Battle of Ancients

'This was the life. This was the rush. The level of adrenaline coursing through his bestial veins felt incredible. Sloshes of blood, guts, Dao essence washed over him. His normally well groomed fur was already covered in red filth yet he did not give a crap.'

His cudgel, the defective thing it may be but it was simple to use and wonderfully satisfying. It smashed through the skulls of numerous devils all the while his divine ears picked up malicious movements around him.'

Liu Er found himself loving the battle brought on by the devil's crazed ambitions. As a man of the twenty first century, such violence was heavily frowned upon. You'd be condemned as some sort of psychopath, a maniac that belongs in jail. Years of repressed anger and frustrations that was discouraged from being unleashed.

Yet in the primitive world, he had none of those restrictions. He was a virtual god of war relishing in the bloodbath. These devils were not weak in ability. But Liu Er's physical abilities were so great that he could bypass their spell attacks and strike their comparatively weak flesh. Among the anti-devil forces, he was probably one of the strongest physical bodies present baring some of the dragons.

However, the joy of battle was secondary in Liu Er's mind. As a man who'd read countless internet novels, he would like to say he knew his way around these events. Previously, he had already identified some famous figures in the anti-devil forces. He couldn't help but take notice of the famous weapons they already sported.

While the future Three Pure Ones were still fighting bare handed, Minghe had no hesitation showing off Abi and Yuantu. This was a man Liu Er was intimately familiar with. Minghe was a pretty pathetic figure, always copying others and never reaping the same benefits.

He saw Nuwa creating humans so he created the Blood Fiend race. He saw the Three Pure Ones creating sects so he created the Blood Sect. He joined up with the Netherworld but failed to gain any real benefits. Minghe was unworthy of the three top grade xiantian spiritual treasure he was born with in his opinion.

Minghe was fighting in a bloodlusted craze. This frantic man was the manifestation of the Blood Sea, Pangu's belly button. The collective sin that has gathered there was incredible and resulted in a man dedicated to bloodshed. His swords Abi and Yuantu danced with blood. His 12th Grade Red Lotus carried him like a scooter across the battlefield.

Out of anyone in the war, Liu Er kept his eyes on him. In case anything happens, sticking close to Minghe could easily net him huge rewards.

Liu Er had also identified the likes of the Primordial Suppression Immortal Zhen Yuanzi and Red Cloud Ancestor daoist Hongyun. The former wore a star hat and fought using a Ginseng Tree treasure while the latter assumed the form of a massive cloud that engulfed his allies and opponents.

He supposed both were doing better then expected. Liu Er knew both weren't particularly strong warriors. Zhen Yuanzi only knew how to be bullied around by a junior in Sun Wukong and Hongyun was literally the dumbest person he'd ever read about.

His would be killer Kunpeng was present somewhere as well. Liu Er lost track of foul demon a while ago and didn't bother checking. Kunpeng wasn't noteworthy all things considered, he was cunning but only knew how to run.

Unfortunately he could not identify Jieyin nor Zhunti anywhere. But he supposed that was logical. The two bald donkeys in the west were cowards in his mind. They only knew how to beg and cry to the Dao Ancestor and only received pity from the Heavenly Dao. Those two were probably hiding waiting to con some poor bloke.

Then there was Eastern Sovereign Taiyi. That Chaos Bell on his hip was so jaw dropping lay magnificent that Liu Er could hardly take his eyes off of it. He always saw Taiyi as a pretty stupid individual. Always a follower and never surpassing Di Jun despite posses a chaos rank spiritual treasure of all things. He doubt the bird even knew how to properly use the bell.

Di Jun of course was showing off the Celestial River Diagram. Dumb bird needed Fuxi's help to even start using it to its full potential. Another wasted treasure that would be better served in his hand.

But Liu Er's eyes widened as he observed Di Jun fight. While the golden crow was cornered by several Great Principle Chaos Immortal devils, he retracted the Celestial River Diagram. Instead, he brought out a new treasure, a circular bladed wheel moulded like the sun.

"What is that?" Liu Er gasped. He grunted in pain as a devil scraped him on the shoulder. Annoyed, he grabbed the devil and threw it away with his titanic strength.

"Sun Chakram! Strike!" Di Jun chanted. His chakram became a fiery wheel of death as devils burned whenever they got near.

'Sun Chakram? Why haven't I heard of that before? What is it?' He was thoroughly confused. So much so that he stopped fighting all together, retreating to get a better look at the distant Di Jun.

