Chapter 208: Dark Protection from the Great Black Dog, a New Chess Player Arrives in Dao City
The scorching, blazing mushroom cloud radiated extreme light and heat, shooting into the heavens and pouring into the leaden clouds.
Countless drifting snowflakes all melted into rainwater.
The wild wind howled, heat waves surged.
Firelight shone on the ox‑demon mask, the dripping flames like golden flowing clouds.
The Corpse God Sect's Corpse God Envoys on this operation were all wiped out by Li Che.
Twenty‑seven Seven‑Yuan Corpse God Envoys plus three Six‑Offices Corpse God Envoys made a formidable lineup; without using a big killer, fighting them would still be quite troublesome.
The main point is, these Corpse God Envoys set up an altar, hoping to summon the Corpse God's will.
Li Che had once faced a Corpse God's will, a mid‑rank Six‑Offices Corpse God's will; once it descended, dealing with it would not be easy.
That was a powerful existence equivalent to a Heaven‑Man Unity Grand Master and a Golden Body Transcendent Spirit Origin True Person.
Li Che now……
Responding to it was still somewhat taxing.
Li Che, who always advocated steadiness, how could he possibly take risks?
Naturally, it was impossible to let the Corpse God's will descend.
So he directly used a big killer, sending them a huge mushroom.
He raised both hands, his black robe fluttering.
Li Che's glabellar field opened and closed, his Star‑Plucking Pupil spinning rapidly within.
Immaculate Mind·Seize Spirit!
In an instant!
One after another, twisted spirits seeped out of these corpses; even at the mushroom cloud's explosive center, divinity condensed into divine spirit chess pieces that drifted forth.
However, those twenty‑seven Seven‑Yuan Corpse God Envoys could not condense Seize Spirit souls.
In the end, Li Che harvested Yuanshen‑Transcendent‑level divine spirit chess pieces—125 in total, one contributed seventy‑five, the other fifty, revealing from then on that their strengths still differed.
As for the Divine Appearance Realm's divine spirit chess pieces, they reached 1,550……
After all, they were twenty‑seven Spirit Origin True Persons; on average each contributed about fifty divine spirit chess pieces.
They died in the Great Avalanche Fireworks wrought by divine spirit chess pieces, and eventually turned into more divine spirit chess pieces that Li Che received.
After gathering all the divine spirit chess pieces and shaping the two Seize Spirit souls from the Six‑Offices Corpse God Envoys into two pieces, Li Che did not linger any longer there.
He tapped the tip of his foot and shot forward like a dart.
His blood and qi turned into rosy clouds that lifted his form, soaring straight up, leaping from the ground!
Only the mushroom cloud, its power beginning to fade, remained like a dreamy illusion.
……
……
The Spirit Hunter Pavilion's assassins were really about to curse.
Facing Zhu Chanyang, Lu Yao, and the frenzied Xie Jing in their mêlée, those unwilling to prolong the fight could only fight and retreat.
Zhu Chanyang wielded an Ink Blade, sweeping it out—hardly seeing the blade's light, overbearing and peerless, practicing the Martial Saint Absolute Skill, causing the Spirit Hunter Pavilion's Golden Mask assassins to bleed continuously.
On the other side, Lu Yao was comparatively lax, merely pursuing his opponent, keeping distance, occasionally hurling a divine spirit technique that blasted the foe into uncontrollable rage.
Xie Jing simply went all‑out, brandishing his blade like a madman, chasing that initial‑Grand‑Master Golden Mask assassin and hacking wildly.
Zhu Chanyang and Lu Yao even deliberately opened their hands, knowing Xie Jing was forcing himself to break into the Grand Master realm.
That assassin was uncontrollably furious, yet also knew the situation had slipped beyond their control.
The Corpse God Sect seemed to have been toppled by the Underworld; if they kept being besieged, they would surely die sooner or later.
Therefore, that Grand Master was unwilling to prolong the fight.
Boom——!!!
Xie Jing was flung backward, his legs planted in the ground as he fiercely plowed a trench, piling the mud and sand mixed with flying snow into a small mound.
His overwhelming blade aura grew ever sharper, constantly rising from his whole body.
Gripping the blade, battle spirit surged, enemies before him—Xie Jing at this moment had only one thought: kill!
Clang!
