Chapter 3086: Shattering Divine Rank Laws |
“That’s wonderful! Truly wonderful!” Fu Nanli laughed aloud. If Lin Xun could really revive the eldest disciple of Fangchun Mountain, the heavy guilt that had weighed on his heart for so long would finally be eased.
Before long, the group arrived at Scarlet Cliff Divine Mountain, the stronghold of the Panwu Clan. However, the vast mountain range lay eerily silent, deserted, without a single soul in sight.
“Could it be that they sensed danger and fled in advance?” Xing Jianxia raised an eyebrow.
“If that’s the case, things will become troublesome.” Fu Nanli frowned.
Spirit Martial World was vast and boundless. If the enemies had scattered, hunting them down would be no easy matter.
“Please wait a moment, seniors. Allow me to investigate,” Lin Xun said. With a wave of his hand, he drew out Cang Youzhi’s primordial spirit sealed within the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron. Without hesitation, Lin Xun began to search his spirit.
Moments later, he let out a breath of relief. “Three days ago, the experts of the major forces all gathered at Great Barbarian Mountain, the stronghold of the Shaman Sect. The ones stationed there now are Wu Hongzi, six Lesser Boundless Realm figures, and quite a few at the Creation Realm…twenty-nine in total.”
Xing Jianxia and Fu Nanli burst into laughter at once. The enemy forces had conveniently gathered in one place, saving them a great deal of trouble. They could wipe them out in a single sweep.
“Then let’s head to the Great Barbarian Mountain.”
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The Great Barbarian Mountain.
As one of the sacred mountains closest to the Sea of Fate, Great Barbarian Mountain stretched across the land like a colossal dragon, bathed in dense, surging Dao Fate Power. Even from afar, one could imagine how extraordinary cultivation in such a place would be.
Only now did Lin Xun truly understand something. The gathering of so many Creation Realm experts in the Sea of Fate was not merely for the chance to enter the All-Wonder Dominion. After all, though a Great Dao Fate Lotus appeared from time to time, those at the Creation Realm stood no chance against the terrifying existences of the Immeasurable Realm.
There were two reasons they had gathered here. First, it was to evade the devastation of the Great Silence Unlife Calamity. Even if the outside epochal world was destroyed, once a new epoch was born, they could choose either to remain in Spirit Martial World or depart for the new world.
Second, by cultivating in the core zone of Spirit Martial World, they could continuously refine vast amounts of Dao Fate Power, steadily accumulating strength until they finally broke through into the Immeasurable Realm!
This was the true purpose behind every Creation Realm expert’s journey to the Sea of Fate. Of course, if the chance to enter the All-Wonder Dominion ever arose, none of them would hesitate to seize it.
“Ahead lies Great Barbarian Mountain.”
In the distant void, Lin Xun and the group halted, gazing toward the towering peaks.
“One…two…three…” Xing Jianxia’s expression changed as he counted.
“Good heavens, there are actually eighteen Divine Rank laws!”
Fu Nanli’s expression grew grave as well. “It seems these forces have brought out all of their Divine Rank laws to blanket the entire Great Barbarian Mountain. This will be troublesome indeed. Even if we went all out, breaking through all eighteen layers of Divine Rank laws would take no small amount of time.”
All of a sudden, a cold, aged voice echoed from Great Barbarian Mountain. “Xing Jianxia? Fu Nanli? Instead of hiding obediently on Lotus Leaf Sacred Mountain, you actually dare to come here. You really do have some nerve!”
As that voice faded, a figure emerged into the sky above Great Barbarian Mountain.
Tall and gaunt, with sunken eyes, he gripped a black wooden staff in his hand. Vast, ink-dark dao light of the Greater Boundless Realm surged around him. His presence was chilling and oppressive, like an ancient demon lord stepping out of legend itself.
Wu Hongzi!
He was a Greater Boundless Realm giant of the Shaman Sect and an existence who had lived through countless ages.
Boom!
As Wu Hongzi appeared, mountains and rivers trembled, and all things quaked. The eighteen Divine Rank laws blanketing the Great Barbarian Mountain began to circulate with thunderous booms, releasing waves of resplendent and magnificent dao radiance.
One figure after another soon rose from the depths of Great Barbarian Mountain, soaring into the sky and gathering behind Wu Hongzi. They were none other than six Lesser Boundless Realm beings.
The moment they saw Xing Jianxia, Fu Nanli, and Lin Xun in the distance, their expressions shifted violently. Like Wu Hongzi, they had never expected that Xing Jianxia and Fu Nanli, who had hid on Lotus Leaf Sacred Mountain for so many years, would dare to show themselves here.
Furthermore, when they noticed Lin Xun standing beside them, gasps rang out at once.
“Lin Xun?! Why is he here…”
“This little brat actually came to Spirit Martial World?”
“Something’s wrong. Seniors Xinying and Xingtian Yuan were stationed near Lotus Leaf Sacred Mountain…how could they have allowed these people to come here?”
The scene before them left everyone bewildered and shaken. Even Wu Hongzi frowned, a sense of unease stirring in his heart.
“Wu Hongzi,” Fu Nanli said coldly, his eyes gleaming as murderous intent surged around him, “not only do we have the guts to come here, if you dare step out and fight now, I’ll grant you a swift death. Otherwise, don’t blame us for leveling this place to the ground!”
