328: Chapter 326: Battle with the Demigod Realm!

[Congratulations to Yulu for becoming the Great Grandmaster of this book] 328: Chapter 326: Battle with the Demigod Realm!

[Congratulations to Yulu for becoming the Great Grandmaster of this book] “Good deeds may save one’s life, but evildoing will certainly claim it!”

As soon as the word “claim” was uttered, Xuan Tian clapped his hands on the Immortal Crane beneath him.

Understanding his intent, the Immortal Crane let out a piercing cry toward the heavens and, with a flap of its tremendous wings, dove towards Li Chen.

Its speed was so fast it was like a streak of white lightning.

Should it land a hit, Li Chen would be either gravely injured or dead.

Yet Li Chen showed no fear whatsoever.

“Hmph, nothing but a feathered beast, daring to show its ferocity before me?”

“Little Dragon!”

With Li Chen’s urgent cry, the blackwood coffin began to shake violently.

Next came a thunderous explosion, as a Five-Colored Golden Dragon burst through the lid, soaring skyward with bared fangs and claws.

Xuan Tian had not expected Li Chen to possess such a monstrous Demon Beast.

Even with a cultivated heart of a century, he couldn’t help but change his expression.

As Jiao Long drew near, Xuan Tian’s thoughts moved and he immediately transformed into a shadowy blur, like an arrow released from its bow, shooting towards Li Chen.

Li Chen’s hands rapidly performed a Sealing Technique, surrounded by a golden bell that glimmered and shimmered.

“Clang!”

Xuan Tian’s fierce palm strike met the golden bell, producing a resounding boom as if striking a giant bell.

Li Chen felt a wave of dizziness and lost control of his body, stumbling backward uncontrollably.

Half-step Divine Realm, indeed as formidable as it is!

At the same time, Xuan Tian felt shocked to the core.

His palm strike just now wasn’t his most powerful move, but it was one of his deadliest.

Even a Late-stage Innate cultivator could not withstand it.

Yet Li Chen was only forced back a few steps, showing no sign of injury whatsoever—utterly abnormal.

Even Li Lingtian in his prime could not match this.

“Chirp Chirp, Chirp Chirp!”

“Roar Roar, Roar Roar!”

As Li Chen and Xuan Tian faced off below, Jiao Long and the White Crane had already commenced another round of life-and-death battle.

From the current situation, Jiao Long held the upper hand, biting and pulling at the showy Immortal Crane, which hopped desperately and shrieked pitifully now and then.

Seeing the Immortal Crane in dire straits, Xuan Tian stomped fiercely, tearing through the air with a palm strike aimed at Jiao Long.

Li Chen, reluctant to allow him success, almost simultaneously, formed his fingers into a blade and slashed forward.

In the face of this monstrous fiend, Li Chen, even Heavenly Master Xuan Tian with a century into his role, dared not be negligent and immediately turned to counter the attack.

“The timing is perfect, taste my sword!”

As he spoke, Li Chen’s palm whirled the White Bone Jade Sword into existence, transforming into a thirty-foot-long sword that, with the momentum of splitting Mount Hua, slashed through the air.

Li Chen’s cultivation might not be on par with Xuan Tian’s, but his methods were relentless and angles tricky, making him hard to defend against.

Even Xuan Tian, on the cusp of the Divine Realm, could suffer a heavy blow if careless.

For a time, the fight was in a deadlock.

Although Xuan Tian seemed to have the upper hand, each of his killing moves was ingeniously nullified by Li Chen.

After thirty exchanges, the battle remained undecided.

“Chirp Chirp, Chirp Chirp!”

Just then, the Immortal Crane cried mournfully to the heavens again.

Its long legs had been viciously bitten by Jiao Long, blood streaming profusely.

The Immortal Crane struggled desperately, but Jiao Long clamped down relentlessly.

Thus, the dragon and crane chased each other in a deadly dance through the sky.

The followers of the Heavenly Master Sect were startled by this sight, all of them craning their necks to watch.

Two thousand years ago, the Heavenly Master Sect’s founding ancestor Zhang Daoling discovered a spiritual crane here, crying to the heavens.

Over forty-nine days, he tamed it.

On the day when the storm cleared up and a rainbow spanned across the canyon, the crane’s mournful cries gave Heming Mountain its name.

From that day forward, Zhang Daoling began to take disciples on Heming Mountain, founding the Heavenly Master Sect.

As the founding master, Zhang Daoling, the Immortal Crane naturally became the Mountain Guardian Spirit Beast.

Generation after generation passed on this legacy, thriving for a millennium.

But now, the Immortal Crane, as the Guardian Spirit Beast of the mountain, hung by a thread, at any moment possibly to be devoured by Jiao Long.

