The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor

Chapter 1976 - 1973: Quasi-Emperors Clash

"You guys go on."Ye Xuan spoke slowly.

As soon as he said this, Tushan Chen understood what Emperor Ye meant—this was to test how well the path he’d walked on the Emperor Road was working out.

He still remembered clearly that Emperor Ye intended to cultivate him into a Great Emperor.

But if he wanted to become an Emperor—

He absolutely couldn’t rely on others to raise him there.

After all—

You need to be hard iron to swing a hard hammer.

"Emperor Ye?"

When the Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang and the Calculator heard Tushan Chen address Ye Xuan like that, both of their brows furrowed.

He’d already proclaimed himself Emperor?

Impossible.

If he had really become an Emperor, it would be impossible for him to appear on the Emperor Road.

"Daring to take the title of Emperor when you haven’t even become one—truly courting death."

Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang said coldly.

Then Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang swept his gaze toward the Calculator. "One each. Pick yours."

The Calculator stared fixedly at Ye Xuan and said in a heavy voice, "This one."

Just from that brief clash with Tushan Chen, he already knew he was no match.

Although this guy who suddenly appeared called himself Emperor Ye, he hadn’t seen his methods yet, so it was worth a try.

One opponent he knew he couldn’t beat; the other, he could at least test.

Naturally, he chose the one he could test.

"You’re not entirely without sense." Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang said indifferently.

Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang looked at Tushan Chen, his pair of pitch-black, inky serpent pupils glinting with a ghostly chill.

"I really didn’t see it at first—you little fox actually possess the bloodline of the Qingqiu Fox Clan."

"If I eat you, this seat’s cultivation can make another great leap forward."

Among the Demon Race, the weak are prey to the strong.

Especially between the great clans—they devour each other even more.

Now, after seeing how powerful Tushan Chen was, Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang not only felt no fear, he instead had the most primitive desire in his bloodline stirred up.

Eat Tushan Chen!

In Tushan Chen’s pair of fox eyes, there was full upright grandeur. He calmly looked at Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang and said slowly, "Your bloodline isn’t bad either, but this king doesn’t fancy it."

One more arrogant than the other!

On the other side, after locking on to Ye Xuan, the Calculator didn’t rush to make a move. Instead, he carefully observed.

To be honest, he still couldn’t determine whether Ye Xuan was a Snow Storage, or someone who’d already made his way here beforehand.

Ye Xuan naturally noticed the Calculator’s probing. He looked down upon the Calculator and drawled, "If you know what’s good for you, you’d better just stand there nicely. Otherwise, if you get slaughtered later, I’m not taking responsibility."

The Calculator narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile, "Daoist friend is that confident? You really think a Quasi-Emperor is that easy to kill?"

There is a saying in the world—

Great Saints are hard to kill.

They are almost unkillable existences.

Even when a higher Realm fights a lower one, it’s extremely hard to kill.

And Quasi-Emperors are above Great Saints.

Want to kill a Quasi-Emperor?

That’s almost impossible.

What is a Quasi-Emperor?

An existence second only to a Great Emperor, just one step away from ascending to the Realm of Great Emperor.

Such an invincible existence—how could they be so easily slain?

This was the root of the Calculator’s confidence.

The reason he didn’t choose Tushan Chen was because he knew he was completely no match for Tushan Chen.

He chose Ye Xuan because Ye Xuan’s background had not been revealed; who knew, maybe he could restrain Ye Xuan.

And even if, in the worst case, he wasn’t a match, he still wouldn’t be so easily slaughtered.

Ye Xuan listened to the Calculator’s words but didn’t respond. Instead, he turned his gaze to Tushan Chen and the Ancient Divine Python Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang.

Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang.

A pure-blood line of the Ancient Divine Python clan.

He was also said to be the one closest to their Ancient Divine Python ancestor.

Speaking of that ancestor, he had a certain connection to Ye Xuan.

