“Four Symbols Brigade, withdraw!”
It was at this moment an angry command erupted from the sky, and the soldiers began withdrawing post haste. Before Ye Qing could press his advantage, nine people descended from the sky and surrounded him.
All nine people boasted powerful auras. They were also holding nine iron chains that intersected in the air to form a sealing cage.
Ye Qing was at the center of it.
The next moment, the sealing cage rapidly shrank in size until Ye Qing was bound.
“The Demon Sealing Chains…”
Ye Qing sneered. Forged using all kinds of natural treasures, the Demon Sealing Chain was a Strange Artifact specifically made to deal with wulin elites. It could restrict space and bind a target, and those bound by the Demon Sealing Chain would be unable to use their true qi or spirit. It was incredibly potent.
The cage formed by the Demon Sealing Chains were still shrinking after Ye Qing was bound. His attackers seemed to be planning to crush him where he stood.
The instant Ye Qing broke free from the Demon Sealing Chains, he immediately leaped into the sky and ran toward the edge of the city. He was about halfway up when he suddenly sensed something and turned around. He threw a punch.
The sky split open, and a spear emerged from the void and clashed against Ye Qing’s fist.
The spear was flawless red from head to toe as if it was forged from fire itself. In fact, it was shrouded by blazing flames right now. The entire sky grew as bright as daytime as soon as it appeared.
The spear wielder let out an angry shout, and the fire on the spear immediately grew much stronger. A crimson, flaming lion appeared out of nowhere and swallowed Ye Qing in one gulp.
The crimson lion let out a deafening roar after swallowing Ye Qing. It looked mighty impressive.
The soldiers on the ground immediately erupted into cheers when they saw this. They thought they had won, and their voices shook the clouds themselves.
It was at this moment the magnificent lion suddenly exploded into pieces, scattering crimson flames everywhere like gigantic fireworks.
At the center of the crimson flames stood Ye Qing. Completely unharmed, he was gripping the crimson spear that was struggling futilely to break free from his grasp.
“You can have it back.”
The spear surrounded Ye Qing in its flames and attempted to burn him into a crisp, but Ye Qing couldn’t even seem to feel the heat. He simply glanced at a certain direction, grinned, and tossed the spear straight at the point he was looking at.
It was as if a hole was ripped in the sky itself before a man wearing bright armor and standing on a rooftop was skewered. The house he was standing on instantly combusted into ash.
The spear still carried much momentum even after it penetrated the man. It shot forward like a red light and turned all buildings in its wake into ash. Finally, it sank completely into the earth.
It was only after the fact that the rumbles came.
It was at this moment a sorrowful, angry roar broke out. The wind howled like a million demons as black clouds covered the sky in an instant.
A Trueman’s rage was reflected by its surroundings.
“You dare kill my son?! I will rip you into a million pieces!”
The black clouds and howling gale suddenly burned up and turned crimson in an instant, all of them. At the same time, a giant so big he rivaled a mountain burst into existence.
The giant had three faces and six arms. His body was covered in flames, and he carried dragons and serpents on his shoulders. The second the strange giant appeared, crimson flames swept the ground, and countless buildings disintegrated into ash without a sound. The soldiers who were unfortunate enough to stand too close to the giant disintegrated into ash as well.
Strangely, the dead soldiers spasmed for a bit before climbing back to their feet. No, they hadn’t come back to life. They were simply controlled by the flames. Their skeletons were still intact even though the fire had burned their flesh and blood into ash. A pair of flames were burning inside their eye sockets as well. The legion of flaming skeletons looked quite fearsome to say the least.
The next moment, the six-armed god demon ripped out a portion of the flaming clouds and howling wind and transformed them into three spears. He grabbed the three spears with his six hands; every two hands wielding a spear. The six-armed god demon then thrust a spear at Ye Qing.
There were at least a hundred meters of distance between the duo, and yet the spear had suddenly appeared right in front of Ye Qing. They could not be dodged.
That was fine though. If the spear thrust could not be dodged, then he wouldn’t. Ye Qing raised his arm and threw out a punch.
Ye Qing was as small as an ant compared to the six-armed god demon and his spear, but the thing that crumbled when contact was made was the spear, not him.
As soon as the spear crumbled, red hot clouds immediately engulfed Ye Qing. And yet, not a hair on Ye Qing’s person was harmed because he was protected by a sheen of dark yellow light.
Seeing that the spear strike was useless, the six-armed god demon turned his head. Now, instead of the angry face of a Vajrapani, the blue face of a fanged ghost was facing Ye Qing. At the same time, both the crimson flames of the six-armed god demon and his spears turned dark red in color. His aura was several times greater than before as well.
The six-armed god demon thrust his spear again. This time, it felt like the sun was falling toward the earth, dyeing the sky dark red and threatening to burn everything into ash.
“I’m not scared of you.”
Ye Qing’s eyes remained unwavering despite the terrifying scene. The light surrounding his person shone much brighter until he looked like a living god himself. When he lifted an arm and made a grabbing motion, the light all flowed into his palm.
The light in his hand and the earth in his heart, he threw out a punch as vast and heavy as the earth itself.
This time, the dark red spear did not even make contact with Ye Qing’s fist. Instead, it crumbled into nothing ten meters away from Ye Qing’s fist as if it had crashed into an invisible patch of earth.
The dark red flames rained from the sky like a downpour, turning anything and everything into ash. The ground itself had burst into a sea of flame.
The collateral damage was terrible. Hundreds of soldiers failed to dodge out of the way and burned to death in just the blink of an eye.
Not only that, the sea of flame was spreading faster than the speed at which the soldiers were withdrawing.
“Withdraw! Withdraw at full speed!”
Some captains were shouting for the troops to move as quickly as they could, but it was useless. People were disintegrating into ash by the second. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the sea of flame would soon spread throughout the entire inner city if it wasn’t stopped soon.
“Master Taiyuan Hao commands thunder and fire, gathering yin and yang to guard the city of thunder.”
“Guan Bo summons wind and fire to the court of the abyss, raising ghosts with every stroke of wind and lightning.”
“Piaozhu Taihua carries an imperial edict, ordering the public guests to move quickly.”
“The sun withdraws, the rain falls, and life is spawned in an instant, driving dragon and lightning out of the black pool[1].”
It was at this moment the grand recital of spell incantation rang in everyone’s ears. The recitation itself was nothing special, and yet it seemed to be imbued with the great ways of the world. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and black clouds covered the sky in an instant.
“I command you: rain!”
The next moment, a downpour broke out. The dark red flames were impossible to extinguish and ignited everything, and yet the simple rain was able to extinguish it rapidly. Not only that, those suffering terrible burns were recovering at a visible rate as well.
1. I have no idea if this translation is correct or not, it’s kinda like that abracadabra thing where it kinda makes sense but it also doesn’t. ☜