bookbashuk Chapter 69 The Golden Crow
Chapter 69 The Golden Crow
Chapter 69 The Ten-Sun Golden Crow
The tiny crack in Tang Valley of the East Sea, secretly manipulated by the Sage Zhunti, ultimately became the gate to the destruction of all living beings in the primordial world.
"Big brother, look! The world outside is indeed vast!"
"Haha, that old Taoist priest wasn't lying to us; the spiritual energy here is much more vibrant than in Tang Valley!"
Ten young golden crows, like birds released from their cages, let out tender yet high-pitched cries. Their wings, formed from the blood of the three-legged golden crows, suddenly flapped and transformed into ten blazing suns, roaring as they rushed toward the vast and boundless primordial land.
Normally, a single golden crow patrolling the sky signifies the cycle of yin and yang. But now, ten suns appearing simultaneously signify destruction.
In an instant, the primordial sky was stained with a tragic crimson gold.
The originally gentle sunlight instantly transformed into the primordial Great Sun True Fire, powerful enough to burn mountains and boil seas.
"Sizzle sizzle—"
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The sea began to boil, and the dense water vapor, before it could even rise, was instantly evaporated into nothingness by the terrifying heat. The once lush and verdant fairy forest, stretching for billions of miles, turned into a sky full of ashes in just a few breaths. The earth cracked and ravines crisscrossed, like gaping, ferocious maws, lamenting its thirst to the heavens.
"My God! Is this the end of the world?"
"Why are there ten suns? Help!"
Countless primordial creatures wailed and fled. But faced with the omnipresent, sky-covering true fire, ordinary creatures had nowhere to hide except for those secluded dojos of powerful beings.
At this time, the human race, which had just been born and whose foundation was still shallow, was the first to bear the brunt.
At the foot of Shouyang Mountain, in the core tribe ruled by the three ancestors of the human race.
"Form the formation! Northern Dark Ice Formation, activate!"
With a roar, Suirenshi slammed his staff of firewood to the ground. Tens of thousands of human warriors behind him roared to the sky in unison, their bodies erupting with dense Northern Darkness cold energy.
These humans practiced the Northern Darkness Body Refining Technique passed down by Kunpeng. Having consumed the flesh and blood of demonic beasts year-round and tempered their bodies with the laws of the Northern Darkness, their physical strength was already comparable to that of ordinary demon kings. Even under the scorching sun for ten days, though their skin was flushed and they were drenched in sweat, they could still rely on their resilient blood energy to fiercely protect the core of their tribe.
In particular, the defensive array was a contingency plan bestowed by Kunpeng in his early years. It drew upon a trace of the origin of the Northern Ocean and managed to preserve a cool and refreshing area in this barren environment.
However, not all humans are so fortunate.
In those tribes that distanced themselves from the Three Ancestors' tribes and instead practiced the "Golden Elixir Way" passed down by Laozi of Taiqing, the scene was extremely tragic.
The Golden Core Path primarily cultivates the primordial spirit and comprehends the principles of heaven. At this time, humans are just beginning their studies, with most possessing weak magical power and extremely frail physical bodies.
When the Great Sun True Fire, powerful enough to burn one's primordial spirit, fell, these cultivators didn't even have time to cast spells before their blood was instantly drained. Before they could even refine their golden cores, they were reduced to withered skeletons.
"No—Holy Mother, save me—Sage Taiqing, save me—"
The wailing echoed through the heavens, yet it could not summon back the sage who sat high in the chaos.
Just as humanity was suffering and all life was fading away, a towering figure suddenly stood up in a witch tribe at the foot of Mount Buzhou.
This man was as tall as a mountain, holding a peach wood staff made entirely of innate lightning-struck wood. His eyes were wide open, spitting out fury that could be materialized.
Great Shaman, Kuafu!
Looking at the scorched earth beneath his feet, and at the grotesque, sunburnt skin and the witch children, his rage instantly overwhelmed his reason.
"You feathered beasts! Who gave you the audacity to set fire to my witch clan's territory?!"
Kuafu let out a deafening roar, his body expanding once more to become a gigantic 100,000 zhang tall. He stomped his foot, causing the earth to tremble, and his entire being shot into the sky like a meteorite, charging towards the ten little golden crows who were having a great time.
"Hmph, it's those stinking barbarians again!"
The Great Golden Crow glanced disdainfully down below, its eyes filled with the arrogance unique to the Golden Crow clan: "Brothers, Father said the Witch Clan was powerful, but I see they're nothing special. He's so slow, let's tease him!"
"Alright! Set him on fire and burn him to death!"
