Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  “Qi Practitioner?”

  Everyone was stunned at the fact that the demons left behind a Qi Practitioner to guard this place and it was of the premier demon race – the Tian elephant demons!

  Ting Lanyue said hopelessly, “A Qi Practitioner guarding this place, it is impossible to escape anymore….”

  “Human little girl, you are a little bit smart, being able to know that I’ve already become a Qi Practitioner.”

  The demon lady showed some surprise as her identity had been revealed by a little human girl and she said, “Now, you may begin your futile attacks. I may have little interest in eating humans but killing is another matter entirely!”

  Ting Lanyue then said, “Martial siblings, we must fight now without holding back in order to survive!”

  Everyone remained quiet but showed great determination. Zhong Yue also unsheathed his darksteel scythe, preparing himself to fight to the bitter end. Qi Practitioners were very sensitive towards the spirits and they could easily merge their soul with the spirits. This is called Spirit-Soul as One, and it would drastically cause an extreme spike in their powers. Now, they might not even have a chance to win at all.

  Even though they had prepared to fight with their lives, perhaps none of them would be able to escape at all.

  “Kiddo Yue, I might need to use your body no matter what this time!”

  In Zhong Yue’s psyche ocean echoed the voice of Xin Huo. Xin Huo then said, “If you die, I will have to enter my slumber again until another Fuxi descendent awakens me from my slumber. However, I’ve been out here for too long without subsisting on the power of a pure-blood Fuxi and I am on the verge of being extinguished so I cannot wait any longer! I will have to use your body to fight even if it means that my identity will be unveiled!”

  Zhong Yue was startled and when he wanted to reply, noises could be heard coming from the gateway portal. He looked towards the gateway portal and discovered that it was gradually opening!

  The situation had stunned everyone including the female Tian elephant demon as no one had expected this. For a short moment, none of them were able to respond quickly to the situation.

  A voice of an elder could then be heard saying, “The entrance to Demon Ruins has been opened, all of you may enter now.”

  “Thank you, elder.”

  At the entrance, one after another upper house disciples entered into the Demon Ruins while talking and laughing to each other. They seemed to be one of the Qi Practitioners’ disciples aiming to hone their abilities in the Demon Ruins.

  When these disciples entered into the Demon Ruins, they saw Zhong Yue and the others straight ahead and they were all shocked to see the female Tian elephant demon.

  “Martial siblings, retreat at once!”

  Ting Lanyue continued shouting, “Immediately inform the elders that the demons have captured the upper house disciples to sacrifice them in a ritual to revive Tian Myriad Mother……”

  Before she could even finish what she was saying, the demon lady’s trunk suddenly enlarged and became multiple times bigger. It’s trunk then suddenly began to inhale ferociously, sucking up the newly-arrived disciples into the air with around ten of them being sucked into its trunk!

  “I hate eating raws!”

  With her chewing hardly, blood started gushing out of her mouth and the over ten disciples were devoured just like that!

  The demon lady then swung her trunk swiftly and vigorously. The remaining ninety plus upper house disciples that remained in the air were pulverized into meatballs when they were impacted by the unstoppable trunk!

  “Filthy demon!”

  The white light flashed through the unclosed gateway portal and the next moment, an elder in white robes could be seen standing in front of the gateway portal. He looked frustratingly and angrily at the demon lady, his face changed and impulsively said, “Qi Practitioner of the Tian elephant demon? The Demon Ruins is barren of the spirit of heaven and earth ... how is it possible for you to become a Qi Practitioner? Damn it!”

  The elder in white robes was one of the two elders guarding the Swords Gate’s gateway portal. He quickly collected his thoughts and shouted fiercely, “Ring the bells at once! The worship of the demons to this forsaken land has given birth to demonic spirits!”

  On the other side of the gateway portal, the other elder quickly reacted and promptly rang the bells. The tolls of the bell could then be faintly heard coming from the gateway portal.

  “Old human bastard, you are quite clever!”

