Summoning the Gods
This was a technique used by some Taoists to summon the righteous gods to descend into their bodies. But the scene before Chen Xia was absolutely not summoning gods.
Chen Xia stood on the only piece of land within a hundred meters, looking at Tie Mu Wu floating midair in the wooden house, and frowned as he asked, “Who are you?”
Tie Mu Wu clenched his fist, the golden light flashing exceptionally bright in his eyes. He did not answer Chen Xia, but said disdainfully, “Mortal bodies are so weak, only able to exert this little bit of power.”
A Qi practitioner flew over from a distance, respectfully standing behind Tie Mu Wu and bowed as he said, “Lower sect leader, I pay respects to the immortal of the upper sect!”
“So you were the one who summoned me here?” Tie Mu Wu turned to look at the Qi practitioner, the golden light in his eyes flashing even more fiercely.
The Qi practitioner quickly nodded and replied, “I asked the immortal to come in order to eradicate this person, and make early preparations for when the upper sect descends upon this realm in the future.”
Tie Mu Wu didn’t even glance at Chen Xia. He reached out a hand toward the Qi practitioner, concentrating radiant light on his palm, and said, “This realm is governed by the Fuyao Immortal Sect, and is too barren, without even a single Golden Core. Why would you need to summon me here?!”
“You useless things, do you know I was finally getting to talk to the Holy Maiden, but because of you useless thing I was forced to descend into this realm!”
When Tie Mu Wu spoke, he was full of gloom.
The Qi practitioner’s body trembled in fear. He quickly clasped his hands begging for mercy, “I didn’t know, I’ve disturbed the immortal. I deserve death, I deserve death...”
“You do deserve to die,” Tie Mu Wu coldly replied. His outstretched hand suddenly clenched into a fist.
The Qi practitioner’s body was as if squeezed, instantly turned into minced meat and dust, his life ended in the Yellow Springs.
Then Tie Mu Wu turned his gaze towards Chen Xia, the killing intent flashing in his eyes. Looking down at Chen Xia, he coldly said,
“You should die too. If not for you insignificant ant making a disturbance, I wouldn’t have been forced to descend into this realm either.”
Chen Xia spread his arms out, indifferently responding, “Then you can go back now, no one's stopping you.”
Tie Mu Wu looked at Chen Xia with a cold expression, questioning, “Ruining my chance to talk to the Holy Maiden, and now wanting me to just leave like this? There's no such easy thing.”
“I want to reap all of your insignificant ants' souls, turn them into the foundation for my cultivation. Only then can I slightly make up for my loss in descending here.”
As Tie Mu Wu spoke, he no longer concealed his surging killing intent. And it wasn't just killing one person, but the entire jianghu.
The generals and soldiers on the city walls, along with the Barbarian Iron Cavalry, were somewhat panicked now. From how Tie Mu Wu killed the Qi practitioner, it seemed he would kill indiscriminately.
What Tie Mu Wu just said also truly frightened them, that he actually wanted to reap the souls of everyone, turn them into the foundation for his cultivation.
Chen Xia on the other hand was not very afraid, because this Tie Mu Wu was not that powerful.
When cultivators from the Upper Realm descended into the Lower Realm, their strength would be greatly reduced.
There were even records of top experts in the jianghu slaying immortals who had descended.
Chen Xia was a person of this realm. He had steadily progressed here, so there was naturally no reduction in strength for him.
But it was different for the immortal who had descended into Tie Mu Wu's body.
He would be weakened by the will of this realm's Heavenly Dao.
Weakened to the point that Chen Xia basically felt no pressure at all.
If the two really fought, it would probably be an evenly matched situation.
Tie Mu Wu's eyes flashing golden light looked at Chen Xia. After staring for a while, he disdainfully laughed, “Just an ant in Foundation Establishment. How dare you stand before me? Even though I am greatly reduced in power due to descending, it is still not something an insignificant ant like you can look upon directly.”