The long blade swept the ground, spewing cold light, roaring and howling, Xie Jing's Temple Guard Bureau Divine Envoy Superintendent's Uniform Pouch on his attire billowed outward!
The blade's cry shattered, his mind replaying the battle in Golden Light Prefecture between the ox‑demon and Yuan Jingang, that mighty Dragon‑Elephant Martial Will.
As if a divine dragon sang long and a giant elephant trumpeted!
How terrifying, how overbearing it was!
His blade……
could also!
At the instant the blade's cry exploded, a blade wind rose, a wisp of Divine Gang coalesced onto the swinging blade's edge, merging with the cold gleam, rolling darkly!
Like a flood‑dragon python spitting its forked tongue, it sliced apart all the surrounding airflow!
Sharp gang qi rampaged, pushing back the air waves!
Grand Master……
Break!
Xie Jing let out a long howl, slashing with one blade at the Spirit Hunter Pavilion's Golden Mask assassin!
This time he was not beaten back; instead he continuously exchanged explosive killing blows with his opponent!
Success!
When Xie Jing, amidst the fierce slaughter, condensed Divine Gang and released gang qi, it meant he had officially stepped into the Grand Master realm.
Zhu Chanyang gripped the Ink Blade and burst into loud laughter.
Seeing the former junior display such performance, he felt genuinely pleased.
The three golden-masked assassins of the Hunter God Pavilion had extremely ugly eyes beneath their masks.
The three exchanged a glance, without hesitation, each producing a silver sphere.
"This is……"
Zhu Chaoyang laughed abruptly, his eyes narrowed, he swept his long blade, and a blade aura surged forth.
However, the three silver spheres exploded, rolling out silver smoke that swept and spread.
This smoke was mixed with the Six Offices' divine spirit crystal powder, rendering their divine sense unable to continue tracking the three figures.
Even Jia Shaqiu, who controlled the overall situation, couldn't help but furrow his brows.
"Tang family mechanism, silver smoke thunderbolt."
This device can block divine sense probing, making it an excellent tool for escaping.
It belongs to a relatively niche class of escape devices.
I never expected that the golden-masked assassins of the Hunter God Pavilion would each carry one.
Zhu Chaoyang, Lu Yao, and the recently breakthrough Xie Jing wanted to pursue and kill, but were enveloped by the silver smoke; when they tore through the divine spirit crystal powder smoke and rushed out,
they were instantly stunned.
Because, those three golden-masked assassins of the Hunter God Pavilion…
had all become fragments scattered on the ground from the explosion.
A burly figure like a towering mountain appeared, wearing a bamboo hat, revealing a cute cow mask.
The air still lingered with an overbearing, roaring dragon's chant.
"Ox Demon!"
Zhu Chaoyang's hairs stood on end, his eyes involuntarily showing vigilance and gravity.
He also felt strange in his heart.
He, Zhu Chaoyang, actually felt alarm and dread toward this Ox Demon, a mere martial artist who had just condensed two divine gangs and newly entered the Grand Master realm!
Could it be… that this Ox Demon has already cultivated the true intent of the Martial Saint's supreme art?
Even developed a killing technique?!
The Ox Demon's oppressive presence was too strong; the qi and blood swirling around his entire body were like thick mist, entwining, as if he wore bloody armor.
His burly physique, with flesh and blood blazing hot and mighty, resembled a scorching furnace burning fiercely.
A cold, murderous gust surged and raged.
Zhu Chaoyang gripped his ink blade, his eyes extremely solemn.
Xie Jing's gaze toward the Ox Demon was filled with fervor, even reverence!
Although Xie Jing had also just broken through to the Grand Master realm, he understood that before the Ox Demon, he could not withstand a single move!
Lu Yao, however, didn't care; what did a showdown among a bunch of crude martial artists have to do with him, a Divine Origin True Person?
He glanced at the ground where the Ox Demon had crudely blown apart the heads of the Hunter God Pavilion's golden-masked assassins, then took another look, discovering that the assassins' Qiankun jades were gone.
Lu Yao rolled his eyes.
This ox's movements are truly fast…
The next moment, Lu Yao's divine spirit surged, drifting and flying toward the carriage.
Zhu Chaoyang sheathed his ink blade, nodded, and also shot backward.
Only Xie Jing fervently approached, saying: "Ox Demon Senior!"
