450: Chapter 449 Fear of Heavenly Dao Entries

Yaoling City, Demon Palace.

When Liu Feng and Master Wang walked side by side into the main hall and appeared before the Demon Empress unscathed, a rare flash of astonishment and surprise crossed the deep, beautiful eyes of Fairy Qingling, who sat upon the throne.

In her original plan, there must have been a Human Race mole among Liu Feng and Master Wang.

The coordinates of that fake secret land were bait she had intentionally leaked to the mole.

According to her calculations, once the Human Race experts received the news, they would surely set an ambush, or the mole would expose themselves along the way and forcibly seize the blood bottle.

These two should never have been able to return alive, let alone successfully pour the "blood" into the altar.

However, the result before her eyes completely exceeded her expectations.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, my subordinate and Liu Feng have successfully fulfilled our mission and poured all the blood of ten thousand spirits into the altar in the secret land!"

Master Wang stepped forward, bowed, and with a trace of confusion in his tone, added, "It is just that... after that altar was infused with the blood, it seemed there were no strange phenomena. I do not know the reason for this."

The Demon Empress was, after all, a Supreme of the Yao Race who had weathered many storms. She instantly suppressed the shock and doubt in her heart, a cryptic smile appearing on her beautiful face:

"Good, you two have done well."

She raised her hand slightly, signaling for the two to rise, and then explained indifferently: "That secret land is merely one of the twin altars. The Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth is a power capable of reshaping the world; a single altar is naturally unable to trigger it. Once the other altar is also infused with blood and the two Formations resonate, the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth will truly begin!"

Hearing this reasonable explanation from the Demon Empress, the doubts in Master Wang's heart instantly dissipated. He hurriedly bowed and said, "So that is how it is. Your Majesty is truly wise; it is my subordinate who was dull-witted."

Liu Feng, standing to the side, also bowed his head slightly, putting on an expression of sudden realization, though he was sneering inwardly.

The Demon Empress looked at the two below, her doubts deeply hidden, and smiled gently before waving her sleeves:

"You two have worked hard on this trip. Go and rest for now. Properly recover your state. When the Great Calamity begins and the passage between the two realms is torn open, you shall join the billions of Yao Beasts of our race to invade the Southern Region and make contributions!"

"Compliance! We take our leave, Your Majesty!"

Master Wang and Liu Feng replied in unison, then bowed and retreated from the main hall.

As their figures gradually disappeared outside the palace doors, the main hall returned to a deathly silence.

The Demon Empress slowly stood up from her throne, walked to the edge of the steps, and gazed at the empty palace entrance. The gentle smile on her face vanished in an instant, replaced by unprecedented gravity and confusion.

"How could it be like this..."

For a time, this Demon Empress of the Yao Race, who had never miscalculated in her life, experienced a wavering in her judgment for the first time.

...

In the Cave-Heaven Blessed Land, Spiritual Qi ebbed and flowed like the tide.

Qin Changsheng sat cross-legged on a white jade prayer mat. With a wave of his sleeve, the heavenly dao fragment he had just "tricked" out of Master Wang's hands slowly emerged from the void, silently hovering before him.

This fragment was entirely golden, as if cast from gold, with dense chains of order intertwined upon it, exuding a Supreme Heavenly Dao Pressure that surpassed all living beings.

"Now that the Great Calamity is approaching, the Yao Race is coming aggressively. On the battlefield, the most terrifying thing about the Yao Race is not their individual combat power, but that endless, fearless beast tide."

A profound light flickered in Qin Changsheng's eyes.

With a thought, he summoned his attribute panel, his gaze sweeping over the row of "Golden Trait"s emitting brilliant golden light.

Finally, his gaze fixed on one of the traits—[Fear (Golden)].

This trait could originally only impose mental Pressure on individual enemies or a small area. But in this kind of racial war involving millions or tens of millions, the original effect was clearly insufficient.

"You are the one."

Qin Changsheng took a deep breath and flicked his finger.

