Aspiring to the Immortal Path -
Chapter 1140: Fight Between Snipe and Clam (3)
Transformed into a Soul Transformation–level Sawtooth Ray, Tang Jie floated up from the sea floor to the battlefield.
He had limited himself to Soul Transformation because the Fiend Emperors would mostly know each other, so he was more liable to expose himself. But there were plenty of Transformation fiends, and it was only natural to not recognize them all.
Tang Jie arrived at a minor battlefield.
A Fiend Emperor shark was fighting with an Earthfire Rock Vulture serving the Dark Night Ancestor.
Their battle sent gouts of flame and mighty waves all over the place, but with its terrain advantage, the shark Fiend Emperor had the upper hand. But to turn this upper hand into a victory would require a difficult battle.
Tang Jie gathered a soul needle in his mind.
This soul needle was an offensive art he had developed by merging the World Descender Mantra with the black grains. While the black grain had already become the soul for the Sovereign Blade, in the time he had used them, he had slowly grasped some of their unique properties, combining them with the World Descender Mantra to develop this attack that specifically targeted the soul.
This Divine Soul attack was still in its nascent form, but it left behind no trace and was incredibly difficult to detect.
Tang Jie fired the soul needle at the vulture, which suddenly felt a pain in its head, after which its vision went dark. Every second mattered in a fight between experts, and the slightest pause was fatal. Consequently, a gap appeared in its lava-like wall of fire.
Only then did Tang Jie withdraw and head to the next battle.
This was a small-scale group battle involving four Fiend Emperors and thirty Fiend Kings, but it was the underground fiends with the advantage. Three underground Fiend Emperors were surrounding a swordfish Fiend Emperor. While the Fiend Emperor swordfish was strong, it was slowly being pushed back.
When Tang Jie arrived, he saw a Scarlet Fox Fiend Emperor transform into its fox form and bite the sea Fiend Emperor.
The soul needle clearly wasn’t too appropriate here, but Tang Jie quickly came up with another plan. At that time, the swordfish Fiend Emperor was about to make its counterattack, transforming the ocean waves into tens of thousands of water arrows. Each of these arrows was packed with power, capable of piercing through a small mountain.
This was the swordfish Fiend Emperor’s ultimate move, but it knew that it still wasn’t enough to deal with three Fiend Emperors.
The arrows shot forth, carrying the anger and malice of a sea fiend Titan.
The three Fiend Emperors all put up barriers: red, white, and gold, each with its own ability. They were confident that these arrows would be stopped by their defenses, and even if they managed to get through, the damage would be limited.
They failed to notice several water arrows that gleamed with a golden light mixed into the barrage. As the water arrows slammed into the barriers, they simply splattered into froth like waves crashing against the shore, eliciting laughter from the trio. But a moment later, those three golden arrows broke through.
Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!
The barriers of the three Fiend Emperors were all shattered.
“This…”
Before they could realize what was going on, they were swept up in a massive wave of water.
“Hahaha, now you see my power!” the swordfish Fiend Emperor excitedly crowed.
The sea fiend was exhilarated at the unexpected effectiveness of its desperate strike. It was even surprised at its own strength, thinking that it was invincible below Void Returning.
Exultant, it attacked the three fiends with even greater ferocity, leaving them helpless to fight back.
Tang Jie helped that swordfish a few more times, confirming that the underground fiends wouldn’t be able to salvage the situation, before going elsewhere.
Using the snow doll’s water movement abilities, he moved from battle to battle, subtly assisting the sea fiends so that those that were in danger were able to turn the tables while those that were winning won even faster. In this way, he began to tip the scales toward the sea fiends.
If possible, Tang Jie would have helped the Ice Dragon Emperor defeat the Dark Night Ancestor. After all, the battles of the upper echelons were the most important.
But Fiend Gods were too strong and would quickly sense if someone was intervening.
This was why Tang Jie made a concession and helped the Fiend Emperors. In any case, the Fiend Gods would take some time to settle their battle, and if the Fiend Emperors could gain an overwhelming advantage, they could also pose a large problem for the underground fiends.
Tang Jie continued to work, bringing the sea fiends back from the brink.