Xuan Tian wanted to rescue the Immortal Crane but was entangled by Li Chen and couldn’t break free.

Seeing that the situation was extremely urgent, he could no longer care about anything else.

He yelled hysterically at Xuan Nan and the others, “What are you all standing there for?

Hurry up and save the Spiritual Crane!”

Hearing Sect Leader Xuan Tian’s command, Xuan Nan, Xuan Gang, and the others exchanged a glance and surrounded Jiao Long.

Realizing the approaching danger, Jiao Long hurriedly released the bloodied Immortal Crane and let out a series of soul-shaking roars at Xuan Nan and the others.

Fear crept into the hearts of Xuan Nan and the others, who dared not rashly approach, resulting in a standoff with Jiao Long.

The Immortal Crane looked at its own horrendous wounds and let out a wrathful long cry towards the sky.

Seeing six helpers had joined, it too rejoined the fray, frantically flapping its wings.

“Rustle, rustle…”

In an instant, white feathers fell like a blizzard in the dead of winter, overwhelming Jiao Long.

When the feathers landed on Jiao Long, striking against its Scale Armor, they emitted a crisp, metallic clashing sound.

Some feathers landed on ancient trees, cutting them in half.

When they fell on boulders, the rocks would burst apart.

One can imagine that if these were to fall on a person, they would be completely torn to shreds on the spot.

Fortunately, Jiao Long had thick skin and coarse flesh, an impenetrable Scale Armor; otherwise, it would have likely turned into a pile of meat mush under the fierce attack of the Immortal Crane.

Xuan Nan, Xuan Gang, and the rest sharply seized the opportunity when the Immortal Crane unleashed a sky full of feather attacks, boosting their True Yuan, launching their Absolute Kills towards Jiao Long.

“Roar, roar!”

Jiao Long winced in pain.

Despite its formidable strength, it struggled to withstand the combined assault of six Great Grandmasters and the Immortal Crane.

It originally wanted to call for help from its master, but when Jiao Long glanced over and saw the life-and-death battle between Li Chen and Xuan Tian, it gave up on that idea.

“All together now, kill this beast first!” Xuan Nan shouted from mid-air, his horsetail whisk dancing wildly like a golden snake, attacking Jiao Long.

Xuan Gang, Xuan Jin, Xuan Mu, Xuan Ku, and Xuan Bei, the five Elders, also followed up with their killing moves, ganging up on Jiao Long.

Facing the siege of the Six Grandmasters, Jiao Long withstood it all silently, making no sound so as not to distract its master.

In just a dozen or so breaths, Jiao Long had already endured no fewer than a hundred attacks.

Its body, once as solid as rock, was now a bloody, shocking mess.

Li Chen hadn’t expected the people of Heavenly Master Sect to be so despicable as to resort to mobbing and instantly entered a state of fury.

He first feinted with a sword to dodge Xuan Tian’s attack, then violently threw out a copper mirror etched with Ancient Inscriptions.

“Qiankun Strike!”

With Li Chen’s roar, the Qiankun Mirror burst forth with a dazzling brilliance that stood before Xuan Nan, Xuan Gang, and the other six Elders, as well as the Immortal Crane.

Jiao Long was temporarily saved and gasped for breath, hissing a roar of gratitude at Li Chen.

Li Chen tossed a Dragon Blood Fruit and said, “Little Dragon, eat this!”

Jiao Long, excited at the sight of the Dragon Blood Fruit, had its eyes shine with green light and opened its bloody maw, swallowing the fruit whole.

The Dragon Blood Fruit, nurtured by the Essence Blood of the Five-clawed Golden Dragon, was compatible with the blood within Jiao Long, making absorption swift.

In just a moment, the shocking wounds on its body healed, save for two deeper ones on its back.

Xuan Nan recognized the fruit that glistened like fresh blood and immediately exclaimed in shock, “Dragon Blood Fruit?”

“Roar, roar!”

After consuming the Dragon Blood Fruit, Jiao Long went from critically injured to fully restored.

It let out an angry roar towards the sky, its eyes round as watermelons, shooting out an imposing glare as it firmly locked onto the Immortal Crane.

Next, it violently opened its maw and, with a swipe of its claws, dove downwards.

Seeing Jiao Long suddenly charge down, Xuan Nan, Xuan Gang, and the others couldn’t help but turn pale with fright.

“Damn it, what is this beast trying to do?”

“It seems to be going after the Spiritual Crane, stop it, stop it!”

…

Due to the excessive radiation from the computer, my wounds aren’t healing well.

I’ll be taking a three-day break, and during these three days, I can only guarantee one chapter per day.

I’ll start making up for it on the 20th, thanks for understanding!