Chapter 49: The Evil Emperor
Under the thick night, the outline of the palace loomed, like a huge monster lurking in the desert. It was built of black stones that barely reflected light, and each stone was engraved with vague symbols, which seemed ancient and mysterious. These symbols revealed an inexplicable evil aura, as if telling a series of forgotten crimes.

The mist around the palace seemed to be not just naturally generated, but more like the product of some magic or curse. The mist was chilling to the bone, making people feel as if countless cold hands were gently caressing their bodies. When the mist surged, you could occasionally glimpse some vague shadows shuttling through it. Were they souls who had long lost their lives, or were they wronged souls trapped in time? No one knew.

The interior of the palace was even more frightening. Cobwebs covered almost every corner, and thick dust rolled under the candlelight, as if telling the traces of time. On the walls, the once gorgeous murals were mottled, but the distorted and painful pictures could still be vaguely recognized. And those pictures seemed to whisper despair and curses.

The contents of the murals are even more frightening. The scenes in the paintings are distorted and terrifying. The painters seem to want to depict those horrifying scenes: the sacrifice of innocent people, the bloody battlefield, the carnival of demons. The most chilling thing is the blank space in the painting: there is nothing on the throne, but the air seems to be filled with strong resentment and curses.

The corridor seemed endless, and every corner might hide a new horror. Sometimes it was the sudden cold wind blowing with a creepy whistling sound; sometimes it was the slight tremor coming from under the floor, as if something was crawling; sometimes it was the kind of palpitating silence that made you feel like you were being stared at by countless eyes.

Everything here is filled with the smell of death and decay. When the wind blows through the cracks in the palace, the sound is like a shrill cry, which makes people tremble with fear. And those once glorious chandeliers, statues and furniture have been eroded beyond recognition by time and darkness, exuding an indescribable weirdness and gloom.

Everyone who enters this palace will feel the fear that goes deep into their bones, as if they are entangled by some ancient curse. And those who cannot leave may never be able to get rid of the terror and despair brought by this place.

Li Ye killed the evil spirits along the way and arrived at the palace gate.

Li Ye used a golden sword energy to break the palace gate.

Countless evil spirit troops wearing armor and armed with sharp weapons filed out, seemingly the imperial guards protecting the palace.

"How dare you, a lunatic, to storm your majesty's palace!"

After that, the evil spirit guards came out in full force. The guards in the front row held long iron spears, as if they wanted to turn Li Ye into a hornet's nest.

Li Ye raised his hand and chopped all the evil spirit guards in the front row into pieces with a sword. The evil spirit guards behind him put down their upright spears and continued to stab.

Li Ye swung his sword again, and sword energy burst out like waves, killing dozens of rows of evil spirit guards.

Li Ye swung out multiple swords in succession, killing all the charging evil spirit guards, and then used golden light to smash all the palace walls in front of him.

The palace walls collapsed and shattered, and what came into view was the wide and flat ground in front of the palace filled with an army of evil spirits, so densely packed that there was no end in sight.

"Oh, there are quite a lot of them. I just heard an evil spirit say, Your Majesty, is there an evil spirit emperor here?" Li Ye was slaughtering the evil spirits while thinking about the information he had obtained so far.

Li Ye is worthy of being called the evil spirit harvester. He is like the god of death. The Seven-Star Dragon Spring in his hand is like the god of death's scythe, constantly reaping the lives of evil spirits as he swings it.

A tall and burly evil spirit wearing devil armor and holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji rushed towards Li Ye.

The evil spirit let out a low roar and turned into a cloud of black smoke and rushed towards Li Ye, who was wearing golden armor. But Li Ye calmly dodged it and then stabbed the evil spirit lightly with the tip of his sword.

The Seven-Star Dragon Spring cut through the air, making a clear sound of sword. The evil spirit screamed, black smoke splashed, and was pierced by the golden sword.

Li Ye did not pause, turned around quickly, and swung his sword again to cut the evil spirit. The sword energy was as sharp as a dragon, and the evil spirit screamed as it was cut in half, and turned into a cloud of black smoke and dissipated in the air.

Li Ye fought his way into the center of the square. He was wearing a set of golden armor and exuding a powerful aura. There was an evil spirit general in the field whose size was obviously much larger than the other evil spirits. It seemed to be the leader of the imperial army. Li Ye slashed at it with a sword. The evil spirit general screamed and tried to escape, but was locked tightly by Li Ye.

Li Ye took a firm step, and the tip of his sword cut through the air with a fierce sword energy, emitting a dazzling golden light. He quickly approached the evil spirit, and the sword was sharp and sharp, bringing a gust of wind. The evil spirit tried to fight back, but the golden-armored boy easily dodged it.

