Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting from Immortal Martial Arts

Chapter 131: A Fierce Battle and Suicide!

Five days later, at Jinyaguan Pass in Shaanxi.

Before the restoration of ancient civilization and the expansion of the world, this pass was located on a branch of the Tangluo Ancient Road. It was one of the secret shortcuts from Guanzhong to Hanzhong and Shu. It was deeply embedded in the Qinling Mountains and connected to Guochuan. It was a canyon in the middle of the mountains with steep peaks on both sides and a narrow canyon that could only allow one horse to pass at a time. It was named after its terrain, which resembled bared teeth.

After the great changes in the world, this pass rose and expanded with the rise of the mountain range where it is located, until it is now eight hundred feet high. Due to the great expansion of the garrison area, it changed from a pass and fortress originally under the jurisdiction of the local patrol office to be directly under the jurisdiction of the Fengxiang Prefecture Military Circuit!

At the hour of You (5-7 PM), the sun moves westward, spreading a layer of crimson light across the sky and dyeing the clouds a scarlet hue.

Three hundred li west of Jinya Pass lies a secluded valley, lush with vegetation and dense foliage, where a dark cave entrance is visible from the outside.

Outside the cave entrance, Ma Qiu, dressed in a robe of divine steeds and wearing a winged horse crown, with a rugged face and sharp eyes, stood quietly. A smile played on his lips as his divine sense locked onto a middle-aged cultivator inside, who wore a robe with blood-red patterns and a wolf howling at the moon painted on his chest.

"You bastard, knowing I'm here, why don't you kneel down and greet me?"

Inside the cave, the spacious underground chamber was a deep crimson, and a strong smell of rust wafted from the reddish-brown earth. On the surface of the bulging mounds, some pale, bloodless severed limbs were exposed.

Upon hearing this, Blood Wolf Master, who was sitting cross-legged in the middle, opened his eyes. His brows and eyes were cold and his face was ferocious, like a bloodthirsty wolf.

"You guys actually managed to find us!"

"How dare a mere third-rank Ma utterly presume to speak so arrogantly before me?"

As the words were spoken, the vital energy of the place instantly condensed into a dark brown wolf claw that blotted out the sky and descended down, slamming down on the earthworm at the cave entrance!

"Pshaw, what's the point of this kind of probing? Trying to send a message with noise?"

Ma Qiu sneered disdainfully, and a huge cyan vortex appeared in the valley, its sharp energy cutting through everything in the valley as it rushed towards the wolf's claws.

"boom!"

A sound like an earth dragon turning over exploded in mid-air, and a powerful force swept around, instantly creating a vacuum zone.

Ma Qiu, his entire body radiating a blinding blue aura, stared at the blood wolf inside the cave and asked, "Are there any other vicious dogs from Old Chen's family around here?"

Blood Wolf's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he sneered, "And which of Jia's brats are you now?"

"How dare you question Master Ma!"

"Bang!"

A surge of turbulent azure energy erupted instantly, shearing away several feet of rock and soil in the valley, creating a hundred-foot-long...

The horses' hooves shattered the thick clouds and stomped heavily on the cave entrance!

"Little bloodhound, destined for death!"

"Waaah"

A mournful wolf howl exploded from the depths of the earth, and the ground in the valley bulged in response. A hundred-foot-long wolf head with long fangs and blood-red eyes emerged from it. Its blood-red maw opened and closed, accompanied by the explosive sound of fangs tearing through the air, and charged forward!

"boom!"

The collision was like a thunderclap in a clear sky; the valley where they were located vanished in an instant, leaving only a crater that was ten or twenty feet deep and over a hundred feet long.

The power of a third-tier cultivator is enough to slightly alter the landscape!

"You bastard, tell me what's nearby..."

Blood Wolf Master's eyes were gloomy, and his aura was violent. He disappeared in a flash, and only a hundred-foot-long wolf tail with a single hair standing upright emerged from the ground and struck horizontally to Ma Qiu's rather surprised expression.

