Chapter 205: The Emperor's Battle! (Revive, My Sable Raven!)

Chapter 205: The Emperor's Battle! (Revive, My Sable Raven!)

Shaohua had initially thought that killing an Immortal Emperor of the Sinister Race would surely invite terrifying retribution, perhaps even a chase by an immensely powerful Immortal Emperor.

However, it turned out not to be the anticipated 'Great Tyrant Dragon' Immortal Emperor. Judging by the aura, it was merely a 'Great Feral Tiger.'

Hmm, it was likely a bit stronger than the 'Fierce Tiger' she had faced against Luo Tianxian, ranking among the top tier of powerhouses, very close to the Supreme Sovereign.

"Truly arrogant, not even bothering to send a stronger pursuer. It feels like I’m being looked down upon", Shaohua muttered, her eyes downcast as her thoughts raced. A sea of blood receded behind her.

However, such arrogance was understandable. Their power dominated countless worlds, and with no great enemies nearby, they had the Plateau Ancestral Grounds to continuously resurrect their fallen.

Moreover, they were a race shrouded in mystery and foreboding, their very essence embodying darkness and corruption. They could have no noble or righteous aspirations.

With a single step, she crossed countless shattered worlds. Waves surged beneath her feet, the vast multiverse undulating, where creation and destruction played out ceaselessly.

The Sacrificial Sea, a place where even Immortal Emperors could easily lose their way, was perilous and boundless, with waves composed of destructive substances, abyssal realms, and worlds that had been blood-sacrificed.

Shaohua did not run about aimlessly. In the uncertainty of whether more mysterious Immortal Emperors would descend, she was actually leading the 'Great Feral Tiger' in a nearby area.

Of course, this 'nearby' was by her standards. For Dao Ancestor-level beings, it was an unimaginable and nearly insurmountable distance.

Seeing that only a 'Great Feral Tiger' was pursuing her, a glint of determination flashed in Shaohua's eyes, a fierce battle spirit rising within her.

"Is that woman Luo Tianxian?" She glanced back, seeing the Great Feral Tiger chasing her and catching a glimpse of the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, suddenly remembering something.

An Immortal Emperor's single thought could comprehend all things.

After a brief encounter with Luo Tianxian, she had already discerned her identity and the events of the Upper Heavens, all through the ages.

Luo Tianxian, the younger sister of the woman who pioneered the Pollen Path, was a dual emperor, a truly glorious achievement.

It was important to note that these were Immortal Emperors, not mere World Sovereigns of the Human Realm.

Reaching the Path's End and becoming an emperor was an immensely difficult feat, requiring unimaginable effort and hardship, not something that could be easily achieved through patronage.

Even though the Hua Fen Emperor had ascended to the Sacrificial Dao realm, he could at most elevate someone to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level. To achieve Immortal Emperor status still depended on the individual.

Luo Tianxian's strength was formidable, ranking her among the top powerhouses among Immortal Emperors. She might have been even stronger in the past, capable of sustaining the Upper Heavens after the Hua Fen Emperor's fall, no ordinary being.

Using terms like rat, cat, tiger, and dragon to describe the mysterious Immortal Emperors was a form of mockery, a way to belittle them.

Truly, Shaohua believed that it would be more appropriate to follow the Immortal King realm's classification: ordinary, top-tier, powerhouse, and Supreme Sovereign.

The so-called hierarchy was a forced comparison of combat strength, with no essential differences, all still within the Immortal Emperor realm.

Whether belittling others or elevating oneself, the names didn’t matter.

As for the Sacrificial Dao, it was the ultimate transcendence of the Path's End!

While the Sacrificial Dao was far stronger than the Immortal Emperor realm, it had not yet transcended to an unimaginable degree, not necessarily forming a new major realm.

The Sacrificial Dao, the path of burning away all rules and order, of sacrificing the supreme great way, was the ultimate refinement, invincible above all.

Of course, since it involved sacrificing one's own great way, the success rate was shockingly low, a path of certain death, often leading to the collapse of one's dao and the end of one's existence.

Shaohua gathered her thoughts, cutting off all distractions, and suddenly turned around, wielding her flag like a spear, shattering the head of the mysterious Immortal Emperor.

Without a doubt, this was a declaration of war.

"Swish!"

A war spear pierced the Sacrificial Sea, aimed at the green-robed woman standing proudly.

The war spear was like a world-shattering arrow, piercing through time and space, severing the River of Time, causing all things in the universe to come to a standstill.

It was reflected in the past, present, and future, seemingly omnipresent, aiming to annihilate the one who dared to slaughter the mysterious army and kill a fellow Dao Ancestor, even an Immortal Emperor.

