Chapter 70: A Bean from Beyond the Heavens

In the sky, the vortex on the surface of the silver giant moon had expanded to twice its previous size.

At the deepest part of the vortex, a translucent crystalline barrier could be faintly seen, behind which was a vast expanse of white, as if it were another unknown world.

Suddenly, the crystalline barrier flashed with light, as if struck by something from the other side.

Boom!

The silver giant moon trembled slightly, and a crack tore open on the surface of the crystalline barrier within the vortex.

With a whoosh,

a dazzling yellow light shot out from within, falling rapidly downward.

The crystalline barrier instantly healed itself, and as the vortex suddenly began to shrink, it could no longer be seen.

That is...

The golden-furred giant ape that Han Li had transformed into flickered its blue eyes, instantly seeing clearly the object wrapped within the yellow radiance.

It was actually a yellow bean, very similar in appearance to the small yellow beans that Duan Renli had released from his gourd earlier, but much larger, and its surface was inscribed with countless mysterious runes.

This large bean suddenly halted in midair, spun around, and immediately countless golden runes surged forth, swirling around the bean. Rings of yellow-hued light shot out from it, turning the area within a dozen zhang into a shimmering, distorted golden expanse, like a pool of golden light suspended in the air.

Then, with a crisp crack, the bean sprouted as if taking root, expanding at an incredible speed, and grew a head and limbs.

One zhang, ten zhang, fifty zhang, one hundred zhang...

In almost the span of a single breath, the yellow bean, originally no larger than a walnut, transformed into a yellow-turbaned giant over two hundred zhang tall, its entire body radiating a solid, several-zhang-high golden light.

This giant resembled the previous Yellow Turban Warrior, with a bare upper body, a yellow sash around its waist, and empty hands, but the muscles on its arms and legs bulged, veins protruding as if forged from steel, giving off an intense sense of oppression.

The next moment, the surface of the Silver Moon trembled again, and countless yellow dots began to spray out densely from within, precisely the yellow beans that had been left behind in the cave heaven treasure, falling like a torrential rain.

A bizarre scene appeared.

As soon as all the yellow beans touched the golden light emitted by the Yellow Turban Giant, they were swept toward its body by some kind of attraction.

Each bean silently sank into the giant's surface as it landed, causing the giant's body to rise slightly higher.

As a result, the countless soybeans were all absorbed by the giant's body, and his stature swelled to about a thousand zhang tall. Standing between heaven and earth, he made even the nearby towering mountains seem to shrink.

An indescribably immense aura radiated from his body, sweeping in all directions.

"Ah! Wh-what is this thing?"

"This is too huge!"

"The visitor is not friendly. I just saw the Grand Supreme Elder Zong defeated by that golden-furred giant ape. How did this suddenly appear..."

"What use is talking about this now? We need to flee immediately!"

The disciples of Jingyuan Temple, watching from over a thousand li away, were naturally frightened out of their wits. Many immediately abandoned all else, transforming into streaks of light and scattering in all directions.

But there were also many who considered themselves bold and believed it safe to watch from afar, so they stayed. These were mainly high-level cultivators at the Deity Transformation stage or even the Body Integration stage, but their expressions varied.

At this moment, the enormous silver moon in midair flickered with silver light and began to shrink rapidly. In a short while, it turned into a dim silver disk about ten zhang in size. Then, like a silver-white scroll pasted in the starry sky, it peeled off, drifted down, and burst into flames midair.

The starry sky, previously obscured, was revealed again, twinkling continuously.

The golden-furred giant ape paid no attention to the silver moon's transformation. From start to finish, his gaze was fixed on the yellow-turbaned giant standing in midair, his eyes flashing with sharp light.

If his guess was correct, the soybean that had transformed into the yellow-turbaned giant likely originated from the Immortal Realm.

Moreover, it was probably inseparable from the three true immortal ancestors of the Heavenly Ghost Sect.

