Before the phoenix had vanished completely, it gazed at Yan Zhaoge, “After having obtained that bone and cultivating in the art of virtue, I will naturally do some things that make it convenient for me to accumulate moral virtue, successfully attaining the black and white dawn mist.”
“What I usually think of doing and what I do when cultivating are two different things altogether. It is not that I will always need the dawn mist of moral virtue to deal with my enemies.”
“I cultivate in the arts of the phoenix to become stronger and not to cultivate myself into a phoenix. Focusing on accumulating the five virtues through my deeds is solely for cultivation alone.”
The other party’s emotions had already calmed now, “People cultivate in martial arts, rather than martial arts dictating peoples’ actions. Being controlled and restricted by martial arts is just akin to keeping the box and returning the pearl, this being an incomparably foolish thing. Who would do it?”
Yan Zhaoge laughed, “For this kind of thing, it is really to each his own.”
The light of fire gradually dispersed, a phoenix folded of paper instead appearing before their eyes. It appeared jet-black and sooty as it gradually burned and was reduced to ashes.
“I heard those words you said at the end. So, you are not related to the Exalted Solar Luminary at all, only having obtained the Extreme Yang Seal through luck and chance.”
Looking at that paper phoenix amidst the flames, Yan Zhaoge seemed to be smiling whilst also not.
The other party said mildly, “While it is currently chaotic in the passageways of this underwater palace, I already know of this place. Just wait for a short while. This Zhuang will be right there.”
Before that paper phoenix was completely incinerated, it glanced discreetly at Meng Wan through the corner of its eye, murmuring in a low voice that was indiscernible to everyone, “How similar…”
The phoenix disappeared, and everyone exchanged looks.
Tang Yonghao looked at Yan Zhaoge. While his expression was rather complex, he still thought to cup his hands towards Yan Zhaoge and thank him for his assistance in saving his life.
Glancing at that fallen pile of ashes, Yan Zhaoge laughed, “There are many who want to look for trouble with me. You need to line up.”
Now, he suddenly gazed elsewhere.
The hearts of Kang Maosheng and Zhang Chao also jolted slightly now as they sensed a powerful aura suddenly approaching from another direction.
After carefully feeling those power fluctuations, Kang Maosheng blurted out, “Senior apprentice-uncle Qi!”
A tall, middle-aged man sped over, his face yellowed and his gaze cold.
Yan Zhaoge had seen him several times before, thus being aware that he was called Qi Wei and was the Grand Xuan Dynasty’s current number one grandmaster in formations in the Royal Reed Sea. He was also the descendant of Daoist Shi who had previously come with King Xuanwen and Shen Lingzi and conquered the Royal Reed Sea.
Seeing this, Kang Jinyuan was instantly overjoyed, “It is great that senior apprentice-uncle Qi has come!”
Yan Zhaoge laughed lightly, flipping his palm as a great golden seal then instantly appeared in mid-air, resembling the blazing sun in the sky as its power was much more terrifying than Zhang Chao as he unleashed the Purple Sun Wheel.
Just having drawn near, still having yet to properly distinguish the situation at hand, Qi Wei’s field of vision was engulfed entirely by all-encompassing sunlight.
As the mighty, authoritative Extreme Yang Seal struck down towards Qi Wei’s head, he was instantly rendered dazed.
He was proficient in formations. If he was given sufficient time to set them up, he would be able to battle one against many with his strength far surpassing other experts of the same cultivation level.
Yet, he was conversely a little on the weak side in terms of his martial prowess.
While Yan Zhaoge was not at the Seeing Divinity stage, as he wielded the Extreme Yang Seal now, he still nearly bashed Qi Wei’s head in.
It was only thanks to a mid-grade Sacred Artifact, the Blurry Shadow Woven Robe, that Qi Wei was able to guard against this.
Qi Wei regained his wits, his gaze instantly turning colder as he saw Yan Zhaoge and the wounded Kang Maosheng.
Without saying a word, he immediately retrieved thirteen yellow flags, flinging these outwards.
