Chapter 153

As his body size gradually grew larger, the armor on Tianyu Wuye's body shattered one after another, and in the end, he was almost stark naked. He had a body similar to a human's, but far taller and more robust, with muscle lines as rigid as a sculpture, and every curve was full of power.

This body made several young ladies blush, spitting while looking closely.

His appearance was also somewhat similar to a human's, only his pair of eyes were disproportionately large. In addition, a long tail lashed out from behind him, covered in scales like sword blades, making people feel cold just looking at it.

He walked toward Wei Yuan with large strides, suddenly his figure flashed, and with a forward rush, he was already in front of Wei Yuan, smashing a fist down at his head!

This strike was truly too fast; Wei Yuan could only instinctively hold his spear horizontally to support it, blocking the fist that smashed down at his head. In an instant, Wei Yuan only felt as if he had been smashed by a mountain, and the ground under his feet became incomparably hard at this moment, making it impossible to step down, so he couldn't dissipate any force and could only take this punch head-on!

Wei Yuan's muscles bulged all over his body, his physical strength fully unleashed, and only then did he barely manage to block the mountain-like heavy punch.

Tianyu retreated several steps, his muscles constantly bulging like water waves, hot white Qi continuously spraying from his mouth, nose, and ribs, his hair and beard fluttering without wind. Clearly, the counter-shock force of this punch was not easy to bear either.

"Good, good, good! I didn't expect the human race to have this kind of power, actually being able to be on par with my Taiyue Vajra! This trip was not in vain!" Tianyu roared excitedly, a giant ape faintly appearing above his head, with a mountain peak growing on its back.

This Dharma Form was not yet fully formed; although Wei Yuan didn't recognize it, it clearly belonged to a divine beast. If judged by human standards, this Dao Foundation was also an Immortal Foundation.

Wei Yuan exhaled heavily, a faint bloody taste appearing in his throat. His physical body was outrageously strong by human standards, but compared to Tianyu, it was only on par.

At this moment, Tianyu was fifteen feet tall. Wei Yuan was considered quite tall among humans, but at this moment he was not even half his height. The two standing together were like a giant beast and a cub.

In the previous strike, when Tianyu stepped on the ground, he also used a supernatural ability similar to stepping on the ground to turn it into steel, making Wei Yuan completely unable to dissipate force, nor could he use earth-escape to dodge. After taking that punch, even the long spear, which was a middle-rank magic tool, appeared bent and was basically destroyed.

After his Qi and blood surged and then quickly calmed down, Tianyu laughed loudly and said: "Your weapon is destroyed now, right? I just wanted to destroy your weapon, hahaha, don't think that we Power Shamans don't have brains!"

Ptooey! Wei Yuan spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and cursed bitterly: "The Shaman tribe is indeed cunning; not a single good thing!"

Tianyu was actually a bit embarrassed, scratching his head and saying: "All is fair in war, isn't it? But you are indeed worthy of respect. How about this: if you lose in a moment, I will treat you like a brother. Whatever I eat and use, you will eat and use, until your clansmen redeem you back, how about that?"

"Not good!"

Wei Yuan strode forward, his momentum changing naturally, no longer vast and indifferent, but domineering, wild, and moving forward without hesitation!

He stepped heavier and faster with every step; the stepping-on-the-ground-to-turn-it-into-steel that hadn't yet faded was almost trampled away by Wei Yuan, but it also gave Wei Yuan the greatest assistance.

A spear like a dragon, from bottom to top, pointing straight at the firmament!

Counter-slaughter!

Tianyu's hairs stood on end, his eyes wide open, and in an instant, the tip of his tongue tasted the flavor of death! He roared wildly, all the scales on his long tail opening, each scale having pale yellow light flickering beneath it, and he lashed his tail fiercely at the long spear!

Tianyu only felt as if he had whipped a mountain; the scales on his long tail shattered, fresh blood flew everywhere, but the long spear remained unmoved, continuing to move forward!

He roared wildly again, the not-yet-fully-formed Taiyue giant ape entering his body, his body growing another circle, and then he grabbed the spear shaft with both hands!

The long spear continued to move forward between his flesh palms, bringing up pieces of flesh and blood, and finally stabbed into Tianyu's chest, getting stuck in the gap between his ribs.

Finally blocked it... Tianyu was just feeling lingering fear when he suddenly saw a negligible amount of Dao power surging on Wei Yuan's hand, followed by a loud bang, and the spear tip was pushed forward by a giant force, directly sinking into his chest!

Tianyu was shocked and also somewhat dazed; he didn't know how the spear tip had shot in at all. Just by that little bit of Dao power Wei Yuan had just moved? That couldn't even pull out his hair!

