Chapter 651 - 433: Qi Daozhen Reappears
"Hold them off and buy this king some time. Once this king becomes the Demon Emperor, you won’t be mistreated in the future."
The Qilin Ape Saint chewed loudly, and after several screams, the Black Flood Dragon King fell silent.
The next moment, a gigantic Dao measuring several thousand feet appeared and then collapsed with a boom.
The Great Dao trembled as if the chain of order was about to snap.
Under the terrifying impact of the Dao collapse, except for Great Saint powerhouses like Gu Qingshan and Qin Xiao, Wei Fan, Zhou Shen, and the others suffered intense shocks, nearly causing their sacred paths to break as well.
Of course, the Golden Scale Python King and the Five-Colored Demon Bull King were also affected, both Demon Saints trembled, and their auras were thrown into chaos.
"So terrifying, no wonder Qi Daozhen died in the wilderness, turning this place into a barren land for martial paths. If there had been Saint Realm powerhouses here back then, they would have been affected to death."
Wei Fan was experiencing for the first time such a terrifying aftermath of Dao collapse. His willpower almost couldn’t withstand it, and even some of the connections he had with the Great Dao were severed in the process.
However, he was relatively better off. Li Jianchen, who was also just in the Condensing Realm like him, directly spat out a mouthful of blood, his face as white as paper.
"Good!"
Even though the Qilin Ape Saint devoured the Black Flood Dragon King, the Golden Scale Python King and the Five-Colored Demon Bull King dared not defy him. They didn’t dare to gamble on the Qilin Ape Saint failing to ascend to the Emperor Realm. At this moment, regardless of their reluctance, they had to do their utmost to buy time for the Qilin Ape Saint.
After suppressing the impact of the Dao collapse, the two Demon Saints charged at their respective opponents, not giving the old clan leader and Zhou Shen together with Gu Qingshan any chance to join forces. As for Wei Fan and Li Jianchen, two Pathway Condensing Martial Saints posed no threat to the Qilin Ape Saint.
"This king will first devour you, this Great Medicine that has achieved Body Ascension."
As the Qilin Ape Saint stepped forward, the Void World quaked, and his aura began to ascend, his imposing presence spreading like a mountain collapse and tsunami, with light illuminating the Void World.
After devouring a Flood Dragon at the Great Saint Realm, he became even more terrifying. His body, hundreds of feet tall, rapidly swelled, with an aura so formidable that even Gu Qingshan and Qin Xiao couldn’t get close.
"Wei Fan, run fast!"
The two of them recklessly unleashed their strongest powers, hoping to buy Wei Fan a little more time.
Their deaths didn’t matter as long as this demon Wei Fan survived; one day it wouldn’t be impossible for him to become an emperor.
"I can only use the Ten Thousand Spirits Bell!"
If he didn’t use the Ten Thousand Spirits Bell, Wei Fan felt the Qilin Ape Saint could smack him into mincemeat with a single slap. Before a Demon Saint who had already stepped beyond the Great Saint Realm, escaping was merely a moment of struggle. With a thought, Wei Fan prepared to summon the Ten Thousand Spirits Bell to suppress and kill the Qilin Ape Saint.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, a thunderous noise came from the depths of the Void World, with everything shaking as if waves were surging.
Wei Fan looked up but couldn’t see what caused the noise because it originated from behind the Qilin Ape Saint, his gigantic body blocking the view.
"Who?"
The Qilin Ape Saint clearly noticed the commotion behind him. His body, which was charging toward Wei Fan, abruptly stopped, and he raised his massive claw, ready to strike backward.
"Boom!"
Before he could turn around, his colossal body exploded, and huge chunks of flesh accompanied by blood splattered in all directions. Without even hearing a scream, he was reduced to a pile of minced meat, his head exploded alongside.
Wei Fan gasped as he saw two gigantic coffins break through the blood mist and continue to drive off to the distance, disappearing.
They strolled leisurely, as if swimming through a star sea, only the Qilin Ape Saint stood in their path, and so was smashed into minced meat.
"The Qilin Ape Saint died just like that, run over by two coffins!"
Gu Qingshan and the others were stunned, their scalps tingling. A Great Saint powerhouse on the verge of stepping into the Emperor Dao realm was run over and killed by two coffins without any chance to react.
"Qi Daozhen!"
Wei Fan’s eyes were fixed on the two coffins disappearing toward the distance. One was a Golden Coffin engraved with nine dragons, the other a Jade Coffin adorned with nine phoenixes, the very ones he had once seen in the underground mausoleum, suspected to be where Qi Daozhen and his beloved rested.
"He probably isn’t really dead!"
Others might think it a coincidence, believing the Qilin Ape Saint was accidentally killed by something in the Void World that had existed for eons. But he didn’t think it was a coincidence.
The Qilin Ape Saint wanted to use the world’s nourishment following the end of the Dao collapse to break through to the Demon Emperor, and Qi Daozhen was ninety-nine percent likely deliberately here to kill the Qilin Ape Saint.
He had already harmed the beings of the wilderness for ten thousand years and couldn’t possibly let a Demon Emperor emerge to further plague the Human Race. As long as Qi Daozhen lived, there was no chance he would let a Demon Saint become an emperor in the wilderness.
"Quickly, run!"
"Careful!"
Gu Qingshan and Qin Xiao’s shouts suddenly erupted, quickly fleeing toward Wei Fan, their willpower sweeping out overwhelmingly.
"Not good!"
Wei Fan also came to realize that it was just the death of the Black Flood Dragon King that caused such terrifying shockwaves at the collapse of his Dao. The consequences of the Qilin Ape Saint’s Dao collapse would certainly be even more frightening.
