ragginovel Chapter 2557 Dragon Blood Xuanhuang
Chapter 2557 Dragon Blood Xuanhuang
Chapter 2557 Dragon Blood Xuanhuang
In the stone pavilion where the Wood God once entertained the Wood God, four people sat cross-legged, including the True Lord Xuanqiu.
In addition, there was a female cultivator with a pair of white wings on her back; and a boy who looked only seven or eight years old, with a golden rhinoceros horn growing above his brow, as if it were cast from refined gold.
The last one was even more peculiar. To the naked eye, it looked like a cloak floating in mid-air. Inside the cloak was only a wisp of gray mist, and the stone pavilion became much cooler under the influence of the cloak.
These four are all half-demon True Lords. The female cultivator's Dharma name is Crane Spring True Lord, the young man's Dharma name is Golden Rhinoceros True Lord, and the cloaked monster's Dharma name is Heavenly Stele True Lord.
The grotto-heaven where the four True Lords resided was called Songlan Grotto-heaven, but this stone pavilion was not actually inside Songlan Grotto-heaven. Back then, True Lord Xuanqiu was not entirely honest with the Wood God Envoy either; Songlan Grotto-heaven was their only escape route, so how could they easily expose it to the Wood God Envoy?
Despite being besieged by the Dragon and Phoenix clans, they have managed to hold out until today without revealing the true location of their grotto, which suggests they possess some clever methods.
"The Ancient Demon Court is in the Wind Desert!"
When they received the intelligence from Qin Sang, the four True Lords were sitting in the pavilion, looking at each other in silence.
"It really is in the forbidden area!"
Xuanqiu Zhenjun sighed softly.
Looking at his three fellow Daoists, Xuanqiu Zhenjun picked up a mismatched jade chess piece from the chessboard, gently rubbed it a few times, and activated it with his supernatural powers.
This treasure can be used to directly contact the Wood God.
The jade chess piece gleamed with a precious light in his hand. As soon as the connection was established, the Wood God Envoy's hearty laughter rang out: "It seems that all of you True Lords have received the Envoy's message. I, Wood God Envoy, am fully prepared and ready to make my move at any time! Now, it is up to you all to see your skills!"
The four True Lords in the pavilion, however, could not laugh.
This was originally agreed upon by all three parties. After discovering the Ancient Demon Court, they would try to be cautious and not expose the Dao Court and the New Demon Court. Instead, the Half-Demon True Monarch would take the lead in probing the situation to prevent the other party from using any more tricks.
Despite the fact that the four True Lords were well-prepared, the thought of facing the Dragon and Phoenix clans directly made them uneasy.
This is the biggest gamble of their lives, and also the biggest gamble in the history of half-demons. Failure means death and the extermination of their clan!
But they had no choice. Once the Dragon and Phoenix clans took the Ancient Demon Court, they would have no more scruples and might retaliate against the half-demons. Unless they could sit idly by and watch all their kin be slaughtered and wither away in their caves.
"Do it!"
"Now that things have come to this, what is there to hesitate about?"
"Indeed, I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"
The four True Lords exchanged a glance, their figures gradually fading away.
The babbling spring water echoed in the empty stone pavilion, but the four True Lords had vanished without a trace.
……
On the edge of the desert.
Where the desert meets the outside world, the difference in scenery is obvious. The wind outside is distributed in the high sky, like a blue curtain, dense and even, while inside the desert, the yellow wind blows everywhere, making it gloomy and drowsy.
In the dim light, a transparent water sphere floated. The surrounding sand and dust would silently dissolve upon contact with the water sphere, but those outside who lacked sufficient cultivation could not see it.
Inside the water sphere, a young man in a black robe sat cross-legged in mid-air, his eyes closed, as if in meditation.
He was a demon saint from the North Sea Dragon Palace, and had an honorific title among the North Sea aquatic tribes—Lord of the Lishui Palace.