“Ridiculous.” Wu Hongzi’s face turned icy. “Why would we agree to fight you? If you have the ability, then storm in!”
Though doubt lingered in his heart, his expression remained calm and confident. He knew Xing Jianxia’s and Fu Nanli’s strength all too well. In addition he also knew that with the eighteen Divine Rank laws guarding Great Barbarian Mountain, it would be nearly impossible for them to break through.
Xing Jianxia and Fu Nanli exchanged a glance, both frowning slightly. To them, Wu Hongzi and the others were not worth fearing. The real obstacle was the eighteen Divine Rank laws shrouding the mountain.
“What?” Wu Hongzi sneered disdainfully from above the mountain. “You know you can’t break in, so all you can do is bark from afar?”
Xing Jianxia and Fu Nanli’s expressions darkened. At that moment…
“Please wait, seniors. Allow me to collect these Divine Rank laws.” Lin Xun stepped forward through the air.
Xing Jianxia and Fu Nanli froze in surprise.
In the distance, Wu Hongzi burst into laughter. “Lin Xun, you’re nothing more than a Creation Realm junior. Aren’t you overestimating yourself?”
The six Lesser Boundless Realm figures behind him also laughed loudly. To them, Lin Xun’s move was nothing but an ant daring to shake a towering tree. Only Xing Jianxia and Fu Nanli looked different, their expressions strange and their eyes flickering with an inscrutable light.
Under countless gazes, Lin Xun’s tall, imposing figure came to a halt a thousand feet from Great Barbarian Mountain. His moon-white robes snapped in the wind, giving him an air of aloof, otherworldly grace. He raised his right hand and reached out through the air, grasping toward the distance.
“Crush them!”
In an instant, a colossal hand that blotted out the heavens took shape from nothingness. Its five fingers stood like heaven-supporting pillars, while torrents of Nirvana’s profound essence surged from its palm like a boundless sea.
As that hand descended…Boom!
The void shattered into chaos. Explosions roared like thunder across the heavens and the earth. A dazzling storm of law-light erupted and swept outward, forcibly tearing free the outermost layer of Divine Rank laws that enveloped Great Barbarian Mountain.
It was as if the sky itself had been torn open!
“That…”
The smiles on Wu Hongzi and the others froze. The disdain on their faces vanished, replaced by shock and disbelief.
“Suppress!” Wu Hongzi roared, unleashing His Greater Boundless Realm cultivation as he activated that layer of Divine rank law.
However, in that very instant, to his utter shock, he lost all control over that Divine Rank law. Amid a thunderous roar, the seized Divine Rank law was forcibly crushed and subdued, transforming into a blazing streak of divine light that tore through the void and landed squarely in Lin Xun’s palm.
Xing Jianxia and Fu Nanli both drew in sharp breaths. If they had been dealing with only a single Divine Rank law, they were confident they could shatter it with ease. However, this was different. That law was controlled by Wu Hongzi, a Greater Boundless Realm giant, and it resonated with the other seventeen Divine Rank laws, forming a terrifying unified force.
To confront a single one was no different from confronting them all. Despite that, Lin Xun had casually shattered Wu Hongzi’s control, seized that Divine Rank law, and subdued it on the spot! From beginning to end, he had done so with effortless composure.
Boom!
Then, with a mere shift of thought, the colossal hand that blotted out the heavens descended once more, torrents of law radiance surging from its palm. Before anyone could even react, the second layer of Divine Rank law was seized, crushed and subdued in the blink of an eye!
“Damn it! How can this be?!” Wu Hongzi roared in fury.
He had poured every ounce of strength into controlling those Divine Rank laws, but when Lin Xun’s colossal hand descended, the might erased his authority in an instant, tearing the laws away as if he was nothing more than a helpless onlooker. It was beyond belief.
“Prepare for battle!” Xing Jianxia transmitted urgently as he raised the lightning pagoda. “This time, not a single enemy is to escape!”
“Good!” Fu Nanli also summoned his crimson flying sword, killing intent erupting around him like a tide.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the blink of an eye, as Lin Xun’s thoughts shifted, the enormous hand struck down again and again, like the hand of a sovereign of the heavens, overturning the firmament time after time. No matter how fiercely Wu Hongzi fought back, in the end he could only stand and watch as the layers of Divine Rank laws were stripped away from him one by one.
His face turned livid, and his eyes blazed red with fury. He looked as though he was on the verge of going mad. Those eighteen Divine Rank laws had been their greatest reliance, but now, they were being stripped away one by one by a mere Creation Realm cultivator. How could they not be furious? How could they not despair?
Xing Jianxia suddenly spoke in a leisurely tone, “Oh, right. I nearly forgot to mention this. Xinying, Wen Zai, and Xingtian Yuan have already met their end. They won’t be coming to save you. In other words…you are now the last ones left in Spirit Martial World.”
His voice echoed through all directions.
“What?!”
“Impossible!”
“How could this be?!”
This devastating news came like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, completely shattering the last trace of hope in Wu Hongzi and the others’ hearts. Their faces drained of color, terror flooding their eyes.
At that very moment…Boom!
Amid an earth-shattering explosion, the final layer of Divine Rank law shrouding Great Barbarian Mountain was seized and subdued by Lin Xun with effortless ease. In that instant, the entire Great Barbarian Mountain was laid bare, completely exposed before heaven and earth!