The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

"Ok?"

Frey Daojun's heart skipped a beat, but he sneered, "Delaying time?"

"It seems you are aware that the area around the Black Swamp Thunder Sea is entirely within the sphere of influence of my Eternal Clan. How can you so brazenly hunt down a Dao Lord of Life and Death from my Eternal Clan? Aren't you afraid of dying without a burial place?"

Frey Daojun had the confidence to say these words. The Eternal Clan was one of the top six powers in the Endless Territory, and its power was not to be underestimated.

Even though those Eternal Emperors disdained to attack the Dao Lords of Life and Death, the fact that just a group of Fourth-Step Dao Lords from the Eternal Clan were chasing after him was enough to make Tian Qingzi flee in a frenzy.

Kurosawa Raikai is very close to the Eternal Kingdom.

Since Lord Frey's Dharma Body is currently within the Eternal Kingdom, it would only take a very short time to send a message requesting assistance from a powerful Lord of the Eternal Clan.

As long as a Daoist Master of Life and Death is willing to come, the relationship between hunter and prey will change in an instant.

“Since I dared to attack you, I naturally have no fear of retaliation from your Eternal Clan.” Tian Qingzi was well aware of this, and he shook his head and smiled, “Besides, what difference would it make if a few more Dao Lords of Life and Death came?”

"Whether the helpers you've brought are strong or weak, it probably makes no difference to me. I might not even need to search for those third-step or fourth-step Dao Lords; I can directly fulfill the kill order issued by Emperor Qianbu!"

"Hmm? How arrogant!" Frey Daojun immediately understood, his sinister face now so gloomy it seemed as if water could drip from it.

He looked at Tian Qingzi from afar and sneered, "Tian Qingzi, you are just a fourth-step Dao Lord, not even one of those peak Dao Lords whose names are known throughout the endless territories! Yet you are so confident in your strength? You even think of wiping out all the Dao Lords who came to support my Eternal Clan?"

"Why not?" Tian Qingzi laughed heartily, each of his six arms gripping a blue divine sword, each sword hundreds of millions of miles long, and he slammed it down on Frey Daojun.

It was as if the heavens and earth had been created, and it struck down directly.

Boom~~~
This time, Tian Qingzi showed no mercy. His sword fell with extreme speed, making it impossible to defend against. Even Frey Daojun's divine body trembled and shattered from the blow.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Frey Daojun's face was very ugly. The terrifying power that erupted in that instant even made him feel a sense of despair.

"Die! Die!" Tian Qingzi waved his six arms, which were like a giant wheel composed of six sword lights, crushing everything in his path.

suddenly--

"The fish has taken the bait, make your move!" A soft voice echoed in Tian Qingzi's ears, instantly filling him with joy.

"It's Master! Master has probably already encountered those powerful figures who came to support Lord Frey!" Tian Qingzi muttered to himself. "The plans Master devised have all come to fruition. I no longer need to hold back in my fight against Lord Frey!"

Boom~~~
With a thought, Tian Qingzi unleashed a boundless killing intent.

……

In the chaotic void, quite far away from the Black Swamp Thunder Sea.

A gigantic flying ship streaked through the chaos, like a high-speed meteor, crushing through layers of chaos as it flew madly into the distance.

On this enormous flying ship, two cultivators dressed in silver robes stood side by side. Both of them were powerful and exuded an eerie aura unique to the Eternal Clan.

“Turin, be careful. Something feels off this time. There might be some changes in our support for Lord Frey!” One of the men, a man with a hooked nose and wearing a silver robe, frowned.

"Oh?" The other man in the silver robe withdrew his gaze and turned to look at him as well.

“Although Frey is only a third-step Dao Lord, he is still considered to be very strong among third-step Dao Lords. With the influence of the powerful bloodline of my Eternal Clan, even if he encounters some top-tier Life and Death Dao Lords, escaping should not be a problem,” the hook-nosed man said solemnly.

"Besides, Tian Qingzi is just a top-tier Dao Lord, and he's not very famous in the Endless Territory. But this time... he seems very unusual to me."

Practitioners have a very accurate sense of what lies in the unseen realm, and they generally follow this intuition and try their best not to go against it.

This time, leaving the Eternal Kingdom and heading to the Black Swamp Thunder Sea, which is not far from the Eternal Kingdom, made the hook-nosed man feel a sense of unease.

