Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  On the other white tiger, Chi Yue’er released a fierce cry, turning into her Avatar and clenching her hands on the Golden Ringed Silver Moon. Rays similar to the moonlight lit up the surroundings, and silver rays shot out like a rainstorm at Zhong Yue!

  Zhong Yue’s face turned solemn, and he shouted loudly, “Ying Nu, Husan Weng, the others are yours to take care of!”

  Ying Nu and Husan Weng nodded and braced themselves as they rushed toward the Qi Practitioners. Ying Nu was still an Inner Core Qi Practitioner, and while Husan Weng was strong, he could only handle two Qi Practitioners at a time and no more than that.

  Even when most of the Qi Practitioners were butchered by Zhong Yue and the six or seven Qi Practitioners who survived were also suffering different levels of injuries, Ying Nu and Husan Weng still weren’t fully capable of handling them all.

  Zhong Yue’s face was solemn, he joined his hands together and formed a circle with his arms. The【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】then emerged in the circle he formed and in the drop of a hat, it burst out and secured Zhong Yue’s perimeter. As the marvelous【Tai Chi Art】enlarged, the willow leaves that entered the【Tai Chi Art】’s coverage were all stunned, and even the silver rays were stopped from moving at all.

  【Celestial Demon Yi】!

  A stream of blood trickled out of Zhong Yue’s mouth; Chi Yue’er and Chi Yun’er were too strong for him now. They weren’t any weaker than the demon expert, Yan Zhen, that he had encountered before. In addition to that, Zhong Yue didn’t have his full prowess at this point in time, it was hard for him to fend off the attacks without suffering any injuries.

  Kua Fuding then walked over, and an inner core flew out of his mouth, blasting golden rays at the【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】!

  Krong, krong, krong——

  Zhong Yue spurted out a mouthful of a blood as the【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】was shattered by the strikes, and he was sent flying back.

  While in mid-air, light wheels emerged behind him, and five divine herbs were released out from the Yuan Shen secret realms as soon as he touched down on the ground. He shouted, “Go help Husan Weng, you might say he betrayed you all, but you were friends before!”

  Cusia, Stonecrop, Black Nightshade and the others then rushed out shouting, “That’s right, we Six Gentlemen of Returning Ruins come and go as a team. Although Husan Weng is a brat, he is still one of us!”

  “Stonecrop, the legs!” Cusia shouted.

  Stonecrop then drilled into the ground and popped out beneath a Qi Practitioner, it then curled around the Qi Practitioner’s legs and the other divine herbs then lunged over and struck at them. Black Nightshade splashed poison at the Qi Practitioner while the other divine herbs punched and kicked the Qi Practitioner to death.

  …

  On the other side of the battlefield, Kua Fuding cast his inner core and rammed down at Zhong Yue. Zhong Yue quickly raised the golden sword and thrust over, but before the sword could pierce the inner core, the inner core stopped. The inner core stopped in mid-air, billowing totem patterns rushed out from within the golden ball and formed a dome around the battlefield, locking Zhong Yue inside.

  Zhong Yue glanced around and his heart sank, the inner core had locked a field of over a thousand miles, the sky was covered by the totem patterns and the air felt as heavy as the earth, affecting his movements.

  Pressures then came from all domains, suppressing his mortal body, Yuan Shen, arcane energy and even his psyche!

  Kua Fuding’s Nine Revolving Inner Core — the Earthly Force Field!

  This was the natural endowment that came from the Nine Revolving Inner Core. When an inner core had experienced nine rebirths, an inner core force field would emerge. While standing in the inner core force field, the inner core master would be like a god in his own realm, greatly suppressing his opponent and amend some of the natural principles in the force field!

  While battling, no matter who it was, being suppressed by the opponent’s force field would place the cultivator in a bad position and it could ultimately lead to death!

  When Zhong Yue was in the Ancestral Star, he never met any Qi Practitioners who had the inner core force field as no one had ever cultivated the Nine Revolving Inner Core, not even Imminent Deity magnates. Thus, he was unaware about it and was struck badly by Kua Fuding.

