The Strongest System - Chapter 534

Chapter 534: Promote!

p>”W-what are you looking at me for?” The moment Gu Zhengtian caught sight of Gu Haitian’s gaze at him, his heart stopped for a moment, as though some part of him was being eyed on.

“What are you trying to do?” Suddenly, before he had even realized, Gu Haitian had appeared beside him on his right side. With a deep voice and heavy breathing, he huffed out a steaming puff of hot air onto Gu Zhengtian’s cheeks, causing him to break out in cold sweat.

…

“What’s up with our commanders…?”

“Why are they just standing there without moving at all?”

Looking at the scene in the distance, all the ancient race soldiers were extremely puzzled, wondering what was going on with their mighty commanders who were now motionless.

However, they suddenly realized that the second commander was sandwiched in between the first and third commander! Their hearts skipped a beat.

They were especially frightened of the image of those towering pillars at the crotch areas of their commanders.

It shouldn’t be that case…right?

The beings of the thousands of races out there were equally stumped.

Even though they did not know what had happened to cause the three commanders to behave like this, they knew that there must definitely be some sort of correlation with that mighty and noble human being over there.

That human being must have employed some sort of move to bewitch their souls, in order to cause them to commit such savage acts of disharmony!

“Commanders! You guys can’t do that! The dignity of our ancient race…!” One of the ancient race soldiers who was witnessing history in the making spat out a mouthful of black blood from his mouth.

The three commanders were the highest ranking officers in the entire Despair City! To think that they would commit such sinful acts before their fellow ancient race soldiers!

Lin Fan’s eyes were prickling right now as well. To think that these three shameless fellas would indulge in such an eyesore before their very eyes! How…outrageous!

‘Twisting Heaven and Earth!’

Instantly, the void vibrated as multiple pairs of hands stretched out, grabbing at that ultimate location.

The three commanders were entirely mesmerized by Biggra right now. If Lin Fan were to head up there personally and end up activating their innate carnal instincts, that would be disastrous.

If anyone were to be foolish enough to try and stop any living beings who were under the effects of Biggra from venting out their pent-up frustrations, it would be akin to trying to snatch meat away from the jaws of a hungry tiger.

The moment Twisting Heaven and Earth was unleashed, all three commanders lost every single last bit of fighting strength they had.

‘Destruction!’

A flash of axe glow appeared as the second stance of the Eternal Axe cleaved the void open, slicing the three commanders into pieces.

‘Ding…Congratulations on killing Desolate celestial full cultivation being Gu Haitian.’

‘Ding…Experience points +100,000’

‘Ding…Congratulations on killing Desolate celestial full cultivation being Gu Batian.’

‘Ding…Experience points +100,000’

…

The three commanders were snuffed out in an instant, as Lin Fan’s experience points gushed up like a rising dragon.

‘Ding…Congratulations on leveling up.’

‘Ding…Cultivation State: Desolate celestial lower level.’

Suddenly, the barrier that was in place from azure celestial to desolate celestial was shattered into pieces immediately. As his power level spiked, his True Skill seeds churned rapidly as well, strengthening and becoming ever stronger than before.

Indeed…!

There was a world of a difference between azure celestial and desolate celestial cultivation state!

Furthermore, the four commanders were all old timers in the desolate celestial cultivation state realm, who had been trying their best to attain the sought after divine celestial cultivation state. However, perhaps their cultivation and training weren’t enough to bring them through that barrier between cultivation states.

That was the reason why they could not enter that cultivation state which was even more godly than the gods themselves.

Lin Fan began to ponder and wonder just what sort of a realm one would be in upon attaining the divine celestial cultivation state.

There were notes within the Poison King’s Ancient Saint World Secret Records. However, the records about that cultivation state were all incomplete.

Divine celestial cultivation state would open one up to an entirely brand new world. That was the true path for one to head up towards the Nine Heavens.

‘Oh well, let’s leave it for now first. After all, there’s still some way to go from the current desolate celestial lower level to attain a divine celestial cultivation state. Thinking will only rack my brains for nothing.’ Lin Fan thought to himself.

By now, the True Skill seeds within his body had finally stopped revolving. Their power level was now multiple times stronger than before.

If he were to meet these four so-called commanders right now, he had the confidence of slaying them all right on the spot, without the similar hassle from before.

Lin Fan took out his Demon City.

Grabbing the three corpses, the big ancient demon devoured them into its tummy and took them in instantly.

With an extremely high cultivation state, their spirits were extremely refined as well. This was a true nourishment for the big ancient demon.

BOOM!

A spiritual light burst forth from the big ancient demon, piercing through the skies before dissipating gradually.

“Eh…?” Lin Fan looked up at the big ancient demon, noticing that its power level had risen by a fair bit as well. To think that the supreme grade spirit weapon, Demon City, would show signs of a pending breakthrough!

But, perhaps the power level was barely sufficient right now, or maybe that the number of ancient race beings devoured was not enough.

Suddenly, Lin Fan turned his gaze to the entire Despair City.

One by one, the ancient race soldiers fell on the ground, crippled in fear. They had been thoroughly frightened to their bones by this human being.

To think that those four almighty commanders in their hearts would be slain by the human before them! If they had not witnessed it with their very eyes, they might not have believed the truth!

“DAMNED HUMAN! TO THINK THAT HE WOULD KILL OUR COMMANDERS! LET’S DUKE IT OUT WITH HIM!” The ancient race soldiers of the Despair City howled. Even though they were filled with fear, they went completely berserk right now.

“About time.” Lin Fan smiled.

“Big ancient demon! Devour them!”

Even though he had not gathered the five elements yet, Demon City was already showing signs of a breakthrough upon the consumption of the four commanders. However, due to the lack of energy right now, it was stuck at a bottleneck. As long as he could devour all of the ancient race beings right here, Lin Fan could definitely bring Demon City up to become a Dao weapon instantly!

‘Devouring Heavens and Earth!’

The big ancient demon hollered as his eyes shone with fury. Opening his wide mouth, he was bent on devouring the entire world altogether.

A typhoon formed, sucking all of the ancient race beings into the core of the vortex.

Tribuni, Centurions, and Decani et cetera…Every single last one of them were nothing but puny ants in the face of the big ancient demon. Even if they wanted to struggle and escape, they were instantly caught by Lin Fan nevertheless.

The power level was rising.

The skin of the big ancient demon glowed brightly as it grew even more dazzling, outshining the sun itself.

“Eat up, eat up! The more you eat, the better!” Lin Fan floated in the air, elated with the actions of the big ancient demon.

Looking at this figure floating in the skies, the beings of the thousands of races out there were entirely dumbfounded.

This was a demon god himself who was massacring the ancient race for free!

However, none of these captives were afraid of Lin Fan. On the contrary, they were filled with intense awe and admiration towards this man. The tragic wails of the ancient race soldiers who had once tortured and trampled upon them were nothing but music to their ears.

This was their radiant hope that was floating up in the sky, piercing through the shrouds of despair of the Despair City! Under the aura of the spreading hope, the Despair Beads that were floating around in Despair City began to disintegrate into dust one by one.

Just like that, a million ancient race soldiers were devoured by the big ancient demon.

However, even if it were a million of them, the energy provided by them was only merely comparable to that of the four commanders.

‘Promote! Spirit weapon comprehension of the Dao! Formation of the Dao weapon!’

BOOM!

A light beam pierced straight up into the sky as the big ancient demon howled out in anger, exerting out a power that was formidable beyond words.

Chapter 535: The Four Great Paupers.

p>A brilliant city of demons loomed over the head of the big ancient demon, as all sorts of astral and demonic winds breezed around it, forming the perfect demon city. At the same time, there was a demon god who was spouting out golden incantations of sorts, along with a bright dazzling glow.

All of these captivated demons seemed to be immersed within a world of their own.

ROAR!

The Heaven and Earth trembled as golden lotuses filled the world, with a demonic aura bathing the Demon City in a godly presence.

“I am the big…” Suddenly, the eyes of the big ancient demon shone brightly. This sharp gaze was extremely imposing, as he took the entire Demon City into his palms.

“ANCIENT DEMON!”

The moment he hollered out these last two words, his massive aura erupted forth completely.

“S-so strong! Could this be the process by which a spirit weapon transforms into a dao weapon?” Lin Fan could feel his mental self rattling in the face of the might of this aura. It was almost 100 times stronger than before!

All the captives there were entirely stumped by the scene before them as well.

“Incredible! This treasure’s promotion into a dao weapon is even stronger than any other average dao weapon out there!”

“Just what sort of a godly being is this human?”

Right now, Lin Fan was like a divine being in their eyes. With his dazzling long locks and his suave looks, along with that sharp gaze of his and hands behind his back, this single image of him was etched into the eyes of every single living being out there, to be remembered forever within their hearts.

‘Soul Rendering Pike!’

‘Heavenly Vajra Demonic Ring!’

‘Demonic Earth Hammer!’

