Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Amidst the chaotic battle, Jiang Wangchen gazed at the bell and cauldron opposite him and coldly said, "Legend has it that the True Spirit of Xuanwu controls all the waters under heaven, and wherever it goes, it turns them into marshes."

"In this Wanyan Mountain Range, the air is thick with the poison of fire. Since you possess the Xuanwu bloodline, I wonder if you could also transform this place into a swampy land?"

Zhong Ding said calmly, "I do not have the power to change the world around the True Spirit Cave, but I am more than capable of dealing with you."

Having said that, his already imposing body continued to expand, reaching a height of six or seven zhang, transforming into an armored giant, his aura surging and becoming vast and powerful.

Jiang Wangchen felt as if he were facing a vast ocean, boundless and unfathomable.

The Nascent Soul cultivators, demon generals, and dragonmen who were fighting around them suddenly seemed distant, and only Zhong Ding remained in their sights.

His heart sank, realizing that he was intimidated by the imposing aura of the bell and tripod.

The oppressive aura of the True Spirit Descendant not only instills fear deep within the bloodline of the demon race, but also shakes the souls of human cultivators.

He suppressed his fear, took out a seal, and threw it out.

This seal is deep yellow, square, and has an ancient and simple design. It is carved with a lifelike image of a mountain king descending a mountain, with fierce and imposing eyes.

Jiang Wangchen raised his hand and formed a hand seal, causing his true essence to surge out. The seal swelled in the wind and quickly grew to a size of about ten feet.

A phantom mountain appeared around the giant seal, about a hundred feet high, majestic and precipitous, shrouded in clouds and mist. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be formed from the earth's energy, adding to its imposing presence.

The crimson fire poison was torn apart by various magical treasures and suppressed and dispersed by the giant seal, almost completely dissipating.

The mountain king atop the giant seal seemed to come alive, letting out a roar to the sky.

A fierce wind arose, carrying the giant seal, and smashed it towards the bells and tripods with the force of a collapsing mountain.

After Zhong Ding's body changed, it could be called a giant, but compared with the phantom of a giant mountain that was hundreds of feet high, it was still completely inferior.

The oppressive aura emanating from him was shattered by the mountain lord's unruly roar.

But Zhong Ding showed no fear in the face of this colossal, mountain-shaking seal. Behind him emerged a blurry black phantom, several feet in size, resembling a giant tortoise with a long snake-like tail.

As this phantom appeared, dark, heavy seawater, as heavy as iron, surged forth from the void.

At this moment, the mountain phantom transformed by the giant seal was only a hundred feet away from the bell and cauldron, but he remained calm and composed, raising his hand to draw a heavy hammer from the void.

This heavy hammer was only about ten feet long, which seemed small and slender in Zhong Ding's hands, but it quickly grew several times larger, exuding a rough and rugged aura.

Zhong Ding roared, swung his heavy hammer, and met the giant seal head-on. Behind him, the black water surged upwards, creating towering waves that rushed towards the mountain phantom.

Those cultivators at the Dragon Transformation Realm may have reservations and may choose to hold back and observe for the time being.

However, the True Dragon Cave was a matter of life and death for the demon race. As soon as they clashed, Zhong Ding condensed a blurry phantom of Xuanwu and went all out without holding back.

boom!
The heavy hammer and the giant seal collided. Both were extremely heavy magical weapons, but the immense power that Zhong Ding obtained from the Xuanwu bloodline was still superior.

The giant seal trembled and flew backward.

The heavy black water swallowed the crimson gold fire poison, covered the sky, and submerged the illusory mountain shadows.

Mountains can fill lakes, but they cannot stop the vast ocean.

The clouds and mist formed from the earth's energy appear light, but are actually incredibly heavy.

However, under the onslaught of the black water, this cloud of earth energy offered only slight resistance before dissipating.

The demon generals who were fighting nearby, as well as the dragon people from various tribes, quickly moved aside, afraid of being drawn in.

