Chapter 350: Earth
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
"Those 3 tribes' leaders were all defeated? Trash!"
Near Shangzhang Division, a 3 Tailed Spiritual Fox was hiding inside a bush. It was watching the events unfold with its long and narrow blue eyes.
"There must be a dream master from the Realm Alliance hidden amongst the Xia messengers! Once they gather the nearby divisions and send tens of thousands of people to search the Tortoise Mountain, Wu Zhiqi's seal would be discovered! No way! I need to make my move quickly!"
As the fox thought, it turned into a stream of white light and disappeared in the bushes.
Tortoise Mountain.
The mountain was shaped like a tortoise prone on the ground. It suppressed the water currents and gathered auspicious energy.
Near the position of one of the tortoise's leg, the waters were black. A whirlpool was formed there.
The white fox came to the side of the water and jumped in without hesitation.
With a splash, water splattered all over the surface of the river and waves were formed. Even the black water whirlpool immediately subsided.
Deep within the river, there was a mouth of a spring.
Streaks of dim golden lights gathered and cast light on the silhouette of a gigantic ape. It had a white head, a green body, a pair of fiery golden eyes and a golden bell on its nose. It had a fearsome look and was shackled by numerous iron chains.
Although both its eyes were shut, streaks of mysterious and mercurial like spiritual aura automatically gathered around its body and formed ripples. It was a natural water spirit body.
Such a demon was truly terrifying!
"Wu Zhiqi's divine body..."
An air bubble emerged. Inside the bubble, the 3 Tailed Spiritual Fox was carrying a black crystal in his mouth.
The black crystal was extremely condensed. Inside it, there were sparkling gold runes that radiated a layer of mysterious light.
With the crystal, the mysterious water energy and the strong water pressure in the surrounding dispelled at once which allowed the fox to went closer.
"Wu Zhiqi is a powerful ancient water demon! His body is filled with mysterious water-type inscriptions, he is extremely powerful and his magic is boundless..."
The 3 Tailed Spiritual Fox sprawled on Wu Zhiqi's shoulders and mumbled, "Furthermore..., this is the powerful being's possessed body, it has accumulated over hundred years worth of demonic strength. Once it is released and controlled by me, it can even easily defeat dream masters at the 6th Tier of Illusionary Divine stage! Sadly..., there's only one chance!"
Even dream masters from the Realm Alliance had their cultivation weakened in this realm and could not restore to their full power.
The fox's own demon body had its advantages, it could control water currents in this realm.
"The leaders were afraid our demon body would be discovered. They had already altered it such that once it is abandoned, it would die immediately. Such a pity!" the fox thought.
The 3 Tailed Spiritual Fox turned a few rounds and finally made up its mind, "Although there's only one chance in this body, to be able to experience another realm and sense water currents and water-type spiritual inscriptions were the benefits of this body!"
With such a thought, the 3 Tailed Spiritual Fox immediately abandoned its demon body.
The white fox quivered. Its pulse and blood flow stopped immediately as it died.
A translucent Yin Spirit emerged from it. It appeared to be a female dream master in a colourful skirt and a girdle with a jade pendant. There was a three coloured mysterious light glowing from her and hence, her figure could not be discerned clearly.
She held the black crystal and went towards Wu Zhiqi's nostril.
"Woong! Woooong!"
As she got closer, the golden bell began shaking and emitted a golden light. When the golden bell touched the black crystal, it stopped shaking at once and a passage appeared. The Yin Spirit entered the passage and there was a momentary silence.
Moments later, cracking noises could be heard. Cracks appeared on the chains and the golden bell which soon fell off.
Wu Zhiqi opened his eyes. There was a fiery looking glow from his eyeballs.
"Kaboom!"
Outside, on top of Tortoise Mountain, grey clouds covered the skies. A storm erupted!
...
"Clang!"
Xia Qi accidentally dropped a ceramic bowl on to the floor.
He could not be bothered about it. He walked outside to look at the torrential rain and asked, "Why is it so fast?"
"Pitter patter!"
The river waters turned black and overflowed. It surged over Tortoise Mountain and was flowing towards the plains.
No matter how strong a warrior was, at the sight of such a catastrophic disaster, their expression changed at once as they froze in fear.
"Looks like Wu Zhiqi's seal has been broken earlier than we expected!" Fang Yuan calmly spoke as he watched, while his eyes shined with a fiery light.
"In actual fact, this is very normal. After defeating their supporters, we were about to search through the entire Tortoise Mountain, the seal would definitely be found! Since they didn't want to wait to be discovered, they definitely broke the seal first!" Fang Yuan thought.
"Yuan! You'll follow me!" Xia Qi turned around and said.
Only the two of them had divine techniques and could defeat the water demon. The other warriors were panic-stricken and confused, what use would they have?
"No, I want to follow you!"
Wei held his bow and followed Fang Yuan.
"No! You all have to stay here and protect this division! Rely on the walls as defence!"
Fang Yuan shook his head and pointed outside.
Wei was astonished. She just realised within the rising waters, there were silhouettes of all sorts of demons.
Wood fiends, water spirits, mountain demons, stone monsters and numerous other unimaginable spirits appeared in large amounts. There were over a thousand of them charging towards the division.
"These are all Wu Zhiqi's kind... kill them all!"
Xia Qi hollered and looked at Fang Yuan. The two of them carried bow and arrows on their back and a copper dagger on their hands. They then charged out as though they were fierce tigers.
"Yuan!"
Wei could only scream loudly as she saw the two of them going away quickly. She clenched her teeth and looked at the spirits that were coming over to attack them. She then fiercely shouted at the young Fa who was beside her, "Fa! If you don't want your division to be defeated by these demons and have all your tribe members eaten up, you better be truthful and activate all your people to resist them with us!"
