Chapter 38

The Chaos Bell again emitted a domineering sound wave, directly shattering the great formation.

The entire Cloud Dream Marsh heard the humming of the Chaos Bell; if not for the surroundings of the Dao Discussion Arena already being cleared, who knows how many casualties there would have been in Cloud Dream Marsh from this strike.

Still, many weak creatures had their eardrums ruptured; fortunately, most gathering places of creatures had some formation protection, and at sufficient distance there was no serious harm.

Moreover, the lake water of Cloud Dream Marsh also absorbed a considerable amount of the Chaos Bell's residual waves.

This strike directly sent Qi crashing to the lake bottom, a deep lake of hundreds of thousands of zhang.

Seeing the formation shattered, Taiyi no longer struck out, and only then did Di Jun and the others dare to fly to Taiyi's side.

After all, Taiyi just now was like someone who had lost his mind, striking anyone he saw, while he himself could hardly resist.

Even Qi, who possessed the Innate Twelfth Grade Pure World White Lotus, was struck into the lake, only emerging after a few breaths.

Taiyi said nothing, as if pondering something.

Is this truly the Chaos Bell's true power?

Taiyi continually recalled the feeling of exerting his full strength just now; he felt that the Chaos Bell was responding to him, and with just that one strike, his divine power had almost been halved.

It also truly broke Qi's defense; the power erupting in that instant had already surpassed the strength range of a Taiyi Upper God.

As one of the Three Treasures of Heaven's Opening, the Chaos Bell, for the first time in Taiyi's hands, exerted the power it inherently possessed.

This indicates that Taiyi has gradually been refining the Chaos Bell; once fully completed, the Chaos Bell can also have its name changed.

Qi flew out from the lake bottom, a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth; he never expected that the Innate Twelfth Grade Pure World White Lotus, famed for sitting upon the lotus platform and being invulnerable to all laws, would one day have its defense broken by someone.

"Have you already begun refining the Chaos Bell?"

Qi's voice sounded doubtful; by common sense, the realm of a Taiyi Upper God is insufficient to support the refinement of the Chaos Bell.

He too is a Taiyi Upper God, yet now even refining the World-Separating White Jade Tablet and the Water Splendor Awakening World Drum is difficult, let alone the Innate Twelfth Grade Pure World White Lotus.

Up to now, the only spiritual treasure he has successfully refined is the Tranquil Heart Bell.

Nüwa possesses many spiritual treasures; being able to use them all is already quite good, and she has no spare mental energy to refine them, so to this day she has refined none.

Di Jun and Fuxi are the same; their spiritual treasures are of the same grade as the Water Splendor Awakening World Drum and the World-Separating White Jade Tablet, and refining them now is also extremely difficult.

The gap among everyone should not be this large.

"It was the Chaos Bell that just responded to me; I also don't know why, as this has never happened before."

Taiyi explained to Qi.

He also did not anticipate that this strike would be so formidable; he had thought that with Qi's Innate Twelfth Grade Pure World White Lotus protecting him, even going all out would not injure him.

Yet he did not expect such a turn of events; even when he had previously exerted his full strength, he had never achieved such an effect.

However, this is actually a good thing; we finally have a means to break open Qi's turtle shell.

Qi also helplessly shook his head; this sudden turn made the lecture on the Dao end in a tiger's head and snake's tail, forcing a hasty end to the melee.

After all, the formation had been broken, and he himself had become the only person seriously injured in the venue.

Di Jun, Fuxi, and Nüwa all suffered some minor injuries; the Chaos Bell's attack, combined with the pure light of the World-Separating White Jade Tablet and the Purple Sky Divine Thunder, was not easy to deal with.

"I have to go into seclusion to heal my wounds again; it's just a pity that this lecture and martial demonstration is wasted."

Qi's voice carried a hint of regret.

Di Jun, Fuxi, and Nüwa instead felt relieved; this time everyone only lost a bit of face, and overall, no one came out ahead.

