Chapter 280
Taking Advantage of the Situation, Another Great Power Slayer
With Xiong Pi dead, the Dragon Clan's morale plummeted. Even though Venerable Qionglong severely injured Thunder Phoenix God, he still couldn't recover the losses.
Venerable Honglan's face turned ashen as he said, "The idiots of the Barbarian God Clan are utterly useless!"
Even when the Brahma Emperor had just become a saint, he defeated and killed powerful beings one by one. Now, the two powerful beings, Shrimp Dragon and Bear Pi, attacked a great saint, but were killed instead. It is simply a great disgrace.
The Purple Dragon Venerable, who had been watching this closely, couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "Such a bizarre method! The Great Sage Golden Toad's path-paving technique must be extraordinary!"
It's normal for the Golden Toad Great Sage to have such powerful attack capabilities thanks to the power of his magical treasures; the only unexpected thing is his strange movement technique.
Normally, teleportation is a method of using extremely high speed to confuse people's vision, making them mistakenly believe that they can teleport instantly. However, the people present were all powerful beings, yet they did not see any flaws.
Of course, there is another possibility, which is to break through the void to form a void passage for crossing, but this would leave void cracks.
However, the powerful beings clearly did not discover any spatial cracks just now; the void seemed to be something that could be easily manipulated by the Golden Toad Great Sage.
At the same time, Venerable Shrimp Dragon recovered from his shock and couldn't help but show a look of shame and indignation: "What a Golden Toad Great Sage! He actually has such means to kill Venerable Bear Pi. It's a pity that since you have fallen into my trap, you can only be defeated!"
Although Venerable Shrimp Dragon has little seniority, he has the advantage of location. This place is not only the East Sea, but also the location of his Daoist temple. Here, he can almost be called invincible among the great powers!
Venerable Honglan didn't say much. If he could use Venerable Xialong's help to find out the details of the Golden Toad Great Sage, he would gain a better understanding of him.
"Well done! I'm just about to experience the skills of a Dao-Merging expert!" Su Ji looked on with anticipation as he soared into the sky to meet the returning divine sword.
The so-called "Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin" actually only has four thousand six hundred and eighty swords. They were forged over many years by the Mohist School, the Golden Cave School, and the East-West Merchant Guild. Once activated, they possess the power of an invincible force, which is why they were able to kill the avatar of Venerable Xiong Pi in one fell swoop.
"Hmph!" Upon seeing this, Venerable Honglan raised his hand and summoned a precious pearl.
He couldn't easily engage in battle while in charge, but he also couldn't let the Golden Toad Great Sage have it easy. So, he seized the opportunity to weaken the Golden Toad Great Sage. The precious pearl spun around, and hundreds of divine swords fell into it.
"The Qiankun Spiritual Treasure, the Sea-Swallowing Pearl!" Su Ji had done a lot of research before coming here and recognized the origin of the pearl at a glance.
This item is one of the Dragon Emperor's prized treasures. It contains a small world within it. Although it cannot swallow the sea, it can hold a huge lake. Now it is only targeting the divine swords. Even though he resisted with all his might, he still lost one hundred and twenty-nine divine swords.
Furthermore, Venerable Honglan's timing was perfect. If Su Ji had rushed upwards to escape Venerable Shrimp Dragon, he would likely have been trapped by Venerable Honglan's Sea-Swallowing Pearl.
In comparison, facing the Shrimp Dragon Venerable alone is actually easier, even though the cage below is formed from the power of the Shrimp Dragon Venerable's Dao field.
As soon as Su Ji had this thought, he stopped his soaring momentum. He had already accomplished a great feat by killing Xiong Pi. Rather than continuing to be caught in the middle of the battle between the dragon and the phoenix, he would rather stay here and deal with the Shrimp Dragon Venerable for a while.
Seeing that the Golden Toad Great Sage's speed had slowed down, Venerable Shrimp Dragon thought that Venerable Honglan's Sea-Swallowing Pearl had been of great use. Fearing that he would lose the credit for capturing the Golden Toad Great Sage, he quickly mustered up his magic power to activate the power of the Dao field.
