from their own weakness, their inability to protect their kinsmen and repel their enemies!

Their bitterness was directed at why their tribe had provoked the Saint’s Court of the Qin Dynasty, and why the Myriad Demon Saint’s Court had declared war on the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court!

Young and ignorant, they did not understand the deeper implications of this war!

"Break!"

In the rear of the battlefield, Bai Qi, who had attained enlightenment through slaughter, suddenly opened his eyes. His once distinct black-and-white pupils had turned completely blood-red, shooting out two beams of bloody light that pierced the Nine Heavens.

"General Bai has broken through!"

On the battlefield, Lv Bu paused his slaughter and looked at Bai Qi, now wreathed in bloody light, a hint of envy in his eyes. Among the Qin Dynasty’s generals, apart from Huo Qubing and Li Yuanba, the others had comparable cultivation levels, all within the Great Emperor Realm.

And now, Bai Qi, having attained enlightenment, had taken the first step and broken through to the Ten-thousand-year Emperor Realm!

Moreover, judging by the might of his Power of Laws, it likely wouldn’t be long before he comprehended the fundamental Dao of Slaughter and broke through to the Fundamental Emperor Realm. After all, for Bai Qi, cultivating on the battlefield was like a fish in water, a tiger with new wings!

As Lv Bu mused, the blood clouds suspended in the sky were suddenly dispersed by numerous thunderclouds. Azure thunder dragons tore through the sky, galloping across a thousand li of the firmament, annihilating vast expanses of the Void.

Is this a genuine Heavenly Tribulation? Bai Qi looked up. Thinking of how the heavenly thunder faced by the Qin Dynasty’s ministers during their tribulations had its power amplified several times, a cold smile touched his lips.

BOOM!

The thunderclouds churned!

A thousand-zhang azure thunder dragon flew down from the thunderclouds, baring its fangs and claws, its dragon eyes exuding an unprovoked majesty, carrying an intent of ultimate destruction, its aura overwhelming.

Within a radius of a thousand li, all living beings felt a suffocating pressure.

The wind ceased. The sounds of battle ceased. The world fell silent; only the sound of thunder resonated, exploding in the ears of all beings.

Indeed, the power has increased severalfold!

Standing beneath the thunder dragon, Bai Qi did not move. He even retracted his killing aura, merely raising his blood-red war sword and casually slashing downwards.

This strike was devoid of any technique, like that of a novice in the Sword Dao; it held no force, no Sword Intent, and not even the Power of Laws.

Yet, it was this very strike!

This exceedingly ordinary strike shattered the ten-thousand-zhang thunder dragon and even tore a hole in the thousand-li thundercloud. Through the celestial curtain, a land of Chaos could be glimpsed.

RUMBLE!

As if enraged by Bai Qi’s action, the thunderclouds began to roll violently, expanding directly from a thousand li to ten thousand li in scale. Its might was comparable to the tribulation of a Fundamental Emperor Realm cultivator.

Through the slowly healing thunderclouds, countless manifestations of the Great Dao’s power could be seen surging through the universe.

BOOM!

Then, the thunderclouds began to shake violently, shooting out a nine-thousand-zhang red thunder dragon. It descended with a force that seemed to freeze heaven and earth, carrying a potent forbidden power.

Forbidden Heavenly Thunder: Flame-Scorching Divine Thunder!

This was a divine thunder capable of turning a thousand-li region into a sea of fire. It was rumored that south of the Southern Continent lay a thousand-li Blazing Mountain, perpetually hot, formed by a strike of the Flame-Scorching Divine Thunder. Whether the rumor was true or not, it was enough to describe the terror of the Flame-Scorching Divine Thunder!

Bai Qi’s gaze turned cold. He tightened his grip on his blood sword ever so slightly!

A bloody light flashed from the sword! The Void silently shattered apart.

Following that, a world-shaking sound echoed across the Middle Region, attracting the attention of countless Martial Artists, who looked on, their faces pale with shock. A Forbidden Divine Thunder and a baleful blood-red Sword Qi were seen battling fiercely in the sky, the aftershocks of their clash terrifying to the extreme.

And this was merely the beginning!

In the following four hours, six more Forbidden Heavenly Thunders descended, but Bai Qi shattered them all effortlessly. From start to finish, his battle armor remained as bright and pristine as new.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

Perhaps because the previous eight heavenly thunders had failed to harm Bai Qi in the slightest, the thunderclouds emitted an even louder roar, as if the heavens themselves were咆哮ing in fury!

CRACK!

Another deep, muffled sound echoed.

A purple heavenly thunderbolt, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang in size and carrying world-ending power, flew out from the Realm of Thunder Prison.

The World-Ending Thunderbolt!

An existence only slightly less terrifying than the Annihilation Thunder! It had appeared when Qin Wudao, wielding the Yellow Spring World, confronted the Great Dao during Guo Jia’s resurrection, nearly shattering the Yellow Spring World.

Of course, the power of this World-Ending Thunderbolt could not compare to one personally manifested by the Great Dao. Though formidable, it was still within the scope of a Ten-thousand-year Emperor’s heavenly tribulation.

"Kill!" Bai Qi uttered a soft cry.

He gripped his blood sword tightly, raising it high above his head, unleashing myriad rays of blood-red light. An endless killing aura tore through the sky, shattering Heaven and Earth. In the next instant, the blood-red Sword Qi struck the World-Ending Thunderbolt!

Bai Qi’s powerful form trembled as he felt a tremendous backlash. He plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground and carving a ten-thousand-zhang trench in the dense earth.

A trickle of fresh blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, glaringly conspicuous!

ROAR—

Atop the Ninth Heaven, the thunder dragon roared as its colossal body shattered inch by inch, perishing together with the Sword Qi Bai Qi had unleashed.

The dim sky filled with myriad streaks of seven-colored auspicious light!

The thunderclouds slowly dissipated!

Warm sunlight showered the blood-soaked earth, illuminating the members of the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe and the Qin Dynasty soldiers. It seemed to restart the battlefield, and fierce fighting erupted once more.

"Thi... This..."

On the Sacred Mountain, the Clan Leader of the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe kept shaking his head, unable to accept the current situation.

His kinsmen were being slaughtered! And the enemy’s commander had just achieved a breakthrough!

Where was heavenly justice?

The Clan Leader of the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe suddenly saw the trickle of blood at the corner of Bai Qi’s mouth. His spirits surged. Kill! He just finished his Heavenly Tribulation; he must be severely injured!

Without hesitation, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes. His four hooves pushed off the ground, and he soared into the air. His golden horns radiated a sharp power as he charged towards Bai Qi with all his might.

Vast swathes of the Void shattered before his golden horns!

"Hm?"

Bai Qi, now attuning himself to the power of the Ten-thousand-year Emperor Realm, sensed an attack approaching. His brow furrowed slightly. As he turned his head, his blood-red eyes shot out two beams of bloody light.

Instantly, the charging Clan Leader of the Jade Rhinoceros Bull Tribe froze, his life force extinguished. Two bloody holes, wreathed in killing aura, remained on his forehead.

Even at the moment of death, he couldn’t believe it.

He, a distinguished Ten-thousand-year Emperor Realm Martial Artist, ranked among the top twenty of all alien races, had his life reaped by a mere glance.

Such a stifling grievance! It was too unbearable!