Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming - Chapter 438 - 435 Sky Escape Mirror Sect's Great Victory
“Boom!”
Qin Feng ruthlessly stomped on the head of a Purple Mansion Demon Cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Sect, crushing it to pieces. As he turned his head and scanned his surroundings, he bellowed, “Who else is there?”
The remaining demon cultivators in the vicinity were immediately intimidated by his ferocious gaze and retreated repeatedly, no longer daring to entertain the thought of challenging him.
Even some Purple Mansion Demon Cultivators who had been desperately trying to extricate themselves from their opponents to target him also slowed their attacks, turning their attention wholly to fighting their own battles, and discarded the idea of going after Qin Feng.
Is this guy too vicious or what?
In just a few brief exchanges, he had consecutively slain several Purple Mansion Demon Cultivators and a considerable number of Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators had also perished at his hands. Seeing how lively and vigorous he was, they knew that even if three or two more Purple Mansion cultivators were to go up against him, they would not stand a chance. Who would dare to approach him alone for combat?
Only if a Dharma Image Realm Demon Cultivator were to take action, or if several more Purple Mansion cultivators were to team up, would they possibly stand a chance. But with only one or two Purple Mansion Demon Cultivators escaping their opponents and rushing toward Qin Feng, they would likely be seeking their own doom. Thus, the group judged the situation and promptly made what they believed to be the most advantageous decision for themselves.
This also gave Qin Feng a sigh of relief.
Thank heavens those guys wised up and didn’t continue to charge over. Otherwise, continuously unleashing various divine skills in such a short period would also have been taxing for him.
Now having a little breather, he outwardly remained composed, stepping closer towards those Golden Core Demon Cultivators. Inwardly, however, he was ceaselessly harnessing the pure spirit power from within the Demon Refining Pot to restore his own True Yuan.
“Ah…”
Several screams rang out; it was those demon cultivators who had been locked onto by Qin Feng. Nervous and distracted by their need to guard against him, they ended up slain one by one by the oncoming Purple Mansion Spirit Beasts.
A trace of mockery appeared on Qin Feng’s lips as he slowly ascended into the air, no longer bothering to seek out mere demon cultivators. Glancing around, he suddenly set his sights on a Dharma Image Realm Demon Cultivator who was engaged in a duel with Chu Youming.
With his cultivation level, he naturally couldn’t contend against such a powerful adversary. However, his intention wasn’t to duel with that demon cultivator. Instead, he chuckled, “Elder Chu, just entangle that fellow for me. I’ll unleash my divine skills to lend you a hand!”
“Eh?”
Chu Youming, upon hearing this, looked at Qin Feng with surprise. Puzzled, he wondered if the youth, having slain several Purple Mansion Demon Cultivators, now believed he could match a Dharma Image Cultivator.
Or did he truly possess some formidable divine skill that could aid in quickly defeating this demon in front of them?
Although somewhat uncertain about Qin Feng’s capability to threaten a Dharma Image Realm Demon Cultivator, in front of so many, he obviously could not embarrass his sect’s most talented true disciple.
Chu Youming had even decided that no matter whether Qin Feng’s divine skills could harm the demon or not, he would give it his all to subdue the demon as swiftly as possible. This was to avoid any ridicule that might fall upon Qin Feng for his seeming audacity and for meddling in a battle between Dharma Image practitioners.
Therefore, he accelerated his movements, using a succession of spells to confine his opponent within a particular area. Though this way of casting spells would consume a lot of energy and be less advantageous in prolonged battles, the Beast Taming Sect had the upper hand. A bit more exhaustion of his True Yuan was inconsequential, and he wasn’t afraid of being attacked by demon cultivators after the battle due to his increased energy expenditure.
From afar, Qin Feng steadied himself and then took a deep breath.
This breath lasted the duration of an entire teacup’s time, stirring the winds and clouds within a hundred paces around him as countless streams of spiritual energy rushed towards his mouth and nose.
When the surrounding cultivators and spirit beasts were astonished at the commotion Qin Feng had caused, his divine sense had already firmly locked onto that demon cultivator oppressed by Chu Youming. Then, along with the nine Jiao Dragon skulls behind him, they simultaneously opened their mouths and each unleashed a Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind.
The Ruyi Golden Light and Spirit Transformation Golden Wind had long been fused with his cultivation, indiscernible from each other—possessing both the versatility to change unpredictably and the might to blow away the bone and soul, destroying the spirit.
However, this time the golden light was primarily for killing, with transformation playing a secondary role, thus taking the form of golden wind.