"That Lord Frey is, after all, somewhat related to Emperor Qiyin. This time, it was personally ordered by the attendant beside Emperor Qiyin, so naturally we cannot disobey him."

Duling Daojun shook his head as he spoke, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "But this Tianqingzi..."

"Have you heard that news? It's also related to Tian Qingzi, who has the strength of a top-tier Dao Lord!"

"Hmm? Tian Qingzi?" the hook-nosed man asked疑惑地, "What news is this? What's wrong with Tian Qingzi this time?"

"It is said that thousands of years ago, a great battle took place outside Tianmu Holy City, one of the eight holy cities of the Dao Alliance. A second-step Dao Lord killed Yanming Dao Lord, who possessed the strength of a Heaven-Defying Dao Lord, and Tian Qingzi had a great grudge against Yanming Dao Lord!"

Duling Daojun gazed into the distance with a deep look. "A friend of mine was in Tianmu Holy City at the time and witnessed it firsthand. With just one palm strike, he easily killed Yanming Daojun as if crushing an ant."

"A second-step Dao Lord... to kill a Heaven-Defying Dao Lord? Or to kill him easily?" The hook-nosed man was somewhat dumbfounded!

Even the most extraordinary and monstrous Second-Step Dao Lords are already terrifying if they can rival top-tier Dao Lords at the Second-Step level.

The idea of ​​killing a Heaven-Defying Dao Lord who is far more powerful than a top-tier Dao Lord is something I've never even heard of.

It is precisely because of this extremely rare situation, and the fact that it occurred in one of the eight holy cities of the Dao Alliance, that it has been spread throughout the endless territories by Dao Lords over the past few thousand years!
“Yes.” The man in silver robes nodded slightly. “According to my friend’s guess, this Tian Qingzi has most likely become a follower of that Second Step Dao Lord!”

"So that means..." A hint of apprehension flickered in the hook-nosed man's eyes, "Tian Qingzi accepted Emperor Qianbu's kill order, and his extremely powerful Second-Step Dao Lord is very likely waiting for us to deliver ourselves to his doorstep somewhere nearby?"

"Is that so? You guessed right!" A faint voice echoed on the giant airship, tinged with a hint of wistfulness.

"I never imagined that in just a few thousand years, these messages would have already spread beyond the Dao Alliance's sphere of influence."

"Huh? Who?"

"who is it?"

Both the hook-nosed man and the Daoist of Turin were startled and became wary.

Just as the two Life and Death Dao Lords of the Eternal Clan were secretly on guard.

Wow wow wow~~~~
A black vortex suddenly appeared in the distant chaotic void, drawing the attention of both Dao Lords of Life and Death.

A figure emerged from the white vortex of chaotic void.

A young man dressed in a black robe, possessing a strange charm.

"Just a second-step Dao Lord... Hmm? A second-step Dao Lord?" The hook-nosed man was taken aback, but then his sinister eyes were fixed on the black-robed youth who had suddenly appeared.

"A Second-Step Dao Lord? You are... you are the Returning One Dao Lord!" Dao Lord Duling frowned, immediately recognizing the black-robed youth. "Oh?" The black-robed youth looked at the two Dao Lords of Life and Death standing on the deck of the flying boat, his gaze indifferent.

"Two fourth-step Dao Lords have actually come. That Frey Dao Lord must have some background. A third-step Dao Lord can actually send two fourth-step Dao Lords to rescue me... However, it will save me a lot of trouble."

"Lord Guiyi," Lord Duling said, his eyes filled with wariness, "this is the territory of my Eternal Clan. Are you sure you want to be an enemy of my Eternal Clan?"

"To be an enemy of the Eternal Clan on our territory is a fight to the death! Even if you have the strength to kill a Heaven-Defying Dao Lord, offending us... if the Eternal Emperor were to take action, you would find it very difficult to withstand him!"

"The emperors of my Eternal Clan are currently within our kingdom; the distance to the Black Swamp Thunder Sea is nothing to them," the hook-nosed man said in a deep voice.
"The treasures that Emperor Qianbu offered might be extremely attractive to other Dao Lords of Life and Death, but they are nothing to a Heaven-defying Dao Lord like you, Dao Lord Guiyi! It's not worth losing your life for such treasures!"

If a second-step Dao Lord who could easily kill a Heaven-Defying Dao Lord could kill the two of them without much effort.

