Chapter 1531

The Great Li Founder seized and captured; Ge Zu's position and fruit were nullified; the Whale Emperor counterattacked——

Everything happened too fast, like white light bursting forth amidst intersecting dark clouds; by the time one reacted, it was veritably thunder exploding beside the ear.

"Boom!"

Residual waves spread, ears buzzing; the bizarre icy sensation at the back of the neck vanished instantly, fresh blood flowed anew, and everything in the field of vision blurred rapidly.

Good Whale Emperor! Well done!

The current relationship is competition?

The Great Li Founder's offensive was caught off guard, extremely decisive.

A thought flashed and vanished; Liang Qu spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, a layer of red light and a layer of golden light erupted from his body, the two intersecting and reflecting each other, his whole body nearly folding in half at the waist, flung flying out, parting the great sea with his physical body, skipping across the water surface for over a thousand skips, instantly escaping the center of the opening curtain scene.

"Huh?"

"Where is Ashui?" Law Adi rose from her seat.

"Don't know, he was just here a moment ago, suddenly flew out."

Chen Qingjiang sat up straight, eyes fixed without turning.

He couldn't quite understand what happened in the middle; it was only as if something flickered once, and Liang Qu vanished. In his place, on the curtain, white mist wrapped like silk cloth, dead tight around a pale white giant hand, like two tigers fighting over food.

The white silk cloth tightened with force, the entire pale white giant hand exploded, bursting into blood-red mist, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye!

The scene kept collapsing and disintegrating, all things disappearing completely; on the square and proper Dragon Spirit Gauze, everywhere was surging seawater, heaven and earth shaking violently.

Chen Qingjiang couldn't understand what move this was, only felt it was lively.

Martial Saints fighting, the scene is truly grand, incomparable to the rascals in town causing trouble for petty gain.

Fortunately the scene looks grand and scary enough, but actually no lives can be lost.

"Damn, someone actually dares to fight King Huai! Did they eat a bear heart and leopard gall?"

"King Huai, go get them, show them some color, don't play around!"

Huaiyin Martial Hall, disciples astonished, then cheering for Liang Qu.

Hu Qi sat up straight, equally surprised, just feeling the situation seems not quite right?

Master and Madam are both on site.

Heaven spinning, earth turning, residual waves sweeping horizontally, body as if severed at the waist; Liang Qu struggled to control his body, a sweep of his peripheral vision, nerves tightening once more.

The blood mist entangled with the white mist, almost without any obstruction, disappeared into the field of vision once again.

Son of a bitch, it caught up!

Fast, too fast.

Is this the true Crucible? The true Immortal's strength?

Where is He?

Heart-Eye Cave opened, up down front back inside outside, nowhere unseeable.

Movement method completely unlike spatial traversal, no traces whatsoever, no omens whatsoever.

Ninth Stage Dragon Tiger Golden Body operating desperately, Liang Qu desperately trying to capture the movement trajectory, but fundamentally couldn't detect anything at all.

The next moment, soul violently shaken, pain drilling out from the depths, Liang Qu let out a miserable scream, simply as if a massive soul was forcing its way into his own mind, however this feeling was quickly broken by another force.

"Guard the heart and spirit, He relies on dreams to create opportunities, relies on consciousness possession!"

The Whale Emperor's voice resounded through the sea of consciousness.

White mist appeared again, dragging the Great Li Founder, incidentally wrapping Liang Qu as well.

Vision interleaved, bubbles scattering.

Orientation changed, Liang Qu in a flash arrived thousands of li away, the Whale Emperor flung him out, he dared not delay, rapidly traversing, head not turning back, behind him red and white two colors frantically entangled.

Dogs biting dogs, a mouthful of fur; the Whale Emperor obstructing the Great Li Founder gave Liang Qu an opportunity.

Run.

Run first!

He needs time!

Deep gray seawater gradually stained with a layer of blood red, the world's clamor continuously receding.

Something is invading, stripping away this heaven and earth.

Just now the Lotus Bodhisattva exploded, blood color staining, space like a shattered prism, everyone isolated, as if there was an invisible interlayer world.

"What's going on?"

"Exile again?"

In the past myriad methods could do nothing; now the small world of the Root Sea's transformation resonating with the great world, amidst the shaking bursting out of the shattered small world, Zhang Longxiang easily broke free from the cage.

