Nuwa’s Aid

The next phase of this great conflict had arrived. Shen Feng, after being dragged into this became enraged. As he wrestled with several Chaos Immortals, his anger at Gui Daiyu only grew. Not matter what he tried to say, this people did not see him as anything other then their worst enemy.

As it became increasingly clear that Shen Feng could not get away easily. He released his true power. His Dao body was shed and he assumed the body he was reincarnated into. Immediately, he submerged the ocean and the sky above in endless viciously fast moving airstreams.

All around the seat of Zulong's power, ferocious water and hurricanes roared. The silvery blanket of devils was no longer clear as despite their ungodly numbers, the might of Shen Feng's hurricane easily tore through them and reached into the dark sky. If they had been living, these devils would've long become sliced chunks of flesh.

Instead they faded into clouds of yin energy.

Across the ocean at various levels, mud puppets dueled devils of equivalent strength. Holding the line and preventing them from entering the heart of the four seas. Both parties were little more then canon fodder, so they easily fell to Shen Feng's attacks as well. Yet alongside them, the true battle between titanic experts took place.

Chi Wen, Bi An, Denglong etc, all sported numerous small wounds upon their true forms. They had all exited the King of Four Directions formation in the wake of Shen Feng's actions. None of them knew how long they'd been defending the formation, but they were all glad to be on the offensive for once.

When Nuwa joined Hong against the other top level ghost devils. The two of them, three if you counted Nii, pushed their opposing Devil Great Emperors to the brink. Four of them even died in the first clash.

Nuwa's presence was not necessarily contradictory to their own, but it exposed them to a feeling of grief. Despite being Primal Zenith Chaos Immortals, these ghost devils lost ample amounts of will power when she began exerting her pressure.

Hong and Nii took this opportunity to attack with full force. Since another showed up, the intwined twins regained their bearings. They ability to launch their strongest spells went uninterrupted. The consequence appeared as a brilliant rainbow manifested from water around them.

Even Nuwa felt awed by the older dragon's performance. Their ability seemed to resonate with heaven and earth, bringing about a sense of good fortune.

"Daoist Nuwa, thank you for the aid," Hong said. "But his highness Ao Guang is most important."

"Right," Nuwa said.

The ghostly Devil Great Emperors around them had been harshly struck by the rainbow dragon's attacks. It showed them how close they were to being sent back to the abyss. Though they were not supposed to feel fear anymore, they couldn't help but be nervous of it.

At the same time, they were deeply envious. If only they were not reduced to this pitiful condition. If only they were alive. They too could've pulled off magnificent feats.

Nii and Hong being freed up to attack had opened another way for the dragons and seafolk to push these devils out of the ocean. The way forward was clear, they had to free Ao Guang.

"Hmph!"

The old devil marched forward unimpeded by Shen Feng's wind. As he moved, ghost devils from the sky came down to take over where their destroyed comrades left off.

"This innate god from the east is so heinous, killing so many of mine," he muttered in barely concealed grief.

"Your devils pushed me! I will not stand for this behavior!" Shen Feng roared back. His pride as a Chaos Godfiend remerged. The power emanating from his body was ferocious. The ancestor of divine wind was akin to a living hurricane.

"Be silent innate god! Your kind has done enough damage." From the old devil's body emerged strings of hair. Their danced in the wind despite the blowing force from Shen Feng. Glowing symbols appeared around the hairy old devil forming the illusionary image of an upright gorilla.

Seeing the two about to engage, Hong decided on his course of action. While his familiarity with this ancient godfiend was low, he felt that he would be able to dual this terrifying devil to a standstill.

Just from looking at the spells this devil unleashed, Hong dictated his abilities to exceed his own. Not enough to where he'd be slaughtered on contact. But enough to completely overwhelm him.

He and Nuwa took this chance advance forward. The goddess beside him used hand signs to command her spiritual treasure painting. Its vast powers flowed through the ocean becoming a rising piece of land.