The long spear in Wei Yuan's hand now only had a bent steel pipe left. Looking at the hollow spear shaft, Tianyu seemed to understand something, yet also seemed to understand nothing at all.

He laughed a few times and said: "I lost this move, but this little injury doesn't matter! Come again!"

Tianyu moved his painfully aching wrists, flicked his stinging long tail, and grinned hideously: "Your spear is very strong, indeed strong! But your spear is already destroyed; what are you going to fight me with now?"

This was indeed a problem. Wei Yuan had originally prepared three spearheads, but he hadn't expected the spear shaft of the middle-rank magic tool to be destroyed. What other trump cards did he have now?

Wei Yuan surveyed his Dao Foundation, looking at the withered branches stuck in the soil, the towering jade mountain, the hundreds of stone tripods, the hundred-plus stone bells, and the hundreds of four-story pagodas. After observing the Demon-Suppressing Nine-Fold Tower many times, Wei Yuan's pagoda now had an extra layer, its power greatly increased, surpassing the Golden Tripod and the Pseudo-Sun in one fell swoop to become the number one of the small Dao Foundation.

Wei Yuan looked around again; if he really couldn't do it, there were still his master, his senior sister, and Bao Yun.

But Wei Yuan felt he should be able to do it.

Tianyu's loud laughter suddenly turned hoarse, his aura dropping rapidly like a floodgate being opened, unable to maintain his massive body size anymore. His body shrank rapidly, and in the end, he couldn't even stand steadily, clutching his chest with both hands, pointing a finger at Wei Yuan, and saying with difficulty: "The spear is poisoned! You are despicable... shameless..."

At this moment, he could no longer suppress the counter-slaughter spear energy and fell over.

Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief; the poison Sun Yu concocted was indeed powerful, its medicinal properties far stronger than what he himself had concocted. Sure enough, there is a specialty in every trade, and the high disciples of the Xuanming Hall are worthy of their reputation.

At this moment, the Shaman army had already scattered and fled, and Wei Yuan continuously ordered the pursuit of the routed army, beheading warriors and Shaman priests.

Tianyu was originally a bit difficult to handle; his physical body was too strong, and once the toxicity faded, he might very well break free from his restraints. At this time, several young ladies volunteered to dispose of him, and Wei Yuan, holding the attitude of giving it a try, lifted the control over their bodies.

Several young ladies immediately surrounded Tianyu, eight little claws descending at once, kneading him in a mess. Then some pulled out hair ties, some pulled out a few hairs, and some even untied their belts.

Not until these things were injected with magic power did Wei Yuan see that they were actually all supreme-rank magic tools. Then the young ladies tied Tianyu up in all sorts of ways, with strange and peculiar techniques that made Wei Yuan's scalp tingle.

This wasn't over yet; finally, the young ladies took out hairpins, ear studs, embroidery needles, magic swords, and other items, feeling around on Tianyu's body while continuously stabbing them in.

After a dazzling operation was finished, the magic power all over Tianyu's body had been cut into dozens of segments, and his physical strength had been shaved away by ninety-nine percent. Now he had truly become a little soldier, and it was even more impossible for him to break free from those ropes that even gave Wei Yuan a headache. The young ladies had these kinds of talents? Wei Yuan only felt that the great clans were worthy of their reputation, and their foundations were indeed unfathomable.

The battle settled down; eight thousand Shaman tribe members were killed by half, and the rest fled. However, of the hundred-plus Dao Foundations, fewer than thirty finally escaped. Wei Yuan quickly checked the supplies on the boats, most of which were construction materials, followed by military weapons, grain, and rice, as well as a large batch of raw materials.

Wei Yuan ordered people to abandon all the construction materials, freeing up most of the load, and then loaded as many Shaman corpses as possible before returning to the domain.

Returning to the domain, Wei Yuan sensed that the other two Shaman army routes had temporarily stopped advancing; it seemed they must have received the news of the southern route's annihilation.

This battle could be considered a glorious victory; the human cultivators and guards only suffered a dozen or so casualties, yet they wiped out several thousand Shaman warriors and over seventy Dao Foundations, and even captured Tianyu alive.

This Tianyu didn't look simple, but it was just unknown how much gold content he had; Wei Yuan prepared to interrogate him in detail in a moment.

Returning to the domain, there were even more things to do: the Shaman corpses had to be placed in designated areas, supplies had to be counted and organized, the wounded had to be treated, and they had to seize the time to rush repairs on the fortifications. There were a thousand things to do at once, but fortunately, Wei Yuan already had experience, busy but not chaotic, arranging them one by one. Even Xiaoyu came out to help move the corpses.

