Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 619: Battle of Half-Immortals!

The Baxia Tribe Chieftain’s price gouging made Chieftain Jin grind his teeth in frustration. But when he thought about how spectacular this battle was, he figured describing it vividly with mere words would require the skills of a professional storyteller.

“Fine! But you can’t raise the price again!” Chieftain Jin glared threateningly at the Baxia Tribe Chieftain. Does he really think our Qiongqi Tribe is easy to bully?

After paying, the more Chieftain Jin thought about it, the more his heart ached. Maybe I should find some time to learn storytelling? If I were good at storytelling, how would I have needed to pay for this pointless expense?

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Zhu Tian performed a kip-up, planning to spring up from the ground.

But how could Jiang Lianyi give him that chance? She jumped down from the heavenly altar and delivered a kick to Zhu Tian in the creator, causing him to nearly vomit his intestines.

Cough! Pinned under Jiang Lianyi’s foot, Zhu Tian’s several attempts at getting up failed, and he flew into a rage.

“I was merely letting you have two moves! Don’t think you’re really anything impressive!” Zhu Tian didn’t expect Jiang Lianyi to be this difficult to deal with. Judging from the Phoenix Tribe’s reaction, they hadn’t been aware of Jiang Lianyi’s existence, which suggests she likely awakened recently. If that’s the case, Jiang Lianyi should still need a long time to recover her peak strength.

However, upon exchanging blows, he discovered that Jiang Lianyi was in her peak condition as in ancient times, without the slightest weakness and exhaustion. This is why I suffered such a great loss.

Damn it! How is this possible?!

With a roar, he transformed into his original form and increased in size as he rammed Jiang Lianyi flying.

Jiang Lianyi trod on air twice consecutively and stabilized herself mid-air, utterly unruffled. Her arms shifted, and she transformed into a five-colored phoenix.

The phoenix spread its wings and soared high. Its body was covered in bright, five-colored feathers. Sunlight pierced through the feathers, shining upon the earth and turning into resplendent, five-colored light.

Minor cultivators found their hidden injuries gradually vanishing when the five-colored light shone on them.

The demon race’s strongest state was fighting in their original forms. The two half-immortals reverted to their true forms and held nothing back as they launched fierce assaults.

Zhu Tian kicked off with his two feet, kicking over the meticulously refined liuli-glazed white jade heavenly altar. The altar was also a magical treasure!

The nine-tiered heavenly altar, several hundred meters high, smashed fiercely toward Jiang Lianyi. The latter whirled her wings around and caught the heavenly altar, dispersing its force and coating it in a layer of lightning before hurtling it back.

Zhu Tian opened his mouth, releasing invisible sound waves that immobilized the heavenly altar. Under the sonic assault, the altar shook with a subtle yet violent tremor before being hurled back at Jiang Lianyi again.

If Jiang Lianyi dared to touch the heavenly altar the same way as before, both the altar and the lightning would explode. She had long seen through Zhu Tian’s little scheme and commanded space to seal the heavenly altar.

“Returning it to you.”

The heavenly altar was like a toy in the hands of these two half-immortals, tossed back and forth. Only the spectating cultivators knew that with each exchange, the altar carried layer upon layer of attacks. If it exploded, even a veteran Transcendent Tribulation cultivator would probably be severely injured.

Finally, the heavenly altar could no longer withstand the accumulated layers of attacks and exploded between the two.

The four battles of two half-immortals and six Transcendent Tribulation great demons dazzled the onlookers, who wished they had several more pairs of eyes.

There were many Fusion cultivators present. Even if they could roughly follow the battles of Transcendent Tribulation cultivators, a combat at the half-immortal level was truly beyond their comprehension. However, this didn’t prevent them from unanimously choosing to watch the half-immortal battle.

The spirit energy within a thousand-li radius was drained, controlled by the two half-immortal great demons.

The two demons fought from the sky to the ground, and then from the ground back to the sky. Along their path, space was shattered, leaving devastation in their wake. The six battling Transcendent Tribulation great demons kept their distance from the fight, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.

The sky was a riot of colors and unusual phenomena: heavenly maidens scattering flowers, the phoenix emperor arriving in splendor, and phoenixes born from the Wutong tree...

Following these were thunder and lightning. Two colossal shadows battled behind the thunderclouds, only allowing a glimpse of their stunning figures when lightning flashes illuminated them.

Zhu Tian danced gracefully, like a winged pig performing a dance. A solemn and murderous song accompanied his dance movements. “Speak not of a bountiful autumn harvest; after autumn comes the executioner’s blade falling on heads...”

