Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 450 - 447: What Should I Do If My Enemy Is Overly Cautious?

Chapter 450: Chapter 447: What Should I Do If My Enemy Is Overly Cautious?

A few people turned their heads abruptly.

The scene of the mortal world in the "Dharma Domain" before their eyes quickly faded, revealing the scenery of the outer world.

To their surprise, what had arrived from afar was a common black rock seen in the Nine Serenities, now crashed against the Dharma Domain and shattered to pieces.

Feeling the extremely familiar power upon it, Wang Yuan’s face slightly changed.

"Is this General Qi’s warning?!"

His hands moved rapidly, immediately sending the three sisters Huang Wu back into his body’s "Five Senses Altar City," retracting the "Other Shore of the Three Realms" and looking up into the sky.

The eternally undispersed dark clouds of yin energy above seemed to boil, rolling violently mixed with bursts of firelight.

Immediately after, the sound of "rumbling" thunder roared towards them, suddenly closing in from a distance.

Wang Yuan’s eyes flashed with blue light, and in an instant, he saw clearly the three figures in the chaotic battle amidst the clouds.

One side, resembling a crazy tiger, was indeed General Qi Yuanjing, the assistant judge from the Yama Palace guarding outside.

At this moment.

He had transformed into the half-tiger, half-human "Military Dao Dharma Image · Black Tiger Holding Seal," clothed in heavy Xuantie armor, wielding tiger-tail double maces, with a tiger head as large as a bowl on his shoulder, fierce and intimidating.

Around his neck, there was also an extra brightly shining copper seal.

"Tiger" stands for "Tiger Talisman," and "seal" stands for "key"; his military scripture, the "Tiger Seal Scripture," is the key to unlocking the Commander’s Seal, an essential text for those with military authority.

His mastery of military skill naturally follows this same lineage.

The other side he was fighting against consisted of two colossal male Asuras, resembling small mountains.

They each had nine heads, a thousand eyes, nine hundred hands, and eight feet; their bodies resembled mountains, and out of their mouths, they continuously spewed molten-metal melting fierce flames.

It is said that within the "Asura Path," the number of heads, eyes, mouths, hands, and feet on one’s body symbolizes one’s strength—the more, the stronger.

To achieve the realm of a thousand eyes, a thousand hands, nine heads, and eight feet is to become an Asura King, possessing unfathomable might, equivalent to the invincible fifth realm "Martial Saint" in the human world.

Even though these two Asuras had not yet crossed that threshold, they undoubtedly belonged to the very pinnacle of the powerful within the "Asura Path."

Human Method Earth, Earth Method Heaven, Heavenly Dao, Dao follows nature.

It is said that when Senior "Nine Soldiers" created the Military Skill Dao based on the Slaughter Science, the inspiration for "Fatian Xiangdi" and "Military Dao Dharma Image" originally came from them.

The Asura’s own Military Dao Dharma Image, once unveiled, can be even more ferocious than a human of the same level.

Yet even so, as they faced General Qi Yuanjing, who descended like a lunatic tiger, they could only manage to barely restrain him.

Only by paying the price of severed hands and feet could they occasionally seize a chance to counterattack.

Especially when the "Yin Soldiers Talisman" around his neck kept ejecting half-tiger, half-human Yin Soldiers.

The somber dark military aura soared into the sky, placing even greater pressure on them.

Most of General Qi Yuanjing’s "Yin Soldiers" were short-statured Moluo people with fierce faces.

In the past, the coast of Great Yan suffered greatly from the raiding Moluo pirates, and among this general’s significant achievements was safeguarding the coastal borders and completely resolving these border troubles.

These "Yin Soldiers" at his side were both his followers and "Daoist Soldiers," as well as "Chang Ghosts" enslaved through his Soul Capturing and Spiritual Communication.

Looking at the Asura side, it seemed for the sake of stealth they had not brought many followers.

They were struggling miserably under the heavy maces, as heavy as mountains.

It was entirely thanks to their own "Innate Divine Ability · Asura War Ghosts," which made them stronger the more wounded they were, that they desperately held back General Qi Yuanjing’s advance.

Suddenly spewing a mouthful of fresh blood, one Asura couldn’t help but shout loudly:

"Luo Qiantuo! If you don’t act quickly, we’ll soon be beaten to death by this crazed tiger!"

No sooner had the words been spoken,

Wang Yuan immediately felt a tingling sensation on his skin and turned his head to look in the direction from which they had arrived.

His superior senses quickly detected the source of the crisis.

Whoosh—!

The world before his eyes suddenly turned blood red, and his nostrils were filled with a strong scent of blood and decay.

The howling yin wind brought with it red snowflakes, endless murderous intent coalescing into a series of ghastly faces with tragic deaths, spinning and emitting sharp, terrifying shrieks.

They rustled Wang Yuan’s clothes, making a whirring sound.

The next moment, six figures of varying heights and builds, as if squeezing out of thin air, stepped out and landed in front of Wang Yuan.

One particularly tall Asura immediately crushed a jade talisman in his hand.

A dazzling divine light soared into the sky, turning into a vast golden net that covered a hundred miles around.

"This is..."

Wang Yuan was not unfamiliar with this tactic, having seen it once above the East Sea.

The top-grade talisman of the "Peach God Tao" — the "Heaven and Earth Net Talisman"!

Capable of summoning the mana of the "West King Holy Mother" to instantly seal off the nine heavens and earth.

Under this Heaven and Earth Net, no skill or talismanic magic... can break the barrier to escape, nor can it conceal one’s form.

Even the Dharma Domain’s powerful rules at the "Divine Transformation" realm are useless under this level of suppression from the "Heavenly Official."

