"Roar!"
Demon Monk You An let out an extremely sharp shriek from his throat, madly lunging at Tang Jie. This shriek possessed the ability to erode the enemy's spirit!
"It's very similar to the corrosive power of the Black Level Futu... ordinary cultivators wouldn't even have the strength to fight back against them."
Tang Jie felt the power eroding his body and thought to himself.
These Prison Clan members wielded abilities similar to the Black Level Futu, capable of eroding both flesh and spirit. After all, the Black Level Futu was researched and created from the power of the Prison Clan.
Tang Jie, in unity of heaven and man with a powerful spirit, faced the sharp whistling sound with a calm expression, completely unaffected.
"Screech!"
Demon Monk You An's sharp claws thrust directly towards Tang Jie's heart, aiming to rip it out in the first exchange.
The sharp claws, as they tore through the air, actually ripped open five pitch-black fissures!
"This is... Void Imprint? Only powerful experts at the Extreme Realm Golden Core level who excel in offense can do this!"
Within the Xuan Dao Sect, Daoist Xuanfeng and the other two Golden Core Realm experts watched this scene unfold in the sky, secretly alarmed. Any one of these demon monks possessed the strength of an Extreme Realm Golden Core!
However, something that shocked the three happened. As the claws were still a foot or two away from Tang Jie, Tang Jie suddenly moved.
Whoosh!
Tang Jie's right fist struck out without any warning. This punch returned to simplicity, possessing an unadorned, natural feel, and its speed was so fast it was imperceptible to the naked eye!
Tang Jie's Demon Prajna had reached the eighth level, granting him the power of eight Dragon Elephants. The stronger his physical body, the greater his explosive power. Not to mention that Tang Jie contained twenty percent of the power of heaven and earth within his body; even a casual strike from him was terrifying.
Although Tang Jie threw his punch later, it was as if it had reached the speed of light, distorting time. When the Demon Monk You An's claws were still half a foot from Tang Jie's chest, Tang Jie's fist had already struck his face from behind!
"Bang!"
Amidst a muffled thunderous explosion, Demon Monk You An didn't even have time to react before his burly body was sent flying backward, his head exploding with a crackle and pop without suspense!
"This..."
Daoist Xuanfeng and the others watched, dumbfounded. From You An's claw attack alone, they could judge that this was a terrifying creature no less powerful than an Extreme Realm Golden Core, yet Tang Jie had so effortlessly, with a single simple punch, caused its head to explode and be sent flying?
"What?"
The remaining two demon monks also had their pupils contract. Tang Jie was completely unaffected by the Prison Clan's power and had blown off Demon Monk You An's head in the first exchange!
"Not dead."
But Tang Jie's brow furrowed, as he could sense that although Demon Monk You An's head had exploded, his aura had not weakened; on the contrary, it had grown stronger!
"I... I'll kill you!"
A hoarse, sharp hiss echoed from within Demon Monk You An's headless corpse.
Pitch-black gas surged out from the headless corpse, swallowing everything like a black hole. The headless body was instantly torn to shreds, and from the black mist emerged a colossal being ten feet tall!
It was a creature with a single horn, clad in black scales, its eyes blood-red, and possessing a tail like a steel whip. It gnashed its sharp teeth, and blood-red light spewed from its eyes, striking one with fear!
"Boom!"
A massive aura was released from this horned Prison Clan member, pressing down on the Xuan Dao Sect disciples below, causing them to prostrate themselves on the ground. Some Xuan Dao Sect disciples couldn't withstand this pressure and began bleeding from their noses and mouths!
"Quick... quickly activate the Mountain Protecting Array!"
Daoist Xuanfeng urgently shouted. This pressure was too terrifying; ordinary Qi Refining Stage disciples would be crushed to death!
"Yes... yes!"
A Golden Core True Person from the Xuan Dao Sect quickly took out a token, endured the pressure, and injected his spiritual power into it. Immediately, the token activated the Xuan Dao Sect's Mountain Protecting Array. A beam of light shot up into the sky from within the Xuan Dao Sect, spreading out to form a transparent barrier that protected the Xuan Dao Sect.
Only then did the Xuan Dao Sect disciples who were bleeding from the pressure feel a little better.
"Is... is that the Prison Clan? This aura... at least Nascent Soul Realm, and an extremely powerful Nascent Soul Realm!"
Daoist Xuanfeng and the others watched the horned Prison Clan member, who had torn open its flesh shell to reveal its true form, with their scalps tingling. They were all filled with shock and fear.
Nascent Soul Realm – in the entire Ten Nations Continent, this was almost the pinnacle of power. Some immortal cultivation sects that had one or two Nascent Soul Realm experts sitting in them were almost considered sacred cultivation grounds.
