eurekapd Chapter 495 The Emperor's Corpse on the Immortal Path
Chapter 495 The Emperor's Corpse on the Immortal Path
A thick, dim yellow mist swirled eerily on the steps ahead, as if concealing some terrifying, unspeakable secret.
And in the gaps where the mist had slightly dispersed.
Lin Hanzhou could clearly see a person, or rather... a corpse.
He lay on his back on those cold and sacred golden steps in an extremely tragic posture!
It was a tall figure dressed in an ancient purple imperial robe.
The imperial robe was embroidered with a lifelike ancient dragon from the Nine Heavens. Although it was tattered and worn, it still exuded an unparalleled majesty that only a great emperor could possess.
However, this once invincible supreme emperor, who was unmatched in an era, now resembles a wild beast casually shot by a hunter.
Right in the center of his chest!
A terrifying spear, over ten feet long, was stuck in the ground, made entirely of an unknown golden divine metal!
The blade of that golden spear pierced through the emperor's chest with extreme brutality, penetrating his supposedly indestructible heart, and then pinned it firmly to the golden steps below!
The tail of the spear still emitted an extremely faint killing intent.
Like a stabilizing force, it forever nailed the emperor's remains, soul, and even his resentment to the path to immortality!
"Tick-tock...tick-tock..."
What's even more chilling is...
Although the corpse had weathered countless years, drops of the Emperor's primordial blood, shimmering with a purplish-gold light, still slowly slid down the shaft of the golden spear from the wound on his chest, dripping onto the golden steps.
This scene is so bizarre! So shocking!
Even Lin Hanzhou, who was used to life and death and had even personally killed four supreme beings, had his pupils shrink to the size of pinpoints the moment he saw this scene!
"hiss……"
Lin Hanzhou stood on the 223rd step and couldn't help but gasp.
An unprecedented, extreme sense of vigilance was frantically ringing in his mind like an alarm!
"A great emperor has died... and he was instantly killed by a weapon, pinned to this spot!"
Lin Hanzhou stared intently at the emperor's corpse, holding his breath.
He didn't recognize the body.
The style of that purple imperial robe was extremely ancient, at least tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years ago.
However, identity is no longer important.
Most importantly, anyone who can reach the 223rd step is definitely a genuine and exceptionally powerful emperor!
Even if an emperor's vitality declines in his later years, he is still an emperor!
However, this invincible being who stood at the pinnacle of humanity couldn't even escape. He was easily nailed to death here with a long spear!
"Who killed him? Was it the killing array mechanism of this immortal path itself that triggered this spear? Or...?"
A chill ran down Lin Hanzhou's spine.
"On this dimly lit path to immortality, besides us challengers from the lower realms, there also roaming beings from a higher dimension?! They are... hunting emperors?!"
This conjecture caused the already oppressive atmosphere around them to instantly freeze into a block of ice.
Faced with this extremely bizarre and dangerous situation, Lin Hanzhou did not rush to investigate like a hot-blooded youth, nor was he frightened into turning around and running away immediately.
This Emperor of Time, who has lived for five thousand years and is steady to the core, demonstrated his most proud tactical skills.
He knew very well that it was precisely at times like these that he couldn't afford to lose his composure.
Lin Hanzhou very slowly retracted his right foot, which had been hanging in mid-air, and his feet were firmly planted on the 223rd step, like the roots of an old tree.
He did not use his divine sense to investigate directly, because he was afraid that the fluctuations in his divine sense would trigger any remaining killing intent on the golden spear.
He took a deep breath, and the [Law of Time] within his body surged wildly like a tidal wave.
"Buzz—"
A layer of silvery ripples, almost blending into the surrounding dim yellow mist, silently condensed on his body.
This is his strongest trump card—the instantaneous preparation state of [Time Freeze].
As long as there is the slightest movement in front of him, even if it's just a mosquito flying by, he can forcefully press the time stop button on this local space in a fraction of a second.
After making the strongest defensive preparations, Lin Hanzhou did not immediately step forward.
He turned his head with extreme caution and glanced at the empty golden staircase behind him.
"Based on my previous test below."
Lin Hanzhou quickly reviewed his escape route plan in his mind.
"The pressure of the laws governing this path to immortality only applies to the action of 'climbing upwards.' If I turn around and walk backwards, that is, choose to 'retreat,' then all the pressure on the steps will instantly disappear, making it as easy as walking up a normal staircase."
"This shows that although the laws of the Immortal Path are domineering, they do not prevent those who attempt to pass from giving up. Taking a step back opens up a vast expanse, but it also means permanently losing the qualification to become an immortal."
"Since there's no resistance to retreating, then..."
A glint of light flashed in Lin Hanzhou's eyes.
He shifted his weight back almost imperceptibly, and at the same time gently moved his left heel to the edge of the 222nd step.
This is a tactical starting position for being ready to "run away" at any time.
Once the corpse undergoes a transformation, or the golden spear unleashes an irresistible killing intent, Lin Hanzhou is absolutely confident that, in the instant when time stands still, he can use the zero-pressure inertia behind him to fly backward like a cannonball through hundreds of steps!
"Able to attack or retreat at the speed of light. This is the first rule for longevity in the cultivation world."
After confirming that their escape route was foolproof.
Lin Hanzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief. He stood there and cautiously sent his wisp of divine sense, the Great Emperor's divine sense, toward the strange corpse ten feet away.
Lin Hanzhou's divine sense carefully bypassed the golden spear that exuded a dangerous aura and first came into contact with the remains of the man dressed in a purple imperial robe.
"boom!"
The moment his divine sense touched the corpse, an extremely weathered, sorrowful, and endlessly resentful obsession traveled through his divine sense into Lin Hanzhou's mind.
In that obsession, Lin Hanzhou seemed to see a frail old man, his life force waning, roaring angrily at the sky on this lonely staircase, only to be mercilessly pierced by a golden streak of light that flew in from beyond the heavens—a blurry image.
"There were no traps, no remaining soul possession mechanisms. This is a corpse that is dead beyond any doubt."
Lin Hanzhou carefully scanned the inside of the corpse with his divine sense and finally made an extremely accurate judgment.
"His life force had long been completely extinguished by the killing intent emanating from that spear."