The Peerless Emperor-Chapter 478 - 479: Adding Fuel to the Fire (7th Update)

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Compared to the fierce impact of the Huaxia Empire’s Lower C-Class assault battleship crashing into the Royal City, the booming sound of the Molten Flame Soul Cannon seemed much finer and less imposing.

However, when three hundred scorching blasts of Molten Flame Soul Power struck various parts of the damaged Royal City and then exploded, no one thought so.

The violent explosions instantly submerged the entire Royal City in a sea of fire. The Black Corner Clan members at both ends of the Royal City, having just been fortunate enough to survive the terrifying impact, now faced a sky-covering onslaught of flames.

At that moment, in the eyes of these Black Corner Clan members, there was an illusion of apocalyptic destruction.

The surging, roaring flames, with their intense burning power, were relentless. Even though they were using all their Soul Power to resist, they could clearly feel their protective Soul Power being rapidly eroded.

The terrifyingly high-temperature flames engulfed them from all directions, disorienting the Black Corner Clan members in the sea of fire, making them scramble aimlessly like headless flies.

In the end, they still couldn’t escape the sea of fire. Their Soul Power was utterly depleted, and their weaker bodies were consumed.

Thick smoke billowed. From a distance, Lin Qian watched Shen Zhixing’s bewildered expression with great satisfaction.

Burn everything you own to ashes. Twenty years? What will Shen Zhixing have in twenty years to challenge the Black Corner Emperor?

Beside Lin Qian, Yue Liqun was equally dumbfounded. On the Huaxia Empire’s Lower C-Class assault battleship, he had seen what His Majesty referred to as the Molten Flame Soul Cannon simultaneously firing Soul Power attacks, completely igniting the remaining two-thirds of the Royal City.

"Do you know what this is called?" Lin Qian looked at the still-burning Royal City, patted Yue Liqun on the shoulder, and laughed heartily, "Let me tell you, this is called ’instant explosion, teaching you a lesson.’"

Instant explosion, teaching you a lesson?

Yue Liqun felt Lin Qian’s words were both novel and satisfying.

At this moment, he had a clear understanding of the Huaxia Empire and realized that Shen Zhixing’s power was thoroughly annihilated. The Rebel Palace that he had controlled through various means was also completely obliterated with that explosion.

The Huaxia Empire’s Lower C-Class assault battleship slowly landed on the ground. Even such a dominant war machine had its limits; once it launched an attack, the Soul Power stored in the assault battleship was exhausted, and the remaining Soul Power, which allowed it to land smoothly, was also completely depleted upon landing.

Shen Zhixing, trembling all over, turned around and looked towards Lin Qian’s location. If he couldn’t notice his adversary at this moment, then he truly didn’t deserve his Master Level combat capability.

He wasn’t a fool. That metallic monster that had crushed his Royal City was unprecedented in the underground world of Ancient Forest.

The only possibility was that it came from the surface world. And Lin Qian, also from the surface world, was close by, watching him revel in misfortune. Who started this, he still didn’t quite understand, but he might as well just kill himself.

Shen Zhixing knew his forces were finished. Only around twenty people from the Low-level Awakening Realm barely survived, and only ten from the High-level Awakening Realm.

As for the survivors from the Life and Death Realm and Sky Breaking Realm, there were merely about ten thousand left. Thinking about this, Shen Zhixing’s emotions nearly reached a breaking point.

He had painstakingly amassed such immense strength to rely on for capturing the throne of the Black Corner Country, and now it perished in the vast sea of fire before him, dispersing as ash along with the thick black smoke.

Previously, using his Soul Power to observe the situation within the Royal City, he could clearly perceive his subordinates from the Black Corner Clan panicking and scattering in all directions.

Unfortunately, this only made their Soul Power deplete faster. Without the protection of Soul Power, the frail bodies of the Black Corner Clan had no way of resisting the overwhelming fierce flames. freēnovelkiss.com

He, Shen Zhixing, could only watch as the infinite scorching sea of flames devoured his precious wealth completely.

After this, the Rebel Palace no longer existed, and the thirteenth prince of the Black Corner Country had completely turned into a bare-pole commander.

At this moment, Shen Zhixing wished he could flay Lin Qian alive, crush his bones and scatter his ashes!

"Lin Qian!" Shen Zhixing turned around furiously, his purple-black face turning red with rage.

"Sometimes anger can boost one’s combat power. For example, Shen Zhixing is in such a state right now. Under this anger, his combat effectiveness might increase by ten or twenty percent," Lin Qian regarded Shen Zhixing’s furious roar indifferently and turned to Yue Liqun beside him. "However, you should know that when one becomes irrationally angry, they become extremely foolish, and such an enemy is the easiest to deal with."

"I understand the logic, but Your Majesty, Shen Zhixing is, after all, a Master Level Awakener, and your fire has just eroded his strength. He’s still in extreme rage but hasn’t lost his reason. It seems very difficult to make his mental state collapse," Yue Liqun said, looking towards the distant fierce flames.

"The fire isn’t fierce enough yet, but we can add fuel to the fire," Lin Qian hinted with a smile, gesturing for Yue Liqun to watch closely. "Such scum as Shen Zhixing, if I don’t infuriate him to death, I would not believe in Lin!"

Yue Liqun looked at Lin Qian in surprise; it was indeed his first time hearing such coarse language from him, but he found it quite refreshing and also waited eagerly to see what adding fuel to the fire meant.

"Shen Zhixing, one of your gathering places for launching attacks is now part of my Huaxia Empire," the angry Shen Zhixing heard Lin Qian suddenly speak from a distance. "You killed my people, threatened me before, and killed my subordinates, so I will only repay in kind."

"Repay in kind..." Yue Liqun found Lin Qian’s words slightly bizarre.

Shen Zhixing’s actions were indeed excessive, but they had only severely bitten him.

However, Lin Qian’s response was not just a tit-for-tat; it was entirely like swapping to iron teeth and copper fangs to brutally crush him to death!

Yet, Yue Liqun felt curious, wondering if this was really adding fuel to the fire, as he didn’t see Shen Zhixing losing his reason.

"Lin Qian..." Shen Zhixing had just begun speaking when he was rudely interrupted by Lin Qian’s voice laden with Soul Power.

"How dare you, I haven’t finished speaking yet! Your audacity is immense," Lin Qian glared at Shen Zhixing, reprimanding him fiercely.

Yue Liqun noted that Shen Zhixing, chided thus, clearly looked even more upset, ready to retort, yet Lin Qian spoke first again.

"Shen Zhixing, let me ask you about a Black Corner Clan member called Shen Yi—your most beloved son, right?" As Lin Qian spoke these words, Shen Zhixing’s face across him instantly changed, he stared at Lin Qian with widened eyes. His chest, previously heaving with anger, settled, his expression as if he had never been angry before.

Yue Liqun, standing beside Lin Qian, observing the unexpectedly calm expression on Shen Zhixing’s face, instantly understood what ’adding fuel to the fire’ meant.

"I had him killed not long ago!"