Chapter 378: 380. Chapter 373: Xixi Plants a Giant Mushroom—Does the Little Girl Want Me to Kill It? 【Seeking Votes】

380. Chapter 373: Xixi Plants a Giant Mushroom—Does the Little Girl Want Me to Kill It? 【Seeking Votes】

Clack clack—!

Lead‑colored clouds piled thickly, rolling heavily, a spring thunder burst behind the clouds, as if a celestial deity let out a deafening roar that seized the soul.

Heaven and earth trembled, and wind and rain shattered because of it.

Zhang Yunlong stood with his foot on a water dragon, as if he were riding a true dragon, moving through the high sky like an immortal; the blue Dao robe he wore clung tightly to his body.

It outlined his slender figure.

But at this moment, Zhang Yunlong only felt a palpitating tremor emanating from deep within his heart.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—

Rolling heat waves surged forward, steaming away the sky‑filled clouds completely, countless white surges rose and were torn apart.

Then, in Zhang Yunlong's eyes, a brilliant, vast sun rose up!

The hairpin atop Zhang Yunlong's head shattered, his black hair flailed wildly, and his eyelids kept twitching.

That is…

What!

In his vision, only a golden Guanyin remained, rapidly enlarging before his eyes, emitting the utmost light and heat; even from several hundred zhang away, he could feel the Guanyin's interior twisting and expanding, as if it would shatter the very air.

The unease in his heart, at this moment, nearly blossomed to the extreme!

This is…

A mechanism?!

How could such a mechanism exist in the world?!

Zhang Yunlong suddenly thought he had truly seen a Buddhist Guanyin!

The steaming cloud vapor was ripped apart, revealing the enormous, kind‑eyed Guanyin statue with a thousand hands, carved from a colossal spirit wood, its myriad hands piled together into… a cannon barrel…

Then a blazing brilliance erupted from those thousand hands!

And that blazing brilliance…

Was still a Guanyin!

Heaven and earth seemed silent at that moment, yet the Guanyin radiating blazing light traversed space and appeared before Zhang Yunlong!

In Zhang Yunlong's horrified eyes.

The Guanyin twisted, expanded, and suddenly exploded!

A brilliance dazzling to the extreme, endless radiant light, and a destructive, scorching heat wave!

Accompanied by a world‑shattering shockwave…

Crashing head‑first, toppling down!

As if a massively expanded, exploding sun were real, enveloped in tremendous thrust, descending with a comet‑tail‑like impact speed, plummeting headfirst!

The terrifying explosive destructive force, thus wrapped within the sun, surged forward!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—

It was only for a moment!

Zhang Yunlong's accumulated might of half a day shattered!

The water dragon beneath his feet, formed from countless spring waters, evaporated into sizzle‑like heat in an instant, and the surrounding air seemed sucked out, displaced by the destructive force!

Incredibly powerful, like a massive Buddha's hand crushing down.

Zhang Yuanlong even felt as if he couldn't even lift his head!

"Ah—"

"Aaa—"

This kind of power!

Only a Martial Saint!

Only a Divine Embryo!

Can withstand it!

Zhang Yunlong's hair stood on end!

Is this still the Battle of the Young Dragons? Is this still the Contest of the Young Dragon Leaders?!

A six‑year‑old little girl could actually unleash such terrifying power?

And you still say this isn't cheating?

Zhang Yuanlong felt an extreme scorching heat, a force that seemed ready to burn him to ash; such a mechanism, such a mechanism!

Zhang Yuanlong's body plummeted rapidly, but it was too late, utterly too late!

He abruptly clenched his five fingers roughly, and in an instant a sword chant exploded, sword qi raged through the air, spiraling continuously; countless palm‑sized flying swords piled rapidly before him, like a turtle shell, stacking together!

"Block—!!!"

At the same time.

Zhang Yuanlong's eyes turned a deep crimson, a speck of red at his brow resembling a swelling, enlarging jujube.

A majestic divinity burst forth from his dantian.

A divine niche began to materialize—

But that Guanyin lotus bomb, under the speed at which the thousand‑hand Guanyin seated on a lotus war tank unleashed, was indeed too fast!

Accompanied by an earth‑shaking, terrifying blast!

At a height of a thousand zhang, the air seemed at that moment to quake like a rug, ripple‑like folds spreading continuously—

Golden light thundered, bursting outward!

"Boom—!!!!"

The terrifying recoil force made the rainwater behind the Guanyin Lotus Seat Main Battle Tank burst into water mist, hazying heaven and earth!

