Sword Sovereign of the Celestial Emperor-Chapter 187, The Bizarre Stele

Chu Ming’s reactions now were incredibly sharp, especially after breaking through to the True Dao Realm, his performance was particularly outstanding.

Swoosh!

A white sword light burst out from Chu Ming’s sword, piercing through layers of space, and instantly appeared in front of the zombie on the left—so fast, it reached the pinnacle of speed!

Chu Ming’s sword was of that extreme speed, so quick that the purple-haired zombie had no way to dodge and could only use its sturdy body to withstand it.

Splatter!

The sword light gently turned, and immediately a white pillar of light shot through the middle, easily piercing through the purple-haired zombie’s chest. Purple blood splattered and fell to the ground, making a splashing sound.

However, the vitality of the purple-haired zombies was extremely tenacious. Even with its chest pierced through, it was still not entirely dead. Its claw, coated with corpse poison, fiercely grabbed at Chu Ming, venomous and sharp, causing the air to burst under its pressure.

Buzzing!

The Blue Red Sword in Chu Ming’s hand lightly waved, and a sharp sword light shot out. At this moment, another purple-haired zombie also reached him, its fangs directly biting towards Chu Ming’s neck.

It had to be said, these purple-haired zombies had two particularly dangerous parts: one was their claws, which carried corpse poison. If an ordinary martial artist was slightly touched by them, even if they didn’t die, they would shed a layer of skin.

The second was their teeth. In fact, to some extent, the teeth were even more dangerous. A martial artist bitten by them would be in a doomed situation.

However, it was not that easy for the teeth to bite a martial artist, after all, martial artists generally wouldn’t let a purple-haired zombie get close.

Boom!

"Blood Killing Fist!"

Chu Ming clenched his left fist, his foot gently tapping the ground, like a wild goose on a river. As he drifted, his left arm bent like a bow, his muscles bulging, a golden light spinning in his hand like a golden vortex.

Boom!

Golden like a dragon, his punch carried faint tiger roars and dragon cries. In an instant, the air in front of Chu Ming was completely blasted apart, turning the surrounding area into a vacuum.

Splatter!

With one punch, without any obstruction, the entire chest of the purple-haired zombie was completely penetrated. Even without the support of a hundred strands of Fire Essence, the punch still contained the power of two thousand and three hundred tigers, far beyond what the purple-haired zombie could withstand.

One purple-haired zombie was killed. Chu Ming swung his sword again, a white sword light burst forth, decapitating the head of the other purple-haired zombie, causing purple blood to gush wildly.

Chu Ming pondered for a moment, his body shooting forward, leaving his original spot.

After flying for half a day, Chu Ming had killed many purple-haired zombies. At this time, he arrived in front of a stone gate, towering more than thirty meters high, currently closed. On its left and right ends were sculpted two human figure reliefs.

Buzzing!

As Chu Ming hesitated about whether to enter, a slaughter sword in his Sea of Souls suddenly began to tremble violently, as if encountering something extraordinary.

"Enter!"

To Chu Ming, the two reliefs on the stone gate seemed to come alive, continuously twisting and rotating. But on closer inspection, they returned to their original state.

Buzz!

As Chu Ming approached within three meters of the stone gate, a hum sounded, and an invisible will from the reliefs made the air as thick as water, completely enveloping Chu Ming.

Chu Ming stared straight ahead, his body upright, his Sword Intent suddenly bursting from his mind, clashing with the will of the reliefs, not retreating a step.

Though the will’s impact seemed illusionary, it was real. If injured, it would affect the mind, causing real damage.

"Get off!"

Standing within the will’s impact, enduring its barrage, Chu Ming was like a leaf boat in a vast ocean, drifting along. The Slaughter Blood Sword in his Sea of Souls trembled incessantly; he urged his Slaughter Sword Intent, using the refined Sword Intent to break through the will, remaining steadfast in his mind.

For a long time, the will dissipated, and the stone gate slowly opened!

Whoosh!

Exhaling heavily, Chu Ming looked inside the stone gate.

"Will can injure and cause one to lose heart; in the end, martial artists mainly cultivate their will!"

Sitting down to rest for a while at the stone gate, Chu Ming regained much of his strength, then stood up and walked inside, realizing that the reliefs’ will outside was obviously a test to assess the strength of those entering.

Within the stone gate lay a spacious area. On it stood over two hundred stone tablets, densely packed, the material of the tablets was quite ordinary, gray and undistinguished, appearing fragile without any special characteristics.

Chu Ming noticed that there were originally more stone tablets, but among these current ones were also many fragments, the contours indicating they were once stone tablets, clearly broken. Whether they were shattered by force or naturally broken was unknown.

Chu Ming walked lightly to one stone tablet, seeing the inscriptions densely packed like countless ants. Just a glance, and Chu Ming’s pupils suddenly shrank.

Unparalleled King!

At the topmost position of the stone tablet were these few words, bold and powerful, with even an extraordinary will infused within.

"Does this mean each of these stone tablets represents a Life and Death Realm King?"

Chu Ming’s heart surged with shock. No one knew the exact number of Life and Death Realm Kings on the continent, possibly not even they themselves.

Yet, within this sect ruin, each Life and Death Realm King had a stone tablet. If this were told, it would be merely a joke.

Reading all the inscriptions on the stone tablet, Chu Ming let out a deep breath. Besides recording the name of the Unparalleled King, it documented his life events—when he was born, when he reached the Life and Death Realm King status, and various happenings, detailed and extensive in hundreds of words.

Even many unknown to the outside were meticulously written.

Chu Ming’s eyes swept over, and in no time, he had read through the contents of over a hundred stone tablets.

At this moment, he paused before a stone tablet that clearly inscribed two words at its top—Death Emperor!

This was the first time Chu Ming saw the stone tablet of a Life and Death Realm King who achieved emperorship. Generally, on the continent, just reaching the Life and Death Realm was enough to become a King, but only the strongest among them could achieve emperorship. As far as Chu Ming knew, there were only a few such Emperors, and the Death Emperor was one of them.