The Great Wild God - Chapter 373

Chapter 373 Re-enter Kaiyang Valley
Each time, the Mirage Beast Race would send over a hundred exotic beasts to form a Heavenly Yao Grand Formation, drawing lightning dragons from the Copper Thunder Pillars.

Within the lightning waterfall formed by tens of thousands of bolts of lightning, the numerous formations and restrictions of the Kaiyang Palace, as well as the majestic palace halls, were all destroyed one by one.

Spiritual light occasionally flashed. Everyone knew that those were ancient treasures hidden in the outer palace of the Kaiyang Palace that were difficult to destroy by the lightning waterfall.

Seeing these ancient treasures fall into the hands of the Mirage Beasts, the cultivators of the Crimson Star Palace felt their hearts itch, but they all knew that they needed to wait for the right time.

There were only five or six hundred of them in total. It was impossible for them to learn from the Mirage Beast. Each time, they would sacrifice tens of thousands of people to attract the lightning. Only after the Mirage Beast forcefully broke through the restriction of the Yang Palace’s innermost layer of formations would they be able to obtain the greatest benefits.

The most important and precious ancient treasures of the Kaiyang Palace must be stored in the innermost palace.

Venerable Cold Moon had cultivated for a thousand years and still maintained the appearance of a beautiful middle-aged woman. There was no expression on her beautiful face. Surrounded by more than a dozen Crimson Star Palace disciples, she coquettishly shouted,

“We have been in the Long Mountain for more than ten years. If we can successfully tear apart the herds of beasts outside the Yang Valley, we will definitely obtain the ancient treasures hidden in the Yang Opening Palace Forbidden Land. Not only will you not return empty-handed this time, you will obtain the ancient treasures to refine, everyone will be more confident of leaving the Long Mountain safely and not being restrained by others …”

The expressions of the Crimson Star Palace disciples were greatly lifted, but Young Master Xi Kang’s expression turned cold when he heard this. Venerable Cold Moon’s last words were clearly directed at the Young Master Xi Clan and the Azure Scaled Demon Clan.

It was not clear what kind of ancient treasures were hidden in the most innermost palace attire of the Kaiyang Palace Forbidden Ground, but according to the calculation of the Copper Thunder Pillar, three to five top-grade Heaven-ranked magical artifacts, or even one or two Pure Yang Dao artifacts, were extremely possible.

The Seven Treasures God Refining Tower was an existence that was close to a Pure Yang Dao Weapon, but it had yet to develop spirituality. Young Xi Yanlan’s ability to withstand the lightning dragon’s attacks twice showed just how powerful a Pure Yang Dao Weapon could be.

If the disciples of the Crimson Star Palace were able to obtain two or three top-grade Heaven-ranked magical artifacts or pure Yang Dao artifacts from the Kaiyang Palace this time, not only would they be able to leave Mountain Long calmly, they would also be less constrained by the Shaoxi Clan and the Azure Scaled Demon Clan in the future.

“Marquis Azure Water, what do you think will happen in this battle?” Shaoxi Kang asked.

Chen Xun chuckled and said, “Everyone depends on luck. Most importantly, we must remember that we can’t have internal conflicts before we leave Mountain Long.”

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The Mirage Beast pushed forward layer upon layer and quickly entered the central area of the Kaiyang Palace.

At this time, the Beach Valley Camp also started to move.

Apart from disciples below the Reincarnation Realm and other seriously injured cultivators staying behind to guard the beach valley camp, there were 97 other experts who could maintain their cultivation above the Heavenly Yuan Realm.

The Azure Scaled Demon was going to be even more tyrannical than he had imagined. Previously, all of them were in a sorry state with broken limbs and bones. They went to the Beach Valley Camp to rest for a day. In the end, sixteen Azure Scaled Demon Generals followed Shao Xi Kang to the Kaiyang Valley. Clearly, they did not want to miss this good opportunity to compete for the ancient treasures.

Witch Black Tea and Snake Wuxin cultivated again. They didn’t reach the Reincarnation Realm and still couldn’t fly in the air. However, climbing mountains and crossing mountains wasn’t any slower than Zhu Xiu’s flying in the air.

“In the past, we didn’t recognize Marquis Azure Water. I hope Marquis Azure Water can forgive us for offending you.” Daoist Donghua still hadn’t found a chance to talk to Chen Xun. At this moment, he and a dozen rogue cultivators who weren’t under the control of the Crimson Star Palace and the Shaoxi clan had followed Chen Xun from the left into the Yang Valley and found a chance to speak.

