Eternal Sacred King 649 to 658
Chapter 649: Massacre
Under the lead of the Glass Palace cultivator, everyone from Southern Duel Sect arrived at the center of the ancient city and entered a majestic grand hall.
At that moment, there were many cultivators from various major sects and factions gathered in the hall.
Everyone from Southern Duel Sect did not stand out when mixed in the crowd.
Around them, there were many cultivators riding on ancient remnant beasts and it was bustling with the roars and cries of countless demon beasts.
In fact, some Golden Cores rode on ancient war chariots that were pulled by ferocious wyrms and some of them even stood on ancient ferocious birds – all of them looked imposing!
There was nothing special about Su Zimo riding on a Golden Lion.
“What’s the reason why Glass Palace invited us to this banquet?”
“I’ve got no idea as well nor do I know what’s the purpose of this banquet.”
“I think that it should be for the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island. They probably intend to have us help out and make contact with them the moment anyone sees any trace of that person.”
The crowd was bustling with noise.
Any cultivator that was famous could gain a seat in the main hall.
Some of the itinerant cultivators or cultivators from minor sects merely stood outside the main hall and watched by the sidelines.
Zhu Yue glanced at Su Zimo beside him and smirked, raising his head. “Fellow Daoist Su, if not for our Southern Duel Sect, you won’t be able to enter at all given your status, got it?”
“Entering this main hall might not be a good thing either,” Su Zimo remarked indifferently.
“Humph!”
Zhu Yue scoffed coldly. Just as he was about to rebut, Tang Shiyun interrupted them and pointed to the side. “Hurry, look! Someone’s heading over!”
Not far away, a group of cultivators arrived in the skies.
Their leader was a man in faint golden robes with hands behind his back. He had a dignified demeanor and sharp brows that complimented his sharp gaze, seemingly able to reflect a rainbow glass light through his eyes.
“That’s Ye Tiancheng of Glass Palace!”
“So, that’s him! I heard that after the death of the number one Perfected Being of the North Region, Xi Wuya, 20 years ago, Ye Tiancheng was the one who replaced the former.”
Su Zimo’s gaze turned cold at the mention of Ye Tiancheng.
Demoness Ji had told him previously that the one who led the cultivators to massacre the 13 cities of Yan Country was Ye Tiancheng, one of Dao Being Xuan Yu’s disciples!
Shifting his gaze behind Ye Tiancheng, Su Zimo narrowed his gaze.
Two old men with gray hair followed close behind, seemingly stiff in their movements. However, both of them gave Su Zimo an extreme sense of danger!
They were Sealers!
Those two old men were definitely Sealers of Nascent Soul realm!
Su Zimo sneered internally.
In reality, although Sealers in the ancient battlefield were Nascent Souls that could release Dharmic powers, they did not pose much of a threat to him!
That was because the ancient battlefield was a pocket dimension that was unstable.
There were way too many restrictions for Sealers.
As long as they were to invoke the strength of Nascent Soul realm, they would cause a fluctuation, resulting in a dimensional tear that would devour them!
In other words, Sealers only had a single opportunity to attack.
If they failed, they would be the ones dead!
Behind the three of them were dozens of Golden Cores.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Tiancheng and everyone else had already arrived at the foremost of the main hall. Surveying the surroundings and looking down at the many cultivators below, he let out a pensive smile.
“Everyone!”
Although Ye Tiancheng’s voice was neither loud or soft, it echoed through the entire main hall.
The crowd gradually went silent.
“I’m sure everyone’s curious about the intention of today’s banquet,”
Ye Tiancheng laughed and said, “Actually, it’s nothing much. We just don’t want to let everyone miss out on a good show.”
The cultivators below revealed puzzled expressions.
Slowly, Ye Tiancheng said, “I’m sure everyone has already heard that a monster incarnate appeared in the North Region. He’s inhumane and murdered millions of cultivators, even declaring that he wants to kill off cultivators of Glass Palace.”
“I’ve heard of him!”
“Divine Phoenix Island’s monster incarnate!”
“I know! That man’s name is Su Zimo!”
“Yes, I heard that he loves to wear green robes and looks like a scholar.”
A series of voices sounded from the crowd.
The expressions of everyone from Southern Duel Sect changed as they turned around slowly to look at Su Zimo beside them by instinct.
The more Zhu Yue listened, the more unnerved he became and his eyes flickered with uneasiness.
Su Zimo patted him gently on the shoulder and said with a gentle voice, “Don’t be afraid.”
Zhu Yue shuddered and his hairs stood on end.
Ye Tiancheng’s gaze shifted towards the group from Southern Duel Sect and said with a fake smile, “Let me tell everyone... that monster incarnate is among you right now!”
The crowd was in an uproar!
Everyone from Southern Duel Sect was flustered and looked at Su Zimo in fright, retreating as quickly as they could to put distance between them and the latter.
Many cultivators followed Ye Tiancheng’s gaze and gradually noticed Su Zimo as well.
“It’s him!”
“Divine Phoenix Island’s monster incarnate!”
“He has truly come!”
In the blink of an eye, Su Zimo was isolated in the entire main hall.
Tang Shiyun was rooted to the spot, somewhat lost and dazed as she looked at Su Zimo, as though she could not manage to react.
Despite the circumstances, Su Zimo’s expression was still calm. He turned around and asked gently, “Why aren’t you leaving?”
“I don’t know,”
Tang Shiyun shook her head with a conflicted expression. “I only know that you’ve saved me and is my benefactor. I can’t...”
On the contrary, Zhu Yue turned to Ye Tiancheng after distancing himself from Su Zimo, declaring agitatedly with cupped fists, “Fellow Daoist Ye, I’m Zhu Yue of Southern Duel Sect. I barely know this guy and I truly didn’t know of his identity!”
“T-That’s right! We don’t know him at all!”
The other Southern Duel Sect cultivators chimed in and could not wish for more than to draw the line between them and Su Zimo.
“Beast!”
“We have to be cautious of everyone that isn’t of our race!”
“Kill him as revenge for those millions of cultivators!”
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
The crowd was fervent and excited.
Everyone had bloodshot eyes and wanted to rip Su Zimo up alive!
The group of cultivators formed a torrential force that was crushing. If it was anyone else, they would have broken down even before they were attacked!
Although the Golden Lion was a pure-blooded ferocious beast, it sprawled on the ground in fear at that moment and did not dare to move.
A single spirit art released by everyone present could destroy him without any corpse remaining!
It cried internally but no tears came forth.
However, Su Zimo was still calm.
There was an invisible and unparalleled aura shrouding him. In fact, it was not weaker compared to all the cultivators inside and outside the main hall!
“Hahahaha!”
Ye Tiancheng reared his head in laughter and looked down at Su Zimo. “Su Zimo, to think that you would have the guts to enter this city! However, you’re not qualified to fight against Glass Palace!”
Expressionlessly, Su Zimo surveyed his surroundings and said slowly, “This is a grudge between me and Glass Palace and has nothing to do with all of you. Anyone that doesn’t wish to get involved should leave as soon as possible.”
“Bullsh*t!”
Zhu Yue hollered and declared righteously, “You’re a demon so you’re a common enemy of all cultivators in the world!”
Ye Tiancheng sneered coldly and raised his voice, “Everyone, there’s only a single dish in tonight’s banquet... the flesh and blood of this monster incarnate! This man has a rich blood qi and his flesh contains a tremendous amount of lifeforce essence which is a great tonic! Whether or not you get to enjoy this delicacy depends on yourselves!”
Many cultivators smacked their lips instinctively and their eyes shone with excitement.
“Well, well, well!”
Su Zimo nodded and commented indifferently, “Since that’s the case, don’t blame me for the massacre!”Chapter 650: Broken Arm!
“Massacre?”
Zhu Yue had already been displeased with Su Zimo the entire journey. At that moment, he released his Golden Core phenomenon without hesitation and shouted, “You have to get through me first!”
“Southern Duel Star Formation!”
Boom!
The heavens were initially dotted with stars.
All of a sudden, six stars shone brightly with a glaring beam and shrouded Su Zimo.
A series of terrifying auras burst forth around Zhu Yue – that was the power of his phenomenon!
“Escape yourself,”
Su Zimo patted the Golden Lion beneath him and leaped down with a cold gaze. In a flash, he vanished from the spot.
Swoosh!
In the blink of an eye, he had already arrived beside Zhu Yue.
Swoosh!
It was too fast!
Most cultivators could not react in time.
“Om!”
Su Zimo opened his mouth and Sanskrit boomed!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Everyone from Southern Duel Sect who stood beside Zhu Yue and wanted to draw the line between them and Su Zimo exploded into blood mists – none of them were spared and they all died!
A single Sanskrit word blasted them to death without any corpses remaining!
Zhu Yue was shocked as well.
His Golden Core phenomenon was shaken with a single Sanskrit word!
The six Southern Duel Stars up in the heavens flashed repeatedly and showed signs of dispersion!
“How strong!”
Zhu Yue was taken aback.
In reality, if not for the protection of his Golden Core phenomenon, that single Sanskrit word would have blasted him to death given their distance!
He would not have met with a different ending compared to his sect mates.
