119: Explosive Killing of the Four Heavenly Gates

To his left, the White Tiger roared, and a black Horse-Slaying Blade slashed fiercely towards Chen Yuan’s head, its sharp Qi tearing through the air, leaving a thin line in its wake.

To his right, the Black Tortoise manipulated a blue crystal bead, sending out rolling blue ripples that smashed towards Chen Yuan’s body, intending to shatter him.

The two devils seized this rare opportunity, striking with all their might.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan’s pupils constricted, and he let out a roar. The Golden Core in his Dantian trembled, and wisps of golden flames surged out of his body, enveloping him in a blazing golden inferno.

The next second,

The black Horse-Slaying Blade arrived with a shocking slash, its edge gleaming with blood-red light. It cut through the fiery waves, emitting a fierce sizzling sound, its momentum slightly diminished.

Chen Yuan shifted his body to the side.

“Pfft!”

The blade’s edge pierced his body, deeply embedding itself into Chen Yuan’s shoulder. From the wound, a brilliant golden light burst forth. The White Tiger felt the resistance from the blade, let out a ferocious roar, transformed into its human form, gripped the hilt, and pressed down with all his might.

But the next second, a large hand slapped the blade’s shaft, then gripped it.

“Clang!”

Amidst the vibrations, the long blade, which had been emitting a sharp clang, was forcibly suppressed and instantly quieted.

Then, golden flames vigorously erupted from that large hand, instantly engulfing the blade.

The blade emitted a fierce sizzling sound, like sulfuric acid corroding metal. This demonic blade, under the scorching of the Golden Core True Fire, was corroded at a visible speed, and soon its surface was covered in various pits and hollows.

The White Tiger’s Face changed drastically, and he let out a roar of shock and anger, trying to pull back his Dao Soldier, but it remained motionless.

At the same time, the Black Tortoise’s blue crystal bead had already smashed in front of Chen Yuan, its aquamarine ripples causing the Void Realm to rumble, determined to shatter him.

Chen Yuan’s Face turned grim. He clenched his other hand into a fist, bringing a blazing golden light, and smashed it forcefully towards the huge crystal bead.

“Boom!”

A loud bang.

The blue crystal bead, struck by his punch, flickered with rapid blue ripples, then vibrated backward, flying back dozens of feet.

And Chen Yuan’s large hand, which had directly clashed with the Dao Soldier, was also shaken until it was a bloody mess.

But at this moment, a terrifying fierce light flashed in Chen Yuan’s eyes. He let out a loud roar that shook the wilderness, and the golden light all over his body buzzed and intensified. Then, his thick arm, as strong as a galloping horse, violently chopped and twisted the long-handled Horse-Slaying Blade embedded in his shoulder.

“Clang!”

The White Tiger was directly shaken loose by the immense force transmitted from above, causing his tiger’s mouth to ache severely. He was momentarily shocked and enraged, preparing to fight again, but the next second, his Face turned pale.

He saw that his Horse-Slaying Long Blade, with a “crack,” had actually been forcibly broken into two by this fierce man.

“Escape!”

The White Tiger’s hair instantly stood on end, and the thoughts in his mind frantically told him to escape quickly.

He did not hesitate and turned to retreat.

And at this moment, Chen Yuan placed one hand on the hilt, and with the other hand, he forcibly pulled out the other half from the gruesome wound.

Then, with fierce divine light in his eyes, he threw both hands forcefully.

The Void Realm suddenly emitted a sharp whistle, and the two broken blades shot out in two different directions.

“Clang!”

The blade, like a comet, first struck the closer blue crystal bead.

The two sides collided with a deafening crash.

In a breath, the blade shattered inch by inch, while the Black Tortoise’s blue crystal bead, its blue ripples suddenly flashed, then emitted a fine cracking sound, and quickly, gruesome cracks spread across its surface.

The next second, with a crisp “snap,” the bead shattered into countless shimmering aquamarine specks of light.

On the other side, the White Tiger had already fled two or three li in a few breaths. Hearing the whistling sound of something breaking through the air from behind him, he expelled a large amount of black Qi from his nose and mouth, not stopping for a moment, moving extremely fast, transforming into streaks of afterimages in the Void Realm!

