In the early morning, the gray clouds high in the sky above Kyoto were tinged with pink, as if proclaiming the blood-stained splendor of Kyoto's streets and alleys.
Above the pink clouds, a scarlet blood cloud appeared.
A green dragon coiled above the blood-red clouds, stirring up swirling tornadoes of blood-red clouds that gathered and dispersed, constantly changing.
On the dragon's back sat two people, an old man and a young man, both observing the situation in Kyoto.
Zheng Ya, having witnessed Tianyuan Shangren issuing an edict to Wuwei to lead an expedition, sneered, "What would you, an emperor of your generation, think of this scene?"
"It's all about the victors and the vanquished!" The retired emperor replied listlessly, sounding weak and listless.
Zheng Ya scoffed dismissively: "I've always heard people say that the imperial family is heartless, but today I've learned something new. I've witnessed two generations of emperors fighting like dogs. It's truly ironic."
"You're also from outer space, aren't you?" the retired emperor asked regretfully, completely unconcerned about his sarcasm.
As the saying goes, plan before you act, and those who kill will always be killed.
Having decided to eliminate Zheng Ya, this uncertain factor, they had long been prepared for failure and their own demise.
However, the retired emperor was unwilling to die at Xie Ming's hands.
They had previously ignored Xie Ming's claim that he was an extraterrestrial, believing that Xie Ming was just spouting nonsense to save his own life, fabricating the story of an extraterrestrial to deceive and swindle people so that he could escape unscathed.
After all, everyone dreams of ascending to the upper realm, so they naturally believe in superstition. The retired emperor felt that keeping Xie Ming, who was so cowardly as to fabricate lies in order to protect himself, would only harm others. To investigate the mystery of Xie Ming's resurrection, the retired emperor decided to castrate Xie Ming and keep him by his side to find out the truth.
Who would have thought that Xie Ming would be seized by Emperor Chengping, thus sowing the seeds of his own demise?
The emperor's son, the sixth prince, was an accomplice, which made the retired emperor extremely regretful. He had raised two ungrateful wretches and was unwilling to accept it!
Zheng Ya was taken aback and asked in return, "So you have extraterrestrial visitors by your side?"
Could it be that little eunuch who helped Emperor Chengping get rid of you, this stumbling block?
"He called himself Xie Ming..." The Emperor Emeritus began to recount Xie Ming's resurrection to Zheng Ya, only to be met with Zheng Ya's disdainful sneer: "You told Xie Ming his secrets just so you could use me to kill him and avenge yourself?"
"You are wise and decisive, and you don't play by the rules. This is completely inconsistent with the nature of young people who are ignorant and impetuous. This shows that you are an alien."
Even if you are clever and cunning, you still have to kill Xie Ming, the culprit who almost killed you. How can you say you are avenging me? The Emperor Emeritus refused to admit that he was using someone else to kill.
Zheng Ya didn't bother to delve deeper and changed the subject: "What effect do you think it would have if I threw you down and killed you right now?"
"You, you, you can't do this! Please give me a quick and dignified death!" The retired emperor was only interested in dying and no longer cared about anything else.
Of those who possessed peak Foundation Establishment strength, only a fraction remained.
He didn't want to investigate the reasons, but the more he knew, the more sorrowful he felt. He had chosen the wrong opponent and deserved to die.
The more opponents you know, the more incompetent you appear.
This is something an emperor would not allow to happen; it would be better to die with dignity and retain some imperial prestige.
Zheng Ya, however, wouldn't let him have his way, and said to himself, "Haha, it's not that easy to die!"
I must say, after this battle, I am truly grateful for your help.
If it weren't for you, the retired emperor, deliberately targeting me and trying to destroy me, how would I have had the chance to experience the charm of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array?
An array completely overwhelmed my plans. The three supernatural abilities of time and space directly imprisoned me in the air, leaving me powerless to resist and completely at their mercy. Amazing!