Before that thought of his was finished, Zhu Yue felt his eyes blur.
Su Zimo’s figure did not pause at all.
His knees buckled forward like a sprinting stallion as he charged over with a surging blood qi!
His aura was terrifying!
Bang!
There was a split delay between the both of them.
Immediately after, Zhu Yue’s body was sent flying and the phenomenon power that surrounded his body dispersed entirely; the six Southern Duel Stars in the skies dimmed completely.
His body hovered in midair before splitting into pieces, dying the voids red with blood!
“Ah!”
A wave of shock and astonishment could be heard from the crowd.
Most of the cultivators in the ancient city had heard of Su Zimo’s reputation but there were few who had seen him fight personally.
Or rather, most of the people who had seen him attack were dead.
Right now, when everyone witnessed how Su Zimo destroyed a Golden Core phenomenon domineeringly with his bare body, the blow to their mental states was immense!
How could the power of bloodline and one’s body reach such a level?
Zhu Yue was someone who was once on the Phenomenon Ranking!
Although he was ranked near the end, he was one of the paragons!
Nobody expected him to last less than a single round despite the release of his Golden Core phenomenon.
Su Zimo was strong 20 years ago.
However, the power of his bloodline and body had not reached this level.
There had not been anybody who had witnessed his actual combat strength 20 years later!
Although Ye Tiancheng’s group watched the sight with constricted pupils, they were still composed. Instead, a mocking look flashed through their eyes.
Naturally, Glass Palace was thoroughly prepared before entering the ancient battlefield this time round.
Nothing that happened so far had gone beyond Glass Palace’s expectations.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Countless flying swords tore through the air.
Countless spirit arts blanketed the skies.
Su Zimo stared at Ye Tiancheng who was at the highest point of the main hall and killing intent surged in his eyes. His body’s blood qi flooded and echoed with the sound of a tsunami in a shuddering manner!
Boom!
Kicking off from his toes, Su Zimo vanished instantly.
Spiderweb cracks appeared on the stone slab he stood on originally and extended outwards.
A figure darted into the crowd with an unstoppable might like a human weapon, sending many cultivators flying!
Most of the flying swords and spirit arts missed.
When some of the flying swords got close, Su Zimo reached out and grabbed wildly in the void – he caught most of the incoming flying swords in his palms!
“Break!”
Exerting strength in both arms, he yelled!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The flying swords in his palms were snapped by his bare hands!
Most of those flying swords were supreme-grade flying swords.
The sharpness of a supreme-grade flying sword could not injure Su Zimo’s flesh!
“Kill!”
Su Zimo opened his mouth and released Thunderclap Kill against the descent of many spirit arts.
A tremendous roar boomed forward, accompanied by the power of thunder.
The entire main hall shook!
Right in front of everyone, countless spirit arts dispersed before they could make contact with Su Zimo’s body, turning into spots of spirit light that dissipated into thin air!
The crowd was in an uproar.
There were countless rumors about the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island, however, none of them experienced the same shock as they did now since nobody saw it personally.
Right now, none of the cultivators in the ancient city realized it.
The true massacre had only just begun.
What they witnessed today was merely the tip of the iceberg for this strongest monster incarnate in history!
Su Zimo tread in thin air and nobody could match his edge!
If Su Zimo could destroy a phenomenon on the ranking barehanded, the Golden Core phenomenons of ordinary cultivators could not stand in his way at all!
He was getting closer to Ye Tiancheng.
“Senior Brother Ye, should we release the formation?”
A Glass Palace cultivator behind Ye Tiancheng whispered.
“There’s no need,”
Ye Tiancheng’s hands were hidden deeply in his robes and he smirked, remarking coolly, “I’m rather curious to test and see just how strong this monster incarnate is in monster incarnate!”
“Senior Brother Ye, there’s no need to take that risk personally... right?”
Another Glass Palace cultivator frowned.
“Take the risk personally?”
Ye Tiancheng harrumphed coldly. “In the past, I wasn’t weaker than Xi Wuya in melee combat. So, where does the risk come from?”
“Furthermore, Glass Palace is famous for body tempering! Why should I fear a beast?”
“Watch out, Senior Brother Ye!”
Everyone from Glass Palace tried to warn repeatedly.
Ye Tiancheng’s expression turned cold as he charged towards Su Zimo who was arriving.
“Su Zimo, take my punch!”
Striding forward, Ye Tiancheng’s blood qi surged and his hair flew furiously as he threw a punch towards Su Zimo’s head violently!
Although he threw out a punch, his palm was still hidden in his robes and wasn’t revealed, merely showing the shape of a clenched fist.
Narrowing his gaze, Su Zimo did not retreat or avoid and returned with a punch of his own!
Apart from the top of the Phenomenon Ranking, Di Yin, he had never encountered any other cultivator of the same cultivation realm who could match him in melee combat.
Ye Tiancheng’s eyes shone with uncontrollable excitement when he saw Su Zimo’s decision to take the punch head-on.
Bang!
The two fists collided!
Ye Tiancheng’s sleeve was ripped apart instantly, flying away like butterflies.
Six spirit patterns shone brightly on Ye Tiancheng’s fist!
He was wearing a glove and it was a connate spirit weapon!
That was his killing move!
Therefore, Su Zimo had just collided against a connate spirit weapon head-on rather than flesh!
Their fists had already collided and it was too late to avoid even if he wanted to!
A light injury would cripple Su Zimo’s arm.
A heavy injury would result in his death if Ye Tiancheng took advantage of the situation!
“Haha, Su Zimo! Prepare to die!”
Ye Tiancheng laughed menacingly.
Before his laughter subsided, his heart sank.
There was no hint of panic in Su Zimo’s eyes – they were calm as water!
“It can’t be!”
Before that thought was finished, Ye Tiancheng shifted his gaze.
Su Zimo’s fist merely collided gently against his before turning limp. Like an anaconda, it wrapped forward along with the momentum.
Wrap, hit, pull!
Shing!
A mist of blood filled the air.
Ye Tiancheng’s arm was ripped off by Su Zimo just like that!Chapter 651: Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation
“Ah!”
Ye Tiancheng’s eyes were widened with disbelief as he let out a jarring shriek while blood drained from his face!
He truly hadn’t expected a victor to be decided between them within a single round of their clash!
If he was dealing with inexperienced cultivators, his methods would have worked.
However, he was naive to think of tricking Su Zimo.
How fast were Su Zimo’s reactions?
The moment he sensed something amiss in the clash between their fists, he had already changed tactics to release a killing move from the Mystic Classic of the Twelve Demon Kings of the Great Wilderness to rip off Ye Tiancheng’s arm!
The two of them were way too close.
Su Zimo had no intention of letting Ye Tiancheng escape.
“You’re the one who should prepare to die!”
Roaring, Su Zimo strode forward and reached out with outstretched fingers.
Pang! Pang! Pang!
Jade-white fingernails protruded, shining with a cold glint like daggers as he grabbed for Ye Tiancheng’s head.
If that grab landed, five bloody holes would definitely appear on Ye Tiancheng’s head!
All of a sudden!
A sense of danger rang in Su Zimo’s mind.
Without time to hesitate, Su Zimo gave up on killing Ye Tiancheng decisively and retreated swiftly.
A rainbow-colored glass light shot down and brushed past his body – it was extremely sharp and almost wanted to sever the void!
If Su Zimo was a single bit slower, he would have been cut into two by that glass light!
A terrifying energy fluctuation spread through the void.
The energy had already surpassed the power of phenomenons!
Dharmic powers!
The Nascent Souls had attacked!
It was one of the two Sealers behind Ye Tiancheng!
The information filtered into Su Zimo’s mind as he retreated without turning back.
Only Sealers would have that reaction and could rescue Ye Tiancheng from his hands!
Nobody else would have been able to do it!
True enough.
Not far away, the eyes of an old man with gray hair and beard dimmed as he shook his head. “This man is way too frightening. We can’t even trap him with our combined forces.”
Suddenly, the void behind the old man ripped apart and a dark tear appeared silently. Sinister winds gusted from within, threatening to devour everything!
The appearance of Dharmic power would result in a dimensional fluctuation.
With the fluctuation, dimensional tears would appear to cleanse the origin of that energy so as to ensure the stability of the dimension!
The old man sighed. “Summon the formation.”
The moment he said that, his body was swallowed by the dimensional tear in the void and his Essence Spirit was destroyed – he turned into dust with nothing left behind.
The tear in the void closed slowly until there was no gap left.
Summon the formation?
Su Zimo raised his brow slightly as he felt a sudden sense of danger!
Another Sealer behind Ye Tiancheng surveyed the surroundings before soaring into the air and declaring, “Everyone, please help us to kill this lad!”
“Alright!”
“It’s wonderful if I can kill a monster incarnate like this before my death!”
“Hahaha! My life won’t be wasted with this lad’s death to accompany mine!”
A series of voices echoed from above the four walls of the ancient city.
North, south, east and west, old men with gray beards and hair appeared. Although they did not release their powers, there was a shuddering aura repressed within their bodies!
Four Sealers!
