Chapter 332: Fierce Battle

White Tiger Split shuddered violently.

Light Spear shuddered violently.

The huge tower ship shuddered with a terrifying high frequency; countless runes shattered, countless formations disintegrated, and the tremendous tremor surged through the hull, causing all Demon Suppression Hall cultivators below the Fetus Storage Realm inside the ship's cabin to explode bodily.

White Tiger Split gradually pushed up against the massive yellow earth seal, rising upward.

Inside the yellow earth seal, tens of millions of giant dragons roared angrily.

Yellow earth mist surged, within it countless illusory shadows of mountains and rivers.

Wu Tie felt that it was not he who was pushing the seal upward into the sky, but that this seal, heavier than mountains, was actively pulling him and White Tiger Split upward in a rush.

Because of this seal, his and White Tiger Split's speed upward kept increasing, and the force on the spear continually grew.

At the instant White Tiger Split and Light Spear collided, a terrible cracking sound came from within Wu Tie's body.

His tendons and muscles were almost simultaneously shaken away from his bones, his entire skeleton violently trembling, giving Wu Tie the terrifying sensation that all his bones would separate and blast out from his body.

Fortunately, Wu Tie's body withstood the force of this first impact.

The Light Spear developed a tiny crack; the mysterious yellow earth seal drove Wu Tie and White Tiger Split upward in a rush, while the Light Spear peeled and shattered bit by bit, constantly scattering multicolored light fragments.

Wu Tie's body was like a black hole, continuously devouring the multicolored Light Spear fragments that neared him.

This Light Spear was condensed from the full power of one hundred eight Fetus Storage Realm experts together with a huge tower ship; each fragment contained immense power, giving Wu Tie great replenishment.

Wu Tie let out a low, hoarse roar, enduring the relentless pain surging through his body, fearlessly and savagely thrusting his spear upward.

White Tiger Split, worthy of being an ancient divine weapon, is incomparably tough and sharp; under such violent impact it did not bend at all. It remained straight, driven by the seal and Wu Tie's forceful push, continually emitting deafening tiger roars as it surged skyward.

The Light Spear cracked bit by bit, then inch by inch, then foot by foot.

At first there were tiny light fragments, then larger chunks, and finally great masses of multicolored light continually broke off from the Light Spear. Wu Tie's body fearlessly swallowed every falling light mass.

Heat currents surged within his body, and his wounded form rapidly recovered.

Half a bottle of Military Star Power essence and a small half bottle of Literary Star Power essence had already seeped into Wu Tie's body; his body grew stronger, his soul grew stronger, and his power and soul continually increased.

Wu Tie felt an exhilarating, liberating joy surge from his blood.

He let out a hoarse, long whistle, continually rushing upward at great speed.

Moreover, the three clusters of Three Sovereigns' Essence Blood that had just merged into his body— the Heavenly Sovereign governs the stars and cosmos, the Earthly Sovereign governs the mountains and earth's veins, the Human Sovereign governs the proliferation of myriad races. Heavenly Dao, Earthly Dao, Human Dao, the three profound Dao principles unfolded within Wu Tie, and wondrous Dao patterns continually flickered beneath his skin.

Wu Tie's aura grew ever stronger, gradually releasing from him the oppressive pressure of a primordial ferocious beast.

The Light Spear continually shattered, breaking apart zhang by zhang.

The Light Spear trembled, constantly emitting blinding light.

The tower ship cracked open with countless fissures; huge chunks of its armor plates continually fell from high altitude.

Suddenly, Wu Tie let out a piercing, cloud‑reaching long whistle.

In the distance, Mister Wood instinctively shouted: 'He is full of vital energy, his original qi unharmed… he is absorbing Military Star Power and Literary Star Power to strengthen himself… kill him, kill him!'

Tens of thousands of Demon Suppression Hall elites from all directions simultaneously charged at Wu Tie.

Over a hundred li away, tens of thousands of elites simultaneously waved their hands; various divine abilities and techniques rained down like raindrops upon Wu Tie, while tens of thousands of flying knives, flying swords, spears, halberds and similar weapons trailed long flames, screaming as they thrust toward him.

Wu Tie laughed 'hahaha'.

He slammed a fist onto the Rebirth Tower.

Wave after wave of black ripples swept across a radius of a thousand li; vast groups of Demon Suppression Hall elites instantly lost their lives and continually fell from the sky.

Countless spells dissipated like smoke; countless divine abilities collapsed.

Furthermore, the soul imprints attached to tens of thousands of divine weapons were erased; these weapons lost control and hovered blankly in the air.

Wu Tie drew a deep breath, and then a great wind arose between heaven and earth. With Wu Tie's body as the center, a huge wind eye hundreds of li in diameter condensed out of nowhere, a hurricane sprang up, sucking the equipment of the falling cultivators and those divine weapons into his mouth.

