Chapter 3752: Bloody Battle in the Cemetery
Jing Daoren ascended to the summit of Buzhou Mountain, a patch of five-colored clouds floating above his head, dense talisman light surrounding his body.
His Daoist robe fluttered in the wind. Glancing at the trembling spatial cracks in the distance, he could sense the divine power of Qishier Pin Lian, Void Heaven, and Feng Tian continuously pouring out from those fissures. This clash among top-tier powerhouses would likely not end anytime soon!
Jing Daoren looked casually toward Wan Qi and the others, saying, "The number one divine mountain of the Heavenly Court, how could it allow you..."
Before Jing Daoren could finish, the three ancient hall masters flew toward him simultaneously, their bodies burning, skin turning into blazing gold, like red-hot divine iron.
"You all are being too disrespectful. At least let me finish speaking before making a move!"
Jing Daoren scrambled, unleashing ten thousand beams of talisman light, freezing the three ancient hall masters hundreds of feet away, suppressing their spiritual will to self-destruct their divine sources with his divine soul.
Had he been even a moment slower, allowing the three ancient hall masters to successfully self-destruct their divine sources, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Seizing the opportunity, Wan Qi channeled the Primordial Ancestor "Bai Yuan's" Myriad Forms Formless power and ancestral killing patterns, condensing them into a skull the size of a mountain, striking directly at Jing Daoren.
"Hurry and take the Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid. This Daoist has extremely high cultivation; we can't hold him off for long."
Wan Qi transmitted his voice to Yu Jingzhen and the Five-Eyed Golden Insect.
Yu Jingzhen and the Five-Eyed Golden Insect noticed that A Fuya and the Dragon Lord had not rushed to aid Zhang Ruochen but were instead heading toward the soon-to-ripen Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid, causing their expressions to change simultaneously.
The ancient hall master guarding that Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid was no top-tier powerhouse and was absolutely no match for A Fuya.
The two immediately abandoned Zhang Ruochen and rushed toward the Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid.
Zhang Ruochen pursued closely from behind, raising the Hong Cauldron, channeling beams of truth light to strike at them.
Yu Jingzhen and the Five-Eyed Golden Insect possessed profound and unfathomable spatial mastery, constantly leaping through space. Yet, they still narrowly escaped being hit by the truth divine light several times, filling them with fury.
But they did not stop. The Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid could not be lost.
Zhang Ruochen assessed the situation, realizing that if Yu Jingzhen and the Five-Eyed Golden Insect joined forces with the ancient powerhouses guarding the Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid, the scattered forces would gain a central pillar, doubling their combat power. At that point, not only would he fail to break through them, but he might even be killed in retaliation.
He absolutely could not let that happen.
Zhang Ruochen transmitted his voice to A Fuya, saying, "Block Yu Jingzhen and the Five-Eyed Golden Insect for a moment. Once I obtain the Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid, you will have your share."
A Fuya's eyes shifted to the left, where Yu Jingzhen and the Five-Eyed Golden Insect were rapidly approaching. Sensing their heavy and surging aura, she reached the same conclusion as Zhang Ruochen.
They absolutely could not be allowed to join forces with the other ancient hall masters.
"I hope you keep your word," A Fuya said.
Zhang Ruochen replied, "I rarely break my promises. If you trust me, in ten thousand years, I will send you into the Indestructible Infinite Realm!"
Send another person into Indestructible?
Even a Half-Ancestor would not dare boast such a claim—only an Ancestor might. Yet A Fuya was once an Ancestor herself, while Zhang Ruochen was merely at the Great Unbound Infinite level. But such boldness and confidence made A Fuya regard him more highly, instilling a bit more faith in him.
A Fuya communicated with the Dragon Lord, who decisively yielded control of the Star-Swallowing Formation Divine Beast, transforming into a divine dragon and flying out, crashing into an ancient hall master guarding the periphery of the Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid, sending him flying.
The Dragon Lord reverted to human form, unleashing the Divine Dragon Sun-Moon Chaos Tower to strike another ancient hall master casting a divine ability.
At the same time, he raised the Demon God Stone Pillar, stepped into dragon-shaped footwork, and slashed at a third ancient hall master.
A Fuya, meanwhile, landed atop the Star-Swallowing Formation Divine Beast, activating the Heaven Round Earth Square Divine Formation light diagram floating above her head. Alone, she faced Yu Jingzhen and the Five-Eyed Golden Insect. The bearing of a former Ancestor was displayed to its fullest—a demeanor of looking down on all beings, showing no regard for the Weak Water Young Lord or the Chaos Ancient Demon Gods.
