Chapter 1069: The Heavy Tribulation Arrives (5)

The Blazing Flame Divine Crown's fierce flames flared up again, and Wu Tie had already flung himself into a collision with Yi Zun.

Azure Lotus Secret Transmission, the Myriad Calamity Hand brought up a faint layer of green light, and with a heavy palm strike it slapped onto the Blazing Flame Divine Crown.

The infinite fire light that the Blazing Flame Divine Crown had just spewed out suddenly dimmed, then the Yin Yang Daoist and the Five Elements Daoist acted simultaneously, the yin and yang qi rotated, the five-element divine light swept, the Blazing Flame Divine Crown violently trembled, and it was forcibly swept away by the Five Elements Daoist against its will.

"No!" Yi Zun bellowed in rage and desperation.

He opened his mouth; his huge mouth, a hundred li tall, resembled the opening of a giant trash can, making people instinctively want to throw something into it.

Thus, the Canghai Daoist threw eighteen Canghai Divine Pearls into Yi Zun's mouth.

The hundred-zhang-sized Canghai Divine Pearls shot into Yi Zun's belly, and a heaven‑flooding flood instantly erupted inside his abdomen. The sound of icy water splashing on a red‑hot iron plate came from within Yi Zun, his body‑surface platinum‑colored lava suddenly turned crimson, then dark red.

Inside Yi Zun's belly, at least the equivalent of a hundred giant lakes of ultra‑cold floodwater had been added; the feeling was like stuffing a person's belly with a bellyful of magma— the taste… indescribably sour and refreshing.

Yi Zun opened his mouth and let out a "wa" as a jet of white, murky, high‑temperature steam sprayed out; the eighteen Canghai Divine Pearls spun rapidly and were blasted away by Yi Zun's immense divine power.

Heedless of the Blazing Flame Divine Crown and the Round Heavy Shield, Yi Zun's legs went weak and he turned and fled.

While fleeing, Yi Zun hoarsely shouted: "Chi Yun, Chi Yun, switch sides, switch sides, this guy counters me, counters me, counters me badly… Come quickly, come quickly, let's swap hands, swap hands!"

Luo Chen rode on the back of a winged flying horse, hung his silver spear on the saddle, then backhandedly drew a long bow and nocked three long arrows.

With a "bang!" the three long arrows turned into ten‑thousand‑zhang arrow‑light, "clang clang clang" striking Yi Zun's back, chiseling three deep arrow marks into his divine armor.

Yi Zun staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Before Yi Zun could regain his senses, the bearded youth from the swirling great rock cavern flew forward, kicked his back with an overbearing stomp that sent Yi Zun sprawling face‑down, then swung a great axe in a fierce chop at the back of his head.

The dozen or so youths nearest to Wu Tie surged forward together, each brandishing their weapons and raining fierce blows of hacking and chopping upon Yi Zun.

The divine armor on Yi Zun's body let out a mournful wail, the plates darkened, and deep grooves were carved into it. He frantically howled and cursed, reaching back to keep grabbing and pulling, trying to retrieve that round heavy shield.

The four ferocious blades simultaneously emitted a piercing sword hum; four streaks of terrifying killing intent, as if they wished to exterminate all living beings and slaughter everything in heaven and earth, shot up into the sky.

The ferocious blades' aura was so blazing that even the Golden Holy Sword in Wu Tie's hand involuntarily trembled, and its ten‑thousand‑zhang sword light instantly shrank to about three feet.

The four‑colored sword light whirled violently around the shield; amid the sharp metallic scraping, the shield was cut with four deep sword gashes, and great sheets of Blazing Flame Divine Light spurted from the cuts—this shield had already suffered grave damage.

Yi Zun immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, roaring and struggling, trying with difficulty to crawl back to the small hill outside Wahuang Miao using hands and feet… but then another dozen or so youths of extremely high cultivation surged forward, leading large retinues who flung out vast quantities of nets, iron chains, dragon‑whisker barbs, triangular scrapes and the like, wrapping Yi Zun up tightly.

Several dozen fearsome greataxes and greatswords hacked and chopped wildly, molten‑lava‑like blood kept spraying from Yi Zun's body, his stature rapidly shrank and his vitality swiftly collapsed.

In the distance, tens of thousands of colossal Lava Giant Gods roared as they charged forward.

Yi Zun was arrogant and hardly had a brain—given the physiological makeup of Lava Giant Gods, their brains are a mass of boiling lava; you can never expect a Lava Giant God to stay calm, nor hope it can retain reason.

Therefore, just now Yi Zun had abandoned all his subordinates and stood alone before Wu Tie and the others.

Therefore, Yi Zun was surrounded and beaten by Wu Tie and company, falling into an extremely awkward predicament.

Tens of thousands of Lava Giant Gods madly rushed in; behind them, outside Wahuang Miao, above Wahuang Miao, and even more Lava Giant Gods fiercely attacking Wahuang Miao together with their divine servants and slaves all charged forward like mourners at a funeral.