Wu Tie munched mouthful after mouthful on those divine weapons in his mouth.

Beneath his teeth, which gleamed with a dark, deep luster, those divine weapons were as fragile as tofu; he easily chewed them into crumbs, which then turned into streams of heat that continually flowed into his body.

Without needing intestinal digestion, Wu Tie's body directly absorbed these heat streams, directly devouring those vast heavenly‑earth elemental energies, continually replenishing his bodily consumption.

A booming 'boom' sounded.

The thousand‑zhang Light Spear completely shattered; the immense power stored within it was utterly devoured by Wu Tie.

Wu Tie, wielding White Tiger Split together with the hundred‑zhang‑sized yellow earth seal on the spear's head, heavily struck the tower ship's hull.

The thousand‑zhang tower ship exploded into fragments; as soon as the shards flew out, Wu Tie drew a deep breath and sucked them all into his mouth, consuming them completely.

Inside the tower ship, the one hundred eight greatly expended Fetus Storage Realm experts cried out in alarm, each frantically employing secret arts to flee.

Over a hundred streaks of light shot off in all directions, each fleeing at breakneck speed; for a moment Wu Tie did not know whom to pursue.

Mister Wood seized the moment; just as the tower ship exploded and shattered, he suddenly turned into a gust of clear wind and rushed toward Wu Tie.

Less than a li away, Mister Wood's sleeves continuously shot out forty‑nine green wooden swords, which fiercely formed a menacing sword array that enveloped Wu Tie's entire body.

The over‑three‑hundred‑zhang‑tall Wu Tie laughed loudly, fiercely swung White Tiger Split, and the hundred‑zhang‑long‑and‑wide yellow earth seal whooshed out, heavily smashing onto the sword array a hundred zhang in radius.

This seal has an odd origin, yet it was formed by condensing untold amounts of earth‑vein spiritual energy; it is immensely heavy.

With the aid of this seal, Wu Tie's single strike shattered the combined attack of one hundred eight Fetus Storage Realm experts; one can imagine how mighty the seal's power is.

The seal came crashing down upon his head.

Mister Wood's sword array exploded with a bang.

The forty‑nine wooden swords were shattered by the heavy seal as easily as smashing eggs; countless thumb‑sized blue fragments scattered everywhere. Mister Wood spat out a mouthful of old blood far away, and blood seeped from all his orifices.

Mister Wood gave a strange cry, turned, and left.

Although he fled swiftly, this seal possessed extraordinary divine abilities.

Without anyone activating it, the seal behaved like a sentient living thing, emitting an immensely strong innate terrestrial magnetic force that turned into visible black magnetic clinging to Mister Wood's body.

Mister Wood exerted all his strength to flee, yet he drew nearer to the seal while the seal drew nearer to a great mountain below.

After just a few breaths, the seal 'bang' struck a mountain thirty thousand zhang high.

The huge mountain peak shuddered violently, then the entire mountain exploded into countless thumb‑sized stones that sprayed everywhere.

It left behind a huge pit right there, a hundred li deep and a hundred zhang wide on each side, perfectly square.

Mr. Mu— incredibly strong, the Mr. Mu who had beaten Wu Tie leaving him unable to fight back— was now at the bottom of this pit, the seal pressing down on him squarely deep into the earth.

In the high sky.

Rolling clouds surged, and the gale winds raged.

Wu Tie stood amidst the wind and clouds, his eyes emitting a terrifying green light as he fixed his gaze on Sheng Yao, You Ruo, and the others far above in the high sky.

"You lot still have plenty of good stuff on you, right?" Wu Tie licked his lips and smiled at Sheng Yao and You Ruo.

"Really, a bunch of trash." You Ruo muttered lowly: "Just a mere Life Pond Realm… really…"

"It's not an ordinary Life Pond Realm, Lady You Ruo." Sheng Yao said coldly: "I think we'd better take care of him soon… humans are truly a troublesome race; they keep popping up so‑called 'heroes' now and then, causing us trouble from time to time."

"I don't want this guy to grow up… don't forget, three hundred twenty‑five years ago, that fellow who caused us quite a bit of trouble." Sheng Yao said wistfully: "We'd best nip him in the bud right here."

You Ruo took a deep breath, lifted his head, his eyes flashing with a blue mystic light, and gazed up at the utmost heights of the firmament.

Sheng Yao nodded, also lifted his head, his eyes spewing white divine light, and likewise gazed up at the utmost heights of the firmament.

As Sheng Yao and You Ruo looked up, two extremely bright points of light suddenly flashed on the highest firmament. Winds rose and clouds surged, layer upon layer of gale winds howled as they swept through the void, and from beyond the highest heavens a terrifying aura kept pouring down.

After a full three breaths, two extraordinarily thick pillars of light descended from the sky.

