Chapter 1412: No Tiger in the Mountain (Double Chapter)

Ruined walls and collapsed battlements, the divine peak caved in; the earth scraped three chi deep, the wind blew ten thousand zhang high.

Towering high mountains suddenly turned into valleys, pavilions and towers blown into dust.

Crimson-gold dual-colored meteors streaked and flew, like two fine threads of gold-red, shuttling and weaving.

Crimson remains sprayed out, landing on yellow-white cliffs, uniformly turning into a smear of residual red blood moon, and in the next instant, both mountain and blood moon turned to dust, scattering in the wind.

First-grade sect Chi Di Ling, today welcomed two peerless fiends, chaos everywhere!

"Ah, immortal artifact! My immortal artifact!!"

Sect Master Chi Rong wailed in agony.

Blood-red horizon, golden meteors seized the crimson great cauldron, hearing the sound they trembled, turned head and looked down, plummeting diagonally from high altitude, instantly lunging forward.

The roar cut off abruptly.

Eyes met eyes, golden eyes met black eyes.

Chi Rong had no time to be frightened, his vision darkened instantly, his skull jolted, then came excruciating pain, as if his neck had snapped, wind howled past his ears, he strained to open his eyes, only seeing daylight through the gaps between giant fingers.

One hand seized Chi Rong's skull, repeatedly smashing four mountain peaks, Liang Qu's wrist paused then jerked, one push one pull, he wrenched the neck cleanly, lifted Chi Rong's fleshly body, reversed his form, flung it away, shouting loudly:

"Dragon Elephant."

Zhang Longxiang alone blocked seven, cleaved three, caught a fleeing figure in his peripheral vision, turned and slashed.

Chi Rong faced the blade directly, visage twisted, strained with all his might to block......

Red light flashed, the heavens split, Sect Master Chi Rong of Chi Di Ling vanished without trace.

Nine Venerables!

"Sect Master!"

Wails shook the heavens, mighty ones panicked.

Zhang Longxiang's aura surged to ten thousand zhang, nearly solidified, he gripped the hilt tight, muscles tensed, backhanded another slash, arc-light sweeping over four elders and the earth.

Immediately after, the canyon appeared, all wailing ceased.

Thirteen Venerables!

"Go!"

Gold-red meteors streaked across the sky, skimming the ground to flip up soil layers, shot straight up, turned into two invisible points of light.

Boom!

The ground trembled slightly, broken beams struck walls, crashed to the ground, kicking up dust and mist.

Surviving elders and disciples slumped on the ground, heads raised, weeping loudly.

"Chi Di Ling! Chi Di Ling! Gone! "

"Tianhuo Sect, Tianhuo Sect why not come save, why not come save ah."

"Where is the Fifth Immortal, awakened Fifth Immortal?!"

"What on earth...... what on earth is happening? "

Yufeng Lou, Deng Shu stumbled out of the ruins, eyes blood-red, panting heavily, arrived beside the canyon, his mind already devoid of emotion, only vast emptiness remained.

First-grade sect, standing at the pinnacle of the world, second only to the Divine Tianhuo Sect.

How could this be, how could this be......

Where is the Immortal Separation, wasn't he revived? Where is he now?

Whoosh.

Two black dots appeared in the field of vision, standing side by side.

Identical scene, identical quantity.

Fear shattered the threshold, as if bitten by a venomous snake, Deng Shu screamed and shouted, panicked and fled, Yufeng Lou disciples scattered like beasts, some even transformed into birds and fled without trace.

Wu Lingxu and Fei Taiyu paid no heed, surveyed the surroundings, amidst extreme shock, raised a hand and grabbed, directly pulling out a deep crimson coffin, shattered the blood treasure, inscribed the secret art.

Sect Master Yu Baiyi stared blankly, eyes opened, all he saw was ruins, arose with astonishment.

"This...... what happened? "

Wu Lingxu and Fei Taiyu had not yet explained, his heart startled again, he grabbed Yu Baiyi with one hand.

"Follow me!"

Crimson-gold streaks tore the sky, one flickered and shuttled, one flew straight and horizontal, actually neck-and-neck, wherever they passed, all heavenly colors were as if wiped clean from empty air.

Great and small sects stared in shock at the sky.

Such might, could it be the awakened Fifth Immortal of legend?

"Where to now?"

"Dragon King's Lair!"

"Not continue?"

"This is the guidance of the Frog Duke's hexagram." Liang Qu glanced at Zhang Longxiang, like a demon-subduing lord descended from heaven, truly the Tai Sui god of the mortal realm, "Keep stacking, the Eagle God stealing food will descend?"

