Chapter 516: Chaotic Battle at Mount Cangwu

Amidst the boundless curtain of rain.

An old man in black robes strolled leisurely, coming from outside the mountain.

Gazing at the towering Mount Cangwu with its three suspended halls, a strange look appeared in his eyes.

"Cangwu, Demon Phoenix, and Sovereign Qixia!"

Just as he was about to step into Cangwu, a woman in green robes blocked his path coldly.

"This is the sacred ground of the Feathered Clan; stop where you are!"

The old man in black shook his head with a smile, "A place where a flock of fledgling birds resides dares to call itself the sacred ground of the Feathered Clan? Little girl, you should know that there is always someone better, and there is always a heaven beyond the heaven!"

Qing Shuang's expression was cold, "I know there is a heaven beyond the heaven, and I know there is always someone better. But here, you are the outsider. A Human Nascent Soul powerhouse, daring to step deep into the wilderness—are you planning to openly tear up the ancient alliance?"

The old man in black smiled without a word.

This attitude caused a ripple on Qing Shuang's cold face.

Was the other party tacitly admitting it?

Just at this moment of mental fluctuation, the old man in black abruptly reached out his hand toward Qing Shuang.

As he extended his hand, the wind and clouds within a radius of several thousand miles trembled, the rain curtain rolled backward, and a giant hand reaching toward the sky formed with a rumble, slowly grabbing toward Qing Shuang.

The speed was very slow.

Qing Shuang sneered, and faint ripples appeared in the space before her.

She took a step forward, intending to execute the spatial secret art of "Inch-Distance Horizon."

However, the next moment!

Bang!

Her entire body was sent flying backward.

It failed!

How could this be?

Qing Shuang was terrified; she scanned her surroundings, which were clearly empty.

"Not right!"

"It's the water vapor!"

"After the heavy snow that lasted for months melted, it formed dense water vapor that even formations cannot easily disperse. This water vapor is clearly controlled by this person; the omnipresent water vapor obstructed my spatial secret art."

"A Nascent Soul powerhouse who has comprehended the laws of the water element!"

In an instant, Qing Shuang, who possessed extraordinary combat talent, understood why her spatial talent could not be activated.

At this very moment, the slow giant hand was already within reach.

It seemed slow but was actually fast; like water dripping through stone!

Hum!

The giant palm suddenly closed.

A look of satisfaction appeared on the old man in black's face, "Tearing up the alliance is an inevitable matter; the war between humans and demons that stopped in ancient times has reached the stage of restarting. At this time, a late-stage Nascent Soul existence like you who has awakened a bloodline talent—and the most powerful and bizarre spatial talent at that—is truly a variable."

"Let me, with my own hands, open this human-demon war for the Eastern Wasteland cultivation world!"

As he spoke, he prepared to urge his divine sense to crush Qing Shuang to death.

In the void, the giant hand gradually transformed into a transparent water droplet, within which a graceful figure was imprisoned, looking like amber.

However!

The next moment!

Boom!

The water droplet, shrunk to the extreme, exploded violently.

In the void, a figure several hundred feet long spread its wings.

At this moment, cyan brilliance shrouded the horizon, as if the entire sky were covered beneath her graceful figure.

A light cry pierced the clouds and broke the mist!

The overcast clouds across the sky suddenly dissipated.

The boundless rain curtain evaporated in an instant.

At this moment, the blue sky and sea of clouds were vast, with only the cry of the Green Luan echoing endlessly.

Seeing this, the old man in black blurted out, "What a magnificent Green Bird; it is just right to be the guardian beast of my Mingyuan Sect!"

As he spoke, he clapped his palms repeatedly, and waves of powerful magic power, carrying a trace of bizarre law power, surrounded the magnificent divine bird from all directions.

Judging by his posture, he had actually extinguished the intent to kill and developed the desire to capture it alive.

Facing these attacks, Qing Shuang, having manifested her true form, was fearless. As she flapped her wings, space rippled, constantly neutralizing the power of the laws.

Seeing this scene, the old man in black felt even more urgent.

