Chapter 634

Boom!

Boom!

Qi roared like thunder, rising and falling, spreading across the entire imperial capital.

This greatest stronghold of the present age fell into unprecedented panic; every household barred its doors and locked its gates, the streets and alleys nearly empty of pedestrians, with only dust and smoke stirred up by the fierce winds.

On the eaves of a certain tavern near the city wall, Huang Huang Longzi held up a black umbrella, watching the battle from afar.

His perception was keen, his eyesight exceptional; he could clearly see most of those fighting, but for him, the fights of most of them held not the slightest value worth attention.

"Three Heavens of the Divine Palace — one spiritual aspect merged into himself, fighting the eerie land alone; one spiritual aspect suspended high in the air, resisting the eerie land's expansion; one spiritual aspect inhaling and exhaling incense and offerings, locked in bitter combat against Wan Wan Zhuliu…"

Sensing that aura blazing like the sun, Huang Huang Longzi could not help but feel a measure of admiration:

"A true hero!"

What the Eight Directions Temple severed was not only the connection between this realm and Tian Shi Yuan; in a certain sense, it also cut off the path to the Divine Palace realm for the people of this realm.

Without the wondrous sights and divine patterns from the cosmos, how immense was the difficulty of forging the Divine Palace?

Yet this Pang Pang Wenlong, in a sealed heaven and earth, lacking divine patterns, with no one to guide the way, with the bearing of an ordinary man, had cultivated to the Three Heavens of the Divine Palace.

And almost single-handedly, he had suppressed the Lord of Qian Yan Fa, Yun Yun Yeshan, and Wan Wan Zhuliu!

One must know that among these three, the one with the shallowest foundation, Wan Wan Zhuliu, was today also a prodigy possessing 'Zhao Zhao Tianxing-grade' talent!

Those two old ghosts — one suspected to be a remnant soul of a deity, the other having broken free from the muddled confusion of a strange demon — even though they had not yet cultivated the Divine Palace, were no weaker than Wan Wan Zhuliu.

"A flame spiritual aspect kindled with incense and offerings as fuel…"

Huang Huang Longzi's gaze fell upon the space above the city wall, where Wan Wan Zhuliu stood gripping his blade, fighting on all sides, resisting the incomparably wild and overbearing assault of that crimson-gold figure.

Wan Wan Zhuliu's blade art was fierce and domineering, and with the Subduing Demon Dragon God Blade in hand, even beneath that crimson-gold figure's frenzied assault, he stood like a boulder, unmoving.

"What a pity about Wan Wan Zhuliu."

Yet Huang Huang Longzi only felt it was a shame.

The method of using incense and offerings to temper the bloodline and thereby elevate one's talent was not rare in Tian Shi Yuan, but he had originally been a peerless genius; spending the vast majority of his lifespan merely to climb one grade of talent—

No matter how one reckoned it, it was a losing bargain.

"Far inferior to Lie Wang Shen."

His gaze shifting away from the fiercely clashing battlefields inside and outside the city, Huang Huang Longzi's sight settled on Lie Wang Shen:

"These natives do have some discernment, knowing what matters, not letting him risk his person."

At this moment, Grand Master-level experts were clashing fiercely both inside and outside the city, yet Lie Wang Shen, standing at the center of the battlefield, watched the fight with his hands at his sides like an outsider.

There were even two Grand Masters at his side for close protection.

Such treatment, even the true inheritors and dao sons of the Qitadao Sect would see and feel their eyes burn with envy, yet Huang Huang Longzi felt it was still not enough.

In Tian Shi Yuan, any divine-demon-grade prodigy who had not yet cultivated the Jin Dan, wherever they went, would have Dao-protectors in close attendance and numerous Dao soldiers escorting them.

Letting such a prodigy risk his person — the accompanying Dao soldiers and armored warriors would all have to face the sect's Punishment Platform.

"If I could bring him into the Academy, such a merit would be enough for me to choose a complete upper-grade True Form Chart and all the divine patterns required…"

Huang Huang Longzi's eyes lit up.

The Poison Dragon Academy had strict registration; disciples of every level had to temper themselves from the bottom, but those of exceedingly high talent could ignore all tedious rules.

A prodigy of divine-demon-grade talent entering the sect would be enough to shake the entire sect — the heads of the Five Courts, the Dao Lord, the Divine Son, and even the Poison Dragon Venerable God would all appear to receive them!

"My Immortal's Pointing the Way technique is far stronger than Chi He Lian's; Cloud Demon Descends, Jade and Stone Both Burn — it should be no worse!"

"Pang Pang Wenlong is certainly a hero, but those three are none of them simple either…"

"This battle will surely give rise to unexpected twists; when the time comes, I shall make my entrance, and thus gain his trust…"

Gently turning the black umbrella in his palm, Huang Huang Longzi's gaze brimmed with anticipation as he waited in silence.

