By Nox's command, the golden flames flew into the skies. A spider lily of death slowly bloomed, and Goldenwheel's eyes went wide. This was an Immortal technique. "An Immortal technique? Impossible! His technique is already this powerful?" Goldenwheel was in disbelief.The world knew that Nox's Eight Techniques was the strongest set of techniques in the world, but it also had the capability to reach the truth. The moment Nox gained an epiphany about Saint Realm, the Eight Techniques grew as well.Flames burned everything they touched, and Goldenwheel's authority was nothing but a crisp. The fire burned his aura away, and without his aura, Goldenwheel was nothing but a regular old man."The Mousses didn't tell me he was a Saint! Bastards! No, he's not a Saint. He's just a Flawless Pinnacle Legend Realm, while I am a faux Saint. I am one step away from a half Saint. I have a thousand years of power. I have the advantage!"Thinking his power could trump Nox's, Goldenwheel once again ca
"With the power of the sun and the moon, I condemn you! I am the king of the Path of Human and Divine!" The jades pinned down Nox so hard, for a moment, his aura couldn't be felt. Things were getting grim again, and Jonah was worried about Nox.They had no choice but to leave this to fate's hands. They prayed that Faeast's fate could remain strong so Nox could have a chance at victory.As the jades pressed down, a loud explosion rattled the air. Shockwaves razed the trees to the ground. Even the trio was sent flying away, and they crashed into the formation on the mountain. That made their wounds worse. Jonah then noticed something."Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, this is it. This formation is why that ghoul is so powerful. This formation is connected to the Dragon's Vein underground, and he remains in the skies. He controls the power of heaven and earth. He's using it to cast his spells."Even if Lord Nox destroys his spells, he won't lose anything. Lord Nox can't use the natura
Black flames licked the crater. The mountain itself was covered in flames of darkness, and it seemed like Armageddon had gotten the better of it. "I know you're alive, Greenshade! If that was enough to kill you, I wouldn't have set this formation up!" Goldenwheel's voice boomed.Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise's hearts raced. 'What happened to the lord?'"Eight Saintly Techniques, Blazing Holy Eyes." Noxs voice echoed, and the black flames were engulfed by a mysterious energy. Then, the fires that licked the mountain were sucked away. Everyone saw Nox. He was supposed to be covered in flames, but he was not hurt in the slightest. Even Jonah was stunned."He's unfazed? How can this be?" This was beyond what he could imagine. He wondered if Nox did have protective artefacts on him.Goldenwheel's face fell. "Something's wrong. He's not as weak as I thought."Nox looked at Goldenwheel and sneered. "You can stop wracking your little brain now. I do have artefacts, but I used none of
"You thought you could use the black flames against me? Now have a taste of your own medicine. This is the power of fire and water! Let's see how you like it!" Goldenwheel sneered.Nox retreated and activated his saintly power. "Eight Saintly Techniques, Holy Runes!" Nox made a rune a thousand feet tall, and the gigantic runes had thousands of runes inscribed on it. Every single rune contained pure Immortal energy."Runic Talisman, stop it cold!" Nox slapped the rune, and the Immortal energy slipped into the black water. The destructive flood water froze in midair. Jonah couldn't believe this. Nox just froze a whole sea of water.Goldenwheel was powerful, and that was expected, given how long he had lived. Nox, however, was not even thirty years old, and already he was so powerful. This was unbelievable."Damn that brat and his Eight Techniques." Goldenwheel realized that Nox could handle any technique he threw at him. The Eight Techniques made sure Nox had no weakness at all. He w
"Dammit, how can you have so much life essence?" Goldenwheel spent a lot of life essence dealing with that attack. The formation alone couldn't destroy the demonic trees all at once. He had to use his life essence to power it up enough."Life essence? I can do this all year, but I don't have time to play, so enjoy the rest of your pitifully short life." Nox sneered. At the same time, Nox was sensing the movement going on underground.Goldenwheel gasped. 'He's distracting himself in a fight with me?' That insulted him."How dare you, Greenshade! I summon my golden avatar! Shine like the sun above!" Blinding golden light shone from Goldenwheel's belly, and a golden core appeared inside.Nox narrowed his eyes. That golden core was the culmination of nature's essence. That was the core of Goldenwheel's power. As Goldenwheel activated his spell, a bright golden sun appeared and covered the light of the world.Everything went haywire, and day turned to night. Dark clouds gathered in the
"What does that have to do with what I just said? If Nox is killed in this battle, our family can rule over Faeast once more," said Jacques, confused."No, we got it all wrong. I forgot that Nox has always cultivated the path of humanity. Goldenwheel is trying to use the power of the Heavenly Dao and the environment to kill him, but he will fail. Nox has also had an epiphany about the path of the immortals. We might lose this battle."Aphrodite thought she had seen through everything and came up with a perfect plan, but she forgot that she was just a mortal. She called herself a genius tactician, but she knew she was vastly inferior to the legendary tactician of Faeast.Not even the legendary tactician could change the fate of his nation and prolong his life. She could never come up with a perfect plan. Nox was different. He never cultivated schemes of plan. He cultivated the path of humanity."The Three Paths were equal in the past. Nox cultivates the path of humanity of Ancient F
