Witch Wind

Chapter 387 Feathers Fall Like Rain (Part 2)

The east gate of Sanhu County was kicked down by the four-armed demon ape.

Xing Tianli, Sima Guang, and the others stood in a line on the city wall, gazing at the distant Mogan Mountain.

Sima Huo felt a little sorry that such a beautiful scene was ruined in an instant.

Xing Tianli shared the same view as Sima Guang—such a beautiful place was being used as a burial ground for these hairy beasts; it was too good for them.

"This is the essence of compassion in Buddhism," Sima Guang exclaimed. "Even if they are evil spirits or heretics, providing them with a fine burial site for their funeral is true compassion."

A loud 'bang'.

Above Mogan Mountain, a massive explosion occurred, causing two winged beings, Da Luo, to cough up blood and be thrown thousands of miles into the air, their feathers scattered and spraying out in a flurry of magnificent silver and gold feathers.

The two sides have already clashed.

Upon engaging in combat, those two self-important winged demons, who considered themselves exceptionally brave and powerful, actually clashed head-on with the four-armed demon ape!

So they were severely taught a lesson about human nature by the four-armed demon ape's giant axe—their cultivation level was higher than these four-armed demon apes, but their physical strength was less than one-tenth of these four-armed demon apes!

With two loud clangs, the weapons in the hands of the two winged warriors fell crookedly from the sky, piercing through several unlucky winged soldiers who couldn't dodge in time, and then shattered the two small hills.

A loud roar was heard, and from the two collapsed hills, more than a dozen four-armed demonic apes covered in dust and dirt leaped out—they had previously used the earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape into the ground) technique and were snoring in the hilltop.

Before the winged generals in the air could react, one after another, small hills no more than 150 feet high exploded in the Mogan Mountains, which stretched for thousands of miles beneath their feet. With a deafening roar, nearly 10,000 four-armed demonic apes roared and released a terrifying aura as they took off from the hills, carrying longbows.

The longbow was drawn, and arrows flew wildly.

In the air, the winged army, resembling nine skulls, immediately activated. The eerie demonic light transformed into countless shadowy skulls the size of water vats, which frantically rained down upon the arrows.

Dense golden lightning surged on the arrowheads, accompanied by deafening thunderous roars, shattering countless skulls into pieces. Even so, the arrows failed to reach the arrayed cultivators within the winged army; all the arrows were quickly refined within the demonic array.

Xing Tianli spread his hands and shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, we simply don't have enough wealth to provide these monkeys with good enough weapons. Hmm, perhaps in the future?"

Sima Guang and his relatives and children stared blankly at Xing Tianli.

Xing Tianli and these four-armed demonic apes appeared at the same time. They all roughly guessed that these four-armed demonic apes were related to him—but when they saw that tens of thousands of four-armed demonic apes had suddenly appeared here, and that they were actually caused by Xing Tianli!

The shock they felt goes without saying.

The sixteen Great Luo Demon Apes roared in unison, their bodies surging with blood energy and their blood-red light soaring into the sky. As soon as they opened their mouths, they spewed out balls of essence blood, each a hundred feet in size, which flew toward the demon apes that had run out of arrows.

Nearly a thousand four-armed demonic apes roared in unison, opened their mouths, and each swallowed a drop of essence blood.

These essence orbs came from the winged people in the territory of the Liuguang Royal Palace.

More than a billion winged people extracted less than a thousand essence blood spheres, but the vast blood energy and divine soul contained within them instantly broke through the strength bottleneck of these giants who were essentially 'Dragon-Devouring Demon Apes'.

A series of loud roars rose into the sky, and nearly a thousand Great Luo Demon Apes were freshly produced.

In the air, the winged general commanding the army turned deathly pale. He roared hoarsely, "Eighth Prince, retreat! These guys..."

A dozen or so Great Luo Demon Apes broke through the air, discarding their cumbersome large axes and swinging their fists, unleashing a barrage of blows on the Great Luo Peak winged general.

These demonic apes formed the simplest witch clan battle formation, the 'Five Elements Blood Wheel Formation'. They were grouped in pairs, their power flowing through each other, naturally drawing upon the power of the five elements of heaven and earth to empower themselves. Each individual within the formation could receive a twenty-five-fold increase in their own strength; and when the combined power of the five people was unleashed, the strongest combat power that erupted was an additional twenty-five-fold increase on top of the twenty-five-fold superposition!
The combined demonic apes, with a single, casual strike, deliver a force 625 times greater than normal!

