novelraw Chapter 571: Golden Armored Longhorn Beetle
Chapter 571: Golden Armored Longhorn Beetle
"Two fellow Daoists, do you know what you are doing?"
"Senior Purple Essence has already succeeded in the tribulation and is transforming, about to become the new Demon Emperor."
"Do you know what future awaits when you disturb him now?"
Shen Xuan spoke in a deep voice.
If fighting can be avoided, that would certainly be the best.
However, these two Demon Kings were clearly not ones who listen to reason.
"Burning Heart, I’ll entangle this person, you lead our followers to burn that Purple Yunting Tree!"
The Gold Armor Tenebrio spoke with a deep, resonant voice.
"Ignorant!"
Shen Xuan shouted angrily.
These two Demon Kings were transformed from demon insects.
Knowing they were being used as tools, they still charged forward.
Clearly, their minds had issues.
Since a fight was inevitable, Shen Xuan decided to take the initiative.
With a wave of his hand.
The Ice Soul Divine Sword was held in his hand.
Subtly operating the power of Pill Essence, activating the Primordial Ice Spirit Body.
A strand of Ice Soul Divine Light transformed into countless transparent ice threads as thin as hair, covering the butterfly swarm.
"Youngster, your opponent is me!"
The Gold Armor Tenebrio’s six heavy hammers collided in pairs.
Shen Xuan felt a tremendous shock in his sea of consciousness, his vision blurred, he almost fell.
"Hiss!"
Shen Xuan took a deep breath in surprise.
He never expected the brawny Gold Armor Tenebrio to exhibit sonic wave divine powers.
Shen Xuan pressed his forehead with his hand, staggering as if unable to stand, emitting painful moans.
At this moment, a nine-colored treasure lotus quietly bloomed in his Dantian.
The Gold Armor Tenebrio transformed into a golden light, like a specter, rapidly appearing behind Shen Xuan.
Four dark gold heavy hammers protected its body, while two viciously hammered towards Shen Xuan’s rear head.
At this moment, the Tier Three Upper Grade Demon King’s cultivation was fully unleashed.
Even a late-stage True Pill True Master would be critically injured if hit by two hammers unexpectedly.
However, the Gold Armor Tenebrio was disappointed.
The dark gold hammers missed their target.
Shen Xuan’s figure suddenly vanished.
"Space teleportation!"
The Gold Armor Tenebrio yelled in astonishment.
Six dark gold heavy hammers protected its entire body.
A figure suddenly appeared in front.
It was none other than a Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
With claws and teeth bared, emitting a powerful dragon malignancy, filling the Gold Armor Tenebrio with fear.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon wielded a strange iron staff, traversed space, flying above the Gold Armor Tenebrio, and viciously slammed down.
"A Dharma Realm Body Refining Master? Interesting!"
The Gold Armor Tenebrio swung up six dark gold hammers to block directly.
"Boom!"
In view, half the Gold Armor Tenebrio’s body sank into the hard ground.
Despite this, it still managed to block the Profound Ice Divine Dragon’s fierce aerial strike.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon was rebounded and flung away.
At this time, the Burning Heart Butterfly King, always hidden in the shadows, extended its mouthpart, spewing a breath of demon flame towards the Profound Ice Divine Dragon’s tail.
"Whoosh!"
A small mass of deadly white Burning Heart demon flame was about to scorch its tail.
"Despicable!"
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon rapidly shrunk, fell to the ground, suddenly vanished.
"As you wish!"
The Gold Armor Tenebrio and Burning Heart Butterfly King exchanged glances.
Worry was evident in both their eyes.
This human race cultivator’s combat power was beyond their expectation.
Ice technique divine powers, space divine powers, transformation divine powers, all present in a Golden Core early-stage cultivator.
No wonder he dared to battle two late-stage Tier Three Demon Kings.
It must be noted that they were equivalent to late-stage True Pill of the human race.
Of the rather formidable kind too.
"Burning Heart, don’t hold back, otherwise we won’t be able to report back!"
"Alright."
The two Demon Kings were not as foolish as they appeared.
They were aware of the inside story.
But, caught in the situation, they had no choice.
Their goal was quite simple, interrupt the Purple Essence Divine Wood’s transformation process to weaken its power.
The Burning Heart Butterfly King shrieked loudly.
Behind, countless Burning Heart demon butterflies swarmed towards the Purple Essence Divine Wood.
He aimed to employ the butterfly sea tactic as Burning Heart demon flame restrained plant demons.
"Boldness!"
Shen Xuan shouted angrily.
He knew behind these two Demon Kings was the figure of the Golden Body Cicada Emperor, one of the seven Great Demon Emperors of the Wilderness.
Insect demons and tree demons naturally opposed each other.
