Hu Li the Immortal, upon hearing Zhang Chen’s words, wasted no time and directly opened his mouth, whereupon a peculiar gust of wind wrapped around the leaf in Zhang Chen’s hand and sent it into Hu Li the Immortal’s mouth.
Accompanied by the leaf entering Hu Li the Immortal’s mouth, under the powerful innate wood power of the Jianmu leaf, his damaged meridians quickly repaired, and the depleted Essence, Qi, and Spirit were replenished by overwhelming vitality.
Then, Hu Li the Immortal’s Qi mechanism surged, his body’s bloodline extremally rebound and transformed, unexpectedly surging toward a higher level.
"Good heavens, I actually facilitated your breakthrough! Normally, I, Zhang Chen, always take advantage of others like an old master, but today, you took advantage of me!" Zhang Chen watched as Hu Li the Immortal broke the shackles and made his way towards the Eleventh Tier, crossing the hardest threshold, and couldn’t help but curse aloud.
At this moment, Hu Li the Immortal ignored Zhang Chen’s rantings, as his whole body was enveloped in a layer of Platinum Qi, as if he turned into a metallic sculpture of platinum hue.
"The power of Geng Metal! It’s even beginning to involve innate aspects, with a trace of innate power within. This old thing’s bloodline power, after evolution, holds unlimited prospects! If one day, it evolves into the Innate White Tiger Divine Beast..." Zhang Chen suddenly thought of this world, yet didn’t know if this world could accommodate innate spirits.
Breaking through to a higher realm may not be good!
Zhang Chen thought of the Great Virtuous Master, this world couldn’t accommodate the princess, could it accommodate a Great Virtuous Master breakthrough to the realm of ’fruit’?
If the Great Virtuous Master breaks through to the fruit realm and becomes intolerable for this world, could I be able to leap out then? Might there be an opportunity to oppose the Yellow Heaven Dao and even overturn it?
With Hu Li the Immortal breaking through the Eleventh Tier, today’s battle in Jinling City is settled, barring any surprises, the Shen Family has no chance of comeback.
Having ascended this realm twice in both lives, Hu Li the Immortal completed his transformation in just a breath, then with the white platinum radiance around him gone, he turned his eyes toward Zhang Chen opposite him: "Kid, thanks a lot!"
"Dammit, I’ve always been the one taking advantage of others, never imagined someone would take advantage of me today!" Zhang Chen cursed furiously: "From the True Dragon Sinews and Bones back then, to the Innate Leaf now, you tell me how many benefits I’ve lost in your hands? I go to fleece others, but you come to fleece me?"
Hu Li the Immortal was taken aback by the words, although he’s been controlled by this kid, it’s an undeniable fact that he’s been extracting benefits from him.
Hu Li the Immortal subtly shifted the topic, his eyes turned toward the Shen Family Mansion, which was at that moment ablaze with roaring flames and earth-shattering shouts of killing.
"The Shen Family is finished!" Hu Li the Immortal exclaimed.
"All endings have long been destined." Zhang Chen nodded his head, indeed his attention was diverted by Hu Li the Immortal.
Hu Li the Immortal said: "I heard you have some family ties with the Shen Family? You’ve even gotten engaged to a girl from the Shen Family?"
"I do." Zhang Chen nodded.
"Then should I leave?" Hu Li the Immortal probeingly asked.
"I’ve already severed ties with the Shen Family girl, I’ve been disengaged." Zhang Chen smiled bitterly.
Hu Li the Immortal heard this and was taken aback, his face full of astonishment: "Even someone like you got disengaged by the Shen Family. I’m really curious now, what talents or charm does the new Shen Family son-in-law have to surpass even you?"
Zhang Chen remained silent.
Hu Li the Immortal, observing Zhang Chen’s shadowy face in the flames, revealed a hint of caution, probeingly asked: "Then I...?????"
"Those children are innocent, leave the Shen Family a bloodline." Zhang Chen thought of his mother he never met, and sighed softly.
This is karma!
His mother was from the Shen Family, it was his mother who gave him life. Now he has given the Shen Family a life, the karma could be considered resolved on behalf of his mother.
Hu Li the Immortal nodded upon hearing this, then let out a sinister cold laugh, suddenly heading towards the Shen Family’s stronghold.
Hu Li the Immortal opened a massacre, with a wide maw, continually devouring various deities and Bloodline Practitioners, regardless of whether they belonged to the Yellow Heaven Dao or the Shen Family, no one could withstand him, only being devoured.
"Hu Li the Immortal! Stop at once! You’re killing the wrong people, why kill the deities of my Yellow Heaven Dao?" At this time, an expert of the Yellow Heaven Dao couldn’t remain calm, standing outside the Eight Gates Locking Gold Array, urgently shouted.
"Ha ha, I’m killing your Yellow Heaven Dao! Today, whether it’s the Shen Family or the Yellow Heaven Dao, I’m determined to kill them all! Because you’ve dared conspire against me, you must suffer my revenge!" Hu Li the Immortal roared like a tiger, causing everyone within a ten-mile radius to faint, and without regard to which faction the cultivators belonged to, Hu Li the Immortal opened his mouth, a whirlwind lifting the fainted cultivators, and devoured them all.
