Druid Fairy

Chapter 225 Devouring
But Li Pingchan's attacks were not over yet.

"It's rude to come and not reciprocate."

He flicked his finger.

Amidst the extinguished rain of fire, tiny specks of emerald green light appeared.

There were eighteen seeds, crystal clear, that had somehow been mixed in, as if they were carved from jade.

After being imbued with the residual aura of the alchemical fire, these seeds seemed to be catalyzed in some way, ignoring the distance in space, and instantly appeared in front of the eighteen guards, imprinting themselves precisely on the armor on their chests!
"Not good!" Alarm bells rang in the head guard's mind, and he was about to activate his magic to resist.

However, it's too late.

Those emerald green seeds, as if they possessed life, instantly merged into their armor and into their flesh and blood!
"what!!!"

Heart-wrenching screams emanated from the mouths of these iron-blooded guards.

To their horror, they saw lush green vines growing wildly from within their bodies, nourished by their magical power and vitality!

Vines sprouted from the gaps in their armor and grew from their seven orifices, instantly enveloping each of them in an airtight green cage made of vines and leaves!
Their domineering power of alchemical fire was utterly devoured by these vines imbued with the laws of life, and transformed into nutrients for the vines' growth.

Within a few breaths, the shouts and screams in the sky had subsided.

Only eighteen enormous green vine balls remained, like eerie fruits, silently suspended in mid-air.

In the blink of an eye, he suppressed the battle formation composed of eighteen powerful individuals!

The whole world was deathly silent.

The people of the capital below were so shocked by this miraculous scene that they knelt on the ground, chanting the name of their "guardian god" with fervor.

And high above, in front of that magnificent "Sky-Patrolling Pagoda".

The Lord of the Pill Tower narrowed his eyes completely.

"Based on the land's veins, wielding the laws of life..."

He spoke slowly, his voice trembling slightly, a tremor he himself was unaware of.

"This is no longer the 'Tao Fruit'..."

"This is a divine herb that has already developed its own will... a humanoid form!"

"Since you are unwilling to hand it over voluntarily, then I will take it myself."

He spread his five fingers, and a fist-sized flame, displaying a seven-colored glazed hue, appeared in his palm.

"Seven Treasures Glazed Fire!"

A guard beside the Lord of the Pill Tower revealed a fanatical look of worship in his eyes, "This is the natal true fire that the Tower Lord refined by combining seven kinds of rare heaven and earth fires with his own insights into the Dao of Alchemy! This fire can burn and refine anything!"

"go."

With a flick of his finger, the Lord of the Pill Tower caused the seven-colored flame to grow in the wind, transforming into a seven-colored sea of ​​fire that covered the entire capital city. With terrifying heat capable of refining all things in heaven and earth, it slowly pressed down on the emerald green canopy formed by the phantom of the ancient tree reaching to the sky below!
He actually intended to refine the entire capital city, along with the arrogant Li family, into something else entirely!
"father!"

"Father!"

Li Mengze and his two siblings rushed out of the study at the same time, their faces all solemn.

They could clearly sense that the seven-colored sea of ​​fire contained a refining power that they could not understand and that could directly affect the level of laws!
Li Pingcan merely glanced up, his expression completely unmoved.

He slowly opened his arms, and a profound Daoist aura spread out from him.

"This place is my sacred ground."

His voice seemed to resonate with the entire land of the Great Yu Dynasty.

“In my temple, all external ‘paths’ are illusory.”

"Wind, come."

He uttered a single word softly.

In an instant, a gust of wind rose from the ground.

This wind is no ordinary wind; it is formed by the purest wood spirit energy, which carries the intention of cleansing all impurities!

Hundreds of millions of azure wind blades converged from all directions, transforming into a towering tornado that swept across the heavens and earth, carrying an all-consuming sharpness, rising against the sky to meet the seven-colored sea of ​​fire!

"Boom!"

Wind and fire collided with a deafening roar in the sky above the capital!

The earth-shattering explosion that I had imagined did not occur. The domineering and unparalleled seven-colored glazed fire, upon contact with the Yi wood divine wind that contained boundless life force, was as if it had encountered its nemesis!
The sea of ​​fire raged, but it could not suppress the blue tornado!
The power of the flames was being rapidly eroded by the ever-flowing "wind," and even assimilated!
"What?!" The Lord of the Pill Tower looked shocked.

His Seven Treasures Glazed Fire was blocked so easily by the opponent?

