Making a Move

"Oh no, there's someone inside the formation!"

A deep, resonant voice rang out.

Tsk tsk~~~~

A great black sword, wreathed in dazzling starlight, slashed directly at the array that enveloped the Earth Fire Vein.

Within the formation.

Zhou Hao scanned the area with his divine sense and immediately saw that there were three more people outside the formation.

An elderly man wearing a tall crown, a burly man, and a young man in fine clothes.

The burly man was the one who unleashed the black greatsword at him.

With Zhou Hao of his hand, the palm-sized divine bird that had been circling and dancing around him flew out with a 'whoosh'.

While flying in mid-air, the miniature divine bird let out a clear cry, instantly growing dozens of times larger, and charged directly at the black greatsword.

"Boom~~~~"

The Flame Soul Earth Fire exploded in the air, scattering the starlight that clung to the surface of the black greatsword. It tumbled back towards the burly man, who caught it in his hand.

"Myriad Phenomena True Person?" Zhou Hao frowned, somewhat puzzled by the newcomer's identity.

"The Shang Clan shouldn't have Myriad Phenomena True Person. That old man with the tall crown matches Xia Jie's description of Shang Youde, so he should be the Shang Clan patriarch. Who is this man?"

Before cultivators make a move, they lack special methods of detection and cannot judge the strength and realm of their opponent simply by looking at their appearance.

It was only by the starlight swirling around the black giant sword that Zhou Hao was able to confirm that the burly man was a Myriad Phenomena True Person.

Moreover, seeing that the burly man's skin was bluish and that his every move seemed capable of shattering the surrounding air, he knew that the other party was not only a Myriad Phenomena True Person Qi Refining Path, but that his strongest method should be the God-Devil Body Refining.

Even though the other party was a powerful God-Devil Body Refining at the Myriad Phenomena Realm, Zhou Hao didn't take him too seriously.

In his subconscious perception, it was actually the seemingly frail, richly dressed young man who posed the strongest threat to him.

"It couldn't possibly be Primordial Spirit Daoist, could it?" Zhou Hao carefully probed the young man with his divine sense. Seeing that the other party had no reaction at all, he knew that the young man could not sense his divine sense, and he immediately felt relieved.

"The threat is emanating from the skin of this boy's arm. Be careful later."

Zhou Hao's thoughts raced, but his expression remained impassive as he calmly collected the array flags around him.

That human-level magic array was only used to obscure vision and confuse people.

The formation was broken when the Flame Soul Earth Fire collided with the black giant sword, revealing Zhou Hao inside the formation and a dried-up ravine.

When Shang Youde saw that the original location of the Earth Fire Vein was now just a ravine more than ten feet long, his eyes immediately turned red.

He was in a very good mood when he brought Young Yu Zichi and Ren Jiu True Person to this place to collect the fire seed. Young Master Yu even praised him for his good arrangements, saying that he had hidden this place very well.

But the sudden appearance of the young man and the disappearance of the Earth Fire Vein drove him almost insane.

"Shang Youde!" Yu Zichi's gaze towards Shang Youde was icy cold, devoid of any warmth. "Where is the Earth Fire Vein? Is this what you meant by 'absolutely foolproof'?"

"Young Master, the Flame Soul Earth Fire Vein is right here, right here!" Shang Youde wailed.

His bloodshot eyes turned to Zhou Hao: "Where is my Earth Fire Vein?"

"Your Earth Fire Vein?" Zhou Hao scoffed. "Since when have naturally formed treasures of heaven and earth acquired owners?"

"This place was first discovered by the Shang Clan, so of course it's mine!"

If he hadn't retained some rationality and known that the young man before him was beyond his capabilities, Shang Youde would have wanted to fight him to the death.

"Who are you?" Yu Zichi.

He came excitedly, ready to collect the Earth Fire, but he didn't even see the face of the Earth Fire Vein.

This terrible feeling fueled a surge of anger within Yu Zichi.

However, the years of teachings from the Divine Camel Daoist were not for nothing. Before figuring out the identity and strength of the man in front of him, Yu Zichi was unwilling to make a move easily.

Before Zhou Hao could speak, Shang Youde recognized him.