…

Lin Fan tossed all four dao weapons of the four commanders into the sky.

‘Destroy!’

Creak.

With a single crack, all of the four weapons shattered apart instantly, as a current of energy rippled forth from the dao weapons, trying to leave this area.

With his heavenly encompassing palm, the big ancient demon grabbed the consciousness of the dao weapons and swallowed them whole into his tummy, causing his power level to spike up once more.

If anyone else in this world were to witness Lin Fan’s act of destroying four dao weapons, they would surely spit out all their blood. Extravagant! This was so extravagant that one could break down from it!

But of course, Lin Fan had the utmost confidence that his skills of weapon crafting were second to none in this world. As long as he had the materials, Human weapons, Spirit weapons, Dao weapons, all of these would come without any difficulty at all!

BOOM!

A gigantic explosion surged forth from the big ancient demon. This was an explosion that sounded like the reshuffling and cracking of bones within his body.

This towering colossal big ancient demon instantly shot up to ten times his original height.

‘Ding…Congratulations on promotion success.’

‘Ding…Promoted to lower grade dao weapon.’

Raising his hand, Lin Fan grabbed at the Demon City and pulled it towards him. His heart was filled with glee right now. Strong! Way too strong!

Finally, it had been promoted to a dao weapon! Even though it might still be a lower grade dao weapon, Lin Fan knew that the power it possessed was stronger than even a middle-grade dao weapon.

“Master, I require the Shengyang Pills for cultivation.” Suddenly, Lin Fan froze up for a moment. To think that the big ancient demon within the center of the Demon City would speak up!

“This…this…!”

Lin Fan was stunned right now. He had not expected the big ancient demon to obtain a consciousness of his own!

Even though he was astounded right now, there was a sense of elation that accompanied this feeling. This was it! He could finally see hope of the big ancient demon regaining its past glory!

Sweeping his robes, 1,000,000 Shengyang Pills formed a gigantic river of pills and floated into the Demon City. Opening his enormous mouth, the big ancient demon took in all the pills into his tummy and began cultivating them.

Lin Fan was now left with 2,000,000 Shengyang Pills. Seemed like he had to be conservative with his usage from now on. Just in case.

However, he was once again startled by the massive spike in the aura of the big ancient demon once more.

Azure celestial full cultivation state.

Desolate celestial lower level.

Desolate celestial middle level.

…

‘What? Isn’t this way too sick? ‘ Lin Fan could not help but acknowledge the big ancient demon, who was now a dao weapon of his. To think that the rate of his cultivation speed rising was as fast as pouring water! However, the moment he reached the desolate celestial middle level, the aura began to stabilize. Evidently, the 1,000,000 pills weren’t enough for him to go beyond this.

Even though Lin Fan could cultivate the Shengyang Pills consistently with the Mythical Parasol Tree, judging from the rate of consumption of the big ancient demon, even the Mythical Parasol Tree’s production rate might not be able to satiate its appetite for long.

Seemed like Lin Fan had to raid more secret treasures in the future.

Suddenly, something struck Lin Fan. That was right! Since the Marquis of Despair wasn’t in the Despair City, there must be a fckload of treasures laying around here! Since he had already invaded and attacked straight into the Despair City, how could he let up all the treasures that were here?

“SENIOR! PLEASE SAVE US…!”

“SENIOR, PLEASE LET US OUT OF HERE…!”

By now, all the captives of the thousands of races out there began to clamor excitedly. They had not expected this human senior to be this strong! He was so strong that he could take down the entire Despair City singlehandedly, causing all four commanders to die right here, with all the other ancient race army devoured by that spirit weapon!

Terror! This man was the definition of terror!

If they had not witnessed it personally, they wouldn’t have believed this at all!

With a wave of his hand, Lin Fan released all the prisoners of a cage within Despair City, allowing them to rescue their other comrades trapped in other cages. He then turned into a streak of light as he darted out towards the four spires.

Raid! The first thing he was going to do was to plunder the four commanders!

Those captives who were just released wanted to thank Lin Fan with their utmost gratitude. However, raising their heads, they realized that he had already flown off into the distance. Eventually, they could only prostate themselves onto the ground and pray up into the skies in respect, before hurrying to release their fellow comrades.

From the first commander’s lair, three medium grade dao weapons, two supreme grade spirit weapons, and 500,000 Shengyang Pills were obtained.

From the second commander’s lair… Poor! Extremely poor! There were only four supreme grade spirit weapons and 500,000 Shengyang Pills!

In the 3rd commander’s lair was nothing. NOTHING! NOT EVEN A PAIR OF UNDERWEAR! THIS POOR NUDIST!

From the fourth commander’s lair, Lin Fan got another 500,000 Shengyang Pills.

…

“The fck? As the four great commanders of the ancient race, how could these guys be as poor as beggars?” Lin Fan was extremely exasperated right now as he headed forth towards the direction of the Marquis of Despair’s lair.

This was his last hope. If even the Marquis of Despair did not have anything valuable, he would truly be outraged big time!

But what Lin Fan did not know was that the four commanders of the Despair City had many underlings under them. As such, their expenses were extremely huge.

Furthermore, the four of them were only focused on trying to attain the divine celestial cultivation state, and were always in seclusion usually. Therefore, being able to even craft 500,000 Shengyang Pills was already a pretty decent achievement.

Each time they wanted to try attaining the divine celestial cultivation state, they would end up being a pauper straight after.

The first commander was in the process of trying to attain the divine celestial once more when Lin Fan appeared. That was the only reason why Lin Fan was able to obtain at least some dao weapons from his belongings. Otherwise, during every single attempt, all of these dao weapons would be converted into power and energy to assist them in their attempts.

Lin Fan came before a tightly shut door. This door was etched with all sorts of weird carvings. However, Lin Fan did not pay much attention to them. Right now, the only thing he was interested in was whether the things behind the door could be worth it all.

Lin Fan stretched out his hand of hope as he prayed in his heart.

‘PLEASE DON’T DISAPPOINT ME…!’

Chapter 536: This Wasn’t The Way This Script Was Meant To Be!

p>In reality, Lin Fan was a young man who was easily contented. He didn’t need the Marquis of Despair to be ultra rich, but there should be some respectable amount at the very least, shouldn’t it?

Not much, really! Just perhaps somewhere in the ballpark figure of a few tens of millions of Shengyang Pills? 180 Dao weapons or so? That much will do.

Creak.

As the door swung open, a dazzling rainbow colored light shone out of it.

“Aiyah! It’s so dazzling!” Lin Fan covered his eyes as his body trembled with excitement, “Too dazzling! I can’t take it anymore! No more!”

It was embarrassing, but Lin Fan was hard right now, as though he had just witnessed the succubus of the century. His saliva was dripping down from his open mouth.

Rich! He had struck gold this time around!

Catching sight of everything before him, Lin Fan could not help but leap with joy.

Indeed, an existence like the Marquis of Despair must be living a really hollow and empty life! Someone like that must definitely have amassed a large amount of treasures in order to fill up the void in his heart!

The place was filled with Shengyang Pills piled up like mini mountains. The scene of this amount of Shengyang Pills was probably even criminal, as it could fill anyone with the impulse to dive right into them and grab them lustfully, before tossing them into their own bags.

This amount of Shengyang Pills formed a Shengyang Dragon of its own, coiling and swimming in the air.

Lin Fan gulped down his saliva. There were definitely at least 10,000,000 pills right here.

Spirit weapons and Dao weapons floated around in circles in the air one by one.

Taking in a deep breath, Lin Fan closed the door before releasing Demon City into the air.

Suddenly, all the Spirit and Dao weapons began to vibrate, as if they had discovered an invader in their midst. One by one, illusory figures appeared out of the weapons.

“Big ancient demon, you’ll take care of these weapon spirits! I’ll go for the pills.” Lin Fan rubbed his palms together and ordered.

“Yes.” The gaze of the big ancient demon shone brightly. To him, all of these weapons floating in the air were nothing but food!

The big ancient demon hollered out before pouncing at the weapons. He was bent on devouring all of them. As for Lin Fan, he leaped out towards the pills, grabbing them bunch after bunch.

“HAHA! I’m rich! Eh? There are other pills too! Not bad, not bad! It’s been a really long time now since I’ve popped pills for leveling up! The fight earlier on has tuckered me out, man! Time to just be a pill junkie!” Lin Fan remarked in satisfaction.

“Not bad, not bad! This Heavenly King’s Way Pill tastes really sweet!” Lin Fan was living an extravagant life right now as he popped these pills into his mouth like they were completely free.

‘Crunch, crunch, crunch. Delicious!’

Heaven and Earth Yin Yang Pill.

Heavenly Ascension Booster Pill.

Triple Fire Dragon Pill.

…

All of these were extremely precious pills with tons of miraculous usages, pills which the ancient race and beings of the thousands of races out there would go absolutely nuts over.

