Chapter 871
Nighttime Wet Slave
Song Changsheng's goal was clear: to replicate his previous operation by using the powerful destructive force of the Void Crystal on spatial barriers to detonate the fourth-order spiritual vein beneath the trench, thereby directly destroying the entire habitat of the Sea Yaksha clan.
The previous [Void Crystals] only detonated a third-tier spiritual vein where the Sea Yaksha clan was residing, causing enormous damage. Not to mention detonating a fourth-tier spiritual vein, the resulting spatial vortex would be enough to completely engulf the entire Sea Yaksha clan's habitat.
While its ability to kill single targets may not be as good as the [Gengjin Divine Thunder], its range of attack is absolutely superior, which is the terrifying aspect of spatial power.
In fact, Song Changsheng had wanted to do this for a long time.
However, at that time, the Song family, or more precisely, the Twin Islands, did not have the ability to resist a full-scale attack by the Sea Yaksha clan. He was worried that if they destroyed the enemy's habitat, the enemy would resort to desperate measures.
Therefore, this fourth-order spiritual vein is more like a rope he used to "tether" the Sea Yaksha clan.
Things are different now. His strength has improved rapidly in all aspects, and he also possesses the [Third Killing Formation in the World], along with various trump cards. He is now capable of going toe-to-toe with Ye Shi Nu.
Once his dream of breaking through to the fifth rank is shattered, he can go into seclusion to fully digest the gains he has made during this period and further advance his cultivation to the late Golden Core stage. Then he will be fully confident that he can defeat Ye Shi Nu head-on. Right now, he is just collecting some interest.
The only regrettable thing is that if he cannot capture Ye Shi Nu alive this time, and alert him, the vast deep sea will make it very difficult to find him again under the protection of the Blood Soul Demon Sect. This will undoubtedly be very detrimental to his search for the ruins of the Treasure Bottle Sect.
However, this was an inevitable choice made out of helplessness, because he could not sit idly by and watch Ye Shi Nu break through to the fifth level. If he succeeded, it would be detrimental to the Song family. If he failed, the clues to the ruins of the Treasure Bottle Sect would be cut off, which was something he could not accept under any circumstances.
Therefore, capturing him alive or interrupting his breakthrough is currently the best option.
As long as the other party is still alive and wants revenge for today's attack, then we will definitely find him; it will just take a little more effort.
The appearance of the Void Crystal immediately awakened some unpleasant memories for Ye Fuke. Ye Moluo's physical body was destroyed by this thing. Even though several years have passed, he still feels a deep awe and fear of that power whenever he recalls that scene.
"It's you! It's actually you!"
"Who exactly are you?!" Ye Fuke trembled with rage.
The two enemies from his memory overlapped completely at this moment: Yemoro, Yemisha, and Ye Atu...
Their lineage fled from their ancestral homeland all the way here, losing three demon kings in succession, all of whom were the work of Song Changsheng.
Even now, they still haven't figured out who their opponent is, which is utterly ridiculous!
"No comment!"
Song Changsheng suddenly clenched his right hand, and a lightning spear several meters long condensed in mid-air, directly blasting Ye Fuke, who was trying to stop him, away.
Just as Lei Zhenzi was about to sink to the bottom and detonate the spiritual vein, a slightly illusory giant hand suddenly appeared in the palace below, growing larger and larger until it covered the sky and the sun, seemingly about to engulf the world.
He actually grabbed the about-to-explode [Lei Zhenzi] and enveloped it completely with his powerful demonic energy.
"Finally couldn't hold back anymore, huh?" Song Changsheng recognized the owner of the giant hand at a glance and detonated [Lei Zhenzi] without saying a word.
"boom--"
In an instant, the seawater surged and boiled, and an invisible force shattered the surrounding spatial barrier, forming a spatial vortex with a diameter of over a hundred feet. It continuously devoured everything around it, and endless seawater rushed in, as if facing a bottomless pit that could never be filled.
The most terrifying thing is that the spatial barrier around the spatial vortex is covered with spatial cracks that resemble a spider web. As time goes by, these cracks are constantly breaking apart, causing the spatial vortex to grow larger and larger.
Within a radius of hundreds of miles, apart from Ye Fu Ke who managed to escape due to his powerful cultivation and prior experience, all the other sea monsters were unfortunate and were uncontrollably sucked into the center of the whirlpool. No matter how much they struggled, it was all in vain.
Some crashed headlong into the spatial rifts, were annihilated by the bursting spatial power, and turned into a cloud of blood mist.
