Who Let Him Cultivate?!

"Earth disaster."

Venerable Ying Long's thoughts moved, and three stars fell from the Thunder Tribulation, smashing towards the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord's clone.

These were not real Thunder Tribulations, but rather stars that had evolved through the Tribulation Dao Fruit and were compressed.

The original stars were too large; a single one could occupy all space. Once compressed, it made it possible for three stars to attack the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord's clone at the same time. Moreover, their density was astonishingly high, making them incredibly hard and more powerful than the stars in their original form.

If it were the Demon-Removing God Lord fighting in the outside world who came, a single falling star could shatter his Vajra body, let alone three.

Around the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord's clone appeared swathes of black vortices. As the three stars fell, they exploded on the spot, shaking the ground and mountains of the Ancient Ring's small world. The black vortex carved a hole through the stars, and the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord walked out of the hole unharmed.

However, Venerable Ying Long had confirmed the nature of the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord's Dao Fruit.

"As expected, it's a devouring type of Dao Fruit."

If it were a transfer or space type of Dao Fruit, it wouldn't just carve a hole in the stars; it would make the stars disappear into thin air.

Transferring an entire star is much easier than transferring part of it.

"Venerable Immortal, how is it?" The Mid-heaven Emperor Lord's clone suddenly emitted the voice of the Specter Monarch, full of mockery and ridicule.

If he didn't know that the Emperor Lord's Dao Fruit could devour various kinds of Heavenly Tribulations, the Specter Monarch wouldn't be so confident.

"Dull and tedious. The Kirin would grow stronger after resisting my Heavenly Tribulation, such trivial devouring, what does it count for." Venerable Ying Long commented indifferently, unmoved.

"I hope you can still say that before your looming death."

Fire disaster, flood disaster, wind disaster, three world-ending calamities descended one after the other, mixed with various kinds of Thunder Tribulations, all of which were devoured by the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord's clone.

"Dare to approach me?" Venerable Ying Long extended a dragon claw, grabbing towards the Emperor Lord's clone.

Having lost his physical body, this was a pure soul attack, and the Specter Monarch hidden inside the Emperor Lord's clone definitely could not withstand it.

Compared to entangled competitions between Dao Fruits, directly attacking the Specter Monarch's soul was more convenient.

However, the moment the dragon claw touched the Emperor Lord's clone, a vortex appeared around him again, and it directly swallowed the dragon claw!

The Devouring Dao Fruit directly devoured the soul!

From the Devouring Dao Fruit's previous performance, its devouring speed should not have been so fast; a part of the soul should have been able to attack the Specter Monarch.

Unless the current Devouring Dao Fruit's speed at devouring souls was faster than devouring matter!

"Venerable Immortal, you might as well guess why my lord's clone wanted to devour me?" The Emperor Lord's clone transmitted the Specter Monarch's mocking laugh again.

The Specter Monarch's duty during the Great Qian Period was to manage ghosts, ensuring their orderly dissolution without disturbing the human world. This led to the outline of his Dao Fruit, although it was of the Soul Dao Fruit lineage, focusing on soul binding and soul consuming, rather than being generally related to souls.

After devouring the Specter Monarch, the Devouring Dao Fruit enhanced its speed in devouring souls.

Venerable Ying Long was completely unable to attack using his soul!

Dragon roars resounded through the sky as Venerable Ying Long and the Emperor Lord's clone's battle grew more terrifying, with chilling auras. The Emperor Lord's clone fought more fiercely as the battle went on, while Venerable Ying Long showed signs of fatigue, appearing as if he might fall at any moment.

"Venerable Immortal, it seems your abilities are not as fearsome as the legends suggest." The Specter Monarch laughed heartily, looking disdainfully at Venerable Ying Long, finding great pleasure in suppressing and even killing such an ancient figure.

"Is this the extent of your abilities, how mediocre!"

"Are you too weak, or is my lord's clone too strong?"

"Victors rise to power and losers are put to shame, I'll take the Tribulation Dao Fruit now!"

Just when the Specter Monarch thought the situation was under control, the Venerable Ying Long, who filled the sky, began to shrink rapidly, ultimately turning into a man who resembled an emperor and at the same time an otherworldly Immortal, with both distinct atmospheres harmoniously coexisting within him.

"So this is your true form, Venerable Immortal. Have you become smaller to facilitate your escape..."