Yu Jingzhen, as the current hall master of the Space Divine Temple, was naturally extremely familiar with the Heaven Round Earth Square Divine Formation and the Star-Swallowing Formation.
The farther the distance, the weaker the formation's power.
Entering the summit of Buzhou Mountain, with its countless spatial dislocations, the two formations could only exert limited force.
"I'll hold her off. You go guard the Purple Heart Heavenly Venerate Orchid. Once it ripens, take it immediately. Don't even think about swallowing it yourself, or you'll surely die. You should understand her methods," Yu Jingzhen said.
The Five-Eyed Golden Insect leaped through space, circling around from A Fuya's front, piercing through the side formation light curtain of the Heaven Round Earth Square Divine Formation, and escaping.
The moment he landed, he immediately felt a spatial pressure descending from above.
Looking up, he saw Zhang Ruochen, surrounded by lightning, unleashing the Immovable Wisdom King Fist, his fist as large as a palace.
"Clang!"
The Five-Eyed Golden Insect thrust out his golden sword-like arm, clashing with Zhang Ruochen.
"Boom!"
The Five-Eyed Golden Insect staggered back more than ten steps, smashing through four tomb divine mountains, blood flowing from his mouth and all five eyes.
Injured by a single punch!
"Ancestor Divine Qi!"
The Five-Eyed Golden Insect realized that Zhang Ruochen's Immovable Wisdom King Fist contained nine-colored Ancestor Divine Qi, making its power terrifyingly strong. Otherwise, even if he were outmatched, he would not have been beaten to the point of spitting blood with just one blow.
After all, his physical body was at the Indestructible Infinite level; only his divine nature had not fully recovered.
That junior opposite him had low cultivation but an overwhelming number of trump cards!
Zhang Ruochen stood atop the Yu Cauldron, suspended in midair, and said, "You are indeed worthy of being one of the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods. With your physical body blocking a divine artifact and enduring my Immovable Wisdom King Fist, your divine body remains intact. If you were to wield the Esoterica and the First Chapter Divine Artifact, your combat power might even surpass some of the Twenty Heavens."
"Those two weaknesses you mentioned are not hard to remedy. Just kill that dragon and take his Esoterica and divine artifact, and it's done."
From each of the Five-Eyed Golden Insect's five eyes, a beam of light shot out, tearing five pitch-black spatial rifts in the void between him and Zhang Ruochen.
Then, he transformed into a golden light, charging toward the Dragon Lord, who was engaged with several ancient hall masters.
On the summit of Buzhou Mountain, being able to tear space itself showed how formidable the Five-Eyed Golden Insect's spatial divine ability was.
Legends were clearly true—his five pupils were the Primordial Boundless Divine Eyes, capable of accumulating power and releasing it in an instant.
Zhang Ruochen immediately activated the Yu Cauldron, manifesting countless spatial veins.
"Boom!"
The five spatial rifts shredded countless spatial veins, sending the Yu Cauldron and Zhang Ruochen flying backward.
The eye on the back of the Five-Eyed Golden Insect's head witnessed all this. He snorted in disappointment.
With that ultimate move, any cultivator below Indestructible Infinite would surely be injured. But Zhang Ruochen, wielding the Yu Cauldron, had blocked it so easily.
Still, at least he had pushed Zhang Ruochen back, buying himself time.
"Whoosh!"
The Five-Eyed Golden Insect's body churned with demonic qi, blood energy surging within, locking onto the Demon God Stone Pillar in the Dragon Lord's hand.
The Dragon Lord felt the terrifying aura emanating from the Five-Eyed Golden Insect, the threat of death growing ever stronger. This was the infamous Seventy-Two Pillar Demon God, a being who had slaughtered through an entire era.
"Ten Thousand Dragons Paying Homage!"
Ten thousand dragon souls erupted from the Dragon Lord, golden light illuminating heaven and earth, repelling the several ancient hall masters around him, sending them flying backward like cannonballs.
The Five-Eyed Golden Insect ignored the Dragon Lord's Ten Thousand Dragons Paying Homage, using his physical body to smash through countless dragon souls, advancing against the tide.
A golden spike shot toward him.
Before the Five-Eyed Golden Insect even got close, the intense spatial fluctuation emanating from his body nearly twisted the Dragon Lord's flesh out of shape. His body bent, and the dragon bones inside crackled and popped.
