Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Just as these 36 moons came together into a moon ring, their powers were significantly bolstered to the point that they were not inferior to Heavenly Dharma soul weapons.

  These Pan Aos' Yuan Shen quickly entered the moon ring and hid in the huge moon in the center; when the lightning struck down, the defensive totem patterns of the soul weapon would unload the damage. Even though the moon ring was getting dimmer as the lightning struck it, but the Yuan Shen in it was left unharmed.

  Seeking shelter from the soul weapons could only be done by the stronger soul weapons. At least a Heavenly Dharma soul weapon; while the moon ring's power was greatly augmented, it had just precisely entered the category of Heavenly Dharma soul weapon, allowing it to defend their Yuan Shen from the lightning.

  While on the other hand, the Kui Long that was chasing Zhong Yue didn't summon his Yuan Shen nor did he shelter it with any soul weapons. Instead, he entered the state of [Atman Body as One], breathing heavily in steam and sparks. He sucked his inner core above him into his body.

  He was charging through the lightning zone while enduring the lightning striking on his mortal body!

  The thunderstorm was growing more vicious, and lightning struck him as if he were a metallic conductor. Every second, countless wounds would appear on his body until it was charred and smoking. But the Kui Long totem patterns on his body would heal the injuries almost instantaneously!

  The Immortal Body!

  The Kui Long Celestial Race's strongest art, the power of the Immortal Body!

  The Kui Long Celestial Race possessed an abundant life force, more than any other race. In addition to the secret technique of their race, they could cultivate the Immortal Body.

  However, his Immortal Body was way weaker than his senior, Yu Zheng, who died in the Seal Suppression Hall; Yu Zheng's Immortal Body was cultivated to a stage of virtually undying. His mortal body couldn't be destroyed, and his Yuan Shen couldn't be crushed. The only thing that could kill him was time, and hence, the Swords Gate sealed him away and waited for time to kill him.

  While this Kui Long expert had cultivated the Immortal Body, there was still quite a distance between him and Yu Zheng. His Immortal Body could only be used to shelter his Yuan Shen from the lightning.

  “Junior martial sister, move your Yuan Shen into the Kui Long's cowhide!”

  Zhong Yue shouted, Qiu Jin'er quickly followed and cast her Gou Mang Yuan Shen into the Kui Long's cowhide, but Zhong Yue's Golden Crow was still flying through the clouds, absorbing the lightning strikes with its heavily injured body. Even the rate at which he healed himself with sunfire couldn't keep up with the damage he was taking. Qiu Jin'er shouted, "Senior martial brother, your Yuan Shen…."

  Huuu——

  Zhong Yue controlled the Golden Crow Yuan Shen to fly higher into the sky. The clouds darkened, and the atmosphere turned increasingly gloomy. The lightning clouds emerged around them, and it was now evident that the lightning clouds indeed resembled the scales of a dragon as there were some other lightning clouds now forming the dragon's claws! A spectacular view that couldn't be seen anywhere else, and yet, deadly!

  In the rumors, there was a phantom of the Leize dragon god lingering around in a certain height and certain depth in the lightning zone, an innate dragon god that was born within the heavens, a guardian that would strike down any livings that dare to infiltrate the high heavens!

  And now, the words were coming true, the Leize dragon god's body was slowly and yet steadily forming before his eyes, the higher he went, the more complete the Leize dragon god's body became. At the same time, lightning was still raining down on them.

  Behind him, the Pan Aos were running in the moons, moving the moons faster while they barked incessantly. The moon ring was filled with totem patterns, lunging out wave after wave of attacks that struck toward Zhong Yue.

  Zhong Yue was hit by the first wave of the totem patterns, and he got blasted up higher. The three-taloned Golden Crow tumbled in the sky, and suddenly, it spanned out its wings to regain its balance before it bolted away again.

  The Pan Aos barked and ran as fast as they could while controlling the moon ring. The Kui Long was also leaping with its one leg. But neither one of them could catch up to Zhong Yue's speed.

  The waves blasted behind Zhong Yue, but he had already left them behind.

