Chapter 21

From the very beginning, Meixue knew that the power of this Nine Nether Seed was far beyond his match. Even after transforming into the Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox, his combat strength only increased from less than five to around one hundred.

An instant increase of twenty-five times in combat strength seemed impressive, and it was indeed very impressive. Qingqiu Jiuyue, who had a combat strength twenty-five times greater than Meixue, could easily kill a hundred Meixue without any problem.

Compared to Qingqiu Jiuyue, Meixue's spiritual energy, speed, and vitality were negligible, and he probably couldn't even match Huang Fei.

However, the gap between Qingqiu Jiuyue's combat strength and that of the Nine Nether Seed was even greater. If Qingqiu Jiuyue's combat strength was considered one hundred, the Nine Nether Seed's combat strength likely exceeded five digits.

Therefore, even after transforming into the Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox, Meixue had no way to injure this terrifying Nine Nether Seed.

On this floating mountain, the only thing that could match the Nine Nether Seed was not any person, but the floating mountain itself. This was the strongest war fortress created by the Fox Clan for their Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Princess, Qingqiu Jiuyue—Tianqing.

Even Qingqiu Jiuyue herself didn't know how many rare treasures were buried within this personal floating mountain, or how much effort and resources had been poured into it.

One could say that to protect the safety of their only Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Princess, the Fox Clan spared no expense in creating this floating mountain, Tianqing, whose combat strength far exceeded its appearance.

Just the four large-scale war immortal treasures—the "Qingliuli"—had depleted half of the Fox Clan's treasure vault. Qingqiu Jiuyue herself didn't know the value of these war immortal treasures, so she couldn't imagine the shock Huang Fei felt when he saw the four "Qingliuli" appear together.

These were the top-tier war immortal treasures in the Seas and Mountains, and the creation of any one of them could bankrupt a large family, leaving them unable to recover for centuries.

Despite this, many families still couldn't produce such treasures, and it would take thousands of years to gather the materials, let alone find a capable immortal artificer to create them.

The creation of each top-tier war immortal treasure required decades of effort and the consumption of countless precious materials. Even the Fox Clan, the most ancient and wealthy of the demon races in the Seas and Mountains, had only twelve such top-tier war immortal treasures in their treasure vault.

Among these, only the four "Qingliuli" formed a set, ranking second in the Fox Clan's treasure vault. Using such a clan treasure as a personal weapon for Qingqiu Jiuyue demonstrated the extent of the Fox Clan's doting on their only Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Princess.

This was a war weapon that perfectly combined human immortal arts and demon powers, a precious gift far beyond Qingqiu Jiuyue's imagination, and a top-tier floating mountain created by the wisdom of the Fox Clan and immortal artificers.

In the Seas and Mountains, this was a large-scale war immortal treasure that could rank among the highest levels.

They probably couldn't imagine that this floating mountain, Tianqing, created to protect their Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Princess, would actually be called upon in a crisis to become the only trump card against the Nine Nether Seed.

What they couldn't imagine even more was that the one currently controlling this floating mountain was not their Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Princess, Qingqiu Jiuyue, but a male Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox who had never appeared in the Seas and Mountains—Meixue.

Tianqing was a personal floating mountain created by the Fox Clan for their Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Princess, Qingqiu Jiuyue, and only Qingqiu Jiuyue, who possessed the innate powers of the Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox, could control it. No one else had the qualifications to activate it.

Even the immortal artificers who designed this floating mountain probably couldn't imagine that there was another Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox in the world, and one who shared the same bloodline power as Qingqiu Jiuyue.

Only such a bloodline power, which could pass the immortal art marks in Tianqing, allowed Meixue, who had transformed into the Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox, to successfully activate the dormant Tianqing, becoming the only means to combat the Nine Nether Seed.

"Tianqing! Prepare for battle!" Meixue, who had obtained the highest authority equal to that of the Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Princess, Qingqiu Jiuyue, unhesitatingly activated the highest basic combat state of Tianqing.

Countless immortal art symbols appeared around Meixue, these were the commands of the super war immortal treasure, Tianqing, which even Qingqiu Jiuyue hadn't fully understood.

But at this moment, Meixue understood them. The immortal art symbols appeared to him as simple and easy to understand as the "Match Three" game he often played recently.

This wasn't an innate power of the Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox. Meixue himself didn't know he had such a talent.

Behind Meixue, the small terrace floated silently in the air, with countless patterns of the Great Dao automatically appearing, revealing myriad mysteries.

"Sigh..." The Nine Nether Seed, sensing the awakening of the floating mountain's network, was clearly displeased.