Typically speaking, it was already at the limits if there were two Sealers that accompanied the paragon of a sect into the ancient battlefield.
In fact, some super sects would not even have any Sealers.
After all, Sealers would die the moment they attacked.
Even if their lifespans were about to end a few years later, no cultivator would be willing to enter the ancient battlefield.
Yet, Glass Palace activated six Sealers this time round!
This was clear proof of how highly they regarded Su Zimo.
No matter what, Glass Palace had indeed felt immense pressure from Su Zimo’s declaration letter of war!
During this period of time, Ye Tiancheng’s injury had already been bandaged.
He glared at Su Zimo venomously and snarled, “Su Zimo, I’m going to slice the flesh off your body piece by piece and eat it up! I’m going to torture you to death!”
“Hahaha!”
Su Zimo stood in the air and burst into laughter. “You think that you can kill me with just four more Sealers?”
“Humph!”
Ye Tiancheng smirked menacingly. “Don’t get cocky! We knew that you would send yourself to us so we prepared a long time ago! Prepare yourself!”
The fingertips of the Sealer on the East city wall shifted repeatedly and his glabella shone, emitting a series of bright beams that landed on a circular spirit weapon.
Whoosh!
The spirit weapon spun and instantly emitted a column of light that engulfed Su Zimo.
“Hmms? Demon Revealing Mirror!”
Su Zimo’s expression changed slightly as he released his blood qi. His body flashed repeatedly as he tried to get away from the radius of the Demon Revealing Mirror’s column of light.
However, no matter how fast his movement techniques were, they were not faster than light.
The Demon Revealing Mirror was not harmful against demon beasts by itself.
Its only purpose was to restrict the Inner Core or Essence Spirit.
When the Inner Core was restricted, demon beasts would lose the power of their Inner Cores and that was the reason why their true forms would be revealed.
Whoosh!
Another column of light shone from the West and shot down.
Su Zimo’s body shuddered.
A mysterious energy was trying to penetrate his body to reach his circulating Inner Core.
However, the Mingwang Prayer Beads that were hidden on his wrist shone and blocked the energy!
The Mingwang Prayer Beads was a connate Dharmic weapon to begin with.
Although two Buddha Beads were missing and it was incomplete, it still managed to retain some of its mysterious Dharmic powers.
When the column of light shone on Su Zimo, he paused for a moment and his blood qi circulated furiously. The power of his Inner Core surged and his speed received a massive boost, allowing him to break free from the light column.
“Hmm?”
A Sealer exclaimed softly, “A single Demon Revealing Mirror is not enough to hold him down!”
“Thankfully, we’re prepared!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Another two columns of light shone down.
With nowhere to run, Su Zimo was pinned to the spot by the two columns of light!
Immediately after, the first two columns of light descended on Su Zimo as well.
Four columns of light from four Demon Revealing Mirrors in all directions shone down on Su Zimo’s surroundings!
Su Zimo could clearly feel that his Inner Core was completely sealed and was unable to circulate!
The Mingwang Prayer Beads was a damaged Dharmic weapon after all.
At the same time, Su Zimo had not cultivated an Essence Spirit and could not release the true strength of the Mingwang Prayer Beads. The most he could do was use the damaged Dharmic weapon to defend against one of the Demon Revealing Mirrors.
Now that Glass Palace had brought out four Demon Revealing Mirrors, even the Mingwang Prayer Beads couldn’t do anything about it!
“Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation!”
The four Sealers shouted at the same time with stern expressions.
Suddenly, mysterious runes lit up on the areas the four columns of light from the Demon Revealing Mirrors shone on!
Su Zimo grunted dully and the pressure on him intensified!
In the hands of four Sealers, the four Demon Revealing Mirrors had turned into a formation!
The formation pinned down on Su Zimo like a gigantic mountain and exerted pressure relentlessly, locking him motionlessly on the spot!
Su Zimo could clearly feel his bones and tendons trembling inside his body, letting out cracking sounds that were jarring!
He refused to bow down and clenched his teeth with a ferocious glint in his eyes. Channeling his bloodline with all his might, he pushed against the pressure on his spine and green veins popped on his neck.
A series of dimensional tears appeared above the four walls.
The four Sealers were devoured in succession.
However, the formation was laid down and the situation was set in stone – Su Zimo could not escape even with the death of the Sealers!Chapter 652: Affecting the Heavens With His Torrential Killing Intent!
That scene shocked all the cultivators in the ancient city!
The death of four Sealers in exchange for an opportunity to kill Su Zimo – that seemed like a price that was too heavy.
However, it had to be said that this was the only way to ensure that nothing went wrong!
That was because even if the six Sealers of Glass Palace joined forces, they might not have been able to kill Su Zimo.
Now, Demon Revealing Mirrors on the walls on all four directions were activated with Dharmic powers, forming a formation that targeted demons specifically. As such, Su Zimo was rooted to the spot motionlessly!
This power had far surpassed the strength of the Golden Core realm!
Even if a hundred pure-blooded ferocious beasts were to arrive, they would be turned into meat sludge!
In other words, if this was Su Zimo 20 years ago, he wouldn’t be able to last 10 breaths!
“Hahahaha!”
Ye Tiancheng’s face was pale as he had lost a significant amount of blood after his arm was ripped off. However, he still reared his head in wild laughter and grit his teeth. “Su Zimo, why aren’t you cocky anymore? So what if you’re the strongest monster incarnate in history? You’ve still got to die under Glass Palace’s Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation!”
Su Zimo’s expression was dark and he remained silent.
Splash!
His bloodline was already channeled to its limits and echoed with the dull sound of a tsunami.
Heads started bobbing everywhere.
Countless cultivators formed a wave of humans and encircled Su Zimo in the middle layer after layer.
All the cultivators wanted to personally witness the moment of the strongest monster incarnate in history’s death!
Outside the crowd, a yellow-haired burly man stood at the side and gazed towards the center of the ancient city. Staring at the green-robed man who was rooted to the spot motionlessly, he could not help but pout his lips and mutter, “What a pity that such a monster incarnate of an entire generation has to die by a group’s ambush.”
“Although you suppressed me and forced me to be your mount, we can call off this grudge between us given that you don’t have long to live.”
The yellow-haired burly man was the Golden Lion in human form.
The Golden Lion sighed and turned to leave, preparing to escape out of the city.
Not far away, a red fox squatted on the ground and swayed its huge, furry tail. It clutched its tiny paws tightly with a nervous look on its face.
It had eyes that resembled black gemstones, blinking at the green-robed man in the crowd with a layer of mist over them.
A moment later, the little fox reared its head and sniffed. Wiping away the tears in its eyes, it gazed at the Demon Revealing Mirror that was erected on the wall above it and emitted a scary column of light. A hint of resolve flashed through its eyes.
Pshew!
A streak of red light burst into the darkness and the little fox vanished.
In the crowd...
Tang Shiyun seemed like she had lost her soul and was squeezed and pushed forward by countless cultivators.
She had gone through way too many changes in the past two days.
Of more than a hundred Southern Duel Sect cultivators, she was now the only one left.
The cultivator whom she had regarded as a benefactor and even had affections towards was a demon that was despised by everyone.
She glared at the front squarely.
The green-robed man who was struggling bitterly against tens of thousands of people looked pitiful and tragic, like a trapped beast that had lost its fangs.
In fact, Tang Shiyun wanted to scream.
She wanted to scream that even though he was a demon, he had saved her life!
However, what would that do?
She could not change the situation at all.
The green-robed man wouldn’t be able to escape death.
In fact, he would have to endure an unimaginable amount of humiliation before his death!
All the cultivators around her were worked up and yelled loudly.
“Kill him!”
“Drink his blood and consume his flesh!”
All those cultivators had scary looks in their eyes as they wished for nothing more than to rip Su Zimo apart!
“It’s all my fault.”
“If I hadn’t suggested it, he wouldn’t have come here and neither would he have met with Glass Palace.”
Tang Shiyun had a pained expression.
Coincidentally...
Her gaze met with Su Zimo’s in midair.
Instantly, tears streamed down Tang Shiyun’s face as she shook her head and muttered repeatedly, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry...”
However, her voice was nothing compared to the clamor around her and was drowned immediately.
Right then, Tang Shiyun caught sight of a smile.
Even despite the situation, the green-robed man smiled and seemed like he was consoling her!
She bawled loudly in tears.
...
Su Zimo retracted his gaze.
Tang Shiyun was not to blame for this.
Even without her, he would have definitely come here!
That was because he had said that he would make Glass Palace pay with blood!
The crowd not far away dispersed and a path appeared as Ye Tiancheng strode over with a cold expression, clutching the area of his broken left arm.
Arriving ten feet before Su Zimo, Ye Tiancheng stood firmly. His eyes were vengeful with a hint of ridicule as he glared down coldly before snickering sinisterly.
Su Zimo pursed his lips.
Given normal circumstances, he had a hundred methods of killing Ye Tiancheng on the spot in less than a breath given this distance!
However, he was now suppressed by the power of the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation and could not even lift his arm.
Ye Tiancheng pushed down into the air with his palm.
The crowd gradually went silent.
