Chapter 637: Fighting Up to the Three Hundredth Floor
Red Creek’s gaze swept across Qin Mu, his pupils abruptly constricting. It was clear that seeing Qin Mu reminded him of the Woodcutter Sage, and of being toyed with and manipulated.
That time he had ambushed the Woodcutter Sage, he had been beaten severely. The Woodcutter Sage had directly sent him to the territory of the Heavenly Demon race of the Grand Emperor Heaven, and he had nearly died there.
If he hadn’t encountered Ban Gongcuo, that master of escape, he would likely have died at the hands of the demons.
He shifted his gaze to the First Ancestor Human Sovereign, and his heart suddenly twitched violently, as if an invisible heavy pressure was crushing his heart.
It was an illusion created by the First Ancestor Human Sovereign’s aura. This person seemed to be wedged between collapsing heaven and earth, utterly alone. That profound sense of loneliness and self-reproach was so intense that even Red Creek was affected by it.
“Are you a god from the Kaicheng Era, or a god from the Shanghuang Era?” Red Creek steadied himself and asked.
“Kaicheng.”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign was somewhat troubled by the overly curious Qin Mu, and said softly, “The divine arts and techniques of the Chiming Era are indeed outstanding and admirable. However, this fellow Daoist, I think you can also see that you can no longer awaken these friends of yours. Their divine souls have been lost for too long; they cannot wake up.”
Red Creek’s eyelids twitched, and his voice was hoarse as he sneered, “Could it be that you were the one who struck, ambushing these old friends of mine?”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign frowned. Apart from Red Creek’s words making him somewhat uncomfortable, Qin Mu was also making him uneasy. Qin Mu had already moved close to those circular wheels and was measuring and calculating the runic symbols on them, trying to deduce the mysteries contained within these Creation divine arts.
From Red Creek’s words, he could clearly sense hostility. For Qin Mu to step forward at this moment was perhaps too trusting of his own strength.
Qin Mu was full of confidence in him, but the First Ancestor himself dared not have such strong confidence.
This was a divine city from the Chiming Era. Judging by the layout, it should be some heavenly palace of the Chiming Heavenly Court that had been submerged in the Southern Sea. Red Creek the divine man had endured countless hardships to return here and had come directly to this place. There should not only be the Creation Divine Wheels here, but also other powerful divine weapons!
The divine weapons used by the Chiming Heavenly Court to guard the heavenly palace must be extremely formidable. He just didn’t know if Red Creek the divine man had gotten his hands on them!
“Fellow Daoist, you misunderstand.”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign’s expression was calm as he said, “I did not strike against your friends. Rather, your Chiming Era studied the physical body and achieved extremely high attainments in it. However, your attainments in souls, spirit embryos, and primordial spirits are somewhat lacking. Your friends here have been transformed into alien species for too long, causing their souls and primordial spirits to also undergo mutation.”
A fierce light flickered in Red Creek’s eyes, and he chuckled darkly, “Your attainments in Creation divine arts are very high?”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign said, “I am not that accomplished. However, I have met a master in the Kaicheng Heavenly Court. His research in physical Creation arts is not as good as that of the Chiming Era, but he specializes in the Creation arts of souls, spirit embryos, and primordial spirits, and his achievements are extraordinary. I have also learned some.”
Qin Mu’s heart stirred: “Could it be the Woodcutter Saint Teacher? The Great Nurturing Demon Scripture contains seven chapters on Creation, all of which are Creation arts. The Woodcutter Sage must have astonishing attainments in Creation arts!”
“In my opinion, perhaps in three to five years, some of your clansmen might wake up, but most will never awaken.”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign said with utmost sincerity, “The Chiming Era and the Kaicheng Era share the same enemy. I hope you, fellow Daoist, will set aside your hostility. If you join forces with us, we might have a good start. I have learned a portion of shallow Creation arts, and I might be able to reverse the souls and primordial spirits of your clansmen and save some of them.”
