The Strongest Mythical Emperor
Chapter 1255: An Existence Beyond Saints

Chapter 1255: Chapter 1255: An Existence Beyond Saints

Qin Jun and the others had traveled several hundred miles, yet they still hadn’t left the gorge, as if it had no end.

Huo Zhenyu led the way, his gaze constantly sweeping around as if looking for some traces left by the monster, but it made Qin Jun feel that something was amiss.

"Your Majesty, beware of deceit."

Fuxi transmitted his voice in caution. Although the environment of the gorge was somber, it didn’t seem like the place the monster would be.

Everywhere were bones, and apart from the previously encountered Tie Shusheng, they hadn’t met a single living creature.

Moreover, Huo Zhenyu was moving very slowly, searching very carefully, as if the monster was only as big as an ant.

Qin Jun’s eyes turned slightly cold, but he didn’t speak.

The team continued onward, probably for another hour.

Not to mention the monster, they couldn’t even find a single hair of it.

Qin Jun stopped in his tracks, and the gods and demons did likewise.

Huo Zhenyu took a few more steps before realizing there were no footsteps behind him. He turned around to see Qin Jun and the others looking at him coldly.

"What’s wrong?"

Huo Zhenyu feigned ignorance and asked, his heart, however, breaking out in a cold sweat.

If he were to truly lead Qin Jun and the others to the monster, it would be better to commit suicide. Facing the monster, even they would not stand a chance.

"Are you toying with us?"

Qin Jun asked coldly. Sun Wukong took a step toward Huo Zhenyu, bristling with killing intent.

As Huo Zhenyu retreated, he said awkwardly, "I’ve said it, I can only take you to where the monster has been spotted. If I had met the monster, would I still be alive?"

"Then how do you know the monster has been here?"

Qin Jun squinted his eyes impatiently.

Huo Zhenyu explained, "I’ve spent ten thousand years in the Eight Wildernesses, and I know quite a few of its ferocious beasts. They’ve mentioned it."

"Is that so?"

Qin Jun’s gaze flickered as he hesitated, unsure whether or not to continue following.

Sun Wukong kept his eyes on Huo Zhenyu, in case he tried to flee.

Ji Bubai snorted, "Kill him, let’s search on our own!"

As the last head of the extreme flame demon clan, when he wanted to kill, he never hesitated.

Hearing this, Huo Zhenyu panicked and said quickly, "I am not lying to you, every word I’ve said is true!"

"Bodhi, seal him here!"

Qin Jun commanded with a deep voice. As his words fell, Patriarch Bodhi appeared before Huo Zhenyu, sweeping his Dust Brush, sending him crashing into the mountain wall, causing the entire gorge to tremble violently.

Patriarch Bodhi formed a hand seal with his left hand, muttered a few words, and flicked three fingers toward Huo Zhenyu’s location. Three rays of light shot out, landing in the cave where Huo Zhenyu was.

"Seal him for a few hundred years, hmph!"

Qin Jun huffed. He was being merciful, not killing Huo Zhenyu outright, but rather sealing him for centuries.

To an existence like Huo Zhenyu, a few hundred years were brief.

"Heavenly Emperor of Qin! You..."

Huo Zhenyu’s angry roar came, but then the gorge suddenly began to shake violently, and the ground beneath Qin Jun and the others started to crack.

Streams of pitch-black and sinister demonic energy seeped out through the cracks in the ground, alarming Patriarch Bodhi who swung his Dust Brush, sweeping all of his companions out of the gorge.

Soaring into the sky, they looked down to see the massive, spectacular gorge collapsing, with dust rising to the heavens as if piercing through the dense fog.

"Such astonishing demonic energy!"

Shouted Shi Dao in alarm, and everyone’s expressions grew somber, including Sun Wukong.

Qin Jun was especially startled, the demonic energy was so strong, it was comparable to the aura Sun Wukong emitted in his frenzy.

Whoosh—

Huo Zhenyu flew out amidst the chaos, the sealing not yet completed due to the unexpected change, feeling extremely lucky.

"This demonic energy... could it be..."

Huo Zhenyu seemed to remember something, his complexion changed drastically, and he felt a chill down to his bones.