At the instant the explosion sound, louder than spring thunder, rang out.

The Guanyin Lotus Strike heavily struck Zhang Yunlong's all‑out defense—his flying swords formed a tortoise shell, and he frantically unleashed his divine power to resist.

The huge explosion, like an immensely massive light ball, boomed and expanded; the tortoise‑shell defense made of piled swords, as fragile as paper, instantly shattered and burst……

Countless light and heat completely devoured Zhang Yunlong's raging figure!

The terrifying light ball, immensely huge, its diameter seemed to want to envelop the entire White Jade Plaza.

Countless rainwater evaporated and vaporized; the waterlogged ground of White Jade Plaza instantly dried, then became scorching red!

The light ball then struck Zhang Yunlong's body, slamming heavily onto the ground of White Jade Plaza!

Boom—!!!

As if the heavens were angry and the earth shook!

The ground of White Jade Plaza almost instantly exploded; the shockwave manifested as a huge sea‑like wave, the air wave parting and spreading in all directions!

White jade bricks and stones instantly shattered into pieces; countless rubble and mud flew up, then the terrifying shockwave shook them directly into dust!

The light ball struck the ground, as if becoming a solid object; its edge, everything was shattering, everything was annihilating and disintegrating……

Blasted!

Blasted, blasted again——!!!

The shockwave's aftereffects continuously spread toward the entire second city of Shendu!

White Jade Plaza seemed to completely overturn; the powerful impact struck the plaza, crushing stones, fine stone powder surging up like a tide!

The massive light ball boomed and exploded!

Rolling forth, endless light and heat accompanied by towering blazing flames swept across.

The billowing pouch, blown by the outward‑flowing backdraft air, then surged madly into the clouds!

Slowly——

Like a gold‑colored mushroom that shot up from the ground and blossomed to the extreme!

……

……

"Holy shit!"

Lü Taibai, sitting comfortably in his chair, looked a bit dazed as Xixi, at a height of a thousand zhang, summoned the Thousand‑Hand Guanyin Main Battle Tank and then fired directly!

Seeing that terrifying, scorching shell emitting ultimate light and heat, booming down like a star falling to the mortal realm, like a Martial Saint triggering a self‑detonation, even his usually calm self could not help uttering the highest praise!

Lü Taibai's silver hair flew up as he suddenly rose, his eyes blazing, incredulous!

Is this the power a six‑year‑old child can unleash?

Even though Xixi is his disciple Lü Taibai, he cannot deny that relying solely on Xixi's own strength, it is definitely impossible.

"This is the Way of Mechanisms……"

Lü Taibai clicked his tongue repeatedly, feeling that people seem to have somewhat underestimated the Way of Mechanisms.

But truly being able to develop the Way of Mechanisms to this extent seems to be something very few people can do.

The Tang clan excels at mechanism beasts, while the Gongshu family excels at mechanism formations……

And the Way of Mechanisms that Xixi employs advocates……explosion!

This is the mechanism philosophy most different from that of the two great mechanism clans of Dàjǐng, the Tang and Gongshu families!

And after Zhang Yunlong was bombarded by the Guanyin Lotus Strike and smashed into the ground, the entire White Jade Plaza shattered instantly.

Shooting up from the earth, a colossal mushroom cloud hundreds of zhang high released terrifying divine radiation, its impact raging, seeking to expand beyond White Jade Plaza.

However, naturally it failed to expand.

At this Peach Blossom Victory Assembly, with strong warriors gathered like clouds, how could such destructive power be allowed to run rampant?

The four chief commanders of Shendu's Xuan Guard shot forth.

Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger—the four Xuan Guard commanders, clad in four‑colored Xuan armor, raised their five fingers, and mighty blood and divine power exploded.

The four stood at the four sides of White Jade Plaza, forming a massive qi wall that blocked the power released by the exploding mushroom cloud inside, allowing only slight ripples to spread outward.

With their strength, blocking the explosive force of the Guanyin Lotus Strike is indeed no difficulty.

Yet in the eyes of these four commanders, there was also astonishment and shock.

Is this the method of a six‑year‑old child?

Simply terrifying!

What were they doing when they were six?

They seemed still to be wandering in the Master realm, right?!

At this moment, all the strong ones in the great tent fell silent, admiring the golden mushroom cloud blossoming on the flat ground.