"Keep killing, continuing on won't descend! Not one bit!"

"Good!"

Liang Qu had it in mind, swayed slightly, paused his form, Zhang Longxiang followed closely behind, also asked no more.

Moment.

A streak of rainbow light flew from afar.

Zhang Longxiang raised his brow, Su Heba Lu? No, should be Lao Ying Tian!

"Elder!" Lao Ying Tian rejoiced.

"No time to explain, get on first, Ah Fei!"

Liang Qu pointed with his fingers, a phantom flickered beside him, the heavenly maw opened wide, swallowing Lao Ying Tian.

The sky's light shifted; as he entered the water, Lao Yingting felt his whole body grow light, the blood treasure in his hand ceased evaporating, and there was no longer any sensation of his flesh rejecting it.

The crimson-gold meteor streaked forth again.

However, the Dragon King's Lair had not yet been reached.

"Liang Qing!" the old toad shouted.

Gazing into the distance, the Dragon King's Lair lay right before their eyes, estimated at only a few thousand li away, but......

Liang Qu's thoughts flashed rapidly: "A Fei!!"

The abyssal maw appeared once more; before Lao Yingting's eyes it went dark then bright, and he was spat out of the Flood Nation by the fat catfish, before he could even react.

"Yingting, open the door!"

Lao Yingting's thoughts moved like lightning; combining the circumstances of his own entry, he guessed that the location where others opened a passage might not be fixed, and immediately gripped the Five Elements Plate, swung his arm in a full circle, located the node, and ruthlessly smashed it down, tearing open the world.

Boom!

Blazing sunlight poured in through the breach in the world, dispersing the netherworld's blood light.

Liang Qu seized the two beside him and stepped out in a single stride.

Behind the three, a vast will swept across heaven and earth, surging forth and passing through their bodies.

In an instant, boundless malice enveloped them.

But it was all too late.

The ends of heaven and earth.

Crimson rosy light filled the sky and covered the wilds; another crimson meteor hurtled forth. Long hair whipping, stark naked, his whole body wreathed in the same blood-qi as Lao Yingting's before, a young man with a calm face bearing anger watched with his own eyes as the three leapt out from the breach!

Golden Royal Court; atop the golden formation patterns the light flickered, inside the Great Khan's seclusion tent.

*Click. *

At the symmetrical position of the Yang and Yin realms' entrance, a gigantic cavity abruptly reappeared!

Having just witnessed the Lotus Sect's new Venerable vanish in a flash, the Northern Court Martial Saints had not yet caught their breath, and relaxed their minds.

A familiar aura, a familiar might.

Every Wu Sheng's hair stood on end instantly, and they subconsciously retreated half a step.

"Sweat King, retreat quickly!" the Wolf Lord shouted.

The Great Khan gripped his severed arm, gritted his teeth, and withdrew together under the cover of the many Martial Saints.

Just at this moment, Suhebaru, Liang Qu, and Zhang Longxiang tumbled out of the cavity one after another.

The familiar faces left the Northern Court Martial Saints stunned dumb.

The Great Khan turned in surprise and joy, catching sight of Suhebaru fallen on the ground at a glance: "Fierce Tiger King! You......"

"Khan! You must not!" The Wolf Lord yanked back the Great Khan who was about to step forward, then glared furiously: "Zhang Longxiang! Liang Qu!! Is this the work of you Great Shun people!" Everyone gasped in shock, looking toward the other two beside Suhebaru.

Aside from the Wolf Lord who had garrisoned the Northern Frontier Platform year-round, the Martial Saints present had never seen the two in person, only portraits, and boundless confusion welled up.

How was Suhebaru captured and then returned?

How did Liang Qu and Zhang Longxiang appear?

Why were the three together?

Just what on earth is going on?

Wait!

The Wolf Lord swiftly sensed the "River Stones," and discovered in horror that Liang Qu and Zhang Longxiang's "River Stones" were clearly still on the Great Shun Yellow Shahe; looking closely at the two, their figures were actually faint and insubstantial, not like living people at all!

Not only that, the Lotus Sect's new Venerable! The Lotus Sect's new Venerable's "River Stone" likewise remained right before them, but where was the person?

"Liang Qing!!"

Without giving the bewildered Northern Court Great Khan any explanation, unable to understand the Northern Court people's words either, enduring the heavenly formation's pressure from above, Liang Qu snatched the Five Elements Plate from Suhebaru's hand: "Move again!"

*Click! *

Before everyone's eyes, the three pushed off the ground and leapt, crashing headfirst into the first cavity.

Then......

