Chapter 137

In the inn, Wu Tie and a few people sat at the table, waiting for Lao Bai's news.

Shi Fei was eating and drinking heartily, with a worried frown, saying he needed to replenish the fat lost from practicing the Diamond Subduing Demon Fist these days, otherwise the specially made bulky armor he brought out from the Shi Family wouldn't fit.

Lu Ji was carefully manufacturing bullets.

These days, under Wu Tie's guidance, he had perfectly completed that magic-guided double-barreled hunting rifle.

Now he is manufacturing bullets to be used with the double-barreled hunting rifle.

I don't know what he experienced in the Lu Family, but he isn't very enthusiastic about those auxiliary bullets; however, for the bullet designs Wu Tie gave him, those with enormous power, especially those with insanely destructive power, he is extremely enthusiastic.

On the table beside him, two metal boxes were neatly stacked, each containing two hundred high-power explosive rounds.

And the bullet he is currently crafting is a poisonous cloud-burst bomb.

This is a kind of projectile that, upon activation, rapidly sprays a lethal toxic flammable mist within a ten-meter radius, then instantly ignites it.

According to the information Wu Tie found, the destructive power of this poisonous cloud-burst bomb within its core range is almost comparable to a full-strength strike from an expert at the first level of the Chonglou Realm. As for Lu Ji's own cultivation level, he has only just entered the Perceiving Mystery Realm not long ago.

Moreover, it is an area-of-effect attack, also carries poison damage, and additionally has lingering fire that causes burning.

Wu Tie watched Lu Ji's diligent work, silently circulating the Great Strength Divine Magic while swallowing primordial grass, slowly solidifying the foundation of the Great Strength Divine Magic.

Divine abilities, similarly, can be strong or weak. Wu Tie obtained a perfect version of the Great Strength Divine Magic, but that does not mean he has fully unearthed all of its power.

While cultivating, silently circulating the Great Strength Divine Magic, this divine ability's enhancement of bodily strength will continuously increase until Wu Tie's body can no longer endure this extreme force, at which point the ability is considered to have been brought to its utmost limit.

Therefore, unless one is overly eager for quick gains, a proper cultivator in the Chonglou Realm, upon obtaining a divine ability and comprehending a mystery, will strive to solidify and enhance it, raising it to the limit of what they can currently improve before making a breakthrough.

The Great Strength Divine Magic operates silently, as if an invisible terrifying deity were howling behind Wu Tie, his whole body emanating a terrifying pure power pressure.

Shi Fei and the others have already grown accustomed to this faint yet palpable pressure emanating from Wu Tie; if it were a stranger, they would be unable to act or speak normally near him.

A single stalk of primordial grass was swiftly digested within his body, and Wu Tie faintly felt that this stalk of primordial grass had granted him an additional ten thousand catties of physical strength.

Such efficiency is the terror of the Great Strength Divine Magic.

As long as one's body is not crushed, the Great Strength Divine Magic can almost limitlessly increase a cultivator's physical strength, and limitlessly boost the strength multiplier when the Great Strength Divine Magic is activated.

Wu Tie's body is naturally very strong, especially his bones throughout; he himself does not now know the limit his bones can withstand.

Yan Hanlu continued cultivating the Formless Bone Devil Scripture.

Around her floated several chunks of bone essence purchased from powerful beasts in Long Dragon City, which she was refining with her own magical power, hoping to transform them likewise into powerful skeletal warriors.

Moreover, refining this bone essence is also a process of deepening her own understanding.

The Formless Bone Devil Scripture, whose name is strange, seems related to bones, but the essence of the character "bone" is to break through superficial appearances and directly point to the gate of destiny's mystery; those skeletal soldiers and such are merely superficial techniques of the Formless Bone Devil Scripture.

This cultivation method can actually also be called the Formless Divine Devil Scripture, the Formless Holy Devil Scripture, the Formless Monster Devil Scripture, and so on…

The central character precisely embodies the essence of myriad transformations, formlessness and tracelessness.

Its essence lies in deepening self-understanding, excavating one's utmost potential, therein perceiving the gate of destiny's mystery, comprehending the Formless Truth, condensing the supreme Dao fruit, thereby gaining unfathomable divine abilities, thereby undergoing myriad transformations, thereby possessing supreme power.