Because the power of the four commanders confined it within White Jade Plaza, this mushroom cloud, which originally would have spread its shockwave outward in all directions,

that shockwave was repressed back inside White Jade Plaza, causing the mushroom cloud to rise even higher!

One hundred zhang, two hundred zhang, five hundred zhang, one thousand zhang!

The elongated mushroom cloud, accompanied by terrifying, booming shockwave sounds, seemed to pierce the heavens, tearing through the leaden cloud flow!

Heaven and earth, at this moment, seemed to have nothing but the blossoming mushroom cloud!

Under the great tent, the emperor and empress both raised their heads, gazing in amazement at the blossoming mushroom cloud.

The heads of the various great sects all had their motions frozen, drawing deep breaths.

In the Lotus Pavilion's banquet area, the commoner‑clad State Preceptor Xie Yunshen, his face full of astonishment, had his drinking motion frozen.

"Interesting, truly interesting…… This must be the mechanism art of the Underworld's Horse Face? This little girl…… she indeed has inherited the Underworld's legacy!"

State Preceptor Xie Yunshen stroked his beard and laughed, his eyes full of astonishment.

Such a mechanism technique...

"Such a mechanism technique..." — "Mechanism technique" means "mechanism art" or "mechanism technique"; as it is a technique, it should be rendered as "Mechanism Technique" (or "Mechanism Art"). We'll decide later.

The threat is not much less than the Tang clan's little!

"Such a mechanism technique..." — "Mechanism technique" means "mechanism art" or "mechanism technique"; as it is a technique, it should be rendered as "Mechanism Technique" (or "Mechanism Art"). We'll decide later.

A six-year-old little girl planted a huge mushroom, shocking the entire divine capital!

"Six-year-old little girl, planted a big mushroom, shocked the whole Shendu!" So we have "Shendu" from glossary.

It also shocked him, this National Teacher.

This National Teacher also shocked him.

Jimoli sat behind the banquet table, his black hair flying, his dark eyes gazing at the terrifying mushroom golden cloud that burst, exploded, burned, and released.

Jimoli sat behind the banquet table, his black hair flying, his dark eyes gazing at the terrifying mushroom gold cloud that burst, exploded, burned, and released.

A ripple of emotion involuntarily flickered in the depths of his eyes.

"In his eyes, a ripple of emotion inevitably surfaced."

After a long while…

"After a long while..."

He uttered a low, muffled sound.

"He uttered a muffled sound."

"The Underworld..."

"「Underworld... 」"

The Underworld's Horse-Face excels in mechanism techniques.

"Underworld Horse-Face, skilled in mechanisms."

The means that Xixi now displays are exactly those once displayed by the Underworld's Horse-Face.

"Now Xixi's displayed means are exactly the means previously displayed by Underworld Horse-Face."

Whether it's that long-range sniper shot or the mushroom cloud planted just now, they are all techniques of the Underworld's Horse-Face!

"Whether it's that long-range sniper, or the mushroom cloud planted at this moment, they are the means of Underworld Horse-Face!"

Purple Mansion Divine Sect, the main banquet area.

"Purple Mansion Divine Sect, main banquet area."

Zhang Yunhu, Zhang Yunyun, and the three distinguished guests from the Purple Mansion Divine Sect who attended the banquet all froze in action, incredulously watching as Zhang Yunlong was instantly swallowed by the terrifying explosion.

"Zhang Yunhu, Zhang Yunhuang, and the three heroic guests of Purple Mansion Divine Sect attending the banquet, all froze their actions, incredulously watching Zhang Yunlong being instantly swallowed by the terrifying explosion."

Especially Zhang Yunhu, a hint of fear even appeared in his eyes.

"Especially Zhang Yunhu, in his eyes even surfaced a hint of fear."

He lifted his head to look toward the thousand-zhang-high sky, watching the little girl who, after retracting the massive Guanyin mechanism, stepped on the Golden Wheel of Wind and Fire of the Underworld Lotus, and rose ever higher amid the ascending mushroom cloud.

"He raised his head to look toward the thousand-zhang high sky, watching that the colossal Guanyin mechanism had been retracted, stepping on the Hell Lotus Wind-Fire Golden Light Wheel, as the mushroom cloud continually rose, the little girl ascended to even higher altitudes."

Chills ran through his body, filled with panic and dread.

"His whole body went cold, filled with panic and dread!"

If…

"If..."

If this girl were to confront him and produce such a mechanism, how should he respond?

"If this girl, when clashing with him, takes out such a mechanism, how should he respond?"