  Kua Fuding’s inner core carried the properties of the earth totem patterns. The Kua Fu Celestial Race regards the earth as their mother nature, they listen to the changes of earth and they feel the presence of it. Most of their cultivation techniques, skills and weapons were based on the earth totem patterns and thus, his inner core force field was the Earthly Force Field.

  If one were trapped within the force field, they would experience an extremely heavy suppression of their skills and strength. Only the earth totem patterns could be used. And so considering such, who would be better at this than the Kua Fu Celestial Race?

  “Princesses, leave now!”

  Kua Fuding rushed forward and he shouted, “So long he is in my Earthly Force Field, he will be dead for sure!”

  Just as Kua Fuding was going to enter his own force field, Zhong Yue who was in the middle of the force field suddenly moved. A hundred banners flew out from his Yuan Shen secret realms and dispersed out in all directions, shooting into the ground around him and forming an array formation.

  “The demon race’s Xuan Yin Hundred Banner Array Formation?” Kua Fuding’s face changed drastically, and he shouted, “A demon?”

  The 108 banners fluttered violently even without the presence of wind, while Zhong Yue’s hairs were also floating in the air as he rapidly made various hand seals. As soon as he made the last hand seal, a wave of demon totem patterns burst out within his body and flowed into the banners.

  Krong!!

  An explosion burst out from the middle of the force field, and the Earthly Force Field was forcibly crushed opened. It turned back into an inner core with cracks all around it while it was also partially polluted by the demon Qi!

  Kua Fuding could feel his heart aching in pain, he quickly recalled the inner core and banished the demon Qi in it. Although the Nine Revolving Inner Core Earthly Force Field was strong, Zhong Yue’s Xuan Yin Hundred Banner Array Formation was stronger. After all, the demon and celestial were opposing elements and Kua Fuding’s inner core was still unable to compete with a slaughtering array formed by a set of demon divine weapons.

  “Chi Xue, how dare you collude with the demons!”, Chi Yue’er and Chi Yun’er quickly rushed over, “No wonder even the empress dares not leave the empire to your hands!”

  Nine Revolving Inner Core Earthly Force Field? The inner core refined after nine revolutions to the extreme state is strong indeed!

  Zhong Yue watched as the two princesses rushed at him, he raised his hands and the banners were kept back in his Yuan Shen secret realms. He didn’t have full control over the Xuan Yin Banners and it was not as adept as he was at wielding the Golden Feathery Peng Sword. It was true that they were strong, but in this case, they weren’t of great help in killing enemies.

  “Really? Sword Qi? You two are way too weak to even be qualified to compete with me in Sword Qi!”

  Zhong Yue moved, casting out the【Great Boundless Sword Qi】, and in just seconds, thousands of rays of Sword Qi transformed between sword and shield, deftly alternating between offense and defense to block every one of Chi Yue’er’s and Chi Yun’er’s attacks.

  His【Great Boundless Sword Qi】was at level beyond fixed forms, so strong that although Chi Yue’er and Chi Yun’er were a cultivation level higher than him, they still couldn’t inflict any damage on him.

  The two girls then leaped down from the white tigers, releasing the two beasts to battle with him as well.

  But right when the white tigers have pounced at him, they were minced away by the countless sword rays.

  Soon, Zhong Yue’s Sword Qi grew stronger, he went from parrying the attacks to fighting back and fully suppressi
ng the ladies on the ground.

  His cultivation base was rocketing at an unimaginable speed that even the two princesses have never ever heard of.

  But their only hep, Kua Fuding was still distressed by the condition of his inner core, he was trying all his might in getting rid of the demon Qi in his inner core so that it would not be damaged. While they were strenuously parrying Zhong Yue’s attacks.

  Is he really an Inner Core Qi Practitioner…, the two ladies were whining in their hearts.With every attack they have parried, they could feel a slight surge of electric flowing into their hands, numbing their arms.

  Suddenly, Zhong Yue’s aura burst out and suffused the air, he has finally came back in the level of Heavenly Dharma.

  “This feels so great! Coming back to the Heavenly Dharma level!”

  Zhong Yue laughed out loud, he shot up into the sky and said, “Finally, I can use all my prowess now!”

