Chapter 1067: Great Calamity Arrives (3)

"Save me, save me!"

A huge crowd of demons and monsters, wailing ghosts and howling wolves, were crawling and rolling forward in their escape.

Wu Tie wielded the golden holy sword, stepping on flowing light to pursue and kill, with sword auras transformed from the four ferocious weapons around him like flying waterfalls and meteors, sweeping wildly in all directions.

After entering Wahuang Island, Wu Tie dared not act recklessly, fearing to injure innocents, and compressed the sword light to a length of a hundred zhang.

Even so, with one sword strike countless heads rolled and countless corpses shattered; still he left those demonic forces unable to stand, unable to resist, after suffering heavy casualties of nearly a million Divine Manifestation Realm demons and nearly a hundred Venerable-level demons, Wu Tie had become like a plague god, making demons tremble at the mere mention of his name.

A large group of demons who had personally witnessed Wu Tie's power were fleeing, while another large group of demons, unwilling to believe and with blood energy surging to the heavens, charged forward again.

They had just slaughtered countless human warriors on Wahuang Island, devouring countless blood rations, and were at the peak of confidence and murderous intent; upon hearing that human killers were coming, they immediately launched a fierce counterattack.

Sword auras fell like rain; to touch them meant death, to be struck meant annihilation.

Occasionally, a few immensely powerful demonic treasures bombarded Wu Tie; above his head a three-zhang-high golden relic pagoda emitted a faint light, enveloping him and his three corpse avatars within.

No matter how your demonic treasure with blazing fury fell, the warm golden light emanating from the golden relic pagoda remained unmoved.

Wu Tie and company continued forward without pause, sword auras constantly sweeping; vast swaths of demons were slain to ashes, and immediately a large batch of demons joined the fleeing ranks.

The four ferocious weapons under Wu Tie's control were overwhelmingly decisive; after entering Wahuang Island, Wu Tie even dared not let the sword auras rush out beyond ten li.

After all, he had just obtained these four ferocious weapons far surpassing the peak perfect form of ancient mythic times; his mastery over them was not yet smooth, so he could only tightly confine them within ten li of himself, thus avoiding harm to innocents.

Those demons, as long as they turned and fled, rushing out beyond ten li, would evade the ferocious weapons' strikes.

However, the Sea God Pearl's frantic bombardment, the Five Elements Divine Light's frenzied strangling, and the Yin Yang Two Qi Bottle's devouring annihilation followed.

The demons had their backs to Wu Tie, making them practically perfect targets. The Sea God Pearl smashed them, breaking bones and tendons; the Five Elements Divine Light turned them to flying ash; the Yin Yang Two Qi directly reduced them to strands of chaotic force.

Vast areas of demons were cleared out; countless originally ferocious and violent demons were even frightened into tears.

Coming to Wahuang Island, they had thought it was a great opportunity granted by their holy ancestor for massive slaughter and extermination of humanity; but who knew they would encounter Wu Tie, such a killing god?

Cannot block, cannot block, cannot block!

Using one's body to block, a single sword strike turns them to flying ash.

Using treasures to block, a single sword strike turns them to flying ash.

Forming a great array to block, a single sword strike turns the array formation to flying ash.

The four ferocious weapons are overly fierce and evil; they cannot be blocked, cannot be blocked, cannot be blocked—not because they are incapable, but because the ferocious flames are intense; they simply cannot be blocked!

Wu Tie strode forward in large steps, fiercely pursuing, and the golden holy sword in his hand began to move.

This is a post-heaven merit holy weapon forged by the ancient human race, having absorbed countless human merits to become a clan-protecting divine weapon. This sword shows no fierceness at all; instead it gives a feeling of warm tolerance and warm inclusiveness.

This sword, against humans, possesses only the most basic regular lethality; but against non-human species, especially demons and monsters inherently opposed to humanity, its destructive power even exceeds that of the four ferocious weapons by a great margin.

The lethal power of the four ferocious weapons is indiscriminate—whether human, immortal, god, or demon and monster, one strike reduces all to flying ash and vanished smoke.

