Seven hundred years of longing, seven hundred years of waiting, seven hundred years of persistence...
At this moment, it all turns into tears, dropping one by one onto Wang Xu.
"Bing... Bing Qing Princess." Wang Xu was astonished. Although he had saved Princess Bing Qing’s life, it shouldn’t have made her sob so uncontrollably, should it?
"Wang Xu? Isn’t he the one who used the Five-Colored Stone to lure away the special life and saved Princess Bing Xun and the others seven hundred years ago? How... is he still alive!"
"Seven hundred years... does it mean he’s not dead and has stayed at Tai Long Peak for seven hundred years!"
"No need to ask, it must be a great opportunity. He was the one who destroyed all the special lives and saved us just now!"
"..." The royal aristocrats whispered among themselves, with words of surprise and confusion, mixed with gratitude and excitement.
Suddenly, the void trembled violently, and the royal aristocrats were startled. They looked up to see pieces of void fragments falling from the sky.
"Tai Long Peak is about to collapse!"
"Quick, quick, get out of here!"
The colorful stones disappeared, and the special lives were slaughtered completely. Tai Long Peak had lost all meaning to them.
The world shook, the ground cracked, as if the end of the world was coming. Tai Long Peak was collapsing, destroying, heading towards its ultimate death.
Wang Xu knew this was the consequence of Tai Long’s disappearance.
This place was just a small corner of the vast Tai Long Peak, long fragmented since the war. Tai Long had been supporting it, and now with Tai Long’s spirituality gone, Tai Long Peak lost its pillar and would cease to exist completely.
"Princess Bing Qing, let’s go." Wang Xu deeply glanced at the collapsing sky, held Princess Bing Qing, and took the royal aristocrats and others, flying towards the Bronze Giant Gate.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
"Quick! Enter Tai Long Peak, anyone who can save a royal member will be rewarded with an Immortal Divine Soldier, a Superior Secret Technique, and can enter the National Hall!"
The ministers brought thousands of black hole level warriors, promising rich rewards, encouraging them to enter the Bronze Giant Gate to save people. But many black hole level warriors, upon seeing the Bronze Giant Gate and feeling the oppressive aura inside, looked troubled.
They were not ignorant; the existence of Tai Long Peak had long spread throughout the Tai Long Cosmic Country, and everyone on Tai Long Star knew about it.
There were special lives in Tai Long Peak, each of White Hole Level. One special life could sweep away thousands of black hole levels. Just a few dozen could wipe out their army of black hole levels.
At this time in Tai Long Peak, an army of special lives gathered, thousands of them. If they entered, they might lose their lives before saving anyone.
Treasures are good, but they are not worth more than life.
A figure in purple armor, Marshal Yin Gu, appeared. With a wave of his hand, a bracelet carved from Vajra Jade flew out, with a mirror on it. A faint blue light shone, and black hole level figures dressed in Imperial Armor flew out from it, methodically, full of killing intent.
"Enter Tai Long Peak, find the royal aristocrats, save them, and remember, only deploy defensive treasures; do not fight the special lives, understand?" Yin Gu’s face was solemn as he issued his instructions.
"Yes!" A full thirty thousand black hole level warriors shouted in unison, immediately forming an array, preparing to enter Tai Long Peak.
"Wait." Suddenly, the Sovereign spoke.
The ministers’ gazes fell on the Sovereign.
"Tai Long Peak has changed." Upon hearing this, the ministers immediately looked towards the Bronze Giant Gate. The scene was unchanged, but sensitive individuals could feel a slight tremor from the other side—a tremor unlikely to be noticed unless carefully examined.
Immediately after, the other side of the Bronze Giant Gate erupted violently. The ground cracked, smoke and clouds dispersed, the void collapsed— the entire world seemed to shatter like glass.
"This..." The ministers were stunned, and then expressions of sorrow appeared on their faces. One by one, the elder ministers bowed their heads in pain.
With Tai Long Peak collapsing, it faces annihilation, to be replaced by violent temporal storms and various void dangers ominously referred to as "Forbidden Areas" in the cosmos.
Even Celestial God Realm beings would perish in Forbidden Areas, with a survival rate below 1%, let alone their unformed progeny, barely black hole level...
"Marshal, should we still enter?" The black hole level troops under the Tai Long Guard were filled with killing intent, loyal and unwavering. As long as the Marshal commanded, they would brave fire and water, sacrificing their lives to fight for Tai Long.
"No, it’s already... too late." Yin Gu sighed deeply, his eyes filled with sorrow.
"Father..." Princess Bing Xun wanted to speak, but the Sovereign extended his hand, his face unprecedentedly solemn.
All their gazes were filled with hope, hoping to see someone return before Tai Long Peak completely collapsed.
"There is a presence!"
"Someone, it’s them; they are approaching!"
Suddenly, everyone held their breath, sensing the fluctuation of life presence from the other side of the Bronze Giant Gate.
In Tai Long Peak, as the world collapsed, all things lost order, and giant stones floated up, losing gravity and colliding chaotically in the void.
At this moment, a giant hand formed of energy descended from the heavens, spanning vast distances, as if an outer space star was falling, crashing down with a roar, reducing all the floating, chaotic boulders to dust in front of this energy giant hand.
"Everyone, hold tight, we need to speed up again!" Wang Xu shouted, the nobles holding hands tightly, not daring to relax in the slightest, Wang Xu stood in front of them all, stepping on a green, bladeless sword shadow, using the energy giant hand to break through all obstacles, rushing towards the Bronze Giant Gate like the wind.
