Chapter 180: Tempest of Divine Fury
by xennovelCrack, crack!
Wind, rain, thunder, lightning—sudden torrents and wild gales!
Rumbling, heavy thunder rolls in from afar, converging into raindrops beating against Jingguang City!
Shangguan Qinghong squatted on a chair, watching the sudden, misty downpour and the steamed, hazy world outside before letting out a sigh.
“Such a tremendous storm…”
Shangguan Qinghong murmured softly.
She intended to call out to Li Che and wait until the storm subsided a bit before leaving.
But Li Che, holding his oil‐paper umbrella and his flowing black robe billowing behind him, dove headlong into the raging storm.
As if he were ready to battle the heavens and earth.
On the pavilion above.
Lu Yao and the Monitor sipped tea while playing chess, and Lin Xiu stood obediently by, watching in silence.
Along the eaves, droplets formed a curtain, ceaselessly cascading down.
Below the pavilion.
Li Che’s ‘Painted Immortal’ duplicate clutched the oil‐paper umbrella, allowing furious raindrops to batter its surface until it trembled and burst into puffs of rain powder.
An endless haze.
Suddenly.
All the rain in the world seemed to pause in an instant.
It was a pressure so overwhelming that the heavens and earth fell into fleeting silence!
A torrent of rain exploded into fine powder before transforming into a misty vapor.
A burst of dazzling golden radiance!
In an instant, it tore through the dull gloom wrought by the torrential downpour.
That was… a Golden Core!
Divine Essence Golden Pill!
Standing in the rain, Li Che’s ‘Painted Immortal’ form felt an overwhelming, tidal force suddenly bearing down on him; the umbrella he held was instantly crushed and warped under the pressure.
His body went weak, his face turned pale, and he coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood.
He planted his toe on the ground, sending up splashes of water as he frantically staggered backward!
The ‘Painted Immortal’ duplicate, possessing only the initial cultivation of the Mysterious Vein and Divine Foundation, was utterly incapable of withstanding the earth-shattering, fearsome pressure of Divine Essence.
It was naturally impossible to resist!
“Divine Essence Golden Pill!”
Atop the tall building.
Huang Xi Long lightly stepped onto the pinnacle of the pavilion.
Like a spear so sharp it could pierce the heavens and earth!
In his billowing black robes, his golden mask stood defiant against the wind and rain.
His eyes were deep and enigmatic as a vast, radiant divine aura spread from his being, and a Divine Essence Golden Pill ascended from behind him!
To kill a Mysterious Vein fighter—a mere novice at the Divine Foundation, no better than a wooden sculpture master.
Huang Xi Long believed it would be a simple matter.
With a strike as swift as thunder, a single slap could kill!
Boom—
His indifferent gaze swept over the puddle where Li Che’s foot had landed, splashing water as Li Che attempted to flee toward the Imperial Watch.
“Escape? You think you can get away?”
Huang Xi Long didn’t even need to step forward; with a clenched fist he condensed countless droplets in his palm as his mighty primordial spirit surged outwards in rippling waves!
Countless fierce raindrops seemed to freeze mid-air.
The world trembled as the qi emanating from his Divine Essence Golden Pill resonated with the heavens and earth.
In an instant, it stretched across ten, even a hundred zhang…
Each raindrop converged to form a razor‐sharp sword.
Huang Xi Long stood with his arms folded, his eyes cold and unfeeling, casually flicking his fingers.
Across the heavens and the earth, clashing sword tones rang out as countless surges of divine aura boomed like a volcanic eruption!
His formidable primordial spirit, merging with the Golden Pill’s divine power of the Divine Practitioner, instantly coalesced into solid swordlight—swift and true like a dragon, winding and roaring forth!
With a lethal intent, it split the seemingly frozen curtain of rain in two!
Tugging at the blistering waves of qi, it surged over a span of more than a hundred zhang in an instant!
Aiming to circle around and strike directly at Li Che’s head!
