by Shian Jeen
Every group of clouds contained unbelievable energy, enough to kill a mid-First Order Highgod Realm master!
Watching the stretch of floating gray clouds, Huwang Xiao’s expression darkened.
Even though the gray space’s demonic qi was alarming when he first entered, it was still far from the current situation. Not even the gray space sealing the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s torso had demonic qi that was dense to such a degree.
This place had to be sealing the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head!
Thinking of this, the ominous feeling in his heart grew stronger.
The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head was definitely the most powerful amongst its other sealed body parts. Moreover, judging from the signs around him, from the time he stepped into the gray space until now, the seal had loosened even further.
Huwang Xiao became uncertain and stopped flying forward.
Should he turn back? He could still make it if he turned back now.
Undeniably, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head was a covetable object, but right now Huwang Xiao was feeling less than confident that he'd be it as he did previously. If he failed to suppress it, the consequences were dire; most likely, he would suffer a backlash from the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s demonic qi and be turned into its nutrition supplement instead.
Still, Huwang Xiao was reluctant to turn back at this juncture.
With the news of Xiang Mingzhi having broken through to the Highgod Realm, it was necessary for Huwang Xiao to refine all parts of the Hundred Spirits Beast King as well as obtain the White Tiger Divine Fire to have full confidence in killing Xiang Mingzhi during the Highgod Advancement Tournament.
After struggling internally for some time, Huwang Xiao suddenly sped forward like an arrow toward the altar.
‘Your mother! If I die, then so be it…’
Up to this point, he had experienced many things as he sought to improve his strength, which of his previous experiences did not pose any danger?
Determination shone in the depth of Huwang Xiao’s eyes as he calmed down.
Soon, he saw the familiar altar up ahead, however, this altar was at least double the size of the previous two. On the altar, at the center of the sealing formation, was a giant golden-haired monkey head!
Huwang Xiao was unable to describe in words what he was feeling staring at the giant golden-haired monkey head. The view in front of him could perhaps be described as heaven obscuring demonic qi.
This golden-haired monkey head was akin to a big hill, just its height was over fifty meters, with scarlet red eyes and an enormous protruding mouth. Its nostrils were like two black wind vortex, endlessly puffing out grey demonic qi.
The sealing formation on the altar flickered. Bright symbols flew into the air, forming many balls of light rotating around the golden-haired monkey head, restraining it. Whereas the golden-haired monkey head was trying to break the formation, intelligible high-pitched sounds coming from its enormous mouth.
Huwang Xiao immediately noticed that the sealing formation became unstable after being attacked by the golden-haired monkey head, growing dimmer. This was a sign that the sealing formation was close to collapsing, if things continued in this manner, it wouldn't be long before the sealing formation crumbled.
At that time, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head would regain its freedom!
Huwang Xiao was daunted, but also glad. He was glad that the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head had yet to free itself, and daunted by its overwhelming destructive power that had far exceeded his estimation. Every time the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head attacked the sealing formation, its power was almost equal to a mid-Second Order Highgod Realm master.
Of course, this level was only Huwang Xiao’s personal estimation, it could also be stronger than that!
Huwang Xiao had never looked as grim as he did now.
‘This is likely my hardest battle yet…’
However, he was right that this Hundred Spirits Beast King was a primordial divine ape! It was a King among primordial divine apes, a Hundred Spirits Golden Ape.
Right at that moment, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head stopped attacking the sealing formation. Two bloody lights shot out from its eyes, reaching Huwang Xiao in an instant. It happened so fast that Huwang Xiao didn’t have time to react.
In a split second, Huwang Xiao slightly twisted his shoulders sideways, barely avoiding the two bloody lights. Their terrifying power caused the surrounding space to shake, forming two lines akin to crimson rivers in the sea of gray demonic qi.
Although barely, Huwang Xiao managed to dodge the sudden attack. Even so, he felt cold sweat dampen his back.
Had he dodged any slower, he’d be gravely wounded by now. That attack was equivalent to two mid-Second Order Highgod Realm masters attacking at the same time. Strong as Huwang Xiao’s True Dragon Physique was, it was still far from allowing him to remain unscathed if he was hit by that attack.
Still, the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fire protective barrier around Huwang Xiao quivered intensely, being affected by the power of the two bloody lights.
“Eh?” Watching the young human actually dodge its attack, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head exclaimed in amusement, finding it a little unexpected.
“Little runt, a mere perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm like you actually managed to dodge my attack.” The eyes of the Hundred Spirits Beast King gleamed, visibly stoked, “Your talent exceeds me by miles during my time.”
The Hundred Spirits Beast King had been the most talented cultivator in the four galaxies in tens of millennia! And Huwang Xiao’s talent was above his, no wonder it was stoked.
“Too bad, you’re fated to die here today and become my first sacrifice, aiding me to break out from this damn altar!” The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s laughter reverberated in the gray space. Its scarlet eyes shone with cruel excitement.
