Chapter 1066: The Great Tribulation Arrives (2)

Above the ancient city's flying eaves, a massive Slaughter God Ship hovered silently.

This is Wuguo's third full-size Myriad Spirit Void-Crushing Slaughter God Ship, its massive hull spanning six thousand four hundred li, hovering above the ancient city, its shadow completely submerging the city's core.

A middle-aged man in imperial robes, followed by countless nobles and officials trembling with fear, knelt on the ground, paying respects to Wu Tie and Lao Tie standing at the prow of the Slaughter God Ship.

Had it not been for the timely rescue by Wu Tie and Lao Tie's armies, the Divine Kingdom of Kaiyuan below would have been completely wiped out by the demons.

Overlooking the rulers and officials of the Kaiyuan Divine Kingdom below, Wu Tie waved his hand, about to speak, when his sleeve violently trembled. He stared, then hastily pulled a jade tablet from his middle sleeve.

Wu Tie remembered this jade tablet.

This was the first time, because of Xiyou and his mother's matter, that he had alarmed Nuwa Island; an old matriarch of Nuwa Island came with her retinue, resolved this trouble of Xiyou for Wu Tie, and then bestowed this jade tablet upon him.

This jade tablet can directly contact that old matriarch.

Wu Tie, however, rarely used this jade tablet. He was a bit proud; why bother the adults or file a complaint when the children could settle their own problems?

Just as with Ji Bai Jie before, just as with Xi Valley before, why go to Nuwa Island to lodge a complaint when a fist can settle the trouble?

But the jade tablet began to jump on its own; Wu Tie's heart suddenly raced, waves of hot blood surged to his forehead, a thick cloud of danger loomed in his mind, stimulating him so that his body's hairs stood on end.

A beam of light struck the jade tablet, and Wu Tie bellowed in a low voice: "What is it?"

The old matriarch's extremely feeble voice came from the jade tablet: "Nuwa Island has fallen… save…"

A piercing, shrill laugh sounded from within the jade tablet, followed by what Wu Tie knew all too well: the sound of a sharp blade slicing flesh and bone, then high-pressure blood bursting free, spraying rapidly from tiny vessels with a 'shush-shush' noise.

That sound was like wind blowing over a heavy wheat field.

It was also like a fierce wind blowing light rain onto the trees.

The old matriarch who had sent the distress signal to Wu Tie had already been hacked to death with a single blow.

Wu Tie's body swayed.

Countless thoughts churned in his mind, stirring, making his five viscera and six bowels feel as if they were being fried in boiling hot oil, scorching that mass of innate spiritual light so that it violently churned and quivered.

The Sharira Tower hovering above his innate spiritual light burst forth with ten thousand zhang of golden light, quickly stabilizing Wu Tie's mind and spirit.

These days, Wu Tie has been rushing about, using the restored Haotian Mirror to locate several large fragments of the Sharira Tower; he melted those fragments together with the tower, reforging them into one, and the tower's power has surged nearly a hundredfold compared to its state in Xi Valley.

According to the information fed back by the Sharira Tower, even without incorporating new fragments, as long as Wu Tie can continuously provide boundless merit, he can follow the merit law lurking in the darkness and gradually restore it to its original state.

This supreme treasure was originally formed from condensed boundless merit; the power of merit is its very root and foundation.

At this moment, it steadied Wu Tie's mind, allowing him to quickly pick out the most urgent and important items from the countless mixed thoughts.

"Lao Tie, issue the order: all Wuguo fleet divisions shall contract into a defensive posture."

"Issue the order: bring my parents, the Wu Clan main house of the Fuxi Divine Kingdom, and the Nuwa Tribe people of Nuwa Valley, at the utmost speed, onto the flagship of the Myriad Spirit Void-Crushing Slaughter God Ship. Have Pei Feng relocate all of Wuguo's civil and military officials—every civil and military officer of rank three or above, together with the families of all civil officials and military generals—onto the first ship."

"Let Da Tie, sparing no expense or cost, forsaking all future evolutionary potential, under the standard of a 'single-use consumable', accelerate the forging of Giant God Soldiers. Within half a month, I want the number of Wuguo's Giant God Soldier legion… to increase tenfold!"

"Lao Tie, handle troop contraction, defense, and all command—consult with Xiahou on this. In frontal combat, you lead the army; in strategic planning, listen to him." Wu Tie gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Calculate it: under the most extreme circumstances, guarantee the minimum survival standard… condense the human populace of the territories we now control onto as little land as possible."

"Compress the ground, tighten the defense. Quick!"

Wu Tie, in a flurry, tossed off a few words, no longer bothering to manage the Kaiyuan Divine Kingdom's rulers below; his body flickered, and following the spatial coordinates in the jade tablet, he tore through space and instantaneously relocated.

Now Wu Tie's cultivation is terrifying, especially the Dao Seal condensed from his Space Great Dao, which has reached its peak; to him, the void is as free as the sea is to a dragon-whale, allowing unhindered travel with no pressure.