The magical artifact of a disciple of Lanyue Peak was only stained with a few drops of black water, yet it became extremely heavy, as if it were carrying a thousand-pound weight.

His face turned pale, and he changed his hand seals to retrieve the magic weapon and shake off the black water, but the spiritual light had already dimmed a bit.

Seeing the giant seal being knocked away, Jiang Wangchen's expression changed slightly. He changed his hand seals and his true essence surged out to stabilize it.

This Mountain Lord's Seal is his natal magic weapon. Over thousands of years of cultivation, he meticulously collected several kinds of top-grade spiritual materials, and mixed in the demon core of a high-ranking demon general and a core pearl of the earth, refining it several times.

Afterwards, it was carefully nurtured and repaired, and countless efforts were spent to refine it into such a second-grade spiritual treasure weapon.

The earth energy contained in that core pearl was extracted from an entire small ley line, essentially being integrated into a mountain range.

This attack, seemingly effortless, was in fact a masterpiece of subtle skill.

After traversing thousands of mountain ranges and countless perilous peaks, Jiang Wangchen refined a Nine-Aperture Earth Core Stone, finally grasping a smattering of the Earth Element Law, which allowed him to unleash its power and capture some of the essence of mountain formations.

He didn't expect this attack to suppress Zhong Ding, but how could he not be surprised that it was blocked so easily?

But what Jiang Wangchen didn't know was that Zhong Ding was also quite surprised.

He condensed the Xuanwu Dharma Image, intending to take Jiang Wangchen's life in one fell swoop.

But when he struck, he only knocked the giant seal away and caused it some damage. It was all show and no substance, and he didn't actually gain any advantage. It was even more difficult to deal with than Fu Zhenyang of the Xuanji Sect.

After Zhong Ding made his move that day, he firmly suppressed Fu Zhenyang and won a great victory in less than an hour.

This was only because Fu Zhenyang swallowed a pill when he was about to be defeated, which greatly increased his strength and made his true essence suddenly more abundant, allowing him to last for so long.

This pill was clearly bestowed by a powerful cultivator from the Xuanji Sect. At that time, all the other Nascent Soul cultivators from the Xuanji Sect had been killed by Feng Zhihe and a group of demon generals, so Zhong Ding was no longer in a hurry.

He patiently dealt with Fu Zhenyang until the effects of the medicine wore off before finally killing him.

This time, however, the human race outnumbered the demon race and was at a disadvantage, so a swift victory was necessary.

Zhong Ding's eyes flashed with anger, and he swung his heavy hammer, charging towards Jiang Wangchen.

Behind him, Xuanwu roared, and black water surged and poured down.

Jiang Wangchen's expression turned solemn, and the hand seals in his hands changed again. The mountain lord at the top of the giant seal roared, and the earth energy swirling around it fell down, transforming into mountain peaks of various shapes, majestic and precipitous, all of which he had personally witnessed during his past travels.

Dozens of shrunken mountain peaks, each a hundred times smaller, blocked Jiang Wangchen's path, but they could not stop the heavy hammer in Zhong Ding's hand. Under the heavy black waves, they crumbled one after another.

Jiang Wangchen's expression grew increasingly solemn. He could only continue to urge his true essence, using the earth's energy to transform into mountains to resist the attacks of the bells and cauldrons.

A series of deep yellow illusory mountain peaks appeared before Zhong Ding. Even though they were just phantoms, their magnificent scenery was still evident.

But none of them could withstand the hammer blow from the bell and cauldron, nor could they withstand the slow yet resolute impact of the black water; they all crumbled away.

However, before the collapse, the bells and tripods were inevitably hindered and forced to slow down their offensive.

He possesses the Xuanwu bloodline, and his physical body is three times stronger than that of a demon general of the same rank.

The heavy hammer in his hand was a second-grade spiritual treasure weapon, forged from spiritual materials bestowed by the Heavenly Pillar Demon Saint.

One hammer blow, and even a real mountain will collapse in an instant.