The Specter Monarch spoke casually, continuing to mock, but before he could finish, he saw the Yingtian Immortal instantly move in front of the Emperor Lord's clone, so fast it was unimaginable, and grabbed the clone's neck.

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"You, you have a physical body!" Specter Monarch looked incredulously at the real Yingtian Immortal, no longer speaking with the previous arrogance.

Yingtian Immortal coldly eyed the Specter Monarch hiding within the Emperor Lord's clone and said calmly, "Fool, since you know that I am the Ancestor of Refining, did you not think I could use Immortal Gold to craft a body for myself?"

Though saying this, in reality, he had only crafted part of his body from Immortal Gold, and many parts still lacked form.

But it was more than enough to deal with the Emperor Lord's clone.

"If it weren't for my concern that using a stronger Power of Heavenly Tribulation would shatter this Small World and bring about Silent Extermination, how could your mere clone's Devouring Dao Fruit devour my Heavenly Tribulation?"

"Remember, this is the tribulation of arrogance and hubris."

"You, you can't kill me, if you kill me, it means making an enemy of our Great Qian, and our lord will not spare you!" Specter Monarch panicked, realizing he had vastly underestimated the horror of Yingtian Immortal.

This was no existence he could scheme against!

"Enough chatter." Yingtian Immortal exerted force in his right hand, and the intensely condensed Thunder Tribulation appeared in his palm, instantly shattering the Emperor Lord's clone to pieces, giving Specter Monarch no chance to even scream.

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"How odd, the third infiltrator was holding a plaque with 'Ying Tian' written on it, about to attack Jinghong girl, and then got sucked into the Ancient Ring."

Lu Yang's heart stirred, "Could it be that there are clues related to Senior Yingtian Immortal within the Ancient Ring?"

"And isn't there the soul of a senior within the Ancient Ring? Could that senior be in danger?"

"Little Yang should go and see what's happening."

Lu Yang hurried over to Senior Sister Jinghong's side. Upon hearing her master's warning, Senior Sister Jinghong realized that a fierce battle was unfolding within the Ancient Ring and was so scared that she was unable to speak clearly.

After all, she did not have the same close encounter with an Immortal Battle like Lu Yang.

"Fairy, this..."

"Simple, Immortal shall pull you both in."

Without a second word, Immortal Fairy Eternity pulled both Lu Yang and Jinghong into the Small World of the Ancient Ring.

The Small World of the Ancient Ring was in ruins, clearly having gone through a great battle. Lu Yang and Immortal Fairy Eternity seemed to sense something and both looked up at the sky at the same time.

In the sky, the Emperor Lord's clone was gradually turning to dust in the hands of Yingtian Immortal, drifting away with the wind.

"Yingtian Immortal!" Immortal Fairy Eternity pointed excitedly at Yingtian Immortal and laughed joyfully, thrilled to encounter a living being at last.

Lu Yang had not expected Yingtian Immortal to be here; he thought at most there would be some clues related to Yingtian Immortal.

"There are reinforcements!" Feeling the entrance of others into the Ancient Ring, Yingtian Immortal mistook them for the reinforcements of the Great Qian Dynasty.

He looked down and saw Immortal Fairy Eternity, his heart sinking. Indeed, he had unintentionally drawn in an unwanted enemy: "Silent Extermination Immortal!"

Fired up, Immortal Fairy Eternity flew into the air and waved at Yingtian Immortal, "What Silent Extermination Immortal, it's me, Immortal Eternity."

Yet Yingtian Immortal did not believe her at all, scolding sharply, "What Immortal Eternity, you are too contemptuous, Silent Extermination. You have deceived me once, do you really think you can deceive me a second time?"

He had not been using his full strength in battle, afraid the Small World would not endure, leading to the arrival of Silent Extermination Immortal. Now that Silent Extermination Immortal had arrived, there was no need for restraint.

The Small World was filled with the power of Heavenly Tribulation, with endless tribulations appearing, terrifying to the extreme.

"Why don't you believe me? Oh, right, I'll explode one for you."

Seeing that Yingtian Immortal did not believe her, Immortal Fairy Eternity came up with a sudden plan, and without hesitation, prepared to self-detonate to prove it.

Yingtian Immortal's complexion drastically changed, this self-detonation seemed genuine, and he quickly retracted the power of Heavenly Tribulation, saying, "Wait, me, uh no, I believe..."

Boom!

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