A Green Luan that had awakened spatial talent at the Nascent Soul stage had a future that was simply limitless!

If he could capture it alive, regardless of any human-demon war, his status in this realm would definitely be squeezed into the top five.

If he could help the Green Luan ascend to the Soul Transformation stage, with the two of them joining forces, he would be the supreme ruler of this vast realm!

He glanced at Mount Cangwu, where the feathers were gathered, and shouted toward the back.

"Stop watching; while the master of this place has not returned, quickly level Mount Cangwu."

"After this battle, I promise the three of you can cultivate in my Mingyuan Sect!"

"We obey the Ancestor's decree!"

Three voices spoke in unison.

Immediately, three familiar figures flew in from afar.

They glanced at the old man in black who wanted to capture the Green Luan alive, then tactfully changed direction and charged into Mount Cangwu.

Almost at the same time the three charged in.

A sharp shriek erupted from the Duzhen Hall.

"Damned humans!"

The next moment, a woman wearing a tight black long dress with a curvaceous figure walked out.

But terrifyingly, she did not have a beautiful face on her neck, but instead bore an ugly crow's head.

"A feathered beast with a crow's head and human body; my Hehuan Sect wouldn't even deign to recruit such an ugly creature," the Hehuan Ancestor laughed wildly.

Master Youquan's expression was extremely ugly.

At the most critical moment of her transformation, she had been forcibly interrupted; she was currently furious!

"I am going to kill you all!"

The sharp shriek rolled out, and the powerful sonic attack actually caused the three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators to change their expressions slightly.

Not only that, but powerful auras rose one after another from the Duzhen Hall.

At a glance, there were more than a dozen auras comparable to Nascent Soul powerhouses.

The Hehuan Ancestor's expression changed slightly, "Quick battle, quick decision; break them one by one. I will solve this crow, and you all handle the rest!"

He had picked up a bargain!

Monk Hui Ping of the Tianji Chan Sect nodded, spread his monk's robe, and encircled several Nascent Soul-stage demon birds.

As for the Shenyuan True Person of the Five Elements Divine Sect, his expression turned joyful, and he charged straight into the Duzhen Hall.

Judging by his appearance, he clearly had a goal in mind!

Master Youquan glanced in the direction of Shenyuan True Person, her expression sank, and she sent a sound transmission.

"Lei Yu, kill the prisoners in the dungeon first, then intercept the strong enemy!"

As she spoke, her body expanded, and she returned to her original black crow form.

She had not transformed thoroughly enough into this human body; it was too unfamiliar and not at all suitable for her to fight.

Inside the Duzhen Hall, several figures were also charging toward Shenyuan True Person.

In response, Shenyuan True Person took out a small pagoda, stepped on it, and streaks of colorful, singular brilliance flew out from it.

Those demon beasts attempting to block him struggled quite a bit in the face of this brilliance.

A late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivator is indeed a great cultivator!

Especially someone like Shenyuan True Person, who cultivated all five elements without shortcomings; facing those of lower realms, if they didn't have great means, it was almost a crushing existence.

Those demon cultivators, apart from being able to slightly resist Shenyuan True Person's means by using their innate demon arts, found their other methods completely ineffective.

For a time, all the Tier 4 demon beasts at the Nascent Soul stage began to change into their true forms to fight with all their might.

This battle, from the very beginning, went straight into a white-hot stage.

Ten thousand miles away from Mount Cangwu.

Three figures slowly emerged.

A man with a naturally imposing and majestic face gazed toward Mount Cangwu, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face.

Of the two behind him, one whispered, "Lord Di Tian, according to the agreement, are we not going to help them?"

"Agreement?" Di Tian shook his head slowly, "The agreement was only that Sovereign Qixia of Mount Cangwu would help me; there was no mention of me helping them."

"But, we are all fellow demon clansmen; shouldn't we..."

"That is something you should ask that woman Qixia, whether she considers herself a part of our Shanhai Realm demon clan."

Di Tian sneered, his eyes filled with hesitation.