This winged general was at the peak of the Great Luo realm, but what was rare was that his physical strength did not possess the 100 million luminaries that a proper Great Luo realm cultivator should have.

His power, whether physical or magical, was very weak.

Then they saw this fellow bravely stand in front of the Eighth Prince. He wielded his golden spear and exchanged tens of thousands of blows with the battle formation composed of three groups of fifteen Great Luo Demon Apes in the blink of an eye. Loud noises rang out and golden light flashed everywhere.

Each of the fifteen Great Luo Demon Apes was struck by over a thousand spears, each one piercing their flesh and drawing large amounts of blood. However, the Great Luo Demon Apes possessed incredibly resilient bodies; the spears pierced their flesh without them uttering a sound, and their bloody wounds healed in the blink of an eye.

The winged general was relentlessly attacked by the group of Great Luo Demon Apes. His protective demonic light was quickly shattered, his face was battered and bruised, he coughed up mouthfuls of blood, his armor was cracked, and his bones and tendons were broken all over his body.

Xing Tianli frowned.

Previously, when I saw these winged beings fighting in outer space, I felt something was strange. These guys had great magical power and cultivation, but their mastery of supernatural abilities and spells was a complete mess.

Now, seeing the performance of this winged general at the pinnacle of the Great Luo realm in battle, Xing Tianli simply didn't know how to describe it.

The general feeling is that in the hometown of Xing Tianli in his previous life, there was a group of creatures called the Third Brother. They considered themselves noble and powerful. They carried the most advanced weapons in the world and would provoke and set fire to the door of another weak neighbor every time, but they were always beaten bloody!
These winged people, in this world, are probably ranked third, aren't they?
"Weak!" Xing Tianli frowned. "Tsk, what's going on?"

Sima Guang said softly, "Fellow Daoist, in recent years, when we were bored, we have also tried to divine the secrets of heaven. Hmm, the protagonist favored by this world is probably not these hairy beasts."

After clearing his throat, Sima Guang said softly, "The ones who truly intended to create and fulfill this world were the innate spirit apes that were destroyed by the Ten Thousand Buddha Thunder Sound Temple. They are the true protagonists of this world."

"Perhaps it was because Wanfo Leiyin Temple destroyed those innate spirit apes that it suffered a backlash from this world, and in the end, it was ambushed by these hairy beasts, and the entire sect suffered a catastrophic disaster."

Xing Tianli stared at Sima Guang in astonishment.

Sima Guang nodded slowly: "According to the proper workings of this world, those innate spirit apes are the masters; these hairy beasts are slaves, food, and tools for reproduction..."

"Therefore, these hairy beasts are suppressed by heaven and earth, unable to cultivate the orthodox methods, and can only cultivate unorthodox techniques. And even if they cultivate unorthodox techniques, no matter how fast their magical power and cultivation progress, look at their supernatural powers and spells, look at their fighting skills, look at the strength they show on the battlefield."

Sima Guang curled his lip and said disdainfully, "Truly despicable, not worth mentioning."

Xing Tianli nodded thoughtfully: "So, this world is actually still raising them like pigs—they eat a lot and grow fast, but their combat power is weak... In the hearts of the world, they are still livestock, food, slaves, and tools for reproduction?"

Sima Guang nodded slowly, put his hands together, and said softly, "May Buddha have mercy, Heaven and Earth have set the tone, these hairy beasts, hehe."

The fifteen Great Luo Demon Apes grew increasingly excited as they fought. The essence blood orbs they had swallowed were still being digested and absorbed within their bodies, making them stronger, faster, and more powerful.

The winged general, at the pinnacle of the Great Luo realm, initially launched attacks, his spear strikes leaving the demonic apes battered and bruised. However, his strength quickly waned. Gasping for breath, he roared at the top of his lungs, with an air of unwavering loyalty, "Eighth Prince, run! Your humble servant..."

Suddenly, the fifteen demonic apes opened their mouths and spewed out a terrifying crimson lightning bolt.

This is a divine innate ability inherited from the bloodline of the 'Dragon-Devouring Demon Ape', called 'Dragon-Devouring Roar'. In reality, it is an extremely domineering and fierce thunder technique that excels at using violence to control violence.

Its profound thunder magic originates from the raging innate pure yang bloodline, stirring up a wisp of extremely yang fire, mixing it with a wisp of extremely yin demonic energy cultivated by the Dragon Devouring Demon Ape, and the collision of the two produces extremely pure and fierce thunder power!

