Beginning Of Multiverse Saga-Chapter 115: Emperor Punishment

Unfortunately, all of Zhuxie Chixin attacks were easily blocked by the small, exquisite sword.

His opponent did not wield the sword in her hand. Instead, it seemed to possess a sentience of its own. It flew around the long-haired woman freely, blocking his sickle perfectly each time.

Zhuxie Chixin’s brow furrowed. He tried to think of a woman who used a short sword like this, who was also at the grandmaster rank. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to come up with anyone. There were a few potential candidates, but none of them were a perfect match for the woman facing him.

After another dozen or so strikes, the long-haired woman smiled and said, "I won’t play with you anymore."

She sensed that the others had already made it out, now it was her time.

As soon as she moved, however, Zhuxie Chixin dashed to block her path.

The long-haired woman frowned. "Why do you have to go this far? You know you can’t stop me. If we keep fighting, even your foundation might be damaged. It will take several decades for you to recover from something like that."

Zhuxie Chixin’s expression was downcast. "There is no denying that your cultivation is extremely high, and I have rarely seen anyone on your level. Unfortunately, even if I cannot stop you, do not forget that this is the imperial palace. Do you believe that His Majesty himself will be unable to stop you?"

The woman chuckled. "There’s no need to frighten me. I know that His Majesty is currently... unable to make an appearance."

"Is that so?" A bright yellow decree suddenly appeared in Zhuxie Chixin’s hands. He quickly unfolded it and began to chant. "The decree of the emperor who has accepted the mandate of heaven states..."

The woman grew alert. She knew that the Justice Envoy could act in the emperor’s stead, but this was a rare occurrence. Why did Zhuxie Chixin just happen to have an imperial edict on him?

She didn’t dare hesitate. Her short sword flew out in an arc and shot towards Zhuxie Chixin. She clearly hoped to silence him before he could complete the chant.

Unfortunately for her, Zhuxie Chixin had one foot through the door leading to grandmaster rank. There was no way silencing him would be that easy.

When the flying sword reached him, a massive golden palm leapt out of the decree to meet him.

The flying sword had been able to penetrate Zhuxie Chixin’s blazing palm earlier on, but was immediately stopped when it struck the golden palm. It began to vibrate wildly.

The golden palm made contact with the tip of the sword and continued forward without stopping. The nigh-invincible flying sword was slowly broken apart, inch by inch. The golden palm continued to shoot forward, almost reaching the long-haired woman.

When the flying sword reached him, a massive golden palm leapt out of the decree to meet him.

The flying sword had been able to penetrate Zhuxie Chixin’s blazing palm earlier on, but was immediately stopped when it struck the golden palm. It began to vibrate wildly.

The golden palm made contact with the tip of the sword and continued forward without stopping. The nigh-invincible flying sword was slowly broken apart, inch by inch. The golden palm continued to shoot forward, almost reaching the long-haired woman.

Zhuxie Chixin continued to stare at her. The destruction of her flying sword should have resulted in serious injuries for her, and perhaps should have even stripped her of all power to resist. Why did this woman look as though she was still in perfect condition?

Could it be that the flying sword wasn’t her real weapon?

The long-haired woman wasn’t feeling fine at all. Her heart was pounding fiercely, and her expression was deadly serious. She spread her arms and slowly rose into the air. Her long hair fluttered about, and a crescent moon rose behind her.

"Huh? Why is there another moon?" Many in the eastern palace rubbed their eyes. They thought that they were seeing things.

That curved moon scattered out a clear and cool radiance. The long-haired woman looked beautiful and elegant. Now that there was this sparkling and translucent moonlight behind her, even though she was dressed in all black, she still looked extraordinary like a lunar goddess.

Bathed in the beautiful moonlight, these same people were suddenly shocked to discover that they couldn’t move. No—they could move, but their movements were extremely slow, even slower than a snail’s.

Zhuxie Chixin was astounded. He knew exactly what was going on. She was a light element cultivator who could freeze time!

Of course, this wasn’t a true freezing of time. Instead, she was greatly slowing the movements of all her enemies within a certain range, which made it feel as though time had been frozen.

There were few light element cultivators to begin with, and those who had reached her level were even rarer. One person suddenly leaped out in his mind.

Even though she always used a flying sword as her weapon, she was now forced to use her Wheel of the Crescent Moon. He should’ve guessed her identity a long time ago!

This was the Devil Sect’s Sect Master, Queen Diana!

The golden palm also seemed to be affected by the quiet moonlight, and it gradually slowed.

Unfortunately, the long-haired woman had no time to rejoice. Even though the massive palm was slowed, it was still approaching her.

The palm was almost on her, and would hit her in moments, even if it were slowed to a snail’s pace.

She clenched her teeth. With a wave of her hands, she launched the bright, curved moon at the palm, intercepting it and creating a huge explosion.

Many in the eastern palace were deafened by the sound of it, and it took a long while for them to recover their hearing. Even so, their heads were still ringing, and blood was flowing out of most of their ears.

The formation that protected the eastern palace was instantly flattened by the shockwave.

The eastern palace had yet to experience any damage, despite the pitched battles that had preceded this one. It went to show just how strong the defenses were.

No matter how formidable these defenses were, however, there was still a limit to how much punishment they could take. How could they withstand the powerful shockwave released by the collision of two attacks, one of them beyond the grandmaster level?

