Chapter 561 - 560: Hitting Them While They’re Down

Chapter 561: Chapter 560: Hitting Them While They’re Down

Third Elder Kunlong was already injured. Now, with the Thunder of Celestial Punishment striking down, he was blasted back into his giant Kunpeng form and crashed to the ground.

"Heavens, why is the Celestial Punishment only striking us from the Kunpeng Race?" After landing, the Third Elder wailed. He was on the verge of tears.

He was already injured, yet the Celestial Punishment still sought him out.

But the Stone Race experts he had just fought were completely unharmed.

This left him dejected. He couldn’t help but want to curse the heavens, but he didn’t dare.

He was afraid the Power of Celestial Punishment would intensify. If that happened, he would surely be struck dead.

The Celestial Punishment raining down upon the Kunpeng Race alarmed the entire Sealed Demon Land.

The experts of the various races took out their treasures and conjured images of the scene at the Kunpeng Race’s territory.

"This Celestial Punishment is terrifying!" When the image appeared, it was a heart-pounding sight.

"It’s a thunderstorm!" Many people shivered involuntarily after watching.

"It seems the people from the Stone Race are fine?" another expert murmured, noticing that the Stone Race members didn’t seem to be getting hit by the Celestial Punishment.

"Are those Innate Stone Patterns? They can actually obscure the Celestial Secret?" A Heaven-Reaching Realm expert from the Void Rat Clan looked astonished. "Why have I never heard of the Stone Race possessing such a heaven-defying ability!"

After all, during the Ancient Era, the Stone Race also had Divine Spirits who were injured by Celestial Punishment and had to seal themselves away.

If they had this ability, why would they have needed to seal themselves from the world?

"How can this be?" The Three-Eyed Qilin Beast also frowned. However, he kept his aura contained and didn’t dare to rashly approach the Kunpeng Race.

The Celestial Might in that area was so vast that it seemed even a single bird flying in would be caught in the Celestial Punishment.

’We’re... actually fine?’ At that moment, the several Elders of the Stone Race were also stunned.

They were in the same general area as the members of the Kunpeng Race.

In fact, Kunpeng were being blasted away on all sides of them by the Thunder of Celestial Punishment, screaming endlessly.

Yet they remained completely unharmed. The feeling was surreal.

’Does the Celestial Punishment only target the Kunpeng Race?’ everyone wondered, but they quickly shook their heads.

Just a moment ago, they had clearly felt that terrifying Celestial Might lock onto them.

They had even seen lightning begin to fall from above their heads.

But was all of it being blocked by a screen of Dao Patterns?

’What a miraculous treasure. It seems to be a Holy Stone, too?’ The crowd looked up and saw a massive stone at the source of the hazy Dao Patterns.

They were incredibly curious and glanced toward the Holy Stone Spirit.

But they had clearly seen the stone emerge from between Ling Fei’s eyebrows.

Even Old Shi Ren wore a look of astonishment.

The Holy Stone Spirit and Ling Fei had just communicated via their Heart Spirits, so the others didn’t know the full story.

"What a truly wonderful sight!" The Holy Stone Spirit ignored everyone’s gazes. He raised an eyebrow and a smile touched his lips as he looked down upon the mountains and rivers before him. Kunpeng were being blasted away one after another, each one a miserable wreck, crying for their parents. The scene filled him with immense satisfaction.

In fact, the Holy Stone Spirit had done this intentionally.

Having once comprehended the Primordial Celestial Stone, he was well aware of how heaven-defying this Celestial Stone was. Its Dao Patterns were incomparably profound and held many wondrous powers.

Such as obscuring the Celestial Secret and creating a world unto itself.

This wasn’t as simple as manifesting a Divine Technique Heaven and Earth.

This was isolating oneself from the Celestial Secret, a true transcendence of the outside world’s rules and Mystical truths.

Its wonders were not something an ordinary person could comprehend.

That was why he had set this trap to lure the Celestial Punishment.