  The demon lady chuckled and while she swung her trunk towards the elder, she laughingly said, “But it is too late now, the Tian Myriad Mother will be revived soon. It’s futile to resist even after Swords Gate knows about this!”

  “Tian Myriad Mother!?”

  The white-robed elder face changed drastically and after another white flash, the other elder guardian rushed into the Demon Ruins. Together, they dashed forward and unleashed their full strengths to kill the demon lady.

  The three Qi Practitioners fought in front of the gateway portal, each casting incredible skills and performing earth-shattering techniques. The demon lady then straightforwardly cast the [Human-Spirit As One] and transformed into a peculiar elephant with four heads and eight arms with a height of a hundred feet tall, after which she continued fighting frantically with the two elder guardians.

  The two elder guardians also cast [Human-Spirit As One] and each respectively turned into a winged celestial being and a celestial being mounted atop the back of a black turtle with a snake on his back. The aura and the energy force released by the trio’s battle forced Zhong Yue and the others from a few miles away to keep backing off, causing them to move even further away from the gateway portal and also hindering their path of escape.

  “Swords Gate’s elders huh?”

  Suddenly, huge waves of fiery demonic energy emerged, shooting in all directions like arrows and an elder failed to evade one of the demonic energy projectiles and was hit by one. As soon as he was hit, he could feel his blood essence starting to be drained by the demonic energy projectile and his flesh seemingly being corroded by the pernicious and fiery demonic energy!

  Somewhere not far away were demonic clouds amalgamated from demonic energy and a man in black robes standing on the cloud, his face hidden in the shadows.He said, “Elders from the Swords Gate! Such strong blood essence, you live up to our expectations of quality cattle that was fattened up for many years waiting to be sacrificed for our ritual!”

  Wave after wave of demonic energy coalesced into an uncountable number of tentacles, surrounding the other Swords Gate’s elder and continuing to stab at the direction of the elder. After a brief moment, the elder was stabbed by one of the tentacles and he too felt his blood essence being drained and his flesh being corroded.

  “Who are you!” shouted the angry and frustrated elders.

  “This ... you don't need to know.”

  The black robe Qi Practitioner continued laughing and suddenly, the two elders’ flesh and soul were siphoned out completely, leaving behind two lifeless skeletons!

  “The blood essence of these two elders of Swords Gate is enough to revive Tian Myriad Mother!”

  The black robe Qi Practitioner then flew away while laughing. Before getting out of sight completely, his voice could be heard saying, “My children, kill those human cattle on the altar and begin the ritual!”

  Seven miles away from the Swords Gate’s gateway portal, Zhong Yue, Ting Lanyue, He Chengchuan and the others remained blank-faced and He Chengchuan said, “The two elder guardians are dead….”

  “Hehehe, so that’s where you are, little humans.”

  A huge shadow emerged and covered up the skies above them. Zhong Yue looked above and saw the demon lady that transformed into the four-headed elephant with eight hands – the elephant devil god was standing in front of them!

  At the same time, the demon lady said with a loud voice like thunder, “You little kids were just dec
oys, we had our eyes set on the two elder guardians. Only with their blood essence will we be able to revive Tian Myriad Mother in her strongest state!”

  How did the Demon Ruins’ demons know that there were two elder guardians protecting the gateway portal! No, it can’t be….

  Zhong Yue’s face changed slightly, he looked up and said, “Someone informed you about them! There are traitors within the Swords Gates!”

  “What a smart piece of livestock!”

  The Tian elephant demon lady praised Zhong Yue and said, “But you all have to die here, what a shame….” She then swung her trunk heavily towards Zhong Yue and the others.

  Zhong Yue’s face turned in acquiescence and thought, I guess Xin Huo has to use my body to fight now….

  Before the trunk of the demon lady could even strike them, a wound opened up at her forehead and a Sword Qi could be seen flying out from her head.

  Shua!

  The long and mighty Sword Qi flew for another mile before disappearing completely. The demon lady opened her eyes wildly and her corpse slammed onto the ground heavily, causing the ground to tremble unceasingly!