As for this holy weapon, its lethality toward humans is merely basic; for kind-hearted, upright and bright humans, it hardly has any lethality. However, against various demonic heretics, the sword's added lethality is at least tens of millions times the basic lethality.

Golden sword aura swept across the void.

The golden, brilliant sword aura was like boiling flames, like pouring molten golden liquid across the sky.

Just one strike, a sword aura stretching a thousand li swept horizontally, clearing all demons within a radius of a thousand li and a 180-degree fan-shaped area before Wu Tie.

Countless demon leaders had their souls scattered and spirits dispersed; countless monsters were turned to flying ash and vanished smoke.

Within this range, several small squads of human warriors were stubbornly holding their ground, desperately resisting the onslaught of countless demons. In just a moment, their enemies suddenly vanished; the golden sword aura swept over their bodies, giving them only slight pain, their blood and qi receiving a faint impact, yet they suffered no substantive injury.

"This is our clan's holy weapon!" Several dozen to several hundred human warriors shouted in unison.

The demons facing Wu Tie were practically driven mad.

If they stayed far from Wu Tie, the human holy sword would inflict a deadly blow they could not endure.

If they charged Wu Tie, within ten li of him they would face the onslaught of the four ferocious weapons, which they likewise could not endure.

If they relied on their numerical advantage, hoping to rush to Wu Tie's front and perish together with him……

The golden relic pagoda protected Wu Tie's entire person; any demonic treasure striking it had no power whatsoever.

Unable to beat, unable to break through, and yet no one could withstand Wu Tie's single sword strike—such a monster…… how could humanity have such a monster?

A human warrior clad in coarse cloth leapt into the air, roaring hoarsely at Wu Tie: "This brother, go to the Wahuang Miao; their leader is there, intending to damage the ancestral spirit space!"

Wu Tie said in a deep voice: "Wahuang Miao, I have already seen it; I am heading that way…… you, follow. The wounded, go to the rear warship; it has food, water, elixirs, and large armaments…… you should all know how to operate those armaments."

Wu Tie shouted hoarsely: "Give me your all to blast them!"

Constantly human warriors were rescued by Wu Tie; constantly wounded warriors rushed onto the Slaughter God Ship, beginning to operate its large armaments.

Many armaments and formations on the Slaughter God Ship can be operated only by human cultivators; for example, the Amplifying Divine Formation—without mana cultivation or innate divine abilities, even a giant divine soldier cannot activate it to harm enemies.

With so many human warriors boarding the Slaughter God Ship, gradually the dozens of small Slaughter God Ships behind Wu Tie began to continuously pour forth various divine arts and secret techniques, especially those of great power and astonishing lethal innate divine abilities.

The Slaughter God Ship is not a dedicated warship; its effectiveness lies more in its huge capacity, astonishing speed, and complete self-sustaining ecosystem; more precisely, it is a large warship specially designed for long-distance migration.

Even so, the small Slaughter God Ships stretching hundreds of li still erupted with terrifying area lethality.

These small Slaughter God Ships lack sufficient lethality against Venerable-level demons, but when facing Divine Manifestation Realm demons and monsters, countless divine arts and secret techniques pour forth, slaying all demons below the fifth heaven of the Divine Manifestation Realm, while those above the fifth heaven also suffer heavy wounds.

Each wave of divine art and secret technique strikes can cover at least a radius of several thousand li of void.

Demons swarming thickly through the void were like hornets in a storm, constantly falling from the sky in droves; countless severely wounded demons cried out in pain, shouting for help—but what they summoned was often a casual blade or sword from a nearby companion of a different kind.

Even at this critical juncture, the demons continued to engage in 'eliminating rivals while taking advantage'.

They still harbored the dream that after this surprise attack, humanity would perish and they would become the masters of Mu Dalu…… being able at this time to eradicate some sworn enemies of their own clans is, after all, a reasonable thing.

Close cooperation? Wholehearted cooperation? As tight as brothers?

This is impossible!

Wolves and tigers, lions and sheep, eagles and grass snakes, flood dragons and fish and shrimp…… how could you make them cooperate like brothers?

A rabble mob, truly just a rabble mob.

