34: A bloody battle! Use your body as a wall and never retreat!

Facing the stage of vengeance set up by the Punitive Alliance,

the Tier 10 Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor, instead of showing fear, laughed even more wildly.

“Heh heh… one-on-one? Do you really think you’re qualified to fight me?”

His dragon eyes were filled with contempt, seeing through everything.

“Borrowed power is ultimately a mirage!”

His voice was hoarse and sharp.

“Your soul is wailing! This power that doesn’t belong to you is tearing your existence apart! Little girl, I admit you have guts, but how much longer can you last? An incense stick’s time? Or half an incense stick’s time? I just need to wait for you to fall from the clouds. At that time, I will personally grind you and the bones of your pathetic friend into the most humble dust in the universe!”

Su Ke Ke’s heart sank sharply.

She could clearly feel that while the power brought by the [Urge for Updates] item was world-destroying,

every second of maintaining it was furiously burning her origin.

The Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor was right; her time was running out!

She glanced at the eight supreme battlefields.

The King of Ten Thousand Dragons, with overwhelming dragon might, was engaged in a furious battle with the Faceless God.

With every strike, the law chains of the multiverse shattered inch by inch.

The clash between dragon claws and the hands of entropy permanently annihilated one star field after another.

He couldn't afford to be distracted, nor did he have the luxury of it.

The Star Sea Overlord was in a nebula of flesh and blood formed by wailing faces.

Every breakthrough attempt was met with endless madness.

The Ancient Buddha encountered entanglement by dark laws.

Even with the light of Buddha shining, he struggled every step of the way.

The same was true for the other powerful members of the Alliance.

They were tightly entangled by old monsters of the same tier.

Every attempt to disengage would provoke an even more furious counterattack from their opponents.

No wonder at the very beginning,

when they heard this was the Cradle of Original Sin world,

they were hesitant and dared not act for a long time.

It turned out that merely holding back these monsters,

and creating this stage for Su Ke Ke, was already their limit!

It’s enough… it’s already enough.

She bowed deeply towards the distant battlefield.

Seniors, thank you for creating this stage for me.

I will walk the rest of the path myself!

The only way to break this deadlock now

was to achieve a quick victory!

Just as Su Ke Ke made up her mind,

the Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor laughed wildly:

“Do you think I’d give you that chance? Come out! My most outstanding collection! Tear her apart for me!”

He stomped his foot suddenly.

The core area of the Ancestral Dragon Court cracked open with a roar.

A giant bronze coffin, exuding endless imperial might, slowly rose!

On the coffin lid,

was branded the Great Xia totem, which Su Ke Ke was incredibly familiar with!

“That is…” Su Ke Ke’s pupils constricted.

Boom!!!

The coffin lid exploded.

A figure wearing a black dragon robe and a flat-sky crown stepped out.

His face was majestic, identical to the portraits in textbooks.

But his eyes were hollow, containing only pure, cold Tier 10 killing intent!

“Great Xia’s Emperor Gaozu?!”

Inside the live stream room,

someone who had watched the awakening ceremony before cried out in alarm.

“Is this the truth of ascension in this world?!!!”

“A puppet! He was refined into a soulless puppet!”

“Surprised?” the Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor cackled triumphantly.

“A thousand years ago, he was so foolish. To protect his ant-like subjects, he dared to challenge me, only to be suppressed by me and refined into the most perfect puppet! Hahahahaha.”

Roar—!

The puppet emperor let out a beastly roar.

He threw a punch, imbued with immense imperial dragon qi.

Its power, though lacking intelligence,

had reached the realm of a Tier 10 powerhouse!

He and the Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor, one on each side, formed a deadly pincer attack on Su Ke Ke!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Although Su Ke Ke’s authority of “Power of the End” was strong,

she, after all, did not possess the God of Calamity’s artifacts from that timeline.

The items rewarded in the live stream room earlier, though good, were not suitable for her.

Facing the furious pincer attack of two peer-level existences,

she could only be suppressed, retreating steadily!

The divine light on her body began to flicker violently.

Every direct confrontation

accelerated the rate of power loss within her by another degree!

“It’s over!”

The Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor seized an opening, his sharp claws aiming directly for Su Ke Ke’s heart!

And on the other side, the puppet emperor’s fist,

carrying the power to obliterate stars, smashed towards her head!

Desperation!

Just at this critical moment,

in the chat group,

the avatar of [Last Human Emperor - Gu Yanci] flickered.

A wisp of will, containing the supreme torch of human civilization,

traversed space and time,

and merged into the center of the puppet emperor’s eyebrows.

The puppet emperor’s hollow eyes,

trembled violently the moment they met Su Ke Ke.

He saw it.

He saw the unyielding strength on this young girl’s face.

He saw the Yanhuang aura of the Great Xia people on her.

In an instant,

fragments of memories sealed for a thousand years,

like a bursting dam, washed away the evil mark of enslavement!

He recalled the promises he made to the common people when he ascended the throne.

He saw the prosperous capital he had personally built.

He saw children flying kites in the streets and alleys.

He saw the curling smoke from the chimneys of every household… That was his country, that was his people! It was his everything!

“I, by the Mandate of Heaven, established Great Xia, and shall bring peace for ten thousand generations, protecting my people until death!!!”

“Roar!!!”

A roar from the depths of his soul.

No longer the roar of a puppet, but the wrath of an emperor!

In his hollow eyes,

golden flames, filled with endless sorrow and resolve, blazed.

He turned sharply and tightly embraced the utterly astonished Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor!

“Beast! How dare you?!” The Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor struggled frantically.

Emperor Gaozu ignored him.

He just looked deeply at Su Ke Ke.

That gaze seemed to pierce through eons,

carrying the last entrustment and hope of an ancestor to a descendant.

“I… am incompetent, unable to protect you all well…”

“But, my Great Xia people, absolutely cannot… suffer such a grave humiliation!!!”

“I… will not allow you… to harm her!!!”

“Today, I, Gaozu! Will once again, slay a dragon for Great Xia!!!”

Boom—!!!!!!!!

An indescribable brilliant light

exploded from the center of the star field!

The self-destruction of a Tier 10 emperor shook the entire world!

The violent energy pushed Su Ke Ke far away.

When the light dissipated, at the center of the explosion,

the Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor’s figure reappeared.

He was no longer human-shaped; half of his body was completely blown apart.

Dragon scales peeled off, blood flowed profusely, and his aura was weakened to the extreme.

Unfortunately, he didn't die.

And Su Ke Ke, due to the [Urge for Updates] item’s Failure.

The immense power within her

was rapidly fading in an irreversible manner!

The severely wounded and dying Pseudo-Dragon Progenitor

raised his half-rotted face, revealing an incredibly malicious smile.

“Heh heh… Hahahahaha… Your time… is up… Now, it’s your turn…”