The Nine Cauldrons

“Let’s see if your feet are tougher or my Reincarnation Spear is sharper!”

Teng Qingshan crouched as he grabbed the Reincarnation Spear tightly with both of his hands and pointed the spear upwards. He did not even dodge, allowing the gigantic foot to descend and step on the Reincarnation Spear.

“Tsk!”

The Reincarnation Spear only left a white dot on the gigantic foot enveloped by a thick layer of skin. The foot pushed Teng Qingshan down very quickly and the impact knocked down two trees. Teng Qingshan was only able to eliminate this force after moving nine steps in the forest below.

“Haha, Teng Qingshan, don’t try to win him with just brute force. Even I can’t win against him when it is a competition of brute force… Why are you doing this?” Pei San said. Suddenly, his laughter stopped.

The Black Demonic Dragon’s claw sent Pei San flying back in the sky.

“Don’t laugh at me! However, I agree. The giant ape is very strong.” Teng Qingshan was well aware that the talented demonic beast would possess tremendous strength when it reached the Golden Dan of the Innate Realm. Once it attained the Emptiness Realm, the intrinsic quality of its body would evolve and the physical strength would become even more impressive.

For example, upon reaching the Emptiness Realm, the Six Legged Bladelike Chi was able to display 100% of the Power of the Heavens and Earth just like the Blind Swordmaster, who had already achieved Emptiness Realm Culmination. Although a demonic beast that had just attained Emptiness Realm would still lose against an expert who had attained the Emptiness Realm Culmination, this did show that a demonic beast who had just reached the Emptiness Realm would be much more powerful than an expert who had just reached the Emptiness Realm.

Furthermore…

The giant ape was as talented as the Six Legged Bladelike Chi. In addition, it had attained Culmination in the Emptiness Realm, meaning that it was powerful enough to fight an Insightful Emptiness Realm Expert!

“Gnaww~~” The Purple Haired Godly Ape made some weird noises. It couched and suddenly swung its thick and long right arm over. Teng Qingshan felt as though it was a giant pillar heading towards him.

Bang!

Immediately, Teng Qingshan dived into the earth. The Purple Haired Godly Ape turned its right arm and slammed its furry palm on the ground.

Boom!

The earth sunk for around a dozen Zhang. The force was so great that the rocks turned into clouds of dust. Even Teng Qingshan, who was underground, felt a numbness surging through his body. “I don’t believe I can’t win against this giant ape! I know that it is much bigger than me and that much faster as well. However, I am much more nimble and agile.”

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While Teng Qingshan was struggling, the Undying Phoenix and the Godly Thunderbolt Hawk were also experiencing some sort of difficulties…

“Swoosh!”

The flames of the Undying Phoenix might be of great threat to the Emptiness Realm Expert, but it is not as threatening to the Emptiness Realm Demonic Beast. Demonic beasts just have a much stronger physique than the humans of the same cultivation level. In fact, even the perfect body of the Insightful Emptiness Realm Expert was inferior when compared to the body of an Emptiness Realm Demonic Beast.

With a body with strong defense and the ability to control the full Power of the Heaven and Earth fully, defending against the Undying Phoenix, which just entered the Emptiness Realm, was not a difficult task.

The Black Crow and gigantic centipede were not afraid of the flames unleashed by the Undying Phoenix.

Boom!

Boom!

The lightning of the Godly Thunderbolt Hawk could not hurt the two demonic beasts who have attained Emptiness Realm Culmination as well. There was nothing the Godly Thunderbolt Hawk and the Undying Phoenix could do. They weren’t as old and they had recently attained the Emptiness Realm. On the other hand, the Black Crow and the black centipede were both demonic beasts who had lived for thousands of years. It was obvious that the Godly Thunderbolt Hawk and the Undying Phoenix were at a disadvantage.

“Hmph, kill me?” The golden masked man, who was protected by Black Crow and the black centipede, mocked inwardly.

“Those two demonic beasts had attained the Emptiness Realm recently, yet, here they are trying to compete with two demonic beasts who had attained Emptiness Realm Culmination.” The golden masked man suddenly saw a beam of light shooting towards him. It was the skinny elder, one of the three elders who had escaped into the Barbarian Temple. The skinny elder now wore a complete set of blood red armor and had a blood red helmet on his head. The moment he emerged with the full set of armor, the golden masked man shivered.

Swoosh!