He fears…

"He probably..."

He probably can't block it at all!

"Simply cannot block it!"

The mushroom cloud exploded, engulfing the White Jade Plaza in the second city of the divine capital, within the area surrounded by the great canopy.

"That mushroom cloud explosion engulfed the White Jade Plaza in the second city of Shendu, within the area surrounded by the great canopies."

Under such an explosion…

"Under such an explosion..."

There is nowhere to hide!

"There is nowhere to hide!"

Zhang Yunlong cannot possibly dodge; he will surely be swallowed by that terrifying explosion!

"Zhang Yunlong simply cannot dodge; he will surely be swallowed by that terrifying explosion!"

Moreover, due to the terrain, the four great divine capital's Xuanwei commanders, who were supposed to let the shockwave dissipate, instead repressed it back into the White Jade Plaza.

"Moreover, due to the terrain, the Four Great Shendu Xuanwei Leaders, originally meant to release and diffuse the shockwave, instead repressed it back into the White Jade Plaza."

In other words, the shockwave and destructive force within the White Jade Plaza are likely even more terrifying than a simple mechanism explosion!

"That is to say, the shockwave and destructive tremors within the White Jade Plaza are likely even more terrifying than a simple mechanism detonation!"

"Brother Yunlong... he won't die, right?"

"「Yunlong junior brother...... won't he die......? 」"

Zhang Yunhu asked in horror.

"Zhang Yunhu asked in terror."

He turned his head to look at the sect leader, Zhang Wuji, dressed in purple Daoist robes.

"He turned his head to look at the sect leader Zhang Wují, dressed in a purple Daoist robe."

Zhang Yunyun also looked over in panic.

"Zhang Yunhuang also looked over anxiously."

Zhang Wuji flicked his duster, the bursting splendid light of the mushroom cloud reflected in his eyes, and he gently shook his head.

"Zhang Wují flicked his duster, his eyes reflecting the bursting splendid light of the mushroom cloud, and gently shook his head."

"The power of this mechanism's explosion has almost reached the level of a Martial Saint..."

"「This mechanism's explosive power almost reaches the strength of a Martial Saint level...... 」"

"At least, even a top-tier Three Flowers grandmaster would surely die, and even an ordinary newly-ascended Martial Saint would have to shed a layer of skin."

"「At least, even a top-tier Three Flowers grandmaster would surely die; even an ordinary newly opened Martial Saint would have to shed a layer of skin. 」"

Zhang Wuji's eyesight is excellent; he instantly judged the magnitude of this explosion's power.

"Zhang Wují's eyesight is excellent; he instantly judged the magnitude of this explosive power."

"However... Yunlong after all has ninety percent resonance with the temple god, and the temple god he nurtures is highly compatible with him..."

"「However...... Yunlong actually has nine-tenths resonance with the temple god; the temple god he nurtures is highly compatible with him...... 」"

"If Yunlong were to entrust everything to the temple god..."

"「If Yunlong entrusts everything to the temple god...... 」"

"He would not die."

"「He won't die. 」"

……

"......"

……

"......"

"What... what is this?"

"「What... what is this? 」"

"My heavens!"

"「My heavens! 」"

"You call this a mechanism? What kind of mechanism is this?!"

"「You call this a mechanism? What kind of mechanism is this?! 」"

……

"......"

In the third city of the divine capital, martial artists on the city walls all stared at the duel in the field, watching.

"In the third city of Shendu, martial artists on the city walls all stared at the duel in the field, observing."

Having witnessed Xixi use a mechanism to blast the Purple Mansion Divine Sect's second fledgling dragon, many people no longer view Xixi with utter disdain.

"Because they had witnessed Xixi using a mechanism to shoot and explode the second junior dragon of Purple Mansion Divine Sect, Zhang Yunhu, many people no longer view Xixi as hopeless."

They feel Xixi still has some chance, after all that mechanism is truly uncanny!

"They feel Xixi still has some chance, after all that mechanism... is truly eerie!"

Its penetrating power is extremely strong; even a half-step into the Three Flowers realm divine martial artist like Zhang Yunhu, and even a strong aided by the deity's divinity in the shrine, could barely avoid being shot apart.

"Its penetrative power is extremely strong; even Zhang Yunhu, a half-step into the Top Three Flowers realm divine martial artist, even with the aid of the divine nature of the temple god in the shrine, almost got shot apart!"

No!

"No!"

He should have already been shot apart!