However, the Kunyuan Zhenyue Gong that Jiang Wangchen cultivates is also a top-tier technique in the Tai Xuan Sect. Up to the mid-stage of the Integration Realm, it is known for its profound and powerful nature and is extremely good at defense.

The Mountain Lord's Seal, forged according to this technique, has been infused with several top-grade spiritual materials and rich earth energy, already possessing some of the grandeur of the earth and mountains, making it not easily destroyed.

After Zhong Ding shattered another illusory mountain, he finally stopped. He gave Jiang Wangchen a deep look and put away the heavy hammer in his hand.

Jiang Wangchen finally got a chance to catch his breath and immediately switched from defense to offense.

His hands moved in a series of hand seals, and the Mountain Lord opened his mouth and inhaled all the earth energy surrounding the giant seal. Then he raised his head and let out a long roar.

Clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger; in an instant, a fierce wind arose, sweeping in from all directions.

The giant seal stopped growing and instead shrank to about a foot in size, its spiritual light shining brightly.

The mountain lord lowered its head, raised its front paw, and slammed it down hard.

The giant seal trembled slightly and fell downwards, like a deep yellow meteorite, piercing the sky and crashing into the bell and cauldron.

After putting away the heavy hammer, Zhong Ding was now empty-handed.

As the giant seal attacked, he sneered, and with a flicker of his body, he transformed directly into his true form: a colossal tortoise reaching the heavens.

The giant seal was merely a phantom image of a mountain, but the actual bell and tripod were indeed as tall as a mountain.

The jet-black shell is crisscrossed with grooves, resembling the most ancient Taoist patterns.

Its limbs are like giant pillars supporting the sky, its head is like a dragon or a unicorn, and its long tail is like a giant python, wrapped around its body.

At this moment, the two sides were already engaged in a chaotic battle. There were many dragon-shaped battle bodies with enormous bodies and demon generals in their true forms, which shattered the fire poison mist that surrounded the Fire Realm for dozens of miles.

However, compared to these dragon-human demon generals, Zhong Ding's body was still enormous, over three hundred feet tall, forcing Jiang Wangchen to retreat violently.

Fortunately, the two sides intentionally dispersed when the battle began, and when the black water overflowed, the surrounding cultivators and demon generals all avoided it, so no one was swept up.

boom!
The Mountain Lord's Seal struck the giant tortoise's shell, leaving a deep crater several meters in size, but it was far from penetrating the thick shell.

Jiang Wangchen was like a speck of dust in front of the giant tortoise, yet he showed no fear. His expression was cold and stern as he slammed his sleeve and said, "Suppress!"

The mountain lord roared, raised its front paws, and slammed them down.

The tiny Mountain Lord's Seal of Suppressing Mountains flashed and rapidly expanded, growing to a size of a hundred feet, before crashing down fiercely, attempting to suppress the giant tortoise.

The Mountain Lord Zhenyue Seal was already one-third the size of the giant tortoise, and it was going all out, but it could only make the giant tortoise fall a few dozen feet before it could not continue.

Xuanwu, who wields the law of water and possesses the boundless ocean within his body, would never be crushed by a mere mountain range.
The giant tortoise easily withstood the weight of the Mountain Lord's Seal, roared, and its long tail, which had been wrapped around its body, broke off, suddenly extended, and lashed out at Jiang Wangchen.

Its long tail moved with lightning speed, leaving only a blur in the air, and arrived in front of Jiang Wangchen in an instant.

Jiang Wangchen's pupils contracted, and he raised his hand to form a hand seal, suddenly creating a stone shield in front of him.

boom!
The long tail lashed out at the stone shield, creating several cracks, but ultimately blocked the attack.

Jiang Wangchen's heart sank. This stone shield was a third-grade spiritual treasure bestowed by Elder Mei, and it was extremely sturdy.

It has blocked countless magical powers and treasures for him, but this is the first time it has been damaged.

Before he could even feel sorry for himself, the giant tortoise's long tail came again, and Jiang Wangchen hurriedly used his stone shield to defend himself.

