Chapter 512: Golden Armor Stands Firm, Hard to Destroy This Mountain

People like the old beggar are usually very confident in their own divinations. Before coming to Jiufeng Mountain, he had believed that Pozi Mountain would be safe for ten years. This wasn't about whether the seal would loosen or not, but rather about external factors.

But now, upon reflection, although the Eight-tailed Demonic Fox's own destiny wasn't concealed, it must have tampered with something, making the old beggar think his calculations were accurate, when in fact they were slightly off.

Such methods can sometimes cause the divinations of even skilled practitioners to go awry, because the conclusions are quite clear—unlike the vague or even blank outcomes of calculating fate—which ironically makes them more easily believed.

The old beggar, now realizing something was amiss, naturally understood this point and thus appeared somewhat vexed.

When Zhu Tingtao asked, the old beggar felt even more embarrassed. However, he glanced at Ji Yuan, who also seemed to have been deceived. It was somewhat less embarrassing for both of them to be in the same boat.

“Everyone, anything else can wait. As we discussed earlier, first transform into Yin and Yang, then into the Five Elements! Do not be distracted in the slightest!”

The old dragon's voice was low, reminding everyone to concentrate fully.

All their preparations were for this moment. The old beggar and Ji Yuan also suppressed their thoughts and fully dedicated themselves to the refining process without any distractions.

The five of them acted together, touching the golden rope from five different angles. Instantly, within the Samadhi True Fire, images of the Sun and Moon appeared. As Ji Yuan's spiritual projection manifested, a symbol of entwined Yin and Yang fish projected into the sky.

This scene also appeared at Xianlai Peak, drawing the attention of not only Tiandao Peak but all cultivators within the Jiufeng Mountain range once again. The enormous Yin-Yang fish resembled a vast, swirling black and white cloud, mesmerizing all who watched.

In the sky above Pozi Mountain, ink-dark clouds hung heavy, as if threatening to crush the mountains.

Rumbling...

Lightning flashed, and soon after, a torrential downpour began to fall with a 'shhhhhh' sound.

The spirit creature Shi Youdao, who had been officially recognized as a mountain god by the Grand Xiu government, appeared at the sealed mountain, looking around with a terrified expression.

“General! General! These changes in the weather are truly strange. Something is definitely about to happen. I have a faint feeling it's targeting our seal on Pozi Mountain. General, what should we do?”

The brawny golden-armored warrior appeared and looked down at the short spirit creature.

“The mountain's formations and ley lines must not be compromised.”

Hearing the General's words, Shi Youdao felt he understood his meaning and quickly nodded, saying,

“I understand. I will go into hiding now. I will do my best to guard the ley lines and mountain formations. However, my cultivation is shallow, and I don't fully control Pozi Mountain's earth veins. I can only do my best!”

He looked up at the golden-armored General, who merely cast a sidelong glance at him, as if telling him: *I never thought you'd be of any use anyway. Go on, escape!*

Shi Youdao felt his fear was seen through by the General, completely transparent. He reluctantly cupped his hands and whispered,

“I'll take my leave. General, take care!”

After that, Shi Youdao transformed into a wisp of green smoke and vanished into the ground.

The golden-armored warrior walked step by step to the crack in the mountain, looking at Tu Siyan inside the mountain.

“What, your master isn't here, so you've lost your composure?”

Tu Siyan's voice faintly echoed from within the mountain. Although she wasn't clear on the exact situation, she could sense the changes in the celestial phenomena and heard the panicked voice of the mountain god. Now, she felt quite pleased.

However, despite Tu Siyan's sarcasm, the golden-armored, red-faced figure remained completely unresponsive. Not only did his expression not change, but his eyes didn't either. That look, as if regarding a 'minor character,' made Tu Siyan grit her teeth in frustration. Yet she dared not react too strongly. This General was exceptionally cold-hearted. The moment she did anything out of line, he would decisively provoke the seal to torment her. He was simply not a man.

As the heavy rain fell, the clouds in the sky seemed to press down even lower.

Rumbling...

Lightning flashed, illuminating what appeared to be a dragon's shadow dancing in the clouds. However, it wasn't a dragon, but a huge black serpent.

