Chapter 1153 - 781: Suppressing the Demon God

Chen Dragon forcefully unleashed Water Power, and together with Bear Great Saint, they immediately suppressed Gu Mingyue.

Yet Gu Mingyue was not a simple character. He had stepped into the Twelfth Tier in the Yangtze River region and had already witnessed the scenery of the Twelfth Tier. His use of Law, his understanding of Dao, were no longer what they once were. Even when facing the combined assault of Chen Dragon and Bear Great Saint, he was merely driven into a disadvantage, not truly defeated.

Watching quietly from the shadows, Zhang Chen observed the clash in the field, his gaze filled with astonishment: "The Demon Race really is an extraordinary race. That Bear Great Saint is only at the Tenth Tier, yet by relying on the Bloodline Power within his body, he can contend with Eleventh-Tier experts. Though he is being suppressed, to be able to fight across one tier is already inconceivable."

On the path of cultivation, every tier is as different as Heaven and Earth; cross-tier battles simply do not exist. That Bear Great Saint could achieve this speaks volumes of his astounding nature.

Zhang Chen’s eyes looked off into the distance, a probing light flickering within: "Bear Great Saint’s hide is thick and his flesh tough, manifesting every advantage of a bear. His physical body is comparable to Steel Bones. Most crucially, the Divine Technique he commands is Heaven and Earth, and what he grasps is the Law of Power. The Law of Power ranks first among all Laws, and this is the reason Bear Great Saint can reverse the order and strike at an Eleventh-Tier expert."

"The Demon Race truly is an incredible race!" Zhang Chen voiced his amazement once more.

So long as a beast gains its destined Qi and steps onto the path of cultivation, it can awaken its Bloodline Power. One could say that within every Demon Beast under Heaven and Earth, Bloodline Power is contained; even in ordinary beasts, there is Bloodline Power within, merely not yet revealed because they have not received their destined Qi.

And the Human Race?

Only a very small number of Noble Families can give birth to children who possess Bloodline Power from birth.

From the perspective of bloodline evolution alone, the Human Race simply cannot compare to the Demon Race.

"If I were to obtain that Tree of Life Coffin, and then secure an Innate Spirit Root to be equipped upon my Law of Life, I wonder if I could shatter the Twelve Primordial Stars Grand Array before me..." Zhang Chen once more thought of the Tree of Life Coffin, but, thinking it through, knew it was unlikely. Even if his Law of Life took another step forward, he would still be at the Fruit Position realm. To break this Array, his cultivation would have to far surpass the Fruit Position.

Countless thoughts flowed through Zhang Chen’s heart as he watched Gu Mingyue alone holding off Chen Dragon and Bear Great Saint. After an hour of battle, though Gu Mingyue remained at a disadvantage, there was still no sign of defeat. Meanwhile, all the Demon Race experts attempting to break the formation were entangled by Human Race experts. Chen Dragon grew restless, and turned his head to shout at the Twelve Primordial Stars Grand Array high in the sky: "This old man is extremely troublesome. You all, quickly come lend me a hand."

As Chen Dragon’s words fell, the Qi Mechanism of wind and cloud shifted in the void. A Demon God with a pig’s head, wielding a Nine-toothed Nail Rake, flew out from within the grand array. The Nine-toothed Nail Rake in his hand shimmered with faint azure light as it struck toward Gu Mingyue.

With the Pig Demon joining the fray, Gu Mingyue finally could no longer hold on, forced to rely on constant flickering movements to dodge. At this moment, standing amidst the crowd, Zhang Chen’s heart stirred slightly: "It’s time for me to make a move."

Zhang Chen’s thoughts moved. He did not unleash his Eleventh-Tier Sun True Flame, but instead stretched his palm into the void. The Buzhou Seal appeared in his hand, hovering three feet above his palm, spinning rapidly.

"Go!"

