Chapter 7242 Seizing the Throne

The Dark Son tumbled across the ground. As he flew back, the radiance of Long Chen’s starlight retracted, and the Grand Dao chains that had been exposed once more faded. But although that sight had only lasted for a moment, it had left a deep impact on everyone. Thanks to that, they could understand why the seemingly indomitable Dark Son was being toyed with by Long Chen—it was due to the massive gaps in his power.

“That guy’s techniques are all full of flaws. Unfortunately, we were so terrified that we couldn’t even sense them,” sighed someone.

The Dark Son’s aura had made the nine heavens’ experts’ confidence shatter. All they saw was terror, and their only thought was to flee.

“What could you do even if you saw those flaws? He’s too powerful for us to take advantage of them!”

“Do you think Long Chen used up so much energy to illuminate his weaknesses just to humiliate him? He’s doing it to tell us that as long as you don’t give up, you can always find a chance! Even someone as powerful as the Dark Son had such huge openings. Just now, if we had been willing to fight him to death, we might have been able to discover them and use them to our advantage,” said another person.

“Now that you say it, I’m really ashamed. Without that mysterious expert helping us, we would’ve all died. And the worst part is that when we saw death in front of us, we just gave up. We cut the branch we sat on with our own hands. If we had fought, there would have been at least a slight chance of survival. Maybe the real difference between us and real experts is not simply power and cultivation, but the courage to fight even while facing death!”

The scene just now truly impacted many people. The heavenly geniuses here were not only shocked, but also ashamed. Normally, they were all showing off their power in their own territory, but on a real battlefield, facing true experts, they turned out to be nothing but trash that couldn’t even summon the will to fight back.

Normally, they were filled with righteousness and claimed that they would slay demons and devils. They had truly believed that, but it appeared that they had been lying to themselves. Their loud, heroic shouts turned out to be nothing more than a cover-up for their cowardice. Thinking of those grand words they had just spouted earlier, they felt as if their lives were comedy plays and each one of them was a clown.

They then looked at Long Chen’s side. A hundred thousand people had dared to charge into an outsider army numbering in the billions. They had laughed at those brainless fools who had charged into that battlefield just because Long Chen asked. Now, as they looked at the “brainless fools” standing behind Long Chen, they suddenly felt that they were worthless in comparison. Those “brainless fools” were the true experts.

All the mockery these people had thrown at Miao Yin’s troops now felt like a spit thrown against the wind that was now splashing onto their faces. And what they felt about it was not anger, but shame and a newfound maturity. They now understood: The true measure of a warrior was not power, but the courage to face death when it mattered.

The Dark Son finally stabilized himself. He spread his arms apart, then raised his head and roared.

“Long Chen, this lord will definitely tear you into a million pieces today!”

The two wings on his back suddenly exploded, and a giant black throne appeared behind him. The nine heavens and ten lands trembled.

“Heavens, a Dark Throne! He is about to use the Dark Master’s faith energy!”

“The Dark Throne absorbed two kinds of Grand Dao power! The Dark Son is not the one controlling these two Grand Daos; the Dark Throne is controlling them!”

“This aura...”

Suddenly, people began to cough up blood. Blood poured out of their eyes; they had been injured just because they looked at that Dark Throne!

Black qi gushed out of the throne like millions of tentacles. It felt as if these tentacles could seize the lives of every living being here. Even half-step Heavenly Sovereigns were trembling. In front of this terrifying aura, Sovereign Lords, Divine Sovereigns, and half-step Heavenly Sovereigns alike were nothing more than ants.

This feeling of not having their lives in their own hands made them feel despair. Even if they wanted to fight back, they found themselves lacking the power to do so.

“I decided to walk my own path when I chose to seize two types of Grand Daos. I know that it will be difficult, but I have the power and the ability to do it. As for you, you won’t get to live to see that day!”

The Dark Son stood atop his throne and looked down at Long Chen from high above.

Long Chen’s eyes lit up when he saw this throne, and he smiled faintly

“I’ll tell you three things. First of all, cut the crap. You and the word ‘ability’ have no business being in the same sentence!”

“You...!” The Dark Son had thought that Long Chen would be terrified now that he summoned his throne, but Long Chen continued to treat him indifferently, causing him to almost spit out blood.

“Second...”

Long Chen suddenly shot into motion. He ignored the Dark Throne’s domain and once more arrived before the Dark Son, sending him flying with another slap in the face.

“I don’t like having to lift my head up to look at people. Get off that chair!”

Long Chen’s voice echoed through the air as the Dark Son tumbled back. It was a shocking sight.

“Did you think a bit of faith energy could control the Grand Dao? You’re too naive!”

Long Chen was now standing on top of the Dark Throne. He laughed.

“As for the third thing I want to tell you... If I hadn’t been waiting for you to summon this throne, you’d have already died a hundred times over!”

After saying that, Long Chen waved his hand, and Cang Lu appeared beside him. Cang Lu sat down on the Dark Throne, which suddenly unleashed a wave of heaven-shaking power that sent Long Chen flying.

“What are you doing?!"

The Dark Son let out a terrified shout. He tried to rush towards his throne, only to be sent flying by the same shockwave. Blood sprayed from his mouth.

“The Dark Throne’s power... it no longer recognizes him!”

The Dark Son’s own throne had actually just struck him! People had no idea what was happening. Just then, the Dark Throne shuddered; two giant wings appeared behind it, seemingly attempting to escape the Dark Throne’s bindings.

“Damn it, who is he?!”

The Dark Son had lost control of his throne. For the first time, apart from rage, he started feeling fear.

“Someone who can control your throne’s power. Who do you think he is?”

Long Chen tidied his robes and looked at the Dark Son indifferently, but this time, his composure was just a façade. The shockwave earlier had been entirely outside of his expectations and it had been truly quick and powerful. If it hadn’t been for his Star Battle Armor, he would have been injured, and the impact had shattered the Star Battle Armor!

Grand Dao power was truly terrifying. It wasn’t something that Long Chen could resist without equal Grand Dao power of his own. And this Dark Son thought that he could seize not one but two types of Grand Dao power for himself, and fuse them together to boot? That was simply laughable.

“I’m not sure how you people relate to each other, but in human terms, he would be considered your senior brother. He is a former Dark Son known as the Bloodfiend Devil Lord, and his name is Cang Lu!” Long Chen’s voice rang out loudly, causing shock to ripple over the crowd.

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