Yan Hanlu is very diligent, far more so than Shi Fei, Lao Bai, and Lu Ji.

In the Formless Bone Devil Scripture, the character "devil" indeed forms the basis of inner sage, outer devil, but it is truly not a pure orthodox cultivation method; its training speed is far faster than that of orthodox methods, genuinely much faster.

Especially Yan Hanlu's own innate talent, as she has painstakingly cultivated along the way, her foundation has become increasingly solid, faintly showing signs of being able to break through the Chonglou Realm at any moment, especially since her magical reserves are ten or more times those of an ordinary cultivator; once she breaks through, her strength will undoubtedly be formidable.

With a "hiss-hiss" sound, a bone snake about a foot long manifested from a chunk of bone essence and fell heavily to the ground.

Yan Hanlu glanced at the pitch-black bone snake, its sockets exhaling a faint cold light; with a casual point, the bone snake, its mouth full of ferocious fangs, swiftly slithered out, squeezing through the door crack and out of the room.

After a moment, Yan Hanlu's expression suddenly shifted, and she said in a low voice: "Outside, many Six Paths Palace disciples have arrived; they are clearing out the entire inn."

While Wu Tie cultivated the Great Strength Divine Magic, the righteous qi of heaven and earth also cooperated in tempering his flesh; the invisible force field merely covered a radius of several tens of meters around him, not the whole inn. Upon hearing Yan Hanlu's report, he abruptly halted the circulation of his divine ability, and the invisible force field rapidly expanded outward.

Just as Yan Hanlu said, around three hundred Six Paths Palace disciples surrounded the inn, while the inn's maids and attendants were quietly knocking on each room door, softly urging the guests inside to leave.

Their excuse was that the inn harbored spies of the Changsheng Sect, and the Six Paths Palace was preparing to arrest those spies, likely leading to a major battle.

The door was silently pushed open, and Tie Da Jian strode in carrying a heavy sword.

"Outside, there's movement." In Tie Da Jian's eyes, a faint blood-colored flame flickered.

Wu Tie stood up, patted Lu Ji on the head, and had him put those dangerous items on the table back into his own Cosmos Sack.

"Ready…" Wu Tie was about to say "ready what," when outside a tremendous earth-shaking boom rang out; half of Long Dragon City shuddered, and the combined strike of the palace mages of the Triple City unleashed, its gale wind instantly destroying half of the camp of the Drifting Troupe.

Wu Tie's expression suddenly changed, and a mournful roar of the gray-rock lizard came from behind the inn.

The invisible force field swept toward the beast pen behind the inn, and Wu Tie saw several Six Paths Palace disciples with Perceiving Mystery Realm cultivation wielding great axes, moving to surround Shi Fei's mount.

A massive gray-rock lizard over fifteen meters in length, capable of growing to such a size, has a danger perception far stronger than that of its ordinary kin.

Though those Six Paths Palace disciples were still far away, this huge beast had already begun to bellow restlessly; its massive head butted, shattering the metal fence of the beast pen, and it burst out violently.

This beast is also quite clever; with a sweep of its massive paw, it pulled open the fence of the pen holding Wu Tie, Yan Hanlu, Lao Bai's two giant wolf-spiders, and the snake-patterned lizard.

The giant wolf-spiders and snake-patterned lizards are not as intelligent as this huge gray-rock lizard, but after days of long-distance travel, this group of mounts has developed a certain tacit understanding; when the fence burst open, they also darted out, emitting threatening hisses at those Six Paths Palace disciples.

Wu Tie gave a cold snort, clenched his right fist tightly, and waved his hand.

Outside the rear beast pen, a dozen or so air fists the size of water tanks suddenly condensed in the air, and with a "thud" they smashed into the chests of those Six Paths Palace disciples.

Those burly Six Paths Palace disciples grunted, their chests caved in, their front ribs all shattered; each spat blood and flew over a hundred meters away, slamming headfirst into the rear wall of the inn, breaking bones and tearing tendons, their injuries extremely severe.

