Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

In the dark starry sky, the various kings held numerous sacrificial instruments, surrounding King Spider Star and laying out array patterns.

King Spider Star herself spread her eight pitch-black spider legs in all directions, spitting out transparent spider web ripples that spread for hundreds of miles, thousands of miles, tens of thousands of miles, until the spider silk completely vanished, spreading into the vast and boundless starry sky.

Awe was evident in the eyes of the kings.

King Spider Star’s family, known as the Bu Xu Clan, possessed an unusual bloodline that contained the power of divination. They had strong innate talents in this regard.

As such, the Bu Xu Clan has always been the core followers of Great Emperors and Imperial Heirs.

The most core descendants of the family would only follow Ancient Emperors and Ancient Imperial Sons, never wandering outside, for only then would they have the chance to rise to prominence and ascend to Great Emperor status—a privilege unmatched by any Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure or position of power.

This time, Cangkong Imperial Child had paid a heavy price, mainly because of King Spider Star.

The strength of Blood River King was secondary; he was not unbeatable.

The main issue was that this Slave King was incredibly good at fleeing!

When few in number, he would pounce, submerging his enemies in the blood river, with no bottom line or dignity of a strong warrior, picking on the weak, leaving many royal families trembling with fear and chilling to the bone.

More people?

The Slave King would flee instantly, and they couldn’t catch up with him at all!

That was the tricky part; like an annoying fly, critically though, they couldn’t just ignore him. This fly possessed terrifying combat power, and by himself, could drag down an entire army.

That was the problem.

”Blood River King...”

Cangkong Imperial Child’s eyes gleamed fiercely, patiently waiting.

Unknowingly, several months passed.

In the heavens and earth, within the starry sky, ripples started to tremble like water waves. From these waves, the spider silk was gradually retracted, rushing back into King Spider Star’s outspread legs like swallows returning to their nest.

These transparent ripples seemed to bring some kind of invisible yet heavy substance from the starry sky; with every piece retracted, King Spider Star’s body shuddered, her complexion turned paler, and her aura weakened.

In the end, King Spider Star’s once vibrant face had turned as pale as paper, her body emaciated, her aura exceedingly frail.

Yet, her gaze was very bright.

”This Slave King is truly extraordinary.”

”It was my oversight.”

King Spider Star spoke with admiration, incredulously saying, ”To divine and lock onto him, the energy spent is almost half that of divining an Imperial Child, surpassing the majority of the Imperial Clan kings.”

”To achieve such with the body of the Slave Clan is indeed remarkable talent.”

”How did it turn out?”

Cangkong Imperial Child inquired, not concerned with these matters.

They had come to know too much about the real and fake Blood River King over the years and were not interested.

”Blood River King has been successfully locked on.”

”Lord Cangkong.”

King Spider Star said with a charming laugh, ”Even if he is an Elite, he is merely an Alien Clan Genius. Once the Imperial Clan gets serious and is willing to pay a higher price, it’s just a matter of quick annihilation.”

”This Slave King is now in the Magic Vine Minor Realm.”

”Don’t worry, my lord, if he moves or flees, I can immediately lock onto him again, not letting him escape another time.”

”Magic Vine Minor Realm?”

Cangkong Imperial Child was overjoyed and somewhat surprised.

He was aware of that blood river in the Magic Vine Minor Realm, but he didn’t believe that was the true body of Blood River King, thinking it was just a false body deliberately released.

Over the past years, such false bodies and avatars were countless, keeping Cangkong Imperial Child and the kings exhausted from the pursuit.

Unexpectantly, the true body of Blood River King was cultivating in the sky of the Magic Vine Minor Realm so openly, without any concealment.

Such audacity was brazen to the extreme!

”Let’s go!”

”Follow me and slay the slave!”

Cangkong Imperial Child stood up abruptly without a moment’s delay, his heart’s murderous intent accumulating to the extreme over the past decades, no longer able to wait even for an instant.

”Wait a moment, Lord Cangkong.”

King Spider Star bowed slightly.

She extended her delicate hand, releasing an ancient-looking scroll, full of slash and stab marks, exceedingly worn and tattered.

This scroll, as soon as it appeared, swallowed the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and continuously expanded, unrolling the painting. The depiction was not particularly magnificent; it was merely a painting of a twilight village with streams, where fish swam in the river and a shepherd boy drove an old cow home under a tree, all sketched with succinct ink brush strokes.

The scroll instantly expanded to a size of tens of thousands of feet, with small rivers and villages, shepherd boys included, it could easily accommodate thousands of people for cultivation.