The leading Asura, also the one named Luo Qiantuo from above, said,

Blinking a thousand eyes enough to drive anyone mad with fear, he curled his lips into a bloodthirsty smirk:

"Ha, King Yanluo? You are utterly superfluous in this Underworld, and soul scattering is your true destiny.

We were originally planning to find an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

But this General Qi Yuanjing is as vigilant as ever, with an impeccable defense."

However, none of this can change your ultimate fate.

Under the command of the Underground Master, we from the nations of Yin Mountain have assembled an excess of Divine Transformation realm combat power, specifically to use a cow knife to kill a chicken—meticulously prepared as the final kill move just for you!

Today, you shall undoubtedly die!"

"One, two, three... a total of eight Great Success Military Leaders and Divine Transformations. What grudge is this? What grievance? You really have gone too far!"

Realizing they were the Underground Master’s hit men, Wang Yuan instantly understood their motives.

But two above and six in front, dispatching a total of eight, equivalent to the peak of Yellow Seal realm, to take me down?

It even made Wang Yuan, who normally enjoyed picking off a group one by one, somewhat dumbfounded.

The style of this group of enemies was indeed excessively cautious.

It was as if they suffered from persecution delusions.

Theoretically, just one Divine Transformation should have been enough to kill me seven or eight days ago when I was still in the "Earth Essence" realm.

Even if we took ten thousand steps back, they should have used a war of attrition tactic, sending individuals one by one to their deaths, correct?

Who would have thought they would completely deviate from the norm, pushing the maxim "Even when hunting a rabbit, a lion will use all its might" to the extreme.

Truly disappointing!

Meanwhile, urgent telepathic messages from Qi Yuanjing reached Wang Yuan’s ears:

"Lord Yama, they are rooted in the back of Yin Mountain and hail from the Asura Ghost Country, leading the collective might of the ghost nations of Yin Mountain.

I originally thought their response could not possibly be this swift.

With my years of experience dealing with the Ghost Country, even with the Underground Master orchestrating from the center, it would take at least half a month to discern your full capabilities before responding accordingly.

Yet now, there has been some unknown leak.

Lord Yama, you must try your best to hold them off. I have already sent a signal for reinforcements, and help should be arriving soon."

Qi Yuanjing, having served as the commander of the Great Yan’s three armies, remained calm amidst a move that put them in extreme peril; rather than panic, he was immediately seeking a way out.

However, Wang Yuan knew the fault was entirely his own.

If it hadn’t been for the encounter with the Underground Master in the Yang World, revealing that I was merely an Earth Essence realm weakling,

it would have been impossible for them to act so swiftly.

And they truly gave face to me, the Ghost King.

Upon realizing that Qi Yuanjing was accompanying me, they actually dispatched five Great Success realm Military Leaders and three Divine Transformation realm Ghost Dao Mages at once.

You should know, the cumulative peak battle strength of all the branches of a Taoist Sect in the Yang World would be roughly at this level.

After seven or eight days of intense overtime and decoding the memories of Xiangsi and Forget Sorrow, Wang Yuan had a rough idea of the forces in the Underworld.

He was keenly aware that this force was still far from the limit of the major ghost nations behind Yin Mountain.

Though most of the so-called "Ghost Kings" ruling the ghost nations were imposters, claiming the title with just a Yellow Seal rank and daring to establish ghost countries,

there were a few true Green Seal Ghost Kings.

The most famous among them was the highest-ranked in Ghost Dao’s mid-tier, the Green Decree Great God "Lord Hao Li", presiding over the incense-worshipping ghost gods, the Underground Master himself.

"No need to waste words on a man who’s about to die; after our fixed plan, we ended up waiting in vain for seven or eight days.

After killing this lackey of Heavenly Dao, I want to return and continue enjoying the company of those captivating Asura women!"

One of the Great Success Military Leaders beside Luo Qiantuo impatiently took a step forward.

This person was entirely indigo in color, with a pair of red wings, green ghost fires sprouting from their hair, towering several zhang tall, with triangular eyes—one on the top of the head and one on the chin.

Clearly, this was a Yaksha from the many ghost clans of the Starving Ghost Dao.

No sooner had the words fallen,

"Kill!"

Luo Qiantuo suddenly burst in size, already large in stature like a Giant Spirit descending to earth, his fists clenched like heavy hammers as he fiercely pounded towards Wang Yuan.

Boom—!!!

Heaven and earth shattered, smoke and dust rose, and the ground seemed to have been struck by heavy artillery, suddenly exploding into a big pit.

This was the origin of the Human Clan Military Leader’s signature move "Dharma Image Heaven and Earth," also known as "Giant Spirit Beating Drums"!

Behind him, the ghastly green Yaksha and another female Asura also swelled in size simultaneously.

Countless flame-engulfed iron fists, like falling meteors, launched a barrage of violent bombardment towards Wang Yuan.

On the side, three other Ghost Dao Mages of human origin were simultaneously chanting mantras, opening up their own Dharma Domains, sealing off the area tightly.

They were deeply practicing the combat philosophy Wang Yuan himself advocated: "In poverty, tactic must interweave; in wealth, firepower must cover."

They vowed to crush this modest Earth Essence realm mage into dust with the force of thunder and lightning.

If nothing went awry, no Earth Essence realm individual in this world could possibly survive.

Unfortunately, without the possibility of mishap, mishaps were about to happen.

Question: What do you do when your enemies are excessively cautious?

Answer: Hide an ace up your sleeve.

Even if my palm is a bit big, that should be quite reasonable, right?

The next moment, a group of assassins, who had exerted their utmost strength, suddenly heard an imposing and ruthless voice ringing in their ears:

"Imperial Decree, the third layer of the Cycle Heaven Star Realm expands, everything is prepared for me. Amidst the vast everything, all are but straw dogs!"