Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1516: Chapter 820: Heavenly Rift Valley Lizard Hunt (2)

Master Ming Yue casually wiped away the blood covering his face, appearing entirely nonchalant.

Seeing this, the crowd didn’t ask anything and continued discussing how to exterminate the Flying Giant Lizard species.

...

Two months later, the heavy snow gradually ceased, as six massive silver vessels flew over countless miles, finally arriving at the destination — Heavenly Rift Valley.

The expansive earth was blanketed in white and appeared boundless, yet at this moment, a massive rift valley was splitting it in two.

The valley extended from south to north, stretching all the way to the edge of the land; narrow in places with a width of merely two or three miles, while broader areas spanned up to a hundred and eighty miles wide.

Overlooking the chasm below, the valley seemed bottomless. Cold winds swept through, unleashing echoes resembling the roars of giant demons.

Silver vessels circled above the rift valley, eventually opening a silent portal beneath. Several streaks of tunneling light flew out, swiftly diving into the valley and disappearing without a trace.

Two days later, in a certain section of the valley, a large expanse of dense fog materialized from thin air.

The fog rapidly expanded outward, gradually enveloping a nearly hundred-mile radius.

The fog-covered area was the deepest part of the rift valley, an eternally dark place filled with thick, unmelting ice, a region devoid of any life.

Yet, the Zhao, He, and Wei families chose to encamp here because of a particular Three Yin Evil Acupoints.

At the core of the dense fog, a large and bright barrier enveloped more than ten miles, scattering the darkness while blocking out the fog.

Within this barrier, sturdy towers made of Golden Gang Stones rose from the ground one after another,

Each heavy and solid stone tower surrounded a bottomless pit, with each tower’s summit suspending a large "Flame Pearl" that emitted bright light.

Walking around the pit, Zhao Yongxian muttered incantations while tossing fist-sized jade array flags into the earth.

Upon contact, the flags immediately glowed and sank underground, vanishing from sight.

Meanwhile, Zhao Sheng appeared outside the barrier. He moved along its edge slowly, extending his Divine Sense over a dozen meters underground.

Everywhere he scanned, he precisely traced the paths of the earth veins and spirit veins into his "heart."

At times, Zhao Sheng would casually toss a Thunder Pearl underground, pinpointing it at a spirit vein node.

He spent an hour circling the barrier and buried thirty-six Thunder Pearls in total.

These Thunder Pearls used spirit veins as the array base, combining Five Elements Yin Yang, clandestinely forming a Positive and Negative Five Elements Thunder Array.

Should the barrier be breached, the moment an enemy crosses it, the thunder array would activate, ensuring death below the Nascent Soul level.

In reality, this array was casually set up by Zhao Sheng. The true big killer required more time for meticulous deployment.

Once established, it would spell certain death for any number of Divinity Transformation True Monarchs.

...

Half a month later.

In another part of Heavenly Rift Valley, nearly a hundred miles from the surface, perpetual darkness prevailed, with temperatures cold enough to freeze water instantly.

A sixty-meter-long giant lizard covered in scale armor spread its enormous wings, gliding through the darkness.

Suddenly, an extremely enticing aroma arose from the depths below.

The giant lizard’s eyes abruptly brightened and peered downward, its gaze piercing the dark to spot a severed, plump Jiao Python hanging on a cliffside a dozen miles below.

The python was bloodied, exuding an exceptionally alluring scent, the favorite food of the Two-winged Giant Lizard — Dark River Demon Python.

This third-tier giant lizard, ravenous with hunger, folded its wings and plunged down quickly as lightning.

Crossing a dozen miles in an instant, it neared the python’s corpse, its eyes glowing intensely red, preparing to feast.

But in a flash, a dense cluster of "golden light" mysteriously appeared above the python’s corpse.

The golden light, thin as a cow’s hair but unbearably sharp, caught the Two-winged Giant Lizard unaware as it dove headfirst into the "golden light" trap, continuing a short distance.

Next, without warning, its demon body shattered into countless pieces, spewing blood like a cascade, followed by numerous corpse fragments falling into the abyss.