But in an instant, a golden light suddenly streaked across the sky, abruptly fixing the White Tiger, who was almost out of sight, in the Void Realm.

“Screech!”

A sharp whistle of rapid approach, from far to near.

The next second, the terrified White Tiger, whose body was suddenly fixed, had his tiger eyes bulge out.

He saw that half of his Dao Soldier had actually pierced directly through his body.

Immediately after, with a “bang,” his Physical Body was shattered.

At this moment, a white light flashed out from within, fleeing in a panic, but when it hit that golden light, it was as if it had hit a wall, unable to escape at all.

It was the White Tiger’s Divine Soul essence!

The golden light contracted, and in an instant, it brought this mass of White Tiger Divine Soul back.

Everything happened in a flash.

Chen Yuan held the White Tiger’s Divine Soul essence in his hand, listening to the strange cries coming from its mouth, and looked up at the giant turtle that was roaring due to its Dao Soldier being shattered.

However, seeing the White Tiger instantly killed and even its Divine Soul captured by Chen Yuan, the other party immediately reacted and planned to escape.

But it was too late!

Chen Yuan roared and pounced on the Black Tortoise, this turtle. The Black Tortoise was startled and immediately retracted its entire body into its massive turtle shell.

Soon, dull explosions sounded.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

Chen Yuan, with an incomparably fierce posture, furiously pounded the turtle’s shell with his fists.

Soon, the Black Tortoise’s angry voice came from inside.

“You’re going too far.”

“Vermilion Bird, what are you still doing?”

He was raging helplessly, yet unwilling to come out, while calling for help.

However, he soon couldn’t withstand Chen Yuan’s furious bombardment, and his cries turned into pained howls.

“Vermilion Bird, save me!”

Several li away, the Vermilion Bird was horrified to see that in just a dozen breaths, the Paoxiao, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise had successively been slain by Chen Yuan.

With a cry, he furiously flapped his pair of fiery red, splendid wings, disregarding everything, and flew towards the east.

Xiang Qingtian, who had been saved by Chen Yuan, saw the Vermilion Bird trying to escape, let out a roar, and chased after him. One man and one devil transformed into two streaks of light, pursuing each other, and quickly disappeared from sight.

Chen Yuan, at this moment, couldn’t be bothered with them. His fist Qi did not stop, and he furiously pounded the Black Tortoise’s turtle shell with immense force.

After a dozen breaths, the turtle shell finally couldn’t withstand it, and with a loud “boom,” it shattered.

Immediately after, Chen Yuan reached in with his hand and plunged it in.

A tragic scream echoed through the air.

Immediately, a mass of blue Divine Soul appeared in Chen Yuan’s bloody hand.

And the huge turtle’s corpse also plummeted from the sky.

Having done all this, Chen Yuan’s gaze shifted to another place, revealing a strange look.

To the south, within the Fa Shan Formation, three golden small mountains rumbled, causing the Azure Dragon to roar repeatedly.

At this time, the evil Dragon’s scales were shattered in many places, revealing crimson bloodstains, clearly indicating that it had been severely wounded by this grand formation.

And below, the armored soldiers of Ninth Mountain were not doing well either. Old injuries were pulled, adding to their wounds. One-third of the armored soldiers, due to severe injuries, directly retreated from the formation, and the rest could only grit their teeth and hold on.

After all, they were fighting against a Heavenly Gate Devil, and this Fa Shan Formation was also incomplete because after retreating from the front line, the organized troops had suffered heavy losses.

At this moment, within the Fa Shan Grand Formation, the entire Azure Dragon fell into a state of frenzy.

It wasn't anger, but terror.

He saw the Paoxiao, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise successively slain by that fellow, so scared that his soul almost left his body.

“Break for me!”

He roared, using all his might, and the evil Dragon’s claw fiercely shattered a golden, dim small mountain.

Then, with a flick of his Dragon tail, he shattered the remaining two as well.

The Grand Formation was finally shattered.

The three main banners and hundreds of small banners vibrated, scattering in all directions.

The Azure Dragon let out a roar, glanced at the direction, circled his body, and was about to flee in panic towards the west.

