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Chapter 685: Chapter 71 Four Pillars Dragon Eye Fiend Chapter 685: Chapter 71 Four Pillars Dragon Eye Fiend “`

The white skeleton was about to burst through the flesh, and the remaining nineteen bones all cheered and shrieked together, as if welcoming the arrival of some great moment.

Muni howled to the sky, for he had never tasted something so delicious since his birth, nor felt such surging power.

The twentieth white skeleton pushed against Muni’s chest until the skin cracked, but ultimately, the growth stalled before breaking through. Just as Muni was indulging in the supreme pleasure of devouring, the skeleton’s failure to break through startled him awake from his satisfaction.

“…”

He looked around, and the landscape in his vision was covered with a layer of blood-red steam, presenting a desolate and eerie scene of apocalypse.

Without Muni making any move, the skeletons in his chest opened their wide mouths and devoured the blood-red steam that filled the sky, clearing the heavens and the sea.

The originally opulent land was now left with nothing, even the sea water had evaporated dozens of meters due to the Ambota Volcano Bacteria. Firstly vaporized by the Ambota Volcano Bacteria, and then consumed by Muni.

Muni stood alone atop the Dragon Head, with most of the large, dark green body of the dragon already emerging from the water. The eyes of the Dragon Head were now dull and lifeless, and almost all the divine and evil spirits from the Four Pillars had made their appearance, but none could trouble him. Instead, they propelled him into an unprecedentedly powerful state.

Muni looked down at the sea, his body’s adorned jewels had long decayed and fallen apart, but the nineteen lively and intact skeleton heads around his chest stood out. Among the many huge cracks on his back and abdomen, one could see the tangible ribs and writhing organs, reminiscent of the Buddha carving flesh from his body, a figure reduced to skin and bones.

He seemed calm, yet his desires and capabilities had swelled to unmatched levels, much like those who had once chased the power of the Tri-Orb Device…

Just a little more, with just a bit more to consume, Muni knew that when the twentieth skeleton saw the light of day, he would truly break free from his golden chains, tear the jade locks, and enter the realm of the Five Directions Elder!

But there was no longer anything left to eat around him.

For a long time, he gazed at the giant turtle in his hands and said softly, “Se Kong once told me that if I faced mortal danger, I should devour you, but if not, I should bring you back to the Life Realm.”

The giant turtle locked eyes with Muni: “Are you suggesting that you’re not going to listen to Se Kong’s advice?”

Muni remained silent for a while, then suddenly opened his mouth wide and swallowed the giant turtle. After just one chew, suddenly, two rays of light quickly shot from the Dragon Eyes, aiming directly towards Muni. Without thinking, Muni opened his mouth wide as the grievously injured Qian Wu seized the opportunity, leaping into Muni’s throat. The two streaks of light followed, swallowed by Muni into his belly.

Muni pursed his lips tightly, ready for battle. Each time light had flown from the Dragon Eyes before, it was the thunder tribulation and Life Fiend, causing chaos amidst flying clouds. He expected the same this time. However, after waiting for quite some time, there was no movement. He only felt his eyelids grow heavy, already shaken by the immense power brought by the Ambota Volcano Bacteria, and now he fell soundly asleep.

“Got him.”

Outside the Taixu Compass, Zhang Zhongshan slapped his thigh: “Eight Specials and Nine Uglies, a stroke of fate, that demon has fallen into the pot, the matter is settled.”

But the elder who first proposed the use of the Eight Specials and Nine Uglies, as well as the stroke of fate to deal with Muni, said nothing, stroking his beard in silence.

“Yong Ji, why the silence?”

Zhang Zhongshan asked.

The elder answered, “Subjecting this demon to the suffering of a hundred cycles of reincarnation, letting his inner fire consume him, that method would work even against one with indestructible divine powers, making him unable to escape the ordeal. But these Eight Specials and Nine Uglies, as well as the stroke of fate, are also in line with the final chasm to ascension. Since ancient times, there have been tales of mortals enduring the torment of the seven emotions and six desires and ultimately attaining ascension. If he survives this, I fear he might…”

“Might what?”

Zhao Xin asked.

“Five Directions Elder.”

Jin Ye answered for the elder.

…

“North~”

Se Kong laid out a card dispiritedly.