"It should have already been shot apart!"

If not for the intervention of the Purple Clad Marten Temple's attendant, who stopped the explosion of Zhang Yunhu's head, his skull might have already burst open, putting him on the brink of death!

"If not for the Purple Robe Mink Temple's senior eunuch stepping in to block and suppress the explosion of Zhang Yunhu's head, Zhang Yunhu might have already had his skull blown open, on the brink of death!"

Therefore, everyone is still very interested in the battle between Xixi and Zhang Yunlong.

"Therefore, everyone is still very interested in the battle between Xixi and Zhang Yunlong."

Many are even more optimistic about Zhang Yunlong, yet they also hope Xixi can achieve victory by overcoming the strong with the weak, winning against the odds.

"Many are more optimistic about Zhang Yunlong, yet also hope Xixi can achieve victory by the weak overcoming the strong, using small to overcome big!"

Mainly, the battle between Zhang Yunlong and Shi Xuan left the martial artists present feeling extremely angry.

"The main reason is, Zhang Yunlong's battle with Shi Xuan made the on-site martial artists feel extremely angry."

The True Martial Divine Sect guards the Passage to Darkness, generation after generation resisting the Great Li court's iron cavalry and engaging in bloody slaughter with the Great Li barbarians; that is what a true man is.

"The True Martial Divine Sect guards the Pass of Dark Depths, generation after generation resisting the Da Li Royal Court's iron cavalry, engaging in bloody slaughter with the Da Li barbarians; that is a true man."

However, Zhang Yunlong nearly defeated Shi Xuan in a humiliating manner, and even said Shi Xuan did not respect him, causing many to become furious.

"However, Zhang Yunlong nearly defeated Shi Xuan in a humiliating manner, and said Shi Xuan does not respect him, making many people extremely angry."

Even on the brink of death, Shi Xuan was unwilling to use that fifth ring, that final trump card...

"Even on the brink of death, Shi Xuan is unwilling to use that fifth ring, that final trump card......"

Because that was the means Shi Xuan used to perish together with the Great Li barbarians!

"Because that is the means Shi Xuan uses to perish together with the Da Li barbarians!"

Such a tough guy moved many people, and thus they felt Zhang Yunlong's methods were truly infuriating.

"Such a tough guy, moving many, thus they feel Zhang Yunlong's methods are truly infuriating."

Many people came to watch this final championship battle, believing that Xixi could suppress Zhang Yunlong!

In the gambling den, the bets even raised Xixi's odds a bit, and quite a few people got hot‑headed and placed their wagers on Xixi.

All for the hope that Xixi might be able to suppress Zhang Yunlong.

However……

When Xixi and Zhang Yunlong truly began to clash.

No one expected the situation to turn out like this!

This……

From the top to the bottom of the whole city tower, not a bird chirped!

Li Nuanxi of the Qian Yuan Divine Sect……

Is she about to win?

The martial cultivators who had bet on Xixi were even more bewildered……

If Xixi wins, their bets would surely bring huge profits.

After all, those who favor Xixi are still few; betting on Xixi naturally yields great benefits.

Almost instantly.

Cheers, excited low roars, and fists swung wildly.

They erupted up and down the city walls, boiling over the sky!

But soon, everyone fell silent.

Their eyes stared fixedly at the center where the terrifying golden mushroom cloud blossomed.

……

……

Li Che took a sip of wine, his eyebrows slightly raised, revealing an odd hue.

"It didn't even die."

"The Purple Palace Sect truly lives up to being Dàjǐng's top divine sect; its cultivated methods indeed have something to them."

Within Li Che's perception of the cosmic board, he could clearly sense a faint pulsing of life that, despite being battered by the mushroom cloud's terrifying annihilating force, had somehow held on completely.

Bang bang bang—

The sound of life's fluctuation rang in Li Che's ears, exploding like thunder.

Li Che's brows furrowed slightly, a look of gravity appearing in his eyes.

"Temple God……"

Raising the Temple God, in return gaining the Temple God's divinity……

But at this moment, Zhang Yunlong could be said to have completely handed himself over to the Temple God!

He even abandoned the last shred of a bottom line!

Li Che drained the wine in his cup, looking indifferently toward the ruins of White Jade Plaza where the golden mushroom cloud had vented.

Hoo hoo hoo—

A purple divinity burst out wildly, golden flames and relentless shockwaves seemed to be gradually suppressed.

