Xiao Chen laughed loudly and said, “Brother Di, you are getting angry again. Looks like someone is going to trample on you again. Unfortunately, this Xiao is not free today. I will trample on you again another day.”
He had already achieved his objective, successfully disrupting Di Wuque’s mental state. Di Wuque’s Cultivation Technique probably reverted to its previous level. Not saying anything more, he turned around together with Ye Chen and ran.
“Kill him! He has to die today!” Di Wuque was utterly enraged. The thirteen Keepers behind him obediently gave chase.
The many experts of the Primal Chaos Domain, who had been watching all this time, saw that Xiao Chen was weak, and gave in to temptation. They went to encircle Xiao Chen.
Without Magic Energy, Xiao Chen could not use the Freedom Wings. His body was severely injured, and many experts surrounded him. Just as he was about to use the Supreme Sky Emperor’s will clone, the ground beneath the two’s feet cracked open, and a bottomless pit appeared.
Something strange in the hole quickly pulled the two down, not allowing them to resist at all.
When the two were halfway down the hole, a hand extended from the wall, catching them off guard. It was Lord Jiu, who had fled much earlier.
“Don’t say anything. Come with me!”
Lord Jiu chuckled and quickly started digging in the underground of the Heavenly Ruin Wasteland while bringing the two along.
The various cultivators saw that the hole was pitch-black and bottomless. They looked at one another, hesitant to give chase.
Time had buried many Immortal sect Remnants in the Heavenly Ruin Wasteland.
There were many underground dangers that could not be anticipated. If they followed and accidentally touched a restriction, they would definitely end up dead.
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After a winding passage underground, Lord Jiu stopped moving and told the two, “We are safe now.”
Ye Chen turned his head to look and, indeed, there was no danger. He smiled and said, “You are really capable for a mouse. I underestimated you in the past.”
Lord Jiu said with a pleased expression, “This Lord Jiu may not be able to do much above ground. However, when it comes to the underground, especially that of the Heavenly Ruin Wasteland, this Lord Jiu can beat down even a great grandmaster-level Martial Sage. This Lord Jiu is the king of the underground!”
“Rumble…!”
Just as he spoke, the tunnel suddenly trembled nonstop. Rocks fell from above Lord Jiu, quickly burying him.
Xiao Chen and Ye Chen still had some strength. They casually swept aside the falling rocks.
This tremblor continued for a long time before it finally stopped. Both Xiao Chen and Ye Chen felt that something was not quite right.
Lord Jiu miserably pushed off the rocks on top of himself, his skinny body riddled with wounds. He coughed a few times as he cursed, “Damn! Can’t this Lord Jiu get some rest?!”
With a grave expression, Xiao Chen closed his eyes and extended his Spiritual Sense in a straight line, ignoring Lord Jiu’s complaints.
After a while, he opened his eyes and said in a sullen voice, “The heavenly palaces are destroyed, and the formation is broken. The thing under the mountain is coming out.”
Lord Jiu’s eyes immediately lit up. He said, “Come, let’s go out and take a look. The mountain might be suppressing Immortal Equipment. If this Lord Jiu can obtain it, the amount of resources I can get by selling it would be sufficient for me to cultivate until great grandmaster-level Martial Sage—and there would still be leftovers.”
Ye Chen interrupted, “You? Stop dreaming. If you really manage to snatch it, not to mention a quasi-Emperor, just one great grandmaster-level Martial Sage can kill you. This Immortal Equipment is something that we cannot think about.”
If it actually was Immortal Equipment, it would indeed be something the three could not compete for. The three peak sects of the Primal Chaos Domain would definitely have their great grandmaster-level Martial Sages or even quasi-Emperors make a move.
However, there were only the disciples of the Heavenly Music Sect and the Frost Moon Palace in the Heavenly Ruin Wasteland. The one peak sect of the Primal Chaos Domain that they had not seen was the Muddy Sky Gate.
Xiao Chen wondered why and what intentions the Muddy Sky Gate had.
After thinking for a while, he said, “Let’s go and take a look, then. However, there is no need for us to try and compete for it. Firstly, we are both severely injured. Secondly, even if we were at our peaks, we would not stand a chance anyway.”
Lord Jiu chuckled and immediately started moving. He had a sharp innate sense for danger, so he managed to avoid the horrifying restrictions underground.
After moving through winding passages with many turns, the three emerged above ground and headed in the direction of the Immortal sect Remnant to take a look.