However…
Huang Xi Long had thought this sword strike was a sure kill.
But suddenly, it exploded!
An incredibly dazzling burst of golden light, accompanied by a roaring sound like an enraged dragon, shot forth from the heavens as if preordained, instantly shattering his sword strike aimed at Li Che!
Boom—!
A powerful, searing force erupted, colliding with the rain-sword and igniting a burst of brilliant flames!
A mighty shockwave rippled outward, its explosive force spreading in all directions.
It swept the entire curtain of rain clean away!
Li Che’s ‘Painted Immortal’ duplicate was struck as if by a heavy hammer, and under the shockwaves, he was uncontrollably flung backward.
Yet before he hit the ground, a surging divine aura caught him like a drifting leaf.
Lu Yao, with a cold expression and billowing white robes, unleashed his divine aura from his palms to support Li Che’s battered form.
“Lie Shen Pavilion!”
Lu Yao’s eyes blazed with murderous intent.
He had high hopes for Li Che’s woodcarving talent and planned to bring him to Daocheng as a prized protégé.
How could one of his own be brutally assassinated right outside the Imperial Watch?
The golden-faced head of the Lie Shen Pavilion was undoubtedly the leader of their branch in Jingguang City.
To kill a Mysterious Vein martial fighter at the Divine Foundation stage like Li Che…
They even deployed a Pavilion leader at the Divine Practitioner level?!
“Lie Shen Pavilion… you shameless bastards!”
Lu Yao spat out the curse in a cold tone.
With a swift flick of his sleeve, he summoned innumerable divine auras from the heavens that formed an immensely solid invisible wall to block the explosive rain and shockwaves.
Had it not been for that fiery tongue from above which shattered Huang Xi Long’s rain-sword, Li Che would have already been a cold corpse!
Divine Practitioners are unlike Grandmasters.
They possess a vast primordial spirit that coalesces the divine aura of their Golden Pill to resonate with the cosmos—techniques like remote execution are, for them, commonplace.
Lu Yao furrowed his brows.
Staring intently at the chaos amid the torrential rain!
On the tall building.
The imposing figure of Huang Xi Long had a slight change in his cold eyes!
Had his killing move been countered?!
That sword strike…
Arriving from afar and merging with the soaring rain, even a Divine Practitioner like Lu Yao could hardly notice it in time!
In his eyes, Li Che was already a goner!
But then, an unexpected attack struck with unerring accuracy against the rain-sword he had formed using his Eight Extremes Divine Technique…
This was the assassination technique personally employed by the head of the Lie Shen Pavilion!
Unless the opponent was always prepared…
Huh?
Under his golden mask, Huang Xi Long’s eyes narrowed.
A trap!
This Li Che…
is nothing but bait!
Boom—!!!
A howling sound surged from the distance as countless raindrops exploded.
Yet before the roaring noise could reach, a streak of golden light silently drew near.
It was a crimson Bodhi Bullet!
Intricately engraved with complex patterns and bearing a radiant stamp of the character “Weapon,” as if molten lava flowed within.
Fire God’s Bodhi Bullet!
Ma Mian—Soul-Detaining from a Thousand Miles!
“Ma Mian!”
Under his golden mask, Huang Xi Long’s murderous intent surged!
Clenched fingers suddenly flipped.
In an instant, the air around him was forcefully compressed, as if layers of energy barriers had coalesced!
Even the raindrops were frozen and trapped within!
However…
That slender, razor-sharp Fire God’s Bodhi Bullet was like a crimson dragon crawling out of a volcanic crater!
It roared in fury, carrying scorching, all-consuming heat!
and an utterly terrifying penetrating power!
In an instant, it pierced through layer after layer of energy barriers, tearing apart the Divine Practitioner’s primordial force and overwhelming aura!
That penetration power!
Huang Xi Long’s eyes hardened as dread gripped his heart!
Ma Mian’s divine sniping power had grown stronger!
It now posed a real threat!
