Sun Jiaolong’s body reformed while also transforming. He grew an additional 3 meters. Golden hair grew on his body, covering him from head to toe. A red battle armor appeared on his body, along with a black staff that Wang Wei identified as a transformed Demon Destiny Sword.
“The Battle Saint Bloodline? Not quite. More like a mutation,” muttered Wang Wei. And immediately after the latter finished transforming, he rushed with incomparable speed and plunged his hand into Sun Jiaolong’s chest, ripping it out of his heart. He also used the Rooster Zodiac Acupoint to convert his raw physical strength into spiritual power, destroying Sun Jiaolong’s Primordial Spirit.
Wang Wei calmly watched as the latter’s body dropped on the floor, a fist-size hole in his chest. And as expected, the hole instantly healed, and Sun Jiaolong returned to the land of the living.
Without hesitation, the Crown Prince flew away, creating a portal that would teleport him from this small artificial world. And when he exited the portal, he found himself in the same place.
Wang Wei watched him with a mocking gaze.
“Interesting Innate Talent. You can revive yourself, and your battle strength will increase with each death. This must be the result of your strange bloodline–a bloodline made for battle.”
Sun Jiaolong did not answer but activated a Void Breaking Talisman instead; he only wanted to leave this place as far as possible. The space around him fluctuated, but nothing changed; he was still in the same spot.
‘I can’t even feel a Domain. How could he be so powerful?’ mused Sun Jiaolong as his mind raced, trying to think of a feasible solution to his predicament.
“Let’s see how many times you can die and revive.” Wang Wei glanced at him, and the power of death suddenly enveloped him. Sun Jiaolong dropped from the sky, dead despite no physical or spiritual injury.
Death came to him, so he died: Nothing else, nothing more. It was that simple.
Sun Jiaolong opened his eyes while breathing heavily, as if his lungs had not worked properly for a long time. Death was never scary to him–at least not until now. Things had gotten to the point he was about to be desperate.
He opened his Domain, which slightly surprised Wang Wei. According to his calculations, only the people who attended the trial should have made their breakthrough, and the rest should still be in the Void Shattering Realm.
‘It seems this generation was growing even faster than previously predicted.’ He snapped his hand, and a bunch of strings materialized before impaling Sun Jiaolong, immune to the Luck Power of his Domain.
A red armor that covered his entire body manifested on Sun Jiaolong: he had used his Law Armor–condensing his power of Law into an ultimate form of protection.
Wang Wei secretly shook his head as he watched the strings impale him, ignoring the so-called defense. This kind of method was useful in the Void Shattering Realm but not in the Saint Realm. It would have been better to condense his Domain into a small area around him as protection.
Although this tactic requires talent, Sun Jiaolong could do it after practice. His action showed his lack of Battle IQ and the fact he had just entered the Saint Realm and did not take the time to cultivate or practice.
‘This is what happens when someone focuses too much on foreign aid, neglecting cultivation and individual strength.’
Wang Wei walked before Sun Jiaolong’s corpse, and when the latter revived, he placed his hand on his head to forcefully read his memories and Fate Line.
It was not the first time he witnessed Sun Jiaolong’s life. After the Heaven Chosen Selection Trial, he had read the latter’s Fate Line. This time, however, he decided to be more detailed and not miss anything. He wanted to find any connection Sun Jiaolong had with the Human Emperor.
“Nothing,” he muttered as he dropped the body on the floor. A few seconds later, a desperate Sun Jiaolong revived, his aura immensely more powerful.
“So, only six lives,” commented Wang Wei as he sensed the latter would perish for good this time. “And despite all these boosts, your strength is still nowhere near the Immortal Venerable level.” A frown appeared on his head.
“The Human Destiny Sword only showed up during rare times when the world needed it. I can conclude it appears in this generation because of the change in the Era, and the Human Emperor chose you for the same reason.
“However, why are you so weak? Could it be he did not foresee that the power ceiling in this Era would be such a high amount Heaven Chosens?”
“I-I told you: I’m not the Human Emperor’s pawn.”
“Is that so? Then, let’s see.” Wang Wei clenched his hand into a fist and punched.
Bam!
Sun Jiaolong tried to block with the Demon Destiny Sword, but it was to no avail. Luckily for him, an unknown and mysterious power emanated from his body, sending Wang Wei flying away.