They had already reached the last hand of the fourth round, and by now it was mostly Se Kong losing to the other three.

There’s no need to mention Zhao Jianzhong, as even Wenle had won more than fifty thousand life chips from Se Kong. It should be noted that according to Ying Tianshou’s valuation, Wenle’s entire fortune was only worth just over a hundred and ten thousand.

However, Se Kong’s life chips remained at their limit of nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, never touched, which implied that Se Kong’s actual life chips truly exceeded this number.

“Pong.”

“`

Wenle said.

“Don’t touch it.”

Se Kong glared at Wenle, “Whose side are you on?”

“Alright, alright, I won’t touch it, won’t touch it.”

Wenle gestured with his hands in refusal.

Wenle didn’t touch, so he drew cards for Zhao Jianzhong. He glanced at the Nine of Bamboos in his hand and smoothed out his hand of tiles, “Thirteen Wonders, seven times the score. Self-drawn, that’s an extra time, making it eight times in total.”

The chips were counted and flipped, the bet was two hundred. Each of the three players lost fifty-one thousand two hundred points to eight times the score.

Zhao Jianzhong won over one hundred and fifty thousand life chips in one go, equivalent to winning a person at the peak of the Six Ministries.

Wenle silently watched Se Kong.

Se Kong turned his face away, not looking at him.

“You can’t play like that.”

Wenle patiently explained, “You have to watch what cards others are playing. If they play characters or dots, it means they need bamboos. It’s almost the end of the game. If someone dares to throw out such a live tile like five characters, it’s clear they’re going for a big hand. I’ve already kept two Nine of Bamboos. If you let me ‘Pong’ this one, I could have used the three Nines to make a ‘Chicken Hand’.”

Se Kong muttered resentfully, “I’m almost getting it. Let’s play, keep playing.”

Wenle sighed. He glanced at Se Kong’s remaining life chips, which finally showed some change, turning into nine hundred and ninety-eight million and some. Se Kong had already lost over thirty million life chips before, and this round he lost another fifty thousand plus.

“Originally Se Kong’s life chips were around one thousand and thirty-five million.”

Wenle silently noted this down.

…

Li Yan felt disconnected from both heaven and earth, and the boiling steam all around him gradually thinned out, the pale gastric juices encroaching step by step. Once these gastric juices completely digested the steam, he would be next, and not even gods could save him then.

“I see you won’t last much longer either. You figure out how to save yourself; don’t worry about me anymore.”

The pelican that was Ye Shiru spoke.

Li Yan ignored her. If Muni digested Ye Shiru and gained a Heavenly Yi Noble Life, perhaps the Feng Shui Realm would no longer be able to contain it, rendering Zhao Jianzhong’s plan essentially a miscarriage.

Suddenly, a massive object fell from above. It was a black giant tortoise, its shell cut in two by Muni’s teeth, barely clinging together by bits of flesh. Qian Wu’s head hung low, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

“Mr. Wu?”

Li Yan watched with wide eyes as Qian Wu fell from above. Without the protection of Soul-forgiving Water, whatever Muni’s gastric juice or the Ambota Volcano Bacteria touched would mean instant death, both horrific substances. Qian Wu, bitten by Muni and on his last breath, had crumbled beyond recognition after being corroded by the two.

But Li Yan had keen eyes; he noticed a faint white light emerging from the giant tortoise’s mouth. It was this very light that was keeping Qian Wu alive, preventing him from being completely digested by Muni until now.

Qian Wu also spotted Li Yan and Ye Shiru. He seemed to want to draw closer, but no longer had the strength.

Without hesitation, Li Yan pushed himself to approach Qian Wu, barely shrouding Qian Wu’s remaining torn body with the last of his Soul-forgiving Water.

“Mr. Wu?”

Qian Wu opened his mouth and expelled a white light towards Li Yan. Li Yan caught it in his hands; it was a white ruyi, burning hot to the touch.

[Four Pillars Dragon Eye Fiend](Incomplete)

Category: Sequence Earth*Jiazi 259 Core Product

Quality: Unique

The essence of the left eye of a Dragon Vein, combining the viciousness of four Pillars. Lacking the Gu Luan Fiend and the Ten Evils Grand Defeat. Upon collecting all Life Fiends, one can complete any stage of the ultimate Yan Fu event, including the final phase.