Daqin Zhentiansi

In the Chensha River war zone, no Venerable Realm expert has perished on the battlefield for at least 100,000 years!
This suffocating silence lasted only a moment before being shattered by an even more violent storm!

"Black Rock!"

Venerable Xuanzhong let out a heart-wrenching roar of grief. Seeing his brother's tragic demise, his mind completely collapsed!

"Give me back my brother's life!"

A soaring demonic light gathered behind Venerable Xuanzhong.

A gigantic, one-horned rhinoceros shadow materialized.

In the core main hall of the Thirty-Three Temples, Zhang Yuan's gaze was as cold as the deepest abyss, and his divine sense activated the core of the military formation.

"Black Tortoise, suppress!"

"hold head high--!"

Above the heavens, the immense and boundless Xuanwu Martial Soul let out a roar that shook the entire universe!

The enormous snake head, carrying a chilling aura that seemed to freeze the space, locked onto Venerable Xuanzhong, whose mind was shaken by the fall of his elder brother and who was enraged by the news of Jade City's defeat!
The mysterious runes on the tortoise shell covering the sky swirled wildly, and the boundless power that carried the earth and mountains crashed down!
A colossal claw, seemingly capable of supporting all the heavens and myriad worlds, tore through space, ignoring the brief delay caused by the fall of the black rock, and carrying the weight and power to suppress all ages, slammed down on Venerable Xuanzhong!
Venerable Xuanzhong was already overwhelmed with grief and indignation over the death of Heiyan, and was further shocked by the news of Yucheng's defeat and escape, causing him to lose his composure.

Faced with this furious attack from the will of a primordial divine beast, it was already a moment too late to defend with all one's might!
"Get out of my way!"

Venerable Xuanzhong's eyes were bloodshot, and the giant star hammer in his hand slammed upwards with the force of a landslide, while the thick earth element laws around him transformed into layers of mountain phantoms!

"Boom——!!!"

The giant claw clashed violently with the mountain phantom and the star hammer!
A blinding light exploded, and the space shattered inch by inch like fragile glass!
The illusory mountain formation that Venerable Xuanzhong conjured shattered like a bubble!
The Star Hammer let out a painful wail, its massive head being jolted high into the air, almost slipping out of his grasp!
The immense power contained in the Xuanwu giant claw was like the earth collapsing, slamming heavily onto the massive rhinoceros body of Venerable Xuanzhong!
"puff--!"

As if struck by an ancient divine mountain, Venerable Xuanzhong's dark gold heavy armor emitted a piercing metallic twisting sound, and countless runes instantly dimmed and shattered!
His massive body was forcefully slammed down from mid-air, like a meteorite falling to earth!

"Boom!!!"

The earth shook violently!

A massive crater, tens of meters deep, exploded on the scorched earth, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading for miles!
Venerable Xuanzhong was trapped at the bottom of the pit, and dark golden divine beast blood gushed out from the gaps in his armor like a fountain, staining the soil and rubble beneath him.

He struggled to stand up, spitting out another mouthful of blood. His breath weakened to the extreme, and his eyes were filled with boundless horror and fear!
The Xuanwu Martial Soul's claw not only severely injured his physical body, but also completely shattered his and the entire Black Horned Rhinoceros Clan's fighting spirit!

"kill--!"

Without any command, the moment the giant claw of Xuanwu struck down and Venerable Xuanzhong coughed up blood and fell to the ground, the thirty-three guardian temples opened their eyes like sleeping ferocious beasts!
"Rock Base! Push!"

Amidst a deafening roar, massive, thick iron shields surged forward, their surfaces gleaming with earthen-yellow runes.

Like a moving steel wall, carrying the will to crush everything, it crashed into the ranks of the Black Horned Rhinoceros army, which was terrified by the injury to the Venerable One!

"Crack! Puff!"

The tough rhinoceros armor deformed and shattered under the pressure of the giant shield and the ferocious power of the giant ape warrior!
The sounds of bones breaking and internal organs being squeezed were incessant!
Countless Black Horned Rhino warriors were crushed and pulverized before the giant shield!

"Rift Abyss Battalion! Target them!" The cold command rang out.

From the crenellations and shadows on the flanks, armor-piercing crossbow bolts, gleaming with a chilling blue light, were like the fangs of death, precisely aimed at the rhinoceros chieftain and demon general who were attempting to organize a resistance within the ranks.