The mushroom cloud began to collapse and vanish; finally it was completely erased without a trace, leaving only a charred, ruined White Jade Plaza floor radiating scorching heat.

The white jade tiles on the ground had already melted away, leaving a blackened expanse, even with crystalline tile fragments.

And within those ruins.

A frail figure stood unsteadily, as if purple aura continuously swirled around.

It was Zhang Yunlong!

He had been hit by a Guanyin Sitting Lotus Main Battle Tank shell and struck by the mushroom‑cloud impact of a Guanyin Lotus Bomb!

And he still hadn't fallen!

A shrine exuding purple divinity hovered behind Zhang Yunlong, with one chain after another snarling out and piercing his body.

Clack clack clack clack clack—

As if accompanied by the sound of chains tightening, the shrine, like a leech, clung tightly

Zhang Yunlong let out a shrill, miserable howl, and the bones all over his body seemed to crackle and collide, then twisted into an extremely bizarre shape.

Zhang Yunlong let out a sharp, mournful wail; his bones seemed to collide with crackling sounds, then twisted in a bizarre way.

Blood oozed from his charred skin.

Zhang Yunlong's hair turned completely purple, and his pupils burst with dazzling violet light!

The intensely rich divinity surged through his body, wildly coursing through his flesh, meridians, and bones, altering his form.

The Temple God's divinity seemed to come alive, gaining a semblance of intelligence, forming tadpole‑shaped sigils that roamed and clung to Zhang Yunlong's body.

Zhang Yunlong's Dao robe was already tattered, a few scraps hanging on him, yet faintly his figure

shimmered out, transforming into purple armor that covered his body.

Zhang Yunhu and Zhang Yunhuang, the two young dragons, went limp all over, as if they had lost all their strength, staggered backward, and sat down on the ground…

Zhang Wuji furrowed his brows and sighed.

The two young dragons, Zhang Yunhu and Zhang Yunhuang, seemed to have their bodies…

…completely drained of strength, stumbling backward and collapsing onto the ground……

"How could this happen?"

"How could it be… junior brother Yunlong, actually surrendering full control of his body to the Temple God?"

"Once the Temple God occupies the body, the flesh will be altered by its divinity… it will become a cursed corpse!"

Zhang Wují shook his head: "Yunlong is too extreme…… We who raise the temple god must slowly learn to master the temple god, not be mastered by it……"

The young nun Zhang Yunhuang covered her face, tears rolling down as she sobbed.

【241】 Zhang Yunhu was also filled with melancholy.

【242】 Zhang Wuji shook his head: "Yunlong is too extreme… we who raise the Temple God must gradually learn to control it, not be controlled by it…"

【243】 "Reversing cause and effect will only harm oneself."

Yunlong, he has never understood this.

Zhang Wují sighed.

But, at least, Zhang Yunlong is still standing, and can still fight…

Perhaps, it was precisely for this battle that Zhang Yunlong took this step that would bury his future.

Why bother?!

What's the point of being angry with a six-year-old girl?!

…

…

The mushroom cloud dispersed.

Xixi, stepping on the Hell Lotus Wind Fire Golden Light Wheel, was also gasping heavily.

The activation of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin Lotus Seat Main Battle Tank consumes qi-blood and divinity; for Xixi, a single barrage is already her limit.

She wants to fire another barrage, plant another firework, which may need a little time to ease and recover her qi-blood and divinity.

Behind her, the Eight-Armed Three-Faced Hell Lotus Indestructible Divine Aspect appeared, bearing her visage, three heads, fully displaying the three aspects!

Suspended thousands of feet high, the Golden Light Wheel frenetically spewed sparks, supporting her body.

Xixi's mouth corners split open, she couldn't close them, truly beautiful!

These fireworks, these huge fireworks…

It literally blasted into Xixi's heart; Xixi simply loved it, adored it!

However, what a pity…

"This didn't even blow him to death."

Xixi crossed her arms, slowly lowered her head, and from thousands of feet high, looked down upon the White Jade Plaza where a mushroom cloud had been planted, washed into ruins.

In the steaming hot ground of the White Jade Plaza, the spring rain pattering down watered it, making a 'hiss' as white hot air rose.

White air tore apart, purple air surged!

Zhang Yunlong's purple hair flew wildly, his face covered in purple tadpole curse marks, his eyes brimming with purple intensity like a tide, he recklessly and arrogantly stared at Xixi thousands of feet high.

He straightened his body, his body becoming slender and robust.

The purple hair behind him grew and hung down to his waist.

