Blood clouds and black mist intertwined into one mass.
Gugu and Lan's cries of pain echoed amidst the blood clouds and black mist as they desperately intercepted the two palm commanders. Cold glimmers flickered amidst the blood clouds and black mist as their palms clashed, and in just a few moments, the two elders of Changsheng Sect cried out in pain.
In terms of combat power, the higher-ups of Changsheng Sect were indeed no match for the Mist Blade Palm Commanders.
Among the clan leaders who followed Changsheng Sect to this place on the wooden boat, five immediately flew into the air and joined the battle, wielding their weapons. The seven of them joined forces and immediately suppressed the two palm commanders. The range covered by the blood clouds quickly expanded, shrouding the black mist, and the sound of the palm commanders slashing through the air became faint.
Wu Tie stumbled to his feet and first looked down at his left hand.
The index finger on his left hand looked extremely grim and horrifying, with the flesh completely gone, leaving only three exposed finger bones. Strangely, though, the shattered flesh clung to the finger bones, and the blood vessels and tendons attached to the bones remained intact.
Blue blood vessels and white tendons clung to the differently colored finger bones, appearing terrifying.
Ba Palm Commander stumbled backward, spitting out blood as he retreated.
His posture became quite strange, as his upper body seemed unable to support itself. This was not surprising, considering that Wu Tie's index finger had shattered all the ribs and thoracic vertebrae in his chest. It was a miracle that he could still maintain his posture.
"Your hand... is strange," Ba Palm Commander spat out another mouthful of blood, his eyes fixed on Wu Tie's left hand as he howled.
Wu Tie crouched down, pressing his left hand against his ball-shaped armor. A burst of Primordial Energy rushed into the armor with a resounding roar, and streaks of flowing light flickered. The pale white metallic sphere quickly melted and wriggled before reattaching itself to Wu Tie's body.
Wu Tie cursed himself silently.
He had already condensed Primordial Energy, and Primordial Energy had the ability to break through the body and inflict injuries. The energy contained in just a bit of Primordial Energy was a hundred times stronger than the previous energy. In other words, during battle, he could immediately input Primordial Energy into the armor to maintain its integrity.
Next time, unless his Primordial Energy was depleted, he would never let the armor detach from his body so easily.
Taking a deep breath, Wu Tie shook his left hand, and the armor completely covered his left palm. Surprisingly, he felt no pain from his left hand.
Wu Tie drew out his spear and pointed it at Ba Palm Commander, silently advancing towards him.
An invisible force field enveloped the surroundings, and although Wu Tie's steps looked small and fragmented, each step covered a distance of seven or eight meters. In the blink of an eye, he charged in front of Ba Palm Commander and thrust his spear towards his chest without saying a word.
Ba Palm Commander spewed out a mist of blood and chuckled sinisterly, clasping his hands together in front of his chest, and blood light suddenly sprayed from his fingertips.
"Kid, what you experienced earlier was the Illusory Mist Heaven's Net created by my Mist Blade Palm Technique... Are you gasping for breath yet?" he sneered.
"Now, witness the unique Divine Ability of my Blood Blade Scripture called 'Breaking-Element Blood Blade'... You'll definitely enjoy the feeling of being wounded by it, where life is worse than death."
Ba Palm Commander burst into a low, ferocious laugh. His body lost the support of his thoracic vertebrae and ribs, causing the shape of his upper body to become somewhat strange. A large lump of flesh and bones protruded from his back, making his breathing more laborious, and his voice became hoarse and unpleasant.
Only a bunch of blood light between his palms became extremely intense, resembling a mass of congealed blood in the palm of his hand, which then rapidly wriggled and transformed into a uniquely shaped curved blade.
Foundation Establishment was the beginning of cultivation.
After Foundation Establishment, comes Sensing Profundity. According to Lao Tie's explanation, it is a marvelous process of borrowing the elemental energy of heaven and earth to gain insights into one's own self. During this process, cultivators can condense a power even stronger and more miraculous than Primordial Energy, which can be described as 'Magic Power'.
