Chapter 738

When the Wa Valley's defensive grand formation shattered, Wa Mu's heart turned ice-cold.

Not a match!

Not a match!!

Not a match!!!

Terrifying devouring power surged forth; Wa Mu, drawing on the strength of a dozen or so neighboring tribe matriarchs, resisted with all her might, but her feeble resistance was easily shattered. Not only was Wa Mu herself injured, the dozen or so matriarchs who had generously lent her power all cried out in anguish, spitting blood, their breath growing extremely weak.

"Wa Mu, where did you provoke such a terrifying enemy?"

A matriarch who got along well with Wa Mu and had some acquaintance in the mysterious sacrificial space cried out in a hoarse shout.

"Heh, the so-called miraculous power of the Wa tribe is nothing more than this." Taotie Mie laughed complacently, he and the Taotie clansmen behind him cautiously amplifying their devouring power, fearing that if they exerted too much force at once they would completely swallow the entire Wa Valley.

Swallowing a Wa Valley is no big deal, but swallowing Wa Xiao Xi, whom Xi Yao had personally ordered to be captured alive, would be troublesome.

Dozens of Wa tribe elders wailed in despair, being gradually pulled over by the Taotie.

Wa Mu strained to steady her body; the power flowing from the sacrificial space waxed and waned, a dozen or so matriarchs suffered grave injuries, they gritted their teeth and persisted, giving their all to aid Wa Mu, but the strength gap was too great, their efforts seemed to have little effect.

Hundreds of young masters who had volunteered to fight, together with their private guards, were crushed; the sky‑filled blood mist turned into countless slender Blood Light strands, continually flying toward Taotie Mie and his companions.

Taotie Mie laughed "heh", the sinister black light emanating from his body had already shrouded most of the Wa Valley.

As it seemed Wa Mu and her companions were about to be wiped out in one fell swoop, a pearl the size of a human head, entirely azure, with rippling water waves and layers of ripples, countless water‑light shadows surged forth, illuminating the whole Wa Valley with strange brilliance, like a gem beneath the deep sea, abruptly appearing before Taotie Mie and his group.

As soon as the pearl appeared, the devouring power filling the Wa Valley's void vanished abruptly.

Wa Mu and the elders steadied their forms; thousands of young masters who had come to help fight, along with their private guards, fluttered down from mid‑air, each crying out hoarsely as they collapsed to the ground.

The pearl hovered silently before the assault force of the Four Ferocious Clans; no matter how Taotie Mie and his companions stirred their internal devouring power, the pearl merely rippled slightly, and the pearl itself did not move an inch.

Taotie Mie and his Taotie clansmen were greatly startled, then suddenly exerted force; ten Divine Manifestation Realm elders and over a thousand Fetal Storage Realm elites all exerted their full power, bringing their bloodline divine abilities to bear, they whipped up a black tornado on the spot, devouring toward the azure pearl.

The azure pearl trembled slightly, then boundless water light surged forth; from the head‑sized pearl gushed endless water‑attribute primordial energy, turning into a raging deluge that howled into the bodies of Taotie Mie and his companions.

Taotie Mie and his companions frantically devoured and drew upon it, yet the water‑attribute primordial energy within the pearl kept pouring out.

In merely three or five breaths, Taotie Mie and his companions simultaneously felt intense pain radiating from within their bodies—every cell had been swollen by the endless primordial energy, they could not digest or absorb the massive external influx, their bodies were on the verge of exploding, unable to take in even a trace more of primordial energy.

Inside the pearl, endless primordial energy continued to surge, wildly rushing toward the bodies of Taotie Mie and his companions.

Behind Taotie Mie, several junior descendants uttered painful wails; Taotie Mie himself felt his vision darken, unable to bear the strain any longer.

"Old E..." Taotie Mie, disregarding face, let out a hoarse scream, calling for aid from Tao Wu E.

Tao Wu E let out a low growl, brandishing a great saber over three zhang long, extraordinarily heavy and thick, a terrifying blood‑kill storm swirling around him, he chopped down at the strange pearl.

A flash of water light on the pearl's surface, Tao Wu E's saber—a hereditary innate spirit‑weapon grade blade passed down for hundreds of generations—sank fiercely into the pearl.

The feel was hollow and void, as if inside the pearl lay an immense, immense space that had swallowed half the blade in one gulp… Tao Wu E quickly realized it was no illusion—there truly was a terrifying swallowing force emanating from within the pearl.

With a "creak", Tao Wu E's hands gripped the saber's hilt tightly, but the pearl frantically devoured the blade, the hilt continually sliding toward the pearl; no matter how Tao Wu E clenched the grip, his palm and the haft rubbed violently, his palm flesh torn raw by the shaft, yet he could not halt the blade's devouring momentum.

"Two brothers, lend me a hand." Tao Wu E shouted hoarsely.

Taotie Mie and his Taotie clansmen, already bloated with primordial energy to the point of immobility, now only Hun Dun Ye and Qiong Qi Lu could aid Tao Wu E.

Hun Dun Ye let out a low roar, spewing a turbid stream of chaotic qi from his mouth.

The murky, dim, spot‑streaked chaotic qi condensed into a sword shape, howling as it came down upon the pearl.

A layer of soft, dense water light appeared on the pearl's surface, then countless heavy water waves burst forth from the pearl with a "whoosh whoosh whoosh".

The Hun Dun clan's innate divine ability is exceedingly fierce; their chaotic qi can almost assimilate any power in heaven and earth. Layers of water light are easily shattered, yet countless heavy water waves keep gushing from within the pearl—no matter if you break through three or five thousand layers, tens of thousands more still lie ahead.

Hun Dun Ye exhaled once, his breath spent; the azure pearl suffered no harm, instead suffused with radiant water light, blazing and arrogant beyond compare.

Qiong Qi Lu let out a low roar, shook his head sharply, a phantom of a giant beast flickered behind him, then followed by terrifying roars mixed with earth‑shaking soul‑impact force, turning into a visible black tide that swept across the entire Wa Valley.

With a few "ding ding ding" sounds, another seven or eight azure pearls leapt into existence out of nowhere.

Several pearls in the void traced out a hazy Xuanwu shadow; a thick layer of water waves enveloped the whole Wa Valley—no matter how fierce and uncanny Qiong Qi Lu's soul impact was, Wa Mu and her companions felt only a gentle breeze on their faces, suffering no threat.

Tao Wu E's saber had been devoured by the pearl down to just over a foot of hilt protruding; Tao Wu E had always been the one snatching others' treasures—when had he ever been robbed?

Heart‑wrenched, Tao Wu E let out a hoarse scream, summoning the elites of the Tao Wu, Qiong Qi, and Hun Dun clans behind him to act together.

Over twenty Divine Manifestation Realm masters shouted in unison, each unleashing their clan's innate divine abilities, ready to violently smash everything before them.

"Uncivilized! We're all cultured folk—when fighting, couldn't you spare a thought for the host's feelings?"

"The Wa Valley's scenery is second to none—you've smashed its pots and pans… even if you compensated with your whole family's estate, it wouldn't be enough!"

A slender, tall figure of the Canghai Daoist appeared out of thin air; with a wave of his right hand, he hurled down a barrage of a hundred Canghai pearls.

All that could be seen was pearl light flashing wildly across the sky, accompanied by incessant booming "dong dong" sounds; in the mere flick of a finger, Tao Wu E and his companions were all knocked to the ground, each plunged into a deep coma.