Chapter 55: Houyi Shoots the Suns, the Beginning of the Great War

Li panted slightly for a moment, then said triumphantly, "This is something I took from the Mountain Tribe under the Ancestral Witch Xuanming in the north!"

After hearing this, Houyi nodded, not continuing to ask how he had taken it; what he was thinking about in his heart now was, as fast as possible! As fast as possible! Even faster!

Thinking this, he grabbed the nine Witch weapons and packed them into a Witch Bag, then said to Li, "I am leaving, you go back, Li!"

Saying this, he turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

Li stood where he was, watching the back of Houyi as he departed, remained silent for a moment, then smiled soundlessly, and subsequently turned and left.

However, he did not know that after he left.

Two figures emerged from the shade of the trees nearby.

"Second Brother, are they about to start fighting?" the younger-looking man asked softly.

"Third Brother, can you not see for yourself?" the middle-aged man said impatiently.

"In a little while, the three-year deadline will be here, right?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately cursed, "Hmph, don't mention the three-year deadline to me!"

"Teacher said the God Race will also join the war; what should we do when that time comes?" the young man muttered to himself.

At this moment, the middle-aged man also fell into deep thought.

Subsequently, one could hear him whispering to himself.

"Do not let this seat find an opportunity, otherwise..."

Above the East Sea Coast.

The Golden Crow Crown Princes had just stepped into the East Sea Coast when they saw ten giant water dragons flying toward them from below.

The leading Great Prince of the Golden Crows was instantly drenched by these ten water dragons, which were wrapped in magical power.

"Who! Which bastard dares to block my path?"

As he spoke, his body ignited with raging Sun True Fire once again, even scattering drops of Sun True Fire onto the earth.

Subsequently, several of the Golden Crow Crown Princes spotted a female flood dragon hiding in the shallow sea water.

Beside her, one could also see two young flood dragons that had already been roasted into charcoal.

"Return my children's lives!"

Seeing that her hiding place was exposed, the mother flood dragon immediately stopped hiding.

Thus, she whipped up monstrous waves to cover the ten Golden Crows.

However, under the surging Sun True Fire of the ten Golden Crows, the water waves were evaporated completely before they could even get close.

"Haha~ I didn't expect there to be food delivered to our door!" the Great Prince of the Golden Crows could not help but laugh loudly.

The Second Prince also said coldly, "It has been a long time since we ate flood dragon, hasn't it?"

Hearing this, the Third Prince said angrily, "Never mind flood dragon, even a single dragon has not been tasted in a long time!"

"Mm-hmm, the last time we ate it was a hundred years ago!" the Tenth Prince also agreed.

Below, Ao Yu listened to their unbridled words, and her rage soared to the heavens.

Because she thought of her own mother.

The great mother who chose to walk into the trap to cover her escape.

Thinking again of her two children who had just been born not long ago, she was filled with such grief and indignation that she no longer had any misgivings.

She was seen opening her mouth to spit out her nearly-formed Dragon Pearl, which rapidly smashed toward one of the Golden Crows.

Seeing the Dragon Pearl flying toward him, the Sixth Prince's eyes lit up.

"Good stuff!"

Saying this, he opened his large mouth, wanting to swallow and refine it.

However, just as it entered his mouth, the Dragon Pearl exploded with a bang, instantly causing blood to flow ceaselessly from the corners of his mouth.

As his blood fell into the shallow sea, it was clearly visible that the seawater began to boil even more, and a huge pit was even formed on the seabed.

Fortunately, he had the protection of the Sun True Fire just now, otherwise the Sixth Prince's mouth would have been blown to pieces.

But even though the injury was not heavy, the Sixth Prince was burning with rage.

He immediately spat raging Sun True Fire at Ao Yu below.

"Ang~"

Facing the Sun True Fire pressing down on her, Ao Yu's dragon eyes filled with tears, and in her despair, she let out one final, mournful dragon roar!

Soon, the Sun True Fire covered her entire body, and amidst continuous screams, she fell into the shallow sea, until she was burned to charcoal just like her two children.

Seeing the flood dragon body burned like this, the Great Prince called out unluckily, "How unlucky, nothing left to eat!"

"Hahaha~ Brothers, since there is nothing to eat, then I shall go first!"

Saying this, the Eighth Prince flapped his wings and flew toward the west, instantly leaving them far behind.

"Ah! Damn it, Eighth is too cunning, I'm leaving too!" Saying this, the Seventh Prince also quickly followed.

"Heh, competing with me on speed? Watch this!" Saying this, the Great Prince's body suddenly erupted with massive Sun True Flame, and he quickly chased after his departing brothers.

