diskusbooks Chapter 341 Father and Son Showdown
Chapter 341 Father and Son Showdown
The humming sound of the vibrating bowstring echoed on the mountain top. The blood beads that seeped out from between Zhou Tianxuan's fingers had not yet dripped when they were evaporated into scarlet mist by the flames.
Zhou Tianxuan's fingertips rubbed the bowstring, making a sharp and piercing sound, and dense dynasty runes appeared on the surface of a blood arrow.
——It is the prayer engraved on the Sheji Ding when emperors of all dynasties offered sacrifices to heaven!
Nine entangled dragon shadows vaguely appeared at the arrowhead, each of them roaring in pain.
"Father, why did you pass the throne to that useless elder brother? Didn't I work hard enough?!"
Zhou Tianxuan's roar shook the altar, and the whites of his eyes were completely stained red. "I grew up pursuing your dreams. Now, just because he was born three years earlier than me, the throne is handed over to this loser?"
"Shut up, you keep calling me a waste. But he's your elder brother, the one you've wanted since you were a child. Didn't I give him to you?" Zhou Li shouted in pain.
"Look, Father—"
Zhou Tianxuan laughed wildly, his bowstring already reddened by the flames. "The dragon energy left by our ancestors is much more obedient than you think!"
The moment the arrow was shot, the entire Dazhou Mountain fell silent, and the deep earth veins trembled at the same time.
Wherever the arrow passed, space collapsed layer by layer like fragile glass, revealing a dark void crack behind it.
The three silver-armored guards closest to them were about to raise their shields when their bodies melted and evaporated like wax figures, and their armor turned into molten iron and splashed everywhere.
The three civil servants at the back didn't even have time to show their surprise before they turned into wisps of green smoke and disappeared.
Zhou Li's pupils contracted sharply. He saw the dark golden lines flowing on the arrow—that was the original power of the Dynasty Dragon Vein!
The black long sword let out a mournful cry, and the dragon pattern on the blade's spine was fading at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Rebellious son! Do you know what you are doing?"
The emperor's angry roar shattered half of the cliff, and the shadow of vast rivers and mountains appeared in the trajectory of his long sword.
The blade showed the shadow of the Great Zhou territory - the snow-capped mountains in the north, the forests in the south, the plains in the east, and the vast mountains and rivers were all within this one blade!
This knife carried the weight of mountains and rivers. Before the blade arrived, the altar below had already collapsed three feet!
"clang--!!!"
The moment the arrow collided with the sword, a dazzling white light engulfed the entire mountaintop.
The terrifying energy ripples spread out in a circular shape, and wherever they passed, no matter if it was a thousand-year-old pine tree or a black iron pillar, they were all cut in half.
Zhou Li's figure as he blocked with his sword was blurred for a moment in the strong light, and the phantoms of mountains and rivers on the sword shattered three times in succession.
Empress Dowager Li's phoenix crown exploded with a bang, and the nine-phoenix pearl hairpin melted into golden liquid in mid-air.
When the light faded, Zhou Li was half-kneeling in the middle of the deep pit.
His left arm tightly protected the unconscious Empress Dowager Li and Zhou Tianhao. The black long sword in his right hand was already covered with spider-web-like cracks, and molten iron was still dripping from the tip of the sword.
The most horrifying thing was the two wounds on his cheeks that were so deep that the bone could be seen - those were the marks of the backlash of the dragon's energy, and even the body of an emperor could not heal itself.
“Haha…hahaha…”
A charred human figure wriggled amidst the ruins.
Half of Zhou Tianxuan's body had been carbonized, but he was still laughing hoarsely.
He dug his broken fingers into the ground, leaving five bloody marks:
"Is it satisfying, Father? Can't you feel it... The dragon veins of the Great Zhou are wailing..."
Zhou Li suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.
He was horrified to find that the imperial mental method that had been running in his body for thousands of years had actually begun to reverse!
