Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  These old dogs must have depleted all of their remaining power after being sealed away for such a long time!

  When they passed through the copper palace where Feng Xiaozhong was sealed in, his face suddenly appeared, and when he saw Zhong Yue and the outsiders, he laughed and said, "It seems like the time has come! The Swords Gate is plunged into chaos by now, am I right boy? You are indeed very cunning but everything ends now, I will expose you right away…."

  Zhong Yue had cold sweat all over his forehead immediately, and he said, "Senior Martial Brother Feng, did you see a huge image of the Reincarnation? The Six Paths Reincarnation

  Fear engulfed the face of Feng Xiaozhong, and he shrieked immediately, "Don't come here, no! Get lost!"

  "A madman he is, no wonder he is so ruthless to the point that he is even scarier than us demons."

  Upon seeing this, Madame Hua Zhen commented with a laugh, "But he would make an incredibly good spirit herb."

  After Zhong Yue had Feng Xiaozhong go insane again. He continued to walk straight ahead, and he tried to control himself so that no one would notice anything off when they got closer to the copper palace where Shui Zian was hiding.

  "Open it," ordered Feng Wuji as he stared at Zhong Yue.

  Zhong Yue did what Feng Wuji ordered, and the doors opened up slowly.

  Everyone then entered the palace, and Xiao Yuan said in surprise, "How embarrassing, how could a leader of the demons get sealed away by a mere little human… Hmm… Where is this human scent coming from? Strange, it is so familiar…."

  "This demonic aura…Something is off…," said Madame Hua Zhen after she scrutinized the aura.

  Zhong Yue suddenly laughed and said, “Senior Xiao Yuan, remember that I said that the closer you are to me, the faster you will die?”

  Shua shua shua——-

  A total of 63 sword cocoons flew out from his Yuan Shen secret realm to float around them. Another sword cocoon flew out from the palace to from the【64 Sword Style】formation!

  “The aura of Shui Zian!”

  Xiao Yuan's face changed suddenly, and she cried as the body of this old hag became minced into pieces when the sword silks passed through her body!

  The 64 sword silks then flew around the copper palace like 64 dragons. They shattered everything in their path while the angry roar of Feng Xiaozhong could be heard, "I remember! Little brat, you hid Shui Zian in the copper palace and set up an ambush against these garbage. I will expose you hehehehe…."

  Among the surrounding where the sword silk dragons rampaged all over, Zhong Yue stood there calmly and said, “Too late.”

  In just a while, the copper palace shattered and among the debris were pieces of the bodies that belonged to the outsiders!

  Under the rampaging sword silks, the Heavenly Dharma level Qi Practitioners died in just a blink of an eye and only the remaining five magnate Qi Practitioners managed to fend off Shui Zian's attack with their soul weapons!

  They, however, suffered heavy injuries as well. Soon, Madame Hua Zhen summoned her soul weapon, the skeleton castle, and she quickly hid in the castle. But she was followed by many sword silks as well! Then, blood could be seen gushing out of the castle. Flesh and ruptured organs flew out from the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears of the huge skeleton head on top of the castle!

  Within seconds, Madame Hua Zhen was thoroughly minced!

  At the same time, Shui Zian showed up with Tian Myriad Mother's mutilated under his legs, while the sword silks emerged from the skeleton castle. They turned into the sword dragon and formed the【64 Sword Style】's sword array that trapped the remaining four magnate Qi Practitioners in it.

  Chapter 312: Lion |

  Smoke of the Wolf could be seen all over the skies if one stood at the border between the Great Wilderness and the East Barren.

  In the East Barren, Smoke of the Wolf could be seen along the path from Gu Xia City to Xian Kong Saint City. This type of smoke was used for positioning, so that the armies on the march could identify the locations of their units and where to move.

  In the air, monster race Qi Practitioners turned into their original forms, flapped their wings, and flew along the path the Smoke marked, while countless other monsters ran along the ground.

  At the city walls of Gu Xia City, Shi Buyi stood straight with his hands behind his back. Beside him was Gu Hongzi and Lang Qingyun, while another few more old monsters sat under a tower nearby.

  At last, our time has come. Chaos has shrouded the Great Wilderness!