Yet, Huang Xi Long was still a Divine Practitioner; Ma Mian’s snipe was impressive—powerful and elusive.
But still, a Divine Practitioner was by no means weak.
The revolving Golden Pill at his back subtly enveloped him in a golden shroud!
Ding—!!!
Xiangong Barrett’s Fire God’s Bodhi Armor-Piercing Bullet ferociously hammered into the golden shroud around Huang Xi Long!
Invisible ripples spread, waves of energy undulating continuously!
Expanding his divine aura, Huang Xi Long thrust his palm forward fiercely, as if a massive tide had struck, forcefully catching the whirling Fire God’s Bodhi Bullet!
Boom—!
Yet…
In the very next moment, a snapping sound erupted from the void.
The Fire God’s Bodhi Bullet suddenly expanded, its internal divine chess pieces clashing violently like an avalanche of roars!
Rumble, rumble!
A terrifying explosion swept through as fire burst forth, the raging divine aura surging with a corrosive power that gnawed at Huang Xi Long’s strength!
“Vile!”
Within his Mud Pellet Palace, Huang Xi Long’s divine aura roared and surged, suppressing the explosion’s flames as his body swayed in the downpour.
His form raced through the air like a leaf tossed by heavy rain!
He continuously shifted his direction, preventing Ma Mian from lining up an accurate shot.
Suddenly.
Huang Xi Long seemed to sense something and looked downward.
He discovered that, inexplicably, a figure had appeared on the ground.
Shrouded in a black robe, the figure lifted its head to reveal a menacing Ogre mask, marked with a single, striking “one” scar!
“Since when…?”
Huang Xi Long was utterly startled.
He had completely overlooked this person’s arrival!
He pressed his five fingers down forcefully, condensing divine droplets into a fearsome swordlight that lashed viciously toward Niu Yi on the ground.
However, in the very next moment, Huang Xi Long felt an intense heat!
The masked figure stretched out its limbs like a taut bow suddenly released, with an explosive crack resonating.
Scorching, boiling qi and blood surged up in a turbulent torrent!
Though blistering hot, it carried an eerie, corpse-like chill!
The air rippled subtly as the shock from his qi and blood sent the falling raindrops retreating far away!
Buzz—
A burst of stalwart energy exploded, soaring upward in an instant!
It lunged viciously toward Huang Xi Long.
The myriad rain-swords he wielded were all shattered!
That imposing dark figure stomped upon the air currents and ascended heavenward!
“Grandmaster?!”
Such overflowing qi and blood!
Such stalwart energy!
There’s no doubt—this was a Grandmaster whose body had been honed to perfection!
Indeed, Divine Practitioners surpass Grandmasters—even transcending them—if they can keep them at bay!
Provided that a Grandmaster is not allowed to get close!
A Divine Practitioner’s physique is far inferior to a Grandmaster’s—unless the practitioner too has broken through!
Otherwise, if struck by a Grandmaster, the mortal body would suffer devastating injury!
“A Grandmaster laying in ambush?!”
“Jingguang City… what other Grandmaster could there be?”
Huang Xi Long’s eyes grew somber.
Yet facing the charging Grandmaster Niu Yi, he kicked into the void, unleashing vast divine energy from his Mud Pellet as his primordial spirit swayed like a freed deity!
He formed a hand seal.
Divine Secret Technique!
In an instant, Huang Xi Long vanished from his spot only to reappear out of thin air, right behind Grandmaster Niu Yi.
Clenching his five fingers, the enormous, radiant glow of his Divine Essence Golden Pill floated behind him, as a surging divine aura imbued his entire body.
He flung his arms wide open!
A tremendous repulsive force, like an unbeatable shockwave, slammed into Grandmaster Niu Yi.
Niu Yi raised his arm desperately to counter the blow, his bones seeming to wail in agony!
With a swift motion, he drew a hatchet from his waist which immediately swelled into a crescent blade!