  In mid-air, the Leize dragon god's body was getting longer and bigger. It was already 800 miles long while the dragon's head was slowly coming into view. It added on to the repressing atmosphere as it suffused the sky in its domineering aura.

  As of now, Zhong Yue was right below the dragon’s jaw.

  “Use me, use me!”

  The Kui Long Expert shouted, “Hit my stomach!”

  The Pan Aos's eyes brightened up, and the Kui Long inhaled a deep breath of air and inflated like a balloon. His body soon took the form of a drum, at the middle of the drum was a dragon-cow head, and at the bottom was his only leg. His arms hung by the side, seeming ludicrously thin and small in comparison to the rest of his body.

  The Pan Ao leader immediately resummoned his Yuan Shen and shouted, "Control the moon ring and protect me, I'll go into the state of [Atman Body as One] and coordinate with Senior Martial Brother Yu to take down this Zhong Shan Clan brat!"

  The other 35 Pan Aos barked merrily, fully taking over the control of the moon ring as their leader cast his Yuan Shen back. His body was getting bigger and brawnier as he transformed into a celestial being with a mastiff's head. He stood on the back of two Pan Aos while he reached his hand out to the light wheels behind him, pulling out two 200 feet-long bones as he started drumming on the Kui Long Celestial expert.

  Dong——

  The loud sound of percussion blasted out in all domains. The sound wave lunged out like a fierce dragon, ramming directly on Zhong Yue's back, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the Golden Crow tumbled vigorously, nearly falling off from the sky.

  The mastiff-headed celestial being laughed out loud, and he drummed on the Kui Long incessantly with the two mastiffs beneath carried him forward whereas the other mastiffs barked happily. They traveled at high speed while the sound waves attacked Zhong Yue endlessly.

  Zhong Yue's Yuan Shen was on the brink of dissipating as he took all of the attacks. Blood trickled down his mouth like a broken faucet, and deep groans came from the bottom of his throat. He gritted his teeth and exerted himself to prevent his Yuan Shen from dissipating while he continued to fly up.

  Cold sweat rushed out of Qiu Jin'er's forehead, she quickly controlled the Kui Long's cowhide and shielded Zhong Yue's Golden Crow on the back. When the sound wave blasted over, she was also hit with a portion of the sound waves' powers, resulting in blood also trickling out from her mouth.

  As she has shielded the Golden Crow with the Kui Long's cowhide, the protection on her mortal body has dramatically reduced. In addition to that, the sound wave could penetrate through the Kui Long's cowhide. Even her Yuan Shen, which was hiding in the dragonhide, was also sustaining damage!

  “Blast them! Kill them!”

  The mastiff-headed celestial being guffawed in joy. He continued drumming the Kui Long with increased tempo and force while they continued to fly higher into the sky.

  Zhong Yue galvanized every morsel of strength within him to bring him higher up into the sky. Above them, the lightning clouds grew darker, thicker and denser. The Leize dragon god's phantom was getting clearer, and its head was coming into existence. Its whiskers were waving in the clouds — suddenly, flashes of lightning bolted across the sky, converging into two lightning balls and forming into the dragon's eyes!

  The exact moment the dragon eyes were formed, it felt like as if the dragon god had revived. The dazzling lightning dispersed and the rumblings of thunders were no more, the whole atmosphere turned dead quiet with the only sound being the sound of the drum.

  The mastiff-headed celestial being shivered in cold sweat as a chill went down his spine. He quickly lifted his he
ad to look up, and his gaze was met with the cold eyes of a dragon god that was staring right at them as the thousand miles lightning dragon has awakened.

  Beneath the Leize dragon god’s whiskers was the raggedy Golden Crow that stopped abruptly, carrying Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er on its bloody back with the dragon god above them, Zhong Yue sneered frigidly and said, “Let us all die together!”

  “DEFENSE!”

  The mastiff-headed celestial being suddenly gave a shrill cry, "Defend with all your might!"

  KRONGG————

  The thousand miles dragon god gently placed its mountainous claw down and shadowed a huge patch of clouds with Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin’er and the other celestials in it!

  In the sky, a shock wave that was clearly visible to the naked eye ravaged a thousand miles of distance, clearing a thousand miles of the sky of all clouds!