  Shi Buyi looked at the borders far in the distance and said, “The celestial races tried so hard to stir havoc in the Great Wilderness, and they should have suffered heavy losses by now. But we monsters are not in a rush and all we have to do now is wait until the fruit is ripe to get it for ourselves.”

  Gu Hongzi spoke up, “My lord is indeed very wise, allowing the celestial races to fight against themselves for the rewards while we wait in the dark to attack. But then again, as the battle in the Great Wilderness is ended, we will be targeted by the winners of the war. Is our strength sufficient to deal with them?”

  “The number of magnate Qi Practitioners of us monsters are greater than you think. Yan Yunsheng, Xiu Tianchen, and I are just the few that were shown to the outside world. You must know that there are quite a few among us that prefer to stay low profile and hide themselves from plain sight.”

  Shi Buyi laughed and continued, “Just like the tea, the longer the tea leaves are soaked in the water, the more tea leaves will sink to the bottom of the teapot, leaving only a few tea leaves floating on the tea. We monsters have been in this world for a very long time, just like the tea that has been made for a long time. The tea leaves that are still floating on the surface are just like Yan Yunsheng, Xiu Tianchen and I, who were shown to the outside world. There are actually more than just us, it’s just that they were hidden away from the world.”

  Upon hearing this, Gu Hongzi shivered slightly and turned around, looked at the handful of monsters under the tower who were extremely old.

  He collected his thoughts and thought to himself, But tea that has been made long ago will eventually lose its taste. These few old monsters have not been out for a very long time. Without any chances to fight with the others, how much of their strength can they still unleash?

  Shi Buyi then continued, “When the celestial races and Swords Gate have gone through a tough fight, they will all suffer heavy losses. We monsters will take this opportunity to wipe them out, and conquer the Great Wilderness completely! But there’s one thing that I’m worried about, which is that old dog elder priest from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race. I have no idea how strong he is compared to me… the Xiao Mang Celestial Race is just like tea that has been made long ago as well…”

  Lang Qingyun turned around from studying the old monsters and asked, “But master, what if Swords Gate wins?”

  “Then that is the best scenario!” Shi Buyi laughed and said, “If Swords Gate wins, they must have paid a great price for that, which makes them an easier target! Besides, if they won, the power of the West Barren will shrink greatly, making them too weak to fend off our invasion. Feng Shang is a very cunning and sly old fox, I just can’t bring myself to believe that he will not leave behind any plans or arrangements that could easily cause mass destruction...”

  He then looked at the four old monsters under the tower and said, “The Xiao Mang Celestial Race has Yin, Qing, Yuan, and Que, but we monsters too, have our own Tian, Xuan, Di and Huang. Dear elders, please proceed a step ahead and wait for me around Swords Gate.”

  A confused Gu Hongzi then asked, “My lord, with the four seniors, we will have most likely succeed, but why are the lords of Sulphur Island and Jin Xiu Island not here yet? They are magnate Qi Practitioners as well, but why are they not here?”

  “They are waiting for me to suffer heavy injuries so that they can replace me as the new saint city lord!” Shi Buyi answered with a cold smile, “Those two pieces of garbage have a good
plan, waiting for me to suffer injuries during the conquest of the Great Wilderness, and then killing me when I am weak! Little do those short-sighted idiots know that they are just pulling the legs of the entire monster races!”

  Lang Qingyun then asked, “Then why is master not moving to the Great Wilderness yet?”

  “Because there are traitors among us,” replied Shi Buyi, as he turned around and looked at Gu Hongzi and Lang Qingyun.

  He then said, “I am waiting for the traitor to attack me. The only reason I sent Tian, Xuan, Di, and Huang away is to give the traitor a chance to attack me.”

  Goosebumps rose all over Gu Hongzi and Lang Qingyun, instantly as nervous as if they were sitting at the side of a gigantic lion that had overwhelmed them with its shadow.

  Shi Buyi continued casually, “You both seem very nervous. I can smell that the both of you are sweating even more suddenly, your hearts are beating even faster than before. After hearing my words, Qing Yun had a total of two hundred and thirty-one goosebumps rise. City lord Gu Hong might not have goosebumps, but your pupils shrank by about two millimeters. There are more signs that suggest both of you are nervous that I could list out, but I’ll stop here. I am right here and the traitor must already be ready to move.”

