The Emperor Finger Slays the Undying Devil
Boom!
Chen Changqing lightly stomped his right foot.
The towering stone archway, standing ten zhang tall, instantly crumbled from the inside, turning into countless shards that crashed into the dark green corpse water below.
Two figures gracefully descended from the smoke and dust, landing steadily on the stone slabs at the edge of the White Bone Plaza.
Zhong Tianba's clone and Zhong Jiuyou, who were talking in hushed tones in the center of the square, were both startled and turned around abruptly.
Upon recognizing Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng, Zhong Tianba's Three Tribulations Divine Sense Avatar's face changed drastically, and his hooked nose twitched violently.
"Third brother?! And you, you little beast from the Yang Realm!"
"I clearly teleported you into the ambush zone of the fourth and sixth brothers, how could you have found the City of Unjust Death so quickly?!"
Zhong Cheng gripped the nicked Heavy Sword in his hand, stepped forward, and angrily pointed it at Zhong Tianba.
"Zhong Tianba! Fourth Brother and Sixth Brother, along with their ten Tribulation Immortals, have already reported to the King of Hell!"
"Today I've seen through your wolfish ambitions. As the second elder of the Zhong Family, you actually colluded with the Netherworld Palace to harm your own clan, and even tried to steal the ancestral blood to feed the demon. How can you face the ancestors of the Zhong Family!"
Having his secret exposed to his face, Zhong Tianba's clone showed no shame whatsoever; instead, he let out a sinister laugh.
"The victor is king, the loser is villain! Once I break through to the Five-Tribulation Ghost Immortal realm, I will be the new ancestor of the Zhong Family!"
"Since you two have come to me of your own accord, I'll save myself the trouble of looking for you!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhong Tianba's clone rapidly formed hand seals, directly activating the Secret Realm restrictions that had been pre-placed around the City of Unjust Death.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Dozens of thick, dark red pillars of light instantly rose from the collapsed ruins of the City of Unjust Death, completely sealing off the entire White Bone Plaza and the dark purple sky above.
"Nine Netherworlds! Drain this Yang Realm brat's heart and swallow it whole! We mustn't let a single word of this leak out!"
Zhong Tianba's clone retreated ten feet and shouted an order.
Upon hearing this, Zhong Jiuyou, who was lying in the middle of the pile of corpses, let out a sickeningly painful sound of his joints dislocating.
He grabbed the last half of the Tribulation Immortal Golden Core, stained with black blood, and shoved it into his mouth, swallowing it whole.
Boom--!
An extremely dense, dark purple, violent Devil Qi surged from Zhong Jiuyou's body, directly dispersing the dark clouds above the plaza!
His originally withered body swelled rapidly to two zhang tall under the infusion of Devil Qi. The hard black hair on his body stood up, and three solid, pitch-black Life-and-Death Tribulation rings spun wildly behind his head. His aura steadily stopped at the Peak Three-Tribulation Ghost Immortal!
"Such fragrant Pure Yang flesh and blood... it's all mine!"
Zhong Jiuyou's eerie demonic eyes, composed entirely of writhing flesh buds, locked onto Chen Changqing, and he suddenly pushed off the ground with all four limbs.
Click!
A crater several meters deep exploded in the square, and Zhong Jiuyou transformed into a black-haired demonic Demonic Shadow that tore through the void. His claws grew into black-purple bone blades over a foot long, and he lunged straight at Chen Changqing's heart!
The overwhelming, pungent, and foul-smelling Devil Qi of the peak of the Three Tribulations Realm was so intense that Zhong Cheng, who was standing to the side, was about to draw his sword to fight when his Qi and Blood and qi were completely suppressed by this high-level demonic power, and he couldn't even lift his arm.
Chen Changqing stood still, casually swiping his waist with his right hand.
The Quasi-Houtian Spirit Treasure, the Immortal Execution Sword, rang out with a resounding clang!
Facing the oncoming black-haired demonic Demonic Shadow, Chen Changqing advanced instead of retreating. With a flick of his wrist, the Immortal Execution Sword transformed into a streak of gray-white light, slashing across the sky!
