"What other tricks do you have? Bring them all on."
Today, Luo Yu was determined to crush his pride completely, making this Qin Qi see him as a god, bowing down in worship.
"You've forced my hand!" Qin Qi's white hair fluttered wildly, his blood-red eyes gleaming with ferocity and insanity.
"Then have a taste of the secret treasure I obtained in the lands abroad, the Gate of Hell."
"Hmm?" Luo Yu gazed intently.
Qin Qi raised his sword finger and sliced towards his own stomach.
"Whoosh!"
His belly was forcefully cut open, blood gushing out, Juan Juan streams of blood flowing continuously, frightening everyone around them who couldn't understand why Qin Qi was suddenly self-harming.
"Swish!"
Qin Qi reached into the bloody mess of his stomach and pulled out a white skull. The skull had its mouth wide open, one side pitch black, unclosed, only the size of a fist, smeared with his blood, it seemed eerily sinister.
"Western treasure." Luo Yu frowned slightly, senseing an especially revolting special aura emanating from the skull.
Even the teaching staff and talented martial artists watching from afar shuddered.
The scene before them was too bloody and frightening. They thought Qin Qi was about to pull out his intestines, but instead, he produced a skull.
"Boss, he's brought out the Gate of Hell; this guy is finished!" Wu Tiansong's eyes showed delight, "I almost forgot about this supreme treasure recently acquired by the boss."
Tu Fei's eyes, previously filled with despair, now lit up with excitement as well.
"With the boss bringing out this treasure, let's see how you, Xia Luo, can withstand it."
This Gate of Hell was a treasure they had discovered in a Secret Realm within the Hell Gorge, after they and other forces had sacrificed countless martial artists including the Nine Great First-Rates, awakening this supreme treasure, the Gate of Hell.
In the end, Qin Qi suppressed everyone in the Secret Realm and seized it.
"It seems that the reason the boss has been frequently fainting lately is because he's been refining this treasure," Wu Tiansong said confidently, though he was lisping a bit, making him look rather comical as he spoke.
"Ssssss—"
"I didn't want to use something so terrifying, but you pushed me to it," Qin Qi said, not caring about the blood still streaming from his belly, raising the skull with one hand.
"Heresy and malpractice will never be revered." Luo Yu stood with the Six Emperors' Presence, exuding immense dominance as his aura soared to its peak.
He let Qin Qi make his move, showing no intention of stopping him.
"Ssss—"
The skull emitted a strange noise, and black ink flowed from its empty eye sockets. Its wide-open mouth quivered up and down.
Its eerie appearance made one's scalp tingle.
Qin Qi's lips, however, curled into an even more triumphant and ruthless smile, full of confidence in this treasure.
"Come forth."
"Spirits revived from the abyss, demons crawled out of hell, the king who controls you is calling."
"Seven Sin... Knights."
"Slash!"
The clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, billowing dark energy gushing from the mouth of the skull, shrouding the surroundings in darkness.
Shi Kai looked troubled, not expecting Qin Qi to resort to such external forces. He swept his hands, a brownish-yellow Path Domain covering the area around the platform, protecting the students of Martial University and even the weaker instructors.
That surging dark energy, imbued with strange power, eroded Luo Yu's Five Domains bit by bit, staining them black.
"Boom!"
Seven dark pillars of smoke exploded, filled with the essence of death and brutality.
"Who calls upon us!"
The dead-silent authoritative voice made one's heart shudder. From the black smoke, seven shadows emerged; each one exuded a terrifying aura of death. The residual power they released was enough to almost collapse Shi Kai's Path Domain, while Luo Yu bore the brunt of the pressure directly.
All seven figures spoke in turn.
A red-haired young man riding a skeletal horse, arrogance in his bearing, declared, "I, Pride Knight."
A disheveled man, looking like a beggar, stated lowly, "I, Fallen Knight."
A brute with bulging angry eyes as if ready to devour someone, bellowed, "I, Wrath Knight."
A round figure, easily weighing four or five hundred pounds, yawned, "I, Sloth Knight."
A man with shifty eyes scrutinized his surroundings, "I, Greed Knight."
A child less than half a human's height, with a large belly and an exceptionally big mouth, announced, "I, Gluttony Knight."
A captivating, flamboyantly seductive woman, bare and with golden hair, said, "I, Lust Knight."
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The presence of the seven figures burst out all at once as if announcing their arrival to the world. The students and instructors from afar felt various negative emotions swelling inside them: some felt hunger in their bellies, others raised a tent below, more began to doze off, falling asleep on the spot.
This horrific aura turned Shi Kai's complexion extremely grave as he spoke solemnly,
"Seven First Rank Summits?"