“Trying to run!”

Accompanied by a thunderous shout.

A golden human figure descended from the sky, landing heavily on the evil Dragon’s head.

Chen Yuan’s eyes were like blazing fire. He stood on the Dragon’s head and smashed it.

“Ow!”

With a Dragon roar, the Azure Dragon cried out in pain, and immediately its Dragon body violently rolled and twisted in the air, attempting to shake Chen Yuan off.

But Chen Yuan clung to the creature’s head. With each punch, the Azure Dragon continuously let out painful Dragon roars, its body tumbling down from high altitude, blindly crashing into one mountain peak and hill after another.

Small mountains shattered, and rocks flew everywhere.

When the Azure Dragon shattered a mountain peak, exclamations and screams came from below, as some people were hit by falling rocks.

He saw that in a valley, soldiers were in a panic, dodging falling rocks everywhere.

And the Azure Dragon, maddened with pain, crashed around this mountain peak, leveling many buildings on the mountain.

An angry groan came from the mountain, but it quickly fell silent.

At this moment, the Azure Dragon finally ran out of strength and tumbled down from the sky, begging for mercy.

“Mercy, mercy, Chen Yuan, spare me. I’ll do anything you want, even be your mount.”

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow. He only had one path for this fellow: death!

The Dragon’s mournful cries shook this mountain forest.

It wasn’t until a dozen breaths later that it completely fell silent.

Chen Yuan ascended from this mountain forest. In the distance, a cold glint whistled through the air, rapidly flying towards him.

Chen Yuan reached out and grabbed it. With a “clang,” the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear landed in his hand.

Golden light flickered in Chen Yuan’s eyes as he looked down at the ravaged mountain forest.

He saw the elite soldiers in the valley, and also, on a cliff edge at the top of the mountain, he saw a Fourth Heavenly Gate.

However, when the other party saw Chen Yuan staring at him, his eyelids twitched, and his figure disappeared from where he stood.

Chen Yuan shifted his gaze and illuminated that person from several hundred meters away. The person’s Face was grim, and he disappeared from where he stood again, as if hiding from someone.

Chen Yuan’s eyes were suspicious. He wasn’t a devil, so why was he hiding?

However, he didn’t pay it any mind. He turned and flashed, flying towards the battlefield.

At this time, the Four Symbols Revered Ones of the Demonic Cult were either dead or fled, and the Demonic Cult forces were in complete disarray, each scrambling for their lives, scattering in all directions.

The Fu Gate soldiers naturally wouldn’t let go of such a good opportunity. They pursued the retreating enemy, howling as they rushed out of the city gate and chased after them.

Only the armored soldiers of Ninth Mountain, who had just been operating the Fa Shan Grand Formation, remained at the city gate. The failure of the grand formation had caused many to suffer backlash, adding to their injuries, and they were currently recovering.

Chen Yuan’s grim figure appeared on the city wall. At this moment, he was covered in blood, with a foot-long, bone-deep blade wound on his shoulder, and his hands were a bloody mess, with his finger bones clearly visible.

Continuously slaying four Heavenly Gate Devils, suffering these minor injuries was still fortunate. The Divine Abilities he cultivated all countered devils. All things considered, those devils could only exert seventy to eighty percent of their strength in his hands.

And with Chen Yuan’s appearance, the remaining soldiers of Ninth Mountain, their eyes filled with shock, rose one after another and saluted in unison.

“Your subordinate (subordinates) pays respects to Zhonglang General!”

Chen Yuan’s gaze fell upon the Faces of these hundred-odd people.

Among them, almost half had old injuries on their bodies.

But the Evil Qi on each soldier’s armor was extraordinary.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

“Which of you will explain to me what’s going on?”

He had been promoted as soon as he arrived, and he had gained a group of subordinates.

He had been busy dealing with devils earlier and didn’t have time to think about these things.

“Reporting to This General, your subordinate Liu Qing, serving as Patrolling Mountain Commandant. Our subordinates received the Commander’s order from the Dao Fu Division. This General, you have been appointed as the new Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General, and we were ordered to quickly come and support Baidi City! As for anything else, your subordinate does not know.”