"Hu Li the Immortal, it was just a misunderstanding! We were trying to pin down Shen Li, but who knew our Divine Techniques mistakenly targeted you." The Yellow Heaven Dao Ninth Tier deity presiding over the Eight Gates Locking Gold Array quickly spoke.
Zhang Chen heard the voice and recognized its source. It was his old rival: Gu Mingyue.
At this moment, Gu Mingyue stood outside the Eight Gates Locking Gold Array, eyes full of anxiety, but did not dare to enter it rashly for fear of creating a gap in the array, allowing the Shen Family’s direct line to escape.
"Damn it, do you take me for a fool? Do you really think I’m an idiot!" Hu Li the Immortal didn’t care about any of this, slaughtering indiscriminately regardless of ally or enemy.
After all, there were no fellow demons here, so he could just massacre freely. You should know, these were all Bloodline Practitioners, divine beings, great supplements for him!
At this moment, Hu Li the Immortal felt unsatisfied with his devouring, and his childlike body twisted, transforming into a giant tiger a hundred feet tall. The tiger’s body displayed black and white stripes, with the white stripes glistening with a metallic luster, an inexplicable rhythm flowing through them.
"Roar~"
Hu Li the Immortal let out a roar, shaking Heaven and Earth, causing tremors throughout Jinling City. The souls of all cultivators within a radius of dozens of miles were cast out of their bodies by the roar, then inhaled by Hu Li the Immortal with a single nostril’s breath.
Then he opened his bloody mouth, swallowing all the human cultivators fighting in the streets.
As for the ordinary citizens hiding indoors, Hu Li the Immortal held back, fearing Zhang Chen’s opinions, and didn’t dare to touch ordinary people.
At this moment, whether they were from the Shen Family, the Yellow Heaven Dao, or even from the White Lotus Sect’s Flood Banner group, they were all swallowed by Hu Li the Immortal.
At this very moment, anyone fighting in the streets was not innocent.
"You actually have connections with Hu Li the Immortal? And it seems like quite a connection?" Tushan Qing appeared next to Zhang Chen, looking at him with curiosity.
Hu Li the Immortal used Divine Techniques to avoid Zhang Chen, leaving Zhang Chen unaffected while he stood there.
Whether it was the unique method of the one who possessed Chai Chuanxin or Hu Li the Immortal intentionally avoiding him, Tushan Qing was also unaffected.
"Somewhat familiar!" Zhang Chen replied, "The reason I’m not running away is because I’m somewhat familiar with Hu Li the Immortal. Why aren’t you running? What are you waiting for?"
"The reason I’m not running is because I’m somewhat familiar with you." Tushan Qing looked at Hu Li the Immortal’s frenzied state, moving slightly closer to Zhang Chen.
As Hu Li the Immortal continued his massacre, the distant Chen Zhifei and the Shen Family’s ancestor Shen Liang were startled by the situation and separated. Shen Liang took the opportunity to retreat back to the Shen Family, while Chen Zhifei turned his head towards the berserk Hu Li the Immortal, unable to resist shouting, "Hu Li the Immortal, we are all allies, what madness is this?"
Responding to Chen Zhifei was a claw from Hu Li the Immortal, its cold light twisting the void, ignoring space and distance, overwhelmingly pressing towards Chen Zhifei. Chen Zhifei’s hand waved the Profound Yuan Water Control Banner, turning into a light screen before him, but the tiger’s claw collided with the shield, bouncing Chen Zhifei away like a ball without any resistance.
"Roar~"
Hu Li the Immortal continued his massacre in Jinling City, killing both the Yellow Heaven Dao cultivators and devouring those from the five great families.
Finally, when the streets quieted down, Hu Li the Immortal transformed back into human form, still in the guise of a child. This time, he evolved from a five or six-year-old child to a seven or eight-year-old child, with a round, bulging belly looking adorably pudgy.
However, everyone hiding in the shadows, looking at that pudgy child, was filled with fear and terror to the extreme.
Hu Li the Immortal turned his gaze towards the Shen Family, now deathly silent. Everyone was pale, holding weapons, standing in the courtyard, looking up at Hu Li the Immortal suspended in the air.
"I want the Shen Family’s mausoleum!" Hu Li the Immortal spoke, his tender childlike voice echoing through the night sky.
"Impossible!" Shen Liang shook his head.
"I originally intended to spare your Shen Family if you showed sense. But now you’re forcing me to massacre! You’re provoking me!" Hu Li the Immortal sighed softly. He wished to evolve by acquiring the body of the Innate Water God, to re-enter the Twelfth Tier and gather enough foundation to attempt the mysterious realm, so no matter what, he would enter that mausoleum today.
"The only way for outsiders to enter the Shen Family mausoleum is through blood sacrifice. You want to enter the mausoleum, that implies taking the lives of my Shen Family disciples." Shen Liang’s voice was filled with helplessness. Facing the Eleventh Tier Hu Li the Immortal, his scalp tingled, but he had to step forward.
"Then I can only take the lives of your Shen Family disciples!" Hu Li the Immortal sighed softly, the aura around him coalesced, the void tinged with an indescribable platinum light.
"Even if the ancestor is Eleventh Tier, taking the lives of our Shen Family disciples requires a price." Shen Liang’s voice grew firm.
As he finished speaking, blue light surged from the Shen Family mansion, transforming into a blue pillar of light shooting into the sky, enveloping the Shen Family.