Chapter 181: with translation of chapter title

"The pattern of the Zu Ma Great World and the Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Great World differs."

"The surface territory of this world is occupied by the Zu Ma Divine Sect."

"Below ground there are seventy-two layers of worlds, ruled by the demon race."

"The demon race and the Zu Ma Divine Sect are hostile; for countless years, both sides have ceaselessly waged war, each wanting to exterminate the other and completely dominate the Zu Ma Great World."

"However, both sides have true immortal-level beings holding the fort, so neither can destroy the other."

"At this moment, on the arena, a spatial passage leading to the underground world was opened by the presiding Supreme Elder."

"The scene of the thirty-second layer of the underground world unfolded before everyone's eyes."

""The underground of the Zu Ma Great World is indeed somewhat different from that of my Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Great World.""

"Chen Zheng followed the spacetime passage with his gaze and saw that inside the passage was a hazy gray world."

"The environment within is actually similar to the underground world of the Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Great World; the land is everywhere fertile black soil, and many places grow plants uncommon on the surface, mainly clusters of luminous mushrooms, emitting a faint glow that brings some light to the underground world."

"However, the living beings dwelling underground are different from those of the Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Great World's underground."

"Inside there are no yakshas or asuras, but rather huge white elephants with extraordinarily long trunks and sharp tusks growing in their mouths."

"The white elephants number in the hundreds of thousands, gathered in a canyon spanning tens of thousands of li, all raising their heads to howl, their bodies exuding an extremely violent aura, as if they wanted to overturn the entire underground world."

"Chen Zheng had seen records of those white elephants in various worlds; they are an ancient race, descendants of the holy elephant, the ancestor of all phenomena, called the ancient giant elephants."

"It is said that before achieving the Shen Tong Mi Jing, the ancient giant elephants possess boundless strength; with a single sweep of their long trunks they can easily uproot towering trees that require several people to encircle."

"After attaining the Shen Tong Mi Jing, they become even more ferocious; inserting their trunks into water, they can drain a small river in an instant and spray it into the heavens, causing rain over a hundred-li radius."

"The giant elephants of the Changsheng Mijing are even more extraordinary, equivalent to a fusion of the primordial celestial dragon and the ancient giant elephant, briefly called dragon-elephant, terrifyingly abnormal."

"However, Chen Zheng did not see any dragon-elephants in that canyon; they were all ancient giant elephants."

"At the same time, the many disciples of the Zu Ma Divine Sect on the arena also saw the hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants in the underground world, and began to discuss noisily."

""So it's just about slaying the ancient giant elephants of the thirty-second underground layer—what's difficult about that? Senior Brother Jiang Ming has mastered as many as ninety-nine divine abilities, ranking first on the Zu Ma Ranking, his heavenly earthly dharma form condensed to the limit; he has gone to the underground world more than once, slaying several dragon-elephants of the Changsheng Mijing, and even dragon-elephants of the second layer of the Indestructible Body realm can match him one or two.""

""Senior Sister Jiang Yue, being the younger sister of Senior Brother Jiang Ming, is no weakling either; she ranks second on the Zu Ma Ranking, her mastery of the Great Zu Ma Art is peak perfection, and she can backhandedly suppress dragon-elephants; as soon as she acts, within three days those hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants will all be dead, and all the points will go to our Zu Ma Divine Sect, leaving the people of Linglong Blessed Land with not a single point, a utter defeat.""

""Two senior brothers/sisters, quickly enter the spacetime passage and slaughter those ancient giant elephants completely, to win the wager for the sect leader, so that the disciples of Linglong Blessed Land may witness your heaven-defying battle prowess. Moreover, if the sect leader likes your performance later, he might bestow upon you the Great Calamity Art won from the Linglong Celestial Venerable, which is a supreme art among the top ten of the three thousand great Dao!""

"Each disciple of the Zu Ma Divine Sect showed disdain, as if the hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants were mere chickens and tiles, needing only Jiang Ming and Jiang Yue to act and they could be destroyed with a flick of the finger."

