255: Chapter 255 Fierce Bird Attack, Mother Qi Cauldron Displays its Power

A blackish-grey streak of light tore through the thick, viscous Chaos mist.

There was no sound of breaking air, nor any warning from fluctuations of magical power.

At that moment, the hairs on Gu Hongchen's body stood on end as a bone-chilling killing intent pressed close to her forehead.

Only at this instant did she clearly see the true form of that streak of light.

It was a tiny, crow-like, eerie Vicious Beast!

Its body was covered in withered, blackish-grey feathers that blended perfectly with the surrounding Chaos mist. Most terrifying of all was its sharp, elongated beak.

The beak was a despairing death-grey, its surface flowing with ancient and brutal Chaos Runes, like a life-taking divine spear hurled from the depths of Hell.

"Infinitely close to the True Immortal Realm!"

Gu Hongchen's scalp tingled, and her heart contracted frantically in her chest.

The pressure radiating from this crow-like bird was terrifying to the extreme. In this Chaos Sea, where even the Laws of the Heavenly Dao did not exist, this native-born creature possessed enough lethal power to make any outsider True Immortal die with regret on the spot!

Furthermore, Gu Hongchen's True Immortal magical power had already been mostly depleted just to resist the gravity.

Facing such a swift and peerless ambush, she couldn't even lift a finger.

The shadow of death swallowed her completely like a ten-thousand-foot abyss.

"Am I going to die here..."

Gu Hongchen closed her eyes in despair.

Just as that spear-like beak was a mere half-inch from her forehead—at the critical moment when the sharp wind had already sliced the skin of her brow—

"Did you ask me before touching my people?"

An extremely overbearing and limitlessly arrogant cold snort suddenly exploded in Gu Hongchen's ear.

Immediately following that.

BOOM—!!!

An earth-shattering roar erupted, sounding as if it would completely overturn the entire Chaos Sea!

Su Xuanchen had acted.

He held nothing back, his right hand grabbing at the void to directly summon one of his most powerful trump cards.

The myriad things mother qi cauldron!

This ancient and heavy supreme cauldron, engraved with the mountains, rivers, plants, sun, moon, and stars of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, appeared out of thin air before Gu Hongchen with a brutal posture that crushed everything.

Upon the body of the cauldron, billions of strands of mysterious yellow mother qi poured down like waterfalls. Each strand of mother qi was as heavy as ten million Primordial Divine Mountains, pressing down until the surrounding Chaos Void let out an overwhelmed wail.

BANG!!!

The crow-like bird slammed violently into the body of the myriad things mother qi cauldron at an indescribably terrifying speed!

The moment the beak and the cauldron collided.

A blinding flash of destructive light erupted at the point of impact.

An indescribable shockwave turned into a visible ripple, sweeping frantically in all directions.

"Ah!"

Gu Hongchen let out a pained groan.

Even though the myriad things mother qi cauldron had blocked ninety-nine percent of the frontal impact, the mere residual shockwave was still more than her weakened body could bear.

She was like a leaf in a gale, sent flying by the force of the terrifying shockwave.

While in mid-air, Gu Hongchen's face turned as pale as paper, and she spat out a mouthful of bright red blood, staining a large area of her robes.

The power of this shockwave was truly horrifying.

Within a radius of tens of thousands of feet, the thick Chaos mist, originally as heavy as Mount Tai, was actually shaken apart by the sweep of this shockwave!

The grey, pitch-black space of Chaos was actually cleared into a massive zone of absolute vacuum.

"Miss Hongchen!"

Within the protective immortal light shield behind them, Chang Xiyue and Ji Luanxi cried out in alarm simultaneously.

The two women's expressions changed drastically as they watched the Chaos mist get cleared and Gu Hongchen get sent flying while spitting blood.

They couldn't imagine how miserable Gu Hongchen's fate would have been if Su Xuanchen had been even half a breath late. Her head would have been instantly exploded by that bird, and her Divine Soul would have been pecked clean.

"Swish!"

Su Xuanchen was quick to act, his left hand reaching out.

A soft surge of Nine Tribulations Immortal Light swept out, steadily catching the flying Gu Hongchen and pulling her back to the safe zone.