And now, a monster suspected to be in the Nascent Soul Realm stood above the Xuan Dao Sect.
"That Prison Clan member is in the Nascent Soul Realm. His two companions behind him must be no weaker than him. Three Nascent Soul Realm experts?"
Daoist Xuanfeng swallowed a mouthful of saliva. The Demon Monk You An had his head blown off by Tang Jie's punch, revealing the Prison Clan's true form.
There was no doubt that the other two demon monks were undoubtedly no weaker than him. Three Nascent Soul Realm experts, and extremely powerful ones at that, were enough to annihilate ordinary top-tier sects!
And Tang Jie, alone, was confronting three terrifying Nascent Soul Realm Prison Clan members?
"Kid, I am You An, a Hell General from the Hell Realm. You shattered this rather satisfactory body of mine, and now I am very angry!"
The horned Prison Clan member, You An, stared at Tang Jie, his blood-red eyes flashing with terrifying bloodlust.
Their Prison Clan was very special; they were not native to this space. Therefore, after arriving in this space, they would suffer from maladjustment. They required suitable bodies to survive, otherwise, they would continuously weaken.
It was like sharks; they were ferocious in the ocean, but once they came ashore, they would quickly become weak and powerless, even dying!
One of the main reasons the Prison Clan members recuperated in the Demon Suppressing Cave was that their original bodies had been destroyed. Fortunately, those Heavenly Dragon Temple monks were unaware of this characteristic of the Prison Clan. They had dispatched monks into the Demon Suppressing Cave to reinforce the seal, but instead, those monks became their new bodies.
"This is the true form of the Prison Clan? The aura is very strong... only slightly weaker than the Mountain Sea Elephant King!"
Tang Jie also looked at You An, who called himself a Hell General from the Hell Realm, with surprise. His aura was very powerful, reaching the late Nascent Soul Realm, only slightly weaker than the Mountain Sea Elephant King!
"You An, stop wasting words with him. Kill him quickly and leave this place!"
The old demon monk urged.
This was the Great Xia Dynasty, and there were no shortage of powerful cultivators. If they were surrounded by the absolute top-tier powerhouses, it would be troublesome. They might be sealed away again, and it wouldn't be so easy to escape next time.
Neither of the two demon monks had any intention of making a move. The reason was simple: if they revealed their true forms, they would have to find new bodies. Since Hell General You An could handle Tang Jie alone, it would save them a lot of trouble.
"You destroyed my body, so I will kill you and take you as my body. Perhaps it will be even more suitable, allowing me to unleash my full strength!"
Hell General You An sneered. For Hell Generals like them to exert their full combat power on the Ten Nations Continent, they needed an excellent body. Otherwise, their strength would continuously weaken. Tang Jie, being so powerful, was an excellent body in Hell General You An's eyes!
"Hell God Claw!"
Hell General You An attacked instantly. A massive claw lunged out, its dark aura permeating the air and obscuring the sky. A power akin to the Black Level Futu spread towards Tang Jie, forming a claw that blotted out the sun and reached for him.
The hundreds of meters long, colossal black claw looked as if it had emerged from another world, intending to drag people into Hell!
"Chii!"
Tang Jie instantly drew the Iron Cutting Saber at his waist. The true essence within his body surged, mixed with twenty percent of Heaven and Earth Power. He unleashed a saber strike!
With a sound that tore through the air, a massive saber light ripped through the sky and earth, friction with the air igniting a blazing fire that warped the very space.
"Pfft!"
With a saber strike that mobilized Heaven and Earth Power, it was practically indestructible. The enormous black claw was sliced apart. The saber light, its momentum unabated, slashed across Hell General You An's chest, sending him flying backward. Fine cracks appeared on his scales, but they healed instantly.
"Whoosh!"
Hell General You An flickered, black mist surging. His entire body vanished into the mist, forming a bottomless maw that swallowed the entire space Tang Jie occupied.
Tang Jie felt as if he had fallen into a completely dark space, with a corrosive force that attacked both his spirit and body flowing towards him, aiming to break him down from body to spirit.
Tang Jie seemed to see countless evil spirits wailing!
"The power of our Prison Clan comes from the Hell Realm. At the Hell General level, we can even evolve small-scale Hell Realms to swallow enemies. Creatures not of the Prison Clan who are trapped within will quickly sink into depravity!"
The two demon monks smiled broadly as they saw the dark mist in the distance form a small world.
The power of the Prison Clan came from the Hell Realm, and they possessed the ability to evolve the Hell Realm. Ordinary creatures could not reach the Hell Realm. Once they entered it, they would quickly fall into depravity and become one of them!
