The Human Emperor

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Upon hearing the voice, Wang Chong came to a sudden stop, his mind shivering.

“A human?”

Wang Chong had had many ideas about what he would encounter in the well, including various kinds of monsters. But he had not imagined that the guardian of this place would be a human, or at least a creature that could speak a human tongue.

From the difficulty with which it had spoken the words, it was clear that it had been sealed in here for a very long time.

‘Mark’… What is it talking about?

Wang Chong pensively frowned. Although it had been rather sudden, Wang Chong quickly understood what was going on.

This ancient ruin probably has some identification that allows one to enter. Khatabah probably had this identification, allowing him to enter without coming under these attacks.

But Wang Chong was incapable of presenting this identification.

Let alone the fact that Wang Chong didn’t even know what it looked like, Khatabah had blown himself to pieces. Even if that identification had existed before, it didn’t exist now.

But Wang Chong didn’t spend too much time thinking. Even without the identification, he still needed to explore these ruins.

A moment later, Wang Chong raised his wariness, readying his Stellar Energy so that he could respond at any time, and began to head down.

The deeper he went, the hotter it became.

“Human, leave!” After some time, that warning voice spoke again, but Wang Chong did not notice that creature’s figure below.

“Am I almost at the end?”

Wang Chong quickly understood.

A dangerous energy filled the air, and the danger was increasing with every passing moment. But Wang Chong continued to descend the wall of the well.

A few moments later, the well began to slowly transform, the pillar-like space slowly expanding outward into a pyramidal shape.

Buzz!

As Wang Chong carefully examined his surroundings, he sensed a faint vibration in the air. At this moment, a sharp blade began to slice toward him at astonishing speed.

Boom!

Wang Chong immediately raised the golden Xuanyuan Sword, barely blocking the strike.

But before Wang Chong could counterattack, his opponent was gone.

Swish!

With no time for rest, that blade returned, but this time, it came from above and behind Wang Chong, slicing straight at his neck.

Bang!

A golden beam of Sword Qi flashed through the air as Wang Chong used the Xuanyuan Sword to strike that blade and repulse it.

A cry of alarm could be heard, but once more, before Wang Chong could counter, the opponent vanished.

“So fast!”

Wang Chong’s heart sank. He was doing his utmost to keep track of his foe, but this monster was so uncatchable that it seemed like it didn’t have a physical body.

That movement technique is at least twice as fast as my Greater Void Step! Wang Chong quietly said to himself.

The Greater Void Step was an art that Wang Chong had learned from the men in black and was the fastest movement technique he knew. When used to its maximum, it was impossible to see the user with the naked eye.

But his opponent was moving even faster than the Greater Void Step. He had never encountered this kind of situation before.

This alone allowed his foe to pose an enormous threat.

But even so, Wang Chong did not give up. He continued to descend while baiting the attacks of this unknown creature.

Hiss!

As expected, his enemy was apparently enraged by Wang Chong’s continued descent. Hissing bizarrely, it intensified its attacks against Wang Chong.

The air shrieked as that thin blade sliced through the air and unleashed a barrage of blows against Wang Chong.

Bang!

Front, back, left, right, up, down—its position was constantly shifting, each time attacking from a completely unexpected angle that had no relation to the previous one.

The attacks were fast, vicious, and accurate. They were all aimed at Wang Chong’s vital points, and when they sliced toward him, they seemed ordinary and unremarkable. It was only when they were about to impact that they erupted with horrifying strength that shook the very fabric of space.

In the face of these bizarre attacks, Wang Chong was forced completely on the defensive.

“Found it!”

After some time, Wang Chong’s eyes flashed. Through the ‘True World’, he had finally found his opponent.

Bang!

Gripping the Xuanyuan Sword, Wang Chong used the Greater Void Step to fiercely slash at his opponent just when his foe was slicing at his neck.

Rumble!

There was a thunderous boom as Wang Chong’s immense attack succeeded in forcing his foe out into the open.

It was a humanoid creature with pale skin and empty eye sockets. It wore a tattered black robe, and in its hand was a massive scythe that was nearly two meters long.

This scythe was so sharp that just looking at it seemed to slice apart one’s gaze.

The attacks Wang Chong had been facing had all come from this large scythe.

Boom! Wang Chong immediately unleashed a destructive torrent of energy from the Xuanyuan Sword, which smashed into the bizarre human-shaped creature like a comet and slammed it into the ground below.

Wang Chong had been using the True World ability this entire time, but his opponent’s attacks had been simply too erratic to pin down, completely defying the normal conventions of martial artists.

It was only after Wang Chong had identified the traits and cycle of his opponent’s attacks that he finally chose to abruptly strike and defeat his foe.

This time, Wang Chong held nothing back and immediately shot toward the bottom.

A fiery light assailed him, and he could see crimson flows of lava around him.

There were chunks of rock protruding from the lava flows, like small mountains, and on a dark brown rock, Wang Chong found the bizarre humanoid creature.

Wang Chong drifted down like a leaf, and at this moment, the creature began to move.

Its body trembled twice, and then it got up off the ground and blinked away. As Wang Chong landed, it roared and shot off toward another sharp rock.

Wang Chong simply landed on the ground and did not pursue.

“What is this thing? Its physical features are not similar to the Arabs, and its skin is ghastly white as if it hasn’t seen the sun in ages. Was it a guardian for that lost civilization? But how could anything live that long?” Wang Chong muttered to himself, very interested in this bizarre creature.

“Invader, die!”

At this moment, the human-shaped monster gave a strangled roar, hunching its body and beginning to radiate hostility.

Wang Chong smiled, completely unpanicked.

After fighting with it, Wang Chong had gradually begun to understand that the monster wasn’t very smart. It only knew a few simple words like ‘die’ or ‘mark’… It was like these words had been imprinted on its mind.

Wang Chong had also noticed something else strange. The monster’s life energy was extremely weak, almost the same as an insect’s. It was basically a corpse.

Despite the monster’s formidable hostility, Wang Chong didn’t take it seriously. He had grasped its methods of attack and movement, so it could no longer threaten him.

Buzz!

Wang Chong took two steps forward, but then he suddenly sensed something and stopped, grimacing.

Around Wang Chong, several hundred feet away, four identical human-shaped creatures had emerged, snarling as they gripped their large scythes and slowly approached him.

Bzzz! In front of Wang Chong, black mist began to seep out of the injured monster, wrapping around its entire body. A moment later, the monster became as indistinct as a shadow to Wang Chong’s senses.

The same transformation occurred with the other monsters.

Splash! Hiss! The lava around him became restless, and a few seconds later, massive fire snakes reminiscent of the fire men appeared at the feet of the five human-shaped monsters.

Hisss!

One of the fire snakes opened its mouth and spat out a gout of golden flame that caused black smoke to rise from the ground.

Wang Chong’s heart shivered. He could tell that the golden flame was at least seven thousand degrees, hot enough to hurt even an expert like Wang Chong!

The five bizarre human-shaped monsters and these fire snakes immediately made the bottom of the well into a dangerous trap.

“Wang Chong, how is it?” A voice came from above.

But it made Wang Chong grimace. It was Gao Xianzhi’s voice. There was no doubt that Gao Xianzhi and the others had no longer been able to restrain themselves after his long period of silence and had decided to come down.

Wang Chong had the ‘True World’ ability and the Greater Void Step, and he was also at the Subtle realm, so there was nothing he needed to fear. But the same could not be said for Gao Xianzhi and the others. They would probably sustain heavy injuries upon first contact with these human-shaped monsters, which could even affect their conquest of Arabia.