Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 198: The Sacred Decree Arrives

Chapter 198: Chapter 198: The Sacred Decree Arrives

"No! The Bloodthirsty Demon Art! Ah!"

"Aah! Shi Feng, may you not die a good death! You villain! You’re just like Long Ao, ah!"

Marquis Wujiang Liu Fa and Marquis Qing Ming Da bellowed, their blood flowing in reverse, contorting their faces into grotesque expressions. Under the power of the present Fifth-stage Sacred Flame, how could these two Martial King Realm nobodies resist? Bright red blood began surging out of every orifice, spraying up towards the palm of Shi Feng above them. The bodies of the two lords quickly withered away, becoming two dried corpses, and fell backward from the back of the Flying Demon Beast, crashing to the ground.

This scene caused the nobles to tremble with fear, their bodies bristling with horror. The two who had just been alive and speaking with them, had in a moment turned into two dried corpses.

Indeed, the Bloodthirsty Demon Art was wicked!

Afterward, Shi Feng took out three Commander’s Seals, tossing them to Elder Changqing. Two of the seals were from those two nobles, and another was from that beast Shi Jintian.

Elder Changqing caught the three Commander’s Seals thrown by Shi Feng. Shi Feng then said, "Send someone to take over these three armies now."

"Yes, Young Master Feng!" Elder Changqing replied, then coldly looked towards the other nobles and began to arrange for people to take over the three armies.

"You have half an hour," Shi Feng said to the assembled nobles. With the capricious Evil Demon before them, and seeing as they could not defeat him, if anyone dared to refuse, Liu Fa and Ming Da’s withered bodies were still on the ground below, making it clear to everyone present that the situation was dire.

"I’m willing to hand over my Commander’s Seal," a noble began, then looking towards Long Chen, he sighed, "I only hope for a decent life hereafter, Prince Chenn, please be kind to me."

They understood that with their military power seized, they would not return to their stations in life and would be under house arrest in the Imperial City for the rest of their days. As for their future prosperity, it all depended on how Long Chen treated them.

"Rest assured, General Liu," Long Chen assured the man in question, who was one of the six strongest forces that had fought against Long Ao, the Western Grand General—Liu Ying. "Should I ascend to the throne, under my reign, your family shall enjoy endless prosperity and honor!"

"Then I thank you, Prince Chenn," Liu Ying said, producing his Commander’s Seal and tossing it to Long Chen, who caught it with one hand.

"I’m old and my years are many; I only hope for Prince Chenn’s kindness in the years to come."

"Let me also hand over my Commander’s Seal. Alas!"

"I will hand mine over too!"

Seeing Western Grand General Liu Ying surrender his Commander’s Seal, the other nobles reluctantly produced their own. At this point, nearly all had resigned themselves to their fate. It was then that Long Chen noticed that Grand Marshal Hun Fei had disappeared without a trace at some point, and Prince Xin Long Xin, who had been sent flying by Shi Feng earlier, was also nowhere to be found.

Long Chen clenched the Commander’s Seals in his hand. With these seals, and with what was now the strongest military force of the Yunlai Empire, he had enough!

"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty!"

"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty! May Our Emperor live for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand ten thousand years!"

Consequently, one noble after another began to kneel and bow towards Long Chen.

At this moment, this very moment... Long Chen did not know how long he had waited, how long he had fantasized, and today, it had finally come true!

Long Chen’s heart swelled with joy, full of excitement, he lifted his head and looked up at Shi Feng in the sky above. Seeing his cold expression, he noted a slight nod when Shi Feng saw him looking.

Then Long Chen turned his gaze away and looked at the proud nobles who were now kneeling before him, loudly declaring, "My cherished officials, please rise!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" all the vassals replied.

Following that, Prince Long Chen addressed the vassals, "All of you are the pillars of our nation. I am still young, and in the future, the nation’s great affairs will require all of you to assist me even more."

"We shall devote ourselves wholeheartedly!"

"We shall devote ourselves wholeheartedly!"

"We shall devote ourselves wholeheartedly!"

...

"Long Meng pays respects to Your Majesty, hee hee!" Just then, a playful laugh sounded from the void; Long Meng, riding a Flying Demon Beast, came forth from the Imperial City together with the State Preceptor Nalan Yuan.

"Sister, Master!" Seeing Long Meng and Nalan Yuan arrive together, Long Chen hurried forward to greet them. The moment Long Chen realized the extent of Father Emperor Long Ao’s formidable power, he remembered Long Ao’s Bloodthirsty Demon Art and had been worried that Nalan Yuan too might have met with misfortune. Now, seeing his master unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, Sister, seeing you both safe and sound eases my mind," Long Chen said to Nalan Yuan and Long Meng.

Upon hearing Long Chen’s words, Nalan Yuan sighed, "Although His Majesty is ruthless, he still held some old affection for this old servant, but... alas!" Saying so, Nalan Yuan’s face showed immense sorrow as he shook his head in silence. What he meant... whether it was a lament that Long Ao had strayed from the righteous path, or something Long Ao had done to him, only Nalan Yuan himself knew.

"Sister congratulates Brother on inheriting the great throne!" Long Meng addressed Long Chen with congratulations, then her voice turned somber, "It’s just a pity that Father Emperor... he..."

Long Meng, known for her playful and adorable nature, had never imagined that her father, who had always been so loving and fond of her, would change into what he had become, becoming someone she herself found terrifying.

"Let bygones be bygones; do not dwell on the past," Long Chen consoled, understanding his sister’s thoughts.

"A Sacred Decree arrives!" Just at that moment, a commanding voice suddenly boomed from the sky.

"A Sacred Decree? What Sacred Decree?"

"Hmm? A Sacred Decree?"

Hearing that declaration, everyone quickly turned their attention skyward, only to see a middle-aged man around thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, arriving, seated upon a winged Golden Tiger. With a square face, his visage was filled with dignity and solemnity. It was the Eldest Prince Long Xing, who had recently been rumored to have gone missing.

The Long Xing who arrived was now dressed in a Dragon Robe adorned with a Nine-clawed Golden Dragon, wearing a crown on his head. He looked every bit the Emperor with a commanding and solemn demeanor, holding a golden Sacred Decree in his hand and looking down upon the crowd with pride.

Beside Long Xing, a graceful and handsome young man in white stood tall, holding a paper fan and gently fanning himself, looking down on the people below with an air of arrogance and disdain.

"The Holy Emperor of the Heavenly Mist Empire decrees—vassals of the Yunlai Empire, receive the decree and kneel!" Long Ao raised the Sacred Decree in his hand and shouted loudly at the crowd below.

"What! A Sacred Decree from the Holy Emperor of the Heavenly Mist Empire!"

"As your humble servant, I see the Holy Emperor! Long live the Emperor, long live, long live!"

As the Yunlai Empire was merely an Affiliated Country of the Heavenly Mist Empire, upon hearing that it was the Emperor of the Heavenly Mist Empire who had issued the decree, all the vassals promptly faced Long Xing, kneeling one by one.

Even Long Chen, Long Meng, Nalan Yuan, Wu Xiaoyun, Yee Wuxie, and the others all knelt down before Long Xing.

"Audacious Shi Feng, seeing the Sacred Decree from the Holy Emperor of the Heavenly Mist Empire, you dare not kneel!" Long Xing saw Shi Feng still standing proudly in the void, his expression cold as he looked toward him, and he loudly rebuked him.

At this moment, the arrogant young man in white beside Long Xing also looked towards Shi Feng, his lips curling into an interested smile: Even in such a minor empire, there are those with backbone.

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