A high-level cultivator like Xiaoyu was also a good hand at moving corpses; a roll of sword Qi could move dozens of them, and he could travel back and forth for dozens of miles in the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

Now the only ones in the entire domain not working were those young masters and young ladies; they had charged the formation twice in a row, and at this moment they still had lingering fears, their Dao power and physical strength completely exhausted. Especially a few young masters, who rolled off their horses directly when dismounting.

Wei Yuan didn't add extra work for them either; after all, this was their first time participating in a major battle, and it was normal to have some discomfort; they needed to slow down.

Just at this moment, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out: "Why has my merit increased so much!?"

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The young masters and young ladies immediately gathered around, and they were all shocked. That young master was even more excited beyond measure: "A full two hundred; did I accidentally kill a Dao Foundation?"

"Your ranking jumped up fifty places at once? If your old man knew about this, wouldn't he be happy to death!"

"Wang Yu, you are a Heaven Foundation; hurry and see how much merit you've gained!"

The young man named Wang Yu was still relatively calm, took out his merit book, glanced at it, and said: "It's only two hundred and sixty, basically the same as Brother Yan."

He looked calm, but his hands were actually trembling slightly. Two hundred-plus merit was equivalent to killing a middle-stage Dao Foundation; gaining so much merit in one battle was unprecedented for him.

The remaining young masters and young ladies all took out their merit books, searching for their own rankings on them, and cries of surprise rose one after another. Finally, everyone compared them; those with the least merit were all over two hundred, and the one with the most was that sweet girl, who actually had three hundred and thirty. Because her original ranking was very low, her position jumped up one hundred and seventy places in one go.

"Xu Yi, how are you so powerful?"

"How many did you kill!"

"When did you learn to use a spear?"

The crowd surrounded the sweet girl and kept talking, while she blushed and only said: "I was very scared at the time, so I just killed wildly, and I... I don't know what happened either. Perhaps something went wrong?"

Everyone shook their heads; when had the merit ranking ever been wrong? This Xu Yi was also a Heaven-rank Dao Foundation; everyone just assumed she had finally unleashed her own potential.

Amidst the congratulations, the sweet girl ultimately didn't tell the truth about her arm and spear killing the enemy on their own. Several young masters and young ladies were thoughtful, clearly the same as Xu Yi, but no one said it out loud, silently acknowledging it as their own achievement.

At this time, Cui Yu walked over, patted his few fox friends on the shoulder hard, and said in a deep voice: "This battle was fought well; it even made my blood boil! A few more times, with the merit up, who would still dare to say we are not attending to our proper duties? Who would still dare to recklessly move our share of resources, status, and rank?!"

Everyone's blood was surging, and they all said: "Brother Cui, rest assured, there is no one among us who is afraid of death! We will definitely make those old guys at home drop their jaws!"

After saying so many generous and impassioned words, no one was embarrassed to say that the charge was actually involuntary, only waiting to perform well in the next battle to make up for this debt. At this time, Wei Yuan's status in everyone's hearts had risen infinitely, and in the hearts of Xu Yi and those few others, he was even like a god.

To these young masters and young ladies, this merit was a solid stepping stone for advancement. Competition within the clans was also extremely fierce; inheritance, resources, territory, official positions—everything had to be fought for, and the merit rankings of the major immortal sects were the most direct reference standard. Whether one was excellent or not, merit spoke for itself.

Moreover, merit could also be exchanged for many rare resources; these resources were things they couldn't get from home under normal circumstances.

If such battles happened a few more times, the status of these young masters and young ladies in their families would rise in a straight line, and some things they hadn't dared to think about before might now be worth thinking about.

Wei Yuan handed the warhorse to Xu Wenwu, then looked at the remaining Qi luck in his Dao Foundation, feeling very worried.

It was a pity that there was still no clue as to how to obtain new Qi luck now. Originally, when practicing the Jade Toad Gazing at the Moon Diagram, he would fixedly obtain a wisp of Qi luck, but after changing to the Taiyin Moon Brilliance Myriad Forms Chapter, it didn't work.

In this battle, in order to ensure the safety of these young masters and young ladies, Wei Yuan still used the remaining Qi luck to bless them, which was the only way he brought them back unscathed. After one battle, two more strands of black Qi were gone. Although it was only the most basic Qi luck, it still made Wei Yuan's heart ache.

Just as he was worrying, a wisp of pale green Qi suddenly rose from the earth, followed by a few more wisps rising; a total of five strands of pale green Qi floated and sank in his sea of consciousness.

(End of chapter)