Chapter 1439: Human Emperor

Blood energy surged towards the cosmos; at this moment, Chu Feng unleashed his peak combat strength!

The entire mountainous area was bathed in a deep crimson, as if covered by a vast sunset glow.

Chu Feng had no time to waste; he needed to obliterate this place in an instant!

From afar, the surging blood energy resembled hundreds of thousands of volcanoes reawakening, erupting fiercely, piercing the heavens, tearing the firmament, and overwhelming the entire vast wilderness, immense and boundless.

This sight stunned everyone; even several peak Heavenly Venerables collaborating would struggle to exert such might, yet it was unleashed by a mere youth!

The black mountains seemed to be made of paper; those further away were uprooted and flung to the horizon by the force of his fist, while those closer exploded into ash with a resounding roar.

Chu Feng was no longer serene or ethereal. As his white robes billowed, he strode forward like a peerless immortal demon, unleashing astonishing phenomena: beams of light shot skyward around him, gods and devils lay prostrate, and scenes of widespread carnage filled the air.

These unusual sights were all manifestations of his immense killing intent.

Nothing could impede his progress. At this moment, his conviction was boundless, which was why such phenomena emerged, signaling his intent to sweep away all adversaries!

This was, without exaggeration, an overwhelming force, shattering all resistance.

This punch wasn't merely obliterating mountains; it was tearing through the protective dao field of this place. The black mountain formations and the various underground restrictions and runes were successively annihilated by the fist light!

From afar, divine light surged from the earth, reaching skyward; the very heavens seemed to burn in sync. This was the manifestation of the dao patterns within the dao field being shattered and breached.

In the distance, Xu Qian, a reporter for Taiyi Newspaper, stood dumbfounded. He had spent years in the most intense battle zones, possessing considerable strength and vast experience, accustomed to grand spectacles. Yet, even he was utterly terrified by this display.

Xu Qian was profoundly shaken, his heart awash with turbulent emotions.

In his eyes, that was still merely a youth, yet he now seemed to outmatch Immortal Kings and Devil Kings. It was too terrifying; a Heavenly Venerable's dao field had been shattered by a single punch, its order obliterated.

This was the path of invincibility. That youth's heart was fearless, proclaiming himself supreme and unconquerable!

Chu Feng's blood energy surged like a torrent, more terrifying than the advent of a Demon Venerable, radiating boundless pressure as he strode into the dao field.

In that moment, his every gesture resonated with heaven and earth. Each step he took caused the entire cosmos to reverberate in sync with his movements.

“How dare you!”

Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao awoke with a start from her meditative retreat, enraged and alarmed. She burst from her stone chamber, her eyes harboring an endless chill; someone had actually dared to breach her dao field.

Who was she? A disciple of a Great Being. Her grandmaster was none other than the Martial Emperor, revered by all; who dared show disrespect?!

For countless ages, she had remained transcendent, beyond reproach.

Especially since recent antiquity, she had managed some clandestine operations for her sect, transforming her dao field into a semi-public dark stronghold, which inspired wariness and even immense dread in the outside world.

Now, someone actually dared to launch such a brazen attack, which was truly despicable.

However, upon recognizing her assailant, her pupils constricted. She instantly knew it was Chu Feng, having seen his likeness previously!

Within the mountain sect, numerous disciples and followers cried out in alarm. Since becoming a dark stronghold, all those trained here bore killing intent and had spilled blood.

This was a branch of the Martial Emperor's lineage that specialized in clandestine operations, distinct from the Taiwu lineage, having witnessed far more bloodshed.

Yet, even this group of elite hunters, including numerous God Kings and even quasi-Heavenly Venerables, was now utterly terrified.

For Crazy Chu had arrived!

The fact that they mentally referred to Chu Feng as such clearly indicated their profound apprehension and respect; otherwise, they wouldn't instinctively brand him a 'lunatic,' a title sometimes used for the Martial Emperor himself, their progenitor.

“Send word! Have the Grandmaster intervene! Please, Great Being, destroy this Demon Chu!”

Some roared, calling him a demon, unable to utter the forbidden nickname 'Crazy Chu'.

There was nothing left to say. When Chu Feng unleashed his punch, the entire world fell silent. The nearby God Kings and others were all sent flying back in blinding light, only to… melt and dissolve into a rain of light!

The energy levels of the two sides were not even in the same league; the disparity was simply too immense!

Behind him, Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao was enraged. Even her immediate attempts to intervene were futile; her disciples and followers vanished in droves.

Furthermore, Chu Feng's punch tore open the earth, exposing a peculiar subterranean area beneath this dao field—the very place where Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao cultivated Great Being-level flora.

Chu Feng's slaying of the God Kings and others was merely an incidental consequence, not his primary objective.

Chu Feng chose to attack this particular dao field primarily because it allowed him to act with full force, unhindered by concerns for innocent bystanders.

The individuals here were far more ruthless than Taiwu's disciples; they were either seasoned killers or developing assassins. This location was, after all, a dark stronghold.

