CHAPTER 777: CHAPTER 652: TWELVE DUTERRESTRIAL SLAUGHTER GOD TECHNIQUE

Cang Xu Elder spread his peacock tail, deploying the Twelve Duterrestrial Slaughter God Technique. Although the twelve sitting above were mostly virtual spirit avatars of the Sect Hierarchs, each possessed immense mana. Driven by his True Qi, they came alive, roaring and unleashing Corpse Transformation Divine Light, Du Tian Demon Fire, Nine Earth Divine Slaughter, Seven Emotions Demon Light, and Hundred Poison Divine Thunder...

The Red-haired Ancestor and Fiery Fire Ancestor were present themselves, wielding the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Divine Saber and the Fiery Fire Thunder Sound Sword, along with countless Shura Blood Flames and Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire, demonstrating immense ferocity.

Above Shi Feiyang’s head, three small figures clashed with the twelve, their projectiles colliding, either canceling each other out in mutual destruction or leading to explosive consequences. The battle was intense, with vivid colors bursting across the sky like fireworks in a thousand-mile radius—truly a spectacular sight.

Shi Feiyang and Cang Xu Elder were in a duel of magical powers, both going all out, resulting in a temporary stalemate, neither able to gain the upper hand.

In immortal duels, it’s common to see battles stretching over half a day or three days and nights.

Shi Feiyang pondered how to break the deadlock and achieve victory. Although he knew many spells and had numerous magical treasures, only a few could counter a master like Cang Xu Elder.

For instance, the Nine Suspicions Tripod required prior setting and activation at a crucial moment to be effective. Directly using it to capture Cang Xu Elder would lead to his escape using divine skills; capturing his Heavenly Demon Star River would only result in its transformation and escape.

The Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler, a defensive magical treasure, could protect with its nine Golden Flowers and block Hongmeng Purple Qi. However, counterattacking with it was impossible.

Other treasures like the Suiren Turn or the Five Ding Axe had no suitable opportunity for use, and using them directly posed a risk of being forcibly intercepted by the opponent.

Currently, only the Heavenly Mirror and Yu Guang Disc were available, but these were not combat-oriented. Their unique uses required precise timing and context.

Cang Xu Elder was growing more astonished as the battle progressed. He considered himself unbeatable, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth with a wave of his hand, yet now he faced an opponent far beyond his expectations.

Fighting increasingly angered him, prompting him to continuously increase his output of mana. The Evil Gods embodied in his twelve Demon Lights at his back were also influenced by his will, roaring, and striving fiercely.

Suddenly, a young man in green flew in from the northeast, looking exactly like Shi Feiyang but dressed differently. With a Jade Crown on his head, treading a Seventh Grade Green Lotus Platform, and wielding a Dragon-subduing Wood, he shouted aloud, "Cang Xu Elder, do you recognize this method?" Raising the Dragon-subduing Staff, he emitted a string of Thunder Pearls the size of fists, shooting forward like fireworks.

Cang Xu Elder directed a stream of the Heavenly Demon Star River to intercept, resulting in a violent explosion upon impact, turning the sky into a sea of flames.

This was naturally Shi Feiyang’s Green Jade Avatar, wielding a treasure staff made from Dragon-subduing Wood obtained from Yuanjiang Golden Ship—a formidable treasure but not top-tier.

A treasure’s power lies not in its might but in its timely and locational use to achieve its goal, marking its true strength.

What he emitted from the Dragon-subduing Staff was Innate Fire God Thunder, a signature move of the Shaoyang God Monarch. Back when Cang Xu Elder faced his third Heavenly Tribulation, he nearly failed, only passing thanks to Shaoyang God Monarch’s timely assistance, who lent him a helping hand, forming a friendship thereafter.

Cang Xu Elder, with a peculiar temperament, was acquainted with many like fish crossing the river. Yet, few met his standards for respect.

