The battle was about to commence. Su He lightly struck the ground beneath his feet with the Mountain God Seal, the force as trivial as swatting a mosquito. He struck five times in succession, amplifying the attack’s power to sixfold before rising from the massive pit and landing at the foot of Chen Feng Mountain, casting his gaze toward the five Divine Beasts that were encircling him.
Flame Crow, Greedy Wolf, Zhu Yan, Fu Zhu, Zeng…
Each of the five Divine Beasts had opened two layers of heaven. Although they were merely ordinary Divine Beasts and not one of the Four Symbols, Su He would find it extremely difficult to face any one of them.
The gap in their realms was hard to bridge.
Fortunately, Fu Zhu and Zeng showed some hesitation.
Fu Zhu was a pure white deer with four antlers on its head. The Fu Zhu clan was naturally adept at Water Manipulation, and although they approached Su He in a siege formation, there was a hint of retreat in their movements.
The Dragon Turtle, being of the water attribute, was the pinnacle of Water Manipulation. Among the five Divine Beasts, only it could face Su He without certainty of victory.
But it was also the one that could most limit Su He. Su He had too many Divine Abilities related to water, whether it was his domain, Qian Jun, or even his innate abilities of flight, Water Phase, and Snow Concealment, all were related to water.
As long as Fu Zhu could slightly affect him, the outcome would be vastly different.
Among the five Divine Beasts, Fu Zhu must be defeated first.
Another one resisting the siege was Zeng, a red leopard with a single horn and five tails behind it.
Each Zeng had different Divine Abilities, with five tails representing five kinds of innate Divine Abilities. No one knew the innate Divine Ability of a Zeng that had not revealed itself.
Zeng was straightforward and loved to fight, but only enjoyed one-on-one battles. Even if it meant taking a beating, it would face it alone.
Ganging up on a youngling that had just passed its Tribulation Crossing went against its nature! But opportunities to fight the Dragon Turtle were rare, and it did not want to give up.
Zhu Yan, who was standing between the two, glanced left and right, his gaze falling on Fu Zhu. A ghostly white monkey face began to sneer, “Fog, such a coward and still calling yourself a Divine Beast? Scared stiff by a young turtle? You might as well waste your Water Manipulation ability.”
It spat out a breath disdainfully, its tone growing more frivolous: “To think you’re a water attribute Divine Beast, too scared to even fight! Coward!”
An extremely low tactic of provocation, yet the gentle Fu Zhu’s eyes began to redden, its hooves stomping, as it stared at Su He.
Zhu Yan, with the appearance of a white-headed and red-footed monkey, would bring chaos wherever it appeared. It fed on war. The aura it emitted naturally carried seduction, corruption, chaos, brutality…
It turned its head to look at Zeng, who roared, “Scram! Dare to affect me with your disgusting aura, and I’ll tear you apart first!”
Zhu Yan’s wrinkled monkey face smirked, “Want me to influence you? You’re not worthy! What do you know about war, you brute? You don’t even understand the concept of encirclement. With you here, you’re just a hindrance. I’d advise you to step back quickly, wait for our war to end, then go do your scavenging!”
“Roar!” Zeng roared, its eyes bloodshot as it pounced toward Zhu Yan, who dodged with a leap, roaring back, “You’re so stupid you won’t even admit it! Who’s the enemy now? Got the strength to rush at the Dragon Turtle, so why come at me? Is this your understanding of war?”
Zeng leaped up, slapping Zhu Yan to the ground, then turned its head to look at the Dragon Turtle ahead.
Zhu Yan bounced twice on the ground, jumped up, and moved to the side. Grinning, who ever heard of an instigator not getting hit? Getting slapped by Zeng, it vented a bit and successfully directed its aggression toward the Dragon Turtle, achieving its goal.
It stood up to see the Dragon Turtle slightly squinting at it.
Strike Zhu Yan first! In a battle between two armies, always take out the loudmouth first, that’s the right move!
With such an instigator present, if it wasn’t driven out, even the first round of intimidation like before wouldn’t be possible.
After dealing with Zhu Yan, there would be no lingering—immediately ascend the mountain!
Su He couldn’t possibly defeat so many Divine Beasts. Only by relying on the trials of Chen Feng Mountain could he stand a chance.