However, to Lin Fan, the only thing extraordinary about these pills were the number of experience points they gave.

Amongst them, there was even one pill which could increase one’s cultivation speed by ten times! However, to Lin Fan, that effect was absolutely worthless.

There were so many ancient race beings in the Ancient Saint World out there for him to slay. Where would he even find time to sit down and cultivate?

Comfort…

Lin Fan was entranced in a state of indulgence right now. It had been a long time since he got to enjoy life as such.

Outside!

Suddenly, a strange phenomenon occurred in the Despair City.

A golden colored cloud was making its way towards the Despair City with haste. Thunder crackled from within the cloud, accompanied by many other figures. There was a mighty, gigantic dragon, a colossal and towering giant, and even some spirits who wielded thunderbolts in their hands.

The sound of war was imminent as the battle intent of that group filled the entire sky.

“Elder Dulong, we’re reaching Despair City up ahead!” Looking at that massive Despair City, Xiesheng commented as his heart was pounding with nervousness right now.

The ancient race was extremely hostile and violent, preying on every single living being in this world. They were practically the devils of all devils.

The six major sects here had sent out a large number of disciples and thirty elders for this expedition, in order to take down the ancient race and rescue the beings of the thousands of races out there. Any amount they could save would be worth it.

Desolate Ancient Dragon Sect, Heaven Horn Sect, Ju Lingshen Sect, Shenzu Dian Sect, Water God Sect, et cetera…This was a mission they had undertaken extreme precautions for.

All of them knew how horrific the Marquis of Despair was. If the Marquis of Despair were in the Despair City right now, most of them would probably not be getting out alive.

Therefore, this was the best chance they had in capturing the entire place now.

“Hmph! This time around, the ancient race shall know of my might, the great Mu Longtian!” The haughty Mu Longtian’s eyes shone with arrogance as his battle intent was raring right now. This time around, he was bent on having his name spread across the entire Ancient Saint World.

He was determined to have all the ancient race beings remember his name.

“Senior brother, our priority should be to rescue these people. We mustn’t crave for battle.” Xiesheng reminded him.

“What’s there to be afraid of? The Marquis of Despair isn’t even in the Despair City right now. What else do we have to be afraid of?” Mu Longtian retorted.

Xiesheng looked at Mu Longtian before sighing. His senior brother had a haughty disposition to begin with, and would never listen to the words of others.

“Junior Brother Xie, Senior Brother Mu is right. What do we have to be afraid of?” Long Yue’er continued.

“That’s right, Junior Sister!” Mu Longtian nodded his head calmly before focusing his gaze up ahead.

The mood of the disciples of the six major sects was tense right now. This was the first time they were openly pitting themselves against the ancient race.

Even though they had a decent force of a few tens of thousands of people, this was still nothing compared to the sheer size of the ancient race army.

BOOM!

The golden cloud appeared above the skies of the Despair City and ruptured open. From within, a large number of beings from the Giant race leaped out with their massive bodies, forming a thousand feet tall giant.

The defensive capabilities of the Giant race were astoundingly strong as they landed on the ground with a thud.

“The Giant race has arrived! Prepare to receive your death, ancient race!” An elder of the Ju Lingshen Sect burst forth with a terrifying aura. They were the vanguards and shield for the expedition, blocking the ancient race outside so that those disciples from the other sects could make their way to rescue the beings of the thousands of races.

Instantly, some of the disciples from the Desolate Ancient Dragon Sect transformed into hundred and thousand feet long dragons, howling malevolently.

Meanwhile, disciples from the Water God Sect were manipulating the weather, causing a slight drizzle to rain down upon the battlefield. These raindrops brought with them a massive amount of energy, bringing with them a healing and rejuvenating power as they landed on the bodies of the members of the six major sects.

The Shenzu Dian Sect, made up of the Wings race, emitted a saintly glow as they sang out, causing mysterious runes to float around in the air.

The godly scriptures and heavenly tunes filled the sky as an illusory image of the Heavens filled the air.

BOOM…BOOM!

The drums of battle were pounding loudly, invigorating the members of the six major sects with a boost in morale and heightened senses.

“Ancient race! Come on out and receive…death…?” Filled with a relentless battle intent and no fear of death, the members of the six major sects wanted to shout out with a war cry. However, they were all stumped suddenly.

“This…!”

They had made all preparations and were about to dive head front into the fortress. However, what was this?

Despair City!

Where were the ancient race beings gone?

The beings of the thousands of races out there, who were now free and roaming about, stared at this group of people blankly as well, wondering what they were up to.

The members of the six major sects viewed the beings of the thousands of races out there with equal bewilderment.

In the minds of the members of the six major sects, they had already thought of how the outcome would be when they came over. These beings of the thousands of races out there would definitely be filled with gratitude and excitement upon their appearance, taking them as their hope, future, and saviors!

But, the situation right now was nothing like they had imagined!

Not only were there no ancient race beings, all of these beings from the thousands of races out there were glaring at them, as though there was something wrong with them!

This…this wasn’t the way this script was supposed to play out…!

Chapter 537: The Chance To Show Off Has Come!

p>”Who are you guys?” The beings of the thousands of races who had just been rescued asked in bewilderment. They had long been stunned by the might of that mysterious human. To think that he would overthrow the entire Despair City singlehandedly. They were utterly convinced of his strength by now.

After weathering that scene from before, the appearance of these members from the six major sects no longer brought to them any feeling of surprise at all.

Upon hearing these words, the members of the six major sects did not know what to say, as they froze up there for a moment. If this were at the start, they would definitely proclaim out proudly, ‘We’re here to save you guys.’

But by the looks of the situation right now, it seemed as though they weren’t that much needed anymore.

This was quite an embarrassing and awkward situation for the members of the six major sects to be in right now. In fact, all their minds were in a mess, wondering just what had happened here.

There were supposedly 1,000,000 ancient race beings housed in the Despair City! Where did all of them go to?

In fact, they hadn’t even come across a single one! Wasn’t this way too surreal?

“Everyone, we’re from the six major sects. We were originally here to rescue you guys. However, what’s happening right now? Where have all the ancient race beings gone?” Dulong’s disposition was extraordinary as he exuded a gaze of imposingness.

“All dead.” One of the beings of the thousands of races replied.

“Dead?’ The moment the members of the six major sects heard this, their faces changed immediately, evidently in disbelief. To think that 1,000,000 of them would be dead just like that?

But there wasn’t even a single corpse on the battlefield! Just what sort of a sect was it that could have possessed capabilities as such?

The thought of this massacre being caused by a single person had never once crossed their minds. To them, the first thought in their minds was that some extremely powerful sect must have activated a number of powerful beings to suppress the entire Despair City.

But who could it be then? Just who in the world was this strong?

A divine celestial cultivation state being?

That was impossible though. If a divine celestial being were to rush head forth into the Despair City, the powerful beings of the ancient race would definitely not sit back and let that happen just like that.

Just then, the words of a single being from the thousands of races out there caused the minds of everyone from the six major sects to be blown away.

“That’s right. A single human, a human who was stronger than anything else, overturned the entire Despair City along with the four commanders.” The moment the beings of the thousands of races out there heard these words, their faces were filled with a look of reverence.

“Impossible!’ Mu Tianlong was the first to step forth in refute. He would definitely not believe that a single human could take down all the ancient race beings, including even the four commanders!

In order to deal with the four commanders, there were thirty elders of desolate celestial cultivation state from the six major sects that were gathered in order to just hold them back.

But what sort of a joke was happening right now?

A single human killing all four commanders? How could that be?

Xiesheng, who had remained silent all this while, was entirely flabbergasted upon hearing these words. An image of a lone figure was forming in his mind. At the same time, that single sentence that they all deemed as a joke was appearing within his head as well.

“I’m headed to Despair City to kill the Marquis of Despair.”

“That human you guys speak of, did he have a head of long locks with a casual aura which one could never ever see through?” Xiesheng asked hurriedly.

“Junior Brother Xie, are you hallucinating? How could it be that human?” Mu Longtian chimed in.

Dulong frowned as he recalled the conversation earlier on.

Could it be that human who had spouted such brash words they were referring to earlier on?

“I do not know who you’re talking about. However, that human did have a head of long locks and a casual aura as well. At the same time, he was extremely handsome. A single look at him would cast an image into one’s memory forever…” The being of the thousands of races out there began to exaggerate.

If Lin Fan were to hear these words for himself, he would definitely raise a big thumbs up and commend, ‘Well said!’

With that, all the beings of the thousands of races out there began to clamor in excitement. Their conversation topic never once left Lin Fan.

With so many beings of the thousands of races out there and a single sentence of praise from each and every one of them, Lin Fan’s image was practically propped up to the Heavens by now.

The members of the six major sects stood there awkwardly, not knowing what they should do right now.

The disciples of Ju Lingshen Sect gradually returned to their original forms at this moment. Their towering presence from before appeared to be much less intimidating.

