Chapter 2160: Chapter 1035: Demon Emperor Battles the Dragon Emperor Puppet!

What appeared, of course, was not the true form of Demon Emperor Lanling, but merely his clone.

However, this clone was extremely powerful, condensed through the Heaven-reaching Dragon Tower, extracting the bloodline power of eight hundred Tomb Priests to form a Dragon Emperor clone.

The dissipated soul of Fu Lingxi gathered once more, the wound on her chest healed, and she opened her eyes, fully resurrected.

After resurrection, Fu Lingxi saw Lanling’s figure once more.

There was no ecstatic success from opportunism, no kneeling in flattery, only tears rolled down like a flood.

The former her, completely extinguished familial affection, sparing no means for gains, had become a power-driven automaton.

Just now, Huai Bingyi pierced her heart with a sword, smashing her soul.

In the moment of death, her life flashed across her mind like a movie.

What was that feeling?

Nauseating, cold!

Disgusted with her former self, cold towards the power she once craved.

She realized that in her life, she hardly had any memories. Those countless enchanting memories she once reminisced, like being promoted for betraying the master of Yao Xing, or the moment she became a Candidate Sky Priest and Candidate Sky Judge.

When she was alive, recalling them made her infinitely intoxicated and charmed.

But in the moment of death, she found them utterly nauseating.

Her only beautiful memory at the point of death was the moment she married her husband Suo Long, or rather the moment she first saw Suo Long’s handsome face and erect stature, filled with a thrill.

Another memory was saving Fu Yan’er from Ashi Luo in Rou Ran City.

Is human nature inherently good, or inherently evil?

This is a question that can’t be clearly explained over generations, but at least at the moment of death, Fu Lingxi’s beautiful memories were of her doing good, despite being very few, only two scenes.

So, when resurrected again, everything she once reveled in seemed bland and tasteless.

Facing Demon Emperor Suo Lun, her feelings towards Fu Zilin unexpectedly took on a different hue.

Suo Lun... Could he be her son, her flesh and blood?

In an incredibly complex state of mind, Fu Lingxi sobbed uncontrollably, eventually breaking into wailing tears.

...

Demon Emperor Lanling had no mind to deal with Fu Lingxi’s psychological changes, but because of her eventual opportunism, he indeed could no longer kill Fu Lingxi.

"Give my son back to me." Lanling squatted down and said to Huai Bingyi.

Huai Bingyi trembled all over, almost unable to breathe, allowing Lanling to take away Fu Zilin mindlessly.

"Dad..." Fu Zilin looked at Lanling with tearful eyes.

This father before him, he truly fantasized about countless times.

In his imagination, his dad was the strongest and most incredible person in the world. Because from the age of two, his sister Qin Qin instilled this notion in him, that dad was the greatest person in the world.

And his unreliable, foolish mother, every time she talked about his dad, her eyes lit up.

Fu Yan’er felt she wasn’t worthy of Suo Lun, but was incredibly proud and honored to be his wife and concubine. So every time she talked about Suo Lun with her son, she would use all possible words to describe how handsome, amazing, clever, and charming Suo Lun was. She then boasted how remarkable she was for marrying Suo Lun.

Because of this, the image of father Suo Lun in Fu Zilin’s mind was elevated to infinity, making him disdain Huai Bingyi, always feeling that he was far inferior to his father, the greatest person.

And now, he finally saw him!

He was still young and couldn’t organize complex words. But he felt clearly that his dad was even more incredible, taller, and more dazzling than he ever imagined.

"You grew up to be so outstanding with that foolish mother, father is very proud," Lanling gently stroked Fu Zilin’s head.

He was genuinely surprised, tender, and just a bit worried about this son—it was too ruthless. But fortunately, he was still young, and there was still time to correct.

Hearing his father mention the foolish mother, Fu Zilin wanted to laugh but said nevertheless, "Mom loves you very much."

Lanling laughed, then handed Fu Zilin over to Fu Lingxi and said, "Go with her inside."

Fu Lingxi held Fu Zilin, truly looking at his face for the first time. To her eyes before, he was the son of Demon Emperor Lanling, a supreme prince, invaluable. But now, she looked at Fu Zilin as a grandson.

Upon Lanling’s words, Fu Lingxi carried Fu Zilin into Floating Heaven Palace.

"Brother Huai, long time no see, we’ll talk more later," Lanling said with a smile, gently patting Huai Bingyi’s shoulder.

Huai Bingyi’s face twitched, wanting to say a few strong words, but his throat felt blocked, his mind was buzzing, and he couldn’t utter a single word, only instinctively retreating!

...

Lanling looked at Gu Ban and said, "It’s you, Gu Ban?"

Gu Ban’s face twitched, replying, "Outsider, I am Gu Ban."

"Oh!" Lanling nodded and said, "Where’s your wife?"

With these words, everyone’s faces changed.

It’s said that Demon Emperor Lanling had a penchant for women, but this was overly direct.

Gu Ban said, "I serve the Dragon with my life, I do not have a wife."

Lanling said, "Oh, I meant your companion at the Sky Holy Palace."

Gu Ban remained silent, but others’ gazes betrayed him. Everyone looked at Gu Ban’s companion, Candidate Sky Priest Ban Ruo.

Ban Ruo was already in her fifties, yet appeared no older than thirty. Her appearance somewhat resembled Ji Yingsha, serene like a fairy, graceful like a willow, a quintessential beauty.

"Wow, truly a fairy-like beauty," Lanling licked his lips.

Gu Ban said coldly, "Demon Emperor, do not go too far, such behavior besmirches your dignity, makes you a laughingstock."

