Essence Devouring Art

”Damn it, how can it be this terrifying?”

The Dharma Phase Practitioners on the outer perimeter were like leaves in a gale of scorching wind. Many low-level Starships disintegrated and burst into flames.

They never expected this.

The energy unleashed by the enraged Yong Bird was so horrifying it had nearly wiped everyone out in a single move.

”YONG!”

With the tables turned,

the Yong Bird was consumed by bloodlust. It spread its wings—a sea of fire that blotted out the starry sky—and with a single flap covering millions of miles, it began to rapidly circle the hunting ground, enveloping all four factions within.

RUMBLE—

As the Yong Bird wheeled through the sky at extreme speed,

a Wind-Fire Tornado on a star-system-destroying scale was born. It was like a black hole of roaring flames, tearing apart and melting layer after layer of the void across the Ten Directions of the universe, causing it to explode into countless fragments.

Further away,

stars above the great land shattered and disintegrated, caught in a rapid spiral of annihilation around the central Wind-Fire Tornado.

BANG! BANG! BANG!—

Within the hunting ground,

the various factions’ Starships were instantly blown to pieces and disintegrated by the might of the Wind-Fire Tornado. Only the Grotto Heaven Level motherships could barely withstand the assault.

”Abomination!!”

A Heaven Opening, thunderous roar exploded!

Lie Huang was the first to recover. He roared through gritted teeth, finally getting serious.

”Tyrant Flame Fist, kill!!”

BOOM!!

The sky-filling wind and fire quaked and exploded!

Lie Huang formed a Fist Seal and unleashed his killing move.

His magnificent Heaven-Supporting Physique stood like the Stabilizing Needle, erupting with an endless torrent of stellar Earth Evil Qi. Imposingly fierce, he charged through the storm toward the rapidly spinning Yong Bird.

”Kill!!”

CLANG!

The Alliance Leader of the Qianzai Alliance also unleashed his power. With all four sabers drawn, he manifested the Fourfold World of terrifying calamities—Wind, Sun, Miasma, and Decay. The supremely ominous gleam of his blades tore through the wind and fire, his combative power surging dramatically.

VMMMM—

On the other side,

the Vacuum World on the Vacuum Sect’s lotus throne seemed to have taken a Great Nourishing Pill. Burning a massive amount of Power of Faith, the divine light cast by the Mother of the Void swirled with countless white mantras as she launched an all-out assault on the Yong Bird’s soul.

”Bind!!”

The Dharma Alliance also rallied their forces.

Dozens of Dharma Phase Practitioners joined forces. Combining their various Divine Power Dharma Aspects, they shot out pitch-black chains that snaked toward the Yong Bird, the source of the destructive storm.

A new round of the great battle erupted.

The cry of the Desolate God, the Yong Bird.

The war cries of the Human Race.

Beams of deadly light smashed into and shattered the destructive Wind-Fire Tornado, the shockwaves shaking an area of tens of millions of miles and knocking ruined stars down into rubble, as if Gods and Demons were at war.

The terrain surrounding the distant Lost Star constantly exploded and was annihilated, forcing the activation of its City Defense Array, which shuddered violently in the storm.

The battle was incredibly brutal.

Both sides were now fighting with true fury, clashing madly.

All sorts of Divine Power Dharma Aspects flashed amidst the Chaos.

Rivers of blood, carrying flesh and tissue, gushed out only to evaporate. Mountain-sized crimson feathers shattered and flew in all directions, starting terrifying conflagrations in the distance.

”YONG!!”

A wretched cry of pain exploded.

The besieged Yong Bird was severely wounded.

One of its wings was pierced by the frenzied Lie Huang, one of its talons was lopped off by the Romer Killing Saber, and its soul was thrown into utter chaos by the Mother of the Void’s converting divine light.

Even upon its sun-like physique,

pitch-black, chilling chains, jointly cast by the Dharma Alliance, were coiled, suppressing the eruption of its Divine Fire. It had completely lost the domineering aura it possessed when it first appeared.

However, the Human Race’s side was not faring much better.

The First Layer of Lie Huang’s Fiery Flame Body Image had been extinguished, and his entire body was scorched black with wounds that would be difficult to heal.

Cracks had appeared on the Romer Killing Saber.

The Vacuum Sect’s Supreme Mother had become somewhat ethereal, as if her Power of Faith was about to be completely burned away.

As for the Dharma Alliance,

several Dharma Phase Practitioners had died, and many were already thinking of retreating. If they couldn’t take down the bird soon, they would definitely flee.

”Insects! All of you, die for me!!”

Just as the Human Race factions were preparing to deliver the final blow, the grievously wounded Yong Bird suddenly shrieked in madness. An extremely dangerous aura erupted from the four eyeballs on its face.

DING! DING! DING! DING!—

At almost the same instant,

the sound of alarm bells, warning of a life-and-death crisis, rang violently within the Heart Lake of every Human Race cultivator.

DING—

Deep within the continent,

Wu Dao’s brow furrowed slightly. The alarm bells in his Heart Lake chimed as well, and knowing the Yong Bird was about to risk everything, he rapidly raised his Invulnerable Gang Shield.

POP! POP! POP! POP!—

In the same instant Wu Dao raised his Invulnerable Gang Shield, an almost imperceptible shattering sound echoed across the battlefield.

The Yong Bird’s four pale eyeballs exploded.

Four seemingly insignificant wisps of flame that exuded a feeling of infinite danger merged into the void.

And then, VMMMM—

Spacetime fell silent. All things ceased to move!

The moment an invisible wave swept across the battlefield, the surging divine light, the shattering continent, and the horrified Human Race cultivators all froze in place as if someone had pressed pause.

VMMM—

Another tremor ran through the air.

White flames began to kindle within every cultivator’s body. The temperature skyrocketed, burning their souls and flesh, their Divine Power Dharma Aspects, and even their Faith and Willpower.

All the hunters were like weeds in a great drought, rapidly dehydrating and withering under a scorching sun.

Some with weaker cultivations even began to spontaneously combust from every direction. Yet they were unable to move an inch, forced to watch helplessly as they evaporated into human torches.

The Yong Bird clan’s Lifebound Divine Technique—

Drought World Pupil!

As far as the eye could see,

all things in the universe were no longer masters of their own fate. Spring turned to drought as everything evaporated, withered, and spontaneously combusted.

Normally, even if the Yong Bird had used its full power, it couldn’t have frozen all the various hunters to use such a terrifying Lifebound Great Divine Technique.

But the situation was desperate.

If it didn’t risk its life,

it would have been worn down and killed on the spot by the besieging Human Race. It would have had no chance to complete the mission given to it by the supreme existence.

Therefore, to escape its predicament,

the Yong Bird had instantly detonated the four eyes it had spent over a hundred thousand years refining with its Lifebound Divine Technique. It paid a heavy price to push the might of its Divine Technique to the absolute Limit.

”YONG!!”

After detonating its four Divine Pupils,

the Yong Bird had indeed escaped its predicament.