The golden heavenly dao fragment hovering before him turned into a stream of light and instantly merged into the center of his forehead.

Boom!

A storm of Law suddenly erupted in Qin Changsheng's mind. Endless golden divine light enveloped his Divine Soul, and the Supreme Law contained within the heavenly dao fragment began to crazily fuse and reshape with the [Fear] trait.

In just a few breaths, the originally dark-gold [Fear] trait, under the baptism of the power of the Heavenly Dao, bloomed with a nine-colored divine light that illuminated his entire Sea of Consciousness, completely completing its transformation!

A piece of profound information then appeared in Qin Changsheng's mind:

[Fear (Heavenly Dao Trait)]

Effect: With the host as the center, within a radius of one thousand miles, any Yao Beast with a cultivation level not exceeding the host will automatically fall into a "Fear" state, and their Battle Intent will plummet. At the same time, the affected Yao Beasts' movement Speed will decrease by fifty percent, and their Physical Body and mana defense will decrease by fifty percent.

Looking at the new trait attributes presented in his mind, even with Qin Changsheng's steady Heart-Nature, he could not help but gasp, his eyes erupting with piercing brilliance.

"A radius of one thousand miles... Battle Intent plummets, and both Speed and defense are weakened by fifty percent!"

This effect could simply be described as "Heaven-Defying"!

One must know, this was an indiscriminate area-of-effect weakening.

As long as their cultivation did not exceed his, once they entered this thousand-mile radius, their strength would be instantly cut in half.

On the battlefield, a fifty percent reduction in Speed meant that the Yao Beasts' proud impact force would completely become a joke, turning them into living targets;

A fifty percent reduction in defense meant that the originally indestructible Yao Beast scales would become as fragile as paper, and Human Race Cultivators could easily tear them apart!

Not to mention the "Battle Intent plummets" effect.

The most terrifying thing about Yao Beasts was their fearless cruelty. Once they lost their Battle Intent and felt Fear, no matter how large the beast tide, they would just be a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, instantly crumbling.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Qin Changsheng's gaze returned to calmness. He slowly closed his eyes and began to adjust his breathing, bringing his state to its Peak.

"Boom—!!"

At this very moment, a sound like the world being created suddenly came from the Nine Heavens.

This sound pierced through the Void Realm, striking directly at the Divine Soul of all spirits, making all living beings in the Southern Region feel their Divine Souls tremble violently.

Immediately after, the originally clear sky instantly changed color.

Rolling black clouds, mixed with thick, dark red "Calamity Qi" that could not be dissolved, surged crazily from all directions like a landslide and tsunami.

The scorching sun was obscured, and the entire world darkened in an instant, as if the end of the world had arrived.

"Roar—!"

"Awoo—!!"

As the Calamity Qi permeated, on the earth, countless Yao Beasts lurking in deep mountains, old forests, and great rivers instantly turned red-eyed, emitting violent and bloodthirsty roars.

The wildness and ferocity within them were completely ignited by this Calamity Qi, ten thousand beasts howling in unison, their voices shaking the wilderness!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Calamity Qi gathering above the sky became thicker and thicker, finally turning into pitch-black beams of light as thick as water buckets, carrying destructive Pressure, and shooting violently in all directions of the Southern Region.

Where these black lights landed, the earth's veins fractured, Spiritual Qi withered, and mountains and rivers shattered!

Heavenly Sword Sect, Peak of the main mountain.

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi stood with his hands behind his back. At this moment, he looked somewhat uncomposed at the Calamity Clouds in the high sky that were spreading like ink, his eyes full of astonishment and disbelief.

Violent winds howled, blowing his Daoist robe so that it fluttered wildly, but he was completely unaware, just staring fixedly at the sky full of black light, his voice trembling as he muttered to himself:

"This... has the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth begun? How is this possible?!"

The Void Realm distorted for a moment, and the figure of Azure Cloud Sect leader, Immortal Master Moyuan, appeared out of thin air.