However, this did not frighten Shaohua; she had anticipated it. Before the war spear could truly strike, her graceful figure moved.

She flicked the flag, the fluttering banner tightly wrapping around the flagpole, using it like a spear.

Fifteen colors of brilliant divine light converged on the Imperial Dao Flag. She wielded it like an axe, cleaving the heavens.

The most radiant sacred light illuminated the worlds, holding back the war spear that had pierced through the heavens in different timelines.

"Boom!!!"

The spear and the war spear collided, stirring up boundless waves, tearing apart countless lifeless universes.

The Imperial Dao Flag suddenly trembled, the gathered Dao patterns on the flagpole enhancing its strength, causing the tip of the war spear to shatter and explode.

On the surface, it appeared to be a clash between two Immortal Emperor armaments, but in reality, it was two imperial weapons against one, catching the mysterious Immortal Emperor off guard.

Shaohua did not hold back. Though she was a newcomer to this realm, she possessed far more than just the strength of a beginner, though she had not yet truly engaged an Immortal Emperor in battle.

Upon the first clash, she knew that the mysterious race's pursuer was no weaker than herself, perhaps even slightly stronger.

Acknowledging another's strength was not shameful; failing to recognize reality was the true folly. She would now challenge as the underdog.

The Immortal Emperor of the mysterious race, though having ascended to the Destined Land by consuming bone ash, was still an Immortal Emperor, having survived countless ages with profound power.

But this made it all the more interesting!

Silently, a shadow appeared on the Sacrificial Sea.

There, the ash was boundless, the sky filled with black dust, rising and falling, accompanied by a gloomy mist.

The mysterious Immortal Emperor, the 'Great Feral Tiger,' materialized, his body shrouded in gray mist, his emaciated form appearing vague and eerie.

"Kill!"

Shaohua struck with lethal precision, showing no mercy. As the Imperial Dao Flag and the war spear clashed, a boundless aura of death spread from her other hand.

She raised her hand, pressing down, collapsing eons of time, colliding with the other's withered, outstretched hand.

This was a clash of true Dao forms, causing the surrounding decaying universes to collapse.

Then, as their Soul Essence light flashed, the shattered worlds healed, time reversed, restoring them to their original state, only to shatter again, more thoroughly.

This was the Immortal Emperor's battle, where every movement carried the power to split the heavens and earth. With a single thought, myriad things could be born, and with another, the world could be destroyed.

The shocking collision forced both parties to stumble back, shattering several remnants of worlds.

Shaohua, instead of being alarmed, felt a surge of joy. This was not a sneak attack like the one that had helped Luo Tianxian decapitate her opponent, but a direct confrontation where she had gained a slight advantage.

She had only just broken through to this realm and was still somewhat unstable, but she was not far off from the Great Feral Tiger. Even if she was slightly lacking, how could the gap be so great?

Countless years of accumulation indeed provided a deep foundation, but that was all it was!

Relying on the Plateau for resurrection, the Great Feral Tiger had acted with reckless abandon, merely putting on a brave front. Without those countless years of accumulation, he would have been even more pitiful.

After all, these creatures were merely Immortal Emperors who had reached their status by consuming bone ash.

Immortal Emperors were immortal, their existence almost indestructible.

But the arm of the Great Feral Tiger, who had pursued her, was now disintegrating inch by inch.

"Indeed, you have some skill. No wonder you managed to kill that fool!"

The Great Feral Tiger's Soul Essence trembled, and his lofty thoughts were unmasked, radiating outward.

His shattered arm restored itself, and he realized he had only underestimated her. The slight disadvantage he had faced in the initial clash of weapons was due to a momentary lapse in attention.

When it came to magical artifacts, he had more than just a few immortal-grade weapons.

This was the depth of his resources.

He could sense that the woman in green was slightly weaker than him, and this gave him confidence.

At the Immortal Emperor level, it was rare to find anything interesting, and finding a nearly equal opponent was even rarer.

An evenly matched battle could add a memorable chapter to his long and monotonous existence.

After all, even if he were to slip up, he could still be resurrected on the Plateau's ancestral grounds, with his kin ready to lend a hand, ensuring he was never truly defeated.

Unfortunately, he had left in a hurry and had not realized that his companion, whom Shaohua had sent to be cremated, had been permanently extinguished. Even the Plateau could not bring him back.

If he had known, he might not have been so calm.

"I don't care who you are. The reasons and grudges are irrelevant. Come, let's fight to the death, a battle to the bitter end!"