Gradually, numerous tendrils of black mist rolled down from the sky, enveloping the sealed mountain area. Within it, more dark figures emerged.

“Tu Siyan, I never thought you'd see this day, trapped beneath a mountain by someone? Hahahahaha...”

Just hearing this voice, an outsider might have thought it was someone seeking revenge. However, Tu Siyan, from within the mountain, was delighted upon hearing it.

“Ancestor, Ancestor, are you there? Quick, save me!”

Tu Siyan no longer cared about anything else. She strained to focus her voice, sending it out through the cracks in the mountain. Although it became extremely faint outside, it was still heard by the dark figures in the mountains.

“Ancestor? The Ancestor is far away in Lanzhou, Western Regions. How could he come here? But don't worry, I can get you out too! Of course I know that whoever suppressed you must be a powerful master, and I came at this auspicious moment precisely because I calculated it!”

Upon hearing that it wasn't her Ancestor coming to save her, Tu Siyan's heart sank halfway. As for what the other party said about auspicious or inauspicious times, she had no mind to care. She believed that someone could certainly accurately predict Ji Yuan's affairs, but it absolutely could not be the one speaking.

Outside, there were clearly more than just one demon. On various peaks around the sealed mountain, figures appeared one after another, totaling over a dozen. Some exuded demonic aura, others diabolical energy. Some had subtle and eerie presences. In the sky, a massive black serpent still writhed within the clouds.

One of them swept his gaze over the mountain and the golden-armored warrior in front of it, and spoke slowly,

“You sisters, stop reminiscing. First, let's break this seal. Unleash lightning spells to see if they can destroy the spiritual script on the mountain, and, while we're at it, strike down the golden-armored guardian as well.”

A cold sneer echoed from the clouds in the sky, followed by continuous bolts of lightning.

Crack... Boom... Boom...

The lightning struck the huge mountain as if striking an ordinary peak. Although it charred some rocks and caused earth and stone to explode in places, it was utterly ineffective and caused no real damage to a mountain of that size.

And the golden-armored warrior, like a mountain himself, neither dodged nor flinched from the lightning strikes. The lightning had no effect on him. His eyes directly swept over the demons on the surrounding peaks.

Amidst the pouring rain, after a barrage of lightning, the mountain remained the same, showing no reaction, and not even a flicker of spiritual light was activated. The golden-armored warrior remained where he was, not moving a single step.

“This person has some skill. No wonder he can guard this mountain. Perhaps he even knows how to break the seal.”

A handsome man, riding a demonic wind, flew closer to the mountain that suppressed Tu Siyan. The golden-armored warrior's gaze also locked onto him.

“Tell us how to break this mountain seal, so we can save some effort, and we can give you a swift end. What do you say?”

The golden-armored warrior simply looked at the man before him.

“By His Excellency's decree, I guard this mountain. You demons, retreat!”

Although the golden-armored warrior was a man of few words, his voice was exceptionally loud. His resonant voice echoed throughout the mountains and wilderness, allowing all the surrounding demons to hear him clearly.

“Heh heh, right now, during the Immortal Dao Assembly, your Excellency is far away at Jiufeng Mountain. Even if he knew what was happening here, it would take him at least two or three days to get here. He can't save you!”

These demons were emboldened precisely because they had timed their arrival perfectly. Seeing that the golden-armored warrior would not yield, they wasted no more words.

“Although this mountain is imposing, such immortal techniques are mostly mountain-suppressing methods. Destroying the mountain's formation will definitely be effective. Everyone, attack!”

No sooner had the handsome man's words fallen than he heard a 'boom' in his ear. His vision blurred, then was filled with gold. As his pupils drastically constricted, a reddish fist clad in golden armor had already struck him.

Bang...

With a tearing sensation throughout his body, the man's arms and legs shot forward, his entire body hunched. In the next instant, he tore through the heavy rain, was sent flying into the distance, transforming into a shooting star, and violently slammed into a mountain.

Boom...

A mighty crash echoed back from afar, accompanied by a rumbling reverberation.

The sound of rain was still noisy, but the mountains seemed to fall silent for a brief moment. After a long pause, the female voice that had earlier mocked Tu Siyan rang out sharply again.

“Break the mountain formations! Sever the connecting ridges around it!”

