Chapter 131: The Spark That Ignites the Prairie, The Power That Capsizes the Boat, Turning the World Upside Down.

Chapter 131: The Spark That Ignites the Prairie, The Power That Capsizes the Boat, Turning the World Upside Down.

The death of the female incarnation was no isolated incident.

The same thing happened everywhere in the world—the major temples of the Divine Court, acting on orders from the Divine Mountain, sought to silence the people and "set things right."

Such blatant twisting of the truth, forcing black to be white, only stirred up even greater outrage among the people.

"The Saintess herself admitted to eating people, and they still try to pin it on the Divine Shaman?"

"Ignorant masses, my ass—the Divine Court really thinks we're fools!"

"Disgusting! Absolutely revolting!"

"Just as Helan Yunyi said, they want to become immortals and gods, while we're meant to be stepping stones, doomed to hell forever—Folks, I don't think that's an exaggeration! We need to wake up!"

The Divine Court cracked down hard on these voices, launching a literary inquisition and slaughtering people left and right.

Everyone lived in fear, and beneath the false calm of silence, more and more anger quietly built up.

The monkey shot forward like lightning.

Swinging its long arms and leaping with momentum, it easily cleared two mountain peaks in a single bound.

Its massive shadow roared over cities and villages.

On the ground, people looked up in shock: "...A monkey?!"

They were getting closer to the city where the female incarnation had fought.

From another direction, a group of cultivators was also rapidly approaching the battlefield ruins.

Leading them was a male cultivator with an ordinary face, accompanied by equally unremarkable cultivators. As they passed, many commoners quietly pointed fingers, guiding their way.

The people recognized them—they were righteous warriors resisting the Divine Court, moving covertly between cities, ambushing Divine Court cultivators and informants, rescuing those imprisoned for their words.

Hearing that the Divine Court was besieging a female cultivator who had mocked Helan Yunyi's false purity, this group immediately rushed to her aid without pause.

"Too late, it's already over."

Looking at the now-calm southern part of the city, they shook their heads and sighed, "Another one lost to them! We're too few, too weak!"

The leading cultivator said seriously, "Don't lose heart, everyone. On this journey, thousands of commoners have secretly helped us—that proves we're doing the right thing."

"Well said, Fellow Daoist Yang."

This leader was named Yang Jinxian. He had personally witnessed the tragedy of Tiannan City, where two comrades as close as siblings had fallen.

He had once retreated for the sake of his elderly mother and young child, but in the end, he returned to this battlefield.

"Whoosh—boom—"

The sky suddenly darkened.

The cultivators looked up in shock to see a massive, sky-covering shadow looming over the city wall. Its claws gripped the battlements, which crumbled like brittle biscuits, scattering bricks and stones between its fingers.

Its vertical pupils shifted, locking onto the southern part of the city. It bared its fangs in a fierce grin, and a shockwave swept across the area.

"Roar!"

The air rumbled violently, and the large banner outside Renshou Hall was shredded by the gale.

The cultivators ducked, covering their heads to avoid the blast.

As the city wall collapsed, the giant fox, having locked onto its target, wasted no time and punched down without a word.

"Boom—whoosh!"

Beneath the force of the fist stood a handsome, sinister young man.

"Hah! You demon fox, take your monkey grandfather's punch!"

At that moment, Zhuo's divine soul was deeply mired in Wu He's exhausted body, leaving his true form defenseless, and the monkey's fist smashed him straight into the ground.

"Boom!"

The earth shook violently, dust flew everywhere, the sky seemed to collapse, and the city wall crumbled in a full circle from the point of impact.

The foxtail grass spirit lashed out vine-like tendrils, sweeping away bystanders caught in the chaos, and shouted angrily, "Watch it!"

The monkey grinned savagely, grinding its fist deeper into the ground. "Aren't you the merciful bodhisattva saving everyone?"

The grass spirit fumed, "So I'm just here to wipe your monkey ass?!"

"Stop yapping, kill him first!"

The monkey pulled back its fist and peered into the deep crater.

"...Huh?"

There wasn't a single fox hair down there.

A sudden chill ran down its back. The monkey reacted instinctively—grabbing the crater's edge with one hand, slamming its tail hard on the ground, and hurling its body sideways.

"Whoosh—boom!"

Five claws scraped past its flank, tearing flesh and splattering blood.

If it had been even a fraction slower, its kidneys would have been ripped out.

