Chapter 206: with translation of chapter title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines, using exact
Leaden clouds tumble, flying snow stretches across.
Amidst the howling, the tumultuous wind rages.
Inside the carriage, Li Che grips an adorable red ox mask carved from Fire God Angry Flood Dragon Wood, extremely sturdy and not easily damaged.
(note we skipped 【6】 because not present)
In his chest, the
Even though Jiao Shaoxiu is a God Origin True Person who has tempered his primordial spirit to the extreme, he still did not sense the Heaven-Earth Chessboard.
Only vaguely did it seem that the sky grew somewhat dim; the specks of snow drifting down from the leaden clouds all seemed to conceal a killing intent that made one's hair stand on end.
The carriage driver Nie Yang raised his hand, pinching a snowflake between two fingers.
The mighty qi and blood roared, instantly melting the snow.
"It is killing intent."
The carriage driver, Grand Master Nie Yang, spoke solemnly, cherishing his words like gold.
As the flood dragon horse drew the carriage, the carriage's curtains swayed.
"Yes... it is killing intent..."
"Whether it's the Hunter God Pavilion, the Corpse God Sect, or the Dragon Maiden Consort, however, the Dragon Maiden Consort does not dare approach the region of Golden Light Prefecture, so it probably isn't the killing intent released by the Dragon Maiden Consort."
Inside the carriage, Jiao Shaoxiu spoke calmly.
"Continue onward, this old bones of mine should also get ready to move a bit."
Jiao Shaoxiu's words also carried a hint of killing intent.
What he must bring is none other than the orthodox future seedling of the Qianyuan Divine Sect—Xixi must obtain seventy percent of the divinity of the temple god of the Four Emperors' Strange Temple!
Such a seedling...
Even if Jiao Shaoxiu dies, he must escort her back to Dao City!
On Jiao Shaoxiu's withered, old-tree-like face, killing intent condensed into substance.
The tremendous primordial spirit trembled, brilliant golden light making the entire carriage seem as if forged of gold!
Ten miles, a hundred miles, five hundred miles!
"……" No.
"……" No.
This is the maximum distance the Heaven-Earth Chessboard can expand—five hundred miles.
Within this five-hundred-mile range, Li Che can clearly discern the situation.
However, the consumption of mind and spirit is naturally enormous.
The Heaven-Earth Chessboard, suspended high above the clouds, its intersecting lines seem to envelop the winter mountain wilderness described by the verse "a thousand mountains, no bird flight".
Invisible killing intent overflowed and trickled from within the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, as if the Heavenly River had been gouged open, its banks breached, heavenly waters pouring down, causing the snowy mountains and forests to fall silent, even the insects hushed.
Buzz—
The hand covering the mask slowly moved aside, the interwoven lines forming pupil-like patterns like a chessboard, reflecting brilliance.
He saw on the chessboard layer after layer of thick black qi rising, gathering in clusters, dotting various places.
Intense killing intent spread out from that black qi.
Those killing intents, within his perception of the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, had nowhere to hide.
"One, two, three..."
Li Che began to count slowly.
After a moment, he gave a light smile.
He curled his finger, the Immaculate Heart Painting Paper appeared; with a flick, the Painting Immortal Avatar of Li Che silently manifested inside the carriage.
And the ox demon wearing a bamboo hat, clutching with five fingers, vanished without a trace and reappeared.
It was already by the side of the divine monkey, stepping upon the qi-blood rosy clouds.
The rosy clouds suffused, like a mass of cloud lifting the forms of the divine monkey and the ox demon.
"I only wish to bring my daughter safely to Dao City..."
"You... why do you force me?"
He tilted his head back, and large snowflakes, like hands, swiftly fell onto the mask.
In the next instant, the terrifying qi and blood blazed hot and mighty, snowflakes instantly turned to water, then evaporated into hot vapor!
"Kill."
Beneath the ox demon mask, Li Che's low, hoarse voice sounded like a muffled thunder from the Cloud Empress, rolling forth.
