Chapter 3810: Facing Directly
“Leave this place to me! Those little brats, I’ll deal with them.”
A flash of silver light flickered on Qingyun Que’s body, and he vanished from the spot.
Almost at the same moment, Ice King’s figure disappeared.
Ten thousand miles away.
Ice King and Qingyun Que materialized simultaneously, their palms colliding.
“Boom!”
The desert beneath them was torn apart, dust and sand flying, as violent divine power and blood qi erupted in all directions.
Ice King and Qingyun Que each flew back a hundred miles, having fought to a stalemate.
“Well done, Xia Huangchao. I didn’t expect your cultivation to have reached such a profound level.”
Qingyun Que’s aged voice rang out, his smile growing even wider to conceal his shock.
Qingyun Que had only cultivated eighteen pairs of wings, seemingly a level below the Hall Master. However, he possessed the remnant soul of an ancient powerhouse. After years of nurturing and cultivation, his combat strength was by no means inferior to the Hall Master’s, allowing him to contend with the Heavens below the Indestructible level.
Xia Huangchao had only cultivated for four or five eons, yet he had also reached this level. If he broke through again, he would achieve Indestructible Infinite.
Before refining his former corpse, Qingyun Que did not want to fight fiercely with a cultivator of the same realm. He said, “Xia Huangchao, do you really want to destroy White Cang Star in one battle?”
“White Cang Star won’t be destroyed. Take a good look around!”
Ice King said.
Qingyun Que’s pupils turned blood-red, piercing through the thick dust and sand.
He discovered that the full-force palm strike he had exchanged with Ice King had not caused much destruction. The fluctuations were suppressed within tens of thousands of miles, not spreading into the Longevity Blood Tree Forest or the Blood Shadow Divine Tree Forest.
White Cang Star indeed had a stable spatial structure and dense heaven and earth rules, but it should not have been able to suppress the destructive power of a Great Unbound Infinite peak powerhouse to this extent.
The Hall Master, who had intended to capture Chi Kongle, Yan Ying’er, and the others, also sensed the anomaly and became vigilant, refraining from rash action.
Ice King said, “The ancestral land—how could it be so easily destroyed? Do you have so little faith in the Undying Blood Clan’s old ancestor? Qingtian Ancestor, when you were alive, did you set up protective measures on White Cang Star?”
Clearly, Ice King did not believe the opponent was the true return of the Ancestor’s remnant soul, so he addressed him as “Ancestor.”
“By the way, you’re just a remnant soul, not the real Qingtian Ancestor. You possess less than a tenth of his memories, right?”
Ice King released his divine thought, his divine soul communicating with heaven and earth.
“Buzz! Buzz!”
Deafening sounds emerged from the void.
On this desert, one golden planet after another materialized from the void.
There were twenty-four in total, each about a thousand miles in diameter. However, the Hall Master and Qingyun Que knew their true volume was billions of times larger than what they now appeared.
These golden planets were covered in dense blood rivers, exuding ancestral patterns and ancestral qi. They were undoubtedly the Divine Throne Planets of some Ancestor-level figure in the Undying Blood Clan’s history.
The Hall Master was also enveloped within the twenty-four Divine Throne Planets, but he was not flustered. He said, “So Blood Absolute Half-Ancestor hid his Divine Throne Planets on White Cang Star.”
Qingyun Que said, “He was too careless. Xia Huangchao found them so easily, and his strength has greatly diminished. It seems this Ancestor will have to help him reclaim them.”
Ice King’s eyes sharpened. “Has Blood Absolute Half-Ancestor’s remnant soul also returned?”
If Blood Absolute Half-Ancestor’s remnant soul had returned, it would surely first seize the Half-Ancestor corpse stored in the Blood Absolute Family. The Blood Heaven Tribe might fall into great chaos!
“Hehe!”
Qingyun Que said nothing, instead activating his divine artifact, the Qingyun Banner, to cover the twenty-four Divine Throne Planets.