Since Goldenwheel couldn't use the heavens' power, he turned to the Yin energy underground to attack Nox. The moment an eerie dragon's roar filled the air, Nox moved. "I was waiting for this! Ultimate Sun Dragon Manual! Ultimate Moon Elephant Manual!" Nox cast both manuals.Nox's dragons pierced the clouds and summoned the sky's energy. His elephants pinned down the Yin dragon, guarding the ground's power. Goldenwheel gasped. Realization struck him hard."How dare you, Greenshade!" He was experienced enough to realize what Nox was trying to do. He could exploit the formation's loophole, but he couldn't destroy it. Otherwise, he'd have left Mount Prison and used natural energy to pressure Goldenwheel.He stayed back and forced Goldenwheel to use his spells so he could figure out the main points of the formation when Goldenwheel summoned the formation's power. Nox was a master in spells, techniques, runes, blacksmithing, and formations. He seemed distracted earlier because he was sett
'He let Azure Dragon go back just like that?' Jonah thought. He was a little speechless."I don't know. I don't know much about Azure Dragon's sacred beast essence. Everything is on Lord Nox now, not us. We don't know what he's trying to do, so stay out of it. He did tell us many times that he will need you guys for something big. Otherwise, why bring us into this? We can't be of any help. We'd just die."Jonah's explanation calmed the duo down. All they could do was trust their lord. At the same time, Azure Dragon was back in the formation. The Dragon's Vein was eerie, as if this place was overrun with ghosts. The first thing he did was activate his sacred beast essence as per Goldenwheel's orders.Slivers of Azure Dragon energy came flowing out of his body. Just when they were about to connect with the formation, a voice spoke to him, and he shuddered. "Azure Dragon, why do you work for the wicked and harm the land you swore to protect?"That message made Azure Dragon freeze, and
The destructive power unleashed by the Four Great Generals charged toward Goldenwheel. Jonah was still trapped in the formation, and he might be collateral damage if he couldn't get out of the way. There was no hiding from this spell.Black Flood could go in and out of the formation however he wanted. He noticed Jonah trying to find a way out, and he sneered. "You made the wrong choice, Jonah. You shouldn't have submitted to Greenshade. Now, you're doomed." He laughed out loud.A wave of white-hot Immortal energy pierced the formation and burned Black Flood up. Though weakened by the formation, Black Flood still ran around screaming in pain."Dragon's Vein, now. I'll keep you safe," Nox said telepathically.Jonah shed tears of joy and went into the Dragon's Vein. Not a moment too soon, either. The sacred beasts' attack swept through the battlefield. Jonah noticed the Dragon's Vein creating a wave of white Immortal energy to block the attack.He knew this defensive technique took a
The swords forced Goldenwheel to burn five hundred years of his lifespan, but eventually he managed to fend them off. He spewed blood, but he failed to destroy the swords and injure Azure Dragon.The swords were made of the same material that was used to create the Nine-State Crucible. Goldenwheel did not have the power to break something like that. Azure Dragon cultivated the path of humanity, so there was no backlash from his spells. Even so, Azure Dragon didn't let his guard down.Not many could fend off thirteen swords, but Goldenwheel did it. Azure Dragon was already a Pinnacle Legend Realm, but he couldn't take Goldenwheel down."Anything else, Azure Dragon? I know you haven't used your final technique yet. What's it called? Heavenly Mandate, yes. Use that, and you either die or get seriously wounded." Goldenwheel looked at Azure Dragon darkly. He was ready to take Azure Dragon's final attack.Azure Dragon was going to do it and at least have Goldenwheel burn more of his life
"I see." Jonah nodded. He understood what they were talking about, but why'd they call him ignorant? Were they looking down on him?With the swords in hand, Azure Dragon's aura changed. A layer of gold covered his soul."Shit." Goldenwheel's heart sank. Taking down Azure Dragon might cost him dearly now."Die, Goldenwheel!" Azure Dragon brushed his fingers against the sword container, and the first sword appeared. "Kill him, first sword!"The sword shot off at Goldenwheel like a golden comet. Goldenwheel easily blocked it, but he'd felt this item's power before. Even if he managed to block the first sword, he didn't look happy."Second sword, kill him!" Another sword appeared. Goldenwheel couldn't stop it with his body alone this time, so he had to use his power. Then, the third, fourth, and fifth sword attacked at the same time.Goldenwheel failed to react in time, and the swords injured him. One of his arms was sliced off. "Dammit, break already!" Goldenwheel summoned his power