"Young master, he is Zhou Hao! Zhou Hao, the commander of the Fifth Squad of the Jade Dragon Army!"

Shang Youde pointed at him and shouted, "I've seen his portrait, that's him!"

The eldest and third sons of the Shang Clan both died at the hands of the Jade Dragon Army, and Xia Jie, a remnant of the Xia Clan, was hiding in Jade Dragon City. Shang Youde had specifically collected intelligence on the Jade Dragon Army.

Zhou Hao?

The intelligence he had previously seen on the Great Wild Plains flashed through Yu Zichi's mind.

The death of the previous branch leader, Tong You, was related to Zhou Hao, and Zhou Hao was naturally also recorded in the intelligence of the Fire Worship Sect.

"So you're Zhou Hao, the one who has repeatedly thwarted my Fire Worship Sect sect's plans?" Yu Zichi said coldly.

"In just half a year, you've already broken through to the Myriad Phenomena in Qi Refining? You truly are a prodigy."

"I originally planned to eliminate you when I destroyed Jade Dragon City. But you insisted on courting death, not only stealing my opportunities but also destroying the Earth Fire Vein!"

If it weren't for the need to rebuild the Great Wild Branch Altar, Zhou Hao, an unknown nobody from such a remote place, wouldn't even have been remembered by him.

Seeing that the Earth Fire Vein had disappeared and that Zhou Hao was the only person there, Yu Zichi assumed that Zhou Hao had sneaked in to secretly harvest the Earth Fire and destroyed the remaining Earth Fire Vein.

Otherwise, how could Earth Fire Vein was over ten zhang long and could provide enough resources for three or four people to collect seeds have suddenly disappeared?

The idea that Zhou Hao broke through from Qi Refining to the Myriad Phenomena True Person realm is simply because the God-Devil Body Refining is extremely difficult to improve.

Unlike Qi Refining Path, where breakthroughs and advancements are not difficult as long as one's enlightenment level is high enough and one has sufficient Origin Liquid, it is not difficult to achieve such breakthroughs.

Wow~~~

Three Fire Dragon suddenly appeared in the underground cave, and the intense heat instantly melted the hard rocks on the ground into magma.

"Kill!"

Yu Zichi pointed, and three Fire Dragon roared up and flew straight towards Zhou Hao.

"Master actually gave his Three Yang Blazing Fire Swords to the young master."

Ren Jiu True Person, standing to the side, looked at the three Fire Dragon with envy in his eyes.

The three Fire Dragon were transformed from flying swords, which were none other than his master Divine Camel Daoist's famous magic weapon, the ' Three Yang Blazing Fire Swords '.

The Three Yang Blazing Fire Swords consists of three separate swords: Lesser Yang, Middle Yang, and Greater Yang. Each sword is a top-grade Earth-rank magic weapon with astonishing power.

If the three swords are combined, Three Suns Unite, it is comparable to a heaven-rank magic weapon, and is a true ancient treasure.

The Divine Camel Daoist obtained this treasure when Myriad Phenomena were in perfect order, and he has always cherished it as if it were his own life.

Even after the Divine Camel Daoist entered the Nascent Soul realm and was able to use Heavenly Rank magic treasures, he used this sword to fight enemies and intimidate all sides for hundreds of years.

It was only after he reached the peak of his primordial spirit in recent years that he gradually used this set of top-grade flying sword magic treasures less, but he still always carried it with him.

Unexpectedly, it has now fallen into Yu Zichi's hands.

Seeing that Yu Zichi had already made his move, using his master's signature magic weapon, Ren Jiu True Person refrained from intervening and instead protected Yu Zichi.

Ren Jiu True Person had also seen information about Zhou Hao and knew that he cultivated the first God-Devil Body Refining technique, the "Chiming Nine Heavens Map".

This underground cave was only about thirty feet high and a little over a thousand feet long.

They were so close to Zhou Hao, and Yu Zichi was Myriad Phenomena True Person who Qi Refining Path and Myriad Manifestations, so naturally he had to protect the young master first and guard against Zhou Hao's close-range surprise attack.

On the other end.

As Zhou Hao watched the three Fire Dragon flying towards him in a triangular formation, he easily discerned through his divine sense that the three Fire Dragon were transformed from three crimson flying swords.

