Chapter 48: Dragon Essence Phoenix Blood

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!

Di Shi Tian's diminutive silhouette rolled with a breath that trembled the Void; he poured everything into the Xian Bu and bolted straight toward one direction, the ice-sculpture mask on his face long since gone.

After no small effort he finally refined the phoenix blood inside his body, then took the dragon essence; as his internal force surged, immortality and agelessness were no longer empty talk — whether body or features, both now stood at the peak of his life, so naturally he no longer needed that tiresome ice-sculpture mask.

The first thing a blind man does after regaining his sight is throw away the cane in his hand.

Suddenly!

Di Shi Tian, who had been continuously shuttling through the Void, abruptly halted, his complexion shifting between dark and pale:

"Damned, how come I can't sense Shen Zhou's aura anymore — could the Entrance have closed?"

"No good, seven dragon essences, at least seven peers of the same tier, plus Jiang Xuan eyeing me like a tiger — I must leave as fast as possible."

Di Shi Tian kept trying to perceive the connection point between Jiu Kong Wu Jie and the Shen Zhou Dadi, frantic beyond measure; right now Jiu Kong Wu Jie was crawling with experts, he had not a shred of security, he had to pull free and hide at once.

A moment later.

Di Shi Tian started, and as if struck by inspiration he abruptly struck upward at the crown of his head; his silhouette instantly tore space and twisted to several dozen zhang away!

Whoosh!

He looked around vigilantly, couldn't help but frown:

"Xiao Jing Tian, Xiao Ao Shi, this seat has no grievance or feud with you two — why sneak-attack this seat?"

Hearing this!

In the Void, two silhouettes like gods or demons stepped forth; a terrifying, soul-shaking aura spread.

"Heh! What a pity!"

The Great Demon God Xiao Jing Tian's eyes flashed a trace of surprise, his tone tinged with regret.

"The dragon essence split into seven; obtaining even one can increase a thousand years of internal force — if one could swallow more dragon essences, I reckon even facing that Jiang Xuan, one might still have the power for a battle."

"As for saying there's no grievance or feud, not necessarily — my two brothers had already secured the complete dragon essence; if not for you lot, the dragon essence that should have belonged to us would not have been split into seven."

The Big Boss Xiao Ao Shi seethed with resentment; he believed that if not for Di Shi Tian and the others, the two brothers could have split the complete dragon essence evenly, yet now they only got two-sevenths — this was the enmity of blocking the Dao, irreconcilable.

He was filled with hatred toward Di Shi Tian and the rest, especially during the scramble for the dragon essence, Di Shi Tian was the first to jump out and ultimately shattered the dragon essence.

He seemed convinced that if not for those later peers butting in, the dragon essence would have been their bagged prize.

"What's there to blather with him — kill!"

Boom!

The Great Demon God Xiao Jing Tian acted directly; the Hun Tian Si Jue mobilized — the four natural forces of water, fire, wind, and thunder made this patch of space show faint signs of collapse; the momentum was so fierce it made every hair on Di Shi Tian's body stand numb, as if heavenly thunder had exploded atop his head.

The Xiao brothers' martial dao had likewise surged greatly in this Jiu Kong Wu Jie!

These four forces — water power, fire power, wind power, thunder power — their intent, their trend, in Di Shi Tian's eyes were all very familiar; they were precisely the moves Xiao Jing Tian had used before during the struggle for the dragon essence.

Only the power was incomparable to before.

The four natural forces filled the Void, hooking into each other; within a hundred zhang radius, gales howled furiously, thunder snakes densely covered the sky, water surged violently, fire light soared to the heavens.

These natural forces were like true heavenly punishment descending upon the world.

The force transformed from True Qi became genuine Heaven-and-Earth force at this moment.

These Heaven-and-Earth forces — wind borrowed fire's momentum, thunder borrowed water's momentum.

In the space of a single palm, the space densely packed within a hundred zhang — even myths could not escape.

A vast, heavy, violent, world-shaking heavy palm imprint, carrying the power of a thousand jun, enveloped Di Shi Tian.

"Five Thunder Transform Extreme Hand, Five Furious Wild Thunder!"

Facing Xiao Jing Tian's such violent offensive, Di Shi Tian had no time to think at all; his very first move was the Wu Lei Hua Ji Shou he had comprehended upon entering Jiu Kong Wu Jie.