“Here you are,” he groaned as he got up. That power was on par with 1-Root Dao Ancestor. ‘So, was the Human Emperor planning on interfering with this generation’s Heaven Will Battle?’
Many things started to add up in his mind while also gathering even more questions. These people usually should not be able to influence the Heaven Will Battle. But things might be different with the situation of True Heavenly Dao.
‘The Human Emperor should know 1-Root Dao Ancestor strength is not enough for Sun Jiaolong to win the final battle. So, what is the point of his actions?’
Although he only recently achieved this level of power, Di Tian was here since the beginning, and the latter should know what the Nine Extremity Foundation was.
“Unless his backhand was only to protect Sun Jiaolong in case of an emergency.”
The clear conclusion is that Sun Jiaolong’s objective is not related to the Heaven Will Battle but the whole Karmic Position of Humans, Earth, and the Heavenly Emperor.
‘More reason to kill him. The Heavenly Emperor Position can only be mine.’ He had many plans for the position. Honestly, he did not know about the Three Karmic Position until he learned about the Earth Emperor from Gu Xuan’s memories. However, he had long planned to create the position of Heavenly Emperor as part of his future plans. And this fact made him feel that the Human Emperor calculated him; he felt the latter was waiting for someone to create that position.
Wang Wei did not like this feeling, so Sun Jiaolong must die.
Suddenly, Wang Wei sensed something outside and checked with his Divine Sense. He saw a young man with jaws of sharp teeth smiling at him after detecting his scan.
“Is this Yi Lianchang from the Deep Squid Race? What an eery aura,” commented Wang Wei. Nevertheless, he did not want to deal with the political implications of his unannounced visit. So, he waved his hand to create a Transmission Array into his small World and teleported to the surface.
As he floated above the sea, he closed his eyes to sense something.
“Northern Continent?”
He broke the space and teleported to a mountain range where he sensed a secret realm protected by formation. He punched the secret realm and instantly destroyed it, revealing a disheveled Sun Jiaolong.
He was not in the best shape–not only because of his injuries but because of the mysterious power that suddenly appeared in his body.
‘I don’t care if I’m a pawn. Please give me the strength to kill my opponent,’ he yelled in his mind. And someone or something answered his prayer. A terrifying power emerged from his body, giving him an intoxicated feeling.
Sun Jiaolong looked at Wang Wei like a hunter looking at prey.
“Drunk on power? Until your end, you were a disappointment.’ He connected to his incarnations, increasing his aura to an even higher level than his opponent.
A few minutes later, Wang Wei held Sun Jiaolong’s corpse, dangling it in the air. He doubled, tripled, and quadrupled-checked to see if the latter was absolutely dead. Even after sealing the Demon Destiny Sword and putting it away, he was not sure and checked again.
In the end, he burned Sun Jiaolong’s body to ensure nothing unexpected occurred. Finally, he used his Era Destiny Status to contact Heavenly Dao and made it delay the announcement of Sun Jiaolong’s death.
As a Heaven Chosen, his death will show visions to the entire world, announcing and worshipping his death. Wang Wei wanted a delay before he went after his next opponent.
Without wasting time, he opened a portal to the Western Continent.
Limbo, the place between living and non-living, the place between existence and non-existence:
The Human Emperor sensed Sun Jiaolong’s death.
“What’s going on? According to my calculations, there should not have been any problem with the first step.”
His plans involved acquiring the Heavenly Emperor Position. However, after many years of calculations and divinations, this was supposed to be the easiest part of the plan.
‘Was my divination wrong?’
According to his divination, the first step only required him to win the Heaven Will Battle in the Myriad Emperor World at a certain point. So, he waited until now–but there seems to have been a hiccup.
After pondering for a moment, he denied the possibility of wrong divination. He used a great treasure gifted to him by Hongjun, and knowing the latter’s realm, he doubted there would be an issue.
The Human Emperor sensed that Wang Wei was responsible for eliminating his pawn. So, he calculated again to determine his next step.
“Let’s just wait. Let’s focus on acquiring the Earth Emperor Position first.” Unlike the Heavenly Emperor Position, which would require him to do a lot of work, the Earth Emperor Position was a ripped fruit ready to be picked.