Chapter 314

Hit the small one, the big one comes—no wonder the intel says at least……

Mu Yi was speaking when he suddenly froze; the holy sword in his hand suddenly began to crack, and quickly the fissures spread across the blade.

"……"

Mu Yi instantly felt a pang of regret; this holy sword had been with him for a while, and he never expected it to be battered like this in just a moment.

The Soldier Lord's power bolstering the holy sword did not fully protect it.

With a grim face, Mu Yi carefully placed the holy sword back into his pack.

He reached out, summoning ten Asura warriors from the Asura Path, merging them into a Horse-Cutting Sword; to deal with such a big guy, he still needed a heavy weapon.

"Roar!" the golden great Behemoth growled, seemingly comforting the little Behemoth, although this so‑called little Behemoth was already frightfully large.

Just as this scene resembled a father's kindness and a son's filial piety, the First One suddenly launched an attack, unleashing all the power it had been gathering.

"Bang!"

The sky let out a clap of thunder.

The air exploded with a bang.

Then a huge shadow descended from the heavens!

It turned out to be a mountain peak some twenty zhang tall.

At that moment it came with a piercing sonic boom capable of piercing metal and splitting stone, crashing down toward the great and small Behemoths.

"Roar!"

With a roar, the great Behemoth glared, swinging its claws at the mountain peak.

Boom!

A thunderous roar, and the mountain peak was completely held up by the great Behemoth.

Boom!

Centered on the great Behemoth, the land within a radius of several hundred meters shuddered violently.

The ground shattered like a spiderweb, rocks and dirt flying, a violent surge of air like mountains overturning seas surged outward in all directions.

Trees exploded, mountain stones shattered.

The great Behemoth's body involuntarily sank several feet into the earth.

And Mu Yi, at the instant the mountain peak struck, connected his mind with the First One's, the earth splitting beneath his feet like a shell launching upward, he leapt straight onto the peak.

"Boom!"

The Mountain Water Seal landed right after on the peak, Earth Vein Power surged wildly into it, making the peak ever heavier as it sank straight down.

The great Behemoth, already deep in the ground, was now pressed further down by the sinking peak, sinking several more feet into the earth.

His entire aura drifted about like wildfire.

His body also emitted creaking bone sounds, making his facial muscles twitch and his countenance grow more ferocious.

"Roar!"

Golden light burst across his body, his frame began to swell, and his claws erupted with incomparable golden radiance.

The once indestructible mountain peak, under this golden light, exploded from the base upward, inch by inch.

It took only a moment.

Boom!

The mountain peak infused with Earth Vein Power instantly shattered.

And after the peak shattered, a blade of cold light tore apart the golden radiance.

Mu Yi wielded the Horse-Cutting Sword, tracing a perfect arc in midair, bringing incomparable blade light down upon the great Behemoth.

The golden great Behemoth, facing the blade light, actually felt a pang of apprehension.

Clearly this strike posed no mortal threat to him, yet why did he feel such intense apprehension?

"Uh‑oh! This strike isn't aimed at me!"

However, the great Behemoth reacted immediately.

"You dare!"

He roared and swung his claws at Mu Yi.

Yet, having concealed himself after the mountain peak, the lethal intent he had been holding in the void erupted fully at this moment.

The killing intent in Mu Yi's eyes was pure and direct.

This strike must be a one‑hit kill.

The blade light flashed, and in the great Behemoth's disbelieving gaze, it severed the little Behemoth's head!

"Thud……"

The little Behemoth's massive head rolled away, its eyes filled with shock, anger, and resentment.

Looking at the Horse-Cutting Sword now shattered in his hand, Mu Yi tossed it back into the Reincarnation Barrier, and meanwhile collected his spoils.

A twist of the air, and Mu Yi gathered the little Behemoth's soul and head entirely.

Only a headless corpse remained on the ground, beginning to ooze foul‑smelling blood.

It wasn't that Mu Yi didn't want to collect it; rather, as the Reincarnation Barrier spread to the headless corpse of the little Behemoth, several golden rays from the great Behemoth's claws smashed it to pieces.

"Roar!"

A roar brimming with boundless anger echoed through the entire mountain range.

In the golden great Behemoth's pupils, blazing fire ignited, as if it sought to destroy everything.

The ferociously fierce great Behemoth, like an out‑of‑control train, lunged at Mu Yi.

At this moment the great Behemoth was fully golden, its whole body glittering with splendid golden light, like a golden sculpture.

Boom!

The claws of the Giant Behemoth were like the embodiment of destruction; whether it was rock or ground, beneath its gleaming golden claws they would instantly turn to dust.

