The Ji Family's Pride

Chapter 197 The best opportunity
In a magnificent palace that is splendid and brightly lit, countless Buddhas sit solemnly, with numerous Arhats and Bodhisattvas standing beside them.

The Buddha with a crown of jeweled hair sitting on the lotus throne has deep eyes as he gazes quietly at the scene reflected in front of him as clearly as a mirror. There is a deep meaning in his gaze as if it can penetrate endless time and space.

"Kasyapa and Daoist Qingxu are fighting with this strange beast. The void vortex in this heaven really has a big secret. This level of strange beast is extraordinary in strength. There is not even one in the entire Three Realms. Instead, it looks more like it was bred by the Chaos Alien Race..."

"World Honored One."

A long-eared Buddha spoke slowly, "This black-armored beast seems to have some similarities with the insect beasts in my Three Realms. However, to be able to cultivate such an insect beast that has reached the level of a True God..."

In the entire Three Realms, there are only a few who can cultivate insect beasts. These insect beasts are not afraid of death, have extremely strong vitality, and are very useful, but it is not easy to cultivate them.

Among the famous ones in the Three Realms, the ones who can be cultivated to the level of Heavenly Gods or True Immortals at most are considered the top, and even this still takes endless years to be cultivated.

If this is really an artificially cultivated insect beast...that would be the worst case scenario.

Buddha Donglai narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the dark and huge figure in the void. After pondering for a moment, he said, "It is indeed somewhat similar to an insect beast... Should our Buddhist sect send more powerful people at the level of True Gods and Taoist Patriarchs? After all, the strength of this black-armored beast should not be underestimated."

"Everyone, please be at ease." The Buddha, sitting cross-legged on the lotus throne at the top, looked down at the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas below.

“Although this black-armored beast is powerful, Venerable Kasyapa and Taoist Master Qingxu are also quite powerful. Let’s wait and see the situation.”

"Now that the void vortex is moving strangely, we have to be on guard against the powerful men of the Wuxian Sect. And in this void vortex, there are two powerful men at the level of True God Daozu fighting with this strange beast, which is enough to deal with it for the time being."

"Yes." Buddhas and Bodhisattvas responded one by one, and their voices were like the sound of a huge bell, echoing in the palace.

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In the east of the heaven, inside the towering Bajing Palace, there was silence.

The Taoist priest who was sitting cross-legged on a huge cushion raised his head slightly. His eyes were extremely deep and bright, as if he could easily penetrate the palace and see the vast and endless void.

"The battle between Qingxu and Jiaye... is a bit difficult." The Taoist sighed softly, with a hint of worry in his voice.

Below that Taoist, a Taoist in a white robe had a solemn expression on his face and slowly spoke, "Sanqing, if this black-armored beast is really an insect beast raised by a certain Chaos alien race that mistakenly entered the vicinity of our Three Realms... the immortal cultivator who can raise such an insect beast at the level of a True God and Taoist Ancestor must be extremely powerful. We need to prepare early."

"Well. Not only that. The Wuxian Sect launched a sneak attack on the underworld decades ago, and even caused the Six Paths of Reincarnation to directly shatter and collapse. They must also be on guard." The gray-robed Taoist priest below also had a solemn expression.

"Yu Ding is right."

The Taoist priest in white robes, Xiaoyao Tianzun, was no longer as carefree as before. He frowned and said, "However, this black-armored beast not only has the strength of a True God Daozu, but its shell also seems to be a magic weapon, extremely strong... Qingxu and Venerable Kasyapa will need to expend a lot of energy to kill this beast."

"Let's wait and see! If there are any unusual movements... it won't be too late for us to take action then." said the Three Pure Ones Taoist Patriarch.

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At this moment, in the entire Three Realms, ever since the black-armored monster emerged from the vortex of the void, the eyes of all the powerful people have fallen on this place.

Over the endless years, there have been many alien races from outside the territories who have strayed into the Three Realms. Some are strong, some are weak. The strong ones can even be compared to the leader level, while the weaker ones are at least at the level of a true god.

But every time an alien race enters the Three Realms, it always stirs up a storm of blood and gore. Therefore, the powerful beings in the Three Realms are naturally on high alert and dare not slack off. They know very well in their hearts that every appearance of an alien race may bring a huge disaster to the Three Realms.

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Near the void vortex, all changes happen in an instant.

"Life... a rich breath of life!"

The black-armored beast roared in a low voice, "Food...recovery..."

It madly devoured the immortal cultivators who had no time to escape, and the dark stones on its body looked like a layer of extremely thick stone armor.

The mottled areas of stone armor revealed the black armor of the strange beast. On the black shell, countless large and small criss-crossing grooves flashed with mysterious light, as if they were constantly being filled by some kind of power.

Even some gullies disappeared and turned into a bright black armor.

Those gullies of varying sizes are the scars left by this black-armored beast in the endless void.

And at this moment, it is rapidly recovering its strength.

"That evil beast keeps devouring cultivators, and it is recovering!" Taoist Qingxu and Venerable Kasyapa understood something instantly, and a trace of solemnity flashed in their eyes.

In a flash, giant fire dragons carrying endless scorching breath roared and flew towards the black-armored monster.

As the True Fire Dragon flew over, countless broken star stones that had been floating in the void for endless years were directly annihilated by this powerful True Fire.