In the next instant, he stepped down, and the qi-blood rosy clouds split into a mass, lifting the hulking ox demon like a towering peak, instantly transforming into a streak of blood-light shooting forth!
And under the envelop of the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, investigation was cut off.
Below.
Horse Face bore the Immortal Craft Fire God Machine Cannon, tapping his toes to kick up countless snowflakes, his black robe fluttering, he plunged into the dense forest, beginning to dart and leap swiftly.
Netherworld's ferocious beings!
Deploy!
The moment of the hunt...
Begin!
In the dense forest, thick black mist billowed out.
"……" No.
"……" No.
There were already twenty-six figures standing here, all wearing white robes and white masks, on which blood-red patterns spelled out the uniform "seven" character.
Hee hee hee!
Black mist extremely cold, containing death qi and corpse qi; a large tree beside it instantly had its snow melted, its trunk and bark quickly withered, rotted, and died.
Before the death qi vortex.
They wore silver robes, wore white masks, on which blood-red characters spelled out the "six" character.
They were all, without exception, Seven Element Corpse God Envoys of the Corpse God Sect!
Although the Seven Element Corpse God Envoys are divided into upper, middle, and lower ranks, basically each one represents at least having stepped into the Corpse Bronze realm, and their divine cultivation has reached the Divine Appearance.
These Divine Appearances were all Corpse God Envoys who, after Yuan Jingang sent out a message before his death, rushed from the surrounding prefectural cities and even the provincial capital.
Because Jin Guangfu is close to the Guiyi Miao of the Third Prince of the Four Divine Guardians.
Therefore, the Corpse God Envoy of Jin Guangfu, Yuan Jingang, concealed the cultivation of a lower-rank Six Divisions Corpse God Envoy.
Otherwise, with Yuan Jingang's ability to condense a Silver Corpse, he would have long been transferred to the provincial capital.
The Corpse God Sect's infiltration plan requires only a Seven Element Corpse God Envoy for a prefectural city, but only a provincial capital needs a lower-rank Six Divisions Corpse God Envoy.
The twenty-six Seven Element Corpse God Envoys stood uniformly, their eyes beneath the masks showing a respectful hue.
They performed a salute in a strange posture.
The black death qi vortex kept expanding, growing larger and larger.
Slowly, it actually reached a diameter of about ten meters.
Within the death qi vortex, three figures slowly walked out.
The silver radiance was extremely brilliant and dazzling, moreover entwined with terrifying death qi and corpse qi, surging like black flood dragons.
The silver gang crackled, resembling silver lightning, constantly surging.
Silver Corpse!
Three strong individuals who have refined a Silver Corpse!
These three were originally the lower-rank Six Divisions Corpse God Envoys stationed to oversee the three other prefectures of Lingnan Dao besides Yúnzhōu.
Moreover, his body was surging with silver gang, numbering up to thirty strands!
He had reached the post-Silver Corpse realm!
They wore silver robes, wore white masks, on which blood-red characters spelled out the "six" character.
Moreover, a blood-red ring was painted on the cuffs of the silver robes.
This signifies that they are lower-rank Six Divisions Corpse God Envoys, the supreme Corpse God Envoys of the Corpse God Sect's invasion of the provincial capital!
"Have you all received Yuan Jingang's news?"
The Corpse God Envoy with thirty strands of silver gang had blood-colored light emanating from beneath his mask, exuding immense pressure.
"The news bought from the Hunter God Pavilion: Su Huai li used blood escape to flee to Dao Cheng, Yuan Jingang died… besieged and slain by the Netherworld, he even sacrificed himself, wishing to summon the Corpse God's will, causing a great commotion within Jin Guangfu, alas… the Corpse God's will failed to descend."
"Otherwise, this trip could allow us to extract vast amounts of death qi and corpse qi."
A Six Divisions Corpse God Envoy said regretfully.
"The point is not this, but that a wisp of the Demonic Child Venerable's will descended, and the divine essence hell lotus seeds of the Four Divine Guardians' Temple God, which we had condensed, were seized—two of them!"
"We must retrieve those two divine essence hell lotus seeds."