Wu Tie let out a long whistle, and dozens of small Slaughter God Vessels behind him shot forward, using their massive hulls to block the front of those Lava Giant Gods.

Among the Lava Giant Gods, over a thousand Venerable‑level… according to the gods' saying, that is God‑King‑level aura rising up.

In recent years, the gods observing the front line have swallowed countless God Soul Crystals and countless bloodline essences; among them many experts have emerged. Moreover, many originally low‑grade bloodlines that could hardly be improved in a lifetime have forcibly elevated their bloodlines to the God‑King level.

Over a thousand streams of lava imbued with Venerable‑level destructive power, bearing terrifying heat, slammed into the Slaughter God Vessel.

The Slaughter God Vessel forged from Venerable‑level demon bones and skeletons burst with blazing light; its hull hundreds of li long shuddered violently, yet despite the lava's ravages, these small Slaughter God Vessels steadfastly held off this attack.

Countless Giant God Soldiers surged out from the Slaughter God Vessel, charging into the oncoming Lava Giant God formation, heedlessly laying down a frenzied barrage of concentrated fire, then barbarically self‑detonating their bodies.

"Yo ho!" Wu Tie gave a long whistle, rose into the air, spat a mouthful of blood downward, and the essence‑blood from the tip of his tongue split into four streams that fell upon the four ferocious blades.

The four ferocious blades burst forth with even wilder killing intent; they swept around that round heavy shield with a fierce slash, and a earth‑shaking boom rang out—a mass of fire shot skyward, turning into a terrifying blazing‑fire mushroom cloud that swept in all directions.

This shield, too a supreme‑grade divine artifact among the Lava Giant Gods, was nevertheless sliced into pieces by those four ferocious blades. The origin‑Dao resonance sealed within the shield erupted, black‑red flames raged, and crazily spread outward.

Luo Chen and the others' faces all changed; they roared in unison, shouting for their subordinates to hurry into Wu Tie's Slaughter God Vessel!

At this moment, only these huge, heavily shielded Slaughter God Vessels could save their subordinates' lives in the explosion of this supreme divine artifact's destruction.

Wu Tie roared: "Don't panic, give me… steady!"

Wu Tie spat out a mouthful of blood; beside him, dim spacetime light‑shadows flickered, space was congealed, time frozen. The soaring fire‑mushroom cloud stiffened in midair, and the endless violent firepower was borne solely by Wu Tie.

His bones shook violently, and tiny blisters erupted on his skin.

Wu Tie let out a low, deep roar; the four ferocious blades shot forward like four vicious wolves, viciously piercing into the divine‑power source within that mushroom cloud.

The divine‑power source of the round heavy shield was rapidly dissipating, and the four ferocious blades greedily devoured it, their own aura continually swelling.

At the level of these four ferocious blades, divine weapons are no different from living beings; they can completely enhance themselves by devouring the origins of various divine arms, continually growing stronger and evolving their life tier.

"Assist!" four clear streams of consciousness poured into Wu Tie's mind.

Wu Tie laughed loudly, and a vast flow of golden merit light like water surged into the four ferocious blades; consequently, the fire‑mushroom cloud's dissipation speed increased by over a hundredfold, and the backlash force Wu Tie's body endured rapidly diminished.

"Kill him!" Wu Tie fiercely pointed at Yi Zun.

Luo Chen and the others were also immobilized by Wu Tie's spacetime power; as Wu Tie gave a great shout, the spacetime effect on them weakened by ninety percent, their movements slightly sluggish, they gritted their teeth and raised their weapons to chop down at Yi Zun.

Yi Zun let out a hoarse cry of anger, raving madly, struggling, wanting to break out of the predicament and rendezvous with his subordinate Lava Giant Gods.

If he were amidst the countless Lava Giant God formation, how could Wu Tie and the others possibly surround and attack him?

But he really was… too impulsive, too fervent.

One of Yi Zun's arms was chopped off, then a leg.

His arm and leg, just severed, kept flashing with terrifying light; Luo Chen lifted his long spear and flung the severed limbs thousands of li away, where they smashed into a horde of frantically slaughtering demon armies.

An arm and a leg exploded simultaneously.

Then came a tremendous roar; a scorching gale blasted forward, and dozens of Venerable‑level demons, along with millions of demon troops, were burned to ash in the terrifying heat‑flames, then swept away by the wind until not a speck remained.

The round heavy shield's divine‑power source was completely devoured by the four ferocious blades; the blades, now brimming with even fiercer killing qi, rose into the air, formed a wondrous sword array, heedless of Luo Chen and company's safety, and vertically plummeted down to bombard the Yi Zun pinned to the ground.

Wu Tie instantly shouted hoarsely: "Brothers, step back… their ferocity has flared up, I can barely hold them!"

A cold sweat trickled down Wu Tie's back; these four ferocious blades are simply… too ferocious, given Wu Tie's present strength and realm, he fundamentally cannot control them.

Four sword lights, tens of thousands of zhang long, bristling with killing intent, plummeted straight down from high altitude.

Luo Chen and the others gave a whistle, mounted their steeds in utter disarray, and scattered in a frantic run.

