Chapter 819: Xuantian General

At the moment the Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race cultivator's avatar died, a fierce battle was drawing to a close in the Flame Moon Sixth Domain, three domains away from the forbidden zone where Xu Qing and the captain were.

The combatants were two native cultivators of the Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race.

Both were several feet tall, with golden hair and golden eyes, emanating a sacred aura. Above each of them floated three forbidden mountains, radiating a dense alien essence.

Their combat was accompanied by whistling winds and thunder, with sounds echoing in all directions. Rules and laws clashed, and many cultivators from the Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race's affiliated tribes were watching nearby.

At this moment, with a muffled groan, one of the Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly cultivators in the fight collapsed, shattering into pieces. As blood splattered everywhere, his head was lifted by the other combatant and held before him.

“You knew that was a forbidden zone I designated, yet you still dared to take the forbidden mountain?” the killer said indifferently.

“Yun Fuanzi, consider this avatar a gift for you. However, on your way to the divine mountain, my main body will come for you. I hope you can keep all the forbidden mountains intact,” the head transmitted with a low voice.

The cultivator known as Yun Fuanzi maintained a normal expression. With a wave of his hand, he tossed the head onto a forbidden mountain floating in mid-air.

As the mountain rumbled and exerted pressure, the head rapidly decayed, eventually turning to dust. However, it didn't dissipate; instead, it emitted a teleportation essence and, along with the shattered remains of the body on the ground, teleported away.

Yun Fuanzi paid no attention. With a raise of his hand, the three forbidden mountains that had belonged to the deceased flew from afar and circled above him. From a distance, the alien essence generated by the six great mountains was incredibly dense, forming rolling black mist in the sky, a shocking sight.

The onlookers nearby bowed their heads. For them, cultivators from affiliated tribes had no right to participate in battles between native Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race members.

This was especially true during the Great Hunt.

The native Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race could be said to consist entirely of prodigies. Each one possessed astonishing techniques. This was one of the reasons why all affiliated tribes, after countless centuries of submission, had chosen to surrender from their hearts.

As for Yun Fuanzi in mid-air, his gaze swept across the land.

He looked down on those affiliated tribes. After a quick glance, he was about to leave, but then his advancing body suddenly paused. He sharply turned his head, gazing into the distance.

His expression changed in an instant. He felt that one of the avatars he had sent to forbidden zones in other domains had vanished.

Generally speaking, as a native of the Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race, even if an avatar died, its origin would teleport back. Just like the one he had just slain, all its flesh and blood had teleported away in the end.

This was an unspoken understanding among native Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly cultivators. Generally, unless there was a deep-seated enmity, native members would not erase the other's origin. They mostly showed restraint, saving their full power for the final Divine Domain Hunt.

It was uncommon for an avatar's origin to dissipate in the first stage.

“Who is it?”

Yun Fuanzi's gaze darkened. He let out a cold snort and strode towards the direction where his avatar had died.

Meanwhile, in the sky several domains away in the direction he was heading, Xu Qing and the captain were traveling.

Along the way, the captain looked sour, glancing at Xu Qing from time to time without saying a word.

Xu Qing was normal at first, but after being stared at for a while, he felt helpless. He took out an orange from his storage bag and tossed it over. “Senior Brother, do you want an orange?”

The captain instinctively raised his hand to catch it, but upon hearing the words, the bitterness in his heart could no longer be suppressed. He spoke righteously, “Little A-Qing, as a man, you must rely on your own strength. What kind of hero relies on women? Can good looks fill your stomach?”

Xu Qing heard this and corrected him.

“She’s not a woman; she’s a Superior God.”

The captain took a deep breath and spoke with disdain.

“Superior God? Big deal. I’ve been with gods too, and they’re nothing special.”

Hearing these outrageous words, Xu Qing could only remain silent.

The captain’s bitterness, however, clearly lingered. So, further along the road, he occasionally uttered some earth-shattering remarks...

Thus, time passed, and half a month went by.

The inner domain of the Flame Moon Mysterious Heaven appeared before Xu Qing and the captain’s eyes.

The reason for such speed was domain-level teleportation. This type of teleportation wasn't accessible to ordinary cultivators; it required a specific status, such as qualification for the Great Hunt.

Originally, according to the captain's plan, it would have taken much longer to reach the inner domain, but Xu Qing had taken out a token...

This was also the source of the captain’s greater bitterness later on the journey.

It wasn't until they saw the boundaries of the Flame Moon Mysterious Heaven’s inner domain that the captain, still somewhat bloated, reluctantly sighed. He took out a peach, bit into it fiercely, and was about to speak when his expression suddenly shifted, and he looked up at the sky.

Xu Qing also looked up. The sky above the Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race's inner domain was turning crimson at a visible rate.

Waves of terrifying pressure also spread in all directions with the crimson glow's expansion. It was as if, at the far end of the crimson, a colossal entity was soaring through the sky.

After a while, this colossal entity slowly came into view for Xu Qing and the captain.

It was the head of an alien race.

It had brown skin, two horns on its head, an overall oval shape, and a ring pierced through its nostrils.

Its face had seven eyes, and within their withered grayness, figures of cultivators could be seen meditating cross-legged.

