The storm howled, but its momentum was gradually weakening. Even the mighty power of the heavens and the earth was affected by this great battle.
The battle had finally reached its end, but it became more and more intense. It was difficult to determine a victor!
The Divine Nun of the South Sea backed up far away. Just when she was about to leave with Little Ann, she felt an unusual sense of determination from her. She said gently, "We've won."
The Divine Nun of the South Sea was mildly surprised. Just when she wanted to say something, there was a deafening rumble. The main peak swelled up from inside out, and a circular shockwave whistled through the air.
A streak of green light surged out of the crater, rushing into the sky and dyeing the clouds.
The Divine Nun of the South Sea's face was illuminated too. She said in surprise, "That's …"
Ye Duanhai was shocked. He doubted his eyes. The Myriad Poison Ancestor … blew himself up!?
Even the Merfolk Queen Gongyuan and Ji Changfeng who bore deep grievances against her would not resort to something like that. To a very large extent, "granny" was approaching the end of her lifespan, and her path of cultivation had basically been severed. She did not want so many clansmen to sacrifice themselves for nothing, which was why she had made such a decision. That was already surprising enough.
What was the Myriad Poison Ancestor after?
Everyone could not help but look at Li Qingshan's back. The Myriad Poison Ancestor seemed to have come to reinforce them because of him. Was this also his order?
Even the King of Southern Yue and the Banyan Tree King could not make a great demonic cultivator who cherished his life so much willingly die. It was exactly because of this that the three fire devourers were completely unprepared.
Gongyuan, who was only inches away from him, immediately felt like she could not see through this man who had once cultivated together with her mentally. She could not help but frown slightly. Just what did he do?
Li Qingshan stood with his arms crossed, staring at the crater without moving at all. The corner of his lips curled into a smile, filled with cold mockery. "If you want to blow yourself up, then I'll play with you. Do you really think I'm that easy to scare?"
The effects of the Myriad Poison Ancestor's self-destruction seemed to be much worse than "granny". It did not possess the terrifying might that could devour everything, but under the restraint of the crater, the power instead became even more concentrated, and it possessed a sense of corrosion, releasing all of the venom he had accumulated over a thousand years.
The red crystals on the inner wall of the crater turned into a mud-like red and green viscous substance. It flowed down and emitted a pungent smell. Gongyuan also felt a little dizzy when she smelled it. She couldn't help but sigh at the intensity of the poison.
The fate of the several thousand fire devourers was the same. Their bodies melted into mush in the green light, only leaving behind their hearts, which were also soaked in poison. The flames were extinguished.
However, at the bottom of the volcano, the three Fire Devouring Kings held the Divine Fire tablets in a defensive posture. Their auras had become extremely weak, but they were still alive!
"You guys are really tough!" Li Qingshan said.
"Despicable bastard, how dare you fight me!"
Zhu Yan was utterly furious as he cursed aloud, but his voice gave off a sense of weakness. His entire body was covered in a layer of faint green. Large swathes of his skin had festered, and it was rapidly spreading, corroding his flesh and blood. No matter how tough their defences were, it was impossible for them to emerge unscathed from the self-destruction of a great cultivator at such a close distance.
Although it did not cause any instant, terrifying damage, the poison had already invaded their bodies and was currently spreading violently. If they did not stop it, it would definitely be fatal.
From a certain perspective, it was slightly better than what Li Qingshan had anticipated. Everything else was simple now.
"So what if I dare? So what if I don't? Although I also prefer to use my own strength to defeat my opponents in an open battle, I hate losing even more! " Li Qingshan said calmly. He was not an unscrupulous person, but when he needed to do so, he would not care too much. "Anyway, once I kill the three of you, Fire Melt mountain will be completely destroyed. I'll show you that I, Li Qingshan, am not lying!"
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! " Zhu Yan roared out madly, but it only made the poison spread even faster. He wanted to rush over, but he was firmly held back by Zhu Fen and Zhu Zai, who called out, "King Yan, don't fall for it!"
In their current state, it was already impossible for them to catch up to anyone. It was impossible for them to even perish together. Instead, it made the poison spread even faster.
"Li Qingshan! King of Savages! I will definitely get my revenge for the destruction of my race! You will definitely die in the flames, never to be reincarnated! "Zhu Fen cursed him in the most vicious way possible.
Li Qingshan said, "Dying in the flames is my destiny, just like dying to a virus is the destiny of you fire devourers. What, are you planning on running away? "
Zhu Fen was indeed planning on running away. They were not in dire straits yet. As long as he escaped from the magma and used the flames of the earth to suppress the poison, he still had a great chance at survival.
At the same time, five hundred kilometers away, the Silver Dragon King hovered above the clouds.
In the silvery-white room, the King of Southern Yue muttered to himself, "If I kill Li Qingshan, do you think the three of them will completely pledge their allegiance to me?"
"They won't," said the tiny banyan tree potted plant on the table.
"Why?" The King of Southern Yue seemed eager to prove that he could kill Li Qingshan, and not just Li Qingshan. There were also Gongyuan and the other two Merfolk Kings. That way, he could conveniently crush the royal court of the Merfolk. Meanwhile, the Fire Devouring Kings would no longer be the same after losing their clansmen! They would not be able to grow and expand either. The problem in the south could be completely eliminated!
