Feng Feiyun's body seemed to have turned into a vortex as he absorbed the energy of the dragon vein.
Both the Phoenix Bone Refinement and the Myriad Beast Physique required a vast amount of energy to cleanse. The place with the most abundant energy was naturally the dragon vein.
Countless mutated beasts resided in the golden underground river, growing in the dragon vein.
When Feng Feiyun walked in front of them, all of them were killed.
Corpses of strange beasts floated all over the dragon vein.
The golden Dragon Vein was dyed the color of blood. It looked like a sea of corpses.
Feng Feiyun finally reached the bottom of the mansion, the place where the Evil Woman trained. She and Long Cangyue left this place, leaving behind a puddle of black blood. This blood was filled with an evil affinity and tainted the stone walls for several hundred meters. Strands of it diffused like blood vessels crawling on the walls.
The Evil Woman left, leaving behind a puddle of blood.
She had been training in seclusion here in order to force out the demonic blood in her body, sever her demonic nature, and become a saint.
Since she had already left, it meant that she had forced out all the demonic blood in her body and formed the Divine Dao Origin. It was impossible to estimate what level her cultivation had reached now.
However, one thing was for sure: she was much stronger than before.
Long Cangyue wasn't here either. Did she leave on her own or was she taken away by the Evil Woman?
Feng Feiyun's demonic energy permeated the air. His demonic armor fluttered violently from the gales in the Dragon Vein. His eyes turned demonic as he stared at the puddle of "evil blood" that resembled a human's heart. The evil blood in his body also began to surge.
Under normal circumstances, the armor could naturally suppress the evil blood in his body. However, if Feng Feiyun purposely drank the evil blood and wanted to turn into a demon, then even the armor wouldn't be able to suppress it.
He stood in the dragon vein, his body already frozen, not moving for a long time.
In the distance, Dongfang Jingyue's eyes were misty and her white dress fluttered in the wind. She held a red jade pipa in her hand and sat on the dragon vein. Her body was like a white jade candle as her slender fingers gently plucked the strings of the pipa and played a heavenly melody that calmed the heart.
Pipa music is so intoxicating; flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water are all dreams.
There are many passers-by in the mortal world, but the pipa is still the most intoxicating!
She wanted to pull Feng Feiyun back. If he drank the demonic blood, he would really become a demon.
On Feng Feiyun's back, the spine of the King of Hell flashed with an evil light, and a rotting aura spread throughout Feng Feiyun's body, as if thousands of malicious ghosts were invading his body.
Behind him, the Demonic Qi transformed into the shadow of a purple dragon. It was a hundred meters tall, malevolent and bloodthirsty.
Feng Feiyun's eyes had already become indescribably evil. His voice was hoarse and filled with the aura of death as he said, "You … hurry up and leave."
The pipa music stopped.
Jingyue sighed and said: "If I leave, who will pull you back?"
It was just a simple sentence, but it contained a lot of emotions.
"You won't be able to pull me back!"
Feng Feiyun's eyes were full of determination and hostility. He opened his mouth and sucked the pool of demonic blood into his stomach. Countless black veins gathered in his mouth, creating an evil scene.
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The battle at the capital hasn't calmed down in the last few days. The crown prince's men were the first to invade the imperial city while the crown prince's supporters took control of the situation.
The capital, inside the imperial city.
Today, the crown prince was going to the Highest Shrine to ascend to the throne. Dozens of ancestors from the royal clan came in person along with many officials.
The divine bell was rung and the magical conch was blown. The sound echoed through half of the Divine Capital.
A bronze cauldron was placed in front of the Highest Shrine. The oil inside was burning and the flames reached more than ten meters high. It was as if this was a sign of the Jin Dynasty's national fate. It would flourish like this cauldron for generations to come.
"Jin Emperor, come forth." Feng Chang, one of the nine ministers, loudly proclaimed while holding a ceremonial text.
The conch and bugle horn sounded once more.
Long Shenya had a dignified appearance while wearing the Regal Dragon Robe. He had the temperament of a monarch with a draconic soul floating around him. He ascended the stone steps step by step.
More than ten thousand people were kneeling down below.
Only the Grand Chancellor and Grand Tutor didn't have to kneel. The Grand Tutor wasn't one of them.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion shook the entire imperial city.
Many people were startled. Even Shenya stopped and looked towards the direction of the sound.
Moshou smiled and said: "Don't worry, continue the ceremony, don't miss the auspicious hour."
"Boom!"
Another loud sound rang out. This time, it was even more ferocious. It was so loud that it hurt people's eardrums.
A crack appeared in the ground.
"Boom!"
When the third loud sound rang out, it was accompanied by a violent collapse, as if a mountain had collapsed.
Of course, it wasn't the mountain that collapsed, it was the walls of the imperial city.
The hundred-meter-tall wall looked like a mountain but now, a three-mile long section had collapsed.
Looking through the gap, one could see chariots of beasts everywhere - no less than one million. Their roars caused the clouds in the sky to scatter.
The three Heavenly Marquises led over a hundred million soldiers to surround the imperial city. There was a sea of people with no end in sight.
This was a true sea of people. One could see the Shenwu Army within a hundred miles surrounding the entire imperial city.
The Divine Martial Army roared in unison, "Kill!
Kill!
Kill! "
Half of the officials in the imperial city fell to the ground. Some fainted from the murderous intent while others fainted from fear.
