Eternal Sacred King Chapter 474 to 487
Chapter 474: Crisis
Northwest corner of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Black Crow Mountain.
Deep in the forest, in a sinisterly dark area, a bloodstained palace was erected.
This day, a piece of news arrived.
“Master, Su Zimo has returned from the ancient battlefield and has arrived at Ethereal Peak!”
“Alright!”
A blood-robed middle-aged man opened his eyes. They shone with a sinister faint green hue as he said coldly, “I want nothing in the radius of 50 kilometers around Ethereal Peak to remain alive!”
His voice was extremely chilling and spread to every single corner of Black Crow Mountain.
Countless blood crows flew out from Black Crow Mountain, shrieking as they swarmed the skies with their sheer numbers and flew towards Ethereal Peak.
Two days later, Iridescent Clouds Palace.
An order was sent forth that mobilized the sect.
Wage war against Ethereal Peak!
Throughout the years, all the sects in the territory of Great Zhou had harbored coveting thoughts towards Ethereal Peak, Iridescent Clouds Palace included.
Everyone knew that the arrival of the order meant that Iridescent Clouds Palace was absolutely confident!
It was extremely likely that for this battle, a Void Reversion Dao Being, Iridescent Clouds Palace’s Founder Master, would appear!
Perfected Being Cang Lang could not help but roar in laughter.
“Su Zimo, oh, Su Zimo. Even if you managed to cultivate and join Ethereal Peak, so what? At the end of the day, you still can’t escape death!”
Almost at the same time...
News spread within True Fire Sect that the sect master was leading an army to wage war against Ethereal Peak!
True Fire Sect’s elder, Sima Zhi, clenched his fists tightly. He laughed endlessly in a cold manner and sneered, “I’ve finally waited for this day. Su Zimo, you killed my disciple and shamed me at the sect competition. I’m going to turn you into ashes!”
Not long after, many cultivators of Southern Mountains Sect were mobilized.
Azure Frost Sect.
A few Golden Cores stood together. Among them was Ji Yaoxue’s previous master, Perfected Being Yi Ning, who had appeared at the sect competition.
She sighed after hearing the news of everything outside.
Actually, this was a situation that everyone had predicted long ago.
Ever since the death of Ethereal Peak’s Founder Master, they were already weakened and their only support was an aging demon beast.
The foundation of Ethereal Peak was stronger than the other four major sects and they had been established for a long time – everyone was coveting the countless treasures and secret skills in their sect!
Prior to this, the reason why the other sects did not dare to act recklessly was because they were wary of the old immortal crane that was at Void Reversion realm.
Each of the five major sects had a Void Reversion expert holding the fort and maintaining the balance.
However, all the Golden Cores and Nascent Souls of the sects knew that once the old immortal crane was at the end of her lifespan, the balance would be broken and that would be the moment of Ethereal Peak’s annihilation!
Normally speaking, the other major sects would wait for dozens of years more.
But now, with Blood Crow Palace leading the fight, apart from Iridescent Clouds Palace, True Fire Sect and Southern Mountains Sect, there would be other sects and cultivators coming forth to Ethereal Peak to take advantage of the situation.
It was most likely the same for Perfected Being Yi Ning’s Azure Frost Sect.
“Everyone kicks a man who is down,”
She sighed gently.
She could not help but feel regret when she recalled the scholarly green-robed cultivator at the sect competition.
Within ten days, all the sects within the territory of Great Zhou heard about this and moved one after another – their target was Ethereal Peak!
“So what if you’re the number one Weapon Refinement Master of Great Zhou? At the end of the day, you’re just doing it for all of us!”
“Hehe, notwithstanding the secret skills of Ethereal Peak, there are countless high-grade spirit weapons in Mr. Mo’s possession alone!”
Instantly, the world was moving!
...
Ethereal Peak.
Hundreds of Golden Cores stood in Ethereal Palace, most of them discussing in hushed whispers with grim expressions.
Sect Master Ling Yun sat in the middle of everyone – his eyes were closed and he was expressionless.
“Reporting in, sect master!”
A Golden Core strode hastily into the hall and said deeply, “Some blood-eyed crows have suddenly appeared in the forest outside the sect and more are gathering!”
“Got it,”
Sect Master Ling Yun replied indifferently; he did not open his eyes still.
The hearts of many Golden Cores skipped a beat as they thought to themselves, “It’s coming!”
At the end of the day, they could not avoid this crisis still.
Initially, this crisis would take another dozens of years to arrive with the backing of the old immortal crane.
However, nobody expected that something would change in this period of time. By some freak accident, Su Zimo was embroiled in an irreconcilable feud with Blood Crow Palace’s Lord and that resulted in the situation today.
“It’s all Su Zimo’s fault. If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have made enemies with a sect as strong as Blood Crow Palace!” Finally, a Golden Core could not help but bark with a grim expression.
“That’s right.”
Someone else declared, “Sect master, let’s just hand over Su Zimo. Perhaps it might help to quell the anger of Blood Crow Palace.”
“That’s correct! Why should Ethereal Peak die together for Su Zimo’s feud?!”
The voices of dissent were growing louder in the hall and many Golden Cores were moved.
“Bullsh*t!”
The disheveled old man could not help but curse as he blew at his beard with widened eyes. Pointing at the Golden Cores who spoke, he shouted, “How dare you have the cheek to speak of such words!”
“Do you think that we wouldn’t have a feud with Blood Crow Palace if Su Zimo wasn’t here?”
“Who was the one who killed so many cultivators of our sect in the battle at Dongling Valley?”
“Who was the one who killed Peak Master Wen Xuan?”
The disheveled old man’s questioned caused everyone to go silent.
The few Golden Cores who spoke at the start were quiet as well.
Loudly, the disheveled old man hollered, “Everything else aside, if not for Su Zimo, all our disciples at Dongling Valley would have died in the battle!”
“Instead, you guys are talking about his great deed like it was a mistake. Have your consciences been eaten up by dogs?”
The disheveled old man’s angry scolding reverberated in the hall deafeningly.
Xuan Yi stood up and said grimly, “Additionally, back at the sect competition, if Su Zimo hadn’t held the fort, Ethereal Peak would have been thoroughly shamed and turned into a joke of the cultivation world of Great Zhou.”
“Countless people would be disheartened if we hand over a disciple as such!”
“That’s enough,”
Opening his eyes, Sect Master Ling Yun said calmly, “Even if Su Zimo did not contribute as he did and was merely an ordinary disciple of Ethereal Peak, there’s no way we will cast him out! Ethereal Peak wouldn’t have survived till this day if we sacrificed our disciples for the sake of survival. At the same time, I’m not able to do something like that either!”
“Everyone has their ambitions and those who want to leave the sect, do it now. I won’t stop you.”
Sect Master Ling Yun swept his gaze across the crowd.
Some cultivators cupped their fists and left one after another, but even more chose to stay.
Among the crowd, an outstanding girl with withered, yellow hair stood.
She smiled gently upon seeing everything unfold and her eyes were bright and moving.
Previously, Nian Qi accompanied Su Zimo back to Ethereal Peak and had been listening and observing in secret ever since.
She wandered everywhere and had no home since she was young. As such, it was hard for her to trust people.
Towards such a foreign environment and these new people, she was conflicted and resistant. However, she did not dare to bother Su Zimo since he was in seclusion.
Yet, as time passed by, her impression of this sect gradually changed.
There was a group of lovely cultivators within and there were also righteous people.
At that moment, after she heard the words of Sect Master Ling Yun, Nian Qi made up her mind that she was going to stay in Ethereal Peak from now on, never forsaking it!
Chapter 475: Ignition of the Great Battle
There were more blood crows gathered at the forest outside, circling above Ethereal Peak in an orderly manner. They formed a gigantic black vortex that covered the skies, like thunderclouds that flickered with scarlet glints.
It was extremely pressuring!
Darkness fell on Ethereal Peak and it has been three days since they saw sunlight.
This day, dust billowed from far away followed by a torrential killing intent – the army of cultivators from Blood Crow Palace had arrived!
For the past few years, Blood Crow Palace’s influence had been expanding and they took over all the sects in the vicinity and grew at a rapid pace. By now, they were as good as a sixth major sect!
Coupled with the cruel methods of Blood Crow Palace’s Lord and his heavenly-defying combat strength, many itinerant cultivators submitted to him one after another.
Blood Crow Palace’s current strength had already surpassed the five major sects!
Leaping into the skies, Ethereal Peak’s master, Ling Yun, gazed over with a grim expression.
The army from Blood Crow Palace was densely packed and there were ten thousand cultivators.
Among them, there were a hundred Nascent Souls alone and many of them were notorious itinerant cultivators in the cultivation world of Great Zhou.
There were more than a thousand Golden Cores!
The rest of them were Foundation Establishment Cultivators and there were no Qi Refinement Warriors.
Qi Refinement Warriors were almost useless in a clash of this level; any single flying sword, spirit art or even the shockwave of the ensuring fight was more than enough to kill a Qi Refinement Warrior.
A blood-robed middle-aged man stood at the front of Blood Crow Palace’s massive army, looking cold with a faint green hue in his eyes – it was Blood Crow Palace’s Lord.
The Palace Lord waved his hand and declared icily, “Kill everyone and spare no one!”
At the same time, Ethereal Peak’s master, Ling Yun, waved his arm and yelled, “The sect is on the brink of its extinction! People, fight with all your strength and protect the final sanctuary of our sect!”
Everyone from Ethereal Peak knew that there was no other way out for them.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In the back mountain, stone doors were pushed apart by tremendous forces one after another as dozens of terrifying auras appeared.
Ethereal Peak’s Nascent Souls who were in seclusion had appeared one after another as well.
Under the lead of Sect Master Ling Yun, a hundred Nascent Souls and nearly a thousand Golden Cores were mobilized.
In terms of numbers, they were comparable to Blood Crow Palace – their formidable foundation was thoroughly shown!
However, due to the stringent requirement process of Ethereal Peak, there were not many Foundation Establishment Cultivators and they amounted to slightly more than two thousand.
Once the great battle was invoked, their Foundation Establishment Cultivators would definitely be disadvantaged.
Of course, the final outcome of the battle was not decided from the Foundation Establishment battlefield, nor was it decided from the Golden Core and Nascent Soul battlefields.
The ultimate challenge was between the Void Reversion experts!
Caw, caw!
The countless blood crows let out ear-piercing cries, charging towards the Ethereal Peak cultivators like a swarm of locusts – it was startling!
All of a sudden!
A might aura burst forth from within Ethereal Peak followed by a deafening cry!
A figure broke out of seclusion, bearing a head of red hair and exuding a terrifying demonic aura. Although she had an insane might and a sharp gaze, this was a beauty.
“Senior crane!”
“Senior crane has come forth from seclusion!”
A series of cheers sounded from Ethereal Peak and the masses were overjoyed.
The old immortal crane looked at the countless incoming blood crows and her eyes shone brightly. A mysterious shockwave spread out from her glabella as she suddenly opened her mouth and shot out a fiery stream of flames!
Swoosh!
The stream of flames spread out and was hundreds of feet tall, incinerating half the skies.
Countless blood crows were turned into ashes without being able to make a single sound.
“Humph!”
Blood Crow Palace’s Lord harrumphed coldly and soared into the air. With a single thought, a blood-colored bone staff appeared in his hands with a skull at its tip, emanating a sinister aura.
“Blood Pattern Curse!”
Waving his blood bone staff, the Palace Lord chanted an unidentifiable incantation and the void surged with a terrifying energy feedback!
Two streams of blood light shot forth from the sockets of the skull.
As though it was alive, the skull opened its mouth and shot out a green streak of light.
The blood and green light fused into a drop of fresh blood!
When the drop of blood arrived above the old immortal crane’s head, it suddenly exploded and spread into a series of mysterious patterns. Descending slowly, it engulfed the old immortal crane.
Buzz! Buzz!
The blood patterns formed a blood-colored circle of light that caused smoke to form each time it made contact with the old immortal crane’s body.
Eventually, it corroded the old immortal crane’s shirt and a series of burn marks appeared on its fair skin beneath.
“Caw!”
The old immortal crane cried and its blood qi burst forth. Instantly, its body and flesh expanded while its bones changed structures as it transformed.
Right in front of everyone, it turned into a massive ferocious bird that was dozens of feet in width, ready to fly with its wings at any moment!
Resembling an immortal crane, the ferocious bird had a smudge of red on its head and its body was green. A thin, dense layer of flame burned on its body, emitting a scorching heat and its beak was red and a full ten feet long!
“Hmm?”
The Blood Crow Palace’s Lord’s expression changed as he murmured softly, “So, your true form is actually a pure-blooded ferocious bird!”
The old immortal crane soared into the skies and the flames on its body burned brightly, purging away the power of the blood curse. Rising into the clouds with its gigantic body, it looked down at the Palace Lord on the ground with a murderous intent.
“Fufu, you might have been a threat to me at your peak. But now, you’re nothing but a beast at the end of your lifespan and is nothing to be feared!”
The Palace Lord sneered and leaped up. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared above the nine heavens into the clouds.
That was a height that even Nascent Souls could not reach!
Although Golden Cores could soar into the skies without the use of any external objects, the truth was that there was a limit to the height they could reach and it was merely about a hundred feet.
There was an incredibly strong Dharmic power between the heaven and earth that restricted cultivators and all living beings immensely!
