Chapter 687 - 368: Who Holds Sway? Holy Spirit Stone Embryo
A terrifying scene unfolded.
The void rift, so immensely strong, was forcibly torn apart, releasing an ancient aura as if some horrid creature waiting to feast upon men was about to descend.
Even Nascent Soul Stage cultivators could clearly sense the dreadful pressure, as if facing a predator, casting a thick mist over their hearts.
If such a terrifying entity took action, combined with the strength of the five Barbarian Kings, it’s feared that today the Snow Mountain cultivators would face grave errors.
However, remembering the instructions from Zheng Yi, who was once a Daoist Lord, they felt like they had found reassurance, and even Venerable Red Sun and others looked up at the shocking sight in the sky with a sense of peace.
The Barbarians were even more frenzied, kneeling on the ground, even the five Barbarian Kings were not exceptions, and they continued to cut a blood line on their left hand.
The blood continued to seep, like some mysterious sacrificial ritual, turning into blood mist, rising into the sky, and absorbed by the terrifying black hole.
The mysterious being within seemed to gain some sacrificial power.
With a boom, the massive void rift was torn apart further, a sturdy stone giant leg, glowing with golden light, slowly stepped out.
As the foot struck the ground, it was as if a mountain pressed upon the earth, and the entire ground, like a drapery being pulled, rippled backwards, creating a sense of tremor.
The Barbarian people paid their respects, chanting uniformly.
"Please, King of Mountains, take action!"
"Please, King of Mountains, take action!"
"Destroy the Human Race..."
"Destroy the Nomadic Tribes, attack the Great Snow Mountain!"
Their uniform voice exploded like thunder in the void, the terrifying barbaric sensation, striking the heart, accompanied by the terrifying scene in the sky and the gradually emerging giant stone life form.
Everything felt like doomsday had arrived, or a god and demon had been born.
Although Venerable Red Sun and others had been assured by Zheng Yi before, they couldn’t help their eyelids twitching when seeing the scene before them.
In their hearts, they naturally had immense confidence in Zheng Yi’s strength.
This terrifying existence, becoming the Great Snow Mountain Daoist Lord by accident, even to them as Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, was completely unfathomable, veiled in mystery.
But the scene of the Barbarian God, King of Mountains descending was too frightening, leaving them spiritually shaken.
If something went wrong today, even if several Nascent Soul Stages joined forces, they might not be able to withstand such a terrifying lifeform.
Moreover, the five Barbarian Kings were watching menacingly from the side, making the situation even more critical, risking burying the entire Great Snow Mountain Lineage here, which added to their growing anxiety.
They wondered when Zheng Yi, who had promised them earlier, would finally take action.
Of course, there was another concern.
That was, what was the true strength of this mysterious Daoist Lord?
Could he withstand the terrifying Barbarian God, King of Mountains?
From the scene of the sacrificial ritual alone, one could tell that the King of Mountains was the true spirit sacrificed by the Barbarian Race.
Born from countless Barbarian Kings’ blood sacrifices and countless resources from the Barbarian Sacred Land’s Holy Mountain, such a foundation and terrifying methods were beyond ordinary cultivators.
Though the Daoist Lord’s strength was immense and unfathomable, surpassing past High Priests, under the threat of such lifeforms comparable to gods and demons, even the most confident people couldn’t help but feel apprehensive.
"A Stone Spirit Body, born as a Sacred Embryo, who would have thought such a fine vessel could be born in this barren northern land, truly an unexpected delight!"
"This Stone Embryo, I have claimed it!"
Out of nowhere, a voice sounded, though not loud, it seemed to contain some mysterious power, as if someone spoke directly into one’s ear, shaking everyone’s heart spirit present.
Even the Venerables and the five Barbarian Kings were no exceptions, startled.
They quickly looked around but found no presence.
Subsequently, a grand aura rose from the void.
Initially, it was only a slight fluctuation, but in a blink, it became a vast cosmic net, enveloping all directions, covering Qiankun Cosmos.
Everyone felt a golden light rising in their sea of consciousness, blossoming directly like a great sun, filling everyone’s sea of consciousness.
Even the Barbarian Kings and Nascent Soul Stage cultivators were directly startled, seeing this scene, feeling an immense insignificance, their facial expressions frozen in place.
Boom!
The void darkened, and a massive five-colored hand broke through.
If the giant stone Holy Spirit was born of heaven and earth, then the enormous hand emanated from Taiyue Divine Venerable.
It seemed to transcend the heavens and earth, beyond the Three Realms, even possibly the creator of the Three Realms Space.
The enormous hand pressed straight down, growing larger as it descended from the sky, becoming almost a great mountain, reaching for the vortex of a huge black hole that the King of Mountains was about to cross.