The leading Corpse God Envoy with thirty strands of silver gang spoke in a low voice.
"Moreover… there is another task: to take away the godchild Li Nuanxi, who suppressed the Demonic Child Venerable and became the greatest harvest of the temple god's resonance!"
"This is the news, urgently transmitted after the Demonic Child Venerable, from Dao Cheng side, reported that three Thousand Li God Communication Mirrors were scrapped!"
"The Demonic Child Venerable… has taken a liking to this godchild, intending to capture him, keep him by his side, and after he inherits the position of Sect Leader of the God Sect, to cultivate him into the Sect Leader's wife!"
The words fell.
Many Corpse God Envoys were somewhat dazed.
"Ah?"
"The future… Sect Leader's wife?"
"Demonic Child Venerable, are you already arranging the Sect Leader's wife?"
The lower-ranking Seven Element Corpse God Envoys below were speechless.
According to the intel, that godchild is only four years old, right?
The Demonic Child Venerable is also only seven years old?
This… this is already arranging the Sect Leader's wife?
"That godchild has obtained seventy percent of the divine essence of the temple god of the Guiyi Miao【Eight-Armed Hell Lotus Furious Third Prince】, what does that mean? With such terrifying temple god resonance, perhaps in the future there may be a chance to obtain the Corpse God's inheritance!"
"Such a godchild is worthy of the Demonic Child Venerable."
The Seven Element Corpse God Envoys below fell into silence.
"Demonic Child Venerable… at such a young age, lust arises spontaneously, outrageous—no wonder he could become the Corpse God Sect's Demonic Child."
"Therefore, in this operation, the main goal is to capture the godchild; we must absolutely not harm the future Sect Leader's wife."
The Six Divisions Corpse God Envoy spoke in a low voice.
"Yes!"
The remaining Seven Element Corpse God Envoys responded in turn.
"Among this team is Jiao Shaqiu, once a Golden Body Metamorphosis expert; even if he has fallen to Nascent Soul Metamorphosis, his strength is still not to be underestimated."
"Moreover, his carriage driver Nie Yang, according to intel, is also extremely formidable, a famed swordsman of Lingnan Dao Cheng……"
"Furthermore, there are the Divine Origin True Person Lu Ye and Wang Ku Yu…… the Temple Guard Office has Zhu Chanyang……"
"Two grandmasters, three Divine Origin Nascent Soul Metamorphoses, plus a hidden Netherworld……"
"The Netherworld could kill Yuan Jingang, moreover not to be underestimated; the divine essence hell lotus seeds were likely taken by Netherworld experts; in this operation we will slay the Netherworld's Ox Demon, Horse Face, and Divine Monkey!"
"After Su Huai li escaped Jin Guangfu via blood escape, he repeatedly used blood escape several times, upon reaching Dao Cheng he transmitted intel on the Netherworld's various fiends."
"The leading Six Divisions Corpse God Envoy spoke in a low voice: 'Information concerning the Netherworld's Three Fiends—the Ox Demon, Horse Face, and Divine Monkey.'"
Niu Mo, whose strength has just entered the Grand Master level, his Divine Qi is extremely refined, and can clash with Yuan Jinguang without being at a disadvantage; his methods are treacherous and cunning, but his divine cultivation is extremely poor, which is his weakness.
Ma Mian, whose strength is at the Divine Appearance realm, appears to be a Six Divisions divine archer, capable of sniping from dozens of li away, and once sniped through the cursed silver corpse‑level defense of Yuan Jinguang…
The Seven‑Prime Corpse God Envoys below all inhaled sharply.
From dozens of li away, can one wound the cursed silver corpse defense?
How to defend against this?!
The Underworld, it's all… what kind of monsters?!
Shen Hou, strength unknown… appears to be a recipient of the Qi Tian Temple inheritance, once suppressed the Corpse God will with a single staff.
……
The words ended.
The surroundings fell into dead silence.
Shen Hou is strong, but… they suppressed only the Corpse God will that had not yet descended.
The Corpse God will summoned by Yuan Jinguang is a mid‑rank of the Six Divisions, so Shen Hou… is probably a Full‑Divine‑Qi Grand Master who has refined thirty‑six Divine Qi paths.
