The Battle of True Daoists, The Trump Card He Had Arranged
The Battle of True Daoists, The Trump Card He Had Arranged
Thin mist shrouded the area, looking like a bank of dark clouds, with a bone-chilling stench of blood permeating the air.
Behind Gu Changge, footsteps sounded.
One after another, young figures emerged, descending like divine rainbows, radiant with auspicious light, their auras terrifying.
Among these young figures were all the Young Prodigies and ancient freaks of the Beyond’s current generation.
Including Gu Xianer, Wang Zijin, An Yan, the King of Six Crowns, the Phoenix Lady, Jin Chan the Chosen Monk, the Sky Demon Sovereign, the Successor of War Immortal Manor, the Successor of the Holy King Palace, and others.
As such, every single one of them possessed strength far above Ye Han’s.
Seeing this scene, the expressions of those from the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains changed drastically, feeling unprecedented, terrifying pressure.
Though the young beings dispatched by the Beyond were few in number, every one of them gave off a feeling of unmatched power, capable of suppressing the entire era.
“These people are all so strong, far stronger than that Yaksha from before.”
The successor of the Vermilion Bird War God Clan was a beautiful woman clad in battle armor, and her expression was now incomparably grave.
Her gaze swept across those young beings, pausing on some of the women among them.
Someone looked back at her, divine light blazing in their eyes, making her eyes sting so badly she nearly shed tears.
It was as if what they faced was not a group of young people, but a group of young gods, each one dazzlingly radiant.
“They’re too arrogant. Do they think this handful of people can defeat us?”
The successor of the White Tiger War God Clan was an extremely burly man with heterochromatic eyes. When he clenched his fists, the sound of wind and thunder rumbled from his body, deafening.
The successors of the other clans also stepped forward at this moment. Lin Wu and Xiao Yang were among them, both with different thoughts in their hearts.
At this point, everyone was solemn, battle intent boiling, ready to fight to the death against the many heaven’s chosen of the Beyond.
Boom!
In an instant, figure after figure flew out, descending toward the Hunting Ground ahead, the fury long pent up in their hearts finally venting here.
They were all supremely talented, proud and arrogant. Among the opponents they sought in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, no matter the era, they could be called supreme among their peers.
Earlier, they had been held back by their elders, unable to fight Ye Han, which led to the deaths of two heaven’s chosen. Now they only wanted to reclaim face for the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, wash away the earlier humiliation, and avenge those two.
“These heaven’s chosen of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains are truly too weak.”
“Not worth our full effort at all.”
On the Hunting Ground, the King of Six Crowns, the Phoenix Lady, Gu Xianer, Wang Zijin, and the others all stepped forward, each representing a vast and ancient orthodoxy behind them.
The King of Six Crowns swept his gaze over the many figures ahead and shook his head slightly, not taking this battle very seriously.
Especially after witnessing Ye Han’s battle with his opponent with his own eyes, he was even more disappointed.
In his heart, he would rather fight the likes of the Sky Demon Sovereign.
“He’s mine to fight.”
Just then, from afar, a heaven’s chosen of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains charged over, sending mountains and stones flying, the ground trembling.
His build was enormous, with a pair of ox horns on his head, carrying the bloodline of the Ox Demon Clan.
He fixed his eyes on the King of Six Crowns, his eyes like bronze bells, brimming with killing intent and fury. “I didn’t expect someone would actually come seeking death. I should be glad I didn’t go looking for them first.”
The King of Six Crowns shook his head, his expression somewhat cold.
At the same time, he felt slighted, as if all the other young beings were actively seeking out their hunting targets.
While he, on the other hand, had his prey come looking for him.
This made him somewhat displeased, and he very much wanted to kill.
“You’re courting death.”
The King of Six Crowns fixed his gaze on this horned man.
Though somewhat delicate in appearance, the blood qi he exuded was far too vigorous, as if he were wrapped in a sea of blood-colored stars, bathed in supreme divine radiance.
Holding a black long spear, he walked forward step by step, his momentum astonishing.
“Niu Ming, this person is no simple foe. Don’t underestimate him.”
From high above, a voice rang out at this moment. Xuan Gang had sensed how terrifying the King of Six Crowns was.
“Kill!”
The creature named Niu Ming roared in fury and struck directly, his strength immense, unleashing his greatest power from the very start.
Blood qi surged like a rainbow, bursting from the crown of his head, piercing through the sky, his entire body’s divine power boiling.
The two powerhouses clashed, shaking heaven and earth.
With cultivation at their level, both could be considered standing at the Sacred Lord Realm, and the destructive power they caused was unimaginable, utterly terrifying.