To unsuspecting devils, this new world emerged from the ocean swallowing them up before retracting into Nuwa's painting. At the same time, she also pulled out the Red Hydrangea and used it as one would a whip.

Nii and Hong also brought out their own treasures. Neither of them possessed top grade xiantian spiritual treasures. The high and mid grade weapons they had only acted as minor supplements to their spells.

Another Devil Great Emperor fell, then another. Both from individual attacks by Hong and Nii. Nuwa was a step faster, she slithered by another Primal Zenith Devil and engaged him in close combat. When it became clear her strength was superior, she got rid of him with a final palm attack.

When these two beings worked together, they reduced the amount of Devil Great Emperors present by over half. The two sides became like stars, dashing to and from each other launching reality shattering attacks. There wasn't even any water left in this section of the ocean, having been blown apart by their blows.

At the two sites where the strongest Primal Zenith experts fought, no other personnel was stupid enough to get in their way.

The Old Devil cried again. His robes ripped apart from Shen Feng's airstreams. Both of them descended into the ocean like comet from the stars. Their combined aura boiled the seawater around them, burning Nuwa's creations, ghost devils, even weaker dragons.

Each blow they traded left scars in reality. Water spilled out into the void between realms draggin unsuspecting devils and dragons through. Shen Feng's clawed and drilled into the old devil's flesh. The old devil beat and punted against Shen Feng's defensive measures.

But as the two traded blows, it became clear the old devil was just a bit better then Shen Feng. Shen Feng's offenses could not penetrate the devil's. But the devil could not only resist Shen Feng, he was tearing through the godfiend's own.

As the gap between two cultivator's abilities grew, the longer a fight between them would last. This was the opposite, Shen Feng was completely outclassed. His resistance to this Primitive World native was simply not enough.

"GAH!" Shen Feng cried in horror. He was beaten down by brutal fists. The barriers he tried to form were smashed apart. Despite his best efforts, his throat was grabbed by the old devil.

Then and there, Shen Feng got to look at the devil's eyes. From start till now, this old devil's face was shrouded by a hood, Shen Feng was the only one to meet his eye. But all Shen Feng found was irrational fanatical hatred.

'I don't even know you,' Shen Feng pondered.

"They're closing on the outer shell!"

"Someone stop them!"

"You insane? That amount of force will kill Chaos Immortals!"

People argued back and forth scared out of their minds. Gui Daiyu looked over in horror, but just as quickly she was forced into engaging Intoxicating Dream again.

BOOM!

On the surface of the dragon's defensive formation, Shen Feng formed a crater. The old devil was using him to relieve his anger. Again and again, he smashed the godfiend with powerful fists.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM

Within the palace, several bodies fell over. Five Great Principle level dragons, and a single Primal origin dragon finally gave out. The others had no time to grieve. Massive cracks had formed from the impact.

"Comrades…" a dragon said between puffs. "I do not think this body will hold out much longer. We have to…"

BOOM!

Another dragon fell over dead.

"Have they still not gotten to Ao Guang? Nuwa has been joined them for five days now!" A dragon cried. In reality, even with Nuwa joining him, it still took awhile for Hong and her to fully break off their foes.

But as luck would have it, when the old devil landed with Shen Feng, Hong and Nuwa also broke out of the ocean. By now, only four ghost devils at the Primal Zenith rank were left from those who originally engaged them.

"Stop these two!" The four devils cried.

Nuwa snorted coldly. These past few days of non stop fighting did wonders to dampen her mood. She breathed out large columns of smoke that transformed mountains. No matter what level of devils tried to stop her, if they were not at least Chaos Immortals they'd all be decimated.

Hong also moved to fight the four devil great Emperors himself. His and his sister's dragon heads spat out rays of light. They crisscrossed throughout the sky forming to a cage of rainbow lightning.

The old devil glanced up from the downed form of Shen Feng. Both old monsters could see Nuwa Nii, and Hong reaching Ao Guang. The old devil snorted coldly.

He had originally wanted Ao Guang to witness this city and everyone living there begin destroyed before sending a new message. But it seems things aren't meant to be. He raised his in a hard grip.