Seeming to sense something, Jiang Lianyi beat her phoenix wings and flew sideways. An imperceptible blade grazed past, slicing off several of her phoenix feathers.

“The Song of Autumn from the Ballad of the Four Seasons?”

Proficient in music, Jiang Lianyi softly chanted a tune that also carried murderous intent.

Two different melodies resounded overhead, morphing into visible ripples that stirred spatial waves. Killing intent lurked everywhere, and ambushes lay in all directions!

Suddenly, torrential rain poured from the sky, hitting the ground with a relentless patter.

“Hmm? Not rain. This is... seeds?” Lu Yang picked up a seed from the ground but couldn’t identify its origin.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy informed him. “This is the seed of the Dragon-Locking Vine. Your era probably doesn’t have it.”

“Dragon-Locking Vine?”

“As the name implies, this thing once bound Ao Ling.”

Lu Yang recalled the Everlasting Immortal Fairy mentioning that Jiang Lianyi and Ao Ling were similar in strength, with a forty-sixty split. Jiang Lianyi had a forty percent chance of victory, while Ao Ling had a sixty percent chance.

The Dragon-Locking Vine seeds took root where they landed, sprouting and growing robustly. In an instant, the entire Demon City was overgrown with the vines, like countless hands reaching for the sky. It was a somewhat eerie sight.

The Dragon-Locking Vines grew rapidly, suddenly bending to surround and envelop Zhu Tian. The latter beat his four wings, which were like four invincible heavenly sabers capable of cleaving heaven and earth in two. This move had always earned him success.

This time will be no different. The four wings released four saber qi, hacking the Dragon-Locking Vines into pieces.

But immediately, Zhu Tian noticed something abnormal. The severed ends of the Dragon-Locking Vines had vigorous flames burning, as though the vines had been hollowed out and filled with fire.

“Oh no! This is Nirvana True Fire!”

The Dragon-Locking Vines regrew. Zhu Tian continued to beat his wings to sever them, but no matter how much he slashed, the vines would always grow back—endless and inexhaustible.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy explained to Lu Yang, “The Dragon-Locking Vine is an immortal vine specially bred by Jiang Lianyi. It was baked with Nirvana True Fire, allowing a wisp of flames to fuse into the seeds. When the Tree-Planting Mantra is used, it will take root and sprout, and the Dragon-Locking Vine will become an immortal vine that grows eternally with the power of the Nirvana True Fire.

“Under the control of the Incipient Dao Fruit, the Dragon-Locking Vine moves according to Lianyi’s will. It is flexible and adaptable, practically impossible to guard against.

“Little Ling didn’t anticipate this move back then. She was caught off guard and tied up tightly.”

Zhu Tian was similarly bound by the Dragon-Locking Vines, his six wings wrapped around him like zongzi leaves.

Unresigned to be tied up like this, he bellowed with ire. “Heaven-Earth Manifestation!”

He transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang giant beast. Muscles bulging, he attempted to break free by brute force. Seeing that growing big didn’t work, he shifted back to human form, trying to slip through the gaps in the vines.

Under Jiang Lianyi’s control, the Dragon-Locking Vines could shrink or enlarge. No matter what form Zhu Tian took, it bound him tightly, making escape impossible.

“You forced my hand!” Zhu Tian glowered with fury and opened his mouth wide.

Countless ancient ghost souls spewed forth, forming a spectral army. The ancient ghosts manifested in various forms—humans, demons, and even demon spirits. These were losers of the ancient war, devoured by Zhu Tian and refined with the power of his Incipient Dao Fruit.

“It’s the legendary March of Spectral Soldiers! All demons, retreat!”

Some Transcendent Tribulation great demons were horrified. This was a notorious legend from antiquity. When the spectral soldiers marched across the land, the earth was scorched for a thousand li, with not a blade of grass growing, and even planets became barren. It was a taboo among the demon race, often used to frighten children.

So the origin of this legend is Supreme Lord Zhu Tian!

Lu Yang couldn’t help but find this move familiar.

“You’re right to find it familiar. The Tiger Tribe learned this move and adapted it into the method of tiger-henchman ghosts, also the origin of the phrase ‘acting as a henchman to a tiger,’” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy said in a carefree manner.

Jiang Lianyi spat out a ball of flame. Its temperature was even higher than the sun’s. This was the source of Nirvana True Fire!

She bit the tip of her tongue, and a drop of essence blood fell onto the Nirvana True Fire, which emitted a phoenix cry and transformed into a phoenix identical to herself.

This was the true Phoenix Nirvana!

The Nirvana True Fire, supremely tough and imbued with yang energy, was the ultimate bane of ghosts, demons, and evil!