Chapter 119

Before Wu Tie made a move.

In the giant's ancestral land, Shi Fei, who had grown fat, sat panting at the cave mouth, his blood-red eyes fixed on the flying vessel level with the entrance, on those Changsheng Sect members he hated.

The three greatest families of the Cangyan Realm—the Shi Family, the Lu Family, and the Yan Family—were, under the betrayal of those Elders, sold wholesale to the Changsheng Sect overnight.

They feasted on the three families' grain, guzzled their fine wine, shared their wealth, and even wantonly violated and insulted Shi Fei's sisters……

But…… Shi Fei was powerless.

Facing the godlike Zhu Zixi, Shi Fei and the others were powerless.

Helpless, Shi Fei could only turn his grief into appetite; in just a month and a half, he grew fat again.

Zhu Zixi shouted outside calling for surrender, while Shi Fei here exchanged occasional words with him. Anyway, idling is idling, teasing Zhu Zixi is a pastime; if he could anger him to death, all the better.

Past the long corridor behind Shi Fei, advancing seven or eight li into the mountain, this is a huge circular stone cavern.

Even measured by giants' stature, the vast cavern could hold tens of thousands of giants feasting and gathering; it is a huge cavern, so large as to dazzle ordinary people.

Around the enormous cavern, over a hundred arched pits were neatly carved; each pit held a massive throne, and on these thrones sat enormous skeletons.

These giants' ancestors ranged from over a hundred meters to tens of meters tall; their flesh had withered, clinging tightly to their thick bones. By giant custom, their skeletons wore heavy golden armor inlaid with countless huge gems.

Heaps of gold ingots and gems piled at the giants' feet, filling their thrones and submerging half their bodies in vast wealth.

Layers of yellow eerie light shrouded the giants' skeletons; from beneath their feet, mountain-shaped strange formations flickered in and out, linking together and tightly connecting to the cavern's surrounding rock strata.

At the cavern's center sat Shi Yan, the Elder of the Cangyan Realm's giant line who is now the strongest, most senior, and eldest, cross-legged on the ground, gripping a heavy rock scepter with both hands.

Even seated on the ground, Shi Yan stood several dozen meters tall, far taller and more massive than the nearby giants.

The rock scepter flashed with intense yellow light; countless thin rays shot from the large yellow gem atop it, each etching a giant mountain phantom onto the cavern walls.

The power of mountains, of rock, of earth, of all soil and stone.

Shi Yan intoned a low incantation; each time a great explosion sounded at the mouth, his body splashed with sheets of yellow light and swayed uncontrollably back and forth.

Zhu Zixi is a master of the Life Pool Realm.

Shi Yan is merely a half-step into the Life Pool Realm.

At their level, the giants' innate immense physical strength offers little advantage; mana and command over natural power are what truly make one strong.

In this regard, Shi Yan is undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

But this is the giants' ancestral land, the holy ground of the Cangyan Realm's giant line; with so many powerful ancestors protecting it, Zhu Zixi's attempt to invade is nearly impossible.

The only trouble is…… food.

Inside the cavern, over two hundred giants stood at a distance, nervously watching the straining Shi Yan.

Besides these giants, several members of the three families lay on the ground, exuding a pungent medicinal smell, their breath unstable.

Under Shi Fei's coordination, the direct-line members of the three families who had escaped the Changsheng Sect's clutches numbered over two thousand.

Over two thousand people, plus over two hundred giants with huge appetites.

Food stores in the ancestral land are scant, lasting at most three to five days.

Shi Yan sighed with a worried frown; another great boom came from the mouth as Zhu Zixi slammed another strike.

A massive pressure surged; Shi Yan drew a deep breath, his thick mana circulated, giant strength roiled, and he stubbornly endured the backlash of Zhu Zixi's attack with his sturdy frame.

"If I break through the Life Pool Realm…… I will surely crush your skull and eat you dipped in sauce." Shi Yan's aged face twitched as he let out an abnormal, feral low growl: "I will…… huh? Who is it?"

Someone approached the giants' ancestral land along an underground secret passage, and using the giants' secret method, triggered the defensive formation.

These are our own people.

Shi Yan raised the scepter and slammed it heavily into the ground.

A yellow light flashed; a thick yellow radiance enveloped two figures, who abruptly appeared in the cavern.

Shi Le lunged from the crowd, pouncing on one of them and crying out in pain: "Old Six, you, you, you—how did you become like this? Changsheng Sect, I will never die with you."

With his tendons pulled out and bones severed, Shi Meng lay on the ground gasping a breath, then laughed: "Just being alive is good…… hey, old ancestor, old ancestor……"

Lao Bai helped Shi Meng up earnestly and gave him two sips of water.

