Everlasting Immortal Firmament

Book 08 Chapter 064: Jiang Lianshan’s Contingency Plans

Fengbo and Limu scrambled to tend to Ao Ying’s and Xiong You’s corpses, their faces masks of terror as they turned to Ji Dihong for guidance.

“Your Holy Eminence, Ao Ying’s and Xiong You’s three spiritual souls and seven physical souls are utterly destroyed,” Fengbo reported with trepidation.

Everyone initially thought Ba was just on par with Ao Ying and Xiong You. Who could have thought they wouldn’t even last one move against her? She had killed them with a single strike.

What’s the true extent of Ba’s strength?

This seems impossible. Even His Holy Eminence couldn’t have done this.

Ji Dihong felt Ba was even more powerful than Chiyou. As he looked at her, her oppressive presence reminded him of Jiang Lianshan.

Wasn’t Ba afraid to oppose me before? Why does she possess such strength now?

Two consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm experts, yet they were both killed in one move. I reacted slightly too slowly, just slightly, and I didn’t make it in time to save them?

Ji Dihong came here today to put on a show just to lure Gu Hai into a trap. He never expected Ba to kill Ao Ying and Xiong You with one attack.

“You boasted of your strength earlier. That was because you had many consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm cultivators behind you, right? Well, we only have Hou Yi and Xingtian behind us, and you only have Fengbo and Limu left behind you. How about we let them contend against each other?” Ba suggested nonchalantly.

The color drained from Fengbo’s and Limu’s faces.

While both were in the consummation of the Upper Heavenly Palace Realm, they were weaker than Ao Ying and Xiong You. Facing Ba? That seemed like a death wish.

Ba coldly eyed Fengbo and Limu.

“Hou Yi! Xingtian!” Ba called out.

“Your official is present!” the two chorused.

Ba had killed Ao Ying and Xiong You—two traitors—in just an instant. Naturally, the two felt exhilarated.

“Do you see that? Besides Ji Dihong, there’s still Fengbo and Limu. Since they are here, watch carefully. If they want to stay, just keep them all here,” Ba said indifferently.

“Yes!” Hou Yi and Xingtian immediately answered.

Ji Dihong appeared uncertain.

Ba’s strength far surpassed Ji Dihong’s expectations. Everything before him did not seem realistic. However, how could he just slip away? He could not do such a thing.

Putting aside the grudge over Ao Ying and Xiong You, just the strength Ba displayed today made Ji Dihong feel like a fishbone had stuck in his throat. Gu Hai’s strength surpassed his expectations. At first, he thought Ba was more difficult to deal with. Just recently, Gu Hai seemed more difficult to deal with than Ba, but Ba’s show of strength stunned him.

Why was there so much that he did not know?

“Ji Dihong, you’d better scram. Or do you want to stay here?” Ba said coldly.

“Hah! Haha! Ba lass, we underestimated you. However, we want to know how capable Jiang Lianshan has made you. Humph!” Ji Dihong snorted coldly.

Ji Dihong stepped forward, leaving his flying ship, then threw a punch.

Boom!

His fist flashed with black light, resembling Chiyou’s impenetrable physical body. It looked like it would smash Ba to pieces.

“Hah! You chose for yourself!” Ba sneered.

Ba stepped forward and soared into the sky, counterpunching.

Boom!

The two fists collided, and space shattered. In this exchange, Ji Dihong used his full power. While he held his ground, Ba did not move back, either. In this clash, they seemed equal.

“What?” Ji Dihong’s expression changed.

He had fused Chiyou’s strength with his own in this punch, yet he only managed to pull a draw with Ba.

“How can you be this strong?” Ji Dihong exclaimed in disbelief.

“It’s not that I’m strong but that you haven’t fully grasped Chiyou’s strength. You still lack that bit, just that bit. That’s why you are destined to return with nothing to show for it!” Ba sneered.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two heavenly emperors started a fierce battle. Space shattered further as the two took their battle into outer space.

Neither used their blessings. Even so, their strength already far surpassed that of most people in the world. Just the friction from their fists could destroy stars.

Now, Ji Dihong, who had expected Ba to be easy to deal with, was appalled.

“That’s impossible! Your strength?! You’re no weaker than Chiyou back then, even stronger. How did you do it? Ba? The fire-attributed zombie ancestor? Are zombie ancestors that powerful? Why was Houqing so weak and helpless, and yet you are so strong?” Ji Dihong demanded, feeling depressed.

“Hah!” Ba smiled coldly.

Ba ignored Ji Dihong’s questions, launching attack after attack. Overwhelming flames erupted in the surroundings as she bombarded him, accompanied by loud reports audible across the entire Divine Continent.

At this moment, many experts on the Divine Continent were staring at the battle above Great Desolation City.

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Borderless Heavenly Capital:

Gu Han, Cangjie, and the others watched the battle.

“Ba? To think she is as strong as His Holy Eminence? How?! How is that possible?!” Cangjie said in shock.

“No. Ba’s strength should be a level above Ji Dihong. Can’t you see?” Gu Han narrowed his eyes.

Up in outer space, Ba’s attacks grew increasingly stronger. At first, she and Ji Dihong were equal. Now, she firmly suppressed Ji Dihong, to his dismay.

“No. She’s not stronger by a level. Rather, she especially counters His Holy Eminence. Jiang Lianshan kept his guard up against His Holy Eminence. The techniques he taught Ba happen to counter His Holy Eminence’s techniques. It was the same with killing Ao Ying and Xiong You. She used a move that especially countered their techniques?” Cangjie said in shock.

