The Battle Begins

Below Buzhou Mountain.

Nearly a hundred great witches surrounded the lingering spirit of the Destruction Chaos Demon God, standing firm before their tribe. Every one of them was gravely wounded, yet not a single one had retreated even half a step.

Behind them lay the Witch Clan tribe, home to hundreds of millions of witches.

If they retreated, the Witch Clan would suffer devastating losses.

"Old friends, can you still fight?"

Chi You, broad-shouldered and powerfully built, roared out. His spirits soared, and the enormous wound in his chest seemed not to exist.

Among the great witches of the Witch Clan, he ranked among the top three in combat strength. With neither the Ancestor Witches nor Jiu Feng, the foremost great witch, present, it was only natural that he had taken command.

"Of course we can!"

The great witches shouted their agreement.

No matter how badly they were hurt, they still joked and laughed.

Kuafu thumped his chest and boomed with laughter. "Chi You, don't underestimate us. We can each take at least three more hits!"

"I can take two!"

"We're not as strong as you, but we can still take one hit!"

The great witches didn't say how much fighting strength they had left. Instead, they spoke of how many attacks from the lingering spirit of the Chaos Demon God they could withstand.

At the back of the crowd, Hou Yi held a massive red bow. His expression was stricken with grief, and tears kept falling from his eyes. Of all the great witches, he was the only one who hadn't been injured and had retained nearly all his fighting strength.

Compared with the other great witches' tall, muscular frames, Hou Yi looked quite small. He had no advantage in either strength or physical toughness.

But he had the greatest offensive power of them all.

Naturally, the task of attacking the lingering spirit of the Destruction Chaos Demon God fell mainly to him.

Hou Yi let his tears fall and murmured without pause, "Just give me one more chance. I'll kill it this time!"

Behind the great witches, countless members of the Witch Clan attacked the lingering spirit of the Destruction Chaos Demon God, like mayflies trying to shake a tree.

They were simply too weak to even break through its defenses, and their attacks had no effect on the situation.

But no one cared.

They had no time even to grieve. Every one of them was more resolute than ever, with only one thought in their hearts: kill the enemy and protect the tribe.

At that moment, the Witch Clan was more united than ever before.

"Heh, heh, heh!"

The lingering spirit of the Destruction Chaos Demon God let out a sinister laugh. Facing a crowd of ants, its already scant patience had finally run out. "You ants, suffer! The only ones to blame are your Pangu bloodline. Every last one of you must die!"

It swung down its giant axe. A terrifying attack, infused with the Destruction Great Dao Law, crashed toward the members of the Witch Clan. The full power of a late-stage Daluo Golden Immortal burst forth. Before the attack even landed, the void began to tremble as if it could no longer bear the strain and might collapse at any moment.

Facing such a terrifying attack, Chi You's pupils contracted sharply, but his expression didn't change. Laughing loudly, he charged forward. "So much for a Chaos Demon God. You're nothing special!"

"Chi You, you bastard, don't hog all the action! It's our turn this time!" Kuafu cursed and charged after him.

"And us!"

"Charge!"

Every great witch, including Hou Yi, charged forward.

They knew full well that if they failed to stop this attack, countless members of their tribe would fall.

But every great witch was gravely wounded. If the attack landed, no one knew how many would die.

Below, the hundreds of millions of witches seethed with grief and helpless rage.

"Damn it! Damn it all!"

"Where are the Ancestor Witches? Where are our lords?"

"Is our Witch Clan going to be wiped out today?"

At that critical moment, a spatial vortex suddenly appeared in the sky.

A golden light flew out of it and grew rapidly in the wind, instantly becoming a massive scroll painted with two fish, one black and one white.

It appeared above Chi You, Kuafu, and the other great witches.

"Boom!"

The attack from the lingering spirit of the Destruction Chaos Demon God struck the scroll with a thunderous crash, then vanished without a trace.

"The Supreme Grade Innate Supreme Treasure, the Taiji Diagram!"

"Which powerful expert has come to help our Witch Clan?"

Having narrowly escaped death, Chi You, Kuafu, and the other great witches gazed up at the enormous Taiji Diagram, panting heavily. Each felt as if they had come back from the brink of death.

Below, the hundreds of millions of witches craned their necks, eager to see which powerful expert had come to their aid at the critical moment.

Two figures stepped out of the spatial vortex in the sky.

One was a handsome young man in a purple Daoist robe. The other was a tall, middle-aged man clad in animal hide.

"It's Great Witch Fei Lian!"

"Who's that standing beside Great Witch Fei Lian?"

"I don't know. I've never seen him before. He must be someone Great Witch Fei Lian called in to help!"

"Wonderful! The Witch Clan is saved!"

The hundreds of millions of witches were overcome with excitement and dropped to their knees.

The Witch Clan did not worship Heaven or bow to Earth. They revered only Pangu Father God.

Yet at that moment, they knelt before a stranger they had never seen before.

That alone showed how grateful they were.

What they didn't know was that the stranger they revered and thanked was actually an Ancestor Witch of the Witch Clan.

Xuanyuan had taken Great Witch Fei Lian through a spatial passage, crossing tens of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye.

But before he could step out of the passage, he sensed the grave danger facing Chi You, Kuafu, and the other great witches. He could only throw the Supreme Grade Innate Supreme Treasure, the Taiji Diagram, out of the passage first, helping the great witches block the full-force attack of the lingering spirit of the Destruction Chaos Demon God.

As a Supreme Grade Innate Supreme Treasure, the Taiji Diagram possessed unparalleled defensive power. Even with the Destruction Great Dao Law infused into the lingering spirit's attack, it couldn't stir so much as a ripple against the Taiji Diagram.

"Phew!"

Beside Xuanyuan, Great Witch Fei Lian let out a long breath, secretly relieved they had arrived in time at such a critical moment.

He looked at Xuanyuan, his face full of shock and admiration.

This Ancestor Witch was usually very low-key and rarely appeared among the Witch Clan. In fact, most members of the tribe didn't even know there was such an Ancestor Witch.

He hadn't gone to Qianyuan Mountain expecting Xuanyuan to intervene. He had just wanted to take a chance and see whether Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches were with Xuanyuan.

Or whether Xuanyuan knew where Dijiang and the others were.

He hadn't expected Ancestor Witch Xuanyuan to be so powerful, or to have overcome the Witch Clan's limitations and gained the ability to use magic treasures—and one as extraordinary as the Taiji Diagram, no less.

Since the Witch Clan had no Nascent Soul, its members couldn't use magic treasures. Fei Lian had never paid them much attention, but he still knew the Taiji Diagram's reputation.

According to legend, when Pangu Father God split Heaven and Earth, the Pangu Axe he used divided into several treasures, one of which was the Taiji Diagram. Its defensive power was unparalleled. With it above one's head, one stood invincible from the start.

With such a treasure, even if Ancestor Witch Xuanyuan couldn't defeat the lingering spirit of the Chaos Demon God, he could still protect the Witch Clan.

That would buy them enough time to search for Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches.

Xuanyuan had no idea what Fei Lian was thinking.

Looking down at the lingering spirit of the Destruction Chaos Demon God, he sneered disdainfully. "You're nothing but a lingering spirit of a Chaos Demon God. Pangu Father God killed you long ago, and now you dare cause trouble for our Witch Clan? You're asking for death."

The lingering spirit's enormous pupils glowed crimson as it glared at Xuanyuan and roared furiously. "There's a presence about you that disgusts me. It's a thousand, ten thousand times stronger than these ants! Every last descendant of Pangu must die!"