Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 1434: Chapter 689: Chen Mu Takes Action (2)

This streak of Void Slash, stretching several meters, forcibly tore open a rift in the mysterious gray toxic mist that had permeated the inside of the void, and also ripped an opening in the encirclement of the insect tide.

“Good!”

The Divine Monarch Guanglie and many other Wind Association Divine Monarchs who had arrived closely from behind were invigorated by the sight. Without hesitation, they charged forward, launching all sorts of attacks, tearing further through the toxic mist along the rift created by Chen Mu.

Thus, the group hesitated not a moment, gathering together, ready to charge out through the opening in the toxic mist.

But,

just then, an unexpected turn occurred.

On the riverbank outside the mist, the desiccated yellow soil suddenly cracked and erupted open, and a massive, entirely black serpent emerged from the soil, its pair of scarlet eyes glaring at the Wind Association members with a vaguely human-like expression of hatred.

The serpent abruptly opened its huge mouth and spat fiercely toward the toxic mist opening that the Wind Association had torn open, releasing a black mist that wasn’t toxic but rather akin to a violent, fierce gale, striking the Divine Monarch Guanglie and the others head-on!

“Not good!”

“Damn it, why is there another exotic serpent!”

The faces of Divine Monarch Guanglie and the others changed drastically at the sight.

Faced with the sudden assault from the pitch-black serpent, the group could only join forces to defend hastily. Two surges of powerful forces clashed in the void, shattering it into a web of cracks that spread like a spider web.

The prowess of the pitch-black serpent’s attack exceeded the expectations of Divine Monarch Guanglie and the others. Despite a unified defense from more than ten Divine Monarchs, they were forcibly driven back, just as they were about to escape the encirclement of the insect tide, once again being pushed back forcefully.

It wasn’t just Divine Monarch Guanglie and the others,

even the Wind Divine Monarch’s expression changed sharply at this moment.

High-level Primordial Power!

The techniques in that attack by the pitch-black serpent contained at least four different types of mystical might. This was an exotic beast with high-level Primordial Power, a creature they wouldn’t hunt even during normal times, and upon encountering it, they would retreat without hesitation!

Now, this pitch-black serpent appeared here, whether coincidentally or if it had targeted their hunting team long ago, following them in the soil underground, waiting until this crucial moment to deliver a fatal strike!

The Wind Divine Monarch had remained fairly calm facing the encirclement of the insect tide. Even after joining forces with Chen Mu to temporarily suppress the exotic insects and tear open a passage, he hadn’t been the first to escape through it but had let Divine Monarch Guanglie and the others rush ahead first because the situation hadn’t seemed particularly dire. The insect tide hadn’t formed a massive encirclement, and everyone could escape.

But now, the situation had sharply deteriorated!

A pitch-black serpent beast with high-level Primordial Power was a creature their hunting team would avoid even during regular times, much less during a surging insect tide.

The most critical problem was that this black serpent beast was precisely blocking the east, guarding the weak spot in the insect tide’s encirclement, delivering a heavy blow just as they were on the brink of breaking free, forcing everyone back and sealing the gap in the encirclement, as hundreds of exotic insects swarmed from all directions, drawing ever closer!

“This is bad.”

“It seems we’ve been targeted by this black serpent beast early on. It excels at stealth, lurking beneath the riverbank’s soil layers, evading ordinary perception unable to penetrate below the riverbank. It even possesses intelligence, deliberately waiting until now to act…”

The Wind Divine Monarch’s heart sank.

Since its founding, the Wind Association had been entrenched in Wuxiang City for many epochs. Although not large, every hunting expedition yielded rewards, and they’d never faced an existential crisis. Yet, walking by the river often leaves one’s feet damp; some dangers, even the top forces like the Time Temple couldn’t avoid, resulting in heavy casualties, let alone the Wind Association.

If it were only the insect tide, there would still be a chance to escape today. If it were only this pitch-black serpent, then even if they couldn’t suppress it, they could at least avoid it by joining forces. However, with both dangers converging, it formed a dead end.