The Great Feral Tiger spoke, his voice hoarse and terrifying, like the scraping of two decaying universes.

"I will give you the chance to say your name before you die", he said, having not spoken for countless eons. Only in the presence of such an opponent did he speak a few more words.

"I hope you can make me enjoy this, so I can remember it for a few more eons."

With a single thought, an endless gray mist surged around him, filled with an eerie and ominous aura, enveloping everything before him.

This was a technique to suppress the enemy and empower himself, his unique domain. In the gray mist, he was almost invincible.

"Do you deserve to know my name?!" Shaohua said coldly.

She stood in armor, holding a flag, and an ethereal mist began to flow around her. Unlike the eerie and ominous gray mist, this mist was filled with a sacred and clear aura.

In the mist, fifteen-colored rays of light and auspicious colors rose, quickly enveloping many shattered worlds. The Sacrificial Sea and the River of Time were also shrouded in the mist, making it impossible to trace or detect them.

"Hmm?!" The Great Feral Tiger was surprised and uncertain, not expecting the other party to have a similar power. He shot out a beam of light from his eyes, trying to see through the mysterious mist.

The gray mist and the ethereal mist intertwined, flowing with terrifying patterns of the Dao.

The supreme emperors had not yet engaged, but the two different mists had already clashed fiercely, manifesting in different dimensions. The mist shrouded the sky, merging and annihilating each other across time and space.

In the mist, there was a clashing of metal, and occasionally, a massive claw would emerge, capable of covering the heavens. There were also delicate hands that sliced through the sky, enveloping all paths.

An Immortal Emperor's battle was extraordinary. If not restrained, it would affect countless dimensions, with an immense impact.

Across the vast expanse of time and space, only Dao Ancestors could observe but not touch, while Final Path Ascendants could truly alter and paint upon it.

Shaohua's spear moved like a dragon, its light illuminating all worlds in an instant. She thrust the Imperial Dao Flag into the chest of the gaunt figure, stirring it violently.

The Great Feral Tiger howled in pain, swinging his bronze cudgel to shatter one of Shaohua's hands.

By now, the battle had reached a fever pitch, with Shaohua's eyes turning red, her killing intent surging.

An Immortal Emperor's battle was terrifying.

Logically, the eerie Immortal Emperor should have had the upper hand, given his deeper foundation. However, Shaohua's relentless and all-out battle often gave her the edge.

This was a reversal of the natural order.

The battle lasted for a hundred years, with the two fighting from the Sacrificial Sea to the heavens and back into the depths of the Sacrificial Sea.

What gave Shaohua the freedom to fight without restraint was that the eerie race had not sent any more Immortal Emperors to the various dimensions.

This left Heng Ren, Wu Shi, and Ye Fan to face a steady stream of Dao Ancestors, their fierce battles tearing apart the heavens and earth.

Gradually, Shaohua lost track of what was happening in the other dimensions as the battle between the two grew more intense, leading them deeper into the Sacrificial Sea and even near the blood-colored altar at its center.

The main officiant of this era was a Supreme Sovereign, an Immortal Emperor of the Great Tyrant Dragon level. With the primordial ancestor not present, he was the strongest.

Seeing the two approach the altar and disturb his Grand Apotheosis Ritual, he naturally took action, delivering a powerful blow to Shaohua, nearly destroying her body and soul.

But Shaohua was not so easily defeated. After her body restored itself and she left the area, she fought even more fiercely, making the Great Feral Tiger increasingly nervous.

A quasi-Immortal Emperor's battle could last for tens of thousands of years if there was no significant disparity in strength or if one did not have a special means to extinguish the other. This was even more true for true Immortal Emperors.

No one could have predicted that Shaohua's battle with the eerie Immortal Emperor would last so long. After three thousand years, their fight was still ongoing.

"It's not that I can't win, but that I choose not to", Shaohua thought, clear as a mirror, deliberately maintaining the status quo.

Her cultivation had long since stabilized, and her strength had grown stronger through the battles. She was now "stuck" at a certain boundary, trading blows with the Great Feral Tiger.

Earlier, she had been impulsive, immediately extinguishing the big rat after breaking through. Now, with her strength growing, she sensed that someone was secretly watching her.

She didn't need to think twice; it was definitely the two remaining eerie Immortal Emperors on the Plateau, who had surely noticed the permanent extinction of the "big rat."

If she were to extinguish another Great Feral Tiger right in front of them, she would likely be surrounded by a group of eerie Immortal Emperors. If one of them casually destroyed the dimensions, it would be a disaster.

(End of Chapter)

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