Chapter 770: Heavenly Flood Dragon Displays Power

As the third Divine Dwelling halo materialized behind Yi Qiushui, a wave of astonished exclamations swept through Xuanzhou City.

“So Yi Qiushui was hiding her strength!”

“I knew it; the Yi family wouldn’t have come unprepared!”

“Now that Yi Qiushui has reached the late Divine Dwelling stage and is allied with Liu Zhixuan, they might actually be a match for Mo Yuan. After all, both of them are geniuses who have opened eight Divine Dwellings!”

“Heh heh, this back-and-forth is what makes it exciting. It would be boring if Mo Yuan just dominated.”

High above, Mo Yuan stood holding his staff, seemingly oblivious to the city-wide uproar. Yet, his gaze, fixed on Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan, had grown somewhat fiery.

“Good, good, now this is getting interesting,” Mo Yuan grinned, his eyes like those of a battle-hungry fiend ape, exuding an extraordinary aura.

If today’s battle were too easy, his trip here would truly be wasted. Liu Zhixuan and Yi Qiushui were indeed worthy of being called the prodigies of Little Xuanzhou; they certainly possessed some skill.

However, did they truly believe that two late Divine Dwelling stage cultivators, whose foundations were still somewhat shallow, could stop him, Mo Yuan?

Those on the Divine Dwelling Ranking were the most outstanding prodigies among countless Divine Dwelling cultivators in Hunyuan Heaven. They enjoyed endless cultivation resources and carried the high hopes of their sects and factions. If he couldn't even deal with two late Divine Dwelling stage cultivators, it would truly underestimate the value of the Divine Dwelling Ranking.

Mo Yuan laughed with a ruthless expression, as crimson Genesis Qi continuously surged, forming a massive red cloud that obscured half the sky. The entire world was filled with a dry, scorching heat.

Within the crimson cloud of Genesis Qi, countless Genesis Qi stars could be seen twinkling.

Mo Yuan let out a long roar heavenward. With a sweep of the iron staff in his hand, the Genesis Qi of heaven and earth howled. A rift suddenly opened in the crimson Genesis Qi cloud above, like a gaping maw.

“Crimson Nether Sand!”

As Mo Yuan’s roar echoed, a torrent of crimson sand suddenly surged from the gaping maw, sweeping across the sky like an enraged dragon, hurtling directly towards Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan below.

“Qiushui, be careful! This is Mo Yuan’s renowned Genesis Treasure. Once caught by that Crimson Nether Sand, your physical body will be incinerated!” Liu Zhixuan watched the roaring torrent of crimson sand and shouted in a deep voice.

Yi Qiushui’s pretty face turned solemn. She clenched her jade-like hand, and a green jade fan appeared within it. The fan was inscribed with numerous ancient runes, absorbing and exhaling the Genesis Qi of heaven and earth.

Evidently, it was also a Genesis Treasure.

Yi Qiushui channeled her Genesis Qi into the green jade fan, then powerfully fanned it forward.

Whoosh!

Immediately, a fierce green gale condensed between heaven and earth, carrying immense wind pressure, and collided with the torrent of Crimson Nether Sand.

Boom! Boom!

As the two collided, deep explosions reverberated throughout the world.

However, the Crimson Nether Sand torrent was clearly more powerful. In their clash, it gradually suppressed the green gale.

Just as the two sides were in a standoff, Liu Zhixuan’s figure flickered, appearing like a ghost behind Mo Yuan. His eyes sharp, he launched a palm strike.

As his violent Genesis Qi roared, it formed a Genesis Qi palm print that descended upon Mo Yuan with the speed of lightning.

“Tch.” Mo Yuan’s gaze shifted, and he scoffed. Gripping his iron staff tightly with one hand, he swung it violently behind him. Where the staff wind swept, the void cracked, and the Genesis Qi palm print was directly shattered by Mo Yuan’s single blow.

With the Genesis Qi palm print exploding, Liu Zhixuan’s expression subtly changed. His figure rapidly blurred as he retreated swiftly.

“Trying to leave?” However, a sinister chuckle suddenly rang out from above. Mo Yuan appeared out of thin air, a staff shadow wrapped in immense Genesis Qi, brutally striking down directly at Liu Zhixuan.

Sensing the ferocity of the staff shadow that seemed to blot out the sun, Liu Zhixuan’s expression couldn't help but change. With a thought, three Divine Dwelling halos appeared before him.