The Palace Master of Lishui Palace was ordered to guard the eastern side of Fengmo and was responsible for monitoring the movements of the half-demons. However, he looked quite relaxed and did not believe that those stray dogs would dare to cause trouble at this time.
He was calculating in his mind how much benefit he could gain after opening the Ancient Demon Court.
He was a descendant of the Dragon Palace who had been separated from his family. He originally harbored resentment towards the North Sea Dragon Palace, but later he became enlightened and began to actively approach the Dragon Palace, which earned him the trust of the North Sea Dragon King. However, he was still not comparable to the Dragon King's direct descendants, and he generally did not receive any of the major benefits.
With his level of cultivation and status, if he didn't want to get involved in external disputes, he could completely remain aloof from worldly affairs, and no one would provoke him for no reason.
Only they truly understood how difficult it was to reach the Heavenly Demon realm. Even the most exceptional geniuses might not be able to achieve it by simply cultivating diligently in their caves without relying on external forces. Moreover, with the demonic calamity imminent, there was no way to remain unaffected.
The ancient demonic arts he's opening this time are secondary; after all, they're outdated. What he values most are the treasures stored within the Ancient Demon Court. Back when the Ancient Demon Court ruled the Spirit Realm, it amassed countless rare and precious artifacts…
Just as he was lost in thought, he suddenly opened his eyes, a look of surprise on his face, and stared eastward. The demon saints responsible for guarding the Wind Desert also sensed the abnormality and turned their gazes over.
That fluctuation just now...
The Palace Master of Lishui stared eastward, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes, and coldly snorted, "You're courting death!"
at the same time.
Above the kingdoms of half-demons, above the Xun wind, four streaks of light shot toward Feng Mo.
Wherever the streak of light passed, it was as powerful as a tidal wave. The winds in the sky were propelled by this force, forming a massive surge. The surrounding winds couldn't even fill the gap in time. The people of the immortal kingdom below saw a clear sky, a rare sight during a time of wind disaster.
The tide surged forward, its momentum growing ever more terrifying, moving at an incredible speed, and in the blink of an eye, it approached Feng Mo.
To the naked eye, a blue mountain range suddenly appeared in the east of Fengmo, running from north to south. This mountain was suspended in the air, reaching the blue sky, like a celestial mountain, about to topple over and crash down on Fengmo.
Suddenly, a strange light pierced through the mountain of the Xun wind.
The first thing to appear was a beam of moon-white light, while the cool moonlight from the heavens above shone down and merged with this beam of light.
Above Fengshan Mountain, a bright moon appeared out of nowhere, like a silver plate hanging upside down in the sky, illuminating the world.
A whisk then appeared in the moonlight, seemingly as light as a feather, yet moving with surprising speed. Upon closer inspection, it turned out not to be a whisk at all, but rather a long, fluffy tail.
'Shuh! '
The long tail swept across the wind and desert, causing a sudden surge of waves in the void and shaking the heavens and earth.
Following the long tail, three more clusters of light of different colors appeared.
One of the white lights contained a pair of white wings, shaped like crane wings, but with a chilling light flashing between the feathers, revealing their sharpness, like two strangely shaped treasured swords.
The two crane wings circled each other, unleashing a burst of sword energy that swept across the sky, making everyone's heart pound.
Beside the crane's wing was a golden vortex. The vortex was not large, and from a distance it looked like a sharp cone. It was the least imposing of these spiritual lights, but it seemed to be even more fierce than the crane's wing.
The last wisp of spiritual light transformed into boundless Yin energy. At this moment, ghostly mist filled the air, and the surroundings seemed to have turned into the underworld, with bursts of ghostly howls emanating from them. When cultivators at the Void Refinement stage heard these ghostly howls, they would be shaken to their core or even have their souls shattered!
