Ascension Day

Chapter 266: Chapter 126: Final Showdown with the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man

As it moved to block the blow, hundreds of others, including Hua Xianchen and Qi Qingzhou, unleashed their strongest Magical Treasures and most powerful Divine Powers, all aimed at the Golden Man!

As the last of the Qi Refiners, they wielded various Exotic Treasures passed down from their ancestors. Each one was immensely powerful, radiating a terrifying might upon activation!

Thanks to Xu Ying’s guidance, their Divine Powers were also far greater than before.

Yet, no matter how powerful their Magical Treasures or how refined their Divine Powers, the moment they struck the Golden Man, mysterious patterns would appear and flow across its surface, deflecting every attack!

Da Zhong flew in, circling the Golden Man. It weaved up and down, back and forth, its chimes vibrating endlessly as it bombarded the colossus with all its might!

It even slammed directly into the Golden Man, but only managed to make the statue stagger.

The Golden Man was like a Great Qi Refiner at the Ascension Stage, proficient in all sorts of Magic and Divine Powers. Its cultivation was incredibly profound as it clashed head-on with Da Zhong!

Its fingers were the sharpest of spears, its palms the mightiest of seals. Its elbows were like the Kaitian axes, its legs the heaviest of whips.

Every single part of its body was a Magical Treasure!

It even opened its mouth and roared. The powerful shockwaves sent everyone flying, spitting blood as they were thrown in all directions!

“Use Samadhi True Fire and Samadhi Divine Water!” Hua Xianchen cried out.

Many of the Qi Refiners had already mastered Samadhi True Fire and Samadhi Divine Water. At her command, they immediately summoned their respective flames and waters. However, the True Fire could not burn the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man, and the Divine Water could not erode it.

The Golden Man’s body trembled. The patterns on its surface shifted, transforming into motifs of flame and water. Suddenly, True Fire and Divine Water erupted from these patterns, searing and surging toward the crowd!

The water and fire were compatible, merging together without conflict.

Xu Ying suddenly threw himself in front of the others. Activating his Pure Yang Anomalous Fire, he opened his mouth and exhaled a torrent of flame to meet the onslaught of Samadhi Water and Fire!

An explosion erupted where the Pure Yang Anomalous Fire collided with the Samadhi Water and Fire!

Xu Ying took a step forward, holding back the Samadhi Water and Fire. He then suddenly leaped into the air, retracted his Pure Yang Anomalous Fire, and swung his Stone Axe. With a loud CLANG, it struck the Golden Man!

The Stone Axe’s power flared. A monstrous, blood-red light surged as a vast sea of blood materialized behind Xu Ying, littered with the floating corpses of colossal Divine Demons!

The power of the strike was astonishing, yet it only left a shallow gash on the surface of the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man. It had barely been scratched!

The impact left Xu Ying’s hands dripping with blood, the skin on his palms split open. Fortunately, he had opened his Mud Pill Secret Treasury, and his wounds healed in an instant.

Yuan Qi flew up from his shoulder, opened its maw, and spewed raging Celestial Fire to incinerate the Golden Man. Yet, the flames couldn’t even make the colossus glow red-hot.

Yuan Qi was shocked. Just as he was about to retract the Celestial Fire, a ripple of light pulsed across the Golden Man’s surface, and his Celestial Fire was instantly extinguished, vanishing completely.

‘Ying, how are we supposed to fight this?’ he thought in despair.

Xu Ying leaped up and landed on one of the ribbons of incense smoke trailing from the Golden Man. He then sprinted forward along it.

Coiled on Xu Ying’s shoulder, Yuan Qi shrieked in alarm. Wherever Xu Ying stepped, the incense smoke of the ribbon transformed into various Divine Powers, surging toward them like a gathering storm!

Each Divine Power manifested from the incense smoke pulsed with world-destroying energy. If one were to land on them, they would be obliterated.

At that moment, Da Zhong was in a head-on confrontation with the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man, trapped in a one-sided beating and completely unable to help.

Little Fengxian was also getting pummeled and couldn’t come to their aid!

As for the other Qi Refiners, they were dead or injured. They couldn’t even block a single one of the Golden Man’s Divine Powers, let alone attempt a rescue!

“Ying! Faster!” Yuan Qi shrieked, terrified.

Xu Ying broke into a full sprint, racing along the arc of the incense ribbon. A Divine Power suddenly manifested from the smoke up ahead and flew toward him.

“Ying—!” Yuan Qi shrieked.

Xu Ying suddenly flipped over, wreathed himself in plumes of Sword Qi, and transformed into a streak of sword light, plunging into the enormous Shen Kan behind the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man!

