Chapter 3535: The Great Family Legacy (Gone Today)

Even with the Spirit-Breaking Blade, it still required the combined efforts of eight Mahayana cultivators and a fragment of a Profound Heaven Treasure to break through the formation. This shows just how formidable the Mantis Tribe's protective grand formation truly is.

Venerable Heavenly River Sword was using his Spirit Domain to attack a short, stout old man in a golden robe. Hundreds of thousands of blue flying swords tore through the sky with a shrill whistling sound, striking towards the golden-robed elder.

The golden-robed elder manipulated five small, golden-glowing mirrors, each releasing a torrent of golden fireballs. These fireballs blocked the incoming blue flying swords, creating massive waves of air.

Above Venerable Heavenly River Sword, the void rippled, and a colossal, hazy yellow hand materialized, covering an area of a hundred miles.

As soon as the yellow hand appeared, the spiritual energy within a ten-thousand-mile radius became chaotic. The giant yellow hand, like a meteor from outer space, sliced through the sky and slammed down fiercely towards Venerable Heavenly River Sword.

Before the yellow hand even reached Venerable Heavenly River Sword, an immense pressure enveloped him. The ground fractured into thick, long cracks, and even the void itself began to tear.

Venerable Heavenly River Sword found it difficult to breathe. He conjured a sword art, and hundreds of thousands of blue flying swords materialized out of thin air, rising to meet the attack.

With a thunderous roar, the yellow hand was shattered by the myriad blue flying swords, filling the air with dust and smoke.

A piercing whoosh echoed as a brilliant golden, sky-reaching giant staff descended from the heavens, striking towards Venerable Heavenly River Sword.

Venerable Heavenly River Sword activated a sword art, and a hazy blue, sky-reaching great sword flared with spiritual light, rising to meet it.

With a clang of metal on metal, the colossal sword was sent flying back. The golden staff erupted with blinding golden light, enveloping an area of a thousand zhang. Trapped within the golden light, Venerable Heavenly River Sword felt his body tighten, unable to move an inch.

"A Profound Heaven Treasure Fragment!"

Terror filled Venerable Heavenly River Sword's eyes. Blue light burst from his body, but the giant staff effortlessly shattered his protective spiritual light. Venerable Heavenly River Sword let out a horrific scream and was reduced to a puddle of flesh.

His body transformed into a five-colored jade stone, but the azure section shattered, turning it into a four-colored jade. A blinding blue light then emerged from the void a thousand miles away, revealing Venerable Heavenly River Sword's figure, his expression grim.

As soon as he reappeared, he felt his body grow heavy, uncontrollably plummeting towards the ground. Simultaneously, a hazy yellow sound wave swept towards him.

Venerable Heavenly River Sword activated a sword art, and his body shriveled, transforming into a sword as he shot upwards. However, he hadn't ascended very far before the yellow sound wave reached him.

Numerous blue flying swords emerged from the void, rushing towards the yellow sound wave, only to be completely shattered by it. The yellow sound wave then swept past Venerable Heavenly River Sword's body, eliciting a painful scream. Venerable Heavenly River Sword spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body exploded. A miniature Nascent Soul had barely left his body when it was enveloped by a yellow mist and swept into the mouth of a massive yellow giant ape, disappearing from sight.

This was an eighth-tier mid-grade Mountain-Moving Ape, a descendant of the Mountain Giant Ape, and also the Mantis Tribe's protective spirit beast. This exemplifies the deep heritage of a major clan.

The Mantis Tribe, proficient in insect and beast control, invested vast resources to cultivate the Mountain-Moving Ape. It was only after immense effort that they managed to raise it to eighth-tier mid-grade, and they rarely allowed it to act publicly, partly to maintain secrecy.

The Mahayana cultivators of the Ming Tribe had specially forged a heavy Profound Heaven Treasure fragment for the Mountain-Moving Ape. When the Mountain-Moving Ape suddenly launched a sneak attack, Venerable Heavenly River Sword tragically perished.

