Chapter 1258: Scene Reversal

Raging black mist, filled with brutality, roared forth and collided with the rampant golden lightning and flames, shattering the void.

However, in this collision, Ai Tuanzi's expression changed, for she could clearly feel the opponent's power suddenly grow stronger at that instant. The chilling and violent black mist swept forth, completely extinguishing the golden lightning and flames.

Where the two domains collided, the golden lightning and flames also showed signs of dimming and retreating.

Ai Tuanzi's slender figure floated backward, then she stood in the void. On the phoenix feather longsword in her hand, golden lightning flickered and crimson flames flowed.

"Hahaha, what's wrong? Can't you be smug now?" Ahead, as black mist surged from a void abyss, Chiyuan looked on with a smile.

Ai Tuanzi's eyes were icy. She said, "Is this all the Vile Beast race is capable of — these deceitful tricks?"

Her strength was superior to Chiyuan's. In the previous battle, she had also held the upper hand. However, this advantage was completely nullified by the Vile Beast race's secret methods. Chiyuan, amplified by the fierce energy of Ancestral Soul Mountain, was now entirely her equal in overall strength.

Ai Tuanzi cast a cold glance at one of the battle platforms. A black-robed figure stood there, and the recent changes were all caused by this mysterious black-robed individual.

Hearing this, Chiyuan laughed mockingly. "Are the people of Myriad Beasts Heaven really so naive and childish? This is a life-or-death struggle; what's the point of talking about fair play?"

Ai Tuanzi said no more. She simply pointed the tip of her sword from afar toward the black-robed figure. A sharp command rang out: "Kill him!"

The current situation arose because of this person. They must kill him as quickly as possible to perhaps break this situation.

As Ai Tuanzi's command fell, powerful Genesis Qi erupted from various points on Ancestral Soul Mountain. They charged directly toward that battle platform. However, the platform's rules allowed only two people on stage at a time, so most people surrounded the platform, their gazes filled with murderous intent, locking onto the mysterious black-robed figure.

Yet, facing this successive assault, the black-robed figure seemed to let out a low chuckle. Before the person who charged onto the platform could even make a move, his figure vanished like a phantom, leaving no trace whatsoever.

Many strong experts from Myriad Beasts Heaven immediately changed their expressions. They looked at each other in bewilderment, unsure what to do.

Ai Tuanzi also noticed this scene. Her pretty face slightly darkened. Her perception spread out, but she found that she, too, could not find any trace of the black-robed figure.

"Don't waste your effort."

Chiyuan smiled grimly. "This time, all of you from Myriad Beasts Heaven will die here!"

Ai Tuanzi's delicate brows furrowed. This time, the Vile Beast race certainly had a scheme. Although the Chiyuan before her had become much stronger due to that inexplicable amplification, Ai Tuanzi still did not fear him. However, the mysterious black-robed figure made her extremely wary.

This was the viper hidden in the shadows, whose true nature was hard to discern, like a thorn in her back.

At this moment, Ai Tuanzi even wanted to disengage from her entanglement with Chiyuan, and first seek out the black-robed figure lurking in the shadows.

However, just as her gaze flickered and her thoughts stirred, Chiyuan seemed to sense her intention and immediately burst into laughter. Behind him, a void abyss emerged in the spatial void. Rolling, chilling, viscous black mist roared forth, directly transforming into countless colossal black pythons, sweeping overwhelmingly toward her.

"You'd better stay here and play with me!"

As the astonishing offensive enveloped her, a sudden chill intensified in Ai Tuanzi's eyes. A sharp murderous intent surged forth.

With a graceful sweep of her slender jade finger through the air, a golden circle appeared from the void. Within the golden circle, golden lightning and crimson flames spread across the sky, like a sea of golden lightning and fire, directly engulfing the countless black pythons.

"Do you really think that by borrowing these external means, I can't kill you?!"

Under her cold cry, the phoenix feather longsword in Ai Tuanzi's hand shot skyward. With a clear phoenix cry, it transformed into a gigantic spiritual phoenix made of light. The luminous phoenix opened its mouth toward the golden lightning and fire sea below and powerfully inhaled.

The sea of golden lightning and fire was swallowed in one gulp, forming a massive golden lightning-crimson flame sun within the phoenix's mouth.

