246: Emperor Yuan

Not long after the giant black-gold vertical pupil phantom disappeared, seeing the huge ink-colored water droplet engulf Qingyang's entire body, Qingtian, after sensing it slightly, could only mutter to himself.

"There's such a great opportunity, what exactly is this thing? No, I have to find a way to tell my main body."

As he spoke, Qingtian's body, clad in his civil and military robes, instantly turned into silver-gray mist and vanished.

In the silent, gray world of the Sixth Pass, Qingyang at this moment was like a specimen encased in resin, his entire body still and quiet.

Strictly speaking, in the challenge of the Sixth Pass, Qingyang had not actually cleared it.

Time slowly passed, and after an unknown period, when the huge ink-colored water droplet was slowly absorbed completely by Qingyang, all the flesh and injuries that Qingyang had lost resisting Qingtian's strike were fully healed.

At a certain moment, as Qingyang's coiled black-gold body suddenly stirred, he instantly opened his eyes.

"What's going on? This is? Did I clear it?"

After slightly sensing the energy within his body, when Qingyang discovered that not only was his energy abundant, but it had even ascended to a higher level, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"This energy circulating within my body seems stickier? Or... more advanced?"

Although he didn't understand what exactly had happened to him, since all his injuries had healed, his energy was abundant, and everything was ready, Qingyang's gaze instantly shifted towards the final passage, and his body abruptly soared into the air.

At this moment, a careful observer would notice that Qingyang's entire body, although predominantly black-gold, had large areas of black dragon scales, each of which shimmered with a dazzling, multicolored black.

At the entrance to the Sixth Pass passage, when Qingyang arrived, for some reason, he suddenly felt an immense sense of oppression.

One must know, this was just the entrance, he hadn't even gone to the Seventh Layer yet.

"No matter who you are, what needs to be faced must be faced," Qingyang muttered to himself, steeling his resolve.

The next second, Qingyang twisted his body and instantly entered the Seventh Layer.

The gray Seventh Layer space seemed to be opened up in the distant starry sky; the faintly visible collapsing planets in the distance seemed to be light-years away, yet also right before his eyes.

Just these scenes alone gave Qingyang a suffocating feeling.

In the distance, a majestic man wearing full golden battle armor sat quietly in the void, his back to Qingyang. Beside him, a large halberd, covered in rust, looked as if it had been violently thrust into the void.

"Countless eras have passed, and finally, another living being has appeared."

As the ancient voice echoed throughout the space, the majestic man sitting in the void slowly rose and turned his head.

The moment this last Star Lord turned his head, Qingyang's black-gold pupils instantly contracted.

He saw that the other party had long hair draped over his shoulders, and his emotionless eyes were actually double pupils.

What was different about his double pupils compared to ordinary double pupils was that in each of his eyes, there were actually three eyeballs.

Furthermore, the three eyeballs were all different colors: golden yellow, ghastly white, and pitch black.

As this expert named Emperor Yuan turned around, a beam of three-colored light instantly shot out from his eyes, looking at Qingyang.

"So it's a little snake. Since you are a snake, why did you reverse the order and evolve into a black dragon? It seems the era has truly regressed."

"Era regressed? What do you mean?" At this moment, Qingyang also adjusted his mindset, stared at the other party, his fighting spirit soaring.

"Oh? You actually have the courage to speak to this Emperor, very good. As an expert who can reach this point in an era, although you are an ant, this Emperor also has a benevolent heart. You are qualified to know my name."

As he spoke, the majestic man suddenly raised his right leg and kicked towards the large halberd that seemed thrust into the void beside him, while simultaneously snatching it with his right hand.

The terrifying energy seemed capable of tearing space, instantly causing huge ripple fluctuations throughout the entire gray Seventh Layer space.

"And borrow three drops of Emperor Yuan's blood, Mie Tian, Destroyer of Earth, destroy all living beings. My name is Emperor Yuan. Ant, retreat. You are not worthy of me making a move."

As he spoke, the other party had already turned around, as if he had bestowed great grace upon Qingyang, and slowly sat back down in the void.

Looking at the other party's arrogant appearance, Qingyang couldn't help but be stunned and muttered to himself, "That arrogant? Three drops of blood? Destroy heaven and earth, destroy all living beings?"

The next second, a provocative dragon roar suddenly rang out.

"Ang~ Roar~"

As Qingyang suddenly let out a dragon roar, Emperor Yuan, who had his back to Qingyang, immediately frowned.

But then, he looked at this space again and finally had to stand up once more.

"This projection of mine, since being here, has experienced a total of thirty-six eras. In these thirty-six eras, only twelve beings have been able to reach this place. Among these twelve, those who dared to challenge this Emperor,

There were only nine. But without exception, they all failed. Although this Emperor was very careful, I still killed three in battles with them, and severely injured five. As for the only one... never mind... Are you sure you still want to challenge?"

"Fight, why not fight? I'm already here," Qingyang said, positioning his massive dragon body in a defensive stance.

"Very good, I like your courage." As he spoke, he looked around and then abruptly took off the civil robe from his civil and military attire, saying again.

"You only need to challenge this Emperor's civil and military attire and the Hate Sky Halberd, and this Emperor will consider you to have cleared the pass."

The next second, the huge civil and military attire suddenly moved without wind, as if possessing a spirit, and a human-shaped energy phantom appeared, holding the Hate Sky Halberd, and directly attacked Qingyang.

Sensing the opponent's terrifying energy and space-tearing combat power, Qingyang's massive dragon body instantly reared up.

"Inverse Heaven Dragon Devouring Domain, open! Backwater Extreme Sacrifice, open!"

At this moment, the two innate divine abilities, Ice Blade Meteor Kill and Dragon Poison Heart Corrosion, were useless against the opponent, so Qingyang could only use his strongest innate divine abilities.

Inverse Heaven Dragon Devouring Domain: Can cause the strength of all beings one major realm higher than oneself to sharply decrease directly to the same realm.

The moment a giant energy domain sphere nearly ten thousand meters in size appeared, Qingyang also instantly enveloped the opponent's weapon and civil and military attire.

In contrast, the majestic man named Emperor Yuan in the further distance in the void was no longer paying attention to this place; his entire body instantly disappeared.

Within the Inverse Heaven Dragon Devouring Domain, Emperor Yuan's civil and military attire at this time was like a living person; upon sensing its own energy rapidly decreasing, it also instantly stopped in place.

King-level Tier 9.

King-Level Tier 7.

...

Early Sixteenth Tier.

When the opponent's strength finally reached the early Sixteenth Tier and stabilized, the civil and military attire immediately raised the Hate Sky Halberd and charged towards Qingyang once more.