The higher cultivators flew, the greater the pressure they would have to endure.
With their Essence Spirits, Nascent Souls could greatly resist the restrictions on their bodies set by the heaven and earth and could soar to heights a couple thousand feet high.
More than that, one would be in the clouds and their vision and hearing would suffer. At that place where even Nascent Souls could not reach, only Void Reversions could fight there!
The great battle was invoked beneath Ethereal Peak.
Blood Crow Palace’s Lord and the old immortal crane clashed as well, producing shuddering power shockwaves that attracted the attention of a few Void Reversions nearby.
Those Void Reversions came from Iridescent Clouds Palace, True Fire Sect, Southern Mountains Sect and Azure Frost Sect.
The armies of the four major sects were speeding towards Ethereal Peak under the lead of their Void Reversion experts.
“Hmm?”
“That old beast has sure hidden herself well. To think that she’s a ferocious beast of the ancient era, a Bi Fang!”
The Bi Fang was a pure-blooded ferocious beast that did not need to consume food and specialized in the Dao of fire.
Legend has it that the Bi Fang carried the bloodline of the phoenix race and was extremely ferocious!
While the Bi Fang looked extremely similar to immortal cranes, their difference was that their head was a full feet wide!
“It’s lucky that the Blood Crow Palace’s Lord is around. Otherwise, the four of us might have been destroyed by that old beast instead!”
“Yes, the Bi Fang is old now. Furthermore, I heard that the Blood Crow Palace’s Lord belongs to one of the nine primordial races. Even if the Bi Fang was at its peak, it might not be a match for this guy.”
“Let’s go! Let’s head over there first to help the Blood Crow Palace’s Lord kill that old beast as soon as possible!”
After conversing, the four Void Reversions soared into the skies and vanished in the blink of an eye.
It wouldn’t be long before the armies of the other four major sects arrived at Ethereal Peak!
Chapter 476: Fatal Blow
With the fight between the Void Reversions taking place, Nascent Souls from both factions soared into the skies one after another to a height of a few thousand feet tall before breaking out into a battle.
At that height, the fight between the Nascent Souls would not affect the Golden Cores and Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Every single attack of a Nascent Soul possessed the might of the heaven and earth and it was something that Golden Cores couldn’t defend against!
As for Golden Cores, they left the ground and flew a hundred feet into the skies before they started fighting. Countless spirit arts and flying swords streaked and there were even Golden Core phenomenons!
On the ground, Foundation Establishment Cultivators collided intensely like two massive torrents!
Blood Crow Palace did not have the advantage in numbers when it came to Nascent Souls and Golden Cores.
However, they had multiple times the number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators of Ethereal Peak!
The moment the fight began, Ethereal Peak showed signs of defeat on the Foundation Establishment battlefield.
In recent years, most of Ethereal Peak’s paragons of the Foundation Establishment realm died in Dongling Valley. The rest, such as Ji Chengtian, Leng Rou and the others, obtained their own opportunities and left the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The remaining Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the sect had no leader and the strongest among them was only at five meridian Foundation Establishment with a few others at four.
As for the nine thousand odd Foundation Establishment Cultivators on Blood Crow Palace’s side, there were two of them at six meridian Foundation Establishment and dozens at five!
In the ancient battlefield, especially at the core regions where battles were plenty, six meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators were common sight and only seven meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators could protect themselves.
However, in the territory of Great Zhou, the environment was not as favorable as the ancient battlefield and it was almost the limit for any cultivator to unlock six spirit meridians!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The moment the battle began, Ethereal Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivators were already showing signs of defeat.
There was nothing to compensate for the difference in numbers and strength!
The most eye-catching cultivator on the side of Ethereal Peak was an outstanding young girl.
This outstanding young girl was not old and her features were intricate with a straight nose bridge. Her eyes shimmered like diamonds but her hair was withered, yellow and messy without any luster.
This young girl was none other than Nian Qi!
After cultivating for less than two years, she was already at the peak of Foundation Establishment and had already unlocked three spirit meridians!
It was also because of Nian Qi’s presence that the Ethereal Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivators were not instantly overwhelmed and defeated.
Controlling her flying sword with one hand, she wielded a saber in the other and charged into the Blood Crow Palace crowd, cleaving left and right.
Initially, back when Nian Qi did not have any spirit qi in her body, she was already able to lift the Mystic Gold Silk Armor which weighed a ton – it could be said that she had an innate godly strength.
Now that she had entered the path of cultivation, her strength had grown even more and she was like a tiger who had obtained wings!
Although she was only at three meridian Foundation Establishment, she could kill four meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators and even face-off against five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators!
Swinging her saber widely, Nian Qi was completely following Su Zimo’s previous style without any complicated movements.
He was overwhelming everything with brute force!
“Pfft!”
Unable to defend against her, a four meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator was cut into two.
Gradually, the five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators of Blood Crow Palace surrounding Nian Qi increased and even two six meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators had targeted her!
“Let’s join forces and kill that girl first!”
A six meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator yelled.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
At least 10 five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators attacked Nian Qi at the same time.
Two six meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators released their spirit arts and flying swords as well, unleashing a flurry of attacks at Nian Qi.
Instantly, Nian Qi descended into danger!
She had already charged into the depths of the Blood Crow Palace faction a long time ago and was far away from the Ethereal Peak faction. Right now, she was like a helpless leaf floating in a raging sea.
Nian Qi did not wish to die.
She wanted to continue staying in Ethereal Peak and following her young master.
However, she knew that in such a situation where everyone could barely fend for themselves, no one could save her.
The only way she could survive was if she fought for herself!
Against the attacks that came from all directions, Nian Qi shivered and channeled blood qi with all her might. Gradually, her eyes turned into a mysterious shade of blue, akin to the color of the deep ocean!
A terrifying aura exuded from within her.
It was as though an ancient power had been awakened.
“Ah!”
Roaring into the skies, Nian Qi let out an ear-piercing shriek!
Her initially wrinkly hair turned silky smooth, swaying on its own and giving off a bright luster.
Although she had nothing beneath her feet, she rose slowly into the air and stood upright! It was like a godly being of the universe with a pair of azure blue eyes and golden dancing hair – her magnificence was outstanding and blinding!
That scene did not cause much of a stir to the Golden Cores and Nascent Souls.
No matter what, Nian Qi was just a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
While the aura that she suddenly gave off was terrifying and even shuddering, it was not strong enough to threaten the Golden Cores.
However, thousands of feet above the clouds, the expression of Blood Crow Palace’s Lord who was embroiled in a battle currently changed.
“Hmm?”
His gaze penetrated the voids and landed on Nian Qi.
“Could it be...”
The Palace Lord’s eyes shimmered, as if he had recalled something.
On the battlefield, just as Nian Qi was about to be drowned by the countless spirit arts and weapons, a burst of energy shot forth from within her.
Buzz!
The spirit weapons that were arriving from all directions froze in midair.
Even the spirit arts shook violently before dissipating.
All the Foundation Establishment Cultivators present were shocked when they saw that!
A three meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator had managed to defend against the full-powered attacks of 10 five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators and two six meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators!
That scene had already surpassed everyone’s knowledge!
It was a three level gap right there!
After a momentary pause, all the spirit weapons flew back in reverse and Nian Qi’s gaze gradually dimmed. She turned extremely weak and fell from midair, as though she had lost all her strength.
“Caw, caw!”
The sound of a crane echoed out as a green streak of light shot by, carrying Nian Qi before retreating at an even faster speed.
The one that saved Nian Qi was none other than little crane.
“Hahahaha!”
Right then, a series of laughter broke out from the horizons far away.
“I’m Dao Being Jing Ming of Iridescent Clouds Palace. Greetings, Blood Crow Palace’s Lord!”
“I’m Dao Being Liao Yuan of True Fire Sect, here to assist the Palace Lord!”
“I’m Dao Being Lao Yang of Southern Mountains Sect...”
“I’m Dao Being Han Ming of Azure Frost Sect, here to help the Palace Lord kill that old beast!”
Four terrifying auras surged over and climbed thousands of feet into the clouds instantly, surrounding the old immortal crane.
The Ethereal Peak cultivators felt their hearts sink.
The immortal crane was old and it did not have a clear advantage against Blood Crow Palace’s Lord. But now, there were four more Void Reversion experts!
Spirit vessels sped over from the horizon with a murderous intent.
Not long after, cultivators of the other four sects arrived!
There were a full two hundred Nascent Souls and two thousand Golden Cores combined from the other four sects!
Together, there were more than ten thousand Foundation Establishment Cultivators!
The insertion of such a massive amount of power into the battlefield was almost a fatal blow for Ethereal Peak!
Initially, Ethereal Peak was holding its ground on the Nascent Soul and Golden Core battlefields.
But now, all four battlefields of Ethereal Peak had fallen into an encirclement and could collapse at any moment to be entirely annihilated!
Almost at the same time, a deafening bang sounded from a cave abode within Ethereal Peak.
A figure had broken out of seclusion!
Chapter 477: Desperate Situation
With the addition of the other four major sects, the situation of the battle changed.
The old immortal crane was fighting one against five and spread its wings, causing gusts of wind to howl and the clouds to shift endlessly. Dharmic powers filled the skies as it roared in anger, fighting with its fullest strength.
Although the old immortal crane was aged, it still had the remaining dominance as a pure-blooded ferocious bird.
Pshew! Pshew! Pshew!
It released a shocking demonic skill and tens of thousands of feathered wings shot forth from its body.
Burning with scarlet flames, each feathered wing was like an apocalyptic spear. Shooting forward fiercely, they tore through the voids and left countless holes!
“Let a Blood Curse Mirror be formed with my blood!”
The Blood Crow Palace’s Lord bit his fingertip and flicked out a drop of fresh blood.
Waving his bone staff, he guided that drop of blood and drew an obscure arc in midair.
Chanting an incantation, he created a mirror of blood water swiftly before him!
The flurry of red feathered wings shot over and created blood waves as they collided against the surface of the mirror before their flames wer extinguished.
The other four Void Reversions did not dare to be careless and defended with all their might.
Instantly, Dharmic powers surged and runes appeared, shaking the world as endless light burst forth. The void was illuminated and it seemed as though the firmaments were collapsing.
That demonic technique had expended almost all of the old immortal crane’s remaining life essence.
Its gaze dimmed slightly, no longer as sharp as before.
Not far away from Ethereal Peak, an army of cultivators clad in armor appeared in the void. All of them stood upright in midair wielding long spears, looking stoic.
It was an army of Golden Cores!
A carriage was escorted in the middle of the army.
In front of the carriage stood two people, a man and a woman.
The middle-aged man wore yellow robes and frowned deeply. Looking at the great battle above the clouds, he shook his head and sighed. “Xue’er, as you wished, I’ve brought you here. You can see for yourself now that it’s going to be tough for Ethereal Peak to avoid this calamity.”
The man and woman were the Emperor of Great Zhou and Ji Yaoxue.
Ji Yaoxue could not help but ask, “Father, why do you refuse to lend them a hand. Our Great Zhou Dynasty clearly has more than one Void Reversion to back us up!”
The emperor shook his head in silence.
Ji Yaoxue continued, “Furthermore, I heard that there’s a patriarch in Great Zhou who is still alive and he is a Dharma Characteristic Dao Lord!”
The Dharma Characteristic realm came after the Void Reversion realm.
Those that are in the Void Reversion realm gain the title of Dao Being while those in the Dharma Characteristic realm gain the title of Dao Lord.
After a moment of silence, the emperor said softly, “Xue’er, actually, the patriarch was the one who made the decision to not interfere.”
“Why?!”
Ji Yaoxue was in disbelief as she questioned, “As a Dharma Characteristic Dao Lord, can’t the patriarch beat a Void Reversion Dao Being? What are you guys scared of?”
“Hais...”
The emperor gave a deep sigh. “If the patriarch comes forth, he can naturally suppress the Blood Crow Palace’s Lord. However, the thing is that this guy’s background is extremely touchy. He is one of the Primordial Nine Races...”
“So what if he’s one of the Primordial Nine Races? Weren’t they defeated by the ancient emperors of the human race in the primordial era all the same?” Ji Yaoxue could not understand.
As though he recalled something, a hint of fear flickered through the depths of the emperor’s eyes as he shook his head. “The might of the Primordial Nine Races is far beyond what you can imagine!”
“If we really anger the experts of the Primordial Nine Races, notwithstanding the Great Zhou Dynasty, even the entire North Region of Tianhuang Mainland would experience a catastrophe!”
“Back then, the patriarch witnessed and had been through a similar catastrophe personally...”
Pausing for a moment, the emperor did not continue on that topic. “Let’s hope that Su Zimo has already left Ethereal Peak.”
...
On the other side, two outstanding women with voluptuous figures stood within the ancient forest.
One of them was older but there were no signs of aging on her face. Instead, she gave off a mature and charming aura from head to toe.
The other was dressed in a long pink dress and wore a veil, looking like she was a young girl.
“Auntie Gu, since Su Zimo hasn’t shown himself yet, I suppose he must have already left and is no longer at Ethereal Peak,” The girl in pink said with joy.
The two of them were the chief steward of Sky Treasure Auction House, Gu Xi, and the Pure Maiden of the fiend sects, Demoness Ji.