He could see the underground cheering beast arena, could see the hundred thousand spectators inside the beast arena, but couldn't touch them, had to use all his strength just to splash a tiny bit of "ripples" into reality.

Not completely separated?

No time to think too much, sensing Liang Qu's "Stone in River" fleeing, realizing the other's state was wrong, Zhang Longxiang was about to go search, then horrified to discover, the North Court Immortal's Qi mechanism rapidly withering, nearly collapsing!

North Court Immortal!?

Bad things arriving in succession, Liang Qu fleeing in sorry state, North Court Immortal's Qi mechanism plummeting, weighing the two, Zhang Longxiang could only change direction.

Then shadows spread along the ground, on a whim, an unpredictable offensive fiercely struck.

"Whoosh."

Silver threads like snakes, fluttering in the wind.

"Longxiang Immortal, let's go together!"

Prism flipping, the Straw Raincoat Old Man suddenly appeared on one side, he drew out a fishing rod, the fishing rod flicked, the Great Li Founder's phantom was hooked, the bizarre offensive just now strangely crossed past Zhang Longxiang, not completely deviating, yet gave Zhang Longxiang enough space to block!

Qi wave exploded.

"Where is King Huai?"

"The Whale Emperor won't let him come to harm." The Straw Hat Old Man said firmly.

Zhang Longxiang's pupils contracted: "You also—"

"I've only been suspicious all along, don't underestimate this old man, be careful, the Great Li Founding Emperor can interfere with our authority.

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Before the words faded, space shattered again like a prism, and Linchuan Immortal likewise stepped out, but after a full sweep, he still saw no trace of Beiting Immortal, his brow furrowed deeply, yet he had no time to ponder, immediately acting, his sword drawn, he aided the Straw Hat Old Man and Zhang Longxiang against the Second and Third Immortals.

"Here it's three against two, the Whale Emperor alone facing one?"

Zhang Longxiang monitored movements in all directions, gripped his blade tightly, and charged forward.

We must break through quickly!

The Straw Hat Old Man wildly swung his fishing rod.

With each swing of the fishing rod, the Great Li Founding Emperor's offensive seemed to be "hooked away," vanishing without a trace, unknown where it went, and when the hook was cast out, it could send the offensive back, while the Straw Hat Old Man's peripheral vision kept darting between Zhang Longxiang and Linchuan.

The Second and Third Immortals remained expressionless, utterly unafraid.

Chaos.

Utter chaos.

All immortals were fighting in one place, all furnaces overlapping in interference, ripples spreading in the intermediate layer burst the firmament.

The Great Hunt occupies a circular area of one hundred thousand li.

The keen-sensed Jiaolong saw the omen, their hearts stirred, spines chilled.

The old toad's backpack, flustered, they hid beneath the rocks. The fat fish flicked its tail, instantly arriving beside the Sacred Emperor, the Tribal Lord, and the Sweat King, shielding the three in front.

Xu Shi frowned, gazing heavenward.

The spectators in the beast-fighting arena finally sensed something wrong, many stood up, the tens of thousands of seats in the beast-fighting arena lay between the Great Hunts, yet never before had it affected the Great Hunt, how could this be so terrifying?

The spectators felt a growing unease, the timid tried to leave, but everywhere was sea, the only exit, the whirlpool waterway, was packed with queuing people.

"Great Li Founding Emperor! He has come!"

The Tribal Lord gazed at the sky, where ripples occasionally swayed, his pupils trembling.

The first human immortal, truly terrifying to this extent?

After ten thousand years of human development, with five furnaces, must we still tremble under the Great Li Founding Emperor's might?

"Has the fight begun—" the Sacred Emperor pondered.

"Tribal Lord, Emperor, what should we do now?"

The Sweat King drenched in sweat, his ancestral founder on the verge of slumber, the furnace asleep cannot be awakened, current strength unknown how much remains, truly worrying.

The Sacred Emperor weighed his words: "The Great Hunt can no longer be held, we can only apologize to the Whale Emperor, first let people withdraw—"

The Chief Steward came flustered: "Your Majesty, grave trouble! All who entered the waterway, they seemed to have turned a corner and emerged from behind, the entire Great Hunt is trapped!"

"What?"