"The principles of the Way are like chains, and the ocean waves imprison the heavens!"
In an instant, waves cascaded down like waterfalls and closed like flower petals, quickly enveloping the space above Su Ji and forming a small, enclosed world.
At this point, Venerable Shrimp Dragon finally revealed his confidence. Seeing that the Great Sage Golden Toad was no longer "struggling," he couldn't help but smile smugly: "As expected of a Great Sage who is seen only once every million years, you killed Venerable Bear Pi as soon as you were born. It's just a pity that you fell into the cage transformed by my Daoist temple. I will gladly accept this credit!"
Although the Great Sage is strong, he has his limits. Not to mention that Venerable Honglan has taken away hundreds of divine swords. A newly promoted Great Sage is no longer a threat to Venerable Xialong.
Of course, while the Shrimp Dragon Venerable was saying this, he had already secretly mobilized the power of his dojo to attack the Golden Toad Great Sage, striving to complete the suppression as quickly as possible.
"The principles of Tao form the bones, constructing the Dharma body!"
In an instant, three enormous shadows materialized in the sea, all attacking Su Ji simultaneously.
"Well done!" Su Ji looked at the three shrimp-dragon avatars, each no less than six hundred feet tall, and his eyes flashed with a sharp light. Countless divine swords were arranged in formation, and soon formed a divine sword giant that was three hundred and sixty feet tall.
Although Venerable Honglan had taken away hundreds of divine swords with the Sea-Swallowing Pearl, it did not affect his fundamental nature. With his foresight and abundant wealth, he had already forged enough divine swords for backup.
Before long, the Divine Sword Giant clashed with a shrimp-dragon avatar, and after a few moves, the Divine Sword Giant gained the upper hand.
However, after a slight surprise, the Shrimp Dragon Venerable returned to normal.
After some testing, it was found that although the Golden Toad Great Sage's Divine Sword Giant was powerful, it also had a fatal flaw: it was somewhat clumsy.
As expected, when the three shrimp-dragon avatars found an opportunity to launch a combined attack, the Divine Sword Giant was indeed somewhat preoccupied with one aspect and neglected the other. Even though he managed to sever the head of one of the shrimp-dragon avatars, it did not affect the overall situation at all.
Even though Su Ji was mentally prepared, he still sighed, "Water can gather and disperse unpredictably. The divine sword only destroyed some of the power of the Dao. Wasting more time is all in vain!"
The Shrimp Dragon's Dharma Body can gather and disperse at will. Unless Su Ji can exhaust the Shrimp Dragon Venerable's magical power, he will never be able to win in this aspect.
Of course, Su Ji could try to reach the true body of the Shrimp Dragon Venerable, but the obstacles he would encounter along the way would be even greater, and he might even fall into the Shrimp Dragon Venerable's trap.
So, after briefly experiencing the feeling of fighting, he wisely slowed down his attack.
Su Ji was slacking off, but the Shrimp Dragon Venerable thought that the Golden Toad Great Sage was not strong enough, so he quickly launched a fierce attack.
"The pincers transformed into golden dragon scissors, instantly severing the pillar to the heavens!"
Previously, this move only involved two scissor-like dragon claws attacking, giving the Golden Toad Great Sage room to dodge.
Now, six golden dragon scissors are attacking from all directions, determined to suppress the Golden Toad Sage in one fell swoop.
"Boom boom boom!" Amidst a series of explosions, the smile on the face of Venerable Shrimp Dragon suddenly froze.
Within this training ground, Venerable Shrimp Dragon could perceive the situation in every direction with lightning speed. Just now, under that seemingly inevitable attack, the Great Sage Golden Toad managed to dodge it once again.
"What exactly happened?" Not to mention Venerable Shrimp Dragon, even Venerable Honglan, who had spared a sliver of his attention to watch the battle, was greatly shocked.
The first time they could say they didn't see it clearly, but this time they paid special attention to the surrounding space, yet they still couldn't see anything, as if the Golden Toad Great Sage had long since transcended the Three Realms and Five Elements!
"Could it be that the Golden Toad Great Sage's path-paving method is illusory transformation?"