The disciples of the Desolate Ancient Dragon Sect returned to their human forms as well. Just now, they were howling energetically, ready to rip the ancient race apart. However, right now, there wasn’t even a single ancient race being around. What sh*t was there to rip?

As for the disciples of the Shenzu Dian Sect, they were singing out their heavenly choruses earlier on while writing divine scriptures in the skies. However, right now, all of them had their heads lowered, as though they had wasted all of their efforts earlier on. The tune of their heavenly music seemed as though it was just to celebrate the presence of that human being.

Awkward. The awkwardness amongst them was beyond words right now.

Even Elder Dulong’s face began to change.

Amongst the sects, he was someone who was revered and respected, having an imposing aura. Of course, he didn’t mind that sort of praise that was accorded to him.

However, upon hearing the way everyone was lauding Lin Fan, he was beginning to feel somewhat envious as well.

He was filled with jealousy towards that human.

Mu Longtian had wanted to put on a good performance so that he could get his name out there. However, the turn of events pretty much infuriated him.

To think that there wasn’t even a single ancient race being left! How was he supposed to become the hero in everyone’s heart with the current state of events?

And just then, from the edge of the skies, the clouds darkened as a menacing aura burst forth from that dark mass.

“Everyone, watch out. The ancient race is here.” Elder Dulong’s gaze was sharp as he pierced them through the oncoming voids.

The members of the six major sects began to get excited. This was their chance, finally!

Initially, all of them were pretty frightened over the thought of going up against the ancient race. In fact, when they first heard that the human had slain all of them, they were secretly relieved within their hearts as well.

However, the more they heard the beings of the thousands of races out there praising the human, the more indignant they felt at the same time.

They were filled with jealousy and envy right now.

How could they let that human take all the glory?

Therefore, at this moment, they were pretty thirsty to meet with anyone from the ancient race. They wanted to crush these beings cruelly, so that these beings of the thousands of races out there could respect and adore them in the same manner.

“All of you, don’t worry! The six major sects here would definitely keep you safe!” Mu Tianlong looked over at the beings of the thousands of races out there and assured them imposingly as he swept his hair back.

“That’s right! With the six major sects around, we’ll definitely ensure that all of you get out safely!”

“All of you, stay behind us! Since the ancient race is here, we’ll make sure all of them leave their lives here as well!”

Suddenly, the members of the six major sects were all invigorated with a fresh burst of fighting intent.

The disciples of the Ju Lingshen Sect transformed into that thousand feet tall giants once more. The disciples of the Desolate Ancient Dragon Sect went into their mighty hundreds and thousands of feet long dragons as well. The horns and songs of the disciples from the Shenzu Dian Sect began to ring out once more, as those heavenly scriptures basked in a golden glow, with divine petals blossoming out across the skies.

With that, the disciples of the Water God Sect brought rain down with them as well, while the disciples of the Heaven Horn Sect drummed out loudly, boosting everyone’s morale.

…

“With the presence of the six major sects, none of those ancient race beings shall dream of harming a single person today!” Mu Longtian stepped forth and glared into the skies without a single strain of fear.

Looking at Mu Longtian, Dulong nodded his head, heartened. With such a fearless and bold disciple, there would be no worries of having no one to stand up against the ancient race in the future.

However, something shocking suddenly happened.

Chapter 538: A Single Raise Of A Hand, The Collapse Of An Army

p>At this moment, all the members of the six major sects were howling out madly. Any disciple who wielded any weapons whipped them out instantly. As for those without any, they raised their aura to the peak, getting ready to duke it out.

The heightened battle intent right now was filling their entire bodies with adrenaline.

At this moment, the ancient race no longer seemed as scary to them as before. In fact, they were a little worked up. After all, their shot at performing was here. No matter what, they had to have these beings of the thousands of races revere and praise them.

They were the six major sects who had prepared immensely for this! How could they let a single human slow them up?

“Battle, battle, battle!”

Mu Longtian chanted before turning around and facing his junior brothers and hollering out, “Show them the spirit of our Desolate Ancient Dragon Sect! Kill every single ancient race being that comes to us!”

By now, the haughty Mu Longtian, who loved being in the limelight, had gone entirely berserk. Within his heart, there was only the intolerable feeling of his limelight being stolen by that human.

Each time the beings of the thousands of races out there praised the human, he would feel his heart ache for a moment. It was as though something important was missing from his heart each time that happened.

Oh, how much it stung and hurt…!

“Ah…!” By now, the beings of the thousands of races out there were cowering behind the backs of the disciples of the six major sects. However, when they caught sight of the figure on the clouds, they were shocked silly.

“Do not fear! With us around, your safety is definitely guaranteed!” Mu Longtian revealed a calm and reassuring smile as he noticed the panicked expressions of these former captives.

It was a good thing that they were afraid right now. Afterward, when they were done with the ancient race beings, the limelight of that human would fall upon their shoulders as well.

Mu Longtian turned around and pointed two fingers out into the vast skies. He then shouted out with a look of absolute might, “ANCIENT RACE! PREPARE TO…To…to…”

Suddenly, Mu Longtian’s face changed when he caught sight of that figure on the clouds.

That confidence of his shattered into immense fear immediately.

“Jue…wang Hou!”

…

Within the void floated a bunch of ancient race beings. Standing right before them was a boy draped in black robes. He stood silently with a frosty expression. There wasn’t a single strain of emotion to be found on his face at all.

His gaze was chilling and hollow. Exchanging glances with him would cause one to feel an immense dread immediately.

Beside him stood Long Xuan, who was frowning as he looked over towards the Despair City. He wondered where all the ancient race beings had gone to. However, the moment he caught sight of Dulong, his face changed.

Just what in the world was going on right now. Where was everyone?

The ancient race beings behind them were looking ever so malevolent, as the aura emitted by them caused the members of the six major sects to feel fear.

S-strong!

“Mu Tianlong, come back.” Dulong glared at Long Xuan while dragging Mu Tianlong back to his side.

“Elder, this…!” Mu Tianlong gulped down his saliva. He had not expected the Marquis of Despair to be this terrifying. He could feel himself shivering without the other party speaking even a single word.

By the looks of it, if the Marquis of Despair were to strike, he could definitely snuff Mu Tianlong within a single breath.

Dulong stepped forth. The other twenty-nine elders followed suit, protecting their disciples behind them.

They had not expected the Marquis of Despair to return at this moment. And even more unanticipated was the fact that there would be so many powerful ancient race beings along with him.

“Master.” Long Xuan finally spoke up after looking at Dulong.

“Shut up. I don’t have a disciple as such!” Dulong hollered out in wrath. His eyes were betrayed by a momentary grief before being replaced with endless fury.

The moment each person from the six major sects heard this, their faces froze up. To think that the man of the Dragon race who was standing beside the Marquis of Despair was a disciple of Dulong himself!

“Are you guys intentionally challenging the authority of me, the Marquis of Despair?” The Marquis of Despair finally spoke up. His black robe fluttered in the wind as a sinister frost emanated out from him.

“Actually, doesn’t the Marquis of Despair seem like he’s someone from the Dragon race?”

“That’s right! Now that you speak of it, the double horns on his head are a mark of someone from the Dragon race! But how could the Marquis of Despair be such a young kid from the Dragon race?”

“I’ve got no idea either. The notorious name of the Marquis of Despair has stuck around for a thousand years now, but this is the first time I’m actually seeing him in person.”

“But, doesn’t the Marquis of Despair look just so cute?”

Some of the disciples began to discuss in whispers. The situation right now was too shocking for them to comprehend and understand as to what exactly was going on.

At the same time, some of the female disciples would not have believed that the Marquis of Despair was such an innocent and docile looking child even if it came at the cost of their own lives. To think that this was the notorious Marquis of Despair!

“Marquis of Despair, to think that you would appear as well. Since that’s the case, today shall be the day we slay you!” Dulong knew that there was no other way out of this other than fighting them to the death.

“Hehe… Six major sects and ants of the thousands of races out there, aren’t you guys getting out of hand? Honestly, Marquis of Despair, to think that your huge base would be destroyed by puny ants as such! This is indeed a laughing stock!” The ancient race beings around the Marquis of Despair burst out into laughter.

The aura of these beings from the ancient race was in no way lesser than that of the elders present. In fact, they were even superior.

“Ants, I am Gu Xiao, the son of the Sovereign King Wei, who is under the direct command of one of the Utmost Beings. Since you ants have dared to question the might of the ancient race, I shall use your fresh blood to help you guys atone for your sins!” Gu Xiao scoffed out as a massive aura burst forth from him.

This mighty aura caused the disciples of the six major sects to freeze up. This aura was simply way too strong!

All the other ancient race beings behind Gu Xiao started smirking as well.

“Can we not kill them?” Long Xuan looked over to the Marquis of Despair. Even though the members of the six major sects numbered in the tens of thousands, Long Xuan knew that they were still no match for the Marquis of Despair or even Gu Xiao.