The Shen Kan, the source of the Incense Smoke Qi, was sixty to seventy feet tall, and the aura of incense within it was even denser.

Upon arriving, Yuan Qi could no longer withstand the prayers of the masses contained within the Incense Smoke Qi and passed out.

Xu Ying activated his Taiyi Guiding Skill. Focusing his mind with Divine Consciousness Guarding One, he cleared all distracting thoughts, remaining calm as if the heavens themselves were collapsing. He landed right in the center of the Shen Kan and abruptly unleashed his Pure Yang Anomalous Fire!

Raging flames ignited the Shen Kan. At the same time, the Divine Powers that had been chasing him slammed into it. The Shen Kan was shattered by the Golden Man’s own attacks, its burning fragments, wreathed in Anomalous Fire, plummeting to the ground.

Xu Ying had already leaped clear the instant the Divine Powers struck the Shen Kan. However, he was caught in the shockwave of the explosion. His internal Mysterious Domain was severely damaged, and blood streamed from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

As he fell, he looked up and saw that even though the Shen Kan had been destroyed and the Incense Smoke Qi had dispersed, the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man’s every move was still brimming with power!

Da Zhong was now covered in dents, and many of Feng Xian’Er’s Phoenix Feathers were gone, her body stained with Phoenix Blood.

As for the other Qi Refiners, more than half were dead or wounded, their formation completely broken.

‘This time… it’s a total disaster…’

Just as Xu Ying had this thought, he saw a young woman leap onto the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man’s shoulder. With a loud THWACK, she punched it in the neck.

“It’s Grand Ancestor Chanchan!”

Xu Ying forced his Qi Blood to surge, getting his Primordial Qi flowing through his body again. He leaped up, executed the Cloud Ladder Celestial Soaring, and shot upward!

The young woman was none other than Zhu Chanchan. She zipped around the Golden Man’s neck in a full circle, landing a rapid series of punches. THWACK, THWACK, THWACK! The Golden Man’s hands froze in mid-air, its feet became immobile, and the flickering patterns on its body dimmed!

Zhu Chanchan floated in the air, dusting off her hands. Looking smug, she grinned. “I’ve cut off the flow of Magical Power at your neck. Let’s see you try to act tough now.”

At that very moment, Xu Ying swooped in, scooped the young woman into his arms, and immediately took flight!

FWOOSH!

Two thick beams of fire shot from the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man’s eyes, slicing horizontally through the air and nearly cutting the pair into four pieces!

Zhu Chanchan’s face went pale. Huddled in Xu Ying’s arms, she let out a sharp cry, pouring all of her Magical Power into a single command, her voice clear and resonant. “Flying Peak! Come—”

BOOM!

An incredibly terrifying shockwave erupted behind Xu Ying, sending them both flying. In the chaos, the young man glanced back just in time to see a bronze mountain peak descending from the heavens. It slammed down on the Golden Man’s head, ramming it straight into its own torso!

The Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man’s eyes were still spewing fire, gradually burning its chest red-hot until it began to melt.

Seeing this, Xu Ying hastily dodged. With two FWOOSHes, two beams of fire, each sixty to seventy feet thick, shot over their heads!

Xu Ying landed. Zhu Chanchan, who was still in his arms, quickly scrambled up, her face slightly flushed.

Xu Ying, however, didn’t seem to notice anything amiss. “Chanchan, is that Golden Man dead?” he asked quickly.

“Not yet.”

Zhu Chanchan quickly composed herself. “It’s half Magical Treasure and half Divine Spirit. How could it die? An attack like that wouldn’t even be enough to destroy Da Zhong, let alone the Golden Man.”

Xu Ying looked over. Half of the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man’s body was now buried in the earth by the Flying Peak, its head sunk deep into its torso. Its chest had been burned through, revealing two blazing red eyes from within the cavity.

The Golden Man really wasn’t dead!

Xu Ying grinned. “Chanchan, hit it with another big one!”

Zhu Chanchan said nothing.

Surprised, Xu Ying turned to look at her. The young woman stammered, “That Magical Treasure… it’s too big. Using it once with my full power is my limit…”

Xu Ying nodded. “Did you cut too many corners when you were refining treasures for Emperor Zhou?”

Zhu Chanchan put her hands behind her back and kicked at a loose stone on the ground. “Nothing of the sort ever happened,” she said evasively. “Even the Prison Warden couldn’t get a confession out of me, so don’t you go slinging mud.”

Da Zhong, battered and wobbling, flew over. “Ying, I’m injured again!” it cried. “Grand Ancestor Chanchan, quick, give me a few good whacks! I’m going to fight that thing to the bitter end!”