Amidst the bloody wreckage, a group of people with pale faces and armored bodies emerged from the darkness.

Stepping forward, they quickly collected all the corpse fragments into storage bags, even scraping away the demon blood-stained grounds.

A third-rank demon beast is a treasure trove; its demon blood serves many purposes, feeding certain spirit beasts and, notably, refining corpses.

In a flash, Zhao Yongxian appeared mid-air, observing the busy group below and couldn’t help but smile and praise: "What a Void Golden Saber Array! The hundredfold gravity and Gold Element sharpness, even a tough-skinned third-rank giant lizard couldn’t withstand for one breath. Brother Shaoling’s array skills are truly profound, putting this old man to shame!"

Zhao Sheng slowly revealed himself nearby, speaking in a calm tone: "Elder brother praises too highly. I’m not skilled in dueling techniques, only managing to ’guard the rabbit,’ far less than others at slaying demons."

Zhao Yongxian laughed: "Though guarding the rabbit is slow, it’s safe. With you here, the family juniors are secure! I can take my leave and avoid the ridicule from the other two families for being lazy."

"Feel free to leave, elder brother. With me here, not a single family junior will fall."

Zhao Yongxian nodded with a smile, bowed with respect, then transformed into a tunneling light, vanishing into the darkness.

Elsewhere, a torrent of blazing fire rain poured down on a group of Two-winged Giant Lizards, swiftly engulfing them.

He Family Ancestor stood upon a fiery red sword wheel, a steep volcano manifesting behind him, spewing hot magma.

The magma transformed into large sheets of fire rain, enveloping dozens of miles of void and swiftly consuming the surrounding lizards.

A hundred miles away, Zhao Zhuanggong sat in the void, his Divine Thought expanding like a fine net, covering hundreds of miles around.

Any time a Two-winged Giant Lizard broke in, a flash of Sword Light would cut through the darkness, severing its head.

In just half an hour, seven or eight Golden Core level giant lizards fell to the Sword Light.

As the two Nascent Soul ancestors unleashed their might, Master Ming Yue, He Chong, and Wei Shu continually lured the lizards toward them, eventually dying under the hands of the two Nascent Souls.

But as the slaughter mounted, a few larger beasts were inevitably drawn.

With the arrival of two enormous lizards over thirty meters in length, Zhao and He’s Nascent Souls immediately sensed their presence.

Curious to test their strength, they secretly signaled the others to escape before combining forces to confront the beasts.

Soon, an unprecedented battle erupted in the depths of the valley, its thunderous clashes echoing across hundreds of miles, causing countless valley creatures to flee and hide in terror.

...

Three days later, Zhao Zhuanggong and He Family Ancestor returned to the stronghold one after the other.

Zhao Zhuanggong was unscathed, whereas He Family Ancestor’s aura was slightly unstable, hinting at minor injuries.

Boom! Boom!

Two giant lizard corpses, as massive as mountains, crashed earthward, violently shaking the ground.

Seeing the enormous demon corpses, the juniors of the three families beamed with joy, without needing the Ancestors’ prompting, immediately extracting various Spiritual Artifacts to swiftly disassemble the corpses.

Meanwhile, huge coffins crafted from Dark Wood suddenly rose from the depths of Three Yin Evil Acupoints.

The coffins constantly trembled, their surfaces glowing with piercing blood light.

At this moment, seven or eight Foundation Establishment clan members of the Zhao Family carried heaps of blood and flesh, flying above the coffins.

With the coffin lids pushed open just a crevice, they hurled flesh within and simultaneously spat Heart Blood into the demon corpse coffins.

While Zhao clan members refined corpses, He and Wei clan members sliced pieces of demon lizard meat, swallowing them down.

They then sat cross-legged, fully operating Mysterious Skill, refining the Nascent Soul level demon beast meat.

The flesh of Nascent Soul level demon beasts was tremendously rich in Spiritual Energy, posing immense refinement challenges to the Foundation Establishment juniors.

Yet, every piece of flesh they refined drastically increased their flesh’s fortitude, with their cultivation continuously rising.