……

Boom!

The thick city wall cracked open, great masses of earth and stone flying.

"Truly fierce."

Lie Wang Shen was watching the fight.

Before coming, he had had many guesses about this battle, and along the way had maintained the strongest Control Enhancement, ready to strike at any moment.

But contrary to his expectations, up until now, he had not even had the chance to make a move — whether those two old ghosts or Wan Wan Zhuliu, Pang Pang Wenlong had chosen to face them all alone.

Unlike when he had fought Lie Wang Shen, the all-out Pang Pang Wenlong was truly ferociously overwhelming, single-handedly pinning down the three Divine Palace-level experts of the imperial court.

Wan Wan Zhuliu, wielding the Subduing Demon Dragon God Blade, was still firmly suppressed; he brought out every manner of blade art and was still confined above the moat.

Domineering!

Frenzied!

From Lie Wang Shen's vantage, the crimson-gold figure seemed to fill the long sky; at a glance, it looked as if hundreds or thousands of people were surrounding and killing Wan Wan Zhuliu.

At nearly every instant, dozens or hundreds of qi detonations thundered, lifting wave upon wave of qi surges, each higher than the last.

Speaking of intensity, it even surpassed the eerie land!

"If there are no surprises, Old Pang alone could end this battle."

Lie Wang Shen focused his spirit and watched the fight.

A Grand Master's three elements united as one — essence, qi, and spirit in perfect harmony and completion — unless the Divine realm shattered, they were very hard to kill; their ability to preserve themselves was extremely strong, let alone one who had forged the Divine Palace realm.

Therefore, even though Pang Pang Wenlong seemed to hold the upper hand at this moment, the stalemate was likely to last a long while; if any unexpected incident arose, the situation could also reverse.

And he had not forgotten the 'Cloud Demon Descends, Jade and Stone Both Burn' indicated by Chi He Lian's Immortal's Pointing the Way.

"If there is a surprise, who will it be?"

Lie Wang Shen deliberated in his heart, his gaze sweeping across battlefield after battlefield, guessing where the surprise might come.

Wan Wan Zhuliu? The old thief of Qian Yan Fa? Yun Yun Yeshan?

GLOSSARY:

【Lie Wang Shen, Huang Huang Longzi, Pang Pang Wenlong, Wan Wan Zhuliu, Zhao Zhao Tianxing, Yun Yun Yeshan, Tian Shi Yuan, Ducheng, Qitadao Sect, Zunda Sect, imperial court, Fei Shen Jing, Yan Han Qi, Qian Yan Fa, Jin Dan, Chi He Lian, Poison Dragon Academy, Eight Directions Temple, Subduing Demon Dragon God Blade, Cloud Demon Descends Jade and Stone Both Burn, Immortal's Pointing the Way, Three Heavens of the Divine Palace, True Form Chart, Five Courts, Dao Lord, Divine Son, Poison Dragon Venerable God, Punishment Platform, Control Enhancement】

Or Yan Yan Tianxiong?

"Is Wan Wan Zhuliu slaughtering the strange beasts in You Jing for that ritual that previously guided the descent of the strange land?"

Li Yuan divided his attention, contemplating possible changes that might arise while watching the battle, and still had energy left to adjust his control combinations.

His drifting thoughts landed on the grey stone platform, where the pale-white flames flickered faintly, and even within the Listening Wood Tablet, sounds of listening kept reverberating.

Along the way, he had never stopped listening, but most of them were of little use.

Since the last time he listened to the heavenly sound, his listening range had expanded, and all kinds of sounds about Tian Shi Yuan had increased greatly, even including sounds from beyond the San Yuan Fa Jie domain.

Of course, those sounds were all related to 'Shan Xuan Xuanjing Daozi', 'Blood Phoenix', 'Ying Ying Shan Xuan Long', 'Fa Huan Fa Huan Yi Tong', 'Feng Feng Wu Ding', and 'Phoenix Girl'.

That group of Holy Land true-disciple Daoist Priests were Reng Zai You Jing chasing the Blood Phoenix, and had even issued a bounty through the Communication Sphere, attracting no small number of You Jing explorers.

Although he had only caught fragments, he didn't need to think to know it must be 'very lively'.

"If a person is not burdened by form..."

Li Yuan murmured inwardly.

He was also very interested in that ancient force that the group of Holy Land true-disciple Daoist Priests all so greatly desired, especially after learning that slaying the Evil God was the entry ritual of 'Shi Huang Tian'.

Although in his previous life he was a half-bucket-of-water Daoist Priest, this Shi Huang Tian...

"I wonder if it's a coincidence..."

(End of chapter)