Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 734 - 729: Against 1

Chapter 734: Chapter 729: Against 1

"Does the Honored Master mean... catch them off guard?"

Lin Xin felt a surge of joy, immediately grasping the meaning.

"Indeed."

This time, the Dragon Serpent Realm is in peril. I suspect there are insiders from Green Lake Mountain collaborating from within and without. Otherwise, how could everything have so coincidentally come together.

There’s also the person who injured me last time... I worry they might also come."

The gaze of the Dragon Serpent dimmed.

"Disciple understands." Lin Xin nodded.

"Additionally, take this."

Suddenly, the Dragon Serpent lifted the vermilion pearl from the ground and handed it to Lin Xin.

"After I comprehended the origin, the Land for God Worship no longer needs this realm artifact. You will need to re-cultivate a new realm artifact, so you can directly use this one."

"The Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads..." Lin Xin did not refuse. At this point, there was no need for politeness between master and disciple.

Taking the treasure bead, he immediately sensed as if countless violent and raging fire elemental forces were inside, madly wanting to burst forth.

"These Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads inherently have the marvelous use of suppressing the world’s fire power. If the fire elemental force is insufficient, they can also release and transform to maintain balance. It can be said to be an extremely rare treasure among realm artifacts.

It will be of great help in your Land for God Worship. Do not show it to others to avoid attracting disasters."

"Disciple understands..." Lin Xin’s heart tightened. Even the now advanced Honored Master calls it a treasure, which certainly means it is at least at the level of an ancient divine artifact, perhaps even better.

"It’s even more precious than an ancient artifact."

Seemingly noticing Lin Xin’s speculation, the Dragon Serpent smiled.

"Unless absolutely necessary, when it’s a matter of life and death, do not use it to hit people. Once you use it... sigh, you’ll understand what I mean then."

Dragon Serpent seemed to recall their own past situation and closed their mouth, saying no more.

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In the central area of the Dragon Serpent Realm.

Through massive rivers of magma, countless black hounds engulfed in fierce flames were madly running towards the Deep Fire Palace.

Behind them, one by one, red-armored, ram-horned demon figures floated, driving the hounds forward.

Bang!

A huge beast with exceptionally large feet, akin to a dinosaur, its chest embedded with a vermilion crystal, followed the demon figures’ troop closely.

They numbered in the thousands.

Further back, large groups of giant bats, their wings aflame, screeched as they flapped towards the Deep Fire Palace.

They were escorting several red-hot metal flying battleships, slowly flying toward the Deep Fire Palace.

Aboard one of the battleships.

Huanniu stood alongside two red-cloaked, ram-horned men, looking out over the barren, desolate lands of the Dragon Serpent Realm below.

"How boring, there’s nothing even worth plundering," one of the red-bearded men said impatiently.

"If it weren’t for the fact that this is an obligatory passage, that one must go through here to enter the Mortal Realm, why would we bother coming here and wasting military power?"

The other ram-horned man similarly expressed displeasure.

"As long as the two brothers help me kill that Dragon Serpent and his disciple, after the event, you won’t miss out on your share!"

At this, Huanniu quickly stepped forward to promise.

Wuu...!

Suddenly a desolate horn sound came from the vast army behind them.

At the edge of the sky, numerous black holes suddenly appeared, from which large groups of vermilion firebirds flew out.

Each of these firebirds was a kilometer long.

With a gentle flap of their wings, countless fierce flames scattered.

"The Phoenix Clan has actually come too!"

On the battleship, the big-bearded ram-horned man became annoyed.

"Always swooping in to profit, typical of the Phoenix Clan, they’re everywhere."

"These greedy creatures!"

Huanniu was also disgusted.

They had arranged everything, driven the large army tediously, and captured the entrance passage between the Earth Fire Realm and the Dragon Serpent Realm.

Now, these Phoenixes are just rushing over to benefit from others’ hardship.

As for the Phoenix Divine Bird, while it may be seen as a sacred symbol in the eyes of mortals,

Among Earth Immortal cultivators...

Wherever these dead birds go, it is always a "three-all" policy.

Burn everything, eat everything, rob everything!

Their wings stir up endless fierce flames, burning everything in their path. What remains and is left unburned is then picked over for anything edible.

Whatever isn’t edible but survives the Phoenix flames surely must be valuable,

Without a doubt, it all gets swept away with a flick of their wings!

Thus, wherever the Phoenix Clan has passed, the land is scorched bare, leaving not a blade of grass.

Over time, the reputation of these birds has only worsened.

"Really annoying!" the ram-horned man turned away, unable to watch, and left.

"We can’t beat these firebirds, nor can we drive them away!" Huanniu was also vexed.

Fortunately, they were soon arriving at the Deep Fire Palace.

A hidden sentry of the Dragon Serpent Realm up ahead was discovered, causing a huge explosion.

Several Blood Dragons were killed by countless fierce flame bats that swooped down, directly exhausting them to death.

The army rolled forward, pressing into the core area of the Dragon Serpent Realm.

At this time, the troops from the Weaving Emperor Realm hadn’t arrived yet; they were also waiting for this gap to give the Earth Fire Realm time to launch a full assault.

Although the two sides had no communication, their coordination was exceptionally tacit.

Huan Niu stood on the flying battleship, overlooking the area below.

This time, he had persuaded the two great commanders of the Earth Fire Realm to attack the Dragon Serpent Realm together, merely to open the gateway to the royal child’s Sword Technique.