"I don't know… does the Netherworld still accept disciples?!"
"I am willing to follow you, senior, to cultivate and comprehend your martial way!"
Xie Jing sheathed his blade, stood upright, and bowed deeply.
"The Netherworld is not recruiting anymore."
Li Che glanced at Xie Jing.
"You have your own martial way."
The words fell.
Li Che lifted his head to meet Jia Shaqiu's divine soul scrutiny.
He slightly nodded.
Li Che gripped the Flying Thunder chess piece and vanished without a trace.
Xie Jing lifted his head, only to find the Ox Demon already gone, his heart feeling a sense of loss…
He returned to the convoy and saw Li Qing Shan, wearing a cat-face mask, sitting sideways on the carriage shaft, still tossing the ox-horn sky-shattering hammer.
Mixed feelings welled up.
Li Qing Shan, this guy… can even join the Netherworld.
He, Xie Jing, was actually rejected.
Sigh… I envy Li Qing Shan, this guy, his first day.
Boom—
Jia Shaqiu's immensely powerful divine soul retracted, the fluttering curtains fell.
Nie Ya pressed down his bamboo hat, sheathed his blood-dripping broken sword, sat on the carriage shaft, and continued driving.
Li Chengzhou, meanwhile, watched with eyes shining.
It turns out… his carriage master is this formidable!
"Continue on the road."
Jia Shaqiu coughed a few times, then an elderly voice drifted out.
The caravan's escort leader hastily clasped his fists in agreement.
The caravan's escort leader hastily clasped his fists in agreement.
Make sure it's one line.
This escort head is only a late Master stage; how dare he act wantonly before someone as strong as Jiao Shaqiu?
The wagon wheels turned, crushing the wind and snow, and the convoy continued onward.
Li Qingshan, who was in the midst of throwing the goat-horn hammer, suddenly grabbed the hammer handle……
"Ah?"
Thus 【125】 "Ah?" (with quotes). We'll output: "Ah?" (including the quotes). We'll keep the quotes as part of the line.
"Just over?!"
Li Qingshan's pupils constricted, and he couldn't help but stare.
He hasn't even made a move yet!
Wasn't it said that the convoy's journey to Dao City would be very dangerous?
The Corpse God Sect, the Hunter God Pavilion, and the experts sent by the dragon maiden's mother of Little Prince Ji Haihui……
How come… just a Hunter God Pavilion assassin showed up?
What about the Corpse God Sect?
What about the Dragon God Clan's experts?!
Li Qingshan ground his back molars to pieces.
Underworld Cat Face, tagging along again.
After the convoy set out again, the dragon horses were soothed by Jiao Shaqiu's primordial spirit, becoming calm and even more diligent.
The carriage galloped, and the children looked out through the carriage windows, yearning for the scenery outside.
Inside the carriage, Xixi gathered with many of her little companions.
Did you see the mushroom fireworks just now?
Such beautiful fireworks must have been set off by Master Wo Niu Niu!
Xixi's eyes brimmed with radiance, as if tiny admiring stars were glowing.
Xixi blinked her big eyes earnestly and said: 'One day, I too will set off such beautiful fireworks!'
Gong Yuanliang and Gongyang Xiu immediately clapped their hands.
"Xixi the Great Emperor will surely be able to do it! When the time comes, we definitely must ask to join you to watch!"
Xixi couldn't suppress the smile at the corners of her mouth, she lifted her lips and nodded satisfactorily.
No wonder ancient emperors always had treacherous ministers around them—after all, treacherous ministers speak pleasantly, who doesn't like to hear that?
Tie Shancai rested his chin on his hands, looking at Gong Yuanliang and Gongyang Xiu with contempt and a sneer.
"Sycophant."
Tie Shancai curled his lip, disdainfully saying:
Hai Chaosheng glanced at Tie Shancai, as if finding resonance.
Gazing at the mushroom cloud looming on the horizon, still not dissipated, Xixi admired it for a while, until the towering trees along the official road blocked her view.
Only then did she plop down onto the soft carriage seat.
"It's been a while since I last set off fireworks…" Xixi muttered.
Gong Yuanliang and Gongyang Xiu scratched their heads, truly unable to find words to comfort Xixi.
It seemed that on New Year's Eve, Xixi had just set off fireworks?
How did she suddenly want to set off fireworks again?