The Five Thunder Transform Extreme Hand can transform into divine weapons or sharp instruments, and can also transform into True Qi internal force.

Facing Xiao Jing Tian's incomparably terrifying offensive, Di Shi Tian's five fingers erupted with blinding thunder light; the Five Thunder Transform Extreme Hand burst forth from his palm, the Sheng Xin Jue True Qi surged wildly, within the space lightning flashed and thunder roared, all space shattered to pieces.

This sky-full of thunder light was precisely a more domineering ultimate move Di Shi Tian created by combining Di Tian Kuang Lei with the Five Thunder Transform Extreme Hand.

Since entering Jiu Kong Wu Jie, he not only obtained the longed-for Five Thunder Transform Extreme Hand, but also fused it with his original ultimate art Di Tian Kuang Lei, giving it a flavor of dissolving enemy True Qi and turning True Qi into thunder; when clashing with foes, he transforms the enemy's True Qi into violent thunder light — truly vicious and ruthless beyond compare.

Although the Five Furious Wild Thunder blocked the Great Demon God's sky-filling momentum of Hun Tian Si Jue in the Void, an even more intense danger welled up from Di Shi Tian's heart.

"Ten Thousand Demons Magic Eye!"

The Big Boss Xiao Ao Shi's whole being seemed to have his soul leave his body; his twin eyes abruptly shot out two strands of grim magic light, stabbing straight at Di Shi Tian, while his silhouette stepped forth, blocking Di Shi Tian's escape route.

"Bad, Jing Mu Jie!"

Right after Di Shi Tian struck out a move of Di Tian Kuang Lei, Xiao Ao Shi's Ten Thousand Demons Magic Eye was instantly unleashed — all this happened in the span of a spark off flint; even with Di Shi Tian's internal force he could not perceive the Big Boss Xiao Ao Shi's movement.

Or rather, even if he perceived it, he had too few means to block it; in the haste he fired Jing Mu Jie at the Ten Thousand Demons Magic Eye.

Xiao Jing Tian waved his twin palms; terrifying natural force erupted again — the strongest move of Hun Tian Si Jue.

"Four Extremes Smite Heaven!"

Di Shi Tian only felt as if hammer-struck; Xiao Jing Tian's strongest move directly hit his shoulder; the fierce attack transmitted from his palm wrecked every meridian and his physical body, he nearly failed to steady his silhouette.

Xiao Jing Tian, Xiao Ao Shi — against either one alone he had no confidence of victory, let alone the two joining forces.

Fortunately he had swallowed the dragon essence; recovery power was extremely strong; a slight pause and his whole body's injuries instantly recovered; Di Shi Tian didn't think twice — a drop of crimson essence blood appeared in his palm, poised to swallow.

"Don't push this seat further — this is phoenix essence blood; it mutually rejects the dragon essence; if this seat swallows it, the dragon essence and phoenix blood will clash, the violent force will make this old man's body explode and die, but before death this seat can still rely on that rejection force to unleash an attack several times stronger than before — this seat will die dragging at least one of you with me."

Di Shi Tian's face bore a look of absolute resolve, as if ready to perish together with the two.

"Hmph, at death's door yet still daring to spout big words — this Jiu Kong Wu Jie is your grave."

Xiao Jing Tian's eyes were cold and sharp; killing intent undiminished; the Hun Tian Si Jue was about to mobilize.

"You two are welcome to try." Di Shi Tian made a move to swallow the phoenix blood.

"Big Brother, I faintly feel Di Shi Tian's words aren't false; the closer I get, the more violent the rejection from within my body — this crimson essence might truly be divine beast phoenix essence blood."

Xiao Ao Shi's eyes flickered, his complexion shifting; if it really was as Di Shi Tian said, the fusion of dragon essence and phoenix blood would erupt with enormous energy — they might well perish right there.

But letting them give up the dragon essence about to reach their hands — they truly couldn't bring themselves to.

Xiao Jing Tian let out a cold laugh:

"Fine, an enmity of blocking the Dao is irreconcilable; I'd like to see just what power will erupt when dragon essence and phoenix blood merge. Today, your death is certain."

"If we die, we die together; even in death, I will take one of you with me."

Di Shi Tian's True Qi erupted throughout his body, surging Force rolling, phoenix blood entering his mouth, about to swallow it down.

"Stop! You win!"

(Chapter End)