...
"Oh... actually, this is pretty good too! Since Wu Zhiqi willingly appeared, we don't have to waste time searching for him!"
"Furthermore, there are fewer restrictions since no one else is around!"
Xia Qi moved his fingers gracefully as though he was playing a musical instrument. The demons in the surrounding 10 yards froze immediately and were ripped apart from between their eyebrows, turning into black coloured sand.
Such savagery, there was no tinge of panic left!
Fang Yuan was very understanding of how Xia Qi had to balance his true identity and his identity in this realm. He asked him, "You are so confident that this is not a powerful ability of a 7th Tier Illusionary Divine dream master?"
"I am! If it was a powerful being, there would be no changes to the weather! The winds and waters would be calm, there would be no lightning or thunder. That would be the scariest!"
Xia Qi laughed and continued, "Of course... it's okay even if I guessed wrong. If such an Illusionary Divine dream master that we cannot defeat really comes into this realm, we can still preserve our true aura and get out of this realm to report it to the Realm Alliance! It would still be a big accomplishment!"
"Nevertheless, the most likely scenario is that it's a Hidden Dragon Guard that is making use of Wu Zhiqi's possessed body. Hence, we have to suppress it!"
"I understand now!"
As Fang Yuan listened, he was greatly enlightened.
Although such a possessed body was strong, it was an obvious target. Even if the seal was discovered, it might even be a trap that had been set up beforehand.
If it was a bait set up by the Sage, even a dream master at the 7th Tier of Illusionary Divine would die if they fell into such a trap!
7th Tier of Illusionary Divine dream masters were powerful beings too, even the Imperial Court could not force them to come over. Even if they were to come, they would lay low and slowly progress!
With this premise, Xia Qi was naturally not afraid.
Even if they were so unlucky and met such a dream master, they would just face the music.
"Of course... at such a stage, we should no longer conceal our true selves! We should unleash all our abilities and destroy that Wu Zhiqi! Even if we have to return immediately, it is still a big accomplishment!"
Xia Qi's eyes burned fierily as he turned into a beam of light and reached the peak of Tortoise Mountain with Fang Yuan.
As they looked down, they saw the originally calm waters of Huai River had become strong waves and currents. A whirlpool was becoming larger and larger and it occupied almost the entire width of the river. Inside it, a black shadow could be vaguely seen.
Suddenly, thunder roared and the river water exploded. A humongous ape emerged from the whirlpool and stared downwards viciously.
"Wow! Winds and lightning rage, trees and rocks rustle! The realm is in chaos as Wu Zhiqi emerged! What a powerful demon!"
Fang Yuan sighed and continued, "The water-type spiritual inscriptions on his body shows that he is from the witchcraft dao. If I can understand these inscriptions, it will be extremely beneficial to me!"
"There are two dream masters from the Realm Alliance?"
A woman's voice could be heard from the ugly monkey face of Wu Zhiqi.
"No wonder Shangzhang they all lost so badly!"
"Indeed, a Hidden Dragon Guard! It's not a powerful being possessing the body!"
Xia Qi was relieved at such. However, his expression turned solemn again, "This Wu Zhiqi would be equivalent to a dream master at the 5th Tier of Illusionary Divine stage in Da Qian Empire. However, in this realm, dream masters at the 6th Tier of Illusionary Divine stage were restricted! There was a possibility that Wu Zhiqi could not be defeated!"
"Defeat me?"
Wu Zhiqi paused for a moment before he guffawed. It was as though he heard an incredulous joke, "Although my cultivation is not that strong, this possessed body is a remnant of the powerful being! It cannot be penetrated by any weapon and it is extremely powerful! Your Xi is not coming and you are thinking of defeating me? Scram and get out of this realm!"
"Roar!"
The ape bellowed. Its roar was extremely menacing and earthshaking.
The water levels in Huai River rose sharply immediately and formed a waterspout that flooded the Tortoise Mountain.
"Splash!"
Under this extremely powerful force, the entire Tortoise Mountain tremored and a sorrowful cry could be heard from within it. Unbelievably, cracks started forming from the foot of the mountain!
Wu Zhiqi's might could indeed topple mountains and wreak havoc on the seas!
"Heh!"
Accompanied by a roar from Xia Qi, an earth mountain rose from the vast seas and Xia Qi transformed into an enormous giant.
The giant was taller than Wu Zhiqi, it had a human body and a snake tail. There was also a winged snake that coiled around its entire body. The winged snake was spitting a yellow coloured spiritual light that was connected to the surrounding lands.
"Dream beast master?"
As Fang Yuan watched, he thought of Sun Jue from Source Seeking Sect.
Of course, Xia Qi's power was much stronger than Sun Jue's.
"In the cultivation of a dream beast master, they would mostly undergo numerous transformations in the initial stages. In the first 3 Tiers of the Illusionary Divine stage, they could only transform into different beasts to obtain their power. After the 4th Tier of the Illusionary Divine stage, they could actualise spirituality and transform into magical beasts with powerful abilities. After the 7th Tier of the Illusionary Divine Stage, they could easy summon a large army of beasts that were undefeatable!"
"The giant Xia Qi transformed into was an Earth Witchcraft body! Evidently, his body already contained the bloodline of an Earth Witch. This time around, by utilising this transformation, he is making use of twice the power of Earth Witchcraft! Its power is not to be belittled!"
"Trying to fight water with earth?"
Wu Zhiqi hollered, the voice was that of a woman which was rather queer.
"With just that pathetic amount of energy from your bloodline, you think you can defeat a powerful being that has cultivated for hundreds of years? Die!"
"Rumble!"
Layers of water-type spiritual inscriptions on the ape's body glowed. All the water currents in the realm reacted and started gushing fiercely!