Chapter 2937: The Long-Awaited Arrogance
The gods of the Heavenly Court could not accept the fact that a Great God had been suppressed, and moreover, the life force of Second-Class Blood Ancestor was unstable, his spiritual will and divine soul being worn away by the divine formation.
Was this junior, Zhang Ruochen, truly so ferocious?
How long had it been since he became a god, and already he was attempting an act of defiance against heaven, to annihilate a Great God?
In a secret realm overseas, Yan Yu, Mi Lianshan, and Hai Shang Minggong, who had failed to escape Xinghuantian, were hiding inside.
Yan Yu said, "Third-Class Blood Ancestor has been swallowed into the belly by that old Daoist divine corpse, and his aura is growing weaker and weaker. If Nine-Headed Dragon God cannot rescue him in a short time, the consequences will be unimaginable. The Heavenly Court army has come with such grand momentum, yet gods are falling one after another. I wonder what the celestial-level figure overseeing this battle is thinking right now?"
Hai Shang Minggong's expression was cautious as he said, "The Nine Yin Formations are terrifying. Is Zhang Ruochen using this formation to slay a Great God? No wonder Qingtian personally took action to abolish his cultivation."
"To think that 'terrifying' would be used by you, Hai Shang Minggong, to evaluate a spiritual power god who has cultivated for thousands of years. Haha!"
Mi Lianshan laughed loudly: "But I wish I could rush over and fight a great battle, to have a good time. This time, Zhang Ruochen has stolen the spotlight!"
"Is this stealing the spotlight?"
Hai Shang Minggong disagreed, saying, "It's clearly seeking death! Can the Nine Yin Formations block a Heaven-Replenishing Realm god? Can it block Second-Class Blood Ancestor? But can it block Mingjian God, Jia Tianxia, and the others? Zhang Ruochen is still too young, acting impulsively, relying solely on a surge of hot blood, completely disregarding the consequences."
Yan Yu's face showed an appreciative expression, not identifying with Hai Shang Minggong's evaluation, and smiled, "Zhang Ruochen has earned the reputation of being romantic, making proud and aloof peerless women like Bai Qinger and Princess Luo Sha fall for him. Naturally, he has a charm that we lack. I rather like this blood courage of his, where he is willing to risk his life for the people he cares about."
"Foolish!"
An aged voice came from the bow of the ship.
Yu Jin Heavenly God stood at the bow, gazing towards the direction of Divine Maiden City, and said, "Although Zhang Ruochen's martial cultivation has been completely abolished, his spiritual power talent is still astonishing, and his future is promising. But for a woman of the Inverse God Clan, to do something so foolish, it is truly a waste of Xue Jue's expectations for him."
Yan Yu, Hai Shang Minggong, and Mi Lianshan all fell silent.
Yes, Bai Qinger was ultimately of the Inverse God Clan. In the eyes of any god, Zhang Ruochen's actions were extremely foolish, not knowing how to weigh the pros and cons.
Could emotions be more important than one's own life?
Sometimes, to survive, even if one's closest kin dies before one's eyes, one must endure.
If one cannot endure the pain of the moment, how can one become a venerable in the future?
When Yu Jin Heavenly God arrived at Xinghuantian, Xuan Yi, Jue Miao Chan Nu, and Huang Tian had already begun to fight. Although he was a Tai Xu Great God, he knew that his combat power was still far from their level, so he did not join the battle.
He searched for traces of Zhang Ruochen without success but encountered Hai Shang Minggong, Yan Yu, and Mi Lianshan.
After the Heavenly Court army entered Xinghuantian, Yu Jin Heavenly God immediately took the three of them to hide in an overseas secret realm, avoiding the probing of the Heavenly Court's Great Gods, not daring to confront them head-on.
"Ah, this is so frustrating. When will the Hell Realm army finally arrive?"
Mi Lianshan could sense that both Huang Tian and Jue Miao Chan Nu were trapped in desperate situations. As a god of the Hell Realm, being forced to hide in a secret realm, he naturally felt bitter.
"The Hell Realm army will not come until the Inverse God Clan is destroyed."