"Great Phoenix Sun!"

With a soft cry, the golden lightning-crimson flame sun roared downward, piercing through the void, carrying destructive power, and directly slammed toward Chiyuan's location.

Facing Ai Tuanzi's full-force attack, Chiyuan's expression also subtly changed, and he dared not be negligent. He swiftly circulated his vast Genesis Qi. Behind him in the void, abysses emerged one after another, spewing viscous black mist.

From the abysses, countless black chains roared forth, obscuring the sky and sun as they rushed toward the golden lightning-crimson flame sun.

"Underworld Abyssal Ghost Chains!"

Both sides once again clashed with full power. The immense commotion seemed as if it would overturn the entire battle platform, drawing much attention.

While Ai Tuanzi engaged Chiyuan in another full-force battle, fierce battles were also erupting on the other nine seed battle platforms.

Looking across these nine seed battle platforms, currently, aside from Tun Tun's side still subtly holding the upper hand, the situations for Jiang Ba, Zhuang Xiaoming, and others were gradually turning disadvantageous. After all, the opponents had received a significant boost, enough to reverse the situation.

For those with deeper foundations in pseudo-domain, like Jiang Ba and Zhuang Xiaoming, it was still somewhat manageable. However, those with slightly weaker foundations were already facing perilous situations.

Of course, this was not an isolated incident. With the changes orchestrated by the black-robed figure, Myriad Beasts Heaven's previous advantage throughout Ancestral Soul Mountain completely vanished. A large number of casualties began to emerge.

Outside Ancestral Soul Mountain.

Ai Qing's face was a little pale. In just a short while, the number of casualties on Myriad Beasts Heaven's side had almost caught up to the Vile Beast race's previous losses. Moreover, the rate of casualties was continuously accelerating.

"That black-robed figure seems to have set up a highly sophisticated barrier, drawing on the fierce energy of Ancestral Soul Mountain to amplify the Vile Beast forces," Zhou Yuan said slowly, his expression somewhat grave.

Hearing this, Ai Qing quickly asked, "Can it be broken?"

She recalled that in the ancient Origin Heaven, Zhou Yuan had broken the Saint Race's barrier, which had turned the tide.

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "The barrier in the ancient Origin Heaven was incomplete, so there were flaws to exploit. But this current barrier is clearly a complete one. If I'm not mistaken, it should also be the work of a Saint from the Saint Race. With my current ability, it's simply impossible to break."

Ai Qing's heart immediately sank.

Zhou Yuan slowly said, "Moreover, the most troublesome aspect now is probably not the Vile Beast race's amplified strength, but rather that enigmatic black-robed figure. He is the most unstable factor."

As he spoke, a deep wariness flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

On the surface, Chiyuan seemed to be the strongest among the Vile Beast race. But after the previous incident, Zhou Yuan understood that the black-robed figure was likely the true leader.

His strength was also quite terrifying.

However, what made Zhou Yuan slightly puzzled was this: did that individual go to such great lengths, setting up this barrier filled with blood-red vortexes, solely to amplify the Vile Beast race's strength? While there was an amplification now, it hadn't reached an incredible degree. The scale of the setup and the outcome seemed somewhat incongruous.

Or perhaps, was there another agenda?

"Zhou Yuan, can you still find that black-robed figure?" Ai Qing asked with some worry.

Holy runes once again circulated deep within Zhou Yuan's pupils. He scanned around, then slowly shook his head. "That guy has completely vanished. Even I can't find him."

As he spoke, he once again elevated the black-robed figure's danger level in his mind. Such a level of concealment, undetectable even by his Barrier-Breaking Saint Runes, showed his extraordinary capability. If he hadn't been setting up the barrier earlier, Zhou Yuan would probably have had great difficulty detecting him at all.

"This situation has become quite troublesome..." he muttered to himself.

While Zhou Yuan was conversing with Ai Qing, the battle on Ancestral Soul Mountain grew increasingly fierce.

Casualties for Myriad Beasts Heaven were rapidly escalating.

A thick, bloody stench rose into the sky.

Moreover, not only on the numerous battle platforms below, but even on the ten seed battle platforms, changes began to occur.