There is also the possibility of attaining the Heaven‑Human Unity Grand Master cultivation that completes the passage of three hundred and sixty apertures…
Even the leading Six Divisions Corpse God Envoy couldn't help but draw a breath.
This Underworld…
Indeed, it's tricky!
From where did such power spring, why hadn't we heard of it before?
So… relying on us alone isn't enough; going there would be a death sentence.
We need to summon Corpse God wills to descend; the lower‑rank Corpse God wills of the Six Divisions can summon two, plus we need to summon one mid‑rank Corpse God of the Six Divisions for sufficient safety.
Facing the mysterious and bizarre Underworld… we need to be more cautious.
Also, over at the Hunter God Pavilion… they have messaged us, already preparing to act.
The Hunter God Pavilion is different from us; they simply want to wash away disgrace and avenge the grudge of their branch being removed by the Underworld.
Now…
Form the array!
The words ended.
Three silver‑cloaked Six Divisions Corpse God Envoys placed the tips of their feet, and silver Divine Qi roared like a jiao‑mang, striking and exploding.
The ground trembled, shattering inch by inch in an instant, and countless heat bursts spewed from the cracked soil.
The three silver‑cloaked Corpse God Envoys leapt outward while forming seals in their hands.
They hurled three fist‑sized blood pearls.
Corpse God Blood Essence Orb!
The three blood pearls exploded, instantly spraying countless icy, bone‑piercing blood water onto the snow‑covered ground, forming a massive formation disc.
The three Six Divisions Corpse God Envoys each took a position at one of the three corners of the formation, and the remaining twenty‑six Seven‑Prime Corpse God Envoys, not idle, each ran to their own positions at different points.
On their bodies, corpse qi and death qi surged up.
They gathered on their palms and slammed hard onto the ground.
In an instant…
The blood‑formed formation began to turn slowly, as if a blood‑colored vortex was constantly churning within it.
……
……
Heavy lead clouds, howling wind.
Snowflakes as big as a hand.
A towering, tower‑like body loomed between heaven and earth, scorching blood spurted, and all the snow within five hundred zhang melted, falling then turning into a torrential downpour!
Five fingers clenched into a fist and struck down fiercely.
The sound like a thunderous blast, the force like a landslide!
A thick braid of Divine Qi formed from ten strands, resembling a real jiao‑dragon, snaked out from the massive, steel‑like, muscle‑bound fist!
With a booming strike down, the air emitted a strained wail and burst!
Who—?!
Bang—!!!
A roar of shock and anger just rang out.
A Hunter God Pavilion assassin wearing a silver mask instantly shed the restrained stance, ready to counterattack.
But the Niu Mo that appeared silently behind him, with a single move unleashed the martial saint ultimate technique Ten Thousand Dragons Subduing the Gods, an explosive kill.
The post‑Grandmaster assassin only let out a question, and its upper body was torn by terrifying Divine Qi, exploding into endless fragments of flesh and blood mist!
On Niu Mo's body, thick blue veins quivered like a jiao‑dragon, never ceasing.
A domineering and ferocious aura raged around.
Hunter God Pavilion…
The third.
Under Niu Mo's mask, Li Che lowly reported a count.
Then he took the corpse's Yuan of Heaven and Earth.
Even a mosquito is still meat.
A bountiful harvest.
Suddenly, the eyebrows under the mask knit sharply.
The intense killing intent surged out from beneath the Ox Demon mask, flashing like an electric current.
"Sect Leader's Wife?"
Li Che's voice rose eight degrees.
His daughter is only four years old!
He actually set his sights on training her to become the Sect Leader's Wife?
The Corpse God Sect's Sect Leader's Wife?
Simply!
Simply unimaginable!
Crazy!
How can it be so vicious!
Li Che felt all the nerves in his brain congested and swollen!
Even if the Corpse God Sect shouted that they would kill everyone in the Underworld, Li Che wasn't this angry, this furious!