Like the Golden Winged Roc, with the Divine Power Ape on its menu.
Even if each cultivated into Demon Emperors, their relationship wouldn’t be harmonious.
At this moment, Shen Xuan, to protect the victory fruit and assist the Purple Yunting Tree Emperor smooth transformation, had to unleash severe methods.
In view, the island skies turned crimson red.
The Burning Heart demon butterfly swarm emitted scorching demon flames, igniting the surrounding air.
Shen Xuan simultaneously fought two Great Demon Kings.
The Profound Ice Cold Qi grew increasingly thin, unable to suppress the demon flames unleashed by the butterfly swarm.
Shen Xuan sneered coldly, hand forming a spell gesture, standing in mid-air.
"Immortal Ice Lotus!"
A raging summons echoed through the heavens and earth.
In an instant.
A crystal-clear Ice Lotus phantom rapidly bloomed beneath him.
Lotus petals unfolded layer by layer, endlessly expanding and engulfing, forming a vast Ice Lotus of dozens of feet in diameter.
Each petal, as thin as a cicada’s wing, was indestructible, radiating sharp cold brilliance.
This was divine power after integrating sword intent into the Immortal Ice Lotus.
Endless Sword Petals!
Not merely defense, but attack and slaughter.
"Slash!"
Shen Xuan changed the spell gesture.
Tens of thousands of Ice Lotus petals vibrated simultaneously, transforming into countless inches-long Profound Ice Sword Petals, carrying the cold sharp Ice Soul Sword Intent.
"Ding, ding, ding..."
Tens of thousands of Ice Sword Petals simultaneously emitted sword hums, spiraling around Shen Xuan, forming a massive Sword Petal Tornado, surging face-on towards the pervasive butterfly tides.
"Shh, shh, shh..."
The Burning Heart demon butterfly group couldn’t evade, encountering the ruthless slicing of the Profound Ice Sword Petals.
Even the Burning Heart demon flame was severed into hundreds of pieces, silently extinguished.
Every quivering demon butterfly was sliced by thousands of sword petals.
Even the Tier Two Upper Grade Burning Heart demon butterflies.
Upon colliding with the Sword Petal Tornado, struggling to withstand a dozen cuts, ultimately turned to ice crystal powder, quietly falling.
"Human, return my child’s life!"
An extremely angry shout echoed.
The Burning Heart Butterfly King was surrounded by demon fire, extending its proboscis and spraying toward Shen Xuan.
"No!"
The Golden Armored Taurus hurried forward, standing in front of the Burning Heart Butterfly King.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon was not afraid in the slightest, transforming the Ice Soul Divine Sword into a cold light that shot rapidly.
"Ice Soul Divine Light, Sword Intent into Thread!"
One turned into two, two into four, four into eight...
In an instant, the Ice Soul Divine Light transformed into tens of thousands of transparent ice silk sword intents as thin as hair, enveloping the Burning Heart Butterfly King and the Golden Armored Taurus.
Then, the Profound Ice Divine Dragon swung the Exotic Gold Cold Iron Rod, executing a sweeping strike aiming at the waists of the two Demon Kings.
The Golden Armored Taurus wielded six dark-golden heavy hammers to meet the attack.
"Boom!"
This time, Shen Xuan did not hold back.
Activating [Dragon Blood Boiling], the power multiplied several times, directly smashing the Golden Armored Taurus into the air.
On the other side, the Burning Heart Butterfly King was trapped by the Ice Soul Divine Light, and the range of the demon fire it sprayed shrank continuously.
The two Demon Kings glanced at each other, their expressions solemn.
Facing a Human Race Cultivator, who was handling two opponents with ease.
This person had extraordinary talent and possessed exotic treasures, blessed with great fortune and opportunity.
Otherwise, if every Human Race Cultivator were like this, where would there be room for the Demon Race to survive?
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon released a sword petal tornado, rampaging all the way.
The Burning Heart Demon Butterflies all evaded and dodged.
No matter how the Burning Heart Butterfly King threatened or enticed, it was useless.
This is the instinctive fear of death of Low Tier demon insects.
A battle between one human and two demons continued.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon was mighty, continuously exhibiting various divine powers, gradually overwhelming the two Demon Kings.
At this moment, they did not know.
Shen Xuan was actually holding back.
Otherwise, after fully activating [Dragon Blood Boiling], he could smash these two Demon Kings to death on the spot.
However, this would mean getting too deeply involved.
To offend the Demon Emperor of the Wilderness too greatly, Shen Xuan wouldn’t fare well either.
"To fight both of us simultaneously, Human Race cultivator, you’re indeed very strong!"
After being smashed into the air again, the Golden Armored Taurus protected himself with his hammers and spoke to the Profound Ice Divine Dragon in a deep voice.