Originally, it would take ten more years for it to break free from the altar’s sealing formation, but if he devoured Huwang Xiao, it would be able to shatter the sealing formation and regain its freedom in a few short years.
All of sudden, its laughter turned into a roar that shook the entire gray space.
Sound waves wrinkled every inch of space as they passed through, there was no place Huwang Xiao could dodge or hide this time.
Destructive power surged and gathered, drowning Huwang Xiao within.
Green veins popped out on his forehead as he activated every last strand of true immortal essence force from his dantian to form a thick protective barrier over himself. At the same time, frigid cold Asura qi rushed out from his body, transforming an area of space into an Asura Domain.
Right at this time, Huwang Xiao felt the air being forced out of his lungs, the destructive force slammed into him as if an ancient divine mountain fell on his chest. Huwang Xiao shuddered. In the next second, he was sent flying into the air like a broken kite. His body made a great arch in the air, crashing down a few hundred li away.
Violent tremors ran through the ground.
He felt as if his body was about to break into pieces, this was the first time he felt this way ever since he was reborn.
Huwang Xiao struggled to his feet, an uncontrollable warm liquid rushed up and he vomited a mouthful of blood.
“En, actually not dead?! The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head saw that Huwang Xiao was still alive, standing on his feet, and was quite shocked.
The power of its attack just now could seriously injure an early Second Order Highgod Realm master. Even more surprising was that his hundred spirits demonic qi was dispersed by the icy blue and crimson red fires on the surface of Huwang Xiao’s skin, hindering any demonic qi from entering his body.
Could those be two of the four great divine fires?! The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s pupils needled.
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Merely a moment later, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s shock turned to delight. The more it th
ought about it, the more convinced he was that the icy blue and crimson red fires forming that barrier were two of the four great divine fires, the Black Tortoise Divine Fire and Vermilion Bird Divine Fire!
The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head erupted in laughter, resounding in the gray space.
“Truly, the Heavens are favoring me!” The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s heard looked up, laughing with a touch of madness, “Little runt, those two fires on your body are the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires, correct? Only the four great divine fires can withstand my hundred spirits demonic qi. I didn’t expect ah, just as I wanted to break out from this seal, that I’d witness the legendary divine fires, moreover, two at the same time!”
“As long as I kill you and refine the two divine fires, I’d be able to regain my peak strength, even surpass my past self! Who other than me is capable of dominating the boundless galaxies?!”
“I, Hundred Spirits Beast King, am the world's true hegemon!”
In the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s eyes, the young human in front of him was already a dead man.
The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s laughter sounded manic in Huwang Xiao’s ears.
Although the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires were formidable, it still depended on who was controlling them. A mere God Realm cultivator was far from being a threat to it.
Huwang Xiao calmed down as he focused on the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head on the altar. A soft light flashed around his hand and a Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellet appeared in his palm. Swallowing the pellet, he immediately initiated Instant Recovery to heal.
The injuries on his body recovered at an alarming speed.
“En? Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellet?!” In a single glance, the Hundred Spirits Beast King had recognized the medicinal pellet that Huwang Xiao had just consumed as being the legendary Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellet.
“Hehe, little runt, it seems like you’ve quite a few good things on you. However, I want to see just how many of those divine pellets you have!”
The Hundred Spirits Beast King opened its mouth wide, letting out another bellow. This roar was earth-shattering.
Terrifying sound waves struck every inch of the gray space, covering everything in giant hurricanes. Up against this demonic qi hurricane, even the powerful bodies of the average early First Order Highgod Realm, and mid-First Order Highgod Realm masters would be shredded to pieces in a mere breath’s time.
A large number of giant demonic qi hurricanes spun toward Huwang Xiao akin to sharp wind blades, about to shred the flesh off his bones. There was also that terrifying sound wave stabbing at his soul like invisible sharp needles.
The sound wave attack this time was even stronger than the first.
Huwang Xiao’s face paled, but his true immortal essence force and Asura battle qi were coursing madly through his body, both the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires’ spirits flew out, each roaring to counter the assaulting sound wave.
At the same time, Huwang Xiao leaped into the air, his whole body spinning.
Frigid Asura qi gathered into a huge hurricane with his body as the eye of the hurricane, expanding more and more, turning into a dark black divine dragon.
This was a god level battle skill, Dragon Twirling Clouds.
Although the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head was more terrifying than he had expected, Huwang Xiao wouldn't just stand still and do nothing.
In that split second, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s demonic qi hurricanes had closed in on Huwang Xiao, colliding with his Dragon Twirling Clouds.
The gray space world intensely shook, as if it would shatter and crumble in the next moment
On the outside, the initially quiet Death God Lake’s water was now rising in great waves that reached a thousand zhang high, splattering everywhere after being affected by the shockwaves of Huwang Xiao and the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s battle. Even the Death God Lake’s surroundings were shaking due to the powerful energy fluctuations.