Zhuxie Chixin vomited a mouthful of blood. He had shielded the others in the eastern palace, preventing them from dying from the shockwaves, but suffered massive injuries as a result.

By the time the golden palm gradually dissipated, the long-haired woman had already vanished without a trace.

The emperor’s face gradually took form in the sky above the eastern palace. The massive figure spoke slowly. "She was seriously injured, and couldn’t have gone far. Zhuxie Chixin, you must capture her!"

Zhuxie Chixin knelt down straight away. "I will follow your orders! Long live the emperor!" he said with great respect.

The others in the eastern palace knelt down as well, their expressions full of awe. Everyone said that His Majesty was the number one expert, but few had ever witnessed him personally take part in a fight.

The long-haired woman had been terribly formidable, yet she still wasn’t a match for His Majesty’s attack.

All who remained in the eastern palace were awash with pride, reveling in the glory that was the emperor’s appearance. Many cultivators among them, whose cultivations had plateaued for many years, had been granted insights because of this.

Zhuxie Chixin had reaped incredible benefits as well. However, he did not have the time to digest these insights right now. He escorted the Right Guard General and the crown prince’s lesser tutor to a safe location, then led his subordinates in search of that long-haired woman.

Even though he had been injured while protecting everyone else in the eastern palace from harm, his injuries were nothing compared to those suffered by the long-haired woman. That woman would certainly die if they crossed paths.

He even suspected that she might not be able to escape if she ran into some ordinary guardsmen.

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Meanwhile, Sharky has returned to the eastern palace after informing the order given by Zhuxie Chixin and was about to ask around about the situation. However, when he saw the palace razed to the ground, he was completely confused.

The emperor fought against a grandmaster... aren’t the results a bit too ridiculous?

He was just about to question someone when a bronze token envoy rushed over. "Sir, I’ve been looking for you for a while."

Sharky was stunned. "Why were you looking for me?"

There was one thing that was bad about Justice Envoys, which was that everyone wore masks and uniforms. It was really hard to tell who was who.

That person said respectfully, "His majesty has summoned you. We haven’t been able to find you after all this time."

Sharky was startled. "I will head over immediately."

He followed this person to imperial study. Even before he even entered through the gates, he could already hear the emperor’s furious voice. "Do you think the imperial palace is a food market? Are those assassins allowed to go wherever they please? Do you still want to keep your heads or not?!"

Not only was Sharky not frightened when he heard the emperor’s roar, he wanted to laugh. It was because he was thinking similar things earlier, but what he imagined wasn’t a food market, but a public restroom.

But honestly, this emperor shouldn’t be cursing out other people like this. Even though the guards were led by the nose this time, that was only because the enemy was too strong.

The number one assassin organization Shadow Group and the elites of the Devil Sect came out. There was even a grandmaster that appeared, yet the most powerful emperor never made an appearance. What were these guards supposed to do?

What the hell was this emperor doing anyways?

The eunuch outside then told him, "His majesty has said that Sir Eleven should just enter once he comes."

Sharky nodded, and he entered inside. But then, he was shocked to discover that there was no emperor inside, instead, there was only a massive mirror. The emperor’s reflection appeared on its surface. It was similar to the modern world video call technology.

He was alarmed. What is going on? He looked around and saw that the others weren’t surprised at all, as if they already predicted things to be like this.

He secretly sized up the surroundings. At this point, Zhuxie Chixin was an old acquaintance. He was bossy and domineering outside with his nose pointing at the sky, yet right now, he was standing to the side obediently like a little quail, his attitude incredibly respectful.

The one who was being pointed at and scolded was another old acquaintance, Guard General Liu Yao.

His head was lowered right now, continuously begging for forgiveness. His previous arrogance in Brightmoon City was nowhere to be seen.

He was quite depressed himself. Even though the Guard General, in theory, was the highest ranked commander of the imperial palace, he usually lived in a manor.

The imperial palace’s defenses were operated by the Left, Right, Guerilla Warfare, and Brave Rider Generals, as well as Zhuxie Chixin’s Justice Envoy and the Supervisor of Attendants’ few imperial bodyguards.

He already finished work and left happily.

When all of this chaos was happening, it was nighttime. He was at home drinking happily.

How could he possibly react to the situation in time?

Sharky’s eyes shifted to the side. These were all big shots in the imperial palace! Right General Guo Zhi, Guerrilla Warfare General Zhao Yuan, he met both of them in the eastern palace earlier.

Sharky didn’t see the Brave Rider General here. He wondered where this man was.

There was another lean elder. His bronze skin gave his slim body a mysterious explosive strength.

Was this the new Supervisor of Attendants, Murong Qinghe, that little girl’s grandfather Murong Tong?

No wonder that little girl had tanned skin. Was this a hereditary trait of the clan?

Compared to the other yes-men, Murong Tong’s figure was much straighter. He was in charge of the emperor’s ceremonial bodyguards.

The emperor’s cultivation was unmatched, so the ceremonial bodyguards’ duty was only nominal. Furthermore, he was transferred to this role through other intentions to this idle post, and so today’s assassination was not his fault.

After the emperor scolded them for a while, he seemed to have calmed down a bit. He thus said, "All of the officials here will have their ranks dropped by one level and you will forfeit your salary for three years."