blogombal Chapter 17: A Powerful Kill at the Tomb of the Azure Emperor
Chapter 17: A Powerful Kill at the Tomb of the Azure Emperor
The four of them traveled for three days.
The evening of the third day—
The bronze plaque on Pang Bo's back trembled on its own.
"Another commotion?"
Pang Bo patted the bronze plaque.
It wasn't the Azure Lotus King causing trouble; the tremor of the bronze plaque came from the outside—a kind of resonance.
Deep within Pangbo's Sea of Bitterness, the remnant soul of the Azure Lotus King, half-dead and suppressed by the Buddhist aura, sensed it and let out a low whimper.
It was not rage, nor mania, but a grief that had been suppressed for countless years.
"...Ancestor."
The sound stopped after those two words.
Pang Bo unconsciously stopped in his tracks, pressed his right hand to his chest, and frowned.
For a moment, he sensed the emotions of the Azure Lotus King—not coveting the treasure, but the grief of a descendant for his ancestor.
"Don't get distracted." Li Xian didn't turn around as she walked ahead. "He is him, and you are you."
Pang Bo composed himself and continued forward.
After searching for another half hour, among the mountains, there was a reddish-brown mountain that rose three thousand feet from the ground. Above the mountainside, not a blade of grass grew, and the rock strata were cracked.
Orange-red light shone through the gaps, illuminating half the sky.
Around the volcano, a cluster of dilapidated ancient buildings forms an arc, with broken walls stretching for dozens of miles.
The stone pillar bears inscriptions of the demon race, most of which have been worn away by time, but the character "Emperor" can still be faintly discerned.
Crater center—
An ancient temple floats on the lava.
It is crystal clear, with five colors of light interwoven.
Not only did it remain undamaged under the heat of the magma, it also emitted a soft glow, illuminating the scorching lava in a dazzling display.
"Good heavens." Ye Fan looked at the ancient palace and exclaimed in rare admiration, "A palace made of five kinds of Nine Heavens Divine Jade? Those are materials that even the ancient sages sought after but could not obtain..."
"This is the grandeur of an emperor."
Li Xian squatted down, his gaze not lingering on the ancient hall, but sweeping towards the foot of the volcano.
On the scree slope at the western foot of the volcano, a monstrous beast dwells.
The Zapdos, with its golden body, wingspan of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), and visible purple arcs of electricity wrapped around the tips of its feathers, perches on a giant rock, its beak chillingly sharp.
The silver-winged centipede is five zhang long. Its silver carapace is segmented, and hundreds of pairs of leg spikes are embedded in the rock crevices. The two antennae on its head constantly stir the air and emit a fishy stench.
The Azure-Scaled Lion, the size of an ox, covered in emerald green scales, with exposed fangs and its four hooves firmly planted on the ground, was gnawing on the remains of an unknown monster.
The two-headed bull has two heads side by side, four eyes that move independently, bronze-cast hooves larger than millstones, and hot breath from its nostrils that smells of sulfur.
The four strange and ferocious beasts, at least at the mid-stage of the Other Shore realm and at the strongest touching the threshold of the Dao Palace, each occupied a separate area, yet acted like gatekeepers.
"That's not all." Vivi activated her Fairy Eyes, her azure pupils shimmering with light patterns. "East of the volcano, behind the pile of rubble."
Li Xian followed her gaze.
Behind the pile of rubble stood a large man, nine feet tall, shirtless.
Its arms, from the elbows down, were covered in dark blue scales, and its fingernails were sharp as hooks.
His face was rugged, with high cheekbones and vertically slit pupils—this was a great demon who could already transform into human form.
Vivi's celestial eyes saw even deeper:
"At the Dao Palace Realm, two divine treasures have been opened."
"Divide the tasks." Li Xian lowered his voice. "Weiwei, you deal with the Scaled Giant. Dao Palace versus Dao Palace, with your Immortal Spirit Eye, find his weakness."
Weiwei nodded without saying anything.
"Leaf, Zapdos. Zapdos is weak in close combat, so use your Holy Body to tank its electric attacks and then punch it face-to-face. Silverwing Centipede has a hard shell but a soft abdomen, so flip it over and attack from there."
Ye Fan clenched his fist, and his knuckles cracked.
"Old Pang..."
Pang Bo chuckled and said first, "I also want to try the sixth move I just learned."
"No. You're not skilled enough yet. If you blow yourself up in actual combat, I won't have time to save you."
"...Alright then."
Li Xian drew his dagger from his waist; the broken blade was inconspicuous in the twilight.
Vivi was the first to move.
Her movements were incredibly fast; she soared into the sky, her blue skirt fluttering, and charged straight at the burly man.
The burly man with scales sensed the arrival of the newcomer. His vertical pupils shrank sharply, and he crossed his arms in front of him, his dark blue scales snapping up like two iron shields.
"Humans? You're asking for death—"
A silver light shot out first and entered his brow.
Vivi's attacks were always deadly.
The Celestial Eyes instantly locked onto the weakest point of the opponent's primordial spirit—the spiritual node corresponding to the left temple, where there was an old wound gap in the arrangement of Dao patterns.
The burly man with scales let out a muffled groan, clutched his head, and staggered backward.
Before the eyes of the immortal spirit, the defenses of a great demon at the Dao Palace Realm were practically nonexistent.