The invisible force field trembled the air, and Wu Tie's voice rang directly beside the ears of those several mounts.

The huge gray-rock lizard bellowed, swung its head, its massive noggin like a battering ram, directly smashed through the inn's rear wall, then raced along a major road out of Long Dragon City.

Several Chonglou Realm Six Paths Palace disciples surged forward, intending to block these few "cunning" mounts.

Wu Tie gave a cold snort and directly hurled the White Tiger Split sideways.

With a tremendous roar, the White Tiger Split, hurled sideways, tore through the inn's room after room of thick walls, shattering half of the inn into fragments; amidst the rubble, the White Tiger Split smashed the inn's protective wall and slammed solidly into several Six Paths Palace disciples.

The White Tiger Split, weighing 3.6 million catties, was hurled by Wu Tie with a force of tens of millions of catties.

Several Chonglou Realm Six Paths Palace disciples grunted, their upper bodies twisted into an uncanny 180-degree fold, the sound of bones cracking throughout their bodies like bursting beans, and they collapsed, blood spraying from all seven orifices.

The White Tiger Split came down heavily upon them, accompanied by a continuous cracking of bones.

Among those Six Paths Palace disciples, the strongest one actually possessed an eighteenth-level Chonglou Realm cultivation, yet facing the White Tiger Split's strike like a meteorite from beyond the heavens, his entire skeleton was utterly shattered, even the cluster of magical power between his brows reduced to dust, leaving him completely incapacitated.

Wu Tie waved his hand, and the White Tiger Split let out a low, cheerful tiger roar, turning into a white light that flew back to him.

A Six Paths Palace disciple suddenly came running wildly, his steps thundering, as he ran his body rapidly swelled, quickly expanding from a height of 2.78 meters to over ten meters.

Translation: A Six Paths Palace disciple suddenly came running wildly, his steps thundering, as he ran his body rapidly swelled, quickly expanding from a height of about 2.7–2.8 meters to over ten meters.

A Six Paths Palace disciple suddenly came running wildly, his steps thundering, as he ran his body rapidly swelled, quickly expanding from a height of 2.78 meters to over ten meters.

As he neared the White Tiger Cleave, the Six Paths Palace disciple's height had already surpassed a hundred meters; he waved both hands, sweeping up a vast sheet of silver strong wind, and tightly gripped the White Tiger Cleave.

Translation: As he approached the White Tiger Cleave, the Six Paths Palace disciple's height had already exceeded 100 meters; he waved both hands, sweeping up a vast sheet of silver gang wind, and gripped the White Tiger Cleave tightly with both hands.

White Tiger Cleave, sweeping up a vast sheet of silver gale.

Thus: As he approached the White Tiger Cleave, the Six Paths Palace disciple's height had already exceeded 100 meters; he waved both hands, sweeping up a vast sheet of silver gust, and gripped the White Tiger Cleave tightly with both hands.

Fine weapon, fine treasure, come with me!

Translation: "What a fine weapon, what a treasure, come with me!"

With a wave of both hands, this Six Paths Palace disciple suddenly erupted with terrifying force approaching over 100 million catties.

Translation: With a wave of both hands, the Six Paths Palace disciple suddenly erupted with a terrifying force approaching hundreds of millions of catties.

approaching over 100 million catties.

Wu Tie gave a faint smile, employing all his divine abilities and mobilizing all his magical power—is this the force of over 100 million catties?

Translation: Wu Tie gave a faint smile, employing all his divine abilities, mobilizing all his magical power—is this the force of over 100 million catties?

He gave a faint smile, employing all his divine abilities and mobilizing all his magical power.

Wu Tie suddenly exhaled a breath, and a bowl‑thick golden light shot forth like a golden dragon, violently pouring into the White Tiger Cleave.

Translation: Wu Tie suddenly exhaled a breath, a bowl-thick golden light shot forth like a golden dragon, fiercely pouring into the White Tiger Cleave.

bowl-thick.

With Wu Tie's magical empowerment, the profound formation inside the White Tiger Cleave suddenly shifted; countless runes flashed through the spear's shaft, and the weight of this primeval divine spear surged to a terrifying 1.8 billion catties.