“I was the one who impersonated Skydragon Seed, causing many misunderstandings. It’s good that Fellow Daoist Donghua doesn’t blame me.” Chen Xun said with a smile. He thought to himself that Daoist Donghua and Daoist Fushan had been able to survive before, but their lives were great. Daoist Hengzhou, who was accompanying them, had long since died in Kaiyang Valley.

In the time of two incense sticks, everyone had already arrived at the periphery of the Yang Valley, and a large group of mirages were already waiting for them.

Amongst the mirages, there were a large number of winged beasts with flapping wings.

Seeing that it was difficult to bypass the blockade of the large group of mirages, the cultivators descended from the sky one after another, brandishing their spirit swords and magical artifacts in their hands as they charged towards the large group of mirages.

Chen Xun had also seized the time to refine dozens of Mirage puppets beforehand. At this moment, he was pushing them forward and retreating along with the cultivators of the Crimson Star Palace.

Amongst the large herd of mirages, there were no mirage beasts comparable to Daoist Primordial Core Realm cultivators, nor were there mirage beasts that had cultivated their True Body Techniques. Chen Xun used mirage beast puppets to form the Mysterious Evolution Battle Formation to defend against the enemy, which was the most labor-saving and effective method to defend against the enemy.

Chen Xun, Du Liangyong, Black Tea, and Snake Wuxin surrounded them. The array of Mirage puppets stretched for more than a hundred zhang. The Mirage Beasts before them were all invincible.

Daoist Donghua followed Chen Xun into the Kaiyang Valley from the left wing. The Xuanyan Battle Formation formed by Chen Xunyu’s Mirage Beast Puppet opened up the path ahead. The pressure they were under was also extremely light. They felt that Marquis Azure Water truly lived up to his reputation. If it was someone else, how much soul and life energy would it take to refine so many exotic beast puppets before the battle?

Upon advancing to the Origin Core Realm, cultivators would have a lifespan of more than a thousand years. It was common for them to concurrently work as artificers, cultivate a second origin soul, and possess an external avatar. Origin Pill Taoist would often refine three or five absolutely loyal puppet beasts to protect the cave.

However, in order to refine a high-grade puppet beast, a cultivator would need to use his soul power to refine a high-quality Soul Essence Battle Soul.

This kind of method that would damage one’s cultivation base could only be tried three to five times in a lifetime. Almost all of them treated puppet beasts as if they were incarnations outside their bodies. Who would dare to try dozens or hundreds of times without moving?

Having tens of thousands of avatars was something that only peak Dharma Reality Realm experts and even True Monarchs of Heaven and Earth could do.

Daoist Donghua saw Chen Xun effortlessly take out dozens of Soul Essence Battle Souls and refine Mirage Beast Puppets. He thought to himself, Chen Xun must have a secret technique to refine Soul Essence without damaging his own soul in the ancient inheritance he obtained from Wu Shan. Only in this way could he be said to be proficient in Puppet Technique, right?

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Without the existence of powerful demonic beasts and Aspect Mirages among the large herd, the threat they could pose to the crowd was rather limited.

Apart from the left wing that Chen Xun and the others were in charge of, the middle path formed by Venerable Leng Yue and the Crimson Star Palace disciples, and the right wing formed by the Shaoxi Clan disciples and the Azure Scaled Demon General, had eight mountain and river chariots and four profound lightning chariots. They all proceeded extremely smoothly and quickly rushed into the Kaiyang Valley.

At this time, the thousands of mirages were divided into six groups and surrounded by them.

Everyone’s expressions changed when they saw the Heavenly Yao Formation of the Mirage Beast Group.

The Heavenly Yao Array formed from hundreds of ordinary mirages, although it possessed a combat strength comparable to that of a peak Origin Core Realm cultivator, was not enough to cause everyone to fear it. Everyone’s expressions changed in fear that the Heavenly Yao Array would cause the Copper Thunder Pillar to sense it …

Everyone knew in their hearts that the Mirage Beast had formed the Heavenly Yao Grand Formation to release the lightning dragon through the copper pillar of lightning.

Hundreds of mirages had died, and the lightning dragons had turned into endless lightning waterfalls that could easily crush them.

“We must not allow the mirages to form a Heavenly Yao Grand Formation!” Chen Xun looked at the critical situation and shouted loudly.

Mirage beasts formed a Heavenly Yao Grand Formation, gathering demonic energy until it triggered the Copper Thunder Pillar’s senses. It would take a certain amount of time. As long as they could break through the mirage beast’s Heavenly Yao Grand Formation before then, everything would be saved and danger would be reduced to safety.