Tie Shancai glanced askance at those gathered in front of Xixi, blocking his view of her, and at Gongyang Xiu and the two of them, then through the gaps in the crowd he saw the little girl's regretful, sorrowful expression.
He let out a snort.
Then he rose from his seat, took a few steps, and came to Xixi's side.
He pushed Gongyang Xiu and Gong Yuanliang aside.
Gong Yuanliang instantly flared with anger, but upon seeing Tie Shancai, the prodigy from Shendu, he clenched his fists, angry yet unable to speak.
"Make way."
"You don't understand Xixi's younger sister."
Tie Shancai crossed his arms, lightly saying:
He looked toward Xixi.
"Xixi's younger sister, when we stop to rest later, I'll accompany you to set off fireworks—go ahead and…"
"Bombard me!"
The muttering Xixi's eyes suddenly lit up.
Gong Yuanliang and Gongyang Xiu simultaneously sucked in a breath of cold air.
"This is a master!"
Hai Chaosheng silently withdrew his previous resonance.
This sycophant is not worthy.
Inside the carriage, the atmosphere was utterly different from the icy killing intent outside—lively and open-hearted.
Little Fatty Zhou Peng, Yun E, and Zhong Liuxiu—these prodigies from the thousand-year-old clans of Dao City—also joined in the merriment.
Although everyone was a prodigy.
After all, they were all children, at the age of loving to play and roughhouse.
Adults have adult worries.
Children have children's joys.
"……" Actually: "……" So we keep as is: "……". We'll output: "……"
Li Che returned to the carriage via the Flying Thunder chess piece.
The Heaven-Earth Chessboard shielded his senses; he sat on the soft chair, his eyes opening and closing, exhaling a turbid breath.
He removed the mask, stowed the bamboo hat and black robe.
After changing into a clean dark robe, he leaned against the carriage's soft backrest.
The Heaven-Earth Chessboard was not retracted; it remained suspended high above his head, monitoring everything within the five-hundred-li radius it covered.
His nerves remained taut; although he had dealt with the Divine Hunter Pavilion and the Corpse God Sect, there was still the Dragon Girl's mother from the Ji Hai Association, and the experts of the Dragon God clan…
Although the Dragon Queen Consort, upon receiving the news, would rush to Jin Guang Prefecture, such a short time would surely not be enough.
But contacting nearby experts should still be fine.
Even among the experts sent by the Dragon Girl, there exist those who have achieved Unity of Heaven and Man and the Golden Body Transformation!
If that is truly the case, then it would be rather troublesome.
The Heaven-Earth Chessboard remains active at all times, monitoring all directions; once any expert of the Unity of Heaven and Man or Golden Body Transformation realm appears, Li Che can detect it immediately.
With each inhale and exhale, smelling the timber scent piled inside the carriage, his spirit relaxed somewhat.
"Corpse God Sect… is now utterly irreconcilable, especially that demon child; I must kill him, otherwise… the threat is too great—he's only a few years old and already fixated on Xixi… unforgivable."
Li Che harbored a murderous intent toward the demon child.
Mainly because the demon child has set his sights on Xixi with impure motives.
Basically, it's for the divine nature of the temple god within Xixi's body…
He completely regards his daughter as a vessel to bear the temple god's divinity—how could Li Che tolerate that?
For his daughter's safety, for her to have a peaceful future.
Li Che must find an opportunity to eliminate that demon child!
Not fearing thieves who steal, but fearing thieves who covet!
Li Che must resolve the problem at its root!
Thus, on this trip to Dao City, Li Che now has one more person to kill.
Su Huai is one, and this Corpse God Sect's demon child is another…
"Corpse God Sect and I… it seems we truly have a grudge like sworn enemies."
Develop the Netherworld to counter the Corpse God Sect.
Li Che slowly exhaled, pressed his fingers together, and tore open the air.
He took out the spoils he had just obtained.
Altogether, five Qiankun jades.
Three are from the Golden-Masked Assassins of the Divine Hunter Pavilion, and the other two are gifts from the Six Offices' Corpse God Envoys of the Corpse God Sect.
After counting them one by one, Li Che couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile in his eyes.
The Six Offices' divine-nature crystals number eight, and the Seven-Element divine-nature crystals total up to thirty-six—after all, it's the collection of five people, which is understandable.
