Shen Liang was a man who understood, a man of exceptional cleverness, who knew what mattered most to the Shen Family.
The Water God Tomb was the Shen Family’s true foundation, it was everything to the Shen Family!
"Martial nephew, don’t get entangled with the Shen Family people. Hurry into the Shen Family Mausoleum and seize the Creation. Our Yellow Heaven Dao’s plan to ambush Hu Li the Immortal has failed; Hu Li the Immortal has already slipped into the Shen Family Mausoleum ahead of us and is seizing the Shen Family’s Creation belonging to an Innate Divine. You must not waste time on the surface; rush into the tomb and stop Hu Li the Immortal’s actions, otherwise once he obtains the Creation, it’ll be our turn to suffer." Up above, Gu Mingyue saw Zhang Xiaohua and Zhou Qiucheng locked in battle and hastily shouted.
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaohua couldn’t help feeling a jolt in his heart: "Hu Li the Immortal actually managed to sneak into the Water God Tomb ahead of us?"
You had to know Hu Li the Immortal was a Twelfth Tier powerhouse of the Tiger Race; the mechanisms in that tomb absolutely couldn’t block him for long. If they kept delaying and let Hu Li the Immortal get a head start, would there be any path left for himself?
But at this moment he was caught up by Zhou Qiucheng, how could he free a hand to seek the Creation inside the Water God Tomb?
"Slaughter the Shen Family disciples at once, butcher every last Shen Family member and activate the Shen Family’s grand formation!" While fiercely battling Zhou Qiucheng, Zhang Xiaohua barked orders to the experts under Yellow Heaven Dao.
At this moment, Shen Liang’s eyes flicked; facing Chen Zhifei who was tangling with him, he stepped back with one stride, his figure flickering as he pulled away, already retreating into the depths of the grand formation, leaving Yellow Heaven Dao to massacre the Shen Family disciples.
Chen Zhifei was stunned by Shen Liang’s move, not understanding why Shen Liang suddenly withdrew, leaving Yellow Heaven Dao to slaughter the Shen Family disciples, but he refused to let this excellent opportunity slip by. He turned, the flagpole rolling out, and swept toward the old madam.
Facing the mighty power of the Northern Banner, the old madam was directly frozen into ice, then Chen Zhifei slapped the ice block with one palm, and the old madam shattered into pieces and crashed to the ground.
The Shen Family old madam—fell.
With Shen Liang pulling back, the slaughter within the Shen Family’s compound began; countless Shen Family disciples died violently one after another.
No one noticed that each time a Shen Family disciple fell, some mysterious Qi Mechanism from the unseen void poured into Shen Liang’s body, making the Qi Mechanism within him soar segment by segment, his cultivation skyrocketing, surging toward the Eleventh Tier.
Over there, Zhou Qiucheng saw Shen Liang actually standing by with folded arms and grew anxious: "Shen Liang, with a powerful enemy before us, why are you standing by and doing nothing?"
He too could not see the changes within Shen Liang’s body at this time, and only heard Shen Liang let out a quiet sigh: "I know the mandate of Heaven; defying Heaven is hard! The Shen Family’s general trend is like this—what can I do? Better to follow Heaven’s will; perhaps we can win a sliver of life."
Hearing Shen Liang’s words, countless black question marks popped up in Zhou Qiucheng’s head: ’Did this bastard’s brain break?’
Zhang Xiaohua was also stunned, but at this time he was being held back by Zhou Qiucheng and couldn’t spare the effort to see what trick was being played. The overall situation was already decided; Yellow Heaven Dao held absolute advantage, and the Shen Family being slaughtered to the last was only a matter of time. Could the Shen Family possibly turn the tables?
Completely impossible!
Zhang Xiaohua had absolute confidence in today’s scheme! The Shen Family was doomed to perish today—because he said so! Even the Celestial King couldn’t save them!
Inside the underground tomb
Zhang Chen and the other two looked at each other, then stared blankly at the shattered treasured blade. Hu Li the Immortal drew in a sharp breath: "This guy’s physical body really is hard as hell!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fragments of the shattered steel blade turned into Qi of Geng Metal and were drawn back into Hu Li the Immortal’s body. Hu Li the Immortal’s eyes turned toward the body of the Innate Water God, filled with resentment: "I refuse to believe it. I might not be able to handle a living Innate Water God, but I can’t even manage to injure his physical body?"
Hu Li the Immortal’s figure began to grow, turning into a body three meters tall. He grabbed the Innate Water God’s legs with both hands and gave a ferocious yank, trying to tear the Innate Water God’s body apart. Yet no matter how he exerted himself, veins bulging on his forehead in urgency, he still couldn’t do anything to that Innate Water God’s physical body.
Seeing this, Hu Li the Immortal withdrew his Divine Techniques with a disappointed expression, his eyes full of disbelief: "Just what level did these existences of the Ancient Era cultivate to? Only an empty shell of a physical body remains, yet I still can’t do anything to it?"
The other party was too powerful—so powerful it made one despair.
"Do you have any way to dismember it?" Hu Li the Immortal could only pin his hopes on Zhang Chen, his gaze full of inquiry, placing his hopes on Zhang Chen, hoping Zhang Chen could establish great merit.
"Perhaps I can give it a try!" Zhang Chen pondered briefly, then nodded.
He had the Golden Scissors and the incomplete Immortal Slaying Sword; both were killing tools, possessing peerless destructive power.
Especially the Golden Scissors. In recent years, nourished by Zhang Chen, constantly supplied with Innate Qi and Yin Yang Qi, the Golden Scissors had been continuously repairing themselves.
