The Great Ruler (Web Novel)
chapter-839

In the tattered and damaged palace sat a grey-robed man that maintained an unmoving posture. When Mu Chen saw that figure, his pupils abruptly narrowed.

That’s because he realised that the grey-robed figure wasn’t the same as those bones that he had seen earlier. Under those grey robes, he could still see a mummified face. Except that Mu Chen couldn’t sense any vitality from it.

Although he could vaguely sense the Fallen Origin Aura from the grey-robed figure, he had also sensed a trace amount of danger.

For a person to be able to preserve their body despite dying for so many years was an abnormal matter in itself.

Mu Chen’s gaze flickered and he did not enter deep into the palace, but chose to slowly retreat with caution. The Fallen Battlefield was filled with fatal dangers. If he wasn’t careful, he might be turned into bones here. Mu Chen wasn’t willing to throw his life away for some Fallen Origin Pellets.

Rustle! Rustle!

Mu Chen’s feet slowly streak across the ground. However, just when he was about to exit the palace, the grey-robed figure suddenly trembled and raised his mummified face. His eyes flickered with a weird crimson light.

Boom!

Mu Chen’s face changed as he burst in retreat without any hesitation.

The grey-robed figure had stretched his bone-like claws out and a pitch-black light gathered in his palms. They were like black holes that displayed a terrifying suction force.

Mu Chen’s figure, which was retreating, froze. The terrifying suction force made him incapable of moving. With a rustle, his figure flew towards the grey-robed figure.

Mu Chen’s face drastically changed. He never expected the grey-robed figure to be so powerful. Just this move alone had shown how powerful was he.

Mu Chen was swiftly pulled into the palace. As he was being pulled closer, he could see the crimson light in the eyes of the grey-robed figure. It flickered with destruction and violence that didn’t seem human-like.

“He’s not a human?” Mu Chen’s heart trembled. Could this grey-robed figure be the so-called “Foreign Fiends”?

Light swiftly flicked in Mu Chen’s eyes and he abruptly clenched his teeth, before a golden light surged behind him. The Spirit of the True Phoenix was roused up and a huge pair of phoenix wings unfolded.

The phoenix wings trembled, bringing along violent wind, and stabilised Mu Chen’s, figure which was being pulled. The wings flapped once again and brought Mu Chen onto a stone pillar. He clenched his fist and the Great Meru Demonic Pillar appeared in a flash, casting a huge shadow and an ominous aura as it fell towards the grey-robed figure.

However, the grey-robed figure had only stretched his hand out in response to Mu Chen’s ferocious move and gently patted. A bright metallic clash resounded, causing this palace to collapse.

Mu Chen’s figure was sent flying back. He had a solemn expression while looking at the collapsed palace. The grey-robed figure was seen quietly seated at his original spot. Mu Chen’s attacks had not caused him to move even a little bit.

His pair of weird crimson eyes, once again, looked at Mu Chen with destructive and violent light.

The hairs on Mu Chen’s pores stood up and the phoenix wings flapped, before his figure disappeared.

Whoosh!

When Mu Chen had disappeared, a mummified hand brought along a pitch-black light as it penetrated through Mu Chen’s original position and the grey-robed figure had also slowly appeared in the sky.

A hundred feet away, Mu Chen’s expression was extremely unsightly. The grey-robed figure’s speed was too fast. If it wasn’t for him using the Spirit of the True Phoenix, which granted a huge surge in his speed, he would have already been killed.

But, even so, he could sense that the grey-robed figure’s attacks were becoming more violent. If he was caught in them, he definitely would not be able to resist. Since the Nine Nether Troop wasn’t present at the moment, he couldn’t confront such an expert without the support of the Nine Nether Battle Will.

Rustle!

Just when Mu Chen’s heart flashed with thoughts, space undulated before him and the grey-robed figure flew out once again. The ferocious attacks had enveloped over, forcing him to retreat in a miserable state.

Boom!

Mu Chen’s figure smashed against a stone pillar, reducing the pillar itself to dust. As the dust spread out, the grey-robed figure had mysteriously appeared and his crimson hands ruthlessly slammed towards Mu Chen’s head.

Mu Chen’s face drastically changed and was about to bring out his Great Solar Undying Body.

Boom!

Just when he was about to form the seals, a black-feathered sword blazing with purple flames shot over.

The grey-robed figure slapped it back with the back of his hand, reducing the black-feathered sword to ashes with the surging of crimson light. The black-feathered sword had been destroyed, but the purple flames had coiled onto his hand and the terrifyingly high temperature spread out, swiftly turning the hand of the grey-robed figure charred.

The grey-robed figure retreated as a bizarre crimson light surged on the surface of his body. Under the corrosion of that light, the purple flames had slowly died down.

Mu Chen wiped the blood off the corner of his lips as Nine Nether’s figure appeared beside him in a flash. She had a solemn expression as she looked at the grey-robed figure. “What is that?”