Shi Meng, panting, looked at Shi Yan and shouted: "Wait a moment—if our people attack the Changsheng Sect, they will surely lure Zhu Zixi away; old ancestor, whether we can turn things around this time depends on you."

Two clusters of yellow light shot from Shi Yan's eyes; he gazed deeply at Shi Meng, then at the giants and the three families' members inside the cavern.

After only a brief moment's thought, Shi Yan firmly nodded: "Good."

What is there to hesitate about?

There's nothing to consider.

Shi Meng is our own child, a tough-as-nails man; he would never collude with the Changsheng Sect's scoundrels to harm his own people.

Shi Yan needs only to understand this, and it is enough.

Moreover, Shi Yan is already burning with anger; he has long been unable to restrain himself from rushing out to fight Zhu Zixi to the death.

Giants are born with a violent temper; once angry, they never consider consequences, even death…… Giants never fear death, for to them merging with the earth is the highest honor, even an outcome they eagerly await.

"Battle." Shi Yan lifted the rock scepter and rose slowly, letting out a low roar.

Vast sheets of yellow light surged around, like a dragon rushing into Shi Yan's body; his height of nearly forty meters rapidly expanded, soon reaching about a hundred meters, and his aura surged from half-step Life Pool Realm to nearly the level of a Life Pool Realm master.

Just a hair's breadth of insight away, he could step into the Life Pool.

Just a little bit…… Shi Yan let out an angry roar, shaking the cavern so that people were flung about, some having their ears burst with blood.

Wu Tie silently slew dozens of Changsheng Sect members.

The killing went smoothly and fluidly; even Wu Tie's mood hardly fluctuated.

Perhaps because he had condensed the Heavenly Lock Pagoda…… a trace of transcendent spiritual will was brewing in Wu Tie's soul, making him more extraordinary, calmer, even somewhat aloof.

Slaying these evil Changsheng Sect members was like that day's sneak attack, a single strike killing Jia Zhengfeng; Wu Tie felt no ripple in his heart.

The witch sat on Wu Tie's shoulder, vigorously waving the storm-and-cloud banner.

The storm-and-cloud banner released vast clouds of smoke enveloping Wu Tie and the witch, like a speck of flowing light, swiftly sweeping past boulder after boulder.

Zhu Zixi let out a hoarse long cry, his whole body rolling with piercing blood light, turning into a blood cloud spanning a hundred li radius, swiftly chasing from behind.

He was just less than a li behind Wu Tie; he fiercely waved his hand, and a large hand condensed from Blood Light, carrying sharp crying sounds, silently smashed down towards Wu Tie.

Wu Tie turned and blasted forth with his spear.

The white tiger burst out with a tiger's roar, and an extremely icy killing aura slammed into the blood-colored handprint.

The immense force, like Mount Tai pressing down, crushed down; Wu Tie suddenly fell downward, his body heavily smashing onto a huge stone.

The huge stone was shattered into pieces; the blood-colored large hand showed no fluctuation and continued to press down on Wu Tie with one hand.

The armor on the witch girl's body split into two silver metal strips, tightly wrapping around Wu Tie's shoulders; her small body did not fly away from the impact, she lifted her head to glance at Zhu Zixi, and her two small hands desperately shook the Wind and Cloud Banner.

With a shake of the Wind and Cloud Banner, Wu Tie and the witch girl vanished simultaneously, instantly appearing a kilometer away.

The blood-colored large hand slammed heavily onto the ground, silently grinding a huge palm print over a radius of a hundred meters, reaching a depth of over a thousand meters.

Wu Tie watched this terrifying strike, his eyes twitching.

A golden light flew from his brow, blasting into the Wind and Cloud Banner.

The witch girl shook the small banner again; a strand of Wu Tie's magical power burned rapidly, light and shadow swayed, great clouds of smoke rolled, and the two flickered, instantly shifting more than ten li away.

As Wu Tie flew forward swiftly, the witch girl's grasp of the Wind and Cloud Banner's teleportation and his coordination were not seamless; they directly teleported in front of a huge stone, and Wu Tie, flying forward at high speed, had no time to dodge and crashed headfirst into the stone.

The huge stone was snapped at the waist, and behind him Zhu Zixi let out a hoarse, long howl, chasing after them as fast as lightning.

A large expanse of Blood Light flashed, covering two or three li each time; though he lacked teleportation ability, relying solely on Zhu Zixi's flight speed, catching up to Wu Tie was merely a matter of breaths.

The collision with the huge stone left Wu Tie dizzy and blurred vision; he stumbled forward in haste, while Zhu Zixi rapidly closed in behind him.

Just as Zhu Zixi seemed about to catch up to Wu Tie, the ground beneath Wu Tie trembled, a hundred-meter-tall giant roared and charged forth; Shi Tuo swung his massive rock scepter, bringing it down toward Zhu Zixi's head.