For newcomers of little renown, Di Jun and Taiyi were doing very well. They weren't at the centre of the fighting where the major powerhouses were but they were still holding back and killing many powerful devils. Di Jun fought with his magical powers and his treasures while Taiyi hadn't drawn the Chaos Bell even once.

"Hey, what are you dong just standing there?"

Liu Er turned his head in irritation. The man who spoke to him was a hulk of a man commanding a legion of electricity. He had three eyes and a traditional Chinese beard. He held a bar mace and looked pretty menacing.

He whipped the blunt weapon around casting massive waves of electricity followed by roaring sound. However, Liu Er couldn't quite identify him. Since he was probably an unimportant immortal the monkey deign to ignore him.

"This is a battle, help for crying out loud," the bar mace wielding man scoffed before riding his lighting away to do battle elsewhere. Liu Er snorted in annoyance, he would probably be another casualty before long.

Not far from the monkey, a dragon was already cut down. Another man was bisected by a Primal Origin Chaos Immortal devil. The bisected man reverted to his true form of a lobster and plummeted in death.

Liu Er licked his lips and went in for the offensive. The devil wielded an axe and battled against his cudgel. Liu Er knew instantly that his weapon was inferior. His cudgel was only a crude bar of metal barely ranking in with low tier xiantian spiritual treasures.

He was never an expert on higher mysteries so he only ever used it as a bludgeoning tool. The pig cultivator he got it from seemed to be able to do more but he was so pathetic that he died in one punch so Liu Er never put much thought into it.

The two traded blows fiercely and despite only being a normal Great Principle Chaos Immortal, Liu Er forced the devil into a stressful situation. The monkey smirked as he drove the devil back. He only needed one good hit to pulverize the enemy. His physical strength alone was already far superior than even some Primal Zenith Chaos Immortals.

The devil was clearly frustrated. In any direction he struck Liu Er struck back. His devil art spells that he tried to use was also ineffective against the one track minded Liu Er.

"DIE!" Liu Er screeched.

His strikes became more wild and more powerful. He his cudgel struck with the force to implode stars. Its chipping structure could barely hold on to Liu Er's striking power. He was so powerful that the force of his strikes disturbed thousands of devils around them.

Many were blown back as unintentional victims of his assault. Just like this, a path was cut open in the devil lines. An unwarranted side effect of Liu Er mindlessly chasing one person but a beneficial one nevertheless.

Even when the devil retreated further in, Liu Er stubbornly pursued. No enemy bar three had ever escaped from him in the past and refuse to increase that number any further. Anyone who fights him dies, period. No chance of them coming back for revenge or whatever nonsense.

The devil frantically looked around, but then he smiled softly. "Well fought monkey," he admitted when their weapons clashed again. This time, the enemy devil's axe quaked under the pressure. This devil was an expert on a Dao relating to wind but that could not harm Liu Er's flesh.

But his cudgel was another story.

Because said cudgel disintegrated soon afterwards.

Liu Er's pupils squinted in anger. He threw aside the cudgel and lunged at the devil. But his enemy's quick thinking allowed him to strike the six eared macaque on the shoulder sending him downwards.

"Emperor Pit Eater, this one's been killing swaths of our left flank!" The devil yelled something out that Liu Er was too pissed off to comprehend.

Liu Er crashed into the ground where comparatively less fighting was taking place. He quickly got to his feet and summersaulted into the air. His nails lengthened into claws and his fangs elongated. He prepared his stomach for another mean.

Even though the axe wielding devil saw him coming, he was still startled by the speed in which Liu Er came at him. His axe generated a realm tearing air wave that Liu Er easily jumped over. The monkey then enveloped the axe head in his jaw.

"You barbarian!" The devil growled as his high rank xiantian spiritual treasure suffered cracks everywhere. Even though it was on the low end of high rank, it was still leagues better then what ordinary cultivators could get their hands on.

But Liu Er still chewed it to pieces. He swallowed the metal and grunted holding his stomach. The Devil Dao Law of Slicing Airwave began assimilating into his body. He felt somewhat closer to the Devilish Dao in terms of his comprehension.

"Incredible, even the best devouring arts in the west is incomparable to yours," a haunting voice said. Liu Er turned around and caught eyes of a mighty Devil Emperor.

It was a monster with stubby legs and arms. It's entire body was its head and it was one gigantic mouth with many eyes. In its right arm was a dead phoenix which it promptly put into its mouth and swallowed.