This elder flew towards the Undying Phoenix immediately while saying with the use of the Sound Transmission Technique, “Elder Jin, don’t worry. Let me handle with this annoying Undying Phoenix.”

“The golden masked man criticized secretly, “Let you handle? If I wore this Omnipotent Armor, I would have the courage to handle it myself!”

Yes!

The Great Elder of the Barbarian Tribe was wearing the most precious item of the Barbarian Tribe Temple—the Annihilation Armor! In the Land of the Nine Prefectures, there were only four Omnipotent Experts and only four Omnipotent Armors. One of the four armors is in Emperor Yu’s Hall. However, when Teng Qingshan challenged Emperor Yu’s Hall, the member of the Emperor Yu’s Hall did not wear the Omnipotent Armor. When Teng Qingshan visited Emperor Yu’s Hall, he was hoping to see the Omnipotent Armor.

He did not see the Omnipotent Armor in the end. Later on, Teng Qingshan guessed that the Omnipotent Armor might be protected by the Honorable Bear.

The second Omnipotent Armour was with the Ying Family.

The third Omnipotent Armour was definitely with the Mani Temple. As for whether the Poetic Sword God Li Taibai had an Omnipotent Armor, this remained a secret.

However, this so-called “secret” was still known by a small number of people in the Land of the Nine Prefectures!

Back in the day, Li Taibai had no direct disciple. However, when he attained the Omnipotent Realm, he passed down all his knowledge and the Omnipotent Armor to the Barbarian Tribe Temple! The elders of the Barbarian Tribe Temple were able to attain the Emptiness Realm Culmination within such a short time because they learned Li Taibai’s ultimate technique, “Green Lotus Sword Melody”.

Although Li Taibai was known to be an easygoing person unfettered by worldly obligations, he was someone who would unleash bloodshed during a disagreement.

Killing one person within ten steps, leaving no tracks at all.

As a matter of fact, back then, Li Taibai had written this: Isn’t it delightful to drink and kill at the same time? His battle armor had absorbed a great amount of blood and was thus named the Annihilation Armor. This armor was passed down to the Barbarian Tribe Temple!

The mysterious golden masked man told Pei San that the Barbarian Tribe Temple had a stone tablet with words written by the Poetic Sword God Li Taibai. When Pei San was told this, he did not doubt the golden masked man’s words. This was because he knew that if there was a place that contained Li Taibai’s possessions, it would be the Barbarian Tribe Temple!

“Swoosh!” The Undying Phoenix spat out flames excitedly when it saw the temple elder approached wearing the Annihilation Armour.

Her flames were most effective towards human Emptiness Realm Experts. How would the armor help? Because of the gaps that exist between the different parts of the armor, the flames would eventually burn through the armor.

“Tsktsk”

As the flames burned, the temple elder remained unharmed. The Omnipotent Armor had reached the perfect state, containing its own spirit. The normal Godly Armour would adjust its own size to the body of the person wearing it. As for the Omnipotent Armor, once it is worn, there would not be any gaps between the different parts. In fact, after the insertion of the Power of the Heaven and Earth, the armor formed a layer of light that protected the face. Indeed, every area of the body was protected.

This was the Omnipotent Armor!

…

Rumble!

The Purple Haired Godly Ape smacked Teng Qingshan, sending him flying away and causing him to spit blood.

“This Godly Ape is really so strong,” while Teng Qingshan was knocked off flying, he noticed the Undying Phoenix’s distressed situation.

“It seems like the Undying Phoenix’s Godly Armor was even more powerful than the Hong Tian Godly Armor?” Teng Qingshan scanned the armor with his Five Elemental Power of the Heavens and Earth and soon discovered the extraordinary qualities of the armor. “This armor perfectly enveloped every area of the body. Hong Tian Godly Armor was already the best of the Godly Armor. Yet, this armor was even better than the Hong Tian Godly Armor… Perhaps it is…”

Just when Teng Qingshan was dumbfounded—

“Boom!”

A huge palm emerged.

“Giant ape!” Initially, Teng Qingshan was hoping to hold off the Purple Haired Godly Ape and give Little Blue enough time to catch Elder Jin Sheng.

However, Little Blue’s failure and the fierceness of this Purple Haired Godly Ape made Teng Qingshan very angry.

“Roar!” the Purple Haired Godly Ape opened its mouth and gave out a fierce roar. It rushed here with its huge arms, which stretched until its knees, and continuously demonstrated a series of actions—swinging, smashing, chopping, and scratching!

