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Chapter 176: Burning Mountains and Boiling Seas, Bodhimanda Lotus, and the End of the Divine Hunter
Chapter 176: Burning Mountains and Boiling Seas, Bodhimanda Lotus, and the End of the Divine Hunter Tower in Golden Light City (Part 1)
Whoosh!
The rain poured down, obscuring the sky as far as the eye could see.
Darkness loomed, oppressive and suffocating, like a starless night!
The dark winter clouds brought a more formidable presence than the summer rain, casting a powerful sense of oppression over the entire Golden Light City.
It was as if the heavens were about to collapse, and the rivers and mountains would shatter!
Tide Watching Pavilion.
The horse-drawn carriage sped through the streets, its wheels turning and splashing water as it went, breaking through the accumulated puddles.
After winding through many alleys in the city, the carriage finally slowed down and returned to the Tide Watching Pavilion.
It arrived at the inconspicuous pavilion.
The man in the black iron mask slowly alighted from the carriage, wearing a straw hat to shield himself from the pouring winter rain. The raindrops hit the hat, creating a hazy mist.
He knocked on the door, and a crack opened, revealing a black-robed figure examining him from head to toe.
The door then opened, allowing him to enter the room.
Inside the room.
The man in the black iron mask strode forward, his blood and qi circulating as he walked, evaporating the moisture on his body.
In the room, the figure wearing the golden mask was handling documents.
Suddenly.
The golden mask paused, lifting its head to stare at the black iron mask, eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"You have a tail following you?"
The black iron mask was taken aback, "Why do you say that, sir?"
"My Divine Secret Technique, Cautious Questioning Immortal, is trembling... indicating that there's a problem with you, or rather, you've brought back a significant threat."
The golden mask figure rose from behind the desk.
His eyes became extremely sharp.
"However... the fact that my Divine Secret Technique, Cautious Questioning Immortal, is slightly trembling indicates that the newcomer's strength is by no means ordinary."
The golden mask figure's sleeves billowed wildly behind him, and a powerful and distorted force emanated from his body.
"It's so troublesome to conduct business in a small city like this."
"First, the mission failed, and two Nine Stars Divine Armament assassins died. Now, a tail is following us."
"This is truly frustrating!"
The golden mask figure sighed.
The Divine Hunter Tower's business expansion had specific requirements from headquarters.
If this month's report were sent back to headquarters, he feared he would lose his teeth.
The Divine Hunter Tower had not just entered Golden Light City; the Tide Watching Pavilion was their operation, and the pavilion master was their man, cultivated over a long time.
Now, taking over the Tide Watching Pavilion should have been a straightforward matter.
Suddenly.
The golden mask's eyes narrowed, and commanding. He turned his head and stepped outside the pavilion."
Whoosh, whoosh!
The wind howled, and the raindrops fell like bullets! The rain hit the golden mask, slowly sliding down.
He stared into the distant sky, where the wind swirled, as if a great sun was setting into the sea, gradually fading away.
A scorching aura seemed to roll out across the heavens and earth.
"The extinction of Martial Dao Will, a bellyful of discontent, roaring to the heavens..."
"A grandmaster has fallen."
"Within Golden Light City, there's only one known grandmaster... Xue Dufu!"
The golden mask figure spoke with a heavy voice.
The man in the black iron mask behind him trembled.
"How could this be?"
"How could Xue Dufu have fallen?"
"I just negotiated a deal with him, and he agreed to pay to continue the assassination of Li Cheng and Zhang Ya's couple!"
The man in the black mask was shocked.
Just after he left, Xue Dufu, a grandmaster...
Had been killed in the city.
"The fact is as I've said... a grandmaster has fallen."
The golden mask figure nodded, trusting his perception.
"The Four Divine Armageddon Lotus Wrathful Third Prince Strange Shrine... even before the Temple Deity Resonance Conference began, a grandmaster has fallen... chaos is gradually emerging."
"Great opportunities are ahead, and chaos is about to unfold."
"This Temple Deity Resonance Conference may... far exceed our past expectations!"
The golden mask figure was not surprised by this turn of events.
In the Divine Capital, the Dao City, and other major cities, when the Four Divine Strange Shrines open their Mysterious Shrines, opportunities arise alongside fierce battles.
To seize the Four Divine opportunities, the fall of Divine Essence True Person is not considered unusual.
"However, we must clarify that this has nothing to do with the Divine Hunter Tower. Otherwise... Xue Dufu, as a grandmaster under Ji Haihui, even though he's just a Grandmaster of Divine Aura, will still bring trouble upon us."
