Chapter 421: Blocking the Celestial Realm
The Dragon Tamer carried them forward along the Surging River, flying past the Dense Water Pass and entering the Great Ruins. As they swam near Inlaid Dragon City, they saw the waters churning behind them, and another flood dragon burst forth from the river.
"My lord, I am bound by my oath and cannot leave the Surging River. The pact with the Earth Lord locks me here; leaving would mean certain death. You wish to go to the Star Sea, but I cannot go there."
The Dragon Tamer submerged into the Surging River and said, "However, I can have the Flood Dragon King God take you there."
That flood dragon's body was almost the same color as the river water—it was indeed the Flood Dragon King God. The Flood Dragon King God's strength was extremely formidable, no less than the Dragon Tamer's. With him carrying Qin Mu and the others into the Great Ruins, they could also be protected from the darkness.
Qin Mu led Si Yunxiang and Yan Jingjing onto the Flood Dragon King God's back, while Hu Ling'er perched on his shoulder. The little flood dragons called out "Maha maha" as they climbed onto the Flood Dragon King God, acting very affectionate.
The Dragon Qilin also jumped up, showing considerable reverence for this Flood Dragon King God.
The Flood Dragon King God's body coiled and leaped, heading straight for the Star Sea.
Qin Mu looked back. The people on the Divine Severance Mountain Range were no longer visible, but above, stars were rapidly approaching.
Suddenly, on the Divine Severance Mountain Range, it seemed as though beacon fires lit up on each peak, extremely dazzling. The flames connected across the sky into a single line. This scene was very beautiful, adorning the otherwise monotonous darkness of the Great Ruins with poetic charm.
The Flood Dragon King God carried them into the Star Sea Abyss, and the sight of the Divine Severance Mountain Range was no longer visible.
"Why hasn't the Patriarch arrived yet?" the Dragon Qilin asked, puzzled. "He should be here soon, right?"
Si Yunxiang opened her mouth but said nothing. Qin Mu said, "The night in the Great Ruins is very dangerous. He might be delayed a little. Let's go to the Sun Well first."
The Dragon Qilin nodded and said, "Why did the Saintess just say he couldn't come?"
Si Yunxiang said softly, "It's dark, so naturally he can't come. Fatty Dragon, don't ask anymore."
On the peaks of the Divine Severance Mountain Range, the furnace behind the Mute burned fiercely. The Blind Man's eyes shone like two stars. The Butcher's clothes rustled in the wind as he gripped his saber hilt. The Village Chief floated in the air, his primordial energy manifesting into form, making it seem as though he had grown back his limbs.
Each of them stood on a different peak.
The Cripple and Master Ma were on one peak. Granny Si, the Deaf Man, and the Pharmacist occupied another peak. The old Daoist Master, the old Tathagata, Qingyou Shanren, the Yan Kingdom National Teacher, Yu Zhaoqing, and others each occupied a peak.
Tu Xingfeng, Xuan Shengwu, the Wing King, the Kun King, and the Five Demon Immortals were also of extraordinary strength, each occupying their own peak.
Everyone manifested their primordial spirits. Their primordial spirits were almost condensed into solid form, like gods or demons, standing behind them, quietly awaiting the coming battle.
In the dark starry sky, eighteen stars grew larger and larger, rapidly approaching.
The Village Chief's aura erupted. A sword qi shot up from the peak like an absolute cliff standing between heaven and earth, blocking the path of those stars.
"Sun blazing over the Eastern Sea, a thousand layered waves!"
The Butcher vibrated his saber. The saber light on the peak rose like a great sun. The sound of waves came, and the saber momentum was like the sea. The waves reflected the saber light shooting from the great sun, shining towards the dark sky.
"Truly the number one saber technique in the world! The Heavenly Saber lives up to its reputation!"
Master Ma's body grew larger and larger. A vertical eye grew from his forehead. Like a giant with an Azure Dragon coiled around him, a great sun leaped out behind his head, wind and thunder roaring: "Kua Fu chasing the sun, wind and thunder urgent!"
"Ah ba!"
The Mute put down his wooden box and gave Master Ma a thumbs-up. The box opened, and a box full of silver pellets flowed, ready to change at any moment. Poisonous creatures crawled out of the Pharmacist's medicine basket, spreading out from under his feet like a tide. Suddenly, some spiders jumped between the peaks, weaving webs.