It was fortunate that the Death God Lake was a forbidden land, devoid of humans, hence the intense battle here did not alert any natives of the Sea of Flowers World.
Inside the gray space, the Dragon Twirling Clouds' wind flowing around the dark black divine dragon was continually abraded by the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s giant demonic qi hurricanes. When the last layer of wind was swept away, the remaining gray demonic qi hurricanes struck Huwang Xiao.
Just like before, Huwang Xiao was sent flying like a broken kite, crashing to the ground from high air, spurting blood. Again, like before, Huwang Xiao got to his feet in no time, taking out and swallowing a Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellet. His Instant Recovery ability immediately replenished his battle qi.
“You, impossible!!” The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head hollered. Despite his all-out attack, that young human was still able to stand up so quickly. Inwardly, it was astounded.
“Hundred Spirits Beast King, is this all the strength you can presently muster?” Huwang Xiao looked coldly at the golden-haired monkey head on the altar, sneering, “If it is so, you won’t be able to kill me.”
Although he was the one who suffered injuries in both exchanges, heavy injuries at that, Huwang Xiao was extremely calm at this moment.
Admittedly, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head was indeed powerful, but it would be hard pressed to kill Huwang Xiao thanks to his Instant Recovery ability!
No matter how grave his injuries were, he was able to heal at a rapid speed. Not to mention the fact that he has several hundred bottles of Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets inside his Asura Ring, reaching up to ten thousand pellets.
With ten thousand Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets and his Instant Recovery ability, as long as the Hundred Spirits Beast King was unable to destroy his soul in one swift attack, then, as the battle dragged on, the one to die would definitely be the Hundred Spirits Beast King!
By now, Huwang Xiao could clearly see that it was still restrained by the sealing formation. Thus, every time it attacked Huwang Xiao, it expands a large amount of energy. At this rate, it wouldn't be able to last very long.
At this time, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head let out a furious bellow. Light gathered in its scarlet eyes, growing brighter every second, then shot out at Huwang Xiao.
Bloody waves flooded out. Two enormous rivers of blood drilled like pointed arrows toward Huwang Xiao at a speed that did not allow him to dodge.
However, Huwang Xiao was prepared this time.
He once again initiated his true immortal essence force and Asura battle qi, whereas the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires’ spirits emitted a blinding radiance of icy blue and crimson red, intertwining.
At the same time, a black armor appeared on Huwang Xiao’s body. This black armor had blue glimmering symbols, forming layers of black-blue waves.
This black armor was the very same armor that the Saint Mother Yao Chi passed on to Huwang Xiao before ascending to the Divine World, the Glory of the Water God.
Even Feng Yang, as the Black Warrior Institute Principal, was amazed by the defensive ability of this Glory of the Water God armor.
Right at this point, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s attack arrived.
The two blood rivers slammed into the black-blue water waves of the Glory of the Water God. The black-blue waves surged violently and separated, but the blood rivers continued to strike at the Asura Barrier.
Huwang Xiao was knocked into the air again.
This time, he immediately bounced back to his feet, popping a Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellet into his mouth and initiated Instant Recovery, similar to the previous two times. But this time he did not cough up blood.
Watching this, the Hundred Spirits Beast King was enraged, attacking again.
The Hundred Spirits Beast King attacked many times, and Huwang Xiao got back on his feet just as many times.
> Just like this, the sun outside set for the night.
On the first day, every time the Hundred Spirits Beast King attacked, Huwang Xiao would be knocked into the air, injured yet unable to retaliate even once.
On the second day, Huwang Xiao was able to occasionally dodge the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s attacks.
On the third day, he managed to sneak in a few attacks of his own while dodging.
As days passed, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s energy consumption increased significantly. As it grew weaker, the altar’s sealing formation gained the advantage, whereas Huwang Xiao grew stronger with every battle. Half a month later, Huwang Xiao was able to fight to a draw against the Hundred Spirits Beast King.
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After a month had passed, the Hundred Spirits Beast King gradually fell under the wind against Huwang Xiao. In fact, it was having a hard time trying to dodge his attacks.
Falling into this unbearable situation made the Hundred Spirits Beast King palpitate with dread, as well as anger. Its roars thundered inside the gray space, but it was powerless to change the situation. It never expected the young human to have so many Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets!
In this one month, Huwang Xiao’s Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets seemed endless, every time he was injured he would pop one into his mouth. Moreover, it was infuriated that Huwang Xiao’s physical toughness was above what it had first assumed, it was even stronger than an average Second Order Highgod Realm masters’ physical body.
Although this finding was quite absurd, the Hundred Spirits Beast King couldn't deny this fact. It also wondered who this human was to possess the Glory of the Water God Divine Armor. This divine armor was known to have the most powerful defensive abilities in the four galaxies!
It also noticed that Huwang Xiao possessed a kind of ability that, when activated, enabled him to recover from injuries at a rapid speed, even replenishing his exhausted god battle qi.