  A Qi Practitioner in white could then be seen walking towards them in the air and looked towards the deepest part of the Demon Ruins. At the direction where he was looking, the immediate vicinity surrounding the altar was saturated with a thick blood mist from within which, stood an enormously huge body whose outline could faintly be seen from afar!

  Those demons in the Demon Ruins had killed the thousands of upper house disciples like they were livestock and apathetically sacrificed them to the Tian Myriad Mother!

  “Fu Shan, bring me my sword!”

  The Qi Practitioner in white then said calmly. As soon as he finished talking, a loud rumbling sound could be heard and when Zhong Yue and the others looked towards its direction, they witnessed a colossal turtle the size of a mountain slowly moving towards them. Fissures were being cracked open on the ground as its footsteps were concomitant with a cacophonous rumbling sound; the mountains splintered as the turtle walked past them!

  On the top of the turtle shell, was a sword glowing brightly.

  “Tian Myriad Mother from ten millennia ago?”

  The Qi Practitioner then opened up his hands and the sword shined even brighter and landed on his hands. As the sword flew away from the turtle’s back, the turtle visibly relaxed and its movement became even faster.

  “Swords Gate’s Fang Jiange, asking for the teachings of Tian Myriad Mother!”

  Chapter 16: Tian Myriad Mother |

  Swords Gate's Fang Jiange?

  Zhong Yue looked at the Qi Practitioner in white, he walked in the air as if he were walking on the ground and the turtle walked behind him in an earth-shaking fashion.

  The mountainous old turtle’s speed was so much faster than before, after the sword flew away from its back. It seemed like the sword it was carrying was so heavy that it restricted its mobility. Once the sword was removed, it easily advanced a hundred meters with each step, a few times faster than Zhong Yue’s full speed!

  From that, one could easily determine the weight of the sword!

  Not long later, when the old turtle walked among the mountains, the demons gathered around the altar in the deepest part of the Demon Ruins swarmed towards the huge turtle-like ants!

  Millions or even billions of Tian elephant, hawk, fire, spider, snake, mantis demons and the other demon races charged at the old turtle!

  Among the demons, there were also mutated demons from all demon races that had unstoppable strengths. They all approached the huge old turtle and climbed out from the legs of the turtle. With their weapons, they swung fiercely and attacked the old turtle!

  “Roar——”

  The old turtle roared angrily and its roar emitted sound waves that were so vociferous that it instigated the air to vibrate and form visible ripples. As the ripples continued to propagate in all directions, the rocks on the ground and mountains were projected towards the demons!

  Whereas for those demons clinging to the turtle’s legs, they were launched into the air and were killed in mid-air as a result of the sound waves.

  At the spot where the turtle stood, the demons seemed like they were hit by a huge explosion, being hurled away and dying on the spot!

  Even for Zhong Yue and the others who were far away standing near the entrance of Demon Ruins, they could still feel the immense sound waves, pressuring them to the point of almost coughing out blood!

  From that, one could tell how strong the pressure applied to the demons standing closer to the huge old turtle was!

  Suddenly, one figure after another flew up. Those were the Qi Practitioners among the demons. While they were still flying halfway, they had already summoned their own spirit, charging towards the turtle!

  At the time, abnormal heteromorphic specters appeared in the air; an elephant deity with four heads and eight limbs, a hawk deity with four wings, a cyclop deity with a burning body and all sorts of spirits cultivated by these demon Qi Practitioners.

  They all had not cultivated to the state of [Spirit-Soul As One], not to mention the level of [Human-Spirit As One]. However, the spirits they summoned were still terrifyingly strong, being able to move mountains easily! They were trying to kill the huge old turtle before it could do anything, weakening Fang Jiange’s advantage!

  In the air where he stood, Fang Jiange did not even flinch and he stared into the blood mist as the image of the demon god became more and more distinct and the blood mist became thinner and thinner.

  Zheng——

  Fang Jiange held his sword in his left hand, his thumb flicked lightly and unsheathed about an inch of his sword that was covered with a golden energy.