"Don't take the blame for others."
A faint voice emerged from behind the golden mask.
The man in the black iron mask clenched his fists, his body slightly trembling.
The golden mask figure shook his head, turned, and walked towards the desk, intending to finish the documents he had yet to review.
Suddenly.
His footsteps abruptly stopped, stamping on the wooden floor.
Like the sound waves of a drum being struck hard, the vibrations spread in all directions.
The golden mask's eyes narrowed, and the pupils beneath the mask shrank.
His Divine Nature uncontrollably burst forth, swirling wildly.
Slowly turning, he looked towards the distant courtyard.
There, a wooden sculpture silently fell, accompanied by the rain.
It was a statue of Guanyin seated on a lotus.
With a kind face and hands forming a mudra, it fell with the raindrops.
The golden mask's eyes narrowed.
Instantly, his body hair stood on end, and every pore exuded scorching heat.
A sense of terror, almost suffocating, surged uncontrollably from his heart as he stared at the wooden Guanyin statue!
What...
What was this?
Why...
It was just a wooden sculpture, yet it gave him a bone-chilling feeling!
As if it would incinerate the mountains and boil the seas!
As if it would extinguish all life!
But...
It's just a wooden statue!
The next instant.
The Golden Mask's body was filled with surging blood and divine energy, and a Divine Essence Golden Core emerged from within the overwhelming divine nature.
Countless divine essences, like a thousand-foot halo, bloomed from his back.
The black-faced man was instantly overwhelmed by the unresistible pressure of the Divine Essence True Person's rank, and he was forced to kneel on the ground.
He clenched his fist, and the air froze in an instant.
The wooden statue of Guanyin, which was about to fall to the ground, was sealed and frozen in mid-air by his powerful divine energy cultivation.
Countless raindrops transformed into hands, attempting to lift the wooden statue of Guanyin!
However...
Heavy!
Unbearably heavy!
The statue of Guanyin was so heavy that it felt like a collapsing mountain.
He...
Could not lift the statue of Guanyin!
The hands made of raindrops shattered, like a broken mirror, breaking into countless pieces.
Then, the statue of Guanyin fell to the ground.
In the pupils of the Golden Mask...
The Guanyin statue began to swell, distort, ripple, and explode...
Guanyin's kind and gentle face twisted into a hideous grimace, then shattered into countless pieces!
Light!
A dazzling light!
Erupted from the statue of Guanyin!
One by one, the divine essences piled up, containing unparalleled ferocity and clamor. Each collision sparked an explosion of dazzling light and heat!
The terrifying power within...
Made the Golden Mask feel like his primordial spirit had frozen.
"Escape—!!!"
A furious shout.
The Golden Mask's feet slammed down.
His body had yet to launch, but the explosion...
Had already occurred!
Boom—!!!
When the endless light, shockwaves, and scorching heat erupted, accompanied by the release of turbulent divine energy...
The piercing explosion sound finally echoed.
Like the collision of thunder in the clouds, a lightning strike on earth!
Endless light and heat burst forth in an instant!
A massive ball of light expanded and expanded, shattering the ground beneath. Under the seemingly slow yet rapidly expanding sphere, everything seemed as fragile as paper.
Countless pieces of debris flew up, only to be turned into dust by the terrifying light and heat!
Amidst the howling wind, the ground quivered as if struck by a meteor from the heavens.
Rippling, then flattening, like a wave on the water's surface!
The ground turned into a watery surface, fragile and vulnerable!
Heaven and earth overturned!
Incinerating the skies and boiling the seas!
Boom—!!!
Intense, dazzling flames raged forth!
The black-faced man only had time to turn around when he saw a dazzling sun in his field of vision, filling his eyes with endless light!
...
...
A Great Master had died!
His indomitable Martial Dao Will permeated the heavens and earth, causing the many powerful cultivators in Golden Light City to stand in awe, their hairs standing on end.
Even the raging, roaring rain that washed over the heavens and earth seemed unable to wash away the intense grudge left by the death of this Martial Dao Great Master.
He was a Great Master!
His Martial Dao Will was almost tangible, capable of crushing any Martial Dao cultivator below the level of a Great Master, causing their blood to stagnate and their cultivation to be hindered!
It created a sense of oppression akin to a higher divine rank!
Yet, such a figure had been killed!
Brutally murdered on the streets!
And...
It was only after his death that the world became aware of it.