The winged people cultivate only evil and heretical arts, which are weak and superficial. What they fear most is this kind of supernatural power with extreme attributes and fierce and concentrated power!
The winged general at the pinnacle of the Great Luo realm had his armor shattered, and the protective dark light around him crumbled inch by inch. He let out a roar, and fifteen Dragon Devouring Roars simultaneously struck him, tearing his flesh and blood apart and nearly pulverizing him completely.

His magical power was shattered, and even his immortal soul was scattered, causing him to completely faint.

One of the Great Luo Demon Apes was the fastest, snatching the unconscious winged general and swallowing him whole. The other fourteen Great Luo Demon Apes roared in fury and charged fiercely at the nearby winged generals, whose faces were pale with fear.

More than a thousand Great Luo Demon Apes charged into the Winged Human army formation.

In terms of sheer numbers alone, they have far surpassed these winged people.

Not to mention, their military formations and even their very foundations were far superior to those of the winged people who used demonic and heretical arts. A complete sweep, utterly a sweep.

The eighth prince of the winged people originally planned to blend into the army, gain some prestige, and make some contributions so that he could outshine his brothers who were usually at odds with him in front of his own father.

He never expected that these four-armed demonic apes would be so numerous and so ferocious and terrifying.

When the fifteen Great Luo Demon Apes charged forward, this fellow had already dropped his weapon, removed his armor, and taken out a golden feather. He lit it, and it transformed into a ray of golden light that shot into the sky, heading straight for the capital star of the Nightmare Cloud Dynasty in the outer heavens as he fled for his life.

Unfortunately, he was a little too slow.

It is true that the general at the peak of the Great Luo realm exchanged tens of thousands of blows with the fifteen Great Luo Demon Apes, but a battle at the Great Luo realm, which takes millions of blows, is less than the time it takes to snap one's fingers—and in less than the time it takes to snap one's fingers, this Eighth Prince has just escaped less than three hundred miles.

Xing Tianli took out the Tongtian Yuling Banner, and with a gentle shake, the small banner transformed into a skeleton.

Starlight flickered on the 'Zhou Tian White Bone Banner'. Xing Tianli gripped the small banner tightly and gave it a gentle shake to the fleeing Eighth Prince. An invisible evil force surged out, causing not only the Eighth Prince but also the more than ten million winged people who were forming an army and fighting against thousands of Great Luo Demon Apes and nearly ten thousand Taiyi Demon Apes. They all felt dizzy.

'Splashing'.

The sky was filled with winged people falling from the sky, dazed and confused.

The four-armed demonic apes flashed rapidly through the air, leaving countless afterimages. They chuckled sinisterly, swinging their massive bull-horned axes, hacking fiercely at the unconscious, falling winged people.

Tens of millions of winged people were split in two almost simultaneously.

Their severed limbs shot through the air, and the wings on their backs were struck by tremendous force, causing messy feathers to fall from their large wings.

Gold, silver, emerald, and pale green feathers of all colors fell from the sky like a torrential rain.

Just then, a long wind swept across the area near Moganshan.

Countless plum blossom petals fluttered and soared into the air, their red and white hues mingling with the shimmering, iridescent feathers. The wind swept up the petals and feathers, scattering them far into the distance.

What a magnificent and colorful river flowing through the air! The scene was absolutely stunning, so beautiful that Liu Jing, Liu Xing, Liu Luan, and even the young lady Sima Huo all exclaimed in surprise, their eyes almost turning pink.

Even the Bell Girl couldn't help but nod repeatedly, and the bell kept ringing.

Although his head is somewhat oddly shaped.

But Zhong was, after all, a young woman, and she was genuinely delighted by this magnificent sight!

After a long, long time, the feathers in the air fell to the ground. On the ground, countless children of Kyushu's descendants ran around chasing each other, trying to pick up the gorgeous feathers to make feather fans, shuttlecocks, or feather dusters.

The adult citizens of Kyushu were terrified, crying out their children's names and frantically searching for them, driving them back home with a mix of beatings and scolding.

Above Mogan Mountain, over ten thousand four-armed demonic apes roared in unison, each raising a thick middle finger towards the high heavens.

Uh, those winged people probably wouldn't understand that gesture.