Yu Jin Heavenly God looked towards the Blood War Divine Temple in the distant sky and said, "Jia Tianxia has finally been unable to hold back and made his move. Zhang Ruochen has still brought a disaster upon himself. Today, no one can save him. Foolish! A foolish person is destined to die young. Even Xue Jue can make mistakes in judgment."
The Blood War Divine Temple floated in the clouds, located at the rift of the world-protecting grand formation.
Jia Tianxia could look down upon the battlefield below, having an overview of the entire situation. He was extremely disappointed in Second-Class Blood Ancestor and Third-Class Blood Ancestor, but naturally, he could not just watch them fall.
"Whoosh!"
Above the Nine Yin Formations, blood clouds churned.
The blood clouds condensed into a giant foot shining with divine light for ten thousand miles, stepping through the clouds and pressing down.
Yu Yao, standing on the city wall's summit, saw Jia Tianxia make his move and knew that Zhang Ruochen absolutely could not block it. She immediately activated the Heavenly Venerable Gauze. The gauze combined with the formation inscriptions, flying into the air to block the blood-colored giant foot condensed by Jia Tianxia.
Ten thousand miles away from Divine Maiden City, an old man with white beard and white hair stood at the center of an altar built from thousands of mountain peaks.
The old man held a divine wooden staff, and on his formation divine robe was embroidered a large ancient character for "formation." He laughed loudly, "Haha, the opportunity has finally come!"
"The sacrifice begins, breaking the formation with the sacrifice."
The old man grasped the staff with both hands, and the divine wooden staff inserted into the center of the altar, shooting out a pillar of light that reached the sky.
The pillar of light pierced through heaven and earth, and immediately, the formation inscriptions in the sky and on the ground began to melt away, spreading towards Divine Maiden City.
This old man was the Third Elder of the Heavenly Court's formation sacred land, the Formation Extermination Palace. He was a formation divine master, with spiritual power even stronger than Yu Yao's.
On the altar were tens of millions of living beings from Xinghuantian, all captured by the Third Elder using his spiritual power tentacles from nearby nations. At this moment, these tens of millions of living beings all exploded, turning into blood, dyeing the altar red.
The sacrifice had begun.
The power of heaven and earth continuously gathered towards the altar.
The light erupted from the divine wooden staff struck the city wall of Divine Maiden City, and immediately, the light of layers of city-protecting formations greatly diminished.
Mingjian God, who had been brewing for a long time, borrowed countless sword dao rules from heaven and earth. The divine artifact Mingjun Sword transformed into a dazzling light, piercing through all of Divine Maiden City's city-protecting formations.
"Pfft!"
Mingjun Sword pierced through Yu Yao's abdomen, carrying her as it fell into the city.
Blood as bright as flower petals remained on the city wall.
At this moment, the entire city fell silent. The cultivators inside the city looked at the dissipating formation light shield in the sky, many with dazed expressions.
In the city, all the pavilion masters and building masters of the Goddess Twelve Pavilions, who had been struggling to maintain the world-protecting grand formation, saw Yu Yao pierced through by the divine sword, her blood staining the sky.
Each of them felt as if they themselves had been pierced, their last will collapsing. They could no longer hold on and fell one by one within the formation.
They were already at their last gasp, and with their will broken, how could they hold on any longer?
Ye Manman weakly collapsed to the ground, resigned to her fate, and murmured, "It's useless... all our persistence, in the face of the Heavenly Court army, is so laughable..."
"In the end, it has come to this."
Nether Flower Pavilion Master looked around at the red walls and green tiles, the carved beams and painted rafters, as if she could see the past prosperity and noise here, and then everything vanished with the wind.
She slowly stood up, her eyes filled with determination.
The other divine realm pavilion masters also stood up one after another, exchanging glances, all seeing the decision made in each other's hearts.
Although they knew that with their cultivation, it was almost impossible to self-destruct their divine sources in front of a Great God, this was already the last thing they could do.
To live and die together with the Goddess Twelve Pavilions.
