Chapter 248: A Fruitful Harvest, Lingjian Tianjun

"Roar!"

The Xueshi Fashan suddenly shattered and disintegrated; the King Blood Heavenly Corpse seemed to have all its defenses stripped away, crackling all over as it faced the massive, sky-covering shadow of destruction, letting out a crazed roar.

Facing this palm that blotted out the sky and covered the sun, its withered body was so tiny, as insignificant as an ant.

Yet the momentum of the sky-supporting palm did not cease; it truly seemed as if it wanted to crush the King Blood Heavenly Corpse like an ant, grasping straight down and slamming into the ground amidst a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering explosion!

Boom—

An earthquake occurred.

Amidst the bursting thunder light, the earth shook crazily, instantly producing countless terrifying fissures that cracked open and collapsed inch by inch; a visible giant ring of air waves surged rapidly toward the surroundings, sweeping across all directions in an instant, while layers of soil and sand on the ground were violently lifted by the powerful air waves and fierce flames, forming thick, massive earth-dragons composed of thousands of tons of sand and soil, roaring and galloping in all directions!

Mountains and rivers trembled, and the sun and moon lost their light.

At this moment, the Heaven trembled and the Earth shook; all time and space seemed to have been completely shattered by this palm, then transformed into a vast ocean of boiling, exploding, and sky-surging waves composed of destructive lightning and fire, completely submerging everything.

The heaven-collapsing and earth-splitting roar lasted for the duration of several breaths; when the sky-supporting giant palm dissipated and the aftershocks weakened, the Golden Core Cultivators on the surrounding Flying Boats, and even the four Nascent Soul True Monarchs who had just arrived, saw their pupils suddenly constrict.

Within a radius of several miles, a massive crater loomed amidst the churning air waves and flames.

And inside the crater lay a twisted, charred thing that could barely be identified as a human shape—it was none other than the corpse of the King Blood Heavenly Corpse, which had completely lost all its aura!

The King Blood Heavenly Corpse, which the four True Monarchs had failed to slay despite exerting their full strength, was thus eliminated on the spot.

"This!?"

Seeing this scene, the four True Monarchs were filled with both awe and fear as they looked up at the sky, their expressions one of extreme shock and suspicion.

Thunder transformed into a giant palm to kill a King Blood Heavenly Corpse comparable to a Yuan Ying Late Stage; such Supernatural Power and means could be called heaven-shaking and earth-shattering.

At the same time, under their current divine sense scan, they did not feel the trace of any person who had struck.

Everything seemed to prove that the one who struck was likely a Heaven Monarch of a cultivation realm far surpassing their own!?

Yang Xianlin, hesitating, could not help but cup his hands toward the firmament and shout loudly:

"May I ask which senior has acted righteously? We juniors are deeply grateful!"

Senior?

One who could make Nascent Soul True Monarchs address them as senior was naturally a Heaven Monarch; the Golden Core Cultivators of the various Immortal Cities on the Flying Boats were shocked, not daring to even breathe loudly, all looking toward the horizon with fearful eyes.

Subsequently, the thunder clouds across the sky rolled and dissipated, and a voice as grand as rolling thunder resounded:

"Just passing by, no need for thanks, this old man is leaving."

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The voice echoed in the void and dissipated, and the overcast clouds across the sky also vanished without a trace, revealing the clear sky as if nothing had ever happened.

"Senior, Senior?"

Whether it was Yang Xianlin or Wei Bufan and the other True Monarchs, they all called out in shock and suspicion, yet there was no further response from the sky, as if that mysterious Heaven Monarch had completely left this place.

They looked at each other, and their divine senses began to communicate rapidly:

"Fellow Daoists, does anyone recognize which Heaven Monarch of the Immortal Alliance this is?"

"There are only eleven Heaven Monarchs in the Immortal Alliance; only the one from the Purple Heaven Sect is proficient in thunder arts, and Wanfa Tianjun is also quite proficient in thunder arts, but I feel that the one who struck just now does not seem to be either of these two."

