Chapter 2372: Their Respective Battlefields
The attack formation of the main clan star was no mere decoration. Even a Thousand Questions Realm Great Saint, if struck within the formation, would most likely fall.
Therefore, Wind Queen was certain that Yan Huangtu had suffered severe injuries.
If she could take this opportunity to expel him from the Heaven Hunting Battlefield, with such a glorious achievement, if she did not become the Divine Maiden, who else would be qualified?
Yan Huangtu had been fleeing all along, unable to heal his injuries.
His condition worsened, growing weaker and weaker.
The two chased and fled, soon entering the deep space zone.
"Yan Huangtu, withdraw from the battlefield voluntarily! If you let your injuries continue to worsen, it will inevitably affect your cultivation progress over the next few decades. You don't want Yan Wushen to surpass you from behind, do you?" Wind Queen said.
She knew very well what kind of pressure it was to have a younger powerhouse from the same clan emerge who was more outstanding than oneself.
Of course, Wind Queen's pressure did not come from her own clan.
Although Zhang Ruochen was charging forward with great momentum, stealing all the limelight from the same generation of the Undying Blood Clan, he was after all a man. No matter how fast he rose, it would not affect Wind Queen.
Wind Queen's pressure came from within the Destiny Temple.
It was Bore. Bore was the one who made her feel pressured, the competitor she felt she must eliminate as quickly as possible. If she were surpassed by Bore, Wind Queen would be extremely uncomfortable.
Wind Queen believed that Yan Huangtu must also feel such pressure from Yan Wushen.
Suddenly, Yan Huangtu, who had been fleeing at top speed, stopped, turned around, and looked toward Wind Queen.
"He's not running anymore. It seems he wants to make a final stand," Wind Queen thought to herself.
Yan Huangtu's decision not to flee was the correct move.
Continuing to flee would only make him weaker.
Now, at least, he still had the strength to fight.
If he could severely wound Wind Queen within three to five moves, he would be in an invincible position and would not need to keep running.
Conversely, if he could not take down Wind Queen in a short time, Yan Huangtu could still choose to withdraw from the Heaven Hunting Battlefield.
In Wind Queen's view, Yan Huangtu must be thinking this way.
If it were before, when Wind Queen had not refined the Quasi-Emperor Grade Sacred Intent Pill, had not cultivated a Third-Rank Sacred Intent, and had not absorbed the Blood Shadow Ghost Seed, she truly would not have been confident in blocking Yan Huangtu's strongest attacks for three to five moves.
But with her current strength, even if Yan Huangtu were not injured, she was confident she could contend with him for a while.
The moment to prove herself had arrived!
Wind Queen smiled, maneuvered her silver wings, and flew forward at high speed.
"Excellent. Today, I will personally defeat you and shatter the legendary aura surrounding you, Yan Huangtu."
Even though Yan Huangtu was severely injured, Wind Queen still did not dare to underestimate him. She focused all her mental energy on him, her nerves taut, cautious to the extreme.
The two were a thousand miles apart.
Getting closer and closer.
Just as Wind Queen closed to within a hundred miles, a faint, contemptuous smile appeared on Yan Huangtu's face.
Countless beings in the world wanted to defeat him to make a name for themselves, but unfortunately, the vast majority had already turned to ashes.
Seeing the smile on Yan Huangtu's face, Wind Queen's expression changed.
Because she cultivated the Path of Fate, her alertness was extremely high, and she sensed an extremely dangerous aura.
"Swoosh——"
Above Wind Queen and Yan Huangtu, in the vast starry sky, a colossal, boundless scarlet skeleton appeared, exuding deathly stillness. The two below were as insignificant as dust.
It was Yan Hong Great Saint's true form, a divine bone body eighteen hundred miles tall.
The divine bone skeleton struck down with all its might, a palm strike that also activated the power of the Supreme Sacred Artifact ring on its finger. It was Yan Hong Great Saint's strongest attack.