"ARGH!" Ao Guang screamed from his place in the sky.

"Oh no!" Nuwa flew rapidly to reach the dragon.

"It's no use, his dragon flesh is nothing to my strength." The old devil's commanded his constricting hairs. Ao Guang's eyes bugged out of his socket. His form compressed until blood oozed out from his skin.

Crimson liquid flowed through the air. Only after a few seconds did they disintegrate into pure Dao essence. Ao Guang could not last long under the pressure. He channeled every ounce of energy he could muster into his fleshy body technique. Every spell he knew of that could strength his body.

It didn't stop it from being destroyed.

As rivers of gore dropped from the sky, Nuwa continued to fly. Ghost devils could not stop her path but they cheered at the Ao Guang's physical destruction.

"This stubborn brat," the old devil begrudgingly said. Ao Guang had not died immediately even after his flesh's destruction. He refocused his defense into his Nascent Soul and used that to hold on to his life.

The threads of hair was still present when Nuwa grabbed hold of them. Even at the Chaos Immortal realm, despite her Primal Zenith level Dao realm, Nuwa did not posses the physical strength to break this constriction.

She could see Ao Guang's Nascent Soul struggling for dear life. It resembled an azure dragon not unlike his late uncle. It also appeared much younger then the real Ao Guang. Under Nuwa's gaze, this Nascent Soul was no bigger then the palm of her hand.

Nuwa's Dao body cracked open and her true form was released. Her serpentine form wrapped around the ball of hairs constricting Ao Guang. Devils pelted her scales from all sides to no effect.

With her head inside the coil she formed, Nuwa blew onto the old devil's hairs. Under her control, the five elements appeared circulating. Supreme energy burst from her body until it culminated into the growth of wood wi. This fed into fire which severely weakened the hair threads.

"Many thanks senior," Ao Guang said. The hairs had become weak enough for him to slip through with Nuwa's aid..

"You don't have to call me that," Nuwa chuckled. "You're way older then me."

"Please don't remind me."

Nuwa's humanoid Dao body reappeared. She held the message ball Ao Guang previously had. To protect the dragon prince, Nuwa sent him into the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains painting. Then she unleashed the Red Hydrangea to lash at all the incoming devils.

In her mind, she could feel the red rope's dislike for bloodshed. The treasure spirit of this magical treasure could not disobey her. But it stated her desire to not be used to take life again. Even though technically speaking, Nuwa had not kill anyone yet. This particular treasure still violence. Nevertheless, Nuwa told it to bear with it.

She didn't need anymore command to throw the message out. In her palm, mysterious heavenly energies in the colour of soil mixed in the message. It transformed into a nine headed phoenix construct who then flapped its great wings.

A fiery blaze erupted, incinerating nearby devils below the Chaos Immortal realm. The nine headed phoenix cried a shrill sound and shot through the sky.

"NO!"

The old devil was furious. Nuwa's abilities were far more extraordinary then he expected. He felt a sudden movement between his feet as well. Looking down, he did not find tail or shadow of Shen Feng, only the sensation of morning breeze. His face became ashen.

"YAH!"

BOOM!

The remaining dragons within the palace fell to their backs. Gui Daiyi who remained inside the King of Four Directions felt brutal backlash on her body. The dome covering Kailong Chen and East Sea Dragon Palace shimmered.

The sound of breaking glass was a horrifying reality for everyone still inside the city. Water currents from outside flowed in. It became so fierce, many citizens were swept away uncontrollably.

"Help!" "Help!"

So many people with weak cultivations, mortals in fact were swept away and ping ponged across the numerous chaotic currents. Their immortal defenders simply didn't have the time to rescue them whilst dealing with their enemies.

Without specific points on the outer shield to funnel them in, devils entered the city in full. The protective shell has fallen, though the formation remained it could no longer keep people out. Nuwa's constructs as well as immortal soldiers defending Kailong Chen suffered a huge blow.