No one had witnessed this memorable scene of a Great Master being killed, an event that would be etched into the history of Golden Light City.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
The sound of breaking through the air reverberated through the ruins.
One after another, figures rushed to the scene, their eyes filled with solemnity.
The Divine Incarnation elders of the Four Great Sects, as well as many Illusory Appearance cultivators and Venerables, stood in front of the terrifying pit.
They gazed at the scorching blood in the pit, hot enough to corrode the ground like lava.
Stunned and speechless, they stood like wooden chickens.
"It's true... a Great Master has died."
Qin Dikun's eyes flashed, and his gaze held a hint of shock.
"Who did this?"
The Hai family elder's face also showed a trace of fear.
To kill a Great Master, killing them, the Divine Incarnations, would likely be just as easy.
Qin Dikun stepped into the ruins.
Hiss, hiss, hiss—
The scorching heat lingered, and the overwhelming Martial Dao Will of the Great Master continued to rise.
He walked to a corner of the ruins and slowly crouched down, picking up a scorching hot arrow.
"Crimson Flame Shattering Star Arrow..."
"This is Wen Longshan's Divine Archer's ultimate arrow technique..."
Just holding the arrowhead, Qin Dikun felt the terrifying true energy and chaotic divine nature trying to penetrate his body like venomous snakes.
His face twitched repeatedly.
Who was it?
Such malicious divine nature, such fierce true energy!
But the most crucial point...
The one who killed Xue Dufu, the Great Master, was a Venerable!
The lingering true energy in the arrow proved this!
"A Venerable killing a Great Master..."
Qin Dikun's expression turned solemn, his eyes flashing with a mysterious light.
"Such a physique... such a mortal body..."
It wasn't unprecedented for a Venerable to kill a Great Master; it was slightly easier compared to a Divine Incarnation killing a Divine Essence cultivator.
1. Because of the suppression between Qi-Xue martial artists, the absolute difference in divine nature ranks is not so absolute.
2. However, it is also an extremely rare occurrence.
3. Venerable Master... What kind of terrifying Venerable Master must one cultivate to be able to reverse the situation and give birth to a great master with a domineering divine aura!
4. Qi reaches three feet, and the aura shatters three zhang!
5. This is enough to illustrate the gap between a Venerable Master and a Great Master!
6. "Who is it?"
7. "I don't know... But shouldn't we be able to guess?"
8. "Do you all remember the battle between the Netherworld Divine Monkey and Venerable Master Xue Dufu some time ago?"
9. Many experts engaged in intense discussion.
10. Suddenly.
11. Several experts who were still staring at the ruins on the ground were shocked.
12. They felt the ground begin to shake violently!
13. The pouring rain in the heavens and earth suddenly stopped!
14. Everyone seemed to be standing on a boat, swaying with its movement!
15. Qin Dikun's hair stood on end, and he abruptly turned his head.
16. Several Divine Incarnation elders rose into the air, ascending towards the sky.
17. Then.
18. They saw...
19. Under the cover of dark clouds, darkness turned into a dazzling day!
20. Light!
21. Countless rays of light burst forth in an instant, rising from a section of the city.
22. All the light and sound in everyone's eyes were deprived by the dazzling light, like the rising sun.
23. Only endless void and emptiness remained!
24. Destruction!
25. An extremely intense aura of destruction exploded and vented within the Golden Light City!
26. The earth shook and mountains crumbled!
27. Countless houses in the entire city were shaking, as if they were hit by a natural disaster like an earth dragon's awakening.
28. But this...
29. Was just the beginning.
30. ...
31. ...
32. City Lord's Mansion.
33. Crash! Crash!
34. The pouring rain mixed with strong winds, howling like ghosts and wolves.
35. The heavy rain fell like sharp arrows, but they were all cut and deflected by the figure sitting on the blood cloud, holding a long spear and lifting a headless corpse.
36. The figure wearing the Divine Monkey mask had eyes flowing with golden flames.
37. A carefree laugh, "Hahaha," came from his mouth.
38. The entire City Lord's Mansion seemed to fall into a deathly silence in an instant.
39. Inside the City Lord's Mansion.
40. Young Master Wang, Ji Haihui, was seriously cultivating his divine nature in the room, but he felt an unprecedented restlessness and irritability.
41. He opened his eyes, and his Dragon Deity purple pupils flickered with light, reflecting the flowing light like a mirror.
42. A dark shadow quietly appeared, floating behind Ji Haihui.
43. "Young Master... Something has happened.
(End of Chapter)
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