A single instantaneous shift allows Wu Tie to traverse a distance that an ordinary Divine Realm cultivator would need over a decade of flight to cover.

After repeatedly breaking through space in straight lines hundreds of times, Wu Tie arrived directly outside Nuwa Island, which was enveloped by vast expanses of chaotic Great Dao Rhyme and tightly sealed by thick dark clouds, leaving no gaps.

Unlike Xi Valley,

Xi Valley merely stockpiled humanity's high-end weaponry, preparing to tear at the enemy's claws and fangs.

Yet this elite force has clearly lost its original resolve to fight for humanity's benefit; they have abandoned their original intention, so Wu Tie holds no hope for them—even if they were all wiped out, what does it matter to him?

But Nuwa Island,

Nuwa Island is the great stronghold of the Nuwa Tribe, for countless years silently guiding humanity's reproduction and struggle to survive.

Even Wu Tie's mother, Nuwa Mother, is part of Nuwa Island; furthermore, Nuwa Mother received an investiture from Nuwa Island, gaining a registered tribal title, and herself is listed among the island's matriarchs.

If Xi Valley falls, it falls—what have they ever done for humanity?

But Nuwa Island… Nuwa Island must not fall.

Whether from practical function or sentiment, Nuwa Island cannot fall.

The common folk of humanity are tightly bound together through the Nuwa Tribe's alliances and intermarriages, linked by bloodline; with Nuwa Island, humanity forms a complete people, without it, the populace is just loose sand.

Wu Tie firmly does not believe that, without Nuwa Island's lubricating and guiding function, those high-ranking humans could wholeheartedly plan for humanity's benefit.

For power, for resources, for various interests, it would be strange if they didn't beat out their dogbrains.

Look at Ji Bai Jie, look at Ji Kui and Ji Wu Liang father and son—today's human elite truly have hardly any upstanding, virtuous gentlemen!

Perhaps only the old matriarchs of Nuwa Island, who may be a bit conservative, a bit pedantic, or somewhat cautious and weak… yet without them, it truly would not work!

Countless strands of divergent Great Dao coalesced into Great Dao Chains that crisscrossed the void, forming visible light dragons that wildly weaved and twisted within the dark clouds. Countless Venerable Demons hovered in midair, standing within this terrifying array and howling with mad laughter.

Like a tide, stellar essence poured down from the high heavens, being gulped down mouthful by mouthful by this terrifying formation.

These Venerable Demons, who rushed to Nuwa Island via teleportation arrays, greedily devoured the star‑moon essence fed back by the formation. Countless Dao Rhythms flickered on their bodies, while one Dao Seal after another continually condensed atop their heads.

"Holy Ancestor, lead us to slaughter all humanity!" a sheep‑headed, human‑bodied, goat‑hoofed demon wielding double blades, tongue lolling happily, trembled as he threw back his head and cried: "May our descendants become the lords of heaven and earth, making this realm entirely our clan's paradise!"

Beside him, a wolf‑headed, human‑bodied, lame‑legged demon secretly brandishing a great cleaver sneered and, with one swipe, sheared off the sheep‑headed demon's skull.

The wolf‑headed demon gleefully threw back his head and shrieked: "Above the Holy Clan, only a mighty demon tribe can become the masters of this realm…… let Mu Dalu become the pasture of my wolf tribe, and let all feeble peoples become our flesh and blood!"

Right before Wu Tie's eyes, within the array, each of these demon venerables that had invaded Nuwa Island, like madmen, unleashed the murderous intent and cruelty buried in their bones. They furtively attacked one another, eliminating rivals to secure future sole control of Mu Dalu.

This is a rabble, a thoroughly disordered mob.

Yet this very rabble, lacking any rules, breaking every constraint, has inflicted upon Nuwa Island devastation… truly brutal and horrifying to the extreme.

Through the thick clouds, Wu Tie could see a cluster of warriors escorting dozens of old and young in disheveled flight.

Dozens of demon venerables and devil venerables, leading vast legions of Divine Realm underlings, came howling like mad dogs and in an instant tore those warriors and the people they protected to shreds.

White‑haired elders and infants still in swaddling were instantly torn to fragments, devoured by a horde of demons and monsters until not a single hair remained.

"The Holy Ancestor commands… today, your slaughter is nothing but your own fodder—no sacrifice needed, no sacrifice needed, remember: no sacrifice!" A rough voice boomed across the heavens: 'Exterminate humanity, devour them all!'

Soon after, a thin, sharp voice sounded from afar: "Hurry to Wahuang Miao, hurry to Wahuang Miao…… The entrance to the ancestral spirit space of Wa Island is here, hurry, hurry…… Smash the Wahuang altar, shatter the ancestral spirit space, from now on humanity will have no power to resist!"

That thin, sharp voice hoarsely laughed and said: "The ancestral spirits of the Wa tribe, if you can devour them, are enough to guarantee your cultivation will skyrocket…… What are you waiting for?"