A shrill female scream rang out as Tong Xi was impaled by a brilliant golden spear. The golden spear then dissolved into hundreds of thousands of Vajra Worms, which swarmed over Tong Xi's body, gnawing at her until even her Nascent Soul could not escape.

The Insect King, an eighth-tier low-grade creature, glowed with golden light before transforming into a burly man in a golden shirt.

Wang Qingshan's expression hardened. The Mantis Tribe truly lived up to its reputation as a major clan of the Jade Cloud Realm; its deep heritage was incomparable to lesser tribes.

Compared to the Ming Tribe, the Lizard Tribe, Yaksha Tribe, and Fiery Spirit Tribe of the Profound Spirit Continent were utterly insignificant. Fortunately, he had deployed the Spirit-Breaking Blade; if the delay had been longer, the losses would have been immeasurable.

Zha Shuo had not yet slain the Nine-Headed Ice Lion, but Wang Qingshan and the other seven had broken the formation too quickly.

Above his head, the void rippled, and a brilliant golden hand materialized, carrying an aura of destruction as it struck towards Zha Shuo.

Wang Qingshan activated a sword art, causing the void to tremble and distort. Hundreds of thousands of hazy green flying swords materialized out of thin air; this was his Spirit Domain.

The hundreds of thousands of green flying swords transformed into a vast river of green light, rushing directly towards Zha Shuo with astonishing momentum.

Zha Shuo slammed his right hand towards the void, and a gigantic crimson hand flashed forth, shattering the golden hand.

From the void emerged crimson fireballs as large as small mountains, which shattered the incoming green flying swords. Some of these crimson fireballs then hurtled towards Wang Qingshan.

Although both had just entered the Spirit Domain realm, Zha Shuo's cultivation was higher and his magical power deeper, making his Spirit Domain more powerful.

A ray of grey light shot out. As the crimson fireballs touched the grey light, they all disintegrated.

Zha Shuo's gaze swept across and landed on a thin old man in a grey robe.

The grey-robed elder's eyes emitted a dazzling black light. Immediately after, miniature whirlpools appeared in his pupils, as if possessing a powerful gravitational force that pulled Zha Shuo's mind into them.

The grey-robed elder was Reverend Wu Xie, a Mahayana cultivator of the Evil Eye Tribe. The Evil Eye Tribe's ocular techniques were indeed formidable; otherwise, the Stone Cocoon Tribe would not have brought Reverend Wu Xie with them.

Seizing this opportunity, a yellow-glowing spear shot forth. While Leng Mei and others attempted to intercept it, Chen Yueying and her companions launched attacks at them.

The yellow spear reached Zha Shuo. His gaze was fixated, clearly still trapped by the ocular technique.

The yellow spear struck Zha Shuo, emitting a dull thud, as if something had blocked it.

Shi Pan activated a spell, and the yellow spear suddenly disintegrated, transforming into countless yellow sand arrows that pierced through Zha Shuo's head.

His body transformed into a red lotus with five petals, but one petal shattered.

The substitution treasures of the Ming Tribe's Mahayana cultivators were quite advanced, another testament to their deep heritage.

A cluster of crimson fire light emerged from the void a thousand miles away, revealing Zha Shuo's figure. He broke into a cold sweat; if not for the substitution treasure, he would have lost his life.

True Monarch Qian Jin was about to unleash another divine ability when a piercing whoosh echoed. A brilliant golden staff descended from the heavens, striking towards True Monarch Qian Jin.

True Monarch Qian Jin attempted to evade, but his body felt incredibly heavy, plummeting rapidly towards the ground. A hazy yellow sound wave swept over him; wherever it passed, mountains exploded and houses crumbled.

Unable to avoid it, he could only conjure a small, brilliant golden mirror, which emitted a golden mist, and simultaneously manipulated a pair of golden scissors to meet the attack.

The golden mist collided with the golden staff, shattering instantly like an egg hitting a rock. The golden scissors then struck the golden staff, emitting a dull thud before being sent flying back.

True Monarch Qian Jin attempted to use a secret art to evade, but the golden staff unleashed a vast golden mist that enveloped an area of ten thousand zhang, leaving him as if paralyzed.