The multicolored lights in the sky had disappeared, and the heavenly palaces lay in ruins. All the Magic Treasures inside had shattered along with the heavenly palaces. Several cultivators who had not managed to escape in time suffered severe injuries.
Cracks appeared on the mountain below. Dazzling spiritual light could be seen escaping from them.
“Bang!”
The mountain slumped. The sky shook and the earth trembled once more; the entire Heavenly Ruin Wasteland shook together.
The three quickly leaped out of the ground. Lord Jiu said with some lingering fear, “Fortunately, we came out to take a look. Otherwise, we might have ended up buried alive.”
The instant the mountain collapsed, rich Spiritual Energy rained down. A cold drizzle fell from the sky. The drops of water were a faint gold, composed of pure Spiritual Energy.
The three took a deep breath and could not help but exclaim, “Peak Spirit Vein!” This faint golden spiritual rain was the mark of a Peak Spirit Vein.
Given that this spiritual rain poured over five hundred kilometers from the origin, it was hard to imagine how many Peak Spirit Veins in all were in the mountain.
A Magic Treasure nourished by so many Spirit Veins had to be Immortal Equipment.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Many strong auras headed for the Immortal sect Remnant. Several hidden great grandmaster-level Martial Sages finally could no longer hold back, revealing themselves to see the Immortal Equipment emerge.
However, Xiao Chen led the other two to retreat further back, moving to an extremely desolate hill to watch from afar.
Regardless of whether it was Immortal Equipment emerging or not, the shock waves would cover a large area.
The faint gold rain fell nonstop. Golden dragons flew out from the destroyed mountain. These were the forms of the Peak Spirit Vein’s origins.
Just the initial wave of Spiritual Energy already equaled the strength of a grandmaster-level Martial Sage. Regular Martial Sages would not last more than ten moves against these spiritual dragons.
“One, two, three…damn! There are over fifty already, and more are still coming out!” Lord Jiu was keeping track of the number of Spirit Vein’s origins, flabbergasted.
Xiao Chen’s sect, the Supreme Sky Sect, did not even have a hundred Peak Spirit Veins after ten thousand years of accumulations.
Aside from sects of the Three Holy Lands’ level, no sect had that many Peak Spirit Veins.
On the other hand, there were so many Peak Spirit Veins suppressed in this place. This sect must have been very prosperous in its heyday, standing out from the crowd.
However, such a large sect disappeared together with the Immortal Epoch, silently sinking into the long river of history.
Xiao Chen’s thoughts wandered. He was curious as to how strong this sect in the Immortal Epoch had been and how it had gotten destroyed.
Did those legendary Martial Gods during the peak of the Martial Epoch figure something out and end up disappearing, not leaving behind any news?
“After a total of one hundred Peak Spirit Veins, this Immortal Equipment finally reveals itself!”
Lord Jiu’s exclamation interrupted Xiao Chen’s thoughts.
Xiao Chen looked up and saw the light of a treasure shooting into the sky. A painting unfurled. There were majestic mountains and rivers depicted in it, looking extremely vast.
From five kilometers away, he found that what he was looking at did not seem to be a painting but a world. There were mountains and rivers, plains and deserts. As the painting unfurled, all these entered his eyes.
He could clearly make out every blade of grass, every tree, every flower, and every fruit.
When the painting completely unfurled, it had the words “Beautiful Mountain and River.” This was a Beautiful Mountain and River Painting.
The expected shock waves did not happen. Instead, it was very peaceful; the surroundings were utterly serene. The cultivators who were nearer remained motionless.
“Something’s wrong!”
Xiao Chen’s expression changed immediately. When the treasure was revealed, how come no one made a move? Instead, they became so quiet. This was extremely weird.
When he squinted and looked again, his expression changed drastically once more. It was not that these people were motionless. Rather, it was that these people could not move anymore.
The figures that Xiao Chen saw were not really standing in the air. Instead, at some point in time, they had become a part of the painting.
This strange Beautiful Mountain and River Painting vaguely seemed to have integrated with the surrounding space. This produced a misperception where the inside of the painting was indistinguishable from the outside.
Several of those drawn into the painting were grandmaster-level Martial Sages, yet they still fell into this trap without a word.
Xiao Chen asked himself whether he could defeat these people. He concluded that while he could win, he was not that much stronger than they were. If he had not resisted his curiosity, he would have been drawn into the painting as well.
Just thinking of this gave him goosebumps as well as a shiver running down his back.
“This thing can already interfere with the laws of space. This Beautiful Mountain and River Painting must be Immortal Equipment without a doubt,” Ye Chen said.
