The Beast Tide Is Coming

Zhao Jinnian unleashed the Wild Ox Turning Over, whipping up a gale as he smashed toward Liu Chengfeng like a falling meteor.

Liu Chengfeng let out a deep shout, gripping his sword with both hands as his blood energy erupted. With a ringing of steel, he slashed out with the Two-Husband Fierce Man Slash.

As the strike descended, blood energy surged like a wild waterfall. The ringing of the blade left afterimages in its wake, and the air exploded with the force of a spring thunderclap.

The power of this strike was as fierce as ten tigers.

With a thunderous crash, Zhao Jinnian's Wild Ox Turning Over was cleaved apart. He stumbled back, thudding heavily against the ground as the webbing between his thumb and forefinger split, blood spraying wildly.

Liu Chengfeng lunged forward in pursuit, unleashing the Two-Husband Fierce Man Slash once more, his movements rigid and domineering.

Terrified, Zhao Jinnian let out a long roar.

He raised his hammer to meet the blow, guarding his vitals. The hammer felt like a stone sinking into the sea, an attempt to block the descending blade.

But how could he possibly withstand this strike from Liu Chengfeng?

Though both were at the fourth stage of the Blood Sea Divine Treasury, the mental cultivation and techniques Zhao Jinnian practiced were merely of the middle-grade Human Scroll.

Liu Chengfeng, however, practiced an innate technique. Even with all his might, Zhao Jinnian's hammer strike carried only six or seven thousand jin of force.

Liu Chengfeng, meanwhile, had broken through the ten-thousand-jin threshold.

The sword struck home. Zhao Jinnian couldn't even hold onto his hammer; he was sent flying, the sound of shattering bones echoing as blood sprayed from his body.

He collapsed to the ground, unable to even crawl back up.

"How would you like to die?"

Liu Chengfeng stepped closer, his face etched with murderous intent.

Zhao Jinnian was scared out of his wits and let out a shrill cry.

"Master, save me—"

Liu Chengfeng suddenly sensed danger, a feeling of crisis rising in his heart as he cursed under his breath.

In the blink of an eye, an old man closed the distance to Liu Chengfeng's back, moving faster than a black panther in the night.

He struck a palm directly at Liu Chengfeng's heart. A gale rose up; before the palm even landed, the wind felt like blades piercing toward his chest.

Unable to turn in time, Liu Chengfeng reversed his grip on his sword, hanging it behind his back. He planted his feet firmly, his body rooted like a mountain.

"One man guards the pass"—this was the opening stance of the Three Husbands Sword Technique.

Liu Chengfeng held his sword in reverse, standing like a stone pillar to block the incoming palm.

He sealed his defenses and braced against the mountain-like force, but Liu Chengfeng was still sent flying, slamming into a wall as his blood energy roiled.

The opponent was too powerful, a full major realm higher than Liu Chengfeng.

"He didn't die from that."

The old man who had attacked was genuinely surprised. He had never before seen someone at the fourth stage of the Blood Sea Divine Treasury survive one of his palm strikes.

This was the power of an innate technique and superior mental cultivation.

The attacker was an old man in black, small and agile as a leopard, his gaze sharp as the cold glint of a blade.

"Who are you—"

Liu Chengfeng knew he had encountered a master a full realm above him.

"The Second Elder of the Ascending Wu Clan."

The old man glanced at Liu Chengfeng with indifference; in his eyes, Liu Chengfeng was no different from a dead man.

"Young Master, run—"

Seeing such a powerful enemy, Zhou Yinfeng was struck with fear and urged Liu Chengfeng to flee.

"Run? Everyone here will leave their lives behind today."

The Second Elder of the Ascending Wu Clan sneered and began walking toward Liu Chengfeng.

"Then give it a try."

Liu Chengfeng gripped his sword with both hands, devoid of fear. He planted his feet, his body rooted, while the Sky Eye in his mind flipped open, peering deep into the earth.

He rotated the Heavenly Mound, awakening the Spirit Vein of Little Meng Mountain. He began to draw in spirit energy directly, instantly restoring all his blood energy and reaching his peak state.