The poisoned arrowheads were lethal to the touch, and the explosive runes burst open in clouds of blood mist amidst the dense herd of rhinoceroses!
"Spark Camp! Burn!"

A torrent of crimson flames swept across the battlefield once more!
This time, it was no longer a defensive barrier, but transformed into dozens of fire dragons that devoured people. Guided by the warriors, they fiercely burned into the gaps in the Black Horned Rhinoceros formation, which had been scattered by the suppression of Xuanwu and the impact of the giant shield!

Amidst screams of agony, flames engulfed everything, igniting the massive rhinoceros's body into a blazing torch!
Encircle and suppress!

The morale of the human warriors and the allied forces of various temples soared, surging in from all directions like a tidal wave, completely engulfing the Black Horned Rhinoceros army, which had been severely damaged by Xuanwu and divided by its military formation.

Swords flashed and talismans roared.

Every time the giant ape warrior's Mountain-Shaking Cudgel struck, it sent a mass of flesh and bone turning to dust!
The Ironfeather Eagle warriors swooped down, their sharp claws and beaks tearing through the armor, their precise feathered arrows piercing vital points!

The Dragon Squad cut through the enemy lines, further dismembering the scattered rhinoceros herd!
This was an efficient and brutal massacre!

Under the absolute suppression of the Xuanwu Martial Soul and the seamless coordination of the three Martial Guards' mixed military formations, the once invincible steel torrent was like a giant beast trapped in a swamp, struggling and howling in vain before collapsing in droves!

On the Black Rock Plain.

The corpses of the Black Horned Rhinoceros tribe were piled up like mountains.

The dark golden blood flowed into streams.

The air was thick with a nauseating smell of blood and burnt flesh.

In the deep pit, Venerable Xuanzhong watched his people being slaughtered before his eyes, like lambs to the slaughter. Hearing the deafening shouts of killing and the dying cries of his kin, immense fear completely overwhelmed his vengeful rage and even a trace of greed.

He struggled, using his last bit of strength to scream, his voice filled with a desperate tremor.

"Surrender! My Black Horned Rhinoceros tribe surrenders! Spare us! Spare us—!"

drop……

The remaining Black Horned Rhinoceros army had long been terrified. Witnessing the Venerable One being slammed into a deep pit with a single palm strike, barely clinging to life, and seeing the hellish massacre around them, their last shred of will to resist completely collapsed.

Upon hearing the Venerable One's plea for mercy, the surviving rhinoceros warriors lost all will to fight. They dropped their weapons, prostrated themselves on the ground with their massive bodies, and let out terrified whimpers, completely giving up resistance.

Just as the Black Horned Rhinoceros Clan's shouts of surrender echoed across the battlefield, the two Venerable Ones of the Azure Scaled Flood Dragon Clan were so shocked by this sudden turn of events that their attacks momentarily halted—

"call out--!!!"

A silver lightning bolt, refined to its utmost and possessing an indestructible and penetrating power, shot out without warning from the direction of the main hall of the Thirty-Three Temples, like lightning tearing through the night sky!

The target was none other than the Azure Nether Venerable, who had been momentarily stunned by Xuan Zhong's surrender!
"careful!"

Venerable Qingyuan reacted extremely quickly, roaring as his massive dragon body twisted violently, its huge tail carrying azure gale, sweeping fiercely towards the deadly lightning arrow like a steel whip!

"boom!"

The dragon's tail collided violently with the silver lightning bolt!
Blinding lightning and azure demonic energy exploded together!

Venerable Qingyuan roared in pain as a piece of his dragon tail, which was harder than refined gold, was blasted off, leaving his flesh and blood a bloody mess, revealing his bare white bones!

Although they managed to block the arrow, they paid a heavy price!

"Bastard!"

The Azure Nether Venerable was both shocked and furious.

But this arrow and Qingyuan's injury were like the last straw, completely crushing the morale of the Qinglin Jiao Clan, which was already shaken by the news of Yucheng's defeat.

"Kill!" Zhang Yuan's icy voice echoed across the battlefield like a final verdict.

He didn't make another move, but simply waved his hand lightly.

"Roar--!"

"Wow—!"

