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Chapter 880: The Deadly Battle, The Heavenly Tribulation Descends (Happy New Year!)
Chapter 880: The Deadly Battle, The Heavenly Tribulation Descends (Happy New Year!)
January 3rd, 2025
Three attacks, without distinction of sequence, had one target.
The terrifying demonic aura instantly crushed everything in its path.
Boom!
A deafening explosion reverberated, shaking the earth and causing a ripple in the void.
Within the distorted space, a mountain of white bones, akin to a hellish landscape, suddenly collapsed.
The powerful aftermath of the battle swept through the area like a storm, causing weaker cultivators to be jolted and forced to retreat repeatedly.
Three silhouettes stood tall in the sky, gazing silently at the center, shrouded in endless smoke.
One had a skeletal body and a raging bull's head, appearing both demonic and ghostly.
Another had a fierce and menacing expression, revealing a sharp and piercing aura.
The third had a sallow complexion and a languid demeanor, but their eyes held an extreme ferocity.
With the intervention of these three, the other battle groups had already dispersed.
Upon seeing the arrival of the new duo, the demon race couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Commander Huang Man!"
"Commander Bi Zheng!"
On the human side, the faces of the five Nascent Soul Cultivators changed instantly.
"Isn't Bi Zheng supposed to be in the Five Elements Domain? How did he get here?"
"After the peace talks with the Green Travel Sect fell through, Huang Man escaped into the Million Great Mountains. Why has he returned?"
"Why are they targeting Luo Chen?"
This last question was asked by Ling Feng Zi, his voice trembling slightly.
No one answered them.
The auras of the three Great Demon Emperors permeated the heavens, their Nascent Soul domains dividing the area, making it difficult for all living beings to breathe.
Qin Baixiang watched this scene with trembling eyes, his footsteps involuntarily moving backward.
Suddenly!
"This battle has exceeded my capabilities. Please excuse my inability to help, farewell!"
"You..."
Ling Feng Zi looked at Qin Baixiang in astonishment, but the latter had already turned and fled without hesitation, not wanting to stay in this battlefield for a moment longer.
Although he had shown fear before the battle, the overwhelming strength of their opponents had indeed surpassed their imagination.
Xian He Zhen Ren and the Crane Emperor exchanged a glance, their mutual understanding leading to a shared decision.
Although they hadn't fled in panic, they were indeed prepared to retreat at the first sign of trouble.
As Luo Chen's junior, Ling Feng Zi now found himself in a dilemma.
He could sense Luo Chen's aura still present, but he dared not imagine the outcome of the upcoming battle."
Should he fight or flee?
His conflicted gaze turned towards the Nine Spirit Lord.
The latter's eyes remained fixed on the center of the smoke, where he took out a sealed pill, placed it in his mouth, and began to dissolve it.
"Luo Chen is not dead yet!"
"This battle is because of me, so I cannot abandon him!"
His words resonated with determination, even reaching the distant Bi Zheng high in the sky, who glared at them with malice.
The Nine Spirit Lord showed no weakness, and his aura began to intensify, summoning the Grand Nine Heaven River once again by his side, slowly flowing.
Bi Zheng let out a cold snort, not bothering to look at the Nine Spirit Lord, and turned his gaze back to the center of the three-way attack.
Thick smoke descended from the sky, forming a smoke screen that obscured the details within.
But inside, there was indeed a vibrant and thriving vitality, spreading outward without restraint.
A hoarse voice emerged from within.
"In the past, three human cultivators besieged Cangwu Qing Shuang. Today, you three Great Demon Emperors have joined forces against me."
"What merits did I, the founder of this sect, possess?"
"Hmm..."
The final sound was like the breath of an ancient beast roaming the vast wilderness, and with a single breath, countless clouds of smoke were dispersed.
The three Great Demon Emperors looked down simultaneously.
In a terrifyingly deep pit, a nine-zhang-tall giant leaned on a blood-stained sword, half-kneeling on the ground, with a small gray cauldron emitting a dim spiritual light above his head.
He slowly rose to his feet.
As he stood, a horrifying scene was revealed.
Numerous shattered armor fragments were embedded in his flesh, and those exposed to the outside were jingling from the impact of the wind.