He never forgot Shaoyang God Monarch’s kindness, even assisting him through numerous Heavenly and Human Tribulations, notably defending him against centuries of attacks from the West Pole Sect. Without him, Moqiu Island and Lizhu Palace would have been flattened by the West Pole Sect long ago.

He regarded Shaoyang God Monarch as his only true friend. Unfortunately, he couldn’t ultimately protect him. When the West Pole Sect’s strength surged with six Sect Hierarchs from Central Earth, he couldn’t withstand them. In a last-ditch effort, he sent Shaoyang God Monarch miles away while he fell into the enemy’s Demon Formation. Without this sacrifice, his escape would have been assured despite the battle.

Shi Feiyang used the Dragon-subduing Staff to release Innate Fire God Thunder, intending to trigger Cang Xu Elder’s old memories.

Cang Xu Elder’s mind brimmed with chaotic, fragmented, and intertwined memories.

However, that part regarding Shaoyang God Monarch was most significant.

He saw the ever-exploding Fire God Thunder, reminiscent of fireworks, evoking an impression, albeit too fragmented to be cohesive:

This Fire God Thunder seems familiar, as if I’ve seen someone use it before, but who?

While Cang Xu Elder was momentarily distracted, a young man clad in white approached from the southwest, wearing a white Jade Crown and treading a Nine-Grade White Lotus, silently appearing with a Secret Demon God Lamp. With a gentle shake, the lamp radiated brilliant light.

The flame, thumb-sized, cast Demon Light illuminating thousands of miles.

This Demon Light wasn’t intense, fading past a hundred miles to the naked eye, yet penetrating directly into one’s heart.

Cang Xu Elder, distracted by thoughts of the Fire God Thunder, sensed its importance, striving to recall more.

The Demon Light shone from behind, causing a sudden tremor in his Primordial Spirit. In his mind’s eye, he saw a person—it was Shaoyang God Monarch.

Shaoyang God Monarch gestured to him from afar, silent.

Cang Xu Elder prepared to fly toward Shaoyang God Monarch but sensed something amiss, concentrating his Divine Sense to disperse the intrusive Demon Light.

The surrounding world suddenly turned pitch black, unable to see one’s own hand in front of their face. A large amount of golden stars and red lines shot from behind, followed by an incredibly strong suction force that held him tightly, trying to forcibly absorb him.

This time, it was the young man in white using the Nine Suspicions Tripod to absorb him, along with his Heavenly Demon Star River.

At the same time, a greenish beam of light shone from a thousand miles away, cast by Shi Feiyang holding the Heavenly Mirror, illuminating him.

Then, the young man in green on the opposite side held the Circulation Light Disc, shooting a pure white ray, nailing his Primordial Spirit.

If it were just one of these, they would be unable to do anything to the old man Cang Xu. Even if all three were used together, he could still transform and escape. The key was that when he previously "saw" the Shaoyang God Monarch, he became distracted, and in just a flash, less than a second, he was restrained by three of the most advanced magical treasures of the time!

In an instant, old man Cang Xu felt the terror of death, more accurately, the great terror of being utterly annihilated.

He was undying and undestroyable, but at this moment, he felt they truly had a means to completely annihilate him!

He could not move his body, and his Primordial Spirit was nailed, unable to transform. At this moment, he could only use the residual thoughts in his heart to perform the most advanced Demon Path Great Technique. His form, initially the combined body of old man Cang Xu and Lie Baduo, rapidly shrank, transforming into the appearance of an eleven or twelve-year-old child, with thick eyebrows, leopard-like eyes, a high nose, and a wide mouth, his skin entirely red, resembling Shang Heyang.

Following this transformation, Shang Heyang within his demon light disappeared.

This "Shang Heyang" was nailed by the Circulation Light Disc, illuminated by the Heavenly Mirror, and forcibly absorbed by the Nine Suspicions Tripod, floating motionlessly in the air like a puppet doll.