"That is strange, then who exactly is this person!?"

"Except for Zhuhuo Tianjun and Lingjian Tianjun, if the Immortal Alliance had sent additional Heaven Monarchs, they would have informed us; this Heaven Monarch also claimed to be passing by... Could it be someone traveling from another continent?"

"Strange, strange!"

They were here with flickering gazes, communicating rapidly, yet the vast, ocean-like Corpse Tide not far away was still approaching, and the other two True Monarchs were still fighting two Heavenly Corpses; Yang Xianlin, unable to figure out the identity of the person who struck, could only suppress the shock and suspicion in his heart and finally said:

"Since this senior does not wish to appear, we need not get to the bottom of it; three fellow Daoists, let us first divide and lead away the Corpse Tide before us!"

"Cultivators of Beiling Immortal City, follow me and attack!"

Having said that, he swallowed a Pill, then led the Golden Core Cultivators of Beiling Immortal City to steer the Flying Boat to meet the terrifying sea of corpses.

Wei Bufan and the other True Monarchs had also been heavily injured in the previous battle; taking this opportunity, they all swallowed Pills, then led the Golden Core Cultivators of their respective Immortal Cities to begin drawing away the Corpse Tide.

On the Flying Boat, Su Lingyue and Lu Yuan were on the same casting platform; a high-level Fire Element Art transformed into a giant wheel of wind and fire, igniting and burning dozens or hundreds of Corpse Demons, while her tone held an irrepressible sense of relief:

"Unexpectedly, besides Zhuhuo Tianjun and Lingjian Tianjun, the Immortal Alliance actually sent another Heaven Monarch; if it weren't for him, we would have been in danger just now..."

Just now, the King Blood Heavenly Corpse had resisted the four True Monarchs alone, which could be said to be terrifyingly fierce, and everyone had seen it with their own eyes.

Once such a heinous existence had closed in on them, they, these Golden Core Cultivators, would have had no power to resist; once the Dharma Power shield of the Flying Boat was broken, they would have faced a catastrophe.

And if that mysterious Heaven Monarch had not appeared, they would not say the entire army was wiped out, but at least they would have suffered heavy losses, especially since the Flying Boat of Longshan Immortal City happened to be surrounded by hundreds of Blood God Children, and even a Nascent Soul True Monarch might not have had time to rescue them.

Lu Yuan, who was also using sword light to mince Corpse Demons, smiled slightly upon hearing this:

"Yes, we are quite lucky."

The thunderous giant palm that killed the King Blood Heavenly Corpse just now was, of course, not some Heaven Monarch, but his own doing. At the moment when all the cultivators on the Flying Boat were in a panic, he directly left a Cloning in place, while his true self used 【Flying Body Tracking】 to escape into the void, and then activated the Supernatural Power of 【Mastering Five Thunders】.

When casting this Supernatural Power, he also added 【Slaying Demons】; the two superimposed, instantly erupting with unprecedented power, not only killing the tyrannical and fierce King Blood Heavenly Corpse in one blow but also making all the cultivators present mistakenly believe that a Heaven Monarch had struck.

Of course, the reason he could kill such a Heavenly Corpse comparable to a Yuan Ying Late Stage with the momentum of thunder in one blow was, on one hand, because of the restraint of the two Supernatural Powers of 【Slaying Demons】 and 【Mastering Five Thunders】, and on the other hand, because under the siege of the four True Monarchs, the King Blood Heavenly Corpse's Fashan had already been broken, causing its power to be largely consumed; although it had no fatal injuries, it could be considered to be in a weakened state.

Strictly speaking, Lu Yuan could be considered to have picked up a bargain.

Of course, this action, although slightly risky, was completely worth it, because such a King Blood Heavenly Corpse had provided Lu Yuan with over two hundred strands of Heavenly Dao Merit!

