Divine Emperor of Death

Chapter 4267  Down To Two

"Oh my~"

Mingzhi sensed a flare of chaos-destruction energy above as she gazed at Venerable Knight Lussandra, who was in front of her, bloodied and missing an arm and a leg. She hung helplessly in the air as Mingzhi grabbed her by the neck and absorbed nearly all of her energy.

She couldn't digest it, but with darkness's absorbing property, she was able to extract energy and eliminate it. This darkness devouring was more gentle than spatial devouring but was still nefarious enough to leave the victim gasping for breath as all the energy was being sucked out, causing them to be unable to circulate energy properly.

For cultivators who were stuck in a deserted region that didn't have a single breath of heaven and earth energy, lack of internal energy would only hasten their death unless their souls were perpetual or they could hibernate with the last bit of energy generated from their blood essence or soul essence.

But with Mingzhi absorbing and eliminating any energy that came her way, this strange avatar's split was going to disappear faster than it could restore energy, even with the heaven and earth aiding her with all its might.

Mingzhi lowered the usage of her power and smiled, "Now, only two of you are left here. Who's going to stop me from killing all the Heaven's Warriors below?"

"They've all left already…"

Venerable Knight Lussandra's voice cracked, "You can no longer kill them."

"Eh? Why not?" Mingzhi looked amused, "Just like you people love to chase us, why wouldn't I do the same thing?"

"You- you can't…!"

Venerable Knight Lussandra's expression churned, "If you kill all these Heaven's Warriors, you'll only end up adding more to your list until you die one day. It is not in your best interest to exterminate them!"

"…"

Mingzhi's brows raised, her pupils dilating, "You think I don't know that?"

She snarled, her voice heavy, "But if I take a step back, you people will only see that as weakness and try to attack again. Do you take us to be fools who endure and never strike back? Unfortunately for you all, we have the most dishes when it comes to serving revenge. We'll make sure to distribute it to all."

She snarled, her voice heavy, "But if I take a step back, you people will only see that as weakness and try to attack again. Do you take us to be fools who endure and never strike back? Unfortunately for you all, we have the most dishes when it comes to serving revenge. We'll make sure to distribute it to all."

"…!"

Venerable Knight Lussandra looked rattled. She couldn't imagine what kind of gruesome scene that would be like as this woman's power was much more fear-inducing- to be ground into meat paste while still being alive. The pain caused would be unimaginable.

"I- I can make it happen."

"What?" Mingzhi narrowed her brows.

Venerable Knight Lussandra tried to speak properly, "I can make the Heaven's Warriors not pursue you and your people anymore as long as you all stay in this Whispering Wildlands Lower Realm."

Mingzhi's black hair rose in anger, "You want to negotiate now that you're losing? Setting aside this shameless behavior, do you even have the authority? You're not the Supreme One."

"I'm a Venerable Knight, and I possess enough authority to keep the Divine Sentinel Order off of you for a period of time."

"…" Mingzhi glared at her with killing intent, "You think that's enough?"

"…"

Venerable Knight Lussandra clenched her teeth, becoming silent.

"Darling, are you hearing this bullshit?" Meanwhile, Mingzhi sent a soul transmission to Davis.

Davis responded, "She said the same thing to me right now. They want to minimize losses now that they can see their defeat. It's a wise move that they're trying only because it's me who can understand reason. They wouldn't try this with a Divergent who is deeply involved in actual evil."

"Are you seriously considering this?" Mingzhi sounded irritated.

"No, you can continue to kill. I won't stop you." Davis quickly replied, "Even I want to go crazy and end them all for their wretched audacity to gang up on us for a stupid archaic reason."

"However, what Venerable Knight Lussandra is saying is true. If we kill these lowly Heaven's Warriors, only more powerful ones are going to descend. I am absolutely sure we can win every single time until we pull the Supreme One again, whereupon both he and I would probably end up in the void, but he could probably go back since the heavens would help him in some way and even heal his injured soul."

"…"

Mingzhi couldn't retort.

What Venerable Knights? The Celestial Transcendent was the scariest.

She knew her Devouring Laws would easily crumble in front of him. Her powers nearly tied with the Venerable Hollow Knight's powers. If Davis hadn't comprehended chaos-destruction energy, then defeating the Venerable Hollow Knight would have been very difficult.

"Remember, we aren't alive now because we are strong." Davis continued, "We are alive because we are strong and entered a Covenant with the Celestial Transcendent. It would be wise of us to take a step back while having the advantage. We only need to kill those who are lunatic enough to attack us and attack us again, not those who are fleeing for their lives."

"…"

"However, fuck that. There's only so much we could endure. Go ahead and kill them all. I'll be there after taking care of these two."

"…" Mingzhi's expression flared. In the end, she sighed and let go of Venerable Knight Lussandra's neck and pushed her away.

"Bastard, you know I won't do such an illogical thing that would put us at a disadvantage."

"…" Davis didn't comment.

Venerable Knight Lussandra experienced a lot of coughing upon being released. She looked up, turning into a pair of wings, and returned to the main body.

*Whoosh!~*

Mingzhi also appeared beside Davis.

Now, there were two in both groups, but one group knew that they were not a match anymore.

Even Venerable Knight Damien's expression was unsightly. Ever since he started hunting Divergents, he had never known such defeat. But even he could tell that the situation was dire enough that they needed to lower their heads.

Normally, he would rather die than negotiate with Divergents, but if the Celestial Transcendent had other ideas by giving the reign to Venerable Knight Lussandra, he was unsure of what to do.

"Changed your mind?" Davis turned to look at Mingzhi and asked with a soul transmission.

"For Tianyu, I'll stay my hand."

Mingzhi didn't look amused. It could be seen that she didn't want to choose this option if it was possible.

Davis couldn't help but smile. He didn't know how many times he stayed his hand because he had a family to take care of and protect. If it was just him- what did he have to fear? With Fallen Heaven, he had the confidence to bring about the greatest destruction this universe had ever seen.

"Such a doting mother you are. Don't spoil him too much."

Davis smilingly shook his head at her and returned his gaze to Venerable Knight Lussandra.

"Know that if you cannot accept my conditions, then the Heaven's Warriors you thought they escaped will all die."

Davis raised his hand, and abruptly, thousands of souls screamed in fright as they suddenly felt death looming beside them as though a deathly hand was on their shoulder.

"…!"

Venerable Knight Lussandra and Venerable Knight Damien also felt it. They held their breaths, sensing this strange premonition of death, but it wasn't like they couldn't survive it. However, they had their soul sense stretched below and saw their juniors also reacting in the same way even though they were all far away.

They pieced this phenomenon and instantly thought it was some kind of ridiculous karmic attack.

Davis's expression was cold, "You Heaven's Warriors all ganged up with the same intent- to kill me, the Divine Emperor of Death. What kind of grave sin is that? You all have to end up suffering the consequences together."

'Judgment Laws!' Mingzhi noticed their reaction, and her lips couldn't help but curl in delight.

'That's right. My beloved man would never miss an opportunity to get all the advantages he could…' She was full of pride and watched them squirm under the weight of the judgment that he placed upon them with schadenfreude.

Davis started, "First, you Heaven's Warriors will publicly declare that the Whispering Wildlands Lower Realm and Verdant Vale Lower Realm is off limits to the Heaven's Warriors-"