"Fire—"
The She Tian Demonic Tree roared, and within its massive manifestation, the sun, moon, and stars emerged, their light converging into a colossal Starlight Wrath Arrow.
The Starlight Wrath Arrow was as vast as a river, surging with starlight.
As the She Tian Demonic Tree pulled its body to full tension, the Starlight Wrath Arrow was nocked upon the string.
An arrow on the string, shooting through heaven and earth, shattering the four directions, capable of hunting gods.
A single arrow seeking life; all the experts present, the exotic beasts in the distance, and even the Lynx Emperor felt the terrifying aura of this arrow.
"Slash—"
At this moment, Lady Chen also let out a great shout, her blood energy pushed to the limit, her heart method circulating, and Dao runes thundering as she harnessed the momentum of Tiger Mound.
The Starlight Wrath Arrow was fired, and Lady Chen used her sleeve as a blade, slashing directly toward the army of exotic beasts.
The Starlight Wrath Arrow pierced a hundred miles, and the sleeve-blade slashed through the river; the two ultimate strikes descended simultaneously, causing the entire Great Meng City to dim, eclipsing the sun and moon.
Every expert present felt their hair stand on end.
The Lynx Emperor roared, his fur bristling, wind swirling violently as he shrieked, whipping up over a dozen tornadoes.
He uprooted trees, rocks, and rivers from the mountain, forming a giant wall to block the path of the exotic beast army.
The Lynx Emperor, a ten-thousand-year-old ferocious beast, though not as strong as the previous Mountain Lord, the Giant Ape, was still incomparably powerful.
The wall of wind, mixed with mud, stone, and river water, pushed against the giant starlight arrow and the thousand-meter sleeve-blade. With a deafening "boom," it shook Great Meng City and caused the mountains to sway.
The Lynx Emperor was powerful, but he could not withstand the combined strike of the She Tian Demonic Tree and Lady Chen; the wind wall was pierced and shattered.
The Starlight Wrath Arrow and the thousand-mile sleeve-blade slashed into the army of exotic beasts, blood spraying wildly, beast roars and screams echoing endlessly as hundreds of exotic beasts perished in a single blow.
Blood flowed like a river, and the army of exotic beasts fell into panic.
"Retreat—"
The Lynx Lion Emperor roared, struck by fear, and turned to flee, charging into the vast Great Meng Mountain.
The army of thousands of exotic beasts collapsed in the blink of an eye, fleeing in a panic, trampling one another.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat! Follow the Great King and retreat! Protect the Great King!"
When there are no tigers in the mountains, the monkeys act as kings.
Ah Yuan, playing the part of a loyal subject, was the first to charge at the front of the retreat; he had long since hidden far away, and the moment he saw the Lynx Emperor retreat, he followed suit.
As the exotic beast army fled in defeat, all the experts of Great Meng City and the Three Retinues of the Grandmaster Mansion were left stunned.
By the time they regained their senses, the exotic beast army had already escaped into the vast Great Meng Mountain.
The manifestation in the sky vanished, the towering Demonic Tree disappeared, and Lady Chen retreated back into Tiger Mound.
"What on earth is that?"
The Three Retinues of the Grandmaster Mansion had never expected the Su Family to possess such means.
Chen Bao guessed a little; it must have been related to Liu Chengfeng.
"Damn it, you're going to drain me dry—"
In the Imperial Garden of the Su Family, the She Tian Demonic Tree felt a wave of exhaustion and cursed angrily.
The invincible posture it had just displayed was entirely controlled by Liu Chengfeng; it had no say in the matter.
The She Tian Demonic Tree couldn't help but regret that if it had fled earlier, it wouldn't have been reduced to a tool, ordered around by Liu Chengfeng.
Now, the She Tian Demonic Tree could not escape; the World Tree suppressed it, and the roots of the Golden Lotus Root pierced through its body.
"Let me take another sip."
