Chapter 785 - Emperor

Chapter 785 - Emperor

“It’s time!” Huangfu Tiangang shouted.

He was now completely transformed. Everyone resolutely extended their dragon claws and forcibly gouged their eyes out.

“Go!” Huangfu Tiangang said as he threw his Constellation Sword into the air and leaped onto it.

Then he flew toward the Ox Tail Gate.

Xuan Pin’s robes shrank. A strange golden dragon covered in golden claws emerged from it and charged toward the Ox Tail Gate.

Once they left, everyone else used their own unique abilities and followed them toward the Ox Tail Gate.

As they moved, the entire world's Feng Shui and spiritual veins shifted with them. They weren’t only borrowing the luck of the Dragon Veins—they were tapping into the luck of the entire world.

When Li Huowang opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on the ground. He was bleeding heavily from his nose and felt so dizzy that he could barely stand.

Despite this, Li Huowang clearly remembered everything that had just happened, down to the smallest detail. This was not just a display of the secret but a forceful implantation of it into Li Huowang’s mind.

“So that’s what happened! On their own, they couldn’t help the Simings. They needed to borrow the power of two Dragon Veins and the world’s Earth Veins to intervene in the Simings’ battle! I knew Xuan Pin had a backup plan!”

Li Huowang’s excitement gradually faded when he realized that Xuan Pin and the others were still dead.

Before he could mourn, something strange happened. His memories about the events began to fade.

Li Huowang exclaimed frantically, “What’s happening?! Aren’t you helping me? Why are you taking it back!”

As the fading accelerated and even affected the spell Xuan Pin had recited, Li Huowang grabbed his head. “Come back! Don’t disappear!”

He tried to use his “Truth” cultivation abilities to stop the process, but they had no effect on the already fleeting memories.

“I said come back!”

Veins bulged on Li Huowang’s forehead. As he increased his force on both hands, he suddenly heard a crack as his skull fractured.

Li Huowang was momentarily stunned by the shattering sound, then his face showed a trace of joy. He inserted his right hand into the fissure in his skull and began to rummage through his brain.

Gao Zhijian froze. “How do you... know all this?”

“Don’t ask me how I know! I just want to know why you lied! You were there. You even participated in the array, so why didn’t you tell me?”

“Are you still Simpleton, the one I could entrust my life to, or are you now a calculating emperor on the dragon throne?”

The yellow silk of the canopy fluttered in the wind as Gao Zhijian sat silently.

After a moment, he said, “Senior Li, Xuan Pin entrusted some things to be kept from you, and I agreed. I am still the person you can entrust your life to, but you once told me to be a good emperor.

“A good emperor can’t speak freely—a good emperor must be shrewd and capable of lying without blinking.

“A good emperor must prioritize the country’s affairs over personal matters.

“A good emperor must use imperial tactics without hesitation while treading carefully to avoid becoming a tyrant or a muddler.

“But if being a good emperor conflicts with being a simpleton you can entrust your life to, which one should I choose?

“Senior Li, you saved my life multiple times. Tell me which one to choose, and I will choose it without question.”

Li Huowang’s anger dissipated, giving way to a complex expression as he looked at Gao Zhijian. He remained silent.

As they stared at each other, a groan interrupted them. A pregnant woman kneeling nearby collapsed, with blood flowing from her body.

Gao Zhijian urgently pointed. “Quick, help her deliver the baby! Don’t let her die!”

Eunuchs and maids from within the convoy rushed to assist.

Li Huowang finally replied, “A good emperor.”

“Good.”

Another shriek filled the air as the eunuchs and maids assisting in the childbirth fled fearfully.

A monstrous creature with a baby’s head and a vulture’s body emerged from the blood, laughing with a mouth full of rotten teeth.