Playing Dumb with the Chaos Bell!

Bang—

A bone-chilling crash rang out.

Then—

Buzz—

The resonant cry of a Dharma treasure echoed throughout the Boundless Great Thousand World.

The protective treasure light released by the Karma Fire Red Lotus shielding Minghe began to flicker violently beneath the Chaos Bell's "Fortune Collision"!

Three breaths later—

Crack—

With a crisp sound, the violently flickering protective treasure light around the Karma Fire Red Lotus shattered.

The instant the protective treasure light broke—

The supreme treasure's killing power from the Chaos Bell fell upon Minghe, who had just been gravely wounded after his Dao had been crushed and suppressed.

"Aaargh!!!"

With a scream, Minghe transformed into a streak of blood-red light and smashed viciously toward the barrier of the Boundless Great Thousand World.

As he flew backward—

Across his body—

Cracks instantly spread over Minghe's innate Dao body.

Terrifying solar power scorched his innate Dao body, suppressing the recovery of his external wounds.

Within his body—

The incomparably severe wounds to his Dao nearly shattered the Quasi-Sage Dao Fruit and one of the Three Corpses he had cultivated.

At the same time, solar Dao power remained upon them.

Like poison clinging to the bones, it ceaselessly burned his Dao Fruit and one of his Three Corpses.

One move—

Minghe, protected by the Karma Fire Red Lotus, which was said to be impervious to all laws and unrivaled in defense, could not rise again.

An instant later—

Boom—

Minghe slammed hard into the barrier of the Boundless Great Thousand World before finally falling to the earth.

He had only one breath left, yet there was no further movement from him.

Buzz!

The Karma Fire Red Lotus, whose protective treasure light had been broken, leaving its radiance dim and seventy percent of its Dao rhyme scattered, appeared beside Minghe once more.

It released treasure light again, protecting Minghe within it.

At the same time—

Clang—

The two ferocious swords, Yuantu and Abi, also flowed with sword light as they guarded Minghe, who still clung to a single breath!

After glancing at the utterly miserable Minghe—

Dan Jing withdrew his gaze.

"Flashy nonsense. One bell, and you're down!"

Then—

Dan Jing's pair of golden eyes, glowing faintly, turned toward Kunpeng, Red Cloud, Zhen Yuanzi, Queen Mother of the West, and the others.

They had already retreated to the edge of the Boundless Great Thousand World.

After seeing Minghe's fate, they were still shaken with lingering fear, though somewhat fortunate that they had surrendered quickly. Yet their bodies suddenly trembled.

When they turned and saw Dan Jing's golden eyes fixed upon them—

A thread of terrible foreboding rose in all their hearts.

This is bad...

Just now—

That madman Dan Jing had not accepted their surrender at all. He intended to attack them!

Seeing the changes in their expressions—

Dan Jing, high in the heavens, grinned.

"Heh heh..."

He chuckled twice without speaking further, simply tossing the Chaos Bell in his hand toward them!

Dong!

Carrying supreme treasure killing power condensed to the utmost, without a single trace leaking out, the terrifying bell chime instantly enveloped Kunpeng, Red Cloud, Zhen Yuanzi, Queen Mother of the West, Xuan Nü, and everyone else!

Rumble—

The supreme treasure's killing power shrouding them descended without reservation, as though the heavens were collapsing!

Even a defensive Dharma treasure like the Karma Fire Red Lotus could not withstand such peerless power.

None of them had the confidence to endure it with their own Dharma treasures either!

But—

Even if they could not endure it, they had to try!

The next instant—

Buzz—

The Earth Book that Zhen Yuanzi raised through gritted teeth bloomed with vast, heavy treasure light.

It further drew upon boundless power of the earth, transforming it into a barrier that rushed to meet the descending Chaos Bell!

Queen Mother of the West fully activated the Plain-Colored Cloud Realm Banner, which produced skies full of cloud light as it fluttered.

Amid the vast, hazy clouds—

The cloud light formed by the Plain-Colored Cloud Realm Banner became a world unto itself, cutting off every attack.

At the same time—

The Kunlun Mirror behind Queen Mother of the West also shone brilliantly with treasure light, drawing upon the power of the Dao of Time in an attempt to conceal them beyond endless time!