Its aim was to kill Wind Queen completely.
"Boom!"
Unable to escape, Wind Queen's body, as if made of porcelain, was shattered inch by inch by the palm strike.
Not only her body, which turned into a cloud of blood mist, but even her Great Saint bones were all broken.
In a direct confrontation, even if Yan Hong Great Saint wielded a Supreme Sacred Artifact, defeating Wind Queen would have been somewhat difficult. But under a sneak attack, Wind Queen was killed instantly.
The eighteen-hundred-mile-tall divine bone body shrank, becoming a pink skeleton the size of a normal person, landing not far from Yan Huangtu.
Yan Huangtu immediately distanced himself a bit from the pink skeleton.
"Wind Queen has fallen. Congratulations, Yan Hong Great Saint. You are one step closer to the position of Divine Maiden," Yan Huangtu said.
Though the pink skeleton was a dry bone body, it had long flowing hair. It gently stroked its hair with a finger and walked toward where the blood mist was gathering, saying, "The vitality of an Undying Blood Clan Great Saint is strong. That bitch may not be completely dead yet. We must destroy her Sacred Source, extinguish her Sacred Soul and spiritual will thoughts, and it would be best to burn and evaporate all her Sacred Blood as well."
The vitality of a Great Saint was far stronger than that of a Saint King.
The pink skeleton and Wind Queen had been rivals within the Destiny Temple for hundreds of years, their grudges deep. Once an opportunity presented itself, they would not hesitate to grind the other's bones to dust and torture them to death with the cruelest methods.
Suddenly, the pink skeleton stopped, the bone fire in its eye sockets flickering.
Yan Huangtu sensed something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"
"No Sacred Source, not even a Sacred Heart. How is that possible? That is... a Heavenly Fate Feather. She actually obtained a Heavenly Fate Feather..." the pink skeleton said.
In the blood mist floated a three-foot-long white feather.
On the white feather, numerous Fate Divine Patterns emerged, absorbing all the blood mist in that space.
"Shua!"
The white feather turned into a beam of white light and flew out at high speed.
"Stop her!"
The pink skeleton shouted. In an instant, the pink deathly aura on its body was released, forming a spherical barrier.
Yan Huangtu stomped his foot, and Yama Qi spread out, turning into a world scroll radiating golden light.
"Bang, bang."
The Heavenly Fate Feather burst forth with astonishing speed, its penetrating power even more remarkable. It broke through the unformed pink barrier and the golden world scroll, flying rapidly into the distance.
Wind Queen's form recondensed, standing on the feather. Her skin was deathly pale, and her aura was weak. She thought to herself, "That bitch Pink Skeleton's sneak attack was too powerful. Fortunately, I refined the Sacred Blood Shadow, which greatly increased my spiritual power and Sacred Soul strength. Otherwise, even if the Heavenly Fate Feather could protect my Sacred Source, my Sacred Soul and spiritual will thoughts would have been shattered."
The pink skeleton immediately went to pursue Wind Queen, but Yan Huangtu did not.
During the Heaven Hunting Battle, Wind Queen's injuries would certainly not heal. She had become an insignificant figure. He had more important things to do.
"Destroying the clansmen on the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star is the top priority."
Yan Huangtu's gaze turned toward the direction of the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star.
In his field of vision, the blood-red planet was as large as a jade plate.
"Shua——"
A streak of light cut across the starry sky and landed in Yan Huangtu's hand.
It was a Message Light Talisman.
The Message Light Talisman was sent by Yan Wushen, containing a spatial coordinate.
"Good, very good. With this spatial coordinate, the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star will soon become a dead star," Yan Huangtu said with a long laugh.
Having cultivated for so many years, Yan Huangtu rarely truly became angry. But the battle at the Yama Clan's main clan star last time had enraged him beyond measure.
He had never suffered such humiliation. Not only had he been thoroughly embarrassed, but he had also caused the Yama Clan to lose all face.
This grudge must be avenged.