It was just speculation, but the Shrimp Dragon Venerable still showed no sign of stopping. However, no matter what he did, he couldn't hit the Golden Toad Great Sage even once.
"No, even if the whole body becomes ethereal, there should be a process. How could it be so fast?" Venerable Shrimp Dragon attacked frantically, determined to find the Golden Toad Great Sage's weakness.
After a hundred breaths, Venerable Shrimp Dragon felt a chill in his heart. He never expected that the great achievement that was within his grasp would now be out of reach.
Suddenly, Venerable Shrimp Dragon was shocked: "Can it be that the Golden Toad Great Sage, like the Brahma Emperor, has also pioneered a path involving spiritual will?" The Brahma Emperor's path is to enlighten others with a powerful spiritual will, and the longer the contact time, the deeper the influence.
If the Golden Toad Great Sage truly possessed such abilities, perhaps the Shrimp Dragon Venerable would have been influenced from the very first moment he met the Golden Toad Great Sage.
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Venerable Shrimp Dragon's expression turned solemn. While continuing to urge his three Dharma bodies to attack, he secretly activated the mental cultivation method that the Dragon Emperor had specifically taught him to counter Brahma Emperor's "conversion".
Thirty breaths later, Venerable Shrimp Dragon saw that everything was as before, and he was startled.
One hundred breaths later, Venerable Shrimp Dragon felt his mental state reach its peak, but the figure of the Golden Toad Great Sage was still indistinguishable from the real one, and he suddenly felt a little panicked.
"Is what I'm seeing an illusion or reality? Has my spirit been affected by the Golden Toad Great Sage?" Unconsciously, the Shrimp Dragon Venerable was somewhat flustered.
Just as Venerable Shrimp Dragon was caught in a dilemma, his mind lost, the edge of the flower-shaped little world suddenly twisted, and then meteors with swaying tail flames fell down.
For a moment, not only was the Shrimp Dragon Venerable unable to distinguish between illusion and reality, but even Su Ji was taken aback.
"Only an innate divine fire at the Emperor level could break through the small world of the Shrimp Dragon Venerable's dojo!" Without a doubt, Su Ji knew that the Phoenix Emperor had already been reborn.
It's unclear how intact the Phoenix Clan's blessed land is now, and whether the conflict will end here or resume in the Dragon-Phoenix battle.
Thinking this, Su Ji turned around and dodged downwards, not wanting to be hit by the falling innate divine fire.
Before Su Ji could land on the sea, he suddenly discovered that the Shrimp Dragon Venerable seemed to have lost his mind and was actively sending his two Dharma bodies toward the Innate Divine Fire.
In an instant, countless wisps of mist rose from the Dharma body of the Shrimp Dragon Venerable, and not only the magical power within, but also the Dao principles within were reduced to ashes.
"Ok?"
Seeing this, Su Ji finally had some guesses and pointed at the Shrimp Dragon Venerable.
In an instant, Venerable Shrimp Dragon was horrified to discover that his vision was filled with extremely powerful innate divine fire, and he hurriedly dodged in all directions.
However, the Phoenix Emperor seemed to have made him, the newly promoted Venerable, his primary target, as a continuous stream of innate divine fire attacked him. No matter how he dodged, he could not avoid being hit.
In Venerable Honglan's eyes, Venerable Xialong seemed to have gone mad, actively heading towards the leaking innate divine fire. He could only send a telepathic message: "Venerable Xialong, do not move again!"
No one knew what had happened to Venerable Shrimp Dragon. Venerable Honglan could only remind Venerable Shrimp Dragon to remain unchanged in the face of all changes in order to avoid further losses.
As expected, Venerable Shrimp Dragon also sensed something was wrong and quickly stopped in place as Venerable Honglan instructed, and was indeed no longer attacked by the innate divine fire.
"So there's truth in falsehood, and falsehood in truth. The Golden Toad Great Sage's path-paving must be related to illusions!" Although the Shrimp Dragon Venerable was in a particularly sorry state, he breathed a sigh of relief after learning the "truth."