Wu Tie led the people, striding steadily toward the Wahuang Miao, the most central and important building on the entire Wahuang Island. Here, there are usually seven or more senior matriarchs on rotation, with tens of thousands of Wahuang elites guarding.

The defensive formation here is self-contained; moreover, the daily formation restrictions change with the shifts of earth veins and earth force, and with the changes of star phases and star charts, arising spontaneously. Besides the rotating senior matriarchs, no one can control these formation restrictions.

So, the formation seals here have been activated; a soft layer containing abundant vitality and vast creative power, like the halo of a glazed bowl, envelops the main body of Wahuang Miao, which covers tens of thousands of mu.

Countless demons surged like a tide against Wahuang Temple, then were continuously blown to ashes by thunderbolts falling from the sky.

Translation: "Countless demons surged like a tide against Wahuang Miao, then continuously were blown to ashes by thunderbolts falling from the sky."

We need to keep meaning, not add extra. Let's produce a concise but faithful translation.

"Countless demons surged like a tide against Wahuang Miao, then continuously were blown to ashes by thunderbolts falling from the sky."

Countless demons surged like a tide against Wahuang Temple

then continuously blown to ashes by thunderbolts falling from the sky

Qingning, Xuanwu, and the other Five Great Leaders stood on the hill nearest Wahuang Temple, each laughing with different expressions.

Translation: "Qingning, Xuanwu, and the other five great leaders stood on the hill closest to Wahuang Miao, each laughing with different expressions."

Qingning, Xuanwu, and the other Five Great Leaders stood on the hill nearest Wahuang Miao, each laughing with different expressions.

Qingning's smile was triumphant and mocking, filled with a strong sense of superiority.

Translation: "Qingning's smile was triumphant and mocking, filled with a strong sense of superiority."

Youzhu's smile was proud and restrained, giving a sense of control as if with a flick of the finger, masts and oars turn to ashes.

Youzhu's smile was proud and restrained, giving off a sense of control as if with a flick of the finger, masts and oars turn to ashes.

But we need to keep the quote marks? Probably not needed. We'll translate.

Thus: "Youzhu's smile was proud and restrained, giving off a sense of control as if with a flick of the finger, masts and oars turn to ashes."

Xuopo's smile... his smile remained as gloomy and cold as ever; he felt boundless joy solely from the fall of so many lives.

Translation: "Xupo's smile... Xupo's smile was as always gloomy and cold; he felt boundless joy purely from the fall of so many lives."

We need to keep the ellipsis? We can keep as "...", but we need to output a single line. We'll keep the ellipsis as "...".

Thus: "Xupo's smile... Xupo's smile was as always gloomy and cold; he felt boundless joy purely from the fall of so many lives."

As for Xuanwu, Chi Chong, and Yan Zun, those three rough‑hewn fellows, their laughter was wild, their expressions unrestrained, each laughing until they bent forward and backward, their mirth utterly unrestrained. Having conquered Wahuang Island, they had conquered the entire Mu Continent.

Translation: "As for Xuanwu, Chiji, and Yizun, these three rough‑hewn fellows, their laughter was wild, their smiles unrestrained; each laughed until they bent forward and backward, laughing with unbounded arrogance. Having conquered Wahuang Island, they had conquered the whole of Mu Dalu."

rough‑hewn fellows

This is an achievement their predecessors could never accomplish, despite repeated great wars since the first extermination war against the Human Race.

Translation: "This is an achievement their predecessors could never accomplish, despite repeated great wars since the first extermination war against the Human Race."

This is an achievement their predecessors could never accomplish, despite repeated great wars since the first extermination war against the Human Race.

Their names will surely be recorded eternally in the annals of their respective clans.

Translation: "Their names will surely be eternally recorded in the annals of their respective clans."

Oh, no, this woman of the Wisdom Divine Clan perhaps won't have that chance… she has achieved such a feat, and there is over a ninety percent chance that, upon returning to the Wisdom Divine Clan, she will swiftly die silently and vanish without a trace in the tsunami‑like conspiracies aimed at her.