"However, involving yourself in our Demon Race affairs is indeed unwise!"
Demon insects are inherently hard to break through and advance.
These two demon insects, achieving Tier Three Upper Grade, did not have common bloodlines.
After speaking, the Golden Armored Taurus suddenly struck the six dark-golden heavy hammers in his hands together.
After a flash of golden light.
A ten-zhang tall Golden Armored Heavenly General, clad in armor and holding dual hammers, stood proudly and imposingly.
On the other side.
The Burning Heart Butterfly King also let out a shrill cry.
Transforming into a female general seven or eight zhangs tall, holding a crimson-red gourd, aiming the gourd’s mouth at the Profound Ice Divine Dragon.
Shen Xuan sighed quietly in his heart.
Finally, a true fight was at hand.
These two Demon Kings were bringing out their trump cards.
Inwardly, asking himself, Shen Xuan was not afraid of them.
It was just a matter of [Dragon Blood Boiling] being pushed to the limit, at the cost of a few more years of lifespan.
What he worried about was offending the Golden-body Cicada Emperor.
The cultivation of demon insects is not easy.
The Golden Armored Taurus and Burning Heart Butterfly King are its capable subordinates.
However, by now, Shen Xuan had no other choice.
"Roar!"
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon let out a roar, and its aura increased significantly once again.
After [Dragon Blood Boiling] was pushed to the extreme, the Profound Ice Divine Dragon held the Exotic Gold Cold Iron Rod, standing off against the two Demon Kings.
This time, he did not intend to hold back.
His survival was at stake, and he had to give it his all.
Just then.
An old voice echoed.
"Golden Armored Taurus, Burning Heart Color Butterfly, do you want to die?"
The sound came from within a white giant cocoon.
"Senior Purple Yunting, you’re awake!"
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon spoke with a human tongue.
The Golden Armored Taurus and the Burning Heart Butterfly King glanced at each other, stopped speaking, and the two Demon Kings turned and ran.
Millions of Burning Heart Butterflies fled in panic.
Leaving only a field of demon butterfly corpses.
With a flicker, the Profound Ice Divine Dragon transformed back into human form.
Shen Xuan did not hesitate, bringing out the Beast Bag to collect the hundreds of thousands of Burning Heart Demon Butterflies on the ground.
Among them were a dozen Tier Two Burning Heart Demon Butterflies, worth quite a lot.
With such a quantity, it was enough for him to extract considerable essence blood, seizing their talent skills.
Before long, Shen Xuan cleaned up the battlefield and came before the white giant cocoon.
"Senior Purple Yunting, how do you feel?"
"I feel terrible. Just one breath left."
"But you’ve succeeded in transcending the tribulation!"
"Yes, I finally got through the Celestial Tribulation."
In any case, the Purple Essence Divine Wood has broken through and advanced, becoming a Tier Four demon cultivator.
His status and realm cultivation ushered in a new beginning.
Generally, the combat power of plant demons is slightly inferior to demon beasts.
However, their lifespan far exceeds that of demon beasts.
Shen Xuan estimated that the Purple Essence Divine Wood could live for tens of thousands more years.
This also means that in years to come, he’ll be the most senior Demon Emperor in the Wilderness.
"Shen Xuan, I still need three months to fully take shape. I rely on you to protect me."
"Rest assured, with me here, no one can disturb you, senior!"
Shen Xuan affirmed solemnly.
Only three months, much shorter than he anticipated.
"Hmm. The Demon Race won’t come again. As for the Human Race cultivators, don’t let them disturb me."
"Human Race cultivators won’t disturb you, senior."
After saluting with a clasped fist, Shen Xuan’s figure flickered, appearing above the center of Luoxia Lake.
He gazed down at the expansive lake below, as his Primordial Ice Spiritual Power surged forth like tidal waves!
Turning the sword edge downward, he plunged the Ice Soul Divine Sword into the lake surface.
Then, the Ice Soul Divine Sword transformed into a hundred-zhang giant sword.
Shen Xuan performed a spell with his hands.
"Zheng!"
A sword hum resonated throughout the world.
With the sword tip as the center, a transparent Ice Soul Divine Light formed an ice ring, abruptly spreading out.
Wherever the ice ring passed, the lake water instantly froze.
A hundred breaths later.
The entire Luoxia Lake had transformed into an enormous, towering glacier.
Around the glacier, chilling Profound Ice Cold Qi coiled, forming a white ice fog that enveloped the entire area.
The Profound Ice Cold Qi hindered the flow of spiritual power, blocked Divine Sense probing, and harmed cultivators’ flesh bodies.
Ordinary Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators couldn’t endure it.
From afar, the once rippling Luoxia Lake vanished.
Replaced by a massive glacier shrouded in extreme cold ice fog.