Red Creek took a step forward and shouted, “If you have the ability to save my clansmen, then show it! Are you being stingy and unwilling to hand it over?”
His left head sneered, “That’s right, he’s trying to blackmail us! He has Creation arts and is using them to coerce us into being his slaves and conquering the world for him!”
His right head roared angrily, “Let’s cut off his head, search his soul and extract his memories, and then we can get his Creation arts!”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign frowned and shook his head, “You are being unreasonable.”
Qin Mu turned back and said, “First Ancestor, I already told you long ago that the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily a friend. The Saint Teacher once said that the people of the Chiming Era cultivate physical combat techniques, and they often rely on force to settle matters. This Red Creek is even the executioner of the Chiming Heavenly Court, a man who stops at nothing. If you defeat him, everything can be discussed. If you cannot defeat him, he will defeat you, cut off your head, and extract your soul for research.”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign frowned even deeper, but he patiently said, “Fellow Daoist, we share a common enemy and should join forces. To be honest, this Qin Human Sovereign is the link connecting the Kaicheng Era and the Yankang Era, and he is also the rare Overlord Body in this world…”
“Overlord Body?”
Red Creek showed a look of shock. His right head turned to look at Qin Mu and blurted out, “This kid is the Overlord Body? The legendary Overlord Body? Legend has it that over four hundred thousand years ago, in the Longhan Era, there was an Overlord Body who appeared…”
Qin Mu felt extremely pleased inside: “The Village Chief is indeed knowledgeable and well-informed. He even knows that the Overlord Body appeared in the Longhan Era over four hundred thousand years ago.”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign said, “Since you also know about the Overlord Body, then we should sit down and talk…”
“I don’t trust anyone! Even less do I trust you and that cunning, treacherous Overlord Body brat! Even less will I be a stepping stone for your Kaicheng Era and the struggling Yankang Era!”
Red Creek roared, and his aura suddenly exploded: “My Chiming Era will make a comeback and once again rule the world! Both Yankang and Kaicheng will submit! Hand over the Creation arts, and I will spare your life and make you my follower!”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign suddenly relaxed and shook his head, “Fellow Daoist, this is no longer the Chiming Era. Using the divine arts and techniques of the Chiming Era against me, you have no chance of winning.”
Red Creek’s divine art suddenly erupted, and he struck a palm towards Qin Mu. The moment his divine art was activated, the First Ancestor Human Sovereign’s Heaven and Earth Seal directly smashed into the Creation Divine Wheel. With a thunderous roar, Red Creek’s figure vanished, and a grand hall a hundred zhang behind him exploded!
Boom, boom, boom—
Along that straight line, temple after temple, palace after palace exploded in succession. Dozens of divine palaces and halls were crushed to dust by the immense force, and tall towers and pavilions snapped in half, collapsing with a thunderous rumble.
Ban Gongcuo, who was lying on the ground, was stunned, utterly dazed.
Qin Mu said to him gently, “Great Venerable, no need to be surprised. If you had attacked me with divine arts from over three hundred thousand years ago, the result would have been the same.”
Ban Gongcuo’s face changed drastically, and his figure vanished in a flash.
Red Creek the divine man crashed backward an unknown distance before finally stopping. He let out a sharp roar: “Chiming Town Heaven Tower! Come forth!”
The earth trembled violently, and the ground cracked open with a loud crack. Precious light gushed out from the underground fissures. The cracks were extremely irregular, and the precious light shining out from underground was also very irregular, as brilliant as the aurora in the polar regions.
Suddenly, the earth bulged, as if some colossal object was slowly rising from beneath the ground.
A magnificent tower, a thousand zhang tall, rose up, towering high. After thirty-five thousand years, the precious tower was still radiant and new, its precious light illuminating the sea for a thousand li in a riot of colors.
Qin Mu looked at it in surprise, his gaze becoming dazed.
He saw that under the eaves of each floor of that Town Heaven Tower, countless divine weapons of all kinds were hanging!
Not only were divine weapons hanging under the eaves, but on each floor, a powerful divine weapon was enshrined!