This is not finished!
“Water, life.” Li Pingcan spoke again.

Within the capital city, countless wisps of steam rose from the moat and from the wells of every household.

These water vapors gathered together and transformed into a vast celestial river stretching across the sky!
In the river, a phantom image of a black tortoise floated, exuding a heavy aura that suppressed all things!
The Milky Way surged backward, joining the azure storm in attacking the seven-colored sea of ​​fire!

"Hey!"

Water and fire mingled, steam rose into the sky, and the once invincible seven-colored sea of ​​fire dimmed at a visible speed, and was eventually extinguished, turning into a dazzling rain of light!

Li Pingcan's voice seemed to echo from every corner of the capital, "Since you all enjoy alchemy so much, I'll also give you a batch of 'Great Pills'."

"Mountain, come."

He gently raised his right hand, and clenched it tightly in the air!
"Roar!!!"

A silent yet seemingly resounding dragon's roar erupted suddenly from the depths of the Great Yu Dynasty!
The next moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded!

Under the horrified gazes of the Lord of the Pill Tower and the others, the continuous Peach Blossom Mountain Range outside the capital city suddenly trembled violently at this moment!
The entire mountain range seemed to come alive!
The mountains and rocks trembled, the earth cracked open, and a dragon of earth veins, formed by the condensation of the energy of countless earth veins, stretching for tens of thousands of feet and composed entirely of the purest rocks and chalcedony, broke through the soil and soared into the sky!

It perched above the clouds, its eyes, like two suns, coldly watching the "Sky-Patrolling Pagoda" suspended in the sky, and the tiny figures like dust before it! At this moment, heaven and earth fell silent.

As the Lord of the Pill Tower gazed upon the azure dragon transformed from the dragon vein of a nation, feeling its immense divine power that carried all things and suppressed everything, a trace of emotion called "fear" finally surfaced within him!

"You...who are you?!"

He had traversed the Central Plains for a thousand years, encountering countless extraordinary individuals and even engaging in philosophical discussions with the masters of ancient sects that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years. Yet, he had never seen anyone who could integrate their own Dao with the world to such a perfect degree!
Command the mountains and rivers, and let your words become law!
Li Pingcan did not answer his question, but simply looked at him calmly.

The earth dragon coiled in the clouds slowly opened its abyss-like maw, and a terrifying suction force, powerful enough to crush the void, locked onto the "Sky-Patrolling Pagoda"!
"Oh no! Tower Master, it's going to devour our tower!" a tower guard exclaimed in horror.

This Sky-Patrolling Pagoda is a treasure passed down by the Pill Tower for tens of thousands of years. It is the foundation upon which they dominate the world. If it is destroyed, the consequences will be unimaginable!
The Lord of the Pill Tower was deathly pale. He had no doubt that with the power displayed by this earth vein dragon, it could definitely do it!

He gritted his teeth, his face contorted with humiliation.

"Fellow Daoist, please have mercy! I was blind and ignorant, and offended your Daoist abode! We...we will leave immediately! We will never set foot in the Eastern Region again!"

Faced with this devastating power, he finally abandoned all his dignity and chose to submit and beg for mercy.

Upon hearing this, Li Pingcan's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Want to leave now? Too late."

He said calmly, "I said I would give you a furnace of 'Great Elixir'. This pagoda looks quite good to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the earth vein dragon's suction force, which devoured heaven and earth, became even more violent!

"Roar!!!"

The azure dragon roared, its enormous mouth seemingly transforming into a bottomless black hole.

The "Sky-Patrolling Pagoda" began to shake violently, the crimson patterns on its body flashing wildly, emitting a mournful cry of unbearable strain!
The tower began to be dragged uncontrollably toward the gaping maw of the abyss!
Upon seeing this, the Lord of the Pill Tower was terrified. He finally understood that the other party had no intention of letting them go at all. They were going to wipe them out and take their treasures as spoils of war to refine on the spot!
"Fellow Daoist! Fellow Daoist, spare my life!"

He completely broke down and bowed deeply to Li Pingcan below, his posture extremely respectful. "I am willing to exchange half of the treasures of my Pill Tower for your forgiveness! I only beg you to show mercy and spare our lives!"

Li Pingcan remained silent, simply watching quietly with an indifferent gaze, as if he were watching a performance that had nothing to do with him.

Finally, with a piercing metallic twisting sound, the base of the Sky-Patrolling Pagoda was forcibly dragged into the giant mouth of the Earth Vein Azure Dragon!