Back then, the ancestor of the Ancient Divine Pythons had not yet become an Emperor, but his ferocious reputation was already widespread as he went around devouring and slaughtering powerhouses.

On one expedition into a Forbidden Land, he ran into Ye Xuan.

The Ancient Divine Python ancestor sensed how extraordinary Ye Xuan was, and on Ye Xuan he smelled a bloodline that made him drool, so he wanted to devour Ye Xuan.

The result was obvious.

Back then, Ye Xuan was at his Peak.

No Great Emperor could stand against him.

Let alone a mere Ancient Divine Python ancestor—Ye Xuan tidied him up in just a few moves.

In front of Ye Xuan, that so-called Ancient Divine Python ancestor was like a little mud loach.

Where was any of that Python Ancestor ferocity?

For that period of time, the Ancient Divine Python ancestor even became Ye Xuan’s mount.

Fortunately, Ye Xuan had no intention to kill and later let the Ancient Divine Python ancestor go.

After that, the Ancient Divine Python ancestor reached the end of the Emperor Road and bore the Power of Heavenly Destiny.

In the following Tian Ming struggle, he slaughtered all directions, ultimately bearing Tian Ming and achieving the status of a Great Emperor.

He was titled the Divine Python Great Emperor.

That was also the most glorious era of the Ancient Divine Python clan.

After becoming an Emperor, the Divine Python Great Emperor sought Ye Xuan’s tracks.

After all, having become an Emperor, he wanted to face Ye Xuan again.

But he never found Ye Xuan and could only give up.

In truth, during that period, Ye Xuan was traversing the Dao Chu Ancient Land and had no time to bother with the Divine Python Great Emperor.

By the time he left the Dao Chu Ancient Land, the era of the Divine Python Great Emperor had already passed.

And by then, this Ancient Divine Python called Mo Mang had begun to shine, seemingly about to replicate the ferocity of the Divine Python Great Emperor.

Ye Xuan had heard a bit about this.

Seeing him today, Ye Xuan could tell that this Mo Mang was indeed extraordinary.

Even compared to the Divine Python Great Emperor in his youth, the two were probably about equal.

But that didn’t prove anything.

Across the ages, there were Great Emperors who suffered countless crushing defeats before they became Emperors, even being beaten so badly they fled in disgrace.

But in the end, they became invincible for an entire era.

That alone was enough.

Everything in the past was merely the foundation for what they were now.

Mo Mang was very strong.

Tushan Chen was just as strong!

Their battle was absolutely point-to-point, edge-to-edge.

The two of them fought from the Emperor Road into the Chaos, churning Chaos itself, even opening up world after world, which then collapsed within.

The pristine, snow-white King’s Robe Tushan Chen wore was torn in many places.

The supposedly indestructible Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang was also flayed and bloodied by Tushan Chen’s fierce slaughter.

The two of them were both from the Demon Race.

In such an absolute Peak battle, they had already fought themselves into a rage.

There was no unnecessary chatter; all kinds of wondrous, invincible Divine Skills were pulled out effortlessly at their fingertips.

On the other side, seeing that Ye Xuan continued to ignore him, the Calculator raised a brow slightly but still didn’t strike.

He was waiting for Tushan Chen and Quasi-Emperor Mo Mang to decide victory and defeat.

Their battle truly left the Calculator secretly shocked.

All of them were in the Quasi-Emperor Initial Stage, yet the gap was this huge.

At this moment—

Ye Xuan’s gaze shifted slightly, landing on a patch of Chaos not far away. He sounded a bit surprised. "Well, I’ll be damned. Your life is really that tough? You haven’t died yet?"

Within that Chaos, a clump of chaotic light drifted toward the Emperor Road.

When it landed, it condensed into a figure.

That was...

A chicken?!

And a completely featherless one at that!

"Cluck cluck cluck, daddy’s out again!"

The plucked chicken clucked, swaggering down the Emperor Road like it recognized no kin. It glanced at the Calculator with disdain and said,

"So all the ones who made it to the end of the Emperor Road this time are this trashy?"