Stealing The Heavens

Chapter 856: Arrogant and Domineering

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Above Dong Hai City, on a thin cloud suspended a thousand feet over the ground, Lord Bowang was strapped by a soft rope woven of reeds to a stake made of the bones of some spirit beasts. He was fully naked. The rope was green, and on its surface countless bizarre runes were drawn using human blood. Although it was made of reeds, when coupled with the runes, it had a very strong power to keep one tightly bound.

The rope could at most trap a peak-level Gold Immortal, though, and Lord Bowang had already obtained the cultivation base of a ninth-tier Primordial Immortal an eon ago. Of course, as the crown prince of the Heaven, most of his overall strength came from the virtues of the mortal world. He was the so-called Primordial of Virtues. Although he had the attainment of a Primordial expert, he did not have the corresponding foundation; his magic power and cultivation base were only about the same as a common upper-tier Gold Immortal. Therefore, he could not stand a fight against Wu Qi.

As a result, the rope could easily imprison him, and no matter how he struggled, he could not free himself from it.

If he wanted to get out of here, there was actually another way. He could crack the crown of his head and flee with only his immortal soul, abandoning his fleshly body. With his attainment of a Primordial Immortal, the rope could not stop him from doing that. However, as he had worked so hard to obtain his Primordial body, it was a tough decision to make. Hence, all he did was kept cursing while being imprisoned on the bone stake, and let all the soldiers and civilians in the city admired his fair, flawless body.

Dozens of whips made of the skins of venomous pythons could be seen hovering on the cloud. They all had been soaked in some bizarre, deadly venoms, and drawn with various weird runes as well. Every now and then, groups of soldiers and generals would ride their mounts and fly into the sky, land on the cloud and lash Lord Bowang with the whips.

The runes on the whips made them as sharp as blades and as heavy as mountains, and each lash had torn his delicate skin and made him bleed. On top of that, as they were soaked with venom, when the crimson venom entered his body, it irritated his nerves and muscles, and magnified his pain by a hundredfold. Even though he had the attainment of a Primordial Immortal, he still screamed at the top of his lungs due to the excruciating pain. The wind carried his miserable cries and screams hundreds of miles away. Over the last two days, many children in the vicinity of Dong Hai City had been frightened by his howls and woke up with a start in the middle of the night.

The venom not only magnified the pain Lord Bowang was suffering, but it also came with a very strong life force. As it entered him, it stimulated his body to rapidly heal the wounds; each lash had torn his skin and flesh, and when the whip left, stimulated by the venom his flesh wiggled and regenerated at an incredible rate. The strange itchiness when the wounds healed was another deadly punishment, especially when the venom had the ability to magnify the itchiness by several hundred times. It really taught him what it meant by a life worse than death.

It had been two days since he was captured by Wu Qi, and Lord Bowang had been suffering for two whole days on the cloud. On the first day, Huang Liang and the other eighteen military officers of Dong Hai had tortured him with the whips for one whole day. The torture had severely battered him and almost ripped all his flesh from his bones. Had it not because of the strong life force that came with the crimson venom, he would have been turned into a skeleton by now.

On the second day, it was the soldiers and generals of Dong Hai who got the chance to enjoy the pleasure of brutally beating him. He was the crown prince of the Heaven, a man standing among all the other top figures of the universe. How could these soldiers and generals, who were so loyal to Wu Qi after being brainwashed by him, let go of this rare opportunity?

Right beneath the cloud a large wooden chest was placed on the street. A few civil officials of Dong Hai were sitting lazily next to it. Whenever they saw some soldiers or generals walked by, they would cry out, “Here’s your chance to beat the crown prince! You can torture the crown prince with a whip! It only costs you three coppers to whip him ten times, and twenty for one hundred times! This is your only chance! You can’t find it anywhere else! Come over here, my friends! Here’s your chance to torture the crown prince! The crown prince of the Heaven!”

