The Cry of All Living Beings

Rumble—

Heavenly thunder roiled. Eighteen great banners stood in the vault of heaven, each emblazoned with the image of a different beast. As the banners billowed in the wind, those beastly forms seemed lifelike, as though they could leap out at any moment.

The endless lightning was controlled by the banner formation. Heavenly Thunder Earth Fire was stirred, howling across the land. Even the cultivators battling within the formation, if struck, would be reduced to ashes in severe cases and suffer impaired movement in lighter ones.

The Heavenly Venerable was also within the formation, battling Jiang Yi. He was completely suppressed by Jiang Yi, who wielded the Divine Halberd and displayed the bearing of a God of War.

The two descended from the sky and crashed onto the shattered earth. They no longer used divine abilities, instead engaging in close combat with their physical bodies. Given the strength of their bodies, every strike contained the might of divine abilities.

With the two at the center, no cultivators dared approach within ten million miles, afraid of being caught in the aftermath. The two also kept their control well; the range of their battle did not shift too far, merely rising and falling.

"Dark Great Emperor, your reputation is well deserved! I heard you are the strongest among the Dao Ancestor Descendants?" The Heavenly Venerable swung the Three-Colored Divine Light and laughed coldly, his face filled with exhilaration.

Though he was being suppressed, he was fighting to his heart's content.

It had been a long time since he had encountered such a hearty, satisfying battle. Previously, when facing the Dao Ancestor and the Great Dao incarnation, he had felt far too stifled, with no sense of battle whatsoever.

In fighting Jiang Yi, he finally felt as though he had met his match