160: Chapter 160 The Ghost Clan
On the VIP seats, the atmosphere froze to the breaking point.
From the slit of the Azure Nether Sword Emperor's slightly squinted eyes, a bone-chilling cold light burst forth.
He slowly uttered two words.
"Ghost Race."
Just two words caused Marshal Yan Tianjin's already tense body beside him to suddenly shudder!
His gaze, like a sword unsheathed, instantly pierced towards the figure resting with closed eyes in the Sakura Country seating area—Minamoto no Chiya!
"Minamoto no Chiya! Are you insane?!"
Yan Tianjin's questioning voice carried a rage that could burn everything to ashes.
"You dare to collude with the Ghost Race?!"
Ghost Race!
These two words, to the Yan Country and even the entire Sakura Country, represented a dark history soaked in blood and bone!
They were bloodthirsty monsters that crawled out of dimensional rifts, taking pleasure in devouring humans, and had once brought a catastrophe of national extinction to the Sakura Country!
This was betrayal!
A betrayal of the entire human race!
However, facing Marshal Yan Tianjin's towering rage, Minamoto no Chiya slowly opened his eyes.
There was not a hint of panic or shame on his face; instead, he methodically smoothed a wrinkle on his general's uniform, his lips curling into a sinister smile that chilled one to the bone.
"Marshal Yan, why the anger?"
He raised his hand, pointing from afar at the demonic figure on the arena surrounded by ghost qi.
"Allow me to introduce him to you. This is not collusion, but the supreme masterpiece of my Sakura Country's martial arts evolution."
"Cherry Ghost Maru—he is the son born of me and a Ghost Race princess."
"A... one-in-a-million, perfect hybrid experimental subject."
Boom!
Yan Tianjin felt his mind explode; the iron-blooded worldview he had built throughout a lifetime of military service cracked inch by inch at this moment!
He remembered the horrific "Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts" that occurred in the Sakura Country a hundred years ago!
He remembered the countless wronged souls who were treated as blood food and died tragically under the fangs of the Ghost Race!
And now, the powerful Shogun of the Sakura Country actually admitted personally that he had fathered a child with the Ghost Race?
And even called it... a masterpiece?
"Out of tens of thousands of hybrids, he is the only one who could survive."
Minamoto no Chiya used a casual tone to reveal the bloody and appalling truth.
"As for those failures, they naturally became the nourishment for his growth."
"Quite a bargain, isn't it?"
Yan Tianjin's body trembled violently, not out of fear, but from a soul-deep nausea and rage that made him want to vomit.
He couldn't imagine how many innocent tears, blood, and bones were buried behind that light phrase "one-in-a-million"!
Meanwhile.
On the arena.
War Without Injury, who was pinned down by the terrifying pressure of the Ninth Star of Emperor Realm, did not show the slightest fear after a brief moment of daze; instead, a blazing battle intent that could burn everything burst from his eyes!
It was a resolve that disregarded life and death!
"Haha... Hahahaha!"
He threw his head back and let out a tragic, wild laugh, filled with an unyielding pride!
"Ninth Star of Emperor Realm... so what!"
"I, War Without Injury, was born for battle! Death is also glory!"
"You want me to admit defeat? In your next life!"
"God of War Bloodline! Burn!"
Boom!!!
At this moment, he unhesitatingly and violently detonated the source of his God of War Overlord Body!
Endless blood-colored flames erupted from his seven orifices and hundred bones, turning into a blood-colored beacon that pierced through heaven and earth!
Behind him, the God of War Dharma Image, which had already begun to tremble, let out a final roar under the frantic infusion of this source power!
"Forbidden Technique: God of War Descent!"
War Without Injury poured his life, cultivation, and battle intent—everything he possessed as a Son of the God of War—into this single strike!
The giant axe in his hand ignited with a blinding blood-colored divine fire, carrying the resolve to split heaven and earth and sever reincarnation as it crashed down towards the Three-headed Six-armed Ghost King opposite him!
This was the most brilliant strike of his life!
At this moment, the entire global audience held their breath!
However, facing this strongest strike that burned everything an Imperial Clan prodigy had.
The three-thousand-zhang tall Ghost King Dharma Image, radiating endless evil energy, only moved lazily.
One of its six arms was raised casually.
Under the shocked gaze of the whole world, it only extended two fingers.
An index finger and a middle finger.
Just like that, it lightly pinched towards the blood-colored giant axe that seemed capable of opening the heavens.
"Crack!"
A crisp sound reached everyone's ears through the broadcast.
That God of War giant axe, which condensed all of War Without Injury's life and glory, was forcefully... crushed by those two fingers!
Poof!
War Without Injury was struck as if by lightning, spraying out a mouthful of blood as his entire being seemed to wither instantly.
The God of War Dharma Image behind him let out a cry of despair and unwilling grief; starting from the axe blade, it disintegrated inch by inch, finally turning into countless spots of light and dissipating into the air.
Defeated.
Defeated so thoroughly.
So... fragile.
However, the nightmare had only just begun.
At the exact moment War Without Injury's body fell backward.
Another arm of the Ghost King Dharma Image turned into an uncatchable pitch-black ghostly shadow, instantly piercing through War Without Injury's crumbling Protective True Essence.
Pfft!
Blood splattered!
War Without Injury's entire right arm was severed at the shoulder and flew high into the air!
"Ugh!"
War Without Injury let out a suppressed groan of pain, his tall frame no longer able to support itself as he crashed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust and falling unconscious on the spot.
Everyone was shaken to their souls by this bloody and brutal scene.
However, an even more bone-chilling and soul-crushing scene occurred.
Cherry Ghost Maru, who had completely transformed into an evil ghost form, actually took a step forward, teleporting into mid-air to grab the still-dripping severed arm.
Then, under the gaze of billions of live broadcast cameras worldwide.
He opened his giant fanged mouth, which was torn open to his ears, and bit down hard on that arm!
"Mmm... the flesh and blood of the God of War Overlord Body..."
"As expected... it's a supreme tonic!"
This scene completely shattered the psychological defenses of all Yan Country viewers.
Countless people broke down and screamed on the spot, some couldn't control themselves and vomited, while others had bloodshot eyes, trembling with rage.
This was an insult!
A blatant trampling of the Yan Country's dignity into the ground!
"Enough!"
Host Gongsun Li's figure finally appeared; her face was ashen, and her voice was cold enough to freeze the soul.
"The match is decided! War Without Injury is unconscious and no longer capable of fighting. In this battle, Sakura Country's Cherry Ghost Maru wins!"
With a wave of her hand, a gentle force swept up the unconscious War Without Injury and sent him to the Yan Country's preparation area.
Cherry Ghost Maru stuck out his crimson long tongue and licked the blood from his lips, appearing slightly dissatisfied at having his meal interrupted.
His three blood-colored ghost eyes slowly swept over the remaining eleven prodigies of the Yan Country.
Swept over North Star Moon, whose face was as pale as paper.
Swept over Zhu Youli, whose expression was solemn and whose nails had dug into her palms.
Finally, his gaze landed on Lin Yuan, who had remained exceptionally calm from beginning to end, not even changing his sitting posture.
Cherry Ghost Maru grinned, revealing a smile full of madness and contempt.
Then, his extremely arrogant voice resounded throughout the Qianlong Platform and the entire world.
"One by one is too slow."
"You, all the remaining people of the Yan Country, come at me together!"
"I alone will take care of all of you!"
"It's enough for me to enter the Ten Thousand Dragon Gate alone!"