"Many disciples flattered the pair profusely, urging them to quickly display their divine might and seize the Great Calamity Art."

"As for the people of Linglong Blessed Land, they didn't even glance at them."

""What's there to pay attention to from a person of a ruined world? Could they possibly win?""

"Hearing the disciples' flattery, Jiang Ming curled the corner of his mouth, affectedly waving his hand: "Fellow junior brothers and sisters, please stay calm and don't be impatient; the friends of Linglong Blessed Land are after all guests, we Zu Ma Divine Sect as hosts cannot lose propriety, and should let the guests enter the underground first.""

""Not bad; letting the people of Linglong Blessed Land seize the initiative, charge into the elephant army, and slaughter for three days and three nights—what then? As long as I and my older brother are here, no one in the world can win the sect leader's wager!""

"Jiang Yue raised her head in agreement, her neck fair and slender, like a proud peacock."

""Haha, well said!""

""Senior Brother Jiang has great breadth! Senior Sister Jiang has grand spirit! Truly worthy of being the dragon and phoenix twin pride of our Zu Ma Divine Sect!""

"The Zu Ma Divine Sect disciples repeatedly cheered, admiring this brother‑sister pair to the point of prostrating themselves."

"Even the presiding Elder and the many Supreme Elders seated on the throne in mid‑air stroked their beards and smiled, their gazes toward the Jiang siblings full of admiration."

"Our Zu Ma Divine Sect having two such outstanding disciples, with successors, surpasses the Linglong Blessed Land disciples by who knows how many, bringing glory to their faces."

""An untimely voice suddenly rang out across the venue: "Have you finished blowing your own horns? You two are just trash who have cultivated only a few dozen divine abilities—what's there to brag about? Moreover, does my Linglong Blessed Land need you to let us in? You lot with shallow vision have no idea how terrifying Senior Brother Chen is; if he wishes, not to mention a mere few hundred thousand ancient giant elephants, he could single‑handedly cleave through the entire thirty‑second underground layer!""

"As soon as those words fell, the vast square surrounding the arena fell instantly silent, becoming utterly still."

"Then all the Zu Ma Divine Sect disciples' faces showed anger, in unison gazing at the red‑clad woman among the Linglong Blessed Land crowd—Piao Yun."

"Indeed, Piao Yun was the one who spoke the mockery."

"She snorted repeatedly, meeting the gazes that wished to flay her alive, showing no weakness."

"Just now the Zu Ma Divine Sect people, including the Jiang brothers and sisters, had exalted themselves, and then went on to belittle Linglong Blessed Land—truly hateful."

"Furthermore, when she first arrived at the Zu Ma Divine Sect she was despised and looked down upon by everyone, even looked down on the Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Great World, making her feel stifled; until now she could no longer hold back and erupted completely."

""Who are you calling trash? You, a fifth‑level Shen Tong cultivator who isn't even qualified to be a true disciple in my Zu Ma Divine Sect, dare to call Senior Brother Jiang and Senior Sister Jiang trash?""

"A young man, furious enough to jump, was the first to step forward, pointing at Piao Yun's nose and cursing."

""Exactly, what do you think you are? Dare to spout nonsense here—I will definitely thrash your mouth today!""

"Another horse‑faced woman spoke viciously, preparing to step forward and whip Piao Yun."

""Martial Sister Ma, the friends of Linglong Blessed Land are guests of our sect; even if they speak rudely, we cannot resort to violence.""

"Jiang Ming raised his hand to stop the horse‑faced woman; his words sounded pleasant, but his face was dark and menacing."

"Jiang Yue's face showed a cold frost as she gave Piao Yun a icy stare."

"Then she swept her gaze over Ye Qingqing, Xuan Sha, Chen Zheng, and finally rested it on Huang Meng, curling the corner of her mouth in a mocking smile: "Are you the so‑called Senior Brother Chen? Step forward yourself, let us see what ability you have that makes her admire you so.""