The She Tian Demonic Tree was drained; despite the invincible arrow just now, it had exhausted its power, and even absorbing massive amounts of spirit energy wouldn't replenish it.
Moreover, Liu Chengfeng himself had already siphoned off a vast amount of spirit energy.
Liu Chengfeng was also exhausted, collapsing where he sat.
He had just borrowed the spirit energy from the Su Family's Spirit Vein Dojo, transforming it into boundless, surging blood energy.
Only then could he urge the She Tian Demonic Tree to fire the Starlight Wrath Arrow and defeat the Lynx Emperor.
After the arrow, his blood energy was depleted, and Liu Chengfeng hurriedly consumed Blood Medicine and circulated the Golden Dragon Heart Method.
Liu Chengfeng refused the request of the She Tian Demonic Tree.
From suppressing the She Tian Demonic Tree to repelling the Lynx Emperor with one arrow, he had been whale-swallowing the Su Family's spirit energy the entire time.
The spirit energy accumulated over ten thousand years in the Su Family's Dragon Vein Dojo had already been consumed by sixty or seventy percent by Liu Chengfeng; to take another sip would be to exhaust the foundation of the Su Family.
He could not bring himself to cause the Su Family to wither and decline.
Liu Chengfeng relied on meditation to nourish his body, absorbing spirit energy solely through his heart method without borrowing from the World Tree, quickly recovering his own blood energy.
The Su Family was immensely grateful to Liu Chengfeng, and the Old Matriarch and Lady Chen even came personally to visit him.
At the critical moment, Liu Chengfeng had saved the Su Family.
Just as Liu Chengfeng finished meditating and recovered his blood energy, before he could even catch his breath, disaster struck.
Su Youqian rushed back in a panic, carrying the wounded to be treated.
"Uncle Feng, Senior Brother."
Seeing the blood-soaked figures being carried in, Liu Chengfeng was shocked.
The disciples of the Cloud Rising Sect were either dead or wounded; Jiang Yu was covered in blood, coughing incessantly, while Zhou Yinfeng's chest had been pierced through, leaving him on the verge of death.
Su Youqian and the Su Family disciples tried desperately to save them, even using the Second Refinement Mountain Pill.
"Brother, watch out for the Princess of the Wu Clan; she is hunting us down."
Su Youqian was covered in wounds, his bones visible, lying there unable to move.
"Young Master, I, I, I can no longer serve you. I, I must go serve the Master..."
"Uncle Feng—"
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but cry out. In the end, Zhou Yinfeng could not hold on; even the Second Refinement Mountain Pill of the Su Family could not save him.
"I arrived too late."
Su Youqian blamed himself. In truth, he had rushed over the moment the incident occurred, but it was still too late; the Princess of the Wu Clan had already killed many Cloud Rising Sect disciples.
The Ascending Wu Clan had withdrawn, gathering their disciples and experts to attack the Cloud Rising Sect.
The Princess of the Wu Clan had not withdrawn; she had stayed behind with the Grandmaster Mansion, taking the opportunity to clear out Jiang Yu and the other Cloud Rising Sect disciples.
Jiang Yu and the others had originally been following the Fourth Elder's orders, staying at the manor in Great Meng City.
They never expected to be discovered by the Princess of the Wu Clan, bringing a fatal disaster upon themselves.
"Where is she?"
Liu Chengfeng clenched his fists tightly, a terrifying light gleaming in his eyes.
The Princess of the Wu Clan must die, and the Ascending Wu Clan must be exterminated.
For killing Zhou Yinfeng, the Ascending Wu Clan was unforgivable.
Recalling the past, although Zhou Yinfeng had not followed him for long, he had been loyal and devoted, protecting him with his life.
Since the Princess of the Wu Clan killed Zhou Yinfeng, the Wu Clan would pay back tenfold!
The exotic beasts fled in defeat, Lady Chen took command, and Chen Bao once again dominated Great Meng City.
