Chapter 1256: The Battle of the Strongest

The massive Ancestral Soul Mountain stands majestically and magnificently between heaven and earth, seemingly connecting the sky above and the earth below.

Currently, countless sounds of battle reverberate throughout the Ancestral Soul Mountain.

Although these battle platforms appear to be mere stone platforms, their interiors actually seem to possess evolving spaces, like a series of immensely vast pocket dimensions, capable of containing any destruction.

At this moment, fierce and bloody battles are erupting on every battle platform.

When the Genesis Beast race and the Fiend Beast race collide, there is no room for compromise.

Ai Tuanzi's eyes coldly fixed on the figure before her, whose hair was streaked with gray and from whose head black horns protruded. Behind her, a golden light suddenly surged, revealing a pair of phoenix wings unfurling from her back. The phoenix wings shimmered with radiance, each feather gleaming with a sharp, cold light, like a blade.

With a grip of her small hand, the golden feathers condensed into a long golden-plumed sword in her grasp. Its hilt resembled a phoenix spreading its wings, exuding a dangerous aura amidst its splendor.

Wielding the phoenix-plumed longsword, Ai Tuanzi's aura suddenly became sharp and formidable.

Across from Ai Tuanzi, Chi Yuan watched with narrowed eyes, remarking, "As expected of the Spirit Phoenix race. It seems this battle will not disappoint me."

He took a step forward, and the next moment, a black Domain of Law, with him as its epicenter, rapidly expanded.

The black Domain of Law spanned two thousand seven hundred zhang. Within the domain, an endless abyss emerged, from which an unimaginably cold and violent aura erupted. Within such a Domain of Law, even ordinary Genesis Infant stage experts would likely be unable to maintain their composure and might even have their minds corrupted by the violence, transforming into murderous monsters.

"This is my Demonic Abyss Domain," Chi Yuan declared.

Behind Chi Yuan, a monstrous black aura surged, making him appear like a terrifying demon god, utterly horrifying.

He clenched his hand, and the surging black aura condensed into a black long spear in his grip. From within the spear, countless shrieks emanated, capable of unsettling the soul.

"Within my Demonic Abyss Domain, countless prodigies have met their demise," Chi Yuan bellowed, "But now, I am precisely in need of the corpse of your Spirit Phoenix race!" His laughter boomed like thunder, and the malevolent aura within it seemed to materialize, blotting out the sky.

Ai Tuanzi's expression remained calm; she ignored Chi Yuan's provocation. She merely said, "I am rather puzzled. Why does your Fiend Beast race suddenly covet the Dragon Spirit Grotto-Heaven? The Domain of Law seeds born from Ancestral Soul Mountain shouldn't be enough to make your masters expend so much effort to send you in, right?"

The Dragon Spirit Grotto-Heaven is a space attached to the Myriad Beasts Heaven. Outside the Myriad Beasts Heaven, there are layers of defenses laid down by its various Saints. To penetrate these defenses and send people into the Dragon Spirit Grotto-Heaven, it must have required considerable cost and planning, even for a Saint Race.

"Do dead people need to know so much?" Chi Yuan sneered.

However, in response to Ai Tuanzi's query, Chi Yuan merely gave a ferocious grin, with no intention of explaining. With a long roar, the surging black aura swept out like countless dark ink dragons, directly sealing the space and lunging to strike Ai Tuanzi.

Its momentum was fierce.

Ai Tuanzi watched the surging black aura descending directly. The violent malevolent energy contained within that black aura could only be described as "terrifying."

This Chi Yuan before her was indeed a formidable and troublesome opponent.

However, to defeat her, it was probably still not enough.

Ai Tuanzi lightly stamped her foot. The next instant, thunder seemed to echo between heaven and earth as a golden Domain of Law suddenly expanded from her body. Within the golden domain, countless golden bolts of lightning danced above a crimson sea of fire.

The Domain of Law spanned three thousand zhang!

Ai Tuanzi's voice resounded within the domain: "This is the Domain of Law I cultivate, named the Golden Thunder Fire Domain."

She raised the phoenix-plumed longsword in her hand. Instantly, countless golden thunderbolts and crimson flames roared forth, directly colliding with the surging black aura. At that moment, the entire void violently trembled.

The golden thunder and crimson fire tore through the ink-dragon-like black aura, incinerating it.

Following the golden thunder, a clear phoenix cry suddenly resonated. A graceful figure emerged, treading on golden thunder. With a swing of her longsword, a ten-thousand-zhang sword light appeared, its brilliance illuminating the sky. Golden thunder and crimson fire danced on the sword light, exuding an overbearing might.