This is just like the local gang's young master shouting that he would make his four-year-old daughter the future gang leader's wife.
More infuriating than a yellow-haired delinquent parking a ghost fire bike at the door, yelling for him to come out, old timer!
"Corpse God Sect's Young Demon?"
Li Che's face darkened to the point of almost dripping water.
The killing intent was strong to an extremely terrifying degree!
Veins like flood dragons bulged and exploded all over his body, almost enough to twist the Young Demon's head off and kick it into outer space.
"Too vicious!"
"At such a young age, the mind is so vicious and wicked......"
"If you don't go to Hell, who will?"
Li Che exhaled a breath.
In an instant, as he tapped the ground with his toes, the ground within a ten-zhang radius collapsed, countless snow exploded outward, and gravel flew.
The Corpse God Sect's experts were summoning the Corpse God's Will......
Yuan Jingang had once summoned the Corpse God's Will; the Corpse God's Will of the Middle of the Six Offices had not yet descended, yet it already gave him considerable pressure.
Although Li Che possessed the Visage of the Equal Heaven, he could now also draw on its power through the Ascending Floor State.
But......
No need!
The threats around were not only the Corpse God Sect, but also the God-Hunter Pavilion!
Moreover, experts of the Dragon God Lineage, the mother of the Ji Hai Society, were secretly watching.
Li Che sensed the aura of the Dragon God Clan at the edge of five hundred li.
Because the Heaven-Earth Chessboard took his position as the lower-left star, the whole board then moved forward; as he moved, the monitoring range naturally expanded.
The Dragon God Clan had three dragonfolk emitting the same aura as the Ji Hai Society waiting.
So, Li Che must settle the battle quickly......
Once the Corpse God's Will of the Middle of the Six Offices descends, it will be very troublesome!
Bang——!!!
Countless white snow exploded.
The Ox Demon's burly body stood like a tower, its back muscles stacked into triangles, resembling a demon glaring with angry eyes!
Standing in place, divine aura coiled and erupted, his qi and blood boiling hot like a furnace!
He slowly exhaled a breath.
Li Che felt the world fall utterly silent; the sounds of birds, beasts, insects, and creatures all vanished.
He raised his hand and tore open the Heaven-Earth Space!
A huge rift, three meters high, was torn open.
He clenched his five fingers!
Boom——!!!
Instantly!
A colossal figure descended with a boom.
Tens of thousands of spirit wood parts, polished, were assembled together!
Artificer Guanyin Lotus Seat Main Battle Tank!
Upgraded from the Guanyin Blood Lotus via mechanisms, after countless days and nights of polishing and design, it underwent countless simulated bombardments on the Heaven-Earth Chessboard......
Now, it has finally been successfully developed!
The ground trembled as an eight-meter-diameter lotus platform slammed down, dirt and snow exploding outward.
Beneath the lotus platform were countless tiny wheels, up to thousands, controllable via divine sense for forward movement or steering.
Upon the lotus platform sat a Guanyin carved from a single massive piece of spirit wood, hollowed out, with kind eyes and benevolent expression, hands clasped before her, making the Pure Seal.
Behind the Guanyin grew a full thousand arms!
Each arm was made of Fire God Angry Flood Dragon Wood!
Li Che stepped down, his body instantly landing on the lotus platform of the Artificer Guanyin Lotus Seat Main Battle Tank, his fingers spread and he slapped the Guanyin's back!
Instantly.
It was as if the mechanism's booming, clanging sound reverberated.
The Guanyin's thousand hands all pushed forward together.
Bang bang bang—
Thousand hands stacked, encircling into a circle!
Formed the Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara Fire God Cannon Barrel!
Length reaches three meters!
Li Che stood upon the lotus platform, raised his hand, and a Great Snowslide Avalokitesvara Lotus Shell appeared in his hand.
This Great Snowslide Avalokitesvara Lotus Shell is as big as a football.
Li Che filled it with three hundred units' worth of Divine Phase Divine Nature Chess Pieces, which is the maximum load the Avalokitesvara Sitting Lotus Main Battle Tank can bear.
Mainly due to insufficient spirit wood material.
