It was as if a single drop of water had carelessly fallen into a cauldron of fiercely boiling oil. The deathly creatures above suddenly became frenzied. Countless monsters of every hue surged downwards; among them were not only the lowest-grade fiends that could only scuttle on or under the ground, but also winged monsters capable of flight, which dove downward with terrifying speed.
They advanced with menacing momentum and colossal arrogance, as if whatever lay beneath was destined to be utterly wiped out. The massive, grinding sound of drilling echoed through the earth.
Yet, He Yiming paid them no mind. Around him, the power of Heaven and Earth began to surge at an even more frantic pace. Rings of power, visible as rippling air currents, streamed incessantly into the Five Elements Ring, being drawn into the Nine Dragon Furnace within.
Inside the furnace's domain, the nine great fire dragons churned their massive forms in a sea of flame. A powerful intention, tinged with a hint of savagery, transmitted itself into He Yiming's consciousness. This informed him that the principal souls of these divine artifacts indeed possessed a fierce side, and were certainly not just meek sheep awaiting orders.
In mere moments, the temperature around He Yiming reached an extreme height. Faint, reddish glows began to leak out from the Five Elements Ring, forming a distinctive protective aura.
If He Yiming had already reached the Pseudo-God Realm, he might have been able to combine and unleash the might of the two divine artifacts in a very short time. But alas, at present, he possessed only the Void God Realm cultivation. Though the Chaos Dantian protected him, fully driving the miraculous techniques recorded in the Book of the Heart still required a period of preparation.
Fortunately, his target was the stationary monster nest. In a one-on-one confrontation, this method would undoubtedly be a massive liability.
The scraping sound descended from above, nearly reaching them. The Divine Dragon slowly lifted its head, opened its not-too-large mouth, and then unleashed a torrent of potent aura.
It was a heavy, concentrated presence, and its eruption immediately caused a drastic transformation.
Within a hundred zhang above them, all the sand and earth abruptly solidified. The loose grains of sand, in that moment, became as rigid and unbreakable as diamonds.
Over several hundred monsters were brutally trapped within the earth, shaking their bodies desperately, trying to tear themselves free. But they immediately realized the surroundings were no longer ordinary sand, but steel harder than their own mouthparts.
In the blink of an eye, several hundred monsters were permanently immobilized in this manner. Although more monsters continued to press down from behind, extending their hard mandibles to bite away at the impossibly hard ground bit by bit, their path was clearly and firmly blocked.
However, the scraping sounds traveled from farther away, as more monsters bypassed this barrier and circled around.
The Divine Dragon's gaze turned icy cold. Around its body, a profoundly strange change manifested, and its own form seemed to be slowly increasing in size.
Yet, the Heaven and Earth power emanating from He Yiming suddenly turned incredibly violent. The Divine Dragon's movements immediately paused, and it turned to look...
He Yiming channeled a colossal amount of Heaven and Earth power into the Nine Dragon Furnace. After being restrained for so long, this foremost fire-attribute divine artifact finally erupted, unleashing an immense, ceaseless torrent of fire power from within.
However, under He Yiming's direction, this power did not rush directly out of the Five Elements Ring. Instead, it followed the path of mutual generation among the Five Elements, being converted by the equally potent Five Elements Ring into Earth power, then Metal power, Water power, Wood power, and finally converting back into Fire power.
The crucial difference between this technique and the Thirty-Six Styles of Mountain Splitting was this final layer of conversion. Regardless of the initial power source, the final output remained the same. But after passing through the mutual generation of the Five Elements Ring, this power would instantly draw in an unbelievable amount of Heaven and Earth power, multiplying the overall might by more than fivefold.
Just like now, as an even more unimaginable fire power entered the Nine Dragon Furnace, the furnace mouth automatically spun open, and the nine fire dragons erupted almost simultaneously.
In the past, within the Divine Tree Valley of the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, the scarcity of external Heaven and Earth power meant they could not even summon a single one. But now, surging Heaven and Earth power saturated every inch of space—a concentration achieved by the simultaneous exertion of both divine artifacts.
The nine great fire dragons immediately left the Nine Dragon Furnace, carrying the Fire of the Five Elements Reincarnation, and rushed out of the Five Elements Ring, soaring upward.
