Rise of Humanity, page 786
Zhong Yue looked around and smirked, “You want me to take you all out and capture me again to be presented to your respective teacher? If I will die in Yuan Ya Deity King’s hand, then I will also die in your teacher’s hand, if so, I will drag you all down into hell with me!”
Anger surged Xie Yang’s eyes and he shouted, “We will still be able to get out! After we kill you and occupy your ship!”
Zhong Yue squinted and burst out laughing, “This ship is not even mine! Great Si Ming only temporarily placed it under my control. You can all take it, if you even dare!”
The trio had goosebumps all over instantly and they all saw fear in each other’s eyes.
“But, I can lend you some help, under a certain condition.”
Zhong Yue blinked his eyes, “You will all vow to my skill, that you will not harm me after we get out. If you fail to honor your vows, you will be killed by the heaven and earth!”
Chapter 1119: Vowing To The Heavenly Daos |
“Vow to your skill?”
Xie Yang, Feng Yuhuan, and Shen Xiage were startled. They had heard of many other ways of making an oath. One of the most common ones was to vow to Heaven, but it didn’t always work as Heaven had no eyes and no ears. It couldn’t pick up the oaths.
Then, there was the Void Contract where one vowed on their soul and spirit. Failure to keep the vow would stop one from not being able to enter the Void World.
Other than that, there were also the vows to the Daos. In this particular case, one’s Daos would be used to form into seals in their body, breaking the vow would trigger the Dao seals and totally destroy their cultivations from within, including their Dao hearts.
However, Zhong Yue’s request of them vowing to his skill, it was the strangest way of making an oath they have ever heard in their entire life.
Is this some kind of trick?
The trio was hesitating while Zhong Yue remained quiet waiting patiently. After a long time, Xie Yang smirked and said, “King Yi, what are you playing at here?”
Zhong Yue smiled, he replied casually, “Vowing to my skill, what are you all afraid of? Is anyone of you weaker than me? I am no match for either one of you, even when you’ve turned back on your vows, you are strong enough to contain the punishments from me, aren’t you?”
Shen Xiage answered, “Which is why there must be something else going on in it. King Yi is intelligent, wise and cunning. The simpler this sounds, the more dangerous it actually is! Once we’ve made the vow, we’d have fallen into your trap!”
Zhong Yue laughed happily, “Is that refusal then?”
Xie Yang said coldly, “There’s another way, we can force King Yi to do as we desire. I have a way to control his Yuan Shen and force him to lower his head to our own terms.”
Zhong Yue sneered coldly, “I don’t even fear death, do you think I am afraid of you controlling my Yuan Shen? Furthermore, can you actually do it?”
Suddenly, he cast out the Great Six Paths Reincarnation and included the trio in it. The trio looked up at his stalwart Yuan Shen equivalent to a Ghost Monarch and their faces changed drastically.
Feng Yuhuan gently fanned the Heaven Phoenix Divine Fire Fan and the Great Six Paths Reincarnation crumbled, returning them back to reality.
“King Yi sure is amazing. Your Yuan Shen is even stronger than ours.” Rays flashed in Feng Yuhuan’s eyes, she chortled, “Then, I will make the vow to King Yi. Senior Martial Brother Xie Yang, Senior Martial Brother Xiage, what do you say?”
Shen Xiage hesitated for moments before answering unwillingly, “Fine, I will make the vow. Once we’ve escaped, I will let him go on his own. Senior Martial Brother Xie Yang, what about you?”
Xie Yang smirked, “You’ve both decided to do it and if I don’t follow suit, wouldn’t that leave me stuck here alone?”
Zhong Yue softly raised his hand and the Daos surged out from the Space Bottle into his hand. The 14th Drawings of Heavenly Daos, Tian Yin, was formed into a seal. He smiled, “Senior martial brothers and sister, please make your vow to this skill of mine!”
Feng Yuhuan, Xie Yang, and Shen Xiage exchanged a look and saw the same perplexity in their eyes toward the skill Zhong Yue has just cast. Although it was extremely exquisite and powerful, it still wasn’t a threat at all to peak Imperial Emperors like themselves.
