Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 116 Flattening the Tianyuan Mountain Garrison

Looking at the Crimson Armor Realm Lord, who was being easily manipulated by Ling Xuan and had no power to resist, and then at his own attack that had been easily neutralized, the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain felt a chill for the first time.

He then realized that the person in front of him was probably far stronger than he had imagined, and was definitely not someone he could contend with.

But as the master of Tianyuan Mountain, he could not show weakness, so he could only grit his teeth and shout angrily: "Sir, leave a way out for everything, so that we can meet again in the future. You have injured my Tianyuan Mountain elder and captured my subordinate world lord, which means you have already become an enemy of Tianyuan Mountain. If you release him now, this matter can still be discussed. Otherwise, Tianyuan Mountain will fight you to the death!"

"A fight to the death?" Ling Xuan seemed to have heard a joke, a mocking smile curving his lips. "You think your Tianyuan Mountain is worthy?"

The giant hand tightened again, and with a crisp "crack," the bones of the Crimson Armored Realm Lord shattered completely, and his primordial core exploded, instantly extinguishing his life force.

Blood and bits of flesh splattered all over the ground, and a strong stench of blood filled the air.

"You!" The Lord of Tianyuan Mountain trembled with rage. He hadn't expected this person to be so ruthless, killing him without hesitation and showing him no respect whatsoever.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and his eyes became serious. He knew that he had to show his true abilities today.

The lightning laws surrounding the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain surged wildly, drawing in the energy of heaven and earth. A vast thundercloud rapidly gathered in the sky, its purple lightning crackling and hissing, and a terrifying pressure enveloped the entire area.

"Since you refuse to listen to reason and are forced to drink the penalty cup, then I'll let you taste the power of my Tianyuan Mountain!" With a furious roar, an even thicker purple lightning dragon condensed in the thunderclouds. The dragon was lifelike, as if it had a life of its own. It opened its huge mouth and charged towards Ling Xuan with an aura of destroying heaven and earth.

Upon seeing this, the onlookers retreated in fear. They had not expected the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain to be so powerful. The power of this attack was probably enough to severely injure an ordinary peak Realm Lord.

Ling Xuan remained calm as he watched the approaching purple lightning dragon, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

He manipulated the blood-stained hand, clenched it into a fist, and a terrifying power condensed before slamming it down on the purple lightning dragon.

"boom!"

The giant hand collided with the purple lightning dragon, producing a deafening roar. The purple lightning dragon instantly disintegrated, turning into a sky full of electric sparks.

The giant hand remained unharmed and continued its crushing attack on the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain.

Upon seeing this, the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain was greatly alarmed. He hurriedly used the power of the world to resist, but was forced to retreat repeatedly by the immense force contained in the giant hand. He felt a sharp pain in his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Now, it’s time to talk about the token components.” Ling Xuan walked step by step toward the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain, the ground trembling with each step. “I know that your Tianyuan Mountain has stolen many token components from my Zhulong Clan to enter the ruins, as well as the ones you collected yourself. Hand them all over.”

"Don't even think about it!" The Lord of Tianyuan Mountain wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes filled with resentment and anger. "That was something that Tianyuan Mountain obtained at a huge cost, how could we hand it over to you?"

"Not handing them over?" Ling Xuan's eyes turned cold as he looked at the four realm lords he held in his hands. "It seems their lives aren't important enough to you."

After saying that, he increased the power in his hand again, and the four realm lords let out a shrill scream. The sound of their original cores shattering could be clearly heard, and one of them died on the spot with his original core shattered.

"How dare you!" The Lord of Tianyuan Mountain was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

"There are three more." Ling Xuan's tone was calm, as if he were talking about a trivial matter. "I'll ask you one more time, are you going to hand them in or not?"

As the Heavenly Origin Mountain Lord looked at the other three Realm Lords who were on the verge of death, his defenses began to crumble.

These are the backbone of Tianyuan Mountain. If they all die here, Tianyuan Mountain's strength will be greatly reduced.

However, those tokens are related to the qualification to enter the ruins, and if they are handed over, all the previous efforts will be in vain.

Just as he was hesitating, Ling Xuan increased the power in his hand again, and another realm lord perished.

"Ah! I'll hand it over! I'll hand it over!" The Lord of Tianyuan Mountain finally broke down. He knew that if things continued like this, the remaining two Realm Lords would also lose their lives. "I'll have someone bring out all the token components right away." Soon, disciples of Tianyuan Mountain came running out carrying boxes. When the boxes were opened, they were filled with various parts of different shapes, emitting a faint spiritual light.

"How many are there in total?" Ling Xuan asked.

The Lord of Tianyuan Mountain said with a pale face, "Including those we stole from your Zhulong Clan, there are a total of 3280."

"Only this much?" Ling Xuan frowned. "I heard that the token to enter the ruins requires 10081 parts to form a complete set, and this is all you've collected?"

"This is the limit of what we can collect," said the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain with a bitter face. "All the major forces in this Qinggu Secret Realm are vying for these parts, and collecting them all is as difficult as ascending to heaven."

“It seems we’ll have to ask other forces for some more,” Ling Xuan said thoughtfully, then looked at the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain, “I’ll gladly accept these parts.”

With a wave of his hand, the boxes flew to him and were stored in his storage space.

"As for you..." Ling Xuan glanced at the remaining two realm lords, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes, "Keeping you alive would only bring trouble."

Before the words were even finished, the power of the world shook, and the two people's original cores shattered instantly, completely severing their life force.

"You!" The Lord of Tianyuan Mountain was furious when he saw that Ling Xuan had broken his promise and killed the two of them.

"You're finished, you're dead, Tianyuan Mountain will never let you go."

"Hahaha." The reason Ling Xuan didn't order an immediate kill was precisely because he wanted this outcome—he wanted despair. Simply crushing them would be too easy for them.

"That's perfect, I never intended to let Tianyuan Mountain off the hook either." The power of the world on Ling Xuan's body gradually subsided, replaced by a holy might that seemed to come from the ancient primordial world. That pressure was like a sleeping ancient beast awakening, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge, pitch-black handprint descended from the sky. The handprint blotted out the sun and seemed to be able to devour all light. Wherever it passed, space was distorted and shattered.

With a deafening roar, the giant handprint instantly obliterated the entire Tianyuan Mountain encampment. The once vast complex of buildings, along with its underground foundations, were reduced to a scorched, flat plain, leaving not a trace behind.

Seeing this despairing outcome, the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain collapsed to his knees, his eyes lifeless.

He never imagined that Tianyuan Mountain, which was once at its zenith in the Qinggu Secret Realm, would end up like this.

"Now it's your turn." Ling Xuan walked step by step to the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain, his voice calm and without a trace of emotion.

With a flick of his finger, a surge of world power, condensed to its utmost, pierced through the sky and instantly struck the Heavenly Origin Mountain Master between the eyebrows.

In utter despair, the Lord of Tianyuan Mountain's eyes rapidly glazed over, and his body slumped down, utterly perishing.

Ling Xuan glanced at the mess on the ground and said to Ling Shuang and the other two, "Clean up, put away anything useful, and let's go."

Ling Shuang and the other two quickly stepped forward and collected the remaining World Lord-level weapons, various treasures, and scattered parts from Tianyuan Mountain, storing them in their storage space.

While tidying up, Ling Feng excitedly said, "Dad, your move just now was amazing! You wiped out Tianyuan Mountain's base in one go. It was so satisfying!"

Ling Xuan smiled faintly: "A bunch of clowns, they dare to shout at me."

After cleaning up, the father and his three sons turned and left the scorched earth.

(End of this chapter)