Instantly, the hardened earth that even the monsters struggled to gnaw vanished. In the dance of the nine fire dragons, it was instantaneously vaporized, along with the monsters contained within, and the endless, surging horde of creatures above them.
Nothing could halt the nine fire dragons at this moment; this was the result of both artifacts unleashing their full potential, displaying an absolutely overwhelming force.
Everything they touched was vaporized by this incredible heat, turning into mere gas in an instant.
A crimson expanse spread upward at an unbelievable speed, annihilating everything in its path until it pierced through layers of earth and finally reached the boundary-less monster lair situated atop the sands.
The nine churning fire dragons paused. They seemed to have encountered resistance—an obstacle clearly capable of withstanding the incredible heat they radiated.
He Yiming’s expression shifted slightly; he clearly sensed the information transmitted by the nine fire dragons.
There was a peculiar power dwelling within this massive lair, and it was this power that prevented them from igniting the structure quickly.
"Hold fast! With the might of the Nine Dragon Furnace and the Five Elements Ring, we can refine it!" the Divine Dragon suddenly roared.
He Yiming's heart jolted; he actually detected a trace of avarice in the Divine Dragon's voice.
Indeed, the Divine Dragon, usually steady as a mountain, now revealed its true intentions without concealment. It was an aura of absolute determination; He Yiming was certain that the Divine Dragon would stop at nothing to achieve this goal.
Nodding slightly, He Yiming greedily drew in the Heaven and Earth power. In the distance, rolling bolts of lightning streaked across the sky—the manifestation of the Heaven and Earth power reaching its zenith, inducing cosmic shifts.
At this moment, as the two super divine artifacts displayed their power to the absolute extreme through this unique method, their combined force with He Yiming accelerated the intake of Heaven and Earth power to a rate almost comparable to when the Divine Dragon forged divine artifacts.
Of course, this parity was only in the speed of drawing in the power; in terms of overall strength, the gap remained vast.
After all, He Yiming held two divine artifacts and required a prolonged operation of a special technique to reach this point, falling far short of the Divine Dragon's unfathomable might.
Even so, the gaze the Divine Dragon fixed upon He Yiming was now tinged with something strange—a mixture of admiration, expectation, and jealousy.
He Yiming’s performance in this moment stunned even the Divine Dragon.
The nine rampaging fire dragons finally roared together with intense fury. Following this roar, the hardened monster nest finally ignited. Its surface began to melt like dripping pine resin, falling drop by drop into the sea of fire. Once immersed, these drops acted as fuel, causing the divine power displayed by the Nine Dragon Furnace to become even fiercer and uncontrollable.
Furthermore, once it started burning, the spread of the flames accelerated rapidly, like a prairie fire, sweeping outward at incredible speed to engulf the entire vast, boundless nest.
Just as He Yiming secretly let out a sigh of relief, he heard a thunderous roar echoing from the heavens.
Startled, he sensed the massive lair beginning to shake slowly, the oscillations growing larger and the structure showing a tendency to ascend.
His consciousness shot upward, and he immediately saw that the colossal floating object in the sky, no less immense than the lair itself, was shooting down countless beams of light. These beams connected to the underground lair like powerful glue, fastening it firmly.
Simultaneously, the massive structure began to rise toward the sky, dragging the entire nest away from the ground.
He Yiming stared, dumbfounded. He had absolutely no means of stopping it. Facing something so vast and incredible, he possessed no power capable of destroying it.
At this moment, he had only one thought: how on earth had the Divine Path experts of yesteryear managed to utterly destroy this thing?
Suddenly, a surge of nearly berserk power fluctuated beside him. Endless streams of Heaven and Earth power instantly diverted, causing even the great fire to dim momentarily.
He Yiming looked over in alarm. The Divine Dragon had vanished from his sight without warning and reappeared between the two colossal objects hovering above him.
A dragon roar that shook the heavens erupted. The Divine Dragon’s body began to expand limitlessly; in mere moments, it transformed into an unparalleled behemoth, matching the magnitude of the floating structure above and the monster lair below.
He Yiming drew a deep breath. He finally understood: this Divine Dragon, like himself, was certainly a mutated Divine Path expert whose true strength could not be measured by his current realm.
A massive mist materialized out of thin air, and within this dense fog, the formidable visage of an unprecedented Divine Dragon was revealed, its terrifying body thrashing...
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