After all, Gu Xiao was someone who was almost practically going to hit divine celestial soon.

PSHEW!

Suddenly, Gu Xiao appeared right before Long Xuan. Choking him, he lifted him up into the air.

“Hmph! Marquis of Despair, how dare your underling seek mercy for those puny ants? Should I help you to settle your family’s affairs?” Gu Xiao jeered coldly as he increased his strength, choking Long Xuan even tighter.

Long Xuan’s face was flushed red thoroughly right now, evidently no match for Gu Xiao.

“He is my man.” Suddenly, the Marquis of Despair turned around and glared at Gu Xiao. That calm and deep gaze seemed to be hiding two razor-sharp swords within them. It was a warning to Gu Xiao that if he had dared to kill Long Xuan, he would die a terrible death, an extremely, extremely terrible death.

Gu Xiao felt his heart jerk for a moment as he glared back at the Marquis of Despair. Eventually, he snorted out coldly before relinquishing his grip on Long Xuan.

“Hmph, damn it!” Gu Xiao’s heart was thoroughly incensed, as his hatred for the Marquis of Despair burned to its core.

“Since you guys have made the trip towards Despair City, won’t you stay here then?” The Marquis of Despairspoke up. Raising his hand gently, the entire Heaven and Earth started vibrating violently.

“Little Guang, please let them off!” Looking at the Marquis of Despair taking action, the color drained out of Long Xuan’s face.

“HAHA…!” Suddenly, the Marquis of Despair laughed out maniacally. There was a tinge of helplessness in his laughter, mixed with a deep and immense despair.

“ARGH!”

“I FEEL…DESPAIRED!”

“PLEASE DON’T KILL ME!”

…

Suddenly, it was as though something had invaded the disciples of the six major sects as their eyes jerked wide open, filled with an endless sense of despair within them.

Snot and tears began to flow out along with the cries.

The might of the great sect army was crippled with a single raise of the Marquis of Despair’s palm.

Power.

Absolute power!

Each and every single one of the elders presents let out a look of fright.

This was true horror right now.

Chapter 539: Spear of Despair

p>”Everyone always comes forth to bully me. I, the Marquis of Despair, am the sovereign of Despair City, with an unlimited territory to my name. To think that even ants like you guys would dare to step forth to challenge my authority.” Even though the Marquis of Despair’s face was expressionless as he looked at the members of the six major sects, one could sense the boundless fury in that deep and sinister voice of his.

That clean, cute face of his turned extremely vile instantly. In the eyes of the members of the six major sects, it was as if a peerless devil had just raised his palm, causing a devastating force to ripple through the Heaven and Earth, destroying everything in its path.

Those disciples who had merely heard of the Marquis of Despair’s name and were meeting him for the first time could not believe that this cute and doll-like boy child could possess such an immense amount of hatred within him.

Those frosty eyes of his pierced through the void. In that instance, the Heaven and Earth were not the only places that were sealed frozen. Their skipping heartbeats felt an immense repression immediately.

The elders of the six major sects looked around at their disciples with a look of fear. The Marquis of Despair’s power of despair had seeped itself into their inner hearts. If this were to carry on, these disciples would undoubtedly fall into the endless abyss of despair, unable to pull themselves out of it forever!

The elders of the Shenzu Dian Sect stepped forth. Pursing their lips, mysterious golden glowing heavenly symbols shot out of their mouths.

These heavenly symbols brought with them a holy glow as they increased in number and density. Eventually, these heavenly symbols culminated into a God of Symbols.

The God of Symbol hollered out as a heavenly tune filled the entire sky. The feelings of hope and beauty, which represented the most positive of all energies, entwined with one another as they formed a river which coiled itself around the bodies of the disciples.

“W-what happened just now?”

“Why did I feel such endless despair within my heart!”

“Junior brother, how did I injure you?”

Beings of the Wings race commanded the most radiant of all energies in the world. When produced by the elders of the Shenzu Dian Sect, the power was intensified even further.

This tremendous amount of positive energy purged the power of despair cast by the Marquis of Despair immediately, allowing the disciples of the six major sects to recover from it.

Amongst the elders of the Shenzu Dian Sect, one of them was born with a strange attribute. Born with three wings, he was considered an abnormal being of the Wings race, and wielded even more power than other similar beings of his race.

But, this only served to display how far ahead the Marquis of Despair’s strength was compared to them. Just purging the power of despair alone required them to use their skills to counter it.

Long Xuan looked at the members of the six major sects. He had not expected them to come forth to the Despair City for a rescue mission for these captive beings.

If the Marquis of Despair were the only one who had returned, Long Xuan would still have the confidence of keeping the lives of the members of the six major sects. But now that Gu Xiao, the son of the Sovereign King Wei, was here along with a huge number of chamberlains he brought with him, the current situation was looking extremely dangerous.

“Hehe…” The Marquis of Despair lowered his head as his glistening black fringe covered his eyes, leaving nothing but his bone-chilling snigger. Suddenly, the Marquis of Despair tossed his head up. That initially calm gaze of his was now replaced with a strange gleam.

“ALL OF YOU CAN GO TO HELL!” The Marquis of Despair screamed out with a mad holler. Raising his hand, a sharp power of despair ripped through the entire void.

This formidable power caused the elders of the six major sects to truly feel fear. This was the power of the Heavens. THIS WAS POWER THAT BELONGED TO THE DIVINE GODS!

“To think that this little devil’s true state would be that of a divine celestial…!” Looking at the power that burst forth from the Marquis of Despair, Dulong’s expression changed completely.

Divine celestial cultivation state… That was a state that trod on the Heavens itself. Even if they were to combine all of their forces, they still wouldn’t be able to deal with the Marquis of Despair!

“Right now, the only thing we can do is to fight with all we’ve got, so that our disciples can escape.” An elder from the Ju Lingshen Sect remarked.

“Burning everything away, if sacrificing our lives would mean that the Marquis of Despair is removed, that could be considered a good thing for us from the thousands of races out there as well.”

At this moment, the high and mighty Mu Longtian, who had wanted the reverence of the beings of the thousands of races out there, was absolutely terrified. Upon sensing the boundless power of the Marquis of Despair which was like the vast seas, his face was pale as a sheet.

In front of this power, he finally knew what true fear was. His pupils were dilated from fright right now. To think that the Marquis of Despair would be this menacing! In fact, in front of this guy, he couldn’t even find the strength to lift a single finger!

The thirty elders of the six major sects burst forth with their own powers in retaliation. Their aura pierced through the Heavens.

‘Void Piercing Heavenly Dragon!’

The elders of the Desolate Ancient Dragon Sect hollered out as their skin tore apart, turning into a 100,000 feet long dragon. Howling wildly, their dragon energy erupted out from all over the place, fusing together.

Ju Lingshen Sect, Shenzu Dian Sect, Water God Sect, Heaven Horn Sect and Heavenly Eye King Sect.

Thirty elders of the six major sects all poured out every single last thing they had right now. Their rumbling combined powers culminated in the sky.

Gu Xiao, who had been silently observing everything, was pretty displeased. He had not expected the Marquis of Despair’s powers to be this strong. To think that he had broken through to divine celestial in such a short period of time. This was something Gu Xiao could not accept.

Even though the Marquis of Despair was nothing but a lapdog for the utmost being, what about that cheap being, Long Xuan, then? How dare that lowlife try to overtake the mighty ancient race beings as well?

Gu Xiao had been stuck in the midst of transitioning to a divine celestial for a long time now. From the unknowns, he would always try to entrust his consciousness to obtain a spot within that realm. However, he would always be stuck at the most crucial step, never able to attain that sought-after cultivation state.

Long Xuan was in a dilemma right now. On one hand, it was his master who had groomed him all the way from the past. On the other hand, it was someone who was really important to him.

“Marquis of Despair, today, our six major sects here shall perish together with you!” Dulong yelled out angrily as his boundless power merged with that of his comrades.

ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

A towering colossal giant stood tall between the Heaven and Earth. Heavenly tunes could be heard, while it seemed as though every step it took would take down an entire world itself, bursting forth with an endless amount of energy.

“Anything below divine celestial is nothing but an ant.” The Marquis of Despair’s frosty gaze stared straight at the giant as he placed his small, tender palms together.

Instantly, a gigantic hole tore open in the void. It was pitch black within the hole, as a surge of energy rippled out into the world from within, along with with a violent force.

This devastating energy was enough to annihilate the Heavens and tear down the worlds. In the face of this power, every other living being seemed so puny and fragile.

Crack.

That titanic giant howled out in anger. However, in the face of that formidable opposing force, it began to crack apart bit by bit.

‘Spear of Despair!’

Suddenly, a long, shining black spear that was covered by the power of despair extended out slowly from that pitch black hole.

This long spear shone with a glistening black glow. There was a large number of heavenly despair symbols inscribed on it, as though all the energy of despair within the Heaven and Earth was gathered on it, bringing with it its apocalyptic powers.