However, it still made them feel uneasy to vow to the skill.
They had never seen this skill before, not knowing it was a Heavenly Dao’s skill. Although they could tell it was an uncommon skill, they didn’t know it’s exact power.
Xie Yang cleared his throat, his eyes squinted and smiled brightly, “King Yi, can you cast this skill and show us how strong it is?”
Zhong Yue nodded, “Why not!”
He slammed it down into the universe inside of the Space Bottle, causing a piece of blank space to crumble. It was truly powerful, no weaker than Zhong Yue’s [Dao Crusher]!
The trio exchanged a look and mulled. Indeed, it was strong, but that’s really just it. It would only make them feel pain upon taking the skill, but the threat it posed to them was really nothing major.
Then, the trio made the vow toward the seal. If they escaped from the Space Bottle, they would not attack Zhong Yue anymore. Else, they would be killed by Zhong Yue’s [Tian Yin].
When the vow was made, they felt a slight surge of their Yuan Shen flying out of their body. They turned into a strange pattern and merged with the strange seal in Zhong Yue’s hand.
Immediately, their faces changed slightly. They were only making the vow for the sake of leaving, but they didn’t expect anomalies to occur following the vows!
Vow anomaly was a kind of peculiar pattern formed when a vow was made. It usually only happened when a vow was made to an incredibly high-status figure!
And the vow anomalies from making the vows to Zhong Yue’s skill added more unease to their hearts.
Zhong Yue dispersed [Tian Yin] and smiled, “Senior martial brothers and sister, please, get on board.”
The trio oppressed their discomfort and get on board. They thought, King Yi’s skill was not strong in power, the anomalies probably only happened because that skill’s grade was high. But it’s power is still not strong enough to harm us.
“King Yi, we will cast our own divine weapons and crush the dimensions in front of us while you cast the ancient warship to sail out of the cracked dimensions!”
Feng Yuhuan cast up the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Fire Fan and said, “The Space Bottle’s power is concentrated at its mouth. It’s the lights on it that kept creating the universe, stopping us from getting close. Even when we shatter the dimensions, they will be constantly recovered. But if we keep on breaking them, we will be able to bring ourselves close to the bottle mouth. By then, we need you to sail us out with the ship.”
Shen Xiage looked around, he said solemnly, “I hope we can work together now, this is no time for internal conflict. We’ll leave everything else to them once we get out of here!”
Zhong Yue nodded, he replied solemnly, “Please, gentlemen!”
Xie Yang, Feng Yuhuan, and Shen Xiage cast out their innate monarch weapons and unleashed their powers to the peak. The innate monarch weapons were instantly suffused with a terrifyingly strong air that disturbed Zhong Yue’s heart. They were much stronger than ordinary monarch weapons!
In this situation, it really showed how important it was to secure the first strike and subsequently, the upper hand advantage. Even though their innate monarch weapons were on the same level as the Space Bottle, Zhuo Ya acted first, trapping them inside of the bottle. The trio was eventually forced to ask for Zhong Yue’s help to get out.
The three innate monarch weapons were slashed forward, causing the dimensions in front of them to crumble. Zhong Yue seized the chance and cast the thousand-winged ancient warship at its greatest speed. The ship rammed into the cracked dimensions, sailing through the thin and sharp dimensional fragments!
The trio’s attacks traveled a long distance, but the innate monarch weapons’ powers were still going forward. The piece of blank space in front of them was totally ravaged, even peak Imperial Emperors like themselves could only barely protect themselves in it. Yet, the thousand-winged ancient warship was able to sail through the space normally, leaving the three Imperial Emperors in awe!
Then, the trio lashed out the monarch weapons again while the ship’s speed grew increasingly faster.
The lights on the bottle mouth flickered constantly to repair the cracked dimensions. But it was always the dimensions behind them that were repaired first while the ancient warship has already sailing away by the time the dimensions were repaired.
Finally, the bottle universe created inside by the Space Bottle was broken apart by the four of them!
They were all overjoyed as they were getting closer to the bottle mouth in front of them.
It lasted a long time, the bottle mouth was right in front of them but their progress was incredibly slow. The bottle’s mystical lights continuously rippled, creating space and dimensions that slowed down the ancient warship’s speed.
