Ding~ Chen the Comeback King was online again!
Having publicly endured such abuse, their Sage's Majesty had been desecrated.
But...
Perhaps Taiqing and Yuanshi had already gone numb. Their expressions did not change, and their hearts remained utterly unruffled.
Still, Houtu's shameless stunt of twisting black into white filled them with contempt.
Merit Golden Body?
No, you called this thing...
a Merit Golden Body?!
Did she really take them Hun Yuan Sages for fools?!
"Ant, stop quibbling here. This blood-red dharma manifestation is an ominous thing, wreathed in black qi, overflowing with Slaughter Qi, and suffused with Calamity Qi. If it is not a Slaughter True Body, then what is it?!"
He had not wanted to say anything further, but Yuanshi truly could not stand it anymore. Pointing at the Slaughter True Body, he publicly confronted Houtu.
His voice was stern and severe, his eyes utterly fearless, arrogant and rude.
"What black qi? All I see is hazy Primordial Purple Qi. This is called purple so deep it looks black, understand? What ominous? This is an auspicious omen!"
"Do you see the words? Are you illiterate or what? Merit! Golden! Body! Can't you see those huge characters?"
Chen Xuan retorted, stubbornly insisting that it was a Merit Golden Body.
In the past, Zhao Gao pointed at a deer and called it a horse.
Today, Chen Xuan pointed at a Slaughter True Body and called it a Merit Golden Body!
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"..."
Upon hearing this, Taiqing and Yuanshi were truly speechless.
Even Tongtian fell silent.
No, he called those characters "huge"?
If Chen Xuan had not pointed them out, they genuinely would not have found them!
They were tiny, absurdly tiny!
And the ink had not even dried yet. It was obvious that he had carved them on himself, wasn't it?
Also, what kind of Merit Golden Body spewed black smoke nonstop?!
Forgery was one thing, but could he at least put some effort into it? Who was he trying to fool?!!
"What will it take for you to believe me?"
"Today, I must settle what is true and false, and determine who stands above whom!"
Chen Xuan continued.
Yuanshi hesitated, wanting to launch into three thousand rounds of verbal combat with Chen Xuan.
Unexpectedly, Taiqing promptly pulled him back.
Taiqing Laozi had always been meticulous and deeply calculating. With his sharp eye, how could he fail to see through the scheme?
After pondering for a moment, he smiled faintly and exposed Chen Xuan's plot before everyone. "This fiend merely wishes to buy time for the ancestral witches. Do not fall for his trick!"
"Strike while they are weak and take their lives! Tongtian, quickly deploy the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and suppress the ancestral witches at once. Settle the Witch Clan and demon race conflict early, so we may return and report to Dao Ancestor Master!"
As soon as he said this,
Yuanshi suddenly came to his senses. Realizing it only now, his eyes turned cold and murderous intent surfaced!
Taiqing had given the order, yet Tongtian remained motionless for a long while.
For one thing, he truly could not bear to do it.
For another, his previous clash against the Dutian God-Demon Array had drained him greatly. Especially after the array self-destructed, the foundations of the Immortal-Slaying Formation had become unstable. For the time being, he could not restore the killing formation's power.
"Eldest Brother, my expenditure earlier was too great. I need to regulate my breath for a while before I can redeploy the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation."
After hesitating briefly, Tongtian spoke honestly.
He had thought his two brothers would understand him, perhaps even care for him and feel sorry for him.
Unexpectedly.
After hearing this, Taiqing Laozi blurted out, "Why is it so troublesome... How long will you need to regulate your breath? Can you finish before the ancestral witches recover?"
Though his first complaint was as quiet as a mosquito's buzz, muttered under his breath, a Sage's senses were extraordinarily keen. Tongtian still heard it clearly.
For no reason, his heart turned cold...
Then,
before Tongtian could respond,
Yuanshi eagerly spoke up from the side. "Why regulate your breath? The circumstances are extraordinary now. Once the Slaughter True Body fully condenses and manifests, and the ancestral witches catch their breath and redeploy the Dutian God-Demon Array, then... it will be another desperate battle! I do not wish to risk my life against that woman again."
"Tongtian, you do not need to regulate your breath at all. Just burn your Sage origin and settle the battle quickly!"