After this battle, he would first borrow the hands of human powerhouses to wipe out Mount Cangwu, an unstable force within the demon clan.

Then, using the external crisis as pressure, he would integrate the demon clans in the million great mountains of the Eastern Wasteland, with himself as the supreme leader, and take advantage of the situation to launch a war against the humans to reclaim all the territory the Eastern Wasteland demon clan had lost over the past three thousand years.

If he could take down the Mingyuan Sect, that would be even better!

By then, the Eastern Wasteland demon clan would occupy a continent, confronting the Central Plains humans across the Eastern Nether Abyss, and he, Di Tian, would be the first existence in history to unify the Eastern Wasteland!

"Qing He is weak and incompetent, Qixia is like a dragon that shows its head but not its tail, and several ancient wild beasts are ignorant; only I, Lord Pingshan Di Tian, am the true destined master of the Eastern Wasteland!"

"Qixia, is the orthodoxy you left behind only capable of this much strength?"

Deep in the dungeon of Mount Cangwu.

The incident happened suddenly, and Luo Chen had not reacted at all.

But in the blink of an eye, his natal magic treasure, which he had not refined for long, was snatched away by someone.

The mental connection was still there, but no matter how he urged it, the Hunyuan Cauldron had no reaction.

While his expression was ugly, Tian Yezi said leisurely, "My things were all looted by the demon clan of Mount Cangwu. This magic treasure of yours is not bad, and I refined it myself; it just so happens I can borrow it."

As he spoke, he exchanged a glance with Han Zhan, and the two nodded tacitly, flying toward the dungeon exit at the same time.

Just as the two rushed to the dungeon entrance, Tian Yezi's expression changed drastically.

"Retreat!"

"Retreat quickly!"

However, it was already too late.

A violent force exploded suddenly.

White lightning completely illuminated the dark dungeon.

Bang!

Bang!

Two sounds of heavy objects hitting the ground rang out, accompanied by the arrival of a sturdy man who looked like a god of thunder, stepping in slowly.

"The baseness of humans, I have long heard of it."

"Today, with me, Lei Yu, guarding this dungeon, you two... go to hell!"

He gripped his wrist, and violent lightning crackled and exploded.

In this violent force, without a physical body as a barrier, Han Zhan, who only had a Nascent Soul left, was hit hard.

"Ah... fellow Daoist, save me!"

However, Tian Yezi himself was barely able to look after himself, so where would he have the spare energy to save him?

The screams gradually weakened and finally disappeared completely.

Just one strike!

Han Zhan, who had been lingering on his last breath, the former Supreme Elder of the Luoyun Sect who once shook the Yuding Domain, vanished into smoke and disappeared into the vast sea of thunder.

Lei Yu, having succeeded with one strike, felt no pride and did not pause for a second.

He surged up, crossed a distance of several hundred meters at extreme speed, and punched toward Tian Yezi.

Tian Yezi's eyes were about to split, and he manipulated the Hunyuan Cauldron to block it.

Clang!

A loud noise.

The round Hunyuan Cauldron was directly blasted backward.

Tian Yezi himself was blasted by the counter-shock force, his face turning red.

"After all, it is not a magic treasure I refined myself; controlling it is not satisfactory!"

He shouted sharply, used the Hunyuan Cauldron to take several of Lei Yu's attacks head-on, and then, after the Hunyuan Cauldron was knocked away, he simply ignored the thing, gripped his wind-and-thunder-wrapped fist, and charged forward.

He was actually going to use his physical body to engage in hand-to-hand combat with a mid-stage Nascent Soul Demon Emperor!

The moment the two collided, thousands of fist shadows appeared in the blink of an eye.

Under constant attack, Lei Yu himself was actually temporarily suppressed by Tian Yezi, beaten into constant retreat.

"Don't underestimate me; this physical body of mine is something even your Lord Qing Shuang would have to look at with respect."

"If you are sensible, clear the path and send me out!"

"Get out of the way!"

During the close-quarters combat, Tian Yezi roared continuously, without any demeanor of an enlightened master.

