Guo Ran and the others' faces changed dramatically. They had wanted to watch the old man's commotion, but never expected the old man would go down with them. It was just a curse—was it really necessary?
"You should go on your own. We won't accompany you."
Long Chen stepped forward, actively confronting the elder of the Pelican clan. With a single finger, a bolt of lightning shot out from his fingertip.
"Pfft!"
The lightning pierced the old man's brow, instantly killing him. Long Chen killed the old man in one blow, and no one was particularly shocked.
That old man was under a curse of misfortune, his strength suppressed to the extreme. Even an ordinary Immortal King expert could defeat him.
What shocked them was, if they killed the old man, how could Long Chen and the others escape the misfortune?
If he killed that old man but ended up tainted with the curse of misfortune, he might really perish together with him.
"Buzz!"
The moment the old man was killed, his body rapidly grew larger, transforming into a sky-shrouding monstrous bird—it was an ancient pelican.
The moment the old man was killed, his body could no longer maintain human form, and his true form was revealed. As soon as his true form appeared, it suddenly vanished.
His corpse was stored by Long Chen into the chaotic space. When the massive corpse was just touched by black earth, it instantly decayed and was devoured by it.
The black energy on the corpse was completely devoured by the black earth, showing no abnormalities. Clearly, the Heavenly Dao curse could not be sustained in the chaotic space.
But to Long Chen's disappointment, it was the corpse of an innate Heavenly Venerable and couldn't release much energy.
"His energy has all been withdrawn. This corpse is nothing but an empty rack. What a wasted celebration." Long Chen sighed inwardly. He had thought he'd gotten a great bargain, but ended up with a piece of trash.
"You ..."
The Pelican clan experts were both shocked and furious to see Long Chen unharmed and actually collecting the ancestor's corpse.
"Hand over the ancestor's corpse, or our Pelican clan will fight you to the death." An elder of the Pelican clan roared angrily.
The corpse of the Pelican Ancestor concerned the honor of the Pelican clan. If the Ancestor's corpse fell into someone else's hands, it would be a humiliating disgrace.
"Fight to the death?" Fine, as long as you dare to make a move, your Pelican clan can have one survivor today. From today on, my name will be written backwards. Long Chen stood with his hands behind his back, speaking coldly.
"Such arrogance! I want to see just how much of a storm you lowly humans can stir up.
This is the territory of the demon beast clan. Do you really think the beast clan has no people? If you can leave today, it would be the greatest disgrace to the beast clan. The elder of the Pelican clan shouted angrily.
When the elder of the Pelican clan said this, some of the strong spectators watching from afar changed their expressions. The Pelican clan was trying to drag them all down with them.
At that moment, Long Chen smiled, slowly raised a hand, and a lotus-shaped flame rose. His voice echoed throughout the world:
"I have a friend who once said something I admired.
He said that reading is for reasoning with others, and cultivation is for others to reason with him.
If you Pelicans don't play by reason, then I have no reason to argue with you. Let's just let our strength speak for itself! "
Buzz"
As Long Chen spoke, the flaming lotus in his hand rapidly blossomed, the snow-white lotus instantly covering the void, and white snow began to drift across the world.
When the snow fell to the ground, the ground instantly scorched black. It felt icy cold, yet it burned through the earth.
"It's Ice Soul. That's the Ice Soul Divine Flame, ranked eighth on the Heavenly Fire List."
Someone in the distance exclaimed, recognizing the origin of the flame in Long Chen's hand.
It was indeed the Ice Soul Divine Flame, but the current Ice Soul Divine Flame was very different from before.
The Ice Soul divided half of its origin seed with Huo Ling'er. Now, Huo Ling'er truly controlled the source of the Ice Soul.
However, the Ice Soul was too powerful, and Fire Ling'er's cultivation was insufficient. Its power was insufficient to sustain the Ice Soul Divine Flame, so the Ice Soul Divine Flame remained dormant in Huo Ling'er's hands.
She could control the power of the Ice Soul, but couldn't use its full power, because the Ice Soul had its own instincts. If she gave it all her strength, she would suffer severe damage and might even dissipate.
Therefore, in the past, when Huo Ling'er used the power of the Ice Soul, she could only use a trace of its origin—not because the Ice Soul was weak, but because it was self-protection and couldn't be allowed to use it recklessly.
But now things were different. Huo Ling'er absorbed the Lunar Fire and Solar Fire every day, continuously strengthening herself, borrowing the power of Lunar and Solar Fire, transforming it into her own strength, and then cultivating the Ice Soul Divine Flame.
When Long Chen collected the corpse of the Primordial Winged Demon and transformed it into vast vitality, it accelerated the rapid growth of the Taiyin Tree and the Fusang Ancient Tree. The continuous power was absorbed by the Ice Soul, and the Ice Soul finally began to awaken.
Now that the awakened Ice Soul had awakened, when Long Chen wielded its power, the snowflakes that emerged were its exclusive phenomenon.
"Ah..."
As the snowflakes danced, although the Pelican disciples kept dodging, some still got touched by the snowflakes. The snowflakes fell on their bodies, burning through their defenses and igniting them. Instantly, a piercing scream was heard.
At this moment, the Pelican clan's strong warriors finally showed terrified expressions. They felt that today the Pelican clan was in trouble, as if their misfortune had not ended with the death of their ancestor.
"Lift the bloodline barrier and summon the ancestral spirit for blessing!"
The Pelican clan's ancestor was dead, and more than a dozen Heavenly Venerable experts shouted, directing their disciples to defend.
With their shouts, hundreds of thousands of Pelican clan warriors formed a massive barrier by bloodline, and behind them, a shadowy figure tens of thousands of miles wide formed.
It was a gigantic pelican, exuding an ancient and world-worn aura. As the phantom appeared, the bloodlines and souls of hundreds of thousands of Pelican clan experts seemed to merge into one in an instant.
"Rumble rumble... The
barrier summoned by the Pelican clan made the void tremble continuously. This defense, formed by gathering hundreds of thousands of powerful beings, would make even the Innate Heavenly Venerable feel powerless.
"Go ahead and make your move. As long as you do, you'll be provoking the entire demon beast clan. When that happens, the demon beast clan will rise up and attack together, and each of you will die without a grave." The elder of the Pelican clan shouted wildly, still deliberately inciting others.
"Is that so?" Then I'll give it a try! World-Destroying Fire Lotus. Long
Chen sneered coldly and shouted. Suddenly, the Ten-Thousand-Mile White Lotus pressed down on him. The snow-white lotus, radiating sacred divine light, stretched out a long tail through the void and fiercely crashed into the Pelican clan's barrier. At that moment, the entire world seemed to freeze.