"Crack! Click!"

The tower, forged from countless rare and precious materials and seemingly indestructible, was crushed inch by inch by the teeth of the Azure Dragon of the Earth Vein, which was formed from the power of a nation's mountain range!
The immense spiritual energy and countless profound alchemical laws contained within the tower poured out like a flood, only to be instantly devoured by the earth's vein dragon, with not a single trace able to escape.

"Do not!!!"

The Lord of the Pill Tower roared in despair, his eyes wide with rage. He was connected to the pagoda by mind and body, and the moment the pagoda was bitten to pieces, he was struck as if by lightning, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his life force instantly weakening to the extreme.

That was not just a magical artifact, but also a symbol of the tens of thousands of years of accumulated knowledge and experience of his Pill Tower! Now, however, it was being chewed up and swallowed like a stubborn rock right before his eyes!

After devouring the entire Sky-Patrolling Pagoda, the Earth Vein Azure Dragon let out a satisfied low roar.

Its body, originally made of rock, suddenly revealed countless mysterious crimson-gold patterns, which were fragments of the laws of the Sky-Patrolling Pagoda being forcibly absorbed by it!

The Azure Dragon slowly lowered its head and gently exhaled a stream of incomparably pure primordial energy toward the capital of the Great Yu Kingdom below.

This energy transformed into golden rain, sprinkling across the entire city.

At this moment, the concentration of spiritual energy within the city surged wildly at an incredible speed!

Countless mortals' chronic ailments were instantly healed under the nourishment of this energy.

Some children with cultivation aptitude even attained enlightenment on the spot and stepped into the threshold of cultivation!

At this moment, the entire capital of the Great Yu Kingdom seemed to be elevated to a sacred place for cultivation!
The overwhelming pressure dissipated into thin air.

The sky cleared up again.

The Lord of the Pill Tower looked ashen-faced, as if he had aged instantly. He and the eighteen equally ashen-faced guards stood frozen in mid-air, having lost even the courage to flee.

Li Pingcan's voice was like a cold wind from the depths of hell, blowing through their souls.

“Go back and tell those self-righteous guys in Central State.”

"This world has its own master."

“If you dare to covet it again, next time, all of you will become nourishment for this land.”

As if granted a pardon, the Lord of the Pill Tower dared not linger for even a moment, nor even glance at Li Pingcan. Leading his remaining subordinates, he fled the place in a dim escape light, leaving not a single harsh word behind.

Within the capital, countless people watched the disheveled "immortal" fleeing in the sky, then glanced at the serene figure in blue robes in the courtyard, and finally realized what was happening.

They didn't know what had happened, but they knew that this person, once again, had protected them and the city.

"thump!"

It's unclear who was the first to kneel, but soon after, tens of thousands of people, from the bottom of their hearts, knelt down in utmost reverence in the direction of Tingtao Xiaozhu.

"Guardian!"

"Guardian!"

The overwhelming power of faith, more powerful and pure than ever before, transformed into a golden ocean that continuously flowed into Li Pingcan's body and merged into his Druidic dojo.

…………

The news that the Lord of the Central Plains Pill Tower, carrying his treasured "Sky-Patrolling Pagoda," personally visited the Eastern Region, only to be humiliated and defeated before the capital of the Great Yu Kingdom, with his pagoda damaged and his prestige shattered, swept across the entire continent like a magnitude 12 earthquake!
The whole world was in an uproar!
After the initial shock, the cultivators of the Eastern Region were overjoyed like never before!
For thousands of years, the Eastern Regions have been regarded as a barren land by the Central Plains, and have never had such a day when they could hold their heads high.
The name "Li Family" has become a taboo in the Eastern Region, a living legend!
After receiving the news, the sect leader of Tianxuan Sect, Yan Dong, sat in meditation for three days and three nights before finally ordering the disbandment of the sect and the delivery of all its books and wealth to the capital of Dayu Kingdom, in order to seek forgiveness from the Li family for their past transgressions.

At Hundred Beasts Manor, Xiong Qingtian personally knelt outside the Listening Waves Pavilion for seven days and seven nights to apologize. Only after Li Yuanhu intervened and gave him a lecture did he leave in fear.

The Sword Master of Wuwo from the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion personally delivered a letter containing only four words: "A blessing for the Eastern Region."

No force in the entire Eastern Region dared to oppose the Li family.

(End of this chapter)