366: Kill the Devil (Happy New Year)

Over a hundred li away, three armies, tens of thousands of iron cavalry, shook the mountains as they galloped through the snow, rushing closer.

On Pillar Mountain, Chen Yuan stomped his foot, gripped his long spear, held it diagonally behind him, turned his body forward, and his eyes blazed with golden light.

Beside him, the North Sea Dragon Girl and Huanlong Clan Old Dong stood. One was expressionless, her silver hair fluttering in the mountain wind, each strand distinct and shimmering with precious light, her cold silver eyes colder than the wind and snow itself. The other, Old Man Dong, wrinkled his red, blotchy nose, and his eyes twitched involuntarily as he looked at the scene below.

"Such dense blood Qi, how many people must have been killed to achieve this!" Huanlong Clan Old Dong frowned, his gaze fixed on the enormous Yin and Yang fish diagram. He sensed an astonishing spatial fluctuation rapidly brewing within it, causing his eyes to twitch. He then turned to Chen Yuan beside him and asked,

"General Chen, what's going on?"

He had been quietly recuperating in Chen Yuan's Pot Heaven space and was pulled out in a daze. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but ask.

"No time to explain, please help me break this Formation and stop this beast!"

Chen Yuan watched as the color in the center of the Yin and Yang fish grew increasingly crimson, the entire dividing line turning red at a rapid pace. Without time for more words, he let out a shout.

As his words fell, his foot stomped, launching him high into the air. He formed a sword-finger with one hand and held it vertically before his chest, his eyelids drooping.

"Buzz."

The Void Realm hummed.

The next second, in the snowy night, below Pillar Mountain, a great sun pierced through the darkness, shining brightly in the sky, illuminating all directions. In a breath, a colossal figure stood majestically between heaven and earth.

It wore Azure Dragon scale armor, with a Dragon head in the center. Five-Colored Thunder coiled around its body like ribbons, protecting all four sides and making it impervious to all techniques. Its crimson-gold Dharma body was as heavy as a mountain, as awe-inspiring as a prison, and a golden vertical eye between its brows held divine indifference.

The Great Sun Thunder Sound Dharma Form was directly summoned. Behind the colossal, ferocious head of the Dharma Form, five divine rings chimed into existence one by one, revealing solemn Dharma light. Amidst the howling wind and snow, its aura surged!

This was not the end. As the Great Sun Dharma Form appeared, a Dragon roar and wind cry, tearing through heaven and earth, resounded loudly.

From the Dharma Form's chest, two divine treasures roared like volcanoes. In an instant, accompanying the Dharma Form that soared skyward, two streaks of spiritual light, one green and one red, burst forth with a roar, circling and ascending around Chen Yuan's Dharma Form.

The next second,

"Yin!"

A loud Dragon roar echoed through heaven and earth. From the ascending green light, a chilling Dragon head was the first to emerge. Following closely, a Dragon body, seemingly cast from molten iron, with distinct, chilling scales, roared out from the green light. Its mountain-like Dragon body coiled high in the sky, its scales and claws menacing, stretching for a li across the Void Realm, filled with astonishing oppressive Qi.

"Li!"

At the same time, from the other side, within the crimson flame, a piercing cry, like metal tearing, resounded loudly across the sky. The crimson flame swept across half the Void Realm, dyeing the night red.

Following closely, a colossal Fire Phoenix emerged from the dazzling fiery glow, reborn from the flames. Its fiery feathers were like a rosy cloud, its entire body covered in dazzling crimson-gold patterns, and its eyes, as brilliant as rubies, were splendid and captivating. Its wings were like a sky-draping fire cloud, spanning over two hundred zhang, making the Void Realm intensely hot as if steaming.

The two divine treasures, the Dragon Qi Mother Tree and the Parasol Tree Nest Wood, manifested simultaneously. The Dragon and Phoenix clashed in the sky, causing the night sky to suddenly boil.

