Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 1581 - 1151: And You Still Say You’re Not a Ye Family Member

Between heaven and earth, it seemed there was only the clash of ice and fire. As time wore on, the suppressed crimson flames grew increasingly terrifying. At this moment, the eyes of the yellow-robed Flood Dragon shadow were filled with absolute fury."Tian Nie, are you truly going against my Flood Dragon Race for the sake of the Human Race? You are courting death!" the Flood Dragon Saint roared in fury. He could have understood if she had come to the Taihang Mountain Range to poach some treasure, but he was merely here to capture a Human Race Cultivator and retrieve a Flood Dragon belonging to his race. Yet, he was actually being stopped.

Unfortunately, he was not Lei Chen, the newly advanced Divinity Transformation Cultivator of their race. Magical Combat on land was not his forte. Moreover, the bloodline of the Celestial Phoenix Race was not only on par with theirs, but it also faintly countered their lineage of Water-Attribute Flood Dragons.

However, the Celestial Nirvana Phoenix Saint had no intention of stopping. The Spiritual Fire burned even more fiercely, so much so that the Flood Dragon Saint actually felt a trace of pain he hadn’t experienced in a long time. He could hardly remember the last time he felt such a sensation, which was enough to show the terrifying might of this Phoenix Saint’s Spiritual Fire.

"It’s only the fire of the third Nirvana, and you already can’t hold on?" the Celestial Nirvana Phoenix Saint sneered.

For the Celestial Nirvana Phoenix Race to break through to the Divinity Transformation realm, they needed to undergo Nirvana Nine Times to reach Tier Six. Therefore, the power of their Spiritual Fire was naturally incomparable to any Spiritual Fire of the Mortal World. And this was exactly what frustrated the Flood Dragon Saint.

"Aren’t you afraid that these humans will steal from my Flood Dragon Race today and your Celestial Nirvana Phoenix Race tomorrow? As far as I know, your numbers are thin; there are no more than ten phoenixes of your kind in this realm..."

"Silence!" Following the Phoenix Saint’s angry rebuke, even more intense crimson flames incinerated the space between heaven and earth. The fire resembled a blazing sun and a True Phoenix as it swept toward the Flood Dragon Saint. Even the Spiritual Fire from the distant Netherworld Volcano was drawn over. There, a Netherworld Fire Ape tilted its head back and let out a long howl, as if responding in submission.

"Crazy woman, get lost!" The Flood Dragon Saint could no longer hold back.

He could sense that the fire before him had reached the level of the fifth Nirvana. If it had been a weaker Early Stage of Divinity Transformation Cultivator facing it, they would likely be severely burned. Of course, securing a kill would still be very difficult. When Divinity Transformation Cultivators engaged in combat, they could fight for ten days, half a month, or even half a year without a conclusive result. After all, both sides could communicate with heaven and earth, making it seem like the heavens themselves were clashing.

Without overwhelmingly powerful Cultivation Techniques or Magical Treasures, battles became a war of attrition, dragging on until Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was exhausted. Here, the Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy was visibly dense, putting him at a greater disadvantage.

Following his angry shout, a sky-blue portal manifested directly in the void. The Flood Dragon Saint instantly dove into it, and even the Phoenix Saint failed to stop him.

Only the pervasive biting cold and Crimson Flames continued to clash and permeate each other across the land. However, with the Flood Dragon Saint’s control gone, the sky turned completely crimson. The surrounding vegetation withered, and vapor billowed upward, turning the area into a sprawling sea of fog.

***

At the border between the Yan and Jin kingdoms, a Celestial Yellow Earth Flood Dragon carried True Monarch Tian Du and True Monarch Qinghe as they sped rapidly toward the Yan Kingdom.

There were no other Golden Core Cultivators atop the Flood Dragon. Only True Monarch Qinghe and True Monarch Tian Du were present. This mission was to slaughter the mortals and members of the Ye Family. In truth, they were also afraid that Ye Jingcheng might suddenly appear and eradicate the few remaining Golden Core and Purple Mansion Cultivators of the Beast Spirit Sect and Qinghe Sect. Therefore, they did not dare to arrange for any more Golden Core or Purple Mansion members to follow them.