Princess Luofu was followed by more than one hundred experts. Some were big shots from sects, others from the court, and there were also the three marquises from the Divine King's faction.
She held the Imperial Seal in her hand and climbed up the Highest Shrine. She stared at Shenya's dragon robe for a moment before facing the crowd. A draconic energy erupted from her palm to activate the Imperial Seal.
"Boom!"
The Imperial Seal turned into a seal the size of a small mountain and floated above the shrine with interweaving runes. It was filled with an imperial aura.
"Seeing the Imperial Seal is the same as seeing the Jin Emperor." Her voice echoed across the imperial city.
"We greet the Jin Emperor!" Everyone kneeled again.
The princess put away the seal and said: "Long Shenya, you don't even have the Imperial Seal, yet you want to be the Emperor?"
Shenya was fearless in his dragon robe: "Luofu, are you planning to rebel by bringing the martial army here?"
"What a joke, I have the Imperial Seal so I'm the legitimate one. How can this be called a rebellion?" The princess spoke with an aggressive aura.
"The Highest Shrine is an important place where even the Jin Emperor can't carry any weapons. Yet you're leading the martial army to attack with a murderous aura, this is disrespect to the ancestors."
Shenya puffed out his chest and sneered. He knew that today wouldn't be peaceful and that the princess would attack for sure. He had already thought of a plan so he wasn't afraid at all.
The dozens of ancestors from the royal clan were unhappy with the princess using force to break into the imperial city. This was destroying the foundation of their ancestors.
The princess said: "If you become the Jin Emperor, the country will fall. That would be disrespect to the ancestors."
A golden ray flew out of her sleeve and a golden dragon-embroidered edict appeared in her hand. She opened it and read: "The Jin Emperor decrees that Long Luofu shall be the eighth Jin Emperor of the Jin Dynasty."
The imperial edict was filled with the might of an emperor. The moment the edict was opened, each word soared into the air like a small golden dragon floating in the air, twisting and turning in all sorts of forms.
This edict was delivered by a little girl to the spirit stone shop of the Divine River Guard. She was supposed to give it to Feng Feiyun, but Feng Feiyun wasn't there so it fell into the princess's hands.
Of course, it was Hongyan who asked this girl to deliver it before leaving the capital.
Everyone in the imperial city got down on their knees for the third time.
Beiming Moshou remained calm with his eyes closed, seemingly resting.
Long Shenya wasn't in a rush either. He stood below the cauldron with a faint smile on his face. They couldn't find the edict on Hongyan, so she must have delivered it to Feng Feiyun ahead of time. The princess being able to obtain it was within their calculations.
The princess closed the edict and said: "Long Shenya, take off the Regal Dragon Robe. Today, I shall ascend to the throne …"
"Pluff!"
Suddenly, without any warning, a fiery figure flew out of the cauldron with a fiery spear. With lightning speed, this spear pierced through the princess' body and nailed her more than ten meters away onto a pillar in the Highest Shrine.
Blood flowed out of her chest and gathered into a small stream before flowing down the stone steps.
All of this happened too abruptly. Even the immortal cultivators and the royal ancestors didn't have time to react. Who would have thought that there was someone hiding inside the cauldron?
A person wrapped in flames.
He wore the Firebird Gown so he hid his aura extremely well. This was definitely a top assassin.
After assassinating Princess Luofu, the fiery figure opened a barrier in the sky and disappeared into it. His cultivation was frightening.
This assassin was naturally hired by Beiming Moshou in order to kill the princess.
This move was called "Removing the firewood from the bottom of the cauldron". It would decide the outcome with one move. Once the princess was dead, there would be no place for her to use them.
"In a game of chess, one must make the most important move." Moshou often said this.
It wasn't easy to hire such a powerful assassin, especially to assassinate a royal daughter. Even the palace lord of the Pinnacle Fate Ending Palace wouldn't dare to accept this task.
However, when Moshou offered the Firebird Gown as a reward, a pseudo Enlightened Being finally came. He was the one who attacked earlier.
"The Firebird Gown!
It's Nangong Hongyan who assassinated the princess! "Many people didn't know that Nangong Hongyan was dead, they only recognized the gown.
Beiming Moshou's closed eyes opened slightly and a smile appeared on his face that no one noticed.
Shenya walked to the pillar and looked at the princess pinned to the pillar. The spear was still in her chest with blood dripping down.
He sneered and took the imperial seal from her hand. He stood on the highest step while wearing the Regal Dragon Robe. He raised the seal and declared: "Princess Luofu is dead, I am the Jin Emperor!
Anyone who disagrees will be treated as a traitor! "
"Boom!"
The entire Imperial City shook violently, even more violently than before, and a large area of the ground cracked open.
No one knew what was going on. Even the usually calm Beiming Moshou had a serious expression as he stared at the cracked ground. It looked like something was about to break out of the ground.
"Crack!"
An evil cloud suddenly descended from the sky and shrouded the entire city in darkness. One couldn't even see their fingers in front of them. A lightning bolt as thick as a pillar came crashing down like a heavenly blade, wanting to split the world in half.
Could it be that a supreme monster was about to come into being?
"Boom!"
The ground suddenly collapsed and caved in, revealing a huge crater. A boundless baleful aura swept through the sky as a purple dragon rushed out. It was over a hundred meters tall. To be more precise, it was the image of a terrifying dragon. A demonic man with this dragon on his back descended into this world.
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