  As the Sword Qi exuded a clarion metallic noise, a myriad Sword Qi flew into the skies, the beautiful Sword Qis were reminiscent of the fanning out of a peacock’s tail!

  Just as the demon Qi Practitioners transformed and before they could even reach the old turtle, the Sword Qi rained down on them, beheading them easily!

  Fang Jiange sheathed his sword back again and the Sword Qi previously filled the sky suddenly disappeared while an uncountable number of headless bodies fell to the ground like rag dolls.

  All those demonic Qi Practitioners hiding among the demons were slain completely!

  “Such power….”

  The stunned Zhong Yue said, I want to become a Qi Practitioner like that in the future!

  In his psyche ocean, Xin Huo said, “This Fang Jiange has some capabilities indeed and he does not seem to be useless after all. If you continued cultivating the visualization art I taught you, you will become a Qi Practitioner like him. If you were a Xin Huo inheritor, you will outdo him in no time! What a shame, the bloodline of the Fuxi race is so faint in you…”

  “It’s fine, I will be satisfied with becoming a Qi Practitioner like Fang Jiange,” said the smiling Zhong Yue.

  Xin Huo’s fire head shook, like a fire waving back and forth by the blowing wind, and he said, “Are you sure you are satisfied with just that? You’ve underestimated what I’ve given you….”

  “Junior Martial Brother Zhong, what are you doing? Stop wasting time.”

  While Ting Lanyue and the others walked towards the exit of the Demon Ruins, she turned back and saw that Zhong Yue was still looking at the battle in the deepest part of the Demon Ruins. She hurriedly said, “If the battle of Qi Practitioners spreads to this area, you and I will be dead, hurry up!”

  Zhong Yue recollected his thoughts and when he prepared to leave with the others, he suddenly saw the corpse of the female Tian elephant demon. An idea appeared in his mind and he visualized his Jiao dragon and after its totem appeared with a draconic roar, he controlled the dragon to drag the dead body along with him.

  The others were speechless when they saw what he was doing.

  “Senior Martial Sister Ting and Senior Martial Brother He, the value of this dead body is very high, isn’t?” asked Zhong Yue.<
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  He Chengchuan did not know how to react and he could only say, “Are you out of your mind? Do you still want to live? Although this dead body has a very high value, it can’t possibly be more valuable than your own life. The battle is going to spread to here in no time, besides, the body of this Tian elephant demon is very heavy, it’s not easy to move it….”

  He didn’t finish his words as the speed of Zhong Yue moving the body was quite fast.

  He Chengchuan was shocked by the strength Zhong Yue displayed and he thought, The body of this mutated Tian elephant demon is made of pure dark gold, which is much heavier than darksteel. Its body weight must be very heavy, not to mention its flesh is still perfectly intact, the weight … Junior Martial Brother Zhong’s visualized Jiao dragon could easily move it, just how strong must his psyche be?

  “We risked our lives in this journey of refining ourselves, how could we go back barehanded?”

  Zhong Yue laughed and said, “I say we move this body out and split the profit after selling it. But the other martial siblings….”

  Ting Lanyue, He Chengchuan, and the others remained silent and sad as only a few tens of them survived among the hundred of disciples under Elder Pu while the others were all sacrificed in the ritual.

  Ting Lanyue lamented and helped Zhong Yue in dragging the body to the exit and said in a very low tone, “This is all because of the neglection of the higher ups and the treacherous plans of the demons. There were almost thousands of upper disciples that died in vain today, not to mention the two elder guardians.…”

  He Chengchuan shook his head and said, “Junior Martial Brother Zhong is right, there are traitors among the higher-ups who plotted all of this with the demons! The thousands of upper disciples….”

  Before he could finish talking, Ting Lanyue interrupted and said, “Everyone, keep quiet about the traitors among the higher-ups after returning or you will be asking for trouble! There will surely be someone among the higher-ups that is wise enough to deal with this, let them handle this themselves”

  Everyone understood and nodded in agreement.