"No, even beyond First Rank Summit existences, but they are limited by the Power of Heaven and Earth, hence can only release the aura of First Rank Summit."
"Not good!"
"Qin Qi, what are you trying to do? Do you want to destroy this place?"
Shi Kai loudly rebuked, although the opponent's aura was terrifying, he was the headmaster, how could he allow the other party to be so presumptuous.
Qin Qi's mouth curled up, revealing a bloodthirsty smile.
"Headmaster, rest assured, I only chopped this kid, nobody else," Qin Qi said.
"Seven Sin Knights, take this boy down," he ordered.
Surprisingly, none of the seven terrifying figures made a move against Luo Yu, completely ignoring Qin Qi's command.
"Having slept until now, are we to take orders from just any Tom, Dick, or Harry?" said the red-haired Pride Knight, glancing disdainfully at Qin Qi from behind.
"From some barbarian tribe beyond our realm," the knight sneered.
"A mere barbarian tribe, not worthy of commanding us... commit suicide," came a voice dripping with contempt.
"Don't let him commit suicide, let me have some fun," a naked woman giggled, her jade finger on her cherry lips, her eyes radiating seduction.
The language of the Seven Sin Knights was not that of Great Xia, it seemed to transmit directly to the mind, and everyone heard their disdainful reference to "barbarian" and their scornful tone.
Qin Qi tightly grasped the skull, pouring Spiritual Power into it.
The Seven Sin Knights's faces changed drastically, they clutched their heads and let out agonized howls.
"Stop," the Knights pleaded.
"Damned barbarian, stop," they cried out.
"A barbarian?" Qin Qi said with a cold, cruel smile, "Go, either take that kid down, or die yourselves!"
The Seven Sin Knights turned towards Luo Yu, who was invoking the presence of the five emperors.
"You're in for it now, boy," the Lust Knight giggled, "Don't worry, before you die, I'll suck you dry, little barbarian."
"Is this really... worthy of my action?" the Pride Knight frowned.
"Quit your yapping," the Wrath Knight cut in, "there's something off about this kid's aura; he has the scent of some old Eastern thing on him, kill him."
"I really don't feel like it," the Sloth Knight yawned wearily, but inside, his aura surged like an abyss, fully awakening.
"Boom!"
In the next instant, the Seven Sin Knights, each in their own motion, struck unexpectedly at once, launching a joint attack on Luo Yu.
This caused the onlookers to cry out in worry and alarm.
"Despicable!"
"Ambush."
Luo Yu let out a cold laugh, "Western dogs, eh? Quite shameless, talking about not moving and yet so coordinated when you attack."
"Six Emperors' Judgment Fist!"
"Boom!"
A six-colored fist imprint burst forth, surging powerfully as it met the Seven Sin Knights head-on.
"Quick reflexes, little barbarian," the Pride Knight said.
The knight lowered his body on his warhorse, taking the lead with a long spear in hand, ablaze with red flames.
The moment the flames ignited, everyone felt their pride swell within, testing their mental fortitude to its limits.
The other six knights simultaneously attacked, stoking the fires of the six most primal desires within the hearts of the surrounding witnesses, bringing them to the verge of mental breakdown.
"Boom!"
The Seven Sin Knights unleashed their terrifying power, breaking through the Six Emperors' punch and continuing their assault on Luo Yu.
In their eyes, Luo Yu had already succumbed to emotional turmoil, his spirit broken, completely at their mercy.
Just as the Seven Sin Knights were about to strike, Luo Yu's eyes shone with dazzling golden light.
An endless imperial might erupted from within.
"I've been waiting for you," he declared.
"Open for me!"
"Boom!"
Luo Yu activated his Five Domains to their limits, as five streams of flames burned forth—those were the Emperor's Flames, condensed by the Five Emperors.
The Ancestral Dragon Shadow, belonging to Emperor Qin Shi Huang, took shape.
As the flames entered it, the Dragon, ablaze with the colorful Emperor's Flames, let out a thunderous roar, its scales and claws sweeping fiercely.
The Seven Sin Knights were sent flying, their armor shattered like porcelain, their flesh bursting open from the impact.
"How is this possible!"
"How could you remain unaffected by the emotions?"
Luo Yu's gaze brimmed with cold authority.
"The Emperor's Heart."
"You monsters and demons, how could you stir it?"
"Daring to call Our Great Xia barbarians, you've got some nerve; die!"
The Ancestral Dragon Shadow, blazing with the Five Emperor's flames, unfurled in the wind, instantly expanding to cover the entire sky overhead.
The darkness was driven away, revealing a blazing red sun.
With a swipe of its claw and a sweep of its tail, the Dragon scattered the Seven Sin Knights like worthless dogs, sending them fleeing in terror...