"Do not panic, all of you." Yun Bo flowed downward, "It must be the Great Li Founding Emperor's doing, experts all present, if in the Emperor's domain, we can still resist one or two.

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Blood River Realm.

Blood-red waves surged endlessly, flooding everything, the whole world drowned in deluge. Houses collapsed, tens of millions of commoners submerged, utterly dead, transformed into the purest energy, settled below.

Five furnaces blazed fiercely.

The Lotus Great Scholar turned his prayer beads, incessantly burning the blood treasure.

Accumulated over millions of years, at this moment it became fuel, steaming the entire Dream Dynasty, permeating deep into the consciousness of every living being in the mortal realm.

The Mirage Dragon's authority is the authority of dreams.

My dream, his dream, all beings' dreams, between illusion and reality, all things endure forever.

The Dream Dynasty is the "All Beings' Dream"!

The more dreamers, the stronger the dynasty, the better it can immerse the yang realm, achieving the illusory yet real, to interfere with reality through dreams, to overlay the Dream Dynasty upon the real world, completely devouring!

This is no mere corner, no linear expansion of a place, but a complete overlap of illusion and reality, Nanjiang, Beiting,

Dashun, Great Snow Mountain—

Every corner, every place, to the ends of the earth, nowhere to escape!

Wherever there is living thing, it can serve as a portal for the Departed Immortal to freely enter and exit.

Wherever there is sentient being, it can serve as a foothold for the Dream Dynasty.

Only one place.

Eastern Sea!

Heavenly Water Realm!

A radius of one hundred thousand li, the thickness of this world's slice is utterly different, all furnace domains overlap together.

The third-generation Water Monarch is not yet mature, absolutely not a good time to harvest, but the Great Li Founding Emperor has revived, restored means to contact the outside, the Heavenfire Sect cannot idly watch the Whale Emperor complete the Great Hunt, that is an absolute provocation to the Departed Immortal.

The Whale Emperor dreams of the Three Realms United, how could the Departed Immortal let him off with the Heavenly Water Realm?

The Dream Dynasty has its foundation, the limit removed, only the final flow remains, to liberate all fate, to release all causality.

However grand the Whale Swallowing, how can it compare to the boundless, endless dream?

Only the Departed Immortal can become a rainbow, to become the true eternal unique!

As for that monkey.

Unimportant.

If you can seize it, best to do so; if not, then wait until after refining the Whale Emperor, the winner takes all!

The Lotus Great Scholar deeply adjusted his energy, set up the formation, intending to invade the Whale Emperor's private plot, aiming to reverse-devour.

"Splash!"

Liang Qu employed the six-thousand-fold Gen Sea's 【Water Travels a Thousand Li】, yet appeared again and again in the center of the Grand Hunt, simply unable to leave.

A headless fly spinning in circles.

He was trapped!

One can only say it's not surprising in the least — was it the Great Li Taizu or the Whale Emperor's handiwork? Liang Qu looked back; he could sense the clash between the two, high above the nine heavens, as if separated by an entire dimension.

Aside from the Great Li Taizu's relentless pursuit at the very start, in the blink of an eye the battle seemed to have nothing to do with him anymore.

"The Great Li Taizu acts because he fears the Whale Emperor's success."

"But why is the Whale Emperor still pretending? Isn't it afraid the Great Li Taizu will see through its scheme?"

"What is the true purpose of the Grand Hunt? A ritual? Selecting Pillars? Or something else?"

"Is the Great Li Taizu's trait interference with refining Position Fruits?"

Liang Qu sweated profusely, constantly communicating with the Ze Ding.

【Can consume Xuan Fruits, ten million Water Ze Essence, to advance the Ze Nation, perfect the Huai Vortex Water Lord's supreme domain, wrest out—

Ze Nation.】

【Can consume sixty River Dominance, one hundred River Favor, to promote the Ze Spirit Water Ape Great Sage (Deep Orange) to ascend】

【River Dominance: 80.9 (River Favor: 100)】

【Water Ze Essence: fifty-five million one hundred fifty thousand】

Lines of light flickered one after another.

"Damn it, who do you look down on? Treating me like cannon fodder?"

Liang Qu's veins bulged, yet he could not, could not ascend right now.

The Azure Maiden is not yet complete; once the Whale Emperor and Great Li Taizu grow wary and turn their spearheads—

"What's going on? Instructor, how come there's nothing at all?"

