C2286 The Battle of the Supreme Beings
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Beneath Zhiya, a turbulent sea of purple demonic energy churned with a frenzied and twisted aura, spreading toward the Origin Blood Continent.
A deep purple light curtain replaced the former blood-red canopy, threatening to shroud the entire Origin Blood Continent.
The most powerful cultivator of the Divine Soul Sect on the continent felt an overwhelming tightness in his chest. The Chaos Roc, which despised Zhiya above all, detected an unfamiliar scent of blood emanating from the dark purple light.
This unfamiliar scent of blood made the Chaos Roc's heart race, triggering an instinctual fear within it.
"We need to leave now!"
The human-formed Chaos Roc quickly located the ground beetle and urged, "She's on the brink of madness. We must not provoke her!"
Whoosh!
A streak of bright starlight darted away before the dark purple curtain could fully envelop the Origin Blood Continent.
The starlight made a beeline through the outer void, heading straight for the territory of the Star Race warriors, seeking to join forces with them for warmth and hoping to weather the impending disaster.
Under normal circumstances, the ground beetle would never associate with the Star Race it once loathed.
"You all should make yourselves scarce as well."
Zhiya paid them no mind, allowing the Chaos Roc and the ground beetle to depart. With a delicate motion of her pale hand, she stirred the void behind her.
Following her gesture, the meteors and stars outside the Origin Blood Continent began to thunder.
Crackle! Hiss!
The region she stirred came alive with storms and lightning, resembling a devouring celestial cavern as it voraciously absorbed the surrounding starry powers.
She had mastered the forces of the Dragon Slash Platform and the Myriad Spirit Restriction, transforming the starry energy into purple demonic power, which she then spread through the Origin Blood Continent using the might of the Cold Domain.
Tai Xu and the others were horrified, at a loss for what to do.
Zhiya didn't afford them much time to deliberate. As she employed her enigmatic "heavenly grotto" to transmute the demonic energy, she gracefully appeared in the Origin Blood Continent's midair.
Her icy gaze settled on a slender fissure in the earth below, her lips curling with a mocking sneer.
"Come out," she called to the crack with an impatient tone.
Boom! The Origin Blood Continent was suddenly rocked by tremors, and a resonant dragon's roar echoed from the depths of the blood-red earth.
Brilliant purple-golden divine light burst forth from every fissure in the ground, resembling sharp purple-golden peaks or the swing of a divine blade by a supreme deity, aiming to pierce the purple veil of light shrouding the crimson star.
Poof! Boom! The sea of deep purple demonic energy was relentlessly bombarded by the purple-golden divine light, causing blood-red lightning and orbs of light to explode alongside numerous bloodline laws.
A massive dragon, tens of thousands of meters in length and cloaked in purple-golden scales, appeared on the Origin Blood Continent with eyes of crimson fury.
He let out a mighty roar, his sonic waves carrying the power to obliterate all beings, his presence daunting to every flesh-and-blood warrior.
"Titan Spinosaurus!"
"A fully matured Titan Spinosaurus!"
The Chaos Roc, ground beetle, and Monolith Tortoise, upon hearing the dragon's roar that penetrated the purple demonic energy sea, sensed the awakening of the supreme Titan Spinosaurus from its millennia-long slumber.
"That little Spinosaurus has finally come into its own."
The Chaos Roc quickly came to a realization.
It understood that deep underground, the little Spinosaurus had been endowed with the full essence of life by the Origin Blood, having been granted rich life energy and successfully transformed into an Eleventh Level Supreme!
"Demon Phoenix!"
The little Spinosaurus's roar thundered through the region engulfed by the purple demonic energy sea.
The surface of the Origin Blood Continent steamed with wild blood-colored mists, drawn by the little Spinosaurus, now tens of thousands of meters long, toward the purple sea crafted by the Demon Phoenix.
As an Eleventh Level Supreme, the little Spinosaurus, too, had ascended by harnessing the life essence of the Origin Blood. In its attack on Zhiya, it truly demonstrated the might of a peer.
Crack! Another figure suddenly emerged from the crevice that had captured Zhiya's gaze.
Jee Ningshuang, wielding the Starfrost Sword and standing atop a slab of ice, regarded the uninvited Zhiya with an icy stare.
She, too, had become a Supreme Being!
The little Spinosaurus and Jee Ningshuang did not venture to the Desolate Realm. In Yu Yuan's absence, they took up the mantle of guardians for this world.
"You've advanced so quickly!"
The Divine Kings, including Taixu, Xuanli, and Tianqi, watched as the little spinosaurus roared into action and Ji Ningshuang took her stance with her sword, feeling a surge of excitement.
These two formidable beings, now on the Origin Blood Continent, clearly held a geographical advantage.
