Shi Mo Battles Kunpeng

Above the Nine Heavens, the sky suddenly darkened as two enormous wings descended from the void, blotting out the heavens and sun.

Shi Mo saw only a pair of cold, emotionless eyes beneath the dark canopy of heaven. Then sharp black talons, carrying a chill like flowing water, sliced through the void.

Hiss! Hiss! Even space seemed to freeze, and then the sharp talons, gleaming with cold light, tore through space and arrived before Shi Mo in an instant.

Buzz! Just as the talons were about to rip Shi Mo apart, an earthen-yellow curtain of light suddenly appeared out of thin air, spanning the void and connecting heaven and earth as it blocked the attack before him.

Hiss! Amid a harsh scraping sound, the talons seemed to strike sparks against the earthen-yellow light curtain.

"Earth Book?" Kunpeng, who had launched the sneak attack, as well as Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, who were watching from the Demon Emperor Hall in the Heavenly Court, were all startled. Clearly, they had not expected Zhen Yuanzi to be willing to lend the Earth Book to Shi Mo.

"Kunpeng! You are the mighty Demon Teacher, yet you stoop to sneak attacks? Despicable and shameless!" From behind the Earth Book's light barrier came Shi Mo's furious roar, resounding throughout the Primordial World.

For a moment, the entire Primordial World was shaken. Countless living beings and cultivators instinctively looked up at the sky.

At Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain, Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi were also greatly alarmed. Hongyun immediately moved to help Shi Mo.

"Hongyun, don't go making things worse," Zhen Yuanzi said, grabbing him. "With the Earth Book protecting him, Shi Mo can draw upon the spiritual energy of the Primordial World's earth veins even above the Nine Heavens. He can escape back at any time. We would be no help if we rushed over recklessly. It would be better to remain at Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain and watch how things develop."

"But..." Hongyun was anxious and restless, while Zhen Yuanzi beside him also frowned as he looked up at the sky.

Below the Nine Heavens Gale Layer, Kunpeng, his wings hanging down from the heavens, looked down at the Earth Book's light barrier, which resembled an earthen-yellow river of light. Hearing Shi Mo's angry roar, his gaze grew increasingly cold.

"So what if you're big? Kunpeng, you stinking black bird! If you've got the guts, fight me openly! I'm not afraid of you!" As he roared, Shi Mo's body rapidly expanded beneath the earthen-yellow light barrier, transforming into a towering giant of rock, his entire body gleaming with jade-like fluorescence.

Wrapped in the Earth Book's light barrier like an earthen-yellow cloak, Shi Mo willed it, and the Primordial World trembled. Surging earth-vein spiritual energy flowed like enormous dragons, converging toward him.

"What?" Kunpeng, Di Jun, Donghuang Taiyi, and the others were once again stunned.

Even Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi at Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain, who knew something of Shi Mo's abilities, could not help but gasp in shock.

"Kunpeng, take my punch!" With a furious roar, Shi Mo threw a punch that twisted and shook the very void of the Primordial World.

Bang! Kunpeng's pupils contracted as shock rose in his heart. His massive wing swept down, colliding directly with Shi Mo's equally enormous fist with a deep, muffled boom.

Visible ripples spread outward from the point where the black wing collided with the earthen-yellow, jade-like fist, like ripples across water. A terrifying storm of energy also swept out like towering waves.

Kunpeng's entire body shuddered violently, and his enormous form was sent flying backward in a wretched tumble.

Shi Mo also staggered, but he took only one step back. Even so, the earth shook and mountains swayed, and heaven and earth seemed like a great ship rocking amid wind and waves.

The entire Primordial World was thrown into an uproar. Countless weak creatures turned pale with terror, while many cultivators who had secluded themselves for cultivation stood dumbstruck.

"Impossible!" Kunpeng's eyes were filled with shock and disbelief. "How can this Shi Mo possess such foundations and methods? Even with the Earth Book's power, how could he mobilize so much earth-vein power? Is he the beloved son of the Primordial World itself?"

"Shi Mo..." In the Heavenly Court, Bai Ze and several other Monster Sages, who had noticed the disturbance and were looking down below, were all deeply shocked. Ji Meng, Gui Che, and the others who had fought Shi Mo before were especially shaken to the core.

"This Shi Mo cannot be allowed to live! Otherwise, he will surely become a great threat to our Monster Clan." In the Demon Emperor Palace, Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi exchanged glances, each seeing intense killing intent in the other's eyes.

"Second Brother! Strike with all your strength. We absolutely cannot let him escape back to Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain this time," Di Jun said through gritted teeth.

Donghuang Taiyi said nothing. His aura simply surged wildly, and then, with a piercing cry, he transformed directly into his true Three-Legged Golden Crow form. He hung above the Demon Emperor Hall like the sun, and the temperature throughout the Heavenly Court began to rise rapidly.

Buzz! At the same time, the Chaos Bell suddenly appeared. With a single hum and tremor, it seemed to make the space of the Thirty-Three Heavens resonate.

For a moment, every Monster Clan expert who sensed the Chaos Bell's aura looked up in alarm.

Within the Primordial World, cultivators and great powers who likewise sensed the Chaos Bell's might also turned pale.

"Chaos Bell?" Shi Mo sensed the familiar aura and power of the Chaos Bell and no longer bothered to continue fighting Kunpeng. He merely stood silently upon the land of the Primordial World, staring fiercely and fervently toward the Nine Heavens, a hint of madness rising in the depths of his eyes.

"It seems the Demon Emperor is determined to kill Shi Mo. That is why he has made Donghuang use the Chaos Bell without restraint. Shi Mo is doomed." Kunpeng was also shocked and moved as he watched Shi Mo, though a faint trace of apprehension surfaced in the depths of his cold eyes.

It was not only Shi Mo whom Kunpeng feared. He was equally wary of Demon Emperor Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi.

Donghuang Taiyi's Donghuang Bell in particular was a supreme innate treasure with limitless power. Kunpeng both feared and coveted it.

Had Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi not possessed such profound cultivation, along with a trump card like that supreme treasure, why would Kunpeng have been willing to remain beneath them?

Under Donghuang Taiyi's full activation, intricate and mysterious patterns emerged upon the Chaos Bell. The surrounding space twisted and trembled, while its terrifying power ignored the barriers of space and descended from the Nine Heavens.

"You want me dead? Then let's play big." Feeling the Chaos Bell's power lock onto him as the surrounding space seemed to freeze and distort, Shi Mo's lips curled into a wild smile, and the madness in his eyes deepened.

At the same time, throughout the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Heavenly Court, formation arrays and their foundations revealed mysterious light patterns, drawing down converging starlight.

At Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain, the foundation stars of the Heavenly Stellar Formation trembled as though straining to operate. At the same time, above the entire mountain, vast power of the Heavenly Stars gathered like the Milky Way of the Nine Heavens pouring down.

In the dark Primordial World starry sky, the Heavenly Stars blazed brilliantly. Their starlight seemed to burn, instantly illuminating the Primordial World's sky as brightly as day.

Soon after, the Monster Clan experts in the Thirty-Three Heavens discovered that the power of the stars in the Heavenly Court was boiling ever more intensely.

"What is going on? This..." Seeing stellar power bloom and rain down through the void of the Thirty-Three Heavens like fireworks in a storm, Bai Ze and the other Monster Sages, who had been tensely watching the battle, looked up in stunned disbelief.