“That had better be the case. Given the circumstances, he would die for sure if he appeared!”
Gu Xi’s expression was unchanged. “The Blood Crow Palace’s Lord is someone from the witch race and they are one of the Primordial Nine Races! The impact left on the cultivation world after that catastrophe 10,000 years ago was way too deep.”
Let alone the patriarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even those of the immortal, Buddhist and fiend sects would be cautious and not want to provoke the Primordial Nine Races.”
Demoness Ji shook her head. “That’s not for sure. That senior of the fiend sect definitely fears nothing,”
Pausing for a moment, Demoness Ji tugged at Gu Xi’s sleeves and asked, “Auntie Gu, haven’t you sent the message yet? What did that senior say?”
“What can he say?”
Gu Xi pouted her lips. “He is cold and merciless. When he heard my message, he didn’t even have any reaction mentally. Don’t pin your hopes on him.”
...
At Ethereal Peak, the battle was intensifying.
On the Nascent Soul battlefield, Sect Master Ling Yun was already at perfected Nascent Soul realm and was a step away from Void Reversion realm. With his terrifying combat strength, he fought at the front and held on bitterly.
It was a complete defeat for the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment battlefields!
Nian Qi was exhausted and frightfully pale. Lying on little crane, it was difficult for her to recover in a short period of time.
The Foundation Establishment Cultivators of Blood Crow Palace and the other four major sects charged over like a relentless torrent, rushing at the Ethereal Peak Foundation Establishment faction repeatedly.
During this period of time, some of the smaller sects and itinerant cultivators of Great Zhou seized the opportunity to take part in the battlefield, ready to take advantage of the situation as well.
Without Nian Qi, the Ethereal Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivators were retreating repeatedly, leaving behind a trail of corpses.
Blood flowed like a river and it was extremely tragic!
The situation on the Golden Core battlefield was even more pressing!
Golden Cores of Ethereal Peak were dying repeatedly.
True Fire Sect’s Sima Zhi controlled four flaming flying swords that streaked through the crowd endlessly, leaving streams of scorching sword qi.
“Where’s that little b*stard, Su Zimo? Are you still going to continue hiding?” Now that the outcome was set, Sima Zhi roared in laughter gleefully.
Perfected Being Cang Lang controlled his flying sword and his long, narrow eyes shone with a cold glint. “The entire Ethereal Peak will have to die together just for the sake of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Su Zimo!”
His remark caused the Ethereal Peak faction which was already getting defeated steadily to turn even messier.
“To hell with you!”
The disheveled old man had a fiery temper and cursed.
However, immediately after, his slight distraction caused him to suffer a gash on the wound from Perfected Being Cang Lang and blood flowed like a stream.
Xuan Yi summoned his Hexagonal Sword Formation and had to give it his best before he could rescue the disheveled old man.
“Fufu, open your eyes properly and take a look,”
Perfected Being Cang Lang pointed at the Foundation Establishment battlefield beneath their feet and sneered, “Ethereal Peak’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators are almost completely dead!”
Xuan Yi and the disheveled old man’s hearts skipped a beat.
On the ground, Nian Qi’s group retreated step after step and were already at the base of the mountain.
Of the two thousand Foundation Establishment Cultivators, there were only a few hundred left battling bitterly right now.
All of the disciples carried injuries and panted heavily – they were almost at their limits.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Right then, ten streaks of dark light shot forward from the back of the mountain, sending forth a shuddering impact.
As the ten dark lights streaked through, a terrifying air current surged and smashed the tiles on the ground. The mud was overturned and ten long ravines were formed!
Fast as lightning, a green-robed cultivator surged over with a murderous intent. Flapping his spirit wings furiously, he wielded a gigantic moon-colored bow and exuded a torrential aura!
Chapter 478: Extreme Foundation Establishment, the Second Human Emperor!
The ten dark lights arrived instantly and shot into the crowd viciously.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Flashes of blood appeared.
The ten dark lights were so strong that their momentums were still ferocious even after penetrating the bodies of more than ten cultivators – they were unstoppable!
The terrifying power of the dark lights even surged through some of the cultivators after passing through them, causing them to explode with their limbs flying everywhere!
All the Ethereal Peak cultivators witnessed the massive torrent formed by more than 20,000 Foundation Establishment Cultivators stop just because of ten dark lights that were streaking through!
Within the torrent, there were ten lines filled with countless corpses and endless blood!
The cultivators of Blood Crow Palace, the other four major sects and multiple small sects had swarmed over. Coupled with itinerant cultivators from all over the place, they were way too densely packed.
The ten dark lights were extremely lethal.
There were at least a few hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators who died on the spot!
With more than 20,000 cultivators on the Blood Crow Palace’s faction, the few hundred dead Foundation Establishment Cultivators could not be considered as a great amount of damage.
However, it created a trauma within everyone’s hearts.
“Su Zimo!”
Someone with a keen eye exclaimed upon recognizing the identity of the green-robed cultivator.
“No wonder the dark lights were so terrifyingly lethal. Hurry, look! The bow in his hand is a perfect spirit weapon!”
“Indeed!”
Many Foundation Establishment Cultivators were jealous and were raring to give it a shot.
They had heard long ago that Su Zimo was the number one Weapon Refinement Master of Great Zhou and the lousiest weapons in his storage bag were supreme-grade spirit weapons. In fact, he even possessed perfect spirit weapons.
The rumors were true!
“Hmm?”
Many Golden Cores turned to look from the Golden Core battlefield.
On the sect competition, Su Zimo had made a name for himself and how could anyone not know or have not heard of the title of the number one Weapon Refinement Master of Great Zhou?
True Fire Sect’s Sima Zhi’s eyes lit up as he roared in laughter. “Good, good! Su Zimo, you’ve got guts to appear! I’ll have you pay for my disciple’s death!”
Perfected Being Cang Lang’s long, narrow eyes were locked on Su Zimo. Looking down from above, he sneered, “Su Zimo, so what if you managed to join Ethereal Peak? You still can’t escape death!”
“A few years ago, back in Ping Yang Town, I should have killed you together with that beast. No matter how you struggle, you can’t fight against the cycle of your fate!”
Su Zimo’s gaze was indifferent as he stood on midair and surveyed the surroundings. His gaze seemed to contain an enormous might that could overwhelm and overpower everything!
The Foundation Establishment Cultivators on the side of Blood Crow Palace felt their hearts clench when they met with Su Zimo’s eyes.
That person gave off a frightening aura.
That was an aura that was built from endless bloodshed and countless corpses!
In the ancient battlefield, even many paragons of the immortal, Buddhist and fiend cultivation sects died in his hands. Since the strongest cultivators here were only at six meridian Foundation Establishment at best, none of them could withstand Su Zimo’s aura!
When he saw the corpses of Ethereal Peak disciples on the ground, Su Zimo’s killing intent spewed out of his eyes.
“Die!”
Putting away his Moon Concealment Bow, Su Zimo’s sleeves waved and 18 supreme-grade flying swords appeared.
However, all 18 of them disappeared in the blink of an eye, forming ripples in the void, as though fishes were gliding through water.
“Not good!”
“That’s Ethereal Peak’s secret skill!”
“Everyone, watch out! Argh!”
Someone screamed tragically.
Sword light flashed and a few five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators died on the spot without any chance to fight back at all!
“Condense!”
A six meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator crushed multiple protection talismans and released hi sect’s secret skill. Right after, he took out a supreme-grade defensive shield used it to block in front of him.
Clang!
The flying sword did not pause at all upon colliding with his supreme-grade shield, causing the latter to explode immediately!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Against Su Zimo’s flying sword, his secret skills and protection talismans were akin to paper and were disintegrated instantly.
A flash of blood appeared and a gigantic head fell down neatly.
A six meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator was dead!
The Blood Crow Palace faction was in chaos and the expressions of many cultivators changed.
How could that be?
They were both supreme-grade spirit weapons but why did the other party’s flying sword destroy the shield immediately?
Unless...
Many cultivators turned over instinctively.
Psst!
In midair, underneath Su Zimo’s green robes, spirit meridians shone one after another in a bedazzling matter, wrapping around his body like metal chains.
One, two, three...
Nine spirit meridians!
Was it a hallucination?
Many cultivators rubbed their eyes and looked again before gasping.
Psst!
There were a full nine spirit meridians!
Even eight meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators would be able to barbarically suppress the entire Foundation Establishment battlefield, let alone a nine meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator!
As Su Zimo stood on midair, his dantian’s spirit sea churned rapidly and rich spirit energy surged through his nine spirit meridians – he was like a god of the universe with a mighty aura!
Many cultivators were aghast.
The Foundation Establishment Cultivators were not the only ones; even the Golden Cores and Nascent Souls were shocked when they saw what waas going on.
In the territory of Great Zhou, it has been a thousand years since there was even an eight meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
As for nine meridian Foundation Establishment...
Ever since the ancient era, there had never been a second person to reach that realm apart from the Human Emperor!
“The legends are true! The ninth spirit meridian can truly be unlocked!”
“Extreme Foundation Establishment... the second Human Emperor!”
A wary look flashed through Perfected Being Cang Lang’s eyes followed by a feeling of trepidation.
It was lucky that Ethereal Peak was on the brink of annihilation and Su Zimo wouldn’t be able to escape death. Otherwise, if that lad were to grow further, who in the territory of Great Zhou would be able to stop him?
He is the number one Weapon Refinement Master of Great Zhou and now, he’s even at the Extreme Foundation Establishment realm.
Once he forms a core, he would definitely develop a phenomenon as well!
Sect Master Ling Yun sighed internally.
Such was the cruelty of fate.
They could only blame the sect for being unlucky. If they had not met with such a calamity, with talents such as Ji Chengtian, Leng Rou and the others, they would definitely rise to be the number one sect of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
As for Su Zimo, his accomplishments would even be more limitless.
In fact, he might even be able to lead Ethereal Peak to become one of the top factions of Tianhuang Mainland!
Alas...
The Blood Crow Palace’s Lord narrowed his eyes and his killing intent deepened.
His personal feud with Su Zimo aside, the fact that this lad was at Extreme Foundation Establishment meant that he had to be killed!
A second Human Emperor must not be allowed to appear on Tianhuang Mainland!
The 18 supreme-grade flying swords streaked through the crowd and none of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators could defend at all.
It was a complete massacre!
The massive flood formed by more than 20,000 Foundation Establishment Cultivators was punctured and pushed back by Su Zimo singlehandedly!
Everyone from Ethereal Peak was reinvigorated.
At that moment, Su Zimo flapped his spirit wings and rose into the air – he was actually arriving at the Golden Core battlefield a hundred feet high!
“Zimo, hurry back down!”
The disheveled old man shouted hurriedly when he saw that.
The fight between Foundation Establishment Cultivators would only take place on the ground and no one would soar into the skies a hundred feet high.
Given the chaotic battlefield, the flying swords and spirit arts of Golden Cores carried an absolutely destructive power against Foundation Establishment Cultivators!
To everyone, Su Zimo’s move was complete suicide.
“Hahahaha!”
Composing himself, Sima Zhi roared into laughter. “Even if you’re at Extreme Foundation Establishment, you’re still just a Foundation Establishment Cultivator! Everything is futile before you form a core and you’ll never ever be able to experience the power of being at Golden Core realm!”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve experienced the feeling of murdering a talent,”
Perfected Being Cang Lang smiled gently and said coldly, “Su Zimo, thank you for granting me that feeling today!”
Chapter 479: Ancient Dragonification Manual
Swoosh!
Many Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Golden Cores unleashed their attacks towards Su Zimo who was standing in midair.
Instantly, hundreds and thousands of spirit weapons and arts swarmed forward; the void quaked and the entire world dimmed instantly!
The Golden Cores of Ethereal Peak were disadvantaged in numbers after all.
By this point of the battle, Xuan Yi and the others were thoroughly exhausted and he could not even conjure a sword formation.
Embroiled in battle with hundreds of Golden Cores, Xuan Yi and the others could not pull themselves out to assist Su Zimo at all.
Furthermore, even if they could, all of them would most likely die against such intense and terrifying attacks!
All of a sudden!
Su Zimo’s black hair swayed without any wind and his eyes shone with a deep glint. Suddenly, a shuddering aura burst forth from within his body!
It was an ancient and vicissitude aura that was awakened.
When the spirit weapons and arts arrived in Su Zimo’s vicinity, they slowed down as though they had entered a swamp until finally, they could not advance at all!
Stopped!
The flurry of spirit weapons that shone resplendently as well as the shimmering spirit arts hovered in midair motionlessly.
“Hmm?”
Many cultivators were shocked.
How could that be?
The next moment, an even more shocking scene appeared that caused chills to run down everyone’s hearts!
An extremely long illusory figure of a living being appeared around Su Zimo, hovering in midair. Gradually, it materialized as flesh started forming!
The living being was filled with green scales that shimmered coldly. One after another, sharp spikes protruded from its back and its fangs and claws were extremely sharp while its horns stood proudly.
Its eyes were extremely cold and domineering!
“W-W-What’s going on?”
“I-Is that a T-True Dragon?!”
Against the gaze of the Azure Dragon, everyone felt like they were as insignificant as ants!
The Foundation Establishment Cultivators on the ground broke out in sweat and suffocated. Unable to withstand that sort of might, they shuddered and almost knelt on the ground to kowtow.