"Bang!"

Ma Qiu swallowed his words, and the qi that had hastily gathered on his body was violently slammed into the rock wall beside him by the wolf's tail, causing the mountain to tremble and thick smoke to cover the forest.

The next instant, Ma Qiu, whose robes were slightly dirty, appeared high in the sky with a livid face. He hadn't expected that his carelessness would result in a small loss. He was not injured, but the noodles had fallen down.

"You bastard, how dare you not wait for me to speak?"

Enraged, Ma Qiu's internal energy surged wildly, drawing in the vast and boundless primordial energy of heaven and earth. A dazzling and sharp beam of energy burst forth in mid-air, seemingly splitting the sky in two and illuminating the surrounding hundred miles.

A deep, resonant cough and neighing sound rang out, and a divine steed a hundred feet in size emerged from the overwhelming azure aura. Its entire body was shrouded in a hurricane that stirred the heavens and the earth, carrying dozens of huge tornadoes as it leaped and galloped forward!

"Damn demons, how dare they use human flesh and blood to nourish this dead land and cultivate primordial medicine for their own cultivation?"

"I, Ma Qiu of the Eight Prefectures of the Immortal Capital, cannot tolerate such heinous acts! Die, you bastard!"

The extraordinary phenomenon was so powerful that it was clearly visible to cultivators within a hundred miles. A sharp aura lingered in everyone's hearts, as if a great calamity was about to befall them at any moment.

The deafening roar further invigorated everyone!

The Eight Prefectures of Xianjing? The Jia family lineage!

Using flesh and blood to cultivate elixirs for breakthroughs? Who is it? The Chen family? A civil official?

On the outskirts of the battlefield, figures gradually emerged, mostly second-tier cultivators in both the literary and martial arts paths.

The crowd had different expressions, their eyes gleaming, and different thoughts running through their minds, all of them staring intently at the battle ahead!

On the walls of Jinya Pass, Jia He, dressed in a satin robe with gold tiger patterns, stared intently at the mountains and forests ahead, a slight smile on his face. He asked loudly, "Why is the old prince here? Is he perhaps concerned about the demons ahead?"

A cultivator dressed in an orange-yellow dragon robe, adorned with a majestic dragon resembling an ox, with a pale body, no horns, and one leg, and a face as white as gold with narrow, elongated eyebrows and eyes, suddenly appeared in mid-air.

"You weren't by Marquis Weihu's side?"

Kuilong Zhenren Chen Yu glanced at Jia He and suddenly sighed, "If you die here, we'll really have torn off all pretense of civility."

Upon hearing this, Jia He laughed and said, "You are the same."

Chen Yu turned his head slightly and cast his gaze toward the battlefield hundreds of miles to the west. The earth-shattering roar continued, with the neighing of horses and howling of wolves. Waves of air, as solid as tangible matter, destroyed everything in the vicinity, causing mountains to collapse and the ground to shatter!

"In times of great change, we should unite as one to explore opportunities together."

"Chen and Jia should not act this way. Leave now and tell Jia Tang that if he submits the Tiger Order and submits to the emperor, I will spare his life, and you members of the Jia family will be treated well."

Jia He's face instantly turned cold, his eyes gleaming with intense golden light, and the murderous intent in his tone sent chills down one's spine.

"Calling you 'Prince' is giving you too much face, you one-legged worm, how dare you address my general by his name?"

Chen Yu was stunned upon hearing this. His narrow eyes were like ice that had stood for millennia. A powerful aura gradually erupted, and the temperature in the area soared dramatically. Sparks of light appeared, and in an instant, a raging sea of ​​fire descended upon the world.

"Why provoke me like this? You will be utterly destroyed!"