As for the other divine-nature crystals, Li Che couldn't be bothered to tally them; he simply stored them all in his Qiankun space.
"Ten bottles of sixth-grade inferior Dragon Blood Martial Pills, only four bottles of seventh-grade superior Martial Pills… but better than nothing."
The combined medicinal pill hoard of these people still can't compare to that little brat, Prince Xiao Wang Ji Haihui.
But after all, their statuses differ.
Of course, what Li Che cares about most is still the divine-nature arts.
In the gifts from the Divine Hunter Pavilion assassins, they are merely grandmaster secret arts, still inferior to Huang Xilong, lacking even martial sage secret arts.
However, mainly because Jin Guang Prefecture's geographical location differs, and Huang Xilong bears different duties, so he possesses more good things.
As for the Corpse God Sect side, Li Che did have a considerable gain.
"Pāṇḍava Dragon Nose Devouring Death God Primordial Law!"
"The Nose Incense Divine-Nature Art among the Six Desires Divine-Nature Arts!"
"This unexpectedly gave Li Che a pleasant surprise; the Six Desires Divine-Nature Arts now have another door completed!"
Li Che didn't stand on ceremony; after studying it a bit, he tossed it straight to his clone for cultivation.
The carriage cabin was spacious; Li Che summoned all his painting-immortal clones, setting them each to busy themselves with cultivation.
Even while rushing on the road, cultivation cannot cease!
"Unfortunately, there is only the Nose Incense Divine-Nature Art; we still lack the Eye-Seeing and Tongue-Speech Divine-Nature Arts..."
"Among the Seven-Element Corpse God Envoys whose bodies and traces were obliterated by the Guanyin Lotus Bullet, we can surely gather those two divine-nature arts."
Li Che shook his head.
"The Qiankun jades of those Seven-Element Corpse God Envoys, under the main battle tank's compressed explosive shot—a massive avalanche Guanyin Lotus Bullet—"
"are likely to be utterly destroyed."
"Besides the divine-nature arts, these assassins and Corpse God Envoys also have reserves of Seven-Element divine weapons, which now all belong to Li Che."
"It's a pity that none of these divine weapons suit Li Che's style."
After tallying the spoils.
A streak of flowing light flashed before Li Che's eyes.
【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Golden Body (lv4, 50%)】
Li Che gazed at the slightly increased maturity of his Dragon Elephant Golden Body Dao Fruit, and his mood turned rather calm.
Mainly, as his strength rises, killing fellow cultivators of the same rank now yields less maturity naturally.
Li Che shook his head, his eyes glinting.
I just don't know whether the Corpse God Sect and Divine Hunter Pavilion will stubbornly continue to send experts along this road.
Before even reaching Dao City, the Corpse God Sect and Divine Hunter Pavilion would have helped him raise his Dragon Elephant Golden Body Dao Fruit to level five.
Li Che smiled.
Afterwards, he grabbed a piece of Ten Metropolises Spirit Wood, and a divine weapon dagger slid into his palm.
Inside the carriage, Li Che used the Heaven-Earth chessboard to sense the situation on the road while calming his mind and breath, carving wooden figurines.
……
……
In the following days, the journey turned out unexpectedly, becoming dull and stable.
The Corpse God Sect was completely dumbfounded, after all they had dispatched the Six Office Corpse God Envoys from the three surrounding provinces and also mobilized several dozen Seven Element Corpse God Envoys from each prefecture.
The result…… they were all wiped out in one pot.
This directly left the Corpse God Sect's liaison unable to react.
There was also no time to summon other experts to come and besiege the convoy.
As for the Hunter God Pavilion, besides the five dead gold-masked assassins, many silver-masked assassins lay hidden along the path.
But even the five gold-masked assassins met their demise, so how dare they come to throw away their lives?
Therefore, upon hearing the news of the five gold-masked assassins' deaths, they fled in utter panic.
Thus, the convoy proceeded smoothly, with no further disturbances or lingering dangers.
The three great clans of Jin Guang Prefecture helped contact experienced caravans that traveled between Dao City and Jin Guang Prefecture.
Thus, along the way, the caravans took care of arrangements, making the journey untroubled and surprisingly stable.
Everyone's days also became regular.
Each day, besides traveling, Jiao Shaqiu would also halt the convoy and arrange roughly an hour of training time for the children.