The stark-naked, blood-patterned young man, the Lotus Sect's new Venerable, emerged from the second cavity, his face revealing unconcealed shock and rage! Next, the Northern Court Great Khan and Northern Court Martial Saints stared dumbly at the inside of the great tent, as new cavities kept opening one after another.

Liang Qu, Zhang Longxiang, Suhebaru, and the Lotus Sect's new Venerable shuttled back and forth like jumping rope, repeatedly traversing, repeatedly departing, one cavity after another spreading open.

Scarlet blood light illuminated their faces.

The old toad held the fat catfish's two long whiskers, pulling left and right, sending a message through the Flood Nation.

"Ominous!"

"Auspicious!"

"Ominous!"

Racing through the gaps in the interweaving.

The three swiftly broke into the Dragon King's Lair; en route they encountered a mighty figure, and Zhang Longxiang casually slashed with a saber.

Fourteen Venerables!

Fifteen Venerables!

Intangible momentum at this moment became viscous, became terrifying to hear of.

Dragon King's Lair, the blood river surged, plunging into the endless abyss. The four Heavenly Fire Sect Grand Elders had received orders earlier and waited in strict array, lying in ambush on all sides to capture Elder Yu, each and every one a mighty figure, none below the eighth rank, with a thirteenth-rank leading them.

Among them was even an elder who had drunk wine at Elder Liang Qu's banquet in days past.

The leading Grand Elder suddenly noticed the sky's light flickering, and alerted his colleagues on either side, but before they could look closely.

In their field of vision, the light flashed once.

The blood river severed its flow; all four elders found themselves within this saber light.

A miserable scream rang out.

The crimson meteor swelled again.

Nineteen Venerables!

Nineteen Venerables, the Abyssal Dragon!

Spatial ripples surged like tides, the scarlet balefire solidifying.

Unparalleled, overwhelming, unmatched!

Zhang Longxiang laughed to the heavens, closed his eyes, and the insights of the twelfth stage flooded his heart.

Crack!

Breakthrough!

"Fierce! Huh, is it ominous?"

The old toad who shouted re-examined the divination.

Four reversals, two affirmations.

Ominous?

"Come on, go in!"

Liang Qu grabbed Zhang Longxiang and Suhe Baru and rushed straight into the Dragon King's Lair.

Now!

Zhang Longxiang gripped the Five Elements Disc and leapt with all his might.

As the lower halves of the three sank into the dark maw, spatial confinement like gel halted their movements; Liang Qu's thought shifted, and the gel-space reverted instantly.

Pot King's divine ability, 【Shatter Void Seal】!

The three pressed on, nearly treading the invisible 【Heaven-Supporting Pillar】, charging downward.

"A mantis trying to stop a chariot!"

Heavenly sound trembled, and the three's vision flashed.

Heaven and earth shifted, the view spinning.

The three, who had been inside the Dragon King's Lair, suddenly appeared in a blood-red sky; the young man with crimson patterns covering his body, the Fifth Will, took their place, his form entwined with dissipating blood qi as he entered the Dragon King's Lair.

Liang Qu immediately withdrew the 【Heaven-Supporting Pillar】.

The Fifth Will, mid-fall, slipped a foot, dared not go deeper, flipped and leapt from the abyss, landed on the blood river, flashed again, and stood before the three. "Die!" the Fifth Will clenched his fist and struck out brutally.

Liang Qu grinned, shoved Zhang Longxiang forward, and icy tendrils grew within him, forming a grim forest.

Twelfth stage, promoted to thirteenth.

All creation techniques rose uniformly by one level.

In Hong State, the four divine ability posts switched in unison to auxiliary divine abilities, a streak of green light flew out and instantly bolstered Zhang Longxiang; blade light like thunderclaps collided with a boom!

Wu Lingxu and Fei Taiyu gathered a group of elders, hurried over to lend support, then witnessed a figure entwined with blood qi retreat, plunge into the blood river, and freeze stiff on the spot!

In a flash of lightning and spark, Zhang Longxiang repelled the Fifth Will!

Gaining a moment to breathe but too late to rebuild the 【Heaven-Supporting Pillar】, Liang Qu produced the Five Elements Disc, messaged the Third Prince, aimed at the node, and smashed it hard, looking up and roaring:

"Old Dragon Lord! Can't reach your side, don't want to die, then bring us for another surge!"

Beneath the Five Elements Disc, space shattered, and dazzling golden light pierced through the cracks.

Su Wang and Chong Wang appeared opposite, the two sides as if separated by a shattered mirror.

The fat catfish broke through the blood river, opened its mouth to devour, and Pai Xiao Xing's form extended tentacles, wrapping the small fish.

