The Kunlun Mountains!
A tiger’s roar shook the heavens, while the sound of a zither echoed through the air!
Yin Hu’s entire body was covered in tiny wounds.
Although her formidable physique allowed her to recover quickly, she could not withstand such constant depletion.
At this moment, Qianqian was seated on the back of the spirit crane, and all twelve of her fingers had already been worn down by a section.
The Demonic Heavenly Zither was completely dyed red with blood.
The spirit crane turned its head and saw that Qianqian was still using her severed fingers to pluck the strings, sending out waves of sound one after another.
Its heart trembled despite itself.
Unable to bear it any longer, it said, “Qianqian, stop worrying about me!”
“Escape on your own!”
“You can’t outlast her!”
“Yin Hu is a half-demon. Whether it’s vitality or true essence, she is naturally several times stronger than a human.”
Qianqian smiled faintly.
“Back then, I couldn’t save Qilin because I was too weak in the face of the flood dragon.”
“But now I’ve become a Martial God. I will never stand by and watch you be killed by Yin Hu.”
“Spirit crane, I don’t want to lose you the way I lost Qilin.”
The spirit crane’s eyes were filled with sorrow and anxiety.
But there was nothing it could do.
It could only hate itself for being too weak.
Back then, it had been unable to defeat the flood dragon.
And now, it was even less capable of defeating Yin Hu.
The sound waves spread continuously like ripples.
The rocks and trees below were constantly sliced apart by them.
By now, they had all been reduced to dust.
Every time Yin Hu tried to approach, countless wounds would be carved into her body by the sound waves.
Meanwhile, the spirit crane continuously carried Qianqian through the air, weaving and dodging.
As a close-combat great demon, Yin Hu found herself unable to get near them for a while.
Furious, she slammed one claw into a mountain peak and shattered it.
Huge boulders shot toward Qianqian and the spirit crane from all directions.
Yet before they could draw near, the dense zither music had already shattered them into powder.
“I’d like to see how much longer you can hold out!”
“Once all your fingers are worn away, let’s see what you can do!”
“When that happens, I’ll chew up every bone in you and that spirit crane!”
Yin Hu was extremely enraged.
By now, she could no longer hear anything around her.
That wretched zither music not only made her head spin, but had also caused blood to flow from both her ears.
Furthermore, the sound-wave attacks could penetrate her tiger fiend aura.
They were practically impossible to guard against.
She had never expected Chen Feng’s disciple to possess such troublesome sonic techniques.
She, a newly advanced Martial God, had actually been beaten into such a sorry state by her.
As long as she found a single opening, she could smash the spirit crane and Qianqian into meat paste with one swipe of her claw.
Yet she could never find that opportunity.
Instead, she herself was being steadily worn down by the sonic attacks.
Still, Yin Hu was confident that her opponent could never outlast her.
Although the sonic techniques continued to injure her, the price Qianqian was paying was also immense.
Half of Qianqian’s twelve fingers had already been worn away.
The power of the sonic techniques had also declined sharply.
At this point, she could only rely on a combined martial-art projection to pluck the strings of vitality and attack together with her.
The fingers were connected to the heart, and the pain was excruciating.
But the agony in her fingers did not affect Qianqian in the slightest.
Because she knew that compared with the pain of losing her fingers, losing the spirit crane would hurt far more.
Just as it had when she lost Qilin.
Now, she had merged the Eight Heavenly Dragon Notes with the Seven Absolutes Zither, pushing her strength to its absolute limit.
Only then had she barely managed to hold Yin Hu back.
But her rapidly vanishing fingers had become her greatest crisis.
As her fingers grew shorter and shorter, the power of the sound-wave attacks continued to diminish.
However, Qianqian and the spirit crane had finally found a sliver of hope.
They fought while fleeing, and before they realized it, they had entered the Four Symbols Heavenly Chasm and arrived above Black Tortoise Mountain.
Qianqian suddenly swept across seven zither strings.
A cloud of blood immediately burst from the Demonic Heavenly Zither.
All six fingers on Qianqian’s right hand had been completely worn flat.
Only a smooth, fingerless palm remained.
Seven sound waves solidified into form, resembling seven razor-sharp blades as they slashed toward Yin Hu.
