Free Web NovelChapter 308: Chapter 307: The Terrifying Power of the Five Elements’ Flow
The great battle had barely begun when Red Flame Venerable fell, his body and soul annihilated.
This scene shocked not only the other Venerables, but even the Netherfire Sect Leader himself.
Although Red Flame Venerable had been timid and trembling before him, his power was actually immense. He was the undisputed second-in-command of the Nether Fire Sect, with over a thousand years of Dao Practice. Throughout all of Yongzhou, he was a famous and powerful figure.
And yet, such a great expert had been killed just like that, caught in the flow of the array before them?
Poison Flame Venerable, Yin Flame Venerable, Heart Flame Venerable, and Erosion Flame Venerable subconsciously cast their protective techniques. Facing this unknown and terrifying array, they no longer dared to attack recklessly.
But just because they halted their assault didn’t mean the Eight Trigrams Array would wait for them. The True Qi blanketing Black Rock Mountain began to circulate slowly, its aura growing more powerful by the second.
The first to act was Taoist Yan Song in the Xun Position. Hidden from sight within the array, he held the Taiyi Fan steady, poured his True Qi into it, and gave it a forceful wave. A torrent of Taiyi Divine Wind erupted, sweeping across the world.
As Taoist Yan Song moved, Taoist Ming Yu in the Zhen Position followed suit. He pointed his Dharma Sword to the sky, and the Five-Colored Thunderclouds rumbled. One after another, the Celestial Thunder Curse, Divine Thunder, Dragon Thunder, Water Thunder, and Community Order Thunder were unleashed, interspersed with the Five Yang Thunders, lighting up the sky.
Xun is wind, Zhen is thunder. Wind and thunder belong to the element of Wood, and Wood creates Fire.
Guarding the Li Position was Taoist Shen Hao. Empowered by the array, his Flowing Gold Fire Bell had transformed into a great sun. He shook the bell, and a DING-A-LING-LING resounded across the world. Nanming Li Fire erupted from the great sun, its might amplified by the raging wind and thunder.
"AHHH!"
With the Five Elements cycle having just activated Wood and Fire, some of the lesser minions on Black Rock Mountain could no longer endure it. Their Divine Souls wracked with agony, they collapsed to the ground, screaming.
The Netherfire Sect Leader, however, paid them no mind. He continued to draw upon Black Rock Mountain’s Mountain Guardian Evil Qi, pouring it into the sky to swirl around him as he searched for a weakness in the Eight Trigrams Array.
But at the same time, the transformations of the Eight Trigrams Array had not ceased.
Taoist Shen Hao’s Flowing Gold Fire Bell blazed with light. Fire creates Earth. In response, Taoist Jing Feng in the Kun Position and Taoist Yan Ling in the Gen Position struck in unison.
Mingling Prison, Fire Shadow Prison, and Copper Pillar Prison—three great Divine Prisons—materialized in the sky. A White Bone Lamp hung above Mingling Prison, casting a ghostly jade-green glow that made the prison seem more like Hell than Black Rock Mountain itself. In Fire Shadow Prison, lava raged and black flames filled the air. Copper Pillar Prison was dim, terrifying, and filled with a hidden, murderous intent.
Illuminated by the Flowing Gold Fire Bell, a Jade Ruyi flickered in and out of view at the edge of the sky. It emitted a seven-colored radiance corresponding to the Five Elements Five Qi and Yin Yang Qi. Anything belonging to the Five Elements and containing Yin and Yang would be affected by the Taiyi Divine Light shining upon it.
The Yin Qi emanating from the three Divine Prisons flooded the Seas of Consciousness of Poison Flame Venerable and his comrades. Poison Flame Venerable felt as though he had plunged into a boundless ice cavern, where an Emperor of the Underworld—more sinister and majestic than even the Netherfire Sect Leader—was looking down upon him.
Poison Flame Venerable roared, struggling to break free, but the ceaseless DING-A-LING-LING of the bell caused his Divine Soul to sink ever deeper into suppression.
At the same time, the seven-colored radiance shone upon him, simultaneously stirring his internal Yin Yang and Five Qi while rapidly eroding his protective poison fire from the outside.
In a mere moment, the combined techniques of Taoist Jing Feng, Taoist Shen Hao, and Taoist Yan Ling stripped Poison Flame Venerable of all his defenses. He was left completely exposed within the Eight Trigrams Array, as vulnerable as a newborn babe.
