AZI Volume 7 Chapter 31

Spreading his divine senses outwards, Xia Lie Yang is immediately confronted by Long Hua's divine senses, as the two wrestle for control of this realm.

"…"

Narrowing his red eyes, Xia Lie Yang performs a series of incantation gestures, while rotating his cultivation base.

Noticing this, Zhou Chen is quick to command the MAUs to—

"Aim for the black and red-robed Immortal, fire!"

*Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!!* in the next instance, numerous missiles are fired in Xia Lie Yang's direction, and towards this—

"Forward!"

"Block them for Elder Lie Yang!"

All the practitioners near Xia Lie Yang positioned themselves to the front, and—

*Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!* creating barriers of spirit Qi, they fend off the incoming missiles, which exploded on impact!

"Reload!"

As the weapon spirits make preparations for their next bombardment, a red sun—which measures at 500 meters in length from left to right, manifests in the skies above Xia Lie Yang's head.

With every incantation gesture performed, the more realistic this sun would become, and accompanying the solar body's gradual completion, the higher this realm's temperatures would climb.

"Lao Yang, this sun…?"

"…I know."

Seeing the scorching red sun, Zhou Chen and Yang Ning grit their teeth.

The sheer sight of this sun, it makes them wish that they are currently asleep; and are just experiencing a nightmare—based off their past memories.

However, their sensory abilities told them otherwise.

And making the matter worse, they can tell with ease that this sun is nothing like the one that they had seen more than five decades ago.

"…"

"…"

Compared to the military and the foreign weapon spirits—who are all panicking in some way, the native villagers, they're much more composed, as they continue to silently pray in the direction of the golden sphere.

*…! …! …!* and with everyone's attention drawn to the scorching sun, not a single person had noticed that the waters of the river had started to rise—as if it were boiling.

...…

"Whether or not this intruder is a genuine deity, let's see if they're able to receive this attack first."

As killing intent emanates from Xia Lie Yang's eyes, he waves his hand, and—

*…!!!!!!* hurls the solar body towards the sphere of golden radiance!

*Boom…!!!!!!!!!* as soon as the red sun smashes itself onto the sphere of golden radiance, a deafening sound goes off, and the world trembles violently!

What this sphere of golden radiance is—it's simply a concentrated mass of faith energy that is used for the purpose of defense; however, in the face of the scorching sun's heat—

*Kakakaka!!!* cracks begin to form throughout the golden sphere's body, and in the same instance—

*Boom!!!!!!!!* as if the entirety of the river—near the shores of the village had come to life, it peels itself off the earth, and rises into the air in the form of a colossal serpent!

"…?!"

Widening his eyes, Xia Lie Yang watches as the water-formed serpent closes in, and opens its maw—to devour the blazing sun!

*Siiiiiiii!!!!!* upon contact, the water boils, and steam blasts outwards—covering the entirety of the skies!

Without giving anyone the time to process the situation—

*…!!!!!!* far faster than any of the practitioners in front of Xia Lie Yang could hope to react, something tears through the air with mountainous force, and—

*Boom!!!!!!!* smashes onto the barriers of spirit Qi—shattering them all, while turning the practitioners behind them into a haze of blood!

"Hmph…!"

Detecting this thing's approach, Xia Lie Yang is quick to conjure a shield of flames in front of himself, and receive it head-on!

*Boom!!!!!!* the collision of Xia Lie Yang's shield and the moving mass scatters the steam around them—revealing a black and white imperial figure with a mianguan crown.

"…"

Standing at the edge of this mianguan crown is none other than Long Hua, who is dressed in silver robes.

As for the object that had collided with Xia Lie Yang, it was none other than the imperial figure's right fist.

(This supposed deity… Does he possess perfect mastery over the water elements?)

With the solar body nowhere in sight, Xia Lie Yang believes it to have been extinguished by the waters—causing him to re-evaluate Long Hua's strength.

"…"

Rotating his cultivation base fiercely, Xia Lie Yang summons his Dao Idol.

Typically, such idols are manifested during the Dao Manifestation realm; and different from the Dao Idols of others—Xia Lie Yang's Dao Idol is a towering figure dressed in robes of red flames.

Merging himself with his Dao Idol, the face of the idol changes—to bear a perfect resemblance to Xia Lie Yang himself.

And without wasting any time, Xia Lie Yang strikes at the imperial figure—with the impact of this strike pushing the latter backwards by five steps, crushing the trees that are caught in its pathway!

"…"

Constricting his eyes, Long Hua stares intently at the chest of Xia Lie Yang's Dao Idol.

There, he sees a mass of red flames that is constantly expanding and contracting—much like a human's beating heart.

"…"

As Xia Lie Yang waves his right hand, his Dao Idol mimics his movements, and summons a sea of red flames—to hurl it towards Long Hua's direction!

Being an Immortal realm practitioner—situated at the Heaven Immortal stage, Xia Lie Yang possesses a total of four essences.

The most notable of these four essences would have to be his essence of fire—while serving to reinforce the strength of his first essence is his second essence, the essence of wind.