Free Web NovelChapter 2880 - Screwing Over an Emperor
Su Yi’s gaze was drawn to Wang Zhiwu and Lu Shi’s battle. Within moments, he couldn’t help but gasp. They’re both filthy stinking rich!
If anyone else acquired even a single sovereign-level treasure, they wouldn’t have been able to bring themselves to use it unless it was truly life or death.
But neither Lu Shi nor Wang Zhiwu seemed to think anything of these treasures. They destroyed them in battle without the slightest heartache.
Su Yi almost wondered if this was really the same Wang Zhiwu he knew, and if that was really the same Lu Shi he remembered.
Su Yi had a fair number of hidden cards, too, but when he watched their battle, he couldn’t help but feel ashamed of his own inadequacy in this regard. Each of his hidden cards was more special and taboo than the one before, but in terms of quantity, he was far inferior to these two!
As for River Emperor Winged Dragon and River Empress Lu Ping’s duel? It was fierce, too, but to Su Yi, it was ordinary at most. He’d witnessed multiple battles between Heavenly Sovereigns, so a fight between River Emperors wasn’t enough to impress him.
Hm? Suddenly, Su Yi’s heart filled with solemnity.
He’d been watching the battle from on high, using the Light of the Heart as his eyes. That let him take in the whole battlefield while avoiding detection.
Suddenly, Su Yi saw a figure shooting toward the battlefield!
He was thin, with blood-red robes and disheveled green hair, tangled up like a water plant. Su Yi recognized him as the man he’d encountered outside the Abhorrent Evil Forbidden Zone!
The man now approached the battlefield, walking through the air. One hand held a Daoist seal aloft, the other gripped a short bone halberd. Moreover, none of the combatants seemed to sense him!
Su Yi recalled their first meeting, when he’d inadvertently sensed the man with the secret power of his heart. There was no doubt about it; the green-haired man possessed some sort of unbelievable invisibility technique. It was enough to deceive most others’ senses!
The man silently arrived at Wang Zhiwu and Lu Shi’s battlefield. Su Yi couldn’t help but wonder, Is he going to assassinate Wang Zhiwu or Lu Shi? freёwebnovel.com
But this question had only just occurred to Su Yi when the man raised both his seal and his short halberd. He was attacking them both!
Su Yi’s pupils constricted. What an appetite he has! He’s actually trying to take them both out at once!
Su Yi didn’t know it, but the red-robed, green-haired man was actually River Emperor Hong Ye, the most dangerous of the thirteen supreme River Emperors.
He was famous for two abilities: divination and stealth. Of them, his stealth skills were truly unparalleled. He could remain invisible even when standing directly in front of another River Emperor!
Su Yi didn’t know all that, but there was no way he would just sit back and watch as something happened to Wang Zhiwu. Thus, the moment River Emperor Hong Ye attacked, Su Yi attacked, too.
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River Emperor Hong Ye watched Lu Shi and Wang Zhiwu fight. He couldn’t help but laugh coldly to himself. Who cares how many hidden cards you have? With me here, you’re nothing but helpless prey. All you can do is wait to die!
River Emperor Hong Ye took a deep breath, set aside his scattered thoughts, and calmed his heart. His head was as cold and clear as ice.
His “Traceless Mirage” was an incomparably wondrous divine ability, but the moment he attacked, he’d inevitably reveal himself. Thus, he had to make sure to take both targets out in a single, instantaneous strike! Then he just had to seize the spoils and flee the scene before River Empress Lu Ping and River Emperor Winged Dragon could stop him. In other words, his opportunity would pass in an instant. He had to seize it!
His Daoist seal flashed as he readied his halberd to strike. All the while, he silently circulated his cultivation base to the limit. Then, he attacked valiantly.
But it was then that a low, inscrutable sound resounded through his heart, like a thunderclap on a flat plain. The sudden blast made him quiver from head to toe. For all his vast wealth of combat experience, he was nonetheless caught off guard.
He felt a rending pain in his soul. It was as if lightning were assailing his heart. He couldn’t help but let out a muffled, agonized grunt, and he could no longer maintain his invisibility. The impact forced him back into view.
“Damnit! Who attacked me out of nowhere? They even called my true name! Are they trying to kill me!?” River Emperor Hong Ye roared.
Lu Shi and Wang Zhiwu stopped their fierce battle. Both looked over. River Empress Lu Ping and River Emperor Winged Dragon looked over, too, both of them glowering.
The atmosphere was instantly strange and stifling.
River Emperor Hong Ye, who stood alone in midair, was now the center of attention. He still held his seal and halberd as if readying an attack, and his would-be targets could see it. There was no need for words; all of them could tell what he wanted to do.
Assassins needed to remain hidden. When they were revealed, they ceased to be a threat. River Emperor Hong Ye naturally understood that principle.
His expression shifted erratically as he forcefully suppressed the rending pain in his heart and soul. He said slowly, “Everyone, would you believe me if I said I was just passing through?”
