Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1048 - 902: Stone Dragon

Chapter 1048: Chapter 902: Stone Dragon

Whoosh!

The slender red jade tobacco pipe was gently held by crimson lips; suddenly, it exhaled a faint wisp of smoke.

The smoke swirled, transforming into three-tailed white fox, its long tails like a cloak, lingering around the Nine-Tailed Great Saint.

"Hehe..."

She was dressed in gorgeous, dignified apparel, yet the hem of her skirt was torn open all the way to the base, revealing her pale, slender legs that resembled ivory.

Her snow-white feet bore no shoes, displaying the cinnabar red polish on her nails.

"These alien races really think that by taking out a bit of their broken copper and iron savings, they can match the heritage of our three clans? If that were so, they wouldn’t have nearly been annihilated..."

The Nine-Tailed Great Saint leisurely puffed on her dry tobacco pipe, her fingernails flickering with a sharp luminescence as she spoke, "In my view, among the battle arrays of those alien races, only the Stone Clan and the Jiuchi Clan have something worth watching... Now, they’re simply thrown into chaos by a mere execution platform of the human race. Truly shameful to the extreme."

"The Bull Head Bronze Execution Platform... is no ordinary treasure."

Standing next to the Nine-Tailed Great Saint was a diminutive elder.

His eyes seemed only the size of green beans, his body stooped, his face gaunt and lean with a goatee beard, and at the moment, he stood with hands clasped behind his back, murmuring, "Moreover... the human race has also brought out Wu Xingzi’s banner flags... This is not their usual style; there must have been a huge change within them!"

"Perhaps the honored seniors also saw this and decided to take the initiative to probe first, right?"

The Nine-Tailed Great Saint mused to herself, "All three of our clan’s True Spirits have come forth... The Stone Clan’s Mahayana old ancestor is also here, and from the Jiuchi Clan, aside from the Three Di Brothers staying on guard against the Demon Clan, both Di Yi and Di Jiang have arrived... Among the human race, even with Guixu Zi coming forth, their defeat is certain."

"Alas... There are definitely more than three True Spirit-level beings in our clan, yet as the war has gone on, still no demon is willing to step forward." The diminutive elder sighed.

"After all, such beings have long lifespans. The concept of the ’Monster Clan’ is somewhat tenuous for them... For those beings, their own kind is what truly constitutes their ’clan’, while the Monster Clan is no more than a large alliance akin to the Alien Alliance..." the Nine-Tailed Great Saint gave a bitter laugh.

The Monster Clan, having gone through natural selection, faced an even more hostile environment than the human race, giving rise to an ideology of the survival of the fittest and might makes right embedded deep in the heart of monsters.

Even faced with such a clan-destroying war, those several True Spirits still remained hidden from the world, which was truly disheartening!

"Forget it, with the current state of the battlefield, unless we make a decisive move to use the Mahayana level heritage right away, we cannot avoid suffering a great loss... Even if we do use it, we’ll still take a smaller loss. With our spirit dampened, it’s not good, not good at all!" sighed the diminutive elder.

The Nine-Tailed Great Saint’s face was equally laden with gravity.

In the great war of the seven Monster Clan saints to this day, more than half had already fallen. Although newcomers had joined the ranks, only she and this Brother Wei were left of the old guard.

And when it came to detecting danger and predicting fortune or calamity, there were probably only a few in the Monster Clan who could surpass this Great Saint!

...

Roaring flames!

Within the Alien race, naturally, there were capable individuals as well.

Seeing the Sky Savage Tribe’s army almost entirely annihilated, they immediately let out a howling cry.

Within the Fire Clan’s camp, flames surged to the sky, and in the middle of the altar, fiery patterns were engraved on the surface of frosty white boulders, being lit by members of the Fire Clan.

In the center of the altar, a fiery red gemstone boomed, causing the Void to shatter.

A shadow, engulfed in flames, descended with force!

This was the ’Flame Soul Essence’, naturally endowed with various fire-related Divine Skills, and moreover elusive, making it very difficult to deal with.

A spirit pressure surpassing Perfect Integration suddenly erupted from the Flame Soul Essence!

