Volume 1, Chapter 467 – Reinforcements

“You cannot consume Nine-Yang Grass directly. With your current cultivation, your blood and qi will run in reverse, and your body will explode!”

Daoist Yunzhen had only just reacted. Seeing Shi Lan swallow the Nine-Yang Grass, his expression changed drastically.

To swallow an immortal herb raw the way Shi Lan had was, on one hand, a terrible waste, and on the other, an invitation to be injured by its violent medicinal power.

Most immortal herbs carried extremely fierce properties. They had to be balanced with many supplementary ingredients, or else they would inflict enormous harm on the body.

The effects of Nine-Yang Grass were completely different from those of the Yin Spirit Flower. It was an immortal herb that strengthened one’s origin from within and consolidated blood and qi.

Swallowing it like this, even a Human Emperor might not necessarily be able to withstand its violent medicinal force.

Even without Daoist Yunzhen saying so, Shi Lan could already feel the terrifying medicinal power inside her, as though she were about to explode.

To make absolutely certain, she had even deliberately chosen two comparatively stronger immortal herbs.

“It’s fine.”

Shi Lan turned around and covered her nose and mouth, but blood still kept pouring out uncontrollably.

Glancing at the Scarlet Crow War Halberd in her hand, Shi Lan immediately poured all of the surging blood and qi within her into it without holding back in the slightest.

Bzzz—

A blood-red radiance erupted from the Scarlet Crow War Halberd. Its artifact spirit was stimulated awake and sent Shi Lan a trace of questioning.

Not far away, the Heaven Demons of the Divine Phoenix clan had already sensed the fluctuations of Shi Lan’s group’s auras and swept their divine sense over.

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The doors of the golden hall were already more than halfway open. Auspicious multicolored light flowed out from within, while hazy shadows flickered, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.

“It’s the human race. Kill them!”

The enormous divine phoenix hovering in the air focused its gaze and let out a shrill cry. Its imperial domain unfolded, and blazing true fire spilled from between feathers that looked as though they had been forged from red gold.

A dazzling beam of golden divine light shot out from between Shi Lan’s brows, illuminating the nine heavens and covering the entire sky-curtain.

The golden body of her primordial spirit, clad in Profound Ice battle armor, stepped out of her sea of consciousness. After stepping into the Heaven-Man Realm, her primordial spirit golden body had already swelled to more than two thousand zhang.

The moment she summoned out her primordial spirit golden body, Shi Lan activated the Cold Astral Seal without the slightest hesitation.

The flowing runic light on the Profound Ice battle armor instantly poured into her primordial spirit.

As her cultivation rose, the enhancement granted by the Cold Astral Seal became increasingly powerful.

In barely an instant, Shi Lan’s soul power surged by more than four times, expanding to nearly ten thousand zhang.

Ignoring the Scarlet Crow War Halberd’s artifact spirit’s confusion, Shi Lan wiped the blood from her face, took a step forward, shattered the sky, and shot into the imperial domain like a streak of bloody lightning.

Her blood and qi soared into the heavens like rolling beacon smoke, staining the sky-curtain.

The three human Heavenlords were not slow to react. They moved immediately after Shi Lan.

A divine diagram spread open above Nie Lin’an’s head. Starlight blazed within it, as though it encompassed an entire universe. Countless great stars fell, temporarily trapping three Divine Phoenix clan Heaven Demons.

Daoist Yunzhen likewise summoned his primordial spirit golden body. He came from the Xuanyang branch of the Daoist sects and had already passed through eight lightning tribulations. His primordial spirit golden body was almost enough to rival Shi Lan’s, close to two thousand zhang in size.

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He obviously possessed some kind of secret art as well, allowing his primordial spirit golden body to receive a boost and swell to nearly five thousand zhang, transforming into a golden-armored divine general holding a nine-story treasure pagoda in one hand and a divine mace in the other, blocking two Heaven Demons.

Tian Xuanjing drew the five-colored divine sword he had just used to pry up the floor tiles. His aura changed abruptly, killing intent overflowing as sword shadows spanned the sky.

His gaze locked onto a six-tribulation Heaven Demon whose aura fluctuations were the weakest, and in the next instant he struck with thunderous speed!

Screee—

The void let out a piercing shriek. The sword shadow tore through the sky, and dazzling five-colored divine light instantly swallowed that Heaven Demon whole.