"You seem like a talented person. Say why don't you join the Devilish Dao and become my disciple. Ancestor Luohu already plans to take all of us into the chaos so you'll be safe," Pit Eater said.

"Liu Er answers to NO ONE!" The macaque screamed.

All his life he buckled under the expectations of others. He lived a life of frustration and repression. In this new life he swore to never be brought down that low again. Why would he ever accept an offer from a sect as hierarchical like the Devilish Dao.

"Strange Binding Rope!" The devil called out. His high rank xiantian spiritual treasure manifested tightly around the reckless monkey. Liu Er suddenly found himself very flustered. He suddenly felt extremely panicked.

Glancing around, he noticed that he had penetrated deep into devil lines. No, rather he was led into enemy lines and now was surrounded by predominantly devils. From here, he could even feel the distant ripples of more powerful clashing immortals.

He drank in the air of changing qi. He could feel his lungs burning from a filthy scent before sucking in a breath of pleasant springtime. All this was to say his body was experiencing chaotic feelings.

He starred at Pit Eater's many eyes in fear. Deep down he felt extremely unwilling. He did not come here to die. He came here to loot. He didn't spend thousands of years tearing his way through millions of bodies just to die pathetically here to some no name devil who didn't even go down in the history books.

But fortunately or maybe even unfortunately, his end never came. A massive seal had smashed into the devil army and upturned many warriors. Its attack was quick and ruthless, instantly smashing hundreds of injured Chaos Immortals.

"Overturning Heaven Seal!" The middle aged man wielding the top rank xiantian spiritual treasure commanded. It was Yuanshi who previously fought barehanded.

Liu Er felt an ocean of envy. Just from the name he recognized the treasure. It was the same one that was also the strongest treasure under the future Lord of Broad Accomplishment's arsenal. Liu Er didn't think highly of the Jade Clear Lineage but he did know they had interesting weapons. However, he found it strange Yuanshi had it already. Didn't he find it in Hongjun's Treasure Sealing Cliff?

Another person, a woman also appeared by Yuanshi's side, Tongtian held a fish drum. The woman looked incredibly beautiful as well as deadly in Liu Er's eyes. She was dazzling even as she beat the drum creating a vortex of sword qi that cut apart several dozen devils who surrounded her. Taishang also appeared alongside them wielding his infamous horsetail whisk that summoned wild turbulent special energy that washed away his enemies.

With the Overturning Heaven Seal unleashed, Yuanshi drew a long jade scepter and smashed it into the head of a Primal Origin Chaos Immortal devil killing him instantly. While Liu Er had cut a path into the devils, others had followed. The Three Pure Ones took advantage of the confusion to massacre scores of devils.

The Three Pure Ones were unleashing all their power. In a bid to take advantage of the situation, their most powerful weapons were unleashed. Tongtian stopped beating her drum and drew a simple jade sword. The three coordinated an attack followed closely by many East Continent and seafolk immortals.

"Wait a second, Three Treasure Jade Ruyi? Qingping Sword? Primordial Fish Drum? Void Refining Whisk?" Liu Er listed off the weapons even as Pit Eater looked on in shock. "Did the 12th ranked Green Lotus already sprout? Dammit!"

Liu Er cursed his luck for missing that event. He could've sworn it would come latter? Transmigrators like him really lived an unfair life. He cursed the Three Pure Ones for driving him away from Kunlun.

Pit Eater had forgotten Liu Er in the confusion. He charged for the Three Pure Ones like a madman. In the ensuing battle, even a Primal Zenith Chaos Immortal like Pit Eater was swarmed. The teamwork of the Three Pure Ones ended him and they moved on. All the while Liu Er watched jealously.

Because following the Three Pure Ones were more future famous figures. The hook nosed dummy looking Kun Peng. Mr naive Hongyun, his bestie Zhenyuanzi. Di Jun and Taiyi along with a paired man and woman wielding a cane and a mirror respectively.

"Dong Wanggong and Xi Wangmu," Liu Er muttered bitterly. "It doesn't make sense. Why do they already have top grade xiantian spiritual treasures. Why is life so unfair?"

…

On the other side of the battlefield, Yi Fei'e struggled in an encirclement. A battered Rippling Reflection had managed to hold on for reinforcements to arrive. And by were they annoyances.