"His combat power might already be no less than Fifth Brother's."
This thought flashed through the Dragon Lord's mind, but he felt no fear or cowardice. He immediately released his rule divine patterns and divine realm world to resist the spatial distortion force.
Dragon scales grew on the Dragon Lord's arms, and the golden light in his eyes turned into golden pillars. With the momentum of a mountain being lifted, he swung the Demon God Stone Pillar.
The Five-Eyed Golden Insect moved with astonishing speed, evading a direct collision with the Demon God Stone Pillar through the twisted space.
"What?"
The Dragon Lord's expression shifted sharply, the sense of crisis intensifying.
A golden spike pierced through billions of rule divine patterns, striking the Dragon Lord's chest.
Dragon scales grew on the Dragon Lord's chest, holding for an instant.
"Pfft!"
The Dragon Lord's body was pierced, his internal organs shattered.
Giving the Dragon Lord no chance, another golden spike struck toward his brow.
Clearly, the Five-Eyed Golden Insect, with his unparalleled Indestructible divine soul, had located the position of the Dragon Lord's divine sea within his body, aiming to destroy his Dao directly.
At this critical moment, the Dragon Lord remained calm. He voluntarily abandoned the Demon God Stone Pillar, his arm transforming into a dragon claw.
He struck out with his claw, clashing with the golden spike aimed at his brow.
The golden spike did not pierce the Dragon Lord's dragon claw. Instead, it allowed the Dragon Lord to borrow the force, pulling his body free from the spike and retreating backward.
The Five-Eyed Golden Insect stared at the Dragon Lord's dragon claw, narrowing his eyes. "Ancestral Dragon Scale!"
The Dragon Lord raised his claw, covered in ink-black dragon scales, exuding an ancient aura.
A massive bloody hole gaped in his chest, the demonic qi icy cold, unable to heal.
The Dragon Lord realized that with the Five-Eyed Golden Insect's powerful physical body and divine soul, close combat would surely lead to his defeat. So he immediately fled into the distance, activating the power of Esoterica, drawing the rules of heaven and earth to converge upon him.
One of the Five-Eyed Golden Insect's golden spikes transformed into a golden claw, lifting the Demon God Stone Pillar seized from the Dragon Lord.
"Bang!"
He swung the pillar, its power crossing the void, striking at the Dragon Lord.
The sky was filled with thick demon clouds.
The ground was covered with countless demon shadows.
The Dragon Lord raised the Divine Dragon Sun-Moon Chaos Tower, using fourteen skull heads to protect himself.
Each layer of the Chaos Tower transformed into a world, and the cultivators within those worlds simultaneously unleashed beams of power.
"Boom!"
The Divine Dragon Sun-Moon Chaos Tower barely managed to block the Demon God Stone Pillar.
"Void Slash!"
An ancient hall master seized the opportunity, unleashing a blade light that connected heaven and earth, containing the power to split heaven and cleave earth.
"Destroy space, annihilate all life."
Another ancient hall master, at the Great Unbound Infinite level, executed a great divine ability, using spatial power to directly tear apart the Dragon Lord's physical body.
This divine ability could lock onto a single point in the void, using that point as the center to destroy space.
And now, that locked point was inside the Dragon Lord's body.
The Dragon Lord's body began to rupture from the inside out, divine blood gushing like a fountain, flowing endlessly to the ground.
"Five-Eyed Golden Insect, your opponent is me!"
Zhang Ruochen's explosive shout rang out in midair.
His long hair flew wildly, his eyes blazing like torches, like a war god capable of piercing star rivers. He raised the Eternal Spear and slashed down from midair.
Feeling the pressure from Zhang Ruochen, the Five-Eyed Golden Insect was forced to abandon his attempt to kill the Dragon Lord, instead swinging the Demon God Stone Pillar to meet Zhang Ruochen.
The Eternal Spear and the Demon God Stone Pillar clashed.
Time power and demonic qi surged outward, causing space to rumble incessantly.
"Pfft!"
The Earth Cauldron and the Hong Cauldron flew out from behind Zhang Ruochen in succession, crashing into the Five-Eyed Golden Insect, piercing the twisted space around him, and driving him deep into the ground.
Cracks appeared on the Five-Eyed Golden Insect's indestructible golden shell.
No matter how strong his physical body, it could not withstand the Nine Cauldrons.
(Chapter End)