King of Creation
Chapter 199 - 196: A New Look at the Last Moment

Chapter 199: Chapter 196: A New Look at the Last Moment

"It’s all Ye Zhen’s fault for not handing over all the Demon Soul Blood Crystals. If I had another two thousand, no, perhaps even a thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals, I could have snatched the War Soul Blood Flag."

In a grand hall on the eighth layer of the Demon Soul Hall, where all the Demon Soul Blood Crystals had been depleted, Third Prince Zhu Kun, trapped there, was glaring angrily and fuming in frustration.

The luck of Third Prince Zhu Kun was average; after entering the Demon Soul Hall, he had managed to fight his way to the eighth layer. Just one layer away from the ninth, he ran out of Demon Soul Blood Crystals.

At this moment, being confined within this grand hall made every day feel like a year for Third Prince Zhu Kun.

The feeling of merely waiting for the outcomes was too uncomfortable, too helpless.

Even more helpless than Third Prince was Tong Wei, the chief disciple of the Inner Gate of the Lishui Sect, trapped at the Teleportation Array on the ninth layer.

Luckily for Tong Wei, after having used only ten thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals, and still having a surplus when he reached the Teleportation Array on the ninth layer, he thought the War Soul Blood Flag was within his grasp.

However, Tong Wei did not anticipate that after trying every possible method, short of smearing his own blood for a blood sacrifice, the Teleportation Array would simply fail to activate, driving him crazy with frustration.

It was so close and within sight, yet it felt as distant as the ends of the earth.

The feeling of waiting for the War Soul Blood Flag to be taken by someone else was terribly agonizing.

Just as Tong Wei and Third Prince Zhu Kun were frantic to the point of madness, swish!

The Blood Light that filled the entire Demon Soul Hall flashed in unison, reversing like a receding tide, and immediately dimmed.

"The War Soul Blood Flag, has it finally been taken..."

With the Blood Light in the Demon Soul Hall receding, this was the scenario Zhongli Jing and Lik Shi had specifically mentioned; it indicated that the War Soul Blood Flag had been snagged by someone first, and the instant when the Blood Light in the Demon Soul Hall completely faded was the moment all the Martial Artists trapped inside were to be teleported out.

It also signified that the final moments of the struggle for the War Soul Blood Flag were upon them.

While historically, it was not common for someone who snagged the War Soul Blood Flag inside the Demon Soul Hall to have it taken away by other nations outside, it had happened two or three times.

"It seems, it’s time to fight desperately..."

At the same time, Tong Wei trapped on the ninth layer, Fengg Xinglie on the seventh layer, Han Shi, and others, all whispered the same thing.

If the Southern Barbarian Tribe or the Sword Origin Sect had taken the War Soul Blood Flag, then what came next would be the only chance to alter the outcome!

At the same moment, the few dozen surviving Martial Artists all stared intently at the receding Blood Light, some with anticipation, others solemn, waiting for the moment to be transported out of the Demon Soul Hall.

This was another miraculous aspect of the Demon Soul Hall; once the War Soul Blood Flag was seized, the Demon Soul Hall would close completely, and all beings inside that weren’t part of the Demon Soul Hall would be entirely teleported out.

In the Commander Hall of the ninth layer, Ye Zhen, holding the flagpole of the War Soul Blood Flag, felt a jolt throughout his body and abruptly came to his senses.

He finally understood why his Divine Soul trembled while he was taking the War Soul Blood Flag; it was because the War Soul Blood Flag was recognizing its master, and during the process of recognition, information about how to harness the vast powers of the War Soul Blood Flag surged into Ye Zhen’s mind.

Of course, this kind of recognition by the War Soul Blood Flag was not unique. Normally, as long as one possessed the War Soul Blood Flag, it would happen just once.

Otherwise, the War Soul Blood Flag wouldn’t automatically return to the Battlefield of Demon Souls after five years.

It should be said that Ye Zhen’s capture had merely secured the right to utilize the War Soul Blood Flag!

