I tricked you into thinking you had the makings of an emperor, but you actually did it?

With a single sword strike, he slew four quasi-kings!

The Red Serpent Army was in an uproar and deeply uneasy, and the three cloud ships began to deploy their great formation.

"Keep an eye on them!" Chi Lian immediately ordered.

Almost simultaneously, a dragon's roar resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and a black dragon slammed violently into the cloud ship on the right.

As everyone looked over, they heard pitiful screams coming from the cloud ship on the left, which was full of prisoners of the academy.

A ghostly voice tore through the great formation, like a scythe in the hand of a god, reaping hundreds of Red Serpent soldiers.

After saving everyone in the academy, no one could see what the figure looked like.

Chi Lianhua paled, intending to take control of Bai Ye.

Eternal thought!

Eternal exile!

Shen Ming appeared out of nowhere, standing between her and Bai Ye.

Chi Lian's eyes widened in disbelief. If this were a King Realm expert, she would have nothing to say, but he was only a quasi-King.

Why is it so swift? Why is the sword technique so powerful? Why can it ignore the great formation?

"State your name!" Chi Lian shouted, trying to hide her inner panic.

“Shen Ming, you can also call me Jiang Ming,” Shen Ming said.

“Why oppose my Pan Yue Dynasty? What did the Black and White Academy promise? We will repay it tenfold,” Chi Lian said.

"Really? Anything is fine?"

“Of course,” Chi Lian said excitedly.

"I want the head of the Champion Marquis," Shen Ming said.

The Red Serpent Army was completely silent, but an unusual light appeared in Red Serpent's eyes, and she instantly forgot her fear.

"Those who offend kings and nobles shall be executed!"

She charged forward with a frenzied intensity, determined to fight Shen Ming to the death.

Huh?

Shen Ming felt something was strange, so he activated his Eye of Truth and discovered that deep within the woman's mind was a peculiar mark that controlled her consciousness.

Despicable tactics!

Shen Ming immediately realized that the so-called champion was nothing special.

"I'll free you from this predicament."

Shen Ming would not decipher this spiritual imprint, nor would he devote the same effort to a stranger as he had to Li Miaozhen.

With a single thrust of his sword, he pierced through the opponent's divine sea and shattered the mark.

Chi Lian's life force was cut off, but she regained consciousness at the end of her life, her pupils trembling violently.

She recalled the deep-seated hatred she carried, the fact that, like Bai Ye, the Pan Yue Dynasty had destroyed her family.

Then, under the machinations of the Champion Marquis, she lost herself and today destroyed the Black and White Academy.

"The Emperor's Seal! It's the Emperor's Seal."

Chi Lian screamed wildly, tearing off the armor that represented the Chi Lian Army, and letting out a cry of unwillingness.

The Emperor's Seal?

To directly imprint oneself on someone's mind and turn them into one's slave?

Shen Ming felt that a human emperor would not forge such a treasure.

"Your Excellency, thank you for your help. We are extremely grateful."

White Night was filled with mixed emotions of joy and sorrow, and her emotions were difficult to control.

"Don't call me Your Excellency. I am a cultivator from the Xuanhuang Continent, just like you," Shen Ming said.

"what?"

In her grief, Bai Ye couldn't believe that cultivators from the Xuanhuang Continent could kill cultivators from the Upper Realm as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

"Hmph, what's this? Last time, Lord Dragon Lord killed eight in a row, and today it's only five," the black dragon said in a gruff voice.

"Your Excellency is the one who set the record by slaying eight Quasi-Kings with a single sword strike?!"

That happened a few days ago, and Bai Ye still remembers it vividly, but he never expected it to be a cultivator from the Xuanhuang Continent.

"Just lucky," Shen Ming said.

This is the truth. Last time, when I killed the Eight-King Quasi-King, I was on the verge of death. It was only after mastering the Limitless Sword Heart that I can feel relaxed and at ease today.

