Chapter 255

Triple Link City trembled slightly.

The Elder of the Phoenix Clan was killed in one blow, and immediately three Life Pool Realm Elders from other families joined forces to attack, shouting angrily as they launched an assault on the giant armor.

Three ice spears flashed through space; before the three's attack could land on the giant armor, they were instantly killed by the ice spears just like the first Elder.

In the next moment, the entire Triple Link City within a radius of three thousand li trembled.

The shrill alarm echoed through the clouds, each mountain peak, each hill, each river spreading the sound of the alarm.

For countless years, even the ultimate horn that had not sounded on the night the Great Peacock Dynasty was destroyed finally sounded today.

Experts of the Twelve Executor Clans poured out, their powerful auras sweeping across the void.

Chunks of ice layers shattered, vast expanses of frost disappeared.

Strands of strange mana united, jointly resisting the icy cold qi emanating from the giant armor.

Four Life Pool Realm Elders, including a peak Life Pool Realm master, were easily slain by the giant armor with a casual gesture, alerting all high-level members of the Twelve Executor Clans.

The enemy, with ill intent.

The enemy, extremely strong.

The sharp horn blast spread in all directions.

Anything belonging to the Triple Link City's inheritance system cannot block this sharp horn sound, no matter the divine abilities, secret arts, restrictions, or formations.

The sharp sound passed into chamber after chamber, secret cave after secret cave, awakening one after another of the Twelve Executor Clans' senior elders in closed-door cultivation, including some old monsters whose lifespans had ended, frantically secluding themselves to seek a breakthrough, to prolong life.

One after another ancient, decaying yet extremely powerful aura surged up from various places in Triple Link City.

Bodhi Ancient Tree, Udumbara Fairy Flower, Blazing Scarlet Lotus, Mandara Flower……

Angry Heavenly Dragon, Majestic Holy Elephant, Roaring Mighty Lion, Mountain-like Divine Turtle……

Frenzied Dancing Phoenix, Heaven-defying Great Peng, Flowing Light Divine Eagle, Blissful Divine Bird……

The True Form Phantoms of the Twelve Executor Clans continuously appeared within a three-thousand-li radius; at first glance, there were at least a hundred of such phantoms.

Only above the Life Pool Realm, in the Womb Storage Realm, can one condense a divine fetus and emit such a massive divine fetus true form, able to stir winds and clouds with a gesture, triggering tidal waves of worldly primal energy.

Every Womb Storage Realm expert can overturn and kill a Life Pool Realm cultivator with a flip of the hand.

Hundreds of Womb Storage Realm auras were revealed; inside Triple Link City, a group of panicked high-level members of the Twelve Executor Clans suddenly burst into cheers.

They had every reason to be uneasy.

They had actually completely forgotten what had happened just a few hours earlier.

They just knew that the Twelve Heavenly Palaces held an auction, and then some strange changes seemed to have occurred… Afterwards, they learned that Hua Yan's soul was violently crushed, his soul power was siphoned away, and Hua Yan had become a living corpse.

Sharing Hua Yan's fate was his newly adopted dry daughter, Xuan Zhu.

Xuan Zhu's mount, Cang You, had just been rampaging through Triple Link City; he frantically attacked the city, and it took several Life Pool Realm experts from Triple Link City to subdue and capture him alive.

The high-level members of each family, harboring hidden unease, were arguing over the fate of this strange divine beast Cang You, when the giant armor suddenly attacked, its majestic power suppressing the entire Triple Link City within a three-thousand-li radius.

A dignified Life Pool Realm Elder was slain like chopping a chicken.

The family high-level members panicked and simply used Triple Link City's highest-level alarm.

Although disturbing the ancestors' secluded cultivation seeking breakthrough is somewhat rebellious… but facing an unfathomable enemy, having the ancestors take action is far safer than acting ourselves.

The clan heads and current elders are all of Life Pool Realm cultivation.

They could all be instantly killed by the enemy in one strike.

In that case… is it more important to save one's own life, or let the powerful, extraordinary ancestors handle the enemy?

At the pyramid-shaped summit of Triple Link City, the twelve clan heads of the Twelve Executor Clans stood in a row, nervously watching the giant armor continually approaching Triple Link City.

Yes, Hua Yan is dead.

However, the Udumbara Clan selected a new clan head in just a moment.

The new clan head, Hua Yuan, stood with a relaxed smile, hands behind his back, shoulder to shoulder with the other eleven clan heads.

Actually, he was rather glad that foreign enemies had arrived at this time.

He had a perfect excuse to avoid the troubles left by Hua Yan.

For example, demanding to know who killed Hua Yan, seeking revenge for Hua Yan, etc.

Having just squeezed out a few competitors, just taken the clan head position, not yet having time to consolidate clan head authority, who would have the mood to avenge that dead Hua Yan?