At this moment, Immortal Master Moyuan's face was also livid, his eyes full of horror.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanyangzi, what is going on?!" Immortal Master Moyuan's voice was low, carrying undisguised panic, "According to our joint calculations, the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth clearly still had at least a ten-year incubation period! Why has it suddenly erupted ahead of schedule?!"

The operation of the Heavenly Dao has its own Laws.

As the top Cultivators of the Southern Region's Human Race, their Sensing of Heavenly Secrets could not possibly be wrong. But the scene of destruction before their eyes was clearly a sign that the Great Calamity had completely erupted!

The ten years of preparation time were compressed to the extreme in this instant; it could even be said that the Human Race was not prepared to welcome the Great Calamity at all!

"It is the Yao Race..."

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart, and said through gritted teeth:

"The Yao Race must have used some atrocious secret method to forcibly sacrifice a massive number of living beings, thereby blinding the Heavenly Secrets and triggering the Great Calamity early! We... have all been schemed against by her!"

Immortal Master Moyuan's face turned pale.

The Great Calamity arriving early meant that the Human Race would face a catastrophe without any preparation!

Meanwhile, deep within the Forbidden Ground of the Yao Race, above the true altar.

The Demon Empress, Fairy Qingling, stood at the edge of the altar, watching the altar, which had been infused with the true Essence Blood of a million Mortals by Shen Bing and Shen Hu, operating crazily. Listening to the loud noises coming from between heaven and earth, a wild and gratified smile finally bloomed on her cold, beautiful face.

The Demon Empress's black hair danced wildly, like a demonic woman destroying the world. She sneered: "The Great Calamity has begun, and the passage between the two realms is about to be completely torn open! Pass down my imperial decree, seal the Monster Realm passage, have the entire army prepare, and in three days, follow me to trample the Southern Region, leaving not even a chicken or dog alive!!"

"As you command!!" Shen Bing and Shen Hu knelt on one knee and shouted fanatically.

"Dong—!"

"Dong—!"

"Dong—!"

The dull and desolate bell toll, like rolling thunder, instantly spread through every mountain Peak of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

One toll, two tolls... until the echo of the ninth bell toll reverberated among the mountains, the entire Heavenly Sword Sect was completely shaken.

"Nine bell tolls! This is the 'Heaven-Startling Bell' that is only tolled in moments of Sect-destroying disaster and life-or-death survival!"

"Something big has happened! Quickly go to the main Peak square!"

Countless Elders in seclusion broke through their cultivation bottlenecks and emerged. Thousands of Heavenly Sword Sect Disciples were pale-faced, one after another taking flight on their swords, turning into dense sword lights, crazily gathering from all directions toward the main Peak square of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

In the crowd, Qin Changsheng, dressed in a simple and elegant Daoist robe, also followed the flow of people and landed on the square.

He looked calm, standing with his hands behind his back, appearing somewhat out of place with the surrounding Disciples who were full of Fear and whispering.

His gaze pierced through the Void Realm and landed on the high platform.

On the high platform at this moment, violent winds howled.

Heavenly Sword Sect Leader Xuanyangzi, as well as several Grand Elders and Peak masters who were usually rarely seen, all stood there with livid faces.

The Sword Intent on Xuanyangzi's body was slightly irritable; clearly, his heart was extremely unsettled.

In a short moment, the large square was packed with tens of thousands of Heavenly Sword Sect Disciples, the atmosphere suffocatingly oppressive.

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi took a deep breath and stepped forward. His voice, mixed with vigorous True Essence, instantly exploded in every Disciple's ear like a great bell:

"Fellow Disciples, please be quiet!"

This sentence made the originally noisy square instantly quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi's gaze swept over the young faces below, his voice extremely heavy: "The Yao Race is despicable and shameless; they secretly used evil methods to sacrifice, and this morning, they prematurely triggered the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth!"

"What?! The Great Calamity has arrived early?!"

"How could this be? Wasn't it said there were still ten years left?!"

A wave of terrified uproar broke out below, many Disciples' faces turning pale, their hands gripping their sword hilts trembling slightly.