The remaining ones seemed to have escaped unscathed, but what awaited them was being banished to the boundless void, a cold and desolate place devoid of air and spiritual energy.
Low-level sea monsters would suffocate or freeze to death in such an environment, while those with slightly higher cultivation could only eke out a living for a while before exhausting their strength and turning into a desirous corpse wandering in the boundless void.
In comparison, it would be better to be strangled directly.
Watching his clansmen being swallowed up by the spatial vortex one by one, Ye Fuke was filled with despair and indignation. These were the only remaining bloodlines of their lineage!
It's over, it's over.
Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do; it was a force he couldn't avoid, and he could only watch helplessly as this scene unfolded.
"Bastard!"
Ye Shinu's hair and beard stood on end, his eyes were contorted with rage, and he looked at Song Changsheng with a look that seemed to want to skin him alive.
Song Changsheng stood with his hands behind his back, meeting his gaze without fear, and even said in a chillingly sarcastic tone, "I thought you wouldn't care about the lives of your clansmen, but I didn't expect you to still make a move."
You were already awake when I made my move, weren't you?
However, you were worried that forcibly stopping the breakthrough would damage your foundation, so you chose a more prudent approach.
You could have saved Ye Misha, but in the end you just watched as his body was shattered by the [Gengjin Divine Thunder].
Actually, I have some doubts. If I hadn't planned to detonate the fourth-tier spiritual vein below with the [Void Crystal], you wouldn't have made a move at all, since you can't afford to suffer any damage right now.
How cold-blooded! That's consistent with the style of your Sea Demon clan.
Upon hearing this, Ye Fuke's gaze towards Ye Shinu changed slightly.
Although his inner voice kept telling him that this was Song Changsheng's scheme to divide them, Ye Shinu's aura was powerful and there was no sign of weakness from the interruption of his breakthrough. He didn't seem to be making a move on a whim.
"You sharp-tongued human vermin, last time you relied on that helper from the Myriad Elephant Palace to plunder our clan's treasure trove, and you managed to escape by sheer luck."
"I never thought you would dare to come back. Where is that brat from Wanxiang Palace? If he doesn't come out soon, this day next year will be your death anniversary!" Ye Shi Nu's anger had reached its peak, but he did not rashly attack Song Chang Sheng.
After all, one learns from one's mistakes. Last time, the two of them used Song Changsheng as bait, and then the other person seized the opportunity to use the [Sealing Yuan Needle] to seal most of his acupoints.
If it weren't for this sneak attack, Ji Shinian might not have been his match.
Song Changsheng only had the cultivation level of the mid-stage Golden Core realm, so he naturally assumed that Ji Shinian had also come, but was hiding in the shadows and wanted to use the same trick again.
Considering this, he naturally dared not make a move rashly. Who knew what awaited him this time? Humans have always been cunning and treacherous, so he had to be on guard.
Song Changsheng couldn't read minds, so he didn't know what Ye Shinu was thinking, but he could roughly guess where his concerns came from.
Ultimately, it was his deceptive tactics that worked. Both Ye Shi Nu and Ye Fu Ke were fooled into believing that he couldn't have come alone.
This move would be completely ineffective against a brute like Yamora, but it's perfect for dealing with them.
Having reservations will prevent him from giving his all, just like Ye Fuke, which is advantageous to him. So he pretended to be arrogant and said, "I can handle you bunch of scoundrels by myself. Why do I need to borrow anyone else's help?"
"Nightmare, do you dare to fight me one-on-one?"
Ye Shi Nu's expression changed rapidly. The more arrogant Song Changsheng acted, the deeper his concerns became.
He glanced at Ye Fuke beside him and couldn't help but curse him as a piece of trash in his heart. He hadn't expected that the two of them working together would be so easily defeated by the other party.
Now that Ye Misha's physical body has been destroyed, leaving only Ye Fuke, he is no match for Song Changsheng. Song Changsheng must take action personally.
"The other person may be hiding in the shadows. You will cover for me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Shi Nu suddenly revealed his true form as a demon king, standing over a hundred feet tall, ferocious and ugly.
The spatial power that Ye Fuke couldn't avoid could only leave shallow bloodstains on his body, which would heal in the blink of an eye.
Although he was also a sea demon, a power flowed within him that was completely different from that of Ye Misha and the others. That power came from the skeleton of that true dragon, and he had almost squeezed out all its remaining value.
And this is precisely the source of his confidence in breaking through to the fifth rank.
"Death!"
Ye Shinu's voice was like thunder. He clenched his fist, and a heavy hammer materialized in his hand. With a single strike, a thunderous roar erupted.
