Chapter 1294: Killing a Venerable Lord, Seizing an Imperial Artifact
"You old undying bastard!" Lin Feng cursed inwardly as he stared at Yan Di in the void. When he first met this guy, he could bully him at will, but after obtaining the Void Fire from that Carefree Mountain Villa, this fellow began to transform. Now, having stepped into the Venerable Martial realm, Yan Di was becoming more terrifying by the day.
Because as his strength grew, the abilities Yan Di could use became increasingly powerful. For instance, back when he was at the Mysterious Martial or Heavenly Martial realm, he couldn't wield much power at all, and setting up Sacred Mark formations required the help of Essence Crystals. But now, with just a single step into the void, he seemed to condense the power of Sacred Marks, twisting space and preventing the Golden Body Roc from escaping, allowing him to obliterate it. He was beginning to use the abilities he had a thousand years ago with ease, and as his strength continued to grow, he would become even more terrifying.
After all, this guy was a Great Emperor. Even Martial Emperors of the Eight Wastelands Realm knew far less than he did. In fact, he even had some understanding of Lin Feng's second Martial Soul.
"Battles of this level are completely beyond my ability to participate in. Not to mention Imperial Artifacts, even those Venerable Lord-level figures could crush me with a single slap," Lin Feng murmured to himself. Right now, killing an ordinary Fourth Layer of the Venerable Martial Realm expert shouldn't be a problem, but the Fifth Layer would start to get difficult. Fifth Layer Venerables had likely grasped Fifth Layer Profound Meaning power, making their attacks quite fearsome. As for Venerable Lords, they were beyond what he could imagine right now. Seventh or Eighth Layer Profound Meaning attacks could easily annihilate him, and if they used Profound Meaning divine abilities, their attack power would be even more terrifying.
"Let's see how this guy uses the Nine Nether Demon Lotus to deal with these Venerable Lords!" Lin Feng looked into the void. He didn't even need to watch to know what was happening, since Yan Di was holding one page of his Martial Soul, which was connected to his own soul. Lin Feng was coordinating with Yan Di to control it.
The Qi Family Venerable Lord's expression turned ugly as he swept his gaze over the crowd. A cold snort escaped his lips, and with a thought, another diagram appeared in his palm, radiating a terrifying, rolling power.
"Heaven Devouring Diagram!" The crowd's eyes suddenly focused, staring at the Qi Family Venerable Lord. This was the aura of the Heaven Devouring Diagram.
"Wasn't the Heaven Devouring Diagram already torn apart by the Skyless Sword Emperor's sword? Why has it appeared here again?" The crowd's gazes froze, fixed on the diagram in the Qi Family Martial Emperor's hand.
"Hmph, the Qi family has played a clever game. They had another Heaven Devouring Diagram but kept it hidden, even deliberately saying earlier that it was a pity the diagram was destroyed, just to make us let our guard down so they could come alone to seize the Nine Nether Demon Lotus!" The Wen Family Venerable Lord snorted coldly, and the crowd understood. That was right. Even if the Qi Family Venerable Lord had used the Heaven Devouring Diagram to seize the Nine Nether Demon Lotus earlier, the other Martial Emperor forces wouldn't have let him go easily. So he deliberately held back, only now being forced to use it to snatch the treasure.
"The Heaven Devouring Diagram originally had a pair of male and female diagrams. Only one of them was destroyed," the Qi Family Venerable Lord said coldly. Then his body shot into the sky, charging straight at Yan Di in the void.
"Hmph!" The Wen Family Venerable snorted coldly, his body rising into the air. Clearly, he wasn't about to let the Qi Family Venerable Lord easily obtain the Nine Nether Demon Lotus.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Figures shot into the sky one after another. Terrifying auras began to run rampant. Dazzling Imperial Artifacts started releasing heaven-annihilating power. In an instant, the entire void became chaotic.
"Nine Nether Demon Lotus!" The Qi Family Venerable Lord snorted coldly. His feet lightly stepped forward, executing a Void Step. His figure suddenly vanished from its original position, appearing a hundred meters in front of Yan Di.
"Take it for me!" The Heaven Devouring Diagram expanded wildly. A terrifying devouring power descended, rolling toward Yan Di and the demon land he was supporting.
"Go!" A cold smile flashed in Yan Di's eyes. The demon land he was holding in his hand was suddenly hurled out, smashing toward the Heaven Devouring Diagram. Lin Feng closed his eyes, naturally knowing what to do. With a thought, without waiting for the Heaven Devouring Diagram to act, he actively made the demon land rush toward it. At the same time, the terrifying Nine Nether Demon Lotus was aimed directly at the location of the Heaven Devouring Diagram.
"Boom!" The terrifying demon land, carrying the Nine Nether Demon Lotus, was devoured together. The crowd's expressions froze in an instant, while a sinister smile appeared in the Qi Family Venerable Lord's eyes.
"Explode!" A mocking smile curled at the corners of Yan Di's mouth. As his words fell, a rumbling, terrifying explosion rolled out. Golden light filled the entire void. The Heaven Devouring Diagram was torn apart directly, turning into a curtain of spatial rain. The rain curtain was also tinged with black flames, and the diagram gradually turned to dust within the black fire.
"So terrifying!" The scene made the crowd's eyes stiffen. The Nine Nether Demon Lotus was incredibly fearsome. No one could clash head-on with it. Even Imperial Artifacts couldn't withstand it.
Suddenly, countless gazes fell on Yan Di. They had to kill this Daoist first. The flames used by the Nine Nether Demon Emperor were too terrifying.
"No!" The Qi Family Venerable Lord roared in fury. Another one destroyed. The Qi family's Imperial Artifact, the male and female Heaven Devouring Diagrams, were both completely ruined.
