As a result, the Heavenly Flame Lizards were now unable to work together against him, bringing the threat level of the beast tide to its lowest. Now, he only needed to begin the slaughter.
This change was naturally detected by the watching Su Duan and gang, causing their expression to change slightly.
“He was prepared for them!” A stormy look filled Su Duan’s eyes.
“The disturbance we caused when gathering the Heavenly Flame Lizards may have been too big.” Said someone.
“What do we do now?”
Su Duan’s gaze flickered faintly. Soon after, he let out an icy chuckle and said, “No need to worry. He must have used some kind of method to block the Heavenly Flame Lizards’ senses. Even so, it will only be temporary. Unless he succeeds in exterminating all of the lizards, they will still become a huge problem when they gradually regain their senses.”
Everyone else nodded when they heard this. There were thousands of Heavenly Flame Lizards, and it was impossible for Zhou Yuan to kill them all alone.
Meanwhile, as Zuoqiu Qingyu watched this chaotic scene, she could not help but ask, “Though you have sealed off their senses, how will you resolve this situation? Are you going to kill them one by one?”
With such a crazy number of Heavenly Flame Lizards, Zhou Yuan would likely be far from done even after using up all of his Genesis Qi.
Zhou Yuan merely responded with a mysterious smile, not answering her questions.
His figure shot forth under Zuoqiu Qingyu’s bewildered gaze, swiftly etherealizing as he turned into a wisp of smoke that dashed into the chaotic beast herd.
Zhou Yuan’s figure darted around in the beast herd like a phantom as the Heavenly Yuan Brush in his hand vibrated. The snow-white brush hairs faintly clickered as they drifted out, undetectable by the naked eye.
These hairs moved with the wind, noiselessly entering the Heavenly Flame Lizards bodies through their nostrils as they heavily panted.
Zhou Yuan’s phantom like figure covered every inch of the beast pack, giving the Heavenly Yuan Brush in his hand a light flick from time to time.
Of course, Zhou Yuan was not so foolish as to kill these lizards one by one, as that was far too exhausting. Hence, he went with the most direct and efficient method.
The Erode Rune of the Heavenly Yuan Brush.
The ultimate goal of the Genesis Runes he had prepared was not making the lizards fall into chaos, but to dull their senses, allowing the brush hairs to stealthily invade their bodies.
“What is he doing? Does he think he’s some kind of jumping god?” Su Duan and the rest looked at each other in confusion. From what they could see, Zhou Yuan did not seem to have any intentions of killing the lizards.
All they saw was Zhou Yuan randomly jumping about like a headless fly. It was a rather comical sight indeed.
Su Duan was also a little lost for words. Soon after, he sneered and said, “He’s just screwing around! If he manages to deal with all of these Heavenly Flame Lizards today, I’ll eat all of their corpses!”
The others nodded in agreement. Given Zhou Yuan’s strength, it was obviously an impossible task for him to exterminate so many Heavenly Flame Lizards.
As such, Zhou Yuan’s figure continued to shuttle about in the pack for an entire half an incense stick of time under their mocking gazes, before he finally flew onto a nearby hill.
Beads of perspiration could be seen on his forehead, while the originally snow-white hairs of the brush had also dimmed somewhat. Sending out so many brush hairs also taken quite a toll on it.
Zuoqiu Qingyu peered into the distance. The Heavenly Flame Lizards were still full of energy as they charged about in a chaotic manner, no signs that they had received any attacks.
Thus, she turned to look at Zhou Yuan in a strange manner and said, “Is this what you were planning?”
Under her skeptical gaze, Zhou Yuan smiled mysteriously, before grasping the Heavenly Yuan Brush with both hands and slamming it into the ground.
“Next, it’s time for the real performance.”
Chapter 415 Evolution of the Heavenly Yuan Brush
Bzz bzz!
The instant Zhou Yuan’s voice sounded, the Heavenly Yuan Brush began to shake violently as if summoning something. It was also at this moment that the numerous Heavenly Flame Lizards in the vicinity suddenly let out miserable shrieks.
Ao! Ao! Ao!
Zuoqiu Qingyu hastily looked over, only to see that Heavenly Flame Lizards madly rolling about on the ground as blood flowed from their orifices. In a few breaths, she watched in shock as the originally lively lizards began to fall dead wave by wave...