“Attack!”

“I'll deal with him! Roar...”

On the surrounding peaks, several demons revealed their true forms, transforming into massive monstrous bodies and charging towards the ridges. Furthermore, a giant ape, its clothes ripped apart, charged towards the golden-armored warrior in front of the demon-sealing mountain.

The giant ape clasped its arms together, with a howling sound of wind and rain, and brutally smashed them towards the golden-armored warrior. Its massive fists enveloped his entire body.

Boom...

The mountain trembled slightly, and the ground was smashed, creating a large crater. But the golden-armored warrior had vanished.

The giant ape looked left and right, and suddenly noticed that the man was already at a nearby ridge.

“What!? Hey, hey, hey, watch out!”

A demon on the ridge also sensed something. The moment the golden-armored warrior approached, it turned, its arms glowing faintly, and attacked him.

Bang...

The golden-armored warrior stopped abruptly in front of the demon. The rain curtain in that area burst apart from the impact. The demon's sharp, claw-like hands were locked tightly onto one of the golden-armored warrior's arms, but it had no effect. The warrior's hand had already completely gripped the demon's face. At this moment, the warrior had grown to over ten feet tall, and the demon in his hand was like a child.

Crunch... crackle... snap... bang...

The demon's head was completely crushed, and blood splattered everywhere.

At the same moment, the golden-armored warrior had already 'boomed' as he shattered a section of rock, vanished from that ridge, and charged towards another monster further away.

After the golden-armored warrior left, the flesh and blood on the ground reconverged, quickly reforming into the demon from before. However, he was now pale and slightly breathless, and it was unclear whether he was more exhausted or more terrified.

“Bastard! Die!”

The giant ape was furious and charged towards the golden light, intending to intercept it. But the golden-armored warrior did not stop at all. He leaned forward, shoulder first, and slammed violently into the giant ape.

Thump-thump-thump-thump... Thump-thump-thump-thump...

The rapid footsteps of both sides pounded through the rainy mountains like beating drums.

“Don't fight him head-on! His strength is greater than yours!”

The demon, whose head had been crushed by the golden-armored warrior once before, sent his message too late. The giant ape, its eyes bloodshot, had already collided with the red-faced golden-armored warrior.

Boom...

The golden-armored warrior slid back over a dozen yards, his legs plowing a trench of mud and rock in the ground. Meanwhile, the giant ape shot towards the side of a mountain, and with a 'boom,' violently slammed into it, its entire monstrous body embedded in the mountain rock.

While the demons' attention was solely focused on the giant ape for a moment, they then turned their heads to look at the spot where the two had collided, only to find that the golden-armored man had vanished again. This caused everyone's hearts to clench.

As one demon searched around, it suddenly felt the rain above its head lessen. Immediately realizing something was wrong, it bared its fangs and manifested its sharp claws, and fiercely swiped upward and backward.

Zizzz-zizzz-crackle-crackle...

Amidst a peculiar crackling of electrical arcs, the demon felt its entire body go numb. One of its arms was clutched in the golden-armored warrior's hand, while the warrior's other hand grasped the demon's body.

At this moment, the golden-armored warrior was already thirty feet tall, and one of his hands gripped half the demon's body, as if it were a toy in his grasp.

Crackle... crunch... splat...

“Ah...”

One arm was ripped off directly. Just as the other hand was about to clench, the demon in his palm absorbed its own blood, transformed into a streak of blood-red light, and escaped the lethal area. Only a 'thump' was heard from behind, the sound of the warrior's palm clenching shut, compressing the air.

The demon knew in its heart that if it had been even a moment later, it would surely have been reduced to pulp.

The golden-armored warrior straightened up from his lunging stance, his thirty-foot body surveying the surrounding peaks. Faint electrical arcs crackled across his body.

Ugh... cough cough... Rumbling...

Amidst falling rocks, the giant ape from within the mountain struggled, clutching rocks, to emerge from the mountain body. The handsome man from afar also rode his demonic wind back to the area, but his face was extremely grim. Not to mention the demon who had been crushed once before, and the demon who had lost an arm and escaped by transforming into a streak of blood-red light.

“Everyone! This golden-armored man is too formidable. We must deal with him first!”