Converting it, it was equivalent to him harvesting twenty thousand units of Luck Power in one go.

Plus the millions of terrifying Corpse Tides before him, if he could cast spells to his heart's content, harvesting another thousand Merit and one hundred thousand Qi Luck would be easy!

It was just a pity that under so many pairs of eyes, especially those of multiple Nascent Soul True Monarchs, let alone going all out, he could not even conveniently use slightly more powerful means.

However, Lu Yuan was not in urgent need of Qi Luck or Merit Power now; he just restrained his cultivation and means, standing on the casting platform using normal sword-controlling techniques and thunder arts to sweep away the demons, harvesting a large amount of experience while remaining inconspicuous.

At the same time, on the other side, the four True Monarchs including Yang Xianlin also passed through the Corpse Tide to assist the other two True Monarchs who were fighting two other Heavenly Corpses.

Joining the siege, they instantly formed an overwhelming situation; in less than ten breaths, those two Heavenly Corpses were killed on the spot, their bones ground to dust, leaving nothing behind.

After exterminating these two Heavenly Corpses, the six True Monarchs immediately gave orders, leading the many Golden Core Cultivators on the Flying Boats to fight and retreat, leading the direction of the Corpse Tide toward the Xianmo Great Array.

However, just at this moment.

Deep within the boundless Corpse Tide, brilliant light flashed and flickered, and it even caused the horizon to begin to distort, as if some incomparably powerful existence was fighting.

"Over there."

A Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense can sweep across a hundred miles; Yang Xianlin merely lifted his eyes to look, and his gaze instantly sharpened:

"It seems to be Lord Lingjian Tianjun!"

At this, not only True Monarchs like Wei Bufan, but also Golden Core Cultivators like Lu Yuan all sensed the astonishing changes in the Heaven in the distance, and could not help but raise their eyes to look, subsequently seeing the vibrations and flashes on the horizon constantly approaching them.

Amidst the vast Corpse Tide, even Golden Core Cultivators dared not release their divine sense at will, fearing they would be contaminated by corpse Qi and death Qi; they could only gaze into the distance with their naked eyes. After waiting for a while, they finally sensed that in the distant firmament, there was a figure with sharp Qi soaring to the sky and a boundless, imposing presence, who was wielding thousands of sword lights to battle an entity shrouded in vast, abyss-like darkness.

Without a doubt, that abyss-like darkness was inevitably a Fifth-Rank Heavenly Corpse King. Yang Xianlin, Wei Bufan, and the other True Monarchs frowned one after another and immediately shouted to the Golden Core Cultivators behind them:

"We shall go to assist the Tianjun; you all continue to retreat and lure the Corpse Tide toward the Xianmo Great Array!"

No cultivator present did not want to witness the battle between a Transformation Spirit Giant and a Heavenly Corpse King with their own eyes, but the Golden Core Cultivators present also knew that they could neither penetrate deep into the Corpse Tide nor neglect their important mission. They could only agree, then pilot their Flying Boats and continue to cast spells to lure the Corpse Tide as they retreated further back.

Only on the Flying Boat of Longshan Immortal City did Lu Yuan's eyes flash. He immediately utilized the fluctuations of the spellcasting to once again activate 【Cloning】 and 【Flying Body Tracing】, passing directly through the Flying Boat's protective spiritual shield and following behind True Monarchs like Yang Xianlin and Wei Bufan as they flew toward the source of the commotion in the distance.

A few dozen miles was but a matter of a few breaths for them. Soon, True Monarchs like Yang Xianlin slaughtered thousands of flying Corpse Demons and penetrated to the center of the Corpse Tide. Immediately, they saw a white-robed Daoist with white hair and beard, stepping on wind and clouds, with fine sword lights like a sea or tide surrounding him, emitting thunderous sword hums.