"Martial Guards! Charge!"

The Martial Guard army, which had been poised for battle, surged forth like wildfire from the Thirty-Three Temples and from the flank cliffs, launching a full-scale attack on the chaotic Azure Scaled Flood Dragon army! Giant ape warriors shattered the ground, crashing into the Flood Dragon horde like miniature chariots!

The Ironfeather Eagle warriors swooped down, raining down arrows!
Human cultivators formed a sharp battle formation, their swords gleaming with a cold light!

The oppressive aura of the Xuanwu Martial Soul had not yet dissipated when the aura of the human race's Venerable once again firmly locked onto Qingming and Qingyuan!
The army was defeated like a mountain!
Seeing the tragic end of the Black Horned Rhinoceros Clan, and then being suddenly attacked with the Venerable One injured, the Azure Scaled Flood Dragon Clan army completely lost its will to fight in the face of the overwhelming counterattack of the human race.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

The two Venerables, Qingming and Qingyuan, no longer had any desire to fight; their eyes were filled with only fear.

They didn't even care about revenge. The huge dragon body stirred up a sky full of broken clouds, carrying the equally terrified dragon clan elites, and fled desperately towards the direction of Qinglin Cave Heaven at an even faster speed than when they came!
Their formation was scattered, their armor and weapons abandoned, like stray dogs!

The Wuwei army pursued relentlessly, raining down arrows, spells, and giant clubs upon the fleeing dragon horde like hail.

The lagging dragon soldiers were constantly hit, falling from the sky with screams, or being torn apart by the giant ape warriors rushing from the ground.

The azure-green dragon's blood fell like raindrops onto the scorched plain, leaving a shocking trail of retreat.

The Azure Scaled Flood Dragon Clan suffered a crushing defeat and heavy casualties!
The crazed Blood Fang, upon witnessing Xuan Zhong being slammed into a deep pit by Xuanwu's palm, the Black Horned Rhinoceros surrendering, and the Azure Scaled Flood Dragon fleeing, felt as if struck by a heavy hammer, and his violent aura instantly weakened.

"No...impossible..."

Its massive wolf head looked around blankly.

Only a handful of wounded guards remained by his side.

All around, there were countless cold and murderous gazes from human cultivators.

"You beast! Your end has come!"

Master Zuo Yuan of Panshi Temple, his hair and beard bristling, roared like thunder, and the huge Panshi Seal crashed down with the power to suppress everything!

"Aton for the lives of our fallen comrades!" Master Chen Feng of Liuyun Temple unleashed a torrent of sword light, blocking their retreat.

"A blood debt must be repaid in blood!" The five abbots of Qing Teng Temple, including Chen Song and Yun Gu, the deputy abbot of Chen Yun Temple, launched the fiercest attack from different directions, filled with the rage of avenging their blood feud and the determination to transform themselves!
"Roar—! I am not reconciled..." Blood Fang only had time to let out half a roar filled with endless resentment and despair before his hundred-foot wolf body was torn to shreds like tattered cotton wool under the full force of the hateful attacks of several abbots!
Flesh and bones were reduced to dust in the violent energy, and even the soul was completely annihilated!

Bloodfang, the chieftain of the Bloodclaw Wolf Clan, has been executed!

……

Blackstone Plains battlefield.

Smoke filled the air, and corpses littered the ground.

With the surrender of the Black Horned Rhinoceros, the defeat of the Azure Scaled Flood Dragon, and the death of Blood Fang, the demon race's counterattack was completely annihilated.

Bloodstained human battle banners fluttered in the raging wind, thick with the stench of blood and burning flesh, proclaiming the final victory in this brutal battle.

Zhang Yuan slowly lowered the "Godslayer Bow," his deep gaze sweeping across the battlefield before finally settling on the direction in which the Azure Scaled Dragon had retreated and the distant horizon where Thunderfall Abyss was located.

His face remained expressionless, devoid of joy or sorrow, only a frozen calm.

The drumbeats of Thunderfall Abyss shook the very foundations of the Heavenly Palace, while the bow in his hand had just shot off the head of the demon overlord.

The sky over Chensha River has already collapsed, and an even greater storm is brewing in the vast and desolate cosmos.

Before the smoke of battle had even cleared from the Black Stone Plains, Zhang Yuan's divine sense had already enveloped the entire Chensha River war zone like an invisible giant net.