“Mortal bodies are so weak, only able to exert this little bit of power.”
When Tie Mu Wu spoke to this point, his expression had become somewhat impatient. He pointed at Chen Xia, speaking in an icy tone,
“Go die.”
He suddenly clenched his fist tight, revealing a cruel smile, wanting to squeeze Chen Xia to death like he did to the Qi practitioner earlier.
Chen Xia stood on the stone pillar, the only one in the hundred meter deep pit. The profound aura of a flood dragon flickered in his eyes. He suddenly swung a fist fiercely to the right.
Clang!
The fist slammed into the air, producing an odd metallic collision sound.
Then that area of air started to shatter inch by inch, like falling glass shards.
The watching generals, soldiers, and Barbarian Iron Cavalry were dumbstruck, having never seen such miraculous power before.
Chen Xia slowly lowered his fist, flatly responding to Tie Mu Wu floating midair,
“No need to keep taking out childish tricks. It's not fun.”
Tie Mu Wu's expression darkened. He loosened his clenched fist, the golden light in his pupils drifting like burning flames. He held up two fingers in a pinching motion and retorted,
“You are just a slightly bigger ant, a bit larger than the others, yet ultimately cannot escape the fact that you are still an ant, and cannot avoid being crushed by me.”
When Tie Mu Wu spoke this sentence, he was very confident. Having come from the Upper Realm, his cultivation was profound. These people in his eyes were truly just tiny ants.
“Is there a possibility...” The profound flood dragon aura in Chen Xia's eyes grew more and more fierce, starting to spread across his body. He continued speaking,
“That as long as it exists under this sky, everything is an ant, including you who descended. But me...”
Chen Xia revealed a arrogant smile. He fiercely punched his own chest and declared domineeringly,
“I'm the biggest one!”
He displayed an unmatched imposing manner. His footsteps moved slightly, then fiercely stomped on the stone pillar he was standing on.
The flood dragon aura crazily bored into the stone pillar, causing the pillar to start cracking, yet it did not collapse. Rather, it started...rising up.
The stone pillar turned into a flood dragon, with Chen Xia standing on its head. It charged murderously toward Tie Mu Wu floating midair.
There is a youth in green, riding a dragon to slay the immortal!
“Get the hell down here!”
Chen Xia roared. He clenched his fist tightly, holding nothing back as he ferociously went at Tie Mu Wu.
This punch stirred up air streams, dragging long trails through the sky.
Like a falling meteor that was about to drop.
It was going to smash down on Tie Mu Wu.
And the power of this meteor was enough to annihilate the world.
Tie Mu Wu's expression changed to shock. His hands instantly formed seals, and a golden halo appeared around his body. Ancient runes densely covered it in three rings, continuously revolving.
This was an ancient defensive miracle, able to block fatal blows.
The hundred meter stone dragon charged forth, its body shattering inch by inch, yet still slamming against the golden halo, wanting to force its way in to kill.
The runes on the golden halo continuously resisted the stone dragon's charge. The first ring of runes disappeared along with the dragon.
Two rings left.
One punch left.
The punch fell.
Like a falling star!
The golden halo started shining with intense light. The remaining two rings of runes gathered together, completely resisting this punch.
Tie Mu Wu floated within the golden halo. His hands held the seal, continuously strengthening the halo's runes.
But it was useless.
True power could not be blocked.
Crack.
A fissure appeared on the golden halo.
And when the first crack showed, it represented that it had already become fragile.
The fist kept grinding away the runes.
More and more cracks appeared densely packed on the golden halo.
In the end, it could no longer withstand it. Along with the punch dropping down, the golden halo completely shattered, scattered between heaven and earth.
Tie Mu Wu's panicked expression was before the unstoppable punch.
What flies faster than a "falling star"?
The answer is the person smashed by the "falling star".
