66: Chapter 66 You dare touch my people, mere Quasi-Emperor?

As the words fell, Chu Chen looked up and saw a massive ancient bronze gate standing before them.

"This is the place where that trace of emperor qi is emanating from." Zhongli Xue looked at Chu Chen.

"I'm a bit curious, how did you determine there was a quasi-emperor inheritance here based on just a single trace of emperor qi?" Chu Chen asked.

Hearing Chu Chen's question, Zhongli Xue immediately explained, "Of course I know. My Zhong Clan possesses a quasi-emperor artifact, and the aura it radiates is exactly the same as this."

"Besides, if it's not a quasi-emperor, could it be a Great Emperor?"

"If it were a Great Emperor's inheritance, how could you possibly still be seeing me?"

"Even the Life-protecting Treasure given by the Ancestor couldn't withstand the pressure of a Great Emperor. Even a single trace of emperor qi from a fallen Great Emperor could suppress heaven and earth," Zhongli Xue said.

"The reason my life-saving treasure can resist this trace of emperor qi is that my Zhong Clan's Ancestor is also a quasi-emperor existence."

"The life-saving treasure given to me also contains emperor qi."

Saying this, Zhongli Xue looked at Chu Chen with a face full of pride.

"How about it? Do you feel that my Zhong Clan is very powerful? After this is over, I can let you join my Zhong Clan."

Chu Chen declined, "What you enjoy is merely the shade left by your ancestors. Even if I don't join any faction, in the future, I alone will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with any of your clans."

"Moreover, you didn't just happen to meet me by chance; it was intentional, wasn't it?"

"Ever since I arrived before this ancient bronze gate, I've sensed the mysterious runes upon it communicating with me."

"You lied to me!!"

Chu Chen's eyes turned cold, and his figure arrived before Zhongli Xue in an instant.

His fingers, as hard as steel, were like a giant pair of pincers, tightly clutching Zhongli Xue's slender, fair neck.

In an instant, Zhongli Xue clearly felt the immense pressure from Chu Chen's fingertips.

This force seemed as if it would crush her throat. At this moment, her breathing became exceptionally difficult.

"I didn't lie to you, and I have no ill will toward you."

"I sought you out because my Treasure Hunting Rat told me that your blood could open this gate. We'll split the items fifty-fifty, and you can choose first."

A powerful force erupted from Zhongli Xue's body, knocking Chu Chen back.

She now gasped for air in large gulps.

"Besides, clearly you lied to me first. Your name is obviously Chu Chen, yet you told me you were Luo Chen."

"Furthermore, I truly have no malice toward you. I was the one who discovered this quasi-emperor inheritance first," Zhongli Xue said, her face flushed.

"Since I can open this gate by myself, what right do you have to a fifty-fifty split?" Chu Chen said coldly.

If he weren't wary of that quasi-emperor level life-saving treasure on her, he would have ground her into the dirt long ago.

"Hey! Chu Chen, can you be reasonable? Although your blood can open this bronze gate, without my treasure, how could you possibly withstand the emperor qi?"

Hearing this, Chu Chen's tone softened slightly. "Ninety-ten."

"You get ten percent, I get ninety."

"Chu Chen, you're going too far! If you're going to be like this, I'd rather not open this quasi-emperor inheritance at all. At worst, no one gets anything!"

Zhongli Xue was truly angry now. She had kindly brought him along to open the quasi-emperor inheritance together.

Yet he had the nerve to want to hog ninety percent of the treasures for himself.

Seeing this, Chu Chen turned to leave; he didn't indulge anyone.

Seeing that Chu Chen was really going to leave, Zhongli Xue immediately spoke up, "At least sixty-forty!"

Chu Chen responded in a faint voice, "Seventy-thirty, and I get first pick of the items inside the inheritance. Otherwise, no deal."

Zhongli Xue gritted her teeth. "Fine, seventy-thirty it is!"

Chu Chen stopped his pace and walked back.

"You must swear a Great Dao Oath, otherwise I won't be at ease."

