The Great Ruler

Chapter 915 - A Terrible Mess

Boom!

The massive war banner, along with the surging Battle Will, whistled down in an indescribable manner with the fluttering flag emanating an extremely sharp aura.

Under innumerable shocked gazes in this region, the runes on the surface of the war banner had already reached an astonishing amount of 18,000 when it clashed with the deathly light.

It was a number of runes that made many experts suck in a cold breath upon looking at it.

Poosh!

Just as they were all astonished, the war banner had already heavily clashed with the deathly light. But there wasn't any expected earth-shattering shock wave from the collision.

There was only a noise akin to blades cutting through tofu. The war banner was like a sharp blade that could split the heavens and earth apart as it streaked across the deathly light.

The war banner slightly fluctuated as it streaked across. Mu Chen's gaze was calm, without any ripples, while the deathly light, which was filled with destructive power, was split into two before him and flew past his head.

Boom!

As the beams of light flew out, they collapsed and dissipated into sparkles of black light that filled the sky.

Innumerable pupils narrowed, since no one expected that such a stunning attack from Lin Ming would be so feeble before the war banner.

"How is this possible?!"

Lin Ming's facial expression froze as he watched this scene in disbelief. The trump card that he was so confident about was actually so easily destroyed?

Before the war banner, his strongest attack was as weak as tofu.

"The number of runes on his war banner is real?! How is that possible?!" Lin Ming finally cleared up completely at this moment and the shock that blew over became even greater. After devouring the will of so many Battle Will geniuses, he was only able to reach 14,000 runes, so how was it possible for Mu Chen to exceed him by 4,000?!

What inheritance did that fellow obtain for it to be so powerful?!

Rustle!

When Lin Ming was shocked, Mu Chen did not bother speaking. After the war banner had torn through the deathly light, the might of it hadn't decreased. It had instantly pierced through space and ruthlessly slashed towards Lin Ming.

A sharp noise of wind was travelling at a rapid speed that shook Lin Ming up from his shock. Immediately, his face was filled with astonishment as he swiftly retreated. At the same time, he had utilised the Battle Will to form several massive defences before him.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

But his defences were swiftly destroyed by the war banner.

Poosh! Poosh!

When all of Lin Ming's defences were torn apart, he finally couldn't bear the shock wave of the Battle Will and spewed a mouthful of blood as his silhouette flew out in a pathetic manner.

Poosh! Poosh!

When Lin Ming was blown away, many warriors amongst the myriads of troops had also suffered heavy injuries. Immediately, the noise of spewing blood continuously resounded. The army that stood with high morale just a few minutes before had practically collapsed in an instant. The Battle Will that was initially majestic had turned chaotic and weak.

Anyone could tell that those troops had suffered heavy injuries.

Lin Ming looked at the ocean of Battle Will that had collapsed in an instant and his face paled. He understood that he had completely lost in this confrontation and the morale of his troops had diminished. An intense pain spiked in his mind since the weakening of his will had caused the repercussion for executing his earlier means to relapse. Losing his Battle Will, he would probably not even be able to fight an ordinary Fourth Grade Sovereign.

Lights flickered in Lin Ming's eyes as he abruptly clenched his teeth, before his silhouette burst in retreat.

However, when his silhouette was retreating, Mu Chen gave a cold sneer and had clenched his fist. The war banner expanded and the torrential Battle Will had formed into a huge hand of Battle Will that instantly pierced through space and enveloped towards Lin Ming.

"Brat, you dare!"

The sudden changes had all occurred in an instant. No one had expected for Lin Ming to be defeated so swiftly. The experts of the Netherworld Palace also couldn't react in time. Only the Heavenly Evil King had issued a roar and had swiftly sent a palm out. The torrential Spiritual Energy had instantly formed into a thousand foot-sized Spiritual Energy palm in the horizon that was ruthlessly suppressing towards Mu Chen.

When the Seventh Grade Sovereign acted, he had revealed an unparalleled strength that had even exceeded the power of attacks that were previously launched by Mu Chen and Lin Ming with all they had.

As the Spiritual Energy palm pressed down like a mountain, lights flickered in Mu Chen's eyes as he gave out a cold snort. He did not attempt and dodge, but both of his hands came together. The Battle Will hand, which was making a grab towards Lin Ming, flew out and clashed with that palm of Spiritual Energy.

Rumble!

This confrontation had caused the heavens and earth to tremble as shock waves were sent out, causing the surrounding mountain peaks to crumble.

In a single confrontation, Mu Chen had issued a groan as the Battle Will palm had dissipated. At the same time, the attack from the Heavenly Evil King had dimmed down and vanished as well.

Rustle!

An uproar resounded in this region and every single force was shocked in their hearts. Perhaps they did not have a clear perception of the confrontation between two Battle Formation Masters, but they were startled in their hearts when they saw Mu Chen resisting the attack from the Heavenly Evil King with the power of Battle Will. A Fifth Grade Sovereign could actually make use of the power of Battle Will to confront a Seventh Grade Sovereign, such strength was simply too astonishing.

