Chapter 592 - 588: The Vanished Divine Generals

Chapter 592: Chapter 588: The Vanished Divine Generals

As everyone stared in stunned silence.

Hong Yu fiercely gripped the trunk of the Ancient Phoenix Tree, a terrifyingly large tree with a diameter of several hundred meters.

Even with Hong Yu clinging to it, he looked like an ant trying to budge a grown man’s thigh.

"ROAR!"

Hong Yu let out a furious roar.

The muscles on his body writhed madly, and his bulging veins looked like Coiled Dragons roaring at the heavens.

A surging power flowed through his veins and into his hands. A vast pressure, a force capable of uprooting mountains, instantly spread through the entire Ancient Phoenix Tree, causing it to shudder.

RUSTLE RUSTLE RUSTLE!

After a slight shudder, the ancient tree remained completely motionless.

Hong Yu was already red-faced, beads of sweat the size of peas dripping from his forehead as he continued to struggle.

GRIND!

His teeth ground together violently, sounding like scraping metal.

"He... he can’t possibly pull it up, can he?" Emperor Xiahuang Wudi gulped and muttered.

He felt like he must be on drugs. How else could he be having hallucinations?

If you really can’t picture the scene, just close your eyes and imagine an ant trying to lift a grown man’s thigh.

How shocking and unimaginable was that?

Xiao Shilang numbly shook his head. "I... I don’t know either."

Never mind those two; even the experts of the Hong Alliance, who had nearly blind faith in Hong Yu, were left dumbfounded.

Xuantian Du wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "He’s just messing around with it, right?"

"H-How would I know..."

Young Master Yeban rolled his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and murmured, "But why do I get the feeling he can actually pull it up?"

"..."

A wave of speechlessness washed over the crowd.

Because deep down, they all had the same feeling.

But... was that even possible?

"ROAR!"

Hong Yu, still at a stalemate with the Ancient Phoenix Tree, suddenly threw his head back and let out a deep roar. Streams of Chaotic Qi Flow surged from his body, condensing behind him into a massive and ferocious figure.

This figure was over fifty meters tall.

Its four limbs were like iron pillars propping up the heavens—thick and heavy, making the very cave tremble when they touched the ground.

This was the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant, formed from the Mystical Illusion of the Chaos Mysteries!

"ROAR!"

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant roared, took a fierce step forward, and enveloped Hong Yu within it.

And then...

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant grew larger and larger, its height increasing from fifty meters to two hundred. Hong Yu flew from the base of the tree up to the Demon Elephant’s chest.

His expression was solemn and his eyes were closed. His arms shot forward like two Flood Dragons, coiling around the Ancient Phoenix Tree.

Then, with a roar like Thunder, Hong Yu commanded the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant’s trunk to wrap around the Ancient Phoenix Tree.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The earth quaked, and cracks spiderwebbed across the ground.

The thousand-meter-tall Ancient Phoenix Tree actually moved!

He was uprooting it, bit by bit. The progress was slow, but Hong Yu was actually pulling it out of the ground!

CR-CRACK! RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The entire Ancient Phoenix Tree trembled as its roots were torn from deep within the earth. They ripped through the ground, spreading in all directions like a dense web.

"Run!"

"Holy hell, that guy’s not human!"

"Fuck, I’d rather die than ever cross Hong Yu again. He’s a straight-up Demon!"

The experts from the City of Sorrow and the Hong Alliance flew into the air and fled.

The scene before them was simply too terrifying. As the Ancient Phoenix Tree was uprooted, this secret grotto was on the verge of destruction. The ground cracked everywhere, boulders tumbled down, and the earth split apart in a scene straight out of the apocalypse.

It lasted for a full three hours.

BOOM!

The entire Ancient Phoenix Tree was finally uprooted by Hong Yu.

When its roots finally broke free from the earth, they were revealed to be over three thousand meters long!

It left behind a gaping chasm several thousand meters deep, stretching across an unknown distance. It was like a heavenly pit, impossible to look at directly.

Hong Yu finally uprooted the Ancient Phoenix Tree, summoned the Profound Celestial Secret Realm, and stored it inside.

The moment the Ancient Phoenix Tree disappeared, Hong Yu was nearly exhausted, panting heavily. He was so weak he couldn’t even maintain the Mystical Illusion of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant, but his eyes were filled with excitement. "Hahaha, this is an Ancient Phoenix Tree, absolutely top-tier Artifact Refining Materials."

As it turned out...

The reason Hong Yu had uprooted the Ancient Phoenix Tree was because his Nine Feather Flying Knives had been destroyed, revealing a weakness in his arsenal.

Therefore, he set his sights on the Ancient Phoenix Tree.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The moment the Ancient Phoenix Tree vanished, the entire grotto could no longer hold itself together and collapsed completely.

Hong Yu hurriedly fled.

A short while later, Hong Yu emerged from the underground mine. The moment he stepped through the entrance, he felt countless terrified and disbelieving eyes fixated on him.

Looking at everyone’s eyes as if they were looking at a Demon, Hong Yu smiled wryly and rubbed his nose. "I just pulled up a tree. Is it necessary to look at me like that?"

Xuantian Du: "..."

Young Master Yeban: "..."

Emperor Xiahuang Wudi: "..."

All the experts who knew the true identity of the so-called "tree" Hong Yu mentioned: "..."

Hong Yu couldn’t stand the feeling of being watched like a rare animal. "Alright, stop staring at me," he said immediately. "Hurry up and remove the Prohibitions on our people. As for the people from the War Race and the Divine Venerable City, you guys deal with them. I’m heading back to the City of Dawn first!"