The next moment, a layer of Nanming Li Fire enveloped Poison Flame Venerable’s body. In an instant, he was incinerated into a wisp of ash. Even his Divine Soul was burned away completely, erased from existence.
The second Venerable had fallen!
Yin Flame Venerable, Heart Flame Venerable, and Erosion Flame Venerable were terrified out of their wits. They scrambled to flee to the Netherfire Sect Leader’s side.
But the array shifted once more. The Five-Colored Thunderclouds, the raging gales, and the searing Great Sun Fire Burn partitioned the very space around them. Even if these powers couldn’t deal with the Netherfire Sect Leader, were a few Venerables truly a problem?
Now, the Five Elements continued their cycle. Earth creates Metal.
The three Venerables were already exhausted just dealing with the previous attacks, but now Taoist Yi Hong, in the Dui Position, unleashed his power.
With a slash of his Yanyue Saber, he achieved Qi-Body Unity. A razor-sharp Saber Qi, powerful enough to sunder the heavens, flashed through the air as if crossing space itself, splitting Yin Flame Venerable in two from head to toe.
The Saber Qi swept over him, instantly shredding his body. A wisp of his Divine Soul tried to escape, but a clap of thunder echoed from above. A purple-gold Thunderbolt as thick as a bucket descended, enveloping the remnant of Yin Flame Venerable’s soul.
How could a mere remnant of a soul withstand the Five Directions Yang Thunder Spell cast by Taoist Ming Yu?
The instant the Thunderbolt struck, Yin Flame Venerable’s soul was reduced to nothingness, vanishing from the world.
The third Venerable had fallen!
Heart Flame Venerable and Erosion Flame Venerable were scared witless. They were old demons who had lived for centuries, worldly and experienced, but they had never witnessed such exquisite array transformations paired with such brutal magical attacks.
’To fuse the auras of eight people into one and empower it to such a terrifying degree... What kind of array is this? What Dharma Gate do they cultivate?’
Watching his subordinates fall one after another, the Netherfire Sect Leader finally lost all interest in probing the array for weaknesses.
The Jade Fire in the Netherfire Sect Leader’s eyes grew deeper, and the black qi surrounding his body grew denser. Even as the Eight Trigrams flowed and the Eight Gates shifted, the raging wind, the Thunderbolts, the great sun, the manifested Hells, the Divine Light, and the Saber Qi were gradually becoming unable to suppress him.
But just then, an even grander aura suddenly appeared in the sky, empowering the Eight Trigrams and Eight Gates.
Also of the Metal element, Taoist Yu Zhang, who guarded the Qian Position, raised his Celestial Pig Ruler. A faint, ancient, and boundless voice began to echo within the Eight Trigrams Array.
"Three Gods of Su Xiao, ride forth on Kui Dragons! O mighty-sworded Divine King, slay evil and erase its trace!"
Three Divine Statues appeared in the sky, and each one unleashed a world-sundering Sword Qi. They instantly shattered Heart Flame Venerable’s Ghost Body. Even the wisp of Heart Fire that housed his Divine Soul was crushed to dust by the boundless pressure.
The fourth Venerable had fallen!
The final link in the Five Elements cycle: Metal creates Water.
A Tai Chi Diagram suddenly appeared at Erosion Flame Venerable’s feet. His face drained of color. "Sect Leader, save me!"
But before the Netherfire Sect Leader could intervene, the sound of surging waves arose. A beast’s shadow, resembling a turtle yet not quite one, flickered in and out of sight within the Tai Chi Diagram.
In the next moment, the black and white Yin Yang Qi began to circulate. The aura converging at the center carried a complex essence of both life and death. No matter how frantically Erosion Flame Venerable tried to defend himself with the black flames from his Magical Treasure, they were effortlessly neutralized by the Yin Yang Qi.
CRACK! A porcelain bottle shattered, and Erosion Flame Venerable was instantly sucked into the Tai Chi Diagram. The Yin Yang Qi coiled and ground him down. Already weakened by the other Daoists, he was utterly unable to withstand a Cultivation Technique that channeled the Tai Chi Dao itself.
And with that, the Five Flames Venerables of the Nether Fire Sect, whose power had once terrorized all of Yongzhou, had been completely annihilated!