Although he didn't recognize the three flying swords, their immense power, no less than that of the ' Dragon-Suppressing Stake,' still made him change color.

"All three flying swords are top-grade Earth-rank swords? What's the background of this young man from the Fire Worship Sect?"

A top-tier magical artifact can sometimes provide a more terrifying boost to a cultivator's strength than supernatural powers or secret techniques.

Zhou Hao has just successfully planted the Earth Fire, but has not yet had time to condense it together with the Cold Fiend into the Extinction Divine Light Needle.

Faced with the flying sword magic weapon released by the richly dressed youth, he suddenly transformed into a giant ten zhang tall.

A powerful and terrifying aura of gods and demons emanated from Zhou Hao, causing Shang Youde, the weakest among them, to go limp and almost collapse to the ground.

"Supernatural power!"

"It is a supernatural Law of Heaven and Earth!"

Yu Zichi and Ren Jiu True Person's expressions also changed drastically.

They all knew that supernatural Law of Heaven and Earth, and even the supernatural powers that Ren Jiu True Person was taught by his master were of this kind.

But even after a long period of comprehension, he, Myriad Phenomena True Person, could only barely reach a height of ten zhang. How could Zhou Hao also grow to ten zhang tall?

It should be understood that the greater the size of the body that possesses this Law of Heaven and Earth Power, the more astonishing its power becomes.

According to the intelligence they obtained, Zhou Hao had only just entered the Purple Mansion of the God-Devil Body Refining realm six months ago. Even if he had now entered the Myriad Phenomena realm of Qi Refining, how could his supernatural abilities and secret techniques have reached such a level!?

Whoosh!

Zhou Hao, now a ten-zhang giant, took a step and transformed into a gust of wind, wielding the Ou Huang Mace, which had also grown to several zhang in length, as he swung it at the three flying sword Fire Dragon.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Three loud explosions rang out, and the three Fire Dragon that attacked Zhou Hao were instantly blasted apart, revealing three fiery red flying swords among them, which flew backward.

He himself was also shaken by the immense power contained in the flying sword, and was forced to stagger back several steps.

"Impressive! No wonder it's a top-grade Earth-rank flying sword!" With a loud laugh, Zhou Hao, wielding the Ou Huang Mace, unleashed the Free and Easy Wandering Evasion Technique, transforming into a gust of wind as Yu Zichi.

"Hmm?" Yu Zichi's expression changed in the distance; Zhou Hao's strength was clearly far beyond his expectations.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Three Yang Blazing Fire Swords, which had been sent flying by the shock, suddenly flared up and transformed into three Fire Dragon, which charged directly at Zhou Hao.

After Zhou Hao used his escape technique, he left only a mysterious trail in the air, avoiding the three Fire Dragon, and pointed the Ou Huang Mace in his hand directly at Yu Zichi.

"How dare you!" Ren Jiu True Person shouted, his body also swaying as he transformed into a ten-zhang-tall, burly giant, wielding a black greatsword as he strode toward Zhou Hao, intending to stop him.

"Good timing!"

Instead of being surprised, Zhou Hao was delighted. In an instant, he split into more than a dozen phantoms, and before Ren Jiu True Person could react, he passed over him and smashed his mace at the richly dressed youth who was not even as tall as his instep.

At this moment, Ren Jiu True Person and his magical flying sword were too late to save him. Yu Zichi pale, and he exclaimed, "Red Claw!"

Call!

Suddenly, a small golden bird burst out from the skin of his right arm.

"Yo!" The golden bird let out a loud cry, and then, as if it had also used the divine power of transforming heaven and earth, it transformed into a giant Golden Crow more than twenty feet tall in an instant.

"Bang!"

The Ou Huang Mace collided with the wings of the enormous Golden Crow.

Zhou Hao was violently shaken, as if he had been hit head-on by a mountain, and was immediately sent flying backward.

"Damn! A divine beast at the Myriad Phenomena Realm Barefoot Golden Crow?"

"Could he be the son of the leader of the Fire Worship Sect Main Altar?"

I went to get my car serviced, which took a few hours. Sorry about that. The afternoon chapter will also be a little late, probably around 8 pm. I'll try to be as early as possible.