After Sensing Profundity, comes the Heavy Tower Realm.
The Heavy Tower Realm is also known as the 'Heavenly Gate' or 'Heavenly Lock'. It is a long process of 'climbing the tower,' 'breaking through levels,' or 'unlocking the lock.'
In the Heavy Tower Realm, cultivators can comprehend Divine Abilities!
Divine Abilities surpass all techniques and moves.
The Illusory Mist Heaven's Net was a Divine Ability, which is why Wu Tie had his five senses stripped away and the invisible force field was suppressed within a range of three feet from his body.
The Breaking-Element Blood Blade is also a Divine Ability, and it is a directly offensive Divine Ability.
Wu Tie's spear stabbed into the blood light coalesced between Ba Palm Commander's palms.
With a muffled sound, Wu Tie's spear, which was sharp enough to effortlessly pierce gold and iron, was completely motionless against the blood light. The tip of the spear trembled slightly, and the blood-formed blood-colored curved blade also trembled slightly.
Ba Palm Commander laughed obscenely as he looked at Wu Tie. He clasped his fingers together in front of his chest and suddenly blood-colored blade light shot out from his blood-colored curved blade, tracing a nearly invisible blood-colored path and arriving in front of Wu Tie in an instant.
With a chi sound...
When the blood-colored blade light was about to strike his chest, Wu Tie activated the invisible force field with all his strength, finally managing to tilt his body slightly before the blade light reached him. The blood-colored blade light hit his left chest, leaving a palm-sized, hair-thin crack on his tight-fitting armor, cutting across Wu Tie's shoulder at a slanted angle.
A large amount of blood sprayed out of the crack in the armor, clear and transparent like water.
Wu Tie felt a numbness and weakness throughout his body. This extremely sturdy armor, which had been exceptional until now, was finally damaged by external forces.
The Breaking-Element Blood Blade... What a vicious offensive Divine Ability.
Stars sparkled in Wu Tie's vision, and the feeling of weakness near his wound quickly spread throughout his body. With a deep, hoarse roar, he instinctively turned around and used all his strength to rush toward the direction of the Ancient Divine Soldiers Camp, running madly.
Ba Palm Commander laughed gah gah, raising his hands high, his eyes wide open, fully prepared to fully activate the Breaking-Element Blood Blade to kill Wu Tie.
Several thousand meters away, Lao Tie's mouth suddenly opened wide.
A burst of blood-colored flames spewed out of his mouth.
On the rows of large white teeth, purple and blue lightning whistled and transformed into a ferocious Thunder Dragon entwined within the blood-colored flames.
The thick, reddish-purple lightning drew a striking path dozens of meters long, almost grazing the city wall of Changsheng Sect's stronghold. The section of the city wall, which was three to four li in length, was pressed closely by the fiery pillar, causing it to crumble. The decomposed stones and soil scattered in the air with a roaring sound.
Finally, this red and purple lightning continued to shoot across nearly a hundred li before heavily landing on the ground.
With a loud bang, the earth trembled, and a large mass of red light surged up, creating a mushroom cloud that shot up hundreds of meters high. The tremendous explosion sounded back and forth between the ground and the dome thousands of meters high, making everyone's ears ache and buzz.
Except for Wu Tie, who was dazzled by stars and fleeing desperately, everyone else stood frozen in place.
This single strike from Lao Tie directly vaporized a small mountain that was over a hundred li away, leaving a large pit several hundred meters in diameter on the ground.
Gales rolled up shattered mushroom and fern debris, swirling up a large amount of soil and stone debris, which rushed toward Changsheng Sect's stronghold, eventually even covering half of the river.
The wooden boat, which was a hundred meters long, was shattered in one blow. Countless broken, pitch-black planks of the boat spewed out large flames, emitting a howling sound as they scattered far, far away.
On the boat, the various clan leaders and elite warriors gathered by Changsheng Sect clumsily fell into the river.
