NCCnovel #355 - The beginning and end of an era
#355 - The beginning and end of an era
Zhang Chen was very fortunate that he had leveled up his Stealth Technique to the eighth rank, otherwise, how could he be a mere spectator at this moment?
Looking at the god who exuded vast divine power and wielded a lightning whip, a thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind: Is an immortal stronger, or is a god stronger?
Although the god in front of him was not directly appointed by the Heavenly Court, he was still a being who gathered faith, and there was no difference between them.
The so-called Heavenly Court appointment is just a certificate; the main thing is the power of incense. The appointment only means being recognized by the Heavenly Court, but it doesn't mean that those not recognized by the Heavenly Court are weak.
The Heavenly Court is just an organization, like the imperial court! It doesn't mean that people who don't become officials are less knowledgeable than those who do.
For example, the Demon Ancestor, as far as the Heavenly Court is concerned, is an unrecognized existence, but can you say that the Demon Ancestor is not strong?
Whether immortals are stronger or gods are stronger, it is not something Zhang Chen can provoke at this time.
One must know that the eighth rank is called Yin God, and the ninth rank Yang God has pure Yang energy throughout the body, which in previous novels could also be called a Pure Yang True Immortal.
“I can't afford to offend them!” Zhang Chen shrank his head, not daring to stand out at this time.
The fur around the Bear Demon King's body was burned bald in just a few breaths, but its skin shimmered with golden light, and mysterious forces gathered in its body.
The thunder-fire only burned off its fur, but it couldn't do anything to its body.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen was surprised: “This Bear Demon King is indeed an iron man. He only got a bump on his head after being hit by a jade brick. Even steel can be melted by the power of thunder-fire, but it can't do anything to him. This guy is thick-skinned and has no weaknesses all over his body!”
Of all the supernatural powers in the world, the most troublesome are those related to karma, as this power involves the rules of the universe and is simply unreasonable. The second most troublesome is an indestructible body of steel and iron bones, which is truly invulnerable and gives people a headache.
The god holding the lightning-formed whip was surprised to see this scene, but it was just a moment of surprise. The next moment, the whip flashing with lightning streaked across the void and lashed out at the Bear Demon King again.
The whip was like a spirit snake, twisting and turning in the void. The Bear Demon King wanted to use its bear paws to block it, but it didn't even have a chance to touch the whip. The whip kept striking the Bear Demon King's body, causing it to grit its teeth in pain, leaving scorched marks on its body. Then, with the surge of its powerful energy, the marks disappeared in an instant, and the Bear Demon King's injuries vanished.
“Ah~ You damned ant, you actually dared to burn your ancestor's fur, you really deserve to die! When I catch you, you glowing bipedal beast, I will hang you up as a lantern.” The Bear Demon King's voice was full of anger, but facing the nimble god, it was helpless and could only roar.
The god was also frowning at this time: “This big bear is thick-skinned and has iron bones. Although my lightning whip can restrain him, it can't hurt his foundation.”
“I'll help you!” At this time, another god stepped out, and the next moment, a flame spewed out from his mouth, turning into a light罩 that enveloped the big bear.
The fiery red light罩 enveloped the big bear, and raging flames swept across the sky, about to burn it alive into ashes.
“Ants!” Facing the fire罩, the Bear Demon King didn't care. It stretched out a pair of hooves and claws, tearing at the fire罩, actually tearing the fire罩 so that it was crumbling, as if it could be torn apart at any time.
“Hehe!” The god holding the lightning whip swiped the whip across the void, directly entangling one of the Bear Demon King's claws, pulling it back.
With one claw entangled by the lightning whip and the other claw trying to pull apart the light罩, the Bear Demon King's strength was naturally halved, making it difficult to tear open the light罩.
The flames inside the light罩 were green, which looked very strange. It was unknown what effect they had, but they caused the big bear to grit its teeth and scream miserably.
Seeing that it couldn't tear open the light罩, it grabbed the lightning whip wrapped around its arm with one claw, and then the lightning whip was crushed into nothingness in the air.
Then, the big bear freed both claws, and a khaki luster flowed on the claws. It suddenly tore at the flame-formed light罩, and the flame light罩 was torn open. The big bear was about to walk out of it.
“What a ferocious beast, we must not let him come out. Only by using the fire of life can we refine him to death.” A god said: “Bind his limbs and burn his life.”
Another god took action, conjuring a red thread in his hand, which directly strangled the big bear's neck.
At this time, the gods all took action. The god holding the lightning whip reassembled the lightning whip and pulled on the big bear's left claw. A god had a steel ring fly out of his hand, which套住 the big bear's right claw.