Having done this, Su Xuanchen slowly withdrew his right hand.

He looked down at his slightly numb palm; on his usually calm and lazy face, a rare look of surprise appeared.

"Such immense strength."

Su Xuanchen's gaze was fixed dead ahead.

How heavy was the myriad things mother qi cauldron? It was a supreme treasure capable of crushing the ages and suppressing the Myriad Star Domains.

Yet with that collision just now, Su Xuanchen clearly felt that the body of the myriad things mother qi cauldron had been physically shaken by that tiny bird!

Though it was only a minute tremor, it was enough to startle Su Xuanchen.

A palm-sized crow could actually shake the myriad things mother qi cauldron, which was as heavy as Mount Tai?

The physical strength of creatures born within the Chaos Sea was terrifying to an utterly illogical and perverted degree!

Ahead.

Although the bird had shaken the myriad things mother qi cauldron, it certainly didn't feel good itself.

Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of grinding bones, the bird's lightning-fast form was suddenly halted by the counter-shock.

It tumbled a dozen times in the void before barely stabilizing its form.

A tiny crack had actually appeared on its spear-like beak. Many of its blackish-grey feathers had fallen off, making it look rather pathetic.

Looking at the bird as it stabilized itself, Su Xuanchen's lips curled into a mocking sneer.

"What?"

Su Xuanchen stood with his hands behind his back, his voice dripping with undisguised ridicule and arrogance.

"You look like a mangy crow, but you've got some strength."

He extended a finger, pointing at the bird with extreme insolence.

"With only this much ability, you dare to come out and play at ambushing people? Is my cauldron hard enough? Did it crack your bird beak?"

Hearing Su Xuanchen's merciless taunts.

The bird, which had low intelligence but a highly bloodthirsty instinct, was instantly enraged.

"Screech—!!!"

It snapped open its damaged beak and let out an extremely ear-piercing, highly penetrative, and shrill scream!

This scream contained a terrifying Divine Soul impact, turning into ripples of grey sonic blades that frantically sliced through the surrounding void, heading straight for Su Xuanchen's face.

"You still dare to squawk?"

Su Xuanchen sneered.

He didn't underestimate it at all. With a wave of his hand, he controlled the myriad things mother qi cauldron to hover directly above Ji Luanxi and Chang Xiyue.

Billions of strands of mysterious yellow mother qi fell, turning into an absolutely indestructible cage that shielded the two women, isolating them from the piercing sonic impact.

After ensuring his women's safety.

Su Xuanchen suddenly turned his head, and from his deep eyes, a terrifying light of immortals and demons instantly burst forth.

"You shameless beast, I'll pluck every last feather off you today!"

Boom!

The Nine Tribulations Secret Codex within Su Xuanchen's body was pushed to its limit. Not only that, but his Chaos Immortal Bone, which had been dormant in his body, fully awakened at this moment.

A heaven-shaking Aura of malevolence, like a Primordial volcano suppressed for ten million years, erupted from Su Xuanchen's body!

This Aura was older than the surrounding Chaos Sea and more brutal and bloodthirsty than the bird!

At this moment, Su Xuanchen's white clothes fluttered loudly and his black hair danced wildly. Surrounded by chaos qi and Nine Tribulations Immortal Light, he looked like a peerless god-demon stepping out of Primordial myth.

BANG!

Su Xuanchen stomped down hard, causing the Chaos Void beneath his feet to collapse over a large area.

He transformed into a destructive streak of violent light, carrying an invincible Aura that crushed everything as he charged proactively toward the bird!

The bird, which had been screaming frantically and preparing for a second attack,

stopped its cries abruptly upon sensing the god-demon-like malevolent Aura erupting from Su Xuanchen.

In its small, blood-red, bloodthirsty eyes, a flash of extreme fear and trembling appeared, appearing quite human-like.

Its simple intelligence frantically warned it—the human before it was a hundred times more vicious than itself! It absolutely could not resist!

"Whoosh!"

Without any hesitation,

this bird, which was infinitely close to the True Immortal Realm and had been so fierce just moments ago, directly backed down.

It flapped its wings violently, turning into a blackish-grey streak of Chaos light, and plunged pathetically into the endless, thick Chaos mist in the distance, fleeing frantically.

