World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2140: Chapter 1022: The Demon Emperor Enters the Palace! Shock and Flattery!

Suddenly, everything came to an abrupt halt!

The Driftsquare of the Sky Holy Palace was as silent as death!

All the shouts of battle ceased, all the disputes, noises, and fights ended!

Shi Tian, Tian Daoqi, Gu Ban, and Ning Wuya were completely stunned as they gazed at the face of Demon Emperor Lanling projected in the sky, their bodies paralyzed, unable to move, even losing the ability to react.

After a long moment, the four titans of the Sky Holy Palace finally started to tremble, as a bone-chilling cold spread from their hearts, almost making it impossible to breathe.

Fear, shivering, horror!

What on earth was going on?

Has Demon Emperor Lanling already entered the Dark Void, doomed never to be reborn?

"Why so silent? Am I not welcome?" Lanling frowned and said.

As these words were spoken, Fang Naide, who should have been doomed to death, shivered suddenly, then directly knelt on the ground and said: "Minister Fang Naide, greets Chaos Emperor, long live, long live, a long long life!"

Following his example, Ji Mengbai hurriedly knelt on the ground, loudly saying: "Minister Ji Mengbai, greets Dragon Emperor, long live, long live, a long long life!"

Then, more than five thousand people on the Driftsquare who were about to be executed all neatly knelt on the ground.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live forever!"

To them, Demon Emperor Lanling’s appearance was a great joy, letting them escape death.

What to do? What to do?

Shi Tian and Tian Daoqi exchanged glances!

"Withdraw, abandon the outermost defenses." Tian Daoqi ordered.

Gu Ban said: "And those rebels? Kill them or not?"

"What do you think?" Tian Daoqi replied coldly.

To kill, what’s the point of killing? If these five thousand surrendering people are killed, and if Demon Emperor Lanling breaks into the core of the Sky Holy Palace, can everyone still surrender? In life, never cut off your retreat.

"Retreat, retreat..."

Following the orders of Tian Daoqi and Shi Tian, the tens of thousands present, and more than a thousand Ancestral Tomb Priests, swiftly retreated to the second layer of the Sky Holy Palace.

The outermost layer, including the Palace of Joy, the Driftsquare, and the Temple Edge Energy Formation, all were abandoned.

Demon Emperor Lanling came too suddenly, all defenses couldn’t be prepared in time. Therefore, decisive retreat to set up defensive mechanisms was prioritized over fighting Demon Emperor Lanling at the outermost layer.

In retreat, it was truly a reflection of humanity.

Kui Shuangshuang, and many others, struggled internally, not knowing whether to follow the retreat or stay on the Driftsquare.

To retreat meant to continue following the Sky Holy Palace, whereas staying on the Driftsquare meant surrender.

After some hesitation, Kui Shuangshuang decided to retreat, for staying now, surrendering now, was meaningless.

In a brief moment, all tens of thousands from the Sky Holy Palace retreated from the outermost layer back to the second defensive line of the Sky Holy Palace.

"Whiz, whiz, whiz..."

The energy shield direction of the second layer was activated, completely severing any connection with the outermost layer’s Driftsquare and Edge Energy Formation.

Unexpectedly, Hell Knight Fourth also retreated with them, seeming intent on causing more chaos!

After retreating to the second line of defense in the Sky Holy Palace, orders were immediately given to close all energy passages.

...

The entire Sky Holy Palace is a giant circular space, with a diameter of about thirteen hundred miles, divided into five layers in total, the deeper within the more noble, with the core being the Cosmic Tower and the Sky Pyramid.

Each layer had defensive mechanisms, countless energy arrays, and many squares. Each layer had an energy shield, and the higher the level, the higher it was.

Closing energy passages takes time.

So, whiz whiz whiz whiz whiz...

Six Hell Knights, along with Na Xue and Demon Queen Daji, rapidly passed through energy passages, appearing on the platform outside the Sky Holy Palace, and they brought three hundred Sub-King layer powerhouses.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!" The six Hell Knights, leading three hundred Flame Demon Empire’s Sub-King Layer powerhouses, knelt behind Lanling.

At this moment, the energy passages to the outside of the Sky Holy Palace officially closed.

This meant that in this attack on the Sky Holy Palace, Demon Emperor Lanling brought only three hundred people.

At this moment, Lanling gently patted the energy shield of the outermost layer of the Sky Holy Palace and said: "Guys, do you plan to just keep me outside like this?"

Immediately, those on the Driftsquare who had surrendered awoke from their dream and hurried to the Palace of Joy to open this energy shield for Demon Emperor Lanling, welcoming the Demon Emperor into the Sky Holy Palace.

A crowd surged towards the Sky Holy Palace, eager to become guides.

However, King-level Ancestral Tomb Priest Fang Naide refused to comply, directly using force to send flying the group behind him.

The leader of these guides could only be him!

Fang Naide entered the Palace of Joy, activated the complex energy mechanisms, and then shut down the outermost energy shield. As a King-level Ancestral Tomb Priest, he still had the authority to activate and close the outermost energy shield.

This energy shield was provided by the Lunar Holy Palace with a brand new energy weapon and is actually quite difficult to breach.

But no matter how powerful the energy shield, no matter how strong the fortress, it can’t withstand a breach from within.