Glaring at Su Zimo, he chuckled. “Beast, your Golden Core has already been destroyed and your Inner Core is sealed. Right now, you’re like fish on a chopping block that’s waiting for me to cut up!”
“Since you broke my arm, I’ll snap your limbs!”
Ye Tiancheng slapped his storage bag and a saber appeared in his palm.
He injected spirit energy.
The saber trembled and shone with five spirit patterns.
A perfect spirit weapon!
Dragging the saber, Ye Tiancheng looked at Su Zimo in a relaxed manner and was in no rush.
He was relishing this sensation.
Ye Tiancheng circled around Su Zimo and sized up the latter. He gestured at Su Zimo’s body and pretended to be in deep thought. “Hmm... where should I start?”
“Fellow Daoist Ye, how about letting out some blood first to share with everyone!”
“That’s right! The blood of this monster incarnate must be delicious!”
Many cultivators in the crowd shouted.
“Alright, let’s do that then.”
Ye Tiancheng was in a great mood.
Right then, Su Zimo turned his head and surveyed his surroundings. Due to the immense pressure on him, the sounds of bones cracking could be heard from his neck.
With a dark expression, Su Zimo smirked and revealed a set of pearly whites before remarking coolly, “I’m going to give all of you a final chance. This is a grudge between me and Glass Palace. Anyone that’s unrelated should get lost now!”
“Bloody hell! This demon is trying to be cocky on the brink of death!”
“What a sharp tongue!”
“I say we should slap his mouth until it’s battered first!”
Many cultivators sneered and mocked.
“Hehehehe!”
Lowering his head, Su Zimo let out a chilling laugher as the killing intent in his eyes intensified – it was almost materialized and could spew out!
The stars in the heavens above went into chaos, flickering constantly.
His killing intent was torrential and had affected the heavens!
Outside the crowd, the remaining Sealer of Glass Palace stood in midair. Sensing something, he reared his head and frowned.
Although he knew nothing about astrology, he knew that the chaotic alignments of the stars was an evil omen symbolizing that something big was about to happen!
Chapter 653: Dragon Roar!
“Beast, how dare you get cocky! I’ll have you kneel down first!”
Ye Tiancheng’s shout broke off the thoughts of Glass Palace’s Sealer.
Instinctively, he looked down.
Right in the middle of the crowd, Ye Tiancheng swung the saber and circulated his Golden Core. Spirit energy surged forward and the saber shone with a spirit light, slicing at Su Zimo’s knees!
“Nothing should change. There’s no way a spirit demon can escape from the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation that was created with the death of four Sealers.”
The thought crossed the Glass Palace Sealer’s mind.
Immediately after, his expression changed!
He was a Nascent Soul after all and had cultivated an Essence Spirit. Although it was restricted and he could not attack at will, his senses were much sharper than ordinary Golden Cores with his Essence Spirit!
He sensed spirit energy fluctuating in Su Zimo’s body!
Furthermore... it was terrifying!
“Ancient... Dragonification... Art!”
Su Zimo’s eyes were frighteningly bright as he snarled word by word.
A primordial energy seemed to be awakened as the aura in Su Zimo’s body climbed endlessly!
“Spirit energy!”
“That’s the aura of a Golden Core! His Golden Core hasn’t been destroyed!”
“That’s impossible!”
The crowd fell into an uproar.
There were many cultivators that witnessed a Void Reversion destroying Su Zimo’s dantian personally in the battle of the paragons in the North Region.
But now, Su Zimo’s Golden Core had reappeared and was even more terrifying than before!
Immediately after, right in front of countless gazes, an extremely long living being appeared from thin air. It coiled a couple times around his body before extending upwards into the air!
Ye Tiancheng’s saber was repelled before it could reach Su Zimo’s knees and a series of sparks burst forth in the void!
His body shuddered and he could not maintain his grip on the saber as it was blown away!
“Psst!”
“What is this?”
Many cultivators gaped with disbelief.
Green scales appeared one after another on the living being’s body, shimmering with a cold light. The bones on its back and its sharp fangs and claws were fully exposed with horns thrusting fiercely above its head.
“I-Is that a... dragon?!”
A cultivator asked with a trembling voice and frightful expression as he nearly knelt on the ground.
Although none of the cultivators in the ancient city had seen how a dragon looked like, that was the only answer that crossed their minds when they caught sight of that living being.
It was one of the Primordial Nine Races, the dragon!
Only a True Dragon could release such a terrifying aura!
The True Dragon was life-like and its scales, bones and claws were fully formed with flesh and blood.
The eyes of the dragon opened gradually.
Those eyes opened and closed together with Su Zimo’s eyes in unison.
Its gaze was cold, dignified and unquestionable!
Against the sweeping gaze of the dragon’s eyes, some cultivators could not withstand the pressure and knelt onto the ground with a thud, shivering from head to toe in silence.
Back in the primordial era, humans were enslaved by ten thousand races and were puny as ants with cheap lives.
The primordial dragon race was the leader of the ten thousand races, riding over all of them and dominated the world!
It was a suppression of the bloodline, a fear that originated from an ancient memory!
Although Su Zimo was still unable to move against the power of the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation, his aura had intensified with a True Dragon coiling around him!
That was the terror of a True Dragon.
Yet, how frightening was a man who could command the True Dragon?
A divine being!
This was a divine being who could control the world and decide the fates of all beings!
Even the Glass Palace Sealer who stood in the air afar felt chills run down his spine, let alone the Golden Cores in the surroundings.
“Ye Tiancheng, hurry and retreat!”
The Glass Palace Sealer was the first to react and shouted.
Ye Tiancheng shuddered and snapped out of his stupor. Instinctively, he wanted to retreat and pull himself away from Su Zimo.
However, it was all too late.
Su Zimo’s eyes were like lightning as he took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
Almost at the same time, the True Dragon coiling around him took a deep breath and its body expanded a few times. Puffing its chest, a gigantic air current churned and formed a cyclone in midair.
The True Dragon also opened its massive mouth at the same time, revealing menacing fangs that dripped with drool!
“Roar!”
Both of them opened their mouths and let out a deafening roar that could break metal and rocks!
Su Zimo’s black hair danced wildly and the veins on his neck popped up. With a sharp gaze, he howled in front of him and the sound of a dragon roar burst forth from his mouth!
Instantly!
The weather changed as sand and rocks flew.
That was a True Dragon roar.
It was much more powerful than Thunderclap Kill!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Most of the cultivators in the circle closest to Su Zimo could not endure the shock of the dragon roar and exploded into blood mists.
Some of the cultivators that were slightly further had scars of blood appearing on their faces – although their bodies did not explode, their organs were already ruptured into dust!
There were more cultivators who stood on the spot motionlessly with widened eyes as blood oozed out of their seven orifices – all of them were dead!
After the dragon roar, silence ensued.
The demon beast mounts of some cultivators, be it ancient remnant beasts or pure-blooded ferocious beasts, were all shivering in fear at the moment with poop and pee flowing freely.
There were countless people who died from the dragon roar!
Corpses were strewn all around Su Zimo and rivers of blood were formed – it was akin to purgatory!
The Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation could restrict his Inner Core and root him to the spot but it could not seal his Golden Core!
“Even if I can’t move, I can cull all of you like dogs!”
Su Zimo’s voice was cold and his killing intent was torrential!
Ye Tiancheng was the only one who could remain standing in a radius 30 feet around Su Zimo.
It was true that his body was strong.
He was not dead despite that dragon roar.
However, his eardrums were ruptured and the injury of his right arm had burst again as well. Right now, his mind was blank and his consciousness was hazy – he could no longer sense what was happening around him.
“Hurry and retreat!”
Glass Palace’s Sealer yelled.
Many Glass Palace Golden Cores were bolting through the crowd towards Ye Tiancheng, hoping to save him.
Gradually, Ye Tiancheng regained some of his senses and his eyes were filled with fear as he tried to retreat.
The next moment, he saw Su Zimo smirk with mockery.
“Go!”
Su Zimo opened his mouth and said a single word indifferently.
Swoosh!
The True Dragon that coiled around him upwards surged down and descended upon Ye Tiancheng’s head instantly, glaring down with a fixed gaze.
Ye Tiancheng was scared out of his wits.
Drip!
In fact, Ye Tiancheng did not even dare to wipe his face when drool dripped from the corner of the True Dragon’s mouth onto his face!
“Pfft!”
The next moment, the True Dragon lowered its head and chomped down on Ye Tiancheng!
Blood splashed out with a slight warmth.
Ye Tiancheng was dead, devoured alive by the True Dragon conjured by Su Zimo!
The killing intent in Su Zimo’s eyes surged.
This was the first time that he released the Ancient Dragonification Art after 20 years of dormancy at the bottom of Dragon Burial Valley.
He could clearly sense that the True Dragon around him had gotten more corporeal and sentient, as though it possessed a life of its own!
In reality, there was a huge difference between this and the description of the Ancient Dragonification Art.
The Ancient Dragonification Art merely made use of a trickle of dragon blood and spirit energy to conjure an illusory dragon.
But the dragon summoned by Su Zimo was life-like and complete with flesh and blood!