The thirteen flags expanded as they flew, light emanating all around as streams of radiance connected together, enveloping this region of space.
The environment of this underwater palace was complex with many intersecting tunnels. With Qi Wei only just having gotten here, it was impossible for him to have set up a formation beforehand.
Still, he was indeed truly skilled in formations as he had already reached the point of being able to set up one anywhere with just the wave of a hand.
“Nice!” Yan Zhaoge could not help but nod in admiration at this.
Still, despite his admiration, Yan Zhaoge did not hold back in his movements at all as he struck out with a palm, the Extreme Yang Seal now unleashing a ferocious strike once more.
A great glorious sun landed within the formation, blocking an essential node as this prevented Qi Wei from properly starting up and circulating the formation that he had just finished setting up.
Beneath the all-illuminating sunlight, the thirteen flags shook simultaneously, the formation becoming unstable.
Qi Wei snorted, controlling the main flag with one hand as he took out another treasure with the other. He sought to set up a second consecutive formation!
Even as Yan Zhaoge wielded the Extreme Yang Seal, he had already long since hacked outwards, his sword targeted straight at Qi Wei himself.
Qi Wei’s movements slowed as he invoked the Blurry Shadow Woven Robe to guard his body, a clump of black shadows winding round his body and instantly helping him to evade to the side.
Then, a formation which flickered with the light of thunder appeared above Yan Zhaoge’s head.
Thunder rumbled, heavenly thunderbolts mightily descending from overhead!
Yan Zhaoge moved, his exquisite footwork subtly deciphering the path of the formation as he evaded the mighty, full-powered attack of the thunderbolts.
Then, he executed the Yin Yang finger, Finger Decreeing Yin Yang as causality and effect were shifted.
Numerous thunderbolts hence instantly changed direction, heading in the direction of Kang Maosheng and Zhang Chao!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 782: You cannot stop me from killing who I want to kill!
HSSB782: You cannot stop me from killing who I want to kill!
Zhang Chao did not recognise Qi Wei. Still, from the reactions of Kang Maosheng and Kang Jinyuan, he knew that he must be a Grand Xuan Dynasty expert.
When Qi Wei activated a formation, Zhang Chao instantly recalled that he was the formations grandmaster who had formerly surrounded and attacked Yan Zhaoge along with several Radiant Light Sect martial practitioners in the Heavenly Inheritance Region and the Suffering River Region.
This caused Zhang Chao to feel much more reassured.
However, before he could even sigh in relief, the vicious light of thunder was already headed in his direction!
Only then did he suddenly recall with a start that Yan Zhaoge was similarly formidable in formations.
According to Tang Yonghao and Meng Wan’s words, this was someone whose formation attainments had already reigned supreme in the entire Eight Extremities World when just a Martial Grandmaster.
Now that Yan Zhaoge had already long since Transcended Mortality and entered Sainthood, would his proficiency in activating and deciphering formations not have improved?
Zhang Chao already had no time to continue thinking.
Already having been gravely wounded from his detonated arm, currently faced with Qi Wei’s Green Sky Devil Descending Formation, he was very likely to perish!
Zhang Chao evaded to the side with all his might. Yet, there
was still half of his body that ended up being utterly engulfed by that heavenly thunder.
Amidst the violent currents of electricity, Zhang Chao emitted a tragic groan, his flesh and blood all indistinct as he was badly burnt.
Yan Zhaoge laughed loudly, “Zhang Chao, you’re pretty good with your Turtle Divine Art, soldiering on and outliving all other experts of your generation and finally gaining a chance to stand at the top. Did you think that having outlasted everyone else, you would be the last one laughing at the end?”
A magnificent streak of sword light was emitted from his Glorious Rainbow Sword, hacking straight at Zhang Chao, “Sadly for you, there is still my Broad Creed Mountain to take care of you at the end. Ancestor Exalted Heaven Shaker let you go, but I won’t!”
Qi Wei’s expression was livid. Already having heard from Kang Maosheng about Zhang Chao’s intention to switch sides, he immediately unleashed his formation to obstruct Yan Zhaoge.