Shi Feiyang had intended to capture old man Cang Xu, imprison him within the Nine Suspicions Tripod, and find a way to strip him of his miscellaneous powers before handing him over to the Shaoyang God Monarch for reincarnation. Before this, the Shaoyang God Monarch had wept and begged him for a long time, even kneeling down.

However, he did not expect old man Cang Xu to have such a Substitute Technique.

The three magical treasures activated simultaneously, immobilizing the person. Substitute techniques in the world ought to have been entirely ineffective.

After escaping, old man Cang Xu detonated the Divine Splitting Avatar of Shang Heyang in the air, employing the path of Heavenly Demon Disintegration. In an instant, he stirred the earth, water, fire, and wind, causing all four to move in unison. Earth’s energy descended, and sea water erupted upward, forming towering mountains and monstrous waves. While the waves could recede, the mountains would remain eternally.

Shi Feiyang used the Purple and Blue Douluo Fire to refine the exploded pieces of flesh of "Shang Heyang," while simultaneously using the Heavenly Mirror to illuminate old man Cang Xu.

Fear grew in old man Cang Xu’s heart, and he dared not risk a fierce battle any longer. He wanted to escape but felt there was a very important person he must take with him.

His mind muddled, memories confused, he hurriedly deemed the Green Robe Ancestor as that important individual, and barged into the Cold Wave Formation, grabbing the Green Robe Ancestor in his hand.

Deng Bagu and Jin Xunu simultaneously released the Ice Soul Divine Needle and waved the Qingning Treasure Fan. Old man Cang Xu’s demon body rapidly elongated. After shaking a few times in the air, he vanished without a trace!

Determined to leave, even Shi Feiyang couldn’t stop him.

What a pity! Shi Feiyang sighed slightly, recalling his two avatars and magical treasures.

If he could have captured old man Cang Xu and handed him over to the Shaoyang God Monarch, this endeavor would have been considered perfect.

Luckily, old man Cang Xu wasn’t purely an evil demon. Although still a very dangerous individual, he wouldn’t wantonly slaughter innocents like other demon path beings.

It was also his fate that this demon tribulation hadn’t ended, and he couldn’t escape its grasp. As for his ultimate fate, his power was too formidable, his heavenly numbers too tangled, making it temporarily inscrutable.

Thankfully, Shi Feiyang’s arrangement, using the Heavenly Treasure Mirror as bait, imploding from within, successfully annihilated the strategic objective of the West Pole Sect.

The West Pole Sect’s Great Elder, Zongdonar’s physical form was destroyed, and his Primordial Spirit was captured within the Heavenly Mirror. The remaining five Elders were trapped in the Kunlun Sect’s Thunder City, sitting ducks awaiting their fate.

The six Sect Hierarchs who fled from Central Earth years ago: the Fiery Fire Ancestor, blasted into soul-scattering pieces, his residual spirit automatically surrendered to old man Cang Xu. Like the Red-haired Ancestor, he cannot separate from old man Cang Xu and is nothing to worry about. Lie Baduo fused with old man Cang Xu, and Poison Dragon Venerable was surrounded and trapped, leaving only Shang Heyang and Green Robe Ancestor on the run.

Following tasks required no personal action from Shi Feiyang; he simply issued orders, letting his disciples and the assisting Sword Immortals handle the situation. They were to eliminate the twelve Elders’ disciples and followers, along with the sect’s priests and other core forces, sparing only a few who stealthily escaped upon seeing the unfavorable situation.

The centuries-old temples and halls of the West Pole Sect were utterly demolished and burnt, with mountain peaks of the Ancestor Court either blown apart or relocated, and the Dragon Vein severed.

The West Pole Mountain range, originally running north to south, like a giant dragon, was cut in two, forming two smaller dragons, with the central body collapsing, severing and separating the sea waters on the east and west.

The ordinary followers of the West Pole Sect mourned as if having lost parents, running and wailing, continually praying to the Sect Hierarchs and True Gods.

Likely, they would yet attract demons to enjoy their offerings again in the future, but it mattered not now, as they could be wiped out with a wave of the hand!