Chapter 495: Kun Peng Versus Phoenix
"Unfortunately, you're not a real phoenix." Li Qiye climbed up in high spirits and said with a smile: "You're truly fierce, but that is not enough to kill me. If this is your divine beast aura, then I'll show you the style of the king of myriad beasts!"
"Boom!" At this moment, all of Li Qiye's blood energy appeared and turned into a sea of blood that covered the sky. Primordial energy surrounded his body and suddenly mixed together with his surging blood energy. At this time, he seemed to have opened the primordial chaos, causing it to flood the world.
His Fate Palace opened so his True Fate floated out with its dao foundation. With a long roar, the dao foundation harmonized with the True Fate and a gigantic Kun Peng appeared.
This Kun Peng's wings blotted out the sky and then opened its mouth to suck in all of the primordial energy. It then flapped its wings, causing the endless primordial force to pour down like a waterfall.
At this point, Li Qiye was no longer there and only a Primordial Kun Peng remained. Li Qiye's real body, True Fate, and his dao foundation had turned into this gigantic Primordial Kun Peng.
This Primordial Kun Peng directly flew up for thousands of miles in the sky and covered the nine heavens. Its wings blotted out the sun as if the entire Sacred Nether World could not contain its monstrous body.
"A Kun Peng!?" Many people couldn't help but look up. They all felt that its wings alone could cause the entire earth to collapse.
"This is not a regular Kun Peng." A great character with deep insight murmured. Seeing the primordial energy descending from the Kun Peng caused others to have the illusion that this Kun Peng was creating a new heaven and earth.
The Fire Phoenix did not retreat in the face of this Kun Peng and made the world know of its roar: "Screech!"
It then flew up into the sky with its wings, leaving behind a blazing trail. In the high firmament, its tail created a gigantic fire tornado that incinerated the entire world. Countless refined flames turned into a fiery storm, engulfing the Primordial Kun Peng.
The Kun Peng retaliated with a shriek and flapped its wings. It was the largest existence of all beasts. Legends of mythical beasts regarded the Kun Peng as the one that had the largest body, something that was capable of swallowing the heaven and earth!
The moment its wings flapped, the nine firmaments shattered. The fiery storm was fanned out by its wings like a tiny spark dying out.
"Buzzz!" The void fragmented as the Kun Peng's wings assaulted the earth. It then soared downward and instantly hit the Fire Phoenix despite the fiery bird counterattacking with its most powerful blow. After a resounding blast, the Fire Phoenix was blown through layers of clouds in the sky and was sent all the way down towards the ground.
Although the Fire Phoenix was extremely fast, the Primordial Kun Peng was even faster. As the phoenix was still falling, the Kun Peng chased after it with an incalculable speed. Its claws from the high sky grabbed onto the Fire Phoenix.
The phoenix wanted to escape, but it couldn't avoid the primordial claws.
"Xshh!" A tearing sound resonated throughout the sky. The Fire Phoenix's wings were forcefully torn apart by the Kun Peng.
In an instant, the Kun Peng succeeded in landing a fatal blow. This scene was truly too brutal and many shuddered at such a sight as if the wings that were torn apart were their very own limbs.
"Boom!" The Fire Phoenix, with its wings torn asunder, fell from up high and heavily slammed into the ground, causing many mountains to collapse.
"Pffb!" Blood sprayed everywhere. The Fire Phoenix disappeared and the Divine Spark Phoenix Maiden appeared again in everyone's eyes. She sprayed out a mouthful of blood as she tried to get up with her bloodied body.
"This won't do, you alone are not enough to test me." Li Qiye was in the form of the Kun Peng and floated in the sky like a tyrant, causing others to shiver at his declaration.
Kun Peng's Six Variants — this law was created by Immortal Emperor Min Ren after observing a Kun Peng. Li Qiye used this technique to turn his dao foundation into a Kun Peng and then refined it with the Worldly Prime Liquid into a Primordial Kun Peng. This would be considered an existence before the creation of the heaven and earth, so if one truly existed, then it would be an invincible being across the eons.
The maiden's Fire Phoenix was indeed heaven-defying as it was a mythical bird, but even a mythical bird would still have a huge gap when compared to a Primordial Kun Peng.
"Crash!" The phoenix chariot of the maiden came and instantly took her to escape. It had a very fast speed — nearly without equal. However, even a swifter speed could not be as fast as the Primordial Kun Peng.