Xiao Chen thought to himself for a while before saying, “The great grandmaster-level Martial Sages can bring out the full power of a peak King Grade Secret Treasure. They should be able to contest for this ownerless item.”
Right after he spoke, beams of light did indeed head for the Beautiful Mountain and River Painting in the air, streaking towards it. These were all great grandmaster-level Martial Sages.
The Primal Chaos Domain was the gathering place of all the loose cultivators in the world. Sectless great grandmaster-level Martial Sages were rifer here than anywhere else.
Xiao Chen was not surprised to see so many great grandmaster-level Martial Sages appear. However, the last two people to show up gave him a considerable shock.
Di Wuque and Tian Youxi were standing on a vast and radiant Deities’ Nation flying towards the Beautiful Mountain and River Painting.
These two worked together to support the Deities’ Nation image, not appearing to be at a disadvantage in the fight with the mob of great grandmaster-level Martial Sages.
These great grandmaster-level Martial Sages were all at least five hundred years old. As part of the younger generation, Di Wuque and Tian Youxi stood out as they gave off a bright light.
At this moment, Di Wuque had already recovered his mental state. His strength seemed to be higher than before.
Xiao Chen could not help but frown slightly. Di Wuque’s strength was unfathomable in the first place. Xiao Chen had only been confident of a seventy percent chance of defeating the other party, even with the use of all his trump cards.
Now that Di Wuque was stronger, if Xiao Chen fought with him, the odds for victory were no more than even.
Ye Chen sighed, “Xiao Chen, your opponent is extraordinarily horrifying. When he fought with you, he probably still had many trumps cards held back.”
Xiao Chen himself knew that when he used that ten Dragon Force punch by executing Deities Descending, he would not have knocked Di Wuque back if he had not caught hold of that opening.
“Old Jiu, you see all hundred of the Peak Spirit Veins in the sky clearly, right? Help me to remember the auras of those who snatched these Spirit Veins away. We will come back for them later.”
Xiao Chen was not tempted by the Beautiful Mountain and River Painting. On the other hand, he intended to grab as many of these one hundred Peak Spirit Veins as he could.
However, he was currently injured. He could only seek help from Lord Jiu and snatch them after he recovered.
Chapter 941: Get Eliminated
The huge dragon head in the clouds opened its maw at the same time as Xiao Chen. A whirlpool-like sound wave came from the King Azure Dragon, forming a small black hole that clashed with the descending Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign, World Eliminating Imprint.
“Boom!”
A loud, overwhelming sound reverberated endlessly through the air. The sky shook, and the earth trembled. The nine Heavens shattered one by one behind the Divine Sovereign.
The golden light waned, and the Divine Might disappeared. Xiao Chen’s throat felt sore. This was the first time he used the full power of the Dragon Tone Art since he had achieved Great Perfection.
The Dragon Tone Art was unexpectedly effective against the Deity Race Martial Techniques.
“Dragon Tone Art!”
“What a strong Mental Energy! He must have summoned out the ancient King Azure Dragon. Otherwise, he would not be able to match the Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign.”
“We keep calling him White Robed King Xiao Chen, but we forgot about his identity as the Azure Emperor’s descendant. Unexpectedly, the grudges of ten thousand years ago continue to this great age.”
Everyone was shocked at Di Wuque’s failure to kill Xiao Chen despite using the Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign, World Eliminating Imprint.
“It’s just a mere Divine Sovereign, not very strong. It is already dead, and yet it still dares to glare at me? Eliminate!”
Di Wuque had said “eliminate” earlier. Now, Xiao Chen said the same thing. A large banner filled with starlight, giving off the tricolor light of Massacre, Death, and Ruin, thrust toward the Divine Sovereign image.
The Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign, which had lost its Divine Might, simply could not stop the Cycle Banner flying toward it like a meteor.
“Ka ca!” The banner stabbed into the forehead of the Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign. Death Qi, Ruin Qi, killing Qi, and the power of the constellation instantly spread out.
Cracks appeared in the gigantic Divine Sovereign image. Then, it exploded. All this happened too fast for Di Wuque to react.
One hundred thousand strands of divine light flew out. This divine light touched several cultivators. When they felt their Mental Energy rapidly increasing, these people immediately revealed expressions of joy.
The other cultivators promptly rushed over to try and capture these strands of light. Only the older-generation grandmaster-level Martial Sages and the disciples of the large sects did not do anything.
Holding a divine halberd, the Divine Daughter, Tian Youxi, materialized thirty-three dark-yellow pagodas. The scattered strands of divine light all surged into the dark-yellow pagodas like a gust of wind.