"Whoosh..." Terrifying demon flames surged toward him, leaving the Qi Family Venerable Lord no time to mourn the destruction of the Heaven Devouring Diagram. His feet shifted slightly, causing the void to tremble, and his figure vanished in an instant.
But all he saw was the terrifying demon land madly rushing toward the Qi family members below. His face instantly turned pale.
"Bastard!" Yan Di roared in anger. This bastard Lin Feng was setting him up at a critical moment. Seeing the waves of terrifying attacks coming at him, Yan Di's feet shifted. A hurricane swept through the heavens and earth. Strange patterns seemed to appear on the void where he stepped, and his figure instantly disappeared.
The overwhelming, terrifying power landed on the void where Yan Di had just stood. The violent space destroyed everything, startling Yan Di so much that his eyes rolled back. That little bastard Lin Feng had really screwed him over. He actually used the demon land to wrap the Nine Nether Demon Lotus and go kill people.
On the ground, the Qi family members' faces turned pale one after another. They stared in horror at the demon land descending from the sky, along with the sky-engulfing demon flames. The speed was so fast it took their breath away, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing.
"Run!" The Qi Family Venerable Lord roared from the void.
"No..." It was too late. The demon land's speed was too terrifying. It crashed down from the void directly. Rumbling explosions rolled out. The earth split open with a crack. The Qi Family Venerable Lord standing in the void had a pale face, his heart pounding violently. Annihilated. In that instant, who knew how many Qi family members had been wiped out again. And the Heaven Devouring Diagram was gone too.
After slaughtering the Qi family members, the demon land shot back into the sky in an instant, fast as lightning, heading toward Yan Di's location.
"Kill!" A Roc bird moved at a speed that seemed to have no limit, leaving trails of golden patterns in the void. In its beak, it carried the Demon Emperor Feather. This was the sharpest feather from the Roc Emperor's body. If it swept past, even several Venerable Lord-level figures would have their bodies severed.
"Pfft..." The feather tore through the void, slashing toward Yan Di ahead. Fast—so fast the naked eye couldn't see it.
"Him!" A sharp glint flashed in Yan Di's eyes. Then he stepped again, as if the void itself twisted. That strange pattern reappeared on the void where he stepped, and Yan Di's body seemed to slide away along the twisted space. The incredibly sharp feather passed over the top of his head.
"Come here!" Rumbling sounds rang out. The demon land returned, held in Yan Di's palm.
"Kill him!" Yan Di roared, wanting to slay the Roc bird. Others didn't understand what he meant, but Lin Feng did. With a fierce throw of Yan Di's hand, the demon land, carrying the Nine Nether Demon Lotus, lunged at the Golden Body Roc.
"Screech!" The Roc bird let out a sharp cry, wanting to escape. But at this moment, Qiongqi's eyes were fixed firmly on him.
"What this Emperor has his eyes on, do you think you can escape?" A dazzling, sharp gleam flashed in Yan Di's eyes, eerie and boundless. "Boil!"
With a roar, the void twisted. Endless flames suddenly bloomed in the void, as if they would burn the heavens and earth. The Roc bird's face stiffened. It let out a furious cry, shaking the void as it charged toward the sky-engulfing flames. But it seemed to be trapped within those flames. The crowd's eyes suddenly focused. That was a Sacred Mark formation. This Daoist, whose strength they couldn't gauge, had a control over Sacred Marks that was terrifying to the point of being unbelievable.
"Perish!" Yan Di's eyes blazed like fire. Lin Feng controlled the demon land as it descended. The flames swallowed the Roc bird. Screams shook the heavens. At the same time, Yan Di's body lunged in the opposite direction, suddenly grabbing the dazzling golden feather from the void into his palm. This weapon was good—extremely sharp. It was the sharpest feather from the divine Golden-Winged Great Roc, and it was a Roc Emperor's feather, capable of cutting through anything. This was what he had his eye on.
The other Venerable Lords' hearts trembled violently at the sight of the Roc bird's death. Their expressions turned ugly. Where had this Daoist come from? He had tricked eight Martial Emperors, his control over Sacred Marks was terrifying to a perverse degree, and he had the Nine Nether Demon Lotus and a patch of demon land. No one could block the attack of the Nine Nether Demon Lotus.
"Kill!" The Venerable Lord of the Thunder Emperor Island held a lightning pestle and smashed it toward the demon land. A booming sound rang out. Lin Feng felt his soul tremble. His face turned pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. This page of his Martial Soul, the earth, could have the Demon Lotus planted in it, but it could still be destroyed by attacks.
"Enough. I'm done playing!" Yan Di roared fiercely. The demon land returned, settling back into Yan Di's palm.
"Everyone, wait for me. This Venerable will see you all again very soon!" A proud smile appeared on Yan Di's lips. Then his figure suddenly retreated, gradually becoming illusory. Surprisingly, not many dared to chase after him. In the brief battle just now, the Qi family's Heaven Devouring Diagram was destroyed, the Qi Family Venerable Lord nearly lost his life, the Roc Emperor's feather was taken, and the Roc bird Venerable Lord of the Demon Emperor Hall was obliterated. This Daoist, combined with the demon land and the Nine Nether Demon Lotus, was far too dangerous!
"See you again?" The crowd's expressions stiffened. They hoped they would never see him again!
PS: I don't know why everyone thinks I'm unwilling to have a burst of chapters. In fact, if I do a burst, the biggest beneficiary would be me, Wuhén. Releasing ten chapters in one day is like earning three days' worth of money in one day. Do you think I don't want that? Besides, it's only been seven days since the last burst. Has it really been that long? Every time after a burst, after a few days, everyone starts to feel that three chapters is too little. This kind of illusion really leaves me feeling helpless. Anyway, I'll just focus on writing!