"You want to escape? It's too late!" The Kun Peng chased after the carriage and caught it with its sharp claws.
"Enough with your arrogance!" The maiden rushed out from the carriage and channeled all of her merit laws. Endless divine flames like those from a fire phoenix rushed before the Kun Peng's chest.
"Boom!" She was quite impressive, but the Kun Peng simply flapped its wings, making her seem like a kite with its string cut as she fell down from the sky. The Kun Peng soared right after her and caught her in its claws.
"Not good, it is over for the maiden!" The crowd exclaimed after seeing the gravely wounded maiden falling into Li Qiye's hands.
In his Kun Peng form, Li Qiye looked at her in his claws, but his expression suddenly soured because it was not the maiden in his grasp but a wooden puppet!
"Fake!" He immediately understood what was going on and quickly flapped his wings to give chase to the chariot.
"Whoosh whoosh!" The phoenix chariot was destroyed by the sharp claw, but there were no signs of the maiden being inside. There was a small gateway in the carriage, so when she entered the chariot she must have escaped to a different location. The maiden who rushed out to fight was only a scapegoat!
Since she had escaped through the dao gateway long ago, Li Qiye couldn't give chase even if he wanted to since he didn't know her destination.
"So it is only a puppet. It seems that the maiden was well prepared from the beginning." Everyone immediately understood after seeing this scene.
The maiden had already prepared for the worst case scenario and had a plan for escape. Her calculations were ingenious and flawless. Even in the face of defeat, she managed to escape safely.
"Truly a wonderful woman. Planning out all possibilities and having everything completely under her control. Such cleverness is admirable." Although she was defeated and fled this battle, her performance today garnered respect and admiration. Although she came with a menacing momentum and no one expected her to lose today, she still revealed the style worthy of a queen by demonstrating her wisdom. It could be said that although she had lost, this was still a glorious defeat.
This woman had made many people exclaim in admiration with reverence. It was no wonder why Di Zuo chose her. After today's battle, anyone would feel like she was the perfect match for him.
The Primordial Kun Peng disappeared and Li Qiye appeared before the crowd. He hovered in the sky while gazing down below.
At this minute, his presence alone was enough to suffocate people; there was no need to speak. Li Qiye's imperious attitude right now was not a posture for show and instead was a confident bearing!
"Anyone else want to fight?" Li Qiye's cold gaze not only swept through the battlefield, he also glanced at those who were standing far on the horizon, watching the fight.
At this point, the world stood still in silence as a response to Li Qiye's arrogant provocation; no one dared to come out.
The ghost geniuses lowered their proud heads before Li Qiye's cold-as-ice glare. Imperial descendants such as the Titanic Crescent Saint Child and the Ghost Insect Evil Child didn't dare to meet the challenge. Without emperor's weapons, they had no chance of victory even if they worked together.
Tian Lunhui hid in the void and emitted a mysterious breath. No one could see his expression or tell what he was thinking.
Great characters from the previous generation didn't want to mess with this calamity. Today, Li Qiye killed off tens of thousands of enemies alone with a monstrous momentum, so who would want to bring about their own destruction?
No one was willing to come out to challenge Li Qiye at this moment. Even the Divine Spark Phoenix Maiden had already fled in defeat. Only the three heroes of the Sacred Nether World had the ability to challenge Li Qiye now.
"Then we'll end this here today." Li Qiye slowly spoke: "Of course, I welcome anyone who is dissatisfied with me to come at me any time! However, it is best to prepare your own coffins beforehand."
This overbearing sentence didn't put anyone in his eyes, he simply stood above the world. However, no one dared to defy Li Qiye at this moment since he had proven himself worthy to act in such a cavalier manner!
"Damn… He really is too brilliant!" After Li Qiye left and everyone regained their composure, the first to cheer was the Snow-shadow Tribe. Instantly, a storm of applause and cheers exploded everywhere in the tribe.
The army of the Phoenix Maiden had entrapped them for some time, so the entire tribe was scared out of their minds. They had all felt that they would not be able to escape this time and might have to suffer genocide.
Even after Li Qiye undertook the battle, they didn't carry a lot of hope. After all, the maiden had the ability to bully the world, not to mention the tens of thousands of enemies before them. In their eyes, even if Li Qiye had three heads and six arms, he still wouldn't be able to defeat the maiden.