"I am fire, and you are metal; our power is to melt metal with raging fire!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yu disappeared, leaving only a 130-foot-tall Kui dragon emerging from the sea of ​​fire. Its ferocious and majestic body was covered in gleaming scales, and its domineering dragon might pressed down!

Jia He sneered repeatedly, shouting, "Wrong! Only through tempering and refining can the sharpness of metal be truly revealed!"

The internal energy surged and jingled, and the primordial energy of heaven and earth gathered and filled the sky above Jinya Pass with golden light, exuding a terrifying sense of destruction. In an instant, the internal energy on his body condensed into a snow-white mountain lord with piercing eyes, which leaped out. Its huge body, 120 feet long, stood on the clouds, and the tyrannical and ferocious mountain lord stared angrily at the rapidly approaching dragon!

The two attacked with all their might, going for the kill.

The biggest difference between third-tier martial talismans and second-tier martial runes is that third-tier martial talismans can be used to envelop oneself with martial talisman supernatural powers and control phenomena to launch attacks!

"roar!"

"Sing!"

In an instant, dragons and tigers fought fiercely in mid-air, and the violent aftershocks swept across the area. The Golden Tooth Pass, which had activated the formation, was like a reef in a raging storm, and it was in danger of being submerged at any moment.

"boom"

Golden energy pierced the sky, and fiery light burned the heavens. The dazzling and intense energy ripped through the mountains for dozens of miles and disappeared deep into the earth!

A powerful and heavy strike from the dragon's tail sent the mountain lord flying backward, crashing into the ground. But in the next instant, countless blades of energy, each 120 feet in size, shot out from the ground like ancient divine blades, heading straight for the dragon!

Upon seeing this, the Kui Dragon opened its mouth and spat out a torrent of heavenly fire, which blocked the divine blade with its dazzling fire rain.

They all seemed to have taken on a tangible form, either melting golden knives into molten iron drops or scattering flames like rain from the sky. Molten iron falling into the mountains caused them to shatter into powder in the blink of an eye, while flames melting into the forests burned everything away in an instant!

"roar!"

The mountain lord leaped out of the earth, its tiger eyes shooting out brilliant divine light, piercing through the dragon's scales and creating holes that revealed both inside and out. Immediately afterward, its entire body shone brightly, like a shooting star flying into the sky, causing surging ripples in the space it passed through, as it crashed into the dragon!

Jia He appeared in the clouds high in the sky, his brows indifferent, his eyes gleaming with martial arts. The next moment, the sky above Jin Ya Pass suddenly darkened, and a domineering tiger head, 120 feet wide, emerged from the clouds. Its eyes were like the blazing sun, its breath spewed golden flames, and its mouth opened as if to devour the sky and the earth, heading towards the dragon!

"Bear~~"

Suddenly, flames appeared in mid-air, sizzling and crackling in the surrounding space. Sharp dragon claws grew larger in the wind, and five toes rose from the ground like pillars of lava, encircling the tiger's head!

"Bang!"

The deafening collision reverberated in all directions, and the powerful aftershocks formed pillars of light that pierced the sky and penetrated the earth, causing the world to lose its color!

High in the sky, Chen Yu and Jia He stood two miles apart, their faces looking rather grim. Having just broken through to the mid-stage, he couldn't even defeat a mere family retainer!

Their identities are unequal! Their cultivation levels are unequal! But their strength is the same?

Chen Yu took a deep breath, opened his mouth and exhaled the Crimson Dragon Halberd, a third-grade superior Yuan weapon with fine dragon patterns on its surface, which was entirely crimson!

Superior-grade Yuan weapons, their power increased by 30%!

His cultivation level is already higher than his opponent's, and with the added advantage of a Yuan weapon, I don't believe he can't defeat him!

Chen Yu's aura surged instantly, and the dragon halberd in his hand drew out pillars of fire that shot into the sky. Within the massive pillars of fire that reached the heavens and the earth, dragons coiled and roared, and the powerful sound waves propelled the pillars of fire even higher, with raging flames sweeping across!