One was pure snow‑white, its surroundings wrapped in white divine flame tens of zhang thick; the other was deep azure, countless fist‑sized ice crystals swirling and dancing around the pillar. Both pillars were a thousand zhang thick, and the aura they emitted was suffocating.

The white pillar slammed heavily onto the seal formed from condensed yellow earth‑vein power.

With a tremendous crash, the seal cracked open in countless fine fissures.

Wu Tie felt a shudder of shock and anger, let out a low roar, pointed the White Tiger Split forward, and once again shattered the light nets in the void that had slowed his escape speed. He brandished the White Tiger Split and strode forward in large steps toward Sheng Yao and You Ruo.

Sheng Yao and You Ruo stood motionless in place.

Four Ice Spirit Divine Clan men under You Ruo's command sprang out from nowhere, standing shoulder to shoulder in a line, and the thousand‑zhang‑thick azure divine light slammed heavily onto them.

The four Ice Spirit Divine Clan men's auras suddenly surged.

They drew ragged breaths, tiny specks of cold‑light ice crystals continually jetting from their pores. Four exquisitely crafted ice‑crystal divine armors covered their bodies; they grabbed at the divine light pillar with both hands, sending shards of ice crystals flying, their left hands taking hold of a beautifully shaped rhombus shield, their right hands gripping a narrow‑long ice sword nearly as tall as they were.

"Mortals, bear the wrath of the Ice Spirit Divine Clan!" the four Ice Spirit Divine Clan men cried out in unison, their two long legs fusing inward into a slender fish‑tail. The tail, covered in blue scales, bore a dozen or so transparent blue fins that were quite splendid.

The four turned into four streaks of cold light and charged at Wu Tie.

Wu Tie's vision blurred, and four narrow long swords almost simultaneously struck his four limbs.

The bone‑chilling, icy swords pierced Wu Tie's limb joints; the cold qi penetrated straight into his viscera, and large patches of flesh on his limbs visibly froze at visible speed, with great swaths of moss‑like ice crystals continually sprouting from his skin.

Wu Tie's movements suddenly stiffened; as he moved, the ice crystals in his joints ground against his bones, emitting a piercing "squeak‑squeak" sound.

Wu Tie glared angrily at these four fellows.

Again, this same move.

Wu Tie had seen plenty of the Ice Spirit clan's lackeys; those so‑called chosen ones, when their battle strength waned, would summon the alleged heavenly divine artifacts to bolster themselves and gain greater power.

The empowerment these four fellows received was obviously far greater than that of any chosen ones Wu Tie had encountered before.

Wu Tie let out a hoarse, long howl; within the river of qi and blood above his head, a towering figure suddenly appeared— its body covered in ice crystals, its back bearing huge wings formed from thrusting ice spikes, constantly waving.

This was the Wu family ancestor from ancient times who had mastered the law of freezing.

The ice crystals within Wu Tie's body rapidly melted, continually turning into rising cold qi of heaven and earth that his body absorbed.

The four Ice Spirit Divine Clan fellows waved their long swords, continually hacking and slashing at Wu Tie's body, but the cold qi on their blades had weakened against him by seventy or eighty percent, now only able to freeze his skin and no longer able to harm his inner flesh.

The azure pillar swept over one elite Demon‑Suppressing Hall warrior after another.

These elite warriors' auras suddenly surged; they donned frost‑ice armor, and their weapons were imbued with icy power, becoming extraordinarily sharp and bone‑chilling.

The white pillar bombarded the yellow‑earth seal.

The yellow‑earth seal kept cracking, with vast numbers of fissures continually appearing.

Finally the yellow‑earth seal shot up into the sky, transforming into nine massive yellow‑earth dragons that surged toward Wu Tie and plunged straight into his body.

Wu Tie's withered bodily particles suddenly swelled; he let out a satisfied sigh as an immense surge of earth‑vein soil qi flooded his body, finally giving him a feeling of being slightly full.

In the pit blasted out by the seal, the barely intact corpse of Mr. Mu was enveloped by the white divine‑light pillar.

Accompanied by a piercing long howl, Mr. Mu's shattered remains rapidly knit themselves together; within a single breath his body was restored to its original state, and his aura began to swell wildly.

Mr. Mu's whole body burst forth with green radiance, shooting straight up into the high sky beneath the white light pillar's cover.

Behind him, a lushly branched tree swayed in the wind, continually making a "hualahua" sound. Within a radius of ten thousand li, the pitch‑black, barren mountain ranges suddenly sprouted vast expanses of green moss, which then transformed the hard stone into rich, fertile soil.

Out of nowhere, saplings began to sprout up one after another.

The saplings shot up rapidly; under Mr. Mu's influence, in just the time it takes to finish a cup of tea, the ten‑thousand‑li mountain range became a lush, verdant primeval forest.