He felt that at this moment, his power kept rising, vaguely as if he had touched the power of the Divine Fetus level…

Zhang Yunlong felt that he was now too strong.

After such a terrifying explosion, he still survived—indeed, with the Temple God's power, the Temple God is invincible among peers.

He is invincible among peers!

However, the only thing that made Zhang Yunlong somewhat regretful was that he completely used his flesh to bear the Temple God's power, letting the Temple God take over his body…

He had already become completely Temple God–ified.

His "Purple Mansion" had not yet been cultivated; forcibly accepting the Temple God, his Purple Mansion is now riddled with cracks, the leaking Temple God divinity radiating and eroding his flesh.

"Quick battle, quick decision…"

"The longer I drag it out, the worse the Temple God's erosion on me becomes."

Zhang Yunlong exhaled a breath.

He suddenly tapped down with his foot.

Countless divinity surged wildly, the White Jade Plaza, which had become ruins, suddenly collapsed beneath the ground tens of zhang below Zhang Yunlong's feet.

One exhalation, like a thunderclap!

Exhalation like thunder!

Sound like a collapsing mountain!

Rolling air currents and sound waves rampaged mixed, like countless ghosts wailing and wolves howling, tearing apart, blasting through the clouds, tearing the sky!

Zhang Yunlong soared straight up to the heavens, the purple divinity behind him expanding evermore, actually seeming to transform into a deity with purple wings on its back.

One could not tell what deity it was, the majestic Temple God divinity, like a storm, poured forth and ravaged every region!

The clanging sound echoed endlessly, dense purple sword light shot up into the sky.

A soaring, majestic sword intent, as if distorting and shaking the void, like wind and thunder surging, a hidden dragon rising to the nine heavens!

Like a straight bolt of a crossbow, soaring upward!

Countless streams of light burst apart, the residual glow of the mushroom cloud vanished, amidst countless surging air currents, the hazy mist was swept apart by the mighty sword intent!

Within the leaden clouds, the falling heavy spring rain, each droplet split in two by the sword intent, making the rain of heaven and earth ever finer!

Blasting forth twisted haze!

"So fast!"

At thousands of feet high, the flesh on Xixi's face twitched!

This speed is too fast!

At this moment, Zhang Yunlong's speed, after the Temple God's possession, nearly rivals that of a true Divine Fetus!

In the thousand-foot expanse, it seemed to leave behind a trail of purple light, like the lingering aftereffect of sword energy being pulled, never dissipating for a long time.

Purple qi sword light shot up to the heavens, fiercely slashing toward Xixi, who stood on the Hell Lotus Wind Fire Golden Light Wheel!

Xixi had just undergone massive consumption.

She also knew that, relying on her own martial arts and divinity, fighting Zhang Yunlong possessed by the Temple God now would only result in an instant kill!

So…

Xixi clenched her five fingers, the Immortal Craft Fire God Bodhi Barrett appeared in her hand, and with her other hand she fiercely sprayed.

Hundreds of white Flying Lightning Chess Pieces, like heavenly maidens scattering flowers, spread across the entire thousand-foot-high space…

Xixi intends to employ the same old technique, using the method that defeated Zhang Yunhu to fight Zhang Yunlong…

Xixi's eyes bright, this temple‑god‑possession technique certainly cannot last, because the longer the temple god possesses, the closer Zhang Yunlong gets to death!

Therefore, what Xixi must do is stall for time!

Hum—

She suddenly erected an Immortal Craft Fire God Bodhi Barret, and at the instant she pulled the trigger.

Her whole body grasped a Flying Thunder Chess Piece and vanished.

She shifted to several hundred meters away.

Golden light surged, the Fire‑God Bodhi Dragon‑tooth projectile, like a golden thread, tore the sky and shot from behind Zhang Yunlong toward his occipital cavity.

However.

Zhang Yunlong's eyes turned, and he actually kept up with Xixi's shift and the speed of the exploding Bodhi Dragon‑tooth.

Accompanied by a roaring blast, Zhang Yunlong raised his five fingers, a violet divinity covering his palms, and somehow grasped that Bodhi Dragon‑tooth.

Although the terrifying piercing power of the Bodhi Dragon‑tooth tore through the violet temple‑god divinity and lodged in Zhang Yunlong's palm,

that was all there was to it.

Xixi's expression changed slightly.

A suppressing, terrifying temple‑god rank pressure thundered down!