That Kun Shaohan only knew he had to destroy one of the Holy Stone Spirit’s Spirit Bodies to prevent his Deification, but he had no idea Ling Fei possessed a Primordial Celestial Stone in his mind.

This feeling of having everything under control was immensely satisfying to the Holy Stone Spirit.

"Serves them right!" At this, Ling Fei also felt a surge of satisfaction and couldn’t help but exclaim.

The Kunpeng Race was unbelievably arrogant. The moment he entered the Sealed Demon Land, Kun Shan had gone to the Stone Race to demand they hand him over for execution.

When they failed to get him, they resorted to using He Tianming and the others as leverage.

Ling Fei’s strength had been too low, so he could only endure it, hating that he wasn’t strong enough to fight his enemies.

Now that Kun Shan was dead and Kunlong was gravely injured, Ling Fei could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

’This Primordial Celestial Stone is too heaven-defying!’ At the same time, he was utterly stunned by the miraculous effects of the Holy Stone gifted to him by Emperor Xi.

His curiosity about Emperor Xi’s true power was growing.

’Back then, had Emperor Xi already surpassed the Heaven-Reaching Realm and achieved Deification?’

"Hey, it looks like we’re okay!" Little Shi Tou watched the Kunpeng being blasted away one by one while he himself was fine. His Gemstone-like eyes blinked, a cunning light flashing within them. He looked toward the Holy Stone Spirit and said, "Great-Grandpa Holy Spirit, are we safe now?"

"Mhm." The Holy Stone Spirit gave a gentle smile and patted Little Shi Tou’s head. "No one can bully you now. This old ancestor didn’t lie to you, did I?" He smiled faintly. Earlier, this little rascal had looked like he wanted to test him, which had left the Holy Stone Spirit speechless.

’Was he that kind of stone?’

"Hee hee, Grandpa Holy Spirit’s might shakes the world, of course you wouldn’t lie to Little Shi Tou! But Grandpa Holy Spirit, can we take this chance to go catch a few big birds to roast and eat? I fought all day and haven’t eaten. I’m so hungry!" the little guy said, blinking as he looked up at the Holy Spirit.

"This..." Hearing this, the Grand Elder and the others nearby were so shocked their jaws nearly dropped.

’This kid is really...’

’Full of bad ideas!’

Catching a few Kunpeng to eat—wouldn’t that drive the Kunpeng Race insane with rage?

"That’s an excellent suggestion!" Ling Fei, however, nodded in agreement. He thought Little Shi Tou’s idea was great.

This was a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity to kill the Kunpeng Race’s experts!

Hearing this, Old Shi Ren broke out in a sweat. He could barely keep a straight face from the embarrassment.

He felt that Ling Fei must have been tricked into coming here by Little Shi Tou.

He glanced at Ling Fei, his expression awkward. ’If this fine, righteous, and upstanding youth spends too much time with him, will he be led astray by my great-grandson?’ Thinking of this, a flicker went through Old Shi Ren’s eyes, and he didn’t dare to look at Ling Fei anymore.

The Holy Stone Spirit was also stunned.

’Is this little guy really hungry?’

’I think he just wants to use this as an excuse for revenge!’

"Ahem, if you’re hungry, you can indeed knock down a few big birds to eat. However, Little Shi Tou, a person must be righteous. You can do this to bad people—that’s called defending the Righteous Dao. But you can’t just eat righteous people, understand?" The Holy Stone Spirit looked rather embarrassed as he hastily tried to instill some positive values in Little Shi Tou.

"What are righteous people?" Little Shi Tou asked, blinking his eyes.

"Well... people like your Brother Fei," the Holy Stone Spirit said, feeling a headache coming on. His gaze shifted to Ling Fei.

"Oh, I get it. You can’t eat your own people, but you can eat the bad guys who bully Little Shi Tou," Little Shi Tou said, nodding seriously.

"Uh..." The Holy Stone Spirit was speechless again. He felt it was probably better not to try instilling positive values in Little Shi Tou.