Even the Golden Cores in midair were stricken and frightfully pale.
“What is that?!”
The six Void Reversions above the clouds were shocked.
The Ancient Dragonification Manual was a secret skill unique to the Human Emperor.
Ever since the ancient era, Su Zimo was the second person to cultivate it successfully and by now, almost no one recognized that secret skill.
Even the gaze of Blood Crow Palace’s Lord was a little lost.
That Azure Dragon looked familiar but it was much smaller, like a young dragon.
Even so, the Palace Lord felt a sense of trepidation as he recalled that terrifying encounter back in the primordial ruins and a hint of fear flashed past his eyes.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
A series of ear-piercing shrieks rang.
Against the immense pressure, cracks started appearing on the countless spirit weapons that were initially hovering in midair. Suddenly, they shattered, scattering onto the ground like scrap metal!
Only superior and supreme-grade flying swords were able to remain intact!
Countless spirit arts dissipated as well.
The crowd was in an uproar.
How terrifying did his power have to be such that spirit weapons couldn’t endure it and shattered on the spot?!
The Azure Dragon was life-like with intact flesh and coiled around Su Zimo’s body, spiraling upwards like a variant beast that was guarding him.
As Su Zimo surveyed his surroundings, the gaze of the Azure Dragon above him shifted as well; the man and dragon moved in tandem!
Nobody dared to meet with their gazes at all!
Su Zimo’s eyes were like lightning and he suddenly took a deep breath, puffing his chest.
The Azure Dragon coiling around him took a deep breath as well and its body expanded extensively. Raising its chest, a tremendous air current surged and formed a series of cyclone in midair.
There was a slight pause.
Both of them opened their mouths and let out a deafening roar that could break metal and rocks!
“Roar!”
Su Zimo was also letting off a dragon roar!
In that instant, the entire world shook and the weather changed!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
The Foundation Establishment Cultivators closest to Su Zimo were unable to defend and their bodies ruptured, turning into blood mists without corpses!
He was roared to death!
The Foundation Establishment Cultivators that were slightly further also bled from all seven orifices. Their gazes dimmed and they collapsed to the ground, dead.
Right away, thousands of Foundation Establishment Cultivators died!
Right now, Su Zimo was at Extreme Foundation Establishment and he had already attained greater mastery of the Mystic Classic of the Twelve Demon Kings of the Great Wilderness’s Orifice Clearing section; his organs and orifices possessed shocking strength.
After releasing the Ancient Dragonification Manual together with Thunderclap Kill, he instantly created an incomparably lethal impact!
There was no way Foundation Establishment Cultivators could endure it as they were shocked to death on the spot!
After the dragon roar, silence ensued.
Corpses were strewn all over the Foundation Establishment battlefield as their blood formed rivers; it was like a scene from Hell.
That single dragon roar crushed the hearts of many Foundation Establishment Cultivators present!
The cultivators that wanted to take advantage of the situation initially fled far away, not daring to turn back.
Although there were still more than 10,000 Foundation Establishment Cultivators from Blood Crow Palace and the other four major sects, none of them dared to advance and retreated instinctively.
Everyone was trying their best to keep their distance from Su Zimo and they shivered with fear in their eyes!
He killed thousands of Foundation Establishment Cultivators with a single roar!
Even the Golden Cores and Nascent Souls present had never witnessed such methods, let alone the Foundation Establishment Cultivators present.
The dragon roar even caused some of the Golden Cores that were facing Su Zimo directly to clutch their ears in pain – their bodies swayed and they nearly fell from midair!
With a murderous intent, Su Zimo glared at Perfected Being Cang Lang and said coldly, “You guys actually think you can kill me with your standards?”
“Go!”
Su Zimo pointed forward.
The Azure Dragon coiling around him soared into the air and let out a torrential aura. Baring its fangs and claws, it rammed three Golden Cores that stood at the front instantly, crushing their bodies entirely!
Golden Cores were dead!
Furthermore, they died in the hands of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!
In the cultivation world, it was still rather common for cultivators to kill enemies that were minor realms above their levels. However, it was almost impossible for them to do that to enemies who were major realms above their levels.
But right now, everyone witnessed it with their very eyes.
At Extreme Foundation Establishment together with the Ancient Dragonification Manual, Su Zimo now possessed the capabilities to kill Golden Cores!
Another few Golden Cores attacked and released powerful spirit arts, conjuring pairs of heavenly-encompassing palms that wanted to grab the young Azure Dragon.
“Roar!”
The Azure Dragon’s body shone brightly and it roared. Charging before the few of them, it opened its gigantic mouth and devoured them. It took a couple of chomps and blood streamed down from the side of its mouth!
“Evil dragon, how dare you act so brazenly!”
Dozens of Golden Cores attacked at the same time. Their terrifying spirit energies created a series of chains that restricted the Azure Dragon.
The Azure Dragon struggled and its body let out shocking strength, crushing the spirit energy chains of the Golden Cores. When it soared into the skies once more, it charged in front of Perfected Being Cang Lang.
“Bang!”
Perfected Being Cang Lang was expressionless and a sky spread out behind him. Filled with resplendent light, it was bedazzling and shot forth countless spirit lights with an alarming aura!
It was a Golden Core phenomenon!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Azure Dragon charged at Perfected Being Cang Lang’s Golden Core phenomenon repeatedly, letting out shuddering echoes.
A moment later, the Azure Dragon dissipated alongside Perfected Being Cang Lang’s Golden Core phenomenon!
The crowd was shocked.
A secret skill released by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was able to go against a Golden Core phenomenon!
If Su Zimo was at Golden Core realm, that Azure Dragon would be even more terrifying and could very likely devour Perfected Being Cang Lang in a single mouthful!
Chapter 480: Fighting Golden Cores
Perfected Being Cang Lang broke out in cold sweat.
He was at late-stage Golden Core and yet, even after releasing his Golden Core phenomenon, he merely matched a single secret skill released by Su Zimo!
This was the first time that Perfected Being Cang Lang realized that the inexperienced and arrogant scholar of the yesteryears had surpassed his control and expectations.
Back then at the sect competition, Su Zimo merely took advantage of the situation to suppress and shame him using his identity as the number one Weapon Refinement Master of Great Zhou.
But now, this scholar was standing toe to toe with him in a battle!
The difference between the two of them was almost an entire major realm!
In the past, Perfected Being Cang Lang cultivated to six meridian Foundation Establishment before forming his core. He managed to succeed while forming a Golden Core phenomenon of his own.
At that point, he felt that his potential was not inferior to others and at the very least, he was among one of the top few Golden Cores withint he territory of Great Zhou.
But right now, in front of Su Zimo, all his achievements dimmed in comparison.
Perfected Being Cang Lang could not help but admit he made a wrong judgment in that small town back then.
Time could not be reversed and there were no medicine for regrets in the world. Right now, the only way out for him was to use everything he had to try and kill Su Zimo!
“He must not be allowed to continue to grow!”
That was the only thought remaining in Perfected Being Cang Lang’s mind.
Suddenly, True Fire Sect’s Sima Zhi raised his voice, “This lad has just released his secret skill and it must have taken a toll on his spirit energy. He won’t be able to release it a second time.”
An Azure Frost Sect Golden Core yelled, “That’s right. Everyone, don’t panic. There’s nothing to fear about this lad!”
Before that person could complete his sentence, his vision turned dark, as though an enormous mountain was shrouding over his head, covering the skies. With a frightening aura, it suddenly collapsed!
More than ten Golden Cores stood beneath the mountain and they attacked one after another, wanting to destroy that mountain peak.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
One after another, the spirit weapons were repelled.
Countless spirit arts clashed against the mountain peak and let out ringing sounds. Yet, they were still unable to slow the speed of its crash!
The Golden Cores were frightfully pale as they tried to flee hurriedly. However, it was a pity that it was too late by then.
Boom!
A deafening noise echoed.
The void shook endlessly.
On the spot, more than ten Golden Cores were crushed and turned into meat sludge, seeping into the mud beneath and could not be differentiated.
“That is...”
“A connate spirit weapon!”
“He actually has a connate spirit weapon!”
A series of exclamations sounded and everyone’s gazes landed on that shining golden seal.
That gigantic seal was squarish and golden with a divine dragon etched onto it in a life-like manner – that was the Coiling Dragon Seal that Su Zimo obtained in the Human Emperor’s Palace!
Su Zimo beckoned gently and the Coiling Dragon Seal shrank, returning to his palm.
Perfected Being Cang Lang, Sima Zhi and all the other Golden Cores were red with envy. They glared at the small golden seal in Sima Zhi’s palm and their breathings got heavier.
After entering Nascent Soul realm, cultivators would be able to make use of Dharmic weapons.
In other words, for Golden Cores, connate spirit weapons were the best weapons they could make use of!
Their combat strength would double at the very least if they had a connate spirit weapon and it would be extremely for them to kill enemies above their levels!
However, connate spirit weapons were way too rare and nobody ever sold those in the free market.
In the territory of Great Zhou, treasures such as connate spirit weapons had not appeared for hundreds of years!
“Seems like you’ve benefited plenty in the ancient battlefield!”
Perfected Being Cang Lang said coldly, “That’s good as well. I’ll wait to get my hands on your treasures and secret skills after killing you!”
“The treasures are right in my hands. We’ll just have to see if you’ve got the life to use them!”
Su Zimo sneered and propped up the Coiling Dragon Seal with his left hand. It shone with six spirit patterns in a dazzling manner, as though he was carrying a blazing sun!
He swiped his storage bag with his right hand and a gigantic blood-colored saber appeared in his palm.
Its blade quivered and five blood patterns shone. A blood beam expanded followed by the spreading of a nauseating stench of blood – it was the perfect spirit weapon, Blood Quencher!
“Cang Lang, prepare to die!”
Su Zimo’s gaze burned like a torch and he yelled. Propping the seal with his left hand while wielding his saber with his right, he strode widely towards Perfected Being Cang Lang with a murderous aura.
In the face of hundreds of Golden Cores, Su Zimo was advancing instead of retreating!
Xuan Yi and the others exchanged glances as they charged forward together with invigorated expressions, trying to relieve as much of Su Zimo’s burden as possible.
“You must have a death wish!”
A Southern Mountains Sect cultivator wielded a long rod and burst forth with his blood qi, aiming for Su Zimo’s head.
Splash!
Su Zimo channeled his bloodline and the sound of a tsunami tide echoed.
Swoosh!
He did not even look at the incoming rod and slashed in reverse, meeting the attack with another attack as he released his incomparable Countercurrent stance!
The pupils of the Southern Mountains Sect cultivator constricted and his heart skipped a beat in shock.
His motions slowed down for a moment due to the effect on his mental state by the saber force.
“Pfft!”
Flashes of blood appeared.
That man was cut into two from the middle and his organs and intestines spilled out, giving off a nauseating stench.
Pshew!
A streak of light burst through the void and arrived instantly.
Without turning to look, Su Zimo raised his gigantic seal and repelled the incoming flying sword.
At the same time, he shuddered and slowed down.
Although Xuan Yi and the others held back a portion of the Golden Cores, there were still more than a hundred Golden Cores who attacked Su Zimo at the same time, causing flying swords, spirit arts and talismans to fill the skies with resplendent lights!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Spinning the gigantic seal with his left hand, Su Zimo released the Sea Calming five stances right his right and took on the incoming flying swords and spirit arts.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
He retreated repeatedly and his organs were immensely shaken, almost shifted out of position even!
“Pfft!”
Su Zimo spat out a huge mouthful of blood.
Sima Zhi roared in laughter. “Su Zimo, you’re nothing without that secret skill from earlier!”
“Fufu.”
Perfected Being Cang Lang sneered, “Even if you can kill early or mid-stage Golden Cores with your connate spirit weapon, you are still a Foundation Establishment Cultivator after all. There’s no way you can withstand the might of late-stage or perfected Golden Cores!”
“You really think you can kill me with those skills of yours?”
Perfected Being Cang Lang continued laughing coldly.
Su Zimo was unmoved.
Perfected Being Cang Lang was not wrong.
Even if he was at Extreme Foundation Establishment and had the support of the Coiling Dragon Seal, in terms of strength, he could only match against mid-stage Golden Cores at best and he wouldn’t be able to deal with those at late-stage.
In that previous attack, a few perfected Golden Cores had attacked and Su Zimo was injured on the spot, unable to endure it.
However, he was someone who did both immortality and demonic cultivation.
Even without taking on his demon form, Su Zimo’s physique and bloodline was still enough to crush all other cultivators of the same realm!
Even perfected Golden Cores would not be able to escape death if Su Zimo closed in on them.
He was invincible in melee combat!
If anyone else had received the injuries he took, it would definitely affect their combat strength.
However, Su Zimo’s physique was way too strong and his regeneration capabilities were shocking.
After consuming the Blood Flesh Elixir made of dragon flesh in the Human Emperor’s Palace, he attained greater mastery of the Orifice Clearing section and was only a step away from condensing a demon Inner Core.
Within a couple of breaths, Su Zimo’s injuries were already mostly recovered.
“Fufufufu!”
Smiling, he stood up and his tendons and bones sounded at the same time. Not only did his aura not drop after getting injured, it was even getting stronger and the glint in his eyes intensified – he was like an ancient demon that wanted to devour people!
Chapter 481: Frightening
The battle on the Foundation Establishment battlefield had already stopped.