”Ancient God’s Path Painting Boat?”

Many kings were startled, then overjoyed beyond measure, no longer harboring any worry.

With this painting boat here, Blood River King’s wishful thinking of escaping at will became impossible!

Truly worthy of being Cangyan Ancient Emperor’s Son!

He thought of everything; they had felt the Ancient Imperial Son was arrogant, but now all that remained was admiration.

The kings ascended one by one onto the riverside village, sitting cross-legged by the scenic riverside.

King Spider Star called for fine wine and exquisite dishes, inviting top-grade dancers of the Ten Thousand Clans to entertain the kings, talking and laughing merrily, discussing major events of the Horned Ming Realm at ease, unlike the cold and deliberate distancing when facing Lord Cangkong, giving everyone a sense of warm hospitality.

While the kings were engaged in conversation, the riverside village rose into the air, becoming a streak of light far surpassing the peak of king-level power, flying towards the distance.

”What a marvelous treasure this painting boat is.”

”Used in personal fights or on the battlefield, it is a supreme weapon, Xiantian inherently holds an unbeatable position.”

Overlord Blade King drained his cup of fine wine and exclaimed, ”It’s a pity that, after the territorial wars for Sovereign power and numerous internal clan conflicts, these damaged boats have decreased in number.”

”In the past, an ancestor of mine even managed to control one.”

”Nowadays, only a few honorable individuals within the Ancient Emperor Family possess one, rarely seen.”

”I wonder if the imperial clan’s treasure, the boundless Star River scroll, still remains as before?”

Overlord Blade King asked with slight concern.

This clan’s treasured weapon had established remarkable merits in the war against the Skull Blood Vine Demon Clan, but it had also suffered severe damage, and the clan had always been trying to repair it.

”It should have been repaired by now.”

A king spoke out, ”Such treasures are jointly managed by Ancient Emperors under an oath not to use them in internal clan conflicts, so there should be no damage.”

”That’s good, that’s good.”

Overlord Blade King repeated.

”Such imperial clan treasures like the boundless Star River scroll are too far out of our reach.”

Lord Cangkong didn’t put on airs and easily conversed with the kings, saying, ”I’ve heard that since long ago, the imperial clan has been trying to replicate the Ancient God’s Path Painting Boat. Since the ten generations before my lonely ancestor, it has been this way, I wonder if there has been any success?”

”If the achievement is successful, each king of the imperial clan could have a boat of their own, capable of offense and escape, Xiantian positions are unbeatable, wouldn’t that be delightful?”

All surrounding kings cast their gaze towards King Spider Star.

This matter was a well-known secret among the Horned Demon Imperial Clan’s kings, but only a few kings under the command of Cangyan Ancient Emperor’s Son were truly involved in this matter.

”This...”

”There has been some progress.”

King Spider Star hesitated for a moment, eventually speaking out.

”What does that mean?”

Some kings probed to the bottom of it.

”It means there hasn’t been much progress.”

”Spare me some face, gentlemen.”

King Spider Star forced a smile, ”Within our imperial clan, everyone is adept at Body Refinement and combat, these come naturally, no need for any teaching.”

”But regarding that elegant art of painting, the meticulous Artifact Refining, Formation Method... Although the Great Emperors intend to cultivate more talent in these areas within our clan, our clan’s population is also small, and few have the talent for painting, Formation Dao, and Artifact Refining. We’ve yet to find any prodigies.”

”For example, asking all of you to set aside Body Refinement during your youth and focus solely on painting, would you be willing?”

”...”

The kings looked at each other.

”Hahahahaha...”

Then, they all burst into laughter.

Just imagining the scene of powerful kings who dominate battlefields, putting down their weapons and picking up brushes to learn painting like weak slaves, sent shivers down their spines and yet was too comical to resist.

”That’s the difficulty.”

”In the imperial clan, regardless of gender, age, or youth, everyone excels at Body Refinement and combat, but finding talent in the art of painting is not easy.”

King Spider Star said helplessly, ”Because of this, the Great Emperors plan to cultivate one or two loyal individuals from the Slave Clan specialized in this path, with the Human Race, Wood Demon Clan, Grass Demon Clan, Fox Tribe, Soul Eating Demon, etc. under consideration.”

”The Human Race seems most suitable, but this clan’s rebelliousness is indeed too deep, seeming risky to treat as a Slave Clan.”

”There was a Great Emperor who suggested granting more respect to the Human Race, to exterminate them...”

As the kings chatted leisurely, a streak of light crossed the sky, enveloping the Magic Vine Minor Realm’s Blood River with a profound intent to kill.