Its speed was even thirty percent faster than when it had launched the ambush earlier.

Su Xuanchen's charging form came to a sudden halt in mid-air.

He watched the bird flee until even its shadow was gone, his brow furrowing slightly.

"It certainly runs fast."

Su Xuanchen snorted coldly and did not choose to pursue.

The Chaos Sea was full of hidden dangers, and Divine Sense was greatly suppressed. That bird was familiar with the terrain; if he pursued recklessly, he might fall into an unknown killing array or a nest of Vicious Beasts.

Moreover, he had three women with him.

If the bird had companions and this was a deliberate ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Do not pursue a desperate foe; being steady is the way of a king.

Su Xuanchen withdrew his malevolent Aura and turned around, appearing before the injured Gu Hongchen in a flash.

Gu Hongchen was currently slumped in the void, gasping for breath.

Her face was bloodless, her internal blood and qi were churning, and even stabilizing her form was extremely difficult. The terrifying gravity of the Chaos Sea was mercilessly squeezing her injured body.

Looking at her miserable state, Su Xuanchen didn't waste words.

"Hum!"

With a thought, the power of the Chaos Immortal Bone within his body was instantly released.

A ten-zhang Chaos Immortal Domain erupted with Su Xuanchen as the center.

Within this domain, Su Xuanchen was the absolute Dominator. He directly altered the Laws within the domain, forcibly neutralizing the ubiquitous, terrifying gravity and suppression of the Chaos Sea.

Gu Hongchen, situated at the center of the domain, felt the hundred thousand Primordial Divine Mountains pressing on her shoulders vanish instantly.

Her whole body felt suddenly light, and the suffocating feeling of being about to be crushed disappeared without a trace.

Gu Hongchen let out a long breath of turbid air and quickly sat cross-legged.

She took out several top-grade healing Immortal Pills, popped them into her mouth, closed her eyes, and frantically circulated her Cultivation Technique to regulate her chaotic blood and qi and her damaged Meridians.

A full incense stick's time passed.

A hint of color finally returned to Gu Hongchen's pale cheeks.

She slowly opened her eyes, took a deep breath, and stood up with great difficulty.

Gu Hongchen looked up, her gaze extremely complex as she watched the lazy-looking Su Xuanchen standing before her.

She was naturally proud; as a core True Immortal of the Gu Family, she rarely deferred to anyone.

But now, she very solemnly straightened her messy clothes.

Then.

Gu Hongchen cupped her hands and bowed deeply to Su Xuanchen.

"Old Ancestor Su."

Gu Hongchen's voice was still a bit weak, but it carried unprecedented sincerity and awe.

"Thank you for saving my life."

She looked Su Xuanchen in the eye and spoke candidly without any reservation.

"If Old Ancestor Su hadn't acted in time and summoned the treasure cauldron to block that fatal blow,"

"Hongchen would likely be a mangled corpse with a hollowed-out Divine Soul by now."

Gu Hongchen said these words with complete conviction.

Seeing her solemn manner, Su Xuanchen waved his hand casually.

"Alright, enough with the empty pleasantries."

Su Xuanchen's tone was flat as his gaze swept over the Chaos mist that was beginning to gather again.

"Your current state is too poor, and the spiritual energy in your body is nearly exhausted."

He made a direct decision.

"We cannot continue to advance blindly."

Su Xuanchen turned his head to Chang Xiyue and Ji Luanxi and announced loudly.

"Everyone, rest and reorganize on the spot!"

He waved his sleeve, his tone carrying an indisputable dominance and protectiveness.

"Gu Hongchen, hurry up and recover your injuries and spiritual energy."

"I will personally stand guard for you all."

As his voice fell.

Su Xuanchen's right hand formed a hand seal.

The myriad things mother qi cauldron hovering in mid-air let out a muffled hum.

The treasure cauldron moved slowly, coming to rest directly above the heads of the three women—Gu Hongchen, Ji Luanxi, and Chang Xiyue.

Billions of strands of mysterious yellow mother qi fell like a heavy curtain, wrapping the three women firmly inside, providing the most absolute and comprehensive protection from all angles.