At this moment—

With Zhen Yuanzi and Queen Mother of the West as the main force, and Red Cloud, Xuan Nü, and the others assisting them—

Both sides completely cast aside all the karmic ties from their previous battle, joining forces and giving their all to face the descending supreme treasure killing power of the Chaos Bell!

Kunpeng was the exception!

Facing the suppressing Chaos Bell, Kunpeng's expression turned exceptionally ugly.

The reason was simple—

Kunpeng had no defensive spirit treasure worth bringing out!

"Damn it!"

After roaring in frustration, vicious light flashed in Kunpeng's eyes.

With a thought—

Cry—

An incomparably enormous sacred true form of a peng bird manifested amidst surging yin-yang immortal light.

The instant Kunpeng revealed his true form, he flew directly at the descending Chaos Bell!

He was far too brave.

That figure charging at the Chaos Bell head-on, utterly refusing to avoid its edge, actually possessed a measure of resolute handsomeness!

Then—

Bang—

Kunpeng's enormous peng bird true form was effortlessly crushed beneath the Chaos Bell like a stray dog by the roadside, while its suppressing momentum did not diminish in the slightest!

Then—

The brave and handsome Kunpeng fell into the Boundless Great Thousand World, unable to stir even the slightest ripple ever again.

Immediately after—

Before the astonished eyes of Zhen Yuanzi, Queen Mother of the West, and the others, the supreme treasure killing power descending from the Chaos Bell—

Whoosh!

Did not collide even slightly with the Earth Book, the Plain-Colored Cloud Realm Banner, the Kunlun Mirror, or any of the other Dharma treasures.

It directly bypassed every defensive measure they had deployed—

And fell equally upon every one of them!

Bang!

"Pff..."

Crash!

"Cough..."

Thud!

"Urgh..."

In but an instant—

Red Cloud, Zhen Yuanzi, Queen Mother of the West, Xuan Nü, and everyone else fell from the sky one after another.

Their innate Dao bodies shattered, while their Dao Fruits and Three Corpses all suffered grievous damage, leaving their auras exceedingly weak.

They lay within the Boundless Great Thousand World, groaning in agony, yet they could no longer struggle to rise.

Lying upon the earth—

Feeling the severe wounds to their Dao, the scattered group stared in disbelief—

At the still-brilliant blazing sun in the heavens.

Madman Dan Jing—

Was actually this powerful?

They could not defeat him.

They truly could not defeat him—

If it was raw power they wanted, he possessed strength capable of forcibly breaking through a defensive spirit treasure like the Karma Fire Red Lotus and casually suppressing powerful figures like Minghe and Kunpeng!

If it was special mechanics they wanted, he possessed methods capable of directly passing through the Earth Book, the Plain-Colored Cloud Realm Banner, the Kunlun Mirror, and numerous other defensive spirit treasures to strike at the true bodies of Quasi-Sage experts!

High damage in his left hand, high damage in his right.

How the hell were they supposed to fight this—

They gave up.

They had no choice but to give up!

After all, that madman Dan Jing did not accept surrender at all!

"The Chaos Bell really is too overpowered!"

Watching Queen Mother of the West, Zhen Yuanzi, and the others get flattened, Dan Jing tossed the Chaos Bell in his hand and sighed.

It had raw power when raw power was needed, and special mechanics when special mechanics were needed.

At this stage—

In every battle, Dan Jing only needed to bring out the Chaos Bell to more or less secure victory.

That was a bit like using a wheelchair!

It made Dan Jing seem like nothing more than a launching platform for the Chaos Bell, as though he had no presence of his own.

"No!"

The thought that he lacked presence flashed through his mind, only to be immediately overwhelmed by another thought rising within him.

The corners of his mouth lifted.

"That is exactly why I want the world to believe that all my strength lies in the Chaos Bell!"

"That way—"

"My Heaven-Earth Exquisite Mysterious Yellow Pagoda, Primordial Measure Ruler, God-Slaying Spear, and my strongest Dao cultivation will be able to give future opponents plenty of surprises."

"Heh heh heh..."

It was not as though he had no opponents.

Although Dan Jing had never taken the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the rest seriously in his words—

That was merely tactical contempt!

In truth—

From a strategic perspective, Dan Jing still kept powerful figures such as the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti firmly in mind!

Therefore—

Dan Jing now had a rather good idea—

He would use the Chaos Bell to play dumb!

When those enemies who disliked him and plotted against him finally made their move, he would catch them off guard.