These fragments were the remnants of the Xuan Chen Armor, which had not yet fully recovered.
The nine-zhang giant opened his mouth and summoned the Primordial Cauldron, which had shrunk in size after withstanding the combined attacks of the three Demon Emperors. He swallowed it into his Purple Mansion with difficulty.
He pulled out a yellowish armor fragment from his flesh with great effort.
The giant glanced at the fragment, his face showing a hint of regret.
Damaged to such an extent, it would likely take hundreds of years of nurturing for the Xuan Chen Armor to recover to its original state.
Hundreds of years?
His cultivation period hadn't even lasted that long, and it would be more efficient to refine a new protective treasure than to wait for the Xuan Chen Armor to recover.
After removing the fragment, the giant's torn flesh quickly healed, returning to its original state as his muscles twitched.
It was as if the terrifying wounds had never existed.
In the sky, the three demons witnessed this scene, their pupils constricting in surprise.
As if they had realized something.
Niu Gui spoke in a deep voice, "I have no life-or-death grudge with the Pill Sect. I only want the Void Accumulating Flower!"
Bi Zheng coldly snorted, "Luo Chen is the one Ao Kuang wants dead, and he must die today!"
Huang Man's face was filled with hatred as he stared at the giant slowly straightening his body.
"The Abyss Sect killed my father, and Luo Chen is the most valued member of the Abyss Sect. He even once enslaved my brother."
"Today, I will settle both old and new grudges!"
"I will make the Abyss Sect feel pain!"
The three spoke as if responding to Luo Chen's earlier words.
But none of them dared to make a move, as Luo Chen's body emanated a heart-palpitating aura that made them all feel apprehensive.
Swish! Swish!
Luo Chen stood tall, his body surging with power, and his amber eyes, wild like a beast, locked onto the three.
"Do you really think I'm an easy target?"
Before he finished speaking, Luo Chen stomped his foot.
Boom!
The earth trembled as if a dragon was turning in its sleep.
Luo Chen shot upwards like an arrow, and amidst the void's roar, he slashed his sword towards the three demons.
At this moment, he abandoned all external objects and relied solely on the blood sword in his hand.
A surge of power flowed into the Soul Devouring Sword without restraint, and a dazzling blade of light slashed upwards at an angle.
Facing this outnumbered attack, the three Great Demon Sovereigns remained unmoved, as their divine senses had been locked onto Luo Chen all along.
Seeing his bold strike, they acted in unison.
Boom!
In an instant, the sword light vanished without a trace.
And just as Luo Chen had come swiftly, he retreated with equal speed.
Like a meteor, he fell back to the ground.
Huang Man watched as the opponent stubbornly resisted, his face flashing with sternness, "This person won't surrender easily. To avoid prolonging the fight, let's finish this quickly!"
Bi Zheng nodded, "After this battle, I will return to the Million Great Mountains."
As he spoke, a black curved blade flew out of his sleeve with a whistle, hovering by his side.
With a single slash, the curved blade rushed towards Luo Chen with lightning speed.
Niu Gui, not wanting to delay further, raised his white bone staff and prepared to strike.
Just then, a nine-colored radiance rushed towards him from a distance.
"Niu Gui, our battle is not over yet!"
It was the Nine Spirit Lord!
Upon seeing his move, Niu Gui hadn't even reacted when the three surviving ordinary Demon Sovereigns took action.
However, they didn't block the Nine Spirit Lord, but were instead stopped by Ling Feng Zi and his two companions.
"Your opponents are us!"
Ling Feng Zi gritted his teeth and spoke with determination, even though he was at the early Nascent Soul stage, he forcefully took on the mid-stage Fourth Rank Demon Emperor.
Idle Crane Immortal and Crane Emperor each engaged one of the demons.
However, their battles intentionally moved away from this high-level cultivator battlefield.
Niu Gui's eyebrows furrowed as he pointed his white bone staff towards the fearless Nine Spirit Lord.
"Once I deal with this person, I'll help you kill Luo Chen!"
Huang Man glanced at the Nine Spirit Lord, who held a crude stone club.
"There's no need for you, I and Bi Zheng are enough!"
After speaking, the three demons split up.
Niu Gui's staff grew to a thousand feet tall in the wind, and with both hands gripping it, he slammed it into the ground.