  Chapter 295: To The West Barren |

  There was a rumor: A long time ago, but there once was a magnate that was a half step away from divinity that tried to fly his way out of the Ancestral Star and into the void. While on his way through the upper lightning zone, the strongest existence of his era had met with the Leize dragon god, an innate divine dragon that was born from the heaven and earth.

  When the Leize dragon god appeared before him, worshipping chants rang in his ears. It was as if there were countless living beings worshipping the dragon. Then, a blinding blast of lightning that was accompanied by the deafening rumble of thunder ripped across the skies. The sky shattered like a mirror, and the magnate disappeared from the world; not even a single granule of his ashes was left behind.

  As of now, although the Leize dragon gods that Zhong Yue met was not as otherworldly as the one in that legendary tale, they were also not as strong as half-divinity magnate who dared to defy the heavens.

  A single strike from this lightning Leize dragon god could easily reap their lives!

  However, what was different was that they had their own soul weapons and array formations that could barely protect them.

  The 36 Pan Aos formed an array formation. The moon ring plunged into a full defensive state while their light wheels revolved rapidly. One after another, soul weapons lunged out from their secret realms and blasted on the dragon claw, trying to weaken its power.

  “With the inner core by my side, I am the master of my life!”

  36 Pan Aos ... 108 eight heads. They all let out a ferocious roar and swallowed their inner core. The totem patterns of the Pan Ao emerged beneath their skin and flowed out of their body before coming together in a unified piece.

  Countless totem patterns were connected together, forming into a huge Pan Ao phantom. The Pan Ao phantom that was standing at the center of the moon ring raised its head and opened its mouth widely. It looked as if it would devour the moon in the middle — this huge Pan Ao, the moon in the middle and the moon ring formed a complex defensive array formation – the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation!

  While the Kui Long was also trembling in fear, he let out a ferocious roar and shrunk down quickly. Before this, he was 200 feet tall, and he was now only six to seven inch tall after turning into a little one-legged cow-like creature.

  The Kui Long Celestial Race had mastered the Immortal Body, having their own unique defensive means. This Kui Long Celestial Race expert had shrunken his mortal body to strengthen his defense and condense his life force and life energy. It also served to reduce the area of contact between his body and the lightning. This was a unique defensive method that he applied to fight against the heaven's punishment!

  Zhong Yue reacted quickly by pulling the Kui Long's cowhide, cloaking Qiu Jin'er and himself underneath it.

  His Golden Crow Yuan Shen flew out from the Kui Long's cowhide and dashed over to the Pan Aos. While at the same time, a golden ray flitted across the sky. It was the Golden Peng Sword closely following behind the heels of the Golden Crow Yuan Shen!

  All of a sudden, the Golden Crow Yuan Shen entered the Golden Peng Sword and hid in it.

  As the dragon claw slammed down, the 36 Pan Aos' soul weapons were instantly crushed into dust; the 108 Pan Ao heads raised high and let out a series of high-pitched whistles, sustaining the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation in form.

  One after another, the moons around the moon ring started crumbling away whereas the huge moon in the middle began cracking. Despite their power being the same as a Heavenly Dharma soul weapon, they couldn't even fight against the dragon claw at all. The array formation shuddered violently, and all the 36 Pan Aos spurted out blood from their mouths.

  The dragon claw was composed of the liquid condensed lightning. When it slammed down, the lightning liquid surged right through into the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation, tearing it down from the inside.

  Pili pila pili pala——

  The huge moon in the center of the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation was broken into pieces, and the huge Pan Ao Tengu was also slowly fading away as the lightning struck on it.

  “【Celestial Moon Divine Howling】!”

  The hundred and eight Pan Ao heads raised highly and howled, stopping the fading of the Pan Ao Tengu image and made it clearer.

  However, right at this moment, the Golden Feathery Peng Sword thrust over, the divine weapon flicked in the sky —Chi chi chi— one after another, the Pan Aos were beheaded, and their blood painted the lightning in a sanguine red.

  “Zhong Shan Clan member!”