With a roar, the young man in golden armor slashed down with the golden sword in his hand. The sword light was like lightning, cutting through the void. A huge golden sword energy appeared out of thin air, cutting the body of the evil spirit like a sharp blade. The evil spirit general screamed, and his body was instantly cut in half, and black smoke filled the air.

The death of the leader threw the evil spirit army into chaos, and Li Ye discovered that the so-called evil spirit emperor was not there.

He grabbed a high-level evil spirit and asked, "Tell me, where is your so-called Majesty?"

The evil spirit trembled and said, "Your Majesty sensed that living people had entered here, and he led the army to hunt them down."

"The living people he mentioned must be the students who are going to take the test. Oh no, they are in danger!"

Li Ye then activated the Yaoguang at its maximum power and eliminated all the evil spirits present.

Then he rushed off in the opposite direction from whence he came.

……

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the ground cracked instantly, soil and rocks flew everywhere, and smoke and dust rose up.

"Hahaha, you are so weak, yet you dare to challenge my majesty?!"

A tall and burly evil spirit with a pitch-black body grinned fiercely, lifted up the black-clothed student who had fallen into the pit by the neck with one hand, and his red eyes were full of mockery.

"Go!" The general who was fighting the evil spirits on the side roared, his arms bulged with muscles, and he swung his spear vigorously to force back the two evil spirit generals. He turned around and slashed at the evil spirit leader with a powerful blow.

The leader of the evil spirits threw the young man in black and threw him into a rock. Then the roar of a tiger that shook the sky and the earth was heard all around him, and a huge and terrifying black tiger howled to the sky behind him.

The overwhelming spiritual pressure abruptly interrupted the mighty warrior's attack, forcing him to stick his spear into the ground to slow down his retreat.

Gao Chong, the black-clad student, was in tattered clothes, his face covered in blood. He stood up tremblingly, his eyes filled with disbelief.

“Gao Chong, this evil spirit is definitely not at the Great Shouting level. I’m afraid it has the strength of Jiao Re! And it is among the best among Jiao Re!” The majestic warrior was wearing a red cloud pattern armor, his eyes were solemn, he wore a bullfighting gilded sword on his waist, and held a gold-engraved tiger-head spear in his hand to protect the young man in black.

Guardian spirit——Gao Chong, one of the four generals of the Yue family in the Song Dynasty!

"Damn it! Where did such a powerful evil spirit come from on the seventh floor?" Gao Chong wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice hoarse.

He originally thought that Gao Chong and he could easily defeat these three seemingly ordinary evil spirits, so as to complete the assessment task as soon as possible and leave the seventh floor of the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

Who would have thought it was a scam!

As soon as they started fighting, a powerful evil spirit with a tall, burly figure and a body as black as ink rushed out. Its terrifying power immediately suppressed Gao Chong, making it difficult for Gao Chong to use the Gao family spear, which was close to perfection. The three evil spirits were not simple either, and were far from being as ordinary as they seemed. They actually fought with Gao Chong and gradually suppressed Gao Chong.

You should know that Gao Chong is a super powerful general who can fight against Yu Jin, Dian Wei and Xu Chu.

The violent evil spirit leader merged with the giant black tiger behind him. His spiritual power surged again, and he himself underwent bizarre changes.

He was dressed in a black and red dragon robe, had a tall and sturdy body, eyes like the sea of ​​blood, a face like an evil ghost, and a bloody murderous aura rising to the sky. There were blood dragons and black tigers surrounding him, howling at him, and thousands of wronged souls were lingering around him with every move he made.

"I am the Emperor of Great Qi! The Mandate of Heaven is with me!!!"

Three evil spirit warriors with ferocious faces stood behind him. There was a loud bang on the endless dark brown land. The thick aura of resentment condensed and did not dissipate. Blue-black claws broke out from the ground. Within a few breaths, the vast plain was already covered with a dense army of evil spirits.

Gao Chong stared at the scene in a daze, his face bitter and his heart completely chilled.

At the same time, many students encountered similar situations, being besieged by the evil spirit generals and now surrounded by the evil spirit army.
Many people looked at the evil emperor and felt extremely desperate.

The evil spirit emperor who claimed to be the emperor of Da Qi could feel the horrible spiritual fluctuations from a distance, at least the scorching realm! For them who were generally in a state of screaming, it was simply a dimensionality reduction attack.

The three evil spirit generals were also very powerful, with loud cries and even scorching spiritual power fluctuations, not to mention the densely packed evil spirit army that spread all over the plains.