It was an insult, a complete humiliation. And it was not only targeted at Lord Bowang, but also the Heaven. Wu Qi was fury that Lord Bowang had harbored an ill intention against Princess Zhang Le, and even more angry that he had invaded Dong Hai City with an army. Since Lord Bowang thought so great of himself and did not give Wu Qi face, then he would let him know what it truly meant by face-slapping!

At the top floor of a tall pagoda located in the middle of King Dong Hai Mansion, Wu Qi, Ao Buzun, Lord Xiansheng, and other demon immortals were drinking and merrymaking. From time to time, someone looked out the window at Lord Xiansheng, who was screaming miserably as some soldiers or generals lashed him with the whips, and happily drank a toast.

After some while, Catfish, a little annoyed, picked up a wine jar and drank half of the liquor in it, and then snapped, “Why hasn’t this guy crack his own crown and flee with only his immortal soul? We had a deal, one of his legs is mine! Once his immortal soul fled, we’ll immediately share his delicate fleshly body!”

When she said that, Gold Horn, Silver Horn, and a few others began to drool. The group of demon immortals fixed their eyes on Lord Bowang, all hoping that he could quickly flee with his immortal soul. Wu Qi had given him the opportunity to do that, so what was he waiting for? Once he fled, they would be able to taste the aromatic, delicate, and fair body of a Primordial Immortal!

Catfish and others had eaten countless immortals and cultivators, but they had never tasted the body of a Primordial Immortal, especially when this Lord Bowang was the crown prince of the Heaven! Just this title alone was worth them giving him a taste!

For them who had solved the problem of survival, food was no longer something that they had to work very hard to get. Therefore, it was time for them to satisfy their desire for better food! Now, they were loathed to eat common cultivators; Heaven Immortals could still excite them, and Gold Immortals were considered a proper meal. But a Primordial Immortal was like a grand feast to them, which was hard to come by!

Therefore, they were drooling, waiting impatiently for Lord Bowang to crack his crown and escape with only his immortal soul. Wu Qi had already prepared some means to make fun of him. When his immortal soul had fled for a certain distance, when he was rejoined that he had escaped from here, six Blood-draining Celestial Fiends who had sealed off the surroundings millions of miles away from here would show him what was called an endless nightmare. By that time, Lord Bowang’s fleshly body would have become their food. How wonderful was that?

Ao Buzun was filling his own wine vessel to the brim, spilling the liquor all over the place. “What a nice human penis, the penis of a Primordial Immortal...” he muttered to himself. “A great tonic to replenish my energy... should I eat it with a steamboat or just fry it? Maybe, it will taste better if I slice it and eat it fresh with wasabi? It’s one of the ways to enjoy such a precious delicacy, isn’t it?”

Lord Bowang’s miserable howls kept drifting through the windows into the pagoda. Wu Qi was sitting straight on a chair, looking at his captive as dozens of soldiers tortured him with whips and made his blood splashed in all directions. His eyes were as cold as ice. Two days ago, Lord Bowang had leaked that in just two or three years, the Heaven and the Buddhism League would launch the invasion. When that happened, there would be no turning back between Great Yu, the Heaven, and the Buddhism League.

By that time, whether he likes it or not, Wu Qi would have to fight against the Heaven. So, no matter how he tortured Lord Bowang now, he would still have to face the Heaven’s wrath. If that was the case, how could he let this crown prince go, especially when this fella ran headlong into his territory asking for death?

“I’ll have to fight you sooner or later, if that is the case, I might as well kill you and sacrifice you to the war banner!” Wu Qi snored coldly. “I don’t know what were you thinking... do you really think that the Heaven will win the war for a certain? I can’t believe you come to ask for death at this point in time! Well, if this is what you want, I’ll fulfill your wish and kill you here and now!”

Just as he was making up his mind, a purple cloud suddenly came drifting down from the sky. An exotic fragrance wafted into the pagoda, and numerous purple and red flowers began to fall. Each of these flowers emanated a strong aroma that freshened the mind of those who smelled it. A Celestial Lord clad in a soft robe was seen standing on the cloud with a purple scroll in his hands, wearing a solemn expression as he made his slow descent toward Dong Hai City.