Otherwise, it would be equivalent to sending them to die at the Ye Family’s hands. If the two True Monarchs themselves had to face a Nascent Soul from the Ye Family, they would still be capable of putting up a fight. At the very least, they could escape and make the Ye Family regret attacking the Beast Spirit Sect.

"Tian Du, I can’t shake the feeling that the atmosphere is unusually oppressive. It feels as though something has happened in the Taihang Mountain Range and the Yan Kingdom," True Monarch Qinghe said with a frown. He was already having second thoughts. To him, slaughtering mortals to vent his anger was something he couldn’t quite bring himself to do.

"Are you truly content to let it go just like that?" True Monarch Tian Du sneered in disdain. When they teleported earlier, they had already destroyed the Teleportation Array to avoid exposing its location, which was why they were forced to travel by riding the Flood Dragon. To him, even an ordinary Tier Five Spiritual Ship would have been too slow for this situation.

At that exact moment, the two of them suddenly felt a terrifying aura sweeping over.

"Ye Family members?" The very next moment, these three words echoed in their ears. Their bodies were instantly immobilized.

"Senior... Senior, we are not Ye Family members! We are enemies of the Ye Family! We belong to the Beast Spirit Sect..." True Monarch Tian Du rambled. At this moment, he looked like a wronged child, desperately trying to explain himself.

However, before he could finish his sentence, another voice rang out from the void: "So you really are Ye Family Cultivators. Die!"

The instant those words resounded, True Monarch Tian Du, True Monarch Qinghe, and the Earth Flood Dragon all experienced a drastic change in expression. True Monarch Qinghe, in particular, felt a sudden urge to kill True Monarch Tian Du right then and there. By now, he could naturally sense that the being before them was not a Nascent Soul from the Taihang Mountain Range, but rather the Flood Dragon Saint of the Celestial Flood Dragon Sea. It was the very Demon Saint who had once faced off against the Tian De Divine Monarch at Celestial Horse Pass.

The three of them fled in three different directions. But how could they possibly escape? In the void, three Cold Marrow Arrows fully condensed and shot toward the trio.

THWACK!

Even though True Monarch Tian Du was a mighty Late Stage of Nascent Soul Cultivator, he couldn’t block even a single arrow. True Monarch Qinghe had activated a Secret Technique in advance, but his Blood Escape, which would normally allow him to use Teleportation, completely failed to take him away today.

"This junior... is an Outer Elder of the Penglai Sect, Qinghe..." True Monarch Qinghe was still struggling, but within just a few breaths, his voice faded away completely.

Even their Nascent Souls fell into the hands of the Flood Dragon Saint.

"And you still claim you aren’t Ye Family members. Only the Ye Family poaches the bloodline of my Flood Dragon Race," the Flood Dragon Saint muttered. He stuffed both Nascent Souls into his mouth and swallowed. Only after finishing his meal did he fly off into the distance.

As for the Earth Flood Dragon, it was directly imprisoned, sucked into a blue pearl spat out by the Flood Dragon Saint.

A few breaths later, the entire sky returned to its clear azure hue. Had it not been for the lingering bursts of Cold Qi in the air, and the Cold Crystals and snow covering the land for dozens of miles, no one would have believed that the Flood Dragon Saint of the Celestial Flood Dragon Sea had just been here.

***

At the Medicine King Valley, the battle between Nascent Souls had reached a fever pitch. At the far ends of the sky, the phenomena grew more frequent and increasingly magnificent. On the outskirts of the valley, various Nascent Souls were engaged in chaotic combat.

True Monarch Bailian was matched against True Monarch Shengyun. After failing to gain the upper hand for a long time, and noticing that several other Nascent Souls had begun sustaining injuries that might lead to their deaths, he could no longer hold back.

"Retreat into the Array!" he shouted softly, leaving the other Nascent Souls somewhat bewildered.

After all, if they retreated into the Array, the Demon Cultivators would definitely slaughter more Cultivators and mortals of the Zhao Kingdom to taint the Array. This would corrupt True Monarch Bai Yao’s Dao Heart and increase the difficulty of his Heart Demon tribulation.

On the contrary, True Monarch Shengyun of the Penglai Sect and his allies grew solemn. They had actually roughly guessed the Medicine King Valley’s trump card. A large part of the reason they hadn’t moved against the Medicine King Valley earlier was out of fear that the matter of Dao-stealing would be made public.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but look toward the mountain ranges behind them.