◆C〇
This hour is used to train martial arts, martial techniques, and so on.
As for divinity, it is cultivated while riding in the carriage.
Jiao Shaqiu also specially provided divinity crystals for the children.
One must not delay cultivation because of travel.
The first time they stopped the carriage to rest, Xixi jumped down and actually pulled Iron Shan Cai along, jogging.
This made Li Che, who had been keeping an eye on Iron Shan Cai, furrow his brows.
When he discovered that Iron Shan Cai willingly served as a target for Xixi, allowing her to blast pink Vulcan Gatling cannon fireworks.
Li Che was also speechless.
Iron Shan Cai knows how to receive moves, almost throwing himself onto the avalanche-passing geese that Xixi shoots out.
Although Xixi used the smallest charge of the avalanche-passing geese.
Yet exploding on one's body is still painful.
Iron Shan Cai initially didn't mind, but after being bombarded for a while, he actually became somewhat addicted.
Letting Xixi continually blast him.
He even swallowed the explosive flames whole, not letting any go.
In the days that followed, Xixi would every day seek out Iron Shan Cai to set off fireworks together.
For a moment, Gong Yuanliang, Gongyang Xiu, and others only felt wronged, a strong sense of crisis striking them.
They seemed to have fallen out of favor.
Night deepened.
The wind and snow wailed.
Jiao Shaqiu leaned on his cane, a group of people sat around the fire—this was the samadhi fire exhaled by Iron Shan Cai, capable of real-time temperature control.
"The forces within Dao City are far more numerous than those of Jin Guang Fu City…… Lingnan Dao City was established thousands of years ago, and the city has many thousand-year clans."
"Like Yun E, she comes from the Yun family of Dao City; the Yun family has a three-thousand-year history in Lingnan Dao, and their clan has even produced a Divine Fetus Great God."
Jiao Shaqiu pulled Xixi close, rubbing her as she sat beside him, playing by the fire, Xixi laughed as she introduced everyone.
Li Che wore a dark robe, Zhang Ya embraced his arm, her head leaning on his shoulder, also listening to Elder Jiao Shaqiu talk about Dao City.
"Elder Jiao, do all these thousand-year clans of Dao City have a Divine Fetus Great God presiding over them?"
Li Che asked.
Jiao Shaqiu glanced at Li Che, shook his head: "Hard to say…… these thousand-year clans have deep foundations; whether they actually have a Divine Fetus Great God presiding is truly unknown."
"Even the great clans are unclear about each other; since Divine Fetus Great Gods rarely act, the clans' rivalry mainly comes down to the confrontation between the Supreme Grandmaster with the three flowers in full bloom at the top and the Divine Origin Great True Person of Fetal Breath Transformation."
Amidst the fire, a rustling sound suddenly rang out, as if in doubtful suspense.
"Dao City…… the Divine Fetus Great Gods openly displayed are just a few."
"My Qian Yuan Divine Sect has three Divine Fetus Great Gods; the sect leader Great God, moreover, is a top-tier expert renowned throughout Dàjǐng."
"Besides that, Dao City Prefecture, the Temple Office, and the Bureau of Heavenly Observations all have Divine Fetus realm cultivators; moreover, the first clan of Dao City, the Su family, also possesses a Divine Fetus ancestral elder."
"As for other forces, they may have a Divine Fetus presiding, but none have ever displayed it openly."
"Perhaps they do, but we cannot know; the sect leader Great God knows, yet will not tell us."
Jiao Shaqiu's expression turned solemn.
He exhaled a breath.
"The whole Dao City…… is actually a chessboard; only those qualified to place a piece are the various Divine Fetus Great Gods, and only by attaining the Divine Fetus can one break free."
Jiao Shaqiu said this in a low voice, regardless of whether anyone understood, it also seemed like a venting of his inner emotions.
Wang Ku Yu, Lu Yao, and others sat silently upright, also falling into silence.
In the dark night, the fire leapt.
Li Che's eyes gleamed, his fingers rubbing a flawless heart chess piece.
"A chess player?"
……
……
Flood Dragon Horses flow with flood dragon blood inside their bodies, belonging to the monster species.
Therefore, whether it's stride, endurance, or speed, they far surpass ordinary horses.
Because he worried the convoy might again encounter the danger of ambush.