With every sword hum, the originally formless Heaven and Earth essence was condensed into streaks of substantial Sword Qi, forming a nimble and vast river of sword light that seemed to divide Heaven and Earth, sweeping across the entire world.

Heaven and Earth seemed to have changed color; one could vaguely see vast oceans, violent storms, surging waves, flooding, and torrential rain within the river—countless phenomena existing between reality and illusion were being enacted within it, which could be called inconceivable!

And the direction toward which the river attacked was the surging darkness in the void a few miles opposite.

Within the darkness, wisps of dark red mist were constantly drifting, making one feel their blood boil and their sanity slip away just by smelling it.

Even more eerie was that within the mist stood a woman dressed in palace attire, with a seductive figure and a flower-like face. This woman was scantily clad, with almost everything that should or should not be exposed revealed, but what was horrifying was that her exposed skin was as pale as white bone, without a hint of blood color, as if there were not a drop of blood in her entire body.

Facing the Daoist who wielded the immeasurable sword river, this woman let out a delicate, soft laugh:

"Lingjian Tianjun, I have already told you that you cannot kill me; are you still unwilling to give up?"

As she spoke, the darkness behind her rolled and steamed wantonly, turning into billowing black mist that rose straight up, condensing in the sky into black clouds that blotted out the sun and sky. At the same time, the Heaven and Earth were filled with miserable, chilly winds and ghostly mists, as if the underworld had descended upon the human world.

Following that, the black clouds tilted, and black rain poured down!

As the black rain whistled down from the black clouds, each drop of rain transformed in mid-air into a corpse insect over an inch long, with sharp mouthparts and a hideous, strange appearance. They emitted countless chilling, piercing screeches, like thousands of powerful bows and crossbows firing ten thousand arrows; the sounds merged into one, and in an instant, it was like a hurricane roaring, shaking one's soul.

Compared to the Daoist's river of Sword Qi, every one of these corpse insects was a sword; ten million insects meant ten million swords. Moreover, the power of each sword was close to a full-strength strike from a Golden Core Cultivator wielding a Flying Sword!

This was not all; within the ghostly mist released by the pale woman, twisted ghost faces materialized in the blink of an eye, and they all opened their bottomless, blood-red maws. Long tongues as thick as wrists, carrying endless evil, shot out. In an instant, they turned into ten million spears, forming a forest of spears and a sea of halberds, carrying the deepest darkness representing death, attacking the sword-wielding Daoist from all directions!

In an instant, it was corpse insects like a rain of swords.

In an instant, it was ghost shadows like a forest of spears.

Seeing such a terrifying offensive, True Monarchs like Yang Xianlin, who had just arrived not far away, had their expressions change slightly:

"Corpse Bone Heavenly Demon Concubine, it really is her!"

Yet, amidst the shock of these few True Monarchs, the Daoist who was clashing with the so-called Corpse Bone Heavenly Demon Concubine remained expressionless, only chuckling:

"You monster are quite confident, but as for saying you cannot be killed, this old man does not believe in such evil."

Having said that, his aura became wild and unrestrained. Under the shifting of his sword techniques, countless sword light radiances burst forth, and the majestic sword river condensed incomparably in an instant, as if the entire Heaven and Earth firmament had transformed into the sword in his hand.

This sword light was dazzling, as brilliant as the scorching sun, making one dare not look directly at it, yet it did not make anyone's eyes feel stinging pain. It was a warm radiance that was incomparably vivid, fresh, and full of vigorous vitality.

The sword light was swung; at this moment, like a magnificent Heavenly Emperor, carrying the power of Heaven and Earth, turning Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, revolving the sun, moon, and stars, the scorching sword light carried unparalleled might like the descent of the great sun to slash through the long sky, then fiercely tore apart the dark clouds and ghost mist, exterminating the thousands of corpse insects and ghost shadows, and then instantly split the Corpse Bone Heavenly Demon Concubine and the darkness behind her in two!