Chapter 672: Mount Sumeru (1/2)
Inside the blood swamp, the serpentine creatures formed arms that flailed relentlessly at the stone spirit and tried to drag it beneath the muck. However, the statue’s strength defied imagination. With a shake of its body, it pulverized its attackers into piles of pulp.
Boom!
Shaking its four arms with a flourish, it called the power of the four primordial elements to it. Together, earth, air, fire, and water formed a majestic combat art that blasted the demon god.
The demon god growled in response, demonic aura vibrating around his being as he, too, called upon his own combat arts.
Caught in the middle, the Exalted Divine Tombs heaved and bucked into complete disarray. Above the mausoleum, the vast bulk of Mount Exalted crumbled with a deafening bang, exposing a dark red sky above the tombs.
Surprisingly, the Exalted celestial emperor found it possible to dredge up more despair from his heart, even with everything that had already happened. Mount Exalted had broken open, and the demons buried in the mausoleum since the dawn of time were about to come into this world!
Demonic howls echoed beyond Mount Exalted, and thick demonic energy swept through every corner of Exalted Major like smoke and ashes erupting from a volcano.
“Men! Assemble into formations!” Zhao Jifeng blanched. With a booming shout from their commander, the soldiers swiftly gathered into enormous battle formations.
“May the heavens help us,” Zhao Jifeng murmured to himself.
Skree!
A bird’s cry cut through the sky as the Exalted Immortal Sect’s great peng arrived. Its wings blotted out the firmament as it quietly hovered in the air, bright golden eyes staring fixedly at the two giant monsters fighting beneath Mount Exalted.
Meanwhile, due to the corruption of demonic energy, the dead divines of the human dao era had been reawakened as corpse demons. With jerky movements, they crawled stiffly out of the divine tombs.
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“The emissary from the Purple Firmament has already left the world of immortals. She doesn’t even care about her own junior sister or disciple! What a coward.” A young man clad in blue strode out of the Dark North Sword Sect, his posture relaxed and confident. Bearing a sword on his back, he trod the North Sea’s waves and headed toward Exalted Major.
On Ingress Island, an enormous white hand turned into a shepherd boy sitting backwards on a blue bull. Playing a tune on his flute, he followed the young swordsman to Exalted Major.
From Levitating Island, a streak of silver light glided across the vastness of the North Sea and reached Exalted Major in the blink of an eye—the silver scarlet ape, the one many times stronger than its golden dao partner!
“We can’t let the demon step out of Mount Exalted even if it costs us our lives!” Inside Destiny City, the city lord sighed before grabbing his sword and heading toward Exalted Major.
Truespirit Major.
“Jiuying, are you not going?” asked the Truespirit celestial emperor.
“I am not.” Yin Jiuying shook his head lightly.
“In that case, I shall make the journey.” The Truespirit celestial emperor stood up from his seat, nine origin dao fruits popping into existence and merging with his figure. “The demon god will turn the multiverse’s last haven into a land of demons… I have no choice but to go.”
The emperor vanished from view as he spoke, leaving the still silent Yin Jiuying behind.
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“The Skyturtle Pearl is finally mine!”
Nephrite Major, Spirit Province.
Mo Yi held a small fist-sized orb in her hand, the Skyturtle Pearl she’d spoken of. However, there was no hint of joy on her face when her gaze bore through many layers of space to land on Mount Exalted.
“Qing Buyi and Chen Xiao are still trapped inside the Ancient Tree of Life. What a pair of absolute idiots…” she sighed, then disappeared beyond the horizon, leaving the Ling Clan in chaos. [1]