Pfft!

Divine phoenix blood scattered through the void. In the blink of an eye, that Heaven Demon was dismembered, its primordial spirit ground away along with it, and its life ended in the Yellow Springs.

To prevent any mishap, Tian Xuanjing still secretly sent a message beyond the sky-curtain as he attacked, informing the human Heavenlords of the situation here.

Even if Huang Ze’s inheritance had to be destroyed on the spot, it absolutely could not be allowed to fall into the Divine Phoenix clan’s hands. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In the Middle Ancient era, the human race had no Emperor. Relying on the Human Race Annals, they had shrunk into a corner and lingered on in miserable survival.

But the demon and devil races had been incomparably glorious, with Demon Emperors arising one after another and great devils running rampant. For Huang Ze to have carved out a mighty reputation even among those Demon Emperors and Demon Venerables was proof enough of his strength.

Kreee—

The remaining two Heaven Demons let out furious cries, turning into two scarlet shadows as they lunged forward. Divine light spilled from their feathers and suppressed the five-colored sword radiance.

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All of the Heaven Demons had been temporarily held back, leaving Shi Lan free of any worries behind her. She completely let loose.

Killing intent surged like a furious tidal wave, drowning the entire sky. The Scarlet Crow War Halberd’s artifact spirit fully awakened, its edge becoming even fiercer as it locked onto the divine phoenix before her.

Every war weapon longed to bathe in the blood of powerful beings to strengthen itself. The Scarlet Crow War Halberd was naturally no exception.

…

Boom!

A thunderous explosion erupted across the battlefield. A massive figure was blasted backward, crashing into the floating island on which the golden hall stood and sending earth and rock flying everywhere.

A halberd wound so deep that bone was visible slashed across its left wing. Divine phoenix blood poured out like a raging river, flooding over the golden hall.

Shi Lan stood in the void with halberd in hand, her hair streaming loose behind her. The Demon Emperor before her was far weaker than she had imagined. After only a few dozen exchanges, signs of defeat had already appeared.

Compared to the divine phoenix, whose wingspan stretched for thousands of miles, her primordial spirit golden body was insignificant in size, but the power it contained was not the least bit weaker.

A flash of divine light passed, and the divine phoenix shrank in size, transforming into a woman in red. Blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, her left arm was nearly severed, and the imperial domain around her body wavered, almost collapsing.

She had only recently broken through, had not yet undergone the cleansing of lightning tribulation, and had fought battle after battle. Her foundation was unstable to begin with, making her unsuited for such fierce combat.

If this continued, her imperial domain would inevitably collapse, and death would be her only end.

The woman in red showed not the slightest change in expression, staring fixedly at Shi Lan’s face.

That face was far too similar to Qinglan.

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Although their auras were completely different, making it obvious at a glance that they were two different people, there could not be such a coincidence in this world.

Shi Lan raised the halberd again without a word. The formidable battle power she possessed right now came from immortal herbs and secret arts, and she could not maintain it for long.

The three Heavenlords at her side were also under tremendous pressure. They had already begun burning their own small worlds. The battle had to be ended quickly.

Crack—

Just as Shi Lan was about to make her move, the sky-curtain beneath her feet shattered at once, tearing open a gigantic gap. Six Divine Phoenix clan Heaven Demons led the way, followed closely by more than a dozen other Heaven Demons.

Only half the time it took to drink a cup of tea had passed since Shi Lan made her move, yet aside from Qinglan and the protectors by Tu Shan Yuqi’s side, all the remaining Heaven Demons had already arrived above the sky-curtain.

“How can they be this fast?!”

Tian Xuanjing, who was still contending with two Heaven Demons, flashed with alarm in his eyes.

Shi Lan’s gaze darkened, and the muscles in her arm suddenly tightened.

The Scarlet Crow War Halberd shot out like an arrow loosed from the string, instantly piercing through the red-clad woman’s chest. The immense force wrapped around it nailed her to the red-gold ground in front of the hall.

Inside the hall, the hazy light and shadows suddenly surged violently and swallowed the red-clad woman’s figure.

An instant later, only a black halberd remained on the ground. The red-clad woman was nowhere to be seen.

Shi Lan’s fingers tightened slightly, her eyes dim and unreadable. The red-clad woman had not resisted at all just now. She had done it on purpose.