Chapter 2169: Fall of Calamity (I)

A female exalted emperor on Emperor Su’s side suddenly smiled. She was a very rarely seen female ninth rank exalted emperor. An immense surge of life force welled up in her body!

Spring Autumn started as a massive outpouring of life force rushed into her body. The Life master promptly transformed into a towering tree, swaying gracefully in the void.

The two ninth ranks reverted to their primary bodies as well!

One of them was a massive kunpeng, [1] the other was a creature similar to a giant wolf. The wolf narrowed its eyes and shot a frosty look at Spring Autumn.

“It’s your lucky day,” it sniffed. “I don’t think there’s a way out for monster spirits anymore, not with how things have progressed to this point!”

A jolt ran through Spring Autumn’s heart!

She focused on the kunpeng instead of the massive wolf. The former was... so familiar!

“I met a cicada with good potential many years ago.” The ponderous kunpeng smiled when it saw that Spring Autumn was looking at it. Its physical body continued to crumble away. “It was a rare sight, and to think that the cicada made it to present day. What a marvelous feat!

“If we include Life, then we monster spirits have only produced three ninth ranks since time immemorial!

“Humans are domineering, monster spirits are the weaker race. But at least we’re better off than chaos beasts. Well, there’s not much difference between monster spirits and chaos beasts. We’re all weaklings in the chaos!”

The kunpeng grunted as its body continued to crumble. “Since we are vying for supremacy, you should give it a try too...” He suddenly raised his head with a savage roar, “Are there any exalted emperors left among the monster spirits?! Since the timing is appropriate, we meld our spirit into Spring Autumn! The humans are putting everything on the line for their future, so can our race do the same!”

Monster spirit blood exploded!

Spring Autumn gaped. The monster spirits...

There had only ever been three third ranks when it came to the monster spirits, and they’d all chosen to incorporate their strength into her.

Me?

I’m just...

The giant wolf exploded as well. A ripple of energy undulated next to Spring Autumn’s ear. “Fate saw the future, but of course it might not be accurate. However, he saw that monster spirits can still occupy the peak of the chaos in the future! Spring Autumn, you must wrest a spot for us in the chaos to come...”

Its spirit fully dispersed!

Emperor Yu didn’t make a move to obliterate the fracturing dao master of life. Life swayed as she splintered, flicking a glance at Spring Autumn, then at Li Hao.

She didn’t say anything before sending a stream of life energy into the surroundings. An extremely dense blanket of energy came down over everyone.

Meanwhile, Skyward finally had time to turn around and take a look after killing the others. He laughed when he saw that the three monster spirit ninth ranks had elected to go for Spring Autumn.

“As expected... all living beings seek to make a bid for a brighter future!” He shook his head slightly. At this point, those three knew that they were dead without a doubt. While Spring Autumn might not be the hope of their race, that didn’t matter anymore.

As opposed to their cultivation and energy going to someone else, it would be better to make Spring Autumn’s day!

She was a monster spirit, at least.

Almost all of the ninth ranks were dead in the blink of an eye. Calamity’s presence continued to climb. Although none of these people had melded their dao with his, the deaths of so many ninth ranks further strengthened his dao strength.

Calamity laughed happily as well! He flashed a grin at the young man nearby. “Li Hao! I think your plans veered off course this time!”

Combined with the ninth rank strength that Spring Autumn had made off with before, that meant she enjoyed the power of four ninth ranks by herself. She was also fortified by the spirits of ten thousand exalted emperors.

The little girl’s presence skyrocketed!

The monster spirits had been inconspicuous in the battlefield, but now the cicada was one of the strongest powerhouses.

Calamity laughed with great satisfaction!

Is this what you wanted, Li Hao? You left the new chaos ahead of time and stopped yourself from reaching the top. Spring Autumn’s reaping the benefits of your actions and heading to the top in your place.

Li Hao turned back to look at Spring Autumn. The power of withering in her body ascended dramatically before a unique ripple oscillated out from her. She’d officially set foot into ninth rank!

However, the little girl was very lost.

She was aware that there was a ninth rank cultivation level among her kind, but monster spirits differed from humans in that they made a very careful delineation between levels of strength. She’d never even dared hope that these premier monster spirits would pass on their dao strength to her. And yet, they really had chosen her in the last possible moment!

She looked at Li Hao and Calamity. I... may not measure up to Skyward, but I’m not that much worse off than these two!

“Congratulations!” Li Hao smiled. Spring Autumn had made out like a bandit from this engagement.

The well wishes grated on the little girl’s ears and she suddenly felt uneasy. I shouldn’t need to be afraid of Li Hao... Although those of Silver Moon are still incorporating their spirit into me, the current me can even get away with demolishing Silver Moon’s river of dao.