The heads of the cultivators who absorbed the divine light immediately exploded. The divine light surged out and entered the pagoda.
“A bunch of fools. They actually dared to recklessly absorb the energy of the Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign without being a quasi-Emperor.”
“The Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign’s image is broken. The power of faith will decline significantly. The next time Di Wuque uses this move, its might will be considerably less.”
“The Dragon Tone Art lives up to its reputation as the Azure Emperor’s creation. It is really incredible against the Deity Race.”
Di Wuque had a somewhat stunned expression. It was not that he had not known that Xiao Chen knew the Dragon Tone Art. It was just that the suppression of the Dragon Tone Art on the Deity Race Martial Techniques was like how water countered fire. Once the fire became a conflagration, splashing just a bucket of water on it would be like a praying mantis trying to stop a car.
“You gave me a palm strike, so I will return a punch to you. As they say, ‘It goes against etiquette to not respond in kind.’”
In the air, Xiao Chen had not stopped moving. Deities Descending, tenfold combat prowess, ten Dragon Force, fifty thousand tons!
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sleeve on Xiao Chen’s right arm instantly tore. His skin ripped apart and blood flowed out. However, he still threw the punch.
Di Wuque squinted, and he sensed danger in his heart. He had only felt such foreboding before when facing older-generation experts or extremely dangerous and ferocious beasts.
He could also faintly make out ten ancient heavenly dragons roaring behind Xiao Chen. The might of this one punch contained the might of ten dragons, ten Dragon Force.
When the Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign image broke, Di Wuque had blanked out in shock for a while. Xiao Chen caught this period of blankness.
By the time Di Wuque returned to his senses, the fist light had already arrived before him. He had no way to dodge and no time to summon the image of the Deities’ Nation.
He quickly formed hand seals, and a third eye opened on his forehead. Then, twelve small shields flew out and materialized a miniature formation. They turned into twelve different mutated beasts encased in divine light.
These shields were a King Grade Secret Treasure that Di Wuque refined himself, the Heavenly Beast Shield. This Secret Treasure was different from others. He unilaterally worked towards the highest quality possible. However, this resulted in its strength being limited.
The Heavenly Beast Shield was a Secret Treasure tailor-made to Di Wuque’s strength. He could bring out a hundred and twenty percent of its might.
Once Di Wuque became stronger, he could immediately add in more divine materials to allow it to keep up with his improvement in strength.
Although the might and grade of this Secret Treasure were not as good as many peak King Grade Secret Treasures, it was more suitable for Di Wuque. It could improve according to Di Wuque’s improvements, and he could always bring out a hundred and twenty percent of its might.
Di Wuque was confident that no matter how powerful Xiao Chen’s punch was, even if Xiao Chen had caught hold of that momentary opening, with the Heavenly Beast Shield, he would not suffer any harm. At most, he would only lose one Secret Treasure.
However, the force of this punch far surpassed Di Wuque’s expectations. With ten dragons howling, that was fifty thousand tons of force.
The twelve pieces of the Heavenly Beast Shield instantly shattered. The mutated beast images cried nonstop in misery.
Despite this collision, the fist light’s might did not diminish. Before Di Wuque’s shocked eyes, the attack penetrated his protective divine light and shattered his armor, knocking him down.
With a loud ‘bang,’ the ground cracked. A deep pit appeared in the earth, and a hill’s worth of dirt flew into the air. As a dust cloud filled the air, no one could see the situation inside.
After three years, Di Wuque got knocked back once again. Furthermore, the person who struck him was the same—the same person who kicked him down from the Sage Mark Monument three years ago.
The Divine Son, Di Wuque, got knocked down. Everyone was stunned, not daring to believe what happened before them.
“Whoosh!”
Just when everyone’s mind turned blank, a beam of divine light flashed. Tian Youxi held the divine halberd in her hand as she charged towards Xiao Chen, who was weakened after executing Deities Descending.
Tian Youxi’s white hair flew wildly. Her divine and innocent face looked cold and expressionless. Instead of checking on Di Wuque’s injuries, the first thing she did was make a move on Xiao Chen when he showed the biggest opening. She was frighteningly calm.
A scarlet light filled the air, and bewitching saber lights appeared beside Xiao Chen. Every strand of saber light contained a boundless will of massacre. It confused people and kindled a bloodthirst that made them want to kill everything in sight.
Ye Chen held a long and slender saber as his figure flashed. He landed right in front of Xiao Chen. The scarlet light gathered together as he swung his saber at the approaching Tian Youxi.
