Chapter 382: Attacking the Divine City
The bell tolled from Purple Mountain, its sound waves crossing through the void, and the ancient creatures emerged, shaking the Divine City.
"Roar..."
Unidentified beings roared, their cries shaking heaven and earth, scattering the clouds above, and causing the Divine City itself to tremble.
No one remained unshaken; many souls quivered in fear. What kind of terrifying creatures had emerged?
There was definitely more than one. Screams filled with terror rose from all sides of the Divine City, and even from a great distance, one could sense that dreadful aura.
What had the human experts encountered inside Purple Mountain to provoke so many ancient creatures? Everyone was panicked and uneasy.
"Boom!"
From the north, an earth-shattering fluctuation erupted, killing intent soaring to the heavens. A Saint Lord was locked in battle with an ancient creature there, sweeping away the clouds on all sides, the sky violently trembling.
"Just how terrifying are the creatures that have come?"
Many faces turned pale. Even Saint Lord-level figures had been mobilized to face a great enemy, showing just how dire the situation was.
"Hum!"
The void trembled. From the west, a mass of demonic clouds surged forward, stretching for who knows how many miles, pressing down toward the Divine City. Its terrifying aura made one's hair stand on end.
"Boom!"
From within those dark clouds, a massive claw extended, covered in green scales, as large as a small hill, and grabbed downward.
"Pfft!"
People watched helplessly as over a dozen senior figures in that direction were instantly crushed into a bloody mist, their forms and spirits utterly destroyed.
"What kind of creature is that? How massive is it?!"
This was horrifying to the mind. Everyone who witnessed the scene stood dumbfounded, their bodies drenched in cold sweat.
Who could stand against such a powerful being? Even a Saint Lord would struggle, and it was uncertain whether they could even hold their ground!
"Boom!"
The great claw reached down again, unstoppable. Dozens of experts shattered in midair as it swept through, instantly turning them into bloody pulp.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
From the south came the sound of ancient music, far from gentle. Killing intent surged like wild waves, and the notes clanged like sword strikes, sharp and resonant.
There, a patch of white clouds vaguely revealed a slender woman seated high in the nine heavens, plucking an ancient instrument resembling a zither.
Clearly visible, massive beams of light shot down, each note of the zither like a towering wave, destroying everything, overwhelming the land.
This was a terrifying sound of slaughter, like metal and horse hooves, like thousands of troops charging. Endless killing intent swept down, piercing countless experts.
"Pfft," "Pfft," "Pfft"...
Corpses fell from the sky one after another, torn apart in the boundless aura of slaughter.
"How terrifying! That's a humanoid figure—no one dares to approach!"
People were shocked to find that the south had been completely cleared. No one dared to challenge it anymore. The zither's notes surged like raging waves, sweeping across the southern region.
"Boom!"
Purple Qi came from the east, like a torrent of purple magma, covering the eastern direction. A terrifying aura poured down from within.
"Bang!"
At that moment, a massive purple hand pressed down, blotting out the sky, like a purple mountain crashing down. It instantly ground a cluster of palaces into dust.
"Ah..."
Many died violent deaths, screams rising one after another. Numerous people shot into the air, fleeing the area, but they couldn't escape.
The purple hand swept through, and those people were like paper figures, all shattered and torn apart, then turned into bloody mud.
"A Saint Lord has charged up!"
People were astonished to see the Saint Lord of the Jiang Family and the Saint Lord of the Ji Family rush up together, attacking into the purple clouds.
The purple Qi was churned to a boil. The sky was like a scroll painting, rustling loudly, violently trembling, as if it could be torn apart and shattered at any moment.
Unmatched experts were attacking the Divine City from all four sides, and even more ancient creatures emerged within the city, engaging in fierce battles with human cultivators.
All the Saint Lords had taken action; no one could stand idly by. This entire realm trembled. It was a terrifying great war, with countless dead.
