Volume 1, Chapter 162 – Upheaval

At the instant the golden-haired man vanished, spatial ripples almost simultaneously spread across the sky above the beast horde.

“Where’s that demon king?!” Lei Wuji, wreathed in lightning, asked in shock.

Seeing the now-empty center of the beast horde, all three of them had a change of expression.

Sword qi erupted all around Bai Weiyang. Her gaze was like lightning as she swept a glance over the beast horde below. Her divine sense surged out, covering the land in all directions. Then her eyes narrowed and she gave a low shout:

“Follow me!”

That demon king had really been lured out by Shi Lan?

…

A streak of golden light tore across the sky and halted in an instant above Shi Lan and the others.

【Quest complete.】

【Quest reward issued: Congratulations to the host for obtaining one intermediate lottery draw and 10,000 reputation points.】

A strong warning rose in Shi Lan’s heart. She pretended not to hear the system’s prompt, flipped her hand to put away the Spirit-Transforming Pill, and crushed the jade bead Bai Weiyang had given her without the slightest hesitation.

A transparent light screen of spirit patterns appeared, shielding the hundred-odd people beneath Shi Lan.

Rays of dazzling golden light fell like rain from the sky, pouring down in a torrent as harsh metallic clangs rang out endlessly.

The golden-haired man stood in midair, the wings on his back seemingly cast from molten gold. Golden light shone in his eyes as he stared at the spirit-pattern light screen. His expression was ice-cold, and he was just about to strike again when his nostrils twitched. The golden light in his eyes flared as he fixed his gaze on Shi Lan.

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“The scent of Divine Phoenix blood…”

“Whoosh!”

The golden wings behind him blanketed the heavens, pressing down a vast shadow. Strands of golden divine light tore through the void like blades, crashing down in a deluge!

“Crack—”

A sharp sound rang beside Shi Lan’s ear. A half-palm-wide crack appeared at the center of the spirit-pattern light screen; clearly, it could not hold much longer.

Seeing this, Venerable Jiyun, hidden in the shadows, smiled faintly. Next would be his turn to take the stage…

Just then, Venerable Jiyun’s face stiffened slightly. He turned to look up at the sky, where the phantom of a colossal azure claw, nearly ten thousand zhang across, emerged from the void and reached toward the warship hovering above.

Even the massive warship looked somewhat small compared to this azure claw.

“Venerable one, that warship seems to be the one Venerable Zhu wants to protect. Isn’t this a bit inappropriate?”

In the void, a black-faced man of about forty looked respectfully at a tall man in blue standing before him.

“Last time I already gave Zhu Xiyang face. Now that we’ve met again, how could I possibly let it go a second time?”

The blue-robed man gave a cold snort. The azure claw did not slow in the slightest as it grabbed toward the warship. He very much wanted to see what exactly was on that warship that could make the always-proud Zhu Xiyang willing to owe someone a favor.

As the claw was about to land on the warship, Venerable Jiyun frowned slightly. He glanced at Shi Lan and the others, then let out a soft sigh and slowly raised his hand, letting this great opportunity slip by.

A dazzling streak of finger-qi shot out from Venerable Jiyun’s hand, stretching nearly ten thousand zhang, like a pillar propping up the heavens!

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“Boom!”

The finger-qi seemed to pierce through heaven and earth, ripping open a spatial rift. Carrying a terrifying aura of annihilation, it punched through the azure claw in an instant!

“Too slow…”

Venerable Jiyun spoke slowly. His body melted into the void, his aura gentle like a spring breeze, completely opposite from the aura of annihilation that had just radiated from that finger-qi.

The blue-robed man looked at the white-robed old man who had suddenly appeared before him and let out a cold laugh. “A Heaven-Man Realm expert of the human race, instead of hiding with your kin to avoid disaster and cling to life, you still dare to run around?”

“Within the Vast Land of Shenzhou, there is no place my human race cannot go.” Venerable Jiyun’s tone was calm. The aura of law churned around him as annihilation and rebirth alternated. The void nearby began to tremble faintly.