Under Fang Naide’s intricate manipulations.

"Swoosh..."

The outermost defensive mechanism of the Sky Holy Palace was turned off, and the outermost energy shield disappeared silently.

Demon Emperor Lanling slowly descended onto the Driftsquare, his massive body of tens of thousands of meters gradually shrinking to just about two meters.

As soon as he landed, the King-level Ancestral Tomb Priest Fang Naide crawled over, heavily kowtowing at Lanling’s feet, and trembled with a crying voice: "I am Fang Naide, and to see Your Majesty’s heavenly countenance today, I have no regrets in death."

Following closely, the anxious Ji Mengbai also crawled forward, directly kowtowing until he bled, wailing: "I offended Your Majesty in the past, guilty deserving of ten thousand deaths! Please Your Majesty, grant this sinner death..."

Then he just knelt there crying bitterly, losing all his previous dignity.

Some people truly are astonishing!

Lanling and Ji Mengbai had only met a couple of times, the first was in the City of Rage Wave, Ji Mengbai and his wife Fang Qingdi came to meet the Regent King of Rage Wave Kingdom, Suo Lun, while in reality, it was to kill FuE.

At that time, Ji Mengbai was extremely aloof, not knowing that Suo Lun was the Master of the Demon Star. Facing a kingdom’s regent king, his gaze was no different than if he were looking at pigs or dogs.

The second time seeing Ji Mengbai was at sea, among those who stabbed Suo Lun, Ji Mengbai was one of them.

Thus, they indeed held a grudge. Lanling, being one to repay any grievance, naturally did not want to let go of Ji Mengbai, but now was not the time.

"Hahaha..." Seeing Ji Mengbai covered in blood, Lanling laughed heartily and then leaned down.

Ji Mengbai, like a dog, continued kneeling on the ground, but desperately raised his face, exceedingly obsequious.

"Slap slap slap..." Lanling slapped Ji Mengbai’s face repeatedly.

Ji Mengbai seemed to feel no pain at all, showing an expression of utter bliss, as if being slapped by Demon Emperor Lanling was a tremendous blessing.

After slapping dozens of times, Lanling stopped.

Ji Mengbai kowtowed even more obsequiously, crying: "Thank you for Your Majesty’s divine grace, thank you for the reward, this moment will never be forgotten, Your Majesty’s noble jade hand graced this lowly sinner’s impure body, cleansing past vile crimes. I, for generations, am grateful beyond words, willing to be ox and horse, pig and dog for Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty!"

Wow!

Lanling was amazed, despite being beaten, he could put it so uniquely.

He’s invincible in flattery!

To think that someone like Ji Mengbai, usually so aloof, could be so impressive at flattering. Because of this, Lanling was somewhat reluctant to kill him.

"Hahahaha..." Lanling chuckled, stepping towards the Palace of Joy.

At this point, Ji Mengbai did something even more astonishing, he actually placed his head on the ground where Lanling was about to walk, using his face, letting Lanling’s foot step over his head as he passed.

Since he could go to such lengths, it would be impolite to refuse.

Thus, Lanling stepped over his head into the Palace of Joy.

Ji Mengbai, having been stepped over, kowtowed fervently behind him, and the people around looked at him with utter disdain, immense respect, and a hint of envy.

My god, doing this, Demon Emperor Lanling will truly remember you.

...

The Palace of Joy is the command center of the outermost defenses of the Sky Holy Palace, nearly all Energy Arrays are controlled from within the Palace of Joy.

However, even so, the Palace of Joy is exquisitely beautiful, with over a hundred rooms.

"Your subject greets the Chaos Emperor, long live, long live, long long live!"

"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long long live!"

Within the palace, on the left stood Na Xue and the Flame Demon Empire ministers. On the right stood Fang Naide and the surrender faction of the Sky Holy Palace.

There were only eight people standing on the left, and the surrender faction on the right also consisted of eight people, three kings, five sub-kings, including Ji Mengbai.

Lanling said: "From now on, the Palace of Joy is my temporary residence and also my command center for attacking the Sky Holy Palace. Everyone must pool your wisdom and efforts, strive to take down the Sky Holy Palace as soon as possible, and restore a bright and clear world."

"We obey!"

...

Inside the second defensive line of the Sky Holy Palace!

In the quiet room, only the Master of the Demon Star Pavilion, Ning Wuya, and Ji Xiuning were present, or more accurately, the fourth Hell Knight.

With such drastic changes, even Ning Wuya, however slow to react, knew something was off with Ji Xiuning.

The plan to lure the Demon Emperor into the Dark Void was devised and even led by Ji Xiuning from the beginning to the end.

Ning Wuya coldly stared at Ji Xiuning and slowly asked, "Who, exactly, are you?"

Ji Xiuning replied, "Me? I’m obviously the fourth Hell Knight, need you ask?"

Ning Wuya abruptly drew his sword, pointing it at Ji Xiuning, "And you dare retreat with us, truly courting death."

Ji Xiuning (the fourth Hell Knight) even sniffed the edge of the sword, then faintly smiled, "Even if I admit I’m the fourth Hell Knight, that insider within the Sky Holy Palace, so what? Do you really dare to kill me?"

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