On the banks of the Huangsha River, the Third Prince kept pouring fetal pearl elixirs into the ritual vessel, the ghost mother sculpture's hands turning.

In the Dragon King's Lair, having crossed the lightless interlayer, the thinnest fetal membrane between yin and yang realms, they saw the gap; the long-awaited dragon shadow opened its golden eyes and strained to rise.

The blood river trembled, all turning into the dragon's skeletal frame of stark white bones, which roared upright, swung its long tail, and struck the world's wall.

Between the Dragon King's Lair and the world's breach, a thousand-zhang distance, a fissure suddenly appeared, the fissure continuously spreading and successfully linking to the opening made by the Five Elements Disc.

One head, one tail, under force, they sundered.

The zipper opened.

All the blood river water poured down along the fissure, becoming narrow and long; before the Tianhuo Sect could react, a thousand-zhang radius utterly collapsed and burst open with a roar!

Blazing sunlight shone down.

The Huangsha River water was turbid and muddy.

Su Wang and Chong Wang, drenched in sweat, watched Bei Ting; the sudden appearance of the Lian Hua Sect's new Venerable, whose strength nearly terrified them, but the next second, red light burst forth, illuminating faces, then a person-high void rapidly expanded, up and down, soon spanning a thousand zhang, piercing heaven and earth. Within the narrow fissure, a phantom dragon emerged!

Boom!

Heaven and earth fully penetrated.

Bei Ting's Tiger King Suhe Baru, the Lian Hua Sect's new Venerable, on the "Stone in the River" of the Huangjin Wang Ting, suddenly shuttled, crossed half of heaven and earth, descended into the Huangsha River Ghost Mother Ritual, and Pai Xiao Xing's form reassembled.

The Fifth Will, Wu Lingxu, Fei Taiyu, and the host of Tianhuo elders fell, following the leap into the yang realm.

The new Venerable no longer bore blood mist; instead, the forms of Wu Lingxu and Fei Taiyu began to flicker.

The Fifth Will gazed at all this before him, a flicker of disbelief crossing his face.

What...... is going on?

Immediately he saw Zhang Longxiang and Liang Qu with closed eyes, could bear it no longer, struck out suddenly, but the heavenly dragon shadow flashed, turned to flowing light, and coiled around the Fifth Will!

Fury like a volcanic eruption, the underground coal mines burning, fire blazing the heavens and earth, the Fifth Will had never imagined he would be toyed with like this; he raised a hand and shook, nearly scattering half the phantom, then charged toward Zhang Longxiang, clenching his fist.

A prairie fire ignited in his heart, but it was already too late.

Liang Qu opened his eyes first, leapt up to meet him.

In his Lower Dantian, the small qi cluster of the 【Rolling Stone into Pill】 spun nonstop, then exploded with a roar, pouring onto the temple above; the seventh phantom solidified abruptly. Seventh stage!

Realm rose, the shattered temple briefly mended the crack, standing firm for an instant.

Thereafter, Jumang grew.

Seventh stage promotion to eighth stage.

Fourth stage Golden Body promotion to fifth stage, aided by the briefly restored temple.

【Instant Invincibility】!

Grasp the river, pull the river!

Liang Qu likewise clenched his fist into a punch, striking out with a boom.

Hong Sha!

"Jie Lie Zhen Shu!" The Fifth Will roared in shock and fury.

The two fists collided.

The Yellow Shahe water exploded and severed in midair.

The Fifth Will's momentum halted abruptly, all its grandeur as if the great rivers and great rivers poured into a mire, completely withdrawing.

Suddenly.

Another surge of aura shot up to the heavens.

In the Fifth Will's black pupils, the clear sky was reflected, Liang Qu was reflected, Zhang Longxiang stepped out from behind Liang Qu, nineteen phantom Yinglong overlapped with him, and a sharp blade's edge shot up to the heavens as a blade descended!

"Ah!!"

The blade light was lily-white, drawing a splendid arc between heaven and earth, flooding the Fifth Will like a tide.

Wu Lingxu and Fei Taiyu stood completely dazed in place.

Beiting and Nanjiang witnessed the new venerone of the Lotus Sect rushing and leaping to the Yellow Shahe, colliding with Liang Qu and Zhang Longxiang, originally intending to rejoice at two tigers fighting. The blade light faded.

The Yellow Shahe water continued flowing, rushing eastward.

The Fifth Will's flesh body split open, a streak of flowing light leapt from within the flesh body, shot straight through the void, and smashed into the underworld!

The new venerone "Stone in the River" collapsed with a boom!