It vanished in a flash, and upon reappearing, it was already above the Sky Savage Tribe’s camp, which was a Sea of Blood.

Beams of scorching heat enveloped the giant bone bowl.

Crack!

The blood inside the bowl boiled, creating enormous bubbles.

Crevices began to appear on the surface of the bone bowl.

Bang!

In less than a moment, it burst asunder into pieces.

The Flame Soul Essence let out a fierce howl and dashed towards the Bull Head Bronze Execution Platform in an instant.

Atop the platform, Wu Xingzi had already been scattered to the winds within the pitch-black flames.

The demon shadow with the head of a bull only became more solid, suddenly stretching out several arms as white as jade to clutch onto magical items such as the prayer wheel, the void hole, ghost cards, snake bone necklaces, and others.

A series of complicated and twisted spells spilled from the bull’s head.

All sorts of strange Sky Demon Mysterious Seals appeared on the magical items, wielded by the bull-headed demonic goddess.

Between heaven and earth, it suddenly became pitch-black.

A barrier symbolizing great darkness and great terror descended, instantly engulfing and binding the Flame Soul Essence within.

The Flame Soul Essence became ethereal, but ultimately could not break free from the barrier of great darkness. It let out a shrill scream.

Flames emerged from within its essence, scorching the Void, and surprisingly held its own against this barrier of darkness...

Roar!

Suddenly, from within the Stone Clan’s ranks, a gray-white stone dragon thousands of feet long flew out.

This stone dragon was covered in a layer of gray-white stone scales, with two forked horns on its dragon head, looking fierce and intimidating.

Every time it shook its body, a powerful stone-converting light swept over everything.

Wherever it passed, whether it was the earth, the vegetation, trees, or even cultivators... All were turned into stone statues.

Boom!

A wave of Mahayana level magic power swept unchecked, making even Divine Calculator and other Integration monks up on the city walls shiver.

"Amitabha..."

Jin Gangzi chanted the Buddha’s name, turning to look at Divine Calculator.

Divine Calculator twisted a white chess piece, "The Alien Alliance has already thrown their formation into disarray. To regain the upper hand after the previous setback, they have unleashed the Stone Clan’s Stone Dragons... Now we should exchange pieces, replacing our own move with that of the opponent’s!"

Clack!

A white piece fell into place!

The territory of the Nine Spirits Return to Earth Sect.

Tian Chenzi, a burly man, kneeled before the ancestral tablets, "Ancestors above, Tian Chenzi is incompetent. To ensure the rise or fall of the human race, I have no choice but to fail our Sect."

He kowtowed heavily and then rose to his feet, bellowing, "Activate the Array!"

Array patterns began to emerge, with the core being a yellow-brown ring—’Sumeru Thick Earth Ring’!

This was the heritage treasure of the Nine Spirits Return to Earth Sect, a magical artifact of the Immortals.

As long as the essence of Wu Earth flowed endlessly, it could produce a vast number of formidable Puppets.

But this function was the least noteworthy attribute of it.

A Cultivator wearing this ring would not only cultivate Earth Attribute magic at a rate comparable to a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root Cultivator, but the consumption of casting any Earth system magic and Divine Skills would be greatly reduced!

With time, the wearer’s body would often be transformed into a ’Wu Earth Spirit Body’!

Such an Exotic Treasure was a guarantee that the Sect’s lineage would never cease, ensuring that each generation boasted a genius with an Earth Spiritual Root!

But, at this moment, as the Array extracted chunks of Immortal Jade essence and channeled it into the ’Sumeru Thick Earth Ring,’ a crack emerged on the yellow-brown ring!

Rumbling!

Outside Heaven Origin City, the ground quaked.

A rock giant tens of thousands of feet tall rose from the earth with a roar.

Mixed with various Earth-moving Divine Lights, the yellow-brown soundwaves struck the Stone Dragon, preventing it from rescuing the Flame Soul Essence.

The Stone Dragon roared in anger, exhaling a grey-white beam of light from its mouth!

Wherever the grey-white beam passed, even the Void seemed to ’petrify,’ creating a long corridor of stone.

Pfft!