Within the palace, those few dragons inside quickly got to their feet. They realized they could not repair the shield, so they redirected the vast gathered energies to attack the invaders instead. It was far more dangerous now as devil after devil stepped foot into the city.

Fortunately, the formation was still keyed to them and the treasures maintaining its existence remained steady. So they felt ample power flowing into themselves. Hence one by one, they left the palace to aid in active combat.

Gui Daiyu could only screamed in horror. The city she'd called home for so long had its grounds tarnished for the first time in its ten yuanhui history. She sent a mental command to many experts to fall back to the city to take defend it. Intoxicating Dream seemed to only take this in great pleasure.

The old devil didn't linger long however. He blasted straight upwards towards Nuwa and Ao Guang. The shockwave from his movement was so great that it generated an explosion of force. Anyone below the Great Unity Golden Immortal realm were swept away helplessly, devil, dragon, and immortal cultivators alike.

Some buildings with weaker foundations also collapsed from the force of the old devil's movement. And as hundreds of devils touched down on the city, the True, Profound, and Heavenly Immortal class of ghost devils were the first to come through. This was as their higher level existences were keeping the dragons' own busy.

"Quick! While our elders distract their forces!" These foot soldier devils said. Their intention was to wreck havoc on this seemingly defenseless city.

Even as dozens of Profound, and True Immortal devils were struck down. A few Heavenly Immortal led by a Golden Immortal devil touched down on the city proper. Some also expanded their size until they stood at hundreds of metres tall, easily towering ordinary houses.

"Do not dare invader!"

Foot soldier dragons and seafolk alike came out of the woodworks. They met these devil small fries in the streets of their beloved capital. It quickly devolved into rough street fights. From time to time, Gui Daiyu, or some other high level expert will find time to briefly descend and wipe away a horde of enemies. But overall, the situation kept flip flopping.

In the end, large portions of the city began toppling.

…

The old devil was furious at the moment. He ordered the devils besieging her to attack the ocean's capital instead. He alone wanted to eliminate the goddess.

At this period of time, Hong and Nii was still engaged with the four remaining Primal Zenith Ghost devils. These four worked together to combine their powers. Of those who were revived, they were already among the strongest. This was why they had survived where the rest were destroyed. They just barely managed to hold the rainbow dragon off without being destroyed.

Seeing the old devil's approach, Nuwa snarled. Her fangs were a stark contrast to her otherwise attractive face. Her fork tongue whipped through the air creating droplets of water.

"Hmph!" The old devil swiped his hairy arm. Though his forearm was still hit and he quickly noticed singe marks upon his body. 'This innate god is transforming various aspects of the elements into each other.'

Nuwa in truth, was deeply nervous about facing the old devil. Hence she unleashed all her accumulated power from her secluded cultivation. Her body coiled around herself as the shadowy illusion of the world appeared beneath her.

"Heaven Opening's Consequence," she chanted. Following the opening statement, Nuwa entered a state of full concentration. Her strongest spell that she had created during her secluded cultivation began activating.

Her painting was spinning above her forehead but the spellwork was all her. Below her, chaotic particles collided until a world came alive, formulating mountains and seas. A great wave of fertility spread throughout this new world whereupon figures began emerging. They were neither alive nor dead, simply existing in a state of being.

They all raised their hands beckoning the old devil to abandon his form and become part of Nuwa's creations. This released ethereal streams of vitality filled light towards the devil. If Nuwa successfully pulled him in, she'll take his vitality away and reconfigure his being into part of her order of life.

Nuwa was doubtful of this being the full limits of what her current Dao could accomplish. But if she could drag the old devil in, the worst case scenario was suppressing him while the best was transforming him into another geographical feature.

"Do you think this is enough to stop me?"

The old devil manifested the gorilla once more. Its body was a dull yellow, resembling prehistoric soil from when Pangu just created the Primitive World. Its tyrannical aura brewed, causing ferocious screaming winds to pick up. Cracking sounds spread across all of the East Sea's spacetime. Any creature close to the projections vicinity were utterly crushed.