Sizzle--!
Wherever the sword passed, the protective Devil Qi of the peak Three Tribulations cultivator was rendered utterly fragile and vulnerable.
Zhong Jiuyou, who was charging forward, had no time to change his move. His massive demonic body, which was two zhang tall, was directly cut in two at the waist by the Immortal Execution Sword!
His upper and lower body slid apart, crashing heavily onto a pile of bones in the distance. Yet, not a drop of blood flowed from the cut; only countless dark purple fleshy buds writhed wildly.
"Hit!"
Zhong Cheng's face lit up with joy, and his tense nerves were about to relax.
However, the next second, the two pieces of the demon's body that had fallen into the pile of bones suddenly bounced up at the same time.
"Ha! You think you can kill me with a mere mortal sword?!"
Instead of screaming, Zhong Jiuyou, broken in two, let out a piercing, maniacal laugh.
The blackish-purple fleshy buds at the broken point in his waist and abdomen grew rapidly, and in less than two breaths, his body, which had been split in two, was rejoined perfectly, without even a trace of the sword wound!
"Do you see it? This is the Primordial Undying Devil Body bestowed upon me by the supreme being of the Upper Realm!"
Zhong Jiuyou patted his undamaged belly, his face contorted with rage and arrogance.
"As long as the demonic core within me remains, even if I'm chopped into ten thousand pieces, I can regenerate from a single drop of blood! In this Nine Netherworlds Realm, no one can kill me!"
Zhong Tianba's clone, standing some distance away, clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "You little beast, no matter how sharp your sword is, it's useless against an immortal demonic body. Just obediently wait to die!"
"Undying Devil Body from the Upper Realm? All that hype, and it turns out it's nothing special."
Chen Changqing sheathed the Immortal Execution Sword and took a step forward.
Under the astonished gazes of Zhong Jiuyou and Zhong Tianba's clones, Chen Changqing slowly raised his right hand, bent four fingers, and extended only the index finger that shimmered with the luster of purple jade.
Deep within his finger bone, the ancient Emperor's Dao Marks, which had only recently been refined, fully revived, radiating a destructive pressure unique to the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor!
"That demonic skin you're so proud of, along with that rotten piece of flesh lying beneath the Senluo Deathland, was all ripped off by my lineage's patriarch with a single finger."
"Today, I, Chen, will use the same method to send you to your death."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Changqing stepped onto the "Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step," instantly covering a distance of twenty feet and appearing directly in front of Zhong Jiuyou. He pointed his right index finger directly at the center of Zhong Jiuyou's forehead and, without any fancy moves, poked it down!
The Heaven-Stepping Emperor Finger!
Buzz--!
A dazzling purple-gold imperial radiance burst forth from his fingertips, creating a striking visual contrast with the two Blood Moons against the dark purple sky!
The moment the purple-gold finger touched Zhong Jiuyou's brow, the originally violent and immortal Upper Realm source within Zhong Jiuyou's body let out a mournful cry, originating from its very life instincts, like a mouse seeing a cat!
"No!! This is the power of that person from back then! How could you possess the power of a demon-slaying being from the Upper Realm?!"
Zhong Jiuyou was so frightened that his soul almost left his body, and he frantically tried to retreat by activating all the fleshy buds in his body.
But it was all too late.
Pfft--!
Chen Changqing's index finger shattered Zhong Jiuyou's brow bone without any resistance.
The Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor's Principle surged straight in through his fingertips, descending along Zhong Jiuyou's spine. Wherever it passed, those immortal flesh sprouts, supposedly capable of rebirth from a drop of blood, instantly turned to ashes!
With a crisp crack, the black-purple Three Tribulations Demon Core that had been pulsating in the center of Zhong Jiuyou's chest cavity disintegrated inch by inch under the onslaught of the purple-gold imperial light, and was completely annihilated into nothingness!
"Well..."
Zhong Jiuyou's massive demonic body froze on the spot, the black fur on his body withered and fell off rapidly, and within just two breaths, his entire body, from his brow to the soles of his feet, was completely weathered into a handful of grayish-white ashes, which were scattered cleanly by a gust of wind!
