N-A-A Chapter 30 The Emperor's Wrath
Chapter 30 The Emperor's Wrath
Chapter 30 The Emperor's Wrath
"Your Highness, all of us who went there are dead! Only one person managed to escape—it's a terrible tragedy!"
The adjutant's eyes reddened slightly as he spoke.
"Oh?"
"In the core of the Star Dou Great Forest, those two monstrous beasts! As Your Highness said, those two monstrous beasts can indeed communicate. But...but..."
"Those two beasts said things like 'humans all deserve to die, there's nothing more to say,' and 'the far north dares to collude with humans, they deserve to die.' We tried to reason with them, but they wouldn't listen. And then, those two beasts dared to attack and hurt people! Of the seven-person delegation, only one person was able to escape from the pursuit of the two beasts thanks to their special martial spirit."
Zhong Li frowned slightly. He had guessed that the other party might refuse to communicate, but he hadn't expected them to be this deranged.
In his memory, in the original story, when the Azure Bull Python saw a Title Douluo arrive at the Lake of Life, the core of the Star Dou Great Forest, it only ordered him to retreat and did not suddenly attack. He hadn't expected that these past two days, the beast had also been selective in its attacks.
Some time ago, he sent an envoy to the "Land of Great Calamity" in the Star Dou Great Forest to make contact with the two gatekeeper beasts. His aim was to see if he could contact the Beast God Di Tian and his group, who were busy absorbing the giant fat worm at the bottom of the Lake of Life. The envoy he sent also carried a token from the far north, which should have ensured their safety even if negotiations failed.
Unexpectedly, those two ferocious beasts were so arrogant, directly crushing the tokens of the two Ice and Snow Emperors of the Far North and slaughtering the friendly envoys sent by the Heavenly Dou Empire. It seems they also thought that a mere human empire couldn't possibly do anything to these two forest rulers.
For a moment, Zhongli fell into deep thought.
"Brother, what are your plans for handling this?"
A voice that sounded somewhat gloating rang in Zhong Li's mind.
"Brother Zheng, please don't tease me. It was just that I didn't think things through."
Zhong Li sighed softly and said.
"Hehe, is this a bad thing? This is clearly a good thing. If I had encountered such a situation back then, what would I have done?"
"Brother Zheng" sneered and said.
"I would appreciate your guidance, Brother Zheng."
Zhong Li nodded and said. Although he already had more or less the answer in his heart.
"The Japanese killed the Qin envoy and slaughtered him, turning the land into nine commanderies; the Roman king killed the Qin envoy and hung his head at the northern gate; the Egyptians killed the Qin envoy and immediately exterminated him."
"Brother Zheng" chuckled coldly, his tone tinged with a sinister undertone, and said.
"That's still a bit too extreme. However, extraordinary measures are needed for extraordinary circumstances."
Zhong Li was slightly taken aback, then shook his head and sighed softly.
He had previously learned that Japan, Rome, Egypt, and other countries were all nations that once existed in "Brother Zheng's" world, just like Inazuma, Mondstadt, and Fontaine on the Teyvat continent. However, these nations no longer existed.
Having made up his mind, Zhong Li immediately set off. This time, he set off with Ying, along with Dugu Bo and three Soul Douluo-level elders from the Heaven Dou Empire, heading towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
Originally, he was not allowed to bring these guests along; however, they said that His Majesty Xueye had said that the safety of the two princes must be protected no matter what, and he could not go against their loyalty, so he agreed to let them go.
The group of six, traveling light, left Heaven Dou City and headed south. They were all highly skilled and powerful Soul Masters. Although the journey was over a thousand miles, they traversed the vast territory of the Heaven Dou Empire and entered the Star Dou Great Forest in less than a week.
In fact, this was the first time Zhongli had personally entered the Star Dou Great Forest in all the years he had been in this world. He could sense that the density of elemental power, or rather spiritual energy, here was much more abundant than outside, and it was incomparable to any other soul beast forest he had visited before.