"Hmph."

When the Battle Will palm shattered, Mu Chen coldly snorted and a pair of phoenix wings unfolded on his back. As the wings flapped, his figure had drawn afterimages and he appeared before Lin Ming like a bolt of lightning.

Watching this scene, Lin Ming's face had instantly changed and he circulated the Spiritual Energy in his body before throwing a fist towards Mu Chen.

Mu Chen remained indifferent as he watched Lin Ming. He was already a Fifth Grade Sovereign, and Lin Ming had relied on external powers to become a Fourth Grade Sovereign. Thus, if they competed in terms of Spiritual Energy, Mu Chen could slaughter Lin Ming in less than three rounds.

Therefore, Mu Chen had only pushed a palm out. His palm made a loop that obstructed the fist from Lin Ming and gently made a pull. Crackling noises rang out and Lin Ming's wrist was immediately broken by him.

"Arghhhh!"

Lin Ming immediately issued a miserable shriek upon his wrist being broken while being lifted like a chicken by Mu Chen without any power to retaliate. Comparing his current state to before, it was a day-and-night difference.

Many experts had inwardly sighed at the sight of this. Although a Battle Formation Master was powerful, they are too over reliant on the Battle Will of troops. Thus, they were extremely weak upon being stripped of the power of Battle Will.

Although the power of Battle Will was an alternate route, there were too many limitations. Thus, a Battle Formation Master wasn't as free as a Spiritual Energy cultivator, who relied on themselves, depending on their own strength to journey in the Great Thousand World.

Clearly, there wasn't an absolutely perfect energy in the world.

"Brat, you're courting death!"

When Mu Chen held Lin Ming hostage, the Heavenly Evil King recovered from the shock that Mu Chen had withstood his earlier attack. Immediately, his face turned solemn as a terrifying Spiritual Energy oppression enveloped over.

"Hmph. Who are you to yell at someone from my Great Havenlaw Domain?!" But this time, there was no need for Mu Chen to make a move as the Asura King's cold laughter had resounded. Thereafter, the Asura King took a step forth and had appeared over the horizon. He fixed his sharp gaze onto the Heavenly Evil King, resisting the Heavenly Evil King's Spiritual Energy oppression all by himself.

The scene of a confrontation between two Seventh Grade Sovereigns felt more tense than the confrontation between Mu Chen and Lin Ming.

Along with the Asura King and Heavenly Evil King confronting each other, the experts of the Great Havenlaw Domain and Netherworld Palace were immediately in a state of hostility, causing the atmosphere in this region to be instantly tense.

"Haha. Heavenly Evil King, if you guys want to wage a war, then my Great Havenlaw Domain will accompany you to the end. But before that, how about your Netherworld Palace honour our bet?"

Mu Chen's laughter suddenly rang out in midst of the tensed atmosphere. His laughter had made the faces of the experts of the Netherworld Palace, including the Heavenly Evil King's, to violently twitch.

Many gazes in this region flickered at this moment, with those that were taking joy at the Netherworld Palace's misfortune and those that had grudges with the Netherworld Palace making use of this situation to ridicule them.

"Hehe. The Netherworld Palace has been so arrogant for so long and they finally got what they deserved."

"But it's unsure whether the Netherworld Palace is going to own up to it. Hehe. If they lose the Fallen Origin Pellets, then the Netherworld Palace Master will probably not let any of them off."

"But if they don't hand them over, then the reputation of the Netherworld Palace will be thoroughly lost…"

"……"

Hearing the mockeries that resounded in this region, the Heavenly Evil King's face alternated between pale and ashen with a raging fire filling his eyes. He never would have expected that Lin Ming, who initially held the upper hand, would lose this confrontation!

"Mu Chen, don't go too far. At best, I can hand over the Glacier King over to you! My Netherworld Palace will also admit our defeat this time!" The Heavenly Evil King said with his teeth clenched.

Hearing those words, Mu Chen squinted his eyes. "I'm not the only one playing this show. Everyone here has heard it, it was also our bet. I believe that if I had lost now, I'm afraid that you, Heavenly Evil King, wouldn't go easy on us, right?"

The Heavenly Evil King's eyelid twitched and finally understood that Mu Chen would definitely not let this matter rest so easily. But it's basically impossible for them to hand over 400,000 Fallen Origin Pellets. If that's the case, then not a single one of them would come out of this alive once the Netherworld Palace Master knew about this matter.

But right now, if they refused to acknowledge this matter before every one of the Northern Region, then the reputation of their Netherworld Palace would be thoroughly ruined.

They were simply forced on a path with no retreat in this matter.

When the other peak forces like the Divine Pavilion and Sky Profound Palace saw that the Netherworld Palace was forced on a path with no retreat, they vaguely felt their scalps tingling and rejoicing at the same time. Fortunately, it was the Netherworld Palace that stood out today. If they were in the Netherworld Palace's place, then they would even have thoughts to suicide.

The Netherworld Palace was already forced under great pressure in the current situation, thus they were going to see how they would handle this great mess.