The attack came too abruptly, and the attacking force was too powerful. The explosion completely destroyed the wooden boat, and the people on the boat were hit by the violent shockwave. They vomited blood one after another, falling into the water.
Only about a tenth of the people on the boat knew how to swim...
After falling into the water, they sank directly to the bottom like weights.
Several clan leaders screamed hoarsely, and the fish people and frog people around them rushed over in succession, frantically helping the injured allies to float to the surface.
Using the Divine Ability, intercepted. First, my strongest ability (Lit. Thunderfire Twin Divine Ability)...
Thunderfire Twin Divine Ability.... muttered one of the palm commanders to himself. From the perspective of destructive power, this person's cultivation is at least a hundred times stronger than ours... Even though we're in the same Heavy Tower Realm, we're no different from ants in front of him...
This realm is quite extraordinary... said the other commander in a low voice. To break through this realm, our sect leader must intervene...
The two palm commanders glanced at each other and flew into the air on black mist without saying a word, leaving behind only a touch of incomparable astonishment as they rushed towards the direction of the waterfall.
Gugu and Lan exchanged a glance. They both laughed sarcastically, then glanced in the direction where Lao Tie had just been. They also flew into the air on blood clouds, crossing the river on the other side.
After a while, a hundred-meter-long wooden boat flew into the air. Gugu and Lan, along with a group of clan leaders, rushed towards the waterfall at the fastest speed.
Both Changsheng Sect and Mist Blade Sect, the upper-level members, had all fled... No, tactically retreated. They didn't dare to face Lao Tie, who could release such an enormous attack, so they all chose to temporarily retreat.
They dared not to provoke Lao Tie, who possessed such a terrifying attack and powerful abilities. All of them had chosen to temporarily evade. Mist Blade Sect's two commanders were preparing to seek aid from their leader, while Changsheng Sect's two elders planned to seek help from their total deity...
It's worth noting that Gugu and Lan seemed to have concealed the news of this realm and their discovery of this place. It seemed that they wanted to keep this realm for themselves. Only now did they realize that they were unable to swallow this entire realm, so they decided to report it to the headquarters of Changsheng Sect.
Several spider-sized metal spiders lurked beneath the thick moss, clearly hearing every word exchanged between the two factions.
Wu Tie fled at full speed towards the Ancient Divine Soldiers Camp.
The Breaking-Element Blood Blade was extremely malicious. Large amounts of watery blood plasma continuously sprayed out from within his wound. The evil power of the Breaking-Element Blood Blade invaded his body, constantly destroying Wu Tie's normal physiological functions.
The Primordial Energy he had condensed took the initiative to confront the evil power of the Breaking-Element Blood Blade. The two clashed continuously near Wu Tie's wound, and the Primordial Energy that Wu Tie had condensed was gradually being consumed bit by bit. The Breaking-Element Blood Blade's evil energy absorbed part of Wu Tie's vitality and gradually grew stronger.
Compared to the Divine Ability possessed by Ba Palm Commander, Wu Tie's cultivation was at a different realm, the difference in strength was too great.
"Old Tie, you let me fight against them..." With the help of the invisible force field, Wu Tie leaped and glided through the air, occasionally gliding for several li, his speed reaching its limit.
Finally, right before fainting, Wu Tie rushed back to the Ancient Divine Soldiers Camp.
Lao Tie was already standing at the entrance of the Ancient Divine Soldiers Camp. A dozen metal spiders swarmed forward and dragged the exhausted Wu Tie back into the camp.
Some of the metal spiders were busy, blocking the entrance of the Ancient Divine Soldiers Camp.
"Which elite warrior isn't honed by facing life and death on the battlefield? Maybe Grandpa... I've been a bit too careful?" Lao Tie shook his head and walked into the Ancient Divine Soldiers Camp, muttering all the way.
"But, with Grandpa here to take care of things... there probably won't be any major dangers... Hmm, let me be a bit more low-key for the next few months... A hero doesn't take a hit!"