The Fiendgod Awakens

“Xiaoqing, withdraw the maze formation,” Ji Ning ordered. The maze formation had no effect on the Dragon Whale King whatsoever, and was instead having an adverse impact on his own allies.

As the formation dissipated, the tall, burly figure of the Dragon Whale King could be seen standing in the distance. His aura was clearly far more狂暴 and powerful than before. On a subconscious level, Ji Ning could sense a faint threat—a warning from his soul.

“I was able to break through to the Primal Daoist stage thanks to you, which is why I helped you kill those two humans. They were your enemies, right?” The Dragon Whale King looked down at Ji Ning, his gaze arrogant and domineering. “But my brothers and sisters all died at the hands of the three of you. And you, Ji Ning, are the one who deserves to die the most.”

“Go.” A cold light flashed through the Dragon Whale King’s eyes.

Whoosh.

A massive black greatsword, over ten zhang long and resembling a warship, was wreathed in blazing Primalfire as it came chopping down toward Ji Ning.

“Hmph.” Ji Ning let out a cold snort. At the same time, he directly unleashed the Soul-Shattering Art with his divine sense. His surging divine sense crashed like a violent tidal wave, savagely slamming into the Dragon Whale King’s Primal soul!

WUMM! The Dragon Whale King felt his Primal soul tremble, and even his control over his magic treasure was clearly affected.

This caused the Dragon Whale King a private shock. Ji Ning’s soul was actually this powerful? Could he be a reincarnated Immortal?

Reincarnated Immortal or not, he still had to die!

“Whoosh!”

The black greatsword, wreathed in Primalfire, howled through the air toward Ji Ning.

Ji Ning let out an angry roar as his body suddenly swelled, transforming into a three-zhang-tall giant. Wielding his Northsea swords, he turned into a blurry phantom as he charged forward to meet the attack.

“BOOM!”

The sword-light and the black greatsword collided in midair. Using the Starseizing Hand, Ji Ning’s strike erupted with tremendous power, actually managing to send the massive black greatsword tumbling backward through the air. Ji Ning himself was only forced back two steps, while a Water-Fire Lotus bloomed around his body. This dazzling lotus contained Snow-Soul Cold-sha and Goldenflame Earthfire within it, greatly increasing its power.

“Dragon Whale, if you think you can kill me with just a magic treasure, you’re underestimating me,” Ji Ning said with a laugh.

The Dragon Whale King could now see for himself. This Ji Ning was not someone those two previous Wanxiang Adepts could compare to. Especially in close combat, he was extremely powerful.

“Then I’ll grant your wish.” The Dragon Whale King let out a savage roar, and his body transformed into a surge of billowing mist. He then began to reveal his true form within this underground river passage.

Ji Ning immediately sent a mental transmission to Mu Northson and Qingqing, who were nearby: “Junior apprentice-brother, Qingqing. Once this Dragon Whale takes his true form, it’ll be a world-shaking event; the surrounding mountains and rocks will be shattered. I’ll fight him and hold him off. The two of you need to get to that sealing formation as fast as possible. Junior apprentice-brother, you need to find a way to break the sealing formation and pull out its formation flags. Without that formation, I have plenty of ways to escape.”

Mu Northson hesitated for a moment, then replied, “Alright, Senior apprentice-brother. You need to be careful.”

“Don’t worry.”

Ji Ning looked down at his junior apprentice-brother and Qingqing from his towering height. It truly felt strange to be a giant after using his Heavenly Transformation.

“RUMBLE!” Deep underground, the Dragon Whale King began to reveal his true form. His body was simply too large, while this underground river passage was far too narrow by comparison. And since he was using a divine ability, his body was fully three thousand zhang long, with a thickness of several hundred zhang. Such an enormous body immediately began to crush the surrounding mountain stones, causing them to crack.

“Break open!” The Dragon Whale King felt that the space around him was too cramped and tight. He had grown up in the vast North Sea. Even after coming to this boundless land, he usually fought in the wide-open skies. His body naturally preferred vast, open spaces and was extremely uncomfortable underground.

His enormous body violently rolled and twisted, and his tail lashed out.

SHHHHHHHH!

It was as if an earth-dragon had turned over. The low mountain peak that occupied more than ten li of land suddenly collapsed with a thunderous crash. Countless large boulders were sent flying high into the air as the earth split open. The underground river was severed, and the originally ten-plus-zhang-wide tunnel was instantly forced open to over a thousand zhang in width.

“CRASH!” The rolling lava below gushed high into the air, erupting completely. Some of the lava even began to flow backward.

The moment the Dragon Whale King revealed his true form, it was as if heaven and earth were being torn apart.

Ji Ning watched all of this, his twin swords held at the ready, the Water-Fire Lotus blooming brilliantly around him.

“Go now!” Ji Ning sent a mental message, growling, “If we get separated, we’ll meet up at the cold ice layer.”

“Senior apprentice-brother, be careful.”

“Master, be careful.”

Qingqing immediately transformed into a small serpent, coiling around Mu Northson’s arm. Mu Northson, too, transformed into a streak of light, charging out through the collapsing mountains and rocks with lightning speed.

“Hahaha! Flee? Do you really think you can escape?” The Dragon Whale King’s enormous draconic head let out a wild, arrogant laugh. The sky could already be seen above them; the area was filled with rolling lava and utter chaos.

“DIE!”