At that moment, before I could even feel afraid, I was swallowed whole by the demonic dragon.
But no one could have imagined that I would instantly regain my freedom upon entering the dragon's mouth, no longer bound by the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array. Just as I realized what was happening, I vanished into the void above the dragon's mouth and hid above its cavity. I witnessed the demonic dragon devour you, the former emperor. As the demonic dragon ascended into the sky, freeing itself from the array's constraints, I seized the opportunity to press my hand against the dragon's cavity and activate the Heavenly Forbidden Contract.
Well, with the time acceleration ability, in less than three seconds, before the demonic dragon could even react, I enslaved it as a mount and made it a dragon knight.
Then I had Xiaolong swallow you out of his stomach, and while you were unconscious, I drained the magic power from your body, turning you into a lamb to the slaughter.
You've lost, defeated by your ruthlessness and arrogance, becoming a laughingstock, ha ha..."
The retired emperor was so angry that he was trembling all over. It was already very cold riding on the back of the dragon and hovering in the sky, and he was almost frozen into an icicle. His whole body was covered with white frost-like ice crystals.
Even so, the retired emperor retorted, unwilling to accept defeat: "You are no better than me."
On the surface, you're the winner, but do you dare to go down and face people?
No, you dare not, because you fear the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array, and you are afraid to go down and become a lamb to the slaughter within the Demon-Suppressing Array.
Now you are a homeless fugitive, and neither my sixth son, nor Xie Ming and the others will let you go.
"Who gave you the power to create an invincible army with a mere flick of your wrist, making you a target for covetous eyes?"
"Tch, you're such an idiot. You treated a business partner who came to your door as an enemy and tried to ambush him, but you ended up getting yourself killed instead. You idiot."
"Can't you see by now that I'm planning to fake my death and escape the vortex of dynastic struggles, remaining uninvolved while strategizing for the world? Is there anything I can't do?" Zheng Ya scoffed at his arrogance.
Although the retired emperor was right about one thing—that everyone inside the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array was an ant, and that anyone who entered and fell under the control of the array manipulated by Emperor Chengping and Xie Ming would surely die—this did not deter Zheng Ya.
After all, Emperor Chengping and Xie Ming would not immediately use the great formation to kill Zheng Ya, so Zheng Ya would have countless ways to escape the range of the great formation and protect himself.
Who made them wary of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect and plot to create an invincible army and gene potion in Zheng Ya's hands?
If there is a need, then direct bombardment will not be the choice.
That would mean letting Zheng Ya do whatever he wanted, and there would be no slave whom the retired emperor described as being at the mercy of Emperor Chengping and Xie Ming.
In fact, Zheng Ya's greatest gain from this battle was his understanding of the possibility of array formations entering the body. Inspired by the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array, and further through the consumption of spiritual energy, the Four Harmonies Tower's spiritual energy system analyzed the cone shape of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Circulation Array in the human body.
The only thing lacking is the practical application of refining and integrating resources into the body for array formation.
Originally, when the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array is used together, it seals off a region of heaven and earth, forming its own space and laws, and possessing a certain degree of power over life and death.
This allowed Zheng Ya to directly comprehend the Five Elements Yin Yang Eight Trigrams Zhou Tian Grand Array, which corresponds to the five elements organs of the human body and the acupoints throughout the body, forming an integrated system that does not compromise human function and can generate supreme power as a foundation-building grand array.
For Zheng Ya, it was like a godsend delivered to his doorstep. It helped him perfect the prototype of the Human Body Grand Array Foundation Building Technique, and incidentally, it also came with a bonus: the Azure Dragon mount!
Where else can you find such benefits?
In short, setbacks and the other side of ideals!
The retired emperor snorted coldly, annoyed: "Hmph, so you really were plotting against the Great Li Dynasty in secret. This is utterly treasonous, a rebellious traitor..."
"Haha, is that so?" Zheng Ya retorted with a playful tone, his killing intent surging...
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