Chapter 773: All Hidden Foundations Revealed
A four-thousand-character chapter.
Before the battlefield, Ye Fan stood alone, his longsword pointing to the sky, the blade stained with blood. No one from the Wang Clan dared to step forward and accept the challenge. A dead silence fell over them.
“Where is Wang Teng? Is there anyone who dares to come out and fight?” Ye Fan faced the multitude of heroes alone.
Yet still, no one stepped forward. Ye Fan knew that Wang Teng was definitely not within the clan; otherwise, given his temperament, he would have come out long ago and would never have waited until now.
Before the sacred land, the Wang Clan’s morale was low. Not a single person dared to step forward, causing many to feel a sinking in their hearts and silently lament the loss of a certain fighting spirit.
On the other side, the Barbarian King and the Dark King were locked in a fierce, life-or-death battle. Barbarian ancient battle qi surged, while dark demonic energy roiled. The fight had reached a fever pitch.
“Pfft”
A shocking splash of blood blossomed as a stream of pitch-black blood sprayed forth. This was dark demonic blood; each drop pierced through the void, carving out a trail of Dao marks, with phantom images of gods and demons appearing.
The Dark King’s forearm was torn off by the Barbarian King, dripping with blood. But he also grew fierce, shooting demonic blood from his severed arm, piercing through the Barbarian King’s chest.
The two kings clashed—one renowned across the world for thousands of years, the other having cultivated in seclusion in the Southern Ridge for a millennium. Their re-emergence was like a needle meeting a pin.
However, the people of the Wang Clan all wore grim expressions, for they knew the Dark King couldn’t hold out much longer. The so-called hidden foundations would die upon exposure unless he could quickly slay the Barbarian King; otherwise, the battle situation could not be reversed.
The battle grew even more intense as both sides began to compete in their mastery of the Dao, unleashing various secret techniques.
At that moment, heavenly phenomena descended, sweet dew sprang from the earth, lotus flowers drifted through the air, and the heavenly sounds of the Great Dao surrounded them, submerging the two kings below.
“Children, what are you waiting for? The time for revenge for our clansmen has come! Ride down the ancient aristocratic clan and erase their name from history!” The Barbarian clan leader waved his hand and personally sounded the horn of victory.
“Woo… woo…”
The ancient ox-horn trumpet emitted a sound like rolling thunder, like a colossal beast lowing, making people’s ears ring.
Tens of thousands of iron cavalry charged together. The scene was terrifying—from the sky and from the ground, it was like a black mountain flood erupting.
Heaven and earth were densely packed with figures everywhere. The shouts of killing shook the heavens!
“Kill ah…”
“Level the ancient aristocratic clan!”
“Ride down the Wang Clan and erase them from the world!”
The Barbarian iron cavalry roared in unison, trampling the sky until it collapsed, like thousands of great drums booming, deafening.
To conquer an ancient aristocratic clan seemed like a fantasy to ordinary people, something unthinkable on a normal day. Yet now, it might actually happen.
Tens of thousands of iron cavalry charged into the Northern Plains, stepping into the Wang Clan’s vital grounds. At this moment, the shouts of killing shook the heavens!
“Kill…” Ye Fan, Li Tian, and Yan Yixi also joined in, charging through the sea of people, slaying the strong.
Ye Fan wielded a long saber in his left hand and an iron sword in his right, charging and slashing in all directions, sweeping away everything in his path. There were young corpses and white-haired heads—he was unstoppable, with none able to resist.
In the sky, war chariots, ancient ships, and castles all rose up to resist the Barbarian army. It was a bloody sky, with bones piled like mountains on the ground.
In a great army charge, individual strength, unless extremely powerful, seemed very insignificant and was quickly overwhelmed.
Ye Fan was invincible, smashing several divine cities forged from refined gold, charging into the sacred land, fighting fiercely on all sides.
“Kill ah…”
This was a world of flowing blood, a demonic land covered in white bones and corpses everywhere, filled with cruelty and bloodshed.
Every great battle was like this. Whatever glorious radiance or divine halos surrounded it were merely embellishments added by later generations.
The true battlefield was filled with blood and bone. It was brutal, terrifying, and full of slaughter. There was no right or wrong; at that moment, there was only life and death.
At this time, no one thought of anything else. There was only bloody battle. To survive, to live, they had to fight to the end and decide the victor.
“Kill…” Men shouted and beasts roared. Many voices went hoarse, weapons were blunted from hacking, bodies were covered in blood and wounds, yet they still charged and fought.
“We have no choice but to reveal all our hidden foundations. Even if they die upon exposure and we lose our status as an ancient aristocratic clan forever, we have no other option. Otherwise, annihilation is imminent.” An elder of the Wang Clan roared.
“I, acting as clan leader, order all uncles to open the eternal divine treasury, reveal all hidden foundations, and annihilate all enemies!” Wang Cheng Shen roared.