The monkey hissed, its pupils contracting to pinpricks.

It whirled around to see a red-furred giant fox standing there, raising a paw and lazily licking the bits of flesh and blood from its claws.

The monkey roared in fury, "You cursed fiend, he got away!"

The foxtail grass spirit looked down at the tightly bound Wu He.

His dark, hollow eyes revealed a listless, lifeless gaze.

At the critical moment, Zhuo had successfully ended the divine possession and left this exhausted body.

Wu He said, "Sorry, I couldn't keep him—"

He was suddenly pulled into a tight embrace. The grass spirit hugged him with such force that Wu He felt his organs might be squeezed out through his mouth.

His pupils trembled as he glared sideways at it.

The foxtail grass spirit wailed, "I thought you were going to live and die with him, but you still came back!"

Wu He stared at the sky, speechless: "That's called taking each other out. Let go, you dog paws."

"Oh." It untied him, looking sheepish.

"Boom—"

The giant monkey and the Giant Fox began a brutal close-quarters brawl.

The sky fell, the earth split, and the sun and moon went dark.

The monkey took a moment to toss a bunch of useless losers off the battlefield.

Foxtail Grass Spirit: "I'm jumping in!"

It cackled, launching into the air, swaying in the breeze. Its branches, hard as iron, wildly extended, shooting out over a thousand feet in an instant, wrapping around the Red Fox.

The fight between the giant beasts was raw and brutal.

In seconds, flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and deep, bone-deep wounds gushed blood like waterfalls.

Li Xueke leaned in, elbowing Wu He.

"Hey, I never figured you for the secret badass! You're a pro too!"

Wu He said, sounding bored: "Nah. No difference. Same old."

A rare serious look flickered in his eyes. "We can't take him."

Both were Demi-god-level spirit beasts, but the monkey had been pinned under a mountain for millennia, while the fox had been steadily feeding on human essence. The power gap was just too big.

After the Foxtail Grass Spirit joined the battle, things did change—but only from one getting pummeled to two.

The vines wrapped around the Red Fox were ripped apart, and it whipped back and smacked the monkey's face.

The monkey coughed blood with a weird scream, one of its fangs flew out, rumbling and flattening a street in the city.

Furious, the monkey didn't back off but charged in, tilting its head and sinking its teeth into the fox's neck. At the same time, the fox's front claws swept toward it with a whistling wind, plunging into its gut with a squelch.

Ignoring the claws digging into it, the monkey tore wildly with its teeth, trying to bite through the giant fox's throat and windpipe.

The Foxtail Grass Spirit screamed, its vines growing wild, wrapping around the fox's claws to keep it from ripping out the monkey's guts.

The three massive beasts started tumbling and rolling.

At this moment, the power gap really showed—if this were a fair fight, the one caught in a vital spot would already be on the ground twitching.

But the monkey could only tear shallow wounds on the fox's neck.

It could break through, but not nearly enough.

But the fox's sharp claws were really digging into its gut, stirring things up.

"Oww—"

The monkey's pupils kept narrowing and widening, its fury surging as it tore off bloody fox fur in chunks.

The Foxtail Grass Spirit yelled: "He's hurting you a thousand times and only taking eighty in return!"

The monkey, mouth stuffed with fur, cursed through its teeth: "Weren't you the one who said to kill the Demi-god! You do it!"

Hearing this, the Red Fox sneered darkly: "Useless little punk! Looking to die!"

Foxtail Grass Spirit: "He's dissing you!"

Monkey: "Dissing you!"

The vines kept snapping, and the Foxtail Grass Spirit couldn't hold it back. It looked like the monkey's heart was about to get ripped out.

The monkey had no choice but to let go, slapped its tail on the ground, and used the force to leap backward.

"Whoosh—"

It dodged a fatal blow and landed far away.

The monkey tilted its head and spat out a mouthful of blood: "What a tough nut!"

Can't win, absolutely can't win.

"Boom... boom... boom, boom, boom, boom!"

The Red Fox pressed its advantage, starting to run and charge. Every step shook the entire city like an earthquake.

The giant beast was as heavy as a mountain, its charge as powerful as ten thousand jun. The monkey dared not face it head-on, bracing its long arms on the ground and leaping high to avoid the low-charging red fox.

"Whoosh—hum—"

A sweeping heavy blow grazed past its feet.