The pressure came down directly.
It must be said, the King of Mountains, worthy of being a natural Stone Spirit Sacred Embryo, inherently possesses unimaginably terrifying power.
In the black hole, with a sudden roar, his already towering and terrifying stature rose higher, his whole body entwined with golden patterns, bursting out with mysterious brilliance, forming fearsome runic patterns, as if capable of severing the nine heavens and ten earths.
The maddening surge of mysterious power was the Power of Origin inherent to a natural stone embryo, forming a powerful suppression force, causing the earth to resonate and rumble.
However, that five-colored hand was truly too terrifying, utterly surpassing heaven and earth, not in the Five Elements, nor outside the Three Realms.
The hand encompassed both heaven and earth, and amidst the frenzied tremors of the gigantic Stone Spirit, broke through the boundaries of the void, deeply embedding into the void fissure, grabbing that Sacred Embryo Spirit.
It was like the palm of the Tathagata Buddha suppressing Monkey Sun, grabbing it with a mighty grasp, then amidst the unwilling roar of the Stone Embryo Spirit, tore it out.
Then, before everyone’s amazed, stunned, and even trembling gaze, it broke through the void, in an instant, transformed into a strong Void Passage, disappearing from everyone’s sight in a flash.
Boom!
Because the speed was too fast, the sound couldn’t catch up, and by the time everything disappeared, the terrifying power then burst forth with a tremor, making the earth ripple, like wind sweeping over residual thunder.
Amidst the dispersal of smoke across the sky, the five Barbarian Kings were all dumbfounded, their faces changed drastically.
All the Barbarian Race were disoriented, not knowing what had happened.
The Stone Spirit they revered as a god, considered the strongest priest’s True Spirit, was thus grabbed by a gigantic hand descending from the sky.
The hand grabbed it effortlessly, like grabbing a chick.
This terrifying contrast was so shocking, sending chills through the Heart Spirit, it was utterly unbelievable, like a dream.
At this moment, Iron Wolf Barbarian King’s face changed drastically, attempting to escape, but immediately, the terrible powers of Venerable Red Sun and others directly locked onto him, giving him no opportunity.
Moreover, Iron Wolf Barbarian King and others vaguely felt, although the owner of that five-colored great hand had disappeared, a terrifying aura lingered, always falling upon him.
He even had a feeling that if he fled from here, he would immediately be intimidated by this aura, his soul scattered.
"Is this how it all ends?!"
The Venerables exchanged glances, seeing that indescribable fear in each other’s eyes, and couldn’t help but feel some relief, everything they did before was correct.
Otherwise, if this mysterious Daoist Lord stood on the opposing side of Great Snow Mountain, then the thousand-year foundation of Great Snow Mountain would not be safe either.
After all, no one could resist such a terrifying existence.
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"The remaining matters are left to you!"
"Don’t disappoint me..."
A command came from afar, as clear as if it rang right beside the ear.
"Yes!"
Immediately, Venerable Red Sun personally led the army, commanding the other five Venerables, to suppress the utterly feared five Barbarian Kings.
Then ordered a full attack on the remnants of the Barbarian Race army.
Having lost their most powerful trump card, the Barbarian Race no longer had the confidence to contend with the Cultivators of Snow Mountain.
Besides the upper echelon of the Barbarian Race and the five Barbarian Kings still resisting, others had long lost their courage, scattering chaotically, in complete disarray.
This is the cruelty of natural law, if the Northern Barbarian Kings had won, then most of the Human Cultivators present would have become sacrifices for the other side.
After this battle, the regions occupied by the Barbarian Race were directly reclaimed by Great Snow Mountain.
The forces of the Barbarian Race retreated to the bitter cold northern lands.
For three hundred years, they had no strength to contest the Nomadic Tribes.
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With the end of the great battle, most of the invading Barbarian Race were exterminated, the rest became slaves.
The territory of Great Snow Mountain expanded by a large margin, with some distributed to the subordinate sects and tribal forces that participated in the battle.
Through this war, Zheng Yi, the Great Snow Mountain Daoist Lord, held an almost supreme position.
For a time, he was in the limelight, even attracting the attention of other ancient and powerful beings in the Nine Great Spirit Realms of the Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm.
The great battle of Snowfield Plain ended with the complete defeat of the barbaric army led personally by the five Barbarian Kings.
The Northern Barbarian Race’s power was driven back to the bitter cold lands, unable to rise for hundreds of years.
Even the priest spirit followed by the five Barbarian Kings, King of Mountains personally acted, but was seized by the Great Snow Mountain Dao Ancestor and was directly grabbed by a suddenly appearing great hand.
The scene was so intimidating to Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators or the Barbarian Kings of the Barbarian Race.
It was like a farce.