This humiliation must be washed away with the blood of the Undying Blood Clan and the Shura Clan.
Since Yan Wushen had already destroyed the Shura Clan's main clan star, then he, Yan Huangtu, would destroy the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star, no matter the cost.
The spatial coordinate sent by Yan Wushen was the coordinate of the Space Teleportation Array on the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star.
Although the Undying Blood Clan had set up formations to seal the space, they had not sealed the Space Teleportation Array they themselves had arranged.
With this coordinate, Yan Huangtu could directly descend onto the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star.
As for where Yan Wushen had obtained the spatial coordinate, it was actually simple. Several Great Saints of the Undying Blood Clan knew this coordinate, as it was convenient for returning to the main clan star. Yan Wushen only needed to capture one of them, and with his methods, obtaining the spatial coordinate would be effortless.
Yan Huangtu sat cross-legged, circulating his technique. The golden bones exposed on his body emitted dazzling light. Countless Nine Dragon Divine Patterns surged out of his body, coiling around him like myriad flood dragons.
The flesh and blood on his body grew rapidly.
In a short while, his external injuries healed, and no wounds could be seen.
Before entering the Heaven Hunting Battlefield, Yan Huangtu had swallowed a Quasi-Emperor Grade healing pill, which had been suspended inside his skull. Once injured, the pill's energy would be released.
In just one hour, Yan Huangtu's injuries had recovered by fifty to sixty percent.
"Wind Queen actually thought that this little injury could affect my cultivation progress for the next few decades. Little does she know that with the aid of a Quasi-Emperor Grade healing pill, no matter how severe the injury, I can recover in a short time."
Quasi-Emperor Grade Sacred Pills were each priced astronomically high, not something ordinary Great Saints could afford.
Back then, the Divine Travel Pill auctioned in the Star Sea World was merely a "Half-King Grade Sacred Pill," and a single one had been auctioned for twenty pieces of Divine Stone.
A Quasi-Emperor Grade Sacred Pill was far more precious than a Divine Travel Pill. Without several thousand pieces of Divine Stone, one could not even think about it. It could be said to be something even Supreme Realm Great Saints found difficult to obtain.
Of course, the Quasi-Emperor Grade Sacred Intent Pill was even more precious, as it broke the conventional grade of Sacred Intent Pills. It was very likely that, in the entire universe, only these ten pills from the Heaven Hunting Grand Banquet were the work of the Tai Shang of Alchemy.
They were refined by the Tai Shang to cultivate this generation of juniors, to help them condense Third-Rank and Second-Rank Sacred Intents.
If a single Quasi-Emperor Grade Sacred Intent Pill were placed on the outside market, its estimated value would probably be only slightly lower than that of a Supreme Sacred Artifact.
As for the single Emperor Grade Sacred Intent Pill, it was a pill that even the Tai Shang of Alchemy might not be able to refine. It was an unexpected product that surpassed the Tai Shang's expectations, and its value could no longer be measured in Divine Stones.
In other words, it was even harder to refine than a Divine Pill.
Yan Huangtu took out the Space Teleportation Array, intending to descend onto the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star.
Suddenly, his gaze caught sight of three large characters on the distant blood-red planet: "Yan Zhexian."
Yan Huangtu's steel-like, resolute face instantly turned cold and grim.
Yan Zhexian was in trouble!?
In this generation of the Yama Clan, Yan Huangtu was a genius, Yan Wushen was a once-in-an-epoch genius, and Yan Zhexian was a spiritual power genius and rune path genius, deeply loved by an ancient god of the clan and cultivated as a Rune Path Heavenly Master.
A Rune Path Heavenly Master held a status higher than many gods.
Of course, even so, Yan Huangtu's resolve to destroy the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star remained firm. He would not compromise just because Yan Zhexian was in trouble.
The real reason he dared not activate the teleportation array to descend onto the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star was that he could not be sure who had captured Yan Zhexian.