Thus, everyone suffered no real loss; it's just that Qi happened to be unlucky, running into this by chance.

"If you truly feel it's a pity, next time we enter the Starry Sky, there we can freely exert ourselves."

Taiyi's comforting words seemed to have no effect; including Qi, everyone looked at him with strange expressions.

With the Chaos Bell's power so great when you cooperate with it, do you still want to fight us?

Even Qi, who possesses the Innate Twelfth Grade Pure World White Lotus, is like this; those without it would surely have to spend their days nursing injuries!

"You once said I wasn't very smart, and now I discover that you also have moments of not being smart."

Hearing Qi's teasing words, Taiyi finally reacted, his gaze toward everyone also carrying a hint of apology.

Right, he enjoyed the beating, but the one getting beaten certainly did not.

"Let's go drink."

Taiyi has always been so carefree.

Everyone was speechless, only able to follow him to the Pond Heart Pavilion.

Unbeknownst to them, when Taiyi's Chaos Bell responded to him, the great encirclement campaign on Bei Fang's land also officially began.

"That bell sound—was it responding to Taiyi, or to something else?"

Bei Fang Continent.

At this time, the gathering place of the ferocious beasts had already changed from grassland to a vast marsh.

On the water surface, the ferocious beasts' divine abilities scattered like flower rain, flying in all directions, shattering the waves while also taking the lives of countless dragon clan navy.

Meanwhile underwater, the surging turbid currents could easily tear the ferocious beasts to pieces.

A ferocious beast over a hundred thousand zhang tall shot a divine light from its third eye on its forehead into the water, and that patch of water instantly boiled.

Steam rose, and along with it the lives of the water sprites vanished.

Under the sweep of its massive tail, the water surface was roused into towering waves, lifting a swath of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, which it gulped down in one mouthful.

But in the next instant, the turbid currents in the water entangled and dragged it under.

The water surface calmed down; in no time, a blood mist surged up, dyeing the surrounding stretch of water entirely red.

The Grudge Dragon revealed its true form: a jackal's body with a dragon's head, holding a treasure sword in its mouth, glaring angrily at a huge ferocious beast.

The ferocious beasts lacking spiritual intelligence were so frightened by the Grudge Dragon that their legs trembled, daring not to make the slightest move.

Struck down by the Grudge Dragon's sword, their bodies were severed.

The treasure sword was knocked to the ground by another ferocious beast's divine ability; seeing the sword fall, the Grudge Dragon remained unmoved and instead lunged to kill that beast.

Striding across the waves on four legs, with wind and clouds following as attendants, the ferocious beast had not yet reacted when the suddenly attacking Grudge Dragon tore it in half.

The ferocious beast's blood stained his body, and its savage, brutal aura made even the Responding Dragon far up in the high skies furrow its brow.

The Glaring Beast was oblivious to the Responding Dragon's reaction, excitedly charging toward another ferocious beast.

Yu Qiang, together with those few Innate Divine beings, lay hidden in the water; this place is a necessary passage for the Grand Ultimate Ferocious Beasts rushing to the battlefield.

They will intercept here, preventing them from rushing to the battlefield; it would be best to leave them all behind.

Under the influence of the great calamity, these Grand Ultimate Ferocious Beasts have already gained rudimentary wisdom, becoming unusually crafty and ferocious, and their use of divine abilities has grown much stronger.

They all mentally prepared themselves to be left here, after all the North is barren; among those present, aside from Yu Qiang, no one possesses a middle-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

And Yu Qiang's Innate Spiritual Treasure is the middle-grade Profound Yin Arrow and the Veil-Heaven Transforming Qi Gourd.

Both are implements for Yinfolk ambush.

At this moment, everyone concealed their forms by relying on the Veil-Heaven Transforming Qi Gourd, waiting for the ferocious beasts to arrive.

And from afar, as expected, came the earth-shaking sound of the ferocious beasts walking.

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