Sure, we're brothers, but avenging a brother also depends on timing and circumstances.

Foreign enemies invading?

Too perfect!

Did it rouse the ancestors?

Even more perfect!

Did the ancestors join forces and leave seclusion?

Sigh, this situation couldn't be better.

With the ancestors stepping in, the matter of this gang avenging Hua Yan naturally falls to the ancestors to handle…… Hua Yan is the most beloved junior of a certain ancestor…… hehe!

How much effort could Hua Yuan save?

This is Triple Link City; everyone is pragmatic, even fellow brothers.

Power, money, beautiful women, decadent enjoyment…… these things seep into their bones, filling every cell.

Kinship, family affection…… in these great families of Triple Link City, such things are too rare, so rare that…… many people completely forgot what a 'family' is called a 'family'.

"This item ought to be a heavy weapon." said the current clan head of the Bodhi Clan, Mu Long, muttering to himself: "I truly don't know which ancestor's hands it will fall into."

"Why did he come to Triple Link City?" Hua Yuan whispered: "Around Triple Link City, could there be some secret ruins we don't know about?"

"Perhaps it's the dimensional ruins rumored to be hidden in the void," said the current clan head of the Phoenix Clan, Feng Tianxing, his face flushed with excitement: "Dimensional ruins, that must be a primeval sacred land; if one could enter and obtain some treasures…… tsk tsk."

The twelve suddenly fell silent, staring straight ahead.

The Heavenly Dragon Clan was the most arrogant and overbearing; each family's ancestors were simultaneously startled, simultaneously broke through their seclusion to prepare to meet the strong enemy, while the other Elders were still seriously observing this strangely shaped giant armor, and one ancestor of the Heavenly Dragon Clan boldly rushed forward.

"Heretical demons and deviant ways, not worth a single blow……Your armor, could it already have its own spirit?"

The old ancestor of the Sky Dragon Clan was a burly old man with golden whiskers; his true body stood just over three meters tall, his physique as sturdy as a brown bear.

Treading the raging wind, golden dragon scales continuously surged beneath his skin, quickly covering his entire body.

When the Sky Dragon Ancestor charged forward, he had already transformed into a draconic humanoid form, half-dragon half-human, appearing mighty and fierce, his body rising to over ten meters tall, even taller than this giant armor by a large margin.

The Sky Dragon Clan possesses formidable physical bodies; their combat style is all-out close-quarters fighting.

Close in on the enemy, grab the enemy, tear the enemy apart……This is the Sky Dragon Clan's most favored and familiar combat pattern.

At the very least, among the thirty major domains controlled by the Triple Linked City, no clan or family's physical body can compare to that of the Sky Dragon Clan.

The Sky Dragon Ancestor laughed wildly, he rushed to the front of the giant armor, both hands fiercely grabbing its shoulders, muscles bulging all over, about to lift it up and then smash it toward the distant rock wall.

The giant armor remained utterly still.

A grim, gloomy cold laugh came from the icy humanoid light within the armor: "Mortals, ants……the great Ice Spirit Divine Clan must not be offended……"

Blue cold flames spewed from the armor's surface, the cold flames 'scorching' the Sky Dragon Ancestor's hands, quickly flowing along his arms over his entire body. The Sky Dragon Ancestor was enveloped in deep-blue cold flames; the golden dragon scales on his surface rapidly cracked, exploding into countless tiny ice crystals.

The Sky Dragon Ancestor let out a terrified scream.

He wanted to retreat.

The giant armor stretched out its left hand, grabbed his shoulder in one grip, and forcefully pulled him close into its embrace.

"Feel the power of the Ice Spirit Divine Clan……mortal." The giant armor rumbled, spewing thick cold flames several zhang high from its entire body; the Sky Dragon Ancestor violently struggled and convulsed within those flames.

After a few breaths, the Sky Dragon Ancestor turned into a lump of ice shards; the giant armor punched the ice shards, countless tiny ice crystals spraying out, and the Sky Dragon Ancestor fell completely.

The cheers within the Triple Linked City came to an abrupt halt.

The spoiled heirs of the Twelve Governing Families stared in terror at the giant armor.

That was a mighty expert of the Womb Storage Realm.

That was the old ancestor of the Sky Dragon Clan, renowned among the Twelve Governing Families of the Triple Linked City as having the greatest physical strength and the greatest physical defense, famed as invincible in close combat.

He was actually killed by this giant armor in such an easy manner?

On the midsection of the golden pyramid, several huge chains' ship prows, Cangyou's body, were hung beneath a corridor.

The dying Cangyou heard the movements around him, felt the familiar chill in the air, he painfully opened his eyes, suddenly saw that set of giant armor, Cangyou's spirit revived, he looked up and let out a mad long howl.

"Lord Winter……save me!"

