Chapter 599 — The Resurrected Emperors
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But this Long Qingyun—the Seven Nations and the totem nations were briefly at a loss, unable to react to who this was.
"Long Qingyun?" In the Nation of Divine Wind, the God of Machinery Z pulled up the database, searching for who this Donghuang legend was. The search left him with a shocked expression, his face full of disbelief.
Tingxiang Kingdom's queen, now already Her Majesty the Empress of the Elf God, was also in the audience watching this edition of the World Tournament, hoping her subjects would put up a good showing. When she heard the name Long Qingyun, she too was slightly taken aback—wasn't that the name of the Eastern Radiance Dragon Emperor...? Being rather close to the former Dragon God, she was quite familiar with that name as well.
"Wait, who is this person?" It wasn't just the foreign beastmasters—even the domestic ones were somewhat bewildered, unaware of the existence of "Long Qingyun," or more precisely, unaware of who this Long Qingyun was.
Of course they knew of Long Qingyun—it was the name of the Eastern Radiance Dragon Emperor. But the Dragon Emperor had been dead for a thousand years.
"Who is this senior...? Why does he share the Dragon Emperor's name—a fan of the Dragon Emperor?" Over in the Eastern Radiance audience section, the contestants from the previous World Tournament all wore expressions of confusion. Though they had not yet reached the Legendary rank, they were certain that no such person existed among Eastern Radiance's legends.
As King Zou was puzzling over it, Shi Ying's voice came from beside him: "Is it possible that he is the Dragon Emperor—the legendary emperor of the fourth generation of the Eastern Radiance Dynasty, the Dragon Emperor."
Zou Yun and the others: ???
"What???" One after another, they stared in disbelief at Shi Jin, who wore a smile.
Meanwhile, on the field, the Dragon Emperor Long Qingyun and the Giant Dragon Empire's reincarnated demigod, Ai Ci, had locked eyes.
The Dragon Emperor's face was expressionless, while Ai Ci looked down upon him from above. Yet as that gaze persisted, Ai Ci's mind was violently shaken, and he unconsciously took a step back, actually feeling a trace of fear.
That step back left the spectators somewhat baffled.
"You..." The Dragon Emperor Long Qingyun slowly spoke, and at the same moment, the World Tree clone also issued the command to begin the battle.
"ROAR!!!!!" The next instant, as nine enormous golden summoning arrays appeared in the sky, nine demigod-level divine dragons, trailing terrifying draconic majesty, burst forth with a thunderous roar and coiled behind the Dragon Emperor.
With nine dragons filling the sky, their immense draconic majesty came crushing down. Under the incredulous gazes of everyone present, the reincarnated demigod Ai Ci was instantly pinned flat to the ground by that oppressive force—with a "boom," he was pressed into a prostrate position, his whole body trembling, not daring to move.
This scene immediately drew expressions of utter disbelief from the Giant Dragon Empire's Giant Dragon God and the other divine beasts present.
"One man contracting nine demigods—who on earth is this Qi?"
"Impossible. In Ai Ci's prime, he was a primary-rank god. How could he be suppressed by the draconic majesty of nine demigod dragons?"
It wasn't just outsiders who found it absurd—even Ai Ci himself felt it was absurd, unable to understand why his mind would produce such intense fear toward this opponent.
"If you are a reincarnated god, then you cannot be one of the giant dragons that invaded Eastern Radiance. In that case, you may as well concede," the Dragon Emperor said, his tone brooking no doubt.
Had this been the Dragon Emperor from before the decisive battle with the remnant soul of the World-Destroying Dragon, facing the reincarnated demigod Ai Ci would surely have meant a bitter struggle. But after the battle against the Ancestral Dragon's remnant soul, the Dragon Emperor and his beasts had been reborn, transformed beyond recognition.
Though they had sealed the World-Destroying Dragon's remnant soul at the cost of their own lives, from where he stood, they were undoubtedly the victors. Such a life-and-death battle across ranks was the finest forge for the will of a person—and of a legion.
They had even overcome the Ancestral Dragon's remnant soul, the progenitor of the entire dragon lineage. Now, facing a primary-rank god of the giant dragon race once more, the formidable spiritual will of the Dragon Emperor and his beasts brought a sense of oppression to the giant dragon Ai Ci in no way inferior to that of the Ancestral Dragon's remnant soul.
"Thud." The giant dragon Ai Ci, unable to resist, was pressed straight to the ground by the majestic force, eyes filled with shock, as if he had encountered the Ancestral Dragon himself. "Who... are you, really?"
"I am the fourth legendary beastmaster of Eastern Radiance, Long Qingyun—nothing more than a man from a thousand years ago," Long Qingyun said.
BOOM!
The next moment, Ai Ci, who had been slow to concede, was directly knocked unconscious by the draconic majesty. The entire arena fell silent.
"Senior Dragon Emperor out-poses even me," Shi Jin said with a smile amid the stunned expressions of his companions in the audience. "I didn't expect Senior Dragon Emperor to progress so quickly—in such a short time, all his beasts are already demigods."
"Blah blah blah..." Zou Yun and the others stared at Shi Jin in shock. "He—he—he really is the Dragon Emperor???"
"Who else could it be? Apart from the Dragon Emperor, who could one-shot a reincarnated giant dragon god with naught but an emperor's draconic majesty?" Shi Li said.
"But—but the Dragon Emperor has been dead for over a thousand years," Shen Ling said blankly.
"You'll understand in time. Call it a great archaeological discovery," Shi Yan said.
The reincarnated giant dragon god Ai Ci was one-shotted, and Eastern Radiance's Dragon Emperor Long Qingyun took the opening match with ease. The nations of Blue Star were thrown into shock, and soon, thanks to the Dragon Emperor's own disclosures, his information became known to the major nations.
Within the Giant Dragon Empire, records concerning the Dragon Emperor quickly surfaced.
Long Qingyun, the fourth legendary emperor of Eastern Radiance. In those years, when the Giant Dragon Empire attacked Chenyuan City, the Dragon God Tianli alone could not hold them off. Just then, the Eastern Radiance Dragon Emperor charged forth, driving the Giant Dragon Empire straight back to the West and shattering its ambitions, ensuring the Empire dared not enter Eastern Radiance's waters for five hundred years. He was the shadow haunting the Giant Dragon Empire's heart.
It was only after the Dragon Emperor had been missing for several hundred years that the Giant Dragon Empire dared to covet the lands of the East once more. Unfortunately for them, the Sky Emperor arose at that very time, joining forces with the Dragon God to charge West and drive the Giant Dragon Empire back once again...
"The Dragon Emperor Long Qingyun... how could he still be alive?"
"And his strength... how could it be so absurd?"
Faced with the shock and puzzlement of the various nations, Eastern Radiance naturally offered no elaborate explanations. The World Tournament continued.
Soon, the pairing for the second match was announced: Eastern Radiance's legendary beastmaster Wu Dong versus Divine Wind's legendary beastmaster Lei Tangyue.
"Eastern Radiance again."
"Wait, there's also Lei Tangyue!"
Lei Tangyue—Divine Wind's second legendary beastmaster, a super genius who had reached the Legendary rank before the Mythic Revival, champion of the second World Tournament, a blessed one of the World Tree, and once a judge of the Alliance Conference. Without question, he was among the elite of this batch of quasi-god powerhouses.