"Boom!"
However, after only a few seconds, a crimson light flashed from within the black mist, like an exploding sun.
God Demon Blood Realm!
The Bloodline Power within Tang Jie flowed, and in an instant, boundless blood-red light erupted, forming a small world that crushed outwards in all directions. The clumped black mist that had trapped Tang Jie was instantly torn to shreds, revealing Hell General You An with a face full of horror!
"What?"
Hell General You An felt a surge of fear. His body was enveloped by the blood-red light, giving him the sensation of sinking into a quagmire.
Sky-Tearing Earth-Splitting Dragon Claw Hand!
Tang Jie sheathed his saber and thrust out his hands, lightning-fast, grabbing Hell General You An's shoulders and tearing with all his might. A ferocious, beast-like power erupted!
Chii!
You An's burly body was instantly torn in half by the immense force.
But to Tang Jie's surprise, Hell General You An's torn body transformed into mist, drifting backward, escaping Tang Jie's grasp, and reforming into a human shape.
"Hao Zheng, Ku Mu, stop watching and attack together!"
Hell General You An turned and shouted. Tang Jie's strength was beyond his expectations, and the three of them had to attack together.
"Alright!"
The remaining two demon monks wasted no words. A vast power surged within their bodies, tearing their bodies apart. They also transformed into figures ten feet tall, clad in black scales, becoming members of the Prison Clan.
Each of them exuded an aura no weaker than Hell General You An!
"Kill him!"
The three Hell Generals roared and madly lunged at Tang Jie. The combined might of three powerful beings comparable to late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators could not be underestimated. The black mist they emitted seemed to be tearing Tang Jie's God Demon Blood Realm apart.
Tang Jie's expression was icy. He did not fear the combined assault of the three Hell Generals. He slammed his palms together forcefully, condensing his true essence and activating the Golden Bell True Essence!
"Dang!"
A crisp Buddhist chant suddenly spread from between Tang Jie's palms. Amplified by the Golden Bell Indestructible Body's sonic attacks, it resonated for nearly a thousand miles!
Buddha's Palm Fourth Style: Buddha Asks About Jialan!
This palm strike began with the release of Buddhist chants, which could shock the enemy's spirit and soul. Tang Jie had learned the complete set of Buddha's Palm techniques in the Demon Sealing Land. This could be considered the strongest palm technique in martial arts. When unleashed by Tang Jie, it was far beyond what someone like the Golden-Clothed Demon Envoy, who was only half-hearted, could compare to.
The Buddhist chants reverberated. The cultivators who had been affected by the Prison Clan's power felt as if they had been struck by a thunderous roar, breaking free from Hell and regaining their senses!
"Ah!"
As for the three Hell Generals, under the Buddhist chants imbued with Heaven and Earth Power and amplified by the Golden Bell Indestructible Body, they felt as if their very souls were being torn apart. They let out pained roars, and their coordinated assault instantly disintegrated.
With his hands closed together, golden light flashed. Tang Jie's palm stance shifted to Buddha's Light First Appearance!
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh!"
Thousands of rays of Buddha's light shot out in all directions like arrows. The three Hell Generals, their souls scattered by the Buddhist chants, were completely unable to dodge.
Pfft pfft pfft!
Buddha's light pierced through their bodies, creating transparent holes. Their sturdy physiques became riddled with them.
The Buddha's Palm, a palm technique once used by the Human Emperor to slay countless powerful enemies. Besides the already deceased Golden-Clothed Demon Envoy, only Tang Jie had successfully mastered it!
When wielded by Tang Jie, whose cultivation had reached the Heavenly Human Martial Realm, it possessed a divine might that could suppress all.
"You can't kill us!"
The three pierced Hell Generals roared madly. The holes in their bodies quickly healed.
"This Prison Clan is very peculiar. They are completely unkillable by conventional means. The cultivators of ancient times could only seal them away."
Tang Jie's brow furrowed upon seeing this. Such unkillable beings were indeed troublesome.
As a martial artist, Tang Jie naturally didn't know sealing formations. However, a thought suddenly struck him: "Can I seal them, or even kill them, using the bronze coffin?"
The bronze coffin was a mysterious item. It could even devour and refine the corpses of Gods and Demons. Could it also seal or kill this Prison Clan?
He would find out soon enough!
Buddha's Palm. Welcoming Buddha to the West!
Tang Jie unleashed another strike of the Buddha's Palm. He seemed to transform into a Thousand-Armed Buddha, each arm carrying terrifying force as he struck the three Hell Generals in succession.
The characteristic of this palm technique was its ability to unleash countless palms instantly, as if possessing a thousand arms, attacking and defending against enemies from multiple directions simultaneously!