The entire process was seamless, happening in the blink of an eye!

Chen Yuan activated both his divine treasures, amplifying the Great Sun Thunder Sound Dharma Form to full power. Then, gripping his Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear, his body surged, making the Void Realm tremble, and he slammed it downwards!

In an instant, the Azure Dragon roared, the Fire Phoenix shrieked, transforming into two dazzling light pillars that, coiling around the rapidly lengthening great spear, crashed downwards with a roar!

Hundreds of zhang were covered in the blink of an eye. The great spear, carrying astonishing power, slammed down towards the constantly rotating Yin and Yang fish!

Below in the valley, Demon Ren Tianxing, seeing this scene, couldn't help but twitch his eyelids, his pupils constricting.

Damn it, how did this Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General become so powerful? He actually felt a heart-pounding sensation.

As his heart tensed,

"Boom!"

The great spear, accompanied by Dragon roars and wind cries, struck the enormous Yin and Yang fish pattern covering the sky above the valley.

An astonishing roar, loud enough to make blood burst from one's body, suddenly erupted.

In an instant, terrifying spatial ripples spread through the Void Realm, shattering the escaping spiritual light like a tide, surging in all directions.

The surrounding mountains in the valley were shaken, their trees shattered, and rocks flew. For several li in circumference, it was as if a cleansing wave had passed, the mountains and forests almost leveled, a terrifying sight.

The residual power of this strike surpassed the ordinary, because the Void Realm where the Yin and Yang fish resided was undergoing changes, causing spatial fluctuations to dissipate!

And visibly, under this strike, the blood-colored "progress bar" on the Yin and Yang fish's dividing line dimmed noticeably, and the rotating Yin and Yang fish also hummed and trembled.

A small portion of the blood Qi on it was destroyed!

But the Yin and Yang fish was not breached.

The valley remained unharmed!

Ren Tianxing, seeing this from below, gradually relaxed his previously constricted pupils. Only some of the blood essence infused into the Formation had been destroyed.

But he had plenty of blood essence!

"Haha, Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General, is this all you've got?"

A mocking smile appeared on his lips beneath the silver mask. He shook his head.

"See? You can't break this Formation!"

Above the Yin and Yang fish, Chen Yuan's gaze was cold, and he let out a low growl from his throat. The great spear in his hand, carrying the force of a thunderbolt, continued to strike downwards.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

But after two more roars, identical to the first, the Formation remained impregnable. The Yin and Yang fish above merely paused for a moment, its blood Qi dimming slightly, then resumed its cycle, the blood Qi returning.

Ren Tianxing, seeing his persistence, sneered, "It's useless. Tens of thousands of blood essence and living souls sustain this Formation. What if you, Chen Yuan, can fight a hundred men, a thousand men? When will you finish destroying these tens of thousands of blood essence?"

"Damn it, how arrogant! This old man will give it a try too." A disgruntled voice came from above.

Then, from the adjacent Pillar Mountain, Huanlong Clan Old Dong leaped down.

His disheveled hair stood firm in the wind, and the gourd hanging from his waist swayed. He landed beside Chen Yuan's colossal Dharma Form's shoulder, his eyes fixed on Ren Tianxing below.

"You, I've seen you!"

"Back in Jinguancheng, you were so beaten by General Chen that you had to self-detonate and flee. Now you've gathered so much living blood. Your Place of becoming a Saint still can't change its ways."

During the Battle of Five Treasures Mountain, he was in Jinguancheng at the time and had naturally seen this Demon. This overwhelming blood Qi indicated the demon's deep sins. He, an old man, was no Saint of morality, but the opponent's arrogant demeanor at this moment was truly obnoxious.

He had been injured in the Battle of Tianxiong Pass, and his injuries had not yet healed. He actually felt a bit regretful, thinking he shouldn't have joined Chen Yuan for the excitement, or rather, he shouldn't have sought out this Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General in the first place, which resulted in provoking several Dragon Tigers and almost getting killed at Tianxiong Pass.