After saying this, he didn’t want to stay any longer and disappeared in a flash.

Yeban and Xuantian Du looked at each other helplessly. "Is he planning to leave everything for us to handle?"

"How should we deal with them?"

Emperor Xiahuang Wudi frowned.

The four of them looked at each other, a ruthless glint flashing in their eyes. "Kill them!"

Of course, Hong Yu didn’t care about any of this.

He was on his way to the Hong Alliance’s headquarters, the City of Dawn. While flying at high speed, Hong Yu was also thinking about his current situation. ’I’ve killed the Ten Great Divine Generals and destroyed Eastern Asura’s incarnation. It’s a fight to the death between me and the Eastern Divine City now. But they’re in the core region, so it will take them some time to retaliate.’

’As for Venerable Xiahuang, I heard he’s receiving an inheritance in a Secret Realm and probably won’t show up anytime soon.’

Hong Yu muttered to himself, ’Whether it’s Venerable Xiahuang or Eastern Asura, their strength is definitely immense. I’m still not strong enough. If I were to face them, I might be able to put up a fight, but it’s also possible I’m no match for them. What’s more, the news about the Venerable Golden Bone probably can’t be hidden for long. More people will covet the Venerable Golden Bone in the future...’

’It seems I must break through to the Primordial Spirit Realm as soon as possible. Otherwise, forget protecting the Hong Alliance, I might not even have the strength to protect myself.’

Hong Yu’s gaze was filled with wisdom.

He had thoroughly analyzed his own situation.

If he wanted to break through to the Primordial Spirit Realm as quickly as possible, his only option was to gather the materials for the Nine Orifice Breaking God Pill. He already had the Jade Sun Purple Light Lingzhi.

But there was still no news about the other two main ingredients: the Ten Thousand Year-old Polygonum multiflorum and the Cyan Lotus Earth Heart Fruit.

’With the Hong Alliance and the City of Sorrow united, I believe even the War Race and the Divine Venerable City won’t attack rashly. But it’s a different story if I stay in the City of Dawn. To deal with me, both sides might do something reckless, which would only bring disaster to the City of Dawn. When I get back this time, I’ll first use the Ancient Phoenix Tree to refine a matching Flying Saber Primordial Weapon for the Flying Thunder Divine Skill. After that, I’ll figure out a way to find the Ten Thousand Year-old Polygonum multiflorum and the Cyan Lotus Earth Heart Fruit!’

At this thought, Hong Yu increased his speed toward the City of Dawn.

... ... ... ...

「True Dragon Battlefield—Core Region.」

In the Eastern Region, within a majestic Divine City, stood the Divine General List.

"Big brother, so this is the Divine General List!"

"That’s right. There are a hundred spots on the Divine General List, and each one represents a top expert from our Eastern Divine City. Once you become a Divine General, you possess immense combat power and become a pillar of the Divine City. You get your own independent courtyard in the city, so you don’t have to risk your life adventuring outside just to survive like us!" The slightly older youth’s eyes were filled with longing.

The younger boy also had a look of anticipation. "If I could become a Divine General, I probably wouldn’t die so easily, right?"

"What are you talking about? Once you become a Divine General, unless a Divine King or the Lord of the Divine City themselves makes a move, who could possibly kill them?" the older brother laughed.

The two brothers chatted as they looked up at the Divine General List.

Suddenly, both brothers’ eyes went wide with disbelief.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

On the Divine General List, which symbolized immense combat power and sometimes didn’t change for years, ten names suddenly disappeared.

HISS!

"What’s going on? Ten Great Divine Generals fell all at once?"

"Holy hell, something big just happened..."

Meanwhile, inside the Central City Lord’s Mansion of the Eastern Divine City, a secret chamber suddenly began to rumble. A surging, overwhelmingly powerful energy shot toward the sky, carrying with it an enraged roar: "Hong Yu, I swear I will tear you to pieces!"

The Four Great Divine Cities and the War Race each had spies gathering intelligence on each other.

The sudden fall of Ten Great Divine Generals from the Eastern Divine City’s Divine General List, and the City Lord’s furious roar of the name "Hong Yu"—this news spread quickly.

The other three Great Divine Cities and the War Race began to launch intense investigations into this news.

The investigation ultimately focused on the ten deceased Divine Generals.

Given what the Four Great Divine Cities and the War Race knew about each other, it wasn’t long before news of the Venerable Golden Bone was unearthed.

In an instant...

The entire upper echelon of the core region was in an uproar.

Almost all the top factions responded. Everyone received a secret order: anyone who discovered an expert named "Hong Yu" must report it immediately.

Only the highest echelons knew the reason.

Because Hong Yu possessed a Venerable Golden Bone!

This piece of news swept through the core region like a hurricane. Someone even found out that Eastern Asura had once forcibly torn through the regional Prohibition, deducing that Hong Yu and the Venerable Golden Bone were not in the core region.

They were likely in the middle or outer regions.

The entire True Dragon Battlefield was shaken once again.

Countless factions and experts began to do everything they could to send their own experts to the middle and outer regions, trying to find Hong Yu’s whereabouts and fight for the Venerable Golden Bone.

Of course...

Hong Yu knew nothing of all this.

At this very moment, he was sitting cross-legged in a secret chamber in the City of Dawn. Before him lay a large section of the Ancient Phoenix Tree Branches.

Suddenly, Hong Yu opened his eyes. A sharp, solemn glint flashed within them...

’Success or failure all comes down to this.’