Qi and blood spiraled around the crescent blade as he gripped it with one hand, unleashing a burst of stalwart energy that swung it ferociously in a horizontal arc,
aiming straight to slash at the figure of Huang Xi Long behind him!
However…
This sudden change in the move!
shocked everyone in an instant!
The Stalwart Crescent Blade…
a hatchet transforming into a guan dao?!
This is…
Xue Dufu?!
Grandmaster… Xue Dufu?!
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Huang Xi Long trembled all over, his eyes flickering as a storm of shock surged within him!
Wasn’t Xue Dufu supposed to be dead?!
Could this fierce warrior wearing a menacing Bull Head mask truly be Xue Dufu?
What a display of occult tricks!
In an instant, Huang Xi Long’s spirit solidified, his eyes brightened as he formed another hand seal to reignite his Divine Secret Technique.
Why is the Divine Practitioner considered superior to a Grandmaster…
Because in his eyes, cultivating divine aura from the Bizarre Temple transcends martial prowess!
Forming another hand seal, his Golden Pill trembled as golden killing intent enveloped him like a resounding bell!
He did not dodge at all, steadfastly withstanding a furious slash from a stalwart Grandmaster’s greatsword!
Then—!
It was like an ancient clock, long sealed by time, finally tolling!
Like thunderclap shattering, waves of qi rolling, a terrifying impact erupted outward in concentric circles!
Countless raindrops were blasted apart and scattered.
Puddles on the ground were instantly cleared, leaving a pristine patch!
……
……
In the distance.
Inside the Imperial Watch Tower.
Lu Yao guarded Li Che with eyes flashing like lightning as he fixed his gaze on the sudden, explosive battle unfolding afar.
His eyelids flickered incessantly.
The head of the Lie Shen Pavilion…
and a Grandmaster?
That Grandmaster is… Xue Dufu?!
That iconic crescent blade—in all of Jingguang Prefecture, who else but Xue Dufu could possess such skill?
Monitor Hu Yingyue also appeared, gently playing his erhu, his eyes laced with shock.
He glanced at Li Che, whose pallid face and grievous wounds spoke volumes.
“You’re lucky, kid. To survive an attack by a Divine Practitioner is no small feat.”
Hu Yingyue said ruefully.
Lu Yao’s reaction was swift, but the sudden sniper shot came even faster.
It was Ma Mian who saved Li Che’s life!
The Underworld… clearly had a strong connection with Li Che.
Lu Yao snorted coldly, choosing not to intervene.
Securing Li Che was enough for him.
He had no desire to get entangled in the disputes between the Underworld and the Lie Shen Pavilion.
The Underworld had moved…
and a Grandmaster had appeared.
Was this an attempt to hunt down a Divine Practitioner?
A Divine Practitioner’s methods are far more mystical than a Grandmaster’s, enabling effortless flight and evasion, unmatched in agility.
Though their mortal body might not be as explosive, their cultivation of the Divine Essence Golden Pill, with its radiant emissions forming a Divine Essence Body, was by no means weak!
Clearly, Huang Xi Long was on the verge of forging a Divine Essence Body.
Yet now, a Grandmaster and a Divine Practitioner clashed unexpectedly.
Such fluctuations instantly alerted all the powerful factions!
Inside the City Lord’s Residence.
Divine Guardian, who protected the Little Prince, opened his eyes as his mighty primordial spirit drifted through the void to observe.
At Zheng Lei Peak, Taoist Wang Kuyu, deep in meditation, also opened his eyes, his gaze ethereal.
The Underworld…
was still besieging the Lie Shen Pavilion!
Insane!
Truly, madness!
……
……
A crushing force slammed into Huang Xi Long, causing his golden shroud to ripple like a protective bell around his body.
It deflected Grandmaster Niu Yi’s all-out strike.
With a mere gesture, the air rippled and burst as countless winds and rains coalesced into a terrifying greatsword that slashed out!
Grandmaster Niu Yi was flung sideways by the sweeping sword strike.
He landed on the ground, his feet carving narrow water tracks in the puddles.