Miscalculation, miscalculation!

He should have divined for himself before leaving!

He felt that he and the Dragon Girl had found a grand ancestor, but since it was done, and they were already on the "pirate ship," they could only go all the way.

"Chen kid, this time you owe this old man!"

After saying this, the old man with the blotchy nose didn't forget to transmit his voice to Chen Yuan.

Ren Tianxing stared at this reinforcement summoned by Chen Yuan, a scruffy old man who looked unkempt. He was somewhat wary. In the Jianghu, the more unassuming an old man was, the harder he was to provoke.

However, this old man's first words poked at his wound, causing Ren Tianxing's pupils to tremble slightly. With a gloomy expression, he said in a deep voice,

"Who are you?"

"I am your grandpa!"

Old Dong was usually a scoundrel, without proper decorum, but when it came to fighting, he was like an old man raging with youthful fervor, extremely irritable.

With a shout, he tossed the gourd at his waist towards his head, then leaped. He unleashed his great Dragon body, and at the same time, the gourd on his head rapidly expanded to dozens of zhang. A gurgling sound came from within, and the next second, the gourd's mouth erupted like a volcano, sending thick dragon binding cords, like mountain ridges, piercing through the Void Realm, roaring down towards the valley below.

During this time, Old Dong, who had transformed into his great Dragon body, shouted across the air, "Dragon Girl, help again!"

It seemed like he was discussing it!

Then, Old Dong, in his fifty-zhang-tall great Dragon body with ferocious Dragon scales all over, crashed towards the valley like a comet hitting the earth.

The powerful Qi of a Wu Zang Peak, or even beyond that Realm, made Ren Tianxing's eyes narrow sharply.

"Wu Zang Peak!"

However, this might didn't seem much stronger than that of the Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General.

But this was not the end. In this interlude, between the mountain pillars outside the valley, a silver beam of light shot straight into the night sky, and a Dragon roar, carrying immense pressure, resounded loudly.

Clearly visible, a silver Dragon, as if carved by divine craftsmanship, burst forth!

Its body was three to four li long, like a true mountain range spanning the Void Realm. Its terrifyingly colossal Dragon body pulsed with true Dragon might, and its silver eyes, like those of someone looking at a dead person, were filled with indifferent majesty.

"Clang!"

From its massive Dragon head, two Dragon horns flew out, clashing in mid-air, passing each other, tearing through the night sky. In a dazzling display, they transformed into two silver giant swords, also striking directly at the Yin and Yang fish.

A Dragon might even stronger than the old man's just now enveloped the valley!

Half-step Dragon Tiger!

"A true… Dragon?"

This time, the Demon, who was calmly sitting in the Formation, finally changed color. That was not a Dragon manifested by Divine Ability, but a true Dragon!

Dragons were true spirits of heaven and earth, powerful from birth. Damn it, how could the reinforcements Chen Yuan brought have a true Dragon? And its dazzling silver body had many broken Dragon scales, meaning it was injured.

Demon Ren Tianxing formed hand seals, his body swayed and rapidly expanded. His three-headed, six-armed ferocious Dharma body appeared, and he quickly unleashed six streaks of spiritual light, rushing directly out of the valley to block the combined attack of the two individuals and one Dragon!

But Chen Yuan's Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear, Old Dong's dragon binding cord, and the North Sea Dragon Girl's twin Dragon horn swords were all existences that dared to directly confront Dragon Tiger projections, and even charge into them, during the Battle of Tianxiong Pass.

A Demon who had broken through three divine treasures attempting to contend with the three of them was akin to a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"..."

The spiritual light unleashed by the Demon was shattered by the trio's single strike. Then, Chen Yuan and the others' offensive did not diminish, carrying Earth-Shaking Wave pressure, they furiously bombarded the Yin and Yang fish above the valley.