Goldenwheel was confident about taking down Azure Dragon. Azure Dragon's level was lower than Nox, and his goal was to kill him. Killing someone was easier than controlling their soul."You think you can kill me? Fourteen Styles of the Faeast Lord! I summon thee, sword!" Though suppressed, Azure Dragon used his essence as guidance and summoned his artefact from dozens of miles away. The artefact tore through the skies like a black comet and pierced the formation before stopping in front of Azure Dragon.Goldenwheel saw the item, and he froze. Obviously, this thing posed a great threat toward him. "That thing isn't broken yet? What are the Mousses doing? I thought they sealed it up forever!" said Goldenwheel angrily.Everything was going wrong thanks to the Mousses. If they did their intel job perfectly, he wouldn't have been in this mess."Fourteen Swords of the Faeast Lord." The other Generals looked at the item with worship in their eyes. Even Jonah's eyes went wide."So the leg
"If I lose, all I lose is my life. I'll rip that ghoul apart, milord." He wasn't sure if he could succeed, but beating up Goldenwheel would be cathartic for him. Azure Dragon's true soul left the mountain.The fact that Azure Dragon called the enemy a ghoul made Nox smile. They were friends, alright. They had the same opinion about the same guy.When Goldenwheel saw Azure Dragon's true soul coming out of the mountain, he lost his cool. He, the Mousses, and some Mystian powerhouses set up a trap for Azure Dragon. Azure Dragon wasn't even a Supreme back then, and even then he could kill a few Mystian powerhouses.Goldenwheel paid a steep price to control his soul. Though it was a hard task, they had all the advantage, and their power was greater than Azure Dragon's. Even so, they still paid a steep price.Black Flood was around during the capture of Azure Dragon, but he hadn't achieved dragonhood. He was still a winged centipede. He could still remember how Azure Dragon fought back.
The Masters leaped into the fray. Two were Pinnacle Legend Realms, while the other was an Emperor, and they easily destroyed the strongest enemy units. Not even the enemy cultivators could fend them off, let alone the regular soldiers.Any technique the Masters used could kill a thousand soldiers at once. With a hundred thousand units fighting by their side, this battle's outcome was obvious. Atlas charged all the way into the southwest nation's encampment and fought three nation leaders himself.At the same time, new development was happening on Mount Prison. As Sealmaster suspected, Goldenwheel's sudden surge in power was a counterattack made in desperation. His spell, however, was stopped by Nox's elephant. Nine merged into one. In the Dragon's Vein underground, Nox turned into a dragon, and the power of Yang energy filled up the Yin Dragon's Vein.These energies were supposed to be at odds, yet they merged as one. Goldenwheel knew this was not good, and he quickly attacked."Az
"The sword of Faeast slays evil and demons! You are now facing the elites of Faeast, so surrender! That is the only way to survive, or we shall slay you where you stand!" Sealmater's voice boomed.The voice alone was terrifying. The southwest nations were all sacred. Even their strongest were sweating and shivering from fear. Just when they were thinking about what they should do, a wave of violent energy shot out of Mount Prison and traveled into the skies, covering the sun itself. The ground was enveloped in shadows.Thirteen suns appeared and covered the stars overhead and shone bright red. The southwest nations' troops had their morale boosted. "Goldenwheel's avatar! You're done for, Faeast scum!"Under their kings' orders, the enemies lunged at the soldiers of Faeast like mad dogs. Atlas didn't care what avatar was there. Faeast was the face of true justice. He charged into enemy ranks all by himself, and none of his soldiers backed off. They followed through.The two hundred
"I am part of the Limerent family! I am the Defender Lord of the North! I will not fall for this lie, scum!" Atlas didn't get a reply, so he injected his power into his voice and shouted, "I have seen through your spell, scum!"Winds started to blow. Atlas unsheathed his weapon and got ready for battle. The silhouette was already in his tent. He charged at the silhouette and swung his saber, but the silhouette held it with two fingers and stopped Atlas' attack.The fingers' strength was enormous, and Atlas couldn't even pull back his saber. He started sweating. "The southwest nations have someone this powerful?""Kill him!" The Nox Army was ready to attack. Just when Atlas thought he would face a tough enemy, he noticed who the man was, and he looked stunned. Annoyed, he snapped, "Why'd you talk to me out of nowhere?"The man was none other than Sealmaster. He was also an Emperor. Speechless, Sealmaster said, "I knew you wouldn't believe me, so I came. Explanations are in order. No
'He let Azure Dragon go back just like that?' Jonah thought. He was a little speechless."I don't know. I don't know much about Azure Dragon's sacred beast essence. Everything is on Lord Nox now, not us. We don't know what he's trying to do, so stay out of it. He did tell us many times that he will need you guys for something big. Otherwise, why bring us into this? We can't be of any help. We'd just die."Jonah's explanation calmed the duo down. All they could do was trust their lord. At the same time, Azure Dragon was back in the formation. The Dragon's Vein was eerie, as if this place was overrun with ghosts. The first thing he did was activate his sacred beast essence as per Goldenwheel's orders.Slivers of Azure Dragon energy came flowing out of his body. Just when they were about to connect with the formation, a voice spoke to him, and he shuddered. "Azure Dragon, why do you work for the wicked and harm the land you swore to protect?"That message made Azure Dragon freeze, and