“Especially counters Ji Dihong, Xiong You, and Ao Ying? Jiang Lianshan taught her those?” Gu Han said in shock.

“That can’t be wrong. Jiang Lianshan provided His Holy Eminence’s, Xiong You’s, and Ao Ying’s cultivation techniques and moves. Initially, I thought he did so to make them stronger. Unexpectedly, he already had his guard up against them back then. As he nurtured them, he left weaknesses in them. Furthermore, only he knew about the weaknesses. However, what he gave Ba was…” Cangjie inhaled sharply.

“Ba’s techniques counter Ji Dihong? How surprising! Jiang Lianshan truly plotted far into the future!” Gu Han said in shock.

“I understand now. Hah! We were all wrong. Although the Huang Heavenly Dynasty and the Yan Heavenly Dynasty had an enmity between them, everything had been peaceful. It was not His Holy Eminence fearing Ba driving the power of her nation but Ba fearing His Holy Eminence driving the power of his nation. Hah! Jiang Lianshan! He had already thought of ways to deal with everyone long ago. No wonder His Holy Eminence had attained success in his cultivation technique yet never surpassed Jiang Lianshan. Hahaha! Jiang Lianshan, you are the true schemer!” Cangjie said bitterly.

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Deity Seizing Hall, Spirit Mountain, western Divine Continent:

Jiangchen observed the battlefield in outer space with Long Aotian.

Long Aotian goggled in disbelief.

“Is a zombie ancestor this strong?” Long Aotian said somewhat excitedly.

Right now, Long Aotian was the wind-attributed zombie ancestor. He imagined himself reaching Ba’s height someday.

Jiangchen looked at Long Aotian and smiled indifferently but did not discourage him. Long Aotian’s wind-attributed zombie ancestor seed had already degenerated, so Long Aotian would never reach Ba’s heights.

“Veritable Lord, was my previous life, Dijiang, this strong?” Long Aotian asked eagerly.

“Dijiang? He was a little stronger than Ba,” Jiangchen said with certainty.

“Ah? He was stronger?” Long Aotian’s eyes lit up as he imagined reaching the heights of his previous life.

“That’s right. However, Ba is already very close to Dijiang. She’s just short of a baptism. After a baptism, Ba will metamorphose!” Jiangchen explained.

“One day, this subordinate will reach that height!” Long Aotian said expectantly.

Jiangchen glanced at Long Aotian but said no more. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the distant Xuanyuan City. Gu Hai opened his Gu’s Immortal Firmament there and pulled in Xuanyuan City.

“Hah! Ji Dihong is losing both the battle and the war!” Jiangchen smiled coldly.

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Right now, Ji Dihong felt immense regret at losing not just the battle but also the war.

When fighting Ba, Ji Dihong felt like he was fighting Jiang Lianshan. She attacked from tricky angles every time, smiting his weak points. Furthermore, only Jiang Lianshan had known about these weak points.

Not only did he fail to suppress Ba, but Ba even suppressed him.

Ji Dihong was fuming with rage.

“Ba, you are asking for it! Don’t blame us! Humph!” Ji Dihong snorted coldly.

Ji Dihong’s eyes widened.

A surging golden aura came out of his head, forming a giant golden cloud above.

The golden cloud billowed out in all directions, covering the sky.

“Heavenly eye, open!” Ji Dihong shouted.

Buzz!

The golden cloud suddenly parted. When that happened, a golden “heavenly eye” five hundred thousand kilometers wide suddenly appeared, and a powerful destructive aura pressed down.

However, that golden heavenly eye seemed somewhat strange. The golden eye had a pitch-black pupil like a black hole that could consume all life.

A heavenly eye?

Countless citizens in Great Desolation City fell to their knees from the suppression. Only the four consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm cultivators could withstand the horrifying pressure.

When the heavenly eye opened, the strongest pressure focused on Ba.

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Deity Seizing Hall’s entrance:

“A heavenly eye? This…Is this a heavenly gift cultivation technique? Ji Dihong also has a heavenly gift cultivation technique?” Long Aotian said in shock.

“Indeed, it is a heavenly gift cultivation technique. Only…it seems to lack something.” Jiangchen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Suddenly, Jiangchen’s eyes lit up. “Hah! It turns out it is only half of a heavenly gift cultivation technique. Someone intentionally sabotaged Ji Dihong?”

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Borderless Heavenly Capital:

“That’s the one. That heavenly eye. Back when he fought Chiyou, he used that heavenly eye. We nearly died. If Ji Dihong uses this cultivation technique, Ba probably cannot handle it?” Gu Han snarled in rage as his expression changed.

However, Cangjie’s entire body trembled. “Oh no! Oh no! His Holy Eminence fell for Jiang Lianshan’s trap! Since Jiang Lianshan had techniques to counter His Holy Eminence’s moves, how could he give His Holy Eminence a heaven-defying cultivation technique? Furthermore, why didn’t he cultivate the heavenly gift himself? He must have used it to trap His Holy Eminence. Your Holy Eminence, don’t use it! Ba is Jiang Lianshan’s daughter! Jiang Lianshan must have taught her how to counter it! Your Holy Eminence!”

Cangjie was aghast. However, his voice could not reach Di Jihong’s ears at all.

Far away, Ji Dihong showed a ferocious expression as he executed this heavenly gift cultivation technique. A destructive aura pressed towards Ba.

When the heavenly eye opened, a powerful beam of light similar to a Divinity Destroying Light shot at her.