171: Saint creatures

Tian Zhu City, fifth floor.

Ancestral Land Secret Chamber.

Bang—

A rabbit-shaped Strange Beast exploded, scattering into a sky full of blood mist that permeated the entire secret chamber.

“Still no good…”

A trace of helplessness appeared on Gu Changsheng's face as the golden witch blood re-entered his body.

Three days… one thousand three hundred and sixty-four Strange Beasts… involving hundreds of different types… without exception, all exploded and died.

Engraving a Formation within the Physical Body was like building a temple in a snail shell, purely a delicate task.

A slight oversight could injure oneself.

Even with Gu Changsheng's powerful Physical Body, he dared not act recklessly.

Suddenly, he frowned, his gaze piercing through the Void Realm, looking towards the outside world.

A heaven-splitting golden Sword Qi pierced through the Sky Palace from the bottom layer. As the Sword Qi swept past, the protective Formations around the Sky Palace shattered, like a cut egg, split in half down the middle.

Rumble—

Tian Zhu City, first floor, the surrounding Formations roared, countless Sword Qi Yuan frantically burned, and Sword Qi rampaged.

A smile spread across Gu Changsheng's lips: “The Golden Peak Extinction Sword Formation… Shu Mountain’s actions are even faster than I imagined.”

Shu Mountain was a great Yang Spirit Realm Sect, dominating an area of a million li, with countless affiliated Sects.

How could they swallow their anger after two Dongxuan Elders fell in a small Witch Clan Secret Realm?

The Sky Palace, split into two halves, now had a chasm-like crack in the middle, yet it still floated in the Void Realm, far from being completely destroyed.

“Damn it, what happened!”

“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

“Report to the Elders immediately!”

The Witch Clan was in chaos.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

More than ten figures flew out from the Sky Palace, their Qi and blood surging, Evil Qi filling the sky.

The three-headed Witch Clan Elder at the forefront had a fierce and malevolent expression. His two heads each had a single eye, and his mouth was full of sharp, jagged teeth, like a ferocious Strange Beast.

He took a step, and a golden phantom emerged from his body, actually batting away the incoming sky-full of Sword Light with one palm.

“Thirteen Dongxuan Realm Great Witches… the strongest is roughly comparable to the Late Stage Dongxuan Realm.”

In the distance from Tian Zhu City, Sect Head Ling Tianxu’s lips curved into an arc. A massive amount of black Qi poured into the Sword Formation, and the Sword Qi’s power instantly soared.

“Everyone, follow me and kill!”

“As per Sect Head’s decree!”

“Kill!”

Thirty-three Dongxuan Elders flew through the Void Realm, each displaying their methods. Sword Qi twisted and killed the wind and clouds, the Void Realm trembled, and the entire Tian Zhu City seemed to turn into a meat grinder, harvesting countless lives.

The cries and wails of the Witch Clan echoed through the sky.

On Shu Mountain’s side, the number of Profound Cave experts already held an advantage, and with the Witch Clan’s singular methods, after just one encounter, three Dongxuan Great Witches were slain on the spot.

Clang—

A Sword Qi swept across Ku Gu's neck. His eyes, clad in beast hide, widened. He felt his vision spin, his body lighten, and his head tumbled down into the Void Realm.

“From the looks of it, the Witch Clan is no match at all…”

Gu Changsheng frowned slightly.

Suddenly, several terrifying auras rose from the fifth-floor Ancestral Land. Light and shadows swirled, transforming into ten giants that flew through the Void Realm.

The ten Clan Chiefs of the Royal Clan!

In an instant, twenty Dongxuan Great Witches entered the battlefield.

Their Bloodlines surged and merged, and each attack seemed to have a combined strike effect.

However, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the scales of victory still tilted towards Shu Mountain.

“The Sky Palace has emptied its ranks, and its internal strength is weak. Now is the time to steal the golden beast bone…”

Gu Changsheng took out the guiding token, squeezed it with his five fingers, and the token shattered, dispersing into green light points that enveloped his entire body. Immediately, countless Strange Beast secret patterns appeared in the surrounding space.

‘The Witch Clan’s Dao of Formation can also be applied by analogy, comparable to the main world. It’s quite impressive…’

Gu Changsheng muttered to himself.

