Chapter 1317: The Alliance of Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress
"The Heavenly Dragon Scepter has merged with the Dragon-Transformed Body. The Sovereign Lord of Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress has probably reached a terrifying level now, infinitely close to a true demon dragon—definitely an invincible sovereign lord level figure!" The hearts of the Heavenly Terrace crowd trembled in secret. The black sacred mark just now had annihilated many of their strong ones, but the enemy still had over twenty elites left, their auras surging, their cultivation levels all terrifyingly formidable.
As for Heavenly Terrace, aside from a few personal disciples of Martial Emperors, there were truly not many who could contend with them. And that strong one who had transformed into a demon dragon was enough to oppose Hou Qinglin. Heavenly Terrace's strength still seemed somewhat insufficient.
At this moment, the dragon-transformed strong one fixed his gaze on Hou Qinglin. Those enormous eyes seemed capable of enveloping a person entirely, appearing extremely demonic, evoking a sense of insignificance in others.
"Hou Qinglin, even if you've stepped into the Sovereign Lord realm, what does it matter? With your strength, you're still far off. Mu Chen—has he come or not?" This dragon-transformed strong one directly challenged Mu Chen, as if eager to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.
"Dealing with you doesn't require Senior Brother to come in person," Hou Qinglin said calmly. The dragon-transformed strong one snorted coldly, and a furious roar burst forth. The overwhelming dragon's roar could shatter mountain peaks. A surge of heaven-and-earth-shaking airwaves rushed toward the Heavenly Terrace strong ones. At the same time, the demon dragon body also moved, charging straight at Hou Qinglin. Only Hou Qinglin, who had stepped into the Sovereign Lord realm, was his true enemy.
The soaring body charged into the sky above the Heavenly Terrace crowd. The massive claws beneath its belly suddenly struck down toward Hou Qinglin, like heavenly pillars collapsing from the firmament.
"Spread out!" Hou Qinglin shouted. Instantly, the Heavenly Terrace crowd rapidly widened the distance between each other. The fluctuations from a battle between strong ones were too terrifying. This demon dragon had a massive body and ferocious attacks. If the Heavenly Terrace people didn't separate, while he dealt with Hou Qinglin, he could also sweep his giant tail at the others.
"Little monk, today I will send you to meet the Buddha!" Before Tian Chi, a strong one from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress appeared, also a Sovereign Lord level figure. Although he hadn't fully transformed into a demon dragon, his entire body was covered in a layer of dragon armor, ferocious and terrifying, brimming with a sense of power.
Tian Chi seemed not to hear the other's words. He pressed his palms together, chanting Sanskrit sounds from his mouth. His entire body blazed with golden light. Behind him, a Buddha statue materialized, its Buddha light illuminating the void, as if filled with endless gold.
"Kill!" The Sovereign Lord roared. Without using any divine ability, his arm, covered in demon dragon armor, suddenly extended, striking toward Tian Chi. The void trembled, demonic aura wild and untamed. Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress specialized in transformation techniques, revering the demon dragon. Compared to other forces, they had one distinct characteristic: their physical bodies were incredibly powerful—they were dragon-transformed.
However, Tian Chi did not evade. The Sanskrit sounds continued. The Buddha statue behind him moved, as if the void itself surged along with it. The thick, golden Buddha arm, as if forged from gold, smashed toward the opponent's demon dragon arm. At the moment of collision, the void trembled countless times in an instant. A deathly aura turned into a solid light curtain, scattering in all directions. If anyone had been nearby, they would likely have been directly obliterated.
It wasn't just this side. The sky above this mountain range had become a true battlefield. Everyone had found their opponents and was engaged in fierce battle. However, the number of strong ones from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress was clearly greater than that of Heavenly Terrace. As for those whose strength was insufficient, Tian Chi had long since had them board the Void Sail and leave the battlefield. They had their own futures; now was not yet the time for them to fight.
Lin Feng had not left. At this moment, he stood on Qiongqi's back, the Celestial Fate Sword in his hand, his eyes cold, staring at the three strong ones surrounding him.
Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress had sent three strong ones to kill him, and their cultivation levels were, respectively, two at the Fifth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm and one at the Sixth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm. They really thought highly of him!
"Old fellow, let's make a run for it!" Lin Feng swept his gaze across the battlefield. Heavenly Terrace was indeed at a disadvantage, even Hou Qinglin included. After all, Second Senior Brother had only just stepped into the Sovereign Lord realm. However, the opponent was a Sovereign Lord who had merged with an Imperial Artifact, an invincible Sovereign Lord level figure. But although the opponent's fused Imperial Artifact, the Heavenly Dragon Scepter, could elevate that Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress Sovereign Lord's combat power to a terrifying level, Hou Qinglin wasn't clashing head-on with him. If he wanted to kill Hou Qinglin, it would be far from simple.
"Alright!" A hint of cunning flashed in Qiongqi's eyes. He suddenly soared into the air, retreating without fighting, and fled into the distance with a roar. His speed was extremely fast. As his thick four hooves trod upon the void, they seemed to carry a mysterious intent, leaving behind faint, peculiar pattern fluctuations in the void. However, these dissipated in an instant, undetectable by others.
"Chase!" The three strong ones from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress gritted their teeth and pursued Lin Feng. They hadn't expected that beast to be so fast.