Among them, one person took the lead, bowed, and replied.

As soon as he finished speaking, a laugh came from the east.

Immediately after, a crimson streak of light rapidly descended from the distance onto the city wall.

Xiang Qingtian emerged from it. Upon arrival, his gaze fell upon Chen Yuan, examining him closely, with a look of admiration in his eyes.

“This This General, Xiang Qingtian, is the defending This General of this pass. Chen Yuan, this This General has finally met you.”

“No need to be surprised. Qin Hu returned to the city and told me about your matter. This This General urgently sent your news to Jinguancheng. I thought the Dao Fu Division would make arrangements, but I didn’t expect you to be appointed as the Zhonglang General of the Fa Shan Army’s Ninth Mountain, instead of being like me. You should know that the Fa Shan Army’s Zhonglang General is equivalent to a sharp sword of the Dao Fu Division, inspecting various Fu Gates.”

Xiang Qingtian briefly explained the whole story.

He said it was strange. If a defending Zhonglang General was like a Prefect of a Fu Gate, then a Fa Shan Army Zhonglang General was equivalent to a Governor, a nominal position that was half a rank higher. In his letter, he had also explained the situation: Chen Yuan had just broken through to the Fourth Heavenly Gate. Logically, the Dao Fu Division wouldn’t have made such an arrangement.

However, when he looked back and saw the armored soldiers sent by Ninth Mountain, it seemed he had a sudden realization.

But he still had a big question mark.

That is, wasn’t Chen Yuan supposed to have just broken through to the Fourth Heavenly Gate? How did he become a Dao Soldier Realm so quickly, and his methods were terrifyingly numerous?

However, he knew what to ask and what not to ask.

Chen Yuan heard the introduction and explanation from the newcomer and only then realized that this was his “superior.”

“So it’s General Xiang! Chen is disrespectful. I wanted to ask, This General, you chased after that peacock. Did you slay it?”

At his question, Xiang Qingtian’s Face stiffened slightly, then he shook his head.

“Although this This General wounded her, she still escaped.”

Although Xiang Qingtian had always been forthright, he was somewhat embarrassed.

Chen Yuan, strictly speaking, was his Patrolling Mountain Commandant before today.

But this time, with the Demonic Cult’s major assault, he had played a very small role and had even been saved by Chen Yuan.

He sighed inwardly, thinking that if Chen Yuan hadn’t arrived in time, Baidi City might not have been able to hold out.

Chen Yuan saw his “old superior’s” embarrassment and changed the subject.

“This General, you constantly worry about the safety of the city, working tirelessly. Chen admires you!”

“Chen encountered something this time. This General, I wonder if you are aware that this This General assault by the Demonic Cult is not just a simple attack on the pass. Other Fu Gates in Shu Land are also currently suffering from demonic calamities.”

“Is that true?” Xiang Qingtian’s eyebrows twitched.

Chen Yuan then explained how he had opened a passage with the golden scales and what he had witnessed inside.

Xiang Qingtian’s expression gradually darkened as he listened.

At this moment, Liu Qing, the Patrolling Mountain Commandant of Ninth Mountain, cupped his fists and spoke, confirming this point from the side: “Reporting to both This Generals, the Dao Fu Division is indeed mobilizing the Fa Shan Army’s forces from various mountains to support the various Fu Gates. It should be for this matter.”

Xiang Qingtian cursed: “%@#,”

The curse was very unpleasant.

Then he said in a deep voice: “This This General just breathed a sigh of relief. The Demonic Cult’s power is now gone, and Baidi City should be stable in the future, allowing the common people to recuperate. Now, this has become an unknown!”

After speaking, he sighed.

Chen Yuan’s eyes flickered, and he didn’t continue the topic. His voice became grim.

“No one can know what the future holds. For now, let’s thoroughly burn those Demonic Cult brats clean first!”

Saying that, without waiting for anyone else, Chen Yuan’s feet blurred, and he shot out towards the wilderness.

Xiang Qingtian, seeing Chen Yuan act like this, also thought the same. He let out a roar and charged towards the scattered Demonic Cult members fleeing across the wilderness.

And not long after, on the distant horizon, a golden line cut through the night.

It was dawn!

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