More than that, the beguiling thing was that he had a feeling this True Dragon seemed to have an extremely close connection to him – it was as though the origin of their bloodline was inseparable!Chapter 654: Reappearance of Phenomenon
The Glass Palace Sealer had a terrible expression.
Ye Tiancheng was the youngest, most talented and strongest Golden Core paragon in Glass Palace after Xi Wuya.
He was definitely poised for a top 30 position for this Golden Core Phenomenon Ranking!
However, the Sealer did not expect that Ye Tiancheng would be killed by Su Zimo’s spirit art without the chance to even release his Golden Core phenomenon.
Glass Palace was going to return without anything for the Phenomenon Ranking this time round.
“Destroy that Azure Dragon!”
The Glass Palace Sealer was enraged and pointed to the menacing Azure Dragon in midair with a darkened expression, shouting, “That dragon is merely condensed through spirit energy! What are you guys scared of!”
Many cultivators calmed down rapidly with the words of a Sealer.
“I refuse to believe that this monster incarnate can get out of hand!”
“That’s right! Let’s join forces!”
“Let’s kill him and take revenge for senior brother!”
The crowd was worked up.
Many cultivators released flying swords that flew over like an arrow rain.
Countless spirit arts blanketed the skies and crushed down with a terrifying might!
“Kill!”
Su Zimo spat out coldly.
The True Dragon understood his intentions and reared its head malevolently before soaring into the air with a torrential ferocity. Baring its fangs and claws, it lunged into the crowd!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Many flying swords and spirit arts shattered upon collision with the True Dragon and only perfect spirit weapons could survive.
Even for supreme-grade spirit weapons, cracks would appear upon contact with the True Dragon, causing their spirit lights to dim and the weapons rendered completely useless!
Although the spirit arts in the air surged like a tsunami, they could not withstand the power of a True Dragon!
Another blood storm was created as the True Dragon crashed into the crowd!
Even without using its sharp claws and fangs, the passing of the True Dragon’s body was enough to shatter supreme-grade flying swords – there was no way the cultivators could defend against it with their physical bodies!
The Ancient Dragonification Art was a spirit art created by the Human Emperor and could even go against the power of ordinary Golden Core phenomenons!
Furthermore, it was clear that the spirit art had already transformed in the hands of Su Zimo.
It was much more powerful and frightening than before!
Even the combined forces of many cultivators could not defend against the killing power of the True Dragon!
Finally, some cultivators were forced to release their Golden Core phenomenons.
An energy fluctuation that was even more terrifying than spirit arts surfaced!
“Heavenly Piercing Pillar!”
A thick stone pillar appeared behind the cultivator, piercing through the world with an ancient and majestic aura. It crushed down towards the body of the True Dragon.
Without even taking a look, the True Dragon swiped its tail viciously.
A True Dragon’s tail whip!
Boom!
The Heavenly Piercing Pillar was destroyed completely by the dragon tail!
The expression of the cultivator changed starkly and he spat out a huge mouthful of blood. With dimming eyes, he fell from midair.
Another Golden Core had just released his phenomenon when it was swiped away by the sharp claws of the True Dragon and his body was ripped apart!
However, it was clear that the glow on the True Dragon’s body had dimmed slightly after enduring the impact of two Golden Core phenomenons.
“Fellow Daoists, let’s join forces! This evil dragon won’t be able to last much longer!”
Someone yelled.
Many cultivators were invigorated.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Thousands of Golden Cores attacked at the same time with their Golden Core phenomenons, sending an apocalyptic blast towards the True Dragon!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The True Dragon froze in midair and cracks appeared on its massive body, extending and deepening.
Of the thousands of Golden Core phenomenons, there were even Glass Palace cultivators who released ancient phenomenons from their sect such as the Glass Divine Light.
The combined power of those Golden Core phenomenons was like the convergence of countless streams into a massive river with the capability to annihilate all life – the True Dragon was instantly destroyed!
“Hahahaha!”
“Even if it’s a True Dragon, so what?!”
“So what if you’re the strongest monster incarnate in history? You can’t fight against all of us heroes in the world singlehandedly!”
“Kill him!”
Many cultivators released their Golden Core phenomenons excitedly and yelled as they charged towards Su Zimo!
As long as they could kill Su Zimo personally, they would be famous throughout the world!
“You dare call yourselves heroes?”
Su Zimo’s expression turned increasingly cold as he roared in laughter.
Even despite the circumstances, there was no hint of panic in his eyes. Instead, they turned brighter and fiercer!
An endless amount of phenomenon power surged over.
It was a suffocating pressure!
Against that pressure, the Golden Core in Su Zimo’s dantian churned wildly and a frighteningly shocking phenomenon rose behind him.
With a boom, the firmaments were shattered!
Water currents surged and meteors rained endlessly – it was an apocalyptic sight.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
An incomparably massive ancient demon descended with a terrifying aura and four legs that were akin to heavenly-piercing pillars. Standing in the middle of a dark, deep sea, it did not move and suppressed the raging tides.
Lightning flashed and that massive demon’s shell held up the broken firmament, blanketing over the world as it protected all living beings from the surging water currents.
“This phenomenon...”
“It’s the Divine Turtle!”
“That’s the long lost Primordial Divine Turtle!”
A series of exclamations could be heard from the crowd.
The Divine Turtle had arrived and reared its head, roaring into the skies!
Instantly, it was filled with a torrential rage!
The size of the Divine Turtle was larger than the ancient city. Protecting Su Zimo under it, all the incoming Golden Core phenomenons were blocked!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Primordial Divine Turtle stood unyieldingly against the impact of thousands of Golden Core phenomenons!
Many cultivators were shocked.
The Primordial Divine Turtle’s defense could not be broken with the combined force of thousands of phenomenons!
“The Primordial Divine Turtle lives up to its reputation indeed!”
The Glass Palace Sealer murmured softly.
Legend has it that the Primordial Divine Turtle could be ranked as a top ten on the Phenomenon Ranking when its true power was released!
That was a divine being that saved countless living beings in the primordial era!
Suddenly, as though he called something, the expression of Glass Palace’s Sealer changed.
“This is bad! It’s said that this lad has cultivated another phenomenon apart from the Primordial Divine Turtle!”
The Glass Palace Sealer howled, “Watch out!”
Bang! Boom! Boom!
His voice was drowned by an explosion before it could travel over.
Another phenomenon appeared behind Su Zimo!
“What is this?”
“It’s a double phenomenon!”
The ground caved continuously, opening up bottomless ravines one after another.
A baleful aura surged forth.
The mountains were tumbling and the ground was disintegrating!
Lava surged forth endlessly with a scorching heat, flowing rampantly on the vast lands and burning everything in sight – countless living beings were turned into ashes!
In midair, the Golden Core phenomenons of some cultivators who could not endure it dissipated.
Without the protection of their Golden Core phenomenons, those cultivators were exposed to the torrential waves and were devoured instantly, vanishing without a trace.
“Ah! Ah! Ahhhh!”
Some cultivators who were splashed by the scarlet lava burst into flames as they howled in misery.
Although most of the cultivators were still channeling their Golden Cores furiously to gather their phenomenons, the chaos within the crowd was evidently growing.
However, that was merely the start of Su Zimo’s counterattack!
A gigantic living being with a terrifying aura crawled out of the crack in the ground. It had a snake’s head, anaconda’s body and was lined with red, scarlet scales that were stacked on top of one another like flaming iron plates!
Snake’s head, anaconda’s body, dragon scales, phoenix wings, no horns on its head and no legs beneath its abdomen – it was the Primordial Soaring Serpent!
Divine beings had descended with the resurgence of the phenomenons!
Chapter 655: Tiger Roar!
The Primordial Soaring Serpent spread its wings and a heatwave surged into the nine heavens as it surveyed the surroundings with scarlet eyes.
The formidable power of this phenomenon was spreading!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Some of the flying swords and spirit weapons in midair could not handle the pressure and cracked. Their lights dimmed as they turned into fragments, scattering onto the ground.
A single glance from the Primordial Soaring Serpent caused some of the cultivators to burst into flames that engulfed them rapidly, burning them into ashes!
The might of a divine being was unstoppable!
Gulp! Gulp!
The Primordial Soaring Serpent devoured the lava in large mouthfuls and its aura turned increasingly frightening.
The scales on the serpent became brighter and shone with a blinding shade of scarlet that resembled metal plates that were heated red!
Gazing at the thousands of Golden Core phenomenons and the puny humans, the Primordial Soaring Serpent reared its head and hissed between its breaths.
Psst! Psst!
The Primordial Soaring Serpent fanned the flames with its wings and its eyes spewed fire. Opening its blood-red mouth, it spat out a stream of scorching lava!
Instantly, the void turned into a sea of flames!
The combined Golden Core phenomenons of many cultivators could only manage to hold out the Primordial Divine Turtle.
However, the descent of the Primordial Soaring Serpent broke that stalemate!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Accompanied by loud sounds, countless Golden Core phenomenons shattered and many Golden Cores were devoured directly by the steaming lava, turning into ashes without corpses.
“Ah! Ah! Ahhhh!”
A series of tragic, shuddering wails sounded.