Was Xia Yu, who had grown by relying on Zhang Ruochen, capable of that?
Could Zhang Ruochen have already returned to the main clan star?
That was highly likely.
Moreover, the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star must have already made thorough preparations. Going there now would undoubtedly be walking into a trap.
"With Yan Zhexian in their hands, I will be constrained. Also, my injuries are not yet healed. Engaging Zhang Ruochen on his own turf will certainly not end well. Instead..."
Yan Huangtu put away the Space Teleportation Array and sent a voice transmission to Yan Hong Great Saint: "Have you caught up to Wind Queen?"
"She can't escape," Yan Hong Great Saint said.
Yan Huangtu said, "I'll help you. Capture her alive."
Yan Hong Great Saint had also seen the three characters on the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star and understood Yan Huangtu's intention. "Keeping that bitch alive is fine, but you must help the Bone Clan enter the top five of the Heaven Hunting Battle."
"Deal! But the Bone Clan's Great Saint army must follow me through the teleportation array to attack the Undying Blood Clan's main clan star and turn it into a dead star. And you must use the Path of Fate to help me calculate the whereabouts of all Undying Blood Clan members and find and kill them all," Yan Huangtu said.
Yan Hong Great Saint said, "I want Bore's life."
"I agree," Yan Huangtu said.
After some bargaining, the two reached a cooperation agreement.
...
Seventh Dark Star.
After the Upper Three Clans' Great Saints hid inside the "Scroll of Reality and Illusion," Luo Sha did not take the bait. She led the Rakshasa Clan and Undying Blood Clan Great Saints into hiding as well.
No one wanted to be the first to clash head-on with Chi Di.
It was a test of who had more patience and who could hold their nerve.
The Yama Clan and the Undying Blood Clan were competing for first and second place.
The Underworld Clan, Rakshasa Clan, and Death Clan were competing for third, fourth, and fifth place.
Their stalemate eventually led to the arrival of the Yama Clan's Great Saint army.
Leading them was Yan Wushen.
Yan Wushen had come prepared for a tough battle, expecting to snatch food from the tiger's mouth, thinking that the Upper Three Clans and Lower Two Clans were already locked in fierce combat with Chi Di.
But when he arrived, there was no sign of the Upper Three Clans or Lower Two Clans!
On the dark star, millions of Great Saint Heavenly Slaves were all waiting there, as if to say, "You don't need to snatch food from the tiger's mouth. The food is right here, fragrant and delicious, with no one competing for it."
Yan Wushen circled the dark star once, then led the Yama Clan's Great Saint army away, also going into hiding.
The Seventh Dark Star immediately fell into an extremely eerie atmosphere. Clearly, a large number of powerhouses had arrived, yet not a single one could be seen. Some Great Saint Heavenly Slaves finally could not bear it and flew out of the dark star.
But as soon as they flew a few hundred miles, they were blown apart by a sacred arrow.
Everyone hiding in the shadows was anxious.
Bore was anxious because she could not find an opportunity to communicate with Chi Di and pass on the message that "Zhang Ruochen represents the Empress."
Luo Sha was anxious because the difference in points between the Rakshasa Clan and the Underworld Clan was just a few million.
Yuan Fei Great Saint was anxious because the Death Clan's points were also only a few million behind the Rakshasa Clan.
Yan Wushen was even more anxious. The gap in points between the Yama Clan and the Undying Blood Clan was too large, forcing him and Yan Huangtu to open two battlefields, desperately trying to pull the Undying Blood Clan down from the top spot.
The prestige of the Supreme Clan must not be lost in their generation.
It was worth noting that their generation was considered a golden generation for the Yama Clan, the strongest generation of this epoch. Of course, the Undying Blood Clan's generation was also considered a golden generation.
No matter how anxious they were, they had to endure now.
The points from these hundreds of Great Saint Heavenly Slaves on the Seventh Dark Star could determine the final ranking. Whoever became the winner would be the one laughing last.