"Can it enlarge or shrink? This War Soul Blood Flag is truly a treasure!"

The various control techniques flowing from within the War Soul Blood Flag became clear to Ye Zhen.

Holding the flagpole, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense instantly surged into the War Soul Blood Flag, activated the magic formula, and the nearly three-meter long and two-meter wide War Soul Blood Flag burst into Blood Light, flashing a few times before shrinking into a palm-sized Blood Flag, which Ye Zhen reluctantly stored in his chest.

"Just as I thought!"

The War Soul Blood Flag couldn’t be stored within a storage device, which Ye Zhen already knew before coming, but he still tried it out.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, the Blood Light within the entire Commander Hall flashed erratically, becoming unstable. Ye Zhen knew that this was because the War Soul Blood Flag had been taken and was a sign that the Demon Soul Hall was about to close.

With a wave of his hand, Ye Zhen promptly stored the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub’s collected twenty or so Storage Bracelets and rings in his chest. Just as he had called the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub to his side, an inexplicable force began to vibrate within the Commander Hall, relentlessly pushing Ye Zhen towards the exit.

According to Elder Zhong and Lik Shi, if, just if someone among them managed to take the War Soul Blood Flag, then this moment was the last second before the imminent blood battle!

All the martial artists who had entered the Demon Soul Hall were on the verge of being expelled at this moment.

Unlike when they entered the battlefield of Demon Souls, where they would be teleported in all directions, this time they were gathered within ten miles of the Demon Soul Hall.

For those at the late stage of the Spirit Summoning Realm or even at the peak, ten miles was as trivial as walking a few hundred meters for a normal person.

This moment would be the real, brutal bloodbath!

The country that captured the War Soul Blood Flag would be besieged by two, three, or even all four of the other participating countries.

The martial artists of the five countries, in their effort to seize the War Soul Blood Flag, would stage one last frenzy.

However, this frenzy could only last 15 minutes!

The War Soul Blood Flag, akin to the soul of the Demon Soul Hall and even the entire battlefield, would close the hall within a hundred breaths once it was taken,

and the whole battlefield of Demon Souls would fall into complete silence within 15 minutes, sleeping until the War Soul Blood Flag would awaken it again five years later!

Normally, this moment would be the most nerve-wracking for the possessor of the War Soul Blood Flag, as they would become the target of all others once they appeared.

In the battlefield of Demon Souls, the War Soul Blood Flag shone like the brightest sun in the outer world, impossible to hide its radiance!

But on Ye Zhen’s face at this time, not even a trace of nervousness could be found!

Luo Jingtian, the Six-Fingered Eagle Demon, had been killed, Luv Zixiong was slain, Southern Barbarian Spiritist Da Hai was dead, Human Bear Cha Hai was severely injured, and even more than half of the warriors who had entered the battlefield of Demon Souls had been wiped out by Ye Zhen. What more did Ye Zhen have to fear!

Thinking about robbing? Well, Ye Zhen was contemplating that the storage rings in his possession weren’t enough yet.

As the last trace of blood light dissipated within the Demon Soul Hall, all martial artists were expelled out of the hall by a massive force.

Whoosh!

A mysterious blood light, like the sun, suddenly shone forth from Ye Zhen in the battlefield of Demon Souls.

The War Soul Blood Flag was the sun of the battlefield of Demon Souls!

"Quick, martial artists from Black Water Kingdom, come over, see who captures...."

"Alas, bad luck, I am trapped in the teleportation array on the ninth layer, who knows who captured the War Soul Blood Flag...."

"Senior Brother Ye, you..."

"Senior Brother Ye..."

Undoubtedly, at this moment in the battlefield of Demon Souls, the most numerous living martial artists belonged to Black Water Kingdom.

As soon as they emerged, it was the chatter of the martial artists from Black Water Kingdom that dominated, but without exception, everyone’s speech halted abruptly halfway through!