Fourth-grade superior quality, fourth-grade supreme quality.
He was only one minor realm apart from Ye Misha, yet the power he unleashed with a casual strike far surpassed that of Ye Fuke; they were not even on the same level.
After reviewing all the Golden Core cultivators at the Great Perfection stage and the fourth-tier top-grade demon kings that Song Changsheng had encountered, judging solely from his intuition, only Su Ding from back then could compare to him.
The Black Dragon Demon King, Ji Shinian, Shi Potian, and others are all slightly weaker.
This also shows that Ye Shi Nu has indeed reached the pinnacle of the Demon King realm, and his previous caution was not superfluous at all.
Faced with his furious attack, Song Changsheng dared not be careless in the slightest.
With a wave of his sleeve, the Night-Shining Divine Bird floated in front of him. Then, he stretched out his arms and drew circles in front of him with his left and right hands, clockwise and counterclockwise respectively. Black and white energy surged out from the Night-Shining Divine Bird and gathered in the circles, forming a slightly illusory Tai Chi pattern.
The lightning bolts in the sky crashed into the Tai Chi diagram, as if space itself had been frozen. The lightning bolts were like spears striking an impenetrable wall, unable to advance an inch.
Then he shouted, "Yin and Yang reverse, Heaven and Earth shift!"
In an instant, all the thunderbolts were returned to Night Slave.
"break!"
As Nightshade Slave brought down his heavy hammer, all the lightning in the sky dissipated.
After one round, the two were evenly matched, and Ye Shi Nu was almost unable to contain his shock.
This was not the first time he had clashed with Song Changsheng.
On that previous occasion, even a casual strike from him required the opponent to exert all their strength to defend against, and they suffered severe injuries in the process.
In just a few years, his opponent had grown to a level where he could rival him, which made him wonder if his own strength had declined.
However, the truth is that his strength not only did not decline, but actually improved considerably with the abundant resources provided by the Blood Soul Demon Sect.
"If we let him grow up like this, what will become of us?"
Realizing this, a fierce glint gradually appeared in Ye Shi Nu's eyes.
He had secretly made up his mind that he would kill Song Changsheng no matter what, or at the very least destroy him. Otherwise, if Song Changsheng grew stronger for several more decades, he would be no match for him unless he broke through to the fifth-order demon lord realm!
"Innate Divine Ability [Yin Yang Annihilation]"
Song Changsheng didn't care what he thought. He firmly controlled the initiative and had to take advantage of the situation before the other party could react. Otherwise, once Ye Fuke, who was supporting him, joined in, his pressure would increase significantly.
"A mere trick, break!" Night Slave roared to the sky, like a depth charge dropped into the sea, the shockwaves reverberating endlessly. The heavy hammer in his hand was wrapped in endless lightning. With one blow, he directly smashed the law space he had constructed with the [Yin Yang Law] to pieces, even affecting the spatial vortex created by the [Void Magic Crystal].
With his supernatural powers broken, Song Changsheng was inevitably affected, and he had to retreat several hundred feet before he could barely calm down the surging blood and qi in his body.
Ye Shi Nu pressed his advantage relentlessly, slamming his heavy hammer down on Song Changsheng with all his might. His control over the power of thunder had reached the level of "Dao," and with one strike, it was as if divine punishment was descending upon the mortal realm, unstoppable.
Faced with such an attack, the best solution is to temporarily avoid its force.
"[Five Beasts Battle Body], activate!"
Contrary to his usual practice, Song Changsheng abandoned the optimal solution and chose to confront it head-on.
His internal energy surged, directly activating his battle body and activating the [Law of Power], raising his power to its peak.
His right arm visibly swelled several sizes larger, and when he threw a punch, the space around him shifted.
"boom--"
The air surged, and the surging power suddenly exploded, not only pushing the seawater in all directions, but also causing the space itself to be rippled.
The attack sent both of them flying, but they quickly returned.
They were moving at an extreme speed.
In a short time, the two exchanged hundreds of blows.
Overall, Song Changsheng was at a disadvantage. After all, his cultivation level was an insurmountable weakness. Fortunately, his golden core was extraordinary, so he was not too far behind in terms of magical power.
But if this drags on any longer, Nightshade will surely realize that he came alone and that his so-called helpers do not exist.
Therefore, he no longer intended to hide his abilities. With a slight thought, a crazy and pure killing intent suddenly spread out from his body!
"【The Third Killing Formation Under Heaven】, activate!"
...(End of chapter)