Those divine weapons emitted a soul-shaking tremor. Wave after wave of divine weapon aura almost became tangible, constantly overflowing from the tower!
This tower had as many as a thousand floors. The number of divine weapons hanging under the eaves was incalculable, and the divine weapons enshrined within the tower also numbered a thousand, presumably the treasures guarding each floor!
Qin Mu murmured, “If I could take this away and bring it to Yankang, its value would probably be enough to make the Emperor abdicate…”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign glared at him, then strode towards the Town Heaven Tower: “Don’t run around. Stay here, and don’t even think about plotting against this tower. Just study your Creation divine arts honestly!”
Qin Mu acknowledged, but his eyes were still fixed on that dazzling tower.
On the other side, Red Creek the divine man rose and fell several times, arriving at the first floor of the divine tower. He took down the divine weapon enshrined there—a divine blade. Red Creek picked up the divine blade from the altar, and another divine blade appeared on the altar.
Red Creek grabbed this divine blade again, and another divine blade appeared on the altar. Red Creek grabbed it six times in succession before no more divine blades appeared on the altar.
Qin Mu looked into the tower from afar and called out loudly, “First Ancestor, the divine weapons of the Chiming Era often come in sets of six!”
“Got it!”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign walked into the tower, just as Red Creek the divine man charged at him wielding six divine blades. With a deafening crash, Red Creek the divine man staggered back into the tower.
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign stepped into the first floor. Suddenly, Red Creek’s blade technique unfolded, and the countless divine weapons hanging under the eaves of the first floor erupted with power, all blasting towards the First Ancestor inside the tower!
Qin Mu focused on studying the runic symbols on the Creation Divine Wheels, taking out paper and brush to copy them one by one. Not far away, Ban Gongcuo’s figure appeared at some point. Seeing the scene inside the tower, he couldn’t help but cheer: “Kill him well!”
Boom—
Countless divine weapons shattered, and fragments of divine weapons shot out in all directions. With a continuous *thud thud thud*, they pierced through countless palaces around them.
Ban Gongcuo quickly ducked his head, terrified.
Without looking back, Qin Mu said, “Great Venerable, don’t underestimate the first Human Sovereign of the Human Sovereign Hall. Red Creek has this Chiming Era heavenly palace, but the First Ancestor Human Sovereign also controls the Human Sovereign Hall. The secrets behind the Human Sovereign Hall are no less than those of this Chiming Heavenly Palace.”
As he spoke, Red Creek had already retreated to the second floor. The next moment, countless divine weapons on the second floor exploded, turning into dust.
Two figures fought within the tower. Red Creek retreated step by step, struggling to defend.
Ban Gongcuo looked up and glanced, then blurted out, “That Human Sovereign didn’t use any divine weapon! He’s fighting with his bare hands, smashing even the heavy treasures that guard this Chiming heavenly palace!”
Qin Mu’s heart trembled. He quickly looked towards the Chiming Town Heaven Tower and indeed saw the First Ancestor Human Sovereign, bare-handed, using the Heaven and Earth Seal technique to clash with all kinds of divine weapons. He was the sovereign between heaven and earth. Even if heaven and earth collapsed, as long as he didn’t fall, the sky wouldn’t fall and the earth wouldn’t sink!
“The Heaven and Earth Seal is indeed powerful.”
Qin Mu glanced at it, then looked away and continued studying the runic symbols: “But it’s still not as good as my sword technique.”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign fought Red Creek the divine man all the way up to the three hundredth floor of the tower, and a hint of joy arose in his heart: “When Qin Human Sovereign sees my Seal technique like this, he will definitely change his mind and beg me to teach it to him!”
—The Village Chief and the Medicine Master were drinking tea at the village entrance, glancing at the pig hanging upside down. The Butcher was sharpening his knife. The Medicine Master said, “Is killing a pig to beg for monthly votes really useful?”
The Village Chief said, “It’s useful. I guarantee it will definitely bring in monthly votes!”