Behind this Celestial Lord and purple cloud came one hundred huge square cloud platforms, on each stood a million heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals. Silently they descended from the sky, emanating an enormous pressure that seemed to free the air in the vicinity of Dong Hai City.

When he was about a hundred miles from the ground, the Celestial Lord halted the cloud, unfolded the purple scroll, and began to read in an emotionless voice, “By the decree of His Majesty, Great Yu’s King of Dong Hai is to return us Lord Bowang. If he did as bid, his crime will be pardoned.”

Folding back the scroll, the Celestial Lord looked at Wu Qi and said in a deep voice, “King of Dong Hai, please release our Crown Prince!”

Wu Qi rose to his feet and slowly flew in front of the Celestial Lord. He studied the man for a while; the Celestial Lord was only an eighteenth-tier Gold Immortal, but judging by the color of his robe, he was a high-ranking official, considered an important subject of the Heaven. Clearly, this man had a strong backer, and that was why he could occupy a high position in the Heaven with only the cultivation base of an eighteenth-tier Gold Immortal.

After carefully studied the Celestial Lord for some time, Wu Qi said indifferently, “What would you do if I refuse to release him?”

The Celestial Lord squinted at Wu Qi and said with a cold smile, “The Heaven’s army will trample your Dong Hai Province!”

Wu Qi picked his ear with a finger, then wiped the finger on the Celestial Lord’s chest. “Does the Heaven really dare to do so?” He gently spalled the Celestial Lord’s face, chuckled and said, “I will not release him! If you want him, ask your Great Celestial Emperor to come here himself and admit in my face that he has failed to teach his son, that he has let a mad dog out into my territory! On top of that, Great Celestial Emperor is to compensate me the pension for ten billion elite soldiers Dong Hai has lost, and the pension of one hundred billion civilians his son killed! Also, your crown prince has raped a trillion women in Dong Hai, and I want him to pay for that as well!”

The Celestial Lord’s face was purple with rage, and then he burst out laughing by the astronomical number Wu Qi had just mentioned. He pointed at Wu Qi with a trembling finger and said, “Well, well... what an arrogant man you are! Do you know that your ignorant and arrogance will soon bring a great calamity to your Dong Hai Province?!”

Touching his nose, Wu Qi suddenly smiled at the Celestial Lord and said apologetically, “Oh, I’m sorry! I made a mistake! Please forgive me!”

The Celestial Lord’s face softened. Grinning coldly, he said, “Now that you know you’re wrong, it proves that your Dong Hai province can be saved!”

Wu Qi nodded and said, “Yes, I was truly wrong. Your crown prince did not rape a trillion women in Dong Hai, but sows my bred by my people...”

The Celestial Lord flared up, and his face turned blue instantly. He bellowed and interrupted Wu Qi, then pointed a finger at Wu Qi and cursed, “What an arrogant man! You are out of your mind! Y-yo-you... your Dong Hai Province will be completely wiped out today! I swear! You...”

Wu Qi snorted coldly and thrust out his Blood Centipede Sword, slicing off the Celestial Lord’s arms and legs. Then, he kicked him away.

With Blood Centipede Sword in his hand, Wu Qi pointed at the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals on the one hundred cloud platforms and cried out, “Go back and tell your Celestial Emperor that I’m waiting for him here! Let’s see if he really has the guts to invade my Dong Hai!”

A heavenly general, clad in a suit of purple armor and looked in his fifty, rode slowly out of the rank on a black qilin. He gave Wu Qi a deep look and said faintly, “How arrogant! You will soon be struck by a great calamity!”

After giving one last look at Lord Bowang, the old man raised his right hand and waved it. At the gesture, all the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals cried out in unison as the cloud platforms sped up into the sky. Surprisingly, they left just like that.

Wu Qi’s face turned gloomy.