The army of evil spirits on the plain was neatly arranged into square formations, each with an evil spirit general.

The demon army composed of countless evil spirits is so powerful that it is terrifying.

……

Sitting and waiting to die is not Gao Chong's style. Even if he knows he will die, dying on the battlefield is better than being killed.

"Gao Chong, let's kill to our heart's content today!" Looking at the countless ferocious evil spirits that were gradually surrounding him, Gao Chong became more open-minded and smiled freely.

"Gao Chong, you and I are one, so let's carve out a new world for ourselves!" The fire of Gao Chong's soul burned fiercely in his eyes, and his spiritual power surged crazily.

kill! ! !

Gao Chong shouted loudly, and the spiritual power in his palm quickly gathered into a long spear, which immediately knocked over two evil spirits that rushed over. He turned sideways and kicked several evil spirits away.

Gao Chong was like a ferocious tiger. His spear rolled with a sharp tip, opening and closing like a galloping horse, cutting all the evil spirits that came over into two pieces.

But the evil spirits from all directions were fearless and pressed in like a swarm of locusts. Damn it, there were too many of them.

Gao Chong's eyes brightened, and the spiritual power in his body boiled, "Human Spirit Skill, Sky Spear Tide!"

He suddenly fired his gun forward, and hundreds of cold blade lights and shadows suddenly covered and fell in a fan shape, clearing out all the evil spirits in a small area in front, and briefly creating an empty zone.

Gao Chong suddenly stomped on the ground, transmitting his spiritual power from his legs to the ground. The ground within a radius of dozens of meters instantly cracked and became a scar. The evil spirits on it were pierced through their bodies by sharp rocks. His spiritual power was rapidly depleted, and Gao Chong, who was already injured, looked even more frosty.

He groaned in pain as his wound was pulled carelessly. An evil spirit behind him seized the opportunity and slapped him on the back with a claw. Gao Chong staggered and was supported by Gao Chong with one hand, who swung his gun with the other hand to kill all the evil spirits around him.

"Thank you, Gao Chong." Gao Chong took a deep breath and stood up straight.

"Why should I thank you, Gao Chong?" Gao Chong stood in front of Gao Chong.

This situation was played out in various encirclements.

The army of evil spirits surrounded everyone but did not attack.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to chop off the enemy's head and present it to you at the steps." An evil spirit general asked with a fist clasped.

The evil spirit emperor, the tyrant Xiao Baojuan's bloodshot eyes were like ice, and he said in a cold voice: "Zhang Jing'er, Zhou Panlong, you two should go and come back quickly. Don't keep me waiting for too long!"

The iron wall of evil spirits that surrounded the place tightly shut slowly opened up a passage, and two burly and strong evil spirit generals walked out side by side from it, with faces like evil spirits, cold and bloodthirsty smiles, both holding long-handled steel knives, with astonishing momentum.

Zhang Jing'er and Zhou Panlong were both brave generals of the Later Qi Dynasty!

Gao Chong's face gradually darkened. The feeling he got from these two evil spirit generals was no weaker than Gao Chong's current one. At least they were all shouting loudly, and were even in a state of scorching heat.

If one person and one guardian spirit might not have been afraid of these two evil generals before, the situation is critical now.

"Little ghost, you and this general have been recognized by me, Zhou Panlong, but unfortunately..."

"Anyone who stands in the way of your majesty's ambition will be killed without mercy!" The two evil generals shouted at the same time, raising both swords. The two cold and eerie steel swords, surrounded by murderous aura, went straight for the pale-faced Gao Chong.

Look at the steel knife coming straight at me,

"Mountain Realm!"

Gao Chong suddenly stood in front, his whole body shrouded in ochre-yellow aura, and covered in a layer of ochre-yellow armor with mountain and river patterns, as thick as mountains. He held the gun in both hands and used the gun handle to resist the attacks of the two generals.

The sound of metal colliding was so sharp that Zhang Jing'er and Zhou Panlong felt as if their steel knives had hit rocks. Their arms went numb, and Gao Chong was pressed down by two huge forces. Zhang Jing'er and Zhou Panlong shouted at the same time, their arms and muscles bulged, and they looked ferocious and ferocious. The terrifying force caused the ground beneath Gao Chong's feet to crack.

This guy has such a strong defense! The two generals were amazed.

The three of them were in a stalemate for a moment, and the earth-yellow spiritual power struggled to resist the two pitch-black spiritual lights.