Instantly, a mountain of white bones rose, recreating the White Bone Mountain! This mountain had once trapped Luo Chen inside, enduring a combined attack from the three Great Demon Sovereigns. How would the Nine Spirit Lord fare against it?
The Nine Spirit Lord didn't flee but charged straight into it, and the nine-colored light river began to wash away the countless white bones.
He couldn't escape, as Luo Chen would face the combined assault of the three Great Demon Sovereigns.
Therefore, even if it meant facing challenges, he had to stall Niu Gui!
On Luo Chen's side,
Clang!
He blocked the black curved blade with his sword, and dazzling sparks flew.
Suddenly, the black curved blade split into countless blades of light, engulfing Luo Chen.
"Hmph..."
Luo Chen grunted, his source power erupting as he forcefully pushed back the numerous curved blades.
When he reappeared, his body was covered in countless wounds.
Bi Zheng flew over, witnessing this scene with a heavy expression, as if suddenly enlightened.
"As expected, severing limbs and reattaching them, regenerating flesh and blood. I never thought that you, a mere human, would have such a profound body refinement skill comparable to demon beasts."
Luo Chen took a breath, his opponent's skills were too formidable.
That black curved blade was incredibly fierce and unpredictable in its transformations.
Without the protection of the Mysterious Dust Armor, he could only rely on his powerful physical body to withstand the attacks.
Although his body, after continuous tempering, had reached the strength of a true artifact, even the toughest body couldn't endure such relentless waves of attacks.
Whoosh!
A sound of tearing through the air suddenly exploded.
This was the moment when Luo Chen's old strength had been exhausted, and new strength had yet to emerge.
Above his head, a large, crude stone club floated, descending with the force of a million pounds of thunder.
Luo Chen gritted his teeth and stretched out his left hand, executing a Mountain Breaking Strike.
However, it only slightly slowed down the stone club, which continued its unstoppable descent towards him.
At this moment of helplessness,
"Roar!"
On Luo Chen's left arm, black energy surged, and a black dragon with a formidable head roared out.
With a strike of the club, Black King was hit like a heavy blow.
But he didn't retreat at all; his massive body, like a vine, coiled upwards, wrapping around the stone club and gradually dissipating its thunderous momentum.
Whoosh!
The stone club suddenly shrank and flew back into Huang Man's hand.
He looked at the nine-zhang giant below, where a small black dragon was coiled around Luo Chen's waist and arms, with only its head exposed, glaring fiercely at him.
"Demon beast? No, it's a beast!"
Luo Chen, having blocked these consecutive attacks, finally caught his breath, and his divine sense transmitted,
"Black King, I'm counting on you to protect my physical body."
Black King replied in a rough voice, "Little Black is more than willing! But..."
Black King glanced at the two Great Demon Sovereigns, his tone heavy.
"Master, how did you offend such a formidable enemy this time?"
Luo Chen shook his head, not answering.
It wasn't that he had provoked them.
But that they had come prepared!
This battle would be the most perilous fight of his life!
Even at the start, his life-bound treasure had suffered a severe blow, and his protective armor was undoubtedly on the brink of collapse.
If not for his powerful soul, the backlash from the damage to his two treasures would have left him powerless to fight further.
In fact, it was because the Primordial Cauldron had been severely damaged, causing his mental focus to waver, that he had just barely withstood these two attacks, looking utterly disheveled.
But at this moment, there was no time for lamenting.
Luo Chen lowered his head, looking at the trembling Yuan Tu Sword.
"Today, I'll be relying on you!"
A fierce look flashed across Luo Chen's face, and he bit his tongue.
A gush of blood!
A mouthful of essence blood splattered onto the Yuan Tu Sword.
Since you like my blood so much, I'll let you have your fill!
At this moment, Luo Chen didn't care about the preciousness of his essence blood; he wanted to awaken the spirit of the Yuan Tu Sword.
With the essence blood supplement, the Yuan Tu Sword emitted a crisp sound.
A red glow appeared, and an overwhelming bloody aura instantly surged in all directions.
In a daze, there seemed to be the wailing of a Divine Transformation Great Power who had died miserably, echoing within.
In the midst of the great battle, he was resorting to such self-mutilation?