It was as if the wind of death had blown past, granting instant death to all the Heavenly Flame Lizards...
The red land that had originally filled with the sounds of hissing had turned deathly silent at this moment.
In the distance, Su Duan and the rest were dumbstruck as they watched this scene. It was as if they had seen a ghost, their faces filled with horror and fear.
The lizards’ deaths had been far too bizarre.
Due to the distance and how hard it was to properly see what was happening with the Heavenly Yuan Brush, they naturally did not know what Zhou Yuan had done. All they had seen was Zhou Yuan jumping around amongst the Heavenly Flame Lizards, before they began to fall like flies.
Normally speaking, such Genesis Beasts were basically as tenacious as cockroaches. And yet, they were now dropping one after another as they had received a fatal blow.
Such a strange situation made the hairs of Su Duan and gang stand on end.
“What the heck did he do?” Asked a trembling voice.
Su Duan’s expression fluctuated in confusion. In the next instant, his pupils suddenly shrank as he involuntarily cried out, “What is that?”
Everyone looked over, and saw the corpses of the Heavenly Flame Lizards suddenly began to tremble as fine cow hair like glowing threads slowly rose from them.
Every snow-white hair was wrapped around a Beast Spirit Crystal. The crystals sparkled under the light, creating an extremely mesmerizing scene.
“It’s those hair like things!” Su Duan’s gaze flickered rapidly in thought, finally realizing why the Heavenly Flame Lizards had died.
Su Duan gnashed his teeth and said, “What a cunning kid! He placed those Genesis Runes to hinder the lizards’ senses, before secretly sending these hairs into their bodies. Once he gave the command, the hairs wreaked havoc in the lizards’ bodies. No matter how tenacious these lizards are, they can’t possibly survive such fatal injuries.”
The others understood in a flash as amazement filled their hearts. Their fear finally faded, because the unknown was the most terrifying thing of all, and they was nothing to be afraid of now that they knew Zhou Yuan’s method.
Although it was quite an unorthodox skill, it was only effective against Genesis Beasts.
On the hill, Zhou Yuan’s eyes were burning with desire as he watched the hairs bringing along all the Beast Spirit Crystals as they returned.
There were likely nearly a thousand Beast Spirit Crystals in total.
“These should be enough for the Heavenly Yuan Brush to evolve, right?” Zhou Yuan lightly pushed off the ground as countless snow-white hairs zoomed towards him and the brush in his hand.
Pring! Prang!
The crystals shattered the moment they touched the brush, while the Beast Spirits within were instantly devoured.
Ray after ray of light began to emerge from the brush, causing it to grow brighter and brighter like a sun, the rays even engulfing Zhou Yuan’s body.
Zuoqiu Qingyu swiftly backed away, bewilderment filling her pretty eyes as she stared at the dazzling ball of light before her. She could faintly sense extremely powerful Genesis Qi undulations brewing within it.
“His brush seems to be absorbing the Beast Spirit Crystals?” Muttered Zuoqiu Qingyu in an astonished voice.
Only now did she understand why Zhou Yuan had no
t panicked when she told him Su Duan was gathering a beast tide to send against him, appearing quite excited instead. From what she could see, he seemed to be in dire need of these Beast Spirit Crystals...
In the distance, Su Duan and the rest were also stunned by this scene. They looked to one another as their expressions gradually turned ugly.
They were clearly also beginning to realize that all their effort in gathering the beast tide had instead been a gift that Zhou Yuan had happily received with open arms...
“Blasted!”
By this time, even Su Duan could not help but curse as he angrily punched a boulder in front of him, causing cracks to rapidly spread.
He felt both extremely embarrassed and furious. Just moments ago, he had been feeling so pleased with how perfect his plan had been, but the cruel reality now showed him that his so-called ‘perfect plan’ was akin to throwing a meat bun at a dog to chase it away...
Whoo Woo!
While Su Duan was boiling with rage and shame, the surrounding Genesis Qi seemed to turn much more violent. Everyone could only watch as all of the Genesis Qi in the area began surging towards Zhou Yuan.
The Genesis Qi quickly took the shape of an enormous funnel that was wide at the top and small at the bottom, a rather astonishing sight indeed.
