Chapter 375: Chapter 81: Battle of the Celestial Human! The Rise of the Wang Family

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"You insolent brat! How dare you!"

In the sky, Ancestor Hua Ye was both shocked and enraged upon witnessing this scene.

He was entangled with Wang Zhoubo, thinking that even though Jinning and Jinyuu were in the late Spirit Platform Realm, they wouldn’t be easily slain by the Ping’an Wang Family, so he wasn’t too anxious.

Little did he expect, in just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, one of them would already fall!

"Why shouldn’t I dare?" Wang Shouzhe looked up at him, a cold smile on his calm face, "Huangfu Huaye, you once plotted against my Wang Family, and now you come to seize our assets. Do you think we should just prepare our necks for you to slaughter us?"

"You’re courting death!"

Ancestor Hua Ye couldn’t remember the last time a junior dared to be so insolent in front of him, and his anger flared, filled with hatred.

With a swipe of his finger over the storage ring, a long halberd appeared in his hand.

The entire halberd was forged from precious red refined iron and, upon its appearance, blazed with intense flames.

"Li Fire Battle Halberd!"

This was the fire element magical treasure passed down by the Changning Huangfu Family, possessing extraordinary power.

The only small issue was its extremely demanding usage conditions, requiring a Celestial Human Realm and above Black Tortoise Cultivator who practiced fire element techniques to wield it.

The founding ancestor of the Huangfu Family, Huangfu Hongyu, once relied on the "Red Dragon True Technique" and the Li Fire Battle Halberd to open territories, and slew the Tier Five Ferocious Beast that claimed the Changning area, then a Barbaric Wilderness, establishing a great name and achieving unparalleled feats.

This laid the foundation for the Huangfu Family to dominate the Changning Guard for five hundred years.

It must be admitted, the original Huangfu Hongyu was indeed a great hero of his time, his achievements and reputation surpassed Ancestor Zhou Xuan by several measures.

In the record of achievements by ancestors in the Celestial Human Realm in Changning Guard, he was virtually the top.

When recalling Huangfu Hongyu’s battle records and boldness, even Wang Shouzhe had some admiration.

Unfortunately, by the time it reached Huangfu Huaye, the third-generation Celestial Human Ancestor, everything had changed.

The Huangfu family no longer expanded outwards, shifting their strategic thinking from the family’s development to suppressing other noble families to ensure their leading position.

Throughout history, Wang Shouzhe understood this clearly.

Once a family adopts such an inwardly competitive mindset, it’s hard to find the motivation and courage for progress.

Perhaps, it was at that moment of mindset shift that they sowed the seeds of disaster. Even without Wang Shouzhe and the Ping’an Wang Family, another noble family would eventually replace them.

However, no matter how many seeds of disaster the Changning Huangfu Family sowed, a dying camel is still larger than a horse. To topple a gargantuan like a Celestial Human Family, they’re bound to face a desperate counterattack!

With the Li Fire Battle Halberd in hand, Ancestor Hua Ye’s aura immediately surged!

Under the night sky, his fiery red hair flew wildly, and blazing flames enveloped his body, making him appear like a War God emerging from fire, exuding a terrifying aura.

Behind him, a faint Dharma Illusion of a red fire jiaolong emerged.

The jiaolong coiled, red flames surging to the heavens.

"Moooo~~~"

A dragon roar, deep and resonant like an ox’s moo, suddenly echoed, shaking the spirit.

Standing beside Wang Shouzhe, Junyao was caught off guard, his spirit startled and his face turning pale, as if encountering a natural enemy; even Ancestor Longyan from the late Spirit Platform Realm and Beichen Ancestor didn’t fare well.

Though Wang Shouzhe had some prevention, his expression wasn’t very pleasant.

This was the terror of a Celestial Human Realm cultivator.

Every Celestial Human Realm cultivator was a true powerhouse capable of reigning over an area, and their full battle power was extremely fearsome.

This was the very reason he set up this trap here.

In the series of actions against the Huangfu family, he needed to squeeze the Huangfu Family’s living space through commercial means and sever their economic lifeline. By then, they would certainly face a desperate counterattack from Ancestor Hua Ye.

A Celestial Human Realm cultivator is most terrifying not when they rule a domain, but when they lose all scruple and reason.

To the Wang Family, this was like the Sword of Damocles hanging overhead. Without severely wounding or even exterminating it, the Wang Family’s development would be perpetually constrained.

"Brat, give me your life!"

Ancestor Hua Ye swung the battle halberd, and overwhelming flames accompanied by domineering pressure descended.

Amidst the flames, he charged straight at Wang Shouzhe with the battle halberd, hair and beard puffed out, resembling a jiaolong possessing unstoppable momentum.

Wang Shouzhe sneered, stepped lightly like a willow catkin, and lightly retreated.

Seemingly slow, but actually fast.

Simultaneously, countless Iron Python Vines coiled together, weaving a thick vine wall in front of him. The Iron Python Vine’s skin was like iron; though it surely couldn’t withstand a strike from a Celestial Human ancestor, it was enough to stall.

The Li Fire Battle Halberd reached immediately, yet the vine wall hindered its speed momentarily.

Though in just the next instant, the vine wall was mostly destroyed in the blazing flames, Ancestor Hua Ye’s movement was still slowed by a beat.

At that moment, a powerful shout resounded from the sky.

"Hua Ye, your opponent is me!"

With these words, a domineering golden sword light cleaved downwards, its sword intent tumultuous, with the power to split mountains and shatter the sky.