MTLNOVEL Chapter 343: Imperial Power
Chapter 343: Imperial Power
When Luo Xue saw Lin Fengmian using this technique again, she said urgently, “The evil energy will consume your soul! Do you want to die?”
Lin Fengmian helplessly replied, “I’m using it precisely because I don’t want to die. If I don’t drain him, it would be useless for you to step in.”
Luo Xue had no choice but to admit that what Lin Fengmian said was true.
Jun Lingtian’s condition was far better than she had expected. His so-called weakness was more likely a tactic to lure his enemy into a trap.
At this point, all she could hope for was a mutually destructive outcome, but even that was wishful thinking.
Lin Fengmian ignored her and activated Burning Love, but the malicious thoughts and resentments summoned were few in number. Most of them were burned away by the flames of the Sacred Fire Imperial Court before they even had a chance to approach his body.
Seeing this, Jun Lingtian couldn’t help but chuckle. “Kid, there’s no way any grudge can get close to me. I have Junyan’s qi and the Golden Dragon of Fate suppressing this place.”
Luo Xue sighed in resignation. “Let me handle it.”
A glint of killing intent flashed in Lin Fengmian’s eyes as he sneered coldly. “Is that so?”
Without further hesitation, he scattered into black smoke and moved swiftly toward the Golden Dragon of Fate coiled high in the sky.
As he approached, Jun Lingtian sneered, a flash of mockery crossing his face. “Foolish!”
Luo Xue quickly warned, “Lin Fengmian, don’t get near it! The Golden Dragon of Fate cannot be approached by outsiders!”
To others, the Golden Dragon of Fate was a deadly poison. Touching it would be like challenging an entire empire head-on.
But Lin Fengmian did not care. He appeared in the middle of the Golden Sea of Fate.
The Golden Dragon of Fate roared, leaping toward him and snapping its jaws.
Lin Fengmian was unfazed. He extended his hand to the dragon and coldly declared, “Emperor’s authority!”
The Golden Dragon paused, a flicker of hesitation and struggle appearing in its eyes as if caught in an inner conflict.
Lin Fengmian’s eyes glowed with a fierce red light, and he shouted, “Come!”
Without hesitation, the Golden Dragon of Fate became a streak of light, coiling around him and elevating his presence to one resembling an emperor.
This was the Emperor’s Power, a divine ability granted by the Demon Emperor Technique.
It allowed him to wield the power of an emperor, temporarily commandeering other people’s possessions for his own use.
However, using it to control the fate of an entire empire was still an immense burden.
This scene left everyone stunned. What was happening?
The Golden Dragon of Fate from their own empire was now siding with and helping someone else?
Had it defected to the enemy?
Jun Lingtian’s face changed drastically as he realized that the Golden Dragon of Fate, which he had refrained from using, was now under Lin Fengmian’s control. The audacity of this was beyond his imagination.
At that moment, the once peaceful Golden Dragon of Fate’s eyes turned bloodshot, its body writhing in dark energy tainted by overwhelming resentment.
It let out an enraged roar, opening its massive mouth and spewing out filthy black mist that surged toward Lin Fengmian.
At the same time, shadows like a swarm of locusts erasing the sky emerged from the void and rushed towards Lin Fengmian.
As Jun Lingtian had mentioned, the capital of the Junyan Empire, being the seat of the empire’s power, was not filled with ghosts or grudges. However, in the Junyan Imperial Palace, where the Golden Dragon of Fate resided, it had the power to communicate with the entire empire’s mountains and veins.
At this moment, every city across the empire, filled with dissatisfaction, resentment, and anger toward the Junyan Empire, had their negative emotions drawn together by the Golden Dragon.
Lin Fengmian, immersed in this wave of malevolent energy, was surrounded by a black mist, exuding an ominous aura similar to that of an ancient demon god.
“Ten-Day Scorched Sky!”
Jun Lingtian couldn’t afford to hesitate any longer. He quickly swung his sword, aiming to disrupt Lin Fengmian’s spell and kill him mid-cast.