The Foundation Establishment Cultivators of Blood Crow Palace and the other four major sects were scared out of their wits by Su Zimo’s methods and did not dare to advance.
Clang! Clang!
Su Zimo beckoned gently and the 18 flying swords that were streaking around the Foundation Establishment battlefield returned to him, hovering above his head and buzzing loudly.
“Candlelight Sword Formation, condense!”
Right after, the 18 flying swords gathered together with their tips pointing outwards in unison, forming a gigantic sword-shaped circular disk. 18 rays of sword qi were released like a blazing sun and was extremely dazzling!
“Kill!”
Propping the seal with his left hand, Su Zimo held his saber with his right and flapped his spirit wings, charging forward with the Candlelight Sword Formation above him.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Flying swords tore through the air one after another, sharp and dense as raindrops.
Spirit arts exploded, covering the skies as they arrived.
Su Zimo was calm and seemed composed.
With his spirit wings coupled with Divine Steed Fleeting alongside his spirit perception that was gained from cultivating the Mystic Classic of the Twelve Demon Kings of the Great Wilderness, his movements were unpredictable.
At times, he would be light as a feather and at others, he would be swift at lightning – no one could read him at all.
Shifting nimbly in the air, his tendons and bones constricted and expanded, allowing him to shock everyone by producing motions that were far from ordinary!
Like anacondas, snakes, apes and horses, Su Zimo keep closing in on the distance between him and the Golden Cores.
“You... ”
A late-stage Golden Core looked at Su Zimo who was charging at him and his eyes were widened in disbelief.
Was that even a human?
He could not imagine how a human could contort their bodies to that extent and dodge such an intense flurry of attacks while rushing over without any injury!
He no longer had the chance to think about it anymore.
Swoosh!
Su Zimo raised his saber instantly!
Countercurrent surged forth.
After entering Extreme Foundation Establishment, Su Zimo’s spirit energy grew much richer and he could not release saber forces in succession.
That Golden Core was shocked and found himself having difficulty breathing, as though a surging wave was rushing at him. Thunder sounded inside his ears and the tide arrived almost instantly.
“Go!”
This man was a late-stage Golden Core after all and composed himself swiftly. Maneuvering his flying sword above his head, he circulated his Golden Core and spirit energy gushed out!
No matter what, the strength of a late-stage Golden Core was not something a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could handle!
As long as he could withstand a move or two till the attacks of the others arrived, his enemy would naturally be trapped.
Su Zimo smiled faintly with a hint of ridicule in his eyes.
To him, the way the Golden Core changed tactics was full of flaws.
Su Zimo’s seemingly unstoppable saber suddenly stopped and was only an inch away from the man’s flying sword.
Swash!
Swinging his wrist, the angle of his slash changed.
Suddenly, the massive blade of Blood Quencher turned extremely flexible, like ripples on the surface of water. It wrapped around the flying sword and sliced the person’s throat gently.
Right after that insane toughness, it turned extremely flexible.
There was no sluggishness at all and the process was smooth as water!
That person’s eyes dimmed and a gash appeared on his throat.
The next moment, his head was lopped into the air as blood gushed out in a terrifying manner like a fountain!
Melee combat was the most dangerous and one would be dead with a single misstep!
Su Zimo had been through countless battles in his cultivation journey and he was extremely experienced.
While the strength of late-stage and perfected Golden Cores was strong and could even injure or threaten his life, even the physique of a perfected Golden Core could not match up to him!
That was an advantage he had that could make up for his inferior strength.
As long as he closed the distance between them, even perfected Golden Cores could not escape death!
Die Yue had once told Su Zimo that demonic cultivators are the best at killing people above their levels.
That was the logic in that statement.
After killing someone, Su Zimo did not have to pause at all as he used the Candlelight Sword Formation and Coiling Dragon Seal to smash against some incoming flying swords and spirit arts from early and mid-stage Golden Cores.
At the same time, he dodged the attacks of late-stage and perfected Golden Cores, fleeing away to kill at the other side.
A Golden Core could not react in time and was closed in by Su Zimo who raised his Coiling Dragon Seal to smash down on the former’s head violently!
“Pfft!”
The person’s head was smashed and his entire body ripped into pieces with fresh blood flowing everywhere – he died on the spot.
Swerving within the crowd, Su Zimo did not bother to fight against late-stage and perfected Golden Cores forcibly at all. The moment he missed an attack, he would flee instantly without lingering.
Even when dozens of Golden Cores attacked at the same time, they could not keep Su Zimo to a single spot.
A moment later, Su Zimo was only filled with a couple more superficial wounds that healed within the blink of an eye.
However, more than ten Golden Cores on the side of Blood Crow Palace had already died!
Everyone was getting more fearful.
This man was way too frightening!
He already possessed the capability to kill Golden Cores without even forming a core of his own.
Furthermore, he was battling dozens of Golden Cores and yet, instead of being disadvantaged, he was slowly controlling the situation!
This man looked to be in his twenties – how did he possess such terrifying combat talent?
“Kill!”
Seizing an opportunity, Su Zimo took a few strides forward and arrived before Sima Zhi. Lifting his Coiling Dragon Seal, he smashed it down at the latter’s head!
The Coiling Dragon Seal shone with a bright golden light and let out a thunderous bang as it landed.
Boom!
The seal landed with a frightening aura!
Suddenly, a vicious glint shone in Sima Zhi’s eyes as he said icily, “I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!”
Swoosh!
Sima Zhi circulated his Golden Core to its limits and a phenomenon suddenly appeared behind him.
Searing flames burned more than a hundred feet tall, letting out a scorching heat. Swiftly, he engulfed Su Zimo with a blazing momentum!
It was a Golden Core phenomenon!
The reason why Sima Zhi endured till this point was because he wanted to kill Su Zimo thoroughly with his Golden Core phenomenon!
However, Su Zimo did not avoid nor dodge as his bloodline raced. He pushed down his blinding Coiling Dragon Seal violently like it was a blazing sun!
“You must have a death wish!”
Sima Zhi roared and his Golden Core phenomenon intensified.
Boom!
The Coiling Dragon Seal collided against the power of the Golden Core phenomenon and a deafening bang was produced as their powers ran rampant!
The instant of the collision, the momentum of the flames was actually repressed by the Coiling Dragon Seal!
Since he was extremely close to the sea of flames, Su Zimo could only grit his teeth and endure the incoming blaze. He channeled his bloodline and spirit energy to fight against it repeatedly.
Both sides exerted their strength!
The Coiling Dragon Seal was less than an inch away from Sima Zhi’s head but it could not go down further due to the obstruction of the Golden Core phenomenon.
A moment later, a gigantic flame burned over, engulfing Su Zimo’s arm completely.
The fire sizzled.
In an instant, Su Zimo’s arm was charred and his flesh ripped apart in a terrifying manner!
Sighing internally, Su Zimo withdrew himself and retreated.
It was no wonder why Golden Core phenomenons were the strongest techniques available to Golden Cores.
Even with his connate spirit weapon and tsunami bloodline, he could not manage to break through the defenses of the Golden Core phenomenon.
Swiftly, Su Zimo avoided the attacks of many Golden Cores and escaped.
His arm was still burning with fire and his flesh was already in a bloodied mess!
There was no way to purge Golden Core phenomenons except for extreme means!
“Haha!”
Sima Zhi laughed loudly. “Sima Zhi, your arm is already crippled!”
“Not necessarily,”
Su Zimo harrumphed coldly and took a deep breath of air. The spirit sea in his dantian roared and his bloodline surged, cruising through his limbs towards his injured arm.
Clack!
The flames extinguished and smoke billowed.
“Hmm?”
The cultivators watched with widened eyes.
The next moment, something even more frightening happened!
The charred black flesh on Su Zimo’s arm fell off gradually and fresh, tender meat started growing with a shiny luster!
It was an uproar!Chapter 482: Great Qian Empire
“Father, are you really going to just sit by idly and watch?”
Ji Yaoxue had a blaming look in her eyes the way she looked at the Emperor of Great Zhou. The assertiveness in her eyes was overwhelming and she already possessed a sort of dominance that was unique to the emperor!
“First, Su Zimo is my lifesaving benefactor. Putting the past aside, even in the ancient battlefield this time round, I would have died in the hands of Jun Hao and the others if it wasn’t for him!”
“Second, he’s the number one Weapon Refinement Master of Great Zhou and would definitely become a Great Weapon Refinement Master in the future with limitless accomplishments.”
“Third, and most importantly, he has unlocked nine spirit meridians and has reached the legendary Extreme Foundation Establishment realm. This is the second person in history who has done so apart from the Human Emperor! Is a paragon as such not worthy of the Great Zhou’s attention?”
Ji Yaoxue’s three sentences caused the emperor to turn entirely silent.
In reality, the third point was still the one that moved the emperor the most.
If he could take an Extreme Foundation Establishment Cultivator under his wing, there was a huge possibility that the Great Zhou Dynasty could one day defeat all the other three dynasties and reign over the entire North Region of Tianhuang Mainland!
However, Blood Crow Palace’s Lord was from the witch race, one of the Primordial Nine Races.
If he dealt with this wrongly, it wouldn’t be impossible for the entire Great Zhou Dynasty to be destroyed into ruins, let alone rule over the North Region of Tianhuang Mainland.
More than 10,000 years ago, a massive entity stood on this piece of land... known as the Great Qian Empire!
The title of an empire was only given if one could rule over all the dynasties and vassal states of a single region in Tianhuang Mainland!
The might of the Great Qian Empire was far greater than the current Great Zhou Dynasty and its territory was vaster.
There were even multiple super sects of Tianhuang Mainland within the territory of the Great Qian Empire. Even just within the Buddhist monasteries, two of them resided in the Great Qian Empire!
The Dao of Buddhism was glorious in the Great Qian Empire.
However, it was unfortunate that a catastrophe arrived.
Almost overnight, the Great Qian Empire was dismantled and even its capital was turned into ruins.
Because of that, the North Region of Tianhuang Mainland fell into chaos and the flames of war raged everywhere. Devastation spread and millions of lives were lost with corpses scattered all over the place.
From then on, the Great Qian Empire disappeared with the winds!
The place was in chaos and many vied for supremacy.
Four great vassal states conquered many places and rose swiftly, turning into the Great Zhou, Great Shang, Great Xia and Great You dynasties of the North Region of Tianhuang Mainland today.
In other words, the four dynasties were established on the ruins of the Great Qian Empire!
The progenitor of that catastrophe was one of the Primordial Nine Races!
The patriarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty has lived for more than 10,000 years and personally witnessed the destruction of a great empire. As such, he viewed the Primordial Nine Races with a sense of trepidation.
As a Dharma Characteristic expert and a Dao Lord, it wasn’t difficult for the patriarch to come forth and take down Blood Crow Palace’s Lord who was at Void Reversion.
However, if he were to incur the wrath of terrifying existences such as the mighty figures or patriarchs of the witch race...
Even if there were ten Great Zhou Dynasties, they would all have to be destroyed!
The battle was turning more intense and things were not looking good on the side of Ethereal Peak; it was also difficult for Su Zimo to hold the fort singlehandedly.
No matter how strong he was, he could not affect the direction of victory for the Nascent Soul battlefield and as such, he could not decide the fate for Ethereal Peak!
Ji Yaoxue was anxious. When she saw her father remaining silent, as though he was reminiscing about something, she could not help but say, “Father, what are you hesitating for? If you can’t make a decision, how about sending a message to the patriarch of Great Zhou and ask him to make one?”
Returning to his senses, the emperor shook his head and replied firmly, “The patriarch will definitely not agree to this.”
“How do you know if you hadn’t tried?”
She looked at her father without blinking.
The emperor could clearly sense the anxiousness and worry within Ji Yaoxue’s heart. However, she was trying her best to control herself and she wasn’t offensive through her words either.
He sighed internally.
In truth, among the younger generation, the one who resembled him the most and had the most potential to be the emperor was not the many princes, but this daughter of his.
However, Ji Yaoxue was a woman and could not inherit his legacy.
“I’ll admit that Su Zimo is an unprecedented paragon who managed to reach the Extreme Foundation Establishment realm, second only to the Human Emperor. His future accomplishments are unpredictable, but...”
The emperor changed the topic and said deeply, “Su Zimo is about to die and he has no future. As such, what accomplishments do we have to speak of? This time round, both Ethereal Peak and Su Zimo are stuck in this calamity and I can’t think of any way in which Ethereal Peak is able to break out of this situation!”
Ji Yaoxue said in a slight huff, “Nothing is absolute.”
The emperor replied grimly, “If... if Su Zimo manages to tide through this calamity, then...”
He did not continue but merely raised his head and looked at Ji Yaoxue deeply.
At that moment, he made a decision in his mind.
If Su Zimo could survive this calamity, he would go against all odds and pass the throne down to Ji Yaoxue!
...
On the other side of the forest.
“There’s no chance left,”
Gu Xi shook her head. “Since that person didn’t come, it’s over for Ethereal Peak.”
“Auntie Gu, what other way is there to save him?” Demoness Ji frowned deeply.
“I’m at late-stage Nascent Soul and even if I step in, the most I can do is help stabilize the Nascent Soul battlefield. However, the old beast of Ethereal Peak up above the clouds can no longer hold on,”
Gu Xi replied regrettably, “It’s a pity that as the second person in history to reach the Extreme Foundation Establishment realm, Su Zimo is about to die without the chance to grow further.”
