254: Chapter 254 Yinglong and Wuzhiqi's Trials

Beside the Sanguang Holy Water Pool, Shi Yan stood with his hands behind his back, and the string that had been wound tight for so long finally slowly relaxed at this moment.

After a moment, the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably, ultimately turning into a relieved smile.

"What a Dragon Clan, what a San Bu Xiang..."

Shi Yan chuckled softly.

Hongjun had already pressured the Two Sages of the West, forcing them to pay a huge price to induce the Dragon Clan to enter the tribulation.

But who would have thought! The Dragon Clan actually hid a freak like 'San Bu Xiang' and such deceptive death-soldier methods to pull the wool over everyone's eyes!

Now, the Dragon Clan didn't have to enter the tribulation, and the West even compensated them with thirty percent of their Luck. It could be said that in this game, the Heavenly Dao lost big time.

After marveling at the Dragon Clan, he stretched lazily. His mind, which had been tense from dealing with the Saints' game, relaxed once more.

He casually waved his sleeve, and clouds gathered, slowly forming a comfortable cloud bed.

Shi Yan lay back down on it, his eyes slightly closed.

In his Primordial Spirit, the jade plate of creation fragment floated up and down, and the extremely profound Hunyuan-level Law Dao rhymes rippled out like water waves.

At the same time, he separated a thread of his mind, traversing endless space, and cast his gaze toward the distant Southern Lands.

"This little fellow, it's her first time traveling far from home, I wonder if she's being bullied?" A gentle curve formed at the corner of Shi Yan's mouth.

For his disciple Yinglong, Shi Yan could be said to have spoiled her excessively. From childhood to adulthood, the greatest hardship she had ever suffered was the boredom of secluded cultivation.

It was her first time traveling far, and it was even for trials.

Even with Human Emperor Xuanyuan watching over her, making it absolutely impossible for anything to go wrong, Shi Yan would still pay attention to her whenever he had time.

She was his only precious darling, and a female disciple at that, so he would definitely not let any accidents happen to her.

Shi Yan was now somewhat like Taiqing treating Xuandu.

...

In the Southern Lands, at this very moment, except for the Undying Volcano, war was raging everywhere.

The foreign clans, upon realizing they couldn't compete with the Phoenix Clan's vassal clans in single combat, united one after another.

Presenting a united front, they planned to first eliminate the Peacock Clan and Xuanniao Clan before competing among themselves.

Throughout the south, a strong scorched smell and the stench of blood permeated everywhere.

Even the Innate Spiritual Qi was faintly polluted.

Among them, in a certain nameless stretching mountain range, the battle cries shook the sky.

On the front lines of this chaotic battle, the Fish-man Race was frantically charging at the Peacock Clan's defensive line.

These mermen were covered in sticky, greenish-black scales, their eyes filled with bloodthirsty madness. Obviously, because they bore too much tribulation Karma, their minds had been clouded, and they knew only slaughter.

Facing the mermen's fearless charges, the Peacock Clan's proud Five Elements Divine Abilities seemed somewhat inadequate.

As Young Master of the Phoenix Clan's clan, they naturally had an Innate affinity for the Five Elements Laws.

"Young Master of the Phoenix Clan's clansmen, although extraordinarily talented, are ultimately still too 'refined'."

High in the sky, a steady figure stood with his hands behind his back, precisely the Human Emperor Xuanyuan.

He quietly watched the brutal war below, as if he were merely a spectator.

"How are Yinglong and Wuzhiqi doing? Is there any pressure participating in such a large-scale battle for the first time?"

"Human Emperor, I'm fine! With my current cultivation at Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection, few on this battlefield are my match!"

On the battlefield below, Yinglong wore a set of snow-White Dragon Armor, and the "sky-splitting spear" spear in her hand transformed into a sky full of flowing light.

The top-grade Innate Spirit Treasure sky-splitting spear had been thrown to Yinglong by Shi Yan long ago.

Valiant and heroic, she moved with ease through the brutal and bloodthirsty wave of mermen; each time her spear tip thrust forward, it would precisely sever the head of a Fish-man Race Cultivator.

Because the entire Fish-man Race was plagued by Karma, and Xuanyuan happened to run into them, the three of them stayed behind.

To help the Peacock Clan fight against the Fish-man Race.

Compared to Yinglong's elegant composure, Wuzhiqi on the other side seemed to be under immense pressure.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In a corner of the battlefield, the Void Realm trembled.

Wuzhiqi had already pushed his body to its absolute limit, continuously maintaining his Demon Ape True Form to fight the army of the Fish-man Race.

The Law of War and the Law of Water turned into ribbons, wrapping around his shoulders.

He gripped the heaven-shaking staff tightly with both hands, swinging it so fast that it was almost smoking, but he still couldn't tear open a gap.

He had been trapped in the same spot for several years...

Those mermen whose eyes were clouded by Karma and knew only slaughter were like mad dogs, stepping on their companions' corpses as they continuously poured in like a tide, trapping him firmly in place.

While frantically swinging his staff, Wuzhiqi hurriedly replied to Xuanyuan high in the sky:

"Teacher! With the Karma Armor on, it's... it's still manageable right now! But these bastards just never seem to end!"

He secretly complained.

Yinglong had a cultivation of Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection, so killing these mermen was naturally as easy as slicing vegetables, but he was still only at Taiyi Perfection... it was truly a struggle.

Even though the Law of War grew stronger the more he fought, and the Law of Water was suited for crowd combat,

the consumption of his Dharmic power was simply too great!

If not for the Karma Armor he wore, which blocked countless Divine Abilities and Spirit Treasures for him, he would probably have been forced to withdraw by now.

On Three Immortals Island, Shi Yan, lying on the cloud bed, saw this scene through that thread of his mind and nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad. Yinglong is becoming more and more proficient in using her Laws. She should be able to attempt a Breakthrough to Hunyuan Golden Immortal soon."

After praising Yinglong, his gaze drifted toward Wuzhiqi.

"This monkey is somewhat beyond my expectations."

His gaze lingered for a moment on the ten-thousand-foot Demon Ape on the battlefield, and a look of approval flashed in Shi Yan's eyes:

"To hold out for so long against so many opponents of the same Realm, he truly lives up to being one-fourth of a Chaos Demon God! I suppose after this battle, he will be able to break through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal."

As if they had heard Shi Yan's praise, Yinglong and Wuzhiqi in the distant Southern Lands seemed to feel it.

Behind Yinglong, her Dao Fruit manifested, and her true form materialized behind her. Utilizing the Law of Space, she hid within the spatial folds, popping out from time to time to slay a Grand Unity Golden Immortal merman.

His eyes burned with even greater Battle Intent, and he let out a sky-shaking roar; the heaven-shaking staff in his hand whipped up monstrous waves of water, smashing the surrounding Void Realm until it cracked inch by inch.

...

After withdrawing his gaze from these two juniors, Shi Yan adjusted his focus, looking past the chaotic battlefield,

and casting it directly onto the core region of the Southern Lands, the Undying Volcano!

At this moment, around the originally pure and blazing Nanming Li Fire, strands of blackish-gray tribulation Qi were coiling like maggots on a bone.

"Not bad. The speed at which the tribulation Qi is increasing is still acceptable. It seems the Phoenix Clan took the Human Emperor's warning to heart."

Shi Yan smiled faintly.

As long as they took it to heart, things would be easy... he was only afraid of the Phoenix Clan stirring up trouble again.