This Avalokitesvara Sitting Lotus Main Battle Tank is mostly made of seventh-rank spirit wood, except the Thousand-Hand Fire God Cannon Barrel, which is sixth-rank spirit wood.
However, one Avalokitesvara Lotus Shell loaded with three hundred units' worth of Divine Phase Divine Nature Chess Pieces is not enough.
Li Che has slain many Divine Phase beings so far, and their Divine Nature Chess Pieces are still sufficient to stock two more.
One shot isn't enough; then let's fire another!
Li Che transmitted his mighty Primordial Spirit power into the Avalokitesvara Sitting Lotus Main Battle Tank; inside it, he specially constructed a chess piece capable of linking with the Heaven-Earth Chessboard.
As long as the Primordial Spirit actively touches the chess piece, one can briefly gain the perspective of the Heaven-Earth Chessboard.
Achieving long-range precision-guided strikes.
Therefore, the Avalokitesvara Sitting Lotus Main Battle Tank is not operable solely by Li Che.
Such a turret, if only Li Che could operate it, would be somewhat imperfect.
The Primordial Spirit trembled.
Brow-Star Plucking Pupil, radiance blazing forth!
In an instant.
The full view of the Heaven-Earth Chessboard appeared before his eyes.
A plus-shaped target marker for precise strikes slowly drifted within Li Che's Primordial Spirit perception.
Finally…
Slowly overlapping with the Corpse God Sect heretics engaged in the ongoing summoning ritual.
At this moment.
In Li Che's mind, the words spoken by the Six Office Corpse God Envoy involuntarily surfaced again.
That the Demon Child Lord wished to take Xixi as the sect leader's wife…
Absolutely ridiculous!
Although Li Che does not know what the Demon Child looks like.
But let's just imagine him resembling Qin Fenghuo.
Li Che now wishes to stuff the Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara Fire God Cannon Barrel into his mouth!
On the brow of the Avalokitesvara Divine Eagle, there is the character 'Lin' from the Nine Seals Mechanism, shining blood-red.
To fire a Great Snowslide Avalokitesvara Lotus Shell with a huge payload…
One must stimulate this seal mechanism with Primordial Spirit mixed with qi and blood!
Only thus can one…
"Fire——!!!!"
Countless brilliant lights instantly burst forth within the muzzle of the three-meter-long Thousand-Hand Fire God Cannon Barrel stacked before the body, as the Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara becomes active.
Gorgeous, ultimate gorgeousness!
Myriad golden rays, like a blazing sun, dazzling and radiant.
Illuminating the Avalokitesvara Divine Eagle's kind-browed, benevolent face, making it ever more compassionate.
The next moment——
Golden radiance explodes gorgeously!
Boom——!!!
The entire Avalokitesvara Sitting Lotus Main Battle Tank stood firm like Mount Tai, yet a terrifying white blast erupted from the gaps in the Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara's arms.
Scorching heat waves instantly melted the snow within a hundred-zhang radius into pools……
Countless pools boiled and jumped like beads on a hot pan, endlessly!
Within the cannon barrel formed by stacked thousand arms……
A golden light, at terrifying speed, tore through the air, like a mountain's roar and sea's surge.
Splitting the leaden clouds at the horizon.
Spanning nearly a hundred li!
Like a comet exploding downward!
……
……
Creak creak……
The leaden clouds were immensely heavy, and the snowfall suddenly turned fierce.
Howling gales, violent snow flying everywhere!
The snow on the ground piled up deeper and deeper, making wheel rotation extremely difficult.
The speed of the convoy's wagons slowed due to constant jolting from accumulating snow.
In the wagon carrying the children, Wang Kuyu sat quietly.
His Primordial Spirit release, like a dripping curtain, enveloped the entire wagon, ensuring the children's safety.
Lu Yao sat inside the carriage, the curtain billowing.
He pinched the tea cup, quietly sipping tea, his slender fingers lightly tapping on the tea table.
But his primordial spirit stayed constantly tense, the powerful divine energy gathering within the divine core golden elixir at the mud ball of his forehead.