PSHEW!

That long spear jerked for a moment before it bolted out towards the six major sects.

“Little Guang! Stop!” The moment Long Xuan caught sight of the spear, his face changed immediately. Shifting nimbly, he appeared before that enormous crumbling giant.

The moment the Marquis of Despair caught sight of Long Xuan’s figure, that expressionless face of his moved momentarily. Suddenly, it was as though he had lost all control as he howled out sorrowfully.

“DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE ME TOO?” That long spear stopped in its tracks immediately. Following the Marquis of Despair’s long howl, it vibrated immensely. Perhaps it was telepathic, as it seemed as though the Spear of Despair could sense that emotion of despair within the Marquis of Despair’s heart right now.

“Little Guang, I…!” Long Xuan looked over at the Marquis of Despair.

BAM!

Suddenly, a cold light shimmered as a skull pierced through Long Xuan’s body, biting off half of Long Xuan’s heart as it penetrated him.

“Marquis of Despair, you’re way too merciful. A disobedient dog as such deserves nothing but death. Why do you need to speak so much?” Standing in the distance, Gu Xiao chuckled sinisterly as a skull rested in his palm. He then took out the half ripped heart and placed it in his mouth, gnawing on it.

“Yum, yum. Not bad. The heart of someone from the Dragon race tastes pretty good indeed.” Gu Xiao laughed cruelly.

“Lit…tle…Guang…” Lowering his head, Long Xuan glared at the gaping hole in his chest that was gushing with fresh blood. He then murmured softly towards the Marquis of Despair in the distance, his eyes filled with overwhelming emotions. Finally, as though every single last bit of strength had left him, he collapsed into a downward descent from the skies.

…

At this moment in the secret chamber…

Lin Fan propped up his full belly as he burped a few times.

“Holy sh*t! There are simply way too many pills! I can’t eat anymore! I’m truly bloated right now!” Lin Fan had never once imagined that he would one day be feeling bloated to the brink of explosion through popping pills.

“Eh? What’s going on outside? Why is it so noisy?” Lin Fan pondered weirdly.

Rubbing his tummy, he stood up and walked outside.

Chapter 540: Appearance Of The Handsome Lin Fan!

p>”Disciple…!” Dulong, who had an extraordinary demeanor, felt his heart being carved out at the sight of that bloodstained figure.

Long Xuan was his disciple, his one and only disciple. In all these years, he had only taken in Long Xuan as a disciple. And because Long Xuan was his most beloved disciple ever, the deeper one loved, the deeper the cut it left as well. Back then when his beloved disciple had chosen to side with the Marquis of Despair, his firm heart shattered into pieces.

Ever since then, Dulong had never once taken in another disciple, nor had he ever mentioned the fact that he had a disciple as well.

His heart was in turmoil.

At this moment, a single phrase suddenly struck Dulong, ‘Who could lead an impeccable life?’

But right now, it was all too late.

This disciple of his had once tried looking him up, trying to explain his actions. However, Dulong had never ever given him the chance to do so. Time and again, he would wallop this dear disciple of his half to death. From the very beginning, he had never ever taken the time to listen to any words he tried to say.

At this moment, Dulong regretted everything. Why had he never granted Long Xuan the chance after all those years!

‘ARGH!’

The Marquis of Despair’s scream was shrill right now as that once expressionless face was filled with panic. Turning into a streak of light, he burst off towards the plummeting Long Xuan.

…

“Hmph! How is he befitting of the title as the Marquis of Despair if he’s so merciful? Since you refuse to strike on your own, I’ll do it for you.” Looking at everything before him, Gu Xiao commented casually.

To Gu Xiao, the beings of the thousands of races out there were nothing but ants. Other than being food for the ancient race, they had no other purpose.

Gu Xiao had always been someone who loved killing beings of the other races. After all, the more of them he killed, the more blessings he would receive in return from the Heaven’s Will of the Ancient Saint World.

This was a great boon to his personal cultivation.

In fact, he had been coveting the beings of the thousands of races that were captive in the Despair City for a really long time now. With its convenient location near the ascension point, the Despair City possessed a boundless amount of resources.

Gu Xiao had always dreamed of owning the Despair City one day. If he could do that, he would definitely be able to hasten his speed of attaining the divine celestial cultivation state.

Before attaining the state of divine celestial, every cultivation state prior to that was simply child’s play. One would only step on the true path to eternity after they entered the divine celestial cultivation state.

Even though he coveted it, there was nothing he could do. After all, the Despair City was a place conferred by the utmost being lord himself. Even if he were the son of the Sovereign King Wei, if he ever offended the utmost being lord, his death would come in a matter of seconds.

Casting his gaze at the members of the six major sects, Gu Xiao’s lips curled into a cold sneer.

“Not bad. There are so many beings of the other races left. This should satisfy my killing thirst.” Gu Xiao stepped forth. He had long tossed any concern about the Marquis of Despair, who was now berserk and had lost all his battle intent, to the back of his head.

The chamberlains behind Gu Xiao looked at the members of the six major sects as though they were viewing food as well, slurping with their saliva dripping.

How nice would it be if they could kill such a large number of beings of the thousands of races!

“Young master, could we devour some of them?”

“Of course.” Gu Xiao granted the permission.

“Thank you, young master!” The moment the chamberlains heard this, their eyes shone with glee. Right now, they had really lucked out!

It had been such a long time since they came across such a quantity of beings to kill. These sorts of oppressive massacres were the sort of slaughtering they enjoyed the most.

In fact, those defenseless elders were the real delicacies in their eyes. However, they knew that those elders would definitely be reserved for their young master. They could only choose from the small shrimps around.

But it didn’t matter. This would suffice as well. As long as they got to kill, they would definitely feel excited.

“Senior brother, they’re coming!” Long Yue’er’s face was pale right now. In fact, she was even shivering. The Marquis of Despair alone had caused them to feel fearful. However, the aura emanating from these ancient race beings were causing them to feel chills down their spines as well.

“I see them.” Mu Longtian had not expected such a tragic fate to befall him one day. If he couldn’t defeat the Marquis of Despair, so be it. However, to think that he would feel such fear even for these ancient race beings before his face!

“Protect the elders!” Looking at the approaching ancient race beings, Xiesheng was nervous as well. However, he wouldn’t allow the ancient race beings to harm their elders at this juncture!

Dulong frowned. He knew that this would go really badly. After all, he was clear about the strength of these ancient race beings. They were strong, really strong.

Even if they were at their peak state right now, they still weren’t a match for these ancient race beings.

The household name of the Sovereign King Wei was well known amongst the ancient race beings. In fact, it was a name that was even more horrifying than the Marquis of Despair. Even if the person here before them was just his son, he still wasn’t an existence they could easily deal with.

‘These so-called six major sects are nothing but some pariah sects formed by a bunch of ants in some faraway land. If we could force out the location of these sects from them and devour their roots, the divine celestial state would definitely be in my grasp.’ Gu Xiao thought to himself with a cold laughter.

To him, they truly were no different from any other ants out there in the world, equally puny and weak.

At this moment, all of the beings of the thousands of races who were previously held captive in the Despair City were now scared sh*tless against the might of the ancient race beings. At this moment of franticness, the only thing that came into their minds was to search for that powerful and almighty human being who had rescued them earlier on.

But, to their dismay, he was nowhere to be found! It was as though he had disappeared from the world altogether!

“Eh? To think that there would be such a petite and tender looking girl from the Dragon race. Alright, I’ll use your blood to rinse my mouth first!” Gu Xiao raised his hand. With a scratch of his five fingers, a massive amount of energy surged out.

“AHHHH! SENIOR BROTHER! SAVE ME!” Long Yue’er’s face was pale as a sheet right now as her body gravitated towards Gu Xiao uncontrollably.

The moment Mu Longtian caught sight of this scene, all the blood drained from his face. His legs wobbled uncontrollably, as he did not dare to head up front at all.

Looking at the helplessness of her senior brother who was just shaking there, her face was filled with despair.

“Let go of my senior sister!” Suddenly, Xiesheng was the one who hollered out instead. Bursting forth with his dragon power, he grabbed Long Yue’er in his arms and tossed her back. In return, he was now the one who was being sucked towards Gu Xiao!

“Hmph! Know your place.” Gu Xiao glared at Xiesheng icily before swinging his arm out. For someone like Xiesheng, this amount of power was comparable to that of the Heavens; he was unable to defend against it at all.

BAM!

Like a kite that was cut loose, Xiesheng was sent slamming onto the floor as he coughed out mouthfuls of fresh blood instantly.

“Junior brother!!!” Immediately, Long Yue’er headed forth to support him up. She had not expected that the one who would save her would be the junior brother she would commonly lecture on a day to day basis. On the other hand, that once revered senior brother of hers was the one who was rooted there helplessly.