Crack—
As soon as those words fell,
Tongtian nearly broke apart.
His heart went cold by another half!
He was completely dumbfounded!
How could Yuanshi Tianzun's thirty-seven-degree mouth say such icy words?
"Burn my Sage origin? Second Brother, listen to yourself. Are those even human words?"
Tongtian looked at Yuanshi, rolled his eyes, and coldly shot back.
"Tongtian! How dare you speak to your elder brother like that? Do you dare?! An elder brother is like a father—do you understand what that means?!!"
Yuanshi exploded at once, immediately putting on the airs of an elder brother. He glared furiously at Tongtian and roared his rebuke.
"Forget it, forget it. Third Brother is not... never mind. Second Brother, calm down. He did not mean it."
"With a great enemy before us, the Three Pure Ones must not fight among themselves, lest wicked people exploit the opening. Tongtian, this is a Nine-Revolution Golden Pill I refined. Take it quickly and recuperate. Remember, be fast!"
Fortunately, Taiqing Laozi stepped in to mediate and gave Tongtian a Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, finally calming the quarrel between the two Pure Ones.
Tongtian could not easily lash out either. With a helpless sigh, he sat cross-legged and began to focus on regulating his breath.
The twenty-four Dinghai Divine Pearls hung high in the sky, radiating boundless five-colored divine light as they circled around him and guarded his path.
"Fine. This is a Merit Golden Body. Believe it or not, I cannot be bothered to explain, and you are not worthy of hearing it."
Seeing Taiqing expose his plan, Chen Xuan simply gave up pretending and could not be bothered to say another word.
There was no helping it. Since words would not work, he could only fight now.
Let's go!
Rumble—
With that thought, Chen Xuan struck first and seized the initiative. He decisively drew upon the boundless Calamity Qi and Slaughter Qi of heaven and earth, transforming them into raging waves that surged wildly into the Slaughter True Body.
In an instant,
blood light shot into the heavens from the Slaughter True Body. It suddenly swelled against the wind, growing several zhang taller at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Its Slaughter Qi was terrifyingly overwhelming!
Its savage might stretched across hundreds of millions of li!
With every gesture, it shattered inch after inch of space, stirred endless chaotic currents, swept up the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire, and made heaven and earth tremble!
Moreover, an ancient great bell hung above its head, its resonant "dong dong" chimes shaking the entire cosmos.
Outside the bell, sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, and wind revolved around it.
Within the bell, mountains, rivers, lands, and the Myriad Races of the Primordial Desolation faintly appeared.
Five-colored radiant light illuminated the heavens, while chaotic Sage might intimidated the cosmos!
The bell's vast chimes resounded, magnificent across the universe. Heaven and earth lost their color, and all creation trembled!
The might of an Innate Supreme Treasure was displayed without reservation!
Needless to say, while the Three Pure Ones had been bickering amongst themselves, Chen Xuan, that master of time management, had taken the opportunity to refine part of the Chaos Bell's treasure restrictions.
And that was not all!
After the Chaos Bell was brought forth,
the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, Pangu Banner, Taiji Diagram, Golden Lotus of Merit, Jieyin's Treasure Banner... and many other supreme treasures appeared one after another, transforming into brilliant divine rainbows that shot fiercely into the heavens.
They surrounded Chen Xuan, making him appear like an ancient divine being, incomparably majestic and boundless!
"Hmph, a thing that merely parrots others' ideas. It seems your trump card has already been exhausted. Today, if this Slaughter True Body and these many spirit treasures are your final reliance, then the Witch Clan's dead end cannot be changed. Even you, Houtu... are destined to perish, your Dao extinguished!"
"Today, I, Yuanshi, will reclaim everything that once belonged to me! Houtu, it is time for you to return what belongs to its rightful owner!! Slaughter True Body, break for me—!!!"
When they saw so many familiar supreme treasures before their eyes, Taiqing and Yuanshi had their sore spots instantly struck, and they erupted at once.
Furious roars rang out without end.
Vast, rolling Sage power surged forth like a deluge, sweeping across the heavens and earth!
A world-shaking battle was on the verge of erupting!
Was the Witch Clan in danger?
Was Houtu in danger?
Rumble!
Rumble rumble!!
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