Zhang Chen sent out the Buzhou Seal in a secret strike. In the next instant, the Buzhou Seal pierced through the void and arrived directly behind the Pig Demon’s head.

The Buzhou Seal flew out, and inevitably there was a sound of rending air. The Pig Demon sensed something amiss; hearing a vicious wind rise behind his head, he knew someone was launching a sneak attack. He hurriedly activated a protective barrier, forming a circular light-shield around himself: "This old pig has Copper Skin and Iron Bones, and also Protective Primordial Gang..."

Yet in the next moment, the Pig Demon’s expression changed, for as that streak of light drew near, Divine Power from the Buzhou Seal descended. Under the suppression of the Buzhou Seal, the Primordial Gang covering his body had the Ten Thousand Techniques dispersed, vanishing in an instant into nothingness. Even his Copper Skin and Iron Bones, his immortal physique, gradually degenerated, turning into mere mortal flesh.

"What the hell!"

He tried to stir the demonic power in his body, but found it turbid and unresponsive; there was no time left to circulate it. The light was already upon him, and before he could react, it smashed directly into his forehead.

Within that light was a Mysterious Power that passed through his flesh, shaking his soul, scattering the demonic power he had gathered. The Pig Demon’s eyes rolled white as he fainted outright, falling from the void.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen swept the Celestial Measuring Ruler once, bringing the Pig Demon to his side. Then a Sealing Rune sank straight into the Pig Demon’s body, suppressing all his demonic power.

The Sealing Rune had already surpassed the Twelfth Tier; suppressing a single Pig Demon was hardly difficult.

Then, with a casual flick, he tossed the Pig Demon into the Ice Hell.

At this time, the Buzhou Seal spun back as a streak of white light into Zhang Chen’s sleeve. Zhang Chen did not tarry; holding the Celestial Measuring Ruler in his hand, he went straight to attack Bear Great Saint.

"It’s you! Back then it was you in Ba Snake’s body who ambushed me!" When Bear Great Saint saw Zhang Chen’s Buzhou Seal, the back of his head suddenly throbbed, bad memories surged up, and he roared at Zhang Chen in fury, clearly recognizing his origin.

"It was me, that’s right!" Zhang Chen nodded slightly. "I didn’t expect that after all these years apart, Great Saint has already stepped into the Tenth Tier. Truly worthy of congratulations."

While Zhang Chen spoke words of congratulation, the Celestial Measuring Ruler in his hand never stopped moving, shedding hazy light as it smashed toward Bear Great Saint.

"Brat, since you dare to reveal your True Body before me today, your grandpa will make you suffer retribution!" Bear Great Saint bellowed, the iron cudgel in his hand flashing with purple light as he smashed it toward Zhang Chen.

Under that iron cudgel, the void within a radius of ten li seemed to freeze. Zhang Chen felt an invisible force lock onto him, restraining his body, leaving him nowhere to dodge, nothing he could evade.

"Earth’s gravity, and over a hundred times gravity at that, forming shackles to limit my movements." Feeling his body bound, Zhang Chen was not alarmed; instead he quietly watched the cudgel Bear Demon King was bringing down upon him.

But don’t forget, Zhang Chen holds the Authority of Earth. How could trivial gravity injure him?

Seeing Bear Great Saint’s cudgel wrapped in fierce, overbearing power, Zhang Chen let out a soft laugh. Five-colored light flared behind him, and the cudgel in Bear Great Saint’s hand was swept by that multicolored light and simply vanished into thin air.

If Bear Great Saint were only using a Divine Weapon to attack him, that would be one thing. But the cudgel in his hand had already been refined into a Magical Treasure, and Zhang Chen’s Five-Colored Divine Light intrinsically counters all kinds of Magical Treasures.

"This..." Bear Great Saint stared dumbly at his own hands, a blank look in his eyes, not knowing what had just happened.

While Bear Great Saint was stunned, Zhang Chen wasn’t. The Celestial Measuring Ruler in his hand crossed the void, smashing toward Bear Great Saint’s head.