Yet as he steadied himself, Niu Yi closed in again, his crescent blade continuously scraping the ground and tearing it apart!
Suddenly, he swung it as if moonlight were cascading down!
It resembled a solitary beacon rising over a desolate desert!
The Lonely Desert Smoke Blade!
His killing move…!
Lonely Smoke Slash!
“The Lonely Desert Smoke Blade… you really are Xue Dufu!”
At that moment, Huang Xi Long’s heart trembled as the mighty killing move stirred tumultuous emotions within him.
His Golden Pill trembled and released a surge of mighty divine aura; with a mere flick of his fingers, countless raindrops shot forward like innumerable flying swords!
A Divine Practitioner’s strength lies in his long-range attacks which can overwhelm and wear even a Grandmaster down!
And once his Golden Pill is perfected, his boundless divine aura can even harness the power of the heavens and earth.
Even if Xue Dufu were to come back to life, so what?
He might as well die again!
The Golden Pill at his back trembled!
Countless surges of furious divine aura erupted, gushing forth like a raging river!
After summoning his rain-sword with a snap, Huang Xi Long formed another hand seal!
Sevenfold Divine Technique!
Countless rain-swords, like water being drawn by a dragon, converged and erupted from Long Street, as if even the river’s flow roared and yearned to be drawn in!
A giant rain-sword dragon surged from the ground, roaring and sweeping forward, crushing Niu Yi under its colossal, razor-sharp force.
Bound by divine techniques that locked onto its target, it advanced swiftly.
It may have been brief, but its speed was extraordinary!
Rumble—!!!
Terrifying, burning blood erupted like a blazing sun!
Niu Yi’s entire body ached as he gripped his crescent saber, channeling stalwart energy to swing at the rain-sword dragon formed by gathered sword qi!
Sevenfold Divine Technique!
The threat was immense—even a Divine Practitioner could only use it sparingly!
Rock fragments exploded on the ground; shattered stones were torn to dust by the sword-qi tornado!
Despite Niu Yi’s vast qi and blood, he could only attempt to diminish the lethal force within the tornado by relentlessly swinging his blade!
Otherwise, even a Grandmaster caught in it would suffer grievous injuries!
Huang Xi Long floated in the air, soaring through the void.
Watching the struggling Grandmaster, a cold, grim smile curled beneath his mask.
Suddenly.
Within the mud pellet at his brow,
his primordial spirit suddenly opened its eyes—a surge of crisis that shook his heart and soul!
Killing intent—
rolled in relentlessly!
A murderous aura that covered the sky!
It pierced straight into the heart!
Huang Xi Long’s eyelids twitched as he involuntarily looked to the distance.
A hundred zhang away.
A towering, hulking figure, as massive as a pagoda, stood silently there, its arms veined and twisted, carrying a gigantic mechanical contraption!
Six crimson barrels, bound together, exuded an extremely intense, scorching heat!
A severe sense of crisis radiated instantly from its primordial spirit, coursing through its entire being!
Huang Xi Long’s hairs stood on end, every pore tightening!
“Ogre——!!!”
The real Ogre had finally appeared!
Gazing at the adorably cute Cute Cow Mask worn amid the storm, Huang Xi Long felt nothing but a chill.
It sent shivers down his spine!
Yet his gaze was fixed on the enormous long-barreled mechanical cannon that Ogre carried.
The narrow barrel resembled a gigantic beast with bared fangs, poised to devour its chosen prey!
It looked like a passage to the netherworld!
“What is that…?”
Huang Xi Long’s eyes narrowed.
Because the cannon carried by Ogre suddenly spewed an incredibly dazzling blue light!
A ghostly blue, reminiscent of hellish will-o’-the-wisps!
Without hesitation,
he snapped his fingers.
An extraordinarily resplendent Sevenfold Divine Weapon materialized before him, its layered swordlight morphing into a shield of gleaming blades to block the attack!
Rat-a-tat-tat—
Countless streams of blue light burst forth as scorching waves of energy surged upward!