From time to time, spear light burst forth, slicing down great stars.
However, after merely ten moves, a muffled groan rang out, accompanied by a great spray of blood.
With a bang, the creature named Niu Ming was pierced through by a single spear thrust, his Primordial Spirit and body exploding together in midair.
This scene shook the many powerhouses of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains who were closely watching this battle, their hearts trembling.
Niu Ming was also an extremely famous Young Prodigy in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, with an immensely powerful Physique.
But in the hands of the King of Six Crowns, he didn’t last five moves before perishing.
This made everyone’s expressions grow grave. Although it looked like the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains had the numbers in this battle, every single one of the Beyond’s heaven’s chosen was terrifying beyond measure.
In other directions, Gu Xianer, Wang Zijin, and the others also found their targets and began to strike.
A terrifying great battle erupted here. Heaven and earth shook violently, sand and stones flew, fierce winds swept through, shaking the firmament.
Everyone had an opponent before them, and since the young beings of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains were numerous, often several of them joined forces to besiege a single person.
Though it looked somewhat shameless, since the Beyond had only sent out a handful of people.
Then they couldn’t be blamed for winning through numbers.
“A whole group joining forces, yet still no match for the young beings of the other realm.”
“Truly laughable. Nothing more than the death throes of the doomed.”
The powerhouses of the Beyond’s various forces and orthodoxies had been watching this battle from high above, their expressions cold throughout, carrying contempt.
“This is bad. The gap is too great. Even with the advantage in numbers, our realm is no match for them.”
An old antique of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains’ expression changed drastically, turning extremely ugly, nearly spitting out a mouthful of blood.
He watched as his most prized disciple was smashed apart by a single palm strike from the opponent, collapsing in the void, exploding into a mist of blood.
The gap in strength between their side’s heaven’s chosen and the opponents was simply too great.
Even someone like Xuan Tian, a successor of the Black Tortoise War God Clan, was falling into a disadvantage.
His opponent was the Sky Demon Sovereign, who suppressed him relentlessly, his whole body shaking violently, coughing up blood.
His powerful and terrifying Physique, at this moment, showed cracks like porcelain, nearly shattering.
On the other side, Gu Xianer’s dress fluttered, her strikes carrying immortal qi. With a wave of her fair hand, beams of light swords condensed in the void, ringing with metallic sounds, slashing toward a heaven’s chosen lady before her.
“Chi”, “chi”
Her strength was such that every inch of her skin was snow-white and lustrous, shrouded in a hazy glow.
The heavenly sword slashed down, its edge peerless, as if cutting down stars from beyond the heavens.
Weng
At that moment, from the void behind her came a disturbance.
A heaven’s chosen with a powerful Physique, his whole body glowing, suddenly closed in. He felt that this astonishingly beautiful girl before him was weaker than the others, and wanted to launch a sneak attack on her.
However, facing the pincer attack of two people, Gu Xianer’s expression didn’t change in the slightest, as if she had sensed it long ago.
She simply threw a punch backward. Her small, fair fist, as if carved from jade, roared with a honglong, piercing through the void and blasting the ambusher apart.
White bone fragments splattered out, accompanied by a mist of blood, making hearts tremble.
This scene made the opponent before her change color, never imagining that this girl’s Physique was terrifying to such a degree.
She couldn’t help but retreat backward, fear rising in her heart.
But Gu Xianer was faster. Behind her, a pair of black-and-white interwoven wings seemed to appear, suddenly slicing across the sky, catching up to her and swiftly killing her.
After dispatching the two, Gu Xianer glanced up into the high sky, happening to see that Gu Changge had been watching her side all along.
She let out a snort through her nose. Though she knew this was Gu Changge worrying about her meeting with mishap, she still felt she was being underestimated by him.
Seeing this scene, the other heaven’s chosen of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains all grew fearful of her, not daring to approach, hastily retreating.
“What is this girl’s relationship with him?”
Xuan Gang, who had been closely watching the battle, noticed that Gu Changge seemed to pay particular attention to this girl, and couldn’t help but narrow his eyes, speaking up.
“How did you do it?”
Gu Changge withdrew his gaze and looked at him with interest, saying, “If you dare set your sights on her, then I’ll kill you.”
Feeling Gu Changge’s undisguised killing intent, even though Xuan Gang was a True Daoist, his face couldn’t help but pale slightly, his back turning cold, a shiver running through him.
“This old man was merely looking.”
He snorted coldly, unwilling to show weakness before the eyes of everyone from the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
However, the crooked thought that had just arisen in him also dissipated. Though it seemed he could use this girl to threaten Gu Changge.