“What is he doing?” Su Duan and gang were alarmed by this turn of events. They could also sense the shockingly powerful Genesis Qi undulations brewing within it.
“This is a sign that a Heaven Genesis Weapon is being born!” As the junior sect master of the Flame Cauldron Sect, Su Duan had a wealth of experience. A single look was all it took for him to identify the phenomenon that was occurring before their eyes.
“However… although ordinary Heaven Genesis Weapons will create some disturbance, it should not be as extreme as this!” Su Duan’s eyes were glued to the brightly shining ball of light as greed rose within them.
“This is definitely no ordinary Heaven Genesis Weapon!”
Though he was the junior sect master of the Flame Cauldron Sect, and had seen Heaven Genesis Weapons before, there was no way that such a huge commotion would be caused by an ordinary Heaven Genesis Weapon!
However, he also felt a slight heartache. From the looks of it, if they had not so painstakingly gathered so many Genesis Beasts for Zhou Yuan and allowed him to collect so many Beast Spirit Crystals, he would not have been able to form this Heaven Genesis Weapon.
The realization that he had contributed to this effort almost made Su Duan vomit a mouthful of blood.
Woo woo!
This lasted for quite some time, before the dazzling light that enveloped Zhou Yuan finally faded away. The funnel shaped Genesis Qi storm above rapidly descended, pouring completely into the mottled deep black brush silently hovering beside him.
The enormous commotion had stealthily died down.
Zhou Yuan looked towards the Heavenly Yuan Brush floating beside him as he slowly reached out and closed his hand around it.
Next, he felt the tremendous power surging within it.
A trace of excitement and happiness appeared on Zhou Yuan’s face.
After several years in his hands, the once Sacred tier Genesis Weapon had finally evolved to the Heaven tier today...
Chapter 416 Might of the Heavenly Yuan Brush
Zhou Yuan silently stood on the red hill, the mottled pitch-black Heavenly Yuan Brush quietly hovering beside him. Faint pulses of light flowed along the body of the brush as an almost undetectable but powerful undulation spread.
Zhou Yuan was overwhelmed by emotion as he stared at the Heavenly Yuan Brush. He could clearly feel how much different it was now compared to before.
There may only be a word of difference between a Heaven Genesis Weapon and a Black Genesis Weapon, but the disparity between them was akin to the gap between the heavens and the earth.
His hand slowly unfurled as the Heavenly Yuan Brush rapidly shrank, ultimately turning into a thread of light that flew into Zhou Yuan’s body and out from his other palm.
After advancing to the Heaven tier, Zhou Yuan no longer needed to hang the brush from his waist. Instead, he could now keep it in his body, allowing it to be nourished by Genesis Qi at all times.
This would also allow the connection between the two to ascend to the next level.
Moreover, Zhou Yuan could also feel his battle power soar rapidly when he held the Heavenly Yuan Brush.
The Heavenly Yuan Brush should currently be a low grade Heaven Genesis Weapon, but with regards to power, Zhou Yuan felt that even mid grade Heaven Genesis Weapons may not be able to surpass it.
When all was said and done, the Heavenly Yuan Brush was once a Sacred Genesis Weapon after all.
“So you were using these Beast Spirit Crystals to evolve your Heaven Genesis Weapon!” Zuoqiu Qingyu approached as she rolled her eyes at Zhou Yuan.
Fancy that she was still worrying earlier. Who could imagine how elated Zhou Yuan had been when he saw the beast tide.
Zhou Yuan chuckled, before his eyes narrowed slightly as they peered into the distance. “Since the beast tide has been dealt with, it’s time to resolve other problems.”
He had already sensed Su Duan and gang when they approached earlier. His Spirit senses were after all the most powerful amongst everyone present.
He knew that the mastermind behind the beast tide was Su Duan.
Although the former had done him a huge favor by luring this beast tide over, Zhou Yuan was not someone who would remain passive after being schemed against. Since Su Duan had displayed hostility, he was naturally an enemy.
“We’ve been discovered.”
The hiding Su Duan and gang immediately felt it Zhou Yuan’s gaze. Everyone looked to each other, before turning towards Su Duan.