He immediately flew towards the distance, but at that moment, a tendril formed from demonic qi entangled him and then yanked downwards with force, pulling Huo Zhenyu down.

"Damn it!"

Huo Zhenyu was both shocked and enraged as he struggled to break free, but unfortunately, he could only slow the speed at which the tendril of demonic qi constricted.

"Could it be a being that transcends Sages?"

Qin Jun frowned and asked, as Huo Zhenyu was at the full completion of the Sage realm and the fact that the other party could bind Huo Zhenyu without revealing their true form meant their strength was unfathomably deep.

"Let’s retreat, I can’t see through this demon’s cultivation either!"

Patriarch Bodhi stated gravely, and after he finished, he waved his right sleeve, drawing everyone into it, and then turned into countless golden lotuses that scattered in the air.

Huo Zhenyu became even more anxious as he saw them disappear.

He gritted his teeth, slapped his left thigh, and blood spattered as his left leg severed from his body. The demonic qi tendril only grasped his left leg, allowing him to break free from the restraint and burst forth at his fastest speed toward the horizon.

After he left, the ground within ten thousand li collapsed with a thunderous roar.

Rolling demonic qi entwined above the land, submerging mountains one after another, and gradually coalesced into a demonic shadow.

"Ah... the long-missed sensation... I slept so comfortably, I really want to keep sleeping!"

"Why did that God of Wilderness release his Divine Consciousness for no reason? He disturbed my beautiful dream!"

The demonic shadow seemed to be stretching lazily, its voice ethereal and the source elusive.

"I don’t know how long I’ve slept, I’m so hungry!"

The voice of the demonic shadow grew fainter, and its figure turned to black smoke and dissipated, along with the rolling demonic qi, revealing the land once again.

...

Patriarch Bodhi arrived at the summit of a mountain and released Qin Jun and the others.

They all gasped for breath, and Li Yuanba said with a pounding heart, "That demonic qi just now?"

"The opponent is definitely a transcendent Saint of the Heavenly Dao, a being that surpasses Sages!"

Patriarch Bodhi’s voice was heavy, as the demonic qi he had experienced earlier gave him an extremely dangerous feeling, and the unease in his heart was still unable to dissipate even now.

Transcendent Saint of the Heavenly Dao!

Everyone was jolted by his words.

Sun Wukong’s eyes shone as he asked, "Is a transcendent Saint of the Heavenly Dao above a Sage?"

True Person of the Jade Cauldron, Tathāgata, Torch Dragon, and Lin Yuqi were all quite curious. A Sage was already beyond their reach, let alone a transcendent Saint of the Heavenly Dao.

Taotie gripped Qin Jun’s leg, shivering uncontrollably. He was clearly terrified.

"Even you are not confident in opposing it?" Qin Jun stared at Patriarch Bodhi and asked.

Patriarch Bodhi was his greatest trump card.

To this, Patriarch Bodhi pondered for a moment and then nodded, causing Qin Jun’s heart to sink to the bottom.

Everyone began to feel uneasy.

Suddenly, Qin Jun said to Tathāgata, "Tathāgata, do you wish to become stronger?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Qin Jun in astonishment.

Tathāgata was even more stunned as his mind couldn’t keep up.

"I do!"

Tathāgata answered without hesitation, and Ji Bubai and Tie Shusheng’s eyes widened in disbelief. Could it be that Qin Jun was about to perform another mysterious Divine Power?

"System, let Tathāgata undergo extreme awakening!"

Qin Jun commanded in his mind. Since these God and Demon beings already knew he could empower his followers, he couldn’t be bothered to be discreet, and it was also an opportunity to showcase and intimidate them.

"Ding! Tathāgata begins extreme awakening!"

Following the system’s notification, a black hole appeared above Qin Jun’s head and quickly drew Tathāgata into it.

Torch Dragon, True Person of the Jade Cauldron, Ji Bubai, and Tie Shusheng watched, dumbfounded, while Lin Yuqi’s beautiful eyes widened in shock.

What kind of Divine Power was this?

Even Ji Bubai couldn’t see through the black hole that had just appeared.

Patriarch Bodhi and Sun Wukong’s mouths twitched slightly, not expecting Qin Jun to actually empower Tathāgata.