Translation: "Oh, no, this woman who hails from the Wisdom God Clan perhaps has no such chance…… Having achieved such feats, she is over ninety percent likely to, upon returning to the Wisdom God Clan, silently perish without a sound in a tsunami‑like plot against her, vanishing without trace."

We need to keep ellipsis. We'll output: "Oh, no, this woman who hails from the Wisdom God Clan perhaps has no such chance...... Having achieved such feats, she is over ninety percent likely to, upon returning to the Wisdom God Clan, silently perish without a sound in a tsunami‑like plot against her, vanishing without trace."

But we need to keep the Chinese ellipsis "……" as maybe "...". We'll use "...".

Thus: "Oh, no, this woman who hails from the Wisdom God Clan perhaps has no such chance... Having achieved such feats, she is over ninety percent likely to, upon returning to the Wisdom God Clan, silently perish without a sound in a tsunami‑like plot against her, vanishing without trace."

Her achievements, all her merits, will be credited to those conspirators.

Translation: "Her achievements, all her merits, will be credited to those conspirators."

Those conspirators will trample over her corpse and enjoy her glory.

Translation: "Those conspirators will trample on her corpse and enjoy her glory."

Thinking of this, the Five Great Leaders laughed again, their smiles unintentionally filled with more mockery and coldness—what good is being clever now? You are already destined to be a dead man unless you can defy the entire Wisdom Divine Clan!

Translation: "Thinking of this, the Five Great Leaders laughed again, their smiles unintentionally gaining much more mockery and coldness—what good is being clever? You are now destined to be a dead man unless you can defy the entire Wisdom God Clan!"

We need to keep the dash and question marks. We'll output as is.

"My lords, those lowly hounds can't hold them back." A Celestial Crystal Giant strode forward, his voice ringing: "Extremely elite human forces have entered the battlefield; they are God King‑level beings, and the arcane relics they wield have reached the level of Supreme Divine Artifacts."

We need to keep the quotation marks and the Chinese quotation marks? The line starts with 「... 」 which are Chinese quotation marks. We should keep them as English quotation marks? Usually we replace with English quotes. The instruction: translate faithfully, not to add or omit. We should keep the quoted speech as quotes. We'll convert Chinese quotes to English double quotes.

Thus: ""Several Your Highnesses, those lowly lackeys can't hold them back." A Heaven Crystal Giant strode over, his voice resonant as he said: "Extremely elite human forces have entered the battlefield; they are all God King‑level beings, and the secret treasures they hold have reached the standard of Supreme Divine Artifacts...""

We need to keep the ellipsis at end. We'll keep "...".

Thus: ""Several Your Highnesses, those lowly lackeys can't hold them back." A Heaven Crystal Giant strode over, his voice resonant as he said: "Extremely elite human forces have entered the battlefield; they are all God King‑level beings, and the secret treasures they hold have reached the standard of Supreme Divine Artifacts...""

Xuanwu and the others' smiles froze; they all turned to Qingning: "Wahuang Island has God King‑level forces? Impossible!"

Translation: "Xuanwu and the others' smiles froze; they all turned to look at Qingning: 'Wahuang Island, God King‑level forces? Impossible!'"

We need to keep the colon and quotes. We'll output: "Xuanwu and the others' smiles froze; they all turned to look at Qingning: \"Wahuang Island, God King‑level forces? Impossible! \""

Qingning laughed lightly: "Why couldn't Wahuang Island have God King‑level forces? Hah, it's merely a matter of sacrifice."

Translation: "Qingning smiled lightly: 'Why can't Wahuang Island have God King‑level forces? Heck, it's just a matter of a sacrifice...'"

We need to keep the ellipsis. So: "Qingning smiled lightly: \"Why can't Wahuang Island have God King‑level forces? Heck, it's just a matter of a sacrifice... \""

Yan Zun glared at Qingning: "Setting aside the recent years, ignoring the occasions when Wu Tou and his lot intercepted the offerings, every past sacrifice that produced a God King‑level powerhouse has been recorded… yet the Human Race has none."

Translation: "Xuanwu glared fiercely at Qingning: 'Leaving aside the recent years when Wu Tou and his ilk intercepted sacrifices, every past sacrifice that produced a God King‑level powerhouse has been recorded… Human Race, none!'"