"You have some tricks."

Seeing Liu Chengfeng's blood energy surge even more vigorously, the Second Elder of the Wu Clan narrowed his eyes, his killing intent intensifying.

"Second Elder, is the territory of the Cloud Rising Sect a place where you can commit murder?"

A figure flew in from the sky, his feet perched on a flying sword as he descended into Zhao Family Village.

The man arriving on the flying sword was middle-aged, dressed in fine robes with precious rings, his hair tied in a flowing bun, and an aura of sharp, golden energy radiating from him.

When his eyes opened and closed, it was like the cracking of spring thunder.

As he walked, he exuded an overwhelming sense of pressure.

"Sect Master Nangong—"

Upon seeing the middle-aged man, the Second Elder of the Wu Clan's expression changed drastically, and he was forced to retreat several steps under the man's pressure.

"Since when did the territory of the Cloud Rising Sect become a place where the Wu Clan calls the shots?"

This middle-aged man was the Sect Master of the Cloud Rising Sect.

The Cloud Rising Sect was the premier sect in the southeastern territory of the Qiuchi Kingdom, standing as one of the two major powers in the kingdom alongside the Ascending Wu Clan, one in the east and one in the west.

Little Meng Mountain and Ten Mile Village were both within the sphere of influence of the Cloud Rising Sect.

"Sect Master, do you even know who his son is?"

Under the pressure exerted by the middle-aged man, the Second Elder of the Ascending Wu Clan could not help but tremble in his heart.

"Zhao Tian has received a divine descent and has been admitted into the Ancient Kingdom Court, but that is no excuse for the Wu Clan to commit crimes on my turf."

Nangong Pushe narrowed his eyes, and thunderous booms erupted as lightning crackled and bloomed.

The Second Elder of the Wu Clan's expression changed drastically; terrified and not daring to clash with Nangong Pushe, he grabbed Zhao Jinnian and turned to flee.

With a leap of a hundred meters, he shot away like a silver pellet.

The Second Elder of the Wu Clan could leap a hundred meters at a time and was very fast, but Nangong Pushe took flight to pursue him, moving even faster.

"Sect Master Nangong, do not ruin yourself! The Wu Clan has received the latest news: Zhao Tian did not stay in the Court, but was sent into the Divine Dynasty."

Seeing that he was about to be overtaken, the Second Elder of the Wu Clan was alarmed and shouted out this earth-shattering news.

Nangong Pushe's expression changed drastically, his figure stalling for a moment as he watched the Second Elder of the Wu Clan escape with Zhao Jinnian.

By the time Liu Chengfeng caught up, they had long since vanished without a trace.

"Old Uncle, why didn't you pursue them?"

Liu Chengfeng couldn't keep up either; even if he could travel two thousand miles a day, he still couldn't catch the Second Elder of the Wu Clan.

"This Zhao Tian... he is extraordinary now."

"Old Uncle, how is he extraordinary?"

Liu Chengfeng and Nangong Pushe were acquaintances; back when he was by his master's side, Nangong Pushe had come to visit his master.

"Because he was sent into the Divine Dynasty. This great fortune is truly incredible. The three Divine Dynasties rule over the entire Green Meng Realm."

At this moment, Nangong Pushe also felt a sense of worry in his heart.

"Even if he is a god, he cannot stop me from killing this wicked slave."

Liu Chengfeng didn't care about any of that; he was determined to take Zhao Jinnian's life.

"Perhaps, there is a chance."

Nangong Pushe looked at the Mountain Ghost Coin hanging on Liu Chengfeng's chest, lost in thought.

This Mountain Ghost Coin was left to Liu Chengfeng by his master, and he had kept it on his person ever since.

His master had never told him the origin of this item either.

Even for peerless secret treasures like a Celestial Body, his master would tell him about them, yet regarding this Mountain Ghost Coin, his master remained tight-lipped.

Liu Chengfeng rescued Zhou Yinfeng and bandaged his wounds.

Then, he searched the Zhao Family Village, but there was no money or valuables to be found; Zhao Jinnian had taken everything of worth with him.