Translation: With Wu Tie's magical power empowering it, the profound formation inside the White Tiger Cleave shifted abruptly, countless runes flashing through the spear's shaft, and the weight of this primeval divine spear suddenly rose to a terrifying 1.8 billion catties.

The primeval divine spear weighs 1.8 billion catties.

This infusion of power from Wu Tie allowed the White Tiger Cleave to maintain a weight of 1.8 billion catties for only two breaths.

Translation: The magical power Wu Tie infused allowed the White Tiger Cleave to maintain its weight of 1.8 billion catties for only a short two breaths.

In the first breath, the hundred‑meter‑tall giant 'Boom' dropped to his knees, both lower legs completely shattered, and a large amount of blood spurted out like a fountain.

Translation: In the first breath, the hundred-meter-tall giant 'Boom' dropped to his knees, both lower legs completely shattered, a large amount of blood spurting out like a fountain.

In the first breath, the hundred-meter-tall giant Boom dropped to his knees, both lower legs completely shattered, a large amount of blood spurting out like a fountain.

In the second breath, his waist snapped, his stark white vertebral bones pierced through his flesh, a horrifying sight to the extreme; subsequently, his arms were torn away at the shoulders, and the White Tiger Cleave crushed both of his arms.

Translation: In the second breath, his waist snapped, the stark white vertebral bones piercing through flesh, the sight horrifying to the extreme. Subsequently, his arms were torn away at the shoulders, and the White Tiger Cleave forcibly broke his two arms.

The stark white vertebral bones were horrifying to the extreme.

The terrifying weight of 1.8 billion catties flickered away, and the White Tiger Cleave returned to about 3.6 million catties, turning into white light that swiftly flew back into Wu Tie's hand.

Translation: The terrifying weight of 1.8 billion catties flashed past, the White Tiger Cleave returned to a weight of about 3.6 million catties, turning into white light that swiftly flew back into Wu Tie's hand.

about 3.6 million catties.

In two breaths, Wu Tie, together with Shi Fei and others, broke through the room torn open by the White Tiger Cleave, rushing all the way to the rear courtyard. Wu Tie flew out from the main building of the inn, stepping across hundreds of meters of void in a single stride, arrived before the fallen giant, and with a casual thrust of his spear pierced the giant's brow.

Translation: In the span of two breaths, Wu Tie, together with Shi Fei and others, broke through the room torn open by the White Tiger Cleave, rushing all the way to the rear courtyard. Wu Tie leapt out from the main building of the inn, stepping across hundreds of meters of void in a single stride, arriving before the collapsed giant, and with a casual thrust of his spear pierced his brow.

The inn's main building.

Lu Ji released his metallic spider puppet mount, sat upon its back as the spider sprayed a stream of hot air to lift him aloft, and drew a meticulously crafted short‑barreled double‑barreled hunting rifle, firing a shot at the giant.

Translation: Lu Ji released his metal spider puppet mount, he sat on the metal spider's back, the metal spider exhaled a stream of hot air lifting him aloft, he drew a meticulously crafted short-barreled double-barreled hunting rifle, and fired a shot at the giant.

It was meticulously crafted.

A freshly completed poisonous cloud blast shell tore open the giant's eyeball and exploded into his skull.

Translation: A single newly completed lethal poison cloud blast bomb tore open the giant's eyeball, blasting into his skull.

A lurid green poisonous gas cloud exploded, shattering the giant's eyeball; a flash of fire followed, and with a booming 'Boom', the giant's head—already half‑killed by Wu Tie's spear—burst apart, spraying lurid green poisonous blood over a hundred meters away, leaving the inn's rear courtyard in utter chaos.

Translation: The lurid green poison gas mist exploded, the giant's eyeball shattered into fragments, then a flash of fire passed, with a tremendous 'Boom' the giant—already half‑slain by Wu Tie's spear—had his entire head burst forth, spewing lurid green poisonous blood over a hundred meters away, leaving the whole inn's rear courtyard in utter chaos.

The inn's rear courtyard was filled with lurid green poisonous blood.

"Charge out, Greatsword, clear the way!" Wu Tie shouted in a deep voice, taking the lead in pursuit of the fleeing gray rock lizard mounts.