The lingering power of the drumbeats from the Thunderfall Abyss still shook the heavens and earth. The power vacuum brought about by the collapse of the authority of the celestial beings was the perfect opportunity for him to make his plans.

"Send the order!" Zhang Yuan's voice echoed in the core main hall of the Thirty-Three Temples, clearly reaching the ears of Venerable Xuan Cheng and other high-ranking members of the Martial Guard. "The garrison commanders of each temple shall immediately disperse and return to their respective temple defense zones with the monster materials, spirit ores and spirit medicines captured in this battle, and resume their daily lives."

"We must not make a show of our strength, and we must not hold any more large-scale mobilizations!"

The heavens and man have been defeated, but they will surely rise again in a sweeping manner.

The Celestial Race established a rule that prohibits large-scale gatherings of humans.

Currently, they are not qualified to challenge the celestial beings.

Moreover, the human race does not need to confront the celestial beings directly at this time, as the Kui Niu clan naturally stands in front of them.

Lei Yu, possessing the earth-shaking war drum, will never give up easily.

In the primordial world, countless divine beast clans await this opportunity.

Upon hearing Zhang Yuan's order, all the guards clasped their hands in a fist salute.

No one disobeyed the Fire Commander's orders.

Zhang Yuan's gaze swept over the crowd, and he added, "Elder Xuancheng, please ask the Thousand Temples Hall to secretly coordinate and instruct each temple to conduct business under the guise of the follow-up mission of 'Hundred Temples Hunt'."

Xuan Cheng nodded slightly.

Trading is not a form of discipline; even the most enlightened beings have nothing to say about it.

The order was conveyed swiftly.

The Wuwei army, which had just fought a bloody battle and was riding high, dispersed silently like the receding tide.

The giant ape warriors carried heavy rhinoceros armor scales that they had captured, the iron-feathered eagles clutched storage bags inlaid with demon cores in their claws, and the human cultivators bundled up and carried the spiritual materials they had sorted.

In just half a day, the tens of thousands of troops broke up into smaller groups and disappeared into the edge of the ancient forest and the hidden paths leading to various temples.

All that remained was a devastated battlefield and a lingering, thick stench of blood, as if the earth-shattering battle before had been nothing but an illusion.

……

Only three thousand guards remained on the spot.

These three thousand men were the true elites selected by Zhang Yuan from the three battalions of Pan Shi, Xing Huo, and Lie Yuan.

Everyone exuded a deep, imposing aura, their eyes sharp as eagles, and their bodies radiated a fierce, battle-hardened aura.

They stood solemnly before Zhang Yuan, like a silent, dark forest.

Zhang Yuan walked up to Venerable Xuanzhong, who was prostrate at the edge of the deep pit, his breath weak and his eyes still filled with fear.

A dark golden light flowed from his fingertips.

That was not true essence, but rather a complex and profound contract rune that fused the will of the Great Qin Army and fragments of the Primordial Heavenly Dao, containing the power of laws of communication, constraint, and symbiosis.

“Xuanzhong, the Bloodclaw Wolves are gone, the Azure Scaled Flood Dragon has been defeated and fled, and Jade City has fled far away. Surrender, and you may have a chance to survive and your bloodline may continue; resist, and today you will be buried on the banks of the Sandy River, and the name of the Black Horned Rhinoceros will never be heard again.”

Zhang Yuan's voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable air of judgment.

"By signing this contract, your clan will become the guardian spirit beast of our human race, serving as a military mount in times of war and receiving offerings and protection from the temple in peacetime. This contract is witnessed by the Heavenly Dao and bound by bloodline."

The light emanating from the contract runes caused Venerable Xuanzhong to feel a tremor originating from his very soul, and he also sensed a trace of the inviolable majesty of the Heavenly Dao within them.

Looking at the menacing human venerables around him, at the three thousand martial guards exuding murderous aura, and recalling the tragic death of Hei Yan, the massacre of his clansmen, and the chilling drumbeats of Luo Lei Yuan...

The massive rhinoceros head slammed heavily onto the ground with a dull thud, and a faint stream of life essence blood merged into the runes: "Black Horned Rhinoceros... surrenders! Obeying the Fire Commander's decree!" (End of Chapter)