"Boom!"
A Dao nearing ten thousand feet in length emerged, piercing both the Void World and the Real World, drawing out countless Great Daos and Chains of Order, emitting a dreadful oppression.
"Fix!"
Gu Qingshan and Qin Xiao shouted, applying Will Power to stabilize the Dao of the Qilin Ape Saint, delaying its collapse time. Simultaneously, the two swept up like a fierce storm, taking Wei Fan and Li Jianchen out of the Void World, fleeing far away.
The old Clan Leader and Zhou Shen were also escaping, along with the Golden Scale Python King and Five-Colored Demon Bull King, running for their lives.
"Boom rumble..."
Finally, the Dao of the Qilin Ape Saint could no longer hold, suddenly bursting apart into countless fragments.
The Great Dao trembled, and some Chains of Order were snapped by the terrifying aftermath, quickly hiding and disappearing.
Wei Fan’s Primordial Spirit opened its third eye wide, exerting Will Power to its utmost, firmly suppressing his own Dao.
But even so, his Heart Spirit still suffered unimaginable shock, cutting off connections with some Great Daos amidst the tremors.
An oppressive aura spread across the world, suppressing everyone’s cultivation, making the world seemingly revert to its previous state.
"Poof..."
Li Jianchen spat blood once more, his aura visibly aging, that was the result of Gu Qingshan and Qin Xiao protecting him and Wei Fan.
If not for their protection, he might have been knocked off the Saint Realm; even Gu Qingshan and Qin Xiao trembled, looking uncomfortable.
"Great Saint powerhouses are too terrifying. Let alone killing them, the aftermath of their Dao collapse almost cost us our lives."
Zhou Shen shuddered with fear; he and the old Clan Leader also spat blood, their Sea of Consciousness nearly cracking open.
The sky was like dumping dumplings, those Martial Kings spectating from a hundred miles away were all shaken down from the sky, cries of pain echoed everywhere.
After a while, the oppressive aura in the world vanished, the Great Dao no longer trembled.
"The old demon Qilin Ape Saint is finally dead!"
Gu Qingshan breathed a long sigh of relief; although it wasn’t their credit, the matter of the Qilin Ape Saint was finally resolved. If a Demon Emperor were born, several nearby continents would have fallen to the Demon Race.
They didn’t pursue those two coffins; for countless ages, many strong figures would choose to bury themselves in the Void World after death, no one knows how many terrifying existences lie within.
Look again, the Golden Scale Python King and Five-Colored Demon Bull King had already fled without a trace, and they didn’t care. The Qilin Ape Saint was dead, while they had slaughtered the Golden Lion King and Dragon-Horned Deer King, and the Black Flood Dragon King was killed by the Qilin Ape Saint. The Demon Race of Beiding Continent would never stir up trouble again.
The main thing is that, except for Wei Fan, the others suffered severe injuries, healing was the priority.
"Let’s go recover at the Five Tigers Sect, it’s indeed a good place!"
Wei Fan also entered the Five Tigers Sect with them; although he wasn’t injured, his Heart Spirit was heavily exhausted, needing recovery. As for sweeping other Dao fields, it was probably unnecessary.
His matter of becoming a Saint was already exposed. If any Holy Sect disciples didn’t want to die, they were bound to flee.
Of course, if there were those senseless, he wouldn’t mind continuing to kill.
On this day, several nearby continents were shaken. Wei Fan was already notable; having killed a group of Saint Sons on the Treasure Flower Continent, Yuan Yi Sect and Star Martial Sect’s Martial Saints intended to kill him, but were blocked by Qin Xiao. Everyone guessed whether these Holy Sects would retaliate secretly.
But he disappeared after returning to Beiding Continent, preventing the matter from developing further; soon, the Dao Collapse at the Wilderness ended, it was said he belonged to the Wilderness, and a Saint Realm powerhouse was exploiting his relatives and friends to force him to appear.
Unexpectedly, he really appeared, declaring he’d suppress the Holy Sects occupying Dao fields in the Wilderness, everyone awaited to see if he dared to offend so many Holy Sects.
The final news reported that Wei Fan did dare; he forcefully killed over ten disciples of the Celestial Profound Sect, shocking everyone expecting him.
Even before these people finished their shock, an even more sensational news followed, that Wei Fan had become a Saint, not an ordinary one but achieving dual Body and Primordial Spirit Ascension, his combat power terrifyingly peerless. It was said that a Demon Saint came jointly to kill him, where he directly slaughtered a Demon Saint of Profound Crane Sect, the Golden Lion King and Dragon-Horned Deer King.
Killing three Demon Saints in one battle, the shocking news left martial artists of several continents in awe; Xuanyuan Peak’s records were broken, even searching further back in time, there was no record of breaking through to the Saint Realm at nineteen.
The most monstrous one nearly ten thousand years ago only broke through at twenty-three, four years different from Wei Fan.
The sensational news quickly spread beyond the nearby continents, starting to disperse across the Five Great Domains.
"A nineteen-year-old Martial Saint, I cannot afford to provoke!"
Rumors said the Star Martial Sect’s Martial Saint originally intended to descend the mountain to trouble Wei Fan; upon hearing this, he immediately left the mountain gate to hide, fearing Wei Fan would come for him, and the Star Martial Sect only had one Martial Saint, absolutely unable to provoke a demon like Wei Fan.
Many Holy Sects occupying territory in the Wilderness immediately withdrew all disciples, relinquishing the Dao fields they had seized, not daring to provoke Wei Fan further.
As for the Celestial Profound Sect which lost a Martial Saint, no one knew their reaction yet; all that was known was the disciples initially sent to cultivate in the Wilderness were entirely summoned back.