Deep within the ghostly mist, a massive stone tablet loomed in and out of sight. Its surface was covered with inscriptions, each bearing the name of a wandering spirit. The characters glowed with a green light, and spirits constantly entered and exited, transforming into clusters of green will-o'-the-wisps. Eventually, these will-o'-the-wisps formed a winding river of ghostly fire, rushing towards Feng Mo!
Long tail, crane wings, golden horn, and the river of ghost fire—whether supernatural powers or treasures—are the strongest methods of the four half-demon true lords, unleashed without reservation, transforming into an ultimate strike.
The four half-demon True Monarchs joined forces to launch a surprise attack on Feng Mo, but catching them off guard proved difficult.
Their enemies were all demon saints, more numerous, and well-prepared.
The Lishui Palace Master's sarcasm reflected the thoughts of the other demon saints, and the sarcasm was tinged with anger.
They didn't know how these half-demon lords knew, and the secret here might not be able to be kept anymore. The Ancient Demon Court had long been considered theirs for the taking, and now there was an added variable. They hated these half-demon lords to the bone.
Several voice transmissions reached her ears, and the Palace Master of Lishui Palace nodded slightly, raising her hands in a gesture of respect.
‘Wow! ’
A vast expanse of water arises between heaven and earth, as if the waters of the North Sea have been captured from afar and brought to the edge of the desert.
'Rumble...'
The waves are surging.
The Palace Master of Lishui Palace pushed his palm forward, and a giant wave surged into the sky with immense force.
The giant wave was the first to encounter the moonlight emanating from the long tail.
As the saying goes, the highest good is like water, and moonlight is gentle as nothingness. But when these two forces collide, they show no gentleness at all, and burst forth with a terrifying force.
The moonlight shattered, the giant waves crashed, and the world was destroyed!
At the moment of the collision, a thin crimson line suddenly appeared in the void. The line was straight, like the trajectory left by a long arrow in the air, with one end inside the wind desert and the other end shooting straight towards the crane's wings.
A phoenix feather sword appeared, its blade long and slender, fiery red, and was inserted diagonally between two crane wings.
'when! ’
The sound is like thunder.
With a swift movement of its wings, the crane slashed fiercely at the phoenix feather sword.
Faced with the crane's wings strangling attack, the Phoenix Feather Sword burst forth with a dazzling light, a strange luster flowing across its blade, instantly deflecting the blade's energy.
In the void, the sword energy scattered in all directions, some shooting towards the ground, leaving behind deep, bottomless ravines as if the ground were made of tofu.
On the earth, ravines crisscrossed, and a thunderous roar came from the sky. The shattered ground exploded into smoke. It turned out that the rocks had already been penetrated by the sword energy and crumbled into dust.
The Phoenix Feather Sword and the Crane Wing Sword were still battling in the sky. With just one strike, they left an irreparable scar on the earth—a huge crater.
Countless years from now, this landscape will once again become a miracle in the eyes of the world.
The battlefield nearby was equally impressive. The golden cone, seemingly capable of piercing through everything in the world, met its match here with a plain-colored cloud banner.
The plain-colored cloud banner fluttered erratically. There was only one banner, yet it left behind countless banner shadows. The banner's surface was as soft as nothing, dancing in the wind and shooting out streaks of brocade-like clouds that entangled around the golden cone.
At first, the golden cone was unstoppable, piercing through the clouds one by one. But as the saying goes, it weakens with each attempt and eventually runs out of steam. It gradually lost its unstoppable momentum and was always blocked by the plain-colored cloud banners whenever it was about to approach Fengmo, always failing at the last minute.
The Heavenly Stele True Lord's Ghost Fire Yin River was also blocked outside the Wind Desert. His opponent was not any weapon, but flames that came from nowhere.
"Where did you come from, you wandering ghost? Watch me burn you to a crisp!"
A wild howl echoed through the desert winds.
When the flames came into contact with the Ghost Fire River, they were like a persistent infection, impossible to drive away. Instead, the flames became fuel for the river, spreading rapidly across its surface. Soon, nearly half of the Ghost Fire River was engulfed in flames.