Xie Yang, Feng Yuhuan, and Shen Xiage grew manic, they surged all their arcane energies into the innate monarch weapons while Zhong Yue also surged all his arcane energy into the ancient warship.
Finally, when the ancient warship reached the bottle mouth, they gave a final push.
Three terrifyingly strong waves of innate divine aura burst through the air. The heavenly fire burnt without reserve, the evil light shot through the firmament, and the golden dragon soared in the skies. It was truly a beautiful and amazing scene to behold!
Then, the huge ship flew out of the bottle mouth, and the four cheered loudly in joy.
But suddenly, their laughter grew softer and softer, until they turned dead quiet. Zhong Yue, Feng Yuhuan, and the rest were staring dumbly at their surroundings, their faces were devoid of happiness.
The thousand-winged ancient warship was floating in an unimaginably huge mountain ridge. The ancient warship was huge in size, ten thousand miles long in length. But it only appeared like a puny bug when compared to the mountain ridge.
Its size was indescribable and it was filled with the ancient air as if it were from the beginning of time. There were also huge claw marks with stained blood suffused with a monarch aura on the mountain bodies.
The four looked around, there were star rivers surrounding the land while the huge sun here also looked incredibly small.
This was a mountain formed during the birth of the universe that had existed since the beginning of time!
Feng Yuhuan swallowed her saliva, her voice was quivering, “This is… Is this…”
“That’s right.” Zhuo Ya’s hoarse voice like crow laughed, “This is the birthplace of my teacher, the first divine mountain of the universe, Innate Dao Mountain Sacred Ground. Senior martial siblings, King Yi, welcome to the Innate Dao Mountain. If my teacher knows the four of you are coming, he will be very happy, so happy that he will salivate.”
As he finished saying, Xie Yang collapsed to the ground with the face of a dead man.
Feng Yuhuan’s countenance turned pallid while she said quiveringly, “Senior Martial Brother Zhuo Ya, my teacher is Feng Tian Origin Lord, if Yuan Ya Deity King does anything to me…”
“Senior Martial Sister Yuhuan, don’t think too highly of yourself.” Zhuo Ya said smilingly, “To Feng Tian Origin Lord, you aren’t important enough for her to declare war on my teacher.”
He smiled mockingly and said, “All those little plays in the bottle, do you think I don’t realize them? I’ve only been watching coldly and letting you do what you wanted because I wanted to see the moment when despair swallows you once we arrived here. I’d very much like to see all your hopes dashed by cruel reality. Yes, yes, those faces you are making now, they fill me with such joy. Hmm, King Yi, you don’t seem to be despairing like the rest of them.”
He looked at Zhong Yue in interest, he asked with a smile, “Can you tell me, what other plans do you have?”
Chapter 1120: You Kill Yourselves |
Zhong Yue looked at the Innate Dao Mountain in awe. The first divine mountain of the universe was grandiose and it was a true mountain made of stones and rocks, not stars.
Would this be the place where he cultivates his Innate Mountain Dao?
“The Innate Dao Mountain sure is grandiose, but if Yuan Ya Deity King is not here, with Senior Martial Brother Zhuo Ya alone, can you still defeat us?” Zhong Yue smiled as he asked.
Zhuo Ya’s face changed slightly he looked at the sacred ground and saw many white crows and black crows flying toward them. The crows stopped beside him and turned into black and white Dao kids. They were his senior martial siblings, they saw the bursting lights from the Space Bottle and rushed to the scene.
“Is teacher in the mountain?” Zhuo Ya conducted his psyche and asked.
One of the Dao kids answered, “An old friend messaged him, saying something about an old enemy escaping. After that, teacher left the mountain.”
Zhuo Ya’s eyelids thumped, he furtively glanced over Zhong Yue and thought, How did he know my teacher is not here?
If Yuan Ya Deity King was not here, then things would be bad for him. Shen Xiage, Xie Yang, and Feng Yuhuan were not easy opponents. If they knew the truth, he and his junior martial siblings would all be in danger!