"die!"

Upon seeing this, Jia He narrowed his eyes slightly, and with a thought, a glint of light flashed from the spatial ring on his finger. A small tower that was spinning rapidly flew out and expanded to a size of a hundred feet in an instant, hanging down colorful light curtains to envelop itself!

"Today, the Golden Tiger shall slay the Crimson Dragon!"

Jia He drew a bloody line on his fingertip, using the blood to draw a pair of Bagua symbols on his palm, and shouted, "Heaven and Earth are boundless, Qian and Kun borrow their power!"

"Buzz"

An intense buzzing sound suddenly exploded, and the primordial energy of heaven and earth surged in like a whale sucking in a hurricane, pouring into Jia He's palm and making his entire body shine exceptionally brightly.

In the blink of an eye, Jia He turned his palm outward and with a thought, golden orbs of light shot out one after another, piercing the air with a sharp, shrill sound, and attacked Chen Yu just as his expression changed drastically!

"boom!"

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

A series of massive explosions resounded, and one could see the hundred-foot-tall dragon wielding a huge crimson dragon halberd being blasted away. Wherever it passed, whether it was a thousand-foot-tall peak or a thousand-acre lake, it vanished into thin air in an instant.

"Sing!"

"The roars and cries of pain from the dragons filled the air!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Jia He's eyes. He clenched his hands into tiger claws and suddenly grabbed at the flying dragon. A drop of crystal-clear heart blood within his body shattered with a bang, and the surging blood energy rushed into his internal organs like a torrent, tempering into a protective aura that spread out along with his divine consciousness.

Suddenly, the sky turned blood red, and a pair of golden tiger claws, each 120 feet long, tore through space. Their vibrant fur was covered in a thick crimson color, and the claws, radiating extreme killing intent, crackled as they sliced ​​through the air before slamming down in an instant!

"boom!"

The earth trembled violently, and thick dust rose into the sky in mushroom shapes. A tiger claw-shaped crater, more than two hundred feet long and several tens of feet deep, appeared at the site of Chen Yu's fall, with numerous dense and coarse cracks extending in all directions.

Upon seeing this, Jia He's eyes flashed with golden light, causing golden light to surge in the air above the pit. Huge spikes with cold, gleaming surfaces condensed and fell like a dense rain!

"Sing!"

A weak dragon's roar exploded, blasting a hole in the dragon's head from the rain of golden spikes before dissipating with the wind, unable to stop the remaining golden spikes from falling...

"Ding ding ding~~"

A loud thud, mixed with a muffled groan as if piercing flesh, rang out, and violent tremors rose within the pit!

With a thought, Jia He flew his Huangting Zhongwu Talisman to the top of the pit, its surface shimmering with dazzling golden light. A huge eight-sided Han sword, 120 feet long and tens of feet wide, descended from the ground, as if a divine punishment had been slain by the heavens, and stabbed straight down into the pit!

Suddenly, Jia He frowned and turned to look behind him. He saw that from the southwest and northwest, powerful divine abilities—three hundred-foot-tall blood-red beasts of different shapes—were rushing towards him at lightning speed!

"Fine, fine, you damn scum!"

"The Subduing Heavenly King descends to establish the One Heaven; Heaven and Earth are mysterious and yellow, the wondrous laws of Yin and Yang."

An inexplicable power arose as the voice amplified the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy), which then surged into the hundred-zhang-sized Xuan Shui Tower, making its hanging light screen even stronger and more resilient, resisting the incoming divine power!

"Bang bang bang~"

Several powerful divine abilities bombarded the light screen of the Xuan Shui Tower in succession. Although they did not cause Jia He too much injury, they still sent him flying. This allowed a ferocious and swift blood leopard to break through his defenses and transform into a streak of blood light to block the pit on the ground and intercept the giant sword that was piercing down from the sky!

"boom!"