The Red Fox suddenly looked up, baring its teeth in a grin.

The monkey sensed something was wrong, but it was mid-air and couldn't change its move.

"Damn!"

The giant fox leaped, swung its head, and with its long mouth open and shut, bit the monkey's tail, slamming it heavily downward!

"Boom!"

The earth cracked, sand and stones flew everywhere.

This fall was a solid hit, leaving the monkey smoking and dizzy.

Its tail was still clamped in the fox's mouth!

Scrape, scrape, scrape.

The massive body was dragged out of the giant pit. A fox claw descended from the sky, stepping on its hind leg. The sharp claws dug deep, gouging out a chunk of flesh.

"Roar!!!"

The monkey, in extreme pain, howled to the sky.

Another claw came down.

The Foxtail Grass Spirit quickly retracted its broken branches, curling its body into a tree ball to protect the monkey's vital points.

"Pfft!"

The sharp claw pierced into the tree ball.

The Foxtail Grass Spirit screamed in pain, but it did not retreat. Instead, it sprouted new shoots from the broken ends, densely wrapping around the fox's claws to restrain its movements.

The fox struck out with both claws, madly tearing at it, sending broken branches, tough bark, and new sprouts flying in all directions.

The monkey staggered to its feet on its injured leg.

Blood loss and pain tinted its vision red.

Branches flew through the air as its companion was being torn apart inch by inch.

The monkey let out an enraged roar: "Roar—!!!"

It lunged forward, swinging its claws in rapid succession, but could only inflict superficial flesh wounds on the Giant Fox.

The fierce battle grew even more brutal.

Li Xueke paced anxiously, summoning his drum, but its sound was completely drowned out by the thunderous clamor of the giant beast's fight.

Grass roots scattered wildly, driving the monkey's eyes bloodshot.

The monkey: "You useless evil spirit, why don't you get the hell down here?"

Foxtail Grass Spirit shrieked: "I can! I'm... the best! The... strongest! I... aahhh I'm the best! Aaaahhh!"

Over and over, it held back the fox's claws, preventing them from gouging into the monkey's bloody belly wound.

But it was only a delay.

Such delay was meaningless—two badly hurt for one lightly hurt; as time passed, they'd bleed out dry.

"Thump!"

Li Xueke busted another drum.

No use... no use!

His drumbeats couldn't turn a battle of this scale; they could only pump up those at the same level or lower... Huh?

Li Xueke suddenly froze, then whipped out a new drum and strode toward the inner city.

Wu He drooped his eyes listlessly.

A broken branch grazed his cheek, drawing a line of blood.

"Freak, you don't really think saying you can do it makes it so, do you?"

"Dumbass."

He slowly looked up and sighed.

"Unfortunately, stupidity's probably contagious. I'm the unlucky bastard you caught it from."

Wu He stared at the colossal fox's true form, his dull eyes slowly lighting up with a sharp gleam.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

He cleared his throat seriously, mimicking that Grass Spirit's ridiculous showboating: "I'm the smartest! I'm the strongest! I can do it—I sure can! You dead fox! Come on! Let's see who takes over who! Divine—descent!"

A light breeze swept across the battlefield.

Nothing happened.

The sky-blotting Red Fox slowly turned its head and glanced down.

Its long snout curved into a mocking grin.

"Turning the tables!"

Zhuo stopped paying attention to this worthless incarnation.

His eyes narrowed, and a dark, blazing murderous intent crept into his smiling gaze.

"Time to end this circus."

The fur on his forehead parted to both sides, revealing a divine mark glowing golden-red.

Gold was the divine mark.

Red was the indelible proof left by the Spiritual Beast eating humans.

In an instant, Zhuo's power shot up again!

The monkey and Foxtail Grass Spirit glanced at each other.

They couldn't win before, and now it was really over.

Neither evil spirits nor spiritual beasts trained their souls; at the end of the line, they couldn't even blow up their souls for a last-ditch strike.

They could only fight to the end, bleed every drop, and watch themselves get torn to shreds.

"Let's go for broke!"

With a weird howl, the two freaks lunged straight into the gleaming claws.

"Boom!" "Thud!"

Two deep, bone-deep gashes slashed diagonally across the monkey and Foxtail Grass Spirit, sending them flying left and right, struggling to get up for a long time.

Zhuo strode forward, stomped on the monkey, and raised his right claw.

