Chapter 689: Fighting against City Lord of White Cloud City
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YuanHong was still facing off against Sage Tianxing and the Sword demon theair. Ye Futian stood on the shoulder of Yuan Hong and cast his eyes onthe two Lords from the Holy Zhi Palace.
Sage Tianxing and theSword Demon came to realize that they were utterly incapable of doinganything against Yuan Hong. It was simply impossible to have Ye Futianand Yuan Hong leave White Cloud City by force.
"Ye Futian, you arebeing too stubborn. If you get embroiled in all of this as a n.o.ble, youwill probably never get a chance to back away," Sage Tianxing said,looking at Ye Futian. The conflict at hand was such that even sagesfound themselves incapable to interfere, as only the top-notch figureson the Barren Sky Ranking were capable of doing anything about thecurrent situation.
Zhisheng Cliffs, the Holy Zhi Palace, WhiteCloud City, and the Zhuge family were all caught in it. Despite being aformer student of the Holy Zhi Palace, Ye Futian"s plane was too low. Ifhe did not have help from Yuan Hong from Taihang Mountain, he would nothave even gotten a chance to speak about anything.
"It is mychoice. Even if said choice leads me to h.e.l.l, I will not regret it." YeFutian continued, "I"m rather concerned for the Holy Zhi Palace. If theday comes that the beliefs you all held dear turn out to be little morethan lies you keep telling yourselves, what will actually happen whensuch beliefs crumble?"
"The beliefs of the Holy Zhi Palace aremore adamant than you give them credit for." Sage Tianxing said, "Sinceyou refuse to simply back down, we will have to wait for Bai Gu toreturn. If Yuan Hong ends up losing, are you sure that it is a resultyou can bear witness to?"
"We"ll see about that," Ye Futian saidcasually and then leaped down from Yuan Hong"s body. The mighty ones whowere stationed at the City Lord office of White Cloud City did notleave, putting the people of Bai Clan somewhat safe. Even though the twoLords had been defeated, Ye Futian would not have tried anything funnyas long as the mighty ones were still around. At the very least, theywould have served as a good deterrent. Right there and then, they onlyhad to wait for the City Lord to return, then go about killing Yuan Hongand Ye Futian, before going up to slaughter the forces of TaihangMountain.
Time pa.s.sed and White Cloud City was still in madness.Many descended near the City Lord Office, looking at the regal, imposingestate. They never thought someone would have come messing around withthe Bai Clan; the clan with figures ranked fourth and tenth on theBarren Sky Ranking. Furthermore, the person who did so was none otherthan a youth in the n.o.ble Plane. It was craziness like no other, yet YeFutian went through with it nonetheless.
A terrifying rumble withthe clouds came from far above the airs.p.a.ce of White Cloud City, comingall the way to the Bai Clan estate like a terrifying wave in the air.Many turned to look where the fearsome torrent eventually ended. Therumbling noise was heard and the torrent finally stopped. The City Lordwas found standing imposingly in the air. His grey eyes gazed at theground below, filled with murderous intent as cold as ice.
"TheCity Lord is here." The people of White Cloud City were shaken. Theynever saw the City Lord so angry before. It was anyone"s guess how angryhe actually was, knowing that someone invaded the Bai Clan estate.
Agrey eye appeared in the air, and it was none other than the Eye ofDevastation. The eye stared at where Yuan Hong and Ye Futian stood, andthe s.p.a.ce they occupied seemed to have been put under lockdown all of asudden. Yuan Hong, Ye Futian, and the rest of the mighty ones fromTaihang Mountain seemed to have been isolated from the world, trapped inthe grey world.
At that very moment, Ye Futian felt as if afearsome hand of devastation reached out for his mind. He turned paleand grunted. Against a top-notch sage who was a Spirit Elementalist, YeFutian"s plane rendered him utterly helpless.