  Lang Qingyun and Gu Hongzi however, remained unflinching and Lang Qingyun even asked, “I don't quite get what is master trying to say...”

  Shi Buyi replied, “If you don’t act now, I will be going to the Great Wilderness soon.”

  Being as cautious as he was, Lang Qingyun dared not move even an inch as he tried to keep his cool, while Gu Hongzi sighed before unleashing his power, which grew stronger and stronger!

  His aura surged up into the skies, separated into two and turned into wings. In an instant, a monster god with the head of a bird and human body appeared: it was the true spirit of Gu Hongzi!

  Without anyone knowing, Gu Hongzi had also become a magnate Qi Practitioner!

  The city walls beneath him and Shi Buyi cracked open, as if they had been cut through by a sharp sword. They separated into two, with Gu Hongzi on one side, Shi Buyi and Lang Qingyun on the other side!

  At the same time, a loud bird’s chirp sounded from the hall of the city lord, and the city’s spirit of the monster god flew into the skies before it stopped behind Gu Hongzi!

  To the surprise of Shi Buyi, Gu Hongzi’s spirit was exactly the same as the godly spirit of the Gu Hong City! When Gu Hongzi prayed to the godly spirit with his own spirit, he made the godly spirit appear even more majestic, and his own strength kept on rising as well!

  Gu Hongzi said coldly, “Shi Buyi, if you want to enter the Great Wilderness, you have to get through me first!”

  “I said that we monsters have a very powerful strength, and it is true if even the lord of a border city is a magnate Qi Practitioner. But what a shame, this lord is on our enemies side...” Shi Buyi stood there with his hands behind his back as he sighed, “Feng Shang… even after your death, you left behind troubles for me to dealt with. Gu Hongzi, if you cease your rebellion at once and serve me sincerely, I will spare your life. With that talent of yours, you will certainly become the new lord of the entire monster race after I die. Are you going to persist with your betrayal?”

  Gu Hongzi laughed and replied, “Shi Buyi, I might have been able to wait until that time if you were an old man, but you are too young. You are so young that I might not be able to live until that time! This time, I am here not just to repay my debt to my father, but also to kill you so that I could become the lord of all the monster races!”

  Shi Buyi, however, did not say anything else, and turned around as he said, “Get lost.”

  Lang Qingyun was stunned and humiliated. Shi Buyi asked him to get lost, with no respect shown to him. As a huge figure in the monster races, Lang Qingyun of course did not feel good about being dismissed like that.

  “Get lost! I do not want any other Qi Practitioners standing behind me when I fight, be it my disciple or not! Now get out of my way!” Shi Buyi said coldly.

  Upon hearing this, Lang Qingyun restrained himself and flew back towards the ground before landing in front of the monster army, still feeling humiliated.

  He then looked up into the skies, where the two monster lords floated in the sky proudly and stared at each other without hiding their hostility towards one another.

  “Coward, I thought he would make a move as well, but I never expected that he doesn't even have the guts to do so. What’s the point of possessing such power then?” said Shi Buyi towards Gu Hongzi as he glanced disdainfully down at Lang Qingyun.

  He then looked back at Gu Hongzi and continued, “Such bravery, you are indeed very amazing in certain ways. I am very fond of you, and you said that I would have to get pass you if I wish to enter the Great Wilderness? Very well, I will grant you what you want!”

  Boom…!

  Gu Hongzi instantly unleashed his power, merged the godly spirit and his true spirit together, and charged towards Shi Buyi!

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  Meanwhile, in the Swords Gate’s Seal Suppression Hall, the【Sword Sixty Four Style】had gone on a killing spree. Xiao Que had blood all over his face as he swung a lunar crescent around, Elder You’s quiet spring water gushed everywhere like a water dragon, and the others each fended off the attacks of Shui Zian with their own unique soul weapons.

  “Shui Zian!” The four remaining magnate Qi Practitioners fended off the joint attacks of the sixty-four sword silks as cautiously as they could, because the【Sword Sixty Four Style】was not only a famous skill in the Swords Gate, but also one of the most deadly.