  It was a deadly blow to the Pan Aos, tossing them into a state of utter disorder and chaos; they have lost their control over the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation and the array formation immediately crumbled away. The dragon claw slammed down, and all of the 36 Inner Core Xiao Mang experts were torn into pieces as they disintegrated into the smallest particles and filled the sky with a mist of blood.

  From the Leize dragon god striking its claw down at them to the formation of the Lunar Eclipse Array, and the unexpected ambush of the Golden Peng Sword ... everything happened in the blink of an eye.

  The next moment, the unstoppable dragon claw harboring the divine aura slammed heavily on the Kui Long's cowhide and the Golden Peng Sword along with the Kui Long expert!

  From afar, one could clearly see a thousand miles long giant dragon coiling in the high sky, lashing its claw and slamming the presumptuous living beings that dared to infiltrate the high heavens.

  Clouds and mist flitted past as the dragon claw slammed down on the ground from the high firmament. The dragon claw finally stopped as it rammed into the mountains, mercilessly killing any living thing in the woods as the lightning spread out in all domains.

  Meanwhile, the shock wave in mid-air blasted away a thousand miles of land clear of any clouds, the Leize dragon god dispersed, and the sky was bright and clear, not a single cloud could be seen at all.

  Below, in the mountains where the dragon claw slammed down, a huge claw mark was left behind. The earth structure was paved with igneous rocks while molten magma could be seen everywhere.

  In the center of the claw mark, the two hundred feet Kui Long’s cowhide was laid on the ground. After a few moments, a girl crawled out from it; Qiu Jin’er who was shielded underneath Zhong Yue when they were struck made her way out and stood up, she uncloaked the Kui Long’s cowhide and dragged Zhong Yue out.

  The dragon claw soon slammed down on them. Zhong Yue had her in his arms, while the Kui Long's cowhide was on his back. He suffered incredibly heavy injuries from the impact force that penetrated through the Kui Long's cowhide. But fortunately, the young lady in his arms was barely hurt, having only suffered some minor wounds.

  As the one who endured the brunt of the impact force, Zhong Yue's back was ravaged, and completely mashed. Broken ribs penetrated through his skin and were exposed to the air. His arms were distorted out of shape, and his neck was twisted at a terrifying angle.

  If it were ordinary humans or even the cultivated Qi Practitioners, they would have certainly died by now. But he was still living, the deflated lungs were st
ill breathing, but he sounded as if he was going to run out of breath at anytime soon.

  However, the liquid lightning had left his psyche ocean in an utterly chaotic state. He couldn't control his power to recuperate his injuries.

  Qiu Jin’er quickly took out the Yuling Pastes and just as she was going to treat him with the medicinal paste, a deep groan suddenly rang in their ears.

  There was another survivor other than themselves, one who was incredibly small. He was only six to seven inches tall before he suddenly expanded and returned to what it seemed like his normal size — it was none other than the Kui Long expert!

  His mortal body was even more ragged than Zhong Yue's, the lightning strikes crushed the originally muscular body into mashed meat. His bones were totally wrecked and were mixed in the meat. The cow horn on his head was broken away, and only his spine and head still looked fine.

  Despite the injuries he suffered, his life energy and life force were still vigorous, his mortal body was slowly and yet, steadily recuperating itself. Broken bones were reconnecting together, and the mashed flesh was forming back into its usual muscular form.

  “Junior martial sister, kill him.” Exerting what’s leftover in him, Zhong Yue said feebly.

  Qiu Jin’er was shocked, she looked over at the Kui Long expert and met with a pair of tearful eyes which were begging for her mercy, pleading her to spare his life.

  Hesitation lingered in her heart, but she gritted her teeth and walked over to the Kui Long's side with Zhong Yue's Golden Peng Sword in hand.

  “No … please…..” the Kui Long expert’s voice was weak and feeble.

  But it did not change a thing at all as Qiu Jin’er hardened her emotions and thrust the sword through his head.

  "I'm sorry, don't blame me for your death … my senior martial brother needs my help, and it's my turn to protect him now. If you are not taken out, then it will be us that will die in your hands after you recover from your injuries. I will not risk my senior martial brother's life…."