Yet, at this moment, the Wind Divine Monarch heard Chen Mu’s voice.

“Brother Wind, I’ll block the serpent, you all make another path!”

Huh?

He’s going to block it?

The Wind Divine Monarch, Divine Monarch Guanglie, and the others were all taken aback.

That pitch-black serpent beast with high-level Primordial Power was something that even a Double Vein Perfectionist like the Wind Divine Monarch couldn’t take on alone. How could Chen Mu, using just his Void Lineage techniques, possibly stop it?

But Chen Mu had already made his declaration, and the Wind Divine Monarch naturally wouldn’t sit by. His mind had been rapidly calculating, contemplating whether to continue forcefully forging ahead or break out in another direction. Now, since Chen Mu had spoken, even if he didn’t believe Chen Mu could hold it off, he still acted decisively.

“Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net!”

The Wind Divine Monarch let out a long roar, his divine power blazing fiercely as he used his life-risking tactics, raising the Imperial Seal with both hands. With that motion, a radius of near ten meters was filled with mystical imprints.

Due to the momentary obstruction by the pitch-black serpent, the east was now swarming with more than twenty exotic insects. Yet, under the Wind Divine Monarch’s full-strength attack, all twenty-plus insects shuddered, their movements visibly slowing down.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Divine Monarch Guanglie and the numerous Wind Association Divine Monarchs, all supreme Divine Monarchs, even in the face of doom, wouldn’t give up without a last stand. They unleashed their full power, blasting through the pervasive gray mist, forcibly paving a path through it.

Nigh simultaneously, Chen Mu brandished the Silent Annihilation Long Sword, stepping forward to meet the pitch-black serpent, his eyes reflecting two distinctly different lights of the Great Dao—one of Void, the other of Creation.

“Universe Creation!”

The dimensions encompass the cardinal directions, while the continuum spans past, present, and future. Upon crafting the Void killing move ‘Dimensions,’ during the cultivation of the Creation Dao, Chen Mu had naturally meditated upon the Creation Lineage’s killing moves. With his advancement to Nine Layer Heavens Perfection in the Creation Dao, he had seamlessly integrated the killing moves of Void and Creation.

With Void comes Universe Creation, and with Creation follows the evolution of all things; thus, this move naturally becomes Universe Creation!

Swoosh.

Contained within the sweeping might of the blade, a dark line visibly emerged wherever the blade passed, silently slicing through the void.

The pitch-black serpent let out a sharp hiss, raising its head and upper body. From its mouth burst out a dark outer-space gale, condensed into a black line, attacking Chen Mu, and clashing with his blade edge.

BOOM!!!

In the instant of collision, the nearby space seemed to stagnate before abruptly shattering from the impact point of Chen Mu’s blade and the black line, spreading out like a spider web.

The clash between the power of Void and Creation at Perfection level and the high-level Primordial Power, merging various mystical forces, detonated into an overwhelming surge of power. The impact even sent the closest exotic insects flying, causing the surrounding gray mist to vibrate fiercely!

In this tense standoff, both Chen Mu and the pitch-black serpent were immobilized.

“This.”

The Wind Divine Monarch, along with Divine Monarch Guanglie and the others from the Wind Association, all stared in astonishment.

It indeed held!

The exotic black serpent beast with high-level Primordial Power was indeed stopped single-handedly by Chen Mu!

Void… and Creation… Within Chen Mu’s technique, the evident blend of Void Force and Creation Power, with Creation Power no less than Void Force, clearly at Nine Layer Heavens Perfection… could it be Chen Mu has achieved Double Vein Perfection?

No!

Even at Double Vein Perfection, blocking that black serpent beast would be tough. Clearly, the magnitude of Chen Mu’s technique was far more immense, surpassing even the Wind Divine Monarch.

Double Vein Perfection.

The thought emerged in the minds of almost all the Divine Monarchs of the Wind Association, including the Wind Divine Monarch.