In recent years, as his understanding of the Gold Element Principle deepened, he had combined these two divine skills. After much deduction, he had promoted this skill to the power of a Great Divine Skill.
At this moment, Qin Feng released all the golden wind accumulated within him and the Ruyi Golden Snake, splitting it into ten streams. Despite the division, each gust was almost as powerful as the full-force Spirit Transformation Golden Wind released by the Golden Jiao initially. Moreover, he could launch attacks from various positions at that demon cultivator.
As he released these ten gusts of divine wind, the locked-on demon cultivator was instantly alarmed.
Instinctively, he sensed a formidable crisis emanating from the ten streaks of golden light.
Failing to defend would mean letting the golden wind strike him, causing him significant injury!
Seeing the golden light swirling swiftly through the void, approaching rapidly, the Dharma Image Demon Cultivator, startled, tried to evade. However, Chu Youming had also recognized the formidable strength of the ten gusts of golden wind and was not about to let him get away.
With no other choice, the demon cultivator summoned a defensive spiritual treasure, with a thick black mist rising around him, forming a barrier in an attempt to withstand Qin Feng’s assault.
“Bang, bang, bang… crack!”
The golden windstorms sequentially struck the defensive spiritual treasure, forcibly dissipating its spirit light, revealing its true form, and then the golden wind blasted it far away.
This was Qin Feng’s strongest attack method to date, and normally, a Great Divine Skill was not something that a Purple Mansion Cultivator could fathom. It was usually devised by Great Cultivators in the Dharma Image Primordial Spirit Realm after gaining a deeper understanding of the laws.
It was only because Qin Feng had already cultivated the Ruyi Golden Light as his Primordial Divine Skill at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and because his Lifebound Spiritual Beast was of the Gold Element, granting him a profound insight into the Gold Element Principle. Also, having integrated the bloodline inheritance of a Golden Jiao, he held the potential to advance this divine skill.
Thus, his Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind held tremendous power, even over Dharma Image Cultivators.
Finally, before the golden wind completely dissipated, it broke through the defenses of the demon cultivator, allowing the wind to impact his body.
“Ah…”
Upon being struck by the force of the golden wind, the demon cultivator instantly felt unending pain.
The Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind was inherently an extremely sinister divine power, scorching the bone marrow, dissolving the spirit, and stripping away the soul. Coupled with the Ruyi Golden Light’s ability to change unpredictably, when it blew through the pores of the demon cultivator and entered his body, the damage it inflicted was immensely severe.
So much so that even this bloodthirsty demon couldn’t help but scream in agony.
“Ha ha, Junior Brother Qin really has some impressive techniques!”
Chu Youming’s eyes brightened at the sight, and he praised loudly while speeding up his movements. He executed his most powerful divine skills in rapid succession, and his giant Dharma Image flashed away as if entering the Netherworld. It suddenly appeared in front of the demon cultivator, transforming into a long, snake-like shadow that shot through the demon cultivator’s Dharma Image, severing it into two while its owner was defenseless.
The demon cultivator screamed pitifully, reverting to his true form and attempting to flee.
But by this point, there was no chance of escape.
Chu Youming’s cultivated owl let out an eerie screech, spreading its wings across the sky. Its claws reached out, and their powerful grip tore through the void with a bursting sound, shredding the flesh of the demon cultivator, and together with its master, finished off this Dharma Image Realm demon cultivator.
“Ha ha, Nephew Qin possesses quite the impressive divine power. Truly befitting of the most famous true disciple of our Beast Taming Sect currently!”
Far away, an elder of the Divine Bull Lineage couldn’t help but beam with excitement, shouting, “Come here, come to your uncle and give me a blow of that wind, blow this old man to death!”
Qin Feng fell speechless.
You really think I’m limitlessly powerful. That strike just now had drained all the Golden Wind inside me, leaving me powerless to execute any more.
So, he could only offer an awkward smile, “Uncle’s might reaches the heavens, who would need the assistance of a nephew?”
Seeing his expression, the elder understood immediately and laughed, “In that case, let your uncle show you why our Divine Bull Lineage is so formidable!”
With that, he transformed, changing from his original bull-headed human Dharma Image into a giant black bull a hundred feet tall. With a bellow, the void itself trembled.
Then, he saw the bull charging through the air, ramming into the opposing demon cultivator’s Dharma Image hard, sending it flying thousands of yards.