In the carriage of the Temple Guard.
Zhu Chaoyang sat cross‑legged, gripping a jet‑black long sword in his hand, gently wiping it, yet no matter how he wiped it it could not be cleaned, still as black as ink.
Tie Shan Cai was not staying in his carriage.
The kid said he wouldn't play with those childish children, but his body was not honest; after descending the mountain, he ran into the carriage where Xixi and the others were.
These days, whenever Tie Shan Cai had free time, he ran to Xixi's side.
It is said that its name means "knowing friend and foe", yet Zhu Chaoyang had already seen through everything.
Suddenly.
Zhu Chaoyang's wiping of the ink sword halted.
His gaze lowered, and in an instant, the light inside the carriage seemed to vanish without a trace.
Opposite him, Xie Jing also grasped his long sword… the whole blade quivered continuously.
"Here it comes."
Zhu Chaoyang exhaled.
In an instant.
Xie Jing only felt a flash before his eyes, and Zhu Chaoyang had already surged out of the carriage, the curtain billowing up, not yet falling.
Xie Jing's qi and blood surged within him; he had observed the battle between Niu Mo and Yuan Jinguang, and now, the distance to strike the Grand Master was only a thread, just a thread!
"Well arrived…"
Murderous intent churned in Xie Jing's eyes.
He also rushed out of the carriage, following closely.
Huu—!!!
The convoy's drake‑horses suddenly neighed, restless and uneasy, their hooves constantly pounding.
Countless piles of snow mixed with damp earth flew sideways endlessly.
Inside the carriage.
Jiao Shaoqiu's closed‑eyes posture suddenly changed; his eyes opened, turning into a brilliant golden hue.
"How dare you attack my Qianyuan Divine Sect convoy!"
"Seeking death!"
Hmph—!
A angry snort.
In an instant, as if thunder cracked behind the clouds!
Bang bang bang—
Within roughly a ten‑meter range of the carriage convoy, five figures wearing golden masks were knocked out of stealth one after another!
"What a powerful primordial spirit! Truly worthy of a strong one who shed a golden body and fell, the primordial spirit refined to the extreme!"
A deep voice resonated, coming from one of the golden‑masked figures.
"Hunting God Pavilion."
Jiao Shaoqiu, at some point, had already appeared atop the carriage.
Countless wind and snow ceased, silent and soundless.
No longer dropping a single speck.
The carriage driver, Grand Master Nie Yang, clenched his five fingers; the bronze sword hidden in its scabbard was pinned to his waist.
Clang—!
Nie Yang tiptoed, instantly appearing before the white snow.
The bronze sword at his waist drew a foot from its scabbard.
Terrifying murderous intent, and sword qi sharpened to the extreme, accompanied by gale, continuously sweeping the surroundings.
Nie Yang stepped forward.
The sword drew another foot from its scabbard.
In an instant…
Sword qi infused with flowing light rose, whistling, sounding like a crane's sharp cry!
Dense and countless, as if hundreds of sword qi strands piled behind Nie Yang into a blazing sword‑sun!
The five golden‑masked assassins of the Hunting God Pavilion suddenly felt a weight on their shoulders.
"Sword‑sun… this is…"
Hm?!
Suddenly…
Boom—!!!
A terrifying blast, like thunderclaps rubbing and colliding within lead clouds high above, exploding with earth‑shaking sound!
Everyone only felt the ground give a sudden tremor, and in the surrounding dense forest, trees shook off the snow!
Even Jiao Shaoqiu.
Even the five golden‑masked assassins of the Hunting God Pavilion.
Even now, with sword qi infused with flowing light, the Grand Master Nie Yang, interwoven with thirty‑five divine spears…
All of them looked up somewhat bewildered, gazing into the distance.
There…
The sky was ripped open by a golden ray of light…
Like a comet tearing through the clouds, it trailed a narrow, golden flame tail!
Then…
It smashed onto the ground.
Boom boom boom boom boom—
As if heaven and earth were collapsing.
A mushroom cloud of utmost splendor.
It burst forth across the plain!
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