Chapter 524: Massive Demon Outbreak, Demon God's Fang, Still Thinking of Leaving?

On the magnificent Ancient Battle Platform floated the ruins of shattered buildings and fragments of weapons and armor.

Tantai Qing’s robes fluttered. Her picture-perfect, jade-white face glowed with divine radiance, and her dark hair seemed tinted by the colors of dawn, making her dazzlingly beautiful. She was like a Nine Heavens Profound Lady descending into the mortal realm—transcendent, elegant, and utterly sacred.

Her arrival instantly silenced the surroundings, and countless eyes fixed upon her at once.

Helian Wen’s tightly shut eyes snapped open. He stared intently at her, his expression turning icy.

“I was starting to think you wouldn’t dare show up…”

he said coldly as a terrifying Evil Qi and killing intent began to rise from his body.

Tantai Qing replied calmly, “I’m only here to kill you. Why wouldn’t I come?”

Helian Wen glanced beyond the Ancient Battle Platform and sneered, “Where are the members of the Tantai Family? Why didn’t they come with you?”

Tantai Qing said evenly, “Are you worried I won’t keep my promise? We agreed our families wouldn’t interfere, so it makes no difference whether they’re here or not.”

Her voice wasn’t loud, but amplified by the Array Patterns of the Ancient Battle Platform, it traveled far, reaching the ears of the many cultivators and beings in every direction.

The expressions of the Helian Family members all darkened slightly.

Her words were a clear jab, implying the Helian Family lacked confidence by dispatching so many people. In contrast, Tantai Qing had come all by herself, making her seem magnanimous and self-assured.

SWOOSH!!!

On a nearby pavilion, an old woman with flowing, snow-white hair appeared, leaning on a staff. She had a transcendent air about her. Beside her stood a woman of about twenty with features as pretty as a painting. Her charming smile gave off a sense of gentle, well-behaved grace.

“Gongsun Tingwan of the Gongsun Family…”

“That old woman must be Elder Gongsun Shuqiu from the Elder Pavilion. Even she has made an appearance…”

The crowd broke into a flurry of shocked discussion. Gongsun Tingwan was the most revered of the Gongsun Family’s younger generation, though she was simply not as famous as Tantai Qing.

It seemed the Gongsun Family had received some sort of signal, having deliberately sent such a figure of astonishing seniority to preside over the situation.

After the old woman appeared, she looked toward the vast Ancient Battle Platform floating in mid-air and muttered an incantation. Then, with a point of her staff, a ray of brilliant light erupted like a cloud of mist.

The railings around the Ancient Battle Platform instantly seemed to come alive, emitting a blazing, dazzling light. Drawing on the power of heaven and earth, they formed a barrier, completely sealing the two combatants inside.

A heavy mist swirled within, flowing over the ruined structures, carrying with it a palpable aura of immense age and time-worn history.

In that instant, the crowd outside could no longer hear any sound from within. Unless the barrier was shattered, no one could interfere with the two combatants.

“It seems your paramour hasn’t shown up…”

‘I suppose I underestimated him.’

“But what can he possibly change, even if he’s gone to save someone? He’s just throwing his life away.” Helian Wen’s gaze again swept across the various pavilions and platforms outside, but he saw no sign of Jiang Lan.

Tantai Qing’s expression didn’t change in the slightest. She replied coolly, “It seems you know quite a few secrets. But that doesn’t change the fact that you lost to him. I’ve said it before: you can’t even compare to one of his fingers.”

“You’re courting death…”

Helian Wen was enraged that Tantai Qing would still humiliate him at a time like this. His killing intent instantly boiled over.

BOOM!!!

He attacked without hesitation, unleashing a Fist Seal. His palm transformed into a blinding sun, filling the world with surging divine light. He was like a long-dormant volcano that was finally erupting.

In that moment, his momentum soared to its peak. He was like a Divine Mountain from Ancient Times, crashing forward with a thunderous roar.

Tantai Qing faced this attack without a trace of fear. With a soft cry, a divine radiance surfaced on her jade-white face, her very cheekbones seeming to turn translucent.

A hazy phantom of an Ancient Goddess materialized behind her, one hand pointing to the sky, the other encompassing the earth. The sound of sacred hymns surged forth like a tidal wave.

At the same time, she formed the Nirvana Seal and struck out with her palm. Her attack, gentle as a spring breeze yet brimming with endless life, manifested a lush, verdant Bihu Lake to meet Helian Wen’s fist head-on.

The entire Ancient Battle Platform trembled. Countless Runes filled the air as the Array Patterns reactivated, bursting forth with tremendous power.

The crowd outside was so blinded by the dazzling light they couldn’t open their eyes. After a moment, the dust settled, revealing the two opponents standing far apart from each other, their auras continuously climbing and shifting.

“It seems you were indeed holding back that day. You’re much stronger now,” Helian Wen said, staring coldly at Tantai Qing.

“You talk too much,” Tantai Qing replied placidly.

Helian Wen snorted. “So what? You are going to die today. No one can save you…”

Tantai Qing wasted no more words. A brilliant white flame ignited around her, and her snow-white, jade-like hands grew dazzlingly crystalline, as if transforming into a flawless and indestructible Jade Mountain.

Shedding her previously ethereal demeanor, she took the initiative. She leaped toward Helian Wen with the grace of a fleeting shadow, launching a palm strike that sent a misty light soaring into the sky. Its momentum was overwhelming, its nature direct and terrifying—it was as if she had become a completely different person.

Even with the barrier blocking the powerful shockwaves from within, the crowd outside still felt a heart-stopping tremor.

‘How terrifying! As expected of those who reign supreme among the younger generation. Cultivators of the older generation at the same realm would be no match for them.’