Huaiyin Martial Hall, the disciples discussed animatedly.

Since the Huai King flashed past on the screen, seemingly fleeing, the entire screen had stayed fixed on the vast ocean. Of course, the Huai King is invincible under heaven; fleeing is impossible — it was merely as if no one was controlling the camera direction anymore.

"Is it broken?"

"Instructor, check the connection! Is the contact faulty?"

Hu Qi suppressed his irritation, stepped forward and patted the Long Lingxiao twice.

The picture shook once or twice, no change; it remained a pale gray ocean.

"What the hell?"

The Wolf Lord was baffled; waves of impulse came one after another, yet the water was tranquil, no danger in sight — only clouds parting in the middle of the sky.

He could no longer make heads or tails of the situation. Before the Grand Hunt, Liang Qu had him craft two Blood Fiend Corpse Shells; during the Grand Hunt it was so bizarre—

Jianghuai Dragon Palace.

Blazing fire roared, vibrant green light grew ever stronger, fierce golden-red radiance left only one tiny patch.

Immortals struggle in the interlayer where yin and yang grind against each other; the Blood River Realm has no foothold for mortals; that blood river in all living beings' dreams grows ever clearer.

Sleep no longer restores energy; instead, fatigue deepens.

The Grand Hunt continued eerily.

The Saint Emperor, Tusi, and Khan Kings fell silent; the Yao Dragons still scavenged Mermaid Tears, but strife lessened considerably.

"All right!"

Hu Qi slapped the Long Lingxiao hard once more.

The image on the screen jumped, landing on the Sea Otter King swinging its long tail, spewing light pillars; wild monsters exploded, leaving behind twenty Mermaid Tears.

A cheer rose in the Huaiyin Martial Hall.

A long while.

"Strange, why is there no Huai King footage?"

"Yeah, where did the Huai King go?"

Yingchun Tower, Chen Qingjiang yawned.

"Why don't you stop watching, go home and sleep?" Law Adi said.

"It's fine, just been dreaming a lot these two days; sleeping is the same as not sleeping, nothing major. Speaking of which, how come Ashui hasn't come out in so long, and that scoreboard isn't rising much either?"

Above the nine heavens.

Zhang Longxiang devoured the offensive wildly, dealing damage; despite having no other Position Fruits, relying on the uniqueness of his own authority, he actually matched Suoli Weng and Linchuan's coordinated advance and retreat, steadily suppressing the Second and Third Immortals.

Amid the favorable situation, Zhang Longxiang did not relax his vigilance, even reserving part of his mind for defense.

The questions he had no time to ponder carefully in the sudden crisis now jumped out again.

How could the Beiting Immortal have been defeated so quickly?

He also discovered the Nanjang Immortal's movements were quite strange, drawing near him faintly, intermittently.

Zhang Longxiang silently drew closer to Linchuan.

Suddenly.

Forcing back the Third Immortal once more, Zhang Longxiang's heart trembled; danger surged. From the corner of his eye he caught Suoli Weng abruptly casting his rod — not toward the Second Immortal, but straight at him!

Suoli Weng!?

There really is a problem!!

Cold light flared in Zhang Longxiang's eyes; prepared as he was, he backhanded a chop.

Suoli Weng was slightly startled, yet tanked the blow and cursed: "Damn it!"

Zhang Longxiang froze; the fishhook struck, hitting squarely on his collar! Zhang Longxiang knew things were bad, but it was already too late.

Suoli Weng was grazed by the blade, spat a mouthful of blood, and violently reeled in.

Silver threads shimmered.

Zhang Longxiang only felt he had turned into a great fish, leaping from the river, the long river flowing beneath him, yet inside it were not fish, but scene after scene intertwined.

Ripples glittered, white flashes flickering intermittently, countless scenes intertwining and flowing.

Looking forward, he saw himself and Linchuan, the Straw-Hatted Old Man fighting side by side.

Looking back, the Straw-Hatted Old Man shifted quietly, then struck ruthlessly.

But Zhang Longxiang could not spare attention for the Straw-Hatted Old Man's movements; his pupils trembled slightly as he looked toward the other side.

The river reflected the glittering ripples, and within the ripples, Linchuan swung his sword, thrusting at him!

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