Mingjian God glanced at the Heavenly Venerable Gauze floating above the city wall, reached out and grabbed it through the air, taking it into his hand. He looked at it, shook his head, and laughed, "Legend says that with the Heavenly Venerable Gauze, the First Divine Maiden City can be refined into a divine city. Is this the level of defense of a divine city? Indeed, one's own power is the strongest power. No matter how strong the formation, how can it match a single sword in hand?"
"If you say that, this old man has an objection!"
The Formation Extermination Palace's Third Elder appeared beside Mingjian God like a gust of wind and said, "The city-protecting formation of Divine Maiden City does have some tricks. If not for this old man's help, even if you held a divine sword, you would not have been able to break in."
"Moreover, Yu Yao probably only recently obtained the Heavenly Venerable Gauze and does not yet know how to truly use it, nor has she refined it into the city's formation. Otherwise, not to mention us, even if a God Venerable came, they would have to return empty-handed."
Mingjian God said, "Enter the city first! I will go and slay Yu Yao, while you lead the cultivators of the Formation Extermination Palace to take control of all of Xinghuantian's formations as quickly as possible."
"Boom!"
A powerful divine power shockwave came from afar, lifting thick dust that blew past Mingjian God and the Formation Extermination Palace's Third Elder.
Mingjian God looked towards the center of the divine power shockwave, finding it hard to believe, and said, "How is this possible? He has actually come to Xinghuantian."
Xue Jue War God appeared above the Nine Yin Formations, shattering the blood-red giant foot that had descended from the sky.
Xue Jue War God wore the Blood God Armor, his cloak bright red, standing on a sea of blood aura, majestic and domineering. He pointed to the sky and laughed wildly, "Jia Ku Song, it's been so many years since we last met, and you've become more and more shameless. As the master of a hall, you actually make a move against my grandson. Why don't you go play in the mud with the little brats?"
Then, Xue Jue War God immediately added, "Ruochen, your grandfather doesn't mean to belittle you. It's just that Jia Ku Song has gone too far and needs a good scolding."
Zhang Ruochen showed a bitter smile, very worried that Chi Xingtian would mess up the act.
The rift of the world-protecting grand formation no longer needed Jia Tianxia to support it.
The Blood War Divine Temple flew out from the clouds and heavily landed on the ground, causing the earth to tremble, with blood-colored qi surging outward.
Jia Tianxia stood in front of the Blood War Divine Temple, staring intently at Xue Jue War God, and said coldly, "Who exactly are you?"
The three words "Jia Ku Song" stirred up a very unpleasant memory from his youth.
Hundreds of thousands of years had passed, and apart from the ancient gods, very few cultivators still knew his surname was Jia.
The nickname "Ku Song" was known by even fewer people.
Xue Jue War God knew he had slipped up and quickly said, "You don't even recognize me, Xue Jue? You really are forgetful, Ku Song. Fortunately, I happened to hear some stories from your youth, or else I might have actually taken you for a big shot. Jia Tianxia, that name is nowhere near as nice as Jia Chunliu."
Blood Butcher appeared on the city wall, excitedly saying, "Well said, Great Clan Leader!"
Xue Jue War God glanced at him.
He didn't recognize him and ignored him.
"Great Clan Leader, has the Hell Realm army arrived?" Blood Butcher asked.
"Army? What army? There is no army, but I, Xue Jue War God, alone can rival the Hell Realm army." Xue Jue War God was arrogant to the extreme, his eyes despising Jia Tianxia, Mingjian God, the Formation Extermination Palace's Third Elder, and all the gods of the Heavenly Court.
Chi Xingtian felt a secret thrill in his heart. It had been a long time since he had been this arrogant!
Blood Butcher disappeared from the city wall in a flash, hiding who knows where.
In the overseas secret realm, Yu Jin Heavenly God was full of disbelief and said, "Has Xue Jue gone mad? As the Great Clan Leader, how can he act as recklessly as Zhang Ruochen, disregarding the consequences?"
As the world-protecting grand formation gradually dissipated, the various factions in the starry sky could finally gaze upon the scene on Xinghuantian from afar.
In a pitch-black and cold distant star domain, the patriarch of the Undying Blood Clan stood on a dead star, staring blankly, looking at the Xue Jue War God beside him.
What the hell is going on?