289: Chapter 288 Emperor's Blood Stains the Sky, Clone Shatters!

"What?!"

Immortal Emperor Haotian, who was just preparing to enjoy the sight of Lin Feng's head being blown off by a spear, suddenly felt a scalp-numbing chill rush from his spine straight to the crown of his head.

This was a feeling he hadn't experienced for tens of thousands of years. It was the scent of death.

How did that ant, who was supposed to be a lamb for the slaughter, suddenly explode with power again?

And this time, the Aura carried a resolute death-intent, like an ancient Vicious Beast driven into a corner, ready to drag the entire world down with it!

"Fifty trillion!!"

Lin Feng roared frantically in his mind, his voice shaking the System interface, "No point in saving it for later! Dump it all into this single strike!!"

"Don't just max out the attack power! Add some special effects for me too!"

"Exchange—[Sure-Hit] attribute! Exchange—[Armor Penetration] attribute! Exchange—[100% Critical Hit Rate]!"

"This is money I traded my life for; it has to be worth it!!"

Lin Feng didn't care about the consequences anymore. Even if he collapsed into a coma after this strike, even if he had to carry a massive debt for centuries, even if he had to be a corporate slave for hundreds of years, he was going to knock this high-and-mighty 'Emperor' off his horse!

"God Slayer·Finality·Slash!!!"

The chaos asura blade in Lin Feng's hand seemed to sense its master's madness, letting out an extremely shrill shriek.

Crack!

The blade's body couldn't withstand the infusion of such terrifying energy and actually began to disintegrate, turning into countless black fragments.

However, this didn't weaken its power; instead, it allowed the blade to completely break free from its physical constraints.

Those fragments reorganized in the air, transforming into a black blade light only three feet long, yet pitch-black as ink, as if it could swallow light itself.

This blade light condensed fifty trillion critical hit points, as well as all of Lin Feng's anger and defiance.

"Kill!!!"

Lin Feng swung the blade.

This blade light ignored spatial distance, ignored the flow of time, and even ignored the logic of Karma.

While Immortal Emperor Haotian's spear was only halfway through its thrust, the light had already appeared out of thin air before the Emperor's face!

Fast!

Too fast!

So fast that even thought couldn't keep up, so fast that even the Immortal Emperor's Law of foresight failed!

"Not good!!"

Immortal Emperor Haotian's face paled in shock. He instinctively tried to pull back his spear for defense, while simultaneously frantically activating the [haotian mirror (Imitation)] above his head, hoping to cast down immortal light for protection.

But it was too late.

A 'pay-to-win' strike buffed with 'Sure-Hit' and 'Armor Penetration' didn't care for reason.

As long as the money was enough, even the Heavenly Dao had to step aside!

Squelch—!!!

A sound so soft it was barely audible.

That black blade light sliced through the layers of immortal light cast by the haotian mirror without any resistance, as easy as cutting tofu.

Immediately after, it severed that indestructible Nine Dragons God-Slaying Spear.

Finally, with an unstoppable Aura, it cut in from Immortal Emperor Haotian's left shoulder and exited from his right abdomen!

"Uh..."

Immortal Emperor Haotian's movements instantly froze.

He still maintained the posture of the spear thrust, but the light in his eyes was rapidly dissipating.

He slowly lowered his head, staring blankly at his chest.

A through-and-through wound had appeared there. The wound was as smooth as a mirror, with no blood flowing out, because all vitality, flesh, and even the Dao Laws within were annihilated in that instant by the strike.

"This... how is this possible..."

Immortal Emperor Haotian raised his head in disbelief, looking at the equally blood-soaked Lin Feng across from him, who was leaning on the hilt of his broken blade and swaying on his feet.

His voice was filled with incomprehension and confusion.

"You... who exactly are you..."

"This Clone of mine condensed thirty percent of the Dao Origin... even against a true Peak Immortal King, it would be impossible..."

"Why..."

"Why?"

Lin Feng gasped for air in large gulps, his chest heaving violently like a broken bellows. Although his body had reached its limit and he could faint at any moment, the smile on his face was brighter than sunlight and even more arrogant.

Using his last bit of strength, he straightened his back and pointed at Immortal Emperor Haotian's slowly disintegrating body, shouting word by word:

"Because you are too arrogant."

"Because you look down on people."

"You keep saying an Emperor cannot be insulted, standing high above and viewing all living beings as ants."

"But you forgot that enough ants can bite an elephant to death. Moreover..."

The light in Lin Feng's eyes flared brilliantly, his voice exploding like thunder:

"I am no ant! I am the one who specializes in curing all kinds of defiance—Lin Feng!!"

"An Emperor cannot be insulted? I've insulted you today! What can you do about it?!"

"Now... explode!!!"

As Lin Feng's last word left his mouth.

The residual Saber Qi inside Immortal Emperor Haotian's body erupted like a detonated nuclear bomb!

Boom!!!

A massive explosion rang out.

That Dao Clone, which condensed supreme majesty and represented the highest authority of the Heavenly Court, completely exploded into a magnificent golden firework under the watchful eyes of the crowd!

Shattered!

The Immortal Emperor's Clone was publicly slashed to pieces!

The entire field fell silent.

A deathly silence.

The wind died down, and the clouds stopped.

Whether it was the surviving death-sworn of Tiance Mansion or the various powerful figures hiding in the distant clouds to peer in, they were all frozen as if by a binding spell, mouths wide open but unable to make a sound.

Their worldviews had collapsed.

That Immortal Emperor Haotian, who had ruled the Three Realms for tens of thousands of years and was invincible in the world like a myth, actually had his Clone slain?

And by a junior who had just broken through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal?

The heavens... were truly about to change!

"Won... we won?!"

Liu Ming rubbed his eyes vigorously and even slapped himself hard; only after feeling the pain did he dare believe everything before him.

"Chief... is invincible!!!"

A heart-wrenching cheer broke the silence.

Followed by heaven-shaking roars.

"Tiance Mansion is mighty!!"

"Long live the Chief!!"

"Bullshit Immortal Emperor! He couldn't even take one strike from our Chief!!"

Listening to the cheers below, Lin Feng only felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, his body feeling as if it had been hollowed out. The weakness following such overexertion made him want to fall asleep immediately.

But he knew he couldn't fall down yet.

If you're going to act cool, you have to go all the way. This was the best moment to establish his prestige!

Forcing himself to hold his last breath, he pulled a bottle of [Super Recovery Potion] from the System space and gulped it down, then blurred and arrived at the spot where the Immortal Emperor's Clone had exploded.

There, two objects floated, emitting a faint glimmer in the void.

An ancient bronze mirror; although its surface had some cracks, it still flowed with profound Dao rhythms.

A jade thumb ring carved with nine golden dragons, emitting a dense imperial Aura.

Those were the only two relics left after the Immortal Emperor's Clone dissipated!

"Hehe... as expected, gear dropped."

A trace of greed flashed in Lin Feng's eyes as he reached out and snatched the two items into his hands.

"haotian mirror (Imitation)? nine-dragon jade thumb ring?"

"Even if they are imitations, they are definitely top-tier Immortal Artifact level treasures! If I sell these, I can pay off quite a bit of my loan, right?"

Lin Feng weighed the items in his hand, and then he performed an action that left everyone dumbfounded, nearly causing the distant powerhouses to have heart attacks.

He turned around and shouted toward the void—toward the Immortal Emperor's true body peering from somewhere unknown:

"Hey! Old geezer!"

"Is this your entire net worth?"

"A grand Immortal Emperor coming out with just this little bit of junk? If you're poor, don't be an Immortal Emperor, okay? It's embarrassing!"