One of the commanders, named Chen Youzhi, was originally a Fire-Power Cultivator from the Mortal World who had transformed. He commanded eighteen generals, all brave and proficient in battle, with cultivation levels all around the Fifth Rank.

The other commander, Luo Feng, controlled four Vajras, all capable of valiantly charging through thousands of troops, all at the Fifth Rank of Earth Immortal Great Perfection, already arranging the land for god worship. Compared to those so-called Fifth Rank Dao soldiers, the difference in strength was like heaven and earth.

Now bringing out such family resources, if they were defeated this time, they would likely be suppressed by other commanders once they returned to the Earth Fire Realm.

Thus, both were bound to assist with all their might.

Thinking of this, Huan Niu felt slightly more settled.

Only...

He glanced subtly towards a dark corner of the flying battleship.

There, a swirl of black mist continuously spun.

"It’s one thing for people from Shadow City to come, but what does it mean for the Evil God to send someone too?" But now the power of the Mortal Realm was too great, connected with the Demon God faction, pressuring the Myriad Realms.

The Evil God was considered an ally worth connecting with for the Earth Fire Realm, so the two commanders hadn’t actively driven them away.

It’s just that the Evil God had always been notoriously bad, so everyone generally kept their distance.

"Does Daoist Huan Niu have something on his mind?"

Faintly, two dim red eyes started glowing, and a murmuring voice carried over.

"Daoist Hei Shang, are you truly here just to watch the battle?"

Huan Niu asked indifferently.

"What do you think? With such a large army and capable generals, and many strong individuals from the Earth Fire Realm around, even if I, Hei Shang, were to attempt something, it would merely be seeking my own death," laughed the black mist. "What else might worry you?"

"Indeed..." Despite this, Huan Niu did not hide his suspicion towards Hei Shang.

After all, within the ranks of the Evil Gods, many types existed, some naturally lacking in sense, acting recklessly without considering consequences—quite normal behavior.

"The Dragon Serpent is critically ill this trip, none other can stop our army from crushing everything in its path, what else is there to worry about?"

Thinking this, Huan Niu no longer paid much attention to this individual.

"Report!!!"

Suddenly, a giant bat flew towards the flying battleship.

"Great master, there’s been a disturbance at the Earth Fire column ahead!"

One of the commanders, Luo Feng, immediately frowned.

"What’s the matter?"

"The Earth Fire column seems unstable, passing by with the army might trigger fluctuations, causing..."

Before he could finish, a massive explosion roared directly from ahead.

Standing on the flying battleship, they could only see countless bright golden lights scattering in front of them, instantly filling their entire field of vision.

The ground shook, and the sky was full of gold radiance and intense burning sensations.

Boom!!!

Suddenly, another giant column of fire shot up from the ground.

This time, a dark red column of fire burst directly in the center of the army and then exploded.

Countless fragments of magma scattered everywhere, directly blasting the nearby parts of the army to death without a trace.

The high temperature instantly slaughtered more than half of the army’s ground forces.

Some of the giant bats also did not escape disaster, instantly having their wings broken and set ablaze, many plummeting to the ground.

Instantly, the entire army was thrown into chaos.

"What’s going on!!? Weren’t the Flame Sorcerers suppressing the Earth Fire?"

The two commanders on the flying battleship were both astonished and furious.

"How could there still be an explosion of Earth Fire bursting forth!"

Both shouted at their trusted generals, constantly inquiring about the situation or loudly commanding the troops.

Unfortunately, the explosions of these Earth Fire columns had power equivalent to several hundred Human Immortals combining in a self-destruct.

Even Earth Immortals could only avoid them temporarily, let alone the ordinary soldiers of the Earth Fire Realm.

The strongest were at most at the Golden Core Foundation Establishment; the weakest were merely at the Qi Cultivation Innate level.

Upon encounter with the exploding fragments, most living beings were instantly shattered and melted without even a whimper.

Bright red light exploded endlessly.

The natural power of heaven and earth was such that even Earth Immortals could not resist its sharpness.

Earth Immortals could only manage to control a small area around themselves.

The larger the area, the more diffuse the force when magic was applied, naturally weakening it significantly.

For a time, hundreds of Spirit Miles around, countless Earth Fire columns shot up, each bursting violently.

In an instant, countless were dead or injured.

Somewhere on the top of a distant volcano.

Lin Xin held the Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads in his hand, staring wide-eyed at the scene of this natural disaster unfolding before him.

Faint traces of a recent explosive surge of mana still lingered on the bead in his hand.

Tens of millions from the Earth Fire Realm’s vast army, merely by the strength of such a bead, had drawn upon the Dragon Serpent Realm’s Power of Earth Fire to suppress and disastrously decimate them.

He had actually done nothing but hold the bead at the mouth of the volcano and stirred the Elemental Energy a few times.

Then he watched as the entire Dragon Serpent Realm seemingly transformed in an instant.

A natural disaster struck in the blink of an eye.

Gazing at the rapidly disintegrating army in the distance, Lin Xin felt somewhat dazed.

Such a formidable enemy, so easily vanquished?

"Do not be careless, Lieshan. The power of the Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads is boundless, merely because it is a Realm Artifact and used in its own realm, so its power is extremely great," the voice of his Honored Master, Dragon Serpent, carried from afar.

"But using it in this way, even powerful beings at the level of Earth Immortal and even Human Immortal will not be affected much, merely disrupting the formation."