Claiming the Throne of Gods, Starting from the Rebirth of Nezha
Chapter 270: Deng Hua Trapped in the Heavenly Termination Array
CHAPTER 270: CHAPTER 270: DENG HUA TRAPPED IN THE HEAVENLY TERMINATION ARRAY
Qin Wan narrowed his eyebrows upon seeing Deng Hua.
He was invited by Master Wen to help in the battle.
Though he resented the death of Yao Bin a few days ago, he knew it had nothing to do with Deng Hua.
Given he had no enmity with Deng Hua, he asked, "Deng Hua, you have been practicing Daoist skills freely in Yuxu Palace, why come to this mortal realm and get involved in this muddled affair?"
Deng Hua saw Qin Wan, with his red hair and blue face, devoid of humanity, and laughed, "Qin Daoist Friend, you are mistaken. I came under the orders of my master to break the Heavenly Termination Array. But you, does your Sect Hierarch know you are here? If you are wise, dismantle the array yourself to avoid needless disaster!"
Qin Wan, naturally inclined to Daoist practices, hearing these words, replied with indignation, "What logic is this? We are both of the Golden Immortal Realm. Do you think the Daoist skills of the Jie Sect are inferior to those of the Chan Sect?"
"Indeed, they are!"
Though Deng Hua was in the Golden Immortal Realm, his understanding of Daoist skills was profound, often debating Daoist lore with Taiyi Golden Immortals in Yuxu Palace.
With these words, cheers echoed from the Chan Sect camp on Xiqi City’s walls.
Han Dulong laughed, "Uncle Deng is usually quiet and reserved; who knew he had such a domineering side."
Xue Ehu, always in close company with Han Dulong, added, "Indeed, among our few uncles, Deng is the most kind-hearted, but now look at him: ’The spear splits the heavens, the stars chill, the murderous aura condenses, covering the sun.’"
"Brother Xue, well composed, well composed." Han Dulong praised beside him.
Xue Ehu waved his hand, "Not at all, Brother Han, if you step into the array later, I promise I’ll compose even better verses for you."
Amid their banter, Nezha’s expression remained unchanged. He knew that Deng Hua, like the two brothers, were all pawns to be sacrificed for the Investiture of the Gods in Ran Deng’s scheme.
But he couldn’t warn them.
Any warning would oppose Ran Deng.
Now, his bonds with this world deepened, not only having married but also expecting a child, bringing happiness and a sense of entrapment.
The battlefield grew eerily silent.
Tens of thousands of armored warriors, breathing like wolves, created a black cloud, weighing the war flags rigid in mid-air.
The war drums abruptly halted, leaving only the unconscious clinking of bronze axes and hatchets in the Shang Army ranks—a chain reaction triggered by trembling recruits.
Deng Hua suddenly felt his left ear burning, sensing something, but it was too late.
He forced Qin Wan into the Heavenly Termination Array.
Everyone, know this Heavenly Termination Array is the source of Thunder Calamity, with the array’s focal point held in Qin Heavenly Monarch’s Heavenly Extinction Banner.
Using a thousand-year Thunderstruck Wood as its mast, when the banner shakes, it invokes the Thunder Calamity of heaven and earth, aligning with the "Zhen" position in the Innate Eight Trigram inside the array, where thunder flashes in blue, purple, and black, corresponding to soul harm, spirit fragmentation, and body destruction.
The thunder sound is no ordinary lightning strike, but a soul-stealing demonic sound.
The array’s orientations shift with the banner’s movement, causing geomagnetic disorder. Compass needles spin wildly, causing loss of direction and perception of time.
Though Deng Hua was formidable, upon entering the array, Qin Wan grasped the Heavenly Extinction Banner, rotated it several times left and right, and then thrust it downward, causing thunder to roar.
Deng Hua immediately fell into a disoriented state, collapsing to the ground.
Qin Wan then leisurely approached and decapitated Deng Hua.