They were currently at the foot of Chen Feng Mountain. The hundred-zhang climb of Chen Feng Mountain was just the beginning of the trial, with Formations continuously attacking. The position of the Token one could obtain while enduring the attacks determined which Cave Mansion one could reside in.
Fighting here was too disadvantageous. Once inside Chen Feng Mountain, all Divine Beasts would be under attack, which was equivalent to adding one enemy to his side and four to the opposition. Rounded up, it was as if he had reinforcements!
Su He acted swiftly, his figure flashing, and with the Divine Ability deployed, he was already beside Zhu Yan, the Mountain God Seal striking directly at Zhu Yan.
With sixfold power, his strike was a killing blow.
It had begun! On White Sand Island, the adult Divine Beasts looked this way. Some nodded, some shook their heads.
Striking Zhu Yan was both right and wrong. He should have taken the initiative to strike before Zhu Yan could speak, to drive it out and prevent it from causing trouble. But now that the five beasts had encircled him, he should have struck Fu Zhu first.
The young Dragon Turtle was still inexperienced, having spent too little time in Tribulation Crossing, and lacked a deep understanding of the various Divine Beasts. Zhu Yan was not good at fighting, but it was not to be trifled with. If not careful, it could lead to a total loss.
“Easy there! Easy!” Flame Crow, in the instant Su He flashed, followed suit. Its entire body merged into a large tree, then emerged from a tree beside Zhu Yan. Its wings flapped, creating a fierce wind, striking directly at the Mountain God Seal.
It didn’t like Zhu Yan either. Zhu Yan’s clan caused strife everywhere, and all Divine Beasts would rather avoid them. But when Zhu Yan was an ally, it was quite useful.
Its wings struck out, Zhu Yan beat its chest, and its fists also pounded toward the Mountain God Seal.A crane and a monkey struck at the Mountain God Seal simultaneously, but Su He’s figure flashed and he appeared behind them, still slamming down another Mountain God Seal with a thunderous crash.
This dice roll was aimed at Zhu Yan, for it’s better to break one finger than to injure ten.
In the blink of an eye, as the two seals intersected, Zhu Yan burrowed its head down and, abandoning Flame Crow, escaped through the earth.
Only Flame Crow was left, struck by the colliding dice and exploding with a boom, turning into a sky full of flames that shot in all directions, burrowing into the trees.
The trees instantly caught ablaze with roaring fires, yet they did not burn down; instead, it was as if they were clothed in a garment of flames.
Flame Crow inherently possessed both fire and wood attributes.
Flame Crow’s Divine Ability, Divine Bath. Turning solid into void, every tree and every flame was Flame Crow; shattering one or a piece would not harm it at all.
Thus, Divine Bath was also known as Unharmed!
Every tree cursed at Zhu Yan simultaneously!
Outside of Chenfeng Mountain, the golden dragon Mengxuan rose and fell in the air, more excited than if she were in the battle herself, howling, “Beat it! Pin down Zhu Yan and tear apart its monkey face!”
Utterly shameless, it was bad enough to incite five beings to attack Su He with a double-layered heaven strike, but to come to its rescue when others fought, and then abandon its teammates to flee!
If this were a battlefield, the golden dragon would be the first to split that shameless monkey with her tail.
“Beat it!”
“You guys, if you have any guts, let go of Su He and let him have a decisive battle with that monkey!” Mengxuan roared with a dragon’s cry.
Yet no one inside the battlefield heeded her shouts.
Zeng roared, turning into an afterimage as it charged over; before the leopard arrived, its tail was already taut, whipping through the air. Suddenly, space solidified, and Su He felt his Divine Ability restricted, making spatial jumps extremely difficult!
A slow spatial jump was like a sitting duck, open to slaughter.
With Divine Ability, speed was Su He’s advantage, but without it, agility became the weakness of all Dragon Turtles. The trees around him burned, and the flames condensed into whips lashing at Su He.
The Mountain God Seal was thrown, shattering the illusory flames, but after the seal passed, the flames reassembled.
Flame Crow’s move was specifically designed against the Mountain God Seal, making it difficult to attack with the transformation of reality and illusion!
On White Sand Island, the beasts chuckled. Unable to break through Flame Crow’s Divine Bath, Dragon Turtle’s battle would become difficult. Unless his divine might could mutate like the Mountain God’s, increasing in power to directly harm Flame Crow’s divine soul.
