Chapter 1272: Funeral on the Spot (Second Update)
This ancient giant sat in the void of space. Though headless, though missing an arm, though his body was covered in wounds, he was still alive, still incomparably powerful!
As long as the Divine Sense Great Luo Heaven anchored in the Ultimate Void still existed, he would never die!
His voice was filled with coldness and mockery: "Pastoral Heavenly Venerable, don't forget what you promised me. I have already accomplished the task of intercepting Heavenly Venerable Hao. Now, you should also return the Primordial Origin Stone to me!"
"Return it! And I'll let you live!"
"Refuse! And today will be your funeral!"
Qin Mu felt a twinge of guilt. Although he had imagined various scenarios of facing the Great Emperor and being demanded the Primordial Origin Stone, and had even devised various countermeasures, facing this invincible overlord of the ancient era directly still made him feel somewhat weak at the knees.
"Great Emperor, our agreement was for you to intercept Heavenly Venerable Hao and prevent him from descending upon the Great Void! Did you accomplish that?"
Qin Mu looked up at the Great Emperor's headless body and said loudly: "You did not! Heavenly Venerable Hao is still safely in the Great Void, stationed there, living quite comfortably! Since you failed to fulfill the agreement, how dare you come demanding the Primordial Origin Stone?"
The Great Emperor said coldly: "I severely wounded Heavenly Venerable Hao. His injuries won't heal for at least a hundred thousand years. He is now a cripple. His presence in the Great Void serves no purpose. Regardless of the outcome, your goal has been achieved. Hand over the Primordial Origin Stone."
Qin Mu sneered: "He was saved by another egg-born ancient god, Tai Su. He has already recovered his nine heavenly palaces. Dare you call him a cripple? You failed to keep your promise..."
"You can have your funeral now."
The Great Emperor said indifferently: "Tai Su's appearance was an unexpected event. I did what I promised, yet you want to go back on your word. Sending you to your funeral and taking the Origin Stone from your corpse is a million times easier than fighting Heavenly Venerable Hao!"
Qin Mu whipped out Ling Heavenly Venerable's hairpin with a swish and laughed heartily: "Great Emperor, don't forget that Ling Heavenly Venerable's Immutability Divine Power restrains your abilities! Do you want to die together with me?"
"Die together? Hahaha, Pastoral Heavenly Venerable, you overestimate yourself, and you overestimate Ling Heavenly Venerable as well."
A voice came from the Great Emperor's chest cavity, said leisurely: "In your narrow and limited vision, you probably think that Ling Heavenly Venerable's divine power has me completely restrained, and that by learning her divine power, you can bargain with me. You probably think that with a mere ancient god egg, you can have someone backing you up, allowing you to chat and laugh with me on equal footing. You are wrong."
That unparalleled giant stood up, his palm holding Qin Mu, holding the Primordial Beginning Egg and the physical bodies of the Empress sisters, as well as the funeral procession, walking through the vast expanse of space.
"You are greatly mistaken."
"Not only are you wrong, but Cloud Heavenly Venerable was also wrong, and Ling Heavenly Venerable was wrong too."
His strides were enormous, moving many times faster than the movement of stars. The space his feet stepped on continuously collapsed and crumbled: "Where are the heroes of ancient times now? They are all but dreams and illusions. Cloud Heavenly Venerable is dead, Ling Heavenly Venerable is trapped by her own divine power, and even Heavenly Emperor Tai Chu had his physical body taken by me. His reincarnated self only dares to be a cowardly grandson?"
"Do you think Cloud Heavenly Venerable killed me? Do you think Ling Heavenly Venerable killed me?"
"Unfortunately, they are all dead, and only I remain here."
"I sit high upon the Divine Sense Great Luo Heaven. What you all expended great effort to kill or wound was merely a part of me. You cannot harm my origin at all."
"Do you still think I fear Ling Heavenly Venerable's Immutability Divine Power? Do you think I would fear the mere Empress sisters, or a mere ancient god in an egg?"
Although he had no head, Qin Mu felt as if a pair of icy cold eyes were staring at him, staring at the Primordial Beginning Egg, staring at the physical bodies of Empress Niangniang and Yuan Mu Furen.