And under his suppression, Lei Yu himself was covered in wounds, spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.

Boom!

Another close-quarters collision, and the two figures were forced to retreat by the counter-shock force.

And that sturdy figure of Lei Yu still blocked the exit direction.

The prison, cast from unknown materials, had no damage at all, except for some bent bars.

Tian Yezi panted, glaring at Lei Yu.

"If you don't move, the next strike will kill you!"

Lei Yu grinned and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"A withered bone in a grave, daring to speak wildly!"

As he spoke, he took a deep breath, and his abdomen suddenly swelled.

The next moment, he opened his mouth wide.

"ROAR!!!"

A surging sound that felt like thunder exploding instantly filled the entire prison.

Demon Art—Thunder Roar!

In this violent thunder roar, even Tian Yezi, who had been prepared, couldn't help but tremble all over.

But just as his mind was shaken, a sense of impending doom woke him up.

Wind and thunder power exploded within his Nascent Soul.

However, everything was already too late.

A hand violently inserted into his Qi Sea, tightly gripping his broken Nascent Soul.

Tian Yezi stared at Lei Yu unwillingly.

"If it weren't for the fact that too much Nascent Soul power was extracted from me earlier, and I had no natal magic treasure to assist me, how would you have the ability to defeat me?"

Lei Yu grinned hideously, "Go tell that to the King of Hell in the Netherworld!"

Immediately, thunder light burst from his hand, directly crushing Tian Yezi's Nascent Soul to pieces.

After personally wiping out a generation of Nascent Soul powerhouses, Lei Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He pushed aside Tian Yezi's old and decaying corpse, his gaze fixed, and he let out a light "Eh."

"Eh, you are still alive?"

In the corner of the deepest part of the dungeon, Luo Chen was shivering, his face pale.

He stammered, trembling, "Junior, junior... my divine soul is still okay; the focus of Senior's attack was not on me, so I barely..."

Lei Yu frowned.

Although he had deliberately restrained the attack range earlier, seeking to concentrate his power.

But that Thunder Roar was an area-of-effect kill move, and the two were only a few miles apart; this mere Golden Core cultivator was actually still alive.

"Earlier, Tian Yezi was only shaken for a moment; have I not fought for so long that my demon arts have become rusty?"

As his thoughts turned, his gaze fell on Luo Chen, becoming increasingly unfriendly.

The order he received was to kill all dungeon prisoners!

Under that unkind gaze, Luo Chen hurriedly shouted, "You cannot kill me; I am someone favored by Hall Master Master Youquan. She bestowed upon me a Tier 3 top-grade cave dwelling and helped me cultivate the 'Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture'; you cannot kill me."

"Right, there is also the Transformation Pill; this is the key to Mount Cangwu's rise. If you kill me, no one will refine pills for you."

Lei Yu the Divine Roc frowned, and the killing intent in his heart weakened slightly.

And the next moment, his eyes fixed.

He beckoned toward Luo Chen.

"Fine, I won't kill you, but from now on, hide in the dungeon and don't go out for the time being."

He held a thousand-year-old Thunder Hero flower that Luo Chen had offered at the right moment, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face.

"It's very chaotic outside; take care to protect yourself."

After speaking, he walked toward the upper level of the dungeon, reaching his hand toward his back as he walked.

With a crackle, a weapon resembling a whip was pulled out from his spine.

Tian Yezi?

Hmph!

You were not in your peak state; how could I have used my full strength?

With this Thunder Whip, he, Lei Yu, dared to fight even a late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivator!

Lei Yu the Divine Roc, having inherited the bloodline of the ancient wild beast Thunder Roc, was naturally the most combat-proficient demon clan member!

I heard a late-stage Nascent Soul human cultivator charged in; I will kill him and establish my status as the Fourth Master of Mount Cangwu!

And after he left.

Luo Chen, with a panicked face and pale expression, slowly stood up from the corner.

His expression was calm, without a trace of the previous cowardice.

He flipped his wrist, and a small, broken wooden figure appeared in his hand.

"Senior Han, this method of faking death is truly profound!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 517 =====