Chapter 340 - 311: Fellow Daoist Thousand Eyes, Long Time No See

Chapter 340: Chapter 311: Fellow Daoist Thousand Eyes, Long Time No See

Everyone looked up.

Above the once misty Imperial Mausoleum, a turbulent thundercloud had begun to churn, its origins unknown. Countless thunder-serpents darted rapidly through the clouds, and the immense cloud bank nearly enveloped the entire area.

The presence of two Golden Core and several Foundation Establishment Cultivators within the Tribulation’s range had caused Chen Yin’s Celestial Thunder Tribulation to swell to an immense scale.

"Are you insane?"

Even Meng Qianxun couldn’t help but turn pale with shock. ’Is he trying to take Thousand Eyes down with him?’

Chen Yin didn’t speak, but his actions said it all. With a wave of his hand, countless descendants of the Great Chen Royal Family within the Imperial Mausoleum rose into the air, levitating amidst screams and wails of agony.

Immediately after, a series of cracking sounds echoed—the sound of pottery jars shattering. With a single breath, the countless souls imprisoned within them rapidly converged into a black torrent, swirled in midair, and were swallowed into his mouth.

At the same time, Chen Yin’s Qi Mechanism soared wildly. His True Essence condensed, causing his robes to billow and burst open his cloak. His long hair whipped about like crazed pythons. Within his body, a misty Golden Core formed in an instant.

This series of actions happened in the blink of an eye. Not even Thousand Eyes could stop it in time.

KRA-ACK!

A clap of thunder boomed from within the tribulation cloud.

"This is bad!"

Thousand Eyes’s expression changed drastically. He stomped his foot, raised his hands high, and shouted in a low voice:

"Rise!"

BZZZZ—

From within the Imperial Mausoleum, a pillar of black light shot up and exploded ten thousand feet in the air. From the oppressive black clouds, countless strange, black, fluorescent lights rained down. These lights quickly converged around the main hall, forming eight peculiar talismans.

With a rumbling sound of the ground cracking apart, eight enormous, previously unremarkable rockeries surrounding the Imperial Mausoleum were suddenly lifted by an invisible force. They flew above the eight talismans, shedding dirt like rain, appearing like eight colossal, primeval beasts hovering before them.

"..."

Chen Yin gave a bitter laugh.

This was the Eight Gates Reversal Xuantian Array, an array he had spent nearly a century completing through painstaking, incremental effort. It could be used for both offense and defense. Offensively, it could directly annihilate a Golden Core cultivator; defensively, it could block the attacks of several.

But now, it had become the very thing Thousand Eyes was using to defend against the Celestial Tribulation.

BOOM!

There was no time to think. The Celestial Thunder descended in an instant.

"Up!"

Meng Qianxun’s expression was graver than ever. With a wave of his hand, his True Essence rapidly bloomed, covering a hundred-foot radius and shielding Meng Changtu, Chen Xi, and Xiao Chan within. The others, having come to their senses, also released their True Essence to reinforce the True Essence Shield.

THUD!

Almost simultaneously, a cataclysmic boom erupted.

The Celestial Thunder streaked across the sky, descending from the clouds in a flash.

The eight enormous rockeries shattered on impact, exploding into fine dust that filled the sky.

A visible shockwave, carrying dust and electrical arcs, spread wildly in all directions. The terrifying force tore cracks in the earth and even shredded massive trees dozens of miles away.

Wherever it passed, everything was annihilated.

BANG—

The True Essence Shield that Meng Qianxun and the others had jointly created was torn apart in a single moment. Like driftwood in a colossal wave, they were swept up and violently thrown aside.

THUMP. THUMP.

As they landed, they immediately looked up and stared ahead.

"What happened?"

"What was the result?"

"The Ancestor... he isn’t hurt, is he...?"

Everyone stared intently, desperately hoping to see the outcome.

But where the Tribulation Thunder had struck, Thunder Pythons now coiled and flashed, blocking all Divine Sense. No one knew what had happened. Only Meng Qianxun stared fixedly ahead, his expression suddenly brightening as a smile crept onto his face.

Just then, the dust settled, revealing the scene. Thousand Eyes was still standing there, but his long robe was in tatters and his black mask was cracked, revealing a face made of black mist.

In the sky, the talismans formed from black starlight also rippled like the surface of water...

Evidently, the Celestial Thunder had torn through the Eight Gates Reversal Xuantian Array in a single instant.

"Haha, Chen Yin! You want to use your Celestial Tribulation to take me down with you? A good idea, I’ll give you that. With so many people gathered under the tribulation clouds, if three waves of tribulation thunder fall one after another, even a Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator could perish..."

Although Thousand Eyes’s clothes were tattered and his aura had weakened, he began to laugh maniacally.

"But can you bring down a second wave?"

"What’s going on?"

Xiao Chan asked, stunned.

The smile on Meng Qianxun’s face froze. Just as the others were trying to understand what was happening, they saw Chen Yin lift his foot with a blank expression, as if preparing to answer Thousand Eyes by activating the second bolt of Celestial Thunder.

But before his foot could land, his body exploded, dissolving into specks of black light that scattered in all directions. CLANG! His shattered mask fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Amidst a white glow, Chen Yin’s regretful expression appeared:

"It seems I was not fated to form a Golden Core in this life. I have dragged you all down with me..."

As his voice faded, the gathered tribulation clouds dispersed.

Beneath the heavens, all that remained before them was Thousand Eyes, clad in a cloak, wearing a shattered face armor, and radiating a black glow.

"Ancestor..."