495 Teaser [collapse]Chapter 496: Worldwide Fame
However, in the end, Li Qiye alone killed all of his enemies and the Phoenix Maiden suffered a decisive defeat. The black clouds that loomed over the Snow-shadow Tribe were dispelled. This narrow escape caused the Snow-shadow disciples to be excited beyond words as they jumped up cheering.
Qiurong Wanxue, who had been watching the fight from afar, was emotionally speechless. Suddenly, a teardrop dripped down from the corner of her eye. Li Qiye didn't fight against so many just for himself, but also for the Snow-shadow Tribe.
Meanwhile, the other human cultivators were ecstatic as well. One of them couldn't help but crazily laugh and say: "Hahahaha! Our human race will sweep through all of the enemies in this generation and reach the apex!"
Many human monks clapped in unison and excitedly exclaimed: "That's right! From now on, there is a genius of our race who is comparable to the three heroes of the Sacred Nether World!"
Those who were saddened the most by the result of the battle had to be the ghost race. Being defeated by humans in the southern Distant Cloud was understandable; after all, humans had some formidable powers there. However, this was the eastern Nether Border! Tens of thousands of experts joined together only to be annihilated by Li Qiye in the end. Li Qiye had now established his fame with this battle and shattered the pride of the ghost race.
Ghosts had always considered themselves to be the rulers of the Sacred Nether World, especially when the three heroes in the current generation were so absolutely brilliant. All of them assumed that the Immortal Emperor of this world would definitely be a ghost, so they look at the other races — like humans and demons — with disdain in their eyes.
But today, Li Qiye swept through his enemies and defeated the Phoenix Maiden; this in turn also struck the ghost's arrogant momentum quite hard. It could be said that the ghost race had lost all face after this battle.
Once Li Qiye met up with Lan Yunzhu's group, she said with a cheerful smile: "Hey, Uncle, you will become famous overnight after this battle. From now on, only the three heroes will be comparable to you."
Li Qiye looked at her and replied: "Girl, you are really looking down on me. Putting the three trash heroes on the same level as me… Who do you think I am?"
Despite his overbearing attitude, Elder Zhi and the other Snow-shadow disciples didn't think that he was boasting.
Lan Yunzhu angrily glared at him and then playfully said: "Oh, Uncle, don't you know that humility is a virtue? Just a little bit of praise and you are already in over your head, have you no shame?"
Li Qiye burst out in laughter and then told Qiurong Wanxue: "Go back and check on the situation, your disciples need a chief to take care of them."
Qiurong Wanxue was too emotional to speak as her eyes became all teary. In the end, she only gently spoke: "Thank you."
Peng Zhuang's group of six looked at Li Qiye. In the beginning, they thought that he was only an ordinary human cultivator. They didn't expect that Li Qiye would eventually sweep through the world and be someone on the same level as the three heroes, so they felt quite proud to have known Li Qiye. Peng Zhuang gave him a thumbs up and said: "Young Noble, no, Big Boss, you are truly invincible! You're so amazing!"
The six of them couldn't help but take pride in having become friends with Li Qiye, walking shoulder-to-shoulder with him during their time together. Existences like the three heroes were people that little characters like them could only look up to.
After thanking Li Qiye, Qiurong Wanxue quickly brought Peng Zhuang's group and Elder Zhi back to the Snow-shadow Tribe. After having survived this storm, the disciples were still anxious and needed Qiurong Wanxue to run the show.
After she left, Lan Yunzhu told Li Qiye: "Master's group will arrive tomorrow at the latest, will you open the Prime Ominous Grave right now?"
Li Qiye shook his head and replied: "No, I'm not in a hurry right now. I learned quite a lot and must reflect on it. I have a new perspective on battles and maybe I'll be able to create an invincible technique."
This bloody battle refined everything Li Qiye had learned and combined them together, especially his Thousand Hands Against The Nine Worlds — it had reached a new apex. The seed of a supreme merit law had been formed in his head, so he needed time to try to understand the fruits of this battle.
"I'll keep a lookout for you." Lan Yunzhu didn't say anything else and immediately prepared a safe place for him. She would act as his dao protector.
As Lan Yunzhu had said, Li Qiye became famous overnight from this one battle. His fame spread across the Nether Border and he became a hot topic for many cultivators, especially those who saw the battle with their own eyes. These people had the chance to retell the events in a grandiloquent manner.