The remaining Golden Crows, seeing this, also followed, squawking loudly.

Only.

Wherever they passed, the earth became dry and scorching, water traces dried up, vegetation withered and died, and ordinary Post-Heaven Spirit Beasts and weak Demon Beasts all died of dehydration.

Just as they were about to enter the Yellow River Basin, a giant roar shook them all, nearly knocking them down.

"Ah!"

"How bold! Last time I let you all leave by luck, today I, Houyi, will definitely leave you all behind one by one!"

The ten Golden Crows looked down at the sound, and then saw the thousand-foot-tall Witch Battle Body roaring at them from below.

The Wu Clan member was seen holding a giant Witch weapon longbow, stepping on a small mountain peak, glaring at them from afar.

Seeing this, the Great Prince immediately shrieked, and then mocked, "Where did this Small Witch come from, daring to block our path!"

"A mere Wu Clan, and you dare to block us! Hmph, seeking death!" the Second Prince also snorted with disdain.

As the mortal enemies of the Wu Clan, they naturally knew that the best way to distinguish the power of the Wu Clan was by their Witch Battle Body.

The taller the battle body, the stronger its power.

Conversely, the weaker the Wu Clan member, the smaller their battle body.

The battle body of a Great Witch is generally over ten thousand zhang, while the battle body of a Small Witch is generally over one thousand zhang and under ten thousand zhang.

As for the Witch Person, the commoners of the Wu Clan, their battle bodies are generally over ten zhang and under one thousand zhang.

Next are the Human Witch, whose battle bodies are under ten zhang.

This group of people is generally the Human Witch born from the union of a Wu Clan warrior and a member of the Human Race.

As for a normal pure-blooded Wu Clan member, they possess the strength of a Witch Person the moment they are born.

And it is equivalent to the strength of a Heavenly Immortal.

Above them are the Ancestral Witch; the battle body of an Ancestral Witch is generally over one hundred thousand zhang.

Therefore, the moment they saw the size of Houyi's battle body, they assumed he was an ordinary Wu Clan warrior at the level of a Small Witch.

Facing their mockery, Houyi did not explain, but instead stared at them with sharp eyes.

Then, under the gaze of the Golden Crow Crown Prince, he took out the first arrow from his Witch Bag.

Seeing this, the Second Prince Golden Crow immediately mocked: "Shooting an arrow? With your strength, can you even reach us? Haha!"

The remaining Golden Crows also burst into laughter upon seeing this, all mocking Houyi for overestimating his own capabilities.

Never mind whether he could hit them; even if he did hit them, they did not believe that a weapon of the Wu Clan could be of any use against them.

They were very confident in their invincible Sun True Fire.

"Big Brother, kill him! We have already wasted too much time; if Father Emperor finds out, we will be dragged back again!" the Ninth Prince said, unable to help but worry.

"In that case, we shall finish him in one go!" the Great Prince also said solemnly.

Thus, the ten Golden Crows all controlled their giant mouths, preparing to spew Sun True Fire at Houyi below.

Suddenly, a streak of pitch-black light flashed below, shooting toward them at high speed.

The Sixth Prince, who was locked onto, felt a chill in his heart; unable to care about gathering power, the Sun True Flame in his mouth instantly sprayed toward the pitch-black light.

However.

The Sun True Flame they took such pride in seemed as fragile as could be before this streak of light; it was instantly pierced through, and the light continued to fly toward the locked-on Sixth Prince.

Seeing this, the Sixth Prince was terrified out of his wits and cried out: "Big Brother, save me!"

The remaining Golden Crow Crown Prince were also stunned, foolishly watching that streak of light instantly pierce through the bodies of their sixth brother.

Even the raging Sun True Fire on his body could not block it in the slightest, and after piercing through the Sixth Prince's body, it continued to fly dozens of miles into the high sky without stopping.

"Sixth Brother!"

"Sixth Brother!"

The remaining Golden Crows cried out in grief.

The Third Prince, who was nearby and just about to go up to catch the Sixth Prince's falling body, suddenly felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.

He looked downward with a start.

Then he saw that Small Witch of the Wu Clan nocking an arrow and aiming at him again.

This sight made his heart and liver split with terror; how could he still care about catching the Sixth Prince's remains? He turned and flew straight toward the high sky.

However, once locked on, how could he escape the Sun-Chasing Arrow from the hands of a Great Witch?

*Whoosh—*

Amidst the sound of the arrow's cry, the remaining Golden Crow Crown Prince all came to their senses.

