Urban Invincible Overlord-Chapter 1247 - 1244: Tired of Paying Tribute

"Wooo~~~"

The gigantic Deep Sea Demon Beast, resembling a Kunpeng, arrived at the scene, but discovered that Yang Fei and the others had already escaped the sea region. It hovered over the area where the deep sea met Penglai Immortal Mountain, emitting a wailing sound that echoed across the firmament.

This sound was highly penetrative, seemingly carrying a powerful divine soul impact, causing everyone’s state of mind to ripple, and their Dao Heart to become unsettled.

The Soul Binding Rope in Yang Fei’s hand immediately generated a torrent of energy, bringing him to instant clarity.

He looked at those around him, only to find everyone in a state of bewildered confusion, as if their consciousness had been taken away.

Yang Fei was shocked; he took a deep breath into his dantian and roared loudly.

Upon hearing this shout, everyone slightly returned to their senses, but it was still not thorough enough.

The Kunpeng emitted the wailing roar once more.

Yang Fei was terrified; he could no longer care about much and immediately released the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast, upon hearing the Kunpeng’s roar, immediately showed a look of terror as it suddenly expanded, its body growing to its currently largest state, towering at twenty-three or four meters high.

"Roar!"

With its blood-colored maw wide open, the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast leaned its body towards the direction of the Kunpeng, releasing a furious bellow from its mouth.

In an instant, the entire area within Penglai Immortal Mountain around them fell silent.

Many exotic beasts trembled in fear, prostrating themselves on the ground.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast and Kunpeng were fierce creatures among the Ancient Ten Great Demon Beasts. Any appearance of either would exert absolute suppression over other exotic beasts through bloodline and aura.

Now these two ancient demon beasts emanated their raging auras while bellowing in opposition; even just the roar was enough to make a myriad of demons bow in submission.

As the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast and Kunpeng roared madly, the Foundation Establishment cultivators seemed to gradually regain their senses, as if shaken back to reality.

At this moment, everyone felt their state of mind was rippling and their Dao Heart was unstable.

Yang Fei immediately commanded, "Return to the cave quickly."

Upon hearing Yang Fei’s command, everyone regained a bit more clarity, recalling the terrifying feeling of having their souls scattered just moments ago, filled with dread and profound fear.

Quickly, everyone returned to the mountain cave, and instantly, with the protective effect of the Barrier Array at the entrance, the previous unsettling feeling completely disappeared.

Yang Fei stood on the shoulder of the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast, holding the Soul Binding Rope, his body trembling slightly.

Although the bellow of the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast could counteract the effect of the Kunpeng’s wail, it was still somewhat influenced.

Especially the formidable pressure emanating from the Kunpeng made it impossible for him to face it head-on right now.

Fortunately, he still had the Soul Binding Rope in hand.

As long as he held the Soul Binding Rope, he could ensure his divine sense wouldn’t scatter.

The two ancient demon beast kings roared at each other for several minutes, with neither the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast daring to go into the sea, nor the Kunpeng daring to approach the land due to some innate fear, eventually slowing down and stopping.

Yang Fei finally let out a sigh of relief, returned to the cave entrance with the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast, and then placed it into the Spirit Pet Bag.

"How dangerous!" Qin Yanyang exclaimed.

Tong Yunshu nodded, "Indeed, earlier I felt my soul was about to drift away, fortunately, Yang Fei’s timely shout and the Heaven-devouring Beast’s bellow helped my divine soul return to the Sea of Consciousness."

Everyone nodded in agreement, having gone through the same experience.

Yun Zong said, "This demon beast is indeed the Kunpeng giant among the Ancient Ten Great Divine Beasts, we should be grateful it is only in its juvenile state. Otherwise, if it were an adult, just its wail would be enough to obliterate us."

Helian Zhan said in shock, "Is it really that terrifying?"

Yun Zong nodded, "The adult state of ancient divine beasts is not just empty talk; only Crossing Tribulation experts or true immortals among the human cultivators could suppress and subdue them."

The Earth cultivators gasped.

Thinking about how Yang Fei had a Heaven-devouring Divine Beast as a spirit pet, each of them couldn’t help but swallow.