Ye Chen’s black hair and eyes turned scarlet. His aura became extremely sinister as if he was a god of massacre that just walked out of hell as he sent out an eerie saber light.
Tian Youxi held up her divine halberd and circulated her profound Deity Race Cultivation Technique as she blocked the saber. Divine light burst out, and her clothes fluttered. Her divinity looked like it could not be profaned.
Her appearance formed a stark contrast to Ye Chen’s aura.
In the end, Ye Chen was still injured. Despite putting in his all into this attack, he could not hold back Tian Youxi for long. Soon, she pushed him back.
Tian Youxi’s eyes turned cold as she brandished her divine halberd. The divine light behind her fell like rain.
However, Xiao Chen had already recovered his wits. His weakest moment had passed. He stretched out his hand and gripped the Cycle Banner in the air.
Starlight burst out, and he blocked Tian Youxi, who was preparing to attack Ye Chen, with one move. Xiao Chen smiled faintly. “Is the Divine Daughter truly emotionless, thinking of killing Brother Ye? The attachment that this brother of mine has for you seems to be no weaker than the Divine Son’s.”
At this moment, Di Wuque’s status was unknown. The thirteen Keepers surrounded that area, not letting anyone near.
Xiao Chen had drained his Magic Energy and Vital Qi. His physical body also received a huge backlash. Moreover, he had been injured previously. Now, he was further injured despite being already injured.
However, when Xiao Chen faced this aloof, pure, innocent Divine Daughter, Tian Youxi, with her unfathomable strength, he thought about Ye Chen’s one-track mind. Then, he looked at the other party’s chest, and his mind could not help but relax.
No matter what, Xiao Chen had knocked down Di Wuque and mocked the Divine Daughter. Even encircled by the experts of the Primal Chaos Domain, surrounded by danger, he could be considered to have gotten his revenge.
Xiao Chen used his actions to tell the Three Holy Lands—to tell the world—that he would definitely rise up in this life, no matter who tried to stop him. Even Di Wuque would not be able to stop him.
Xiao Chen would not die in this half year. He would arrive for the King conferring ceremony on time and inherit the title of Azure Dragon King.
“Bang!”
The rocks around the deep crater Di Wuque had formed shattered, and a figure flew out. Blood leaked out of a corner of his lips as he revealed himself.
At this moment, Di Wuque’s complexion was pale, and blood stained his skin. However, he had already changed his clothes.
The golden light behind his back no longer existed; he was like an ordinary person. As he walked in the air, he tied his fluttering white hair into a bundle. Then he revealed a faint smile on his face.
“White Robed King Xiao Chen, descendant of the Azure Emperor, you are indeed a person with great Luck. Even Heaven Illuminating Divine Sovereign, World Eliminating Imprint could not kill you. You even grabbed the opportunity to injure me.”
Di Wuque’s tone made Xiao Chen’s heart sink. At this moment, Di Wuque’s mental state had returned to being perfect and flawless, lacking the rage from earlier.
Even though the injuries on Di Wuque’s body were incomparably severe, he still gave Xiao Chen a dangerous feeling.
Di Wuque’s eyes were calm, appearing peaceful. He said, “Many thanks. Your punch scattered my arrogance and knocked me off the divine altar. My Thirty-Three Heavenly Divine Sovereign Holy Scriptures also made a breakthrough. Now, even if you have overwhelming Luck, I can kill you in an instant.”
Xiao Chen crossed his arms over his chest and smiled faintly. “Haha! So, Brother Di’s Cultivation Technique is so special, needing someone to forcefully kick you down before you can make a breakthrough. In the future, if there is a need for it, this Xiao will not mind kicking you down a few more times.”
He then raised an eyebrow abruptly and smiled in understanding. “My mistake. For your Cultivation Technique, you still need to be angered first. Your Divine Daughter needs to be touched by others first, before someone kicks you down. Only then can you improve.
“The Cultivation Technique of the Deity Race is indeed too wonderful for words. This time, Brother Di needed two people to help before you could make your breakthrough. In the future, you can just leave it all to me alone. I will trample on your face and touch your Divine Daughter’s chest as well!”
Xiao Chen looked very proper as he nodded and explained. Occasionally, he even leered at the Tian Youxi’s chest.
Di Wuque’s perfect state of mind fractured right away. He vomited a mouthful of blood in fury. The rage in his eyes burned ferociously once more.
The Divine Daughter, Tian Youxi, became so angry that her chest rose up and down irregularly.