Clearly, before they could seize this girl, they would be suppressed and killed by Gu Changge’s hand.
“You’d best remember that.”
“Do you think that with the Aether Abyss sheltering you, you’ll be safe and sound?”
Gu Changge smiled faintly, then his gaze took on a strange hue as he looked toward the direction of the Ancient Battleships of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
Though they were located within the Aether Abyss, the distance from here was actually not that far.
If he wanted to, he could actually keep all of these people here, but doing so would expose quite a few of his methods.
So, Gu Changge was still waiting for the right moment.
This Aether Abyss could not shelter the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains for much longer.
In the eyes of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains’ people, Gu Changge’s issuance of the War Declaration was most likely to stall for time, waiting for the Beyond’s great army to arrive.
So they could never have imagined that Gu Changge had actually arranged a trump card, and was now merely waiting for the right moment.
The Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains had no idea at all that the Sky Deer Goddess would surrender to Gu Changge.
“What do you mean?”
Xuan Gang clearly hadn’t expected Gu Changge to say this. His brow furrowed, and some of the ancient beings behind him were also puzzled.
At a time like this, why would Gu Changge say such a thing?
“Naturally, to keep them all here.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly, his expression unchanged in the slightest, but it made Xuan Gang and the others’ expressions shift, somewhat alarmed and uncertain.
“What do you mean?”
“To keep us all here completely—by relying on him?”
Xuan Gang’s brow furrowed, his voice sinking slightly, completely failing to understand the reason behind Gu Changge’s words.
Behind them was the Aether Abyss to fall back on; they could retreat into it at any time. Without the correct route, the Beyond simply wouldn’t dare chase in.
“Naturally, by relying on me.”
Gu Changge’s expression remained casual and unconcerned. His gaze slowly swept over the Hunting Ground below, then with a flick of his sleeve, it was as if vast star domains of the heavens emerged.
Honglonglong!
The Great Dao rumbled. Hundreds of millions of divine chains of order turned into waterfalls, surging in from all directions, seemingly about to refine this entire stretch of heaven and earth.
“This is...”
Such a shocking upheaval instantly shook the countless people of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains who had rushed here.
Everyone felt a suffocating sensation.
The sky trembled. Every inch of the void was filled with the vast and terrifying pressure of a supreme being, making their divine souls shudder, as if about to split apart.
Gu Changge’s dharma body sat cross-legged above the firmament, like the sovereign of all heavens, endless silver sacred flames swirling around him, seemingly about to burn everything to ash.
From the depths of the Aether Abyss came rumbling sounds, like thousands of troops and horses galloping, about to slaughter through the ages and all heavens.
The terrifying sounds of slaughter came from behind the people of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
At once, everyone was stunned and horrified. Why would the Beyond’s great army appear there, intending to encircle them from front and back?
How had they penetrated deep into the Aether Abyss?
“What is going on?”
At this moment, not just the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains—even everyone from the Beyond was stunned, watching all of this in shock.
The many heaven’s chosen fighting on the Hunting Ground were also shaken to the core, completely caught off guard, utterly unable to have predicted this.
The dharma bodies of the other supreme beings had also never anticipated such an upheaval.
Before this, Gu Changge had never intended to play along with them at all.
“How did you do it?”
Xuan Gang’s expression was ugly to the extreme, his heart both shocked and furious. He never imagined that the Beyond’s great army would come killing from their rear, and with such astonishing momentum.
But now was not the time to consider this.
“Kill him!”
“In this place, aside from him, the rest pose no threat. As long as the Boundary Marker Sea has not dried up, the True Daoists of their realm cannot cross over!”
“We only need to kill him!”
Another supreme being spoke, hailing from the Lu Family, his expression extremely grim. Unwilling to waste words, he struck directly.
He spewed out a dazzling green radiance, within which ten thousand zhang of immortal light spread out, like an Astral River.
This was a powerful ancestral art, containing terrifying corrosive power, holding within it the waters of the Yellow Springs, capable of evolving the profound mysteries of life and death.
At its great completion, it could even corrode a universe.
The other supreme beings of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains also struck, each unleashing powerful methods, their radiance splendid, illuminating this stretch of sky, causing the void to collapse.
The River of Time faintly appeared, the universe trembled, suns and moons exploded.
This was an attack at the pinnacle of the True Daoist realm. There was even an incomparably ancient expert who struck, a giant hand spanning the sky, pushing the Great Dao down, about to slap down and shake Gu Changge to death.
This scene was too horrifying, as if it would destroy heaven and earth itself, returning everything to chaos, even the rules being beaten into dust.
“What’s happening? Why did a great battle suddenly break out?”