Demoness Ji’s eyes dimmed.
Gu Xi sighed. “The impression left on the cultivation world by that catastrophe 10,000 years ago is way too deep. No cultivator or sect is willing to make an enemy as strong as the witch race just for the sake of Ethereal Peak!”
...
Beneath Ethereal Peak, blood flowed in rivers and the corpses were stacked like mountains.
On the Golden Core battlefield, Su Zimo made use of his strong physique and terrifying movement techniques to sustain in the fights continuously, ensuring that they did not lose.
However, Ethereal Peak was already completely defeated on the Nascent Soul battlefield!
There were more than a hundred Nascent Souls but more than half of them had already died. The remaining Nascent Souls were wounded and could only struggle to defend while being steadily defeated.
It was only a matter of time before Ethereal Peak was annihilated!
The situation of the old immortal crane above the clouds was even worse!
To begin with, the old immortal crane did not have long to live. Unless she progressed in her cultivation realm, she would have only held on for a few dozen more years even without this calamity.
Although her true form was a Bi Fang, a pure-blooded ferocious bird, she was already old and her combat strength was not even half of when she was at her peak.
Of the five Void Reversions that were fighting in the battle, one of them was even from the witch race. By this point of the battle, the old immortal crane was already at the end of her road.
Wounded all over, her gaze was dimmed and her feathers shed endlessly; even the flames on her body were starting to extinguish.
Blood Crow Palace’s Lord waved his bone staff and shot forth an extremely evil blood arrow.
“Pfft!”
The old immortal crane was unable to dodge in time and an additional bloodied hole the size of an arm appeared on her wings.
A sizzling sound was produced from the wound and it ate at her flesh nearby. Oozing with thick blood, the smell was pungent as the old immortal crane grunted.
Immediately after, the attacks of the remaining four Void Reversions landed on the old immortal crane.
Poof! Poof!
Two more wounds appeared on her body and blood gushed like a stream.
The old immortal crane’s body almost exploded and one of her legs was snapped. It was a tragic sight as she swayed, about to fall.
The old immortal crane had protected Ethereal Peak for thousands of years ever since the Founder Master passed away. She had truly given it her all and fought to the very last moment without backing off!
Everyone from Ethereal Peak was heartbroken when they saw that.
“Senior crane!”
Sect Master Ling Yun exclaimed miserably.
The outcome was decided. The moment the old immortal crane falls, all the other Ethereal Peak cultivators would be akin to fish on a chopping board, helpless to being slaughtered.
“Fufufufu!”
Blood Crow Palace’s Lord sneered, “Old beast, I’ve already told you. Today, I’m going to massacre Ethereal Peak from top down, leaving no one alive!”Chapter 483: Black-Robed Man
“Leaving no one alive?”
Suddenly, another voice could be heard from above the clouds. It was deep and a little hoarse. Although it wasn’t loud, it reverberated through everyone’s ears!
Who would dare appear at a moment as such?
All the cultivators looked over instinctively.
From the horizons, a man in black robes strode over in an unhurried manner.
Initially, it was just a blurry figure. However, he arrived in the blink of an eye!
Everyone on the battlefield was surprised.
That person walked extremely slowly as though he was taking a leisure stroll. However, by arriving instantly, he created a strong visual impact!
Now that he was so close, everyone could finally see clearly.
He had long shoulder-length black hair that fell freely like a waterfall. His face was extremely sharp and angled and he possessed a frosty expression, emitting an aura that was equally cold.
For some reason, after the black-robed man appeared, everyone on the black-robed man, including the five Void Reversions above the clouds, felt a sense of trepidation!
There was no reason behind it.
They merely felt fear and trepidation upon seeing that man!
Be it the Golden Core, Nascent Soul or Void Reversion battlefield, all the cultivators stopped what they were doing and looked over instinctively.
“You’ve... come,”
The old immortal crane had a conflicted expression and sighed gently when she saw who it was.
It was clear from the old immortal crane’s tone that she knew the person.
Everyone from Ethereal Peak, Sect Master Ling Yun included, were in a daze.
“It’s him!”
Suddenly, among the dozens of Ethereal Peak Nascent Souls left, an old man who was clearly at the end of his life exclaimed, glaring at the black-robed man with his cloudy eyes.
“H-He’s back!”
The Nascent Soul old man shivered emotionally.
“Little Yi, you’ve still got three years to your lifespan,”
Shifting his gaze, the black-robed man looked at the Nascent Soul old man and said calmly.
Little Yi?
Su Zimo and the other cultivators of the younger generation were confused.
However, Sect Master Ling Yun, Xuan Yi and the others shuddered.
The name of that nascent soul was Ning Yi and apart from the old immortal crane, he was the oldest Grand Elder of Ethereal Peak with a lifespan of over 1,000 years!
Golden Cores had lifespans of 500 years.
Nascent Souls had lifespans of 1,000 years.
Void Reversions had lifespans of 5,000 years.
Almost all the cultivators in the generation of that Nascent Soul old man had died of old age, leaving him.
If the black-robed man before them addressed Grand Elder Ning Yi as Little Yi, didn’t that mean that he was even older than the latter?!
The black-robed man should have been someone from more than 1,000 years ago and that was why the generations from Ling Yun onwards did not recognize him.
Ling Yun’s heart skipped a beat when he saw the reaction of the old immortal crane and Grand Elder Ning Yi, as though he recalled something.
“Could it be him?”
Xuan Yi and the other Golden Cores gasped, exchanging glances – they had already guessed it.
Outside Ethereal Peak.
Ji Yaoxue looked at the newcomer with a confused expression and turned to ask, “Father, who is that? He seems to have some sort of a relationship with Ethereal Peak and is rather formidable.”
“I don’t recognize him,”
The emperor shook his head.
Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat as he thought of someone.
Someone that he had never seen before but have heard of from the legends!
The emperor murmured, “Perhaps he should be the only one who would care nothing about the witch race.”
On the other side.
Gu Xi and Demoness Ji heaved sighs of relief when they saw the black-robed man appear.
Clapping, Demoness Ji laughed. “Hehe, this senior still chose to appear!”
Gu Xi said, “With him, there’s nothing to worry about for the Void Reversion battlefield. If I step in to stabilize the Nascent Soul battlefield, they should be able to tide through this calamity.”
“I won’t be heading over since father’s watching from the other side,” Demoness Ji blinked.
Gu Xi nodded and took out a mask from her storage bag. Wearing it on her face, she turned into another person and headed to the battlefield.
“Hmm?”
Far in the depths of the capital of Great Zhou, an old man sensed something and suddenly opened his eyes. A bright light shone from his glabella and a small person the size of his palm flew out, glowing with a radiance.
It was his Essence Spirit!
A mysterious energy fluctuation spread forth from the radiant little man.
His spirit consciousness was spreading.
A moment later, the radiant little man returned to the old man’s glabella and vanished.
Letting out a long breath, the old man murmured softly, “To think that he would have returned. There’s no wonder why he’s the number one paragon of Great Zhou back then. After not seeing him for 1,000 years, he has already cultivated to that point.”
...
The skies above Ethereal Peak.
The black-robed man surveyed the surroundings. When he saw the corpses strewn all over, his expression did not change and he merely commented indifferently, “It’s truly been a long time since it was so crowded at Ethereal Peak.”
When they heard that, Xuan Yi and the others were even more certain about this man’s identity.
Su Zimo frowned.
No matter how he looked at it, the black-robed man seemed like he had a deep connection with Ethereal Peak, as though he was a cultivator from it in the past!
However, Su Zimo could not sense any bit of emotions coming from that man.
He had no reaction even after seeing Ethereal Peak cultivators dead all over the place with their corpses forming mountains.
Indifferent, cold-blooded and heartless.
That was the first impression the black-robed man gave Su Zimo.
1,000 years ago.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind as he recalled a person.
The first time he heard about that person was through the disheveled old man.
Thereafter, he heard senior crane mention a little about him back in Thunderclap Valley.
This was the owner of the Mystic Gold Silk Armor!
Someone who was invincible across the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core realms in the North Region of Tianhuang Mainland in the past!
When this person joined Ethereal Peak, his method of dispelling the Eight Distresses Formation was by killing everyone!
Because he was cold, heartless and extreme in his ways, the moment he showed signs of turning into a fiend, he was locked in Thunderclap Valley to reflect in seclusion.
This was also the same person who found the Void Thunder Manual in the ancient battlefield and placed it inside the Mystic Gold Silk Armor to await someone with affinity!
Later on, this man descended into the Dao of the fiend and betrayed the sect!
He was the terrifying expert 1,000 years ago!
Now, he has returned!
The five Void Reversion experts above the clouds, Blood Crow Palace’s Lord included, had grim expressions and were sizing up the black-robed man the entire time.
Each of them felt danger exuding from that man.
A moment later, Dao Being Jing Ming of Iridescent Clouds Palace narrowed his gaze and asked with cupped fists, “Fellow Daoist, may I know what is your name and what sect you are from? Also, why are you interfering in this matter?”
The black-robed man shifted his gaze towards Dao Being Jing Ming before saying slowly, “Do you think someone like you is worthy to know my name?”
Before his words were finished, the black-robed man’s glabella shone brightly and a blood beam shot forward!
A terrifying aura burst forth.
Blood Crow Palace’s Lord and everyone else were shocked as they scurried to retreat.
Poof!
Immediately after, right in front of everyone, Dao Being Jing Ming’s head exploded as though it was a watermelon – he died on the spot and his Essence Spirit didn’t even get the chance to escape!
He was dead!
A Void Reversion expert died just like that!
A dead silence crept through the air above and beneath Ethereal Peak.
This was a truly savage man who was decisive to kill!
The black-robed man was emotionless after killing a Void Reversion as he turned towards the other four expressionlessly with a gaze cold as ice.Chapter 484: Asura
The death of Dao Being Jing Ming frightened the other four Void Reversions and their hairs stood on end.
The expression of Blood Crow Palace’s Lord turned extremely terrible as he glared at the black-robed man. His gaze was dark with a faint green light.
It was extremely difficult for one to die once they were at Void Reversion realm.
Although Nascent Souls could cultivate Essence Spirits, their Essence Spirits had impurities and were in turbid states, causing them to be extremely fragile.
Without any protection, upon leaving their physical bodies, their Essence Spirits would be akin to babies situated in forests and could die at any moment!
A strong gust of wind, an exposure to the blazing sun or even any slight activity could injure the Essence Spirit.
If they met with any misfortunes, their Essence Spirits would be destroyed instantly!
The death of one’s Essence Spirit was the true meaning of death whereby it would be useless even if their physical bodies remained intact.
However, it was different at Void Reversion realm.
By comprehending the heaven and earth and making use of the Dharmic methods to visualize the Essence Spirit, Nascent Souls could cultivate their Essence Spirits continuously to remove the impurities within it. Eventually, after obtaining some Pure Yang Spirit, they would be able to enter the Void Reversion realm!
That was the meaning of the saying ‘Cultivating one’s spirit to return to the void’ in the cultivation world.
At Void Reversion realm, one’s Essence Spirit would resemble the physical body of the cultivator. Flawless without impurities, they do not fear the scorching sun, heavy rains or misfortunes. They would truly be able to break out of the restraints of one’s body and roam the world, traveling everywhere!
At that point of the Essence Spirit’s cultivation, it would be akin to a corporeal body outside of the cultivator.
There was another saying in the cultivation world of one’s spirit leaving them and taking form.
By leaving them, it referred to the Essence Spirits exiting their bodies and taking form referred to the corporeal bodies outside of their physical self.
In the ancient era, Void Reversion realm was also known as the Corporeal Spirit realm.
For Void Reversion Dao Beings, even if their bodies were destroyed, if they reacted fast enough and sent their Essence Spirits out of their bodies, they would be able to survive!
Although their bodies were destroyed, the presence of their Essence Spirit was equivalent to their survival.
The black-robed man killed a Void Reversion with a single thought and the latter vanished on the spot without a chance to let his Essence Spirit escape.
That single move caused the hearts of Blood Crow Palace’s Lord and the other three to skip a beat – they were inevitably feeling fearful!
Turning slightly to the side, the black-robed man looked at the utterly wretched and wounded old immortal crane who was swaying unsteadily nearby. He swiped his hand on his storage bag.
Instantly, an elixir the size of a longan appeared and there were a few patterns on its surface, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.
“That is...” True Fire Sect’s Dao Being Liao Yuan narrowed his eyes with an alarmed expression.
“Vitality Reprisal Elixir!”
Blood Crow Palace’s Lord said it word by word.
The moment those words were uttered, although the others did not have much of a reaction, all the Nascent Souls and Void Reversions present were shaken.
Dao Being Liao Yuan glared at the elixir in the hands of the black-robed man with an extremely scorching gaze, wanting nothing more than to devour the latter’s hand right now!
A Grade 5 Elixir, the Vitality Reprisal Elixir was created by the Elixir Emperor of the ancient era and it illustrated the meaning of lucidity for one’s final moments.
No matter how badly injured a Void Reversion was, as long as they weren’t dead and consumed a Vitality Reprisal Elixir, they would definitely instantly invoke a tremendous amount of vitality and their injuries would be completely healed.
The Vitality Reprisal Elixir had long been lost on Tianhuang Mainland.