Although there were thousands of Golden Core phenomenons, none of them could withstand the blast of the two divine beings, the Divine Turtle and Soaring Serpent!
Even Glass Divine Light could not do it!
The Divine Turtle roared with rage and currents surged, raising torrential tides that engulfed all living beings!
The Soaring Serpent hissed and lava spewed, igniting a sea of flames that spanned hundreds of kilometers and incinerated all living beings!
Even the bodies of Glass Palace cultivators could not withstand the crash of the tides and the roast of the lava.
20 years later, Su Zimo had not only recovered his Golden Core, the two Golden Core phenomenons that he had once cultivated had resurfaced in the world as well!
All the cultivators were horrified and scurried for their lives.
Nobody noticed that although the two phenomenons behind Su Zimo were the same 20 years on, there were a few changes to the phenomenons themselves!
20 years ago, the Divine Turtle and Soaring Serpent phenomenons were irreconcilable; fire and water, immortal and fiend.
The two phenomenons were completely distinct.
But now, there was no longer any conflict of fire and water nor was there any contention between immortal and fiend between the two phenomenons – their boundaries were blurred and fire and water was intertwined.
The heavens shattered and void currents flowed everywhere as meteors fell. A Divine Turtle stood between the world and stabilized the void currents with its limbs while holding up the heavens with its back as it roared into the skies!
The ground caved in and a volcano exploded with spewing lava. The Primordial Soaring Serpent tore through the ground and devoured the lava as it descended upon the world!
The heavens collapsed and lightning flashed. The two divine beings, the Divine Turtle and Soaring Serpent, seemed like they could fuse together at any moment!
After his 20 years of dormancy at the bottom of Dragon Burial Valley, a complete transformation had happened both inside and outside of Su Zimo and it was not only in terms of his Inner Core and body.
It was for his Golden Core phenomenons as well!
To be precise, apart from Su Zimo, nobody knew what sort of Golden Core phenomenons he had cultivated and nobody had seen it before.
“Everyone, don’t panic!”
The Glass Palace Sealer stood in midair and said loudly, “Although this little b*stard can circulate spirit energy, he is pinned to the ground by the formation and can’t move at all!”
“Hmm?”
Some of the cultivators who had escaped noticed that as well and let out beguiled expressions.
“He’s a demon so there’s no way he can break free from the restraints of the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation! Everyone, avoid his attacks and don’t fight him head-on! Once his Golden Core phenomenons are gone and his spirit energy is expended, he will be a sheep waiting to be culled!”
The words of Glass Palace’s Sealer caused the eyes of the surviving cultivators to light up.
Although Su Zimo could release spirit art and the dragon roar, he had not left his original position from the get-go!
Everyone was escaping from the battlefield to try to get away from the two divine beings around Su Zimo.
Although Golden Core phenomenons were strong, they could not go too far away from the cultivators.
A cold glint flashed through Su Zimo’s eyes as he cursed internally.
Although the Sealer was at the end of his lifespan, he was a Nascent Soul after all and he was truly sharp after living for close to a thousand years.
He managed to identify Su Zimo’s weakness despite the chaotic battle.
The formation that enveloped Su Zimo was created with four Sealers sacrificing their lives to activate four Demon Revealing Mirrors!
It was set up to target him specifically!
As long as he had his Inner Core, he could not break free of the restraints of the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation nor could he move at all!
The pressure was present all the time!
That was also the reason why Su Zimo had been counterattacking without moving from the spot the entire time.
It was not because he did not want to, it was because he couldn’t!
It was actually simple to dispel the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation.
All he had to do was destroy the formation eyes.
For this formation, the formation eyes were none other than the four Demon Revealing Mirrors on top of the four walls!
He did not require all four Demon Revealing Mirrors to be destroyed – as long as three of them were shifted, Su Zimo could break free with the use of Dharmic power from the Mingwang Prayer Beads!
However, despite the simplicity of the matter, it was extremely difficult for Su Zimo.
That was because he couldn’t move at all!
He could not even manage a simple act such as shifting his hand towards his storage bag, let alone move towards the Demon Revealing Mirrors above the walls.
This was a doomed situation!
No matter how much of a monster incarnate Su Zimo was, there was also a time where his strength was limited.
The cultivators in the ancient city did not have to attack him at all – all they had to do was wait for time to pass and they could exhaust him to death!
That was the main point that Glass Palace’s Sealer noticed as well.
“Fufufufu!”
A cruel glint passed through the eyes of Glass Palace’s Sealer as he remarked sinisterly, “Little b*stard, I’ll wait here and watch you die from the suppression!”
Su Zimo chuckled and replied coldly with a fierce gaze, “Old dog, I’ll make sure I take your life before I die!”
“Sure, let’s see who lasts till the end!”
Glass Palace’s Sealer nodded and sneered.
“Roar!”
Suddenly, an earthshaking dragon’s roar sounded from outside the ancient city with a shuddering impact!
Instantly, a wild wind gusted and sand flew into a storm!
When he heard that roar, Su Zimo’s heart skipped a beat as his eyes widened with disbelief.
“Spirit tiger?”
There was nothing special about the tiger roar in the ears of ordinary cultivators.
However, Su Zimo undertook demonic cultivation and had spent a lot of time with the spirit tiger previously – naturally, he could tell the difference.
He had once imparted the Void Thunder Manual to the spirit tiger.
That was the reason why there was a tough electric element to the tiger roar and it was bright and resounding!
Of course, the most obvious portion was the ending of the roar where it had a coquettish note – Su Zimo did not know when it got into the habit of doing that.
Back in Ethereal Peak, each time Su Zimo heard the spirit tiger make that dirty sound, he wanted to send the latter flying with a kick!
“Elder Xiu, a beast stampede is attacking us!”
A Glass Palace cultivator yelled.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The ground shook violently.
Although he was inside the ancient city, Su Zimo could feel everything clearly.
“Ah!”
Rearing his head, he could not help but howl into the air emotionally.
Chapter 656: Attack the City!
Su Zimo’s roar reverberated through the world and penetrated metal and stone.
“Roar!”
The tiger roar sounded once more with a hint of excitement mixed in.
The two roars harmonized with one another in midair!
“Gagagaga!”
A wild laughter echoed from outside the ancient city and was piercing like the clashing of metal!
When he heard that laughter, a tall figure with long limbs covered in its own feces appeared in Su Zimo’s mind and he could but help but chuckle.
Monkey!
Spirit tiger!
They were both alive!
Both of them were here!
Su Zimo was elated.
Ever since what happened in Dongling Valley and Su Zimo was hunted down by Blood Crow Palace, he had to use Blood Escape to flee thousands of kilometers away. With his status unknown, monkey and the spirit tiger left Ethereal Peak.
Ever since then, he had not heard anything from them.
The thought of searching for them came across Su Zimo’s mind as well. However, without any clue, trying to find two demon beasts in this vast world was more difficult than searching for a pin in a haystack.
To think that the three of them would reunite in this intermediate ancient battlefield!
...
East.
Dust billowed.
Countless demon beasts charged over with thundering gallops – the ground shook wildly due to their frightening might!
Most of the demon beasts sprinted on the ground with dust flying around them.
With their feet on the ground, they could make use of even more power to dodge.
Some ferocious birds tore through the skies with piercing screeches!
“Defend the city with all our might! We can ignore Su Zimo first, there’s no way he can escape!”
The Glass Palace Sealer, Elder Xiu, had a calm expression as he relayed the order swiftly.
With the Glass Palace cultivators leading the way, many cultivators in the ancient city rushed towards the East wall.
At that moment, nobody could retreat nor did they dare to!
It was night at the moment and if the ancient city’s defense was breached by the beast stampede, everyone would die!
Spirit light filled the skies.
Countless flying swords shot down towards the city wall.
Spirit arts descended with a blanketing might!
Although Su Zimo was rooted to the center of the ancient city and could not see what was going on outside, the situation outside was bloody and more than half the skies were already dyed red with blood!
It was clear evidence of how tragic the battle was!
The cries and roars of demon beasts sounded repeatedly.
The city wall was cramped with cultivators.
For cultivators in the ancient city, all they had to do was rely on their terrain advantage and the unyielding defense of the ancient city. By releasing their flying swords, spirit weapons and arts with those factors, they could deal the most damage to the beast stampede!
On the ground, any demon beast that was severely injured would be drowned in the pushing beast stampede.
More and more demon beasts fell!
However, the beast stampede had no intention of backing off!
That was because at the front of the beast stampede, there were two demon beasts with frightening auras leading the way, charging towards the ancient city with a murderous intent!
20 years had passed.
The spirit tiger had turned stronger and its aura was malevolent. Every single swipe of its claws produced a lightning flash and it was extremely shuddering!
Spirit arts and flying swords descended but most of them were slapped away by the spirit tiger with brute force!
After cultivating the Void Thunder Manual, it went through a complete transformation as well!
The sharpness of its fangs and claws could even repel perfect spirit weapons!
However, there were way too many spirit arts and flying swords in midair that rained down; even the spirit tiger could not avoid sustaining some injuries on its body completely.
Thankfully, none of those injuries were lethal.