Mu Yi drew out more Asura to form weapons in his hands, the Weapon Master's power activated to its limit, and he bombarded the Giant Behemoth's claws.

But in just an instant, the Asura armament in Mu Yi's hands would be shattered; he didn't even have time to draw more Asura to strengthen his armament, and could only continuously draw it to cope with the Giant Behemoth's frenzied assault.

No matter how much Asura Mu Yi drew to construct his armament, it would be mercilessly shattered by the Giant Behemoth's claws.

The ground rose up several earthen walls, blocking the Behemoth's path forward.

But these earthen walls, lacking much Earth Vein Power, could not stop the Giant Behemoth's steps at all, not even giving it a chance to pause.

Mu Yi was beaten up badly; the Giant Behemoth's claw power was simply too great, and he couldn't think of how to block it!

In the end, there was no escape; under the frenzied pursuit, Mu Yi had no choice but to condense an Asura shield to block the Giant Behemoth's claw strike.

The shield held for only a moment before shattering completely, and Mu Yi's whole body, like a fired cannonball, slammed directly into the cliff hundreds of meters away.

"Roar!"

The Giant Behemoth seemed to vent some spite, raising its head and letting out an angry roar.

"Are you that happy?"

Amidst the dust and smoke, Mu Yi walked out from the rubble, patted his outfit, and the once‑daily absolute defense attached to it shattered just like that.

It was precisely because of the protection attached to that outfit that he could emerge unharmed.

Or rather, he suffered a bit of impact damage from hitting the cliff.

Fortunately, Mu Yi himself was a thick‑skinned warrior, his strength comparable to an adult dragon; this minor injury was nothing, not to mention his strong recuperative ability.

"I originally wanted to test how strong I could become after Legend, but I don't have a suitable weapon at hand, so you'll go first!"

Mu Yi's gaze turned grim, he spread his arms, and the Reincarnation Barrier instantly spread across the entire battlefield.

In the process, Mu Yi also flung the headless corpse of the Lesser Behemoth into the Hell Path.

"Roar!"

The disappearance of the Lesser Behemoth's headless corpse filled the Giant Behemoth's eyes with fury—or rather, from the moment the Lesser Behemoth died, the fury in his eyes never subsided, only growing stronger.

This colossal beast, moving at a speed utterly mismatched to its size, flashed forward and lunged at Mu Yi.

"Animal Realm!"

Mu Yi let out an angry shout, a huge buffalo rose from the ground, and directly sent the Giant Behemoth flying.

The great buffalo, unwilling to let up, continued chasing the Giant Behemoth and rushed after it.

But at the moment it got close, it was torn to shreds by the golden light on the Behemoth's claws.

Mu Yi frowned as he looked at the Golden Giant Behemoth; its attack power was truly terrifying.

Its arms, brimming with immense power, paired with claws like innate divine weapons, made even the toughest dragon‑scale armor as flims as paper before its mountain‑shaking assault.

The enraged Golden Giant Behemoth did not cease after shredding the giant buffalo; the fury burning in its pupils could only be quelled by tearing Mu Yi apart.

"Human Path!"

Legions of Human Path warrior‑disciples began to appear within the barrier.

"Form up to meet the enemy!"

Following Mu Yi's command, heavy Cloud Energy rose from the military formation.

The originally enraged Golden Giant Behemoth's momentum was suddenly dampened, and even the golden light on its claws seemed to dim a little.

Mu Yi noticed that the Cloud Energy supplied by Guan Linglong's unit was somewhat greater than before.

After locking his gaze onto their mounts beneath them—beasts of the Animal Realm—Mu Yi began to manipulate Cloud Energy for a counterattack.

When facing a single foe, the army's encircling‑and‑killing tactics are always far more varied.

"Cloud Energy Chains!"

Several chains of Cloud Energy wound toward the Golden Giant Behemoth's limbs, seeking to restrict its movements.

But the golden light flashed, and the Cloud Energy chains were directly torn apart by the claws.

Seeing that this move failed, Mu Yi immediately switched to another.

"Six Harmonies Formation! White Tiger Spirit!"

A huge White Tiger formed from Cloud Energy leapt from above the army and lunged at the Golden Giant Behemoth.

The golden‑sharp energy on its claws seemed no inferior to that of the Golden Giant Behemoth.

The White Tiger and the Behemoth, two giant beasts, instantly clashed.

The White Tiger's claws could easily shred the Behemoth's body, and likewise the Behemoth's claws could easily shred the White Tiger.

After a brief clash, the Golden Giant Behemoth, at the cost of two ferocious wounds, tore the White Tiger in half with its claws.