The enormous tiger claw tore through the air in an instant, ripping apart the seven sound-wave blades.
But seven fresh wounds also appeared across the tiger’s claw.
Just as Yin Hu swung her claw, the spirit crane suddenly dove into the Life Gate of Black Tortoise Mountain.
“You think you can escape just because you entered Black Tortoise Mountain?”
Yin Hu was about to pursue them when she saw the Life Gate of Black Tortoise Mountain suddenly close.
“Isn’t Qilin dead?”
“Why is there still someone who can control Black Tortoise Mountain?”
In her fury, she circled Black Tortoise Mountain several times.
But she did not dare to enter any of the other five Death Gates recklessly.
Because she knew very well that Black Tortoise was only half dead.
Or rather, the Dragon Turtle was dead, while Tengshe was still alive.
And Tengshe had been released by her own hand.
The moment Tengshe appeared, it devoured the heavenly tribulation and fled.
She guessed that Tengshe had most likely run into Black Tortoise Mountain.
If she dared to enter one of the Death Gates at random, she would probably suffer greatly.
The moment she thought of snakes, Yin Hu grew unbearably agitated.
What she hated most were snakes.
In the end, she could only open her mouth and bite down viciously on Black Tortoise Mountain.
The mountain rocks instantly collapsed and flew in every direction.
Beneath her teeth, a gigantic turtle shell was revealed.
Sparks flew as Yin Hu bit down on it.
Yet not even the slightest mark was left behind.
“Damn tortoise! It’s so hard it hurts my teeth!”
“Turtles and snakes are both equally disgusting!”
Yin Hu ground her teeth in anger, but there was nothing she could do.
She could only continue searching for the forbidden zones.
Because in seven days’ time, who knew whether those two detestable ancient-clan brothers would revive?
She had to completely unlock all eight forbidden zones.
When that happened, she would certainly wash away her humiliation and settle the score.
…
The moment Qianqian and the spirit crane entered Black Tortoise Mountain, they discovered that the Black Tortoise Space was no longer shrouded in darkness.
The place was actually bathed in bright sunlight.
This was the first time Qianqian had ever seen Black Tortoise Mountain with her own eyes.
The mountain was covered in dense vegetation, and some frightened dinosaurs could be seen fleeing in all directions.
But at that moment, a pair of enormous vertical pupils appeared in the sky above the Black Tortoise Space, staring fixedly at them.
The spirit crane instinctively sensed an inexplicable terror.
It subconsciously looked up at the sky, only to be petrified in an instant.
“Qianqian! I think I’m seeing two suns!”
Qianqian also raised her head.
What she saw were two golden eyes.
They radiated an intense golden light.
A long, narrow vertical pupil ran through the center of each one.
They were unmistakably the eyes of a beast.
“Who are you? Why can you control the Life Gate of Black Tortoise Mountain?”
“Where is Qilin?”
The voice boomed across the Black Tortoise Space like an explosion of thunder.
The spirit crane was utterly stunned.
Qianqian was also somewhat shocked.
But more than anything, she was curious.
“Qilin is already dead!”
“I am a friend recognized by Qilin, and both my eyes were bathed in Qilin’s blood.”
“Qilin taught me how to communicate with Black Tortoise Mountain using his precious blood.”
Tengshe narrowed its eyes.
The changes in the world had been far too immense.
At this moment, it only wanted to know what had happened.
What had caused Yin Hu to break through its seal?
And what were the ancient-clan brothers doing now?
Then a powerful pressure descended with a resounding boom.
The spirit crane’s legs immediately went weak with terror.
It keenly sensed the aura of a snake.
It wondered whether a flood dragon might be hiding inside Black Tortoise Mountain.
But in the next moment, a gigantic serpent with enormous wings appeared in the sky.
…
Elsewhere.
A long dragon once again flew into the Kunlun Mountains.
Su Yuanshan stood proudly in the air.
The wounds on both his arms and the rest of his body had already healed completely.
Seeing Chen Feng return once more, he could not help but praise him.
“Heh heh… As expected of my son-in-law!”
“Not only were you not crushed to death, you even had the nerve to come back and seek death!”
“Now that’s spirit!”
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
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