Ancestor Hongjun Appears!
"Ang~"
"Roar~"
Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin brought out the supreme treasures in their hands, revealed their true forms, and let out dragon roars and furious howls.
With no way to escape, Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin prepared to stake their lives against Ancestor Luohu.
The strongest combat power of an Innate Divine Beast had never been in its innate Dao-body form.
For an Innate Divine Beast, the innate Dao-body form instead suppressed part of its combat power.
Only in their true forms could they unleash all their true strength.
However, compared to their true forms, their innate Dao-body forms were far more convenient in daily life.
After all, the physical bodies of most Innate Divine Beasts were terrifyingly huge. Even the term "a million zhang" was still minuscule before them.
Bai Chen was an exception!
After Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin revealed their true forms, their bodies blotted out the sky and the sun.
As Ancestor Dragon brought out the Ancestor Dragon Pearl beneath his jaw and First Qilin brought out the Qilin Seal before him, the instant countless Dao techniques were unleashed, heaven and earth lost their color.
"Break!"
Ancestor Luohu brought out the God-Slaying Spear. Innate baleful energy shot straight into the heavens, and with a single thrust, he severed the attacks of Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin, reducing them to nothingness.
The innate baleful energy of the God-Slaying Spear transformed into black radiance and struck Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin. In an instant, their physical bodies were covered in wounds and battered beyond recognition.
The injuries to their physical bodies were actually the lightest. The most severe injury was that Ancestor Luohu had cut down their cultivation.
Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin had now been knocked down a realm by Ancestor Luohu. They were no longer at the Half-step Dao Proving stage.
"How boring!"
Looking at how weak Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin were, Ancestor Luohu could not help shaking his head.
He had not even used his full strength just now. He had not expected First Qilin and Ancestor Dragon to be unable to withstand even that.
With their cultivation cut down, Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin felt despair. They had reached the end of the road.
"Ancestor Dragon, First Qilin, if you had even half of Yuanfeng's intelligence, you could have lived a little longer."
"Because of your foolishness, less than one-tenth of the strength of the myriad races of scale-armored creatures and the myriad races of beasts remains. Today, the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan should also repay this karma and help this seat prove the Dao!"
Ancestor Luohu brought out the God-Slaying Spear. Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin had already accepted their fate and prepared to await death.
"Daoist Luohu, show mercy!"
A loud cry rang out. Immediately afterward, a twelve-petaled golden lotus appeared before Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin, blocking Ancestor Luohu's attack.
Ancestor Hongjun appeared, holding a horsetail whisk and bringing out the Twelve-petal Golden Merit Lotus.
"Thank you for your assistance, fellow Daoist."
Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin transformed into their innate Dao-body forms, then bowed and thanked their lifesaving benefactor, Ancestor Hongjun.
"Hongjun, you survived the Tribulation of Creation back then?"
Others might not have recognized Ancestor Hongjun, but Ancestor Luohu recognized him at a glance. After all, they had all once been among the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods.
Still, Ancestor Luohu was somewhat surprised that Ancestor Hongjun had not died.
"Daoist Luohu, you jest. How many of us survived the Tribulation of Creation back then?"
Ancestor Hongjun stroked his beard and smiled, looking completely composed.
It could be said that among the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods who ranked near the top, aside from the madman Chaos Demon Ape, who had been hacked into four pieces by Pangu, the others had not died completely. They had all fled at the final moment.
"Hongjun, get out of the way now. For the sake of our having joined forces to resist Pangu during the Tribulation of Creation, this seat can spare your life."
Ancestor Luohu knew Ancestor Hongjun's background. Since he had been able to withstand that attack just now, his strength was certainly extraordinary.
Therefore, he did not want to cause further trouble or make an enemy of Ancestor Hongjun.
Once he proved the Dao, he would have plenty of time to deal with him.
"Daoist Luohu, you have already committed quite a great deal of slaughter. Having sensed the will of the Great Dao, I have come to stop you!"
Ancestor Hongjun rejected Ancestor Luohu's "kindness." He was not stupid. Not to mention that he had also sensed the opportunity to prove the Dao.
If he allowed Ancestor Luohu to prove the Dao today, then after Luohu succeeded, Ancestor Hongjun would certainly be punished later because he had just saved Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin.
"Hongjun, when Pangu proved the Great Dao back then, you sought death.
"Now that this seat is proving the Dao, you still seek death. Since that is the case, this seat will grant your wish."
Ancestor Luohu flew into a rage. Did this insignificant Hongjun really think that withstanding his previous attack meant he could contend with him?
That attack had merely been a casual strike with the God-Slaying Spear.
If he brought out the God-Slaying Spear with his full strength, how could the Twelve-petal Golden Merit Lotus possibly block it?