In this instant, heaven and earth trembled, and the Yin and Yang fish Formation roared ceaselessly. The blood Qi on it was rapidly worn away by the combined onslaught of Chen Yuan and the others, visibly diminishing. The Yin and Yang fish shook wildly, and its operating speed quickly showed signs of decline under the furious bombardment of the trio's Wu Zang Peak strength.

The valley began to tremble. Below, Demon Ren Tianxing, whose spiritual light had been shattered, suffered a True Qi backlash. His three-headed, six-armed Demon body, as if struck by a heavy hammer in the chest, retreated several steps, crashing into a rock wall on one side of the valley.

He saw the impregnable great Formation beginning to tremble, and the blood essence below being rapidly worn away. His pupils beneath the silver mask showed anger and shock!

This was the great Formation he had prepared for several years!

But now, he felt the Formation becoming unstable. If the Qi and blood continued to be consumed like this, let alone opening the passage, even maintaining the Formation would be difficult. In that case, his years of preparation would turn into nothing.

"No, no, no!" His eyes shifted from shock and anger to madness, his pupils quickly stained with crimson, filled with a brutal, destructive aura. Then he suddenly threw his head back and let out a roar.

The next second, his three-headed, six-armed Demon body underwent an abnormal change. Streaks of blood-colored patterns, like worm, writhed and bulged on his enormous body.

Soon,

"Bang!"

One of his massive arms exploded.

"Bang!"

One of his heads exploded.

Then, bang, bang, bang, two heads and four Demon hands instantly exploded into a torrent of blood mist in a short period, filling the valley, and a surging wave of blood Qi churned within.

Instantly, the great Formation, which had been unstable from Chen Yuan and the others' bombardment, suddenly received a massive infusion of blood essence, rapidly stabilizing. And the "crack" in the Yin and Yang fish Formation quickly turned crimson with lightning speed, and a powerful spatial fluctuation erupted from within it.

That crimson dividing line slowly began to open!

This Demon, at this critical juncture, actually sacrificed his three divine treasures!

He was willing to damage his own cultivation to quickly open the passage, not wanting everything to go to waste!

His crimson eyes, looking at the slowly opening red crack, were filled with hysteria.

Seeing the red crack open and spatial fluctuations slowly dissipating, Chen Yuan and the other two above the valley continued to bombard it without panic.

The three of them had once been trapped in a Dragon Tiger's world of creation during the Battle of Tianxiong Pass, and their coordinated efforts had almost broken it.

Suddenly, a golden light shot out from Chen Yuan's Dharma Eye between his brows, striking the Yin eye within the Yin and Yang fish. He narrowed his eyes sharply.

"Both of you, here!"

He then slammed his great spear towards the white fish eye of the Yin and Yang fish!

Old Dong and the North Sea Dragon Girl cooperated seamlessly, their dragon binding cord and twin Dragon horn swords simultaneously striking the same point!

Every Formation has a weakness.

A roar was heard.

The Yin eye shattered with a bang. Chen Yuan's eyes widened, and he was the first to rush into the valley.

Meanwhile, Ren Tianxing, now with only one head and two arms, saw the spatial passage opening. The madness in his crimson eyes was at its peak, but then, in a flash, a hole appeared in the Formation, and the Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General flew down, startling him.

"Impossible!"

"Just a little bit more!"

The great Formation was rapidly collapsing, and the valley shook. Ren Tianxing was furious with hatred.

But the fear of death enveloped him. His pupils, crimson, stared at Chen Yuan descending. He let out a ferocious cry,

"Explode!"

The next moment, his remaining body rapidly exploded.

Just like in Five Treasures Mountain, a sky full of shattered flesh, as the great Formation collapsed, quickly flew in all directions of the valley.

But this time, Chen Yuan would not let it go.

"Woof, woof, woof!"

Around the valley, barks echoed.

Demonic hounds transformed into streaks of light, rushing in all directions.

Soon, pieces of flesh were found by these Demonic hounds, who then roared and swallowed them. (End of this chapter)