At the same time, black water overflowed from the giant tortoise's body, surging towards the Mountain Lord Zhenyue Seal on its back, already submerging half of it.

Seeing this, Jiang Wangchen changed his hand seals repeatedly, and the Mountain Lord's Seal quickly shrank.

However, the black liquid clinging to it is thick and heavy, like a bone-deep infection, and cannot be shaken off at all.

The mountain lord roared and spat out countless strands of earth energy to support the giant seal and struggle to break free from the black water. However, much of the earth energy was swallowed up by the black water and dissipated completely.

However, the Mountain Lord's Seal was not submerged by the black water and flew back into Jiang Wangchen's hands.

Black water overflowed the giant tortoise's shell, and the deep crater created by the giant seal was restored to its original state.

The giant tortoise roared and lashed its long tail at Jiang Wangchen again, while the black water surged into huge waves that swept over it.

Jiang Wangchen had no power to retaliate and could only use two spiritual treasures to protect himself.

The Mountain Lord's Seal descended to earth, transforming into mountain peaks. Stone shields moved about, dangerously blocking the long tail and giant waves.

However, the earth's energy was also being depleted, and cracks kept appearing on the stone shield, causing the deep yellow spiritual light to dim more and more.

Jiang Wangchen was in a sorry state, but he could not retreat. Otherwise, if Zhong Ding took the opportunity to attack other Tai Xuan Sect cultivators, the situation would immediately tilt in favor of the demon race.

No one could stop the giant tortoise, let alone those dragon people at the Cloud Ascension Realm.

Their dragon-transformed battle forms appeared powerful, but they couldn't withstand a single lash from the giant tortoise's long tail, nor from the incredibly heavy black water.

The giant tortoise's supernatural powers may seem ordinary, but both its long tail and the black water contain immense power that surpasses any mysterious supernatural ability.

Jiang Wangchen blocked several heavy blows in succession, and his anger flared up. He wanted to use the treasure bestowed upon him by Elder Mei.

However, as the son of a demon saint, Zhong Ding must have his own backup plan.

If he uses his trump card first and reveals a weakness, the other party may take advantage of him.

After weighing the options, Jiang Wangchen decided to be patient for the time being and rely on the defensive capabilities of his two spiritual treasures to continue holding on.

The human race already had the upper hand in this battle, so he didn't need to take any risks; he just needed to hold off Zhong Ding.

After Zhong Ding transformed into his true form, his power was immense. The earth energy of the Mountain Lord's Seal was continuously depleted, and Shi Dun's injuries became increasingly severe. He could not hold on for much longer.

However, this period of time was enough for the human race to gain the upper hand.

……

After being stopped by Lin Yuanzi, Ao Pan frowned, glanced at Chen Yuan and Han Xuan who were already locked in battle with Zhou Lang in the distance, and then looked away.

He looked at the cold-faced Lin Yuanzi and said indifferently, "I originally wanted to settle the score with Fellow Daoist Han. Since you insist on your death, I will grant your wish."

Lin Yuanzi coldly replied, "Who will win and who will lose is still up in the air."

Having said that, he flicked his sleeve, and a figure slowly appeared beside him.

Ao Pan looked closely and saw that the man was tall and slender, dressed in a black robe, with fair skin like jade, and incomparably handsome.

However, his eyes were closed and his aura was restrained, as if he had no cultivation and did not exude any vitality.

Lin Yuanzi flipped his hand and took out a jade bottle, pouring out a scarlet pill the size of a longan.

He raised his hand and pinched the pill, glanced at Han Xuan in the distance, then at the deep blue array behind Ao Pan, a resolute look flashing in his eyes.

"No matter what schemes or tricks you have, don't even think about taking away the True Dragon Cave!"

After saying that, he swallowed the scarlet pill in one gulp and closed his eyes slightly.

The next moment, a pressure comparable to that of a Void Refinement cultivator erupted from Lin Yuanzi's body! (End of Chapter)