Above the Secret Realm, the three characters [Zhong Jiuyou] written in black blood on the Golden Fortune Ranking shattered with a deafening roar!
"How is that possible?! That's Undying Devil Body that even the Principle the Four Tribulations can't erase!"
Standing ten feet away, Zhong Tianba's Three Tribulations Divine Sense clone nearly had its eyes pop out of their sockets, terrified out of its wits.
He dared not linger any longer, and slammed his hands on his chest, attempting to self-destruct this Divine Sense clone and transmit the information from this place back to his main body in the outside world!
"Want to send a message to me? Did you ask me first?"
Chen Changqing flicked his wrist, and a long, yellowish scroll, exuding the aura of Top-grade Immortal Artifact, unfurled in the air!
The Nine Netherworlds Yellow Springs Diagram has just been repaired and upgraded!
Splash--!
A turbid, roaring Yellow Springs Nether River surged out from the scroll, instantly binding and enveloping Zhong Tianba's Three Tribulations. The binding Principle within the scroll immediately interrupted his self-destruction!
Chen Changqing stepped in front of the painting, spread his five fingers on his right hand, and pressed them directly on the top of Zhong Tianba's clone's head.
The Twelve Primordial Spirits exerted their power simultaneously, forcibly searching the soul!
"Ah--!"
Zhong Tianba's clone let out a shrill scream, and his Divine Sense defenses collapsed instantly. Countless memories of the Zhong Family's Secret Realm colluding with the Netherworld Palace flooded into Chen Changqing's mind.
Only when the memories of the Supreme Elder of the Zhong Family were touched upon did a strange black curtain of restrictions suddenly trigger automatically, erasing that small piece of memory.
Chen Changqing didn't delve into it. After reading the key information, he suddenly clenched his five fingers together.
Bang!
Zhong Tianba's Three Tribulations Divine Sense clone was instantly crushed into countless specks of light!
[Ding! Killed Zhong Jiuyou, a peak-stage Three Tribulations Devil Cultivator, and one Three Tribulations Divine Sense avatar. Gained 80,000,000 AFK Points!]
[Current AFK Points Balance: 670,000,000 points!]
Chen Changqing put away the Nine Netherworlds Yellow Springs Diagram and turned to look at the western horizon, the core of the Secret Realm.
Just as Chen Changqing was about to set off...
Rumble--!
From the far reaches of the Secret Realm's core, a plume of foul, bloody light suddenly erupted into the sky!
Within the Minor World of the Heaven-Stepping Ring, the six Inheritance Token tokens that had been lying quietly suddenly flew up, emitting extremely rapid and piercing ringing sounds. Clearly, someone was forcibly breaking the seal of the Ghost-Slaying Divine Altar!
"Oh no! Those five black-clad protectors who were with Zhong Jiuyou earlier aren't in the City of Unjust Death. They went to the Ghost-Slaying Divine Altar ahead of time!"
Zhong Cheng's expression changed drastically as he looked at the filthy, blood-red light shooting into the western sky.
Without a word, Chen Changqing grabbed Zhong Cheng by the back of his collar and pushed the "Drunken Immortal Moon-Gazing Step" to its limit.
Laugh!
The two figures tore through the Secret Realm space, transforming into Dao Gold stream of light that covered tens of thousands of miles in an instant, crossing layers of the Blood Sea clouds in the blink of an eye, and landing on the outer edge of the Secret Realm God-Conferment Platform, the core of the secret realm!
Before them, a towering altar, thousands of feet high and entirely forged from primordial black iron, stood atop the surging Blood Sea.
In the void surrounding the altar, countless broken ancient Gods and Devils weapons floated densely, exuding a tragic and desolate aura of slaughter.
At the highest point of the towering altar, five Tribulation Immortal dressed in jet-black night clothes with ghostly skulls embroidered on their chests stood in five different positions, forming an extremely vicious Five Ghosts Desecrate the Gods Grand Array!