Before the demon cultivator could recover, the black bull charged again, and with a thrust of its horns, sent the demon cultivator’s Dharma Image flying once more, right towards the vicinity of Chu Youming.
Then, both of them worked together, and in just a short time, they had slain the demon cultivator on the spot.
And they didn’t just kill – they shattered corpses!
Not out of inherent cruelty, but because the Nine Spirit Sect’s demon cultivators specialized in manipulating corpses. If they did not smash the remains of their foes, those would surely be controlled by the White Bull Venerable against Zhong Duanshan.
Thus, not only did they act this way, but other cultivators of the Beast Taming Sect did the same. And if any of their own disciples were to fall, their bodies would be quickly retrieved by others to prevent the Nine Spirit Sect’s demon cultivators from taking advantage.
In a very brief span, several Purple Mansion and two Dharma Image Realm demon cultivators perished in succession, causing not only a tremendous shock to other demon cultivators on the battlefield but also lending two more powerful Dharma Image Cultivators to the Beast Taming Sect’s side.
As a result, the scales of victory tipped even more drastically. When the Dharma Image Elder of the Divine Bull Lineage and Chu Youming joined forces to assist other elders in combating the enemy, wherever they went, the fights would quickly cease.
Under such circumstances, the advantage held by the elders of the Beast Taming Sect grew ever larger, causing those demon cultivators above the Purple Mansion Realm to fall into disarray, seeking to break away and flee.
“Ha ha ha ha…”
In midair, the Supreme Elder of the Divine Bull Lineage, Zhong Duanshan, suddenly burst into a heroic laugh, yelling, “Found you! Now let’s see where you can run?”
With that, he flipped his hand, transforming it into the Five-Finger Mountain, enveloping a section of the void with endless Earth Element power, breaking the void and sending a figure flying out.
“You… how could you possibly find me?”
The true form of the White Bull Venerable was exposed, and upon revealing himself, he appeared to be a gaunt middle-aged man with a pale complexion, as if he never saw the light of day.
He was shocked, “I have the Sky Escape Mirror, how did you manage to locate me?”
“Heh heh, just a mere concealing immortal artifact, and you dare to use it repeatedly before me as if my Heavenly Immortal Realm was obtained for nothing?”
Zhong Duanshan sneered, “Relying on a demon treasure, you dare to be reckless before me. You’ve forgotten that the Dao Cultivation Realm is fundamental. You rely too much on an external object, which has led you to neglect your own cultivation.
Otherwise, if you had advanced further in your Dao cultivation, even if I had forced you out, you should not have suffered such severe injuries.”
As he spoke, Zhong Duanshan took a step forward, moving to the front of the White Bull Venerable, his hand heavy as a mountain, covering the demon with immense force.
“Ah…”
The White Bull Venerable gritted his teeth, flipped his hands over, and his fingers shifted swiftly like a blooming lotus, weaving thousands of threads in an attempt to block Zhong Duanshan’s palm strike.
Unfortunately, he always preferred to hide in the shadows, manipulating corpse puppets to fight others, and rarely confronted directly; he was not good at direct combat. Thus, in a head-on fight, he was not a match for a cultivator of the same level.
Moreover, Zhong Duanshan was an existence that had advanced to the Heavenly Immortal Realm thousands of years ago, with cultivation and combat strength far superior to him.
With a thunderous boom, the thousands of threads snapped, and the White Bull Venerable’s arms broke under Zhong Duanshan’s strike, sending him crashing to the ground, forming a crater on impact.
Fearful, the White Bull Venerable didn’t wait to climb out, but instead summoned the Sky Escape Mirror to hide again in the void.
However, Zhong Duanshan’s figure landed on the edge of the crater and stomped down fiercely. The earth radiated with endless earthy-yellow spirit light, becoming as solid as vajra, while the thick yellow glow sealed off a thousand yards of the surrounding void. The White Bull Venerable found it impossible to flee into the void.
In midair, the two most powerful corpse puppets rushed over to aid their master, but Xie Wufeng with his hammer was blasted away by Zhong Duanshan.
The Loose Immortal Lingyang was enveloped in flames that soared to the sky, attempting to force him back, but Zhong Duanshan slapped him to the ground with a palm and then kicked him away, flying thousands of zhang.
Such corpse puppets refined from the dead can at most exhibit half of their strength from when they were alive, and their methods are limited; they were no match for him.
Previously, in order to locate the hiding place of the White Bull Venerable, he had not gone all out, fearing that if he killed these two corpse puppets too early, the White Bull Venerable would most likely have simply turned and fled.