A two-colored river appeared in the sky, half green and half red. The two flames were incompatible, devouring each other and inseparable.
For a moment, the attacks of the four True Lords were blocked and unable to achieve any success.
The four True Lords were nowhere to be found, and the surrounding area was completely empty.
When such a scene appeared on the battlefield, Xuanqiu Zhenjun said in a deep voice, "Dragons fight in the wild, their blood is black and yellow!"
The four True Lords all wore solemn expressions, and together they activated the same hand seal. A strange fluctuation spread through the half-demon kingdoms at an astonishing speed.
It extends north to the southern shore of Beihai, east to the banks of the Nie River, south to the Xunfeng Sea, and west to the Fengmo Desert.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, the sound of dragon roars echoed across the lands of the half-demon kingdoms.
The dragon's roar was deep and powerful, shaking one's soul.
The people of all the half-demon kingdoms, whether powerful cultivators at the Void Refinement stage or mortals who had not yet entered the path of cultivation, clearly heard this roar, and their hearts trembled.
Accompanied by the dragon's roar, astonishing phenomena appeared in the eight immortal kingdoms that possessed dragon veins.
The rulers of the eight kingdoms and the kings who controlled the national treasures were all working with all their might to mobilize the dragon vein. At this moment, however, the dragon vein seemed to have broken free of their control, erupting with unprecedentedly powerful fluctuations.
A thought flashed through everyone's mind—this is the true dragon vein!
"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"
The roars of dragons rose and fell.
Apart from the Horned Kingdom and the Shadow God Kingdom, all six other immortal kingdoms had azure dragons soaring in the sky. Among them, three dragons appeared in the sky above the Heavenly Azure Kingdom. The dragon shadows were enormous and comparable to, or even larger than, the territory of the immortal kingdom.
When they stand upright, they can reach the sky and stand on the ground. The eight dragons intertwine their heads and tails, and their claws are spread out in four directions. Clouds and mist flow around them, covering almost all the half-demon kingdoms.
The people of the various demon kingdoms stared in terror at the divine dragon in the sky. They could only see a glimpse of it, and could not see the dragon's full form at all, but they were still shocked beyond measure!
"Roar!"
The eight dragon veins roared in unison, raised their heads, and made as if to soar into the clouds, but their claws were tightly clenched, as if they were holding onto something.
The next moment, a monstrous surge of blood energy suddenly appeared between heaven and earth. The blood energy permeated the air, and countless blood marks appeared on the ground. These blood marks were imprinted on the earth, crisscrossing and intertwining with the claws of the eight dragon veins.
The eight dragon veins seem to have grasped the lifeblood of the earth, or like blood-red chains, locking the eight dragon veins here.
Eight dragon veins rose up, causing the earth to tremble violently. The scene was as if the world had been turned upside down, and a huge blood net appeared on the land of the half-demon kingdoms.
Blood stains the heavens and earth!
Among them, bloodstains even crossed the territories of the half-demon kingdoms, extending into the Wind Desert, and even into the more distant forbidden lands!
At the same time the dragon vein appeared, in the desert, some mountains turned into blood mountains.
Blood-red mountain ranges stretched across the desert. They were originally just inconspicuous peaks, but now they resembled blood graves, with the 'dragon blood' of the eight dragon veins flowing in along the bloodstains.
‘Boom! ’
The blood-red mountain erupted, like a blood claw piercing the desert, violently tearing the earth apart from the interior of the desert.
Upon seeing this, the demon saints all changed color in shock.
These half-demon True Monarchs' methods were unexpected, but their strength lay in their unconventionality, and they might not pose much of a threat. However, their use of the dragon vein to shake the wind and desert could very well affect the Ancient Demon Court and trigger unknown variables.
"You all deserve to die!"
The Palace Master of Lishui Palace blazed with fury, roaring with rage, unleashing a true dragon's cry.
(End of this chapter)