Chapter 134: The Death of the Stone Emperor, Chen Xing? Brother?

At the sound of that cold voice, the chatter of those Supreme Beings fell into an instant silence.

The Stone Emperor was enraged. He turned around, only to see that the one who had spoken was the young man who had been with the two little girls. At this moment, he and the two children were standing within a formation pattern woven from numerous stars, looking at him with a faint, mocking smile.

In a fit of fury, the Stone Emperor did not hesitate. A great halberd appeared in his hand, which he swung toward Chen Xing, though he cleverly avoided the two little ones. However, just as the halberd was about to strike Chen Xing’s head, the stars forming the formation erupted with a powerful surge of primordial energy, manifesting a protective barrier that shielded the three of them tightly and deflected the halberd.

It turned out that when the Empress had previously intervened to block the Stone Emperor, the stars that had descended along with the Xuanhuang Qi had formed a complete Great Emperor formation. Unless the Stone Emperor chose to fully sublimate and restore his peak Emperor-level strength, he could not break this formation. Seeing this, the Stone Emperor’s expression turned incomparably grim. He could not possibly choose to sublimate just to break a barrier for the sake of this human.

The Empress stared at the Stone Emperor. She was not worried about the little girl and the others, knowing well that this defensive formation was enough to keep them safe. Seeing that even the Stone Emperor, wielding his Emperor weapon, could not break the formation, the other Supreme Beings fell silent as well. They had not expected the Empress’s attainments in Dao patterns to be so profound. No one spoke further; they could only watch helplessly as Chen Xing and his companions remained within the array.

Just as everyone assumed Chen Xing was merely venting verbally, he stepped out of the formation. His demeanor was incredibly relaxed, as if he had encountered no resistance at all. The two little ones remained inside, occupied with their snacks, showing no signs of worry.

Seeing this, the Stone Emperor was overjoyed. He had been suppressing a bellyful of rage with nowhere to vent. Now that Chen Xing had walked out on his own, the Stone Emperor, in his ecstasy, swung his great halberd toward Chen Xing’s head, his face twisted in a hideous grimace.

Just as everyone expected Chen Xing to be reduced to dust, he extended a single finger. With an air of utter calm and no hint of violent energy, he tapped the incoming halberd.

"Clang!" A clear sound rang out, and to the horror of all watching, the Stone Emperor's imperial weapon was effortlessly blocked by that single finger.

"This... this is impossible!" The Stone Emperor stared at the scene before him, unable to believe his eyes. This was his imperial weapon! Even a faint aura leaking from it was enough to annihilate a Great Power, yet it had been blocked by someone's finger. He found it impossible to accept.

"I told you! You had better fully sublimate! I want to see how you intend to slaughter the masses," Chen Xing said calmly.

The Supreme Beings in the restricted zones, who were observing all this through their divine senses, could not help but gasp. They looked at Chen Xing, who still appeared like an ordinary man, and a trace of fear flickered in their eyes. Each of them had dominated an era and suppressed the heavens and the earth; they would have dared to challenge even the legendary Immortals. But they had never imagined that someone could block an attack from an imperial weapon held by a peak expert with nothing but a finger. Even Wu Shi, hailed as the most powerful Great Emperor, had only managed to block an imperial weapon with his physical body while at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm, and even then, he had been severely injured—and the one wielding the weapon had only been a Sage. The two cases were simply incomparable.

Fear gripped the Stone Emperor, and he dared not delay any longer. He understood that if he did not unleash his full power now, he might not even get the chance to sublimate. In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color, and the boundless pressure of a Great Emperor erupted from the Stone Emperor. At this moment, he seemed like an ancient deity stepping back from the passage of time, compelling all living things to bow in worship.

"Hahahaha! You shouldn't have given me the chance to sublimate. Now that I have restored my Dao fruit, even if you are an Immortal, I shall defy the heavens and slay an Immortal today!" the Stone Emperor roared with a sinister laugh. As a Great Emperor of his generation, he had fought against the heavens countless times! Now that he had regained his Dao fruit, he feared Chen Xing no longer! Even if Chen Xing were truly an Immortal descended to the mortal realm, he would slaughter an Immortal today.

Many of the Supreme Beings in the restricted zones were also ecstatic. If Chen Xing were truly an Immortal, killing him and seizing his Dao fruit would be far easier than trekking the path to Immortality! However, these beings were all ancient and cunning; they did not emerge immediately, preferring to see if the Stone Emperor could defeat this man.

Seeing the Stone Emperor restore his Great Emperor cultivation, Chen Xing sneered and said, "Are you ready? One move! I will use only one move! If you can block it, I will spare your life today."

"You court death!" The Stone Emperor was enraged. With a roar, his primordial energy surged, carrying the infinite power of his peak state. Driven by the Stone Emperor Scripture, he struck at Chen Xing once more. In this attack, the Stone Emperor exerted his absolute limit, believing that even an Immortal would be cleaved in two.

Chen Xing smiled with disdain and lightly brushed his palm through the air. The onlookers saw the once-invincible Stone Emperor suddenly freeze in place. As a light breeze blew past, his body turned into specks of dust and vanished from between heaven and earth.

At this moment, the entire world seemed to go silent. Not a sound could be heard. Even the Empress, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, was stunned. She had intervened earlier only to prevent harm to her own Dao-fruit incarnation. As for Chen Xing and his daughters, she had been indifferent, willing to help if it were convenient, but unbothered if she couldn't. When she saw Chen Xing step out of the formation she had set for them, she said nothing, believing that as a mere mortal, he was simply throwing his life away.

But what followed left her utterly shocked. The Stone Emperor, having restored his Great Emperor Dao fruit, had been reduced to fly ash by Chen Xing’s light brush! As an peerless Empress, she knew exactly how difficult it was to completely annihilate a peak expert, especially since at the Great Emperor level, one could be reborn from a single drop of blood. Yet, what happened before her eyes completely shattered her worldview. She could not imagine that anyone could so easily kill an Ancient Emperor! She believed that even if she reached the realm of a Red Dust Immortal, she could never kill a peak expert with such ease.

While her mind was in turmoil, a burly figure appeared before her—it was the Sacred Body from the forbidden land. With a look of reverence, the Sacred Body gazed at Chen Xing, who stood proudly in the Undying Mountain, and leaned over to whisper something in the Empress’s ear.

The Empress’s body trembled, and two lines of clear tears flowed from her cold eyes, tracing paths down her ghost-face mask.

At this time, Chen Xing was casually picking up the imperial weapon left behind by the Stone Emperor. With a flick of his fingers, the halberd, originally over a meter long, transformed into a cute little halberd pendant the size of a thumb. He murmured, "Hmm! Not bad, this can be a trinket for little Chen Xing!"

The Supreme Beings scanning the area with their divine senses had long since abandoned any thought of seizing Chen Xing’s Dao fruit. They were not fools. Even if they hadn't "slashed their own blades" and fallen from their Great Emperor status, they did not believe they could survive against an existence who could casually annihilate a peak Great Emperor, let alone kill him.

More than a dozen consciousnesses manifested as faint shadows, bowed respectfully to Chen Xing, and dissipated into the void.

Chen Xing paid them no mind. He turned around, intending to find the two little ones and continue their tour of the Undying Mountain. But just then, a trembling voice rang out from behind him: "Brother!"

Chen Xing turned around, puzzled. As he caught sight of the person behind him, he was momentarily stunned, and in that instant, a white shadow threw herself into his arms.