From within the sacred land, a terrifying aura suddenly emerged. A purple lightning hammer rose, emitting a radiance that shone through the ages, brilliant to the point of terror!
This was the Wang Clan’s supreme sacred weapon, forged by a Human Clan Great Sage. It was a hundred times more terrifying than the broken hammer Ye Fan had seized.
The Great Dao of heaven and earth, with infinite patterns, interwove around it. Thousands of purple lightning bolts spread out, like primal chaos purple qi rising.
A terrifying sacred weapon, its unleashed might immediately blocked tens of thousands of iron cavalry, as if it could destroy three thousand great worlds.
With a loud boom, a stone axe hung high in the Barbarian army, fixed in the sky, emitting an equally terrifying aura, as if it could pierce through past and future.
It too interwove with infinite Dao patterns, with millions of divine power threads, protecting all the iron cavalry within.
“Pfft”
A splash of black blood blossomed. On the other side of the battlefield, the king-level battle had reached its conclusion.
The Dark King’s body was broken. His upper half, stained with large patches of black blood, flew sideways. He had been cleaved in two by the Barbarian King’s bone club; his lower half had long been reduced to a pulp.
“Ah…” The Dark King screamed, black blood gushing from his body, his upper half also cracking.
The Barbarian King’s divine power was astonishing. With a great shout, mountains and rivers trembled. He swung the bone club, bringing it down heavily. The force of the wind carved the ground dozens of zhang deep, scattering rocks and clouds.
He pressed the attack, not wanting to give his opponent a chance to counterattack. The deathblow of a peak king was quite terrifying and could lead to unexpected changes.
“Nine heavens and ten lands, dark…” Sure enough, the Dark Demon King growled, emitting a sound like a curse.
“Kill!” The Barbarian King’s voice shook the heavens as he swung the club down, forcing him unable to finish his words.
“Chi”
At the same time, a beam of cyan light flew over, like an arrowhead, piercing through the Dark King’s body. The Azure Dragon struck at the critical moment, his remaining dragon horn falling off and severing the Dark King’s head.
“Go die!” The Barbarian King roared. The bone club smashed down, and with a “puff,” it crushed the Dark King’s head. Brains and blood splattered, and both body and spirit were destroyed.
A terrifying demon king who had cultivated for over four thousand years and then sealed himself for another fifteen hundred years was thus killed. The Wang Clan fell into chaos!
With a rumble, the purple lightning hammer in the sacred land shot out a heroic man. His eyes shot purple lightning, his bearing was spirited, he looked down on the world, and his whole body was entwined with Dao marks.
Without a word, he swiftly pounced on the Barbarian King, aiming to kill him with a single blow.
“Arctic Immortal Light!”
The Barbarian King was shocked. He leaped into the air, moving with extreme speed to the sky, grasping the supreme stone axe and swinging it down with force.
“Boom”
The power of the Great Sage weapon erupted, covering the sky and colliding with that man. The heavens trembled.
“This man is too terrifying! He’s almost stepped into the realm of a Sage!” Li Tian said in terror.
At this critical moment, the deity within the stone axe awakened and rushed out. It was a hazy mass of light that blocked the man, preventing him from breaking through.
“Boom”
The Divine Maiden Furnace revived. Ye Fan used it to protect the Barbarian warriors, fearing that other hidden foundations of the Wang Clan would rush out and attack.
That heroic man was extremely terrifying. He confronted the deity within the stone axe, causing heaven and earth to collapse and wreaking havoc in all directions.
Finally, after a moment, he gradually faded and slowly disappeared, ceasing to exist.
The deity’s light sank back into the stone axe. The Barbarian King coughed up a large mouthful of blood, severely injured. Even protected by a Great Sage’s weapon, he had nearly fallen. This showed how terrifying that man had been.
“I didn’t expect that among your Wang Clan’s hidden foundations, there was a strand of Arctic Immortal Light!” The Barbarian King stopped the bleeding, swallowed a precious pill, and recovered his vitality.
Many were shocked. Even few within the Wang Clan themselves knew that the clan possessed such a hidden foundation.
Arctic Immortal Light, also known as the Light of Immortality, could merge with a person’s primordial spirit, achieving immortality, and could unleash a shocking strike when necessary.
However, once it struck, it would dissipate, lasting only for a brief moment. Normally, it was suppressed by a supreme sacred weapon and never revealed.
It only existed in the Arctic, with only one strand ascending every hundred thousand years. From ancient times to the present, only a few had ever seen it. This was the first time people had seen someone merge with Arctic Immortal Light.
“The one who collected and refined the Arctic Immortal Light ultimately didn’t fully become a Sage. Otherwise, I would have turned to dust,” the Barbarian King murmured to himself.
That the Wang Clan possessed such a hidden foundation surprised everyone. The Barbarian iron cavalry retreated, temporarily halting their attack under the protection of the stone axe and the Divine Maiden Furnace.
