Divine Emperor of Death

Chapter 4076  Tighter Encirclement

"Ahh! No, I swear I didn't do anything! I blacked out while I was shop-"

"Enough!"

In an execution platform, a white-robed woman with dissolved hair was pinned against a contraption. She was tightly bound, and only her head was visible on the side to the public, but there were no common people on this execution ground. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Beside her, there was a man who was masked. He held a blade in his hand, appearing ready to behead the sinner.

Only a few individuals were present. There were even Heaven's Warriors, but they maintained their distance.

"Empress, please… please believe me…" The female prisoner begged, tears spilling out of her eyes.

The Empress shook her head.

"We have checked your memories, and you did indeed mix something in the food, and you are the only one who cooked for them. I can't believe you were truly- ugh. This matter can't even be investigated further, or it would infringe on the Emperor's dignity. After all, the more we investigate, the more outsiders will become aware. I can't save you."

"Empress! I am loyal-!"

"Executioner, behead her!" The Empress lowered her head and waved her hand, her voice wavering.

"Nooo-!"

The female prisoner screamed.

*Puchi!~*

The blade sank, barely making a sound as it cut down her neck like it was tofu. Her head fell, and her soul was struck by the blade's powerful energy. The severed head rolled a bit before coming to a stop, her expression terrified and also full of hatred.

She knew she was schemed against, but she didn't know who exactly made her fall and died with regret.

Everyone present looked at the blood spurting from the neck in copious amounts and sighed lightly.

A Level Nine Sovereign died just like that. Moreover, it was the third wife of the Emperor, the Goldlust Rat Realm Master, someone who couldn't be easily neared.

The Heaven's Warriors had a bewildered expression.

With the way the third wife acted, it was highly possible she was innocent, but evidence pointed her towards being the culprit. There was no evidence of her being hypnotized or meeting a strange person, so they really couldn't tell. Even if she wanted to humiliate her Emperor for some personal reason, why go so far as to target the other Heaven's Warriors too?

If it was a prank, it seemed too dangerous and extremely stupid.

If it was for revenge, then it still didn't make sense as no one would poison the food they made as it would directly point to them.

They knew things didn't make sense, but they could see that the Empress, the first wife of the Goldlust Rat Realm Master, certainly took matters into her own hands and eliminated the Emperor's favorite for her own benefit.

They saw the Empress shedding tears as she was supported by her maids, but as she turned around, they couldn't see the smirk she made but could very well imagine. They were not stupid, but they were powerless to stop as they couldn't interfere in these matters.

The public was not their domain. They only had the right to end inherently evil beings that caused calamities wherever they went and stop needless wars from happening.

Besides, this was not their priority. They had to find the culprit who brought down the Annihilative Heavenly Tribulation in this realm.

That took the highest priority.

The Level Six Autarch who interacted with the Ghostly Crow Realm Master was here. He couldn't help but tremble as if he had a day here earlier, he might've been also subjected to this worst diarrhea that he may not have been able to do anything about other than lie down and let it pass.

He had escaped, but the Level Six Autarch who was stationed here was not.

Nonetheless, seeing that this matter had come to an end, he turned around, and the other Heaven's Warriors followed him.

"Senior Thoben, what should we do now? We are continuing to search, but there's no sign of them. Even the genius Mystic Diviners are falling into their trap and chancing upon an illusory clone that disperses on its own, leaving behind a stolen Empyrean Grade Flying Ship. The Anarchic Divergent's Mystic Diviner is an opponent we can't underestimate, but we have already used up the bloodied soil to track them down. It's no longer useful."

Hearing the junior Heaven's Warrior's words, the Level Six Autarch, Senior Thoben, couldn't help but display a frown even though he was already aware.

It was obvious to him they were being played here by the Divergents. It made him feel extremely angry as something like this never happened. It had purely been hunting and killing, so when did it turn into a game of schemes?

"If they went that far to fool us, this poisoning incident would most certainly be also their doing. It is unknown how they did it or how far they have planned, but their luck wouldn't last long as the heavens are on our side."

"Indeed." The junior agreed, "Also, the Ghostly Crow Realm Master returned. He was taken away by his Grand Elders."