The Ancient Battleships one after another all trembled, battered by this shockwave, only able to raise protective barriers to resist.
The people of both realms hadn’t even reacted to what was happening. They had thought this battle was only between the younger generation of the two realms.
No one had expected the True Daoists to make a move.
“Thank goodness...”
The expressions of the Beyond’s many True Daoists changed drastically. They were merely dharma bodies, no match for this group at all.
At most, they could only resist for a moment.
Even so, at this moment, they still charged out, attempting to share some of the pressure with Gu Changge.
Boom!
At that moment, the Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains above Gu Changge’s head glowed, as if a force like roaring mountains and tsunamis converged toward him.
“Today, all of you shall stay here.”
He spoke indifferently, his face without a ripple of emotion.
He struck, unleashing an ancient art. It was as if mountains, rivers, suns, and moons emerged behind him, enveloping the cosmos, covering all heavens.
Honglonglong!
Hundreds of millions of rays of auspicious light erupted, divine radiance interweaving, dazzling and resplendent, like the light of the Great Dao of the universe.
Around his palm and fingers were countless planets, all dragged down from beyond the heavens by a giant hand.
One after another, incomparably grand, rumbling as they rotated, carrying Chaos Energy, extremely astonishing, pressing down forward.
“Even with the Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains in his hands, he is but one person. How can he contend against us?”
The True Daoist of the Lu Family’s expression turned cold as he directly transformed into his true form—an incomparably mysterious and ancient towering great tree, shedding endless radiance, standing between heaven and earth, as if about to prop everything apart. Vines like Astral Rivers, like divine swords, slashed toward Gu Changge.
The other True Daoists took this opportunity to strike as well, holding nothing back. Since Gu Changge had played them first, they naturally wouldn’t pass up this golden opportunity to suppress and kill him here.
Someone else revealed their true form—a massive Nine-Headed Golden Bird, each head as if cast from supreme Immortal Gold, flowing with light and color, order cascading down.
It let out a peerlessly ferocious cry, seeking to smelt this universe, attacking Gu Changge.
Hundreds of millions of living beings trembled under this terrifying fluctuation, their divine souls seemingly about to shatter.
The many young ones who had been fighting also stopped in unison, their hearts shaken as they watched all of this. They all had artifacts on them, protecting them, lest they be shaken to death by the aftershocks.
Gu Changge alone fought three True Daoists, battling them there.
Though in their view, this was due to the augmentation of the Supreme Treasure that was the Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains, as well as the dharma bodies of the Beyond’s other supreme beings descending here to resist together, it was still horrifying enough.
Besides demonstrating the extraordinariness of the Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains, it also sufficiently demonstrated the terror of Gu Changge’s own strength.
“What level has his own strength actually reached?”
The King of Six Crowns and the others trembled slightly in their hearts, long since unable to muster any thought of contending with Gu Changge.
Such a gap could not be described even as an insurmountable chasm.
Chi!
Deep in the universe, the great battle raged, shaking everyone.
Gu Changge’s expression changed drastically. Seeing Xuan Gang coming to kill him, he directly struck out with a finger.
Crimson, pitch-black, and chaos-colored Sword Qi of every terrifying kind suddenly pierced through this universe, falling toward Xuan Gang.
This was his Dao art, containing supreme offensive power.
With a pu!
In the first instant, Xuan Gang’s arm was pierced through, blood flowing. Even a body as strong as the Black Tortoise’s cracked apart.
“Look now—do you all understand?”
In the next moment, Gu Changge’s expression was cold, his tone still casual and unconcerned.
A palm reached out, a golden giant hand, boundless and limitless, its palm lines clear, like the palm of the heavens themselves, wreathed in Chaos Energy, star domains manifesting within it.
With a pu!
The Lu Family True Daoist who had transformed into his true form changed expression drastically. The towering great tree was smashed apart by a single palm, his body exploding, torn to pieces.
His Primordial Spirit burned, attempting to flee using a supreme secret art.
But Gu Changge had anticipated this. His brow glowed, and a miniature Primordial Spirit figure stepped out, opening its mouth in a howl, spewing out a dazzling Astral River that transformed into a Bronze Celestial Sword, instantly grievously wounding it.
In a short span of time, several True Daoists were all wounded, leaving everyone on the Ancient Battleships of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains horrified, unable to stop trembling, even falling into despair.
“Kill!”
Seeing this, the other powerhouses of the Beyond also roared. From the Ancient Battleships behind them, a vast army surged forward to kill.
Deep within the Aether Abyss, a radiant gate of light shone. From within a long-since-constructed altar, a mighty army also came killing, encircling everyone of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, sealing off their retreat.