The Grandmaster Mansion no longer had any reason to stay. With Lady Chen safe and sound, the Grandmaster Mansion dared not act rashly and could only withdraw from Great Meng City.
The Princess of the Wu Clan, recommended by Ye Yiqing, had joined the Grandmaster Mansion and followed them back to the Imperial Capital.
Before departing, the Princess of the Wu Clan had leveled the Cloud Rising Sect's manor outside Yunmeng City, killing over a dozen disciples.
To her, such a matter was merely a trifle.
First, she was the daughter of the Wu Clan and feared no one from the Cloud Rising Sect.
Second, she had joined the Grandmaster Mansion and held an official position; what could the Cloud Rising Sect possibly do to her?
As the Giant Warship of the Grandmaster Mansion's Three Retinues took flight, preparing to leave Great Meng City, a Starlight Wrath Arrow suddenly shot toward the warship carrying the Princess of the Wu Clan.
Although this arrow was far inferior to the one that had obliterated the Lynx Emperor, its power was still terrifying.
The Grandmaster Mansion's warship immediately blared with alarms, and all the experts were shocked, exerting all their strength to raise the warship's defenses.
It still could not block the Starlight Wrath Arrow; with a "boom," the warship was pierced through, crashed into the ground, and shattered into pieces.
"Who is it—"
The experts of the Grandmaster Mansion were shocked and furious, and Ye Yitian shouted loudly.
Liu Chengfeng had arrived, carrying the Thunder Sound Staff on his back, appearing where the warship had crashed.
The warship had fallen from high altitude and shattered; the experts of the Grandmaster Mansion, Ye Yiqing, and the Princess of the Wu Clan were all in a sorry state, with some even vomiting blood.
"You are the one who killed my Cloud Rising Sect disciples."
Liu Chengfeng's eyes revealed a murderous intent as he stared at the Princess of the Wu Clan.
The Princess of the Wu Clan was bold and cold, knowing no fear, but now, being stared at by Liu Chengfeng's murderous gaze, she felt a chill in her heart and took a step back.
Immediately after, her courage bolstered, she puffed out her chest and sneered, "So what if I did?"
"I will kill you and exterminate the Wu Clan."
Liu Chengfeng's icy killing intent made the Princess of the Wu Clan, who had just regained her courage, feel suffocated.
"Audacious—"
Ye Yiqing was also enraged; a mere Cloud Rising Sect disciple was showing no respect for the Grandmaster Mansion and was courting death.
Liu Chengfeng did not even look at Ye Yiqing, his murderous gaze locked onto the Princess of the Wu Clan.
"Execute him—"
The authority of the Grandmaster Mansion had been challenged; neither Ye Yitian nor anyone else in the Grandmaster Mansion would allow such a thing to happen.
Before the Grandmaster Mansion could strike, the power of the Great Dao crushed down directly, and the remaining two giant warships could not take off.
Lady Chen stood like a mountain, pressing down on the hearts of everyone in the Grandmaster Mansion.
"This is a private grudge; no one is to interfere."
With Lady Chen personally overseeing the situation for Liu Chengfeng, no one from the Grandmaster Mansion dared to make a move.
As one of the three strongest figures in the Qiuchi Kingdom, there was no one left who could match Lady Chen, save for the Qiuchi Emperor and the Grand Marshal.
If Ye Yitian and his group dared to act rashly, they would simply be courting death.
The expression of the Princess of the Wu Clan shifted; with Lady Chen holding the line, her backing—the Grandmaster Mansion—had become useless.
"I will give you the chance to strike."
With the Thunder Sound Staff in hand, Liu Chengfeng stared coldly at the Princess of the Wu Clan.
The Princess of the Wu Clan could not help but feel enraged. In the past, when she looked at Liu Chengfeng, it was as if she were looking at a dead man; now, it was Liu Chengfeng looking at her that way.
