That was a barren mountain, there werenât any monsters that stayed there. The sky above was clear and bright, but not even the birds were willing to fly over that place, leaving only the scant patches of clouds hanging overhead.
Shi Buyi stood on the top of the mountain with his hands clasped behind his back as he completely blended in with the surrounding heaven and earth.
âMy good disciple, you really cultivated the True Spirit? Iâm so overjoyed when I heard that and couldnât refrain myself from seeing you. Thus, I rushed over to meet you here.â
Shi Buyi smiled gently, his eyes filled with enthusiasm as he said, âMy good disciple, quick, cast your True Spirit and let me a look.â
Long Yue glanced around, he didnât cast the True Spirit as he told, instead, he asked, âTeacher, why are you here?â
Shi Buyi was puzzled for a second, he then laughed and said, âWhy can I not be here?â
Long Yue answered placidly, âThis is a barren land, there arenât any monsters in over a thousand mile radius of hereâ¦â
Shi Buyi smiled, âWhat sort of thing are you alluding to?â
âThat you will harm me, teacher." Long Yue bowed with the Fang Blade on his back, he said, âI might be overthinking, but I just canât help it.â
Shi Buyi laughed loudly, he assured, âLong Yue, you are indeed thinking too much. You are already a magnate now, I only feel joy at my discipleâs success. How can I harm you?â
Long Yue nodded and said, âI might really be just overthinking. Teacher, if you want to look at my True Spirit, then please do.â
His body swayed and a six-eyed celestial being rose behind him. It was ten thousand feet tall with six eyes and three feet, six bright moons emerged behind him and looked as though they were moons that fell from the sky.
Shi Buyi stared closely, he was overjoyed and praised, âItâs really the True Spirit! Good disciple, now, cast yourãMonster God Ming King Artã!â
Long Yue followed, his mortal body turned into the body of the combination of moon spirit and the Monster God Ming King. He turned into a three-legged, six-eyed and eight-armed celestial being, bursting in immense power and aura.
Suddenly, the six eyes merged together and formed a divine eye. Then, another pair of eyes appeared beside it, with the divine eye in the center shining bright in godly rays.
âTeacher, are you satisfied?" Long Yue smiled and asked.
Bright smile radiated across Shi Buyiâs face, he clapped his hands and praised, âSatisfied, satisfied! You grown strong enough, and it is time for me to reap my fruits now!â
âTeacher, you want my divine eye?" Long Yue asked abruptly.
Shock flashed past Shi Buyiâs heart, a blurred expression climbed on his face and he asked, âYou knew that I wanted your eyes?â
Long Yue smiled, he strode onto the mountain and said casually, âFrom the day I acquired theãMonster God Ming King Artã, I knew the plans you for me already. TeacherâsãMonster God Ming King Artãis flawed and you are missing of the Ming King divine eyeâs totem patterns, the most crucial part in theãMonster God Ming King Artã. Without it, your cultivation base will still grow as you cultivate, but so will that flaw.â
Shi Buyi was surprised, he watched as Long Yue walked closer to him he asked, âSo you knew about it already, then why are you still here to see me?â
Long Yue stood in front of Shi Buyi on the mountain, he said, âTeacher, I bet you donât know, but the battle between you and Feng Shang, Iâm the one who told the old headmaster of your flaw. Iâm the one that made your prowess impaired.â
Shi Buyiâs pupils constricted to pinheads, he stared intently on Long Yue. Suddenly, faint figure of a nine-headed lion appeared behind him, all eighteen eyes were glaring at Long Yue.
âOnly with you being gravely injured, can I have the chance to rise." Long Yue said placidly still, âTeacher, you are still young, and the fires of your life are still burning strongly. Youâve only spent tens of years to become a magnate and climb to the pinnacle of the East Barren. But this divine eye matter has stalled you too much, if it werenât for the damage you suffered in the battle with the old headmaster, you would probably be halfway to deityhood by now.â
Shi Buyi exhaled deeply, as if he was breathing out the negative emotions from affecting his thoughts. Then, he said in a placid tone, âSo itâs you who told Feng Shang of my weakness, of theãMonster God Ming King Artãâs flaw. Who gave you such courage to do so?â
âI did." A voice interrupted the conversation, Zhong Yue casually strode out from Long Yueâs light wheels. He smiled warmly and greeted, âZhong Yue greets the Monster Overlord Shi.â
âZhong Yue!" Shi Buyiâs eyes turned as cold as ice, âLong Yue, youâve fraternized with the humans and betrayed your own race? You traitor, you dare call yourself a monster?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Zhong Yue still had the same smile on his face, he asked, âTeacher, why do you say that?â
âTeacher? Zhong Yue, you call me your teacher?" Shi Buyiâs face changed drastically. Suddenly, heads grew out from his neck and many pairs of eyes stared back and forth between Zhong Yue and Long Yue. The nine heads said in unison, âYou call me your teacher, could it beâ¦â
âLong Yue is me, but I am not Long Yue." Zhong Yue raised his head up and glanced around, he said smiling, âWhat a nice place, the four elders arenât with you, are they, teacher? You really chose a good place to die.â
Shi Buyi laughed out loud, his voice suddenly turned even colder as he said, âZhong Yue, do you think you can kill me alone? Do you have the strength of Feng Shang? Even Feng Shang couldnât kill me, let alone you!â
âWhich is why I came as well." Another voice echoed down from the sky. Shi Buyi looked up and saw a patch of clouds descending. A young cultivator walked out from the clouds and appeared in his vision.