  And in the hands of Shui Zian, the【Sword Sixty Four Style】was the strongest, for he possessed the sixty-four sword cocoons, which were malefic weapons of Swords Gate.

  One of the top ten malefic weapon of Swords Gate is here, where are the others?

  This thought popped out in Feng Wuji’s mind as fended off the sword silks. Cold sweat dripped down from his forehead as he thought of the others who had stayed behind to kill Fang Jiange, Jun Sixie, and the others,

  Zuo Xiangsheng and Tian Yanzong took the other malefic weapons away under the orders of the old man and now, the remaining malefic weapons must have returned to Swords Gate!

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  Even as he thought of this, Zuo Xiangsheng and Tian Yanzong arrived at the Swords Gate’s Golden Summit, while the nine malefic weapons flew out from their Yuan Shen secret realms.

  The nine malefic weapons then floated in the skies surrounding the Golden Summit. When their power was unleashed, they dyed the sky a bloody red color!

  “Malefic weapons that hunger for blood, today will be a great feast for all of you…” Zuo Xiang Sheng mused. “You are all covered in the blood of your owners and enemies, and now, it is time for all of you to shine again!”

  Then, he quickly hurled the weapons to Elder Tao Xinyi, Elder Lei Shan, and the others.

  Chapter 313: So Hungry |

  The nine malefic weapons were created by eight different clans from the Great Wilderness. The Cloudy Sword came from the Tao Lin Clan; the Blood Ray Sword from the Lei Shan Clan; the Lotus Sword from the Li Shan Clan; the Nan Shan Sword from the Nan Zhao Clan; the Demonic Casket Sword from the Tian Feng Clan; the Golden Bolus Sword from the Jun Shan Clan; the Graveyard Sword from the Qiu Tan Clan; and the Fei Yan and Fish Dragon Swords from the You Yu Clan.

  When they distributed the swords, Zuo Xiangsheng and Tian Yanzhong was very wise and selective; they hurled the swords to the person that could exert the swords the best, except for the Fish Dragon and Golden Bolus Swords, which they passed to Fang Jiange and Jun Sixie.

  The Fei Yan Sword was passed to another elder from the Jun Shan Clan, Elder Jun Wumei.

  The malefic weapons might potentially devour their owners, but at the same time, they were one of the best possessions one could obtain. As soon as the nine malefic weapons fell into the hands of these Elder-level Qi Practitioners, the tables turned immediately. Swords G
ate did not have the upper hand, but with the appearance of these weapons, the disciples of Swords Gate immediately changed the tides of war.

  The backup plans of Feng Shang!

  Grand Elder Yu’s heart tightened when the malefic weapons descended onto the battlefield. The Blood Ray Sword turned into a fiery red gigantic blood ray that glided in the skies, attacking anything in its path with fins as sharp as swords, and killed Elder Lei Ting in the blink of an eye before it struck at another elder from the dragon race!

  The Cloudy Sword morphed into various forms in the hands of the old madame, Elder Tao Xinyi; it became clouds that blurred the vision of her foes, turned into sandstorm that impaired her enemies’ movements and sometimes changed into a shield made of vapor to fend off the attack of her opponents!

  The Lotus Sword, which Li Panhua used like a real lotus, merged with her Monster Lotus God Yuan Shen, launching the petals on the lotuses toward her enemies, and took their lives.

  Tian Zhenru, on the other side, fired a hundred and thirty invisible Sword Qi from the Demonic Casket sword that ricocheted everywhere on the battlefield.

  Unlike the other malefic weapons, the Graveyard Sword in the hands of Qiu Zhen came in the form of a tiny coffin filled with shattered pieces of various swords. When Qiu Zhen unleashed the power of the Sword, each of these shattered swords turned into the spirits of their previous owners, who fought fiercely with the outsiders.

  The Feiyan Sword from the You Yu Clan, which was now in the hands of Jun Wumei, looked like a flying sparrow. It was the fastest sword among the top ten malefic weapons.

  The Nan Shan Sword used by Nan Shuzhen had the most brute strength. The Sword came in the shape of a pillar and when activated, it launched a huge Sword Qi!

  The Golden Bolus Sword of Jun Sixie was a tiny golden sword ball, only about the size of a palm, and when she activated it, it spun quickly and fired out countless sword silks.