The air seemed to solidify and freeze; the two, a thousand zhang above, engaged in a peril‑filled clash within an extremely brief moment!

Roar—!

From the left arm, a purple‑flame serpent spear, fire‑tipped, roared up, and a massive divinity ripped through the frozen‑air temple‑god pressure!

Xixi clenched all five fingers.

As Zhang Yunlong's violet hair struck the void and appeared before her, she used a Flying Thunder Chess Piece to shift away.

The violet divinity behind Zhang Yunlong gathered into twin wings, each feather seeming to become an extremely sharp divine sword; the sword light rang, brutally slashing the spot where Xixi had been hovering.

The violet sword aura buzzed wildly, squeezing the air outward, then backfiring, turning in the high sky into a howling gale that scattered countless spring rains, forming a vacuum‑like zone!

"What a slippery loach…"

Zhang Yunlong's whole body trembled with purple tadpole script, his face turning somewhat ferocious.

"Li Nuanxi!"

"Bring out your strongest means to deal with me!"

"Otherwise…"

"You'll only have the fate of being torn apart by me!"

"Just like…"

"That foolish warrior of the True Martial God Sect!"

Zhang Yunlong smiled, and even his teeth were covered with purple tadpole script!

Xixi gasped heavily, purple fire snakes coiled around her, her eyes exceedingly solemn, the Prison Lotus divine pattern at her brow trembling.

As if the pressure brought by Zhang Yunlong made her slightly uneasy.

Zhang Yunlong turned his head; the twin pupils swallowed by violet light locked onto Xixi's position. He spread his arms, and the violet divinity that formed twin temple‑god wings behind him erupted wildly!

Dense violet feathers seemed to become countless sword lights!

Locking onto every white Flying Thunder Chess Piece Xixi scattered!

"I'll see then…"

"Where you can hide!"

"You only know how to use mechanisms, little girl!"

"Without mechanisms, what are you?"

"Oh… there seems to be a monster hidden inside you!"

"The monster that defeated Zhang Yunhuang… Let me see what's truly hidden inside you!"

Zhang Yunlong gave a light smile.

In the next instant, his body seemed to turn into violet sword light, tearing the air, causing countless currents to be silently sliced.

As if a sky full of flying violet feathers, he appeared before Xixi.

……

……

Qian Yuan Divine Sect Leader's banquet area.

Li Che suddenly rose, his brows knit.

On the other side, Lu Taibai also stood, sword intent raging and intertwining around him.

However, neither moved.

Li Che's five fingers already grasped a Flying Thunder Chess Piece, ready to shift with a single thought.

Although, the Purple Robe Marten Temple Grandmaster who hosted this juvenile‑dragon victory gathering for the Dàjǐng Court possessed very strong cultivation,

perhaps he could intervene in time to save Xixi.

Yet Li Che dared not gamble.

Just as Li Che was about to shift, he seemed to sense something, his expression faintly showing a strange hint, and he halted his action.

……

……

Everything between heaven and earth seemed to vanish.

Xixi widened her eyes, staring at the enormous black lotus flower that alone remained, its flame quietly burning.

That enormous lotus slowly bloomed, petal after petal unfurling.

Black flames, carrying scorching heat and distortion, slowly spread.

Then…

Xixi saw within the lotus petals a quiet, standing girl with a slender figure appear.

The girl wore a black long dress, revealing a section of jade‑white calf.

The girl's ink‑black hair was long and straight, hanging down to her waist‑hips, her long eyelashes tightly closed, her skin cold‑white, emitting a faint glow.

Her beautiful, exquisite face bore a touch of sorrow.

As if sensing Xixi's astonished gaze, the girl's long, curved eyelashes trembled, then slowly opened her eyes—pitch‑black like a black date, deep as the starry sky.

Xixi's and the girl's gazes collided.

Xixi exclaimed, "Wow!"

"Sis, you look really beautiful!"

Appearance‑obsessed Xixi spared no praise.

The girl pursed her lips and smiled; the black lotus on her forehead, as if coming alive, trembled.

"Girl, need……"

"Should we beat it to death?"

One Update, it's not Lao Li wanting to cut off the chapter; stopping anywhere would be a cut‑off. There's still one chapter tonight to finish this arc. Moreover, the rules of the Heroes' Banquet are definitely different from those of the Infant Dragon Banquet; the rules of these two banquets have made Lao Li lose so much hair thinking about them. Please vote for monthly tickets, recommend tickets, and support continued reading! Lao Li thanks you!