Then, its left and right legs and belly were grabbed, fixed in the green flame light罩, and constantly struggled and roared.
“This beast is so ferocious that it actually requires six gods to work together to capture it.” Xie Lingyun looked at the big bear that was still struggling and resisting, her eyes full of sorrow. She was not sad for the big bear, but sad that the gods were so powerful, far surpassing the divine soul method. The era belonging to Yin God cultivators is finally coming to an end.
The power of the new method is now fully revealed!
“Roar~”
At this moment, the big bear roared, its body suddenly shrank, turning into a ten-meter-tall figure, and took the opportunity to break free from the shackles.
“You damned guys, you are simply bullying the bear too much!”
The Bear Demon King now had wings growing out of its back. It flapped its wings and broke through the green flame light罩, and charged towards the god holding the whip.
Being big is strong, but it's too disadvantageous when being besieged by many people.
Facing the Bear Demon King's close combat, the god holding the lightning whip was not afraid. The lightning whip in his hand flickered and turned into a long knife, and he fought with the Bear Demon King.
The Bear Demon King slapped down with a palm, and the lightning knife collided with it, and sparks flew. The god who controlled lightning was directly knocked out, smashing a cloud on the horizon.
“This guy is tough, everyone, let's go together! This guy's gestures probably have tens of thousands of pounds of strength, everyone be careful.” The god holding the lightning knife exclaimed.
Then the gods were not polite, and the eight gods each took out their weapons and joined the melee.
Zhang Chen looked at the crowd fighting back and forth in the sky, and thought to himself: “So supernatural powers can't determine the outcome, you still have to use your fists and feet?”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
Terrifying energy surged in the void. Although both sides were competing with knives, guns, and sticks, there was divine power and laws accompanying them between the exchanges.
However, the Bear Demon King was invulnerable to swords and spears, and fire and water could not invade it. Even lightning could not invade it in the slightest. Even if eight gods joined forces, causing it to fall into a disadvantage, it was still strong and stood in an invincible position.
Especially since this guy also had wings growing out of his back, flapping them for hundreds of meters, and his speed was extremely fast. In terms of flexibility, he was not inferior to the gods at all.
"This big bear is really difficult to deal with. When did the demon race produce such a troublesome existence?" The Pingbian King below watched as the eight gods could only suppress the big bear but couldn't defeat it, and couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
The emergence of such a troublesome figure in the demon race was not good news for him.
Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement, a look of caution in their eyes. The big bear was already so difficult to deal with, and there was still a horse demon hiding beside it. How should they deal with that?
"It seems we need to dispatch more experts to help," the Pingbian King said.
"How many eighth-order gods are there in the Northern Territory now?" the Pingbian King asked.
"Thirty-two," Xu Wei, the head teacher of Huangli Temple, replied without hesitation, giving an accurate number.
"That's quite a few! Send ten more over!" the Pingbian King said.
"Actually, it's not many. The fact that the Northern Territory can support so many eighth-order gods means that everyone has tried their best, squeezing out all the resources they can use. If you want to cultivate more eighth-order gods, unless a ninth-order existence falls, freeing up territory and the power of incense," Xu Wei said.
Currently, there are no ninth-order Yang Gods in the Northern Territory because the dragon vein of the Northern Territory already has an owner, occupied by Zhang Shicheng. All the fortunes are gathered on Zhang Shicheng, for Zhang Shicheng to enjoy first. Therefore, the Northern Territory does not currently have the conditions to give birth to ninth-order gods, unless Zhang Shicheng dies, or the main dragon vein of the Pingbian King's mansion in the Northern Territory explodes. At that time, the fortunes will flow in all directions, and there will be a whale fall and all things will live.
Or Zhang Shicheng successfully transforms into a dragon, transforming into a tenth- or eleventh-order existence, vacating the ninth-order position. This is also the drawback of the divine path, the biggest drawback! Without new territory and new resources, it's just one radish in one hole.
The Pingbian King glanced at Xu Wei without speaking, but turned his head to look at the battle in the high sky.
"This big bear has a diamond body, and the only weakness all over its body is its eyes. Everyone attack its eyes! As long as you destroy its eyes, this big bear will be useless!" Wu Liu-xiansheng below shouted to the top.
Following Wu Liu-xiansheng's reminder, the eight gods indeed changed their strategy and began to specifically look for opportunities to attack the big bear's eyes, ears, and other vital points, wanting to suppress and kill it. The big bear found it difficult to fight with four hands against two fists, and immediately struggled to cope. Facing the attacks that only targeted its eyes, it was so angry that it cursed loudly: "You despicable two-legged sheep, you are simply courting death!"