  A divine drum appeared behind him and it created a loud thrum. The sound blast alone has struck Chi Yue’er and Chi Yun’er into flying and trickled blood out their mouths. Zhong Yue took a step and reached to the front of Chi Yue’er, he thrust his sword down and Chi Yue’er quickly blocked it with her Golden Lining Silver Moon. But the impact force has still struck on her body and shot her down into the soil. She rolled on the ground for a few rounds, and just as she struggled to get up, her bones could be heard cracking in her body!

  “DIE!”

  Zhong Yue appeared in front of Chi Yue’er again like a specter, he clenched the sword upended with two hands and thrust it down at the princess.

  Abruptly, his heart tensed up in alertness and he immediately leaped back in just the split of a second. While billowing godly aura emanated from Chi Yue’er’s forehead and pummeled onto him.

  “Western Mother Empress’s Amnesty Decree?!”

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  A divine decree emerged out of Chi Yue’er’s forehead – it was no doubt the Western Mother Empress’s Amnesty Decree. The ancient-looking decree began to burn while the godly aura grew stronger flooding the air with its dominating aura!

  The Western Mother Empress’s Amnesty Decree; a divine decree written by the Western Mother Empress herself and bequeathed onto disciples whose lives she deemed particularly valuable!

  Although the Western Mother Empress’s Amnesty Decree could only be used once, it’s power left nothing to be desired. The last time Zhong Yue saw Chi Qing use it, the decree was even able to keep the Six Paths Fruit Tree away, allowing allowed her to escape.

  As the divine decree completely burned out, an unstoppable aura rushed toward Zhong Yue. In the face of such an strong aura, not even Zhong Yue could outrun it. Even if he used his top speed, he wouldn’t be able to escape it!

  The divine decree only contained the the Western Mother Empress’ divine aura but was able to fend off the Six Paths Fruit Tree. It was obvious what it would do to a mere Qi Practitioner like Zhong Yue!

  A divine decree personally written by a lord-level god; even the ordinary gods would be killed by it!

  Zhong Yue’s hairs pricked up as he felt the claws of death raking toward his back. But he wasn’t ready to give up as he maintained his speed.

  Suddenly, Chi Yun’er noticed him coming toward her, and her heart instantly thumped with fear. She had suffered severe injuries from the Kui Long Divine Drum, and she had just crashed into the ground. She couldn’t even get up from the ground yet when she saw Zhong Yue thrusting the golden sword and raining a barrage of golden rays at her.

  “Just die!” Chi Yun’er shouted, she slashed her divine weapon, the exquisite willow tree to slashed at Zhong Yue!

  The willow leaves swarmed out and clashed with the golden rays. Chi Yun’er was overjoyed, and she thought, Just one moment, let me stall for even a split second, and he will die from the divine aura. Heh, this Chi Yue’er doesn’t have the decree anymore, she won’t be able to fight with me any-....

  Krong——

  The thoughts racing through her mind came to a screeching halt as she watched the golden rays break through her willow leaves and rain on the willow tree!

  Chi Yun’er stifled a deep groan. The flesh on the arm she used to wield the divine weapon exploded, and countless Sword Qi penetrated into her body through her arm. Zhong Yue paid no mind to the fear her face now showed as he reached her front!

  “DIE!!”

  Chi Yun’er cried at the top of her lungs, and her hairpin began to lit up, turning into a phoenix that rammed right into Zhong Yue like a suicidal bird. But just before the bird would crash into Zhong Yue, a translucent bell emerged around Zhong Yue that completely blocked it without being left with a single impression.

  The【Shao Hao Bell】!

  Meanwhile, the divine aura reached his back, and the Shao Hao Bell on Zhong Yue’s back was crushed in the blink of an eye with only the front left in decent condition!

  Zhong Yue could feel the muscles on his back atrophying and on the verge of disintegrating to ash within the next seconds. But the young man from the Zhong Shan Clan was still unperturbed. His gaze was serene, and his hands were steadfast as he extended out an arm and grabbed the young lady’s neck. He raised her up and turned his body around, lifting Chi Yun’er against the incoming divine aura like a human shield.