The sky suddenly fell, a piece of the void shattered, twisted into a storm, growing larger against the wind, sweeping towards Wang Xu and the others.
"Damn, it’s a void storm!" The nobles’ faces changed.
Wang Xu’s gaze focused, he reached out his hand, only to see another energy giant hand sweeping in, directly grasping everyone within it.
These people were all at the Black Hole Level, the strongest among them could only barely rival the High Class White Hole Level, with Wang Xu’s strength, they had no chance to resist at all.
"Go!" Wang Xu waved his hand, the energy giant hand threw everyone towards the Bronze Giant Gate like a projectile, each figure quickly passing through the Bronze Giant Gate.
Without the burden, Wang Xu’s aura suddenly exploded, the aura of the Mixed Universe Realm dispersed, shattering all the boulders within a million miles, he stepped forward, instantly arriving in front of the Bronze Giant Gate, with the second step, he completely stepped out of Tai Long Peak.
The originally dejected crowd, upon seeing the nobles thrown out by Wang Xu, were all ecstatic, yet before they could react, Wang Xu’s figure suddenly appeared in front of the Bronze Giant Gate, having walked out.
Having stayed at Tai Long Peak for seven hundred years, and he’s still not dead!
Everyone was shocked, except for the Sovereign, upon seeing Wang Xu, his expression moved, but when he sensed the aura Wang Xu was emitting, he burst into laughter.
"Haha..." The Sovereign’s laughter echoed throughout the heavens and earth, drawing all the astonished gazes, originally fixed on Wang Xu’s survival, onto him.
"Wang Xu, long time no see." The Sovereign laughed.
"Greetings, Sovereign." Wang Xu slightly bowed in salute, then looked towards the elders, "Greetings to the seniors."
With this, everyone turned their attention from their own concerns, hastily going to their descendants, each with expressions of excitement and joy.
But there were also those ministers who burst into tears, evidently, their offspring had perished at Tai Long Peak.
"Father!" Princess Bing Qing’s eyes were red, hugging her father tightly.
At the moment she thought she was about to die, she recollected her life, feeling she had been fair to all, except her father and sister.
"Haha... Brother Wang!" Su Long came forward, gave a hammering blow on Wang Xu’s chest, his face immediately showing a strange color.
"You, your strength has advanced again?" Su Long could feel that Wang Xu’s physical body had reached a terrifying realm, even he, having reached the White Hole Level, with strength enough to rival the invincible White Hole Level, hitting with all his might seemed like striking indestructible steel.
Wang Xu smiled, tacitly admitting it.
"...Freak!" Su Long shook his head helplessly, having no words but ’freak’ to express the turmoil in his heart.
"Wang Xu, you finally returned." Princess Bing Xun said softly, "Did you know, my sister stood waiting for you here for a full seven hundred years!"
"Sister!" Princess Bing Qing rebuked, now seemingly returning to her lively and active self from years ago, upon seeing Wang Xu, all longing, all sorrow, all troubles vanished instantly, and Bing Qing’s heart became lively once more.
Wang Xu’s heart was shaken, he looked at Princess Bing Qing, and seeing she was being watched, she blushed slightly and turned her head, like a shy young girl.
She... waited for me for seven hundred years?
Wang Xu was not oblivious, he understood sentiments and propriety, although seven hundred years was short, the importance lay not in time itself, but in its meaning.
Understanding what Princess Bing Qing’s actions meant, he just could not accept it, for on distant Earth, there was similarly another woman who had waited for him for seven hundred years, whom he loved deeply, unchanged from beginning to end.
"It’s good to have you back, truly good!" The Sovereign was very happy, even Yin Gu was surprised, never having seen the Sovereign so excited, yet being so astute, with just a thought upon seeing the look in the Sovereign’s eyes as he gazed at Wang Xu, understood the reason.
Returning to the National Hall, the royal nobles, all or most, were wounded, even if uninjured, fear and shadows lingered in their hearts, led home by ministers for proper rest.
In the National Hall.
"Wang Xu." The Sovereign raised a Nine Dragon Cup made of bronze, approached Wang Xu’s desk. "Wang Xu, thank you for your assistance, saving the children of the Royal Family and also saving Bing Qing. This cup of wine, I toast to you."
Princess Bing Qing, Princess Bing Xun, and Marshal Yin Gu all showed surprise.
In their impression, the Sovereign had only ever toasted two people in his life.
One was his father, the other a beggar of unknown origin, clothed in rags.
Apart from these two, the Sovereign had never toasted anyone else, not even ambassadors from Super Cosmic Countries received such treatment.
Yet today, unexpectedly, the Sovereign took the initiative to toast Wang Xu, showing Wang Xu’s standing in the Sovereign’s heart was now alongside his father and that beggar.
"Thank you." Wang Xu did not show any fear, others might be flattered beyond measure, unable to contain themselves, but Wang Xu, having spent seven hundred years at Tai Long Peak, had a disposition beyond ordinary people.
"Good!" The Sovereign and Wang Xu drank together in one gulp, set down the cup, and laughed, "Wang Xu, I have another request, I wonder if you would agree?"
"Sovereign, feel free to ask, if Wang Xu can do it, I will do my best." Wang Xu said.
"I wish to ask you to represent our Tai Long Cosmic Country in this upcoming qualification battle, would you be willing?" The Sovereign said. (To be continued. If you work, please go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)