“Puny! Simply way too weak! Forget it, I’ll just devour all of you then!” Gu Xiao jeered coldly. Opening his mouth widely, he darted towards the members of the six major sects.

The moment the chamberlains caught sight of their young master unleashing his big move, they pounced forth like tigers as well towards the disciples of the six major sects. If they were to hesitate, they might not even have any scraps left!

The moment the disciples of the six major sects caught sight of these ferocious ancient race beings pouncing towards them, they felt their hearts sink in fear. Those beings of the thousands of races who were just rescued moments earlier felt an immense dread filling them up as well.

Who could come and save them now…?

“Ancient race…” Just then, a solemn and imposing voice rang out from the distance. A sturdy aura covered the entire void as it pushed down towards these ancient race beings.

“Huh…?” Gu Xiao’s brows creased as he stopped what he was doing and looked over to the distance. As for the beings of the thousands of races out there, this voice was like a rescue rope that was dropped into that abyss of hell for them to climb out.

The disciples of the six major sects looked over in bewilderment, wondering who this voice belonged to.

“It’s that great human lord!”

“That human lord hasn’t left at all! He’s here to save us!”

“That’s the lord who slaughtered the four commanders along with million ancient race soldiers!”

The beings of the thousands of races erupted out in cheers.

The elders of the six major sects focused their gazes as they looked at Lin Fan warily.

Chapter 541: Motherf*cking Human King

p>For those beings of the thousands of races out there who had had their fair share of torments, the sight of Lin Fan’s graceful demeanor was etched into the core of their hearts for the rest of their lives. No matter how they tried, they could never bring themselves to forget this noble figure.

But, the disciples of the six major sects were filled with bewilderment.

Could this be the human who had supposedly killed the four commanders and the million ancient race soldiers?

But, how could this be…?

A single step from Lin Fan was so far, yet so near. In the blink of an eye, he appeared right before all of them.

The sides of his robes floated gently against the breeze while his fine black hair danced in the air. His face was relaxed as he looked down on the entire world while glaring at the ancient race. He then frowned, as though he was puzzled.

“I’ve already slain all the ancient race beings here. Why are there still more appearing now?” Under the watchful gaze of the masses, Lin Fan commented casually.

His voice was calm, as though there were yet another few ants who had entered the fray, trying to cause trouble.

From the words of the beings of the thousands of races, the disciples of the six major sects already knew that the million ancient race soldiers were killed by a single human. However, even then, they were still slightly doubtful of that fact.

However, right in front of them, the very words were spouted out from the human’s mouth himself. The faces of everyone from the six major sects began to change rapidly.

Disbelief.

Shock.

Alarm.

Astonishment.

“Human lord! Please save us!”

“Oh, great and mighty human lord! Please salvage us from this world of sufferings!”

Suddenly, all the beings of the thousands of races prostrated themselves under the glorious aura of Lin Fan.

‘The strong shall reign supreme.’ In a world like this, they were in need of a powerful leader who could lead them out of their current predicament into the light.

And, this human before them was that man they needed.

Xiesheng raised his head and looked at Lin Fan. He had not expected those words of his that were thought to be bullshit to come true. With the strength of a single person, he had managed to overrun the entire Despair City. Just what sort of powers should one have in order to accomplish such a feat?

Dulong exchanged glances with the other elders present. They were still in denial right now. However, they could not deny the fact that the powerful aura they had felt earlier on was emitted by this human.

“Who are you?” Gu Xiao stared at this human who was floating gently in the air and frowned. He was evidently displeased at this man’s insolence. The fact that this human’s gaze was casual and relaxed seemed to cause Gu Xiao even more anger than anything else.

There had truly never been any other being of the thousands of races who had dared to show him such an attitude.

Lin Fan looked over at Gu Xiao carefully.

‘Semi divine celestial cultivation state.’

This wasn’t a weak cultivation state by any chance. But alas, what a pity!

“Semi divine celestial cultivation state. You can’t even breakthrough to divine celestial in one single take?” Lin Fan scoffed in disdain. However, he did not realize the impact these words would cause for the rest of the people present.

All the members of the six major sects knew of the strength of this ancient race being. However, they had not expected him to be a semi-divine celestial! Even though he was only halfway there, that was still as good as having one step through the door of that godly state!

But, the way this human had remarked that fact with such contempt, just what sort of powers did this human possess?

“BRAZEN!” The moment Gu Xiao heard this, he burst out in anger. “Take down this human! I’ve got to see just what sort of capabilities he possesses!”

“Yes, young master!” Instantly, the eight chamberlains following Gu Xiao nodded their heads as a menacing aura burst forth from them.

“Watch out!”

Elder Dulong could not help but warn out of instinct. The eight chamberlains were extremely powerful, somewhere around their own cultivation states. Coupled with the fact that they had an innate advantage over the other races, if they were on the same cultivation states, beings of the thousands of races would definitely find it hard-pressed to go against any ancient race being.

But the moment he said those words, he regretted it immediately. After all, the next scene sent their sanities tumbling down the rabbit hole.

Lin Fan looked at the eight chamberlains. Desolate celestial full cultivation state.

If this were earlier on, he might have required some tricks to get at them.

But, he no longer required stuff like that.

He had received an explosive growth with all the pill popping, such that his level had risen twice. Right now, he was a desolate celestial upper-level being.

Despair City had existed for a thousand years now. In order to fill the void in his heart, the Marquis of Despair had accumulated a large number of pills. For any commoner, these pills would be treasures that were priceless. Even if they were to consume just one, they would definitely take their time to digest it. However, for Lin Fan, these were nothing but experience points.

The moment he swallowed them, the system would automatically convert them into experience points which gushed into his body. With that, he broke through the experience cap for 2 straight levels instantly.

Who wouldn’t fear a power like this?

“Know your places.” Lin Fan snorted coldly as his five fingers ripped out like a claw. Tearing through the void, an immense amount of energy burst forth.

This tremendous energy rippled continuously as a gigantic palm that covered the sky descended from the Heavens, grabbing out at the eight chamberlains.

“What?”‘ Seeing this, all eight of them froze up as fear filled their eyes.

To them, that puny human from before had suddenly turned so terrifyingly mighty! In fact, that single claw-like swipe had sealed their own personal space as well. They were rooted there, with nowhere to run nor dodge!

“YOUNG MASTER, SAVE US…!” The eight chamberlains suddenly howled.

BAM!

That heavenly piercing gigantic palm caught all eight chamberlains within its grip and squeezed.

In the blink of an eye, the eight chamberlains did not have any room to resist at all. Just like that, they were squished to death, as their pitch-black fresh blood sprayed through the skies.

‘Ding…Congratulations on killing desolate celestial full cultivation state ancient race being.’

‘Ding…Experience points +50,000’

…

Eight notifications from the system appeared at the back of Lin Fan’s mind.

Just like that, he had received 400,000 experience points. Seemed like other than popping pills, there was nothing that could beat the experience points gained from killing ancient race beings.

Lin Fan would never ever show any mercy towards the ancient race beings. Any one of them he bumped into would definitely be killed and converted into experience points.

And right now, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes were fixated on him. Of course, Lin Fan felt the need to show an appropriate display of might. Taking down everything in his way with sheer brute force was the only way Yours Truly could ensure his name would be passed down in the history of the beings of the thousands of races.

“Hmph! How dare mere desolate celestial full cultivation beings act so impertinently before Yours Truly!” Lin Fan tossed his robes and shouted at Gu Xiao imposingly, “You can come now!”

By now, all members of the six major sects were thoroughly stumped. Their eyeballs were opened so wide that they could almost fall out of their sockets at this instant.

To think that desolate celestial full cultivation beings couldn’t even hold on for a single round against this human! Wasn’t this way too horrific?

For these members of the six major sects, those eight ancient race chamberlains could be considered as invincible existences! Even elder Dulong would not dare to claim that he could take on all of them by himself.

If they were all in their peak state, they could take advantage of their numbers and probably kill these eight chamberlains if they all struck together. However, even then, the number of casualties would be uncountable.

The jaws of the beings of the thousands of races were opened so widely that one could almost stuff an entire egg within them, as they glared at Lin Fan in the air with utter excitement.

“Yours Truly is the Motherfcking Human King, Lin Fan! Today, I shall conduct the execution of all of you from the ancient race! Is there any indignance you would like to voice out?” Lin Fan placed his hands behind his back as he glared at Gu Xiao straight in the eye with a casual expression.

Gu Xiao’s face was crumpled up, speechless right now. But those beings of the thousands of races erupted out in cheers.

“LONG LIVE THE MOTHERFCKING HUMAN KING!”

“I SEEK THE MOTHERFCKING HUMAN KING’S BLESSINGS!”

“I, HONG YUN OF THE GHOST RACE, AM WILLING TO FOLLOW THE MOTHERFCKING HUMAN KING’S LEAD FOREVER!”

“I WISH TO FOLLOW THE GREAT LEAD OF THE MOTHERF*CKING HUMAN KING AS WELL!”

