Crack!

Like the cracking of lake ice, cracks appeared one after another on the ancient altar, and decayed mist rose like steam.

The ground hummed, and rubble from the hall fell.

The three divine statues seemed to awaken simultaneously—a scholar, a giant deer, and a mountain ghost. Three immense phantoms suddenly appeared, emitting a dark light from their entire bodies as countless black runes surged into the altar like a tide.

"Hehe, awakened, you have finally awakened..."

After devouring the altar's seal, the Black Fish Demon was ashen, its scales constantly turning into fine powder and falling off, but it wasn't panicked at all. Instead, it laughed more frenziedly.

"Yunshan Monarch, you truly are a genius. The Soul Calming Spell was originally meant to pacify dead souls, and you turned it into this ghostly thing, forcing the Mountain Ancestor into slumber until now."

"But what's meant to come will eventually come..."

The three figures showed no emotion, still injecting dark light into the altar with all their might, as if acting purely on instinct.

But like a teapot leaking everywhere, the cracks on the altar increased, with yin qi frantically spraying out.

Boom!

The altar finally exploded from the inside out, debris wrapped in yin qi burst in all directions, and the three suppressive divine statues were flung far away.

The ground cracked open with a roar, revealing a pitch-black void from which came heavy panting, like the howling of mountain winds, vast and mighty.

Then, a tall shadow slowly revealed its head...

The Black Fish Demon was stunned,

"Mountain Ancestor, you... how did you become like this..."

Roar!

A massive dark hand instantly grasped toward him...

......

"Die for me!"

Zhang Kui, engulfed in Gang Evil, was fighting madly, his clothes in tatters, his hands radiating golden light. With a flicker, he leaped onto the Black Flood Dragon's head, sending scales and blood flying.

He wasn't the only one going crazy. Immortal Wu clung tightly to the Black Flood Dragon's neck, tearing with barbed tentacles, blood and flesh flying, down to the bone.

Peach Blossom Lady also revealed her true form, transforming into a massive, ferocious river worm, tearing open the Black Flood Dragon's belly, attempting to burrow inside.

Roar!

The Black Flood Dragon roared in pain, suddenly leaping into the sky, shrouded in a black cloud, spiraling and surging wildly like a black line.

Zhang Kui, proficient in Sword Flight, was unafraid, his sword light embedded in the Black Flood Dragon's body, unyielding despite the winds howling past his ears.

From a distance, the sky above the spiral Ta Mountain seethed with dark clouds, and the Black Flood Dragon, accompanied by rumbling thunder, churned within, burdened with a series of appendages.

Roar!

The desolate dragon's roar resounded once more.

Immortal Wu and Peach Blossom Lady were flung off, dragging large pieces of flesh and blood.

Zhang Kui experienced it too, the dragon's roar seemed to come from the horizon, like a massive hammer striking his Divine Soul, ringing his ears, and instantly dissipating the Protective Golden Light.

His mind went blank, but fortunately, over twenty stars in the dark began to shine again, and he gradually regained consciousness, realizing he was falling from a great height, the wind howling in his ears.

With this outbreak, the Dragon Pearl dimmed considerably, slowly merging into the Black Flood Dragon's body.

But Peach Blossom Lady and Immortal Wu were not so lucky.

The Black Flood Dragon's eyes were filled with bloodthirsty frenzy, its maw suddenly opening wide, spewing a deathly, emerald-green Flood Dragon Fire.

Peach Blossom Lady was instantly engulfed, her massive river worm form, in the blink of an eye, emitting white smoke, turning to charcoal.

A wisp of black smoke, entwining Peach Blossom Lady's Divine Soul, tried to escape, but the Black Flood Dragon opened its maw and inhaled sharply, the black smoke sucked into its belly amidst screams.

Peach Blossom Lady, dead.

With Peach Blossom Lady's Divine Soul replenished, the Black Flood Dragon King's wounds began to heal rapidly.

Seizing the advantage, it lunged down again, biting into the stunned body of Immortal Wu, its maw once more surging with Flood Dragon Fire.

"Let's die together!"

Immortal Wu awoke in pain, knowing his fate was sealed, and in his madness turned crimson, choosing to self-destruct his Divine Soul, determined to drag the Black Flood Dragon King down with him.

Rumble!

The self-destruction of a Mahayana Realm being was the equivalent of a peak strike, the Black Flood Dragon barely had time to release its bite before its jaw was blasted off, its entire body tilting backward.

On the ground, the Two-headed Yaksha Monarch, preparing spells, was dumbfounded, astonished that his comrades had suffered two deaths and one injury in such a short time, overwhelmed by fear and intent on fleeing.

At this moment, Zhang Kui's eyes suddenly snapped open, his entire body wreathed in sword light, the Protective Golden Light lighting up once more, and with a rumble, he vanished.

In the Yaksha King's eyes, he saw a golden line streak across the sky, shooting straight into the opening in the Black Flood Dragon King's mouth.

"Courting death!"

The Black Flood Dragon King was alarmed, Flood Dragon Fire surging again in its throat.

"Stabilize!"

Zhang Kui's Body Fixing Skill was used once more, though it only delayed the Flood Dragon Fire for an instant, it was enough for him to maneuver the sword light, bursting from the Black Flood Dragon King's head, blood and brain matter splattering, in his hand, he held the dimly glowing Dragon Pearl aloft.

The light in the Black Flood Dragon King's eyes began to fade, as a wisp of black smoke surrounded the divine soul and dispersed.

Buzz!

In an instant, hundreds of glittering golden flying swords appeared in the sky, forming the Eight Trigrams Soul Refining Array, trapping the Black Flood Dragon's divine soul in the center.