The Bear Demon King operated the power of the earth's magnetic force, and saw the gravity around its body flowing, wanting to mobilize gravity to control the enemy, but the eight gods' auras were connected, and the divine laws flowed, suppressing the gravity.
If it were stepping on the earth, its earth's magnetic power would definitely increase sharply. Even if the eight gods joined forces, it would have the confidence to use the earth's magnetic heart to tear the opponent apart, but at this time it did not dare to fall to the ground.
Tens of thousands of human troops below were watching covetously. Once it fell to the ground, it would only be slaughtered.
Wu Liu-xiansheng looked at the battle in the high sky, a look of helplessness in his eyes: "Unfortunately, my flying sword was taken away by that thief Zhang Chen, otherwise I would definitely be able to break the big bear's golden body and chop off its head."
Speaking of this, Wu Liu-xiansheng looked at Xu Wei: "That Zhang Chen and the heir apparent had a very unpleasant falling out, almost forming a life-and-death feud. The heir apparent is worried day and night, unable to sleep or eat."
"This humble Taoist understands. That Zhang Chen is just a mere mortal. It is not difficult to avoid Xie Lingyun and kill him to relieve the heir apparent's hatred. After returning this time, this humble Taoist will send someone to arrange it," Xu Wei said with a smile.
Wu Liu-xiansheng nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this. The other party was so sensible, saving him a lot of effort.
Zhang Chen had no idea that while he was eating melons on the back of the big snake, someone had already secretly taken action to plot against him.
But even if he knew, he wouldn't care. For him, he finally had the power to protect himself.
At this time, Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the weapons held by those gods. There was a mysterious aura flowing on the weapons, and there were also runes flickering. They looked very unusual, not ordinary weapons.
"Don't look. Those are the gods' natal magic weapons, and also where their authority lies. As soon as a god is born, they will naturally have a natal divine artifact accompanying them. As the god grows, the power of the natal divine artifact will become more and more powerful," Da Zizai Tianmo said.
Zhang Chen received Da Zizai Tianmo's guidance, and his heart suddenly became clear, knowing the mysteries. For example, the Fire God's banner, the Wind God's bag, the Water God's alms bowl, and Lei Zhenzi's chisel in Journey to the West are all evolved from laws and are where their authority lies.
The gods' artifacts are divided into two types. One is born with them, formed along with the gods' position. The other is that when the gods are born, they gain opportunities, master mysteries, and assimilate the laws of mystery, along with their own divine path also changing and assimilating.
For example, Lei Zhenzi obtained the Thunder God's Chisel before becoming a god. After becoming a god, the Thunder God's Chisel was his divine artifact. If there was no Thunder God's Chisel, some other divine artifact might have manifested after he became a god. The Thunder God's Chisel was too strong and replaced his original divine artifact.
Zhang Chen sat in the mountains thoughtfully, and saw that the Bear Demon King was being besieged by the gods and began to falter, constantly pulling back and forth.
Zhang Chen watched the fight between the crowd and shook his head secretly. The so-called fight between gods was no different from ordinary mortals. If divine powers and spells could not determine the winner, then they could only win with martial arts.
"It seems that I really can't underestimate martial arts in the future," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
He may not need to practice martial arts, but combat skills and killing techniques, he still needs to learn.
Especially now that he has mastered the Mountain Moving Technique, he only needs to find a suitable weapon to immediately exert powerful power.
The fight below had reached a fever pitch. The Big Bear Demon King found it difficult to fight with four hands against two fists, and eventually accidentally fell for a trick. One of its eyes was scorched by flames, and it bared its teeth in pain: "Don't absorb that creation, come and help me, otherwise I will fall today."
The Big Bear Demon King couldn't hold on anymore, and roared to the sky.
Along with its roar, a rat the size of a millstone jumped out of the pool and shouted to the Bear Demon King: "Old Bear, come here! You're flying in the sky, I don't understand the art of flying!"
"That's right, that's right, you quickly retreat back, let's fight him on the ground." The wild boar climbed out, floating in the blood pit and shouted to the Bear Demon King: "Tell them to come and fight in the blood pit! Those scales are too slippery, if you accidentally fall down, I'm afraid you'll be dismembered by those hateful human experts."
Along with a burst of shouting, six big demons emerged from the blood pit, shouting constantly towards the battlefield above.
These big demons are not fools either, of course they want to choose a home field that is beneficial to them as the battlefield. If it weren't for the python's body as a dangerous obstacle, the demons and beasts would have scattered long ago in the face of the human army.