He blinked, and the surrounding environment suddenly changed.

Piles of Strange Beast skulls, and before him, an boundless pool of blood, bubbling and churning, with a rich aura of Qi and blood permeating the entire space.

‘Fortunately, that heaven-splitting Sword Qi didn't damage the blood pool…’

Gu Changsheng leaped, diving into the bottom of the blood pool like a swimming fish. After about ten breaths, he arrived before the golden beast bone.

The golden beast bone was about ten zhang long, entirely jade-white, emitting a faint golden light.

Purple light flickered in his eyes, and through the bone, he saw the surging marrow within.

‘This isn't a Strange Beast bone… its aura is completely different from both Strange Beasts and the Witch Clan…’

Gu Changsheng circulated all his Qi and blood, his body swelling, transforming into a twelve-zhang tall golden giant. He embraced the huge golden beast bone with his fan-like hands.

Whoosh—

A massive vortex immediately formed in the blood pool.

“Rise!”

With a snap, the incredibly heavy golden beast bone was forcibly pulled up, and black Qi frantically poured in to refine it.

Suddenly, a sharp shout came from afar: “Thief, how dare you!”

A Great Witch with a third eye on his forehead, his body surging with Qi and blood, drew his golden Dragon bone great bow to its full extent, nocking nine white bone arrows.

Whoosh—

The arrows pierced the air, covered in a layer of white airflow phantoms, blocking all possible evasion directions around Gu Changsheng.

“Are there still Dongxuan Great Witches hiding?”

Gu Changsheng activated his Qi and blood, and a golden phantom enveloped his body. His golden Ancestral Blood burned furiously. He swung his arms, and the massive golden beast bone in his hands violently smashed the nine incoming arrows.

“You good-for-nothing thief!”

The three-eyed Great Witch was filled with shock and anger, quickly pulling arrows from the quiver on his back, drawing his bow and nocking an arrow.

However, by the time the Dragon bone great bow was drawn to a full moon, Gu Changsheng’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

“Oh no!”

Beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on the three-eyed Great Witch’s forehead, and a whooshing sound came from behind him.

Bang—

The heavy golden beast bone slammed into his body, instantly breaking the three-eyed Great Witch’s spine and shattering his internal organs. He turned into a blur and shot into the distance, blood mixed with internal organs splattering across the Void Realm.

‘This strength… he’s simply a monster… no, this Physical Body is going to be ruined…’

Gurgle—

The three-eyed Great Witch’s chest bulged as if something alive was moving inside. In the blink of an eye, his chest tore open, and a black shadow flew towards the horizon with astonishing speed.

“Hmm… a parasitic species, is it…”

Gu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed, and a five-colored escape light rose beneath his feet.

The Perfection-level Five Elements Heaven Evasion Divine Light, its speed far outstripping others of the same rank, instantly blocked the black shadow’s escape path.

Only then did he clearly see the black shadow’s appearance.

It was pitch black all over, constantly dripping black liquid, faceless, with only a single huge head, and crimson eyes filled with distortion and madness.

Suddenly, a gray thought-force surged through the air.

Gu Changsheng’s expression hardened, his Soul Sea churning, revealing a monstrous black shadow creature.

“Hehehe… This Physical Body is not bad… just suitable for my Saint Clan’s Possession and descent…”

Immediately after, the black shadow creature could no longer laugh.

A gray, faint Sword Light, imbued with Dark Light, swept out from the depths of his Soul Sea, instantly severing the black shadow’s thought-force into two halves.

‘This Soul Power… how is this possible… no…’

Clang, clang, clang—

Seven or eight wisdom swords, wrapped in Dark Light, completely tore the black shadow into a sky full of fragments.

Looking closely, the black shadow floated in the Void Realm, but there was no longer any trace of a Soul.

“Saint Clan… beings from another world, perhaps…”

Suddenly, Gu Changsheng frowned slightly, turning his head to look towards the horizon, faintly sensing many Witch Clan Great Witches rushing towards this location.

“I need to leave…”

At this moment, Gu Changsheng had completely refined the golden beast bone. With a thought, it shrunk and was stored in his sleeve. His body gradually became illusory, disappearing from its original spot.