"These damned mortals have offended Lady Youjieya, they have offended me, they have offended the noble Ice Spirit Divine Clan!"

Cangyou's long howl shook the entire Triple Linked City.

The humanoid cold light inside the giant armor spewed out vast amounts of Cold Qi, he looked toward Cangyou's direction, then an icy shout spread across a radius of three thousand li: "Vile mortals, you dare offend the noble gods……even if he is merely a mount, a war beast!"

Cold light splashed, thick beams of cold light flew outward in all directions.

Where the cold light landed, vast glaciers appeared on the ground, countless dark ice surged, countless ice spikes sprang up from the ground with howling speed; where the cold light landed, all things within a radius of several li froze.

Just a single strike, all villages and towns within a radius of several hundred li were utterly wiped out.

Whether slaves, servants, ordinary villagers, or the members of the Twelve Governing Families stationed in those towns, all were shattered into ice shards.

Lord Winter transformed into a streak of cold light, rushing swiftly toward Cangyou.

Cangyou happily let out long howls nonstop, his body violently struggling, causing the thick chains to clang loudly.

Over a hundred figures simultaneously appeared in the sky above the Triple Linked City.

They divided into twelve small groups, forming a circular formation in the sky that blocked Lord Winter's path.

"Demons, retreat……this is the territory of the Twelve Avatar Divine Clans." A bald old man with a Bodhi tree seemingly substantive swaying atop his head, the Bodhi tree nearly a thousand zhang tall, emitting threads of radiant light shining in all directions, roared loudly.

"Demons, retreat!" A woman over two meters tall, with a graceful figure, stunningly beautiful, yet her eyes filled with the vicissitudes of time, giving the impression of an antique beauty; behind her, blazing flames raged, and a lifelike fire phoenix spiraled and danced in the firelight.

The fire phoenix's wingspan exceeded a thousand zhang; the woman stood there, her whole body engulfed in blazing flames, like a small sun radiating endless light and heat.

Because of this woman's appearance, the frost within and without the Triple Linked City's dozens-of-li urban area was swept away, and the temperature inside the city rose rapidly.

"Or, you could consider becoming our spoils of war." A burly old man with two dragon horns sprouting from his head, his aura many times stronger than that of the Sky Dragon Elder who had just attacked, stood with his hands behind his back, greedily and ruthlessly staring at Lord Winter.

"My brother is an idiot; he died pointlessly at your hands……but understand, this is not because our Sky Dragon Clan isn't strong enough, but because he was too stupid." The old man looked at Lord Winter and said coldly: "However, since he died, our Sky Dragon Clan has suffered too great a loss……"

"If you serve as compensation, that would be excellent!" The old man bared his teeth in a grin, his eyes like knives, ruthlessly sweeping over the elders of the surrounding families.

Lord Winter hovered in midair, coldly gazing at the over-a-hundred Womb Storage Realm elders.

"You lot, presuming to call yourselves divine clans……you have offended the noble gods……you all deserve to die." Lord Winter's voice was extremely icy; he waved both hands, and a longsword continually spewing cold light materialized out of thin air.

"So then, you shall go die." Lord Winter muttered lowly, transforming into cold light and charging forward.

"Twelve Avatar……Divine-Slaying Spirit Formation." Over a hundred elders from each family shouted in unison.

Bodhi tree, Udumbara flower, red lotus, mandala, Sky Dragon, male lion, holy elephant, divine turtle, phoenix, great roc, divine eagle, blissful bird……the twelve vast avatars shot up into the sky.

The twelve attributes, though distinct, merged and complemented each other as a strange power rapidly fused in the high sky.

In the high sky, a cluster of brilliant golden light rapidly expanded.

Within the golden light, a strange figure with three heads, six faces, and twelve arms silently appeared; he rode upon the back of a large, illusory peacock, holding twelve flame-wreathed strange weapons, and without a word slashed a single sword downward at Lord Winter.

Lord Winter's longsword in hand suddenly swung upward.

The longsword wrapped in red flames heavily struck Lord Winter's cold-light greatsword.

A tremendous boom.

The cold light beneath Lord Winter's feet shattered inch by inch; his massive body suddenly plummeted downward, being knocked down hundreds of meters from a height of a thousand meters, nearly crashing headfirst into the ground.

Within the Triple Linked City, the spoiled heirs who had been silenced with fright by the recent death of the Sky Dragon Ancestor all cheered in unison.

They waved their arms and legs, wildly cheering and shouting at the elders of each family, frantically yelling for Lord Winter to be captured alive, to be devoured raw, and made into their family's slave.

The heads of the twelve families, including Hua Yuan, also simultaneously laughed, their hearts suddenly relieved.

These demons are indeed powerful, but the foundation of the Twelve Governing Families is not something these demons can imagine.