"Purple Mountain—these creatures all crossed the void from Purple Mountain. How terrifying!"
Many hearts trembled. They wanted to flee the Divine City but dared not act rashly. If those creatures locked onto them, death was certain.
"Opening Purple Mountain is like opening a Pandora's box, releasing peerless demons. How will this end?"
"In truth, it's not the creatures' fault. The Holy Lands disturbed them, waking them from their slumber, accelerating their life loss. Naturally, they pursued them to the Divine City."
"This is a great calamity. No one knows how it will end..."
Ye Fan's heart was shaken. The ancient creatures from Purple Mountain had escaped. Someone must have ventured deep inside and awakened their king.
Had the inheritance of Emperor Wu Shi been obtained? Although the Big Black Dog was certain no one could take it, he still had his doubts.
Had Jiang Taixu been rescued? That was another question he cared deeply about.
"Monkey! That monkey has appeared again!" Someone in the Stone Garden exclaimed, pointing to the horizon.
Indeed, the Battle Saint Ape did a somersault into the high sky, standing on a cloud, holding a peerless deadly weapon, his fiery golden eyes fixed on the Divine City from above, filled with suspicion.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
The Divine City was in peril, most severely in the south. The zither notes from the slender woman in the clouds were extremely lethal; no one dared to charge up.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a crimson light shot up, coiling toward that woman. Endless divine flames took the form of a divine phoenix, sweeping across the high heavens.
In that moment, everyone in the Divine City trembled uncontrollably. It was a pressure from the soul, forcing them to bow down and kneel.
"An Extreme Imperial Weapon!"
"It's the Eternal Universe Furnace of the Jiang Family!"
"That's right! It's a divine furnace forged from Phoenix Blood Red Gold, capable of shattering heaven and earth and evaporating oceans!"
Many cultivators exclaimed, all showing shock. Everyone trembled, wanting to prostrate themselves, unable to resist, as if facing a deity.
The zither music ceased. The woman in the clouds transformed into a beam of divine light and shot into the sky to evade, not daring to confront it.
"Is this real? They've activated an Extreme Imperial Weapon?!" Many senior figures felt a chill in their hearts.
"That was just a show of force; they haven't truly unleashed the weapon's power yet," someone replied.
"What?! Such terrifying divine might, and it hasn't even been fully activated?!" Many cultivators were stunned.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a dazzling light surged, and a heaven-shaking divine might rose. People trembled again, nearly unable to speak.
The purple clouds in the east retreated like surging waves, moving away from the Divine City and stopping at the horizon.
Many hearts pounded violently, nearly collapsing to the ground, barely able to hold on.
"This is the Void Mirror of the Ji Family!"
"That's right! Someone is shaking the Void Mirror to intimidate the ancient creatures!"
Still, they hadn't unleashed the weapon's full power. Just activating a trace of its pressure was already this terrifying. It was hard to imagine what it would be like if it were truly unleashed.
"It could definitely shatter heaven and earth and evaporate oceans!"
"If one had enough divine power to drive an Extreme Imperial Weapon, they could sweep away any force in the world. This is what the weapons forged by the ancient Great Emperors are like—their divine might is evident."
Ye Fan also felt a chill. He thought of the Netherworld Palace on the ice plains, an ancient holy land of seventy to eighty thousand years, completely wiped out by the Jiang Family's peerless Divine King wielding the Eternal Universe Furnace.
He had doubted it before, but now he was ninety percent sure it was true. The weapons of the ancient Great Emperors were too terrifying.
"Boom!"
Another heaven-shaking fluctuation surged. Black light radiated everywhere, dragon roars echoed through heaven and earth, and an unmatched pressure nearly tore apart this realm.
"A sacred weapon forged from Dragon Pattern Black Gold—the Dragon Pattern Cauldron!"
"The only Extreme Imperial Weapon in the world not forged by a Great Emperor's hand."
People were stunned, nearly collapsing. Under this pressure, even the senior figures could barely endure.