Otherwise, the kid would only get more crooked. It was better to just let the little guy grow up on his own and let nature take its course.

Otherwise, if he really started catching and eating all his enemies, that would be a huge headache.

"Let’s just go catch some birds!" the Holy Stone Spirit finally said.

"Okay, I want to catch a big bird!" Little Shi Tou’s eyes lit up, his interest piqued. His Gemstone-like eyes darted around as he began to search for prey.

"Ooh, that bird is big enough!" Little Shi Tou’s gaze shifted and locked onto the Kunpeng Race’s Third Elder.

The Third Elder had reverted to his Kunpeng form and lay on the ground. He had been just half a step from becoming a Heaven-Reaching Realm expert. His Kunpeng body was immense, three thousand meters long, and indeed much more powerful than many Returning Ruins Realm experts. Moreover, he was currently covered in blood, and the vapor rising from it bloomed like auspicious light.

The blood of such a powerful expert was a Treasure Medicine that could replenish a person’s Blood Qi.

So when Little Shi Tou saw Kunlong, his eyes lit up, and he nearly started drooling.

"That old fiend’s Cultivation is very high. If we don’t kill him now, he’ll have a chance to recover in the future. He must be executed!" Old Shi Ren’s gaze shifted, also landing on Kunlong.

"Alright, he’s the one!" The Holy Stone Spirit nodded, then looked at Ling Fei and said, "Young Master Ling, take control of the Primordial Celestial Stone."

"No problem!" Ling Fei nodded. His Heart Spirit sank into the Dao Patterns manifested by the Primordial Celestial Stone. With a single thought, the Primordial Celestial Stone moved as he willed.

It seemed the artifact had already formed a connection with Ling Fei, a simple form of ownership recognition.

Otherwise, how could Ling Fei enter that hazy region to comprehend it when even the Holy Stone Spirit couldn’t?

’Who’s targeting me?’ In the distance, Kunlong’s heart skipped a beat. He was currently scorched on the outside and tender on the inside from the lightning strikes, and Thunder Arcs flickered ceaselessly across his scales.

WHOOSH!

At that very moment, Ling Fei moved. He controlled the Primordial Celestial Stone as the Holy Stone Spirit enveloped him, and they strode rapidly forward.

The Holy Stone Spirit carried the group a thousand miles in a single step, passing through the heart of the lightning.

"The people from the Stone Race seem to be on the move!"

Outside, the Cultivators of the various races were all watching everything happening with the Kunpeng Race.

"What are they going to do?" Seeing the Stone Patterns suddenly fly off at high speed, the Cultivators of every race were bewildered.

The Celestial Punishment was descending, with bolts of lightning like snakes. Everyone was desperately trying to avoid it, yet they actually dared to travel through the lightning. It was too strange.

And yet, wherever the Primordial Celestial Stone passed, it was like a stroll through an empty land; the lightning wouldn’t lock onto them at all.

Thus, in the time it took for just two breaths, the Holy Stone Spirit brought everyone to Kunlong’s side.

"Yay!" Arriving there, Little Shi Tou was incredibly excited, and Yiyi’s eyes lit up as well.

"The Stone Race!" At that moment, Kunlong’s gaze lifted, and he immediately saw the Cultivators from the Stone Race.

"Kill!" The Holy Stone Spirit’s eyes were icy as his great hand descended, a single finger landing on Kunlong’s head.

Instantly, the Peng head exploded, and Kunlong’s Divine Soul was extinguished.

With a wave of his great hand, the Holy Stone Spirit pulled the massive Kunpeng Corpse toward him.

"Third Elder!"

"AH! Stone Race, you’ve gone too far!" Seeing this, the Kunpeng Race roared in fury.

Kun Wuji, in particular, looked as if his eyes were about to split open with rage.

The Stone Race was simply going too far, actually taking advantage of the Celestial Punishment to kill one of their experts.

This was kicking them while they were down!