The grey-white beam hit the rock giant, sending countless clumps of earth and rock flying, then nothing followed...

As a natural Earth giant spirit, petrification only made its body more solid!

With a roar, the rock giant used the Divine Skill to shrink the land. Its massive form instantly appeared before the Stone Dragon, and its two fists fell heavily.

Bang!

The two towering behemoths tangled together. Although the rock giant was clearly at a disadvantage, as long as it stood on the earth, the endless essence of Earth would heal its wounds, and it managed to firmly pin down the Mahayana Level Stone Dragon.

But the price to pay was that after the battle, the Nine Spirits Return to Earth Sect’s treasured Sumeru Thick Earth Ring would be completely destroyed.

Thud, thud!

At that moment, amidst the Monster Clan, a team of war behemoths charged out.

Divine Calculator remained calm and collected, handling the situation with composure...

One Array after another activated, countless human race Cultivators, Monster Clan, and Alien race members fought to the death...

This magnificent and tragic eulogy, however, couldn’t move the high-ranking Cultivators in the slightest.

"Those opposing Mahayana Monks beginning the grand battle seemed only to be assessing the outcome..."

At this point in the war, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness swept through, concluding along with Qingxu Child and other Mahayana Monks, "Even if the two races emerge victorious, they will have to pay a heavy price... So, is it time for the generals to fight next?"

Just then, a towering Kylin emerged from the Monster Clan’s ranks, bringing pressure that even Qingxu Child found unsettling!

"A Seven Calamities Mahayana... and that set of Liuli armor, could it be the Monster Clan’s Supreme Treasure—Heaven-shattering Five Elements Armor?"

Fang Xi pondered and then said to Qingxu Child, Che Xuanyuan, and Master Bu, "It’s time for us to make a move."

Whoosh, whoosh!

Several Mahayana Monks rose into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, they reached above the Nine Heavens Gang Wind!

Whoo, whoo!

Amidst the biting Gang Wind, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness swept across to see, on the opposite side, a phoenix, a Xuanwu, and also a Kylin, couldn’t help but sneer, "Has the Monster Clan run out of people? Always using you lot to make up the numbers?"

And within the Alien Alliance, there were also three Mahayana, namely the elder of the Stone Clan and both Di Jiang and Di Yi!

Di Yi was now transformed into a figure in a yellow robe, a bright yellow crack on his brow, leaking strands of dangerous aura.

As a defiant talent among the Jiu Chi Clan, his achievements had surpassed all other Mahayana Monks of the Jiuchi Clan, and a great Divine Skill was gestating within his brow.

But Fang Xi showed no regard for this, instead fixing his gaze on the Stone Clan elder.

The Stone Clan lived too long; he had no desire to spend the Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light on them...

"Among the human race recently, there has been a phenomenon of the sun and moon shining together, heralding the rise of a newly ascended peer. It appears to be you, sir."

Di Jiang, also in human form, called out loud, "We’ve only just ascended to Mahayana, why bother with life and death? If the human race is willing to concede, my Jiuchi Clan is willing to mediate peace with the Monster Clan and stand surety..."

"Hmph, even if we retreat now, losing so much land and resources, won’t we still decline until our clan perishes?"

Fang Xi scornfully replied, "Better to be a shattered jade than an intact tile!"

"Human race... I have long known your foundation."

At that moment, the Five Elements Qilin spoke with a cold smile, "The mighty ’Immortal Array’ may be sharp, but we’ve long been prepared and under such protection, it’s utterly useless!"

No sooner had these words fallen than Fang Xi sensed an extremely subtle yet potent Void Force swirling around the six opposing Mahayana Monks!

Clearly, they either possessed escape-type Immortal Talismans or some master wielder of Void Attribute Exotic Treasures was providing protection.

In such circumstances, to self-destruct the ’Immortal Array’ and take others with them would indeed be very difficult!

’But what you may not know is that my current mastery of the Void surpasses your imagination... And if I use Che Xuanyuan’s ’Void Mirror’ to increase my power, then your escape means will completely fail, every single one of you!’

’If I utilized the Treasures of All Heavens... Forget it, a bunch of ants, why would I use such a Supreme Treasure on them?’