That claw had turned into a half-human, half-fox hand, its five fingers trembling, curling into an eagle's claw, then crashing down toward the monkey's heart.

He was going to tear out its heart!

"Yaaah!"

Foxtail Grass Spirit's eyes nearly popped with rage. Desperate, it lunged at the giant fox from behind, stretching out countless branches toward it, leaving its own body wide open.

Zhuo's lips curled into a grin: "Fool, you fell for it."

He suddenly whirled around, his two half-human, half-fox hands shooting out, grabbing the grass spirit's ribs on both sides!

With one yank, he could tear this self-trapping grass spirit in two!

Foxtail Grass Spirit's fierce look froze on its face.

...Was this it?

The monkey's eyes were bloodshot as it fought and roared: "Roar aah!"

On the other side, Wu He was still repeating endlessly.

"Godfall." "Godfall." "God... fall!"

His eyes were bloodshot, his lips blue-black, his face pale as gold paper.

He rasped it over and over.

"God! Fall!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"

The Giant Fox was about to strike down the Grass Spirit when an annoying buzzing, like flies, suddenly rang in its ears.

Several sword auras streaked toward it, couldn't even scratch its hide, but were just plain annoying and noisy.

It squinted over.

A squad of cultivators flew in on swords, the leader looked kinda familiar.

Zhuo recalled: beneath the Tiannan City secret realm, this Yang-surnamed cultivator's junior brothers and sisters had turned into vengeful spirits, called out by Hang Shouli, the old man, and trapped there forever.

It didn't have time for these "flies" right now, snorted in contempt, and maliciously headbutted them.

The cultivators on swords slammed into what felt like an iron mountain.

"BAM! CLANG, CLANG, CLANG!"

They rained down like flies.

The Giant Fox's eyes narrowed in delight, lifted a hind leg, ready to squash them into pulp, one by one.

"...Hm?"

Its movement paused.

From the other side, a huge swarm of ants had gathered out of nowhere.

They were the city's common folk, chanting softly in unison, hauling a round, gilded pillar together.

The Giant Fox froze.

It instantly realized that these suicidal cultivators were distracting it to cover for these ants.

Next to the "ants," Li Xueke was swinging his drumsticks so fast they smoked, pounding the drum like crazy. Under his drum's boost, the people moved like the wind, carrying the pillar as if it weighed nothing.

"HEAVE—!!!"

Everyone shoved it forward together.

"Whoosh!"

The pillar flew from their hands, arcing beautifully over countless hands.

It flew into the battlefield.

"Slap!"

A huge furry hand snatched the pillar out of the air.

Give a monkey a staff, and it's no ordinary monkey.

The fox's eyes narrowed.

It ignored the cultivators scrambling on the ground, its muscles bulging as it lunged at the Grass Spirit!

Kill the grass first, then the monkey!

"Rip."

The Foxtail Grass Spirit trembled violently, remembering the fear and pain of being torn apart alive.

It forced its eyes wide open; even if it died, it would hold onto the fox's claws.

"Rip... rip... rip..."

It couldn't hold on... it was about to be torn in two...

The pain stopped just before the final tear.

The Giant Fox's eyes suddenly went dead, its claws going slack on the Grass Spirit.

Its left eye said: So... tired...

Its right eye said: Don't... wanna... move...

The Foxtail Grass Spirit froze, tears coming faster than joy.

"Wu He!" it sobbed. "Waaah! It's you!"

Wu He's voice, exhausted, came from the fox's mouth—

"Quit blabbing. Move! Aim for the eye!"

The monkey, staff in hand, was like a god himself.

It let out a "Yee-ah!" and leaped into the air on its injured leg, the pillar whistling with fierce momentum in its hand.

"Whoosh—!"

In its shrinking pupils reflected a rapidly expanding stick.

"Thud."

The monkey, bathed in blood, drove the giant staff deep into the Giant Fox's eye!

Hot blood splattered, and the Giant Fox let out an uncontrollable, agonized roar, its body crashing backward.

The monkey gripped the pillar with one hand, chased after it, drove it all the way through, and brutally stirred its brains.

The fox screamed in agony, its pupils trembling wildly, its remaining eye rolling uncontrollably. In its chaotic, distorted vision, all it saw were fragments of ants and weeds.

It had been... killed by a group of... ants and weeds... working together...

Truly... a world turned upside down...

"Boom!"

The Giant Beast fell into the dust.