Then, within the blue, golden beams formed like continuous lines, relentlessly jetting out from the revolving six barrels!
Blazing waves pierced the rain and mist, roaring toward him!
On the barrel, interwoven patterns and the swirling blood and qi from Ogre drove the mechanism into high-speed rotation!
Every breath set it into a hundred rotations!
Ogre was wrapped in Avalanche Muduya chains—each Avalanche Muduya embodying the equivalent of fifty Avalanche Divine Chess Pieces!
Clap, clap, clap, clap—
A deafening roar erupted from the Fire God’s Furious Dragon Mechanical Cannon!
The nearly 2.5-meter-tall Ogre hefted a cannon weighing over a thousand jin and fired it ferociously!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Terrifying penetration, explosive force, and shock power!
Hanging in mid-air, Huang Xi Long barely had time to react before a golden beam struck him!
He was hit by the golden light!
An explosion erupted instantly!
Scorching, roaring divine aura burst forth, exploding into violent flames!
The Sevenfold Divine Weapon he summoned instantly dimmed, its divine energy depleted, and he was blasted, sent hurtling chaotically to the ground.
Huang Xi Long was filled with terror.
His form darted across the air several times.
He thrust his palms forward, unleashing an immense wall of compressed divine energy as his Golden Pill trembled, gathering a radiant golden body and armor!
Ogre’s machinery… as if he didn’t know it!
The rotating, flame-spewing mechanism had long been noted in his intelligence reports.
But its power…
was on an entirely different level at this moment!
Boom—!
The energy wall, compressed from divine aura, exploded instantly, unleashing a terrifying burst of searing light and heat.
Just ten Avalanche Muduya rounds were enough to breach the wall—the blast and shock left Huang Xi Long dazed!
He then felt a violent, dreadful force slam into him!
The golden gauze from his Golden Pill clung tightly to his body!
Though he had not yet achieved a Divine Essence Body, the power radiating from his Golden Pill still bolstered his defenses!
Pain!
A bone-rattling pain!
It felt as if a Grandmaster were pounding him relentlessly into the ground!
In just one breath,
dozens, even hundreds, of strikes battered him—all his golden light quickly diminished as explosive divine force crashed down!
Mid-air, Huang Xi Long was engulfed by the dazzling fireworks of the explosions!
It seemed to remind him of that fateful day…
When the vast Guanchao Pavilion was obliterated by a terrifying mushroom cloud explosion!
Splat—!
He spat out a mouthful of blood as his golden shroud finally could not withstand the relentless barrage of Ogre’s Fire God Cannon.
It was finally torn apart!
Huang Xi Long roared in fury, spitting blood as he unleashed his entire divine aura forward.
Bloodburn Divine Secret Technique!
Transposition!
His figure flickered several times in mid-air!
He vanished in a brilliant flash from the very spot targeted by the Fire God Mechanical Cannon.
A barrage of cannon fire linked by golden light narrowly missed him.
Huang Xi Long executed several consecutive long-distance flashes, soaring upward.
Facing Ogre’s terrifying mechanical assault…
Only top-tier defensive Sevenfold Divine Weapons—or even Six Divisions Divine Weapons—could withstand it and offer a chance for counterattack!
Ogre’s mechanism posed an enormous threat to a hovering Divine Practitioner!
Unless one forms a Divine Essence Body, being hit would cause severe injury—even if not death!
Suddenly.
Just as his evasion ended and he was about to dash skyward into the clouds to evade Ogre’s cannonfire, Huang Xi Long was abruptly struck with shock!
Rain pelted his golden mask.
Instead, he saw a streak of blood-colored cloud forming above his head.
Above the blood cloud, a figure wearing a Divine Monkey mask, wielding a scarlet Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Spear, laughed playfully as he looked at him.
“Heheh—”
Divine Monkey!
The very Divine Monkey known for slaying Grandmasters!