Fierce Li Qiye — this title resounded everywhere in a short period of time with a thunderous magnitude no less than tales of the three heroes.
"Fierce Li Qiye is the pride of our human race!" Some human cultivators even came up with a slogan for him.
While people were discussing this battle, there was also another matter to note — the Prime Ominous Key. It was hard to avoid this issue when Li Qiye was brought up.
"When will Li Qiye open the Prime Ominous Grave?" No one dared to ask him directly, so they could only speculate.
However, people would wait until he opened the grave. After the battle, even more people from various sects went and camped right outside of the Prime Ominous Grave. In a matter of days, a multitude of groups from all over the world camped in this location, waiting for Li Qiye to open the grave.
They wanted to follow him inside, but whether anyone would have any success or not was up to their own fortune.
The news that the grave would be opened was momentous and quickly spread throughout the Sacred Nether World. Countless lineages sent experts and masters to the Nether Border.
Even little sects and vagrant cultivators rushed here immediately without minding the cost.
The Prime Ominous Grave was filled with boundless temptation to the Sacred Nether cultivators. The legendary method to everlasting life, King Medicines and Immortal Elixirs, ancient treasures and sacred artifacts — any of these creations inside the grave would pave the future path of just about anyone.
Many reclusive sects and clans came out after hearing the news. They even sent a message to inform their masters. The Thousand Carp River was one of the earliest sects to arrive at the Prime Ominous Grave. The moment they came, a huge carp could be seen swimming in the horizon above the nine heavens like a dragon creating ripples of waves.
"The Thousand Carp River is here, is it to back up Li Qiye?" Many sects were very wary to see Daoist Bao Gui and the other elders with their majestic blood energies. The Thousand Carp River had proudly traversed the Sacred Nether World with a smile for a long time due to their substantial power. Yesterday, Li Qiye's battle could be considered a challenge to the ghost race, so today, when Daoist Bao Gui brought along this many experts, it was probably not for the Prime Ominous Grave but instead to lend Li Qiye a hand. Perhaps the river sect wanted to let the Sacred Nether World know that it was a lineage not to be underestimated or looked down upon by anyone!
Daoist Bao Gui and the elders quickly came to see Lan Yunzhu right after they arrived. The old daoist was a bit worried and asked: "How is Young Noble?"
After hearing Li Qiye's challenge to the world, the old daoist became quite startled. He not only brought the high elders along, but he even invited an ancestor to come protect him.
"He is fine and is in isolated cultivation at the moment." Lan Yunzhu reported Li Qiye's situation to her master and the elders.
After hearing her report, the old daoist was both relieved and shocked. Even a high elder from the river sect couldn't help but murmur: "Truly formidable. Being able to kill so many enemies alone… It is no wonder why the patriarch chose Young Noble to be our Guardian."
Venerable Yang praised: "Our Thousand Carp River is one sect with two geniuses. Yunzhu is already brilliant enough, and now we also have someone like Young Noble. This is more than enough to compete against the likes of Di Zuo for the Heaven's Will!" He already knew that the dream tree picked Li Qiye for a reason, so now that Li Qiye showed his talents, he was very optimistic.
The elders were quite ecstatic. They placed high hopes in Lan Yunzhu; although she, as the descendant of the river sect, didn't sweep through the world like Di Zuo, she had cultivated the secret law at a young age and could communicate with the Heaven's Will. The elders believed that, in the future, Lan Yunzhu would not be any weaker than Di Zuo, Tian Lunhui, and Chan Yang.
Now, with the addition of a heaven-defying genius like Li Qiye, the Thousand Carp River became even more confident about competing for the Heaven's Will. A sect with two geniuses was quite rare.
The river sect didn't mind coming from the far southern Distant Cloud all the way to this place. Meanwhile, the other Nether Border sects had also congregated right outside of the grave. Amongst them, the arrival of the Myriad Bones Throne was especially grand.
"Boom!" With a deafening explosion, a divine mountain that resembled an imperial crown suddenly landed right outside the Prime Ominous Grave. An immortal energy surrounded this divine mountain with faint celestials around it as if this mountain was the center of the heaven and earth.
"Even the ancestral mountain is here!" Seeing this divine mountain appearing caused many people to become shocked. Any person and even any sect would feel fear and awe in front of this ancestral mountain.