Yuan Hong cast hiseyes at Bai Gu before stepping on the ground. Cracks formed on the CityLord Office with a rumble. Many grunted at the same time, feeling theirhearts weighing heavily in their chests. There were many who just wentpale and puked blood right there and then.
"Yuan Hong, do you have a death wish?" Bai Gu finally opened his mouth, his voice filled to the brim with murderous intent.
"Comeat him one more time and I"ll end your Bai Clan right here, right now,"Yuan Hong said as his golden eyes locked onto Bai Gu.
Bai Gu"smurderous eyes glanced at Ye Futian. He did not pay him any heed backwhen they were in the Zhuge family estate, as Ye Futian was simply oneof the younger generations in the n.o.ble Plane. It hardly mattered whathe was able to do back then. However, things were different now. YeFutian had actually brought people from Taihang Mountain and thrown hisweight around in the Bai Clan estate, threatening him. That infuriatedBai Gu to no end, and he deemed that Ye Futian must die to pay for whathe did. As such, he had no hesitations in killing Ye Futian; just likehow a human would step on an ant. But it was apparent that Yuan Hongintended to cover Ye Futian. If Bai Gu moved against Ye Futian, YuanHong would move against the Bai Clan.
"If that is the case, I willsimply go about killing you first," Bai Gu said coldly. Streaks ofincredibly terrifying runes sparkled as soon as he finished talking,bombarding Yuan Hong"s surroundings and splitting the earth where hestood. The very ground that Yuan Hong was standing on was uprooted byBai Gu, lifting the ape high up in the air slowly.
Many were stunned at that very scene. It spoke volumes about the wrath of the City Lord of White Cloud City.
"Wait for me down there," Yuan Hong said to Ye Futian.
YeFutian nodded and jumped from the body of the ape. The other goldengreat apes had him surrounded, but it was actually unnecessary, as noone would have dared move against him before Bai Gu defeated Yuan Hong.
Thepiece of land Yuan Hong stood on continued being moving in the air likea lone island. It was uprooted from the ground and forcefully takenaway from the Bai Clan by Bai Gu. It was apparent that Bai Gu did notwish for his family to be caught in this. The Eye of Devastationcontrolled the flow of Spiritual Qi, locking down the worldly poweraround Yuan Hong. At the very same time, shadows of extremely terrifyingancient G.o.ds of darkness appeared in the air, all of them coursing withdevastating power all over their bodies.
Bai Gu was Bai Luli"sfather and he stepped foot into the Sage Hall as well, studying underthe Palace Lord of the Holy Zhi Palace. As such, the powers that bothfather and son studied were rather similar in nature.
"Yuan Hong,what you did today will cause the apes to disappear from the BarrenState altogether," Bai Gu said coldly as his rage boiled inside. Theshadows of the ancient G.o.ds of darkness went straight for Yuan Hong.Worse still, Yuan Hong"s spiritual will seemed to be a.s.sailed byformless hands of darkness.
Boom. Yuan Hong took one step forward.The huge rocks under his feet were turned to dust right there and thenas extremely raging demonic aura swirled in the air, pressuring the airthey occupied. Golden lights burst from his body, and with a roar of theape, formless will attack raged. The ears of anyone below withinearshot trembled. Many were so rattled that they spat up blood rightthere and then. Even Ye Futian grunted and blood was seen from thecorner of his mouth. The roar of the ape was simply appalling.
Goldenspears pierced the air and tore at Yuan Hong. The Polearm of DivineDestruction was held in his hand as it grew to more than a hundred meterlong. The 100 thousand jin [1] staff looked even more intimidating inthe hands of the great golden ape.
Boom, boom, boom! Yuan Hong"shuge body ran in the air as if it was treading on flat land. Everysingle step caused a rumble, and a heaven-shattering force gatheredabout him as he ran. His incredibly huge body leaped into the air andshadows of staffs were conjured from the Polearm of Divine Devastationin an instant. He then went straight for one of the great ancient G.o.dsaround. The body of the ancient G.o.d crumbled with a rumble as Yuan Hongwhacked it with his staff. Bai Gu glared at Yuan Hong with cold eyes. Heknew from the fight he had with Yuan Hong several months ago that theape"s power had grown considerably.
