“Ahhhh—!”
Everyone under that rising sun was suddenly wreathed in golden flames. The fire wasn’t just terrifying on the surface; it didn’t only burn flesh. It was roasting their souls from the inside.
“Boundless Void!” Qingyunzi formed a hand seal. A strange ripple wrapped around him, shielding his body. The golden light passed straight through him, looking like it didn’t affect him in the slightest.
The people around him weren’t so lucky. Bathed in that golden glow, they turned to drifting ash in moments. If Qingyunzi could’ve handled it with ease, he definitely wouldn’t have minded protecting a few lackeys. But the power of this Sunbath Valley was too terrifying. Right now he’d chosen to save himself first, everything else later.
“Nine-Zhang Golden Body!”
The same thing happened with Monk Duer. He sat down cross-legged, and a massive golden Buddha appeared behind him. The descending radiance clashed with the great sun’s golden light, barely keeping him from being burned.
Everyone else rushed to defend themselves. The power of Sunbath Valley was downright brutal. Bexia and the others were caught completely off guard. Luckily, at the first critical moment, a soft blue curtain of light burst out from the little crown above Luo Ningxian’s head, covering the group.
“Didn’t expect to see a demon with pure Golden Crow bloodline,” Luo Cailing said, pinching her chin, putting on an all-knowing look.
“Isn’t this a bit too much power?” Bexia felt the skill was way over the top, nothing like something a Saint-level cultivator should be able to unleash.
“He’s definitely not this strong. It’s Weapon Mountain,” Luo Cailing continued. “I’ve heard a theory: Weapon Mountain was formed from one of the nine ancient Golden Crows that were shot down. That demon clan kid has Golden Crow blood, so he can connect to the mountain’s power. Makes sense that way.”
“There’s something like that…” Bexia muttered. So this demon’s luck was actually insane.
The young demon himself was a bit stunned too. He’d already felt a strange sense of kinship from Weapon Mountain, but he never thought he’d be blessed like this. His talent was massively boosted. Just by staying there for a while, he felt himself growing stronger, and the Golden Crow bloodline in his body was getting richer and thicker by the moment.
He didn’t know Weapon Mountain was literally formed from an ancient Golden Crow. He only assumed some great demon senior had left a supreme treasure here, something tied to the Golden Crow bloodline. Just thinking that made him tremble with excitement, as if he were heaven’s chosen, about to soar to the skies in one go.
“Die, all of you!”
The young demon didn’t plan to waste more time. Since he had such a powerful aid here, he’d crush everyone in one push, then slowly search for the treasure.
“Rising Sun!”
Gululu—!
The waters of the valley boiled. The great sun fully separated from the pool of Sunbath Valley. In an instant, golden light blazed out, more than ten times stronger than before. Wrapped within that sun, the demon youth directly transformed into a huge golden bird. With one leap he shot into the air, and the sun rose with him.
The golden light surged stronger at once. More defenses shattered instantly, and more people turned to ash in a heartbeat. Even Qingyunzi, hiding in a special pocket of space, went pale. On the other side, more than half of Monk Duer’s Nine-Zhang Golden Body was burned away in a flash.
“Fantasy Blossom!”
The River God coronet above Luo Ningxian’s head was powerful enough to block the Golden Crow’s solar flames. But her own cultivation wasn’t enough to keep supporting it. So when the light surged, she decisively took out a Fantasy Blossom. The flower’s power spread out, covering everyone, shielding them from the burning golden light and hiding all their figures. To anyone watching, it looked like they’d all just been reduced to ash.
“Art of Void Escape!”
Qingyunzi shrugged off his Daoist robe. It turned into a strange hanging scroll, which he tossed forward. Space trembled slightly, and a vortex appeared. Without another word, he rushed inside, leaving only his voice echoing away.
“What happened today, I’ll remember it well. I’ll pay you all a visit another day. Until we meet again…”
“…”
Bexia was speechless. He was running away and still sounded so righteous. Coming back for revenge next time? Was he serious?
With Qingyunzi gone, Monk Duer was the only one left in Sunbath Valley. His Nine-Zhang Golden Body was almost burned away, but whether he’d finished recovering, or had something else in mind, his face stayed completely expressionless.
“Heh.”
Once Qingyunzi left, Monk Duer let out a mysterious chuckle. He opened his palm and revealed a glowing swastika symbol there.
“Allow this humble monk to show you a little of my heaven-piercing divine art.”
“World in the Palm!”
In an instant, Monk Duer’s figure seemed to swell infinitely, as if this entire world couldn’t contain his bulk. A gigantic hand appeared from nowhere, scooping everything around into its palm. Then his five fingers closed in and clenched hard.
Rumble—!
Explosions roared nonstop. Weapon Mountain and everything around it for tens of thousands of miles were all covered by that hand, crushed and destroyed by invisible force. Under that single palm, all things perished.
This power wasn’t something a Saint could unleash. Even an Undying God wouldn’t be able to display such horrifying might. This was Monk Duer’s true trump card. Before coming here, he’d received a blessing from a mighty being. If he released the full power of this World in the Palm, even an Eternal-level god would struggle to withstand that strike.
