Chapter 5: The Void Claw First Displays Its Power

Finally, we've arrived at Chentang Pass!

Lady Yin, her belly swollen, looked at the war‑ravaged huge city outside and couldn't help but frown.

She hadn't expected the situation at Chentang Pass to be worse than she imagined.

Now even a section of the city wall has been destroyed, showing how brutal the fighting here is.

"Lady, be careful, don't fall."

At this moment, Ao Yifan walked to Lady Yin's side, supporting her as he spoke.

"I'm not that delicate!"

She gave Ao Yifan a glance, then looked back at Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai, who were tidying their dresses; seeing both women similarly big‑bellied and awkward in their movements, she couldn't help but furrow her brow.

"I really don't know where you learned these heretical ways, even your valley way also, forget it, I don't want to deal with this anymore, from now on you must help me quell the monster clan rebellion at Chentang Pass, or else I'll truly take my ball back to Morning Song and never speak to you again!"

Lady Yin constantly worried about the people, and once again threatened Ao Yifan with her unborn child.

"I understand, I…"

Just then, a tsunami's roar came from afar; immediately after, a hundred‑feet‑high wave surged up, heading straight for Chentang Pass.

"Quick, raise the formation!"

At that moment, a great shout rang out; immediately after, on the ruined walls of Chentang Pass a blue formation barrier appeared, blocking the hundred‑feet‑high wave outright.

"Kill! Today we'll eat our fill!"

A shriek rang out; immediately after, within the wave a ferocious figure appeared, wielding a giant fork and charging toward the barrier.

"Whoosh—"

However, before that ferocious figure could reach the barrier, a tearing‑through‑the‑air sound came; immediately after, an arrow pierced his chest, killing him on the spot.

"Li Jing is here; any monster clan that invades Chentang Pass shall be killed without pardon!"

At the same time, a heroic figure stepped onto the city wall, holding a longbow; obviously, that arrow just now was his masterpiece.

"Good, I didn't expect Chentang Pass to have such a fierce general; this is also a blessing for our Great Shang!"

Seeing the heroic general on the wall, Lady Yin couldn't help but clap and cheer.

To the side, Ao Yifan's expression was somewhat strange; after all, he had just heard clearly that the fierce general on the wall was none other than the legendary Li Jing.

If he had not appeared, Li Jing would have been Lady Yin's husband.

But now Lady Yin has come to Chentang Pass with her unborn child; it's obvious that the two of them can no longer be together.

However, as Lady Yin's husband and now the Prince Consort of the Great Shang, Ao Yifan naturally would not let Li Jing steal all the limelight.

"Lady, sit still; I'll take care of those riffraff so they don't affect our child's prenatal education."

Ao Yifan waved his hand; Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai stepped forward, supporting Lady Yin and helping her sit back down.

"All right, husband, be careful!"

Lady Yin said this, while also eagerly wondering just how capable this Prince Consort, bound to her by her child, really is.

"Hehe"

With a faint smile, Ao Yifan took a step, vanished from his original spot, and reappeared above the heads of the monster clan.

"What is that?"

Seeing Ao Yifan suddenly appear, Li Jing narrowed his eyes, feeling a slight itch on his scalp, as if something had grown on his head.

"Who are you?"

Ao Yifan's sudden appearance above them quickly drew the attention of the monster clan's experts.

But Ao Yifan never likes to waste words; only see his right hand turn into a claw and he thrusts it forward into the air.

In the next instant, the hundred‑zhang‑high wave was split into several streams by his single claw.

At the same time, cries of misery came from within the wave; obviously, that simple claw had killed or wounded an untold number of monster clan members.

"Good, so powerful!"

Lady Yin felt somewhat excited; knowing Ao Yifan was strong, she hadn't expected him to be this terrifying.

"Princess, be careful, don't harm the fetal qi."

At the side, Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai hurriedly pressed down on the about‑to‑jump Lady Yin, speaking anxiously.

At the same time, the soldiers on Chentang Pass's city wall stared wide‑eyed at the scene before them.

"Who is this?"

"An immortal?"

With a single claw, he killed or wounded hundreds, even thousands of monster clan members; such power is truly terrifying!

"Run! It's a human immortal!"

At that moment, among the monster clan, some bright‑minded monsters reacted and fled toward the seabed.

"You want to escape? Is that possible?"

With a cold snort, Ao Yifan gripped the air with his right hand; void power instantly froze a radius of several hundred zhang.

In an instant, the fleeing monster clan members, as if hit by a paralysis spell, stiffened in place.

"Condense!"

With a soft shout, the void power began to contract at extreme speed, instantly crushing countless monster clan members into a mass.

"Void Claw, truly worthy of being the advanced form of Ao Yun's Rending Space Claw; its power is not bad!"

Holding in his hand the blood beads condensed from countless monster clan members, Ao Yifan smiled with satisfaction.

Turning his right hand over, he put away the blood beads, Ao Yifan turned toward Chentang Pass and proclaimed loudly: "Princess Suzhi, bringing five thousand troops with a Prince Consort in tow, has come to aid Chentang Pass in eliminating the monster clan; why don't you quickly open the gates to welcome the princess's phoenix carriage?"

"Whoa—"

In an instant, Chentang Pass rang with earth‑shaking cheers.

Reinforcements have finally arrived!

After all, during this period, the Chen Tang Pass soldiers have been suffering day-and-night sieges by the monster clan; it's really too bitter.

Now the reinforcements have finally arrived; more importantly, among them is Ao Yifan, an immortal with terrifying power—how could the townspeople not be excited?

There's no way— the scene of slaughtering hundreds or thousands of monster clan with a wave of the hand is just too shocking for everyone!

"Open the gate, quickly open the gate, welcome the princess's phoenix palanquin!"

At this moment, the Chen Tang Pass commander, his bulky body moving at an unimaginable speed, came rolling and crawling toward the gate; after all, he never expected that the unassuming Princess Su Zhi would actually bring such a powerful immortal with her.

The next moment, the Chen Tang Pass generals all rushed out of the gate, standing in two rows to welcome the princess's phoenix carriage.

The princess's phoenix carriage approached slowly, and the Chen Tang Pass commander led the soldiers in performing the salute together.

"Chen Tang Pass Commander Tu Feiyuan, leading all the Chen Tang Pass soldiers, respectfully welcomes Princess Su Zhi's arrival!"

"Chen Tang Pass Commander Tu Feiyuan shouted loudly."

The next moment, Lady Yin, supported by Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai, stepped out of the phoenix palanquin.

But when everyone saw that the three women were all showing big bellies, they all froze.

What's going on?

Princess Su Zhi, are you coming to aid Chen Tang Pass while pregnant?

However, the other party is a Great Shang princess; they are merely subjects of Great Shang, and although they harbor myriad doubts, they dare not ask or say anything.

Among the soldiers, Li Jing watched Lady Yin's big belly, feeling inexplicably uneasy, as if what was rightfully his had been snatched away by others.

"You soldiers have worked hard!"

Lady Yin waved her delicate hand, fully displaying the princess's phoenix bearing; after all, although she enjoys wielding blades and spears, this princess is truly the real deal.

"Today, I have seen Chen Tang Pass's hardships; however, I have come, and I will surely, together with the prince consort, help Chen Tang Pass resolve the monster clan's calamity!"