Ran Deng, seeing Deng Hua dead, said to those beside him, "Poor Deng Hua, thousands of years of Dao practice, dies here today."
Everyone echoed in agreement.
Though all knew it was unreasonable for Ran Deng to send Deng Hua to break the array, his seniority made his actions logical under certain rules.
Nezha quickly realized that such logic sometimes only mattered to those with power.
Ran Deng then saw Qin Wan approaching and ordered, "Where is Nezha?"
Nezha’s heart sank, and he immediately stepped forward to respond.
"You go break the Heavenly Termination Array."
Something was wrong.
Nezha felt something was very wrong.
After Deng Hua’s sacrifice, Manjusri should step in with supreme cultivation to suppress Qin Wan, but why was it now his turn?
He looked up at Ran Deng and replied, "Reporting to Uncle Master, I have yet to discern the mysteries of the array."
Upon hearing this, Ran Deng’s face immediately changed, "Don’t speak nonsense. You could kill Yao Bin, one of the ten Heavenly Monarchs, so how can you not kill a single Qin Wan now?
You haven’t discerned the array’s mysteries, but your Uncle Deng Hua did? If you hesitate and disrupt the army’s morale, I will order your execution now!"
How could this be?
Nezha frowned, sensing hostile gazes from all directions.
So that’s it.
After killing Yao Bin, he should have died in the Soul Falling Array. Now, Fang Xiang, King Zhou’s former Palace Guard General who defected to Xiqi, had no place.
Since Fang Xiang lived, Nezha would die in his stead.
Nezha realized Ran Deng’s friendliness was a facade, or perhaps he didn’t need to pretend.
Though he was Nezha, an Outer Heaven Demon hunted by many.
But Ran Deng was a Quasi-Saint.
No matter what demon or remnant soul from outer realms, he couldn’t care less.
As a mere junior, regardless of origin, if you disrupt his plans, you must die.
Among the Twelve Golden Immortals, eight wished to kill him, while the remaining four had no fondness for him.
They planned to attain Buddhahood.
Then, even their physical bodies would be irrelevant, striving for transcendence. Who would care for a Nezha?
Nezha realized words were futile now.
He had to enter the array.
If he didn’t, the Twelve Golden Immortals together would far surpass his Golden Immortal Realm strength, battle skills notwithstanding.
Though the Zi Chen was a Holy Artifact, in his hands now, its true name couldn’t be summoned, remaining incomplete.
It might contend with a Taiyi Golden Immortal but never against a complete Quasi-Saint like Ran Deng.
"Nezha... accepts the order!"
Nezha turned and flew down from the city walls as a streak of red light.
He understood, no words could change Ran Deng’s intent for his death in the Ten Extremes Formation.
Seeing Nezha fly down, Wei Hu raised an eyebrow.
Han Dulong and Xue Ehu exchanged glances, each noting the other’s astonishment.
They sensed the Ten Extremes Formation’s lethalness, and their uncle surely recognized it too.
Though Nezha was formidable, how could he break the Heavenly Termination Array?
What was their uncle planning?
Wei Hu silently moved to stand beside Yang Jian, secretly transmitting, "Can you break the Ten Extremes Formation?"
Yang Jian replied expressionlessly, "I have never seen the Ten Extremes Formation. Without entering it, how can I know if I can break it? But everyone knows Uncle Deng Hua’s profound cultivation; entering the array seemed like losing his soul, allowing himself to be slaughtered. The ten Heavenly Monarchs of Golden Turtle Island indeed live up to their reputation."
Wei Hu sighed, "Ah, I had hoped to compete in Daoist skills. If even the top disciple among the third-generation, Yang Jian, lacks confidence, isn’t Uncle’s arrangement a bit too overt?"
Yang Jian wasn’t surprised and remarked, "As long as your strength is sufficient, actions even overt will not be seen as questionable."
"Boring."
"Let’s watch and see."
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