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi raised his hand, suppressing the noise, and continued: "Now, an endless number of Yao Beasts are carrying the sky full of Calamity Qi, crazily invading southward! Just now, an urgent report arrived from the front line: several defensive strongholds established by our Human Race on the border have been breached by the beast tide in an instant. The common people and Cultivators in the cities... none were spared, all becoming blood food for the Yao Beasts!"

Hearing this, many Disciples' breathing became heavy, their eyes full of horror and anger.

"In three days, the main force of the Yao Beast army will completely advance to 'Zhenyao Pass'!"

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi's expression was grave to the extreme as he said word by word: "Zhenyao Pass is the last barrier of our Southern Region Human Race! If the Yao Race breaches Zhenyao Pass, our Human Race's hinterland will be completely exposed to the iron hooves of the Yao Race. At that time, the billions of living beings in our Southern Region will become lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and we, the Human Race, will have no natural barriers left to defend!"

"This battle, there is no retreat!"

"The rise and fall of the Sect, the survival of the Human Race, all depend on this one battle!"

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi's voice echoed in the square, stirring up the hot blood and determination within countless Disciples.

"Swear to defend Zhenyao Pass to the death! Swear to live and die with the Sect!"

"Kill all the Yao Beasts!"

Countless Disciples drew their swords, the sound of swords ringing through the Nine Heavens. Although there was still Fear in their eyes, there was more of a determination to burn their bridges.

On the high platform, the hand Sect Leader Xuanyangzi pressed on his sword hilt exerted a slight force.

He looked around at the indignant Disciples, took a deep breath, and issued the final mobilization order with an unquestionable, majestic voice:

"This battle concerns the life and death of the Human Race. Our Heavenly Sword Sect will go all out and will never retreat!"

"I have already discussed with the Elders to divide into two paths—"

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi's voice was like a great bell, spreading throughout the entire venue: "The first path, led by myself and Hu Nan, will lead twenty thousand elite Disciples straight to the front line, Zhenyao Pass! We will serve as the first line of defense, swearing to block the Yao Beast army outside the pass!"

Hearing that Sect Leader Xuanyangzi was going to lead the team to the most dangerous front line, the Disciples below immediately showed looks of awe. Elder Hu Nan was a renowned warrior in the Sect; having him accompany the Sect Head undoubtedly gave everyone a shot in the arm.

"The second path, led by Elder Daoist Mochenzi, will lead ten thousand Disciples to guard our rear!"

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi's gaze was profound as he said in a deep voice: "The Great Calamity has begun, Calamity Qi is raging, and there will be many Yao Beast riots in the rear, and even Yao Race assassins may infiltrate. Elder Daoist Mochenzi will be responsible for clearing out the rampaging Yao Beasts in the rear, protecting the Mortal towns, and ensuring our front-line soldiers have no worries behind them!"

Two armies, one attacking and one defending, with clear division of labor.

"Any Heavenly Sword Sect Disciple who is willing to follow me to the front line, go to the Sect Mission Hall to register immediately!"

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi suddenly drew the long sword at his waist, pointing it obliquely at the sky, Sword Qi crisscrossing for three thousand zhang, tearing apart a patch of haze overhead: "Tomorrow morning, the army will set out on time, marching to Zhenyao Pass! Raise the might of our Sword Sect and kill all the Yao Race!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Tens of thousands of Disciples shouted in unison, the sound waves shaking the earth and sky.

With a wave of Sect Leader Xuanyangzi's hand, the high-level officials on the high platform turned into escape lights one after another, starting to prepare supplies and warships for the expedition.

The Disciples on the square exploded, and countless passionate Disciples did not hesitate at all, turning directly and rushing toward the Sect Mission Hall.

Although going to the front line was a narrow escape from death, as Cultivators, the pride and blood in their bones made it impossible for them to sit idly by and watch the Human Race be slaughtered.

In the crowd, Qin Changsheng walked along with the flow of people with a calm expression.