The surrounding earth's power roared and rumbled; countless boulders and rock walls trembled wildly, and even a rock wall exploded, sending torrents of lava gushing out.

Lava flew toward Shi Tuo; the old giant's entire body was wrapped in scorching lava, blazing all over like a flaming giant god charging toward Zhu Zixi.

Zhu Zixi flipped his right hand, and the Skull Seal flew out, striking the scepter.

With a tremendous crash, the old giant was shaken until blood trickled from his mouth, stumbling backward repeatedly, his head slamming into the rock wall and his body sinking deep into it.

Zhu Zixi was also shaken, his body swaying violently; although he had nothing in his hand, he was forced to retreat repeatedly, being blown back more than ten li.

Wu Tie seized the opportunity to fly forward swiftly, having already flown another seven or eight li ahead.

The witch girl shook her small hand again, and the two instantly shifted another three or five li forward; seeing that the distance to Zhu Zixi was now somewhat far.

Zhu Zixi, furious and exasperated, let out a roar, turning to shout at the disciples on the twelve flying vessels outside the giant's ancestral land: "This old immortal is so foolish to leave his nest—attack and kill your way in at once, slaughter everyone inside……"

Zhu Zixi gave a sinister grin and looked toward Shi Tuo.

Shi Tuo swayed his massive body, struggling to pull himself free from the stone wall.

Zhu Zixi gritted his teeth, too lazy to bother with Shi Tuo, and continued chasing after Wu Tie.

Wu Tie was not only the killer of Jia Zhengfeng; more importantly, he still held three Flame Three Tribulation Fruits in his hand.

Zhu Zixi did not believe Wu Tie could have consumed a Flame Three Tribulation Fruit in such a short time.

Such a potent primordial fruit must be blended with various auxiliary medicines, after a long period of secluded cultivation, and then its power slowly released through various auxiliary methods, only then can it be perfectly absorbed.

According to Zhu Zixi's experience, even an elite disciple of the Changsheng Sect, with the sect's full support, would need half a year to absorb a single Flame Three Tribulation Fruit.

Ordinary people who dare to recklessly consume a Flame Three Tribulation Fruit will only end up burned to ashes.

Wu Tie is still alive, so he certainly has not consumed a Flame Three Tribulation Fruit; therefore, that fruit is destined for Yu Mo.

"Good girl, the ancestor will surely seize this fruit to help you lay the strongest foundation for breaking through the Chonglou Realm." Zhu Zixi smiled kindly, as if he saw Yu Mo remaining in Black Stone City, and even his cold old heart warmed considerably.

"Boy, offer up the Flame Three Tribulation Fruit, and I might consider sparing you the grave crime of assassinating Jia Zhengfeng." While flying swiftly, Zhu Zixi loudly rebuked him.

Zhu Zixi's eyes flashed with Blood Light; he also did not expect Wu Tie to truly stop his steps.

If Wu Tie truly offered up the Flame Three Tribulation Fruit voluntarily, Zhu Zixi would give him a swift death.

If Wu Tie continued to flee and was eventually captured alive by him…… then Wu Tie would surely die a miserable death beyond human endurance.

Grinning, Zhu Zixi gathered the blood light filling the sky, stepped onto a small blood cloud, and the hundred-meter-tall blood-colored skull behind him opened its mouth and roared, transforming into a blood-colored rainbow that rushed straight toward Wu Tie in pursuit.

After another span of time for a cup of tea, Zhu Zixi sent another blood-colored palm print down toward Wu Tie.

Shi Tuo suddenly leapt out from the side, swinging his rock scepter to smash Zhu Zixi's blood-colored handprint into pieces; with a wave of his hand, a huge stone blasted into Zhu Zixi's body.

Zhu Zixi grunted, being struck and staggering backward more than ten li; he seemed about to catch up to Wu Tie, but Wu Tie had fled far away again.

Knowing full well that he could not quickly deal with Shi Tuo, Zhu Zixi could only roar and point fiercely at Shi Tuo, then continue chasing after Wu Tie.

Thus Wu Tie fled all the way, Zhu Zixi pursued all the way, with Shi Tuo constantly harassing from the side; after several days, Wu Tie brought Zhu Zixi to a rugged chaotic stone shoal.

This place is precisely the necessary passage to the Mist Blade Ancestral Ground.

Wu Tie dove headfirst into the chaotic stone shoal without hesitation, and after a few turns he vanished from sight.

Zhu Zixi snorted coldly; highly skilled and bold, he pursued without fear into the shoal.

Shi Tuo glanced at the rugged stone piles, then at the lowest point where the vault was only a few meters high; he muttered a curse, his body shrank to about five or six meters tall, and he strode inside.