As for those hidden deep within the void, he had no way to intercept them. Therefore, he suppressed his cultivation and didn’t use his full strength, fearing he would startle the opponent and let him escape.
If Elder Kongkong were here, it wouldn’t need to be so troublesome, but Zhong Duanshan was not Kongkong and had to rely on more cumbersome methods to search for traces little by little.
“Spare my life!”
The White Bull Venerable cried out, “Let me live, and I will lead you to more demon cultivator strongholds!”
“Oh? Let’s hear it!”
Zhong Duanshan asked, “What other places do you know of where demon cultivators are hiding?”
“First, promise you won’t harm my life.”
The White Bull Venerable bargained, “As long as you don’t kill me, and agree to let me go, I’ll…”
“Then you might as well go die!”
Without letting him finish his sentence, Zhong Duanshan threw a punch that exploded the White Bull Venerable’s body with overwhelming force.
“Falling into my hands, do you think you have the room to bargain?”
He snorted coldly: “Without the likes of you to lead the way, even if it takes a few more decades, I can still slay all the demon cultivators. Thinking I would let you go is nothing but a dream!”
As he spoke, he reached out and drew a palm-sized treasure mirror from the bloodied and blurred body on the ground.
The mirror’s surface was smooth, reflecting the void, and the back was engraved with various mysterious runes, enigmatic and bizarre—indeed, a demon dao immortal artifact from the inheritance of the Nine Spirit Sect.
“The item is actually quite decent, it’s mine now!”
As he spoke, endless yellow glow emerged in his hand, surging into the mirror, while at the same time, shadows of laws fluttered in his eyes. He was using his own laws and profound cultivation to forcefully refine the treasure mirror.
“No, don’t kill me…”
Inside the Sky Escape Mirror, the White Bull Venerable’s voice came out again.
Originally, he believed that with the Sky Escape Mirror, he could certainly be safe. However, he hadn’t expected Zhong Duanshan to seal off the surrounding void with his formidable strength, leaving no escape and no place to flee.
Now being flooded with Zhong Duanshan’s immense Earth Element Immortal Power and having the treasure mirror under his control, as he refined his primordial spirit, panic took hold, and he begged for mercy once again.
“Stop the noise!”
Zhong Duanshan’s eyebrow raised: “At this point, you still hope to live?”
His aura surged massively, and the endless yellow glow, bearing a massively heavy pressure, flooded into the Sky Escape Mirror, eroding the White Bull Venerable’s primordial spirit to nothing in a short amount of time.
With the White Bull Venerable’s death, all the corpse puppets he controlled stood frozen in place, motionless.
In the distance, that white bull felt its primordial spirit loosen as the prohibitions planted by the White Bull Venerable began to unravel.
Overjoyed in its heart and knowing that its detestable master was completely dead, it had no desire to stay, turning around to flee.
When it was young, it had been forcibly captured by the White Bull Venerable, who then confined its soul and physical body with demon path methods, forcing it to become a mount.
Despite being careful and pleasing in all sorts of ways for thousands of years, living within a Demon Sect meant constant vigilance against the White Bull Venerable’s sporadic beatings and teachings, leading a life of utter misery. Especially in battles where death loomed large, the White Bull Venerable showed it no pity, and many dangerous fights nearly led to its demise. Now that the White Bull Venerable was dead, it felt nothing but joy, naturally refusing to remain as a burial companion.
However, just as it was about to lift its hoof to flee, a voice came from behind: “Stand still and don’t move.”
Had it merely been a simple command, it would not have obeyed.
After all, it was a Primordial Spirit Realm great demon that had seen countless scenes over thousands of years spent in the Demon Dao; no one could easily frighten it.
But this was different, not only because the person speaking was too powerful, but also because as he spoke, he locked a powerful divine sense onto its body.
The white bull’s body stiffened, and it instantly stopped moving, daring not to make any movement.
Otherwise, it was very doubtful if that terrifying being would slap it into a beef patty!
From behind, the robust voice of Zhong Duanshan came: “You’re lucky. Originally, as the mount of a demon, you should have been slain along with it, lest any future trouble arise.
However, you hail from the White Bull lineage of the Great Snow Mountain in the Western Regions, possessing a rare bloodline, so I have decided to spare your life.”
The White Bull let out a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
It knew that death was now a highly unlikely fate.
Otherwise, it was well aware of how cultivators of the Righteous Path treated demon cultivators.