“Let’s see how he breaks the situation.”
Su He roared, his domain unfolding, but it did not reveal the vast sea; it was just like a thin membrane of space, covering a ten-mile radius, preventing any creature from entering or leaving.
Then, with a long chant, his divine might spread out, disturbing the enemy’s mind. At the same time, a streak of knife light flashed across the sky, and chaotic blades flew down.
Multiple flying knives slashed towards the sea of fire, the forest, and even those that cut towards the ground.
Zeng, halfway through its charge, abruptly stopped as within the domain, the cries of cranes and monkeys rang out simultaneously and mournfully.
Chaotic Blade cut all living beings, regardless of reality or illusion, consciousness or divine soul.
Killing a thousand enemies at the cost of self-injury, numerous flying knives slashed towards Su He, who retracted his limbs into his shell, operating his external appearance to the extreme.
As long as it was a fair fight, Dragon Turtle feared no creature!
“Chaotic Blade? And another Divine Ability?” On White Sand Island, a beast exclaimed in disbelief.
“Well fought!” Outside Chenfeng Mountain, Mengxuan circled up and down, roaring with a dragon’s cry, cheering for Su He.
A bunch of fools thought to gang up on the little Dragon Turtle. After living in the small world for over ten days and seeing Su He and Su Huanian fight, she too was itching for action, having been their sparring partner for days. She knew all too well the extent of Su He’s combat power.
A bunch of idiots thought Su He was like an ordinary Divine Beast, mastering at most two or three Divine Abilities in half a year? Open your eyes wide and watch, I’ll show you what a monster is!
They wanted to embarrass Su He at Chenfeng Mountain, but they didn’t know who would end up being the laughingstock!
Inside the domain of Chenfeng Mountain, on the vast land.
A cloud of dust gathered to form Zhu Yan. It burrowed into the earth, merging with the land, covering a vast area, and in an instant, it was riddled with holes by the Chaotic Blade. It had no choice but to revert to its true form.
Flame Crow was no different.
As soon as it appeared, it was met with a strike from the Mountain God Seal.
Flame Crow cried out, flames erupting from its body, forming a pure flame Flame Crow that charged at the Mountain God Seal. Both the Mountain God Seal and the flame Flame Crow dissipated simultaneously.
As the Chaotic Blade fluttered overhead, a crane and a monkey were about to flee. But at that moment, outside the domain, Tan Lang howled, its fur emitting a pale blue luster, and a crescent moon in its brow flickered with moonlight, striking at Su He.
The moonlight pierced through the domain’s thin membrane and landed directly on Su He, the membrane offering no resistance!
The power of Su He’s Chaotic Blade suddenly increased manifold.
The flying knives instantly turned into scimitars, with greater attacking power, tearing through space with each slash. Flame Crow had just leaped up when it was pinned to the ground by a scimitar, dispersing into a pool of flames, only to be chased and killed by countless scimitars.
“Tan Lang! You traitorous son!” Flame Crow cursed, fools!
No wonder the domain didn’t block it; this moonlight wasn’t an attack, it was a blessing! It was an empowerment!
The power of Chaotic Blade increased more than threefold.Shooting down, piercing through Flame Crow and Zhu Yan’s bodies, and even more nails were aimed at Su He’s turtle shell, embedding into its outer appearance.
Greedy Wolf struck successfully and immediately retreated to hide. His uncle had transmitted a message earlier, telling it to exert all its strength without holding back. It understood that its uncle meant it didn’t need to keep any secrets.
A new Divine Ability, Witch’s Blessing.
Who decided that blessings could only be given to allies? When the enemy’s attack is higher, and they even hit themselves along with you, isn’t it nice to silently bestow a blessing?
As for Flame Crow and Zhu Yan, who were more seriously injured—better a friend dies than oneself, a friend’s serious injury that achieves the goal is also very good!
Since Zhu Yan and Flame Crow were already injured and keeping them was useless, it might as well trigger the Chaotic Blades within the domain. If they were allowed to leave, the Chaotic Blades might even stop.
Su He looked back and roared at Greedy Wolf.
What a blessing! I thank your eight generations of ancestors.