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "Xuanwu glared fiercely at Qingning: \"Leaving aside the recent years when Wu Tou and his ilk intercepted sacrifices, every past sacrifice that produced a God King‑level powerhouse has been recorded... Human Race, none! \""

Wu Tou

Qingning said calmly: "They are not offering sacrifices to you, but to the ancestral spirits of the Wahuang Clan's spirit realm… Therefore I say the Human Race is extraordinarily resilient, terrifying, full of wisdom, and always prone to wild ideas, never overly conservative—a terrifying people."

Translation: "Qingning said calmly: 'They are not offering sacrifices to you, but to those ancestral spirits in the Wahuang Ancestral Spirit Space…… So I say, the Human Race is an extremely tenacious, fearsome, wise people, always daring to innovate and never overly conservative.'"

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "Qingning said calmly: \"They are not offering sacrifices to you, but to those ancestral spirits in the Wahuang Ancestral Spirit Space... So I say, the Human Race is an extremely tenacious, fearsome, wise people, always daring to innovate and never overly conservative. \""

"There is much you do not know about the Human Race."

Translation: "\"There's much you don't know about the Human Race. \""

"I can tell you plainly: if it weren't for the Wisdom Divine Clan's push that provoked this war, letting the Human Race continue to develop, in just… another hundred thousand years… their power would absolutely surpass your imagination."

Translation: "\"I can tell you clearly, if it weren't for the Wisdom God Clan's push that provoked this war, letting the Human Race continue to develop, probably... after another hundred thousand years... their power would absolutely surpass your imagination. \""

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "\"I can tell you clearly, if it weren't for the Wisdom God Clan's push that provoked this war, letting the Human Race continue to develop, probably... after another hundred thousand years... their power would absolutely surpass your imagination. \""

Yan Zun's large hand suddenly clamped around Qingning's throat.

Translation: "Yizun's large hand suddenly clenched Qingning's neck."

"Woman, this war was launched jointly by the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan, the Ice Spirit Divine Clan, the Barbarian God Clan, the Dark Soul Divine Clan, and our great Molten Rock Giant Divine Clan… it has nothing to do with your conspiratorial divine clan, do you understand?"

Translation: "\"Woman, this war was launched jointly by the Heaven Crystal God Clan, the Ice Spirit God Clan, the Barbarian God Clan, the Dark Soul God Clan, and our great Molten Rock Giant God Clan…… and has nothing to do with your Conspiracy God Clan, do you understand? \""

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "\"Woman, this war was launched jointly by the Heaven Crystal God Clan, the Ice Spirit God Clan, the Barbarian God Clan, the Dark Soul God Clan, and our great Molten Rock Giant God Clan... and has nothing to do with your Conspiracy God Clan, do you understand? \""

"The origin of this war lies in the Divine Realm; you, an old woman who has lurked within the Human Race for countless years, how dare you claim the credit for this war?"

Translation: "\"The origin of the war lies in the Gods' Realm; you, an old woman who has lurked in the Human Race for countless years, how dare you claim this war's credit as yours? \""

Qingning smiled, lifting her gaze to the much more burly Yan Zun: "Young lord, you are merely the executors of the plan, knowing nothing of many inner workings. No, even within your own clan, your fathers, grandfathers, and those elders holding absolute authority perhaps all believe this is the autonomous action of the five great divine clans."

Translation: "Qingning smiled, lifted her head to look at the much more burly Yizun: \"Young Your Highness, you are merely the executors of the plan, knowing nothing of many inner workings. No, even within your own clan, your fathers, your grandfathers, those elders holding absolute authority perhaps all think this is the autonomous action of your Five Great God Clans. \""

We need to keep the quotes. So: "Qingning smiled, lifted her head to look at the much more burly Yizun: \"Young Your Highness, you are merely the executors of the plan, knowing nothing of many inner workings. No, even within your own clan, your fathers, your grandfathers, those elders holding absolute authority perhaps all think this is the autonomous action of your Five Great God Clans. \""