At the same time, the Hall Master thrust his war spear, aiming directly at Ice King’s true body.
They both understood clearly that Ice King, by mobilizing the ancestral patterns and ancestral qi left by Blood Absolute Half-Ancestor in the twenty-four Divine Throne Planets, could greatly increase his combat power. However, as long as they severed his connection to the Divine Throne Planets and attacked his true body, he would be helpless.
Facing two opponents of the same realm alone was undoubtedly seeking death.
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Outside White Cang Star, Wubian stood with his hands behind his back, peering into the divine battle on the desert.
Ten Heavenly Knight, riding dragon-shaped strange beasts and holding God-Slaying War Halberds, stood at ten positions on the divine formation disc, their killing intent soaring to the heavens. They were all draped in black robes, but the robes were empty, as if only filled with wind.
One of the Heavenly Knight said, “Such strong Half-Ancestor divine qi. White Cang Star is indeed not so easy to breach.”
“This is the most important sacred land of the Undying Blood Clan. It’s definitely not just these twenty-four Half-Ancestor Divine Throne Planets.”
“If it were so easy to breach, why would we all come together?”
“The Half-Ancestor divine qi and Half-Ancestor divine patterns are thin, but they are enough to suppress a Great Unbound Infinite! That Undying Divine Temple Hall Master and Qingyun Que may not be a match for Xia Huangchao. Wubian, shouldn’t we make our move?”
The ten Heavenly Knight were ten ancient powerhouses’ remnant souls recruited by Jiusi Yitianhuang on the Santu River. In their lifetimes, they had at least been Heavens of an era. Jiusi Yitianhuang had promised to help them find suitable bodies to possess or their former corpses, so they chose to submit. Of course, facing a powerhouse like Jiusi Yitianhuang, they had little choice.
Wubian’s gaze turned to the starry sky. “They still haven’t arrived. It seems Wuwei and Qingcheng Yun have run into trouble!”
“What are you worried about?” asked a Heavenly Knight.
“If something happened to those two, then someone knows we’re targeting Xia Huangchao. We need to breach White Cang Star even faster.”
“Xia Huangchao is tied down by the Undying Divine Temple Hall Master and Qingyun Que. He certainly has no time to activate the Great Qi Ancestral Rune Divine Formation. Now is the best time.”
Wubian’s eyes gradually turned cold. “Move!”
He struck first, a black hole appearing above his head.
This black hole grew larger and larger, eventually reaching one-tenth the size of White Cang Star. The devouring force it emitted continuously pulled the divine qi and blood qi from White Cang Star toward it.
This stretch of void grew even darker, with no light visible.
White Cang Star’s ultimate defense was the formation laid down by the Great Qi Heavenly Emperor. The Great Qi Heavenly Emperor, aside from Ancestor Yin, was the strongest figure in the Undying Blood Clan’s history, likely a true Ancestor. It was because of the Great Qi Heavenly Emperor that the Qitian Tribe established its strength as the number one tribe, a ranking that had never fallen.
Wubian knew well that brute force could not break the Great Qi Ancestral Rune Divine Formation; he could only slowly devour its power. Fortunately, due to the Undying Blood Clan’s internal strife, Ice King was now too preoccupied to control the Great Qi Ancestral Rune Divine Formation, giving them the chance to break White Cang Star’s defenses.
“Boom! Boom! Boom...”
The ten Heavenly Knight thrust their war halberds simultaneously, ten beams of light striking White Cang Star.
Inside the twenty-four golden Divine Throne Planets, the Hall Master saw Ice King growing stronger with each battle, unable to suppress him quickly. He spoke again, “Wubian has already launched his attack! Once he enters White Cang Star, everything belonging to the Undying Blood Clan will be taken away. Is this what you want to see? Will you become the Undying Blood Clan’s sinner?”
Ice King countered while attacking, “What are you afraid of? Can a mere Wubian seize White Cang Star?”
“Boom!”