Huang Xi Long’s heart skipped a beat, and as he tried to dash away, his body froze.
He froze for less than half a breath.
The blue light spurted from the Fire God Cannon…
and erupting golden light!
It swept across the sky and struck Huang Xi Long with brutal force!
He felt as if his limbs were exploding in pain.
The long-forgotten terror of death surged like a tidal wave, overwhelming him.
“Ah——!!!!”
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Silence!
Cold!
While rain thundered down from towering heights, nothing could wash away the brilliant mid-air explosion of fireworks.
A Divine Practitioner’s agonized, heart-wrenching scream echoed ceaselessly, resounding throughout the entire prefecture!
At that moment, all the cultivators who had gathered to witness the battle were left shivering, utterly stunned.
That was…
after all, a Divine Practitioner!
He had refined his divine aura to a state of pure simplicity; his primordial spirit had manifested to form a divine Golden Pill capable of communing with the cosmos—a level so high and oppressive!
Even dozens of Divine Vision cultivators would be rendered immobile by his overwhelming rank, unable to counterattack…
Moreover, a Divine Practitioner’s techniques are limitless—just that earlier sword-qi tornado completely suppressed a Grandmaster!
Such power and dominance were unmistakable!
Yet, for a Divine Practitioner like him…
to now unleash such a pained scream!
Lu Yao, Wang Kuyu, and the Divine Guardian—three openly recognized Divine Practitioners of Jingguang Prefecture—shuddered as their primordial spirits were stirred by the immense threat!
“Such mechanisms…”
“Such machinery!”
Lu Yao’s heart pounded as he watched Huang Xi Long, battered by cannon fire in mid-air, nearly unable to descend to the mortal realm.
His heart sank abruptly.
The Underworld…
who on earth could it be?!
Lu Yao fixed his gaze on the crimson, blue-light-spewing mechanical cannon carried by Ogre!
Atop the Imperial Watch Tower.
Tang Sanjia leaned against the railing, his hair flying as his robust frame trembled uncontrollably.
It’s done!
Such machinery… such mechanical techniques… they were utterly mesmerizing!
How beautiful, such dazzling fireworks!
Inside the City Lord’s Residence.
The Divine Guardian remained silent and solemn.
City Lord Su Huai Li had already leapt onto the rooftop, gazing far into the distance, his body trembling with fear.
“This…”
“This Ogre…”
“And that Grandmaster… is it Xue Dufu?!”
Su Huai Li felt as if his mind were about to explode.
Wasn’t Xue Dufu dead?
Why… is he alive?!
This Underworld…
who on earth is behind it?!
Could it truly pull the dead from hell and restore them to life?!
Is this even a human force?
Behind the Underworld…
who on earth stands there?!
The purple eyes of Little Prince Ji Haihui reflected deep terror.
Being targeted by such formidable force…
It’s truly terrifying!
The head of the Lie Shen Pavilion who had undertaken the mission was also slain.
Next up…
could it be him?!
He just wanted to go home…
He wanted to return to the palace!
……
……
Li Qingshan carried a goat-horn hammer and donned a Cat Face Mask.
From afar, he watched the Divine Practitioner being bombarded, swallowed by countless exploding fireworks.
The terrifying blast of energy stirred up a whirlwind that scattered everything around.
Li Qingshan stood alone, immersed in the rain.
Heavy rain washed over him.
Sorrow overflowed from his heart.
As if it no longer mattered to him.
“Once again, too late…”
“You promised to take me along!”
Li Qingshan looked dejected; having just made a breakthrough, he was once brimming with confidence and fighting spirit.
But gazing at the overwhelming, terrifying presence of the Divine Practitioner,
and at Ogre’s technique of spewing blue light that blasted the Divine Practitioner to pieces in mid-air…
Li Qingshan exhaled a deep, weary sigh amid the rain and cold wind…
letting out a profound, aged breath.
“The Underworld makes you die by the third watch—who would dare keep you until the fifth?”
“Our Underworld has grown even stronger.”
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