Gradually, those spiders jumped into the air, weaving webs in the sky.
Behind Granny Si, the starry image of the Great Luo Heaven suddenly appeared. The star image grew smaller and smaller, rapidly contracting, and then fell into her palm.
The Cripple, on the other hand, looked around nervously, as if ready to flee at any moment.
"Let's burn some earthly fire!"
Tu Xingfeng laughed loudly. The Divine Severance Mountain Range under his feet suddenly erupted in a volcanic explosion. Tu Xingfeng swung his hammer and struck down. The volcano grew higher and higher, growing spontaneously.
The Kun King laughed heartily: "Three-inch nail, your heroic spirit hasn't diminished! Watch me cut off the starry sky with water!"
Behind him, a massive flood of water suddenly surged into the sky, like an ocean standing between heaven and earth.
"Kun King, lend me a hand!" Xuan Shengwu laughed loudly, revealing his true form. He leaped into the sea, like a turtle-shell boat sailing on the sea surface perpendicular to the ground.
The Wing King extended an arm and shook it vigorously. The arm grew feathers, turning into wings. The wings clanged and turned into wild goose-wing blades.
As for the Five Demon Immortals, the Snake Immortal held a whip, the White Immortal hugged a ball of thread, the Fox Immortal held a pipa, and the Gray Immortal and the Yellow Immortal each carried a sack, one gray and one yellow.
"They're coming!"
The Butcher shouted loudly: "They're trying to force their way through! Be careful, we must stop them! They cannot cross the Divine Severance Mountain Range!"
Those starlights became faster and larger, forming a straight line, like eighteen comets crashing into the sea surface erected by the Kun King. It seemed they would pierce through this ocean suspended in the air.
The Butcher's saber light moved. Countless saber lights shone on the sea surface. In an instant, the saber light reflected, slashing towards those starlights.
A dense, rapid sound of clashing came. The Butcher blocked the first starlight, but the second followed immediately, smashing through the "Sun blazing over the Eastern Sea, a thousand layered waves." The Butcher grunted, was shaken and smashed into the deep sea, using the Kun King's power to neutralize this strike.
The second starlight had just crashed into the sea when it was entangled by silk sprayed from the rear ends of countless running spiders. That starlight, dragging strands of spider silk, smashed onto the sea surface and was frantically pulled by giant spiders, finally being dragged to a halt.
The third and fourth starlights followed closely, crashing into the sea surface one after another with "bang bang" sounds. However, the sea surface suddenly split open, revealing a vast ocean of blood behind it.
One sword strike, the Emperor's blood ocean!
The two starlights had no time to stop and had to grit their teeth and charge into the blood ocean, trying to break through this technique.
Boom, boom.
Two violent collisions came. Two blood-drenched gods and demons, with broken limbs, rushed out from behind this sea of blood, letting out miserable screams.
But they were, after all, extremely powerful. Although they had lost the initiative, gods and demons were still gods and demons. They managed to break through the Village Chief's technique together.
However, what awaited them was still the blood ocean.
One sword strike, the Emperor's blood ocean!
The Yan Kingdom National Teacher vibrated his sword. He also executed the "One sword strike, the Emperor's blood ocean," the same technique as the Village Chief. Although it was the same technique, the two people's moves and methods were somewhat different, and their artistic conceptions were vastly different.
The Yan Kingdom National Teacher had comprehended this technique countless times from the Sword God's back-view sword diagram transformed by the Deaf Man. It could be said to be the enlightenment of his swordsmanship.
The two gods and demons were terrified. They had no retreat and had to charge into this sea of blood-like sword light.
Chi chi chi chi, countless harsh sounds came. Divine blood gushed in the ocean. Several divine bones rolled out of the sword diagram.
Other starlights charged in, crashing into the sword diagram. The Yan Kingdom National Teacher spat blood. The sword diagram was broken. Just as these starlights were about to cross the Divine Severance Mountain Range, the Gray Immortal opened his sack and shook it in the wind. The sack instantly expanded wildly, like a huge hole, absorbing those starlights.
The Gray Immortal quickly tied the sack shut. Just as he was about to kill the gods and demons inside the sack, the sack suddenly exploded, blasting the Gray Immortal flying backward. The Snake Immortal quickly shook her arm, her hand becoming as soft and boneless as a snake, wrapping around the Gray Immortal.