A Demon God Stone Pillar, descending from an unknown location, struck White Cang Star’s blood-colored atmosphere, causing it to churn violently. Even the star itself trembled slightly.
The talisman light within the blood-colored atmosphere dimmed accordingly.
The Hall Master’s expression changed.
He had long suspected that Wubian’s attack on Ice King was just a diversion, and that using him to take White Cang Star was the ultimate goal. However, the pressure Ice King exerted was too great, and the benefits promised by the Darkness Temple were too tempting—they could help him break through to Indestructible. So, he decided to gamble.
He gambled that he could quickly subdue Ice King and take control of White Cang Star.
He gambled that Wubian truly only wanted to kill Ice King.
The moment the Demon God Stone Pillar fell, the Hall Master knew that a true Indestructible Infinite was indeed following in the shadows. What could he do now? He was already riding the tiger, unable to dismount. Even if he withdrew, Ice King would still kill him.
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The moment Wubian and the ten Heavenly Knight struck, the ripples of divine power leaked out, and Zhang Ruochen immediately sensed their approximate location.
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After Heavenly Mother returned, an additional divine hall appeared in Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm.
The Wu Hall!
The Wu Hall was brought out from the Ancient Desolate Ruins City by Heavenly Mother. It was taller than a divine mountain, exuding a primeval aura. Divine dragon bones served as its beams, and divine stones as its pillars, constantly radiating Wu power. This single hall was comparable to a first-rank divine artifact.
On this day, the Wu Hall’s doors were unusually open.
“Whoosh!”
A gentle breeze blew.
Qishier Pin Lian, dressed in a green Buddhist robe, appeared outside the hall’s doors.
She could see Heavenly Mother standing with her back to her inside the hall. “Did you expect me to come?”
Heavenly Mother seemed to be within chaos, vast and indistinct, but her red robe and white hair were always striking. “When Qingcheng Yun and Wuwei appeared on Ice King Star, I knew you were on your way. You’ve already broken through, haven’t you? What, afraid to come in?”
Qishier Pin Lian remained calm and composed as she stepped into the Wu Hall. “Although I had the help of the Purple Heart Heavenly Venerable Orchid, I have to say, breaking through has indeed become easier in this era.”
Heavenly Mother turned to face her directly. “Who are you working for? The Immortal? The Nether Ancestor?”
“I work for no one. Only for myself, for the righteousness in my heart.”
Qishier Pin Lian said.
Heavenly Mother said, “Ten thousand years ago, you were the one who forced him to his death, weren’t you? He was your own brother!”
“I didn’t force him. He sought death himself. Besides, this was the price the Zhang Clan had to pay. They were the ones who first lost their righteousness.”
Qishier Pin Lian’s gaze was flat. She continued, “In fact, you have no right to speak to me in such a tone. Because you don’t understand the pain I’ve endured.”
Heavenly Mother already understood that persuading her to turn back was impossible. “You came to Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm to kill me?”
Qishier Pin Lian nodded frankly. “The world is like a chessboard, and the key point is here. To achieve a decisive victory, one must first destroy the key point.”
“Besides, you are his disciple, so you must die. After you die, the entire Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm and the entire Rakshasa Clan can be used to feed those ancient remnant soul slaves, allowing them to grow quickly.”
Heavenly Mother said, “You call them slaves?”
“What difference is there between them and slaves? They are already dead, barely surviving into this era. Do they think they can become masters again? Heaven and earth will not allow it, and neither will I.”
Qishier Pin Lian said.
Heavenly Mother saw not a trace of the former Kong Faning in her. She was too stubborn, too alien, filled only with malice and resentment, yet she still believed her heart was as clear as a mirror.
“Without the Wu Hall, you would not be my match. Now that you have entered the Wu Hall, escaping will be difficult. How do you plan to kill me?”
Heavenly Mother’s eyes gradually sharpened, showing her determination not to show mercy, even if Qishier Pin Lian was the Great Venerable’s daughter.