"Among the people of Linglong Blessed Land, only Chen Zheng and Huang Meng are male."

"And Chen Zheng has only reached the eighth level of Shen Tong, certainly not the Chen Senior Brother Piao Yun spoke of; the only possibility is Huang Meng, who has attained the tenth level of Shen Tong."

"Huang Meng is the Chen Senior Brother!"

""Senior Brother Chen, hurry up and act, let us shallow‑eyed folk open our eyes and see how you slaughter those hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants. But don't end up getting yourself killed instead of slaying the elephants!""

""Senior Brother Chen, I'll wait for you to pierce through the thirty‑second underground layer; if you can't, I'll take your surname!""

"The Zu Ma Divine Sect disciples also thought Huang Meng was the Chen Senior Brother, bursting into laughter as they looked at him like a clown."

"Even the Supreme Elders hadn't expected such a farce at this juncture; they frowned slightly and focused their gazes on Huang Meng."

"The Zu Ma Sect Leader on the firmament opened his eyes from meditative rest, glanced at Huang Meng, shook his head, and closed his eyes again."

"Huang Meng was drenched in sweat."

"Fortunately, at that moment Chen Zheng stepped forward, stood in the center of the arena, and said: "As you wish.""

What is this person doing stepping out?

Hiss…… This person's appearance is too extraordinary, yet he is only at the eighth layer of Divine Ability; how dare he stand up for that Senior Brother Chen?

Many people's gazes were focused on Chen Zheng, their eyes full of doubt.

You must know, among those hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants, those at the ninth layer of Divine Ability and Tenfold are everywhere.

Moreover, they have long been in contact with the ancient giant elephant tribe, deeply knowing that this race possesses formidable combat power, capable of dominating peers.

With Chen Zheng's cultivation at the eighth layer of Divine Ability, if he entered the subterranean world and encountered a few ancient giant elephants, he might not even have the chance to crush his token and flee.

Many female disciples could not bear to see Chen Zheng fall; they wanted to warn him to step down and not act rashly, but in the end they did not speak.

Who made Piao Yun's words so unpleasant?

And just as many people's thoughts raced, Chen Zheng had already moved, performing an action that left everyone baffled.

He extended his long arm, continuously stretching, directly probing into the center of the spacetime passageway.

"What is he doing? Does he intend to reach into the thirty-second layer of the subterranean world from here, like scooping fish, to scoop out those hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants?" Many Ancestor Ma Divine Sect disciples felt speechless at Chen Zheng's behavior.

Especially the Jiang siblings, they almost laughed out loud.

Soon they could no longer laugh.

Because Chen Zheng's arm, upon entering the spacetime passageway, everyone saw through the passageway that his palm suddenly swelled, swelling to a radius of sixty to seventy thousand li, like a world-destroying great mill, covering the sky and blocking the sun, he grabbed at the great canyon where hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants gathered.

With a boom, five massive fingers plunged into the ground, in one grasp seizing a territory of tens of thousands of li in radius, including the hundreds of thousands of giant elephants inside that had no time to scream, all were pinched in the great hand, forming a ball of mixed stone and elephant flesh and blood, like a small star.

Immediately, with a flare of fire in his hand, the small star was refined to nothing.

How…… how could this happen?

He actually seized hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants and even a territory of tens of thousands of li of subterranean land in one grasp, instantly refining them?

Many Ancestor Ma Divine Sect disciples were almost scared stupid by Chen Zheng's methods, their faces filled with horror.

How could this person possibly be more talented and stronger than me? Impossible, absolutely impossible! Jiang Ming and Jiang Yue's faces were filled with disbelief.

The two siblings have fought against the Ancient Gigantic Head before, even slain it, and deeply understand how its magical power works.

Ordinary Ancient Gigantic Heads, with a full-force strike, can at most devastate an area of thirty to forty thousand li in radius; they absolutely cannot match Chen Zheng's strength, which can transform his palm into a radius of sixty to seventy thousand li.