“This person is under my protection. Stop it with this impudence!”
Yan Zhaoge’s sword did not cease as he simultaneously used the Extreme Yang Seal to lock down the changes in Qi Wei’s formation, next executing the Yin Yang finger once more.
The power of the formation which had originally been obstructing him instantly struck towards Kang Maosheng and Kang Jinyuan.
Qi Wei was helpless against this as he could only first move to protect the Kang brothers.
Yan Zhaoge laughed, “Who did you say that you want to protect earlier?”
Where his sword-light passed, Zhang Chao who had already been heavily wounded and on the brink of death instantly had his head separated from his body!
His head flew into the air, eyes staring wide.
The number one expert in this history of the Sacred Sun Clan who had once reigned supreme in the Eight Extremities World, the Purple Sun Martial Saint Zhang Chao, died with unresolved grievances!
Not only did he die with unresolved grievances, Qi Wei’s eyes virtually seemed to be spewing out fire.
As a lofty expert of the mid Seeing Divinity Martial Saint realm, he had actually been unable to protect someone he wanted to protect!
He was even more unable to accept this with the person who had done the killing right in front of him shockingly being a mere mid Merging Avatar Martial Saint.
The usually calm Qi Wei could only feel fury shooting straight to the top of his head at this moment which was virtually impossible to repress.
Still, he was left feeling shocked by Yan Zhaoge’s abilities as well.
He had once battled Yan Zhaoge when he had been at the first level of the Martial Saint realm, already having been shocked then. Still, that shock was still less that what he was feeling now.
Yan Zhaoge was just so different from others, from he himself and from all the other experts he knew, like Kang Ping, He Dongcheng, Gu Zhang, King Xuanmu and the rest.
His increase in strength every time he advanced even seemed to be greater than others when they achieved a cultivation breakthrough.
It just surpassed one’s expectations by far too much.
Qi Wei felt that under normal circumstances, with Yan Zhaoge breaking through from the first to the second level of the Martial Saint realm, while his strength would surely rise, it should not be rising as exaggeratedly as this.
His experience with others seemed not to apply to this youth before him at all.
Kang Maosheng and Kang Jinyuan too looked at Yan Zhaoge with complex expressions on their faces, finding it very hard to see through him.
Tang Yonghao and Meng Wan both fell into a short, momentary daze.
Even though they did not agree with Zhang Chao’s actions, he was the most legendary and colourful figure in the entire history of the Sacred Sun Clan at the end of the day.
He was like a legendary existence to all disciples of the Sacred Sun Clan, being even more of a lofty, incomparable existence than Huang Guanglie who had once reigned domineeringly up high.
Even though Meng Wan had already been superior to him with the help of the Extreme Yin Crown, such a fixed impression was not easy to get rid of at all.
Tang Yonghao and Meng Wan had not personally witnessed the deaths of Huang Guanglie and Huang Xu.
Now, witnessing Zhang Chao’s death in person was naturally an immense blow to them.
“Senior apprentice-uncle Qi, there was someone who came here just now. The technique he cultivated in seems very similar to the Phoenix True Form Scripture of the Southern Exalt’s lineage. This Yan Zhaoge made an enemy out of him,” Kang Maosheng suddenly seemed to think of something as he quickly added, “That person said that he was surnamed Zhuang.”
Qi Wei was shocked, “Cultivating in the Phoenix True Form Scripture, surnamed Zhuang?”
Cold light was visible within his eyes as he chuckled coldly, “There really was that? The person who ventured into the depths of the sea with a phoenix projected about him earlier indeed cultivated in the Phoenix True Form Scripture. It is just unexpected that he is actually surnamed Zhuang.”
Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge raised his brows slightly.
Tang Yonghao too was jolted back to reality, regaining his wits.
Qi Wei smiled coldly at Yan Zhaoge, “Having come from a lower world, there are indeed many things that you are unclear of. You probably do not know that the Southern Exalt is also surnamed Zhuang.”
Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge’s expression did not change as he jolted slightly, “It is no wonder that he was already accompanied by a top-grade Sacred Artifact before having stepped into the Immortal Bridge stage.”
Looking at Qi Wei, he smiled relaxedly, “Then, which major figure is it that stands behind you, or rather the Grand Xuan Dynasty’s initial King Xuanwen, Shen Lingzi and Daoist Shi? Can you say it?”
Gazing fixatedly at Yan Zhaoge, Qi Wei could tell that he was not feigning his composure, instead truly being composed and at ease.
“Even I have to express my admiration here,” Qi Wei said slowly, “I wonder if you are fearless in your ignorance or truly possess that courage in knowledge.”
“Still, this is not of any consequence at all. You did not wait securely under Lin Hanhua’s protection, instead running over here and seeking death yourself. Now that you have fallen within my net, I will gladly grant your death wish!”
As he said this, Qi Wei formed hand seals with both his hands, retracting them before his chest before simultaneously pushing them horizontally forward.
The thirteen yellow flags expanded amidst the air, streams of yellow smoke arising from below.
Dark clouds densely filled the air overhead, the light of thunder shooting in all directions.
The pincer attack of the two formations jointly trapped Yan Zhaoge in between them!
With a composed expression on his face, Yan Zhaoge wielded the Extreme Yang Seal.
Now, however, his heart suddenly jolted.
At the centre of the blood pool in the depths of the underwater palace, the Northern Ocean Clone who was in the midst of refining the Heaven Swallowing Sword Box and the Earth Devouring Burner abruptly opened his eyes.
The blood pool before him began surging and falling intensely, having lost its original stable tempo as it became more and more hurried.
It was like the beating of a heart had suddenly accelerated.
The sacrificial forging of the treasured sword within the Heaven Swallowing Sword Box that had already reached its final juncture was affected by this as it instantly became unstable as a result.
The entire underwater palace was currently quaking intensely.
Yan Zhaoge realised, “The Immortal Bridge Martial Saints like Kang Ping and Gu Hong have already encountered one another, currently being in the midst of a battle outside the underwater palace. The disturbance stirred up by this is too great!”
The light flow within the blood pool had originally agglomerated about the Heaven Swallowing Sword Box, unceasingly extracting spiritual qi and supplying it to
the sword box.
At this moment, however, the sword box suddenly shook intensely.
The stream of light up above abruptly began circulating in reverse!
An immense suction force emanated from the blood pond, wanting to forcibly draw out the existence inside the sword box!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 783: Revival of the Taotie
HSSB783: Revival of the Taotie
The underwater palace was formed of the carcass of an extremely powerful demonic beast, the Taotie, following its death.
While the Taotie was dead, its flesh and blood were still powerful, its body not decaying or spoiling as it even formed a palace like an independent space of its own.
It seemed no different from any other world here as it separated space and kept one outside of the World beyond Worlds.
At the same time, the spatial boundaries were exceptionally sturdy, enabling a few Immortal Bridge Martial Saints to simultaneously clash, battling heatedly within.
Even in the normal heavens and earth of the World beyond Worlds outside, Kang Ping, Gu Hong and the others would be able to sufficiently cause some heaven-shocking, earth-shaking battle with their mighty cultivation bases.
Still, if one did not intentionally attack the palace, just the aftershocks of the battle alone would still be insufficient to wreck the place.
Yet, the great battle between experts of the Immortal Bridge stage did still affect things immensely.
As spiritual qi surged, the ritual mechanism at the core of the underwater palace which was being used to sacrificially forge the treasured sword instantly grew unstable as a result.
The Northern Ocean Clone watched as the Heaven Swallowing Sword Box that stood before him suddenly shook intensely now.
It was not the sword box itself that shook. Instead, it was something existing inside the box!
Led by the light which encircled the sword box, the treasured sword sought to shoot out from within before having been forged completely.
Piercing shrieks that resounded the wailing of infants resounded in the heart of the Northern Ocean Clone, shocking one’s soul.
Even with the Northern Ocean Clone’s current cultivation base, he still felt dizzy somewhat.
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