The golden dragon image in the sea of qi cracked inch by inch, and with every shattered piece, a large amount of memory disappeared - this was a sign of backlash against the country's destiny.
In the distance came the roar of collapsing beams and pillars, a sign of the dynasty's collapse.
"You actually...burned the dragon energy of the country..." Zhou Li's voice trembled for the first time.
He finally understood why that arrow could shatter the Mountain and River Sword - this rebellious son sacrificed the foundation of the entire dynasty!
"What am I afraid of?"
Zhou Tianxuan struggled to raise his upper body, his carbonized skin peeling off. "Don't you always say... a ruler should make decisive decisions?"
He suddenly started coughing violently, and what came out of his mouth was burning golden sparks. "I will exchange a thousand years of national destiny... for your... a lifetime of pain..."
Suddenly, there was a continuous roar at the foot of the mountain.
Looking around, the ancestral temples dedicated to the previous emperors were collapsing one after another, and the nine national tripods were oozing black blood at the same time.
Farther away, the beacon towers on the border lit up with scarlet flames one after another.
Zhou Tianxuan stared at the emperor with his only remaining eye, his mouth riven with tears.
"I want this vast land to be buried with me..."
Zhou Tianxuan stood up shakily, his charred skin peeling off, revealing the flesh and blood flowing like magma underneath.
He grinned, revealing his blood-stained teeth, his eyes fixed on Zhou Tianhao who was hiding behind Zhou Li.
"Father...Emperor..."
His voice was like sandpaper scraping against each other, and every word he spoke emitted tiny sparks. "You... can protect him... for a while..."
Anyway, his only fate is death, so why not take one away?
He wanted to prevent the entire Great Zhou Dynasty from continuing and destroy it in the hands of his father, making him regret it for the rest of his life!
"Flame Field—Open!"
With a hoarse roar, a crimson wave of fire exploded with Zhou Tianxuan as the center.
Wherever the domain passed, the air made a popping sound like popping beans, and the bluestone slabs instantly melted into boiling slurry.
A tongue of fire rushed towards Zhou Tianhao like a poisonous snake, but was pinched out halfway by a palm wrapped with dragon patterns.
"Rebel!"
Zhou Li's hair and beard stood on end, and his imperial robe fluttered without a breeze. "How long will you continue to be so stubborn?"
The dim golden domain unfolded with difficulty and collided with the crimson fire domain with a loud bang.
Where the two forces collided, space twisted into strange ripples, and fine black cracks spread like a spider web.
Zhou Li groaned, and a wisp of golden thread flowed out from the corner of his mouth - that was the essence and blood infused with dragon energy.
The phantoms of mountains and rivers in Zhou Li's domain continued to collapse, and Zhou Tianxuan's flame domain was also shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Old thing..."
Zhou Tianxuan stalked forward with a sinister grin, chunks of burnt flesh falling off his body with every step. "You think... this is the end?"
The red dragon's shadow collided with the golden sword, and the sparks burned half of the altar to ashes.
Zhou Li split the fire curtain with one palm, but Zhou Tianxuan did not dodge or evade, allowing the palm force to penetrate his chest, and then he tore off half of the emperor's sleeve with a claw.
Two giant territorial dragons were fighting in the air, and dragon scales mixed with blood rain fell.
Zhou Tianxuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of burning golden blood, and the blood drops turned into chains in the air, temporarily imprisoning Zhou Li.
"Die!" Zhou Tianxuan's right arm suddenly exploded, turning into a red rainbow that went straight for Zhou Tianhao's throat.
At the critical moment, Zhou Li forcibly twisted the domain, and a golden barrier condensed in front of the prince.
"Crack!"
The sound of the barrier shattering was crisp and sharp.
Zhou Tianhao stared blankly at the red rainbow that stopped three inches between his eyebrows, then looked at his father who was standing in front of him - the rainbow light had already pierced through Zhou Li's shoulder blade.
"pity..."
Zhou Tianxuan stumbled back, the fire in his eyes gradually dimming, "I still couldn't take it away..."