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In the boundless void, inside the Heavenly Crystal War Star, the true form of the Blazing Venerable sat cross-legged on the throne.

He condensed ninety percent of his essence blood and the origin of his divine power into a descending divine avatar; in the Blazing Venerable's view, this descent would surely carry little risk.

But he never imagined that the divine avatar, which had concentrated ninety percent of his power, would actually be slain by Wu Tie.

And the one who slew his avatar was, surprisingly, four supreme lethal weapons that had already been infamous since ancient times.

Suddenly, a torrent of blood gushed from the Blazing Venerable's seven orifices; he roared, his body just having risen, then with a thud rolled to the ground. On his chest, four mysterious sword marks appeared, penetrating deep into his viscera; four terrifying sword intents, as if seeking to slaughter all creation, raged wildly inside his wounds, incessantly eroding his vitality.

"Save... save me..." the Blazing Venerable screamed hoarsely, his voice exhausted.

You Zu and the four others were all startled, jumped up, and instinctively retreated far away to avoid the Blazing Venerable, whose whole body emitted terrifying killing intent and immense deathly aura.

Xuan Wu and Chi Kui were fine; the two merely guarded against being dragged into the Blazing Venerable's misfortune, being affected by his terrifying sword intent.

Meanwhile, You Zu and Xu Po exchanged a quick glance.

The Ice Spirit Divine Clan and the Dark Soul Divine Clan, although they lacked as many schemes and plots as the Wisdom Divine Clan, still had far better brains than the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan, the Barbarian God Clan, and the Molten Giant Gods; their intelligence was at least several times that of the other three great divine clans.

You Zu and Xu Po quickly exchanged their thoughts with a glance.

"To kill or not to kill?"

"Find an opportunity, kill… but we can't be the ones to act!"

Not mentioning the intrigues inside the Heavenly Crystal War Star, Wu Tie's single strike shattered the Blazing Venerable's descending divine body, and the Molten Giant Gods on Wa Island instantly went mad.

Hundreds of thousands of Molten Giant Gods swelled their divine bodies and charged toward Wu Tie.

They stood thousands of zhang tall, the shortest hundreds of zhang, their bodies spewing blazing lava and rolling up heavenly fire clouds; the Molten Giant Gods frantically slammed into the blocking God-Slaying Ships, smashing dozens of them into repeated retreats, even the hardest prows of the ships showing numerous cracks.

At that moment, inside the God-Slaying Ship brought by Wu Tie, venerable-level auras shot up into the sky.

Inside the God-Slaying Ship, one after another ultra-long-distance teleportation array was activated; Wu Jin, holding a great axe and wooden shield, was the first to rush out of the teleportation array, then charge out of the huge cabin to arrive at the ship's prow.

"Wu Tie, Father and Mother, and the Elders of Wu Prison, let us come help you!" Wu Jin roared hoarsely, leapt up, and with one axe strike split a Molten Giant God a thousand zhang tall, who had just entered the venerable realm, into two halves.

Lava sprayed everywhere; the shattered body of the Molten Giant God turned into burning crystal-like stone fragments, which the tremendous force of the axe hurled hundreds of li away.

"Brothers in tiger-slaying, Old Four, you can't hog all the glory!" Wu Yin and Wu Tong also shouldered great axes and charged out of the cabin, a horizontal sweep sending dozens of Divine Realm Molten Giant Gods flying.

More Wu clan youths with venerable cultivation charged out of the cabin.

Thousands of Wuguo officials with venerable cultivation rushed out.

After a team of Mohist cultivators rushed out of the cabin, they quickly ran to the stern, releasing one giant crystal base pillar after another, then they struck a crystal wayfarer talisman flashing with strong spatial fluctuations into the spatial gate formed by the pillars.

The massive spatial gate formed by 3,600 giant crystal base pillars suddenly lit up, then the pillars rapidly spread outward, the gate's diameter directly expanding to about ten thousand li.

Terrifying energy surged from the spatial gate, and three fully-formed God-Slaying Ships, each 6,400 li long and hundreds of li high and wide, burst out of the gate.

Pei Feng stood on the prow of the Number One God-Slaying Ship, looking down from above at Wu Tie, then gave a charming smile.

"There's no reason for me to hide in the back while my man fights desperately up front."

"Perhaps other women are like that, but I, Pei Feng, have never been that kind of delicate, weak little woman."

"Back then, we fought side by side in the mountains and forests of Da Ze Prefecture."

"Now, I still have the right to stand by your side, no matter who the enemy before us is."

"If we die, let us die together…"

Pei Feng's voice echoed through the clouds, and Luo Chen and several hundred youths who had come to aid simultaneously let out a sharp whistle and burst into praise.

"Ya, ya ya ya ya!"

A drunken howl came, as Zhu Ji and Huang Long shouldered two heavy sticks, spinning as they charged into the Molten Giant Gods' formation. In the next instant, hundreds of Molten Giant Gods were smashed to pieces, and the sky was filled with lava-like blood spraying everywhere.