They were all stunned by the sun-like blood light bursting from Ye Zhen!

"The War Soul Blood Flag? Senior Brother Ye, did you capture the War Soul Blood Flag?" Han Shi’s voice trembled with excitement.

"After so many years, so many years oh, our Black Water Kingdom has finally captured the War Soul Blood Flag..." Gao Xinglie’s fist clenched in excitement!

Especially those from the military, including Wan Zhanjun and Niu Qing, their faces turned red with agitation.

Yet, Third Prince Zhu Kun’s expression was rather odd, a mixture of astonishment, delight, and disbelief, all these myriad emotions flickering across his face in an instant!

"Quick, protect Young Hero Ye!"

With a bellow from Myriarch Niu Qing of the army, like waking from a dream, people swiftly gathered around Ye Zhen like lightning.

Ye Zhen, however, showed no signs of nervousness. Instead, he took out the War Soul Blood Flag from his bosom and waved it, "Outside, this thing won’t be so glaring, right? If it is, wouldn’t it be like carrying a giant light bulb with me!"

With the gathering of the martial artists from Black Water Kingdom, the first to react was Zheng Shuang from Sword Origin Sect.

"Ye Zhen, the War Soul Blood Flag captured by Ye Zhen of Black Water Kingdom, that’s unacceptable! The War Soul Blood Flag must not fall into the hands of Black Water Kingdom, hurry, everyone come over, Senior Brother?"

"Eh, where’s Senior Brother Luv?"

In an instant, a chilling realization struck Zheng Shuang!

Not only had Senior Brother Luv Zixiong not emerged, but the number of Sword Origin Sect disciples that appeared around the Demon Soul Hall was even more pitiful!

Including him, there were only a pitiful five people!

At that time, there had been eleven disciples of the Sword Origin Sect who entered the Demon Soul Hall!

Now, only five were alive and had come out!

They still thought about snatching the War Soul Blood Flag from the hands of the martial artists of the Black Water Kingdom, facing nine people on the other side!

Actually, compared to the Phantom Divine Sect and Southern Barbarian Tribe, the Sword Origin Sect was better off.

In the Commander Hall, Ye Zhen had killed four disciples of the Sword Origin Sect. During the process of storming the hall, Ye Zhen had killed one more, and another likely fell at the hands of martial artists from other countries.

This was quite normal.

In Black Water Kingdom, ten had entered, but now only nine were alive. The figure of Commandery Prince Zhu Qianshu was not seen, probably killed during the storming process.

However, the few remaining martial artists of the Phantom Divine Sect and Southern Barbarian Tribe were nearly crying out!

Two people!

Claimed to be the number one sect in the Black Dragon Domain, the Phantom Divine Sect had only two disciples who were alive after exiting from the Demon Soul Hall!

Two people!

At this moment, the only two surviving disciples of the Phantom Divine Sect, Miao Ziming and Li Ji, were looking at each other and then around them, their eyes filled with immense fear!

"Senior Brother Luo, Senior Brother Luo!"

"Senior Brother Hee, Senior Brother Hee, where are you...."

Their cries already carried a weeping tone!

With their current formation, not to mention snatching the flag, even staying alive was a problem!

For a moment, the two surviving disciples of the Phantom Divine Sect, Miao Ziming and Li Ji, almost felt as if they were in a dream.

It was also the bad luck of the Phantom Divine Sect.

They had encountered Ye Zhen!

Outside the Demon Soul Hall, Bu Changxuan and Maa Zhi were first killed by Ye Zhen. During the storming process of the Phantom Divine Hall, Luo Jingtian, the Six-Fingered Eagle Demon, was killed by Ye Zhen, and six were directly killed by Ye Zhen inside the Commander Hall!

It could almost be described as a total annihilation!

However, compared to the two people of the Phantom Divine Sect, the lone Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioner Mu Jia from the Southern Barbarian Tribe was utterly dumbfounded.

After scanning his surroundings twice or thrice, he slapped himself, vigorously rubbed his eyes, and then looked again, completely stupefied!