The two weakest pseudo-domain experts from Myriad Beasts Heaven were the first to have their weaknesses exploited by the amplified Vile Beast experts. Accompanied by two immense Genesis Qi impacts, both figures were blasted off their battle platforms. Their bodies crashed heavily onto the ground outside Ancestral Soul Mountain, tearing deep gashes, their fates unknown.

The defeat of two pseudo-domain experts undoubtedly caused a significant shock on Myriad Beasts Heaven's side.

Fortunately, the pseudo-domain experts from Myriad Beasts Heaven who had not yet entered the fray were already prepared. They immediately stepped forward to fill the vacant spots.

In the ensuing fierce battles, pseudo-domain experts from both sides were continuously being severely wounded and eliminated.

The battle was so fierce that even Zhou Yuan, as an observer, felt his eyelids twitch. The Origin Beast race and the Vile Beast race were indeed mortal enemies, employing only life-or-death moves when fighting.

Fortunately, no unforeseen changes occurred on Tun Tun's side. Even with their opponents amplified, it only added a bit of trouble, and didn't truly pose much threat to Tun Tun.

However, in the current situation, the fact that the opponents could hold Tun Tun back was already not good news for Myriad Beasts Heaven.

"All of Myriad Beasts Heaven's pseudo-domain experts have already entered..."

Zhou Yuan's gaze shifted. The ten seed battle platforms were like meat grinders for top experts. The pseudo-domain experts from both sides committed to the fight were constantly being worn down.

Currently, Myriad Beasts Heaven had no more spare pseudo-domain experts. If more defeats occurred next, it would be the turn of experts at the Perfect Genesis Infant stage to enter.

And perhaps very soon...

Just as this thought crossed his mind, a terrifying Genesis Qi bombardment erupted on one of the seed battle platforms. Surging Genesis Qi shattered the void.

In this exchange of blows, a pseudo-domain expert from Myriad Beasts Heaven was immediately severely wounded and sent flying off the platform.

A commotion broke out on Myriad Beasts Heaven's side. Many gazes turned anxious.

Because on their side, there were no more pseudo-domain experts who had yet to enter the fray.

Many gazes began to shift at this moment, finally turning toward a battle platform below the seed platforms. That was Ai Zhi's platform; there, he had successively defeated several Perfect Genesis Infant experts from the Vile Beast race. The strength he displayed certainly lived up to his title as Myriad Beasts Heaven's strongest Genesis Infant.

Now, with all pseudo-domain experts defeated, only Perfect Genesis Infant experts could enter the fight.

Fortunately, some top Perfect Genesis Infant experts, in terms of Genesis Qi foundation, were not weaker than some pseudo-domain experts. The latter's advantage was merely an incomplete domain...

"Ai Zhi!"

"Ai Zhi!"

Among the Myriad Beasts Heaven forces, roars rang out one after another. Many gazes, filled with anticipation and respect, turned toward Ai Zhi's figure.

Jiang Hongying also looked at Ai Zhi's figure at this moment, a strange glint flashing in her beautiful eyes. She naturally knew that the Spirit Phoenix Clan had previously mentioned a marriage alliance between Ai Zhi and her, but in the past, she had been too proud and didn't feel much for Ai Zhi.

However, looking at Ai Zhi, who remained composed under the cheers of the multitude, she felt that he indeed possessed some qualities of a leader.

Jiang Hongying's gaze flickered toward the motionless figure outside Ancestral Soul Mountain. She secretly thought, "Zhou Yuan, although you are formidable, today, all the glory here will likely belong to Ai Zhi."

"Compared to him, you will be overshadowed."

Under the convergence of many gazes, Ai Zhi also looked up at the now-empty seed battle platform. Intense passion and greed flashed in his eyes.

If he were to step onto the stage and fight here today, occupying a seed battle platform, then his reputation in Myriad Beasts Heaven would reach unprecedented heights. At that time, his clan would also highly value him, and a future in the Domain stage would be within reach!

"It's finally my turn..."

Ai Zhi smiled, then his gaze swept over Zhou Yuan's figure outside the mountain. A playful curve appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Just watch from there. I will make you realize that today's protagonist is I, Ai Zhi of the Spirit Phoenix Clan, not you, Zhou Yuan of the Heaven Abyss Region!"