However, Xing Tianli still allowed these four-armed demonic apes to do so. They even roused their magic power and cursed loudly towards the sky, their curses aimed directly at the so-called emperors of the three great dynasties, cursing their ancestors for eighteen generations and their descendants for eighteen generations.

After cursing for a quarter of an hour, these four-armed demonic apes took a deep breath, and over ten million winged cultivators flew into their mouths. As a result, hundreds more four-armed demonic apes received enough essence, blood, and soul power to directly break through to the Great Luo Realm.

Afterwards, they left Moganshan with their heads held high and strode towards Liuhuashan, thousands of miles away.

These four-armed demonic apes on Liuhua Mountain transformed their bodies into towering peaks, breaking off mountain peaks one after another. They spewed flames, turning them into pure magma. Around the main peak of Liuhua Mountain, they dug foundations, poured magma, and quickly built a great city that was thousands of miles long and wide, with walls thousands of feet high.

Streaks of magical light surged inside and outside the city. These four-armed demonic apes forcibly extracted metal veins from the ground, refining countless pure metals, which were then smelted into strange alloys according to the principle of ruler and minister assisting each other.

Inside and outside the square city, molten alloy was rapidly poured into deep array patterns, outlining an intricate array resembling flowers on the earth—this was the gravity-distorting array that Xing Tianli had used on Yaksha Star.

Back on Yaksha Star, Xing Tianli was merely a Taiyi cultivator, and his understanding of the Great Dao was only a few hundred.

Now, Xing Tianli's cultivation has far surpassed the normal level of a peak Great Luo Immortal. Not only has it borne Dao Fruit, but eight thousand one hundred Great Dao Lotuses have also bloomed.

His mastery and application of the laws of heaven and earth have far surpassed the Great Luo realm.

Furthermore, under his secret supervision, the gravity distortion array constructed by these four-armed demonic apes could sense the 'bloodline aura' and only affect those winged people!
Even a small sparrow can easily fly over the city.

Even a tiny mayfly can freely hover and twirl above this city.

Only the winged people.

Even a winged human at the Great Luo Realm could have their wings broken off in the sky above this city if they weren't careful, becoming a great elixir for the four-armed demonic ape below!

Tens of thousands of four-armed demonic apes stood tall and proud within the city, waiting quietly.

And so they waited for a full seven days and seven nights.

Finally, on this day, just as dawn broke, the resounding sound of war drums rang out from all directions—east, west, south, and north.

Countless winged people.

It was truly countless winged people, swarming in from all directions.

Huge banners fluttered in the sky. The three great dynasties of Jiyun, Anyun, and Yanyun were all mobilized. Countless winged people formed dense military formations in the air. The density of their formations was extremely high. Their wings were connected and covered the sky. Wherever they passed, not a ray of sunlight could penetrate the ground within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.

For tens of thousands of miles around, the sun and moon were obscured, and only the eerie light emanating from the wings on the backs and the armor on the bodies of these winged people flickered. Countless eerie lights overlapped one another, even brighter than the light emitted by the rising sun in the sky.

Amidst the vast army of winged people, three golden dragon boats, each only a few dozen miles long, slowly sailed forward.

From a distance, Xing Tianli's lips twitched as he watched.

Are you kidding me?
Don't you winged people have your own folk culture? Your three great emperors travel in dragon boats? You can't possibly still call yourselves 'descendants of the dragon', can you?

Nonsence!

You think you're worthy?

As countless winged people surrounded the city from all directions, especially above the city, countless winged people formed a dense array of military formations, which stretched from a height of a hundred miles above the ground to a height of ten thousand miles in the sky!
At least hundreds of billions of winged people have come to Liuhua Mountain.

It is evident how much the three great dynasties valued the appearance of these four-armed demonic apes. After losing one of their eighth princes, the three emperors gathered a large number of elite troops and made their appearance together.

Xing Tianli exclaimed in admiration, "What exactly are you doing maintaining such a massive army? Could it be that you've been afraid of retaliation from the cultivators of the Nine Provinces? So you're frantically stacking armor, waiting to get beaten up? Interesting, very interesting!"

With a wave of his hand, the gravity distortion array inside and outside the city was activated.

A muffled 'hum' sound!
Gravity, a hundred million times stronger!
It was dazzling; feathers were falling from the sky like the heavens were collapsing. Countless feathers, accompanied by piercing shrieks, cascaded wildly down to the ground.

More than 90% of the winged people were reduced to dust the moment the 100 million times gravity array was activated, their bodies collapsing instantly.

(End of this chapter)