The blue-robed man snorted coldly, tore open a spatial rift with a lift of his hand, and pushed the black-faced man beside him off to some unknown place. His aura surged, shattering the void as he vanished from where he stood.

Venerable Jiyun disappeared from his spot as well. A terrifying battle was about to begin.

…

“Clang!”

Under the golden-haired man’s assault, the spirit-pattern light screen was on the verge of collapse in the blink of an eye.

“Samsara…”

“No need for me to act.”

Just as the light screen above everyone’s heads was about to shatter, three figures appeared beside the golden-haired man, forming a triangle around him and cutting off his path of retreat.

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Bai Weiyang did not waste a single word. A thousand-zhang-long sword qi slashed down at the golden-haired man’s head like the opening stroke that split heaven and earth.

The countless bolts of lightning in the sky transformed into a heavenly palace and thunder pool, standing still in the void as it built up for a thunderous strike.

Lin Yusheng held a Sage’s decree in his mouth. Righteous qi surged around him, condensing into an unbreakable barrier; all laws failed before it.

Seeing this scene, Shi Lan did not hesitate in the slightest. She immediately led her people in retreat. The three of them had not all attacked at once at the start precisely because they had been concerned about her group.

“Despicable humans, trying to bully me with numbers?”

The golden-haired man’s expression did not change at all. He gave a cold laugh as golden light flared even brighter around him. He was like a second blazing sun hanging in the sky—two suns shining overhead, his presence terrifying to behold.

“Boom!”

The sword qi reached the golden-haired man first. His golden hair was whipped in all directions by the sword pressure crashing toward him.

“Screech—”

The golden-haired man let out a long cry, killing intent surging in his eyes. His golden wings spread wide, whipping up waves of oppressive air. Monstrous demonic power swept out as a streak of golden light, like a divine sword, exploded forth.

Even the void was pierced by that golden streak, humming with vibration.

“Crack—”

The golden light smashed into the sword qi, and the two collapsed at the same time.

Seeing his offensive thwarted, Bai Weiyang frowned slightly. Although that sword had been unleashed in haste and she had only used seventy percent of her strength, it was definitely not something an ordinary demon king could withstand.

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“Heavenly Thunder Induction—Thunderfall!”

Seeing that Shi Lan and the others had already withdrawn, Lei Wuji let out a long shout. The thunder pool in the sky tilted, and countless bolts of lightning as thick as a grown man’s waist descended upon the mortal world, crashing down to earth. Most of them cascaded toward the golden-haired man in the air.

“Rumble—”

Facing the oncoming thunder, rolling forward with a destructive aura, the golden-haired man raised his hand and summoned a pale black bone whip.

The bone whip was all of one piece, as if forged from the entire spine of some creature. Its baleful aura soared into the heavens, radiating a chilling demonic power.

Countless whip shadows crossed the sky, each accompanied by a shrill crack of tearing air as they struck every bolt of lightning with pinpoint precision, scattering them in an instant and turning them into writhing electric snakes.

Righteous qi poured out like a tide, suppressing the towering baleful aura on the bone whip. Lin Yusheng chanted nonstop, his righteous qi transforming into countless sabers, spears, swords, and halberds. Myriad divine weapon phantoms fell together like a storm of pear blossoms in the rain!

The golden-haired man swung the bone whip, weaving countless afterimages around himself like a sphere, shielding his body within and letting nothing pass. The myriad divine weapon phantoms were all stopped outside.

Under this storm-like assault, much of the bone whip’s baleful aura was scattered.

After unleashing that first sword, Bai Weiyang temporarily withdrew from the battlefield to regulate her breathing and awaken the bloodline power in her body. She had to give her all to kill this demon king.

She had also seen that terrifying azure claw earlier. If not for that later streak of finger-qi, the warship would likely already have been destroyed.

This battle had already taken an unexpected turn. It could not be dragged out any longer…