Chen Xi cried out in anguish.

"To do that at such a critical moment... he had both courage and a plan. What a pity..." Meng Qianxun nearly ground his teeth to dust, his eyes filled with regret. Thousand Eyes was already heavily injured, and then he took a direct hit from the Celestial Tribulation.

If Chen Yin could have just held on until the second bolt of Celestial Thunder fell, Thousand Eyes surely would not have survived.

"Elder Meng, there’s no time for regrets."

Xiao Chan pushed himself up, leaning on the Soul-Calling Banner. Although they hadn’t been at the center of the blast, they had been caught in the shockwave. Not even a tenth of their strength remained.

「On the other side.」

Meng Changtu also rose to his feet, spitting blood and clutching his broken blade, as Thousand Eyes turned to look at them.

"Considering that your cultivation has not been easy, I shall give you one more chance. Swear a Master-Servant Contract, and I can overlook your transgressions."

"Haha!"

Meng Qianxun laughed wildly and declared with pride:

"A Foundation Establishment Cultivator was willing to face death rather than become a slave. How could I bow my head and let myself be dominated? Spare us the nonsense, fellow Daoist Thousand Eyes. Today, we fight to the death."

As he spoke, his aura began to climb wildly once more.

The others all took a step forward in unison.

If they submitted now, they would live the rest of their lives as slaves.

"Stubborn fools!"

Seeing this, Thousand Eyes completely lost his patience.

A harsh light flashed in his eyes. He formed a seal technique with his hands, and the Divine Statue behind him suddenly opened its countless eyes, as if it had come alive. As its thousand arms waved, its eyes blinked.

To everyone’s astonishment, its gazes solidified, erupting into streams of black light. The black light condensed into tangible forms, like innumerable black arrows, that shot through the air and instantly enveloped the four of them.

This Divine Statue was not just an object of faith; it was also a Magical Artifact.

’Worthy of a two-thousand-year-old monster. His resources run too deep,’

Meng Qianxun’s heart clenched. With no time to think, he clapped his hands together. Spiritual Light flared from his body, and a suit of crimson Golden Armor materialized, expanding to cover the group.

This was the armor forged from the scales of a Hundred-Eyed Marsh Dragon.

Even without any enhancements, its Scale Armor was strong enough to block a blow from a Golden Core cultivator.

RUMBLE!

But this Treasure Armor—forged from a thousand-year-old Hundred-Eyed Marsh Dragon by a Tier Three Forging Master from the Primordial Sect, and covered in countless inscriptions over the millennia—shattered as if hit by a barrage of heavy cannon fire, holding for merely two breaths before it was overwhelmed.

Almost simultaneously, Xiao Chan threw out a piece of crimson Scale Armor. While still in midair, it unfurled like a flower petal, forming a wall.

This was the ’Scale Armor Wall’ he had also forged from the scales of the Hundred-Eyed Marsh Dragon.

However, if even Meng Qianxun’s Golden Armor couldn’t hold, how could his Scale Armor Wall possibly stop the torrent of unstoppable black arrows? It was torn to shreds in an instant.

The wave of black arrows then met a shield jointly projected by Meng Changtu and Chen Xi.

BANG!

The Magical Artifact, powered by the combined lifelong power of a Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer and a Major Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer, also failed to stop the attack. Their defenses were like a praying mantis trying to stop the fall of Tai Mountain with its tiny arms.

"It’s over!"

Seeing this, they all let out bitter laughs.

This was a deathtrap with no escape...

Just as this thought surfaced in their minds, just as Thousand Eyes’s expression turned cold, ready to crush these insolent ants, a clear sword cry suddenly rang out. Countless points of sword light, like shimmering waves on water, shot out from behind the group at an incredible speed.

There were merely three hundred-some bolts of sword light. Compared to the endless black arrows, the difference was like that between a stream and the ocean. It seemed they would be crushed in an instant.

But the result was the exact opposite.

The expanse of sword light cleaved the black tide in two. Wherever it passed, the black arrows exploded.

"How is this possible?"

Thousand Eyes cried out in alarm, his composure finally broken.

He slammed his hands together. The thousand-plus arms of the Divine Statue behind him contracted like a closing fan, converging in front of him. The countless black arrows flowed like water, rapidly gathering toward the center.

They formed a colossal spear of black light that met the Sword Aura head-on.

But in the end, the colossal spear of black light only broke through half of the Sword Aura before being utterly shattered. The remaining flying swords continued onward, their momentum unbroken, and slammed into their target.

BOOM!

The Sword Aura first crashed into the black barrier that Thousand Eyes had manifested. This was the same barrier that Meng Qianxun, Chen Yin, and the others had struggled to break together, yet it was now overwhelmed in an instant, dissolving into a sky full of black mist.

Thousand Eyes retreated!

But no matter how fast he fell back, he wasn’t faster than the flying swords.

PFFT!

Before everyone’s disbelieving eyes, the remaining hundred-some bolts of sword light pierced straight through Thousand Eyes’s body. THUD, THUD, THUD! Each bolt of light that struck him sent him staggering back a step. In a brief moment, he had been driven back a hundred paces.

The entire scene fell deathly silent. No one could process what had just happened.

Amidst the roiling Sword Qi, Thousand Eyes clenched his fists, violently expelling the flying swords from his body, and roared in fury:

"Who dares to wound me?"

As everyone stared in disbelief, a figure in green robes seemed to take a single step through the fierce winds, appearing directly in front of them. He looked up and grinned at the furious, astonished Thousand Eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Thousand Eyes, it’s been a while."