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a demon cultivator, but after being subdued by the White Bull Venerable for thousands of years, being seen as coming from the Demon Path was a common mistake.
Before the breath of relief was fully released from its chest, it heard Zhong Duanshan continue, “In consideration of your rare bloodline, not only will I spare your life, but I’ll also find you a hundred or so little heifers to keep you company. What do you think? Are you happy, surprised?”
At these words, the White Bull’s legs went weak, and it nearly planted its head on the ground.
This guy, was he planning to treat him as a breeding bull?
But even for breeding purposes, do you really need that many heifers?
Although I, the old bull, am strong in body, I surely can’t be breeding all day for you!
This is simply too much to endure!
The more powerful and robust the bloodline of a Demon Beast, the harder it is to produce offspring.
And Zhong Duanshan arranging so many heifers for it means, with all the experiences and cunning it had learnt in the Demon Path over the years, that it was more than just preparing a harem; it must ensure all those heifers get pregnant.
This… this task is simply impossible to complete.
Even ordinary mortal breeding bulls might not have that many offspring, let alone it, a being that has cultivated to the level of the Primordial Spirit Realm!
However, Zhong Duanshan did not care what the White Bull was thinking, and he beckoned with his hand, signaling for the White Bull to come over.
The White Bull was resistant internally but didn’t dare to disobey, so it could only put on a forced smile and assume an honest and stupid look on its bovine face, obediently walking over to Zhong Duanshan’s side.
Zhong Duanshan chuckled, reached to pat the White Bull’s head, and then slapped its sturdy back. After examining it for a while, he nodded in satisfaction, “Indeed, a prime breeding bull!”
The White Bull rolled its eyes internally.
This guy, so unceremonious, really intends to use a Primordial Spirit Realm expert like me for breeding. Don’t you want me to help you fight?
But on second thought, there’s no need.
Although it had the cultivation of the Primordial Spirit Realm, it had been devastated too severely in its early years by the White Bull Venerable. To have cultivated to its current level was rare enough, and to progress further was practically impossible.
Moreover, its current strength was mainly due to certain demon techniques used by the White Bull Venerable to forcibly promote it.
Zhong Duanshan’s hands surged with immense immortal power as he cast a spell to expel the Demon Path’s restrictions left in it by the White Bull Venerable and then conveniently planted a Binding Spell within it.
“Humph, be obedient, and after returning, I will send you to the Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven, where you should live properly and not entertain any other thoughts.”
He pondered a moment then added, “Especially after you sire calf offspring, you mustn’t pass down any of those demon techniques you learned, otherwise, humph…”
With a cold snort from Zhong Duanshan, a powerful aura pressed down, frightening the White Bull into a shiver. The fear of being under the White Bull Venerable’s control for so many years surged to its heart, and it quickly agreed, “I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare, rest assured, Old Master, I certainly won’t cause trouble, nor dare to pass on anything.”
“That’s for the best.”
Zhong Duanshan nodded, “Don’t worry, following me to the Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven will be far more comfortable than mingling in the Demon Sect.”
“Yes, yes, yes, following the Old Master is an honor for me, old bull.”
Zhong Duanshan glanced at it, “This White Bull of yours, I didn’t expect was quite sneaky. From here on, less of the brownnosing!
Besides, as a bull, if you spend all day buttering up, and if that old ghost from the Ma Family hears about it, he will definitely mock me.
If you’re going to flatter, you should be flattering another bull!”
While he was lecturing the White Bull, Yan Wujin suddenly shouted, “What are you wasting time for down there? Hurry up and come help me deal with them.”
Yan Wujin was somewhat annoyed, what was this stupid bull doing?
Did it not see what this place was? I’m still fighting magicians here, and there you go, having a chat with a White Bull?
Yin Ghost Master and White Bone Daoist may have had some serious injuries already, but they were, after all, beings who had achieved longevity; they were no easy adversaries.
While he could suppress them, these two demons were focused on escaping, and it was a struggle to capture them. If it weren’t for a Spiritual Beast that had just advanced to immortality and could help share the burden, he could win against them but also couldn’t capture these demons at the same time.
“Heh heh, I’m coming, I’m coming.”
Zhong Duanshan answered and slapped the White Bull’s behind, signaling it to help deal with the demon cultivators, while he himself shot up into the sky, with great momentum charging towards the White Bone Daoist.
Then, without waiting to get close, he threw a punch from a distance, followed by a hundred-zhang large earth-yellow fist shadow that erupted in the air and with a bang, directly exploded a White Bone Skeleton.
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