After all, he had access to two divine treasures, possessing a profound foundation. His primordial spirit stabilized after a moment of turmoil.
Then, it roared furiously, swung its arms, and its scales fell off, turning into countless dark blue blades that swept towards Weiwei.
At the same time.
Ye Fan had already rushed within three zhang of Zapdos.
Zapdos let out a sharp cry, spread its wings, and a net of lightning descended upon it.
Ye Fan neither dodged nor yielded, but met the attack with a punch.
Golden light burst forth from the fist, and golden patterns appeared on the body's surface.
The electric grid struck him, hissing and crackling, leaving his skin charred black.
However, the Holy Body recovered even faster, and the scorch marks faded where the golden light flowed.
He grabbed Zapdos's right wing and yanked it off the rock, slamming it to the ground.
Zapdos frantically fired its electricity, causing Ye Fan's muscles to spasm and his jaw to clench.
But his strength remained undiminished, and he raised his other fist high, golden light condensing within it.
One punch!
The bird's beak shattered.
Two punches!
The sternum collapsed.
Three punches!
Zapdos was slammed into a two-foot-deep crater in the ground, with a few scattered flashes of electricity before falling silent.
On the other side, Li Xian formed a hand seal with one hand, assuming a starting stance for a terrifying spell.
The divine power manifested as a phantom of a blue lotus, faintly exuding imperial might.
With a single strike, a cyan-silver blade several meters long appeared, causing the void to crack slightly.
The Azure Scale Lion took the blow head-on, its emerald scales shattering layer by layer the moment the blade passed through, and its bones were cut in two.
It let out a miserable howl, but it was still alive. Its front half was covered in blood, and it used its mouth and feet to turn around and run away.
Ye Fan gave them no chance, transforming into a golden ray of light and chasing after them, grabbing the front half of the Scaled Lion with one hand.
Then--
A punch landed, and beast blood splattered everywhere.
Two punches.
Three punches.
The skull was fractured.
Ye Fan shook the blood off his hands and turned his gaze to the two-headed raging bull, which was incredibly fierce.
Pang Bo was overconfident and continued to use the starting move of the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor, which was amplified by his demon god bloodline.
One after another, green wooden swords were incorporated into the net, blasting out in a series of attacks to kill the Azure Scale Lion and the Silver Winged Centipede.
The silver-winged centipede retreated decisively. It had fought with Li Xian and others before and suffered a great loss, so it knew how to avoid harm and seek advantage.
The two-headed raging bull was extremely ferocious; the illusory silver-blue light sword struck the bull, leaving only deep wounds that exposed bone.
It possesses the highest realm, the strongest power, and a physique reaching the Dao Palace level. At this moment, it charges forward in a rage, advancing instead of retreating, its momentum ferocious.
Pang Bo, carrying the bronze plaque on his back, dodged to the side.
Li Xian casually added a finishing move, the Annihilation Slash, incorporating the ring blade into it, and slashed out, tearing through the void.
The silver blade cut into the joint between the two heads of the bull.
The next second, the two heads were split into three pieces.
The bull crashed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
They met several times.
Of the four strange and ferocious beasts, three died and one escaped.
The supreme divine technique of the demon race created by the Azure Emperor, even its starting move, is enough to increase the strength of ordinary cultivators by one or two levels.
As for Ye Fan, he's purely overpowered; his physique is terrifying.
When he reached the Great Perfection stage, he was comparable to an emperor. Now, he has begun to awaken the origin of his sacred body, and no one but an ancient emperor's son of the same level can rival him.
On the east side of the volcano, Vivi's battle with the scaly giant was also coming to an end.
Vivi's breathing was steady, her blue dress fluttering. Despite fighting a higher-level opponent, she appeared very composed.
The burly man covered in scales was covered in wounds. His physical weaknesses, old injuries, and the nodes of his divine power had been completely exposed, and he was being critically hit by every move.
"Bastard maid..."
The burly man cursed loudly, filled with resentment and arrogance.
He didn't believe the other party could or dared to kill him, because his ancestor was a demon emperor and divine general.
Weiwei brought her two fingers together, and a silver light suddenly surged between her brows.
"The Demon Emperor's Nine Slashes: Divine Wounds"
The initial strike was incredibly fast; the light struck the burly man covered in scales and exploded within his mind.
The burly man with scales on his body opened his eyes wide, his pupils dilated. Before his primordial spirit was destroyed, he opened his mouth but could not utter a sound.
Its massive body fell straight backward, crashing onto the gravel ground.
A descendant of a divine general, he died from the Demon Emperor's nine strikes.
Weiwei stopped and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.
My spiritual energy was being severely depleted, but what was even more terrifying was the burden on my body.
Fortunately, it was just the starting move. If it were the complete Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor, she might have been unable to withstand even half of her body's power and exploded first.
The blood of the monster meandered down the cracks in the rubble, flowing into the fissures of the volcanic bedrock and seeping into the earth's veins.
The ancient temple, which had been floating in the water, now radiated a dazzling five-colored divine light.
The demonic characters resembling unicorns, phoenixes, and dragons on the wall began to "move".
A passageway splits open from the inner wall of the crater, leading directly to the main entrance of the ancient temple.
The tomb of the Green Emperor has been opened.