So... why am I a little afraid?

“It’s nothing, there’s nothing to be proud of...” she said awkwardly and glossed over the moment.

Spring Autumn was further lost in thought when she looked around. There were so many ninth ranks at the start. Apart from those that her side had killed, Skyward had killed a handful as well. The only exceptions were the three monster spirits who’d incorporated their dao into her.

There were no other ninth ranks in the field anymore.

The Human King had quietly cut down another ninth rank, whereas Emperor Yu remained coolly composed and hadn't killed too many.

Were Skyward and Calamity the only ninth ranks left out of so many?

Spring Autumn didn’t know if she was happy or sad. So... this was all there was to ninth ranks.

......

Calamity grew stronger as more ninth ranks fell in battle. He grinned toothily. So many had died today, but those deaths served to benefit many such as him, Spring Autumn, Li Hao, the Human King...

All of them had taken another step forward today. That meant that the situation in front of them would change as well. The stronger Calamity grew, the more he felt that he stood a chance!

Skyward was strong and perhaps the strongest one here, but now Spring Autumn was strong too!

“Spring Autumn, the monster spirit dao masters chose to facilitate your goals, so they naturally won’t want to see the monster spirit race go extinct...” Calamity smiled at the little girl.

“I’d rather fight by myself than work together with you,” Spring Autumn sneered before Calamity had a chance to finish. “Calamity, who among the nine ranks that left with you are still alive? Do you really not know?”

Do you think I’m a fool?

What about the ninth ranks that fought Skyward with you? Where are they now?

There’s not a single one of them to be seen! So how dare you say shit like this?! I’d be too embarrassed to open my mouth if it was me!

Calamity blinked, then frowned. Fair enough. He laughed at himself.

“Li Hao...” Calamity changed tactics.

Li Hao ignored him and addressed only the Human King’s group. “All of the small fry have been cleared out. Am I going to handle Calamity, or is your joint force going to take him out? Or do all of us want to save some strength so we can spar with Fellow Daoist Skyward in a bit?”

“Can you do it by yourself?” cackled the Human King as blood dripped from his sword.

“Senior Time, do you really not need our help?” Su Yu smiled.

Spring Autumn was confused.

Although she felt that she rivaled Li Hao in this moment, Calamity was very strong! He’d only grown stronger as people died. Li Hao had only been able to match him before, so now he should be a little weaker.

How was he going to handle Calamity?

The little girl looked around blankly. Are they bluffing? They wouldn’t be doing so now, would they?

Calamity’s expression likewise flickered. Trying to scare me, Li Hao? Handle me?

Although the Human King’s group had dispatched ninth ranks, those were ninth ranks in a moment of weakness. They wouldn’t be able to do anything to Calamity, much Li Hao by himself!

I’m not those people!

“You like to talk big!” Calamity glared frostily. He was starting to grow wary of the situation, so he didn’t want things to drag on further.

The man immediately disappeared and called upon the strength of fate once more. Li Hao’s destiny was still ink-black and as deep as an abyss. In fact, it was darker than before.

It was a sign of guaranteed death!

With that, Calamity was more at ease. This was good!

Li Hao chose to preemptively dodge the next blow aimed at him. He backed away and looked at the rest of the group. “So you guys aren’t going to participate and want to save your strength for Skyward?”

“It would be such a shame for us to not participate in the final battle.” The Human King hugged his blade to himself with a smile. “Since Calamity is the small fry that you speak of, let us see how mighty you are.

“It’s time to walk the walk after talking the talk. You know, you’ve only killed one ninth rank since emerging from your chaos!”

“That’s good, I actually prefer fighting alone!” Li Hao’s smile promptly slid off his face as he looked at Calamity. “Since everyone can’t wait for this to happen, I’ll send off Senior Calamity!”

“How ludicrous!” Calamity didn’t believe that Li Hao really could kill him. He summoned endless thunder and lightning, as well as thunderbolts, with a growl. All of it enclosed Li Hao!

The thunder pillars grew stronger as they locked Li Hao into their center. Calamity beamed with delight. He’d been concerned that Li Hao would travel through space. Thankfully, the young man hadn’t avoided him and permitted himself to be trapped!

This was good!

Within the pillars, the crackling electricity transformed into formidable giants that immediately became part of the thunder pillars.

Each of the thunder pillars were a massive giant that swung a gigantic club at the young man!

All dao strength was pulverized by the thunder pillars and instantly smashed through. The entire voice seemed to shatter. This was touching upon the phenomena seen when the worlds were created!

1. A mythological Chinese creature that is a fish in the water and a bird in the sky. ☜