Chapter 2105
His Majesty has passed away!
Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from Emperor Zhou, the worshippers were filled with fear.
So strong!
Emperor Zhou's strength has probably reached the late stage of the Earth Realm, and he may even have broken through to the Heaven Realm.
Pei Shuhua's face darkened further; indeed, her intuition was right.
What exactly has gotten into Emperor Zhou?
How did their strength increase so quickly?
Just as Pei Shuhua was lost in thought, Chen Min appeared beside her.
Pei Shuhua asked, "Junior sister, can you tell what's attached to Emperor Zhou?"
Chen Min glanced at Emperor Zhou in the Hall of Longevity and said with a solemn expression, "He has an evil aura about him. He has probably practiced some evil cultivation technique, which has caused him to go mad."
As soon as Chen Min finished speaking, Emperor Zhou suddenly looked up and stared directly at Pei Shuhua and Chen Min, who were standing on the roof.
The next moment, his body transformed into a black lightning bolt, instantly rushing out of the Wanshou Hall and heading straight for Pei Shuhua.
Pei Shuhua's face stiffened. Oh no, the Zhou Emperor was looking for revenge against her.
Fortunately, by this time, the worshippers had recovered and, after getting up from the ground, they attacked Emperor Zhou again.
This time, the evil aura emanating from Emperor Zhou failed to force them to retreat.
Seeing that the royal guards had trapped Emperor Zhou, Pei Shuhua finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that the reason why Emperor Zhou was able to drive away those worshippers was because the evil aura emanating from him was too strong.
However, once the evil energy was released, Emperor Zhou's power was almost depleted. If the royal offerings continued to drain his resources, Emperor Zhou probably wouldn't last much longer.
However, the biggest problem now is how to restore Emperor Zhou's consciousness.
They couldn't possibly have killed Emperor Zhou, could they?
If the Zhou emperor were to die, the Great Zhou would inevitably descend into chaos.
What she was most worried about was that the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty would dissipate with the death of the Zhou Emperor.
Chen Min then said, "Where did Emperor Zhou get this evil technique? There shouldn't be any such evil technique in the borderlands that can instantly boost a person's strength to this level."
At this moment, Pei Shuhua thought of a certain force and then said, "It is very likely related to the Yellow Springs Cult."
After interrogating the remnants of the Yellow Springs Cult, the Pei family learned that the Yellow Springs Cult was also a force from the Central Plains. Since Emperor Zhou had dealings with the Yellow Springs Cult, it was not difficult to guess that Emperor Zhou's cultivation techniques came from the Yellow Springs Cult.
At this moment, the battle on the field became more and more intense. The evil aura that Zhou Huang carried tainted the offerings and then kept penetrating into their bodies.
Corrupted by evil energy, the power of those offerings visibly declined, and their minds were also affected.
One of the worshippers suddenly turned red-eyed and attacked another worshipper next to him.
Seeing this, Pei Shuhua immediately turned to Chen Min and said, "Junior sister, let our people take action too. This evil energy is not right."
If the evil influence were to corrupt the other worshippers, it would be much more difficult for them to deal with Emperor Zhou.
Chen Min realized this as well, and she immediately took out a whistle and blew it.
Before long, the auras of several more Earth Realm experts appeared outside the Hall of Longevity.
Chen Min shouted a reminder: "Use the Thunder Strike Formation, don't hold back."
Upon hearing Chen Min's reminder, the Earth Realm experts from Qionghua Holy Land immediately threw out their array flags.
The next moment, the battle flags scattered around Emperor Zhou, and then they emitted a blue light.
The Earth Realm experts of Qionghua Holy Land immediately channeled their spiritual energy into the array flags. The spiritual energy within the flags quickly connected, forming an array pattern on the ground, with Emperor Zhou positioned in the center of the pattern.
As the array patterns formed, arcs of electricity emerged from them and traveled to Emperor Zhou's body.
The next moment, Emperor Zhou let out a shrill scream, and the black aura around him began to dissipate.
Lightning can suppress evil energy, and the Fiend Lightning Formation can purify the evil energy on Emperor Zhou's body. Seeing the evil energy on Emperor Zhou's body rapidly dissipating, Pei Shuhua finally breathed a sigh of relief; as long as Emperor Zhou was alright, that was all that mattered.
Just when they thought the evil aura around Emperor Zhou would dissipate, a twisted black phantom suddenly appeared behind him.
The black phantom looked at Pei Shuhua and said with a sinister smile, "Trying to dispel me won't be so easy."
The next moment, the black aura around Emperor Zhou suddenly surged, and then evil energy filled the entire sky above the imperial city. This evil energy surged wildly into Emperor Zhou's body, and his aura continued to rise.
When the evil energy in Emperor Zhou's body accumulated to a certain level, his strength surged once again.
He raised his claw and slammed it down on the lightning array on the ground. With a loud bang, the array shattered.
The people from Qionghua Holy Land who activated the formation were also sent flying backward.
Pei Shuhua and Chen Min's expressions changed drastically.
They hadn't expected that Emperor Zhou could absorb all the evil energy in the city. This was troublesome. As long as someone carried evil thoughts, wouldn't that mean Emperor Zhou's strength could keep increasing, and he might even break through to the Heavenly Realm?
Just when Pei Shuhua thought she was doomed, suddenly, countless tiny cracks appeared on Zhou Huang's body, and the black phantom behind Zhou Huang became more and more distorted.
Zhou Huang's body seemed unable to withstand so much evil energy. At this moment, the black phantom cursed angrily, "What a piece of trash!"
Before Emperor Zhou could make another move, his body suddenly exploded, turning into a rain of blood.
Everyone present was stunned by what they saw.
They thought they were going to die here today, but it ended up like this.
Pei Shuhua stood there on the rooftop, watching the evil aura gradually dissipate, feeling no joy at having survived such a close call.
Now that Emperor Zhou is dead, won't the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty plummet, or even completely dissipate?
No, we must quickly select another Zhou emperor to inherit the Zhou dynasty's destiny.
After regaining her senses, Pei Shuhua did not hesitate at all. She immediately summoned the court officials, informed them of the death of Emperor Zhou, and selected the eldest prince as the next emperor.
The news of Emperor Zhou's death spread throughout the entire Zhou Dynasty in a very short time.
The Prince of Zhennan's Mansion.
In the courtyard, Ji Yunmeng was holding the child and playing with him.
At this moment, a maid from Princess Taiyuan's residence rushed into the courtyard and came to Ji Yunmeng, saying, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened."
Seeing the maid's panicked state, Ji Yunmeng placed the child in the baby cradle beside her and then asked, "What happened?"
The maidservant quickly said, "His Majesty has passed away."
Upon hearing the maid's words, Ji Yunmeng was stunned.
She wasn't sad at all; it was just that the news came as a complete surprise.
My father was in good health and in his prime, so how could he have suddenly passed away?
Could it be that the Empress Dowager, that poisonous woman, poisoned her father, the Emperor?
Thinking of this, Ji Yunmeng immediately said to the maid beside her, "Go find the young master and tell him that I have something to talk to him about."
"Yes, Your Royal Highness."
As soon as she finished speaking, the maid beside her immediately went to look for Lu Chen.
Not long after, Lu Chen appeared at the entrance of the courtyard.
After approaching Ji Yunmeng, Lu Chen took the initiative to say, "It seems you also know about what happened in the capital."
Ji Yunmeng asked, "Now that such a great upheaval has occurred in the Great Zhou, what do you plan to do?" (End of Chapter)