One person!

Of all the spirit practitioners from the Southern Barbarian Tribe who had participated in the battle, only he remained!

Eleven had gone in!

Only he had come out alive!

Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioner, Mu Jia was staggered, snatch the flag?

What could he use to snatch it?

Compared to the Southern Barbarian Tribe, Phantom Divine Sect, and Sword Origin Sect, Gu’an Kingdom’s Gu Xuan Sect was in a slightly better situation.

Not only was their senior brother, Human Bear Cha Hai, present, albeit injured, but the number of surviving disciples, including Cha Hai, had reached six! They were in the best condition among the four other countries.

But even so, Human Bear Cha Hai was still shocked by the dire situation of the other three countries’ martial artists!

The Six-Fingered Eagle Demon Luo Jingtian was finished, even the Southern Barbarian Spiritist Da Hai who had the Water and Fire Golden Ape was finished!

Not only that, but the Phantom Divine Sect was down to just two people.

The most terrifying part was that the Southern Barbarian Tribe had only one person left!

Apart from him, the strongest warriors among the four countries had all died!

A fearful thought rose in Human Bear Cha Hai’s mind!

Ye Zhen!

All of this was caused by Ye Zhen!

Remembering the corporeal mountains and seas of blood in the Commander Hall, recalling that moment of life and death, Human Bear Cha Hai’s calves began to tremble!

"Brother, should we try for that War Soul Blood Flag?"

"Shut up!"

"If you want to die, don’t drag everyone else down!"

Human Bear Cha Hai’s roar directly stunned the disciple!

This was not surprising to Human Bear Cha Hai, mainly because the impression Ye Zhen had left on Human Bear Cha Hai was too terrifying!

On the side, after the initial panic, Zheng Shuang of the Sword Origin Sect had completely calmed down.

"Brothers, we absolutely cannot let Black Water Kingdom take the War Soul Blood Flag, shall we cooperate with the people from Gu’an Kingdom?" Zheng Shuang’s eyes flickered, an idea forming.

"Cha Hai, how about our two families take down Black Water Kingdom together?" Zheng Shuang called out loudly!

"Scram!"

Human Bear Cha Hai’s response was just one word!

Not only that, after uttering that word, Human Bear Cha Hai immediately restrained his own brothers and withdrew as far back as they could!

This unexpected answer directly dumbfounded Zheng Shuang!

"They still want to mess with us?"

Hearing Zheng Shuang’s voice, Ye Zhen sneered.

"Gentlemen, shouldn’t we give a proper welcome to these Sword Origin Sect fellows?" Surrounded by the martial artists of Black Water Kingdom at the center, Ye Zhen suddenly spoke astonishingly.

Third Prince Zhu Kun immediately objected, "That’s improper, right now, we should focus on defending the War Soul..."

"Fine!"

"No problem!"

"Kill!"

With a roar, Ye Zhen had already launched like a bolt of lightning, the Sky Crystal Sword raised, leading the charge against the Sword Origin Sect.

Following Ye Zhen, Gao Xinglie, Han Shi, Wan Zhanjun, Niu Qing, Tong Wei, and others, their bodies surged with Spirit Light, followed Ye Zhen screaming as they attacked the Sword Origin Sect.

The Third Prince Zhu Kun, who was still speaking in opposition and hadn’t finished his sentence, was immediately stunned as if no one was paying heed to his opinions...

The ones also stunned included Zheng Shuang and the only five remaining disciples of the Sword Origin Sect!

With Senior Brother Luv Zixiong dead, it was still nine against five!

Zheng Shuang, who had just been fired up about collaborating with Gu’an Kingdom to snatch the War Soul Blood Flag, was completely flabbergasted!

"Run!"

"Hurry up and run, waiting to die here!"

Someone shouted, and immediately, the barely surviving five martial artists of the Sword Origin Sect bolted like dogs that had lost their homes, running wildly...(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qiidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)