“Reveal all hidden foundations! We must kill all the savages!” Wang Cheng Shen and the others were frantic. Dozens of Great Powers had nearly been wiped out, and two hidden foundations had been lost. If they didn’t turn the battle around, they would surely be annihilated.
All members of the Wang Clan retreated into the sacred land, jointly channeling the purple lightning hammer. It emitted billions of rays of light. The sacred weapon fully revived, like an ancient Sage reborn. A purple beam shot into the sky.
At that moment, countless major powers across the entire Northern Plains were terrified. Many experts looked up at the distant horizon, staring at that purple beam.
“Roar…”
Tens of thousands of iron cavalry gathered together, also channeling the stone axe. A sea-like surge of sacred power erupted. This weapon too revived.
“And this one of ours!” Ye Fan shouted, offering up the Divine Maiden Furnace, suspending it high in the sky.
For one person to fully revive a sacred weapon was impossible. But with tens of thousands of iron cavalry united, it was different. Their blood qi surged as they channeled together. The Divine Maiden Furnace also bloomed with dazzling, brilliant light.
And at that moment, it fully expanded, instantly filling the sky. No longer was it the size of a fist in Ye Fan’s palm. Now, it revealed its true form, capable of crushing the heavens.
The people of the Wang Clan all turned pale, trembling. The simultaneous appearance of two Great Sage weapons was truly terrifying. They only had one inherited sacred weapon. How could they resist?
“Don’t be afraid! Our clan has deep foundations. They cannot win.”
“Our clan has over a dozen hidden foundations. We will not be defeated!”
“Summon the clan’s strongest hidden foundation! Even if it means rivers of blood and mountains of bones, it must be done!”
The people of the Wang Clan roared, making their final desperate stand.
“Boom!”
The purple lightning hammer flashed. From the internal world it had evolved, a source block as crystalline as snow flew out.
Ye Fan was startled. This was definitely Divine Source, but it was different from the common kind. It wasn’t dazzling but shone like a star, its light soft.
In the past, in the Divine City of the Northern Domain, a beautiful young girl had been cut out, sealed in this kind of Divine Source.
Now, within this Divine Source block was a fierce beast. Its appearance was terrifying. It had three heads: the middle one was a dragon’s head, and the sides were an ape’s head and a bird’s head.
It wasn’t large, only a little over two meters long. Its body was covered in scales like divine iron, sturdy and powerful, extremely intimidating.
As soon as it emerged, it trembled. Then, an overwhelming aura spread out, causing half the people to collapse to the ground.
“This is our clan’s strongest hidden foundation. If you can defeat it, we accept our fate. Wait for your annihilation! Otherwise, all of you go die!” Several of the Wang Clan’s powerholders screamed madly. At this point, they were nearly insane.
“Primeval Ancestral Beast!” The Barbarian King was greatly shocked.
“This… I feel an aura as great as a Sage!” Li Tian’s hair stood on end.
“You actually used a supreme sacred weapon to guard such an ancestral beast. If it emerges, it will surely cause rivers of blood. It will go on a killing spree everywhere!” The Barbarian clan leader shouted.
“You forced us! All of you go die!” The people of the Wang Clan screamed madly.
“Not necessarily. No matter how many hidden foundations you have, my Barbarian clan fears none. We only need one War God!” The Barbarian King roared.
“Boom”
The stone axe in the sky opened its internal small world. A tall man sealed in Divine Source appeared, like a War God.
This was a complete block of Divine Source, clearly formed from condensed Divine Source liquid, without a single crack. It was over two meters tall.
Inside was a fierce man, thirty to forty years old. His bristly beard was like steel needles, his wide mouth and bell-like eyes were large, his skin was bronze-colored, and he wore animal hide clothing. He was like a reincarnated War God.
“What? Formed from Divine Source liquid, it won’t die upon exposure! You have such a hidden foundation!” The people of the Wang Clan despaired, for they sensed an aura that could suppress that ancestral beast, making it tremble.
“Hum”
This War God-like man, though still within the Divine Source block, seemed to awaken at that moment. Instantly, his might intimidated heaven and earth, causing all directions to tremble.
“Long live the War Ancestor!”
“Long live the seventeenth-generation Ancestor!”
All the Barbarian warriors shouted, their voices resounding through heaven and earth.
“Boom”
This War God-like man did not break out of the Divine Source. He charged forward with the source block, his supreme pressure nearly forcing everyone to their knees.
The beast ancestor also did not break out of its source. It leaped into the air, turned around, and fled, showing the fear in its heart.
All the people of the Wang Clan despaired. They knew that the great calamity of annihilation had arrived. Even if all their hidden foundations were revealed, there was no turning back the tide. That War God was unstoppable by anyone!
“The Wang Clan is finished!” Ye Fan knew that no miracle could happen. The Barbarian clan’s hidden foundation was truly world-shaking!
This battle was about to end. The five domains would experience a great earthquake.
They had accomplished an unprecedented feat in a hundred thousand years: riding down an ancient aristocratic clan. An immortal inheritance was heading toward its end.