If one looked closely, they would notice that the faces of these three twitched slightly at this moment, as if they were reluctant to chase. Because they all knew that Lin Feng still had the Skyless Sword as a trump card. However, today, several people were on Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress's must-kill list, and Lin Feng was one of them. They had no choice but to pursue.
Soon, Lin Feng and his beast reached an area several hundred li away. Feeling the three relentlessly chasing behind him, a cold gleam flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. He transmitted his voice to Qiongqi: "Old fellow, this isn't the time for games. You need to help me out a bit. Those three are all strong ones from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress. Even a Fifth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm is hard for me to deal with, so you'll have to step in and handle them."
"Don't worry. Release your domain power, and I, the Emperor, will help you kill all three of them!" Qiongqi knew why Lin Feng had lured them here. Although he had refined the Nine Nether Demon Lotus, many of the techniques derived from it couldn't be shown to others. Otherwise, if word got out, everyone would know he was the Daoist who had swindled the Eight Emperors.
"Understood!" Lin Feng's body suddenly stopped. He turned his gaze, looking at the three figures chasing after him, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
Seeing the cold smile in Lin Feng's eyes, the three felt a sense of unease. They were very wary of Lin Feng's Skyless Sword being drawn. But they had no choice.
"Kill!" The three bodies shot toward Lin Feng. The void echoed with the furious roar of a demon dragon. Ferocious dragon arms shook the void, like heaven-destroying dragon claws, aiming to tear Lin Feng's head apart.
However, they saw no trace of panic in Lin Feng's eyes. Instead, the corner of his mouth curled into a strange, demonic arc.
"Boom!" The arms tore through the void, but Lin Feng's body suddenly appeared not far in front of them, as if teleporting through the void, silent and without a trace.
"Heavenly Demon Domain!" With a thought, the world turned pitch black. All three strong ones from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress were enveloped within the domain, demonic qi churning.
"Break it open!" A cold snort was spat out.
"Ah..." A miserable, piercing scream shook within the domain. One of them was covered in a mass of pitch-black demonic fire, burning to nothingness.
The other two's faces instantly turned deathly pale. They stared at the figure that had appeared within the domain. It wasn't Lin Feng, but a Daoist holding demonic flames in his hand—the legendary Daoist!
Soon, two more screams rang out in succession. When the Heavenly Demon Domain disappeared, Lin Feng held several Storage Rings in his hand, pocketing them without any courtesy. As for the three from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress, they had long since turned to ashes.
"Nice work, Pseudo-Emperor. Let's go back!" Lin Feng said with a faint smile. He and his beast returned to the battlefield. The great battle had made that entire space extremely turbulent. When the strong ones from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress saw Lin Feng appear here, their hearts trembled. Had those three been killed by Lin Feng?
"What's going on?" Doubt arose in the hearts of the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress strong ones. They hadn't sensed the terrifying aura of the Skyless Sword. So how had Lin Feng made three strong ones disappear?
"Hou Qinglin, what you're wearing—is that the Seven Feather Plume?" The demon dragon's mouth spat out a rumbling sound. His Imperial Artifact was the Heavenly Dragon Scepter, allowing him to perfectly transform and possess terrifying attack power—invincible attack power below the Martial Emperor realm.
But Hou Qinglin was wearing a speed feather garment, the Imperial Artifact Seven Feather Plume, making his speed elusive and untraceable. Using this speed, Hou Qinglin had already killed five strong ones from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress in succession, all in the gaps between fighting him. He had invincible attacks but couldn't catch up to Hou Qinglin. Moreover, whenever he tried to kill someone from Heavenly Terrace, Hou Qinglin would flash over and take that person away.
The Imperial Artifact Hou Qinglin had brought seemed deliberately aimed at countering his Heavenly Dragon Scepter.
"You're not stupid," Hou Qinglin said coldly. Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress wanted to wipe out Heavenly Terrace in one fell swoop—how could it be that easy? By now, Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress had already lost seven or eight strong ones, while not a single person from Heavenly Terrace had died.
"I thought it would be the Skyless Sword. It seems Heavenly Terrace never considered the Skyless Sword as part of the plan!" The enormous eyes fell on Lin Feng. The Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress strong one's eyes gleamed with cold light. "It seems someone guessed correctly. Lin Feng's Skyless Sword can't be used indefinitely. There must be conditions, right?"
As the dragon-transformed Sovereign Lord's words fell, Lin Feng's heart trembled. Had someone figured it out?
Indeed, after fighting many times, flaws would eventually show. Someone had guessed before, and now, with Lin Feng not using the Skyless Sword in a battle of this scale, the dragon-transformed Sovereign Lord's deduction was quite reasonable.
"Lin Feng, how many more times can you use your Skyless Sword?" The dragon-transformed Sovereign Lord asked again. A cold smile appeared in Lin Feng's eyes. "Maybe I'll tell you when you're about to die."
"Is that so? If you don't use it today, you might not get another chance," the dragon-transformed Sovereign Lord said coldly. Then, his enormous dragon claw extended, and a spatial chart appeared there. The dazzling spatial chart floated into the void, and then figures stepped out from within it. Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. So it was them!
"I don't care about the grudge between Heavenly Terrace and Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress, but today, the Qi family demands Lin Feng's life!" A domineering voice rolled out from the void. The figures that had stepped out were none other than the strong ones of the Qi family!
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