Even the Dark Night Ancestor sensed that something was wrong. While its side had the advantage in the Fiend God battle, at the Fiend Emperor level, the underground fiends were being utterly routed.
While Fiend Emperors weren’t as strong as Fiend Gods, as existences second to Fiend Gods, a large number of them could still affect the battlefield. This was particularly true in this battle, where the underground Fiend God side had only a slight advantage. The help of a large number of Fiend Emperors could completely decide victory in its favor and thus reduce its losses.
But the exact opposite was happening. The sea Fiend Emperors were on their way to a crushing victory, which was far beyond the Dark Night Ancestor’s expectations.
It had to be understood that it had been planning to take the Ice Dragon Emperor’s place for ages. According to the original plan, the day the Five Elementals were born, the moment when its strength reached the peak, it would attack the Ice Dragon Emperor. This was why it was keenly aware of how strong each side was.
Yet the battle wasn’t going at all as it had expected. The fiends were still the same fiends, as strong as anticipated, but they were achieving unimaginable combat results. It was like doing your utmost to woo a woman, but just when it seemed like everything had gone to plan and you were both in bed, you found that she was a “he”…
This was what the Dark Night Ancestor was feeling.
The losses in the Fiend Emperor battlefield were already starting to affect the Fiend God battlefield, numerous sea Fiend Emperors taking shifts to attack a Fiend God. While they still didn’t pose a critical threat, they had succeeded in alleviating some of the pressure on their side’s Fiend Gods.
On the Fiend Emperor battlefield, more and more sea fiends were winning their individual fights and either going to help their fellow fiends or else heading to the Fiend God battlefield. The sea fiends had gone from being at a disadvantage to being evenly matched, and things were only getting worse for the Dark Night Ancestor’s side.
Seeing this, the Dark Night Ancestor was starting to lose its resolve.
It shouted, “Old dragon, today’s matter might be a misunderstanding. My treasures truly were stolen, but now that I think about it, it might have nothing to do with you. Let’s end our battle today, and we can talk again once I’ve investigated the matter.”
The Ice Dragon Emperor snarled, “You can’t just come and go as you like.”
If the Dark Night Ancestor had requested to stop fighting before the full-scale battle had started, the Ice Dragon Emperor would have happily agreed. But since the war had already begun, with both sides taking heavy losses, the Ice Dragon Emperor couldn’t possibly let the matter go so easily. As it finished speaking, a heaven-freezing frost rapidly spread toward the Dark Night Ancestor.
Yelping, the Dark Night Ancestor condensed its region of death to oppose the ice, the clash of powers tearing at the fabric of space. The destructive shockwaves alone were enough to slay any fiend careless enough to get close, and even the Fiend Emperors had to stop their assault and focus fully on defense.
The Dark Night Ancestor shouted, “Retreat!”
This old creature had lived for more than ten thousand years and knew when to fold. It was going to retreat regardless of whether the Ice Dragon Emperor agreed.
Its region of darkness also served as a perfect tool to cover the retreat, casting a giant curtain of darkness across the sky that interfered with both regular vision and Divine Wills. Of course, as a price, its defensive power grew much weaker, and the Ice Dragon’s energy was able to get through and assail the Dark Night Ancestor.
At this moment, the Dark Night Ancestor showed the bearing of a leader, joining with its Fiend God subordinates to hold the rear while the rest of its subordinates retreated. And despite the frenzied assault from the Ice Dragon Emperor, it failed to pierce the Dark Night Ancestor’s defense.
While the Ice Dragon Emperor was weakened from its injury, this furious barrage of attacks still had the Dark Night Ancestor in great pain. Once it saw that the majority of its important subordinates had retreated, it glared at the Ice Dragon Emperor and said, “You brute!”
Only then did it leave, the curtain of darkness receding into the distance.
Just when the sea fiends were about to give chase, the Ice Dragon Emperor said, “Let them go.”
“Your Majesty!?” The fiends stared at the Ice Dragon Emperor.
The Ice Dragon Emperor was just about to speak when a flame erupted from its body. It fell from the sky with a scream, the flames creating great pluming clouds of steam as they touched the ocean.
“Your Majesty!” The sea fiends cried out in alarm and rushed over.
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