Instead, those injuries enraged the spirit tiger further as it howled furiously and gained a burst in speed!
On the other hand, monkey kicked off from its toes and relied on its nimble movement techniques to dodge rapidly in the rain of swords and spirit arts.
Although it was silent, the scarlet glint in monkey’s eyes intensified!
The fact that the spirit tiger and monkey charged at the front and opened up a path of blood was the reason why the beast stampede at the back did not disperse and charged at the ancient city swiftly!
It was a path of blood that was made up of corpses and bones!
Elder Xiu stood in the air and looked down at the dense beast stampede with a cold expression. “A bunch of beasts that don’t know what’s good for them. Kill them all!”
Glass Palace has sent more than two thousand Golden Cores this time round.
Although hundreds of them died in the battle earlier on, there were still more than a thousand Glass Palace cultivators.
Coupled with the other cultivators in the city, there were close to 10,000 people. Alongside the terrain advantage, there was no way the beast stampede could break through the ancient city’s defense!
The beast stampede was bound to eventual retreat given the unfavorable circumstances!
As time passed by, instead of diminishing, the roars outside the ancient city sounded closer!
In fact, it was already approaching the ancient city!
“Hmm?”
Elder Xiu’s expression changed slightly as he gazed down at the battlefield in the East.
Beneath the ancient city, corpses were strewn and there were rivers of blood.
Although the beast stampede managed to push its way towards the ancient city, that short distance of a few thousand feet was filled with the carcasses and flesh of demon beasts. It was grisly and shuddering with a blood stench that resembled the purgatory!
The beast stampede had lost more than half of its numbers!
“Something isn’t right!”
Elder Xiu frowned and murmured, “Has the Demon King leading them gone mad? It’s insisting on attacking the city despite the heavy losses?”
Normally speaking, before half of the beast stampede was killed, the Demon King would be able to notice the situation and order for a retreat so that they could retain their strength to bide for a better opportunity.
But now, the two Demon Kings leading the charge seemed to have lost their minds as they ordered the remaining beast stampede to attack the ancient city relentlessly!
Beneath the ancient city, there were already mountains of corpses.
Be it on the side of the cultivators or the remaining demon beasts, both parties were immersed in killing.
The demon beasts trampled on the carcasses of their comrades and charged up the city walls with all their might!
The cultivators on the city walls defended with their full strength as well.
If the demon beasts managed to charge up the wall, countless cultivators would die.
That was because apart from Glass Palace cultivators, there were not many people who could engage demon beasts in melee combat.
The two Demon Kings were filled with injuries but they continued charging up the wall fervently with bloodshot eyes, intent on scaling it.
Each time they were pushed down, they charged back up!
Even Elder Xiu felt a sense of trepidation at the sight of that frightening determination, let alone the cultivators on the wall.
“What is pushing those demon beasts?”
Elder Xiu could not figure out – it was as though there was a treasure in the ancient city that the demon beasts were bent on getting their hands on!
“Hold on!”
A spark flashed through Elder Xiu’s mind.
He spun around furiously and glared at the green-robed cultivator in the middle of the city.
At that moment, the green-robed cultivator’s expression was so dark that it was scary.
His features were menacing and veins popped from his neck. The killing intent in his eyes was almost corporeal and could spew out!
“It’s him!”
“Those demon beasts are here to save him!”
Elder Xiu was enlightened!
At the same time, he sensed a chilling intent creeping up his back, causing his hairs to stand on end and his scalp to prickle.
Initially, there was no way Su Zimo could break free from the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation.
This was a doomed situation!
But now, a variable has appeared in the situation.
Finally, a hint of panic flashed through Elder Xiu’s eyes.
“Nothing must happen to the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation! If the formation is destroyed, who can stop Su Zimo when he breaks free? At that time, when the beast stampede breaches the city, everyone inside will...”
Chapter 657: Berserk!
Elder Xiu’s reaction was swift as he spun around and bellowed to the cultivators on the wall, “Defend the Demon Revealing Mirrors with all your might! Don’t let the beasts get their hands on it!”
The Glass Palace cultivators obeyed his orders and dashed towards the Demon Revealing Mirrors.
That sudden shift caused chaos to break out from the group.
Inevitably, an opening was revealed in the defenses on the wall!
Boom!
A gigantic, thick arm filled with black fur reached up from below and slapped heavily against the wall!
An aura rumbled!
There were at least four cultivators who did not manage to dodge and were smashed into sludge by the gigantic palm, causing blood to splatter all over the wall.
Instantly, a pitch-black figure pulled up from the gigantic palm and arrived at the top of the wall!
It was a monkey that was filled with long fur. It bared its fangs at the cultivators with bloodshot eyes, pounding its arms furiously against its chest.
It was as though a divine being was beating the heavenly drums with a shocking aura!
When they heard that, the demon beasts beneath the city wall became even more excited and charged continuously towards the top of the city wall with the monkey.
“Roar!”
There was a deafening tiger roar.
After monkey breached the wall’s defenses, the pressure on the spirit tiger decreased significantly and it charged up the wall as well. Diving right into the crowd, it swiped with its sharp claws and bared its menacing fangs!
The crowd was in chaos.
Cultivators who could enter the ancient battlefield were mostly capable elites of their sects and factions. However, it was the same for demon beasts as well!
In that distance, most cultivators were no match for demon beasts.
Monkey charged into the crowd and despite being barehanded, nobody could stand in his path – everyone in his way was overwhelmed!
Both monkey and the spirit tiger were covered with injuries.
However, they continued charging ahead fervently, as though they could not feel any pain!
Su Zimo watched from the center of the ancient city silently with a dark gaze. However, the slight trembling of his body was a clear sign of his inner emotions.
“Over there, I see him!”
The spirit tiger carved out a bloodied path and caught sight of Su Zimo who was in the center of the city.
Shrugging its head and tail, the spirit tiger wanted to charge down and rescue Su Zimo right away.
Elder Xiu’s lips curled.
He was not worried of these demon beasts charging over.
Any demon beast that entered the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation would be killed, no matter how many of them there were!
“Don’t go!”
Monkey growled deeply.
The spirit tiger paused in its tracks with a confused expression.
Turning around, monkey glared at the Demon Revealing Mirror that was protected by a dense crowd with a shimmering gaze.
Prior to this, he had heard someone in the city yelling for the Demon Revealing Mirror to be protected!
Furthermore, monkey could clearly tell that the columns of light emanating from the Demon Revealing Mirrors on the four walls were the reason why Su Zimo was rendered immobile in the center of the city.
Those four Demon Revealing Mirrors were the key!
“Boss, it’s too difficult!”
The spirit tiger could also tell what monkey intended to do and curled its lips, murmuring.
The more than a thousand cultivators from Glass Palace had already abandoned the defense of the city wall completely and had gathered around the Demon Revealing Mirror instead.
If they wanted to get their hands on the Demon Revealing Mirror, they would have to get through the defenses of the Glass Palace cultivators first!
Every single Glass Palace cultivator was strong physically with immense strength that could match demon beasts barehanded.
Because the city wall was much longer, their strength had to be divided and it was inevitable that there would be weaker spots in the defense.
However, it was much simpler defending a single Demon Revealing Mirror!
It was impossible to bypass all the Glass Palace cultivators!
“Kill!”
Pointing forward, monkey roared and the blood qi in his body surged. Without hesitation, he dashed towards the Demon Revealing Mirror in huge strides!
Even if the whole Glass Palace was ahead of him, monkey was going to run them over!
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
Many Glass Palace cultivators hollered and attacked at the same time.
Flying swords tore through the air.
Ignoring them, monkey’s speed did not dip at all as it swerved to avoid lethal damage while extending its gigantic palm to throw out a vicious slap!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Instantly, a few more wounds appeared on monkey’s body.
One of the wound was so deep that it even revealed his white bones!
However, monkey merely frowned and the ferocity in its eyes intensified. Exerting strength in its palm, it sent a few Glass Palace cultivators in its way flying!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sound of bones cracking could be heard while the Glass Palace cultivators were in midair.
The full-powered attack of monkey was something that even Glass Palace cultivators could not withstand with their bodies!
It was way too ferocious!
Charging the entire way, monkey did not care about itself at all and was fighting with its life!
Even if it was injured, it was bent on fighting the Glass Palace cultivators to the end!
Although the Glass Palace cultivators were elites of their sects that had been through countless life and death bouts, none of them had witnessed such cruel and bloodthirsty methods!
Monkey’s eyes were already stained red with blood!
Under the night skies, he bore a pair of bloodied eyes!
It was even brighter than the stars in the skies!
Nobody dared to meet his gaze!
A bloodied gaze was born!
A power deep within the bloodline of monkey was silently awakened!
Berserk!
It was a power that was unique to the Sanguine Ape race!
“Roar!”
Monkey reared its head and howled into the skies, completely immersed in its berserk state!
It no longer had logic or reason.
The only thing in its mind was the thought of... killing!
The true terror of the berserk state was that monkey’s strength and speed would increase and it would not sense any pain at all!
The only thing that could stop it from its killing spree was an extremely severe injury!
In fact, it could not even remember the spirit tiger!