Cinnabar Phoenix shifted midair, taking Yi Fei'e away from a tornado of mystical fire. He flew high to avoid distortions to space and cloudy spears. It was a chase that both immortals took care to not be hit.

If Yi Fei'e had one flaw, it was the strength of her flesh. Despite having dragons for brothers, her physical strength was nothing special. Not even Da Hai could teach her what she had no interest in.

Despite that, her usage of sword and stars far outstripped any devil. In her battle against Rippling Reflection, she was unaffected by his mind tricks and easily dispatched his comrades. The wrinkly devil could only save his own skin before the Elemental Devil Emperors arrived to relieve him.

With them came scores of Devil Emperors on the scale of Primal Zenith. Some daoist Never-Full, Elephant Swallower, Paper Lampray or some combination. Yi Fei'e had no time to remember their names.

She grunted as her sword had to intercept a paper puppet. She quickly cleaved apart the construct and encouraged Cinnabar to shoot for a paper wielding devil. The phoenix happily obliged and shot forth in a trail of fire.

"Hm?" The paper wielding daoist was flustered when Yi Fei'e suddenly zeroed in on him. Her sword was lit up in starlight and poised for a stab.

"NO!" He cried, building a paper turtle shell from sheets he kept in his pocket universe. But how could paper stop Yi Fei'e. This was why other devils appeared to stop her as well.

Yi Fei'e was extremely powerful, this the devils knew from their previous encounter. That was why they sent only the peak of Primal Zenith experts to fight her. The paper devil was aided by a whip wielding devil and a monstrous bat devil.

The two help push paper devil out of the way just in time to be slashed but not suffer fatal damage. It was here that the Five Elemental Devil Emperors attacked.

"I am the Devil of Glorious Flames!"

"I am the Devil of Glacial Water!"

"I am the Devil of Aged Steel!"

"I am the Devil of Cyclic Earth!"

"I am the Devil of Luminous Wood!"

"""""DIE!"""""

Yi Fei'e frowned deeply. A constellation of six stars manifested on the back of her neck and shoulders forming a scarf that led from the underside of one arm to the other. It arched behind her back to block the combined attack.

"GAH!"

Yi Fei'e fell off of Cinnabar Phoenix and tumbled through the air where she was assaulted by the five again. She gritted her teeth and placed both palms together.

"Most Bright of the All Heaven! Illuminate the Cosmos!" She unleashed her Great Brilliance Pearl gifted to her long ago by Da Hai. The treasure acted as a sun blinding all devils around her. This allowed her to stab the Devil of Cyclic Earth in the stomach and tear out of his right side.

"Stellar Dragon Claw!" Her left hand transformed into an azure claw similar to Qinglong. This palm strike impacted the Devil of Cyclic Earth who transformed into a golem of rock and soil. Even then more then eighty percent of is body was pulverized.

"Tough fucker aren't you," Yi Fei'e gasped. She then moved to the Devil of Aged Steel cutting him across the face and kicking the Devil of Glorious Flames away.

By then Cinnabar had rejoined her having shrugged off paper devil and his allies. Her trusted mount reached her just in time for her to grab his reigns and lift herself onto his back once more. The two struggled to fly as the bat shaped devil screamed ferociously at them.

"Don't let her get her bearings!" Rippling Reflection commanded from way back. "Kill her before it's too late!"

Yi Fei'e gripped the sides of her head in pain. Cinnabar Phoenix tried to sing to counteract the sonic attack but only ended up screeching. The moth glared at the bat. Said devil was helped by half a dozen others she had nearly killed previously.

The problem with being fighting groups was that they can save each other and rest before reinterring the battle. Yi Fei'e and Cinnabar were by themselves. She couldn't bring her sisters into battle with her cause they were too weak and other experts had to fight other strong devils.

"NOW!"

The bat looked gleeful. The six others with him supported him with their own devil qi. By harnessing the seven emotion six desires into his ever expanding lungs, his attack became a hundred times then they were ordinarily. They had to concentrate a lot just to corner Yi Fei'e.

The bat could've died several times simply because his flesh was the weakest in the group. If Yi Fei'e touched him once he'd be dead. They were so focused in their assault in fact that they missed a lone woman sneaking up behind them.

As the bat screamed, the Elemental Devils who'd suffered wounds began helping each other up. Other healthier devils like the paper wielder began closing in for a decisive attack. Their excitement grew until…

PAH!

The bat's soft head snapped forwards. The back of his skull cracked open.

The other devils looked over behind him in absolute shock.