Their combined strength against a Demon Phoenix gave Taixu and the others confidence in a likely victory, significantly easing their earlier concerns.
Moreover, the consciousness of the Origin Blood and Extreme Cold could infuse the bodies of the spinosaurus and Ji Ningshuang, directly aiding them in combat.
Boom!
The ice mountains of the Origin Blood Continent shattered, transforming into a dazzling river of sword light that lanced toward the vicious creature still hidden within the purple sea.
Zhiya let out a contemptuous snort as the river of sword light became a sky full of ice shards.
Ji Ningshuang's brow furrowed slightly.
...
"It seems Yu Yuan made preparations before his departure."
On a distant star, Denise, of the Tenth Level bloodline, noticed the spinosaurus erupting from the earth and Ji Ningshuang's emergence, breathing a sigh of relief. She turned to the Chaos Roc, "They should be able to hold it off, right?"
The Chaos Roc shook its head, "There's an extremely terrifying entity within the purple sea!"
In the Cold Domain as well, Yu Yuan had come and gone several times, visiting the endless darkness at the edge of the icy realm. There, Lin Daoke sat in solitude on a meteorite of modest size.
He had accumulated sufficient spiritual energy within the Dragon Slash Platform and had once again refined the Yang God Sword.
Intending to traverse the Cold Domain to explore the dark divine land again, he hadn't anticipated Zhiya's sudden intrusion, nor her declared intention to refine the Origin Blood.
Though he had little connection with Tianqi, Xuanli, or the Divine King, Ji Ningshuang would always be a member of the Sword Sect in his heart.
As Ji Ningshuang appeared and struck at Zhiya's purple sea, the meteorite beneath him began to howl.
The path of the meteorite gave rise to a river of sword light even more spectacular than that of the Firefly Starfield, swiftly coalescing and surging toward the Origin Blood Continent.
The radiant cascade of sword light immediately captivated the attention of all the formidable beings in the Cold Domain, prompting Zhiya to furrow her brow ever so slightly.
It appeared that the only one who posed a real threat to her was Lin Daoke, who had chosen to enter the fray at this very moment.
The little spinosaurus and Ji Ningshuang were not of concern.
...
On the fringes of the Still Starfield, a crystalline mountain range stood in silence, its mirror-like surface marking the gateway to the Cold Domain.
Currently, a tide of purple Demonic Energy was engulfing the icy peaks, shrouding not just the mountain but also the vast expanse of the starry river around it.
The Demonic Energy continued to spread, slowly swallowing the edges of the Still Starfield and the adjacent Starfield boundaries.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a gaunt figure clad in a dark yellow Taoist robe materialized at the edge of the Still Starfield.
He gazed at the glacier consumed by the purple Demonic Energy, his face registering astonishment as he murmured, "That madwoman has actually tracked us down. How peculiar, truly peculiar."
"The Demon Phoenix has come to this place!"
The man trailing him was "Moving Cloud Sword" Xue Jiu, a Great Sword Immortal at the late Unrestrained Stage, just a step away from advancing to a higher level.
Xue Jiu, standing behind Han Miaoyuan, observed the glacier overwhelmed by Demonic Energy and declared, "Our sect's leader is within!"
From a sword-shaped pendant hanging around his neck emanated a resonant hum.
Han Miaoyuan gently stroked his goatee, his eyes narrowing as he pondered for a moment before suggesting, "If the Demon Phoenix has indeed located the Cold Domain, we should remain vigilant on the outside. There's no need to hasten our entry."
He had brought Xue Jiu here because he was aware that Lin Daoke from the Sword Sect was present in the Cold Domain.
Han Miaoyuan's insight into Lin Daoke's character was unmatched; Lin Daoke had always respected him prior to his demise.
After Han Miaoyuan's passing, Lin Daoke slowly aligned himself with Yu Yuan and the Divine Soul Sect, eventually being convinced by Yu Yuan to take the path of rebellion against the Origin Soul.
Han Miaoyuan's visit was motivated by his desire to leverage his deep understanding of Lin Daoke, aiming to sway him with persuasive words.
The sword-shaped pendant around Xue Jiu's neck offered a means to communicate with Lin Daoke even from outside the Cold Domain.
"I'm worried that the sect master and the Demon Phoenix might engage in a fight to the death."
Xue Jiu's expression was tinged with bitterness as he explained, "The sect master has always had a distaste for the Demon Phoenix. Previously, he refrained from a life-or-death battle with it only because he was restrained by you."
Han Miaoyuan's brow furrowed slightly as he responded, "The Cold Domain is fraught with complexities. Hand over the pendant to me, and I'll have a word with Lin Daoke."
Xue Jiu nodded and unclasped the pendant from around his neck, tossing it to him.