Those eyes revealed mockery and derision.
Facing an existence like the Great Emperor, the pressure was truly too great.
In Qin Mu's hand, the Primordial Beginning Egg quietly transmitted a message: "Pastoral Heavenly Venerable, based on my experience of being suppressed by Heavenly Emperor Tai Chu for so many years and still surviving, I give you a piece of advice: admit defeat."
Tai Shi in the egg said earnestly: "I really can't beat him, absolutely can't beat him. Back then, among the five great mineral veins in the ancestral court, three of the five egg-born ancient gods were dug out by the Creator race. Tai Yi had long escaped, and Tai Ji abandoned a fake mine and fled. If we could beat him, would we have been dug out by the Creators to bask in the sun? Pastoral Heavenly Venerable, admit defeat for now, and find a way to get even later."
Qin Mu pondered for a moment, then said: "Great Emperor, you and I can indeed fall out. I can destroy your current physical body, the Empress sisters can erode your divine sense, and Brother Tai Shi can make it impossible for you to break the divine power I leave behind. Of course, I would also die at your hands. However, we still have a second path we can take."
Tai Shi in the egg whispered: "Don't drag me into this. I was just brought here by you..."
The Great Emperor stopped walking and sneered: "Pastoral Heavenly Venerable, I admit you have this ability, and I admit the fellow in the egg has this skill as well. However, if your second path does not satisfy me, even if I have to sacrifice this body, I will make sure you have your funeral on the spot!"
Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously: "I can give you half of the Primordial Origin Stone I obtained. You only completed half of the task of intercepting Heavenly Venerable Hao, so to be fair, I can only give you half."
The Great Emperor let out a furious snort.
Qin Mu quickly said: "Great Emperor, do you think killing me is worth sacrificing this strongest physical body in history as a burial gift?"
The Great Emperor sneered: "I think it's worth it. My Ming Fangyu physical body was also destroyed because of you by Kai Huang Qin Ye's sword. This time, my body has lost its head and an arm. Do you think I would begrudge this body? Using this crippled body to exchange for your life, and still getting the Primordial Origin Stone, is a very good deal!"
Qin Mu laughed heartily: "If you have the Primordial Origin Stone but no longer have the unparalleled Creator Great Emperor, what use is the stone to you? How about this, Great Emperor, I won't haggle with you. Of the Primordial Origin Stone in my brow, I'll give you three-quarters and keep only a quarter for myself. Give me Heavenly Venerable Hao's heart as the exchange!"
The Great Emperor pondered.
Qin Mu smiled slightly and said: "I saw with my own eyes you tear out Heavenly Venerable Hao's heart. You haven't destroyed this treasure, have you? It's of little use to you. Exchanging it for a quarter of the Origin Stone—you're still getting the better deal!"
The Great Emperor calculated for a moment, and a massive heart flew out from the void, still beating continuously. It was a divine heart, a Heavenly Venerable's heart!
Qin Mu's vertical eye opened wide, and he channeled his magical power. A diamond-shaped crystal slowly flew out from between his brows.
After a moment, Qin Mu raised his hand and grabbed the Origin Stone in his hand.
The Great Emperor said: "You don't have the magical power to cut open the Origin Stone. Give it to me!"
Qin Mu ignored him, drew his sword, and slashed down. The Primordial Origin Stone let out a *ding* sound as it was cleaved apart by his sword!
The Great Emperor's heart skipped a beat.
Qin Mu tossed three-quarters of the Origin Stone to the Great Emperor and kept the other quarter for himself. Then, with a sweep of his divine sense, he rolled up Heavenly Venerable Hao's divine heart and said: "Farewell."
The Great Emperor laughed heartily and placed the Origin Stone at his neck. His incomparably mighty divine sense erupted, spinning wildly around the Origin Stone. The Origin Stone's visualization instantly burst forth with boundless energy, far surpassing any energy Qin Mu could have unleashed while wielding it!
The Great Emperor's head was rapidly forming!
Before long, it seemed this strongest prehistoric physical body would have its wounds healed, and would grow back its head and arm!
—No one even gives votes if I don't ask for them. Crying and running away~~