Nuwa stood behind the bat awkwardly holding a palm sized five colored stone like a child being caught stealing candy. Said stone was coated in a thick layer of blood. Blood belonging to the now deceased bat devil.

For a moment there was silence. Outside fighting became white noise. Even Emperor Rippling Reflection was startled. The first and only thought coursing through their mind was, 'How did a simple rock manage to kill a Primal Zenith Chaos Immortal?'

"HAIYAH!"

Yi Fei'e on the other hand took this opportunity to immediately behead all the devils that had surrounded her including all six who supported the bat and multiple others who were near her. This quick killing startled the rest of the devils into action.

The decisive action was so quick that even the devils were surprised. Rippling Reflection immediately upon realizing his advantage was lost immediately transformed into a shade and faded away. The Five Elemental Devils took this chance to also use various escape techniques to transform into streams of elements that flew off.

Yi Fei'e grunted in pain and grasped her forehead feeling the remnants of a headache. She then met Nuwa's eyes.

"Awfully brave," her mount Cinnabar said. "Based on my observation you're only a recently obtained the Great Principle."

"Oh um," Nuwa stammered nervously. She had only seen a chance and took it. This was the first action she saw upon flying into the sky. "I got lucky I guess."

Yi Fei'e narrowed her eyes at the statement. She looked around and noticed the chaos of the battlefield and wondered how likely that was.

"NUWA!" Fuxi's desperate voice yelled out across towards them. The snake man was mid chase, running away from a devil who held a gourd in hand. Fuxi's only means of defense was his guqin instrument.

"Brother!" Nuwa screamed.

As an immortal, Fuxi on his own was not good at offense. Hence he was in true life threatening danger. If he and Nuwa were to have a fist fight Nuwa will kick his ass near effortlessly.

"Hmph," Yi Fei'e tapped Cinnabar's neck with the tip of her foot. The phoenix obeyed and shot out a blaze of fire. The much stronger phoenix burned the devil before he could retreat reducing the Great Principle Chaos Immortal to ashes.

"I can tell you're young and inexperienced but it is foolish to approach Primal Zenith Chaos Immortals in mid combat," she lectured Nuwa who could only look away in embarrassment. "However, I am thankful for your actions. Were it not for you who knows what might have happened to me."

She glanced at the stone in Nuwa's hands. "That stone, what is it?"

"Hm? Oh this is just something I found playing in the mountains one day," Nuwa answered readily pointing at one of the features of Mt Buzhou.

"Mountains?" Yi Fei'e said raising an eyebrow. "You live here? On Mt Buzhou?"

Nuwa nodded while helping Fuxi steady himself.

"I see," Yi Fe'e said sheathing her sword then shook her head. "You two are talented individuals. I suggest retreating to the mountain outskirts. See that two headed rainbow dragon? That's Hong and he's here to fight but also to protect promising young talents who came here against advice. Stay near him, he'll recognize my scent on you two." She flicked her wrist and small particles of white snow mo,entrails flowed between them.

The battleground rippled again afterwards. The three looked down and witnessed twelve individuals wildly swinging their way into the battle. They were some of the strangest amalgamation of characters she'd ever seen.

"Aren't those the so called authentic Pangu descendants? What reckless animals," Fuxi said with a disdain filled scoff. "Come on sister, let's retreat."

"Wait," Yi Fei'e called out. "Cinnabar, escort them."

"My lady?" The phoenix gasped in shock. "But what about you?"

"You really think I need your protection?" Yi Fei'e asked him frankly. "It's the least I can do for you two siblings for saving my life. Cinnabar, be a good bird and give them my protection."

Cinnabar looked reluctant but ultimately accepted. He spread his wings and took both half snake immortals into his talons. "Why mistress?"

"Just a hunch. We're gonna need them," she said shrugging. "Go, I'll be fine." She shooed away the phoenix and turned her attention back to the battlefield.

"Hm, sisters are fine for now. Zulong and Zufeng are in a statement with that six armed devil. Is he even a devil? Doesn't feel like one. Yinglong is fine. Qinglong?" She glanced at the centre of the battlefield.

It was currently an ocean of water avoided by even Primal Zenith Chaos Immortals. The warmth of the universe felt cold. Primordial qi felt dead and the ghastly feelings of chaos was amuck. Signs of star power also permeated the ocean in the sky. Yi Fei'e frowned and began approaching the ocean.

Above her, the Immortal Extermination Formation only grew darker.