"Stop running around outside. Come back to the Cloud Rising Sect with me; I've saved a position for you as a junior guest elder."

"Go to the Cloud Rising Sect to be a guest elder?"

"Don't you know? The cultivation technique you practice and the Red Iron Sword in your hand were both provided by the Cloud Rising Sect."

Nangong Pushe looked at Liu Chengfeng and said with a smile.

"Your master instructed that you should stay in the Cloud Rising Sect for a period of time to practice the introductory techniques."

Well, the old man had clearly arranged everything.

"If I become a guest elder, do I get benefits?"

"You little rascal, bargaining with me."

"Not to mention the technique, even the Red Iron Sword you are holding is worth ten or twenty thousand."

"With your current fortune in the Blood Sea Divine Treasury, as a guest elder in the Qiuchi Kingdom, your annual salary would only be thirty or forty thousand."

Nangong Pushe looked Liu Chengfeng up and down.

"Rest assured, Old Uncle won't treat you unfairly. Techniques and blood-medicine mountain pills will be provided to you."

Liu Chengfeng readily agreed; once he obtained the Source of the Origin God, there would be no reason to stay in Little Meng Mountain anyway.

Just as he was planning to leave, a series of roars from exotic beasts suddenly erupted from Little Meng Mountain, followed by light shooting into the sky and the sound of thunderous booms.

Even from dozens of miles away, one could still feel waves of wild, ancient aura spreading out, as if powerful exotic beasts were roaring in anger.

It caused all the birds and beasts in the surrounding area to tremble in fear, hiding away and not daring to emerge.

"A battle between millennium-old exotic beasts—this is no simple matter. I'll go take a look."

Nangong Pushe immediately flew toward Little Meng Mountain to see what was happening.

Liu Chengfeng didn't go to join the excitement; he carried Zhou Yinfeng back to the Wu Dao Sect, staying behind to look after him and let him recover from his injuries.

In the Wu Dao Sect, there were only the master and servant left; that cheap martial aunt of his, Ye Huijian, did not know where she had run off to.

Ye Huijian had always been elusive, and even when she left, she never bothered to say goodbye to him; Liu Chengfeng had long since grown accustomed to it.

Zhou Yinfeng was busy recovering from his injuries, while Liu Chengfeng practiced his techniques diligently.

He was already at the fourth stage of the Blood Sea Divine Treasury and could channel true blood into the treasury to break through and enter the next divine treasury.

Liu Chengfeng wanted to channel higher-quality true blood into his treasury, so he set this matter aside for the time being.

While practicing, Liu Chengfeng had an idea: he would take the Wild Ox Heart Method and the Wild Ox Hammer Technique that Zhou Yinfeng practiced and fuse them together.

He wanted to see if the heart method and the technique could break through and become a Sage Scroll.

The heart methods and techniques for every divine treasury were divided into levels and qualities.

From lowest to highest, they were Human Scroll, Sage Scroll, and God Scroll.

Each scroll was further divided into: low, medium, and high grade, followed by peerless and Innate.

Liu Chengfeng used his Celestial Body to attempt the fusion, only to discover that heart methods could only be fused with other heart methods; a heart method and a technique could not be fused together.

When he fused the Wild Ox Heart Method with his Innate Heart Method, there was no breakthrough, but the power of his blood energy became much stronger, as if it were a hybrid of an enraged bear and a wild ox.

Liu Chengfeng named this brand-new technique the Mad Kui Heart Method.

After the Three Husbands Sword Technique and the Wild Ox Hammer Technique were fused, there was no breakthrough either; all the moves eventually merged into a single strike.

Liu Chengfeng trained hard, but Nangong Pushe had entered Little Meng Mountain and never returned, which struck him as strange.

What kind of beast battle could be happening in Little Meng Mountain? Was Little Meng Mountain not under the control of Ah Yuan? There were other exotic beasts fighting for territory as well.

Just as Liu Chengfeng was feeling puzzled, something even stranger occurred.

The number of exotic beasts in Little Meng Mountain began to increase, and these beasts that emerged from nowhere had no known origin.