"First Qilin, it seems we have both been tricked."
Nearby, Ancestor Dragon had also guessed the backgrounds of the two from their conversation.
He had never imagined that these two were incarnations of Chaos Demon Gods who had not truly died during the Tribulation of Creation.
Losing to such existences was nothing to be ashamed of.
"Sigh!"
First Qilin sighed, then said,
"Back when we attacked the Fierce Beast Clan, I sensed that something was wrong. The fall of Beast Emperor Shen Ni was far too strange."
"It seems that they could not escape responsibility for the fall of Beast Emperor Shen Ni back then!"
During the Fierce Beast Tribulation, there had been many strange circumstances surrounding how the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans had led the myriad races to defeat the Fierce Beast Clan.
The greatest of them was the fall of Beast Emperor Shen Ni.
Back then, Beast Emperor Shen Ni had fallen after failing to prove the Dao. Only then had the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans gotten the chance to lead the myriad races in defeating the Fierce Beast Clan.
Yet no one knew how Beast Emperor Shen Ni had failed to prove the Dao.
Today, First Qilin had more or less guessed the truth.
Perhaps Beast Emperor Shen Ni had also been an incarnation of a Chaos Demon God. As for his failure to prove the Dao, it was highly likely that he had been slain by Ancestor Hongjun and the others.
In fact, that was indeed what had happened. Back then, quite a few great powers of the Primordial World had been lost in the effort to slay Beast Emperor Shen Ni.
Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin bowed to Ancestor Hongjun and said,
"Fellow Daoist, the two of us are severely injured, so we will not hold you back."
The Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan were still being slaughtered. Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin wanted to go down and provide aid.
Of course, they wanted even less to interfere in the affairs of Ancestor Luohu and Ancestor Hongjun. They only wanted to preserve their lives.
"No matter."
Ancestor Hongjun agreed. After all, Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin had already been knocked down in cultivation by Ancestor Luohu and were severely injured. They could not stir up much trouble or provide much help.
Just as Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin were about to leave, Ancestor Hongjun called out to them and continued,
"However, there is something I must remind you two fellow Daoists of. The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans led the myriad races in resisting the Fierce Beast Clan. That was originally a meritorious deed."
"But your three clans should not have used force to suppress the myriad races, nor should you have started a war for your own selfish desires, causing the myriad races to suffer. Perhaps you should give the myriad races of the Primordial World an explanation."
Ancestor Hongjun offered Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin a few words of advice, then waved his sleeve, signaling for them to leave.
"Thank you, fellow Daoist!"
Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin bowed, then fled into the battlefield below.
"Sigh!"
Ancestor Hongjun helplessly sighed at Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin's performance. It seemed that these two fools still refused to repent. He had already done all he could by reminding them.
The divine teaching would not make them understand, but a lesson from the divine would.
Ancestor Hongjun believed that once karmic retribution descended, Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin would understand.
"Dream on if you think you can escape!"
"Zhu Xian Array Diagram!"
Ancestor Luohu saw through Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin's intentions and directly brought out the Zhu Xian Array Diagram he had refined.
Although the Zhu Xian Array Diagram was a spiritual treasure refined by Ancestor Luohu after the birth of the world and belonged to the Houtian Supreme Treasure category, it was still an ominous and baleful supreme treasure.
The moment the Zhu Xian Array Diagram appeared, its divine might enveloped the entire battlefield.
At the same time, the Four Swords of Zhu Xian were released as well, wantonly unleashing sword qi and slaughtering the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan.
Even the High-level Golden Immortals of the two clans, the Great Luo Golden Immortals, were no match for the slaughter of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, falling as easily as vegetables beneath a cleaver.
Fortunately, the Phoenix Clan had fled quickly. Otherwise, it would have suffered the same fate as the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan.
Seeing the battlefield enveloped by the Zhu Xian Array Diagram, Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin were immediately filled with despair.
Given their current condition, they were not even certain they could escape the restrictions of the Zhu Xian Array Diagram, let alone rescue the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan.
Just then, an opening suddenly appeared in the restrictions of the Zhu Xian Array Diagram. No one knew which great power had secretly intervened to save them.
Looking at the small opening, Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin had no choice but to steel their hearts.
Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin rescued the two clans' high-ranking experts and led them in breaking out. As for the armies of the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan, they were truly powerless to save them.
"Damn it!"
Ancestor Luohu, who was battling Ancestor Hongjun, flew into a rage when he saw Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin being released by someone.
He had originally thought that only Ancestor Hongjun had come. Now it seemed that another great power had arrived as well.
"Eight Great Protectors, heed my command. Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin have already been severely wounded by this seat, their cultivation having fallen from the Half-step Dao Proving stage. Go and pursue and kill them at once!"