Within the Divine City, the Holy Lands wielded three Extreme Imperial Weapons from the Eastern Wasteland, intimidating the terrifying ancient creatures. Finally, heaven and earth grew quiet.
The invading ancient creatures retreated to the horizon, not daring to approach further. The two sides entered a standoff.
"Just activate the Extreme Imperial Weapons and kill them all. Why only intimidate them?"
"You speak lightly. If that were done, the land might be stained with blood, and a dark age would descend upon the Eastern Wasteland."
Suddenly, everyone fell silent. An indescribable oppression weighed on their hearts, nearly suffocating them. Many cultivators couldn't speak.
At the horizon, the ancient creatures gathered. Clouds churned, and a massive block of Divine Source appeared, containing a humanoid creature. Though it hadn't broken out of the source, it emitted a terrifying mental pressure.
In the distance, the Battle Saint Ape's fur shone with golden light. Holding his peerless deadly weapon, with fiery golden eyes, he mounted a cloud, did a somersault, and vanished.
Within the Divine City, several Saint Lords shot into the sky, holding Extreme Imperial Weapons as they flew to the high heavens to confront them.
Powerful mental fluctuations surged like tides, sweeping across the sky. The two sides seemed to be conversing.
Finally, a terrifying voice echoed in everyone's heart: "Do not disturb our peace again!"
At the horizon, a massive black hole appeared. They crossed the void and vanished in the blink of an eye.
"How terrifying! These creatures are so powerful. Fighting them would be a nightmare!"
"Thankfully, they've left!"
Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, still shaken.
Above the Divine City, the clouds dispersed, and sunlight poured down. Everything was over, as if it had all been a dream.
Ye Fan's heart was shaken. That block of Divine Source looked familiar. He thought carefully and suddenly realized.
On the underground mine path leading to Purple Mountain, he had seen a set of wall carvings, one of which depicted Emperor Wu Shi suppressing a female ancient king.
That block of Divine Source... looked too similar to the carving!
The more he thought about it, the more shocked he became. It wasn't just similar—it was identical. That woman from over a hundred thousand years ago hadn't been killed by the Great Emperor? She was still alive?
He immediately thought of many things, feeling a chill run through him. Nine great dragon veins surrounded Purple Mountain. Such terrain was unique in the Eastern Wasteland, even more terrifying than the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest.
Each of the nine great dragon veins contained supreme Divine Source, each nurturing ancient creatures, all on the same level as the terrifying existence in that block of Divine Source.
It was hard to imagine what kind of place the central Purple Mountain truly was.
After studying the Source Heaven Scroll, Ye Fan gradually understood. This was a supreme site of the ultimate nine in the world, exhausting the profound mysteries of heaven and earth's transformations.
He had only grasped the four words "ultimate transformation," but what exactly that "transformation" entailed, he had no idea and couldn't comprehend.
In the ancient past, what kind of supreme existence had taken over Purple Mountain, requiring the terrifying creatures of the nine great dragon veins to guard it?
What had Emperor Wu Shi done after entering? Ye Fan couldn't guess. What did "exhausting the profound mysteries of heaven and earth's transformations" truly mean?
"Did they really enter Purple Mountain and successfully retreat? What did the Holy Lands obtain?"
"The Central Province and the Eastern Wasteland jointly used five Extreme Imperial Weapons. This successful entry into Purple Mountain must have yielded a supreme inheritance."
"Is Divine King Jiang Taixu still alive? Was he rescued?"
...
The Divine City was in an uproar, everyone discussing.
That day, the city was filled with rumors and various stories.
Some said the Holy Lands had obtained the secrets of the ancient Great Emperor and seen Emperor Wu Shi's inscriptions.
Others said people from the Central Province had seen Emperor Wu Shi's remains, preserved for over a hundred thousand years, still lifelike.
Still others claimed Emperor Wu Shi hadn't died at all, that he was still inside Purple Mountain, seated on a Dao platform...