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Each of Tang Jie's palms carried profound true essence, and the force was unimaginably vast. Each palm struck the bodies of the three Hell Generals, and each palm contained divine power capable of shattering mountains and earth.
Amidst a series of explosive sounds, the three Hell Generals had no ability to dodge or defend. Dense palm prints furiously bombarded their bodies. Immediately, with a string of shattering sounds, the bodies of these three Hell Generals were blasted apart.
"It's useless... We are immortal!"
You An roared. The characteristic of their Prison Clan was their near-immortality. Even those stronger than them could not kill them.
Tang Jie's continuous, powerful attacks would surely not last. When Tang Jie's fatigue began to show, that would be their time to counterattack!
Tang Jie blasted the Hell Generals into mist with a fierce barrage of heavy blows. While the Hell Generals took some time to recover, he immediately took out a bronze coffin from his Cosmos Bag.
Tang Jie opened the coffin lid and, using the power of heaven and earth, enveloped the mist that the three Hell Generals had turned into, stuffed it into the bronze coffin, and then closed the lid.
"It's useless..."
The three Hell Generals sneered. Ordinary formations or treasures couldn't seal them!
"Ahhh!"
However, not long after, shrill screams echoed from within the coffin.
"What is this? Quickly... quickly let me out!"
"My body is dissolving!"
Terrified voices erupted from the coffin, and the coffin lid shook violently. The three Hell Generals were trying to pry it open from the inside.
"It's useful!"
Tang Jie's eyes lit up. He realized that this mysterious bronze coffin could indeed deal with the Prison Clan.
Tang Jie naturally didn't give the three Prison Clan members a chance to escape. He condensed his Bloodline Power, wrapping the coffin layer by layer. He also controlled the power of heaven and earth to form ropes, binding the coffin lid and sealing it firmly.
"Let me out!"
"Bastards! When the Hell King arrives, you will all die!"
The three Hell Generals inside the coffin roared and snarled furiously.
Daoist Xuanfeng and the others below watched in stunned silence. These three Prison Clan members, comparable to those in the Nascent Soul Realm and from the Hell Realm, were so easily imprisoned and suppressed in the coffin by Tang Jie?
Ignoring the curses and roars emanating from the coffin, Tang Jie looked down at Daoist Xuanfeng and the others. He said calmly, "Alright, the matter is resolved. I'll take my leave now."
Without waiting for Daoist Xuanfeng and the others to reply, Tang Jie slung the bronze coffin over his shoulder and swiftly departed, disappearing into the horizon.
"This... this young brother Tang Jie is truly more astonishing than the rumors. Such a powerful martial artist, perhaps only the Human Emperor, whose existence is uncertain, could be compared in the history of the Ten Nations Continent!"
A Golden Core Realm expert from the Xuan Dao Sect couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"This is the fortune of humanity!" Daoist Xuanfeng also nodded, breathing a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had foreseen the catastrophic disaster that would befall the Xuan Dao Sect and invited Tang Jie. It was an incredibly correct decision!
Tang Jie, carrying the bronze coffin, did not return to Peerless City to prevent any accidents. Instead, he went to Sunset Peak. It was a quiet place, and even if the three managed to escape from the coffin, Tang Jie could reseal them.
On Sunset Peak, Tang Jie sat cross-legged on the lid of the bronze coffin, suppressing the three Hell Generals and preventing them from prying open the lid and escaping.
"When the Hell Kings descend, this continent will become part of the Hell Realm! You will die without a burial place and sink into Hell forever!"
The bronze coffin emitted a dark glow, and continuous curses and roars came from within. None of them begged for mercy, understanding that Tang Jie would never let them go.
Tang Jie turned a deaf ear to these sounds, waiting patiently.
It seemed the Prison Clan also had ranks. The three Prison Clan members in the coffin were all Hell General level. As for the Hell Kings, they were undoubtedly more powerful. What kind of kings of the Hell Realm were they, Tang Jie didn't know much, but he understood that this place was where the Prison Clan lived, and they were all enemies!
Inside the coffin, the Hell Generals initially shouted with great vigor. After a day, they were weak and listless, lacking the strength to even curse.
After three days passed, the disturbances within the bronze coffin completely ceased, and the glow emanating from the coffin also disappeared. Tang Jie understood that the three Hell Generals inside the coffin had most likely died.
"From powerful Great Demons, one can extract Innate Qi. From the corpses of Gods and Demons, one can extract God-Demon Blood Essence. What can be extracted from these Prison Clan members?"
Tang Jie couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. The bronze coffin's abilities were truly miraculous; it could even refine creatures as difficult to kill as the Prison Clan!
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