Chapter 742: Chapter 741: Rats in the Gutter
 

Thousands of years later, the battle started once again.

However, often after fighting for several days, a Chaos Storm would begin.

The storm was not easy to quell, and more critically, it posed a great threat to the Chaos Tree.

Both parties were preventing each other from reaching that place.

This battle once again turned into a war of attrition.

Qin Changqing wasn’t in a hurry; since his arrival, during the occurrence of the Chaos Storms, Qin Changqing could even leave for a while.

The strength of the other side was formidable, but not without a solution, because this Ancient Ruin, with the continuation of the battle, had become increasingly decayed.

Even considered a forbidden place, it couldn’t withstand the ravages of the Immortal Emperor Great Terror using the last of his power in battle.

Meanwhile, Qin Changqing’s power was steadily growing stronger.

It had already been a million years since Qin Changqing had ascended to a Saint.

In these million years, the rewards Qin Changqing received from the System were extraordinarily numerous, continually moving towards the Great Dao Level.

Thus, the two sides fought intermittently, and soon, a hundred thousand years passed.

The battle had not yet determined a winner.

Then, two hundred thousand years, three hundred thousand years…

Unbeknownst to them, another million years had gone by.

This battle lasted a full million years.

A million years later, the Immortal Emperor was increasingly at a disadvantage as the Ancient Ruins completely collapsed, leaving no residual power for him to draw upon.

Qin Changqing advanced further.

Two million years after Becoming a Saint, with the help of these two million years of rewards, he stepped into the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

That was akin to being half a Great Dao Saint.

“Boom!”

The battle began again within the Ancient Ruins.

“He’s almost done for!”

“Be careful, he might destroy the Chaos Tree.”

Many Saints sensed the change in the Immortal Emperor’s aura and became spirited.

The most important reason for this prolonged war was still the Chaos Tree.

Neither side wanted to destroy the Chaos Tree.

But if one side was clearly no match, harboring a mindset that if they couldn’t have it, neither would anyone else, and sought to destroy the Chaos Tree, then that would be troublesome.

The fighting prowess of the Immortal Emperor Great Terror was indeed declining.

After fighting for so long, his consumption of Forbidden Origin Force was not small at all.

If it weren’t for the fact that through the Evil Ghost Dao, he had obtained a strength comparable to that of Saints, he would have collapsed long ago.

At that moment, suddenly, Qin Changqing erupted with power and once again lunged towards the Chaos Tree.

The Immortal Emperor hummed lightly and made a fierce move.

But Qin Changqing’s aura surged instantly, breaking through his blockade, and snatched the Chaos Tree right away.

The Immortal Emperor Great Terror’s eyes narrowed.

Clearly, he had noticed the change in Qin Changqing’s aura.

Without any hesitation, he prepared to use his Forbidden Origin Force.

However, Qin Changqing once again employed an ancient emperor’s secret technique.

“Child’s play!” the Immortal Emperor Great Terror hummed lightly. Over these million years, multiple times, as he prepared to fully recover his Immortal Emperor strength, he was interrupted by Qin Changqing each time.

Despite being interrupted, he still had his gains.

Even if immersing in the Evil Ghost Dao for countless years had some impact on his mind and spirit.

But he was once an Immortal Emperor who dominated the heavens!

This million years, he had already found a method against the ancient emperor’s secret techniques.

Now, as his power flowed, he broke Qin Changqing’s secret technique in an instant.

His aura completely returned to that of an Immortal Emperor.

The sense of decay associated with the Evil Ghost Dao rapidly withered.

Pinnacle power returned.

“Buzz!”

The entire heaven and earth began to tremble.

The expressions of the many Saints instantly turned extremely grave.

“The power I’ve longed for.”

Feeling the pinnacle power within his body, a hint of intoxication surfaced on the face of the Immortal Emperor Great Terror.

This was truly invincible power.

However, such power, after all, could not transcend the era.

Otherwise, why did he have to fall into the abominable Evil Ghost Dao, a state not quite human nor ghost.

