Chapter 907: Chess Piece

Under everyone's gaze, Li Fu approached Zhu Chong, who was now reduced to half a body.

"It's you..." Zhu Chong struggled, collapsing into a pool of blood. The immense pain distorted his features, making him appear grotesque and deathly pale. "How did you..."

Li Fu did not reply. He merely gazed coldly down at the bloody, mangled Zhu Chong on the ground, the ring on his hand radiating a chilling light.

"I made a deal with the devil..."

"I offered my own life... and you will repay it with yours."

With the ring on his finger, Li Fu delivered a powerful punch to Zhu Chong's face!

In the distance,

The large, red opera robe, fluttering in the wind, had its corners slightly upturned.

*Thud—!*

Li Fu's fist struck Zhu Chong's face. The ring cut through flesh, briefly absorbing some power, and Zhu Chong visibly withered and grew gaunt under the impact, as if something had hollowed him out.

His eyes were bruised black. He managed to open them, staring at the expressionless Li Fu, and spoke hoarsely:

"No... wait!"

*Thud—!*

Li Fu landed another punch, abruptly cutting off Zhu Chong's words.

He remained pressed against Zhu Chong, delivering blow after blow. He showed no sign of stopping, even as blood splattered onto him. The suppressed anger and murderous intent in his heart continuously unleashed through his fists, as if he meant to beat Zhu Chong to death.

This sight stunned Wu Qiong and the others. They had not expected the previously unstoppable Zhu Chong to be so strangely torn in half, and even now, no one could discern how Li Fu had managed it.

Zhu Chong's blood splattered onto Li Fu's body, making him resemble a demon from hell. Combined with his mysterious actions moments before, his image in everyone's minds instantly became mysterious and sinister.

For a moment, none of the quasi-emperors dared to move. Everyone held their breath, watching Li Fu furiously pummel Zhu Chong's head!

*Thud—!!*

Li Fu landed another punch, and Zhu Chong's head struck the ground heavily. By now, he had transformed from a tall, powerful overlord into a shriveled, pale stick, a truly horrifying sight.

"Li Fu..." Zhu Chong's breath was as faint as a mosquito's buzz. His hollow eyes glared at Li Fu, as if unwilling to accept his fate.

He had entered the Imperial Path Ancient Tomb, advanced swiftly with fortune on his side, and finally reached this point. How could he fall so easily here?

And especially at Li Fu's hands?

Before he could utter another word, Li Fu knocked him back to the ground with another punch.

The next moment, a low rumble echoed from the sky. Everyone looked up to see several golden figures descending from the firmament, making their way towards them!

Two lines of small golden text instantly appeared before Li Fu:

*Aware of an unknown power interfering in the Contest, one hundred and thirty Emperors cast angry gazes upon you.*

*The Emperors disapprove of your actions and demand you cease immediately.*

"So, I was still discovered..."

From a distance, Chen Ling observed the scene and shrugged helplessly.

Chen Ling had, in fact, anticipated the current situation. After all, the Emperors' lingering spirits intended to select their approved "Emperor" through the Contest, and Chen Ling giving the ring to Li Fu undoubtedly disrupted their plans.

Li Fu was merely a commoner incapable of bearing the Imperial Mandate. Yet, he was about to kill their most favored quasi-emperor using an evil sacrificial artifact from an unknown source. How could those Emperors' lingering spirits simply stand by?

It didn't matter, though. Li Fu was currently just a pawn controlled by Chen Ling. The Emperors' lingering spirits were targeting Li Fu, which would not affect Chen Ling, who remained behind the scenes.

But Chen Ling was curious: in this situation, how would Li Fu choose?

Seeing the warning appear before him, Li Fu's brow furrowed tightly.

"Hahahahaha... Li Fu! Do you think you can kill me just by learning some dark magic?!" Zhu Chong saw the Emperors' lingering spirits personally arriving and knew he was saved. He immediately glared wildly at Li Fu,

"I am the chosen one!! I am destined to become an Emperor!! What are your unorthodox methods worth?"

"You're just a worthless life! And so is your wretched sister! Just you wait, I'll repay the humiliation you caused me today twofold upon you. If you die, I'll repay it upon your sister..."

"Provoke Zhu Chong, and I'll have your entire family executed!! Your whole clan will be eradicated!!"

Li Fu's fist clenched suddenly.

"Is that so?" Li Fu looked at Zhu Chong, his eyes completely devoid of emotion, like ice. "I'd like to see how a corpse can have my entire family executed."

With those words, he no longer used his fists to pummel Zhu Chong in anger. Instead, he slowly raised his hand, pointing it into the air towards Zhu Chong's head.

*Boom—!!*

Thunder rumbled across the sky. The mighty imperial power, like a mountain, bore down on Li Fu's shoulders!

Li Fu violently spat out a mouthful of blood. He knew it was the crushing imperial presence of the Emperors' personal arrival, a warning from the Emperors' lingering spirits. But even so, he exerted all his strength, subtly twisting Zhu Chong's horrified head...

"—Twist."

*Snap—!*

Zhu Chong's head was twisted into a grotesque knot, blood and brain matter splattering onto the ground, and he utterly ceased to breathe.

A powerful quasi-emperor aura, surging towards the sky, suddenly vanished... At the same time, the quasi-emperor's destiny within Zhu Chong's body also transformed into smoke, silently dissipating into the earth.

He actually killed Zhu Chong???

The other quasi-emperors who witnessed this scene were left profoundly shocked beyond words.

The next moment, several golden figures descended to the earth like thunder. Chains imbued with imperial power erupted from the void, binding Li Fu tightly and forcefully pinning him to the ground!

The imperial power was vast. Several figures materialized, pointed at Li Fu from a distance, and the ring flew directly from Li Fu's finger into their palms...

They glanced down at the ring, then clenched their fingers, forcefully crushing it to pieces in their palms!

With Zhu Chong dead, the anger of the Emperors' lingering spirits, imbued in their imperial power, bore down on Li Fu, who lay bound by chains on the ground, as if questioning him, as if harboring murderous intent.

"Interesting..."

From a distance, Chen Ling observed the scene and slightly narrowed his eyes.

The Emperors' lingering spirits were enraged by Zhu Chong's unexpected death and harbored murderous intent towards Li Fu. Li Fu was now just an ordinary person, utterly incapable of escaping their grasp... Furthermore, judging by Li Fu's willingness to risk death to forcibly kill Zhu Chong just moments ago, he had already prepared to die here.

Chen Ling was very curious how events would unfold from this point.

Just then,

A colossal, thunderous roar, as if the firmament itself had shattered, came from directly above everyone!

*Boom—!!!!*

The entire Imperial Path Ancient Tomb, on every level, trembled violently, like a colossal ship sailing the ocean colliding with an iceberg. The entire structure shook fiercely, and those quasi-emperors and their followers who were still watching were directly knocked to the ground!

"This is..." Chen Ling abruptly looked up, surprise flashing in his eyes.