Wu Tie opened his third eye, quickly scanning the whole Wa Island through the thick black clouds.

Wa Island was everywhere engulfed in towering flames; someone used terrifying great divine abilities to turn more than half of its land into magma, countless palaces and towers utterly destroyed by the lava. On the remaining small half of land, before certain forbidden zones and secret realms, human warriors were still frantically resisting.

But the enemies besieging them numbered more than a hundred times their own.

No matter how these human warriors fought bloodily, even if they slew enemies a hundred times their number, even more formidable foes kept pouring in endlessly.

The human warriors garrisoned on Wa Island basically all cultivated the Primordial Scripture; they entered the Dao through hundreds of great paths, and with peak Divine Realm power they could almost unleash combat strength comparable to that of a newly entered Honorable level.

But they were ultimately not true Honorable-level combat power.

When those demon venerables, devil venerables, ghost venerables, and monster venerables joined the battlefield with savage laughter, each human warrior who fought desperately to resist was mercilessly slain by them.

Across Wa Island, there was not a single place where an effective defensive line could be formed, nor a place where effective resistance could be mustered.

All formations and restrictions on Wa Island were completely broken by the invading enemies.

Beside Wu Tie, a hundred li away, the void suddenly trembled; a youth with his upper body bare, stalwart build, and terrifying aura strode out leading a large group of elite armored soldiers, breaking through space.

That youth actually bore the aura of an Honorable level.

He glanced at Wu Tie from afar, and Wu Tie also glanced at him from afar.

Wu Tie raised the jade tablet in his hand; the youth's tense facial muscles twitched slightly, he likewise raised the jade tablet in his hand, then coldly barked: "Join forces? Charge in? You came alone—where are your troops?"

Wu Tie nodded, then slapped the back of his head; Canghai Daoist, Yin-Yang Daoist, and Five Elements Daoist flashed out. Canghai Daoist waved his hand, and the 108 Canghai Divine Pearls expanded to a diameter of a hundred li, while 108 azure-colored full moons rose slowly above the outer sea of Wa Island.

Then, dozens of small Slaughter-God ships shot out silently from the Canghai Divine Pearls, followed swiftly by towering divine warriors like black clouds that rapidly filled the void.

The youth who had just arrived felt his facial muscles spasm violently, he nodded in satisfaction, then raised high the azure great seal entwined with five dragons in his hand.

"Kongdong Seal, ancestors, don't betray me!" the youth exclaimed, his aura surging throughout his body; the great seal in his hand suddenly expanded to the size of ten thousand li, like a continent slamming down heavily, crashing hard onto the great array enveloping Wa Island.

With a tremendous boom, the array was smashed inward by over a hundred li; the demons and monsters gathered within, suppressing the array's eyes, wailed miserably.

This blow alone shattered at least ten thousand Divine Realm demons and monsters to pieces, while over a dozen Honorable-level monsters spat blood mouthful after mouthful, each startled, turning their heads to look at Wu Tie and the others hovering in midair.

Wu Tie likewise let out a long whistle, holding the golden-yellow Humanity's Sacred Sword that exudes boundless heavenly-earthly majesty; from his sleeves four peerless vicious weapons burst forth, transforming into four-colored sword lights that fiercely slashed down upon the array.

Black, blood-red, pallid white, and chaotic—these four-colored vicious lights stretched tens of thousands of li, and in an instant they slashed tens of thousands of times across the array enveloping Wa Island.

Sword light fell like rain; countless demons and monsters in the array were cleaved to pieces by the sword lights, their essence blood, souls, and innate primordial spirit completely devoured by the vicious blades. Any demon or monster slain by these four vicious weapons left behind in the world nothing but a speck of inconspicuous dust.

Before Wu Tie, the array was cleaved open, forming a grand thoroughfare.

Wu Tie strode into the devastated Wa Island, with Canghai Daoist, Yin-Yang Daoist, and Five Elements Daoist closely following; various immensely powerful divine abilities poured down like a violent storm, the five-element divine light swirling chaotically, yin and yang qi sweeping wildly, and the Canghai Divine Pearls crashing down like meteors from the sky……

Moreover, the four-colored vicious sword lights slashed and hacked indiscriminately; wherever Wu Tie passed, demon and monster corpses littered the wilderness, and after just ten breaths, no demon or monster dared to block his path ahead.

The youth holding the Kongdong Seal stared for a moment, then exclaimed in shock: "Brother, which family raised this monster? Such, terrifying!"

In the void, another ripple of space spread, and another youth whose aura had reached Honorable level charged out leading a large group of elite armored soldiers.

Afterward, ripples of space kept flashing around Wa Island; numerous Honorable-level powerhouses of unknown origin, also nameless among the common folk, surged forth leading squads of peerlessly elite armored soldiers.

Each of them held in hand a powerful treasure forged from fragments of primordial supreme treasures; many of these treasures were entwined with immense human merit, and though they were acquired later, their power was already not inferior to that of the original supreme treasures.

These people one after another broke through the array and forcefully entered it.