Previously, Yang Fei promised them all the demon beasts he subdued over the years would be refined into Spiritual Puppets and gifted to them, leading to some secret joy, thinking they could have a companion stronger than themselves for a safer journey across the lands. They were quite satisfied, but now it seemed those Spiritual Demon Beasts were useless. They needed to be like Yang Fei, nurturing an ancient-grade demon beast as a spirit pet to truly be formidable.

But everyone could only dream about it.

Meeting an ancient-grade divine beast is not something ordinary people can casually encounter.

This truly requires special fortune.

Just like how Yang Fei obtained the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast, it seemed like Li Er specially prepared it for him, something unfathomable with envy.

Besides the Heaven-devouring Beast, the second ancient divine beast appearing on Earth is this Kunpeng.

Yet, who among them has the ability to tame such a powerful Kunpeng?

Not to mention them, even in the Southern Domain Cultivation World, few could individually subdue it.

The injured Zhu Tianshou, Qin Huai’an, Qin Sizhong, and Gong Haichao, who were recuperating in the cave, also heard the roars of the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast and the ancient Kunpeng. However, the impact they received was not as severe, and now listening to the discussions among others about their experiences, they could hardly believe it.

Qin Huai’an couldn’t help but speak to Yang Fei, "Yang Fei, since you have the Soul Binding Rope in hand and the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast can somewhat suppress the Kunpeng’s wail, why not target this Kunpeng demon beast now? If you can tame it and make it Yanyang’s spirit pet, you both can travel the Southern Domain Cultivation World fearlessly in the future."

Yang Fei twitched at the corner of his mouth, not daring to respond.

The others also were speechless.

Even Qin Yanyang blushed slightly and addressed Qin Huai’an, "Grandfather, you underestimate this Kunpeng divine beast’s capabilities. Its strength is likely beyond the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast’s current ability. If we leave the cave, it wouldn’t need to act—just a few close-range wails and we’d be doomed."

Qin Huai’an was taken aback, "Is it really that strong?"

Qin Yanyang responded affirmatively, "If we hadn’t fled quickly earlier, we would likely have ended up as dinner for the Kunpeng."

Qin Huai’an took a deep breath and with a flushed face said, "Forget what I just said."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Qin Yanyang then shifted the topic towards Yang Fei, "Yang Fei, the third workshop trade is almost arriving, should we go back or stay here?"

Yang Fei furrowed his brow, "Is it that soon?"

Beside him, Tong Yunshu nodded, "The time is indeed approaching, I’ve calculated it."

Yang Fei thought for a moment, "Then we should make a trip back; we can’t afford to be robbed."

Qin Yanyang laughed, "No need to worry, with the Teleportation Array, we can return very quickly, and any event over there can be quickly notified here."

Yang Fei sighed, "Exactly, as long as the Transmission Channel’s realm restrictions remain, there’s no need to worry about home theft. Yet, the tribute every five years, I am growing increasingly reluctant to give."

The Lingxiao Sect members’ expressions changed slightly upon these words.

The Earth cultivators remained silent.

Honestly, they were also displeased with having to pay such a significant tribute of top-grade spirit stones annually to the Southern Domain Cultivation World.

In recent years, the spirit stone yield from the White Jade City had decreased, suggesting that valuable top-grade spiritual ore isn’t limitless.

Earth cultivators currently don’t require many spirit stones, but the annual tribute is a massive fortune.

At the beginning, they didn’t feel much pain, but since ten years ago when Yang Fei proposed a five-year tribute interval, the spirit stones given out each time could pile up into two mountains, creating real heartache.

"For the greater good, let’s not stir any trouble for now." After a moment of silence, Qin Huai’an spoke.

Yang Fei nodded silently, saying, "Everyone, since we’ve been out for years, why don’t we return for a period of rest?"

"Okay."

"Alright."

"Let’s head back."

"We’ll come again after this workshop trade ends."

Everyone agreed, and they immediately took a large amount of spiritual liquid from the Spiritual Spring Pond. With Sun Xingyu’s help, they left the Magic Array Barrier and returned to the Spirit Ship, which activated and carried everyone back to White Jade City.