The staff shadow howled down. The three Divine Dwelling halos offered only a slight resistance before exploding.

But Liu Zhixuan used this brief moment to rapidly retreat, his face slightly pale.

Just as Mo Yuan was about to pursue relentlessly, a clear shout came. Yi Qiushui broke through the swirling crimson sand, her long sword unleashing fierce sword light, and shot forward.

Mo Yuan sneered, and as his staff wind raged, it shattered all the incoming sword lights.

The three were once again locked in battle, violent Genesis Qi continuously erupting. The deafening sonic booms could be clearly heard from a hundred miles away.

Within Xuanzhou City, countless gazes gravely watched the fierce confrontation. The sheer intensity of the three combatants’ clash left many Divine Dwelling stage experts secretly clicking their tongues in awe.

Compared to the battle high in the sky, the other two arenas seemed dull and unremarkable, lacking any highlights.

However, judging from the current situation, with Yi Qiushui revealing her late Divine Dwelling stage strength and joining forces with Liu Zhixuan, they seemed to be faintly capable of contending with Mo Yuan.

This caused the various factions in Xuanzhou City friendly to the Yi family to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Zhou Yuan, whose eyes were slightly narrowed as he watched the sky, secretly shook his head. With his spiritual perception, he knew that Mo Yuan had not displayed his full power at all; at this moment, he was probably just warming up.

Across from Zhou Yuan, Qiu Ling said with a fake smile, “Do you think Yi Qiushui breaking through to the late Divine Dwelling stage means they can stop Mo Yuan?”

He had originally intended to directly strike and kill Zhou Yuan, but he changed his mind at the last moment because he felt that would be too easy for Zhou Yuan. Therefore, he wanted Zhou Yuan to witness Yi Qiushui and the others’ defeat, at which point he could savor Zhou Yuan’s despair.

Zhou Yuan shook his head and chuckled lightly, “I think you should be glad they held Mo Yuan off for a bit longer, otherwise you would have been utterly disgraced today.”

“Hmm? What do you mean?” Qiu Ling cast a chilling gaze at him.

“You’ll find out soon enough.”

Zhou Yuan was nonchalant, too lazy to waste more words on him. He simply stared at the battle in the sky. The reason he hadn't made a move was just to test Mo Yuan’s strength using Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan.

Once Yi Qiushui and her companion were defeated, he would naturally have to make his move. At that point, there would be no need for Qiu Ling to continue standing there.

Of course, if Yi Qiushui and her companion could truly defeat Mo Yuan, it would save him the trouble of acting. But looking at the current situation, that outcome seemed highly unlikely.

As for Zhou Yuan’s demeanor, Qiu Ling’s face grew grim, his eyes constantly flashing with fierce malice. He utterly disliked how unperturbed Zhou Yuan always appeared. Despite being nothing more than a country bumpkin with no background, he insisted on feigning such composure—a bearing he had only ever seen on the super prodigies of the Heaven Spirit Sect.

Just as Qiu Ling was pondering whether he should break Zhou Yuan’s legs first to teach him a lesson, a violent roar of Genesis Qi suddenly echoed from high above.

Qiu Ling looked up and immediately twisted his mouth into a sinister grin.

“Senior Brother Mo Yuan has finally had his fun.”

Within Xuanzhou City, countless horrified gazes stared at the sky. They saw Mo Yuan’s body expanding little by little, his skin turning dark as iron.

Violent Genesis Qi formed around his body, vaguely shaping a massive ape phantom. When the ape phantom clenched its giant palm, the Genesis Qi of heaven and earth transformed into a colossal Mountain-Shaking Staff.

An indescribable aura of ferocity emanated from the gigantic ape phantom, filling the heavens and earth.

In Xuanzhou City, gasps of horror arose: “That’s the Heaven Spirit Sect’s high-grade Heaven Genesis Art, the Mountain-Shaking Heavenly Ape Transformation!”

The fiendish ape roared like thunder. The gigantic staff phantom, resembling a pillar supporting the sky, howled as it swept through, causing the vast void to tremble. Genesis Qi illuminated the void, revealing countless Genesis Qi stars. A rough estimate suggested that this colossal staff phantom, with its swing, had condensed at least eight million Genesis Qi stars.

Such a profound Genesis Qi foundation truly revealed the terrifying power implied by Mo Yuan’s name on the Divine Dwelling Ranking!

Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan’s expressions simultaneously changed at this moment. They desperately mobilized all their Genesis Qi, transforming it into a surging torrent, attempting to resist Mo Yuan’s frenzied strike.

Rumble!

However, all resistance was futile under the absolute suppression of his Genesis Qi foundation.

As the fiendish ape roared and the staff phantom descended, thousands of layers of Genesis Qi defenses completely collapsed.

Pfft!

Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan simultaneously spat blood, their Genesis Qi scattered. Then, they fell clumsily from the sky, crashing heavily onto the stone platform, which cracked with immense fissures.

The entire city fell silent!

Countless horrified gazes stared at the roaring fiendish ape in the sky. No one had expected Mo Yuan to be so ferocious...

The members of the Yi family—Yi Qianji, Liu Tianying, Liu Ming, and others—all changed color, their faces pale. With the defeat of Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan, the struggle for the Prefecture Lord position was all but lost.

Compared to the bleakness on the Yi family’s side, the Qiu family’s side erupted in cheers. Qiu Long, the head of the Qiu family, even burst into hearty laughter, filled with vigor and pride.

Zhou Yuan slowly withdrew his gaze from the sky, then looked at Qiu Ling, who was glaring at him with a sinister expression, and smiled faintly.

“Didn’t you just ask me what I meant?”

Zhou Yuan clasped his hands together. In the depths of his eyes, interwoven cyan-gold light flickered. The next moment, the long cry of a Flood Dragon resonated throughout heaven and earth, as immense cyan-gold Genesis Qi surged skyward from the crown of his head.

Within that cyan-gold Genesis Qi, a faint image of a cyan Flood Dragon seemed to ascend.

An incredibly powerful Genesis Qi pressure emanated from within Zhou Yuan, causing the ground beneath his feet to crack inch by inch.

Feeling that Genesis Qi pressure, Qiu Ling’s pupils sharply contracted. Under that pressure, he found his own body trembling slightly. What did this mean? It meant that Zhou Yuan, standing before him, possessed a Genesis Qi foundation that actually surpassed his own?!

“How is that possible?!”

“He’s only at the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage!” Qiu Ling roared in horror internally, feeling as though things had spun out of his control.

However, Zhou Yuan ignored Qiu Ling’s dismay. He clenched his five fingers and punched out. Immediately, cyan-gold Genesis Qi roared forth, forming a fist print, and upon this fist print, layers of cyan-gold dragon scales emerged.

It was like a Dragon Fist!

As Zhou Yuan’s Ancestral Dragon Scripture broke through to its second level, its formidable nature finally began to reveal itself.

The cyan-gold fist print roared, and Zhou Yuan’s bone-chilling voice echoed through the air, filled with surging killing intent.

“Heavenly Flood Dragon Fist Seal!”

The fist print, howling like a Flood Dragon, pierced through the void and arrived in an instant. Qiu Ling’s pores constricted, and his face contorted as he sharply shouted, “Stop your theatrics!”

Three Divine Dwelling halos immediately appeared before Qiu Ling, like a triple iron wall.

All the Genesis Qi within his body was poured into the three Divine Dwelling halos. He refused to believe that Zhou Yuan could break through his full-power defense!

Just as Qiu Ling’s defense took shape, the cyan-gold Flood Dragon Fist Print, carrying destructive power, unhesitatingly slammed into it.

Boom!

The moment of impact, a violent Genesis Qi shockwave immediately swept outwards.

The entire ground continuously collapsed, and cracks rapidly spread.

However, at the moment of collision, Qiu Ling was horrified to see cracks rapidly appearing on the three Divine Dwelling halos before him.

“Impossible! How can his Genesis Qi be so strong?!”

But just as that thought flashed through Qiu Ling’s mind, the three Divine Dwellings directly burst apart.

Violent Genesis Qi raged outwards. Qiu Ling’s body was struck as if by a heavy blow, and he spat blood wildly as his figure awkwardly shot backwards, his body tearing deep gouges into the ground.

It took a long time to describe, yet from Zhou Yuan’s sudden attack to its conclusion, only a mere ten-odd breaths passed. While many were still reeling from the shock brought by Mo Yuan, the battle here had already ended...

As more and more stunned gazes slowly shifted over, Zhou Yuan gently twisted his neck. His eyes remained unperturbed as he looked at Qiu Ling, who was covered in blood in the distance, struggling to get back up. He smiled peacefully.

“Now…”

“Do you understand what I meant?”