Translation: "Charge out, Greatsword, you lead the way!" Wu Tie shouted in a deep voice, taking the lead in pursuit of the fleeing gray rock lizards and other mounts.

Greatsword rode a gray rock lizard.

From all directions, nearly three hundred Six Paths Palace disciples converged, among whom three had a stern and formidable aura, clearly also half‑step Life Pond Realm experts.

Translation: From all directions nearly three hundred Six Paths Palace disciples closed in, among them three whose auras were stern and formidable, clearly also half‑step Life Pond Realm experts.

He had reached the half-step Life Pond Realm.

They personally witnessed Wu Tie impale a fellow disciple with his spear, and saw Lu Ji use a strange weapon to blast apart a comrade's head.

Translation: They personally witnessed Wu Tie impale their fellow sect member with a spear, and also saw Lu Ji use a strange weapon to blast their fellow sect member's head apart.

Three half-step Life Pond Realm masters of the Six Paths Palace surged forward simultaneously.

Translation: Three half‑step Life Pond Realm Six Paths Palace masters charged forward simultaneously.

"Greatsword Iron, you collude with demons of the Changsheng Sect, plotting to destroy Great Long City—you deserve death ten thousand times!"

Translation: "Tie Dajian, you collude with Changsheng Sect demons, plotting to destroy our great Long City—you deserve death ten thousand times."

The Changsheng Sect's Great Long City deserves death ten thousand times.

Before any move was made, a black pot was firmly placed over him.

Translation: Before they could even act, a black pot was firmly placed over them.

He carried a black pot.

Iron Greatsword's eyes widened as he glared at the three experts—all old acquaintances, all elite members of the families affiliated with the Reception Hall.

Translation: Tie Dajian's eyes widened in anger as he glared at the three masters—all old acquaintances, all elite members of the family forces belonging to the Reception Hall.

He entered the Reception Hall.

But even if we have disputes and conflicts, is it really appropriate to use the Changsheng Sect's black pot to suppress people?

Translation: But even if we have grudges and conflicts, is it really appropriate to use the Changsheng Sect's black pot to suppress people?

The Changsheng Sect's black pot.

"I, have not!" Iron Greatsword, an honest and straightforward person, faced the black pot and the false accusation, merely letting out a simple shout.

Translation: "I, have not!" Tie Dajian is an honest and straightforward person; facing the black pot and the false accusation, he merely let out a simple shout.

He was honest and straightforward.

"The evidence is solid, your defense is useless." Three half‑step Life Pond Realm experts flew over, instantly appearing before Iron Greatsword: "Put down your weapon; we can plead with the Chief Seat of the Discipline Hall on your behalf… perhaps you have been wronged."

Translation: "The evidence is solid, your defense is useless." The three half‑step Life Pond Realm masters flew over, instantly arriving before Tie Dajian: "Put down your weapon, we can plead with the Chief Seat of the Discipline Hall on your behalf……perhaps you have been wronged?"

He held the position of Chief Seat of the Discipline Hall.

Iron Greatsword stared blankly, instinctively about to lower his heavy sword.

Translation: Tie Dajian stared blankly, his subconscious instinct making him about to lower the heavy sword in his hand.

Wu Tie flashed past, delivering a slap to Iron Greatsword's face that loosened all his teeth: "You fool, draw your sword, fight desperately… can't you see? They're not here to reason; they're here to kill!"

Translation: Wu Tie flashed past, delivering a slap to Tie Dajian's face that loosened all his teeth: "Idiot, draw your sword, fight to the death……can't you see? They're not here to reason, they're here to kill!"

He delivered a slap.

Iron Greatsword hesitated for a moment, when two half‑step Life Pond Realm experts rushed to his sides and slammed heavy punches into his left and right ribs.

Translation: Tie Dajian hesitated for a moment, and the two half‑step Life Pond Realm masters had already rushed to his side, slamming heavy punches hard into his left and right ribs.

The booming sound, Iron Great Sword's two rows of ribs were broken, the flesh outside the ribs was beaten until flesh and blood flew everywhere, a horrifying sight.