Chapter 1070
Desperate Situation
The Devouring Heaven Demon Lord and the Chi Sea Demon Lord are not the backbone of this battle. Their defeat may not have a disruptive effect on the current battlefield situation, but it is absolutely fatal for Kongsang Lifeng.
What frustrated him most was that everyone else had a way out in this battle, but he didn't.
Just as Song Changsheng was on the kill list of the six demon kingdoms, he was also at the top of the kill list of the Myriad Manifestations Palace.
Because over the past few hundred years, he has initiated several large-scale battles that attempted to overthrow the cultivation world of the Great Qian Dynasty. The atrocities he has committed cannot be averted even if he flees to the ends of the earth.
The most terrifying thing is that if he is really a demon, the purge from within the Merfolk royal family will probably come even earlier than from the Myriad Manifestations Palace.
The feudal system is the foundation of the Merfolk's control over the four seas. They enjoy the privileges of being feudal lords, and naturally they must also fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of being feudal lords.
Curbing the human race's expansion into the sea is only part of their responsibility; their primary duty is to monitor and control the sea creatures within their fiefdom, spread the prestige of the Merfolk, and maintain their hegemonic rule.
He can be defeated, he can die in battle, he can do nothing, but he cannot abandon his land and flee.
If every lord can arbitrarily abandon their territory, it will inevitably shake the foundation of the sea people's rule over the four seas in the long run.
The Merfolk, the overlords of the four seas, have a level of power that is incomparable to that of the Dragon Clan. The Merfolk Royal Court is located far in the deep sea and cannot extend its influence to the near-shore areas. They can only rely on the feudal system to maintain control.
Therefore, the power of the feudal lords was astonishing.
Not only does he monopolize all the production within his fiefdom, but he can theoretically command all the sea creatures. He also receives regular aid from the imperial court. There is no free lunch in the world. Once he loses his territory, even if he is a royal prince, he will surely die.
If time could turn back, he would never have gone to war with the Myriad Palace again. He never expected that he would happen to be caught in the Myriad Palace's rise.
In a normally developing power, except in special circumstances, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators will fluctuate periodically due to the generational shift, although the time intervals will vary.
The cycle interval of the Myriad Manifestations Palace is about six to eight hundred years. When Kongsang Lifeng was first conferred the title, he was only a fifth-order lower-grade cultivator. The Myriad Manifestations Palace had just lost two Nascent Soul True Monarchs. Therefore, both sides were very restrained and kept to themselves.
They lived in peace for hundreds of years, and although there were occasional frictions, they were all able to accept them.
Even after her cultivation level improved, Kong Sang Li Feng had no intention of starting a war with the Myriad Manifestations Palace.
However, in the past three hundred years, there have been many changes in the Merfolk Royal Court. Their revered Holy Emperor is nearing the end of his life. With each new emperor comes a new set of officials, which made him think twice. Thus, he launched a large-scale invasion that swept across the coastal waters of the Great Qian cultivation world.
That battle ended in a crushing defeat, and he actually regretted it somewhat afterward.
But the war had already caused bloodshed, and how could the Wanxiang Palace, which was on the rise, allow such an unstable factor to remain by its side? Once the arrow was released, there was no turning back, and it was too late to regret it now.
There is only one outcome: a fight to the death!
Song Changsheng and Yi Tianzheng exchanged a glance, then blocked Kong Sang Lifeng's retreat route from the front and back respectively.
"The outcome is still uncertain; you're celebrating far too soon!"
"boom--"
With a thought, Kong Sang Li Feng summoned a phantom image of a mermaid with a human head and a fish body behind him. The seawater below was drawn up by an invisible force, swirling upwards to form two lifelike dragons that coiled around the phantom image's arms.
Song Changsheng and Yi Tianzheng also successively revealed their Nascent Soul Dharma Forms.
"crash"
With a thunderous roar, the two dragons traversed thousands of miles in an instant. The ripples in the void collided with each other but did not interfere with each other, which was extremely strange.
The frost giant behind Yi Tianzheng suddenly opened its eyes, and the surrounding temperature began to drop rapidly. Ice crystals spread rapidly in the void, and the two dragons instantly froze into ice, frozen in place.
"boom--"
Song Changsheng's three-hundred-foot-tall Nascent Soul Dharma Image unleashed a punch. Under the influence of the [Great Dao of Power], space was compressed and deformed. The fist wind arrived instantly, but was blocked by an invisible barrier.
"Om..."
Ripples spread out slightly, and the sun, moon, and stars appeared above the Nascent Soul Dharma Image. The power continued to rise, directly piercing through the barrier, forcing Kong Sang Li Feng to divert her attention to defend.
But he was facing more than one enemy. The frost giant behind Yi Tianzheng had a strange light in its eyes and sat down cross-legged with its palms together.
"Great Divine Power: Sealing Heaven and Earth"
Countless ice clusters spread rapidly from the frost giant as its center. In Kong Sang Li Feng's eyes, it was clear that the previously "flowing" spatial power gradually slowed down and finally came to a standstill.
The penetrating, bone-chilling cold was so pervasive that even he found it difficult to bear.
Besides its extreme cold capable of freezing space, this supernatural power also possesses the ability to seal the universe, effectively eliminating the possibility of spatial travel.
Snowflakes began to fall from the sky, but they were not the white snow we usually think of. Their surfaces were covered with a dreamy, iridescent sheen, which was formed from the frozen essence of the heavens and earth.
At this point, Kong Sang Li Feng's escape route was completely cut off.
He was no match for Yi Tianzheng to begin with, and after more than ten hours of fierce fighting, he was seriously injured. Now, with the addition of Song Changsheng, he was in dire straits as soon as they started fighting.
But he was, after all, a powerful demon lord who had experienced countless trials and tribulations throughout his life, and it was in dire straits that his potential was further unleashed.
It will be difficult to determine a winner in a short period of time.
And that is his purpose. He can only stall for time, hoping that Xiao Kun can turn the tide. This is almost equivalent to handing his life over to someone else, but it is his only choice.
Kong Sang Li Feng's dying counterattack was exceptionally fierce. Yi Tian Zheng needed to leave behind his nascent soul dharma image to maintain the supernatural power sealing space, so he could only exert less than 60% of his strength.
The effects are mutual. Song Changsheng is also unable to use spatial power anymore, and the limitation on his strength is also very obvious. However, he still has a trump card that he has not yet used.
"Wow"
A giant tree, rooted in the void and reaching the sky, appeared before him. This was both a manifestation of his own "Tao" and could also be considered his second Dharma form.
His two Dharma forms were what made him most extraordinary. Under the protection of the dense canopy, most of Kongsang Lifeng's counterattacks were blocked and absorbed by the Tongtian Dao Tree, and turned into nutrients to nourish the Dao Flower.
Under these circumstances, Kongsang Lifeng's living space was further compressed.
But what truly shattered his last shred of hope was not Song Changsheng, but a tall, imposing figure riding the waves...
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P.S.: I'm going home after my shift today. I spent half my time at the company and half in the car. I'll post 2,000 words to start, and I'll add an extra chapter tomorrow as compensation. I wish all my fellow cultivators a happy May Day holiday. (End of Chapter)