It was akin to a second life of a cultivator!
The black-robed man sent the Vitality Reprisal Elixir before the old immortal crane through a single thought.
Dao Being Liao Yuan and the others were green with envy.
A precious elixir as such was given out just like that!
The few of them revealed jealous expressions and their eyes shone with vicious glints; they even had thoughts of snatching it over for themselves!
The old immortal crane had a conflicted expression and did not take it over immediately.
Blood Crow Palace’s Lord sneered, “That old beast is at the end of her lifespan and is on the brink of death. She won’t be able to live for much longer even if her injuries are fully recovered!”
While the Vitality Reprisal Elixir could heal one’s injuries almost immediately, it could not add on to one’s lifespan.
It was also the same reason why the old immortal crane did not take the elixir immediately.
The Vitality Reprisal Elixir was way too precious and it was a waste for her to use it.
“I won’t take back anything I give out,”
The black-robed man said indifferently, “You don’t have to have any considerations as well. The reason why I’m giving you the elixir is to sever the karma between us.”
“But...”
The old immortal crane sighed gently. “The Vitality Reprisal Elixir is too precious and rare. As a Void Reversion, you need it as well.”
“I don’t, because... no one can injure me!”
The black-robed man’s tone was calm without any fluctuations, as though he was talking about something that was only logical.
Instantly, the entire place went silent.
Almost everyone was stunned by the casual majesty revealed by the black-robed man through his words.
Looking at the old immortal crane, the black-robed man continued, “You still have a sliver of hope.”
The old immortal crane understood what the black-robed man meant.
Her sliver of hope was to recover her wounds by consuming the Vitality Reprisal Elixir and make use of this great battle to advance in her cultivation realm!
As long as she made a single step of advancement, her lifespan would increase exponentially and she would be averted from the imminent crisis of her expiring lifespan.
As for Ethereal Peak, it would be blessed with the rise of a Dharma Characteristic realm pure-blooded ferocious bird!
Little crane cried softly with a concerned expression, urging repeatedly.
Sect Master Ling Yun, Su Zimo and everyone else looked at the old immortal crane, hoping that she could make use of this opportunity to gain rebirth through nirvana!
The old immortal crane took a deep breath before nodding and reaching out for the Vitality Reprisal Elixir, swallowing it.
The moment it entered her mouth, a tremendous amount of vitality burst forth like a tornado, surging through all her limbs to every single part of her body!
The wounds on the old immortal crane were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Su Zimo and the others were elated when they saw that.
If the old immortal crane could advance a step further, it would be a blessing in disguise!
Although Ethereal Peak suffered great losses due to this calamity, if the sect had a Dharma Characteristic pure-blooded ferocious bird as its support, it would definitely be the strongest among the five major sects and it would only be a matter of time before its rise!
The black-robed man shifted his gaze towards Blood Crow Palace’s Lord and the others.
“I know who you are!”
The Palace Lord harrumphed coldly. “There aren’t many cultivators at Void Reversion realm with strength like yours. You should be the titular disciple of Asura Sect, this generation’s Asura!”
The black-robed man was expressionless.
“To think that the Asura notorious for killing would have crossed the North Region to be a busybody here, fufu,” The Palace Lord sneered.
The black-robed man was still silent and his expression did not change.
The Palace Lord gripped his fists and repressed the killing intent in his heart, saying darkly, “Asura, since you insist on interfering with this matter, I can take a step back. However, that person must leave with me!”
He pointed towards Su Zimo who was beneath Ethereal Peak.
Instantly, everyone from Ethereal Peak felt their hearts sink in despair.
It was already unexpected that the black-robed man was able to protect Ethereal Peak. However, he had no relationship with Su Zimo, so how could he possibly offend someone of the witch race just for the sake of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?
The black-robed man shifted his gaze towards Su Zimo.
For some unknown reason, Su Zimo felt a mysterious feeling inside his heart.
The gaze of the black-robed man was as though he was looking at his successor of the younger generation and was extremely odd.
After pausing for a moment, the black-robed man finally spoke with a single word.
“No!”
Everyone was shocked.
Nobody expected that he would choose to offend someone of the witch race just for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!
Furthermore, he was so decisive in his rejection!
Chapter 485: Killing Indiscriminately!
“Asura, you should know of my background. Let’s each take a step back,”
The Palace Lord said with a dark gaze, “All I want to do is take away that Foundation Establishment lad. That has nothing to do with you. If you continue pushing your luck...”
Before the Palace Lord could finish, the black-robed man let out an impatient expression and interrupted, “I want to push my luck. What can you do about it?”
Everyone was in an uproar!
He was way too savage!
He did not leave the other party a single way out at all!
“His reputation truly precedes him. It’s no wonder why he was invincible across the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core realms on Tianhuang Mainland back then. He’s truly way too savage,” Xuan Yi lamented.
The disheveled old man sighed. “He is fearless even when the Great Zhou royalty does not dare to interfere. He’s truly incredible.”
“It’s just a pity that he has turned into a fiend, otherwise...” Liu Hui did not continue but her meaning was clear.
At this point of his cultivation, Su Zimo was no longer as resistant and negative towards the fiend sects.
Iridescent Clouds Palace, Southern Mountains Sect, True Fire Sect and Azure Frost Sect could be considered to be part of the immortal sects as well. They were self-proclaimed to be righteous and viewed slaying demons and fiends as their responsibilities.
But now that Ethereal Peak was in trouble, those sects chose to take advantage of the opportunity and kick it while it was down and out. How were their actions different from the ‘fiends’?
The black-robed man was someone of Asura Sect, a fiend sect. Yet, upon knowing that Ethereal Peak was in danger, he rushed over here from thousands of miles away across the Middle Continent and North Region!
Who were the true immortals and who were the true fiends?
Su Zimo found himself agreeing more and more with Demoness Ji’s words.
The Dao of fiends was not the Dao of evil, but one of obsession and extremity!
At that moment, the disheveled old man asked, “The sect has severed connections with that man a long time ago. Who was the one who informed him?”
“That’s right,”
Xuan Yi exclaimed softly, “I heard that Asura Sect is situated in the Middle Continent of Tianhuang Mainland and is most likely millions of miles away from Ethereal Peak. Even for a Void Reversion at full speed, they would need close to a year to arrive. How did he manage to get here in time?”
Sect Master Ling Yun’s heart was filled with the same doubt.
Didn’t that mean that someone had managed to locate the black-robed man a year ago and told him the news of the possible calamity that was about to befall Ethereal Peak?
Ling Yun was certain that nobody in Ethereal Peak, including the old immortal crane, had contacted the black-robed man.
Who was it then that managed to spread the news over to him?
Su Zimo was curious as well when he heard the discussions of the peak masters.
At that moment, a gaze lingered on him for a brief moment.
Sensing it, Su Zimo looked up into the air.
In midair, a woman in a gauze top had appeared unknowingly. She was not a cultivator of Ethereal Peak and had extremely ordinary looks. However, her figure was voluptuous and curvy; a single look was enough to seduce anyone.
Su Zimo had never seen that woman before.
However, for some reason, he felt a sense of familiarity.
He went deep in thought.
Above the clouds, the black-robed man was overbearing and instantly, the Palace Lord’s expression turned extremely terrible.
Right now, he was in a difficult position.
The Palace Lord declared coldly, “Asura, although you’re the titular successor of the fiend sects, all of us are at Void Reversion realm and I’m even someone of the witch race. We’re not going to be afraid of you!”
“That’s right!”
True Fire Sect’s Dao Being Liao Yuan said deeply, “There’s four of us Void Reversions here, don’t go overboard, fellow Daoist!”
Southern Mountains Sect’s Dao Being Lao Yang and Azure Frost Sect’s Dao Being Han Ming looked at the black-robed man with cold gazes; they were tense and ready to strike at any moment.
“You’re still not leaving?”
The black-robed man’s eyes were initially closed. However, they suddenly opened up and he spoke.
That sentence was uncalled for and sounded ridiculous. Yet, the Palace Lord and the other three of them felt chills run down their spines as their pupils constricted.
Raising his head, the black-robed man had an indifferent gaze. “Very well, don’t leave then. All of you can stay here!”
Before he finished his sentence, his glabella shone and he sent forth another killing move!
Asuras don’t open their eyes but if they do, they kill!
Instantly, the world changed.
The black-robed man did not do anything and his glabella merely shone with a blood-colored light, but a sea of blood instantly appeared in the void, emitting a nauseating stench as it surged towards the Palace Lord and everyone else!
Those methods had already surpassed the knowledge of Su Zimo and the other Golden Cores.
This was a fight between the Essence Spirits!
A faint green light shone from the Palace Lord’s glabella and a gigantic, menacing skull was formed in midair.
It opened its bloodied mouth and swallowed the sea of blood in huge mouthfuls, the same way a whale swallowed water as though it wanted to devour the entire sea!
At the same time.
The glabellas of Dao Being Han Ming, Dao Being Lao Yang and Dao Being Liao Yuan shone brightly as their spirit consciousnesses were released, conjuring multiple phenomenons.
Swoosh!
A massive fireball that was like a blazing sun surged towards the blood sea.
Boom!
A mountain materialized and descended, attempting to suppress the raging tides of the blood sea.
Swash!
Snow filled the entire place and froze everything!
Layers of frost appeared on the surface of the blood sea.
It was an attack of the spirit consciousnesses!
These were killing moves that could only be used after entering the Void Reversion realm!
By conjuring phenomenons with their spirit consciousnesses, these were corporeal illusions that attacked the other party’s Essence Spirit directly!
The defending cultivator could only block them with their own spirit consciousnesses.
A fight between Essence Spirits was extremely dangerous and a single misstep would lead to death!
Previously, Dao Being Jing Ming of Iridescent Clouds Palace was attacked by the black-robed man’s spirit consciousness and instantly, his head exploded and his Essence Spirit was destroyed, resulting in his death!
“Kill!”
Right now, the black-robed man was fearless despite facing four opponents. Shouting, his eyes shone ferociously and he exuded a shuddering killing intent!
In midair, the gigantic skull was swallowing the blood sea at a much slower speed and was shivering.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
A series of cracks appeared on the surface of the skull.
The Palace Lord’s expression changed.
At the same time, a sinister roar echoed from the depths of the blood sea!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The ice on the surface of the sea suddenly cracked as one after another, corpses with terrifying auras whirled their fists and destroyed the frost. Leaping out of the sea, they roared from the depths of their throats and floated in the blood sea.
It was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
No matter which faction they were from, all the cultivators in the vicinity of Ethereal Peak felt chills upon seeing that.
Those methods were truly shocking and struck fear through everyone!
The blood sea surged and created massive waves, threatening to devour the entire world as it howled!
Dao Being Han Ming gasped.
Shing!
The fireball in midair was drowned by the blood sea and its flames were extinguished.
Dao Being Liao Yuan shuddered and blood drained from his face.
In the spirit consciousness of Dao Being Liao Yuan’s glabella, an Essence Spirit with his exact appearance burned with dense flames. Gradually, it dimmed and the flames on its body were extinguished.
Dao Being Liao Yuan’s lifeforce was severed as he fell from midair.
He was dead!
Even though he was fighting against four people, the black-robed man managed to kill a Void Reversion in reverse!
Boom!
A thunderous bang sounded from the unyielding mountain in the middle of the blood sea as it was attacked by the corpses repeatedly.
Before long, the mountain crumbled and was devoured by the blood sea.
At the same time, Dao Being Lao Yang’s Essence Spirit exploded in his spirit consciousness!
He was devoured by the blood sea and turned into one of its corpses.
Another Void Reversion had fallen!
Chapter 486: Unable to Leave!
The moment the five Void Reversions above the clouds started fighting, the Nascent Soul battlefield continued on as well.
Both factions were in the heat of the battle.
“You guys, go and kill Su Zimo! The faster, the better!”
Realizing that something was amiss with the situation, the Blood Crow King did not dare to be careless and ordered 10 Nascent Souls for that task!
In terms of numbers and strength of Nascent Souls, Blood Crow Palace possessed an absolute advantage.
From the side of Ethereal Peak, the remaining dozens of Nascent Souls that were led by Sect Master Ling Yun were filled with injuries and exhausted – they were almost unable to fight on anymore.
The Blood Crow King transformed into his true form, which was a pitch-black crow with bloodshot eyes, and led the remaining Nascent Souls in a fiery battle against Ling Yun and the others.
Unable to withdraw themselves from the situation, Ling Yun and the others could only watch as the 10 Nascent Souls charged towards Su Zimo.
Su Zimo’s heart skipped a beat.
No matter how strong he was and how many trump cards he had, he could not withstand the might of Nascent Souls.
At Nascent Soul realm, one could cultivate an Essence Spirit and could make use of the Heaven and Earth powers to release Dharmic arts!
Even the simplest Dharmic art was more than enough to kill Su Zimo who was at Foundation Establishment realm with ease!
As the 10 Nascent Souls charged towards him, Su Zimo conjured hand seals in midair.
A terrifying energy fluctuation spread through the void.
Not daring to be careless, Su Zimo released his spirit wings and chanted a sutra internally – he was already prepared to unleash the secret skill of the fiend sects, Blood Escape, to flee far away!
He could read the situation clearly.
The black-robed man had terrifying strength and was extremely domineering; as long as he could survive a little longer and wait till the Void Reversion battlefield to settle down, Blood Crow Palace was bound to lose!