The moment she wrapped around the Gray Immortal, she immediately felt the terrifying power of the Celestial Realm gods and demons inside the Gray Immortal's body. Her face changed drastically. Her arm was twisted into a spiral by that power!
The Snake Immortal tumbled and rolled, spinning wildly, trying desperately to deflect that terrifying force. Seeing the situation was bad, the White Immortal immediately flew forward. Needles from her plate pierced into the bodies of the Snake Immortal and the Gray Immortal one after another, guiding the terrifying power out of their bodies, thus saving their lives.
Pa pa pa—, the sea surface exploded with giant waves. One by one, majestic figures stood on the sea surface. The sea water surged in all directions. Qiao Xingjun, Hua Jun, and Yan Xingjun took the lead, forming a triangular formation, while the other thirteen gods and demons spread out.
These sixteen gods and demons pressed down, causing the Kun King's hands to tremble. He couldn't lift the sea surface. He groaned repeatedly. Suddenly, his arms snapped with a crack.
The sixteen gods and demons continued to press down. The Kun King spat blood and hurriedly leveled the sea.
One by one, mountain peaks emerged from the sea surface. Everyone stood on the peaks of the Divine Severance Mountain Range. Below was the rippling sea water, and beneath the sea water was the mountain body.
This sea was not deep, only about a hundred zhang thick. The turtle-shell boat transformed by Xuan Shengwu sailed upside down on the other side of the sea. The Teng Snake and Xuan Wu's eyes flickered, looking at the reflections of those gods and demons through the sea surface, waiting for the right moment to strike.
The Village Chief's eyebrows and beard were snow-white. He looked at Qiao Xingjun, Hua Jun, and Yan Xingjun and said in a deep voice: "Star Lords, all of you, you should know what consequences will be brought if those treasures are opened. Do you really have to destroy all the people of this Yan Kingdom?"
Qiao Xingjun said expressionlessly: "If you want to blame someone, blame yourselves for not knowing your place, for angering the Celestial Realm, for angering Heaven. Don't blame us. Old Human Emperor, we are just following orders."
The Village Chief said: "No room for negotiation?"
Qiao Xingjun shook his head and said: "Although I hate you all to the bone, I don't hate the common people of this lower realm. I don't want to do this either, but when Yan Feng Emperor killed Jade Lord with a single cannon shot, there was no room for negotiation. Now, changing the laws and changing the Dao has completely severed..."
Xuan Shengwu was on the other side of the sea, arriving at Qiao Xingjun's feet. Suddenly, he burst out. The Teng Snake pierced through the sea, entangling Qiao Xingjun, while Xuan Wu's attack followed closely, only waiting for the Teng Snake to entangle Qiao Xingjun before striking to kill him.
"...the hope of negotiation."
Qiao Xingjun allowed the Teng Snake to entangle his body. Xuan Wu's attack followed closely, but Hua Jun and Yan Xingjun, one on the left and one on the right, inserted a flower and a flute into Xuan Wu's left and right temples, destroying his brain.
The Teng Snake shrieked, trying to rescue him, but Qiao Xingjun's divine sword spun rapidly around the Teng Snake, cutting it into pieces that fell one by one. Qiao Xingjun said calmly: "Only by annihilating this generation of common people will the higher-ups feel at ease."
"Xuan Shengwu!"
The Kun King roared. The golden horn spear in his hand shone with ten thousand rays of light, stabbing towards Qiao Xingjun. Tu Xingfeng gritted his teeth and swung his pointed hammer to attack. Behind Qiao Xingjun, the gods and demons moved together, meeting them.
As they moved, the Blind Man, the Mute, the Five Immortals, the Wing King, and others had no choice but to move as well. The Divine Severance Mountain Range suddenly shook, compressed by the power of everyone's divine abilities, sinking a large section.
At that moment, the Star Sea grew brighter and brighter. Chains clanked and clattered. A sun slowly rose from the Star Sea Abyss, dispelling the surrounding darkness.
— Blizzard affected the high-speed rail, delayed by four hours. So tired, I'm dying. Zhai Zhu is still on the high-speed rail, hasn't arrived in Changsha yet. There are many things to do tomorrow, probably unable to update. Taking a day or two off.