Chapter 623

Chapter 623: Prince Moang

The golden crab general army radiated an imposing aura. They were not ordinary crab generals; even the Hongfa cultivators were no match for them. Unfortunately for them, today they encountered Li Hui.

Nearly three hundred practitioners aimed their spells at Li Hui’s brawn, and countless talismans flashed across his towering, six-zhang tall body. The combined Dao techniques of the three hundred practitioners struck him hard.

“Roar…” A black light pillar crashed into the golden crab general army. Li Hui’s brawn could fuse the power of nearly a thousand Myriad Forms cultivators and continually stack strength through the talismans. This assassination weapon allowed him to survive countless dangers over the past three months without anyone perishing.

“Boom! Boom! Boom…” The golden crab general tumbled back hundreds of zhang, half of its body dissolving. They even saw an old nine-pronged steel fork through the severed edge, but in the blink of an eye, golden light enveloped it, and its shell and flesh rapidly began to recover.

Li Hui knew it wouldn’t be easy to deal with this golden crab. He shouted, “Again!”

His followers aligned their fingers and whispered as numerous symbols lit up his brawn, and an elaborate piece of writing composed entirely of runes appeared on his forehead.

“Roar, roar, roar!”

After three consecutive attacks, the golden crab general army finally couldn’t bear it any longer. Its body shattered apart, seeming unwilling to be defeated, attempting to reassemble with the nine-pronged steel fork. Tianyi and Tian Zhu quickly stepped in to suppress it.

Finally, the nine-pronged steel fork fell into Li Hui’s hands.

Tianyi and Tian Zhu, exhausted and panting, managed to pull the weapon closer; it must weigh more than three thousand six hundred pounds, heavy enough to flatten a mountain.

Shrimp Ball chuckled awkwardly, “Hehe, I meant the weight before the calamity of immortals, but today, it probably has expanded by a hundred times!”

“Little brat, be clearer next time,” Tianyi said, raising her fist.

“Yes, yes! I will definitely be clearer next time.”

Li Hui weighed the nine-pronged steel fork and felt it was just right for his brawn. It seemed the dragon offspring and the Dragon Palace were indeed closely related.

With this nine-pronged steel fork, the brawn felt like it had gained wings, leading his practitioners quickly to clear the halls and move deeper into the crystal cave. Along the way, they obtained several jewels that helped ward off demons and cleanse demonic traces.

Coincidentally, a Hongfa cultivator in the group, who previously suffered setbacks due to being possessed by demons, felt the load lifted with the Dragon Palace jewels. Their bodies began to revert to their original state—it was truly against the heavens.

“This is the treasure of the Dragon Palace!” Li Hui marveled, thinking, “Grandpa Turtle said this was only a corner of the Crystal Palace. What if we are lucky enough to find the main body of the Crystal Palace?”

He didn’t dare to think deeper, fearing his thoughts could turn into a fixation.

After about three to four hours of clearing, the strongest harvest aside from the nine-pronged steel fork was a segment of blood coral.

As they bathed in the light from the blood coral, six old practitioners who had lingered in the mid-stage of Myriad Forms for two hundred years and had long since lost hope of advancement suddenly erupted with vitality, their hair turning black.

Li Hui affixed the Time-Flowing Talismans to them, and after two sticks of incense, the six practitioners successfully faced tribulation.

In the Heavenly Realm, facing the Hongfa tribulation was much simpler. It had many differences from the rules in the Wutu Continent and Nine-Mystic Continent. Nearly three hundred practitioners guarded them, and half an hour later, they completed the tribulation.

“Thank you, my lord, for your support,” the six practitioners expressed their profound gratitude after entering a new realm. They labored tirelessly for the benefit of their descendants, never expecting such an opportunity to advance. Yet, they found that when you genuinely wish to plant flowers, they bloom unexpectedly, while if you casually plant willows, they will take root and grow. This chance for advancement came alongside their lord.

Not only these six practitioners advanced; three Hongfa cultivators moved from the early to mid-stage, and one from mid to late-stage. The mid-stage Myriad Forms cultivators were essentially cut off from advancement, and this segment of blood coral had only consumed a tiny portion.

Li Hui encouraged everyone, pondering his own tribulation. He could sense that as the Unrivaled Calamity Master, he had yet to earn the Heavenly Realm’s recognition. To put it plainly, he was just a local tyrant of Wutu. In the Nine-Mystic Continent, he could still manipulate calamity power because there were no strong competitors. However, if a Hundred Tribulation cultivator or someone with tribulation physique emerged, under the control of the Celestial Dao, sparks would eventually ignite.

“The heavens are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs! The silver snake said the Heavenly Dao has flaws, but why do I feel that the Heavenly Dao has consciousness?” Li Hui contemplated: “How can I gain the recognition of the Heavenly Realm? After becoming the Unrivaled Calamity Master of the Heavenly Realm, is it possible to end the horrid fate suffered by the mountains and rivers? To allow the once-thriving places to regain their flourish, thus resisting the great calamity of six hundred years from now.”

He knew such wishes were hard to achieve; perhaps this was the direction of striving for six hundred years.

As the group advanced together, not long after, Shrimp Ball suddenly shouted, “Be careful! Is that… is that the Moang Prince of the Western Sea Dragon Palace that Grandpa Turtle mentioned? He is the great prince, the older brother of the White Dragon Horse.”

Ahead, heavy mist swirled, and in the light and shadow sat a giant with a dragon head, his eyes like massive lanterns and purple dragon horns jutted out.

“It’s him, Prince Moang of the Western Sea Dragon Palace. Since all dragon offspring gathered in the Crystal Palace to resist the calamity of immortals, Grandpa Turtle said that Prince Moang’s famous weapon, the triangular mace, fell into the sea, and he is retrieving a fragment.”

“Just a fragment?” Li Hui felt alarmed. The previous golden crab general army was like the difference between an adult and a Chinese mitten crab compared to this giant dragon’s head. The brawn was only at the giant’s knee. How fierce could such a colossal creature be? Not to mention everyone advancing once—advancing three or four times likely wouldn’t be enough to confront it.

“Retreat! We must retreat.”

The group received the order and began to slowly pull back, feeling the immense pressure released by the dragon-headed giant at every moment. Without a hundred Hongfa cultivators to hold the line, advancing would be akin to seeking death.

“Boom…” The energy pulled back, and Li Hui yelled, “Quick retreat! This is Prince Moang’s Time Claws!”

The White Dragon Prince Ma San had to seize the opportunity to enter the present world; how could this Prince Moang, his elder brother, be any weaker? Just as Li Hui felt a layer of gloom settle over him, he realized that if they couldn’t block the Time Claws, everyone present would perish.

In this moment of crisis, Li Hui pressed his hand to his forehead and shouted, “Causal Law; my name is Litigation. I argue for justice, and Moang does not exist.”

“Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz…” The brawn trembled as all its vitality plummeted. Li Hui quickly consumed the blood coral he had just acquired, causing all the talismans on him to light up, frantically constructing the Causal Law to reflect back.

“Boom! Boom! Boom…” The Time Claws shattered time and time again, sent back by the Causal Law, while the Causal Law wrapped around the dragon-headed giant. Because he didn’t suppress Prince Moang’s weapon, it was but a moment before the projection created here would launch an attack. Li Hui understood the principle of striking first; if he didn’t act firmly now, it would be over as soon as this dragon-headed giant rose.

“Attack!” Everyone threw themselves into the assault, their hearts heavy with increasing fear.