The Black Flood Dragon's divine soul, wrapped in black smoke, struggled madly and howled, but although the Eight Trigrams Sword Array wavered continuously, it maintained its formation.

"Stay put and die!"

Zhang Kui shouted in anger, using the Soul Capture Skill, leaping down from the air, his body shimmering with golden light, pinning the Black Flood Dragon's divine soul like a Subduing Demon Vajra.

The Black Flood Dragon King felt as if its divine soul was being pierced by countless sharp swords, suddenly staring at Zhang Kui and roaring, "You're not from the East Sea, you're from the human tribe!"

It turned out that Zhang Kui had unknowingly revealed his true form.

Since it was so, Zhang Kui saw no need to hide, his eyes blazing fiercely,

"Correct, remember who kills you, Zhang Kui of the Human Tribe National Guardian!"

A long howl sounded, and the Black Flood Dragon King unwillingly dissolved into nothingness, turning into rolling yin qi and dispersing.

Zhang Kui gasped for air skyward, and then with a flash of sword light, landed on the ground with a crash, rubble scattering, glaring directly at the Two-headed Yaksha King with bloodshot eyes.

"You... you're actually a human!"

The Yaksha King trembled all over, pointing at Zhang Kui, anger twisting his nose.

Zhang Kui's eyes were bloodshot, fierce and malevolent, he chuckled, revealing sharp white teeth.

The Two-headed Yaksha King felt an inexplicable chill, then exploded in fury, "A mere Divine Travel Realm, even with some skill, but you're heavily wounded, hurry and get out!"

Saying this, he himself felt something off.

However, Zhang Kui indeed looked miserable at the moment, even with the Protective Golden Light, part of his body was scorched by the Flood Dragon Fire, and a gash on his chest was deep enough to reveal bone.

"Noisy!"

Zhang Kui snorted coldly, walking forward enduring immense pain, his right hand opening to summon the flying sword by his side.

The Two-headed Yaksha King stared dumbfounded, watching the scars on Zhang Kui's body heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, crying out in despair in his heart.

That was Flood Dragon Fire, even bloodline demons would die upon contact, what kind of monster was this?

Still, he quickly spat out Cursed Red Smoke once more.

This was his specialty; even the Black Flood Dragon King wouldn't dare face it head-on, and although this human was peculiar, he wouldn't escape death.

Zhang Kui snorted coldly, using Crisis Resolution Skill, waving his hand to release a swath of clear light, instantly dispelling the red smoke of countless human wails as if meeting its nemesis.

The Yaksha King was stunned, eyes filled with disbelief, then a trace of fear as he retreated, roaring with bared fangs:

"Human tribe, just wait, for the hatred of destroying my Water Mansion, we will annihilate..."

Boom!

Behind him, the temple suddenly exploded, and a tall black figure emerged with a crash.

Stones flew, amid the rolling dust, a giant black hand suddenly reached out, grabbing the Yaksha King and biting him in half with a crunch.

Zhang Kui was taken aback, with a boom, his sword light flashed as he retreated into mid-air, narrowly avoiding another black hand.

In front of him was a colossal monster, with a head as big as a small mountain, its body oily black, three eyes glowing with bloodlight, its face lined with twisted tentacles, and a black disk hovering behind its head, buzzing and glimmering with an eerie light.

It was the same elderly divine spirit seen earlier in the temple, but now not a hint of benevolence, clearly an unparalleled demon king.

The peaks began collapsing with a rumble, and under Zhang Kui's Tongyou Skill, the egg-shaped void beneath the temple started to crack.

The void was meant to seal this creature, and more terrifyingly, this demonic entity was only partially emerged, not comparable to the Divine Corpse, but even more ferocious.

Zhang Kui felt chilled to the bone, gritting his teeth, instantly consuming ninety-four points to max out the Level 5 Array Formation Skill and Level 1 Talisman Skill.

Deep in the darkness of his mind, twenty-four stars twinkled.

Having eliminated the Black Flood Dragon King earned him ninety points, which, combined with the previous Divine Travel Realm defeat, accumulated two hundred points.

This did not go as planned, and continuously using powers made the Golden Core Seventh Transformation seem distant.

Yet there was no time to care about those things now, for if this creature escaped, another disaster no less severe than the Locust Demon would be upon us.

Throughout the battle, Zhang Kui found a significant weakness in himself, that is, his Demon-slaying Skill Gang Evil level was too low, significantly reducing the power of his Flying Sword Skill.

More importantly, his current effective means of attack were limited to the Flying Sword Skill.

Although breaking ten thousand laws with one sword was exhilarating, if the sword light was ineffective, it was quite embarrassing.

Fortunately, having learned the Array Formation Skill and Talisman Skill, these could significantly make up for it to some extent.

In almost an instant, a wealth of array and talisman knowledge fused seamlessly, Zhang Kui floated in the air, his eyes shining with the light of the sun and moon, having thoroughly assessed the surroundings.

Although the systems were different, he could generally guess that Treasure Pagoda Mountain was equivalent to a divine path magical treasure, condensing the void to trap the demon.

And those black runes, originally tranquil, were now extremely malicious, dissipating divine souls if touched by ordinary people, yet capable of keeping the demon asleep.

The battle outside damaged the mountain, but not enough to unseal it, something must have occurred inside.

Yet there was no time for investigation, Zhang Kui took a deep breath, controlled the sword light, and soared into the high sky.

Buzz!

The Divine Court Bell was summoned, golden light pierced through the black mist, and the ringing echoed throughout the space…

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