Upon hearing this, everyone felt enlightened, yet their anxiety intensified. After all, the essence Qi of the great snake was constantly diminishing, and the Law of Heaven and Earth was still unstable. The Yang God True Man was unable to act; time waits for no one!
Despite the crowd’s burning impatience, the situation did not change according to human will. They watched as the Ba Snake’s body continually shrunk under Zhang Chen’s devouring, reducing in size to merely two miles within a few days.
Watching the Ba Snake’s body shrink visibly, the Human Race was restless, looking at each other with no solution in hand.
Over there, Prince Pingbian was even more anxious. This was the Northern Land, his domain, and logically everything should belong to him—like a nation in posterity where everything on this land belongs to itself. Similarly, this was Prince Pingbian’s fiefdom, and all items belonged to Prince Pingbian’s Mansion. Now, having the Demon Race he invited take the prize felt worse than death.
Just as Prince Pingbian was burning with anxiety, Observatory Master Xu Wei of the Huangli Temple approached, respectfully saluting him: "Prince, a portion of the earth’s residual waves have calmed. The Divine Spirits can now take action."
"Divine Spirits can now take action? What tier of Divine Spirits?" Prince Pingbian rejoiced upon hearing this.
"Eighth tier!" Xu Wei replied.
An eighth-tier Divine Spirit is equivalent to the Yin Spirit Realm, but their power is worlds apart from a Yin Spirit.
An eighth-tier Divine Spirit is not weaker than an eighth-tier Qi Cultivator! Moreover, due to their ability to harness the Law of Heaven and Earth, they are stronger than Qi Cultivators of the same tier.
The eighth tier is the common endpoint for ordinary Divine Spirits. Advancing further requires a base of evolution into a Natural Divine Spirit, such as Mountain Gods or Water Gods.
The eighth and ninth tiers are a watershed, a shackle. Before the eighth tier, as long as enough belief is gathered, grades could be infinitely increased, but when advancing to the ninth tier, a base is needed. For instance, becoming a God of Mountains and Waters, using them as a base to ascend.
Furthermore, ordinary mountains and waters are not enough; they must possess Dragon Vein Qi to be used as promotion resources. Then, the eighth-tier Divine Spirit, utilizing the creation within the mountains and waters, can imprint the Law of Heaven and Earth upon their soul, facilitating higher-level transformation.
Just like the former Prince Pingbian Zhang Shicheng, who wished to transform into the Divine Dragon, needed the entire Northern Land’s earth vein as a base for a chance to ascend to the heavens.
Currently, the Divine Spirits designated by various families in the Northern Land are all regular eighth-tier ones. As for ninth-tier Divine Spirits?
All Northern Land Dragon Veins are in the hands of Prince Pingbian. Without his approval, who dares to challenge the tiger’s whiskers?
"Quickly send out the eighth-tier Divine Spirits to drive that demon beast away!" Prince Pingbian promptly ordered.
Seeing the great snake continuously shrink made him anxious to death. The entirety of the snake’s essence was being devoured by the Demon Race—how strong would their power swell?
If the Demon Race’s strength became too overwhelming, a split with the Great Victory Dynasty and cooperation with them might result in being suppressed by the Demon Race.
If the Demon Race’s power became too dominant, finding himself in a weak position would not bode well.
Prince Pingbian issued an order, summoning eight Divine Spirits for assistance.
Without a domain, Divine Spirits are not restricted by territories. Only upon merging with the mountain and water veins are they confined to a specific area. Only when their cultivation strengthens, advancing to Celestial Gods, can they break the shackles and leave their domain.
Following Prince Pingbian’s command, eight figures emitting radiance approached from afar.
At this moment, Zhang Chen, sitting on the Ba Snake’s back and devouring essence blood, suddenly smelled a faint incense Qi and was shocked, quickly opening his eyes to see eight figures approaching from afar.
The eight figures were enveloped in divine light, appearing extraordinarily sacred, their appearances obscured by the incense Qi, unrecognizable.