"Flee! Quickly scatter and flee toward the Heavenly Court gates!" the Great Prince endured the grief in his heart and shouted urgently to the remaining Golden Crow brothers.

The Heavenly Court has four gates—East, West, South, and North—facing the Primordial Land.

Moreover, each gate has a Demon God stationed there with many Demon King.

Even within a thousand-mile radius of the gates, there are many Demon Clan soldiers patrolling!

Therefore.

As long as they approached the gates, they would certainly attract the attention of the garrison. Then they would be able to be rescued.

Thus.

Amidst the Great Prince's shouts, the remaining few Golden Crow Crown Prince scattered and fled.

However, before they could even leave, they heard the screams of the Third Prince, who had previously fled toward the high sky.

Startled, they looked back, and then they saw a scene that filled them with immense grief.

They saw a large hole torn in the Third Prince's chest, his golden, hot blood spilling across the sky as he slowly fell toward the earth.

Following closely, the Third Prince's massive body plummeted rapidly toward the earth below.

During the fall, the raging Sun True Fire burning on his body fell with him, smashing into the earth like a meteorite and forcefully creating a huge, deep pit.

Then, they saw a yellow figure flash by, and the massive remains of the Great Sun Golden Crow disappeared.

"No!!"

Seeing this scene, filled with grief and indignation, they all cast hateful glares at that figure.

Of course, they did not forget the Wu Clan Houyi below, who was still nocking an arrow and aiming at them.

But, upon this look, they were immediately terrified out of their wits again.

This was not aiming at all!

Who nocks four arrows at once to aim?

Do you think you are still shooting at low-level creatures!

Regardless, the Fifth Prince, Fourth Prince, Seventh Prince, and Ninth Prince among them all sensed that chill from the netherworld.

Consequently, no longer caring about anything else, they instantly flew off, breaking through the air toward the horizon.

Meanwhile, the remaining Great Prince, Second Prince, Eighth Prince, and Tenth Prince fled in two different directions.

Among them.

The Great Prince fled toward the South Heavenly Gate together with the Tenth Prince, while the Second Prince fled toward the East Heaven Gate with the Eighth Prince.

However, they had only flown one hundred thousand li when the corners of their eyes caught sight of four massive fireballs falling from the horizon toward the earth.

They knew that this meant their fifth, fourth, seventh, and ninth brothers had also sacrificed their lives at the hands of the Wu Clan.

There was no time for grief.

What they were thinking about at this moment was survival; as long as they could survive, one day they would definitely make the Wu Clan pay!

They would make their corpses litter the fields, leaving them with no place to be buried!

The Great Prince roared and swore in his heart with resentment.

The East Sea Coast.

On Qingqiu Mountain.

A few three-tailed foxes who were playing suddenly felt the sky brighten up again.

And it was getting brighter and brighter.

They could even feel as if their fur was about to be burned off.

This scene frightened them into quickly running toward the barrier inside their cave.

"Wah! Grandmother~ the Golden Crows have flown back!" As they ran, a child-like voice rang out.

Screech—!

Yet, before they could enter the cave entrance, they heard a miserable cry coming from the horizon.

Full of curiosity, they couldn't help but look back.

Then, they saw a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

They saw two massive fireballs slowly falling from the horizon toward the East Sea Coast.

After they fell, they also saw hundreds of black shadows flying in unison toward the place where the fireballs had landed.

"Did someone kill the Golden Crows?"

Just then, an aged voice came from behind them.

They hurriedly turned their heads to look, and immediately threw themselves into her arms, weeping with joy.

"Grandmother! Xiaobai almost thought she would never see Grandmother again!"

One of the snow-white three-tailed foxes cried out aggrievedly.

The other three-tailed fox, who was slightly more yellowish, said quite bravely: "Don't worry, little sister, big sister will protect you!"

"Mm-hmm!"

"And protect Grandmother too!"

"Mm-hmm, Xiaobai will also protect Grandmother!"

Then, the two sisters had another moment of affection.

"Haha~ as long as you can achieve success in your studies early and serve the Nine-Tailed Demon God in the future, Grandmother will be satisfied!"

Saying this, the old fox led them back into the Qingqiu Fox Realm.

With the Second Prince and Eighth Prince who fled toward the East Heaven Gate also sacrificed.

At this time, only the Great Prince and Tenth Prince who fled toward the South Heavenly Gate remained.

Outside the Yellow River Basin.

The Great Witch Houyi stood on a mountain peak, watching the Great Prince and Tenth Prince fleeing toward the South Heavenly Gate in the distance.

He was looking for an opportunity, an opportunity to kill two with one arrow.

Because he only had one arrow left at this moment.

(End of this chapter)