In just a moment, several giant fire dragons arrived in front of the beast, pouncing on it with their fangs and claws bared. Immediately afterwards, huge stars weighing thousands of kilos also smashed directly onto the black-armored beast.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A huge noise echoed in the void, and the countless black stones on the strange beast fell off under this powerful impact, revealing the black shell inside.

The shell was constantly being burned, and the black-armored beast suddenly felt pain and let out angry roars.

"It's Daozu Qingxu and Venerable Kasyapa! The Daozu have taken action!"

"Daozu! Daozu has taken action! We are finally saved!"

"Hurry... seize this hard-earned opportunity!" All the gods, immortals, and cultivators were overjoyed.

"All the gods and immortals below the level of the gods, disperse!" The body of Venerable Kasyapa was shining with dazzling Buddha light, and his voice rolled in the void like thunder.

"All the gods and immortals! Form a joint attack formation."

at this time.

"Roar~~" The black-armored beast roared regardless of anything, and an invisible ripple spread out in an instant, like a series of surging waves.

The black-armored monster was too fast. All the cultivators who were fleeing in front of it, no matter they were gods or immortals, or cultivators from other realms, suddenly stopped flying.

"Do not……"

"Daozu...save me..."

"Too strong! What kind of method is this...it can actually make me unable to move."

Frightened words echoed in the void. The gods and immortals relied on their powerful strength to only stay still for a breath before desperately fleeing.

The remaining celestial immortals and even the returning earthly immortals seemed to be frozen in place. Their faces were filled with fear, their eyes were filled with despair, and their bodies were trembling slightly in the void, but they were unable to break free of the invisible restraints.

"I am Liusha... I want to become a powerful person in the Three Realms. I should not die here! Form a formation!" One day god's face was extremely ferocious. He growled, "All the gods, if you want to save your lives... you have to form a formation!"

"God of Quicksand, let me form a formation with you!"

"Form a formation! Let's form a formation quickly!"

"And I……"

All the gods and immortals who had managed to survive responded and had to huddle together for warmth.

This black-armored beast was extremely powerful and extremely fast. Needless to say, the fate of it being left alone was imminent. The gods and immortals that were swallowed up were right in front of it and directly turned into food for the black-armored beast to recover from its injuries.

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"Thanks to Brother Qingping's reminder just now... otherwise you and I might have been one of the immortal cultivators who fell." Gu Hua Tianxian was still in shock, with a trace of fear in his eyes that had not yet dissipated.

"You and I are just trying to escape." Ji Xiaoshan shook his head, "After all, this black-armored beast is too strong..."

He looked into the distance, his eyes never leaving, and was extremely shocked at the countless immortal cultivators who had died in the mouths of beasts.

The black beetle beast was too ferocious. Most of the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals of the Tianhe navy stationed near the void vortex were devoured at the first sight.

If Daozu Qingxu and Venerable Kasyapa had not acted in time, even General Liusha would have nearly died in the beast's mouth.

"Yes. In this situation, only the True God and Taoist Ancestor is qualified to fight with this strange beast! Even the gods and immortals have to form a formation to be qualified to stay in this battlefield!" Gu Hua Tianxian also stared at the huge dark figure in a daze.

“How many gods and immortals have been born in the endless years? This insect beast alone rushed out of the vortex in the void and swallowed more than a dozen of them directly…”

In the Three Realms, it is extremely difficult to survive the Heavenly Tribulation, but there are still many. In each great world, some will be born in endless years. However, the probability of producing a Heavenly God is more difficult than producing a Heavenly Immortal.

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Rumble~~~
In the void, it was as if the world was destroyed.

Those several kinds of terrifyingly powerful true fires continued to burn. Even though the black-armored monster's dark stone armor and its shell were both extremely solid, the stone armor was mottled and peeled off under the continuous burning of the true fires. The black shell without the protection of stone armor began to crack and turn black under the burning of countless true fires.

But the black-armored beast had extremely strong vitality and was constantly recovering.

Time passes little by little.

The thick black stone armor on the black-armored monster had completely shattered and peeled off, and even the exposed shell had blackened cracks from being burned by the true fire.

"Daoyou Qingxu, please hit him a few more times with your precious fan. His shell is too strong." Venerable Kashyapa immediately transmitted the message.

Although his attack was not weak, the black armor of the strange beast was too strong. Even if he smashed it down, at most he could only make a huge dent in the black armor. Now he could only cooperate with Taoist Qingxu to restrain the black-armored strange beast.

The various true fires fanned out by the magic weapon of Qingxu Daozu were not just burning flames, but also directly annihilated the flesh and blood of the black-armored beast from the deepest level. If the black-armored beast wanted to recover, it would be much more difficult than the scars caused by the smash.

Taoist Qingxu nodded, moved the treasure fan in his hand, and suddenly countless flames surged.

"die!"

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"Zizhu, if you want to kill the Immortal Qingping, this is our best chance!" An extremely secret voice sounded from the bottom of the Immortal Zizhu's heart.

They had been hiding in a cave belonging to an immortal in the void, and were the last ones to land on it. They were quite far away from the vortex in the void, so they naturally escaped easily.

"Yes." Immortal Zizhu nodded, "As long as we kill him, we will be teleported to the fifth world immediately... Those powerful people in the Nuwa camp will not dare to directly break into the lair of my Wuxian Sect."

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(End of this chapter)