In contrast, Heavenly Venerable Taiwu's disciples were not considered particularly brutal; they were more akin to normal sect members. The Martial Lunatic's lineage itself was divided into several branches.

“Two punches down!” Chu Feng murmured to himself, noting he had four more strikes remaining.

By now, he had spotted a peculiar medicinal field underground, roughly a zhang in circumference, resembling a small, dark, watery swamp.

Within it, a black lotus was growing!

Heavenly Venerable Taiwu, aspiring to become a Great Being, cultivated a red lotus, while his senior sister cultivated a black one. Truly, they were disciples of the same master, both connected to lotuses.

“Excellent!” Chu Feng exclaimed with joy. That was the very soil capable of nurturing Great Being-level flora, precisely his ultimate objective.

“Kill!”

Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao roared in a low voice. Events unfolded with lightning speed, everything completed faster than a blink!

The enemy, swift and fierce as lightning, had instantly shattered her dao field and was now attempting to seize the black lotus.

This was her object of enlightenment; its loss would be more agonizing than death itself.

Boom!

Xuanzhao unleashed her most potent arcane art and activated a five-colored imperial decree, a recent gift from her master, capable of both saving lives and slaying foes.

It emanated the immense pressure of a Great Being; for a Heavenly Venerable, this was a supreme strike, capable of annihilating all things and slaying all enemies!

“Shifting Heaven and Earth!”

Chu Feng murmured, and then mountains and rivers inverted, while the starry sky itself emerged in the firmament. This was the pinnacle of his domain comprehension, now brought into play.

Leveraging the power of the local mountains and the brilliance of the starry sky, he instantly disrupted space-time, as if altering the very fabric of the cosmos.

This wasn't enough to shatter the might of a Great Being, of course, but it was to alter the trajectory of his own dao marks, faster than even traversing space-time. Chu Feng's body seemed to re-materialize in a different realm.

He abruptly vanished from his spot, only to reappear behind Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao, his fist light undiminished, even more ferocious, striking with a resounding impact!

Chu Feng could not possibly confront a Great Being-level strike at this moment; he did not directly clash with the imperial decree. Even if he could have withstood it, he wouldn't have, as time was of the essence.

He employed his ultimate domain, successfully evading the imperial decree.

“Oh my god, that’s incredible! How did he do that? He actually dodged a Great Being’s ultimate attack! That imperial decree, as it fluctuated, radiated countless golden lights, shattering order and rules, yet it ultimately struck empty space!”

Xu Qian cried out in astonishment from afar.

He had hidden himself at a safe distance, and in that moment, he didn't forget his professional duty, faithfully live-streaming the event. Unfortunately, the energy light was too terrifying to look at directly, preventing him from capturing crucial footage.

As a renowned reporter, he had previously been gifted a secret treasure by a top-tier expert for self-protection; otherwise, he would never have dared to witness a battle of this magnitude.

“Ladies and gentlemen, did you witness that?” Xu Qian roared with excitement. “I feel as if I’m seeing the rise of a youth who will contend with Li and the Martial Emperor!”

In truth, many observing this battle through Xu Qian’s live broadcast were already too stunned to utter a word.

The fist light erupted, colliding with Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao’s energy, blossoming and tearing apart heaven and earth.

Xuanzhao coughed up copious amounts of blood, her Heavenly Venerable armor shattered. She was sent hurtling backward, smashing through fourteen black mountains before finally coming to a halt.

“Three punches now!” Chu Feng murmured.

The imperial decree suspended in the air gradually dimmed. Being an inanimate object, striking empty space still expended its energy, thus its threat was now greatly diminished.

Boom!

Chu Feng unleashed his fourth punch, simultaneously extending his other hand to seize the black muddy field underground, intent on claiming the Great Being-level exotic soil, which was vital for his evolution.

Not far away, Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao was both shocked and enraged. While attacking her, the opponent was audibly counting his punches, a blatant display of contempt.

Yet, she truly could not contend. As the fist light spread, her entire body became riddled with cracks; she was almost beaten to death!

She was a Heavenly Venerable, and Chu Feng had engaged in a fierce battle when he killed her junior brother Taiwu, a fight far less swift than this. How could she be so weak now?

She was clearly stronger than her junior brother Taiwu, filling Xuanzhao with rage and indignity, yet she was forced to fight desperately.

She burned her Heavenly Venerable true blood and, without hesitation, chanted a spell. With a resounding boom, the black lotus in the medicinal field was uprooted, vanished in a flash, and reappeared in her hand.

The black lotus, though not yet mature, was prematurely plucked by her and used as a weapon, lest it fall into the enemy's grasp.

Rumble!

The earth cracked. Chu Feng snatched the roughly zhang-sized black muddy field, while simultaneously unleashing his fourth punch.

After securing the medicinal field, his other hand swept up the super divine magnetic stones and various heavenly materials and earthly treasures from the area, leaving nothing behind.

Crack!