"I know." Senior Thoben nodded, "More than that, did our warriors encompass the realms as we planned?"

"Yes, we have stationed a thousand Heaven's Warriors helmed by Level Six Autarchs in all the realms surrounding the Ghostly Crow Lower Realm. They are the Wind Dragon Lower Realm, Vigilant Stormbreaker Lower Realm, Ghastly Cloud Sovereign Lower Realm, Three-Headed Hydra Lower Realm, and the Ice Phoenix Lower Realm. The Goldlust Rat Minor Realm and the other five Minor Realms near the surrounding Lower Realms have the same number of warriors stationed each. This way, no matter where they appear next time, our warriors can get to them as fast as possible."

"Good." Senior Thoben nodded but still had a frown, "How much time will it take for the ones here and the Ghostly Crow Lower Realm to replenish their spatial talismans? We're going to need plenty more if they appear in these two places."

"This… it will take a week at the fastest. If the Mystic Diviners give theirs, then we can-"

"That's their life-saving treasures. We can't take it, and they won't give it. They're all geniuses who are hired and not some righteous warriors who would give up their lives for a just cause. What about the other supreme geniuses who specialize in combat? Wasn't a reward announced in the Upper Realms for those who managed to hunt the Divine Emperor of Death and the other Divergents?"

"They're still gathering. It is said many supreme geniuses are interested, but there are a lot of factors that are delaying them, the main one being the war and the most annoying being unable to find a spatial node to the Lower Realms for the time being. The supreme geniuses all value their time, so if they cannot get here quickly, they would turn to look at other opportunities."

"The Divine Emperor of Death cannot kill anyone below the Autarch Stage. Make sure to let the supreme geniuses know that they won't have another opportunity as good as this to go toe to toe with a calamity of that level and eliminate his divergent allies. Even the older generation of supreme geniuses isn't a match for him. That should rile them up more than anything."

"Yes." The junior responded enthusiastically. He knew Senior Thoben was young and also came from the Upper Realms, knowing more about the supreme geniuses there.

He exhaled and continued to report, "Also, we have finally identified the woman who went through that Annihilative Heavenly Tribulation in the Ghostly Crow Lower Realm, but we're doubtful. She is known as Fiend Myria, the former Divine Saintess of Life in the Upper Realms."

"Yes, that's right. Fiend Myria…" Senior Thoben's eyes narrowed.

He wasn't alive at that time, but he sure knew about her from the records he had studied about dangerous Divergents. She was one of the top-ranking ones.

However, he shook his head, "Wasn't it said that she had died? If even most Heaven's Warriors forgot about her, then it mostly means she had died. How come she is still alive and undergoing her Immortal Emperor Tribulation again? Is it due to her life-and-death physique?"

He grumbled, heaving a heavy sigh, wondering what was going on between her and the Divine Emperor of Death.

For two Eternal Life Soul Physiques to have appeared, it was not possible. An undying soul went against the laws of the universe, so it was an anarchic physique. He understood this much, so for two of them to appear, it broke the understanding they had of the Eternal Life Soul.

At least, to their knowledge, they had only seen it one time, and Fiend Myria was the sole inheritor of that physique from time immemorial. It seemed like they didn't know the true face of the Eternal Life Soul.

"Perhaps it isn't Fiend Myria. I have a feeling that's Divine Saintess Lunaria from that world. Wasn't it rumored that she was also a Divergent and left the Aurora Cloud Gate?"

"But it is said that she's already a peak Immortal Emperor. If she undergoes her tribulation, it would be an Empyrean Heavenly Tribulation…"

"Right…"

Senior Thoben raised his hand and rubbed his head. He felt his headache badly.

In the Upper Realms or the Lower Realms, when had Divergent Hunting become so difficult?

He blamed it all on the Heavenly Blight Hall for starting this mess.

For all he knew, they were the first ones to team up as Divergents, and perhaps, the other Divergents started following their example.

"In any case, tighten the encirclement and search in the Goldlust Rat Minor Realm and the Ghostly Crow Lower Realm more thoroughly. If they intended to throw our search parties into disarray, they are most likely still around these places."

"Yes!"