"Black Dragon, stop talking nonsense and get to work," Shen Ming said.

The black dragon soared into the sky above the Black and White Academy and began to summon wind and rain. As a member of the aquatic race, he had the ability to control water.

Heavy rain extinguished the fire at Black and White Mountain, turning what was once a treasure trove of a first-rate power in the Central Region into ruins.

Ji Jiu boarded the cloud ship and explained the situation to Bai Ye. He was both surprised and delighted to learn that Shen Ming was the hunter that their Black and White Academy followed.

Even if today's events hadn't happened, such a powerful hunter would be worth following, let alone now that the academy has been destroyed.

"Elder Ji Jiu, is he really a cultivator from the Northern Region?" Bai Ye asked in a voice transmission.

“It’s absolutely true. I was in charge when he challenged the Black and White Dao Palace. He was also the Divine Son of the Jiang Family, and he came to participate in this Hunting event,” Ji Jiu said.

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye made up his mind and instructed, "Elder, you take people away and search for the scattered disciples of the academy. The Venerable One and I, no, my senior brother and I, will go to the final battlefield."

Then, she explained to Shen Ming, "Senior brother, I am the black and white chessboard, and the black and white chessboard is me. I can guide you."

Is the chessboard a person?

Shen Ming never expected that Ji Jiu, who was standing next to him, would nod in agreement, indicating that it was true.

No one expected it, not even the Red Serpent Army, to have the black chessboard right in front of them.

At Bai Ye's prompting, Shen Ming gave her a black chess piece, and she took out a white chess piece herself.

"Senior brother, what the Red Serpent Army wants is a route to the ultimate battlefield, to find the origin of the primordial chaos, and the black and white chessboard can bring good fortune and avoid misfortune."

The ultimate battlefield is located in the Jiuli Mountain, a forbidden zone of life in the central region. Even on the outer perimeter, forbidden forces exist.

The appearance of the World Tree's origin, in particular, has made that region extremely turbulent and fraught with danger.

The black and white chessboard allows one to navigate safely and avoid danger based on the location of the target.

Unexpectedly, this brought about a catastrophic disaster.

Two chess pieces, one black and one white, make the White Night a moving map.

She couldn't draw one by hand because she had never been to Jiuli Mountain, so she could only act with Shen Ming.

"I urge you, senior brother, to win the hunting battle, avenge my Black and White Academy, and destroy the Zheng family," Bai Ye said.

In order to curry favor with the Marquis of Champion, the Zheng family offered a plan, explaining the ingenious use of the black and white chessboard, which led to the academy's calamity today.

Bai Ye dared not even dream of seeking revenge against the Panyue Dynasty, but the Zheng family could not be forgiven.

"nature."

Shen Ming and the Zheng family have long been sworn enemies, but the Zheng family is unaware of his identity as the Eternal Emperor's Son.

……

Jiuli City is located in Jiuli Mountain.

Although this is the only city outside the forbidden zone, it can be considered a large city.

But because it is outside the forbidden zone of life, this city has always been desolate.

When the final battlefield was chosen here, it suddenly became a sea of ​​people, with top forces from all sides gathering, including powerful clans from the Pure Lands of the Outer Regions and armies from various dynasties.

Various messages converge here, ferment, and spread further.

"That's too brutal! After the Misty Palace, another first-class power has been wiped out, and it's an academy power no less!"

"When the great paths clash, it is truly ruthless."

"The Black and White Academy has not been destroyed yet. They follow a hunter and retain a glimmer of hope."

"Aren't hunters all high and mighty? Why would they take a liking to the Black and White Academy, which is in the midst of a calamity?"

"This hunter is a native cultivator from the Xuanhuang Continent."

"Local cultivators dare to compete for the Great Dao? What a joke!"

"This local cultivator is the one who killed the eight quasi-kings and received a battle robe as a reward."

"On the other hand, there must be a reason why they participate in the hunting battle."