The little golden crows laughed and joked, completely unaware of the impending disaster.
Whenever Kuafu's giant hand, powerful enough to shatter stars, was about to strike, these golden crows would use their rainbow transformation technique, turning into a streak of light and instantly disappearing into the distance.
Then, they all turned around in the distance, opened their beaks, and spewed out a deluge of solar fire, engulfing Kuafu.
"mean!"
Kuafu roared repeatedly. Although his physical body was strong and he was not afraid of ordinary flames, it was the combined attack of ten golden crows.
He charged left and right through the sea of fire, brave and fierce, yet he couldn't touch these incredibly fast creatures at all. This is what Kunpeng often said: if you can't master extreme speed, no matter how strong you are, you're just a sitting duck.
What's even stranger is that, given Kuafu's level of skill, he should have realized after a short chase that the other party was expending his energy.
But at this moment, in the void where no one could see, a faint ray of light silently invaded Kuafu's spiritual platform.
The causal laws of the sage Zhunti Daoist came into play at this moment.
In Kuafu's mind, the last trace of reason was completely obscured, replaced by endless obsession and a madness to fight to the death.
"Chase them! I'll kill you all! Kill you all!!!"
Kuafu's eyes turned red, and he ran wildly across the land.
This pursuit took them from the shores of the East China Sea all the way to the depths of the Great Wilderness.
Kuafu's sweat turned into rivers, and his breath into raging winds. Extreme thirst almost made him lose consciousness. When he reached the Yellow River, he lay down and drank the vast Yellow River water clean in a few gulps.
Immediately afterwards, he went to the Wei River and drank it all in one gulp.
However, the waters of the two great rivers still could not suppress the true fire burning within him day and night, which was being scorched by the ten golden crows.
"Die, you big dummy!"
The smallest of the ten golden crows seized the opportunity and swooped down, spitting a mouthful of pure solar primordial fire onto Kuafu's back.
"Plop!"
Finally, his last breath was exhausted.
This towering shaman, Kuafu, who once fought alongside Emperor Jiang in all directions, ultimately collapsed on the desolate land.
On his deathbed, he looked at the ten still mocking, laughing red suns in the sky, his eyes filled with resentment. With his last strength, he threw the peach wood staff in his hand.
"boom!"
The wooden staff landed on the parched earth and instantly transformed into a dense peach forest stretching for tens of thousands of miles.
Lush and verdant, providing shade and shelter from the sun, it became the only patch of green on this desolate land, and also the "Peach Blossom Spring" in later legends.
Kuafu has fallen.
The ten little golden crows, upon seeing that they had killed the great witch of the witch clan, were not afraid at all; instead, they felt that they had accomplished a peerless feat.
"Haha, the great shaman is nothing special! Let's go to Buzhou Mountain and see what that so-called Pangu Palace really looks like!"
The golden crows screeched and continued their westward rampage.
Little did they know that at the very moment Kuafu fell, several terrifying malevolent energies, enough to destroy the heavens, had been fully awakened beneath Mount Buzhou.
Meanwhile, in the Thirty-Three Heavens, at the Lingxiao Palace.
Di Jun and Tai Yi sat facing each other, their eyes closed as they pondered the final variable of the Zhou Tian Star Array.
"Second brother, why do I feel so uneasy today, as if some close relative has suffered a calamity?" Emperor Jun frowned, this feeling of unease had lasted for several days.
Taiyi also looked suspicious: "Brother, I feel the same way. Could it be that the Witch Clan is still plotting something underhanded?"
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Di Jun hurriedly summoned the Hetu Luoshu, his fingertips swirling with magical power as he attempted to deduce the secrets of heaven.
However, the star trails that were originally clearly visible on the Hetu Luoshu were now obscured by a hazy illusion.
Not only did Zhunti intervene to conceal the secrets of heaven, but even Hongjun, who had just attained enlightenment, seemed to tacitly approve of the unfolding of this calamity.
Heaven is merciless; the fate of the Witch and Demon races has run its course, and this is the fuse that ignites the Great Calamity.
"Strange, the heavenly secrets are all in chaos, I can't see clearly." Di Jun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, suppressing the unease in his heart. "Perhaps it's because a great battle is about to begin, and the calamity energy is interfering with my spiritual senses."
He could never have imagined that his ten proud sons were now digging the final graves for his heavenly court on this desolate land.
All of this was observed by the Daoist Zhunti, who was hidden in the void.
"The cause and effect are set; a calamity is about to begin."
Zhunti chuckled and his figure gradually faded away. "Kunpeng, Kunpeng, although you protected those humans, can you still stop the momentum of this war between the Lich King and the Demon King?"
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