The golden thunder and crimson fire sword light magnified in Chi Yuan's eyes. His expression hardened, and he abruptly clasped his hands together.

"Hand of the Demonic Abyss!"

Within his Domain of Law, a bottomless abyss vibrated. The next moment, an incomparably massive demonic hand extended from it, with dreadfully terrifying black Genesis Qi rising from its surface.

The demonic hand directly crushed the void and collided with the descending golden thunder and crimson fire sword light.

At that instant, it was as if heavenly thunder and earthly fire surged forth, and a destructive shockwave suddenly swept out.

Boom!

A burly figure, wreathed in dark black Genesis Qi, flew backward, its body gouging deep marks into the ground.

Tun Tun, in its form as a purple-gold giant beast, stamped its feet on the ground, its beast eyes looking down upon the figure it had sent flying.

"Heh, truly worthy of being a Primordial Sacred Beast..."

The burly figure slowly got up, his eyes cold and ferocious as he stared at Tun Tun, declaring, "Remember my name: Chi Qiu, of the Fiend Beast Royal Clan!"

"Divine Pillar Domain!"

With a fierce roar, a circle of Domain of Law suddenly expanded from his body. Within the domain, mysterious light condensed, forming countless colossal ancient pillars of light in the void.

Those pillars of light stood horizontally between heaven and earth, seemingly possessing boundless power.

"Divine Pillars Suppress!"

As Chi Qiu roared, pillars of light streaked through the air, carrying boundless might, suppressing down upon Tun Tun.

Tun Tun raised its head, its beast eyes fixed on the descending pillars of light. White mist spewed from its nostrils. The next moment, an extremely pure blackness spread from beneath its four hooves, forming a black zone around itself in just a few breaths.

Where the black zone enveloped, all things in the world were swallowed.

The descending pillars of light also strangely dissolved the moment they made contact.

This was a divine power inherent to a Primordial Sacred Beast, akin to a naturally occurring Domain of Law. Therefore, it could also be called the Devouring Domain.

With the divine pillars devoured, the purple-gold scales on Tun Tun's body became even more brilliant at this moment, as if the devoured pillars of light had directly transformed into power, augmenting its own.

In Tun Tun's beast eyes, black light surged. The next moment, Chi Qiu's expression slightly changed as he saw black hole-like whirlpools suddenly appear all around him in the void, then directly swirling to crush him.

Jiang Ba, Zhuang Xiaoming, and other Pseudo-Domain of Law experts all displayed their Domains of Law at this moment, engaging in fierce confrontations with powerful enemies.

On the battle platforms further below, Ai Zhi, Jiang Hongying, Jin Lan, Meng Chong, and other Peak Genesis Infant stage experts from various races also unleashed their full power, battling the enemies.

A dense, bloody aura rose into the sky.

On the battle platform where Ai Zhi was, he unleashed monstrous Genesis Qi, his continuous and vast offensive suppressing his Fiend Beast expert opponent until they could barely breathe. Yet, he still had leisure to glance at other battle platforms.

He then discovered that among the many battles currently raging on Ancestral Soul Mountain, their Myriad Beasts Heaven had clearly gained a significant advantage overall.

This made him unconsciously let out a sigh of relief. Immediately, his playful gaze turned to the motionless figure outside Ancestral Soul Mountain. How could he not know that Zhou Yuan's current inaction was merely waiting for an opportune moment, or rather... biding his time to sell his services at a higher price?

But he had clearly underestimated the strength of Myriad Beasts Heaven. The current situation was greatly in their favor; they simply didn't need Zhou Yuan's intervention.

"So be it," Ai Zhi sneered. "He will have made no contribution. No matter what, I won't let Aunt Ai give him a Domain of Law seed!"

Ai Zhi sneered, then no longer paid attention to Zhou Yuan outside the mountain, instead increasing his offensive and focusing on his immediate enemy.

While fierce battles were raging throughout the entire Ancestral Soul Mountain...

On a battle platform located at the lowest level of the mountain, where lower-level clashes between the two sides occurred, the numbers were the largest, yet it was also the most inconspicuous.

No one noticed that on that small battle platform, a black-robed figure was looking up at the intense battles across the mountain's platforms.

The black robe concealed his face, leaving it in shadow.

At this moment, a massive corpse lay at his feet, evidently a Myriad Beasts Heaven expert he had previously slain.

From beneath the black robe, a hoarse, inscrutable laugh suddenly emerged.

Then the corpse at his feet gradually melted, eventually merging into the battle platform. Faintly, a strange Genesis Rune seemed to flash across the ground...