Every single one was a native Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly cultivator, with astonishing aura.

The head was as massive as a city, visible even from a great distance. The surrounding crimson glow emanated from within this head.

Xu Qing didn't know which race the head belonged to, but he could sense the lingering thoughts of a Soul Nurturing powerhouse through the pressure it emitted. It seemed to be the head of a mighty Soul Nurturing expert!

Most importantly, a faint divine aura permeated it. After sensing it, Xu Qing couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart.

However, at this moment, the head seemed to have been refined into a magical artifact. Though withered long hair still fluttered around its crown, a large area in the middle was bald.

Buildings had been constructed there, and bustling crowds resembled a marketplace.

From a distance, people occasionally flew out, transforming into long rainbows and departing. As it arrived, strong winds descended from the sky, stirring up storms on the ground, forcing Xu Qing and the captain to descend slightly.

“We actually encountered the Profound Moon Market,” the captain murmured, gazing for a moment. Nostalgia appeared in his eyes, and after gradually recognizing it, his gaze filled with surprise.

“Profound Moon Market?” Xu Qing looked at the captain.

Hearing Xu Qing's inquiry, the captain raised his chin.

“Didn’t the Superior God tell you?”

Xu Qing blinked, knowing his Senior Brother had been feeling bitter along the way. So, he shook his head, an expression of regret on his face.

Noticing Xu Qing's expression, the captain felt a little more at ease, and spoke proudly.

“The Profound Moon Market is a unique marketplace style of the Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race. This race often has no fixed dwellings; they travel around three mobile Authority Tents.”

“And the Profound Moon Market is how the Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race conducts external trade.”

“As for the head itself, judging by the divine aura it emits, there’s a high probability this thing came from a Divine Domain.”

“The Flame Moon Mysterious Heavenly Race, they just love to tear open a Divine Domain during the Great Hunt, storming in to hunt. You might say they’re courting death, but they always succeed. And if you say they’re not courting death, well, it’s still a Divine Domain, after all.”

“I wonder if the Sun, Moon, and Star Gods will one day provoke an unprovokable existence and get slapped to death.”

The captain sighed, muttering with emotion.

“If that day truly comes, it’d be best to first slap that old hag Yue Yan to death, then slap that little hussy Xing Yan to death.”

Xu Qing remained silent.

After speaking, the captain seemed to feel much more relieved.

“Since you have the Great Hunt token, we can go in. Come on, let’s see what good stuff they have inside.”

With that, the captain's body flickered, flying directly towards the distant Profound Moon Market. Xu Qing followed as a long rainbow, and as they drew closer, the pressure emanating from the Profound Moon Market intensified.

The bustling activity within also became clearer. Even from a distance, Xu Qing saw many shops and stalls. This reminded him of the Ghost Market.

Both were heads, and both were markets; they shared similarities.

Xu Qing pondered, unsure if this was a coincidence or if some hidden secret was involved.

He then sensed Little Shadow.

Back then, the head of the Ghost Market had been attracted by Little Shadow.

As for Little Shadow, after absorbing the previous forbidden zone, it seemed to be digesting, akin to hibernation.

Thus, as Xu Qing and the captain drew closer, the Profound Moon Market grew larger and larger in their sight. Just as they were less than a thousand feet away, a low roar that changed the very color of the heavens and earth erupted from within the Profound Moon Market. It pierced metal and shattered stone, summoning countless bolts of lightning, and even rippled through the void itself.

As the sound reverberated, a strange ferocious beast burst out from within the Profound Moon Market.

This beast wasn't very large, only a hundred feet tall, but the pressure it exuded was remarkably close to that of the head itself. An ordinary cultivator would feel their mind shaken just by looking at it, as if their soul had been seized.

The beast had the body of a wolf, was entirely dark greenish-black, but had a tortoise shell-like back. Its face resembled a fierce ghost, and white fur spread out from its head, making it appear very bizarre.

It didn't have just one ghost face on its body, but six.

Besides its head, terrifying ghost faces appeared on the knees of its four limbs and at the tip of its tail, a shocking sight.

Low roars and growls also emanated from these six mouths.

Beneath it was an equally astonishing sight: a sea of ghosts that had appeared out of thin air.

It was clearly moving while enveloped by that sea of ghosts, as if its presence signified death and calamity wherever it went. As for its head, a person stood amidst its white fur.

This person wore purple-gold battle armor, was tall, with golden hair fluttering in the wind. Their gaze was like a torch, seemingly able to scorch any living being that met their eyes.

Moreover, Soul Nurturing fluctuations emanated from their body, summoning rolling heavenly thunder. At the same time, they rode the ferocious and strange beast, departing the Profound Moon Market and soaring towards the distant sky.

Within the Profound Moon Market, all Flame Moon clansmen who witnessed this scene showed fervent eyes and bowed their heads in worship.

Xu Qing's heart also stirred, and the captain beside him now transmitted a quiet message.

“I know the name of that ferocious beast; it’s called Ghost Chariot.”

“I haven't seen the person on it before, but only one type of cultivator can wear purple-gold battle armor.”

“A Mysterious Heavenly General!”