The eight Divine Spirits, stepping forward, shortened the distance to mere inches, covering dozens of miles in a breath, their powers extraordinary.
"Eighth-tier Divine Spirits!" Zhang Chen noticed the eight approaching figures, his pupils contracted: "This realm can already accommodate eighth-tier Divine Spirits to act?"
Fortunately, they were merely eighth-tier Divine Spirits, and his invisibility rune was also eighth-tier, preventing the opponents from seeing through its power.
"Eighth-tier Divine Spirits are not like those inferior ones practicing the Divine Soul Dao; eighth-tier Divine Spirits are stronger than eighth-tier Qi Cultivators! Although I am only at the second tier of Qi Cultivation, I can’t imagine what incredible skills would be possessed when Qi Cultivation Technique reaches the eighth tier and masters Divine Technique." Zhang Chen used Qi Cultivation Technique as a horizontal comparison, deeply apprehensive of eighth-tier Divine Spirits.
"Prince!"
The eight-tier Divine Spirits approached Prince Pingbian, respectfully saluting him.
Prince Pingbian nodded: "Lend your aid to kill that beast."
The eight Divine Spirits nodded, then transformed into a golden light, landing before the blood pool formed by the Ba Snake’s eyes. One Divine Spirit proclaimed: "Bear Demon King, you dare to act wantonly within our Human Race, today your fate ends! Prepare to die!"
’Roar~’
The Bear Demon King in the blood pool was enraged to hear someone dare to provoke him, roaring out and leaping from the pool.
When the earth was clear in the past, within the Human Race territory, he naturally had to behave cautiously, but now, with the Law of Heaven and Earth disrupted, human high-level forces did not act. How could he let such minor annoyances bully him?
A thunderous roar emanated from the blood pool, and the Bear Demon King leaped out, his eyes fixed on the eight figures radiating divine aura. Moments later, his body quickly enlarged, soon regaining a stature of over sixty meters: "You tiny ants dare to challenge me?"
Zhang Chen observed the Bear Demon King’s stature, secretly musing: "At this moment, the Bear Demon King’s body grew an extra ten meters, nearing seventy meters in height—his power increased again."
"Menace, if you perceive the situation, quickly surrender and beg forgiveness from the Prince, awaiting his judgement, or today will mark your end." One Divine Spirit levitated level with the Bear Demon King’s head, reprimanding him.
"Human two-legged lambs dare provoke me; today, I shall measure the Human Race’s so-called Divine Spirit prowess." The Bear Demon King swung a fist, a mountain-sized punch targeting the Divine Spirit.
The Divine Spirit remained unfazed, summoning the cloud above: "Thunder!"
The next moment, the sky’s black clouds swirled, countless bolts of lightning formed a whip in the Divine Spirit’s hand, fiercely striking at the Bear Demon King.
The whip, stretching freely, instantly extended several miles, directly landing on the Bear Demon King.
The Bear Demon King’s earth’s primordial magnetism guarding his body was broken by the whip, lightning erupting on his fur, igniting it instantly. Flames surged upward, causing the bewildered Bear Demon King to quickly withdraw his paws, swatting away the fire.
The whip arced over the Bear Demon King’s body before striking a nearby mountain peak, collapsing half its side.
Zhang Chen beheld the whip made entirely of thunder, gasping in astonishment. It consisted not just of thunder but the order of thunder.
Its power rivaled being struck directly by celestial thunder, likely not much less.
"Were it me facing this whip, I likely couldn’t withstand it. The gap is excessively wide, nearly unbridgeable! Unless in a river area, utilizing the Water Control Technique, might I have a chance to defeat the opponent." Zhang Chen thought fearfully: "Or cease the Golden Scissors, carving through the opponent’s true body, capable of slaughtering them, or face my demise instead!"
Zhang Chen felt inwardly horrified, yet not fearful; his invisibility rune reaching the eighth tier meant the opponent, however formidable, couldn’t see him—what use was that?
Author’s note