At the same time, another wave of innate divine fire descended, but the Shrimp Dragon Venerable remained motionless in an attempt to reduce the probability of being hit.
However, Venerable Shrimp Dragon soon regretted it. After more than ten breaths, countless innate divine flames rushed towards him, and not one of them was fake!
"Venerable Shrimp Dragon, why don't you flee quickly? The two Venerables, Dragon God Tree and Dragon God Vine, have already retreated, not to mention Venerable Lonely Dragon and Venerable Purple Dragon! You have become the most powerful being closest to the Phoenix Emperor!"
This was the tenth time Venerable Honglan had sent a telepathic reminder, but for some reason, Venerable Xialong remained motionless, as if he were actively seeking death.
"What?" Venerable Shrimp Dragon suddenly came to his senses, but it was too late for him to escape.
However, Venerable Honglan had already retreated more than a hundred miles on the floating island, and the Dragon Emperor's figure was piercing through the void and killing his way in. Apart from the Golden Toad Great Sage not far away, only the Phoenix Emperor was the closest.
"My life is over!"
If the Shrimp Dragon Venerable were in his prime, it wouldn't be impossible for him to escape from the Phoenix Emperor.
At this moment, Venerable Shrimp Dragon had his magic power depleted by the Great Sage Golden Toad, and was also injured by the innate divine fire. Even if he could escape, he would probably have to go into seclusion for a thousand years due to his injuries.
Seeing that Venerable Shrimp Dragon was trying to escape, Su Ji couldn't help but smile and pointed at Venerable Shrimp Dragon again.
"The way of deflection reverses the universe!"
For a moment, the Shrimp Dragon Venerable, who should have fled away from the Phoenix Emperor, flew rapidly towards the sea directly below the Phoenix Emperor. By the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
The Shrimp Dragon Venerable was directly struck by the Phoenix Emperor's innate divine fire and was instantly severely injured. He roared, "Ah! It must be that golden toad demon who used some strange method!"
Having this thought, in order to save his life, Venerable Shrimp Dragon had no choice but to do the opposite, and as expected, he dragged his heavily injured body away from the Phoenix Emperor.
Seeing that he was getting further and further away from the Phoenix Emperor, and with the Dragon Emperor tearing open the void to block the Phoenix Emperor, the Shrimp Dragon Venerable finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"To gain some merit, I almost died here today. It's true that becoming a Great Sage is no simple matter!" Compared to life, matters of seniority and rank are not so important.
Of course, if other dragon venerables were to die in this battle, his status as the Shrimp Dragon Venerable would also be elevated.
"Thank you for your praise, Venerable One. Now I almost don't want to kill you!" A voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere, startling Venerable Shrimp Dragon into turning around and fleeing, not caring at all that this would worsen his injuries.
The owner of that voice was none other than the Golden Toad Great Sage, who had caused him to end up in this predicament. If he didn't escape now, he might die here!
Seeing this, Su Ji couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "What a pity, when you fled the territory of your dojo, you were destined to become a dead soul in my hands!"
The next moment, countless divine swords descended from the sky, crashing down upon the panicked Shrimp Dragon Venerable.
Amidst the continuous roaring, a muffled hum suddenly came from the seabed in the distance, like an earthquake.
At this moment, even the Heavenly Emperor, who sat high in the Lingxiao Palace, couldn't help but turn his head, because the first great power to die in the battle between the dragon and the phoenix had appeared.
The shunpi only died in its external form; it suffered heavy losses but was not fatally wounded.
The Shrimp Dragon Venerable was a newly ascended powerful being. He appeared in his true form in this battle, and after being killed by Su Ji, the underwater dojo also collapsed.
Even the Southern Crimson Emperor was taken aback: "What a magnificent Golden Toad Great Sage under the command of the Nine Heavens Prime Minister, Soul Spirit Emperor! He is truly unafraid of the Dragon Emperor's might!"
Empress Taiyin suddenly smiled: "I thought the Heavenly Court would mediate the conflict between the dragon and the phoenix, but now that the Golden Toad Great Sage has killed the Dragon Clan's Venerable, I'm afraid it can't end peacefully..." (End of this chapter)