These five assassins included three Two-Tribulation Ghost Immortals and two Three-Tribulation Ghost Immortals, who were the elite Netherworld Palace that Zhong Tianba had secretly given to Zhong Jiuyou.
They swung their hands continuously, forcibly driving five three-foot-long, foul-smelling black blood -Foul Blood Devil Nails inch by inch into the array's core at the base of the altar!
As the magic nail penetrated deeper, the crimson-gold primordial divine blood of Zhong Kui, suspended in the very center of the altar, was rapidly dimming; and the dark red ancient token embedded in the groove of the altar's array core was trembling violently, with wisps of black energy appearing on its surface!
"Quick! While that brat from the Yang Realm is being held back in the City of Unjust Death by Zhong Jiuyou, use the Foul Blood Devil Nail to destroy this drop of Zhong Kui's divine blood, pry out the Heaven -Heaven-Stepping Token from the array's core, and bring it back to the main hall!"
The leader of the Three Tribulations assassins bit his tongue, spitting a mouthful of poisonous blood onto the demonic nail, and urged them loudly.
"You stole my Token, and now you want your claws back?"
A calm voice boomed from high above.
The five Netherworld Palace assassins froze, then abruptly looked up.
Before they could even see the newcomer's figure clearly, five large cracks appeared in the void above the altar!
Invincible Avatar Technique!
Five slender figures, clad in snow-white robes and radiating the light of seventh-grade Immortal Artifacts, strode forward and swooped down from the sky, charging into the heart of the Five Ghosts Desecrate the Gods Grand Array!
On the left, two Avatars wielded the Top-grade Immortal Artifact, the Haotian Hammer, unleashing the full power of the "Thirty-Six Chaotic Cloak Hammers"; on the right, three Avatars raised the Top-grade Immortal Artifact, the Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spear, with the "Immortal-Extinguishing Three Spears" following closely behind!
"What?! Zhong Jiuyou is dead?!"
"Form ranks and meet the enemy! Stop them quickly!"
The five Netherworld Palace assassins were terrified and hastily abandoned their efforts to strike the demonic nails, instead summoning all their Celestial Immortal Method to try and resist.
However, in Avatar of five avatars who possessed Immortal Artifact bodies and wielded Top-grade Immortal Artifacts, this group of minor characters who hadn't even reached the fourth tribulation stage were no match for them!
Boom! Boom! Bang! Bang! Splat--!
The deafening sounds of hammering and spear flashes echoed from the top of the altar.
In less than ten breaths, the Five Ghosts Desecrate the Gods Grand Array collapsed on the spot. Three second-tribulation death warriors were smashed into mincemeat by the Haotian Hammer along with their protective immortal Immortal Artifacts. The other two Three Tribulations death warriors were pierced through the chest by three Dragon-Patterned Sky-Splitting Spears at the same time, and were thrown into the air and turned into a sky full of blood mist!
[Ding! Two Three-Tribulation Ghost Immortals and Two-Tribulation Ghost Immortal from the Netherworld Palace have been defeated, gaining 180,000,000 AFK Points!]
[Current AFK Points Balance: 850,000,000 points!]
After dispersing Avatar five avatars, Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng landed steadily at the top of the towering altar.
He glanced at the five Foul Blood Devil Nails stuck in the base, then casually flicked his sleeve, unleashing Pure Yang Immortal Essence that shattered the five demonic nails into dust.
Buzz--!
Sensing the same aura of the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor's inheritance, the ancient restrictions on the altar base not only did not resist, but instead actively separated to the sides.
Chen Changqing lifted his arm and easily pulled the object out!
Whoosh!
The next moment, the things pulled out from inside intertwined and evolved in the void to form an incomplete ancient star map.
The location indicated by the star map is none other than the forbidden land of the Central Domain — the Senluo Deathland!
Using this star map, Chen Changqing immediately saw the direction of the demon-suppressing Array Patterns on the first three levels of the Senluo Deathland Land. This was undoubtedly a timely help for him to sneak into the Blood Pool Altar and rescue Xiaoqian three days later.