These three evildoers would definitely not let this golden opportunity slip. The wealth of the Innate Dao Mountain, his and his junior martial siblings’ lives, all would be in great danger!
What he didn’t know was that Zhong Yue’s information of Yuan Ya Deity King’s absence came from Goddess Shen Hou’s message to him!
For the past few days, Goddess Shen Hou had been trying to contact him. But Zhong Yue was trapped in the Space Bottle, out of reach. Zhong Yue was only able to receive Goddess Shen Hou’s message when he and the rest of them made it out from the bottle.
Yuan Ya Deity King had been messaged by an ancient paragon, an old enemy of theirs was trying to escape the seals, and Yuan Ya Deity King had rushed to help deescalate the issue.
This old enemy had been suppressed for many years, and the escape was a worrying issue. Even Goddess Shen Hou couldn’t stand still and left the Hua Xu Sacred Ground to deal with it.
As for the identity of this old enemy, Goddess Shen Hou didn’t say. A paragon like that was naturally an ancient and mysterious figure, even the Heavenly Monarchs may not be qualified enough to know the truth.
Zhong Yue glanced around, he said, “Senior Martial Brother Xie Yang, you all be careful. The treasures we have are the same in strength, whoever makes the first move will have the upper hand. Be cautious of Senior Martial Brother Zhuo Ya trapping us in the Space Bottle again.”
As he finished talking, Xie Yang immediately cast the Evil Eye Divine Mirror while Feng Yuhuan cast the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Fire Fan and Shen Xiage cast out the golden rope!
Right as the trio cast their innate monarch weapons, Zhuo Ya also cast out the Space Bottle in his hands!
Terrifyingly powerful auras filled the air in an instant and blinding beam of lights shot through the skies!
Xie Yang, Zhuo Ya, Feng Yuhuan, and Shen Xiage attacked at the same time. Especially Xie Yang, Feng Yuhuan, and Shen Xiage. Not only did they targeted Zhuo Ya and his Space Bottle, but they were also attacking each other!
The Space Bottle was strong enough to handle them, but the Evil Eye Divine Mirror, Heavenly Phoenix Divine Fire Fan and Innate Dragon Golden Rope also had the same strength!
Outside of the Space Bottle now, it was every man for himself!
Right when they sprung into action, the thousand-winged ancient warship quivered and moved back hastily!
The terrifying powers of the weapons burst out, sweeping across the Innate Dao Mountain Sacred Ground, crushing the dimensions and compressing the dimensional fragments together. Even the star rivers around the mountain were trembling, and the stars were flying out everywhere!
These stars and suns were blown out of their orbits and shattering into pieces. Even the hot burning blue suns were extinguished in just a few seconds, leaving only their cores!
Whereas Zhuo Ya’s junior martial siblings were caught off guard, they couldn’t even react in time and were already reduced to ash.
Xie Yang, Zhuo Ya, and the other two trembled. Once they lashed out their attacks, it was impossible for them to stop anymore. If they did, they would be the first to be killed by the other three!
The four of them were casting the four innate monarch weapons with everything they had. The powers of the innate monarch weapons grew stronger and more powerful, but even so, the Innate Dao Mountain Sacred Ground was not harmed at all.
The mountain was still standing sturdy. When the four innate monarch weapons’ attacks fell on the Dao Mountain, there would be Dao voices that came from the mountain body and canceled out the incoming powers.
Zhuo Ya shrieked, and a few Imperial Emperors and Creators flew out from the Dao Mountain. They were also Yuan Ya Deity King’s disciples and joined Zhuo Ya in powering the Space Bottle, boosting its power and suppressing the other three.
Then, Feng Yuhuan, Shen Xiage, and Xie Yang immediately worked together to defend the Space Bottle’s power.
In this battle, all of them were forced to not hold back. The only way to stop was either to kill the others or be killed by the others.
Meanwhile, Zhong Yue’s thousand-winged ancient warship flew away from the battlefield and reached the backside of the Dao Mountain. It was safe here with the Dao Mountain holding off the powers from the battle.
Zhong Yue slowed the ship down and roamed around casually. The Innate Dao Mountain Sacred Ground was filled with many wonders. There were also many pavilions and palaces scattered all over the place.
