Chapter 1354: Chapter 1354
The Emperor was pushed into the air by Empress Joanna, and his face showed disbelief. He cried out in shock as he crashed heavily onto the rocks tens of meters away. A jade pendant on the Emperor’s body shattered, releasing a spiritual light that protected him from harm.
This jade pendant activated in response to a threat and could withstand a full-force attack from someone of the Sixth Great Realm. Every emperor in the Great Wu Dynasty had carried it. However, Empress Joanna was of the Seventh Level, and her casual push was actually a powerful attack from a Seventh Level cultivator, snuffing out the protective spiritual light instantly. The Emperor spat out a mouthful of blood, his back a torn mess of flesh, and the rocks beneath him crumbled.
Under the Heavenly Track Reversal, cultivators could only reach the Sixth Great Realm. Thus, this jade pendant was designed to protect the emperor against assassins of the Sixth Great Realm. After leaving the capital, the Emperor hadn’t had time to replenish his defenses capable of withstanding a Seventh Realm attacker.
Empress Joanna, however, only kept her gaze on the enchanting woman leisurely walking above the sea, her entire body tensing like a leopardess.
"Worthless!" Joanna said to the blood-spitting Emperor on the ground without even looking at him. "You can’t even control your own subordinates. Now Sun Changming has sent an assassin to kill you!"
Empress Joanna couldn’t help but feel jealous, as this woman’s strength was unfathomable. She was probably as powerful as Lord Solar, one of the protectors of the Central State! Furthermore, her beauty and figure were unparalleled, putting Joanna to shame.
The Emperor was dumbstruck by the beauty of the National Master before him, and he had never seen a woman like her. To think that she was not part of his harem was a waste...
"Protect the Emperor!" The imperial guards shouted, but the powerful sea monsters swarmed around them. The monsters, all Tier-6 and Tier-5, each commanding their own tribe, were followed by countless lower-ranked monsters, and the sea within a thousand miles was filled with their numbers.
With long and desolate roars, the higher-ranking Sea Beasts led, and the lower-ranking ones followed, charging into the ranks of the imperial guards. In the blink of an eye, the thousands of imperial guards were submerged beneath the swarms of sea monsters.
The Black Tortoise Divine Beast, half submerged in the sea, pushed the water with its four legs. Its massive body slammed into a lone rocky peak, shattering it...
The Emperor, still on the crumbling stone, bore the pain and took out a golden dragon-shaped token. It was a treasure to be used in times of crisis, capable of transmitting a distress call to the Ancestral Patriarch and Chancellor Ryan within the palace, who could use their Seventh Realm powers to instantly come to the Emperor’s aid.
The token needed to be activated with spiritual power, but the moment the Emperor tried to do so, it felt like knives were stirring inside him. His cultivation seemed to leak out of him like water from a punctured bag!
The Emperor suddenly aged and weakened, and he couldn’t understand what was happening. He finally looked at Empress Joanna. "The spiritual pills you gave me... were they tainted?"
"If not for those pills, you wouldn’t have lasted half an incense stick’s time in bed!" Empress Joanna said without hesitation. "You wanted to regain your former glory, so naturally, you had to pay a price. Nothing good in this world comes for free!"
The Emperor’s face darkened with realization. So, everything Sun Aiqing had told him was true? Now it was too late for him to think of her.
Having consumed a large number of Blood Pills, the side effects severely backlash against the already injured Emperor. His spiritual power was completely drained, unable to summon even a sliver of it!
The Ancestral Patriarch and Harriet were completely unaware of the situation.
The Emperor had three treasured artifacts in his Storage Brocade Pouch, which could each withstand a full-force attack from a Seventh Level cultivator. He also had an ancient talisman that could turn into a Meteor, sending him to safety thousands of miles away.
However, all these items needed spiritual power to activate, and the Emperor had never expected that he would be the architect of his own downfall.
The National Master landed on the back of the Black Tortoise. The divine beast raised its head from the sea and let out a desolate cry. The National Master’s small Mini-world was already open, ensuring that no one within the area would be left alive.
The National Master took out an exquisite golden fan from her sleeve and gently opened it to cover half her face, revealing only her stunning eyes. Her gaze was icy cold!
Two flashes of lightning burst from her eyes, expanding in size as they moved towards Empress Joanna at the speed of lightning. The already destroyed rock peaks were blasted into shreds, and the debris sank into the ocean depths.
Empress Joanna disappeared, and the Emperor fell into the sea, unable to move due to Blood Pills’ side effects. The aftereffects of the lightning and the sinking rocks engulfed him as he descended into the depths of the cold, dark sea.
"The water is so cold..."
Sighing weakly as he sank into the depths, the Emperor was full of regret, not for his actions over his lifetime, but for pampering Empress Joanna. He also felt hatred for his ministers like Sun Changming, Adonis Dunn, and Abner Lane. ’Why didn’t you all try harder to dissuade me from favoring this evil concubine?’
’It’s all your fault, you worthless ministers!’
People like him would never reflect on their actions, but continue to blame others.
In this cold and heavy sea, he found his destiny. He was running out of breath, and the last breath he exhaled formed a trail of bubbles. Sea water rushed into his lungs, causing him to cough violently in the water, but more water entered with each gasp, and his death was extremely painful.