After all, of the two, Dao Lord Duling was the strongest, but even among the many heaven-defying Dao Lords, he was only barely in the upper-middle tier. If they could, they would not want to fight such a monstrous talent.

"You've certainly thought things through thoroughly." Lei Zhan smiled, a faint smile appearing on his face. "However, I've traveled all this way to the vicinity of your Eternal Kingdom, and you want me to be scared off like this and slink back in disgrace?"

"Hmm?" Duling Daojun and the hook-nosed man exchanged a glance, both with serious expressions in their eyes.

"Go in peace."

Lei Zhan glanced at the two Dao Lords on the flying boat and said softly, "It won't be long before many of your Eternal Clan's third-step and fourth-step Dao Lords follow in your footsteps and perish one by one!"

"Die!"

Buzz~~~
The moment the word "Die" was uttered, an invisible force instantly traversed the distance of space and arrived in front of Duling Daojun and the other two.

On the flying boat, the two Dao Lords of Life and Death standing on the deck froze, their eyes becoming hazy.

call.

Lei Zhan watched all this from afar, raised his palm, and the cosmic treasure 'Frost Moon' on his left hand also shone with boundless light.

"Huh? What's going on?"

"Mental power! This is a secret technique of mental power! We... we've been bewitched!"

Both the Daoist Lord of Turin and the man with the hooked nose had cultivated for countless Chaos Eras within the Four-Step Daoist Lord realm, and they quickly regained consciousness.

When Lei Zhan unleashes the treasure of the universe without reservation, that instantaneous mental bewitching is enough.

"Rumble~~~"

The left hand, clad in a silver glove, lashed out, instantly expanding to a size of billions of miles.

When this enormous hand slammed into the void towards the flying boat.

"Hua Hua Hua~~"

The endless void around them began to shatter continuously, as did the layers of arrays and restrictions on the flying boat. Even spacetime itself was compressed and began to shatter.

Even more strangely, beneath that enormous hand, time and space seemed to transform into layers.

Layer upon layer of time and space, pressing down relentlessly.

As the palm struck, these layers of spacetime shattered continuously.

"No!"

"escape."

Both the Daoist Lord of Turin and the hook-nosed man were terrified, and they frantically tried to escape as they maneuvered the enormous flying boat.

Some of the damaged flying ships even emitted astonishing black light, attempting to tear through the void.

Rumble~~~~~

The enormous hand was descending continuously, pressing down layer upon layer of spacetime, making the spacetime below increasingly stable.

Even though Du Lingdao and his companion risked their lives, they couldn't tear through the void to escape.

"Spare my life."

"Spare my life."

Both the Daoist Duling and the man with the hooked nose shouted loudly, their voices echoing throughout the chaotic void.

But the large, cold hand continued to descend.

"A treasure of the universe, even in the endless chaos, is a precious item. Its enhancement to strength is terrifying. Combined with my Dao of Spacetime, how could you possibly tear through the void and escape?"

Lei Zhan shook his head, and then the silver-white glove on his hand suddenly erupted like a volcano, unleashing a terrifying power capable of destroying the world.

boom! ! !
"puff!"

"puff!"

In an instant, the flying boat began to shatter, and cracks gradually appeared on the bodies of the two fourth-step Dao Lords who were controlling the flying boat. Then, under the full power of the cosmic treasure, they turned into dust.

"Hmm? Tian Qingzi also killed that Frey Daojun?" Lei Zhan's heart stirred. He glanced around calmly and waved his hand to collect the magical treasures left in the void.

Although the magical treasures left behind by Daoist Duling and the others after their deaths were all damaged, the treasures of the two Fourth-Step Daoists were preserved to varying degrees.

"Now that I've killed two fourth-step Dao Lords and one third-step Dao Lord from the Eternal Clan, I'm much closer to my goal. However..." Lei Zhan shook his head slightly and pointed a finger into the distance, "This battlefield also needs to be dealt with properly!"

Wow~~~
Instantly, countless black holes of all sizes, radiating an aura of destruction, appeared within billions of miles around, frantically ravaging the spacetime of this region.

A series of terrifying spatial-temporal turbulences also surged in this area.

“Now, even if the Eternal Emperor came here, it would be difficult for him to find out anything.” Lei Zhan smiled faintly as he walked through this terrifying spatial turbulence and then disappeared.

...(End of chapter)