The second Life Spirit wasunleashed: a huge spell scroll, emanating terrifying aura from within asif a painting was being drawn right there and then. There was anothertreasure melded within the Life Spirit: Treasure of Saints. Dazzlinglights burst, covering the air around it as if endless runes emerged inthe sky.
"Lock," Bai Gu uttered with an ice-cold voice. The spellscroll burst forth, locking the air around, forming a spell barrier withYuan Hong at the center.
Yuan Hong stepped on the air again withyet another roar. Countless shadows of golden great apes appeared aroundhim. They all lashed out with a staff attack in the air. A stiflingrumble was heard as the barrier was shattered. However, things were farfrom over. Yet another huge skysc.r.a.ping spell scroll went for Yuan Hong,with every rune inscribed in it imbued with extreme power ofdestruction.
Bai Gu clenched his fist. Many spell scrolls explodedin an instant. The s.p.a.ce they occupied seemed to have been torn apartright there and then. Dark cracks formed in the air, emanatingbone-chilling, horrifying, devastating might from within the cracks.
"Whatis that?" Ye Futian looked at the air above him. The City Lord wasindeed a figure ranked fourth on the Barren Sky Ranking. The spells ofrules attacks he commanded were frightening.
Yuan Hong, however,swung the Polearm of Divine Devastation about in that s.p.a.ce ofdestruction. Thunderous rumbles were continuously heard from the sky.Terrifying power of destruction blocked out the sight of many, and only adazzling form of a golden ape could be vaguely seen. They then saw theincredibly huge body of that golden ape going out against Bai Gu,bringing with him a staff attack meant for killing a G.o.d.
Bai Gustood where he was, looking at Yuan Hong with cold eyes. The painting ofthe spell scroll behind him unleashed blinding beams of light,conjuring many other scrolls of the same kind. Boundless Spiritual Qi ofrules descended upon them. Bai Gu"s eye was in total control of allpowers within that s.p.a.ce, revving to the extreme.
"Great SummoningSpell," Bai Gu said. A shadow of an ancient G.o.d appeared before everyspell scroll painting. In that instant, all the ancient G.o.ds becamefilled with raging power, heading straight for Yuan Hong. Shadows ofancient G.o.ds were seen in Bai Gu"s eyes as he looked forward and said,"Yuan Hong, now experience the newest power I have come to develop—theHeaven Destruction Print." As soon as he finished, many of the ancientG.o.d"s immensely huge bodies went charging at Yuan Hong and lashed outwith enormous palm prints. The prints resonated, making the air aroundthem vibrate.
Many looked at the scene and thought that the CityLord was indeed a figure ranked fourth on the Barren Sky Ranking. He wasnear-invincible at his current plane.
Yuan Hong swung the Polearmof Divine Devastation about, bringing shadows of staffs to block outthe sky, las.h.i.+ng out from the air. A rumble was heard in the air, but itwas not the end of things. He seemed to be training with his stafftechniques in the air. Golden storms whipped about and a build-up ofincredible force about to tear everything apart was felt. When the sixthattack of the Nine Heavenly Attacks was unleashed, a beam of light cutthrough the air. Yuan Hong held onto the Polearm of Divine Devastationand swept before him. The staff shadows cleaved right through thoseterrifying ancient G.o.d prints in the middle, before las.h.i.+ng out at theshadows of the ancient G.o.ds themselves. The bodies of the summonedancient G.o.ds continued to crumble from the blinding golden lightconjured. Terrifying force went straight for Bai Gu himself. The airrumbled for a bit as Bai Gu was sent flying.
The eyes of manystared at Yuan Hong. He was like an immutable golden demonic G.o.dstanding there. On that day, he defeated the City Lord who ranked fourthon the Barren Sky Ranking!
[1] Jin: an old Chinese measurement unit