Tie Mu Wu instantly smashed into the ground, hard towards the depth of several hundred meters. And it still didn't stop, straight until a thousand meters down before barely coming to a halt. His whole body was emitting white smoke, ignited into flames by the high speed friction.
Additionally.
The ground collapsed three thousand meters down.
The Barbarian Iron Cavalry suffered nearly thirty thousand casualties, and this was because they had retreated early.
Chen Xia held his smoking fist, standing on air. He let out a breath, looking at the pit Tie Mu Wu had fallen into, and said,
"Throwing a punch, I'm serious. Digging holes, I'm a professional."
If it was said everyone under this sky were ants, then he was the biggest one. No matter who came under this sky, they had to listen to him.
Of course, if you could directly tear open this sky, Chen Xia could take back what he just said.
Being able to yield and persist, that was what a true hero was.
"Immortal, stop pretending to be dead. Hurry up and get out here," Chen Xia yelled into the hole. He knew Tie Mu Wu wasn't dead, because he could hear breathing sounds from the ground.
A while later.
Tie Mu Wu floated up from the ground, his whole body covered in bloodstains. The golden light in his pupils was dim, gazing heavily at Chen Xia.
"You are indeed the biggest ant, yet still just an ant."
"That's enough," Chen Xia laughed in response. "As long as I'm always the biggest one, then I'll be invincible."
"Impossible!" Tie Mu Wu resolutely shook his head. "Although your talent is considerable and you have some ability, once you step out of this realm and arrive at the myriad worlds of the cosmos, only then will you understand how terrifying the true prodigies are."
"Those ancient races, forgotten races, saint and godly bodies, are simply not something you can resist."
"This small cosmic realm cannot shelter you either. The true figures of power are able to rip apart the heaven and earth with their bare hands!"
Chen Xia frowned, cautiously asking Tie Mu Wu, "Are you one of those figures of power?"
Tie Mu Wu shook his head. "Those figures of power are existences that me and mine don't even dare to think about. Their lifespans are equal to entire eons. Their power can control the stars, overturn yin and yang!"
"Do you know those figures of power then?" Chen Xia asked again.
Tie Mu Wu still shook his head. Respectfully, he said,
"Those figures of power are not existences that I can make contact with. I don't even dare to utter their names."
Chen Xia nodded. He smiled at Tie Mu Wu, "Then there's no problem. I can kill you with peace of mind."
Tie Mu Wu was startled. He quickly said, "You don't need to kill me, and can't kill me either. This is just a strand of my divine soul."
"Although your status is lowly, I am willing to cooperate with you. Let's jointly reap the souls of this realm's living beings and obtain primal essence.
Afterwards I can bring you away from this realm to experience the wonders of the myriad worlds of the cosmos, to cultivate the Great Dao!"
The corners of Chen Xia's mouth curled up. He asked an irrelevant question, "Do I look that stupid to you?"
"No." Tie Mu Wu shook his head and frowned to ask: "Where did you get this idea?"
Chen Xia smiled and said: "Then why did you use the words of a deceitful scoundrel to deceive me?"
"No, I didn't deceive you..." Tie Mu Wu was just about to explain.
Chen Xia directly threw a punch at his head, with Jiao Long's energy swirling around, using his full strength.
An explosive sound burst out on the spot.
Tie Mu Wu's body flew back thousands of meters, crashing into the hills.
"Huff... Huff..."
The golden light in his eyes faded away, still struggling to survive.
The crumbling rocks in front revealed a figure in green robes, blocking all light, smiling at him.
"Hello."
Chen Xia was always very polite.
Tie Mu Wu gritted his teeth and made one final threat:
"You ant, if you dare extinguish my divine soul, then as long as you leave this little world, I will hunt you down for ten thousand years in all the heavens and worlds, until I crush your soul and prevent your reincarnation!"
"I'm so scared."
Chen Xia calmly responded, then threw out one final punch.
This punch shattered the skull.
Completely ending the Upper Immortal and Tie Mu Wu.