Anything that stood in its path was killed, killed and... killed!
Monkey swung its thick arm and swept through the crowd like a heavenly-piercing pillar. All the cultivators in front of it were slammed away with broken bones and tendons!
Its gigantic fist resembled a pitch-black seal!
With each punch, the city wall would tremble once!
The spirit tiger followed closely behind, killing with its full might as well.
The lightning in its claws had already faded and turned gradually weaker.
In fact, there were countless cuts in its claws that were inflicted by the spirit weapons and they could snap at any moment, no longer as sharp as before.
However, it was still trying its best to kill.
Even without its claws, it would use its fangs to chomp!
Even if its fangs were shattered, it would use its head and body to ram ahead!
“Insane!”
“These two beasts have gone insane!”
The cultivators were shivering in fear.
Most cultivators in the ancient city had fought against demon beasts in the past one way or another.
However, none of them, including Elder Xiu who was almost a thousand years old, had ever seen demon beasts fighting to the extent where they were no longer concerned about their own life and deaths!
On the southern wall of the ancient city, a yellow-haired burly man was initially contemplating an escape out of the city.
However, when he saw what happened, he felt a shock that resonated deep in his heart and gripped his fist subconsciously.
It was the feeling of blood boiling!
In fact, he wanted to rush forward and help the monkey and spirit tiger!
However, he calmed down swiftly and had to remind himself constantly.
‘Do not be reckless, do not be reckless!’
On the other side, a fiery-red fox that was hidden in a corner watched everything with a nervous expression.
From time to time, her gaze would shift towards the Demon Revealing Mirror which was guarded by dozens of Glass Palace cultivators.
The little fox was biding her time for an opportunity.
Her target was the Demon Revealing Mirror on the southern wall!
Although there were only dozens of Glass Palace cultivators guarding, it was more difficult than ascending the heavens for the little fox to break through their defenses and get her hands on the Demon Revealing Mirror!
She had never exchanged blows with humans before.
At that moment, her heart was filled with fear.
However, she knew that she had to stand forth!Chapter 658: Breaking the Demon Revealing Mirror
The killing on the east wall was still ongoing.
Monkey’s bloodshot eyes were widened, resembling two sinister red lanterns in the dark night.
Wherever the lanterns passed, a blood storm would rise!
Snap!
The sound of bones cracking could be heard.
A Glass Palace Golden Core seized advantage of the chaos to close in, waving his fist to pummel monkey’s kneecap fiercely.
The kneecap turned into a bloodied mess of flesh and blood and the bones were shattered on the spot!
Although monkey was in a berserk state and could not feel any pain, the severe injury on his left kneecap cost him to almost fall from a lack of balance!
That brief delay in his movement technique caused a few incoming flying swords from the air to shoot right into monkey’s tall figure.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Arrows of blood splattered.
Instantly, a few bloodied holes appeared on monkey’s body.
One of them penetrated his chest and was right beside its heart – a slight difference would have ended its life there and then!
Filled with injuries all over, monkey’s body was drenched in blood as it panted heavily.
Every single pant would cause blood to spurt out of its nose and mouth – it was a shuddering sight!
Gradually, monkey’s footsteps came to a stop.
It was truly tired.
If not for the berserk power that was triggered from the depths of its bloodline, it would have collapsed a long time ago.
The blood glint in monkey’s eyes faded gradually.
The berserk power was vanishing from its body!
What replaced it was throbbing pain from every part of its body that intensified by the moment.
Apart from physical weakness, the large amount of blood lost also caused monkey to experience bouts of dizziness and blurred consciousness – even its vision was fluttering.
Monkey shrugged its head.
Blood spurted out of its mouth and nose.
The Demon Revealing Mirror was not far ahead.
There were only two rows of Glass Palace cultivators before him.
Right now, monkey was fully exhausted.
However, it was indignant!
Although the blood light in monkey’s eyes dimmed, their ferocity was not reduced as it glared furiously with clenched teeth at the Demon Revealing Mirror that was not far ahead!
The cultivators on the opposite end did not dare to advance recklessly after meeting with monkey’s gaze.
Two Glass Palace cultivators stood out and composed themselves. With a shout, they summoned their flying swords once again and thrust towards monkey’s head!
The two flying swords shone with five spirit lights.
Two perfect spirit weapons!
All the cultivators who managed to survive up till this point were the strongest elites of their respective sects and factions. As such, it was only natural that their weapons were special.
Monkey wanted to dodge when it caught sight of the two incoming flying swords, however, its body felt incomparably sluggish and would not obey its mind!
If it was struck by the two flying swords, monkey would definitely die even if it had 10 lives!
All of a sudden!
A dark shadow bolted over from the side and sent one of the swords flying.
The other flying sword stabbed into the shadow.
The black shadow fell to the ground weakly with a grisly hole that spewed with blood in its abdomen!
It was the spirit tiger!
At the last moment, the spirit tiger had rushed over to save monkey.
To begin with, the spirit tiger was already exhausted. Now that its abdomen was pierced by the flying sword, it no longer had the strength to get up and could only lie on the ground and whimper with dimmed eyes.
Su Zimo’s gaze was cold as he gripped his fists so tightly that his knuckles went white.
Unknowingly, sharp fingernails had protruded and stabbed into his flesh but he did not realize it at all!
“Roar!”
When monkey saw that, it was first stunned. Immediately after, its massive body convulsed in a seemingly spastic manner as it roared to the front!
Ta! Ta! Ta!
Dragging its battered body, monkey used the final bits of its strength and took three consecutive strides towards the two rows of Glass Palace cultivators at the front!
“Glass Divine Light!”
One of the Glass Palace Golden Cores harrumphed and released the legacy phenomenon of Glass Palace towards monkey.
Splash!
The power of phenomenon surged and Glass Divine Light shone brightly!
Streaks of rainbow light shone behind the Glass Palace cultivator one after another!
Some of the demon beasts nearby were enveloped by the rainbow lights and their flesh crystallized immediately, cold as ice without any life in them.
A single touch would turn them into ice blocks to shatter onto the ground.
Monkey had a menacing expression and charged towards the Glass Divine Light with no intention of stopping. It reached out for the Glass Palace cultivator with its massive palm!
“You must have a death wish!”
The person sneered and snarled.
Given the might of Glass Divine Light, there was no way monkey’s arm could come into contact with him – even the bloodline of a pure-blooded ferocious beast would be turned into powder by Glass Divine Light!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
True enough.
Monkey’s arm was instantly covered by a layer of rainbow crystal upon reaching into Glass Divine Light. Its fur fell off and its flesh was revealed!
In the blink of an eye, even the flesh on its arm was covered by a layer of rainbow crystal!
Once the power of phenomenon seeped into the arm’s flesh, blood and bones, monkey’s arm would be as good as gone!
However, monkey’s arm had already reached the throat of the Glass Palace cultivator before it was fully penetrated by Glass Divine Light!
“How is that possible?”
The Glass Palace cultivator’s eyes were widened with disbelief.
There was only a single explanation.
Monkey’s bloodline was even stronger and more frightening than a pure-blooded ferocious beast’s bloodline!
It managed to defend against the penetration of Glass Divine Light for the time being!
At that moment, as long as monkey exerted some strength to its fingers, it could kill the Glass Palace cultivator right away!
However, monkey did not do that.
Gripping the person’s throat, it made aim and tossed the person viciously towards the Demon Revealing Mirror that was not far away!
The Glass Palace cultivator’s head spun from the toss and he could not control his figure at all, maintaining his Golden Core phenomenon subconsciously as he flew through the crowd.
A few cultivators who did not manage to dodge in time were crystallized by Glass Divine Light and smashed into powder!
Of the remaining cultivators, nobody could release Golden Core phenomenons to defend against this person.
Boom!
The person smashed heavily into the Demon Revealing Mirror.
Clang!
The Demon Revealing Mirror rolled and fell from the city wall!
There were initially four columns of light from the four city walls.
But now that one of the Demon Revealing Mirrors was sent flying, there was one less column of light!
The pressure on Su Zimo’s body diminished by a fraction.
However, the Omnidirectional Demon Suppression Formation was not completely dispelled yet!
He could only break free if there were at least three Demon Revealing Mirrors that were moved!
On the city wall, monkey heaved a deep breath of air when it saw the Demon Revealing Mirror fall over. Its eyes dimmed and it could no longer hold on.
With a thud, monkey’s massive body fell weakly onto the city wall, causing blood to splash and dust to billow.
Slanting its head, monkey gazed at Su Zimo in the center of the city and tried its best to shift its chaffed lips and smile, the same way it did back in Cang Lang Mountain Range.
A layer of mist filled Su Zimo’s eyes.
In midair, Elder Xiu’s palpitating heart calmed down as well.
The fall of a single Demon Revealing Mirror did not have much impact on the current situation.
Furthermore, the two Demon Kings were already exhausted and could be killed at any moment. The remaining demon beasts were of no threat either.
“Everyone, heed my orders! Abandon the East city wall and guard the other three walls with all your strength! Protect the other three Demon Revealing Mirrors!”
Before Elder Xiu’s words were finished, something happened on the Southern city wall!
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