The clear and harmonious cries of the phoenixes echoed, and from behind Jun Lingtian, ten huge phoenixes flew out and rushed towards Lin Fengmian like lightning.
Lin Fengmian grinned wickedly and said, “So eager? No need to rush. Let’s take our time.”
After using Burning Love, it seemed as though both Lin Fengmian and the Demon Emperor Technique had entered a bizarre state.
Before the activation of Burning Love, the Demon Emperor Technique had been in its normal mode. But after it, Lin Fengmian had entered an overcharged berserk mode.
“Cracking Slash – Devouring the Sky!”
With a swing of Zhenyuan, Lin Fengmian slashed through the air, creating a cross-shaped crack in the sky.
The rift quickly crumbled into a massive tear in the void, relentlessly pulling the ten phoenixes toward it. Despite their desperate flapping, they couldn’t escape the overwhelming force of the rift. One by one, they were swallowed by the void and disappeared without a sound.
Jun Lingtian stared in disbelief, feeling an immense sense of danger. This form of Lin Fengmian had instilled in him a powerful sense of crisis that he hadn’t experienced before.
Lin Fengmian let out a sinister laugh and quickly appeared behind Jun Lingtian, extending his hand to unleash a Void Sucking attack on him.
Jun Lingtian dared not hold back any longer. He quickly spun around and transformed into a hundred-zhang-long golden dragon that soared into the sky.
His Dharmic form manifested as a massive five-clawed golden dragon, which opened its mouth and released scorching dragon flames toward Lin Fengmian.
Lin Fengmian, however, dodged with incredible speed, closing in on the golden dragon and slashing down with his sword, striking the dragon down.
Realizing that his Dharmic Form was a liability due to its immense size, Jun Lingtian quickly withdrew it into his body, allowing a golden dragon to coil around him. With the Flame Emperor Sword in his hand, he engaged in close combat with Lin Fengmian.
Both of them now had a giant dragon wrapped around them, one black and one gold, as they clashed with blinding speed, the battle intensifying.
In this heated exchange, Lin Fengmian, fully fueled and unleashed, relentlessly pressed Jun Lingtian, drawing on the resentment and power of the Golden Dragon of Fate without hesitation.
Every strike they made tore through the void, leaving behind rifts in space as thunder crackled around them. Black mist and golden light collided and twisted in the air.
The flames could no longer shine through the darkness, overwhelmed by the oppressive resentment.
Jun Lingtian, who was no fool, quickly realized that Lin Fengmian’s technique wouldn’t last much longer. He focused on stalling for time, knowing that the longer he delayed, the more likely Lin Fengmian’s energy would run out.
Lin Fengmian, desperate for a swift victory, found himself unable to defeat Jun Lingtian decisively. Despite inflicting serious injuries on his opponent, Jun Lingtian always managed to narrowly avoid fatal strikes, remaining incredibly resilient.
As the battle dragged on, the Golden Dragon of Fate around Lin Fengmian began to roar in distress, its eyes filled with hesitation and struggle.
Jun Lingtian’s eyes lit up. He immediately realized that Lin Fengmian’s secret technique was about to fail.
Seizing the opportunity, Jun Lingtian once again unleashed Ten-Day Scorched Sky, unleashing a devastating attack on Lin Fengmian.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Fengmian desperately called on his remaining strength to activate Devouring the Sky, swallowing the ten phoenixes that Jun Lingtian had summoned.
In a final desperate move, he swung his sword with the last of his power, casting Calming the Universe in an attempt to severely injure Jun Lingtian.
But despite his exhaustion, Jun Lingtian still managed to block the attack with composure, absorbing the impact and laughing maniacally.
“Kid, you can’t hold on anymore, can you?”
Lin Fengmian opened his mouth, but instead of words, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. His body erupted in a mist of blood as he could no longer maintain the techniques of Burning Love or Emperor’s Authority.
Without the control of Emperor’s Authority, the Golden Dragon of Fate roared in frustration, its form collapsing into mist and returning to the pool of fate.
Lin Fengmian couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret. If the state of Burning Love had lasted a little longer, he was confident that he would have been able to defeat Jun Lingtian.