Chapter 68: This Is My Territory!

At the same time, on the Jingyang Mountain path.

Following the tremors of the earth veins, a more powerful force seized control of the wind and rain from Houtian Shi.

Every storm that attempted to break into the Baidi Mountains was transformed into a gentle breeze and fine rain, nourishing all things in silence like a spring shower.

This abrupt change directly led to turmoil in the battle.

Boom!

Taking advantage of the moment Houtian Shi was stunned, the old woman in the center of the battlefield suddenly exerted her power.

The Thunder-Drawing Tree, which had been nearly withered, grew abnormally once again.

A flash of emerald green light, bright enough to blind everyone, surged out from the old woman's body.

That emerald light tore the old woman's body apart.

Yet, in mid-air, it formed a majestic and solemn female bust.

That was the true form of the Spring Goddess, Nü Man; it was her divine soul, which had been imprisoned within this fleshly body.

"I said it, this is my territory!"

Divine light suddenly erupted from her eyes, and at this moment, Nü Man's voice was louder than thunder.

Thousands of roots surged from the earth in an instant, coordinating with the lightning summoned by the Thunder-Drawing Tree to blast toward Houtian Shi in mid-air.

Rumble...

In the blink of an eye, the clouds were forcibly bombarded, and the storm turned into nothingness.

And faring even worse than Houtian Shi were the Gui Rong clansmen who had charged at the old woman time and time again.

They had only just managed to survive the clash between the two deities.

Yet, at the final moment, they died completely because they had looked directly upon the true form of a deity.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

Their flesh turned into wood, and their bodies became plants.

One by one, "plant people" with various postures and twisted faces appeared all over the battlefield.

Even those mountain slave followers protected by Nü Man.

Many were accidentally injured by her, dying miserably in this war that did not belong to them.

For a time, grief and wailing mingled together, resounding through the sky.

[Foolish!]

Just at this moment, Houtian Shi reassembled, and finally spoke the first sentence since its appearance.

The old woman was not an avatar of Nü Man, but the cage that imprisoned her.

Therefore, when Nü Man disregarded everything to break through this cage and forcibly manifest her true form, it meant her life had reached its end.

"This is not foolishness; this is what I call a choice."

Looking up coldly at the sky, Nü Man's tone had never been as firm as it was at this moment.

"A thousand years ago, when you all retreated in the face of that witch, I dared to stand up and confront her."

"A thousand years later, when you attempt to violate my territory, my choice will not change."

This unreasonable dominance of Nü Man was the underlying character trait that distinguished her from other Spring Goddesses, and even from other deities.

[I will return again, but you no longer have that chance.]

Without meeting Nü Man's gaze again, the giant face in the sky slowly turned and aimed toward the direction of Feilai Peak.

Boom!

In an instant, an invisible clash made the earth tremble.

The power of the storm turned into substance at this moment, forcibly interrupting the flow of the earth's dragon veins.

This almost inconceivable method of attack had already surpassed the understanding of the vast majority of deities.

[I will remember you, Red-Haired Ghost!]

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Feilai Peak, on the altar.

"Pfft!"

A mouthful of blood sprayed out, and the red hair on his head burned fiercely like flames.

Li Boyang only felt his vision blur, and he lost control over the earth's dragon veins.

Crack... crack... crack...

Following Li Boyang's vomiting of blood, the collapse of the altar ensued.

The five-colored stones originally embedded in the altar shattered one after another, and the aphorism charms carved into the altar were completely ruined.

At a glance, the only thing at the scene that remained intact.

Perhaps it was only the yellow silk in Li Boyang's hand, which had the [Energy Charm] drawn on it.

"Are you alright?"

Jumping onto the altar immediately, Xi Luo supported the falling Li Boyang with her back.

"Cough, cough..."

Coughing with difficulty, a trace of a smile appeared on Li Boyang's slightly pale face.

"I would like to say I'm fine, do you believe me?"

Also curling the corners of her mouth, Xi Luo retorted.

"Seeing that you still have the energy to quip, I suppose you aren't doing too badly."

Hearing the tacit dialogue between the two, the E-Rabbit, who had only dared to approach at this moment, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"So... did you really disperse the storm created by Houtian Shi?"

While saying this, the E-Rabbit deliberately stretched its head and looked into the distance.

At the border between the Baidi Mountains and the outside world.

The originally pitch-black, surging thunder storm was dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few breaths, the bright sunlight shone upon the earth once again.

Witnessing this scene, whether they were people or deities, informed or uninformed, all breathed a long sigh of relief in unison.

"What about the old woman? How is she now?"

After a moment, the E-Rabbit suddenly remembered its initial purpose and looked back at Li Boyang with a nervous expression.

However, Li Boyang only gently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and did not answer the question immediately.

"She is already dead, isn't she!"

Seeing this, the E-Rabbit realized something and said in a dejected tone.

"I knew that old thing liked to act tough; now she's finally played herself to death, hasn't she?"

"If you don't have the ability, don't stick your neck out. It's not like the Baidi Mountains lack strong individuals; why did you, an old woman, have to go to the front lines..."

"And what about that Land Deity you serve daily?"

"You worked so hard to find believers and cultivate priests for him, does he really not care about you at all?"

"If I had known, you would have been better off coming out to explore with me; why did you have to settle in this godforsaken place?"

"I could have easily found a place for you to be worshipped, wouldn't that be better than being a..."

Seeing the E-Rabbit's endless nagging and its increasingly low mood, Li Boyang finally took the initiative to interrupt.

"First of all, that Houtian Shi was not dispersed by me!"

Resisting the instinct to continue coughing, Li Boyang leaned on Xi Luo and managed to stand up again.

"In this battle, I was only a factor that influenced the final outcome, but not the decisive one."

Li Boyang never liked to take credit, and this time was no exception.

The Spring Goddess, Nü Man, was the main force that ultimately defeated Houtian Shi.

Li Boyang was, at best, the final straw that broke the camel's back at the critical moment.

"Secondly, whether the old woman is dead or not depends on how you look at it."

Looking at the bewildered E-Rabbit, Li Boyang sighed deeply before taking out the Destiny Bone Armor to divine.

"The old woman you and I knew is dead; her body remains on the battlefield of the Jingyang Mountain path."

"But the Spring Goddess, Nü Man, is not so easy to kill, though I estimate she won't last much longer..."

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