Chapter 9

Ten versus ten, numbers are fair.

All are true immortals in cultivation, strength is fair.

So, a fair fight……any problem?

Fengxi listened to Houtu Ancestral Witch's words, after understanding their meaning, he almost broke down.

"This……is this also called fair?!"

Suppressing the urge to jump up and shout angrily, his mouth felt extremely bitter.

Ten Ancestral Witches!

This is really overestimating them, isn't it?

A true immortal with Daluo-level insight and wisdom could deal with ten of them as easily as using a cannon to swat mosquitoes, let alone ten!

Is this definitely not bullying?

"Is this special training? Surely it's not meant to bully us into mental breakdown?"

"There are only twelve Ancestral Witches, and now ten come at once……are they surrounding the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun? Or surrounding Di Jun and Taiyi?"

Fengxi felt a huge omen star flashing above his head.

The lineup of ten Ancestral Witches!

A battle at the same realm?

Unless we have the trumpets of great divine beings like Hongjun, Morality, Yuanshi, Lingbao, Zhuangzi, Wenzi, Taiyi, etc., there's no hope of a fifty-fifty chance!

In Fengxi's dazed gaze, immortal light flashed in this universe, guarding the descent of the other nine Ancestral Witches.

Rumored to be formed from Pangu's essence blood, each Ancestral Witch's dharma form is quite unique, each having an unconventional flair.

Controlling dragons and snakes, they are literally the Honghuang world's "kill-matte".

Of course, thinking it is one thing, saying it out loud……Fengxi dare not.

He could only watch helplessly as the great Ancestral Witch's dharma manifestation appeared, shaking the myriad Dao of the universe.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches, mighty and shocking Honghuang, are renowned supreme divine beings throughout the Honghuang world.

Each holds a Dao—time and space, metal wood water fire earth, wind rain lightning thunder weather……the cycles of heaven and earth, nature's perfection.

The combination of the Twelve Ancestral Witches' Dao can expound all phenomena and laws of the Honghuang universe, nearly the foundation of heaven and earth, the source of myriad Dao!

If they join forces in battle, the effect they produce is not additive but multiplicative!

At this moment, except for the Thunder and Lightning Ancestral Witches who have not arrived, the rest are all present.

Resembling a yellow sack, red as cinnabar fire, six legs four wings, featureless like Chaos, such a being is the Space Ancestral Witch—Di Jiang.

The Time Ancestral Witch, named Zhu Jiuyin, has a human head and dragon body, entirely crimson, grasping the River of Time.

These two are extraordinarily remarkable Ancestral Witches, each mastering time and space, regarded as the supreme law in people's eyes; even the Daluo life essence—endless spacetime eternal freedom—is inseparable from their expertise.

Their appearance causes the spacetime of this universe to undulate, stirring up a terrifying void wave.

Cultivation suppressed to true immortal level, but the insight into the Great Dao remains, and experience in governing laws persists……facing such an opponent, how can we win?

Just two Ancestral Witches almost strangled Fengxi's thought of victory.

Moreover, when he saw the remaining Ancestral Witches' dharma forms, he could only utter "hehe," preparing himself for the so-called "special training" of an inhumane beating.

Human body with snake tail, seven hands behind, two hands in front holding a Teng snake, this is the Central Earth Ancestral Witch—Houtu.

Entirely green like jade bamboo, bird body with human face, feet riding two dragons, this is the Eastern Wood Ancestral Witch—Goumang.

Python head, human body, clad in black scales, stepping on a black dragon, hand entwined with a green python, this is the Northern Water Ancestral Witch—Gonggong.

Beast head, human body, covered in red scales, ear pierced by a fire snake, feet on a fire dragon, this is the Southern Fire Ancestral Witch—Zhurong.

Human face, tiger body, clad in gold scales, shoulders bearing double wings, left ear pierced by a snake, feet riding two dragons, this is the Western Metal Ancestral Witch—Xiusou.

The five elements metal, wood, water, fire, earth converge, with Houtu as the central core linking the four directions, manifesting an extremely vast and profound Dao rhythm; in the cycle of cosmic birth and death, myriad phenomena flow and transform.

Besides these, there is the Wind Ancestral Witch—Tiānwú, with eight human faces, tiger body, ten tails.

The Rain Ancestral Witch—Xuanming, body like a ferocious huge beast, covered with bone spurs all over.

The Weather Ancestral Witch—Shebi Shi, human face beast body, ears like dogs, with green snakes hanging from ears.

The ten great Ancestral Witches gather, expressionlessly looking down on the ten notable figures of Houtu District 1404, like hunters sizing up prey, possessing the power of life and death.

"Too much!" Jun Chang sighed, "Is it really necessary?"

"Agreed." Qiong Sang nodded, deeply convinced.

"Ten Ancestral Witches……can we have a more dignified way to lose?" Yuchen worried, "I'm not afraid of losing, I'm afraid of losing too embarrassingly."

"If this gets exposed later……it'll be humiliating!"

"No worries." Qingxuan comforted, "Then we'll just deny it when the time comes."

"Like you, Yuchen being pressed to the ground and beaten……is that related?"

"You say it lightly." Boyang shook his head, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Qingxuan's words.

"What else can be done?" Jiran retorted.

……

Several of Fengxi's teammates were saying some strange and inexplicable things.

He couldn't understand, and didn't bother to listen.

Fengxi was merely feeling sorrowful, considering……

When he gets beaten later, will he struggle? Or not?

"Experience and insight worlds apart, when I clash with the Ancestral Witches, the outcome is being abused from head to toe!"

Fengxi pondered for a moment, decided to abandon futile resistance.

As for learning and improving while getting beaten……sorry, he's not a masochist, has no such peculiar hobby.

Regarding this, his teammates all expressed agreement.

We don't have a masochistic habit.

Exactly, why would you debase yourself like that?

Strong is strong, weak is weak... to get beaten and still shout 'satisfying'—really not the demeanor of our generation!

Boyang gave Fengxi's opinion a thumbs-up.

Qingxuan also gave Fengxi's opinion a thumbs-up.

Jun, Yuchen, Darong, Lilu, Zixiu……maintained the same formation as above.

Let's fight separately……otherwise, if the Zu Wu join forces, the Great Dao resonates, we will lose miserably." Jun narrowed his eyes, a fierce glint flashed, and he stepped forward to meet them.

This was like a signal, opening this showdown.

Ten Zu Wu, some shaking their heads, some with smiles at the corners of their mouths, each went forward, casually picking a target as their opponent.

Like Fengxi, he was selected by Di Jiang.

Space Zu Wu as his opponent……obviously, his luck wasn't great.

Space the Great Dao, in terms of making people nauseous, is top-notch.

Advance to attack, retreat to flee; perhaps even if Fengxi gave his all, he couldn't touch a corner of Di Jiang Zu Wu's robe, the whole process being passively beaten.

"Ah……"

"At least I still have nine teammates to get beaten with me……losing face isn't just mine!"

Fengxi thought it over, then settled his mindset……he saw things openly, not caring about temporary personal honor or disgrace.

Then——

"Holy shit?!"

At the instant the special training battle erupted, as the remaining nine pairs of True Immortals began to fight, Fengxi blurted out a profanity to express his astonishment and disbelief.

"You guys are all this fierce?"

"Are you really my teammates?"

"We agreed to go down together like dogs, yet you secretly came out on top?!"

There was no one-sided rout as he imagined; nine Zu Wu slaughtered wildly.

The battle reached a stalemate!

(End of chapter)