Moreover, Chen Zheng is only at the eighth layer of Divine Ability; how could he possibly be so powerful?

This is unreasonable!

Many Supreme Thus we have Title: Elder also felt it unreasonable, each rising abruptly from their thrones, faces full of shock, wanting to ask Chen Zheng how he did it.

But at that moment, a violent shout suddenly erupted from the thirty-second layer of the subterranean world, like rolling heavenly thunder, shaking mountains and rivers: "Human race, you dare kill so many children of my ancient giant elephant clan; you are courting death!"

Boom—

Chen Zheng, from outside the hundred-thousand-li radius of that big pit, a giant elephant reaching a height of hundred-thousand zhang, its body covered in armor, fiercely trampled the earth, like a primordial divine mountain pushing sideways, its killing intent soaring to the heavens, making people's hair stand on end.

"That is a Longevity second-layer dragon-elephant!" Many Ancestor Ma Divine Sect disciples exclaimed in shock.

Chen Zheng, however, thought nothing of it; with just a lift of his hand, he slapped that huge dragon-elephant, turning it into a great meat patty; a blaze of fire in his hand, and the dragon-elephant was dead beyond death.

Gloop—

Jiang Ming and Jiang Yue simultaneously heard the sound of swallowing saliva in their throats, and they plopped down onto their buttocks.

They were practically going crazy.

Chen Zheng actually killed a Longevity second-layer dragon-elephant with just a slap— is he even human!

This must be fake, right?

Bold!

Still in shock, the subterranean world again echoed with an angry roar, its aura swallowing mountains and rivers, shaking the universe.

Everyone saw a trunk with a diameter of up to forty to fifty thousand li and a length of hundreds of thousands of li extending from the void, like a pillar holding up the heavens, spanning the firmament; in an instant it pierced the sky, causing infinite spacetime to collapse, making the whole world tremble wildly, and it fiercely smashed toward Chen Zheng's arm.

Not good!

It is the leader of the giant elephant clan, Elephant Myriad Void! A terrifying existence of the Longevity third-layer Cave Heaven Realm!

Countless disciples were frightened and lost color, their faces turning deathly pale.

Even many Supreme Thus we have Title: Elder slightly changed color, wanting to rescue Chen Zheng.

They deeply knew the strength of Elephant Myriad Void, which is nearly invincible in the Longevity third-layer realm; ordinary Thus we have Title: Elder are no match for it.

For tens of thousands of years, Elephant Myriad Void has slain countless strongers of the Ancestor Ma Divine Sect.

Good that you've come!

Chen Zheng, however, showed a look of joy; he opened his palm and propped it, his fingers expanding once more, forming a super-giant hand with a radius of over hundreds of thousands of li, like a heavenly canopy covering half the sky; in one grasp he seized the huge elephant trunk that had penetrated spacetime, and with a pull he dragged out a colossal being with an elephant head and human body from the void.

This is Elephant Myriad Void, its stature towering to the extreme, like a celestial star from beyond the heavens.

But after Chen Zheng pulled it out of the void in one go, before it could even deploy its Divine Ability, Chen Zheng flung it, and it violently slammed into the ground.

With a booming explosion, it shook countless people until blood flowed from their seven orifices, they felt dizzy and blurred vision, nearly collapsing.

Many steadied their stance and looked again into the spacetime passageway, only to see a massive heavenly pit appear on the ground, with Elephant Myriad Void slumped limp at the pit's bottom, wailing, its body cracked open, blood flowing like rolling rivers in all directions, dyeing the whole world red, making every onlooker feel their hair stand on end.

Ah, no……

Chen Zheng released the elephant trunk; his great hand like an azure dragon's claw probed into the abyss, in one grasp seized Elephant Myriad Void's body, and with a light squeeze he made Elephant Myriad Void utter a miserable wail, turning it into a lump of bloody mud.

With a blaze of true fire, it was instantly refined to nothing!

This……

The entire venue fell dead silent.

(End of chapter)