Before Liu Chengfeng could go to investigate, exotic beasts began wandering near Ten Mile Village, and some even entered the village itself.

Once the beasts arrived, Ten Mile Village fell into chaos; the beasts would eat people the moment they opened their mouths, and the villagers of Ten Mile Village were terrified out of their wits.

"Hide inside the manor and seal the gates."

Liu Chengfeng ordered Zhou Yinfeng to evacuate all the tenant farmers and villagers of Ten Mile Village into the Wu Dao Sect, while he drew his sword and charged at the beasts invading the village.

At first, the beasts entering Ten Mile Village were just ordinary ones, but later, even three-to-four-hundred-year-old beasts arrived, charging and smashing through everything.

There was no telling how many villagers' houses had been knocked down.

"You are courting death—"

Liu Chengfeng's temper flared, and he began a slaughter.

He killed all the exotic beasts that had invaded Ten Mile Village: dozens of ordinary beasts and three Mountain Snakes with three hundred years of cultivation.

Just as he finished killing them, a tiger's roar echoed from the mountain behind.

Immediately following that, a continuous rumbling sound filled the air, and over twenty wild oxen were seen charging down the mountain.

These four-hundred-year-old wild oxen were each ten meters tall; as they charged down, there was no telling how many houses were trampled to pieces.

"Then come on—"

Liu Chengfeng let out a roar as well, charging forward like a gale of wind.

His Red Iron Sword rang out; the blade could shatter stone and split walls, and with a single strike, he cleaved a wild ox in two, blood spraying everywhere.

The other wild oxen were not afraid of death at all, crazily charging toward Liu Chengfeng.

Their horns were thick and sharp, capable of piercing metal and shattering walls; they were incredibly ferocious.

Liu Chengfeng was not afraid in the slightest; he turned and slashed, cutting down three wild oxen in one breath.

Liu Chengfeng felt strange in his heart: why were there suddenly exotic beasts invading the village?

As the master of the mountain, Ah Yuan had promised him that he would not let exotic beasts bother him.

"Brother, I'm here!"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out, and a man charged into the village.

He was extremely fast, even faster than Liu Chengfeng.

As soon as he rushed in, shadows swirled and sand and stones flew; with a wave of his hand, a cold light flashed, and he fired off a handful of black stones.

Screams rang out as three or four wild oxen had their eyes blinded.

"Good—"

Once the wild oxen were blinded, Liu Chengfeng became even more ferocious, swinging his sword in a wild frenzy like a rainstorm.

In the blink of an eye, he killed all the remaining wild oxen, and the village was filled with the stench of blood.

The young man who had come to help couldn't help but gasp when he saw how violent Liu Chengfeng was.

This young man wore a silk-trimmed gray robe; he was agile and his eyes shone with a sharp light.

"Brother, I am the head disciple of the Cloud Rising Sect. I received a message from our Sect Master that there is a beast tide mutation in Little Meng Mountain, so I rushed over to help."

This young man was named Jiang Yu, the head disciple of the Cloud Rising Sect.

I rushed over immediately after receiving the message from Nangong Pushe, arriving just in time to find Liu Chengfeng surrounded.

"A beast tide mutation?"

Liu Chengfeng thanked Jiang Yu, though he was also puzzled as to how a beast tide mutation could occur at Little Meng Mountain.

Where on earth did so many exotic beasts suddenly emerge from?

Just after killing a wild ox, the roar of a tiger echoed once more.

Hearing the thunderous sound, they saw even more exotic beasts charging down from behind the mountain.

This wave of beasts numbered in the hundreds, consisting of Mountain Snakes, Earth Jackals, Moon Wolves...

Each type of beast stood several meters, or even ten meters tall, and as they charged down like a flood, they threatened to submerge the entire Ten Mile Village.

"Oh my god, where did all these beasts come from?"

Jiang Yu let out a loud shout and launched sharp black stones, which struck like lightning, each one claiming a life.

Liu Chengfeng used his Sky Eye to look, discovering a White Tiger beast presiding over the scene behind the mountain, directing this wave of beasts to charge down.