All of a sudden!
A slender figure appeared in front of Su Zimo.
“Hmm? It’s her?”
Su Zimo furrowed his brows slightly.
The person before him was the seductive woman with the gauze top.
“You must have a death wish!”
“You’re asking for death!”
The 10 Nascent Souls that were charging over shouted and had already released the Dharmic arts from their hands.
There were razor-sharp long swords with rainbow ripples, crystalline fingers as thick as stone pillars, horrifying fists as heavy as mountains...
The Dharmic arts filled the skies and surged over, almost engulfing the gauze-top woman and Su Zimo entirely!
The gauze-top woman’s expression was unchanged and her eyes flickered with ridicule.
Suddenly.
She smiled brilliantly and a bedazzling and seductive glint shone from her eyes.
Although the gauze-top woman had ordinary looks, her smile caused all the stars and moon to dim in color. Her eyes shimmered like the surface of water, causing everyone’s hearts to skip a beat.
In the blink of an eye, all the Dharmic arts vanished!
All the cultivators were shocked by the methods of the gauze-top woman when they saw that.
As for Su Zimo, he had a vague guess about the gauze-top woman’s identity after a moment of contemplation!
Only a cultivator of the fiend sects’ Pure Maiden Sect could bewitch all living beings with a single action and smile.
Although this woman wasn’t Demoness Ji, she definitely had a deep relationship with the latter.
By adding those information together with this person’s cultivation realm, her identity was revealed almost instantly.
It was the chief steward of Sky Treasure Auction House, Gu Xi!
With the secret skill of Pure Maiden Sect, Gu Xi removed all the Dharmic arts and seized the opportunity while the 10 Nascent Souls were distracted to raise her palm.
Instantly, 10 cold flashes of light shot into the glabellas of the 10 Nascent Souls!
After a brief pause, the eyes of the 10 Nascent Souls dimmed and they fell from midair one after another lifelessly.
For Nascent Souls, they won’t die even if their hearts were crushed.
The true weakness of a Nascent Soul was their Essence Spirit!
Gu Xi’s counterattack did not show any mercy and she crushed all 10 of their Essence Spirits instantly, causing them to die on the spot!
Su Zimo nodded silently.
It was no wonder why she was of the fiend sects.
All the itinerant cultivators of Blood Crow Palace and the Nascent Souls of small sects could not deal with the secret skill of Pure Maiden Sect at all!
Back in the ancient battlefield, Demoness Ji was restrained by the paragons of the Buddhist and immortal sects and she even suffered a loss against the successor of Diamond Monastery.
However, if she were to face these Foundation Establishment Cultivators here, a simple smile and wink from her could charm them into losing their minds.
The Blood Crow King and the others were extremely grim when they saw the 10 Nascent Souls die.
“I don’t believe that we won’t be able to kill a mere Foundation Establishment lad despite our numbers!”
The Blood Crow King had a vicious gaze as he grit his teeth, prepared to attack personally.
The gauze-top woman spoke up; her voice was charming but her tone was indifferent, “Everyone, you don’t have to waste your energy with me around. None of you will get past me.”
Perfected Being Cang Lang and the others had indignant expressions.
What sort of merits and capabilities did Su Zimo, a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator, have such that two experts showed up in succession to defend him?!
Boom!
Suddenly, a bang sounded from above the clouds.
All the Nascent Souls stopped subconsciously and turned to look.
They saw True Fire Sect’s Dao Being Liao Yuan and Southern Mountains Sect’s Dao Being Lao Yang fall one after another.
Suddenly, the tides changed on the battlefield!
Sensing that something was amiss, some people made an instant decision to retreat with the chaos and flee into the distance!
Although the Palace Lord and Dao Being Han Ming were able to defend against the impact of the black-robed man’s blood sea, they were swaying and their expressions were pale as they grunted.
Dao Being Han Ming was thoroughly subdued by the methods of the black-robed man and kowtowed, declaring with a trembling voice, “Please be appeased, fellow Daoist. I know now that I’m in the wrong and I’ll leave right now, never taking another step onto Ethereal Peak for the rest of my life!”
When they heard that, everyone from Ethereal Peak were emotional and almost wanted to roar into the skies as a pent up frustration was released from their hearts!
The feeling of a Void Reversion forced to the state of acknowledging his mistake while swearing never to step foot onto Ethereal Peak again for the rest of his life was ecstatic!
Right then, the black-robed man’s voice sounded above the clouds once more.
“It’s already too late for you to leave now!”
It was dead silent above and beneath Ethereal Peak!
Everyone was astounded by the black-robed man’s aura!
Acknowledging his mistake?
Swear?
None of that mattered now!
Even if he wanted to leave now, he couldn’t!
Dao Being Han Ming seemed to have been scared as well as he trembled. “W-What do you mean by t-that? I-I’ve already apologized.”
He was stuttering by now.
“It’s no use speaking now. Die,”
The black-robed man pointed at his glabella.
Instantly, it shone brightly and formed a blood sea vortex!
Reaching out, the black-robed man actually withdrew a saber from the blood sea vortex. It was initially extremely small but by the time it was out completely, it had expanded with a torrential killing intent!
There were a series of blood patterns on its blade.
The black-robed man flicked his wrist and his saber shook. Instantly, all the blood patterns rose, as though they were veins on the blade, and the stench of blood filled the air!
“He uses a saber?”
Su Zimo froze momentarily when he saw the black-robed man withdraw a saber and a thought flashed through his mind.
Before he could think about it properly, his attention was drawn by the terrifying methods of the black-robed man.
The black-robed man took a step forward and slashed in reverse. It arrived instantly and engulfed Dao Being Han Ming, sealing his escape path!
“Don’t go overboard!”
Dao Being Han Ming shrieked and tapped his glabella, withdrawing a shimmering flying sword.
At the same time, he withdrew a shield from his storage bag and injected Dharmic power into it, causing it to expand and hover over his head!
Chapter 487: Remnant of the Witch Race
Clang!
The saber sliced the flying sword into two the moment they clashed.
Dao Being Han Ming grunted and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The flying sword was his Lifeforce Dharmic Weapon and was connected to his Essence Spirit.
With his Lifeforce Dharmic Weapon crippled, Dao Being Han Ming’s Essence Spirit received an immense impact and was severely injured!
The black-robed man’s saber technique was still sharp and his momentum did not pause, cutting down heavily onto the shield in midair and letting out a deafening sound of metal screeching!
Boom!
The shield exploded into pieces.
A terrifying power surged into Dao Being Han Ming’s body and his organs, bloodline and bones were disintegrated into pieces due to the sharpness of the blade!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
A series of blood mists spewed out from Dao Being Han Ming.
A single slash was all it took to sever Dao Being Han Ming’s vitality entirely!
A glowing little man scurried out of the top of Dao Being Han Ming’s head frantically.
His Essence Spirit was exiting and escaping into the distance!
However, it was a pity that the two of them were extremely close. Dao Being Han Ming’s Essence Spirit did not manage to escape far before the black-robed man caught up to it, grabbing it and crushing it with his palm!
After losing the protection of his body, the Essence Spirit was too weak and could not withstand a single attack.
In the blink of an eye, the Void Reversions of the four major sects had already died in the hands of the black-robed man, leaving Blood Crow Palace’s Lord.
The Palace Lord had just conjured his Dharmic technique when Dao Being Han Ming had already died.
Gritting his teeth, the Palace Lord waved his bone staff and uttered an indecipherable incantation.
The skull on top of the bone staff gradually filled with blood and two scarlet blood beams shone from its eye sockets, as though it was alive.
“Blood Bat, form!”
The Palace Lord roared in rage and pointed his bone staff at the black-robed man.
Buzz! Buzz!
The skull opened its mouth and blood-colored bats flew out one after another continuously. Like a swarm of locusts, they charged towards the black-robed man in a dense pack.
This was a secret skill of the witch race.
All of those were bloodsucking bats and if a cultivator was trapped in their encirclement, their blood would be sucked dry within a single second!
“How dare the light of a firefly try to compete against the shine of the moon for glory!”
The black-robed man sneered.
He did not retreat or dodge the looming swarm of bats and instead, took a step forward and slashed again!
The weather changed.
That single slash seemed as though it had unleashed endless Hell!
The sky and earth collapsed.
Endless firestorms descended from the skies and the ground ripped apart, causing scarlet lava to gush out; the vast land was filled with ugly scars and corpses were strewn everywhere!
The blood bats cried endlessly upon entering that endless Hell and they disappeared before they could even get close.
A look of panic flashed through the Palace Lord’s eyes.
Swoosh!
In a flash, the black-robed man had already arrived before the Palace Lord.
He slashed in reverse at an extremely fast speed and the sound of ghosts wailing could be heard as his saber sliced through the void.
The Palace Lord felt his heart skip a beat. With no time to think, he could only receive the attack with his bone staff.
Screeeeeee!
A jarring sound was let out as the saber glided across the bone staff.
A faint imprint was left on the bone staff!
The Palace Lord shuddered and a mouthful of blood rushed up his throat before he swallowed it back forcefully.
Although the witch race was one of the Primordial Nine Races, they did not have strong physiques and neither did they specialize in melee combat.
The Palace Lord was already severely injured from that single slash.
With each breath he took, he could taste the damp stench of blood and feel a ripping pain in his lungs!
It was proof that his organs were already injured!
If the battle continued, it may very likely result in irrecoverable wounds for him.
The Palace Lord burst in retreat and waved his bone staff, setting up faint green layers of barriers before him.
As if oblivious to them, the black-robed man charged at them readily.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The faint green barriers shattered repeatedly and could not stop the black-robed man at all.
The black-robed man’s gaze was icy cold and his killing intent was chilling as he moved like a phantom!
Sensing the killing intent of the black-robed man, the Palace Lord was finally nervous and shouted with widened eyes, “Asura, I’m someone of the witch race! If you dare take my life, you will bring about destruction for Asura Sect!”
Su Zimo was secretly alarmed when he heard that.
The tone of the Palace Lord was extremely tough and firm, as if he truly meant it.
Could there truly have been super sects that were destroyed by the Primordial Nine Races on Tianhuang Mainland?
“Do you think that a remnant of the witch race like yourself is enough to threaten me?”
The black-robed man took a stride forward with a frosty glare and slashed at the Palace Lord once more.
Clang!
Although the Palace Lord managed to defend against it, he could not endure it anymore and spat out a huge mouthful of blood. His organs had shifted positions and were almost ruptured!
The words ‘remnant of the witch race’ caused a commotion in the crowd.
In the cultivation world, ferocious beasts that had impure bloodlines were called remnant beasts.
In other words, the Palace Lord was not completely considered as someone of the witch race and could only be considered as a half being!
Suddenly, Su Zimo recalled that back then at the primordial ruins, the divine dragon said something similar, berating that the Palace Lord had an impure bloodline and was merely a bastard child.
The Palace Lord’s expression turned extremely harrowing after the black-robed man exposed his background.
The black-robed man sneered, “Notwithstanding the fact that you’re a remnant of the witch race, even if someone who was truly of the witch race came forth, I would dare to kill him as well! There’s no one in this world that I, Yan Beichen, wouldn’t dare to kill!”
It was only at this moment that Su Zimo knew that the name of the terrifying expert from a thousand years ago was Yan Beichen.
The Palace Lord did not dare to linger and bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of essence blood to release his secret skill.
He turned into a streak of light and fled into the distance at an extremely fast speed!
“Where can you run to?”
Yan Beichen’s eyes lit up with a dark glint. He slashed forward and it seemed to cross the voids, landing heavily on the Palace Lord.
There was nowhere to escape!
“Pfft!”
A stream of blood gushed out.
The Palace Lord’s body was split into two instantly!
His Essence Spirit left his body and hovered in midair – it was a little man that shone with a dim blood light and looked exactly the same as his physical body.
“Blood Tribute!”
The Palace Lord’s Essence Spirit escaped and let out a spirit consciousness fluctuation.
The Essence Spirit traveled through villages where there were countless innocent mortals. There were farmers who were plowing the fields, muscular men who were chopping firewood, mothers preparing to cook and children who were playing merrily...
All of those living beings suddenly froze, as though they were engulfed by some mysterious power!
In the blink of an eye, their bodies withered at a visible speed, turning into streaks of blood light as their lifeforces surged into the Essence Spirit that was escaping in midair!
The eyes of the Palace Lord’s Essence Spirit shone brightly as it recovered rapidly.
Everyone from Ethereal Peak was heartbroken at the sight of that!
Hundreds of thousands of innocent mortals were met with the calamity, turning into dried corpses and died in miserable manners – it was the same situation that Su Zimo and the others encountered at Linfeng City in the past!
Yan Beichen chased in pursuit with his saber and took huge strides, crossing through the voids.
Unfortunately, the distance between them increased further and further.
When Void Reversions lose their bodies and were left with their Essence Spirits, although their combat strength were weaker, their speeds were at least doubled without the restrictions of their flesh!
Furthermore, the Palace Lord released the evil Blood Tribute technique and replenished a massive amount of energy, allowing him t escape from Yan Beichen’s pursuit before long.
“Asura, one day, I’ll definitely make you pay for destroying my physical body today! Hahaha!”
The blood light disappeared into the horizon, leaving nothing but a sinister laughter.
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