âGu Hongzi!" Shi Buyiâs face changed, he suddenly laughed and said, âYou dare to show yourself again? Good, good, good!â
Gu Hongzi replied placidly, âShi Buyi, last time, I was defeated and made it out alive. But this time, I will kill you.â
Shi Buyi looked at Zhong Yue, Long Yue and Gu Hongzi, he suddenly laughed loudly and said, âYou juniors know no fear and terror, even if the two of you joined hands together, you canât defeat me either. Qingshan, come out!â
His voice was sonorous and powerful, echoes resounded across the mountains. But Qiu Qingshan did not appear, nor were there any replies.
âQingshan!" Shi Buyi shouted again, âQiu Qingshan!â
But Qiu Qingshan never came out. Cold sweat dripped down Shi Buyiâs forehead, he suddenly smirked and mumbled, âWhat a child, even you betrayed me? I thought you were the most loyal disciple I have, I was just planning on giving you my position after I ascended. Who knew you would be a traitor too!â
Zhong Yue glanced around and stared fixedly at Shi Buyi, he shook his head and said with pity, âTeacher, you never treated you disciples well, and yet you asked loyalty? Among your disciples, Lang Qingyun was a spy from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, under your teachings, he even betrayed us to the side of the insect race. Your two female disciples fought among themselves and died together. As for me, you planned and wanted my divine eye from the start. And why would Qiu Qingshan come? The sooner you are dead, the sooner he will become the next monster overlord.â
Gu Hongzi glared a pair of cold eyes, he said, âEven if he came, he would be on our side as well. Shi Buyi, you want to know why the monster race could never rise with you leading us? Itâs because you were always jealous of the monster raceâs young talents, you never allowed them to grow strong enough and killed them regardless of whether they even cared for your position. Now, you are facing the consequences of your myopic actions. In your rise to the top, youâve cast everyone aside. And now, you will die with nobody by your side. Do you regret?â
Shi Buyiâs face turned pallid, he smirked softly and the laughter gradually turned maniacal, eventually shuddering rocks and mountains.
âI am wrong? Bullsh*t!" All nine mouths shouted in anger, his voice trembled the sky, âI never did anything wrong! I am the rightful ruler of the monster race. If it werenât for theãMonster God Ming King Artãthat stalled me for so long, I would already be a monster god now! You two little children who donât even know the depth of my power, you think you can stop me with just words? You can you can talk me out of this? You are still too naive!â
Krongââ
Shi Buyi fully unleashed his aura and turned into a nine-headed lion-faced celestial being. In a single stomp, the mountain they stood on was crushed into pieces. He laughed loudly and spat, âYou two brats, you underestimate me!â
Nine divine eyes emerged in the middle of his nine foreheads, the energy of heaven and earth then swirled toward his divine eyes like a voracious vortex!
âãHeaven and Earth Eight Extremesã!â
The nine-headed lions roared loudly and raised his eight arms up into the sky. And when his arms slammed down again, the Eight Extreme Weapons appeared in his hands and formed into a slaughtering array as he struck at Zhong Yue, Long Yue and Gu Hongzi!
Krong!
Zhong Yue cast out the Golden Peng Sword and clashed head on with Shi Buyi. A loud boom crashed in their ears and Zhong Yue was pushed back continuously. Holes were created beneath his feet and his palm was ruptured in that strike!
What? How strong!
Zhong Yue was shocked, Shi Buyiâs arcane energy was really strong and abundant. Even the Kun Peng magnate and dragon magnate didnât have such immense arcane energy like Shi Buyi!
TheãMonster God Ming King Artãwas a cultivation technique strong in the arcane energy in the first place. Coupled with the fact that Shi Buyi was an abnormal talent to begin with, the situation certaintly did not look to be in their favor!
As soon as Zhong Yue struck back, Gu Hongzi was also pushed back by the impact force, whereas Long Yue spurted out a mouthful of blood and crashed to the ground. The three of them were struck hard by Shi Buyi in just one bout!
Among the three, Gu Hongziâs Yuan Shen fused with the monster godâs spirit. His arcane energy was the strongest of the three of them, but even he couldnât defeat Shi Buyi in terms of arcane energy.
âThe divine weapons!â Gu Hongzi shouted. He cast the serpent spear out and rained a barrage of attacks on Shi Buyi. Long Yue cast out the Fang Blade into the air and held the venomous fangs in his hands as he struck at Shi Buyi.
Zhong Yue inhaled a deep breath of air, light wheels revolved on his back and the Yuan Shen secret realms were fully opened. Immediately, the energy in the heaven and earth billowed into his mortal body and Yuan Shen at a crazy rate. Zhong Yue crouched down a little and in a burst of strength, he lunged over at Shi Buyi.
âNine Revolving Inner Core!â
The Tai Chi Force Field emerged and covered a land of thousand miles in distance, trapping Shi Buyi within and suppressed his cultivation base.
An altar appeared behind Zhong Yue and the figures of gods stood on top of it, they bowed down toward Shi Buyi!
Meanwhile, Gu Hongzi and Long Yue circled around the nine-headed celestial being. Blood soaked their clothes, some belonged to Shi Buyi and some belong to themselves. Even with the Tai Chi Force Field suppressing the nine-headed celestial being, they still couldnât fully hold down Shi Buyi!
TheãWorshipping of Godsãstruck over and Shi Buyi was nearly tossed off balance. He staggered for a split second and roared out loud immediately after. The Tai Chi Force Field was disrupted and heavily impaired to the brink of collapsing.
Zhong Yue shuddered violently and blood trickled out of his mouth, he shouted, âThe inner cores!â
Huââ
Gu Hongzi and Long Yue heaved a long breath together and cast out their Nine Revolving Inner Cores together. Three different inner core force fields slammed down and suppressed Shi Buyi!