She was the pride of the Wu Clan; among her peers in the Qiuchi Kingdom, how many did she even deign to look at?
"You are courting death. Watch as I slay you."
The Princess of the Wu Clan did not believe that she, at the fourth stage of the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury, could not kill a weakling at the first stage.
With the Colorful Dragon Sword in hand, she circulated the Incense Dragon Heart Method, and dragon patterns emerged upon her Treasure Skin.
Her blood energy churned with a roaring sound, flowing like a great river.
The Princess of the Wu Clan possessed Treasure Beast True Blood with over two thousand years of vitality within her Blood Sea Divine Treasury, causing her blood energy to flow like a river.
With blood energy like a river and a body like a treasure mountain, her fourth-stage Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury exuded an oppressive aura.
Under the sound of dragon roars, the Colorful Dragon Sword clanged, its blade edge razor-sharp.
"Die—"
With a cold shout from the Princess of the Wu Clan, a sword glow of twenty or thirty meters erupted. Using the Incense Burning Three Dragon Sword, the blade transformed into a colorful dragon, slashing toward Liu Chengfeng.
Sword energy rampaged, shattering the floor tiles and sending sand and stones flying.
As the sword descended, Liu Chengfeng let out a long whistle. Thunder rumbled incessantly as he brought his staff down with an Earth Splitting strike.
The staff split the earth, heavy as a mountain.
It was truly as heavy as a mountain; this strike had surpassed a force of one hundred thousand jin, weighing as much as a mountain itself.
With a loud "bang," sparks scattered in every direction.
The Princess of the Wu Clan let out a muffled groan as her body stumbled back several steps, her blood energy roiling and impossible to suppress.
A strike as heavy as a mountain was something even the Princess of the Wu Clan, at the fourth stage of the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury, could not withstand.
Liu Chengfeng was no longer at the first stage of the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury!
After repelling the Princess of the Wu Clan with a single strike, a notch appeared on Liu Chengfeng's Thunder Sound Staff.
The Thunder Sound Staff was a high-grade weapon of the Treasure Mountain Divine Treasury, but the Colorful Dragon Sword in the Princess of the Wu Clan's hand was forged from dragon-patterned bronze—it was a top-grade weapon.
It was the very weapon her father, Ascending Wu Rong, had used in his prime.
With another thunderous roar, he unleashed another Earth Splitting strike. The staff, heavy as a mountain, smashed down with a sound that tore through the air, followed by continuous explosions.
The Princess of the Wu Clan was greatly alarmed. She let out a long cry as the dragon radiance surged; her sword, like a colorful dragon, bared its fangs and brandished its claws as it lunged toward the Earth Splitting strike.
The force of Liu Chengfeng's staff was something even a fourth-stage Treasure Mountain expert could not block. With a "bang," the Princess of the Wu Clan was sent stumbling back, vomiting a mouthful of fresh blood.
Liu Chengfeng lunged forward, delivering yet another Earth Splitting strike, the staff heavy as a mountain, smashing through the air.
The Princess of the Wu Clan sent her colorful dragon sword soaring to the heavens, but she still could not block it. She spat out more blood, the webbing between her thumb and forefinger split open, and the Colorful Dragon Sword was knocked aside.
Just as the staff was about to strike the Princess of the Wu Clan, a green light flashed, and a membrane of light blocked the heavy blow.
With a muffled "bang," the green light membrane buckled inward, and the immense impact caused the Princess of the Wu Clan to vomit even more blood.
Yet, the green light membrane had managed to block the strike.
The staff moved like the wind, and another blow descended, the sound of air exploding in the void ringing incessantly.
The Princess of the Wu Clan raised her sword to meet it, but with a "bang," she still could not stop the Thunder Sound Staff, which slammed into the green light membrane.
The membrane buckled, and as the force struck the Princess of the Wu Clan, the sound of bones breaking echoed out, and she sprayed a mist of blood.