Wherever the fist light passed, cracks appeared on the black lotus in Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao’s hand. This plant, though still gestating and growing, contained Great Being-level essence and was far from weak, yet it was now on the verge of destruction.

Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao's heart bled. She had planned to cultivate it for several more decades until it matured, then use it to take the crucial step towards becoming a Great Being. Now, however, all was for naught; it was damaged!

Simultaneously, she suffered another severe blow, her body covered in terrible fissures, almost shredded by the fist light.

“Master, you should be here!”

Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao screamed inwardly, desperately hoping her master would arrive swiftly and immediately dispatch Chu Feng.

A day earlier, her master had set up a contingency: spatial gates were installed in the dao fields of several disciples, leading directly to the Great Being’s dwelling, ensuring that any major battle would be instantly detected.

However, the distance was immense, and it would still take several seconds for the energy to traverse the spatial gate, so Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao needed to hold out.

Based on Chu Feng’s prior confrontation with Taiwu, both Xuanzhao and her master believed that even if Chu Feng were to unexpectedly appear and attack, Xuanzhao could hold him off for a considerable duration.

Alas, they couldn’t have foreseen that Chu Feng, having attained the Dual Eternal King Dao Fruit, was now significantly more powerful than he had been just recently, his strength having drastically surged!

Boom! Boom!

Chu Feng's fifth and sixth punches landed in quick succession. As if all creation perished, amidst the dazzling light, every sound ceased.

Then, Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao’s body atomized into light, inch by inch, before violently disintegrating like an exploding sun, vanishing completely.

From afar, Xu Qian was shaken, his hands and feet trembling. This scene was utterly terrifying, beyond astonishing. Had that youth, with just six punches, obliterated the formidable Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao?

This was even swifter and more dominant than when he had slain Taiwu.

In that moment, everyone witnessing this scene through Xu Qian’s broadcast felt a chill run down their spine, then cried out in collective awe and terror.

Many finally understood why Chu Feng wielded such absolute power, capable of obliterating Black Capital single-handedly!

Xuanzhao, filled with terror and immense fury, watched her last vestiges of soul light dissipate. Ultimately, she failed to last long enough for her master’s arrival.

“I am the Martial Emperor’s grand-disciple. Since recent antiquity, I have walked the hidden dark world, personally slaying countless powerful figures and annihilating generations of gifted heroes. To think I would ultimately… die by the hand of a mere youth! I refuse to accept this!”

Her lingering resentment fluctuated, roared, and spread, yet nothing could change. As the brilliant fist light swept through, heaven and earth fell silent, everything vanished, and she was utterly annihilated, body and soul!

Simultaneously, this Heavenly Venerable dao field, the assassins’ stronghold, also disintegrated. Black mountains collapsed in swathes, turning into dust.

A handful of Heavenly Venerable Xuanzhao’s disciples and followers, who were not within the sect at the time, witnessed this scene from the distant horizon. A cold dread enveloped them, and they trembled uncontrollably. The psychological scar of this moment would haunt them for the rest of their lives, causing them to shudder with every recollection.

“Crazy Chu!” a disciple stammered, trembling.

Chu Feng seemed to sense something, looking towards a particular direction. He bared his pearly white teeth in a smile and remarked, “Are you putting me on par with the Martial Lunatic? Then should I be called Emperor Chu?”

At the distant edge of the sky, those few disciples and followers turned ashen with terror, nearly plummeting from their high vantage point. Their bodies stiffened completely, as if they had been fixated upon by a prehistoric beast, rendering them utterly immobile.

It should be noted that these were all God-level cultivators, yet in that moment, they were utterly pathetic.

“Emperor Chu doesn’t sound as impactful as Martial Emperor,” Chu Feng mused, his pearly white teeth glinting brightly in the sunlight as he gazed towards the horizon. “How about Emperor of Humanity? Remember, call me the Human Emperor!”

In that instant, he appeared as vibrant and energetic as the morning sun, yet this only filled those observers with even greater dread, causing them to plummet from the sky in sheer terror.

In fact, even as Chu Feng spoke, he was already in motion, swiftly setting up a domain and immersing himself within it. After his six punches, he had no intention of striking again; his only thought was to depart at once!

The instant he stepped inside and vanished, the sturdy, indestructible spatial gate beneath the earth erupted with world-shattering light, signaling the arrival of a Great Being from across realms!

Xuanzhao’s master appeared, descending upon the location!

Alas, it was all too late; Chu Feng had completed his task and departed without a trace.

“You won't escape!”

The white-haired female Great Being possessed an elegant demeanor, yet her eyes were as cold and deep as an icy pool. With her black dress fluttering, she stood suspended in the air, then suddenly appeared on the ground, before rushing towards the distant horizon with incredible speed!

“Could it be that the era of youths slaughtering Great Beings is upon us?!” the renowned reporter Xu Qian subconsciously murmured from afar, his heart pounding in his chest.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, as people watched the live broadcast and heard his words, they were first rendered speechless, then erupted into a cacophony of bewildered shouts.