"You think that's the end!" Mu Yi watched the Behemoth charging at them, his expression unchanging.

Since the White Tiger itself is a product of Cloud Energy, how could it be torn apart so easily? After just a moment, it was restored to its original state by an infusion of Cloud Energy.

With a roar, it lunged at the Golden Giant Behemoth again, inflicting ferocious wounds with its bite, only to be torn apart once more by the Golden Giant Behemoth.

Mu Yi frowned; although it could be reborn via Cloud Energy, the White Tiger Spirit was ultimately a condensation of the army's will, not a true immortal body capable of endless revival.

If it kept being torn apart like that, the army would suffer backlash, and the suppressing effect of the Cloud Energy would likely wane, which would become troublesome.

Mu Yi naturally did not want to see such a scene unfold.

"Heavenly Human Path!"

With a point of his finger, the formerly dull, merely‑shaped White Tiger, upon the influx of Heavenly Human Path divinity, instantly seemed to come alive.

A tiger's roar shattered the sky; the sharp metal energy on the White Tiger's claws surged several zhang, and the tiger's paw came down directly onto the Behemoth's head.

The Golden Giant Behemoth likewise showed no weakness, swinging its claw at the White Tiger Spirit.

Intense golden light burst forth between the two massive claws.

When the golden light faded, the White Tiger Spirit's head had been smashed by the Golden Giant Behemoth's claw, while conversely, one of the Golden Giant Behemoth's eyes was torn apart by the claw marks.

"Roar!"

The painful roar made the entire barrier tremble.

But when Huangjin Da Bimon roared, the White Tiger Spirit once again fully coalesced and pounced on it.

After once again tearing the White Tiger Spirit apart at the cost of injury, they watched the White Tiger Spirit continuously gathering.

Huangjin Da Bimon, whose heart was filled with raging fire, finally felt fear.

It could not defeat an opponent that kept resurrecting and could also inflict considerable damage on it; fear began to corrode its heart, and it needed greater power.

Like a mad beast, it launched a direct attack on the barrier, destroying it in an instant and then fled outward.

"Want to run?"

Mu Yi, while repairing the barrier and adjusting the earth covered by it, planned to lead the army in pursuit.

However, the Huangjin Da Bimon that tore the barrier did not flee as Mu Yi had expected.

"Roar!"

A beam of golden light burst from Huangjin Da Bimon's body, shooting straight toward the Heavenly Vault.

The golden light pierced the firmament and reached inside Bimon's God's Divine Realm; the slumbering Bimon's God, half‑asleep, waved a paw unconsciously.

Immediately afterward, a streak of light fell from the Divine Realm onto the Heavenly Vault, descending toward Huangjin Da Bimon.

Already scarred, Huangjin Da Bimon, bathed in the falling light, not only healed its wounds swiftly but also grew more massive than before, its aura swelling as if it had taken a ten‑fold tonic.

"The big ones are down, the old ones are coming..."

Mu Yi pressed his temples helplessly; this mission was far from easy. A creature protected by a deity, even if it cannot summon the deity's descent, its casual support alone was enough to give anyone a headache.

Boom!

Chu Yi, who had been gathering Earth Vein Power outside the barrier, rebelled again.

A small hill, larger than the previous mountaintop by a circle, fell from mid‑air onto Huangjin Da Bimon.

However, this time was different: Huangjin Da Bimon merely swiped its paw, emitting golden light, and the entire hill exploded under the impact of that light.

"Power surging!"

Mu Yi's gaze fixed rigidly on Bimon's body; the Thousand-mile Eye activated, its sight piercing Bimon's surface to glimpse Bimon's origin.

At this moment, what permeated Bimon's body was not any other force but pure divine power, which explained Bimon's sudden strengthening.

However, becoming stronger today also meant death—not only the mission but also the tribute to the Holy Sword.

"Legion, prepare to attack!"

Mu Yi squinted, mobilizing the Cloud Energy of the entire Human Dao army.

The Cloud Energy shaped into a massive Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, emitting blade light as vast as mountain ranges, and slashed toward Huangjin Bimon.

At the same time, Mu Yi swiftly opened the Book of Life and Death, crazily writing Word Spirits with the Judgment Pen.

The three "death" Word Spirits drained ninety percent of Mu Yi's Inner Qi, and the Inner Qi stored in his Inner Pill was also emptied, resulting only in Bimon being stunned for a moment.

But that brief instant was enough; under Chu Yi's control, Earth Vein Power extended countless Earth Dragons that tightly coiled around Bimon's body.

The immobilized Huangjin Da Bimon had no choice but to face the earth‑shattering strike wielded by Mu Yi's commanded army.