Seeing the Celestial Measuring Ruler bearing down with aggressive momentum, Bear Great Saint sensed something was wrong. He hurriedly gathered Bloodline Divine Techniques, manifesting Heaven and Earth and enlarging himself to a thousand-zhang giant to resist. But by then Zhang Chen had already gotten close; the range of his Blood Control Technique already encompassed Bear Great Saint. Zhang Chen’s Blood Control Technique erupted, the other’s bloodline power went chaotic, the Heaven and Earth Divine Technique shattered, and Bear Great Saint was forced back to his original form, turning into a ten-meter-tall body. At that moment the Celestial Measuring Ruler had already come within reach and smashed into Bear Great Saint’s head.

Bear Great Saint’s Bloodline Power was affected; not only could he no longer unleash his Divine Power, even his Qi Blood began to riot, trying to assail his heart, making his body go numb with sharp pain. He couldn’t bring out his immense strength, couldn’t make agile responses, and could only watch helplessly as the Celestial Measuring Ruler smashed into his forehead. His eyes rolled white, he staggered, and toppled straight to the ground.

The Celestial Measuring Ruler is an Innate Spiritual Treasure; even though it’s an auxiliary Innate Spiritual Treasure, it is still indestructible and can be used as a Divine Weapon. On top of that, with Zhang Chen’s Tenth Tier Blood Dao power bolstering it, let alone wielding an Innate Spiritual Treasure like the Celestial Measuring Ruler—just holding an ordinary iron cudgel in his hand would be enough for him to bash the other until Heaven and Earth spun.

Bear Great Saint only felt the world spinning and his skull buzzing. He struggled to stabilize his body, wanting to smooth out the chaotic Bloodline Power within and launch a counterattack. But Zhang Chen gave him no chance; in an instant he was already at Bear Great Saint’s side, and he slapped a Sealing Rune onto his back. That Sealing Rune transformed into countless strands of golden light, directly burrowing into Bear Great Saint’s body and suppressing all the power within him.

Before Bear Great Saint could even react, Zhang Chen flicked the Celestial Measuring Ruler, the Ice Hell opened, and Bear Great Saint was locked away inside.

Spoken, these actions sound long, but in reality, from Zhang Chen’s sneak attack on the Pig Demon to suppressing Bear Great Saint, it was only in the space of a rabbit leaping and a hawk stooping—just a few breaths.

"So I’ve already gotten this strong?" After suppressing Bear Great Saint, a faint sigh rose in Zhang Chen’s heart. He was no longer a weakling.

"Bastard, there really was an ambush!" Over there, when Chen Dragon saw Zhang Chen, in the blink of an eye, subdue Bear Great Saint and the Pig Demon God, he suddenly panicked and tried to turn and flee.

The Demon Race is the most cunning; at the slightest stir of trouble, they immediately bolt.

But Gu Mingyue was no pushover. The Divine Power around her gathered and circulated, and she had already struck to entangle Chen Dragon.

Zhang Chen watched the two locked in combat, a strange light flickering in his eyes. He did not step up to help; instead he once again summoned the Buzhou Seal, quietly moving to Chen Dragon’s back and then casting the Buzhou Seal out!

With the situation already at this point, there was no talk of sneaking around being dishonorable. Naturally, Zhang Chen would use every means available.

Chen Dragon sensed the sneak attack from the Buzhou Seal, but unfortunately he was being pinned down by Gu Mingyue. He simply couldn’t retreat and escape; he could only circulate Divine Power to manifest a dragon claw, grabbing toward the Buzhou Seal, intending to use his own dragon claw to hard-block the Buzhou Seal.

The Demon Race may lack Magical Treasures, but their organs are the most powerful Magical Treasures. As they continually evolve, their organs evolve along with them, unleashing all sorts of inconceivable power, no weaker than Magical Treasures or Divine Weapons.