Zhongli Xue naturally knew what Chu Chen meant; he was simply afraid she would go back on her word and use her life-saving treasure against him later.

Immediately, Zhongli Xue swore to the Great Dao, "Everything Zhongli Xue and Chu Chen obtain within the quasi-emperor inheritance..."

"...Chu Chen shall take seventy percent, and I, Zhongli Xue, shall take thirty percent. This is a fair covenant! If I, Zhongli Xue, go back on my word or act in bad faith in the future..."

"...or attempt to kill Chu Chen, I shall suffer heaven's wrath, my Great Dao shall be obliterated, and my path to immortality shall be severed forever!"

Zhongli Xue spoke with a solemn expression, a flash of determination in her eyes.

She knew the weight of this oath, but to show her sincerity and resolve, she swore it without hesitation.

Seeing this, Chu Chen said no more.

He sat cross-legged, carefully sensing the mysterious runes on the ancient bronze gate.

In an instant, the runes on the originally dull ancient bronze gate suddenly shone with an eerie crimson light.

It was as if they had been soaked in countless amounts of blood, making one's hair stand on end. These runes squirmed as if they had life.

They gradually converged into a crimson beam of light, like a hideous, twisted earthworm, streaking through the air at an incredible speed and shooting straight toward the space between Chu Chen's eyebrows!

*Boom!*

At that moment, it was as if thunder exploded in Chu Chen's mind, and his entire consciousness sank into oblivion.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Chen's eyes slowly opened.

He saw a middle-aged man wearing black battle armor, gazing at him with eyes like torches, as if they could pierce through his soul.

Chu Chen felt an invisible sense of oppression from this middle-aged man in black armor.

After a long time!

The middle-aged man in black armor withdrew his gaze, his voice carrying a sigh.

"I did not expect that among my human race, someone would once again awaken the Chaos Seed Golden Lotus, the strongest vision since ancient times. This Emperor's inheritance should have been given to you."

"However, as this Emperor gazed into the future, I saw a heart-stopping scene."

"In the near future, your body will be suffused with an endless scent of blood. The entire Nine Provinces will be slaughtered by you, blood will dye the earth red, and the heavens will wail."

"Therefore, not only will this Emperor not give the inheritance to you, but I will also destroy your divine soul to eliminate future troubles forever."

The middle-aged man in black battle armor looked at Chu Chen and pointed a finger.

Chu Chen didn't even have time to argue for himself; his entire body was unable to move, locked down by a terrifying emperor's pressure.

Under the emperor's pressure, he was as small as an ant. The man didn't even need to lift a hand; a single glance could easily obliterate him.

However, in the next moment, the demon god mysterious coffin appeared before Chu Chen at some unknown point.

It instantly blocked the terrifyingly powerful emperor's pressure, and the middle-aged man in black armor was also knocked back by the demon god mysterious coffin.

The middle-aged man in black armor looked at the black coffin that had abruptly appeared before him in disbelief.

"This... how is this possible? This appearance is that of the Great Ominous Object that has existed since the beginning of heaven and earth."

"This is fake. How could that Great Ominous Object be on him?"

*Boom!*

In an instant, a supreme emperor's pressure swept out from the man in black armor.

"In front of this Emperor, you dare use this Great Ominous Object to deceive me? Today, this Emperor shall strangle and eliminate you, this sinner, forever."

Chu Chen sneered, "Sinner? You want my life based on just one sentence? I'm telling you, it's impossible. Forget that you're just a quasi-emperor, even if a Great Emperor came, they couldn't take Chu Chen's life!"

The black-armored man's eyes pierced through the endless void, and a giant black palm capable of easily destroying a province pressed down toward Chu Chen.

At this moment, the demon god mysterious coffin standing nearby began to vibrate violently.

A voice that seemed to come from the depths of hell resonated from within the demon god mysterious coffin.

"Impudence! My, the Demon God's, person... a mere quasi-emperor like you is worthy of touching them?"