"After losing all your clansmen, do you have any other methods to control the three of them?"
"None." The King of Southern Yue thought about it. He had only given the Divine Fire tablets to the fire devourers after careful consideration. The fire devourers were stubborn dogs, but they were not rabid dogs. He did not have absolute confidence that they would not turn on him, or it would definitely be much easier for him to take down Fire Melt mountain than Li Qingshan and the others. As a matter of fact, he did not even need the Silver Dragon King. The fire devourers were equivalent to hostages. Now that they had all been killed, although the problem of Fire Melt mountain had been completely eliminated, the three fire devourers no longer had anything to worry about.
"And have you thought about the consequences if you can't kill Li Qingshan?" the Banyan Tree King added.
"Alright then! Then I'll listen to you again. Actually, I'm very curious just what a kid like him will be like once he completely matures. "
The King of Southern Yue completely dismissed the thought of killing Li Qingshan. If it were just Li Qingshan, then so be it, but with the Banyan Tree King who was renowned for his meticulous calculations as a guarantor, the difficulty of killing him immediately increased by ten times. If he forced it, there would be disadvantages regardless of whether he succeeded or failed. And once he failed, it was very likely for him to provoke a terrifying enemy.
"Let's wait and see!" the Banyan Tree King said calmly.
"Oh right, is the divine wutong tree still alive?"
"Of course."
"Don't you want the divine wutong tree? I'll give it to you! "Zhu Yan calmed down a little, but he was reluctant to give up. He swung the Divine Fire tablet at the divine wutong tree.
"You fucking bastard!" Li Qingshan's expression changed too. He had gone through so much just for this divine wutong tree. When he ordered the Myriad Poison Ancestor to blow himself up, what he worried about the most was destroying the tree. Fortunately, the divine wutong tree was extremely sturdy. The barrier of light it produced had only dimmed slightly, but who knew what would happen to it now that it had been attacked with such malice.
"King Yan, you mustn't!" Zhu Fen tried to stop him in a hurry, but it was already too late.
Clang!
There was the sound of metal colliding, and the divine wutong tree shook violently. Thousands of leaves swayed together, and a deep gash appeared on the tree. Sap that was as red as blood flowed out.
In that moment, a certain deep consciousness awakened from its slumber.
Suddenly, a tall, thin man in luxurious clothes with long hair that draped over his shoulders appeared under the wutong tree. His face was simple and unadorned, and he possessed an elegant bearing. He glanced at the wound on his arm and did not show any anger. He asked Zhu Yan, "Why did you have to do this?"
Zhu Yan was alarmed. Before he could even speak, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He lowered his head, only to see the man's slender, white arm pierce through his chest, digging out a scorching, scarlet heart. An intense feeling of emptiness filled his heart. "You're …"
"Why must you do this?" The elegant man sighed. He did not give off any murderousness at all. Many roots grew from his hand, wrapping around the fiery-red heart.
Zhu Yan's aura rapidly weakened, no longer much stronger than regular fire devourers. Without the suppression of power, the poison immediately erupted, and he fell backwards. When he hit the ground, he had already been reduced to a pile of mud.
Li Qingshan suddenly discovered he had gotten something wrong. The divine wutong tree did not belong to the fire devourers. It was also a Daemon King, and its cultivation was startlingly powerful.
All things possessed intelligence. They could absorb the spiritual qi of the world and turn into daemons. This was something that everyone understood. As a daemon spirit from the same generation as the phoenix, the divine wutong tree could not be compared to regular Daemon Kings after several tens of thousand years of cultivation, even though trees cultivated relatively slowly. Not to mention that it was a "divine tree". It was equivalent to an exotic or spiritual beast, possessing power that exceeded regular Daemon Kings.
The fire devourers regarded this tiny garden as a holy land, and even Fire Devouring Kings could not ascend to the phoenix's nest on the tree. Was there a reason for that?
However, the divine wutong tree was aloof in nature, unlike the Banyan Tree King who liked to communicate with others. A single slumber could last several centuries or even millennia, so it was unavoidable for people to misunderstand that it did not possess a sense of self.
In the past, when the phoenix flew away and the fire devourers occupied Fire Melt mountain, the divine wutong tree had once made a pact with them. As long as they did not destroy its body, affect its cultivation, or ascend to the phoenix's nest, they would not interfere with one another. It allowed them to establish a royal court here. Even if they cultivated under the tree and ate some wutong fruits, it did not matter.
However, only Zhu Fen, who was the oldest, knew about these matters relatively well. Even Zhu Zai was rather vague about it. As for Zhu Yan, he had cultivated on the main peak of Fire Melt mountain for almost a thousand years, but he had never seen the divine wutong tree do anything. As he treated it as a "sacred object", he instinctively treated it as an "inanimate object". Now that his clan had been wiped out, he had been overcome with anger. He wanted to chop down the divine wutong tree and make Li Qingshan's efforts come to naught. How could the divine wutong tree put up with him?
Zhu Fen resented Zhu Yan for looking for trouble, but he also blamed the divine wutong tree for being so vicious, so he held himself back. Having lost Zhu Yan's Fire Tablet of Man, their chances of escaping had decreased by half again. If they fell out with the divine wutong tree again, they would be dead for sure. There would be no hope for revenge.
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