“No idea, I encountered it upon arriving here.” Mu Chen shook his head with a bitter smile.

Roar!

After the grey-robed figure had extinguished the flames on his arm, he looked towards Mu Chen and Nine Nether as a deep roar echoed from his throat. His eyes turned even more ferocious, fluctuating with ripples that wanted to destroy everything.

He fixed his gaze onto the two. Just when he wanted to charge forth and tear everything apart, his figure suddenly froze and the crimson light in his eyes weakened, revealing a struggling expression on his mummified face.

However, the struggle had only briefly appeared, before it was replaced with ferocity. The eyeball had slowly turned triangular, like an emotionless poisonous snake.

Seeing the changes in his eyes, Nine Nether’s face drastically changed. “Fiend Aura Invasion?”

“Fiend Aura Invasion?”

“He was infected by the energy of the Fiend Tribe, that was why he could maintain his body without being destroyed. But his consciousness was also gradually corroded by the fiend aura and was replaced with destructive thoughts.”

Nine Nether’s face turned grave. “Let’s quickly leave, this fellow’s strength has probably reached Ninth Grade Sovereign. Even if his vital energy is greatly damaged, he’s still comparable to an Eighth Grade Sovereign. It’s not something that the both of us can handle!”

Mu Chen could only nod his head. If he could harvest the Fallen Origin Aura, he could definitely refine a lot of Fallen Origin Pellets. But right now, they no longer had this chance, anymore.

Their two figures had burst in retreat almost at the same time, with their bodies tensed up. Spiritual Energy surged around them as they stared at the grey-robed figure with caution.

Roar!

The grey-robed figure stared at the two of them, then suddenly unleashed a roar. He abruptly stretched his palms out and a crimson aura rolled, taking the form of two huge crimson hands that immediately penetrated through space and swiftly headed towards the two of them.

Facing the energy that was polluted with fiend aura, Mu Chen and Nine Nether did not dare to come in contact with it as they swiftly retreated.

Boom! Boom!

Tattered palaces were being destroyed by the grey-robed figure, one after another. As the dust rose, Mu Chen and Nine Nether’s figures were swiftly retreating from the palace that was about to collapse. While they were urgently retreating, they could sense the attacks of the grey-robed figure becoming more ferocious.

His energy seemed to be awakening bit by bit.

This discovery made Mu Chen and Nine Nether’s hearts sink. If the grey-robed figure managed to recover his strength to Ninth Grade Sovereign, they wouldn’t be able to escape.

“You leave first!” Nine Nether clenched her teeth as she lightly barked at Mu Chen.

Mu Chen frowned his brows and had directly sent a palm towards Nine Nether. Boundless Spiritual Energy slammed against, forcing her to fly back. “You leave first, I have the True Phoenix Wings.”

Nine Nether did not bother about Mu Chen as she charged back up. That’s because she knew that if she was to retreat, it’d be impossible for Mu Chen to withstand it with his strength.

Mu Chen helplessly smiled and could only aid Nine Nether, since it was impossible for him to leave her behind.

But even with the both of them joining together, it was still impossible to confront the grey-robed figure. On the contrary, they were suppressed in the battle instead and were slowly retreating in defeat. If it wasn’t for the both of them possessing some means, they would have already fallen here.

But, even so, their situation was extremely unfavourable.

“I’ll force him back in a bit, you grab me and leave.” Nine Nether clenched her teeth as she spoke in a solemn expression.

Mu Chen’s expression changed. It looked like the means that Nine Nether would resort to would greatly affect her. But at this point in time, there was no other way out and he could only heavily nod his head.

Nine Nether took in a deep breath and some purple flames started to blaze in her eyes.

Buzz! Buzz!

But just when Nine Nether was about to resort to her extreme means, an ancient buzzing noise abruptly rang out in this ruin. Mu Chen’s expression changed as he saw innumerable white lights bursting out of this ruin. Looking carefully, those white lights were actually nameless plaques!

Those plaques were what Mu Chen had set up for the experts fallen here.

“This is?”

Nine Nether was also startled at this scene.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Countless nameless plaques swept out and revolved around the grey-robed figure like a tornado, with white lights shone onto his body.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

Those white lights seemed to be dealing great damage to the grey-robed figure. Under the white lights, the crimson aura had actually started to be purified, the grey-robed figure had also issued a shriek.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether were startled as they watched this scene. No one had expected for Mu Chen’s earlier casual actions to have such results.

The crimson aura around the grey-robed figure started to grow thin, and roughly a few minutes later, it had completely disappeared. The ferocity on his face had also disappeared, replaced with absolve.

With the face of the grey-robed figure gradually turning normal, ancient runes started to vaguely show on his head.

Looking at those ancient runes, Nine Nether’s body trembled as she exclaimed in surprise, “Ancient Haven Palace?!”