Human Clan Defender

Chapter 1135: Chapter 165-166: Exposed (Bonus Updates for 1000 and 2000 Votes Combined) (Part 2)

After the Candle Master fell, the Zhongshan Clan still produced Proud Heavens one after another.

Barring any accidents, the two Rule Divine Kings of the current Zhongshan Clan both have the qualifications to step into the Divine Lord realm in the future.

In the past, achieving Divine Lord was not easy, but now in this Great Struggle Era, who can say for sure.

"Besides..."

"With the Ghost-Piercing Halter Dao Arms镇守 there, even we Divine Clans, if we want to make a move against the Zhongshan Clan, must weigh it carefully once or twice. And which of you can be certain that the Candle Master left behind no other hidden trump cards?"

The Candle Master’s might—

Only those experts who lived in the same era as he did could truly understand it.

Placed a million years ago—

The Ghost-Piercing Halter could be said to have an immense reputation.

The Netherworld is an existence on the same level as the Heavens, and the Ghost-Piercing Halter is uniquely endowed by the heavens, able to open the Netherworld Gate; any Divine Lord drawn into the Netherworld, without paying a grievous price, could dream not of coming back out.

Moreover—

Even if a price was truly paid, whether one could emerge or not was still a matter of probability.

At least when the Candle Master sat镇 over the Zhongshan Clan, the Divine Lords who fell to his hand numbered no less than several.

Hearing this—

The Bai Emperor only sneered coldly in his heart.

Since they clearly understood the threat posed by the Zhongshan Clan, yet did not act that very day—

To put it bluntly—

They were still weighing gains and losses.

Back when the Candle Master was alive, the Zhongshan Clan also maintained close ties with quite a few powers, the Sikong Divine Clan being one of them.

The reason they did not act was nothing more than scruples toward other Divine Clans.

After all—

If a true war broke out—

The issues entangled within would not be so simple.

In this present Great Struggle Era, even the Divine Clans are unwilling to easily be the early bird that sticks its head out.

Originally—

The Bai Emperor also had no wish to act.

Yet the Leize Divine Clan moved first, and the potential Shen Changqing displayed made him apprehensive, so he made his move, intending to erase the other party.

He had not expected—

That though he did kill, he also splattered himself with stench.

Afterwards—

The Bai Emperor said, "Set the matter of the Zhongshan Clan aside for now. Though the Ghost-Piercing Halter is powerful, even with such a Dao Arms in hand back then, the Candle Master still could not escape the fate of falling.

Now, even if a Divine Lord truly emerges from the Zhongshan Clan, there is little chance of matching the Candle Master of those years.

By contrast, this Annihilation Rule, in just a short ten or twenty years, has already grown to such a state.

When we first observed it, it had not even reached the God Realm, yet looking again now, I fear it already possesses power almost at the Divine King Level."

Ten or twenty years—

And such a change has already occurred.

Then what of a hundred or two hundred years?

By that time, the Annihilation Rule will likely have grown to a level comparable to a Divine Lord.

If—

This were a race whose living beings all walked the Annihilation Rule, then the Annihilation Rule swelling in a short time would not be enough to truly shock him.

However—

In the Bai Emperor’s view now, the Annihilation Rule very likely does not originate from a race, but from a single living being.

In that case, it becomes truly terrifying.

Just imagine—

A living being who, in merely ten or twenty years, can go from inferior to the God Realm, to now being comparable to a Divine King.

If that one is truly given a century, to grow to the realm of a Divine Lord would by no means be an empty alarm.

The other Divine Lords, hearing this, all knit their brows tightly.

The Lei Emperor’s voice was heavy: "The Bai Emperor speaks no falsehood. The growth speed of this Annihilation Rule is too fast. If it is truly allowed to grow, then our various clans will likely find it hard to end this well.

Only by exterminating it while still in the bud can this problem be truly resolved."

As his words fell—

A Divine Lord nodded: "Every time a Great Struggle Era opens, there will be a powerhouse who stirs the Heavens and is born, thereby accelerating the pace of the Great Struggle Era. Now it seems, the wielder of this Annihilation Rule is very likely a Calamity Challenger.

Under the great calamity, if the Calamity Challenger does not die, then we are in trouble."

"Whether he is a Calamity Challenger or not, he must die!"

Another Divine Lord’s voice was icy cold.

A Calamity Challenger—

To put it plainly, that is the calamity of the Heavens’ Myriad Clans.

Only under the pressure of the Calamity Challenger can the Proud Heavens of the Heavens’ Myriad Clans grow, and in the end, by beheading the Calamity Challenger, bring the Great Struggle Era to its close.

However—

A Calamity Challenger is not one who can be easily slain.

In past Great Struggle Eras, there were Calamity Challengers who walked all the way to the end, but the price for their achieving the highest supremacy was the corpses of countless races paving their path.

Such a thing—

For other racial powers, is nothing less than a nightmare.

Under the Great Struggle Era—

Even Divine Lords have no assurance they can laugh to the end; in past Great Struggle Eras, the Divine Lords who fell were far more than one or two.

Thus—

In their eyes, if the living being nurturing the Annihilation Rule is not a Calamity Challenger, he must die; if he truly is a Calamity Challenger, then all the more he must die.

"Last time we attempted divination, the other side had Tianji shielding, and we could not truly calculate anything. This time, let us all exert ourselves to the utmost and calculate once or twice more, to see whether we can find some clues within.

You must know, in a Great Struggle Era, Tianji is in chaos; even if there truly is a powerhouse attempting to deploy means to shield Tianji at this moment, it is impossible for there to be no flaws at all.

And with so many Divine Lords present here, we are not necessarily inferior to that mysterious existence."

The Bai Emperor spoke in a deep voice.

At this, none of the other Divine Lords voiced dissent.

Next—

All the Divine Lords each displayed their methods, directly merging into the Rule Long River.

Rumble!!

A Vast Majestic Power poured into the long river, causing the Rule Long River to tremble faintly.

The golden Rule representing the Annihilation Rule swam ceaselessly within the multicolored river, trying to evade the grasp of that power.