Zhang Chen looked at the body of the Innate Water God, pondering whether he should use the Golden Scissors or the Immortal Slaying Sword.
After thinking it over again and again, he felt the Golden Scissors should remain as his trump card and must not be easily revealed; it was enough for him to wield the Immortal Slaying Sword.
The Immortal Slaying Sword was a Supreme Treasure of the killing path, specialized in breaking the bodies of Immortal Gods; it should have miraculous effect on the Innate Water God before him.
A flash of cold light flickered from Zhang Chen’s sleeve, and a treasure sword brimming with killing intent appeared in his hand. With the appearance of that sword, an indescribable aura of slaughter spread through the secret chamber, making Hu Li the Immortal’s heart pound wildly, as if some great disaster was about to befall him, and making the hairs all over Tushan Qing’s body stand on end so much that he wished he could turn around and run immediately.
"That’s the treasure sword Yellow Heaven Dao used to slaughter the Shen Family’s Tenth Tier god!" Hu Li the Immortal recognized the sword at a glance. After all, a sword so overflowing with killing intent would leave an unforgettable impression on anyone who had seen it.
Zhang Chen nodded. "It is indeed that treasure sword."
"This sword is extremely ferocious. You must handle it with care and never allow yourself to be bitten back by it." Hu Li the Immortal felt the ferocious aura coming from the sword and carefully warned Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen nodded at his words. He commanded the Five-Colored Divine Light, Innate Yin Yang Qi, and the Power of Reincarnation—how could he possibly be bitten back by the Immortal Slaying Sword Qi?
Zhang Chen took the Immortal Slaying Sword and walked to the Innate Water God’s lower leg. The treasure sword drew a cold arc through the air and chopped down toward that calf.
Hu Li the Immortal and Tushan Qing both stared over, only to see the treasure sword actually cut an inch or so (about a centimeter) into the Innate Water God’s flesh. Water-blue blood flowed out from the wound.
"What a sharp treasure sword!" Hu Li the Immortal’s tiger eyes widened at this scene, full of disbelief.
And Tushan Qing at the side was even quicker on the uptake. He actually slid forward in one move, pouncing over and lying on the ground to lick the Innate Water God’s blood.
Whether it was Zhang Chen or Hu Li the Immortal, neither of them could bring themselves to make such a shameless move. They could only let Tushan Qing lick the blue blood off the floor.
As the blue blood was licked by Tushan Qing, the Qi Mechanism around him fluctuated. An obscure Qi Mechanism continuously circulated around his body, and his aura actually grew stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Hu Li the Immortal, seeing Tushan Qing’s shameless behavior, grew anxious at once. He grabbed a jar from a nearby shelf and placed it under the cut-open thigh to catch the flow. "Hurry and collect the blood. This blood is also Great Creation!"
Tushan Qing glanced at Hu Li the Immortal’s actions, a trace of grievance flashing in his eyes, then climbed to his feet and looked at that jade jar, his gaze burning hot. "As expected of an Innate Water God. I’ve only swallowed a few mouthfuls of blood and already feel tremendous improvement—my whole body’s blood is boiling. These few mouthfuls are at least worth ten years of bitter cultivation!"
Zhang Chen ignored Tushan Qing’s antics. He instead adjusted the jar’s position, set the wound over its mouth, then raised the Immortal Slaying Sword and ’chopped’ down on the Innate Water God’s calf. He was using the Immortal Slaying Sword like a butcher’s cleaver.
With Zhang Chen chopping again and again, flesh and blood from the Innate Water God sprayed everywhere. Blood spurted out and splashed onto the ground, only to be licked completely clean by Tushan Qing, who lay there on all fours.
"Hey, kid, can you at least have a bit of shame? You’ve lost all our Demon Race’s face." Hu Li the Immortal saw Tushan Qing lying on the ground shamelessly licking the blood and became furious on the spot, glaring at Tushan Qing and shouting.
Wasn’t this letting Zhang Chen watch them make a fool of themselves? Their disgrace was being thrown right in front of a Human.
"Old Ancestor, I’m not like you. You can split off half a body; I can only split off a pair of feet. Of course I have to cherish every drop of blood, don’t I?" Tushan Qing spoke with perfect self-assurance, feeling no shame and even taking pride in it.
Hearing Tushan Qing’s words, Hu Li the Immortal was so angry he couldn’t speak. He could only turn his head away and stop looking at Tushan Qing—out of sight, out of mind.
As Zhang Chen continued chopping, more than a dozen breaths later he hit the Innate Water God’s bone, revealing water-blue bones like jade. Those bones were extremely hard and troublesome to cut. When Zhang Chen brought the sword down, tiny bone splinters popped up; the sword only cut about a millimeter in and no longer sliced as cleanly as it did through flesh.
After Zhang Chen chopped a few times, Hu Li the Immortal sensed something was off. He moved closer, observed for a while, then said, "Your cultivation is too poor. You can’t bring out the sword’s power at all. Give the sword to me, I’ll chop in your place."
Hu Li the Immortal had been watching anxiously from the side and finally spoke to Zhang Chen.
"This sword is extremely ferocious and can bite back at the wielder. If I give it to you, you must use it with care, lest this treasure sword damage your flesh and Divine Soul." Zhang Chen did not refuse.
He had the Five-Colored Divine Light; no matter who held the Immortal Slaying Sword, they wouldn’t be able to do anything to him.
"It’s just a sword. No matter how ferocious, how capable can it be? You can handle it easily, and I, your Old Ancestor, have cultivation far beyond yours. Aren’t you looking down on me a bit too much?" Hu Li the Immortal said carelessly.