By now, every single one of the beings of the thousands of races out there just wanted to hug Lin Fan’s thighs desperately and serve under him.

Chapter 542: Realm of Despair.

p>Lin Fan smiled calmly. This was a result he had predicted from the start. However, even under such circumstances, he had to maintain his image.

After all, one’s image was always the most important. He had to ensure that this image of a powerful and mysterious being was always maintained, so that it exuded off with perfection. Furthermore, how could he casually let just any being of the thousands of races hug his thighs just like that?

Suddenly, Lin Fan pushed down calmly with his palm. With that, it felt like a blanket was placed over everyone, as silence spread out across the masses.

Every single one of the beings of the thousands of races glared at that respectable image of a man in the sky with wide open jaws.

Within the Ancient Saint World, how many beings of the thousands of races could dare to head over and slay a million ancient race soldiers just like this Motherfcking Human King?

At the same time, looking at this human in the air, Gu Xiao’s heart was burning with rage. Damn it! God damn it!

He was the son of the Sovereign King Wei, and could be considered as one of the highest classes of the ancient race beings! Back when he was born, he basked in a golden light from the Heaven’s Will. Under the warm, golden bath, he had already received the blessings of the Heaven’s Will at that very moment.

Furthermore, he was someone who was poised to be one of the overlords of the ancient race! How could a mere scum of the thousands of races humiliate him in front of so many other beings? How could he endure such indignance?

Hatred.

His hatred was boundless right now.

“Human race, Lin Fan…!” Gu Xiao’s face was dark right now as he growled through clenched teeth.

“How dare a lowlife from the thousands of races such as yourself humiliate an upper-class ancient race being? You deserve a terrible death for your sins!”

Looking at Gu Xiao, Lin Fan’s lips curled into a cold grin. However, in his heart, he was busy thinking about how he should get rid of this fella here.

Earlier on, when he made that comment about semi-divine celestials being ants, that was all bullsht. If he wanted to kill Gu Xiao, naturally he wouldn’t be able to do it with the back of his palms. He might even have to pay some price if he truly wanted to kill this being right here.

However, with the gaze of the beings of the thousands of races fixated on him, there was no way he could show signs of weakness right now. If they were to truly start fighting, he would try to lure this ancient race being to somewhere far before dealing with him slowly.

Lin Fan was satisfied with this plan he had come up with. ‘Alright then! That’s how I shall do it later on.’

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

Suddenly, a shrill, sorrowful cry rang out from the distance.

“Long Xuan, you’ve lied to me.”

“You said that you would never leave me for all eternity.”

“WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME? WHY????”

That small frame of the Marquis of Despair was hugging Long Xuan’s body tightly in his arms right now. That once cute and expressionless face of his was crumpled up in anger and rage.

That black fur coat that was draped on his back was stained with fresh red blood, as were his tender, white hands.

Those sinister and cold eyes of that emotionless the Marquis of Despair were now filled with tears gushing out of them. Like a helpless child, he looked absolutely powerless right now.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…!!!”

He howled out once more as a dark and terrifying power burst forth from his body. This power was even more horrifying than doomsday itself. The moment Lin Fan turned his head around, he was stunned by what he saw.

Divine celestial level 1.

However, at this moment, the pitch black power of despair was surging out of his body. With that, the Marquis of Despair’s powers spiked up once more. In the blink of an eye, he was now a divine celestial level 2.

‘How could this be?’ Lin Fan frowned in disbelief.

That shrill and sharp voice pierced through the void as that black power of despair gradually distorted into a shroud, covering the entire sky and caging up the Despair City altogether.

This power of despair surpassed every other sort of power around it.

It surpassed space.

It surpassed time.

Under the repressing pressure of this power of despair, everything came to a halt.

Gu Xiao was rooted at this moment as well. He had not expected the Marquis of Despair to turn out this strong!

He had already known that the Marquis of Despair had attained the divine celestial cultivation state. However, that should only be a divine celestial level 1 at best. To think that the amount of power that was emitted out of him right now was that of a level 2!

At the start, he had already considered the fact that he could definitely run away if the Marquis of Despair dared to turn around and try to kill him. But right now, that confidence was wavering.

Retreat!

Without any hesitation, Gu Xiao turned into a streak of light as he darted out into the distance. However, his path forward was instantly blocked by a shroud of black mist.

“LONG XUAN, WHY MUST YOU LIE TO ME…?”

BOOM!

A pitch black beam shone between the Heaven and Earth, sealing the whole Despair City entirely.

‘Ding…The Marquis of Despair has broken down mentally. Entering the Marquis of Despair’s Realm of Despair.’

The moment Lin Fan heard the system’s notification, he was completely stunned. What in the world was happening right now?

His surroundings were entirely pitch black. He couldn’t even see his fingers if he were to stretch out his hands. However, he frowned. He could sense an unknown power wrapping itself around him.

‘Ding…Discovered the Marquis of Despair’s power of despair. Cultivate it?’

‘Cultivate.’

Without any single bit of hesitation, Lin Fan did it. To think that the Marquis of Despair would have broken down entirely! Then…this Realm of Despair that was created by him must definitely be bent on killing everyone in this whole place!

If the system could cultivate it, he must definitely cultivate it no matter what!

Suddenly, a series of wails rang out from his surroundings. By the sounds of it, these were the wails of someone who had gone entirely insane.

Lin Fan listened carefully. These wails should be coming from the beings of the thousands of races!

“This is the Marquis of Despair’s Realm of Despair. Everyone, stay firm to yourselves. You must absolutely not let this dark power of despair seep into your soul!”

…

Lin Fan did not know who was speaking right now. However, by the sounds of it, this should be someone from the six major sects.

‘Holy fck. Sht has seriously turned fcking real once more.’ Lin Fan was feeling slightly nervous right now. To think that he would meet such troublesome issues time and again!

However, the thing that was bothering him right now was how the Marquis of Despair was cultivating his powers.

A few months ago, the Marquis of Despair was definitely just a desolate celestial full cultivation being! Why the hell was he a divine celestial level 1 right now? And to think that after breaking down, he would go on to break through into divine celestial level 2!

Even popping pills like a junkie wouldn’t produce results like these!

With the cultivation process of the system going on, Lin Fan did not have to bother himself with the power of despair surrounding him. Right now, the most important thing was to find a way out to kill that Gu Xiao and this so-called Marquis of Despair.

At that moment, Lin Fan caught sight of a small spot of light that was bobbing up and down in front of him. Even though Lin Fan did not know what that was, any single weird occurrence right now could mean a way for him to get out of this place altogether.

Without any hesitation, Lin Fan leaped forth towards that bobbing spot of light.

The moment he arrived near the light, the image before his eyes changed entirely.

His surroundings were no longer dark. In fact, it was extremely bright, as he found himself located somewhere in the midst of a village.

“Xiguang, come and catch me!”

“Big Brother Long Xuan, wait up! I can’t run any further!”

Two kids who were laughing happily darted by Lin Fan.

‘Could that be when Long Xuan and the Marquis of Despair were kids?’ Lin Fan looked at his surroundings in astonishment. His heart was skipping faster as well. What a strange place this was!

Suddenly, the image changed once more.

“He is a bstard child! Kill him!” Within the village, a bunch of people from the Dragon race had a single child tied up to a thick beam. All of them were glaring at that child with hatred and detest in their eyes.

The image changed again.

“I’m Long Xuan, what’s your name!” A small kid was dangling a strand of grass in his mouth as he stood before another kid who had buried his head in his knees. This kid who was standing up stretched out his palm with a bright and dazzling smile on his face.

“Xiguang.” The other vulnerable kid, whose face was pale and whose eyes were filled with fright, replied feebly.

Just as Lin Fan was watching the scene, it changed yet again.

“Big Brother Long Xuan, don’t ever leave me, alright…?” Xiguang’s eyes were filled with hope.

“For sure! I’ll never ever leave Little Guang!”

…

“Big Brother Long Xuan! Where are you…?” Within the village, a lost Xiguang was looking around frantically and helplessly.

…

“Burn him! He’s a bstard child! He’s a bstard child of the ancient race!”

“BIG BROTHER LONG XUAN! DIDN’T YOU SAY THAT YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE ME? YOU LIED…!” Tied on the thick beam, Xiguang was crying out at the top of his lungs.

…

“Are you feeling despaired right now? Do you require power? Power which could allow you to destroy everything in your way.” Within the darkness, a sinister pair of eyes was witnessing the entire happenings.

“Everyone has betrayed me…I NEED POWER!”

The village descended into a sea of flames as everyone within perished entirely…

Image after image, Lin Fan was just swimming through them right now.

Eventually, that kid that had massacred the entire village left.

Tens of years later, a handsome and suave young man returned from his sect. Looking at the derelict village before him, his eyes were filled with sadness.

“Little Guang! Where have you gone to? I now possess a great amount of power that I can protect you with! But where have you gone to…?”