To the enormous godly ape, which was 25 meters tall, Teng Qingshan was just like a small dot.

However,

Having a big body could be troublesome at times.

“Boom!” Teng Qingshan moved and was able to dodge the Purple Haired Godly Ape’s claw. He then rushed beside the Purple Haired Godly Ape.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Teng Qingshan leaped to the back of the Godly Ape rapidly. The Purple Haired Godly Ape felt annoyed. It dashed a hundred Zhang away and simultaneously swung its sharp claws to the back as it attempted to catch Teng Qingshan.

“Even though you have such a huge size, you are still quite agile.” Teng Qingshan thought to himself.

Teng Qingshan was barely able to dodge that one claw when the other claw came immediately. The series of attacks repeated continuously.

“Crap.”

Previously, Teng Qingshan was attacked continuously by these two paws. In the end, he was unable to dodge one attack and was then knocked into the air. After all, no matter how fast he could be, his speed was still no match against the speed of those sharp claws.

“Swoosh!””Swoosh!”

The two furry hands smashed towards Teng Qingshan alternately from left and right. As it smashed, it would scratch as well. Soon, the Purple Haired Godly Ape realized that because of the Reincarnation Spear, the smash would just injure the human. The smash could not kill the human! To kill the human, it had to tear the human apart with its claws.

Swoosh!

Teng Qingshan descended quickly while trying his best to dodge those attacks.

“Eh?” Teng Qingshan was barely able to dodge one attack when another one came, which he did not notice.

“Boom!”

The eyes of the Purple Haired Godly Ape turned red. Suddenly, the huge palm, which was already terrifying, began to expand while glowing with a purple light. Fists that were initially as huge as hills expanded to two times its original size. As purple light swirled around the huge furry right fist, the fist smashed towards Teng Qingshan like a purple thunderbolt hammer, making rumbling sounds along the way.

“So fast!”

Teng Qingshan, who had already descended underground, had a serious expression. The fist of the Purple Haired Godly Ape was so fast that even an Insightful Emptiness Realm Expert like him was unable to dodge! Moreover, the size of the fist did not allow Teng Qingshan to dodge. His only choice was to block it using brute force!

Teng Qingshan’s eyes looked as sharp as knives.

He knew that if he could not defend himself, he would be either dead or heavily injured.

“I can’t bother anymore!”

Teng Qingshan immediately began using some of the black mist that was produced in the Niwan Palace during his closed-door cultivation of the Three Postures. In this situation of life or death, Teng Qingshan’s focus had reached the highest level! The black mist, which contained the Power of Destruction, rushed out of the Niwan Palace and into the Reincarnation Spear.

At this moment…

The moves of the”Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms”and the line of words carved on the Godly Jade Wall appeared in Teng Qingshan’s mind. Then, it all vanished. Teng Qingshan’s mind now only had the scene of himself practicing the Three Postures in the dark training room. Ready…punch…ready…punch…

“Punch!”

It was as though he had practiced the Three Postures continuously for over twenty hours. During the moment of life or death, as he faced the destructive giant fist…

“Spear attack!”

Teng Qingshan shut his eyes as he remained underground, ignoring the mud and the rocks. And then, he unleashed his strongest spear attack!

“Boom!”

…

Pei San, who saw the bad situation from afar, had a change of expression. His flying speed was not fast enough to save Teng Qingshan. Moreover, this all happened too fast that even the Undying Phoenix would not be able to make it in time. At this moment, the mysterious golden masked man, who was protected by the Black Crow and the Black Centipede, began shaking in excitement and unconsciously mumbling, “Kill him…Kill him!” His eyes looked ferocious and crazy!

At that moment, all the attention was on the terrifying fist of the Purple Haired Godly Ape.

“Boom!”

A scary explosion sounded, causing the ground to tremble.

“Roar!” The Purple Haired Godly Ape gave out a painful wail.

It was as though the world had been torn apart. The black stream of light shot out from underground while the huge right fist of the Purple Haired Godly Ape shrunk back to normal. Simultaneously, a red hole could be seen on the back of its hand and blood stained its palm.

Swoosh!

A figure emerged from the underground. His white coat had been destroyed, leaving only the green Reincarnation Armor. His body was covered in blood, but his entire body was surrounded by a black mist. The tip of the Reincarnation Spear was stained with blood.

“Giant ape, come again,” a burst of laughter sounded in the center of the black mist.