Jiao Shaoqiu thus had the convoy push the Flood Dragon Horses to their limits while on the road.
Unbeknownst to them, one and a half months passed.
Under such full-speed travel, the distance to Dao City kept drawing nearer.
And as Dao City drew nearer, Jiao Shaoqiu grew increasingly solemn, for he knew the closer to Dao City, the more likely powerful figures would appear.
Grand Masters of Heaven-Man Unity and True Persons of Divine Origin with Golden Body Shedding could possibly show up.
The nearer the destination, the less one can relax.
Experienced hunters often strike when their prey lets down its guard.
Inside the carriage.
Li Che clenched his fingers around a Six Offices Divinity Crystal, continuously drawing out its divinity.
Suddenly.
Li Che's brows furrowed.
A strong sense of threat flashed through his heart.
That aura……
Grand Master of Heaven-Man Unity!
He raised his hand and tapped his brow.
His mind linked with the Heaven Earth Chessboard.
It seemed as if, within a five-hundred-li radius of heaven and earth, a pair of eyes suddenly opened!
However……
That intense sense of threat flashed by and then vanished without a trace.
Li Che also felt like a monk eight feet tall who could not find his head.
"Disappeared?"
"Showed face and then ran?"
Li Che frowned, sensing the sudden disappearance of the innate grand master's aura.
For a moment he felt doubtful; in his Heaven Earth Chessboard, as soon as killing intent surfaced, he would lock onto it.
Thus, if the opponent reappeared, Li Che would surely notice.
Holding his breath and focusing, Li Che also became alert, directing his mind to monitor closely.
While monitoring, Li Che also diverted part of his mind to immerse himself in cultivation.
Hu——
Xi——
Li Che felt the divinity between heaven and earth growing ever more mighty.
Compared to when he first entered the Golden Light Prefecture region, the divinity he sensed was even more mighty and turbulent!
This is because the number of Guiyi Miao within Dao City's region far exceeds that of Golden Light Prefecture.
Golden Light Prefecture has only three Guiyi Miao altogether, whereas in Dao City…… not mentioning the scattered Eight Extremes Guiyi Miao and Seven Origins Guiyi Miao, just the Six Offices Guiyi Miao alone number ten, and the Five Elders Guiyi Miao number three……
And the Four Sovereigns Guiyi Miao also exist!
Some Guiyi Miao are native, while others……
were relocated by the Divine Fetus Great God using great means, to facilitate suppression.
Within the inner vision of the forehead's elixir field.
Li Che's one after another divine bases were jumping excitedly, bursting forth mighty divinity; now each divine base has reached perfection, lacking only the temple god's placement.
Because the Startle Divine Base summons the temple god, forming the divine aspect……
The other divine bases seem also eager to try.
But Li Che's main focus remains on the Immaculate Heart Divine Base.
The Immaculate Heart Divine Base fuses with the Heaven-Earth Embodying Spirit Bright True Ape's divinity, allowing it to draw in the temple god from the Visage of the Equal Heaven into the divine base.
Once the imprint is complete, Li Che can let the Immaculate Heart Divine Base transform into a divine aspect.
……
……
By the rushing riverbank.
A figure in white stood holding a scroll, taking out a heap of herbs from the waist pouch, rolling them into a cigarette, lighting it, and biting it at the corner of the mouth.
Xi——
Hu——
The white-clad youth held the cigarette, exhaling a hazy wisp of smoke.
Leaning against a large blue stone, bathed in the breeze, he flicked a strand of black hair from his forehead.
He glanced into the distance.
"I almost got discovered by Old Li……"
"Er Hei, you slacked off, botched the job—I'm docking you a meal."
The distant sky.
River water exploded into waves, rampant and unchecked, one after another blood‑stained dragon‑shaped silhouettes fell within, bitten beyond recognition.
A ferocious black dog the size of a small hill trampled the great river, its low growl exploding like muffled thunder; hearing this, it instantly felt grief and indignation, and in one bite severed the head of a purple dragon‑god flood dragon that had erupted with the aura of a grand master united with heaven and man.
With a violent jerk, it tore apart the dragon's tendons and bones.
Then, in anger, it gulped it down.
Incidentally, it let out a satisfied burp.
The sprayed dragon blood surged into the sky and then exploded.
It fell like a shower of blood.
End of Chapter