The gorilla raored, a cry that seemed to distort this layer of reality. The environment of the East Sea changed, as if time was reversing back to the first yuanhui when primordial beasts preyed upon innate creatures. The muscular creature punched into Nuwa's world, cracking its surface. It send a negative feedback through Nuwa's body causing her to leak blood.

"Foolish creature, who do you think you are? Pangu?" The old devil mocked. The gorilla projection merged into his body once more and his form bulged in size. He became a hairy giant whose robes barely concealed his body. Now standing thousands of kilometres tall, he equalled Nuwa in size.

Each hair follicle on his body were like thick steady mystical trees. Despite the chaotic presence of seven emotions and six desires blaring from his form, his cultivation was also like a primordial forrest. One that sheltered countless beings.

Nuwa huffed and puffed. She charged forward to coil around the hairy old devil. Both of them began trading blows both physical and magical. Hong looked over again, he could see the two were dedicated in their battle. But Nuwa was clearly struggling.

It must be stated that Nuwa has comparatively very little experience. She ascended to her current level of power from merit, inheriting her current mastery of a Dao she did not originally create. Despite being classified as a Primal Zenith Chaos Immortal of substantial power, she could not fully utilize it.

But since merging from seclusion, she could muster enough power to not be slaughtered. Currently, she could escape from the old devil but could not move him. Hence she put her all into hindering him.

The old devil realized also that Nuwa was harder to kill then he'd thought. It'll likely take half a decade of continuous battle to fully break her defenses end her. He had power to spare after all. Hence he opted to hold her down as well as another powerhouse of the dragons.

Nii sensed the old devil's attack before Hong. From out the old devil's back, his hairs extended into the sky like wriggling worms. They branched out like growing trees and headed towards the rainbow dragon's exposed body.

"Brother, this'll not be easy," Nii warned. She flipped her side of the body around to defend against the ocean of hairs.

This increased Hong's pressure from his own opponents. He was now instead trapped in a battle of two fronts. What's more, Nii alone cannot fully stop the old devil. Her power was divided between herself and Hong.

The old devil and the four trapped ghost Devil Great Emperors knew this. They thanked the old devil who only increased his attack potency on Nii. It reached an extent where the rainbow dragon's life was threatened.

As time went on, the fighting did not diminish.

By the end of the second month of the siege, ten percent of Kailong Chen laid in ruins. Hong was forced to focus all his efforts on the old hairy devil. He and Nuwa reluctantly reached a stalemate where both their paths were blocked.

The four Devil Great Emperors were able to break three and descend into the chaotic ocean once more. There they met some of Zulong's sons in battle. Because these devils were already diminished, the brothers Qiu Niu, Denglong, Chi Wen, Bixi, Pulao, and Chao Feng were able to battle them.

The area where they fought erupted into further chaos where no lesser being dared to venture. Though it blocked what were essentially devil super weapons from approaching Kailong Chen, it also increased pressure on the city proper as the brothers could not stop other devils from getting through anymore.

By the fifth month of combat, forty percent of Kailong Chen, and another wing of East Sea Dragon Palace had been leveled. The fighting became so fierce, an elder holding down the fort at the Sea Eye could not hold it in anymore.

Zulong had always left powerful personnel to help the Heavenly Sea Suppression Needle. Three elders at the Primal Origin level and five at the Great Principle level abandoned their post to help their capital. The remaining dragons within the Sea Eye could only bear with it.

Seven months passed and the once untold billions amount of devils had great lessened. Hong allowed himself to be absorbed by Nii. Now she along with Nuwa brawled with the old devil across the sky. Their blows shattered parts of reality causing some dragons to unwittingly be lost in the void between realms as well.

Nine months passed at Suanni was taken out of commission after being besieged by several Primal Origin and Great Principle Chaos Immortal ghost devils. His fire was put out and his stomach was ripped out by his opponents. Thankfully, Yazi arrived on time to bring him deeper into dragon territory.

Unfortunately, moral on the ocean's side dwindled at the sight of their injured prince. People were even starting to doubt wether their message got through or not.