  Chi Yun’er first muffled a pained groan that soon turned into a shrill cry as fear overtook every crevice of her heart and mind. She could only stare as the divine aura from the Western Mother Empress’s Amnesty Decree billowed toward at her. Suddenly, the same surge of godly aura emerged out from her forehead. Another Western Mother Empress’s Amnesty Decree emerged out from her forehead and burned away as well.

  At the brink of death, Chi Yun’er’s Western Mother Empress’s Amnesty Decree was autonomously triggered as well!

  Two Western Mother Empress godly auras then clashed together! Both were written by the Western Mother Empress herself, and both were equal in strength.

  This was what Zhong Yue planned all along, to neutralize the Amnesty Decree with another Amnesty Decree!

  Krong——

  The two forces violently collided with one another. The godly auras both pierced through the firmament like two colossal beams of light that lit up the five finger mountains as if it were day!

  The five finger mountains were millions of miles high, and the black hole couldn’t even smite the mountains away.

  But now, even the mountains were illuminated in the dark, and the totem patterns around the finger mountains glimmered with a dark glow; they looked like black dragons coiling around the mountains – it was a truly spectacular view.

  The power of the two decree’s were slowly eroded by the five finger mountains’ power. The mountains shuddered lightly, crushing the godly aura away. And eventually, the might of the two decree disappeared.

  Chi Yue’er’s and Chi Yun’er’s eyes were flared like saucers as fear still lingered behind them.

  It should’ve been a surefire death sentence for Zhong Yue. And yet, by the end of it, the two of them were stripped of their most powerful trump cards while he was none the worse for wear!

  Suddenly, Chi Yun’er’s forehead broke open and the tip of a sword stained with blood thrust out from her head. Behind her, Zhong Yue was with the Golden Feathery Peng Sword, taking her life away right after he used her to save his own.

  Chi Yun’er then fell on the ground after he released his grip of her.

  Zhong Yue crouched down and then shot out like an arrow, straight toward Chi Yue’er!

  “Who are you?” Chi Yue’er’s pallid countenance betrayed the despair she now felt in her heart.

  But Zhong Yue didn’t deign to give her a response. Not a word was spoken as he slashed the golden sword down on her!

  Dang——

  An arm came in between the young lady and the golden sword. Kua Fuding had dashed over from the side and saved Chi Yue’er from Zhong Yue’s Golden Feathery Peng Sword. The d
ivine arm guard emerged from his arm, and the golden totem patterns weaved together and pushed back the Golden Feathery Peng Sword.

  Kua Fuding had finally cleared his inner core from the pollution of the demon Qi. Although he only spent a few moments doing so, Zhong Yue had nearly killed both Chi Yun’er and Chi Yue’er within those brief moments!

  The force numbed Zhong Yue’s arm while his other hand then pushed forward with great force. The【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】flew out from his palm, and the marvelous Tai Chi revolved sluggishly. The sun and moon, the Yin and Yang, the celestial and demon, the Tai Chi contained immense abstrusities and every movement seemed to touch upon the fundamental principles of life.

  【Celestial Demon Yi】!

  The dimension before him became distorted when he cast the skill, and Chi Yue’er lost her balance and was sucked toward Zhong Yue’s palm.

  “Don’t ever think of killing her while I’m here!” Kua Fuding then yelled. He raised his other hand as well and struck Zhong Yue’s palm.

  As he pushed his hand out, images of streaming rivers and moving mountains stacked on one another. Surely enough, this was a great skill as well.

  Krong——

  The skill crashed into the【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】and were ground away while the【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】was also badly hit. Zhong Yue and Kua Fuding both shuddered while at the same time, blood essence burst out from the top of their heads, swirling together into a hurricane in the sky!

  The sheer force of the attacks incited a typhoon in the surrounding air that hurled Chi Yue’er and the corpses into the sky!

  “Then I will just kill you as well!” Zhong Yue shouted as six secret realms all opened behind him. He released the Golden Feathery Peng Sword, and it then flew toward Chi Yue’er in mid-air.

  Zhong Yue then clapsed his hands and bowed to the front. Countless images of gods appeared around the【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】, and chants of worship resounded through the surroundings. Immediately, Zhong Yue’s blood essence, arcane energy, and overall strength were greatly bolstered!