It had infiltrated the bottom of this floating mountain and suddenly attacked, stunning everyone, precisely because it sensed the powerful strength of the floating mountain.

For the Nine Nether Seed, this was a force to be feared, so it had chosen to ambush its prey rather than launch a direct attack.

Unexpectedly, first, Huang Fei, forced to act in "Jaws 4," accidentally saw its silhouette, forcing it to attack prematurely.

Then, someone didn't faint under its soul-shaking waves and even reactivated the floating mountain.

Now, the situation had changed, and it had no choice but to launch a strong attack.

What, give up? There were only some weak prey on this floating mountain, how could it give up?

For the powerful Nine Nether Seed, humans and demons were merely "food."

"Zzz!" Transparent tentacles began to vibrate at high speed, and countless white lightning bolts scattered from the tentacles, instantly breaking down the ground around the Nine Nether Seed into countless tiny dust particles.

Seeing this, Meixue's ears involuntarily twitched.

Indeed, the power of this Nine Nether Seed was unfathomable.

Soul-shaking sound waves, incredibly powerful tentacles, and tentacles that could emit light and electricity, all without any preparation or buildup—these were the most terrifying innate powers of the Nine Nether Seed.

Its massive size wasn't just for show; it was a true terror. Using these innate powers was as simple for the Nine Nether Seed as drinking water. If the meridians in a human body were rivers, then the Nine Nether Seed was a vast, unfathomable sea.

Meixue couldn't imagine how humans could fight such a powerful Nine Nether Seed without the aid of a super immortal treasure weapon like a floating mountain. Perhaps only a supreme sword cultivator like Heavenly Sword Xuanyuan Hong could face these monsters from the Nether Sea head-on.

"Zzz! Zzz!" Countless lightning bolts wrapped around the Nine Nether Seed's tentacles, forming rings of blue-white lightning that shot towards Meixue on the top of the floating mountain.

Meixue's figure instantly disappeared from the top of the floating mountain, reappearing at the top of one of the four "Qingliuli." Such an ultra-long-distance movement was a miracle that could only be achieved after activating Tianqing.

To protect their only Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Princess, Qingqiu Jiuyue, everything about Tianqing was designed to protect her.

The entire floating mountain was closely linked to the bloodline power of the Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox, and within this floating mountain, the powers of the Golden-Haired Jade-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox could be amplified to their maximum.

The sky-blue protective shield that had protected Meixue from the light rays instantly collapsed under the dense lightning rings, making Meixue clearly realize that even with Tianqing activated, the Nine Nether Seed in front of him was still a formidable opponent capable of killing him instantly.

"Tianqing! Attack!"

In response to Meixue's command, the central part of the "Qingliuli" crystal beneath Meixue's feet began to rotate at high speed, drawing the power of the floating mountain's earth veins at a rate ten times faster than when Qingqiu Jiuyue had activated it.

At the same time, a sky-blue crystal shield enveloped Meixue. This was the highest-level defense activated by Tianqing for Meixue, a "Crystal Circle" created by the combined power of the four "Qingliuli."

The living area of the floating mountain had been completely moved to the inner depths, leaving only Meixue, who was controlling Tianqing, and the terrifying Nine Nether Seed on the outer layer of the floating mountain.

Meixue didn't enter the inner depths of the floating mountain because if the "Crystal Circle" was broken, other defenses would be useless. To defeat this terrifying Nine Nether Seed, he had to activate all the war weapons of the floating mountain.

One by one, immortal art symbols lit up on the ground of the floating mountain, countless in number. From the sky, the entire floating mountain had transformed, from a disguised transport floating mountain into a terrifying rune fortress.

A transparent crystal light shot out from the "Qingliuli," the immense power causing the entire floating mountain to tremble. This was a strike powerful enough to rival a great cultivator's full attack, a destructive force capable of vaporizing mountains.

"Hisss!" Sensing the threat from the green crystal light, the Nine Nether Seed, which had climbed onto the floating mountain, entered a defensive state for the first time.

Four tentacles intertwined, forming a strange petal-shaped concave surface with their large suckers, which then made contact with the clear crystal light.

In the next second, Meixue completely lost his vision. The flash from the crystal light hitting the Nine Nether Seed exceeded the normal range of brightness, a blinding light that would instantly blind ordinary humans.

More than half of the entire viewing terrace was instantly vaporized, and the remaining ground was melted into crystal by the temperature exceeding tens of thousands of degrees, continuing to spread.

However, what left Meixue incredulous was that such a terrifying strike had not truly harmed the mysterious Nine Nether Seed. The concave surface formed by the suckers had deflected most of the crystal light's power, and only a small part had vaporized the viewing terrace.