Lanling said, "Why, is praising your wife laughable? I think you misunderstood, though your wife is beautiful, at her age, my taste wouldn’t go that far. It’s because I caught the ruler of Ba Zhou, and he said he was unwilling to die with unfulfilled desires. I am a good person, so I asked him about his unfulfilled desires. The ruler of Ba Zhou said his wife was taken by you, Gu Ban, and even bore a son named Huai Bingyi. He was angry but dared not speak, having to treat Huai Bingyi as his own son. So he was unwilling to die. I’m very moral and direct, so when I heard this, I was infuriated. Too much bullying, I told the ruler of Ba Zhou what was it, Huai... something, that I would catch Gu Ban’s wife and let him have her, then put the green hat back on you, and then kill you. He was very grateful. See, as a Demon Emperor, I must keep my word. If I said I’d let someone have your wife, I must let them, else I’d be a liar."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ban was fuming with rage, shouting harshly, "Lanling, do not be arrogant, your death is near."

"You called me a name?" Demon Emperor Lanling said angrily, "Did you dare to insult me? I’ll kill your entire family, remember, I’ll kill your entire family."

"Uh..." Gu Ban swallowed his words, really scared by Lanling’s direct threat.

At this moment, over a thousand Heaven Tomb Priests remained frozen like wooden chickens.

The appearance of Demon Emperor Lanling, or rather his powerful clone, was too sudden, too troublesome!

When the Dragon Emperor Puppet appeared in brilliant light before, when Fu Zilin was captured, when Fu Lingxi was killed, you didn’t show up, making everyone think you were at the end of your rope, causing them to switch sides.

Now, suddenly, you appear again.

You... such a shameless leader, how can people choose a side?

"Hard to choose, hard to pick a side, isn’t it?" Lanling looked at the thousand-plus Heaven Tomb Priests, as well as the hundreds of thousands of Sanctuary Legion soldiers, "Eager for me to fight three hundred rounds with the Dragon Emperor Puppet, to determine a winner, before choosing a side, right?"

These words hit the mark.

Stop making people gamble their lives, it’s too frightening.

"Relax, you don’t have to choose sides anymore." Lanling said, "You worthless trash, no longer have the right, the authority, to pick a side. Even if you stand with me, I won’t take you, all of you will die!"

As soon as these words were uttered, everyone’s expressions changed dramatically.

The leading Heaven Tomb Priest said coldly, "Lord Demon Emperor, you really shouldn’t be so arrogant. By cutting off everyone’s retreats, we will all side with the Dragon Emperor Puppet. More than a thousand Sub-Kings, dozens of King-level powerhouses, and a Dragon Emperor Puppet fighting you alone, you will definitely lose. By cutting off everyone’s dignity and retreat, you also cut off your own retreat, seeking your own death."

Lanling shook his head, "No, no, no, you’re overthinking. After building the Heaven-reaching Dragon Tower with your help, I can extract your Dragon Bloodline power. I only want your bloodline power, not your people, trash, trash..."

And at this moment!

The Sub-Emperor (Dragon Emperor Puppet) opened his eyes, shooting golden light, coldly said, "Done talking? Lanling?"

Lanling’s gaze narrowed, "Oh, you’re not only the Dragon Emperor Puppet, someone is controlling you, someone from the Lunar Holy Palace using their spiritual power to control your body to fight me?"

"Enough talking, let’s fight!" Sub-Emperor said coldly.

"Society, it’s your Emperor bro, ruthless and laconic!" Lanling laughed.

As he spoke, he elevated his body, suddenly growing as tall as the Sub-Emperor, towering over ten thousand meters.

The two, like giant mountain peaks, faced off.

Then, simultaneously absorbing energy.

Instantly, all the power from the Heaven Tomb Priests, Sky Priests, and Sanctuary Legion soldiers on the ground was completely drained.

Not only did the Sub-Emperor absorb more, but so did Lanling.

The Sub-Emperor (Dragon Emperor Puppet) was empowered by the mysterious skills of the Lunar Holy Palace, while Lanling had the Sky-Piercing Dragon Tower.

The two gathered all their strength into their fists, then fiercely clashed!

"Boom..."

Like a comet hitting Earth, like a nuclear explosion.

A loud bang.

The entire space seemed violently torn apart.

Exploding with a brilliance hundreds of times brighter than sunlight.

Where the fist lights passed, everything turned to dust.

The entire ground, all the buildings were reduced to ashes.

Except for the Floating Heaven Palace, as it had the Heaven-reaching Dragon Tower under Lanling’s protection.

"How was that?" Sub-Emperor said coldly.

"Not bad..." Lanling replied.

Sub-Emperor said, "I’m 20% stronger than you!"

Lanling said, "So what? I’m only a clone, the main body hasn’t moved yet?"

Sub-Emperor replied, "Your main body can’t enter. You can only fight me with a clone!"

Lanling said, "Shall we continue?"

"Continue!" Sub-Emperor agreed.

Then, the battle resumed!

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."

This was the pinnacle battle of the entire world, the entire dimension!

Yet...

It was merely a boxing match.

Both Sub-Emperor-level powerhouses were only frantically swinging their fists against each other.

No grand techniques, no mysterious energy skills.

Just frenzied energy clashes!

Two giants, fighting from the sky to underground, from east to west.

Spanning hundreds of miles.

Where the battle passed, everything was shattered.

And all the King, Sub-King Layer Heaven Tomb Priests, could only watch and serve as energy carriers, being crazily drained by the two unparalleled powerhouses.

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