The far north is no less impressive, but it is dominated by pure ice attributes, making it suitable only for ice-attribute soul masters or ice-attribute soul beasts to live and cultivate.
Furthermore, the spirit beasts here are on average stronger than those outside. Even in the outer area, he had already sensed the presence of more than one ten-thousand-year-old spirit beast. Upon reaching the middle area, the presence of ten-thousand-year-old spirit beasts increased significantly, but they had no intention of engaging in conflict with them and tried to bypass these spirit beasts' territories as much as possible.
The deeper one ventures into the Star Dou Great Forest, the denser the forest becomes, and the towering trees appear even more ancient. The very heart of the Star Dou Great Forest is called the "Land of Great Calamity," a forbidden zone for humans on par with the "Core Land" of the far north on the entire continent.
Upon arriving here, the number of spirit beasts dwindled again, but their terrifying aura intensified. Although almost all the true powerhouses of the Star Dou Great Forest were in seclusion beneath the Lake of Life, there were still more than a few 100,000-year-old spirit beasts in the outside world, making them not to be trifled with by any titled Douluo.
The two guards beside the Lake of Life, who were also Zhongli's purpose in coming to the Star Dou Great Forest, were the best among all the 100,000-year-old soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. If they hadn't died, breaking through to the 100,000-year level would only be a matter of time.
"Splash!"
When Zhongli and his group arrived at the edge of the emerald-green Lake of Life, a gigantic bull's head emerged from the water. Its azure-blue eyes looked down upon them.
"Humans, you've come again?"
A somewhat muffled voice came from the bull's head.
"You two killed our Heavenly Dou Empire's envoy. You need to give us an explanation for this."
Zhongli looked directly into the enormous eyes of the Azure Bull Python with his amber-colored eyes and spoke.
Hearing Zhong Li speak so directly, even though they already knew his purpose, the three elders still felt a slight tremor in their hearts. They were all on high alert, prepared to fight this 100,000-year-old soul beast to the death.
"Give you an explanation? Sure. Did you think that just because a Title Douluo has arrived, we brothers can't let you join the previous group?"
A hint of disdain flashed in the enormous eyes of the Azure Bull Python. Not far away, an incredibly huge chimpanzee walked over step by step, its earthy yellow eyes gleaming with a ferocious light.
"Our envoys came with goodwill. The tokens they carry are from the far north, from the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor, so they are old friends of yours."
Zhong Li shook his head, remaining calm as ever. The Azure Bull Python had a strange feeling. Even at this point, this human was still not afraid of being left in the Star Dou Great Forest by his two brothers, and was still trying to reason with him?
What's the use of reasoning? In their brothers' minds, might makes right! Back then, a human titled Douluo was able to kill Xiao Wu's mother because of his big fist; so what's wrong with them tormenting these weak humans?
A friendly visit? And you expect them to help you contact that important person? Do you insignificant humans even have the right to do so?
In this world, there is no such thing as friendship, only the survival of the fittest! As for the token from the far north, they could sense its aura; it was indeed not forged by these humans. But so what? Even if the Snow Empress herself came, the Ming Dynasty still wanted to meet her! To see if she was truly as powerful as the legends said.
"What friends? The Far North has willingly fallen so low as to establish friendships with you humans, so you're not worthy of being our brothers' friends. The Star Dou Great Forest will no longer welcome guests from the Far North. As for you humans, we'll kill you one pair if you come, and kill you in groups if you come! You filthy beings dare to visit our Star Dou Great Forest? Bah!"
The Titan Ape's deep, rumbling voice, like rocks crashing down, made one's eardrums tremble. Its arms were already glowing with an earthy-yellow light.
"In that case, rationally speaking, if we want to connect with the bottom of the Lake of Life and the true leaders of your soul beast world, we would have to step over your corpses."
In the eyes of the two spirit beasts, this despicable human rested one hand on his chin, nodded, and spoke calmly, as if he had reached a very simple conclusion.
"Humans, prepare to die!"
However, before the two soul beasts could even make a move, a dense rain of rock spears suddenly appeared in the sky above the perilous land.
(End of this chapter)