As he spoke, he put away his seal and halberd, his expression serious.
“As if we’d believe that!”
“Fuck your mother!”
Wang Zhiwu and Lu Shi cursed him out simultaneously, then pelted him with treasures. It was no wonder they were furious. They’d been in the middle of a fierce battle, only for someone to strike to kill out of nowhere! Who could have tolerated that?
The part that really alarmed them was that from beginning to end, neither of them had sensed their would-be assailant!
If River Emperor Hong Ye hadn’t been exposed... the consequences would have been unimaginable!
Practically simultaneously, the two River Emperors broke out in cold sweats. They naturally recognized River Emperor Hong Ye, and they knew how terrifying his stealth abilities were.
The moment they saw him, they understood what he was up to. Both of them were enraged, and both of them attacked immediately.
They’d been fighting to the death, only for someone to try to swoop in to take advantage. There were some things they couldn’t tolerate!
Kaboom!
A grand battle broke out. River Emperor Hong Ye tried his best to dodge and block the onslaught, but he was nonetheless soon badly injured and covered in blood. His flesh was in pulp.
When Su Yi saw this, he couldn’t help but laugh.
At the same time, he found it a bit of a pity. Earlier, he’d used Speaking Divine Writ, hoping to catch River Emperor Hong Ye off guard and destroy him. But he failed to succeed. He at most managed to injure River Emperor Hong Ye’s heart and soul.
Su Yi instantly understood. I can kill River Kings at whim, but my mastery isn’t enough to defeat River Emperors.
Meanwhile, the battle raged on. Within moments, River Emperor Hong Ye found himself in grave peril. His wounds were piling on.
He was inwardly frantic. Out loud, he shouted, “Everyone, that was a bit insidious of me, I admit it, but aren’t you curious about who forced me into the open? Whoever did it is the most despicable, dangerous one here!”
His voice boomed throughout the battlefield.
Lu Shi was instantly solemn. Someone hiding in the shadows forced River Emperor Hong Ye into the open?
But the thought that, not long ago, River Emperor Hong Ye performed a divination on him and spied on him from afar, combined with River Emperor Hong Ye’s recent attempt to ambush him, filled Lu Shi with resentment and hatred. He couldn’t be bothered to argue. Instead, he refocused his murderous intent, determined to kill River Emperor Hong Ye.
“What a load of crap! Whoever forced you out into the open is our benefactor!!!” Wang Zhiwu shouted with seething murderous intent. What would have happened to us if not for someone forcing you out of hiding? I don’t even want to think about it!
“Die! Kill that old bastard!”
“We absolutely cannot let him escape!”
Lu Shi and Wang Zhiwu had been trying to kill each other just moments prior, but now, they fought together with great tacit understanding, unleashing everything at their disposal in a bid to kill River Emperor Hong Ye.
Su Yi couldn’t help but sigh to himself. Fortune really does play tricks upon us all.
Wei E, meanwhile, was flabbergasted. The fake Wang Zhiwu has created yet another bloody battle!
Wei E had seen the real Lu Shi by now. There was no way he’d fail to realize that Su Yi was currently impersonating Lu Shi.
He’d seen Su Yi impersonate Wang Zhiwu, too.
Now, Su Yi dared to trick even a terrifying existence like River Emperor Hong Ye! Wei E couldn’t even find the words to describe his feelings. This guy is far too good at screwing other people over! He’s a king of trickery! No, an emperor!
“Master, when should we attack?” asked Innocence, ready and raring for action. She’d absorbed an enormous amount of heart devil power on their way here, and her whole body was full of energy, but she had nowhere to vent it.
“Wait a while longer,” Su Yi said casually.
The battle had caused such a massive disturbance that if River Empress Peacock was anywhere in the Abhorrent Evil Source Zone, she’d surely sensed it by now. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
In truth, Su Yi was only here because the disturbance had alerted him. It was only then that he realized what was happening. That aside, Su Yi suspected that both Wang Zhiwu and Lu Shi still had as-of-yet unknown hidden cards. Moreover, they were undoubtedly terrifying and strong enough to turn the situation on its head. Thus, Su Yi had no intention of getting involved at this juncture.
But against Su Yi’s expectations. The first to break down and reveal his hidden cards was actually River Emperor Hong Ye!
By now, his body was in tatters, his hair was disheveled, and his life hung in the balance, but there was nowhere for him to run.
When he saw that he’d soon be slain on the spot, he roared, “Daoist Brother! Please, help me—!”
Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, a dazzling streak of white light exploded into being, then whooshed toward him. It was incomparably dazzling, searing, and intense.
As it flew, it shook heaven and earth, ripping time and space asunder as it parted the dense fog. It left a massive rift in its wake.
It slammed into the battlefield before anyone could react.
Its ferocious majesty swept forth like a windstorm, sending Lu Shi, Wang Zhiwu, and the two River Emperors flying.
Heaven and earth shook. It was as if a thunderclap were booming throughout the surrounding area.