Huang Man and Bi Zheng exchanged a glance, realizing that their opponent was making a desperate, all-or-nothing move.
"Attack together!"
"Don't give him a chance to catch his breath!"
Two figures suddenly burst out, charging forward.
The black curved blade and the rough stone club struck simultaneously.
Luo Chen frantically retreated, feeling the overwhelming bloody aura from the sword in his hand.
The third seal was temporarily broken by his essence blood.
The Yuan Tu Sword spirit was awakening!
Facing the onslaught of attacks, Luo Chen formed hand seals with one hand, and his cultivation power surged.
The Fire Phoenix screeched, flying out with a howl.
The Flame Dragon descended, roaring and destroying everything in its path.
But these were merely mortal techniques; even at their peak, they couldn't withstand a single strike from a powerful cultivator.
Not to mention performing them hastily?
They only slightly delayed the Fire Phoenix's demise, with a mournful cry, it vanished, and the Flame Dragon was smashed to pieces by the crude stone club.
Just as the curved blade transformed into countless forms, the stone club was about to strike."
Luo Chen gripped the hilt of the crude sword with both hands and slashed it through the air."
Boom!
The terrifying surge of cultivation power distorted the void, tearing open a shocking gash in the earth.
The unsealed Yuan Tu Sword revealed its might, causing the two Great Demon Emperors to shrink their pupils, realizing that Luo Chen had unleashed something extraordinary.
Luo Chen swayed like a broken kite, drifting backward.
His meridians dried up for a moment.
He hadn't expected that after the Yuan Tu Sword spirit awakened, its absorption of cultivation power would be so terrifying.
The Nascent Soul released cultivation power again, but it was already too late.
Luo Chen took out a wine gourd, smashed it open, and drank from it with his mouth wide open.
A vast amount of Golden Wind Jade Dew flowed into his mouth, replenishing his spiritual energy.
With the supplement, Luo Chen's feeling of emptiness instantly dissipated.
Looking at the two pursuers, Luo Chen knew that if he continued like this, even with the advantage of the Yuan Tu Sword, he couldn't outlast his opponents.
He wanted a quick fight as much as they did.
With a thought, Luo Chen stepped on the Moon Step, soaring and maneuvering in the void, and then with a booming sound, he charged straight towards Bi Zheng.
He needed to find a breakthrough!
Facing Luo Chen's charge, Bi Zheng didn't get angry but smiled.
"Seeking death!"
Countless sword lights merged into one.
Holding the black curved blade, a crescent moon emerged from behind him and merged into the blade.
The crescent moon infused the blade, and then it slashed out!
Luo Chen swung his sword as well.
Blade and sword clashed again.
Clang!
To Bi Zheng's surprise, the life-bound treasure he had painstakingly cultivated for hundreds of years now had a crack.
The backlash from the treasure caused Luo Chen to pause for a moment.
At that instant, Luo Chen slapped his abdomen.
The previously retracted Primordial Cauldron reappeared, floating in the air.
Bang!
The massive stone club suddenly smashed towards him.
It was clear that Huang Man wouldn't give Luo Chen a chance to break through Bi Zheng's defense alone; the attacks never ceased.
Moreover, this attack was different from the previous ones.
The Black King roared, trying to intercept the stone club, but a thick yellow light enveloped the club, causing him to feel like he had been struck hard.
"Master, be careful..."
Before the Black King could finish his sentence, a terrifying force was conducted onto Luo Chen's body.
He was knocked down to the ground once more.
This time, Luo Chen fell into a surging river, his blood flowing in torrents, washed by the river, looked utterly disheveled.
However, he didn't pause for a moment, pointing a finger at the Primordial Cauldron in the sky.
Crack!
A streak of electric arc flashed with a sizzling sound.
Huang Man and Bi Zheng, who were about to pursue, stopped in their tracks.
Looking up, countless black electric arcs began to emanate from the small cauldron.
Dark clouds rapidly gathered, making the sky and earth incredibly gloomy.
Streaks of electric light crisscrossed, constantly outlining something.
Faintly, it seemed as if a living being was about to emerge from the darkness.
This familiar scene would be no stranger to any cultivator who had advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.
Two voices spoke simultaneously.
"Heavenly Tribulation!"
(End of Chapter)
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