However, none of the disciples of the Crimson Star Palace, the Young Xi Clan, and the Azure Scaled Demon General followed Chen Xun’s orders and immediately retreated. If they wanted to distance themselves from the Heavenly Demon Array formed by the Mirage Beast, they wouldn’t have to worry about being affected by the lightning waterfall …

The rogue cultivators who had followed Chen Xun into the Kaiyang Valley from the left were still confused, but when they saw the middle path and the right wing retreat, they all turned back.

“Idiot!” Chen Xun cursed angrily.

Even if the three Mirage Demons who had cultivated their True Body Techniques were unable to come over, since the Mirage Beasts were able to use the Heavenly Demon Array to catch the Lightning Waterfall and break through the restrictions of the Yang Palace’s array, it meant that there were intelligent beasts among them that were no weaker than humans in their intelligence.

Over a hundred Heaven Origin Realm cultivators had twelve mountains, rivers, and profound lightning chariots to open the path, forming a dense formation and cutting into a large group of mirages. This was the key to sharply entering the Yang Opening Valley.

At this moment, he suddenly retreated. The formation was scattered, and it was extremely easy for him to be surrounded by a large group of mirages, causing him to fall into a dangerous situation.

No matter how powerful a Heaven Origin Realm cultivator was, how long could they last after being surrounded by a large group of mirages?

Unexpectedly, Venerable Leng Yue’s cultivation was extremely high, but he was used to fighting alone with Shao Xi Kang and the others. He actually didn’t even understand some simple principles of battle formations. Chen Xun was also extremely helpless.

Although Daoist Donghua did not retreat, his face was filled with doubt. The Heavenly Demon Array formed by the two groups of mirages was two hundred feet away. The demonic energy gathered in the air gradually condensed into a dragon-shaped phantom. The clouds above the Sunrise Splitting Valley were swirling, and a lightning dragon could form at any time.

With the help of the left wing, Chen Xun was unable to tear through the six groups of Heavenly Yao Formations formed by hundreds of Mirage Beasts. When he saw a deep cliff more than a hundred feet away, he commanded dozens of Mirage Beast puppets to jump into the deep cliff together.

Chen Xun didn’t put all of the Mirage Beast Puppets into the Void Origin Pearl, just thinking that if the Lightning Waterfall couldn’t be avoided, then with so many Mirage Beast Puppets, they would be able to shoulder a lot of the attacks of the Lightning Waterfall for them!

Heaven and earth were torn apart by the earth-shattering thunderclap.

Chen Xun and the others jumped into the depths of the cliff, but dozens of bolts of lightning still covered it, and large boulders fell from the cliff.

Chen Xun took out the Blazing Sun Lightning Shield and floated in mid-air to withstand the bombardment of dozens of lightning pillars.

The lightning pillar was unable to break through the Blazing Sun Lightning Shield, but a tremendous amount of energy surged forth, as if a mountain was pressing down on it.

His left arm had already cultivated to the second level of the Nine Tribulations Body Refining Realm, and it was not damaged by such a powerful backlash. However, after he dispersed the Origin Core, his strength was indeed suppressed to a certain extent. His internal organs trembled, and he couldn’t help but cough out a mouthful of blood. He was knocked down from the bottom of the cliff in mid-air, lying on the ground for half a day, not wanting to get up.

Fortunately, the lightning waterfall formed by the lightning dragon was safe and sound.

Daoist Donghua watched this scene and was dumbfounded. After he and Fushan dispersed the Origin Pill, it was extremely difficult for him to receive a lightning pillar. He didn’t expect Chen Xun to receive dozens of lightning pillars on his own, and he was only slightly injured.

Fortunately, Chen Xun had managed to take down most of the lightning pillars that had plunged into the depths of the cliff in midair. Otherwise, they would not have escaped this lightning waterfall’s attack so easily.

Chen Xunfei flew up the cliff and saw the middle road. His right wing was in chaos.

Venerable Leng Yue, Shao Xi Kang wanted to lead the Crimson Star Palace cultivators and the Shao Xi Clan disciples back, but they were blocked by thousands of mirages. The Heavenly Demon Array attracted lightning dragons, and they were unable to escape the lightning waterfall.

Even though thousands of mirages had died in the lightning waterfall, the number of mirages was extremely large. There were probably more than a hundred thousand of them, and three to five thousand of them had died without any effect at all.

The cultivators of the Crimson Star Palace and the retinue generals of the Shaoxi clan were covered by the lightning waterfall. Although only a dozen people had been killed or injured, the situation was much bleaker.

Shaoxi Kang, Venerable Cold Moon, and the others had yet to recover from their old injuries, adding new ones. Countless magical artifacts had been destroyed under the cover of the lightning waterfall, and five of the twelve war chariots had been destroyed by the lightning pillars. At this moment, they were surrounded by mirage beasts that surged over like a tide, threatening to annihilate the entire army at any moment …