Spreading her hands, Qingning said calmly: "Anyway, communication with the ancestral homeland has been cut off, so I might as well tell you… if all this—including your five great divine clans severing the crystal bridges and monopolizing the observation outposts—is merely part of a grand scheme devised by my Wisdom Divine Clan ages ago…"

Translation: "Spreading her hands, Qingning said leisurely: \"Anyway, communication with the ancestral homeland has been cut off, so I might as well tell you…… if all this, including your Five Great God Clans cutting the Crystal Bridge and monopolizing the Observation Outpost, is part of some grand scheme of the Wisdom God Clan from ages past……\""

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "Spreading her hands, Qingning said leisurely: \"Anyway, communication with the ancestral homeland has been cut off, so I might as well tell you... if all this, including your Five Great God Clans cutting the Crystal Bridge and monopolizing the Observation Outpost, is part of some grand scheme of the Wisdom God Clan from ages past... \""

Xuanwu, Yan Zun, and the others all changed expression; Yan Zun suddenly increased the force of his grip: "Woman, what do you intend? The plan by which our five great divine clans monopolize the observation outposts was secretly driven by you—what do you want? Your conspiracy… no, the Wisdom Divine Clan, what do you want?"

Translation: "Xuanwu, Yizun, and the others all changed expression; Yizun suddenly increased the force of his five fingers: \"Woman, what do you want to do? Our Five Great God Clans' plan to monopolize the Observation Outpost is actually being secretly pushed by you—what do you want to do? Your conspiracy…… no, Wisdom God Clan, what do you want to do? \""

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "Xuanwu, Yizun, and the others all changed expression; Yizun suddenly increased the force of his five fingers: \"Woman, what do you want to do? Our Five Great God Clans' plan to monopolize the Observation Outpost is actually being secretly pushed by you—what do you want to do? Your conspiracy... no, Wisdom God Clan, what do you want to do? \""

Qingning gave a slight smile, chuckling softly: "Well, the ancestral homeland of the gods is surely in utter chaos now—war flames everywhere, countless divine spirits falling… heh, our plan this time is to annihilate at least half of the divine clans."

Translation: "Qingning gave a slight smile, she chuckled: \"Well, the ancestral homeland of the gods is probably already in utter chaos now? Flames of war spread everywhere, countless divine spirits have fallen…… hehe, our plan this time is to at least wipe out more than half of the god clans. \""

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "Qingning gave a slight smile, she chuckled: \"Well, the ancestral homeland of the gods is probably already in utter chaos now? Flames of war spread everywhere, countless divine spirits have fallen... hehe, our plan this time is to at least wipe out more than half of the god clans. \""

"Some divine clans are too foolish, too savage; they have no reason to exist."

Translation: "\"Some god clans are too foolish, too savage; they have no reason to exist. \""

"To destroy them and watch them wail in despair brings my people no greater joy."

Translation: "\"To annihilate them, watching them wail in despair, for my clan there is nothing happier than this. \""

She lightly clapped her hands and laughed at the stunned Yan Zun: "Now, let's still consider the matter of Wahuang Temple. Capturing it will allow our descent to reap full merit… those human elites coming to aid, and those few lords, must be stopped—we cannot let them disturb our arrangements here."

Translation: "Lightly clapping her hands, Qingning laughed at the dumbfounded Yizun: \"Now, we should still consider the matter of Wahuang Miao. Capturing Wahuang Miao will let us reap full credit from this descent…… those human elites coming to aid, plus a few of your Your Highnesses, stop them—don't let them disturb the layout here. \""

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "Lightly clapping her hands, Qingning laughed at the dumbfounded Yizun: \"Now, we should still consider the matter of Wahuang Miao. Capturing Wahuang Miao will let us reap full credit from this descent... those human elites coming to aid, plus a few of your Your Highnesses, stop them—don't let them disturb the layout here. \""

Xuanwu and the five others exchanged glances, then slowly nodded.

Translation: "Xuanwu and the five others exchanged glances and slowly nodded."

Qingning's life and death has already been restrained by the five of them joining forces; what this woman is saying now should be, to them, harmless… right?