The Dragon Whale King’s two long dragon whiskers descended from the heavens, lashing directly toward Ji Ning. The whiskers were also wreathed in Primalfire as they shot down with lightning speed, completely engulfing Ji Ning.

“BREAK!”

Ji Ning’s sword-light flashed with dazzling brilliance.

“BOOM!” Ji Ning wielded his twin swords, but after a single collision, he was sent flying backward.

“His power has increased by a huge amount.” Ji Ning crashed backward through dozens of zhang of solid stone, his face changing color. “Right. Those dragon whiskers are his lifelong-refined lifeblood treasures. Now that he’s become a Primal, after revealing his true form… the power of those lifeblood treasures has naturally skyrocketed.”

Once he revealed his true form, the Dragon Whale King’s power increased explosively. Even Ji Ning, using the Starseizing Hand, felt he could not withstand him…

“It seems that I still have a considerable gap in power compared to a Primal Daoist.” Faced with the Dragon Whale King, Ji Ning felt he could not match him. He was just thinking about how to buy more time when—

Suddenly, the world around them fell silent.

The backward-flowing lava stopped in midair.

The splashing droplets of the underground river froze in space.

The shattered boulders that had been blasted into the air also hung motionless.

Ji Ning was still in the middle of retreating using his Windwing Evasion… Mu Northson stood motionless before the sealing formation… Even the incomparably vast Dragon Whale King was suspended in midair, his long dragon whiskers frozen as they danced in the air.

At this moment, everything around them seemed to have come to a complete halt.

But the four living beings—Ji Ning, Mu Northson, the Skygreen Serpent, and the Dragon Whale King—all understood clearly: this was not a simple freeze!

“This is…” Ji Ning could clearly sense an incomparably terrifying power descend instantly. The force of this power was so great that it completely suppressed him, making him feel like an ant trapped in ice, unable to move at all. He couldn’t even change his facial expression. The pressure was simply too great.

“What… what’s happening?” Ji Ning felt shock and unease. His soul was sending warning signals—a sense of extreme, terrifying danger.

Ji Ning had a feeling that, faced with this threat, he would be annihilated in an instant.

“What… what’s going on?” Mu Northson, who had just charged to the front of the sealing formation, was also filled with anxiety and terror. He, too, felt completely suppressed, unable to move even a single finger. Seeing the rubble frozen in midair only made his heart pound with even greater fear.

The Dragon Whale King was even more shocked.

He was a Primal great demon, a great demon born from a dragon-whale! How could his power be insignificant? With a single twist of his body, he could overturn heaven and earth! And yet now, his vast dragon-whale body hung in the air, unable to move a single inch.

“I’ve already broken through to the Primal stage! What kind of power can make me completely helpless? An Immortal shouldn’t be this strong. Could it be a Celestial Immortal? Or some ancient Loose Immortal who has lived for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years?” Countless thoughts flashed through the Dragon Whale King’s mind, all of them fearful and uneasy.

Although Ji Ning could not move, his eyes could still see.

“That is…”

Ji Ning suddenly stared in shock as the rolling lava in the distance began to part. The entire earth split open, and an enormous, fiery-red hand, still wreathed in magma, emerged from the ground.

This single hand, the mere sight of it, filled Ji Ning with a sense of utter despair.

This was the feeling one got when the gap in power reached an absolute extreme.

This hand, its palm alone a thousand zhang across, had clearly visible lines on it—ancient, mottled lines that seemed carved into stone. This fiery-red hand reached out from the lava-covered earth and grabbed the head of the Dragon Whale King, who was hanging in midair.

SQUELCH!

As easily as crushing an egg, the fiery-red hand gently crushed the Dragon Whale King’s head. Although the Dragon Whale King was a Fiendgod Body Refiner, at the moment of the crushing, even the Dragon Whale King’s soul and truesoul were ground into nothingness. He was utterly annihilated, his soul scattered, with no hope of reincarnation.

A Primal great demon had perished just like that!

“This…” Ji Ning was utterly shocked in his heart, but his facial expression was completely frozen, his facial muscles incapable of even the slightest change.

“RUMBLE!”

From the split-open, blazing lava, an even more enormous, fiery-red head emerged!

Yes, a head!

It had one eye, one nose, one mouth. Its head alone was over a thousand zhang in height. Its entire, massive body slowly emerged from deep within the earth, stopping only when it was halfway out. Its body seemed to be made of solidified lava and rock, radiating endless heat. It glanced at the corpse of the Dragon Whale King, now lying amidst the rubble, and a cold light flickered in its single, crimson vertical pupil.

“A tiny earthworm actually dared to destroy my cave and disturb my sleep. Deserving of death,” the giant rumbled.

Ji Ning’s face still showed no expression.

Internally, he was screaming, “A Fiendgod! It has to be a Fiendgod!”

At this moment, nothing else came to mind. Neither Immortals nor great demons fit this description. This ancient, terrifying being before him… whether by appearance, aura, or power, there was only one thing he could be: a Fiendgod! Fiendgods were born from heaven and earth, and most of them were incomparably massive in form.

They were incredibly powerful, and there was even an ancient era when they had ruled over this boundless land for endless ages—the Fiendgod Era!

“And two humans, along with a little snake.” This ancient Fiendgod, who had slept for who knows how long, swept his vertical pupil over Ji Ning, Mu Northson, and the Skygreen Serpent. He looked at them as if they were ants.