He used his divine might to the extreme, roaring directly at Zhu Yan. Taking advantage of Zhu Yan’s moment of daze, the water waves beneath him surged, rushing forward, biting the ape’s arm and throwing the giant ape onto the turtle shell. He carried it on his back as a shield.
Chaotic Blades ×2, most of them landing on Zhu Yan.
In an instant, blood flowed over his body. Fresh blood flowed directly from Su He’s turtle shell onto his body below.
It was miserable.
Under the waning moon, at the foot of the mountain, a Mo Jade Dragon Turtle looked ferocious and terrifying, covered in blood, carrying a broken giant ape, with the surrounding mountains, rocks, and trees all damaged.
There was also a one-legged bird that looked like a Vermilion Bird, curled up on one side, wings protecting its head, its body full of curved knives.
It was like hell on earth.
“Too much!” Zhu Yan weakly said on Su He’s back shell.
Su He snorted: “Which grandson is too much?”
Is it not excessive when you five gang up on one?
Zhu Yan’s broken bellows-like voice laughed: “Little Dragon Turtle, let me teach you a lesson! Don’t provoke Zhu Yan!”
Su He’s alarm bells rang.
Zhu Yan not only did not resist but struggled, punching his chest, blood spurting out and dyeing Su He even redder.
“Do you know why all Divine Beasts dislike Zhu Yan?” Zhu Yan asked with a broken bellows voice.
“Because you talk too much?”
Zhu Yan: “……”
I’m not talking about that!
“Because our blood can forbid Divine Abilities!” Zhu Yan laughed hoarsely, and at the same time shouted: “Mist! Big Cat!”
The deer Shu, crouching on one side, heard the signal, neighed, and the great waters surged around it, rushing towards Su He.
Zeng’s tail flicked, and the sky full of flames condensed into flowing lava rushing towards him. Water and fire, centered on Su He, were about to collide and explode here.
Zeng’s divine fire and deer Shu’s Water Manipulation were not ordinary water and fire. The explosion caused by their collision was unimaginably powerful!
Su He took a deep breath, ready to gather the surging waves, only to find that the beast blood on his body was like a seal, locking his Divine Ability inside, unable to use it!
It was like returning to the Seven Extremes Secret Realm.
Su He’s expression changed slightly, when had this grandson set the trap? After Greedy Wolf’s blessing, or before?
It couldn’t have been earlier; it couldn’t have guessed that Su He had mastered Chaotic Blades, nor was it so noble to sacrifice itself for others.
In the blink of an eye, as water and fire rushed towards him, Su He couldn’t avoid it!
Su He sneered: “You seem to have forgotten, you’re still in my hands!”
Dragon Turtle roared, throwing the giant ape off its back, and its two front paws reached down to block below.
Zhu Yan, however, laughed, laughing loudly: “I, I give up!”
A cunning triumph flashed in its monkey eyes, I give up, I’m not playing anymore! What can you do to me? Water and fire are merciless, enjoy their collision yourself!
It laughed thievishly.
But it saw Su He’s eyes flashing with danger, his sharp teeth grinding: “You think you can just give up? Five against one stirring up trouble, and now you want to give up? I don’t agree!”
Su He roared, biting Zhu Yan’s belly, and with it, he charged towards the collision point of water and fire.
“Since it’s started, then I set the rules! If there’s anyone standing today, this fight isn’t over! Giving up is useless!”
Su He, with Zhu Yan on his head, charged towards the collision point of water and fire. Zhu Yan’s expression finally changed; this Dragon Turtle didn’t play by the rules!
Watching the approaching water and fire, with heat waves and icy cold licking at both sides of his body, Zhu Yan couldn’t bear it anymore.
It chirped and let out a monkey cry: “I lost! I lost! I really give up! Please, no!”
Su He, as if he hadn’t heard. Saying give up is useless, then it’s useless. The rules you set don’t care if I’m willing to start fighting directly, you can bully the weak by ganging up five against one, you can scheme against me and then give up.
Do I have to abide by them?
Who do you think you are?
Since you forced the Dragon Turtle to join, then the rules should be set by the Dragon Turtle!
I am the Dragon Turtle!
“Charge!” Su He, with it on his head, crashed into the node where water and fire collided.
There’s another chapter tonight, but it will be late.