His immersion in power did not last long before the cold gaze of the Immortal Emperor Great Terror turned towards Qin Changqing and the many Saints.

“Ants!”

Then, he suddenly made his move.

The blood-colored Demon Blade, spanning distances beyond measure, as if capable of cleaving the world itself, struck towards Qin Changqing.

His time was running out.

Maintaining his current state, he had at most but the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

This brief period had cost him countless years of accumulated power.

Even in the previous battles, he had never paid such a price.

Thus, his current attack was genuinely one of bitter resentment.

“Be careful!”

The many Saints joined forces to defend, but this time, they could not hold back the assault.

“Boom!”

However, the blood-colored Demon Blade was once again blocked by Qin Changqing’s Emperor’s Mirror.

The Immortal Emperor Great Terror snorted coldly as the potency of the Demon Blade surged immensely. For a moment, the entire Ancient Ruins were filled with the shadows of the blade.

Even the heavens and the earth seemed to part, beginning to seep blood.

The sealing formations laid by the Saints shattered under the assault of the Demon Blade.

The terrifying might of the Demon Blade became exceedingly dreadful, so much so that even the Immortal World would struggle to withstand its onslaught.

“See for yourselves, this is an Immortal Emperor, although I was much stronger than him back in my day,” said an Ancient Emperor next to Qin Changqing.

Over the years, the Ancient Emperor had always accompanied Qin Changqing.

Qin Changqing’s expression remained unchanged, but the pressure on him was immense.

Even after Becoming a Saint for two million years and having entered the Quasi-Emperor Realm, the gap between Saint and Emperor was still too vast.

A complete Immortal Emperor was practically invincible.

“This Origin Force was originally intended to annihilate your era, and now that he’s using it, if you can’t hold on, your era will be over, too. Do you want sister to help you?” the Ancient Emperor blinked and offered teasingly.

If Qin Changqing wasn’t in battle right now, he truly wanted to drag her in and engage in another fight.

However, the Ancient Emperor soon found herself bewildered.

Because although the Immortal Emperor Great Terror was so powerful that he seemed invincible, completely suppressing Qin Changqing,

He just wouldn’t be defeated!

Becoming an Immortal Emperor was no simple feat.

Even though the opponent had resorted to the Evil Ghost Dao and now had recovered peak fighting strength, and despite over a dozen Saints joining forces, this place was not within the Three Realms.

It was nearly impossible for them to hold off the enemy.

Yet Qin Changqing managed to staunchly endure.

Even though Qin Changqing was having a difficult time, the opponent only had the time of one incense stick burning. Once this time passed, the opponent would be done for.

Across from him, the Immortal Emperor Great Terror also realized the difficulty in subduing Qin Changqing and continued to relentlessly wield the Imperial Arms.

He did not resort to any other methods.

No tactic was sharper than his Imperial Arms.

This part of the Ancient Ruins had already been completely destroyed.

Chaos Storms whirled ceaselessly, but now no one paid them any attention. Under the onslaught of the Imperial Arms, even the storms were sliced into segments.

The battle became incredibly fierce.

“Damn it!”

After fighting for over ten minutes, the Immortal Emperor Great Terror still hadn’t managed to deal with Qin Changqing.

Enchantment had long disappeared from his eyes; all that remained was anger.

With bloodshot eyes, he gave Qin Changqing a deep look and then, the Immortal Emperor Great Terror suddenly leaped… and actually fled!

Even with an invincible-like power, he chose to flee!

“This fellow… he’s ultimately just a gutter rat,” muttered the Ancient Emperor somewhat speechlessly.

After all, he was once an Immortal Emperor, and even with such an overwhelming advantage, he still chose to run away.

However, the opponent’s escape was also inevitable.

Though he could maintain his state for a while longer, once that time elapsed, escape would be impossible against the formidable Qin Changqing.

“Chase!”

Qin Changqing caught the Ancient Emperor’s small hand and pursued.