Chapter 574 - 573: The Curtain Falls

Chapter 574: Chapter 573: The Curtain Falls

"Ding! Congratulations, Player ’Yi Tianyun’, for successfully breaking through to the First Level of the Spirit King Stage!"

Finally, after he had slaughtered almost everyone, a startling message popped up—he had successfully broken through!

After killing so many Cultivators, he had finally broken through to the Spirit King Stage. It had truly been an arduous process. The experience required was simply immense. He had to kill Cultivators from nearly four Imperial Influences just to level up.

And this was with a 66-fold experience multiplier. If it had only been a 16-fold multiplier, it would have been an even more drawn-out process.

’Have I finally broken through to the Spirit King Stage...?’

Yi Tianyun felt his power skyrocket to a frightening degree! His basic Combat Power alone had reached a staggering two hundred million! That’s right, his Basic Attributes now included two hundred million Combat Power.

After activating Mad Damage Mode, his Combat Power would soar to over two billion, approaching three billion. It wasn’t a direct multiplication of his two hundred million Combat Power by sixteen to reach three-point-two billion.

Some values weren’t applicable to Mad Damage Mode, such as Defense Power. However, since Combat Power already included Defense Power, activating Madness Mode only resulted in a Combat Power of over two billion.

However, if he went all out, reaching three billion Combat Power wouldn’t be a problem. A full three billion Combat Power—the thought alone was terrifying. Back when he fought Ming Chen, he only had one-point-three billion Combat Power, even in his most frenzied state.

Now, with three billion Combat Power, if he were to face Ming Chen again, the man would be nothing but trash standing before him! He could kill him with a single backhand slap, effortlessly.

This was the advantage of high Basic Attributes. Only by raising them could one become truly terrifying.

Even if Madness Mode was later upgraded to a 32-fold power boost, if one’s Combat Power was only one point, the result would still be a pathetic thirty-two points.

But if one’s Combat Power had an extra zero, reaching ten points, the difference would be night and day. Base stats were always the most important thing. Divine Skills and the like were certainly powerful, but with too low a cultivation level, one still couldn’t unleash their ultimate power.

It was like his clones. The three clones could only possess thirty percent of his power. Assuming he unleashed two billion Combat Power, each clone would have six hundred million Combat Power. The terrifying nature of high-level base stats was plain to see.

But reaching this level was built upon a mountain of corpses. Even without his mad system, anyone who wished to become an absolute ruler had to climb over a mountain of bones!

The battle ended quickly. On the entire battlefield, the only people left alive from the two Great Empires were two men: Emperor Xiao and Emperor Zhuge.

The two of them had witnessed everything from start to finish. No matter how much they screamed or cursed Yi Tianyun, it was meaningless. Yi Tianyun had controlled them, forcing them to kill from beginning to end without letting them stop for a moment.

This was the price—the price they had to pay.

"Bastard! I’ll never forgive you, you demon!" Emperor Xiao’s eyes were bloodshot. Having been forced to kill from start to finish, his mind was on the verge of collapse. Although he didn’t have much affection for his subordinates and normally wouldn’t care how they died, for them to die by his own hand was a completely different matter.

"You deserve to die by a thousand cuts! You demon, you piece of trash, you scum!" Emperor Zhuge roared, but beyond these curses, they had run out of words.

"*I’m* the demon?" Yi Tianyun sneered. "I wonder who it was that organized four Imperial Influences to come and kill us? You’ve suffered losses, but has our Celestial Dragon Empire not? Even the Celestial Cloud Mansion was under constant attack. If I hadn’t come to the rescue, the Celestial Dragon Empire would have been destroyed long ago!"

"The victor is king, the loser is the villain. If you can’t afford to lose, then don’t start a fight you can’t finish!"

Yi Tianyun stared at them coldly, and under their terrified gazes, he signaled for them to attack each other.

"Don’t worry, I will pay a personal visit to the Four Great Empires. I will let them know what they should and should not do!" Yi Tianyun said coldly. "And I’ll let all the powers in the Mortal Realm know that our Celestial Dragon Empire is not to be trifled with!"

BOOM!

The two of them crashed into each other wildly, fighting to the death. Every blow landed with brutal force, yet they continued to slaughter one another. Soon, limbs were severed, and finally, they fell from the sky, utterly dead.

They then turned into a large flood of experience that poured into him. It was only a fraction of what it could have been, as the Fiftyfold Experience Card had already expired. But he felt no regret. He wanted their final end to be at each other’s hands!

He had always believed in one principle: people must be held responsible for their actions.

As they watched the two kill each other, many of the Celestial Dragon Empire’s ministers shivered. Two such powerful Great Emperors had ended up being controlled until their deaths.

They had to admit, their Prince was simply too formidable. After not seeing him for some time, he now possessed the power to slaughter an Empire! Two Spirit King Stage experts, killed by him just like that.

"Ren, Zhirou," Yi Tianyun said with a smile as he flew over.

Everyone came forward to greet him, though they were all tense. After all, Yi Tianyun’s power was so immense that no one dared to provoke him casually.

"Prince!" Ren Long and the others shared a knowing smile. They knew Yi Tianyun’s character, so they weren’t worried about him.

"I can’t believe it’s only been a few days, Yi. Your cultivation is already so formidable that you can even control Emperor Level experts?" Ren Zhirou was utterly stunned and still hadn’t quite recovered from the shock.

"That’s not a given. If their cultivation is too high, it becomes difficult for me to control them." Yi Tianyun didn’t try to hide it. Everyone had seen as much, so it was impossible to conceal anyway.

"I see..." The crowd exchanged glances, a bit disappointed. The Four Great Empires all had deep foundations and would surely have stronger Spirit King Stage experts in reserve, which would make dealing with them much harder.

’If Yi Tianyun can’t control them then, won’t it be much more difficult to deal with them?’

"Let’s not talk about that. Thank you so much for coming to our rescue, Prince. Otherwise, the Celestial Dragon Empire would have been finished..." Ren Long sighed deeply, still shaken by the close call.

They had all been prepared to fight to the death. Then Yi Tianyun had charged in to save the day, forcing the Four Great Empires to retreat. Once word of this got out, it would undoubtedly shake the entire Mortal Realm!

"Don’t mention it. As the Prince here, it’s my duty to come to the rescue. Besides, while I was away, you all took good care of the Celestial Cloud Mansion." Yi Tianyun smiled. It was only right that they helped each other.

They looked at each other and smiled. No more words of thanks were needed.

Soon, they all got busy. The Celestial Dragon Empire was safe for now, but many of its cities had been captured and still needed to be cleared out. Yi Tianyun didn’t need to help with that; sending out his Demon Beasts would be more than enough.