Su Duan’s eyes were tinged with a sliver of greed as he stared at the Heavenly Yuan Brush in Zhou Yuan’s hand and sneered, “So what if we’ve been discovered? Would a mere fourth layer Alpha-Origin dare to act arrogantly before us?”
Although Zhou Yuan’s method of dealing with the beast tide earlier had been rather alarming, after understanding how he had done it, the initial fear Su Duan and gang felt had weakened substantially. After all, Zhou Yuan’s method may have worked against dumb Genesis Beasts, but it was likely going to be ineffective against them.
“But he’s still a Cangxuan Sect disciple…” Said a worried voice. If they angered Li Qingchan or Zhao Zhu, the ones who ended up suffering would be them instead.
“The Cangxuan Sect team is likely having trouble protecting themselves at this time.” Su Duan’s lips curled. “And this essence flame vein fight basically hinges upon one’s own ability. Even if Zhou Yuan is defeated, the Cangxuan Sect will likely be too ashamed to come after juniors like us. In fact, Zhou Yuan may even be punished for his defeat when he returns.”
“Without the threat of the Cangxuan Sect, what is a mere fourth layer like him?”
The others nodded at Su Duan’s words as the restraining fear in their eyes receded. Their gazes were now filled with contempt when they looked towards Zhou Yuan again. It was exactly as Su Duan had said, without the layer of tiger skin that was the Cangxuan Sect, Zhou Yuan’s strength was really not even worth mentioning.
Although they were unable to compare to the likes of Li Qingchan, Zhao Zhu and the other Chosens, all of them had at least reached the sixth layer Alpha-Origin, while Su Duan had already stepped into the seventh layer.
Such strength would make them elites even amongst the purple sash disciples of the Cangxuan Sect.
The latter was after all the junior sect master of the Flame Cauldron Sect, and the cultivation resources he received would not be less than a Cangxuan Sect purple sash disciple.
Upon seeing this, Su Duan smiled in a satisfied manner. His figure moved, no longer bothering to conceal his presence as he rose into the sky and began slowly approaching Zhou Yuan.
Su Duan looked down upon Zhou Yuan and said, “Zhou Yuan, you really are qui
te remarkable… I can’t believe that even the beast tide failed to stop you.”
Zhou Yuan looked at the figure that had appeared and smiled. Although the other party was clearly an enemy, he could not help but feel a little good-will to the former due to all that he had done for Zhou Yuan.
“Brother Su’s gift is really generous. If not for it, I would have needed to toil a lot today.”
The corners of Su Duan’s mouth twitched as rage appeared in his eyes. “Sharp-tongued brat. Zhou Yuan, I advise you to scram from here now, because we will be taking over this area!”
Zhou Yuan chuckled as he shook his head. “I’m afraid I can’t comply.”
“The current you does not have the qualifications to say no!” A savage smile rose from the corners of Su Duan’s lips as he suddenly raised his hand and icily said, “Do it!”
Rumble!
Behind him, streams of Genesis Qi abruptly rose into the air. They surged forth like a flood, tearing apart the ground as they passed.
The others still concealed behind Su Duan had sent out a barrage of attacks.
They did not show even the slightest shred of mercy, nor did they hold back despite ganging up on him. Their combined attack clearly aimed to destroy him with the first move.
“Careful Zhou Yuan!”
Zuoqiu Qingyu’s expression changed when she saw this, and quickly began activating her auxiliary body technique in an attempt to save him.
On one side, was the exceptionally ferocious combined attack of several sixth layer Alpha-Origin experts. On the other, was a fourth layer Alpha-Origin Zhou Yuan that would surely be crushed in a direct clash.
However, just as Zuoqiu Qingyu was about to move, she saw Zhou Yuan extend his hand and gently snap his fingers.
Swish!
The Heavenly Yuan Brush hovering beside Zhou Yuan instantly shot forth. Like a streak of light as it hurtled towards the berserk flood-like wave of Genesis Qi.
“Arrogant! Do you think that a Heaven Genesis Weapon will give you the qualifications to face five sixth layers?!” Su Duan let out a sinister laugh when he saw this.
Pchla!
However, his voice had barely faded when the faint sound of something breaking was heard. Su Duan’s pupils shrank slightly when he saw the five streams of Genesis Qi being instantly pierced by the mottled pitch-black brush...
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