Chapter 51: Chapter 51 Human Emperor’s Decree (Please follow! Vote for Yue!)
A group of people returned to Qingshan Village, and Li Yongfeng and a few others went to inform the village chief about the Mechanical Giant Beast and also to reassure the villagers.
Wang Sheng went back to his home to continue honing his skills.
After the incident with the Mechanical Giant Beast, he realized that not adventuring out recklessly was indeed the right choice.
The world’s top fighters were even stronger than he had imagined. A Great Grandmaster could strike a sword slash nearly a kilometer long, and although it couldn’t compare to some who could shatter continents, it was still incredibly terrifying.
Even if that Great Grandmaster was the strongest in the world, and other Great Grandmasters could contend with him, this was enough to demonstrate the might of a Great Grandmaster.
Then there was the problem with the Mechanical Giant Beast.
With such a huge body capable of moving freely, it was unlikely that mechanics alone were at play. Wang Sheng was more inclined to believe that it was powered by some sort of energy source, but what kind of energy could drive something so massive?
Most likely, this world possessed something akin to the spiritual energy of a cultivation world.
In fact, Wang Sheng wasn’t surprised by this possibility.
Take the tiger bone herb, for example. Without some special power influencing it, comparing to his previous life’s knowledge, its medicinal efficacy would at most reach that of an ordinary ginseng.
Even—
Wang Sheng looked at the medicinal herbs he had cultivated.
His own herbs had likely been affected by this kind of energy, which was why such a transformation had occurred.
If his speculation was true, then there was a possibility.
“Does that mean the air could actually contain this energy?”
Initially, he always thought that the progress bar was creating effects without consuming anything. But now, it seemed that might not be the case.
If truly nothing was consumed to elevate the medicinal herbs to the level of tiger bone herb, then his body shouldn’t feel that hunger after the Ba Duan Jin Breakthrough.
The progress bar was powerful, capable of pushing everything beyond their limits to produce unpredictable and potent effects.
However, it now appeared that there weren’t entirely no conditions for the breakthrough of medicinal materials.
Of course, these conditions didn’t really impact Wang Sheng too much.
After all, he wasn’t under any constraints at the moment.
Even now, having grown much stronger, the effects of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill remained potent.
With that thought, Wang Sheng put aside these issues and continued his cultivation.
Meanwhile, the village had already “livened up”.
The village chief Zhou Zhengwen had learned of the Mechanical Giant Beast, and he understood what it signified.
King Jiang Yuan was going to wage war against King Yong Nian.
“Does King Jiang Yuan have a chance of winning?”
The village chief asked a question similar to Wang Sheng’s.
Xu Qu thought for a moment and said, “It’s tough!”
He shared the same view as Wang Sheng. If the Mechanical Giant Beast could truly defeat a Great Grandmaster, Mechanical City wouldn’t have been so easily annihilated, disappearing into the annals of history.
This seemed more like King Jiang Yuan’s final struggle.
“Sigh, then I understand!”
Zhou Zhengwen immediately went down and gathered some of the village’s decision-makers.
If King Jiang Yuan wasn’t defeated, they naturally wouldn’t want to leave Qingshan Village, where generations had lived for countless years. The thought of suddenly abandoning it wasn’t easy.
But compared to their lives, these things were insignificant.
The reason they hadn’t left was actually because they were considering the possibility of King Jiang Yuan winning.
“Forget it, haven’t we been prepared for this all along?”
The village chief muttered to himself and left.
Deep down, he didn’t really think King Jiang Yuan would win either, otherwise, he wouldn’t have transported the grain to Qingshan Village.
Right from the start, he had prepared for the worst.
If it weren’t for the fact that there was nowhere to shelter from the cold, which could potentially lead to casualties, they would have moved in long ago.
Wang Sheng didn’t really have much to take with him; the most important were some medicinal herbs and the Iron Wood he had just planted.
So he didn’t do much to prepare and still trained according to the schedule.
At the same time, he was also concerned about the situation in Jiangyuan City.
“The Mechanical Giant Beast should be nearing Jiangyuan City by now, right?”
Although he felt internally that the Mechanical Giant Beast couldn’t win, he still wanted to witness the final outcome with his own eyes.
Humans battling a Mechanical Giant Beast—it was a thrilling thought.
But he restrained this desire. The more critical the situation, the less he could afford to go out. He had to hold back.
As Wang Sheng had guessed, the Mechanical Giant Beast had indeed reached the vicinity of Jiangyuan City.
Grandmasters came forth to block it, but even they could barely preserve their lives against the Mechanical Giant Beast’s immense size and power.
After the Grandmaster who tried to block the beast returned to the City Lord Mansion of Jiangyuan City, he reported the situation to King Yong Nian.
“Your Majesty, the Mechanical Giant Beast is real, and the Grandmasters cannot stop it.”
The man seated in the main chair was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a rather burly figure and an imposing aura, containing within him a terrifying power.
This man was one of the princes of Great Zhou, King Yong Nian.
Upon hearing the Grandmaster’s report, King Yong Nian’s expression didn’t change as he said, “It seems my younger relative still has some cards up his sleeve, owning one of the Mechanical City’s Mechanical Giant Beasts. Recall our forces, let the Mechanical Giant Beast through. You are no match for it!”
Being a prince and a Great Grandmaster of Great Zhou, he knew more secrets.
The Mechanical Giant Beast, not an enemy to be taken lightly, except by a Great Grandmaster.
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
The Grandmaster withdrew, and King Yong Nian sat in the main seat deep in thought, seemingly pondering over something.
In the end, he looked in the direction of the Great Zhou Imperial City.
“When will you return?”
He murmured to himself, then picked up the great sword beside him and stood up.
“Let me meet the Mechanical Giant Beast!”
In the year 532 of the Great Zhou calendar, King Yong Nian fought against King Jiang He near Jiangyuan City, the gateway to Shuzhou.
King Jiang He’s Mechanical Giant Beast, White Tiger, attacked with an unstoppable force, advancing directly to Jiangyuan City with the momentum to reclaim it.
Therefore, King Yong Nian, Zhou Wutong, went to battle, confronting the Mechanical Giant Beast personally, as a Great Grandmaster.
Meanwhile, the two armies clashed under the leadership of Martial Artists.
After a day and night of battle, both sides suffered heavy losses, but there was still no victor between the Mechanical Giant Beast and King Yong Nian.
Everyone thought the stalemate would continue when a sudden change occurred.
During the night, a golden light flew from the Imperial City to the sky over Shuzhou, its overwhelming presence covering the entire region.
Then a deep, unfathomable voice spread throughout Shuzhou.
“By Human Emperor’s Decree, King Yong Nian Zhou Wutong, King Jiang He Zhou Yuanqing, cease fire!”
Upon the utterance of the words “cease fire,” King Yong Nian and the Mechanical Giant Beast halted immediately, as if suppressed by those two words.
King Yong Nian let out a sarcastic laugh, for he knew this would come. At this time, many had already died, and significant strength had been lost on both sides.
King Jiang He, who was operating the Mechanical Giant Beast, wore a somber expression. Such timing, quite convenient indeed, given that activating the Mechanical Giant Beast was no simple matter.
But—
Regardless of what they thought inside, neither King Yong Nian nor King Jiang He dared to make another move.
The appearance of the Human Emperor’s Decree signified that the Master of Destiny was still present; they dared not provoke him lightly.
A ceasefire, then, so be it!
However, how long it would last was uncertain.
The fact that the Human Emperor’s Decree came at this moment already indicated something—the Great Zhou Master of Destiny still had influence, but it was the last of his strength!
Those who had been watching might now take action!