Chapter 156: Battle Against the Divine Beast

An 80,000-year Spirit Beast and an 80,000-year Divine Beast are existences on completely different levels.

Although a Divine Beast ≠ a god ≠ god-level combat power, there is no doubt that the strength of a Divine Beast is far higher than that of a Super Spirit Beast.

Under the current restrictions of the laws of heaven and earth, even Di Tian would not dare to claim he could compare in quality to this Medusa who luckily became a Divine Beast.

Although this Medusa Empress has a cultivation age of only around 80,000 years, not yet reaching 100,000 years, her strength is definitely not weaker than those Beasts that have broken through the second Heavenly Tribulation, and she might even be stronger.

Zhou Heng finally understood why the territories of the King-level Spirit Beasts he saw earlier were all together; it was because this Divine Beast, who inherited the Bloodline of the God of Sin, was suppressing them here.

Just because this is a Divine Beast, a true Divine Beast, one with Divinity, possibly possessing a small portion of the Divine Power of the God of Medusa, and perhaps even possessing a Divine Artifact of the God of Medusa.

Zhou Heng already had some thoughts of making a tactical retreat and then going to the Spirit Hall to call for backup.

But as this Medusa Empress absorbed Faith Power and her state gradually improved, that pair of human-like eyes turned directly toward the location of Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo.

"Intruders? Die!"

As a Divine Beast, the half-human, half-snake Medusa Empress spat out human language coldly, and the terrifying soul power surging on her body transformed into a massive shockwave, attacking the location of Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo.

The Medusa Empress only sensed that there were outsiders there; she had no idea what species the outsiders were or what their strength was.

Although this shockwave was enough to easily severely injure a Soul Saint, for the two of them, Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo, it was at most enough to make them unable to continue hiding.

Dugu Bo released his martial soul, nine Soul Rings circled his body, and his level 95 aura was displayed without any concealment.

Zhou Heng released his martial soul, and the Element Spirit Tree martial soul, which appeared strange to the Medusa Empress, radiated a god-level aura without any dilution.

Several extremely high-quality attributes including gold, wood, earth, ice, fire, Thunder Power, life, holy, and light erupted instantly, and a pair of wings composed of Blood and Life Spirit Power unfolded behind Chen Ming.

At the first sight of Zhou Heng, the Medusa Empress felt a primal greed; as long as she ate Zhou Heng, she would likely be able to ignore the Heavenly Tribulation that was getting closer and closer to her, and inherit her ancestor's Godhood in this era where Spirit Beasts cannot become gods.

But at the same time, the Medusa Empress also felt fear from the bottom of her heart.

All the Soul Rings around Zhou Heng were red; in the eyes of the Medusa Empress, this was entirely the result of Zhou Heng having killed six Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

As the last descendant of the God of Medusa left on Douluo Continent, the Medusa Empress was quite cautious and had never left the island. After learning that there was a Deep Sea Demon Whale King in the ocean that was devouring Spirit Beasts to find a way to become a god, she simply transferred existences at the Snake Emperor level to her side as guards.

Although she also knew that in front of a million-year Spirit Beast, her entire island would just be a snack, she was just afraid—afraid of death to the twelfth degree.

As a natural noble, she had very few combat experiences in her long life; compared to Spirit Beasts, she was more like a human wearing a Spirit Beast's skin. Her innate, powerful intelligence meant she lacked the ferocity and combat experience that ordinary Spirit Beasts should have.

Numerous Snake Emperors, variants, and the Medusa Queens beside the lake stared cautiously at the two, Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo. With just one order from the Empress, they would swarm up and destroy these two intruders.

Although she felt it was very dangerous, with so many Spirit Beasts as guards by her side, a flash of ferocity still crossed the eyes of the Medusa Queen, and she let out a sharp hiss.

The swarm of snakes surrounded and attacked the two, Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo, and Chen Ming and Dugu Bo also launched a counterattack without hesitation.

Various toxic mists rose from Dugu Bo's body, circling and gathering in mid-air to form a phantom of a Jade Phosphorus Serpent Emperor. Dugu Bo gave a low shout, and the Jade Phosphorus Serpent Emperor composed of deadly poison rushed directly toward the swarm of snakes.

Even though the snakes present were all King-level Spirit Beasts and Super-quality variants, the moment they were surrounded by Dugu Bo's deadly poison, they all showed signs of poisoning.

Soul power declined, life faded, and bodies grew weak.

It was only because this group of Spirit Beasts were all kings with high cultivation ages and quality, and they had long stayed by the side of a Divine Beast, that they were immune to the pressure of Dugu Bo's martial soul; otherwise, if they were replaced by ordinary Spirit Beasts like Snake Kings, they would have lost their combat ability instantly from this.

But even so, when the phantom of the Jade Phosphorus Serpent Emperor formed by Dugu Bo's deadly poison pounced, these Snake Emperors and variants still dodged frantically. Once their bodies were grazed, their bodies would immediately show signs of festering.

Among the swarm of snakes, the Jade Phosphorus Serpent Emperor that shared the same origin as Dugu Bo's martial soul ran the fastest. Other snakes could still rely on poison resistance to hold on, but as a Jade Phosphorus Serpent Emperor, it was completely unable to resist the overwhelming deadly poison from a superior.

It could be said that the mere existence of the Jade Phosphorus Serpent Emperor's phantom made it feel suppression from the depths of its bloodline; even in front of the Medusa Empress, it dared not have the slightest inclination to attack.

The swarm of snakes unleashed various attribute-based deadly poisons and buff-type soul skills; attacks like toxic rays and toxic sprays all converged toward Dugu Bo.

This group of snakes were either racial kings, one-in-a-million variants, or Super Spirit Beasts with Divine Beast bloodlines. Each one was of the quality of those Dark Gold Terrorclaw bears; it could be said that the combat power of each one was no less than a normal Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Although attacks like deadly poison had little effect on the two, Chen Ming was theoretically immune to poison.

But supported by a massive base of soul power, even the two of them could not say they could simply ignore it.

Zhou Heng opened his martial soul to block in front of Dugu Bo. Zhou Heng did not release the five Spirit Beasts from his Battle Instrument Martial Soul; under the suppression of the Medusa Empress's Divine Beast aura, even a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast could not exert much strength.

The Thunder Power within the Blood Qi Spirit Core was released, and the aura belonging to the Heavenly Tribulation began to gather in the sky. These existences, which were nearly Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, were suddenly frightened by this aura of the Heavenly Tribulation.

The next moment, the soul power in Zhou Heng's body transformed into Qi and Blood Power, and the Blood Qi Soul Ring appeared around him. Relying on the powerful Qi and Blood Power, he forcibly gathered Extreme Fire and unleashed the Scarlet Flame Fire Phoenix Fist.

Enveloping a Medusa within it, the power of Extreme Fire instantly destroyed the flesh of this unlucky Medusa, turning it into a pile of fly ash, and a Head Spirit Bone fell down right under everyone's eyes.

The attack of the swarm of snakes showed a moment of hesitation. As intelligent Spirit Beasts, they also instinctively felt fear when they saw this scene.

And this brief pause became Zhou Heng's opportunity to attack.

"Dark Gold Terrorclaw!"

Zhou Heng poured soul power into his right hand, his fingers instantly turning into five sharp blades. Powerful metal-attribute soul power gathered and then erupted, and a massive slash swept out from Zhou Heng's fingertips.