"A Chong, lend me your spiritual power!" Gao Chong growled, his arms seemed to be bearing a thousand pounds of pressure, he almost lost consciousness, and was supported entirely by his willpower.

With the support of Gao Chong's spiritual power, Gao Chong's eyes widened with anger, and he roared like thunder, and in front of the two generals' astonished eyes, he wielded two heavy steel knives. He stomped hard on the ground, and two thick stone spears pierced out from the ground, forcing Zhang Jing'er and Zhou Panlong to retreat more than ten meters.

Gao Chong's eyes were filled with solemnity. He held the gold-engraved tiger-head spear in one hand and placed his right hand on the gilded bullfighting sword at his waist. Rich spiritual power flowed on the scabbard, revealing a sharp edge.

When the sword is unsheathed, it is earth-shattering!

"Xuan Huang Fighting Bull Slash!"

Not far away, the tyrant Xiao Baojuan, standing on the hillside, narrowed his scarlet eyes, snorted coldly, and looked unhappy.

"Keng!" An extremely fast dark yellow sword light flashed like a meteor, but the majestic sword energy that rushed into the sky and made even the Douniu Tianxing darken swallowed up Zhang Jinger and Zhou Panlong.

The heavy and majestic yet sharp and powerful sword energy slashed through the air, making a loud noise like thunder and lightning.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" For a moment, dust and smoke rolled up like a long river running through the sun.

More than a hundred evil spirits around were stiff and motionless, and then they shattered like broken mirrors.

Gao Chong was breathing heavily, his body slightly hunched. It was obvious that this move had exhausted him greatly, while Gao Chong stared intently at the flying dust.

After a moment, his pupils suddenly contracted, his face full of disbelief. How could it be possible... that he was actually blocked?!

This move is Gao Chong's secret weapon. With his current strength, if he is caught off guard, he will be killed even if he shouts loudly.

When the smoke and dust cleared, Zhang Jing'er and Zhou Panlong were seen standing there intact, with faces full of relief at having survived the disaster.

And in front of them, the shadow barrier of a blood dragon and a black tiger leaping and undulating quietly shattered.

……

In the Demon-Suppressing Tower Square.

The Master, as well as many tutors and instructors were all very anxious.

Because the situation got out of control.

Originally there were many scattered evil spirits on this floor, but not long ago, the evil spirit emperor Xiao Baojuan woke up from his slumber, and his subordinates woke up with him. After waking up, Xiao Baojuan subdued all the evil spirits on this floor with his powerful strength.

All the evil spirits were reorganized and trained into an army, forming today's demon army.

This means that there are no wild Big Howl and Summoning-level evil spirits on the seventh floor. The students cannot complete the task and can only keep moving closer to the center to find suitable evil spirits.

This was exactly what Xiao Baojuan wanted, so now almost all the students were surrounded by the army of evil spirits.

The instructors have solemn expressions because they are currently unable to enter the Demon-Suppressing Tower. Once they force their way in, the space inside the tower will become unstable, which may easily lead to the evil spirits escaping from the tower. Once those powerful demons and monsters suppressed deep inside the Demon-Suppressing Tower break away from the tower, the consequences will be disastrous.

Yan Xinyue looked thoughtfully at the big screen, which showed the evil spirit army, three evil spirit generals, and an evil spirit emperor all over the mountains. She thought to herself, "I think we can handle that guy Li Ye. I just don't know where he is."

In the square, many junior students who were watching the big screen were having a heated discussion.

"Damn, this senior is really awesome!"

"I didn't expect Gao Chong to have this trick up his sleeve. What a pity..."

"Perhaps this sword can kill two evil spirit generals in a row."

"How magnificent! He is worthy of being one of the Four Generals of the Yue Family!"

When they saw Zhang Jing'er and Zhou Panlong being protected by the dragon-tiger barrier and being unharmed, the students in the square all sighed with regret, beat their chests and stamped their feet, and denounced the tyrant Xiao Baojuan for his lack of martial ethics.

The instructors still looked solemn, because almost all the students were in danger, and they would not be able to get out without completing the assessment task.

"This evil emperor Xiao Baojuan came prepared. He seems to be targeting these students taking the assessment. What is his purpose?" Yan Xinyue asked.

"Maybe he has figured it out!" The teacher looked at the big screen with a deep gaze, without blinking.

"I just hope Li Ye can solve all this." The teacher could only sigh.

　I wish all my readers a happy new year. The Spring Festival is here, and 2024 is coming. I am not threatening you. If you dare not be happy, I will make the sky collapse, the sea roar, the volcano erupt, and the earth shake! So, in order to save mankind, you must be happy! I wish you a happy new year!
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