This was quite intriguing.

Han Li's thoughts surged like rolling tides.

Just then, a slight ripple appeared on the yellow-turbaned giant's face, vaguely revealing a pale yellow human face phantom. Its eyes coldly fixed on the golden-furred giant ape, its massive form lunged forward like a meteor, appearing before the giant ape in a flash. Its right arm shot up, and a huge golden fist punched straight ahead.

A yellow shockwave spread outward like a wave, shattering the surrounding mountain peaks and trees like foam wherever it passed.

The golden-furred giant ape let out a loud roar, his body rapidly expanding to a hundred zhang. Silver light bloomed on his arms, and countless silver spirit patterns emerged, converging into layers of silver runic arrays covering his entire arms. A terrifying force suddenly radiated outward.

With another roar, he also threw a punch.

A silver whirlwind howled out from his arm!

One silver and one gold, two fists of vastly different sizes, collided with a thunderous impact.

A thunderous, earth-shattering roar!

Golden and yellow light suddenly blazed forth, then exploded, causing the nearby void to twist and tremble with a humming sound.

The golden-furred giant ape shuddered violently; the silver light on its arms shattered with a crash. Its hundred-zhang body was sent flying backward, smashing three or four small peaks along the way into rubble, and finally slammed into the waist of a thousand-zhang giant peak, embedding itself more than ten zhang into the mountain wall before barely coming to a halt.

The giant peak trembled violently, countless fragments of rock raining down like a storm, nearly collapsing from the impact. As for the pavilions, towers, caves, and medicinal gardens on the peak and its waist, they were reduced to a heap of ruins under the immense force.

The golden-furred giant ape flew out from the hollow in the mountain wall with a shake, dusting off its body. Its entire form bore not a single scratch, but a flicker of shock passed through its eyes.

Although due to its shallow spiritual power it could not fully unleash the strength of the Mountain Ape, the power of the yellow-turbaned giant before it was truly terrifying, giving even it a feeling of being unable to match it.

"Boom!"

Over ten li away, the yellow-turbaned giant's forward charge halted abruptly, its feet landing heavily on the ground, causing the earth to rumble.

Then it bent one knee slightly and hunched its body forward.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion rang out in the void, and visible ripples spread outward. The yellow-turbaned giant shot toward the golden-furred giant ape like a meteor, reaching its head in an instant, its two golden hands grabbing downward fiercely.

Although the giant ape transformed from Han Li was somewhat surprised by the opponent's speed, it did not panic. A mass of green light suddenly emerged from its body, and it rolled on the spot, transforming into a majestic green bird forty or fifty zhang in size.

With a phoenix crown on its head and a long green tail, it was the Azure Luan transformation!

The Azure Luan spread its wings and vanished from the spot, causing the yellow-turbaned giant to grasp at empty air.

"Rumble!" A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sound rang out!

Unable to stop its momentum, the giant's two golden hands grabbed the thousand-zhang peak behind the ape's original position, severing it from the waist up.

The severed hundreds-of-zhang section of rock crashed down, crushing two other peaks behind it, once again shaking the earth for hundreds of li around.

"Swoosh!"

A green shadow flickered behind the giant, and the Azure Luan appeared out of thin air, its two giant claws wrapped in streaks of green light, slashing fiercely at the giant's back.

Rip!

Several long wounds were torn on the yellow-turbaned giant's back, but they were not deep, negligible for such a massive body.

The giant swung its hand back in a motion that seemed slow but was actually fast.

A狂暴 surge of power swept out like a tidal wave, causing the void to explode like a string of firecrackers.

The Azure Luan flapped its wings, its form turning into a green shadow that vanished again, reappearing directly in front of the giant, its wings flapping fiercely.

Hundreds of feathers shot out, spinning and transforming into dozens of zhang-sized green wind blades, each edge gleaming with sharp light, slicing into the giant with lightning speed.

Rip!

The yellow-turbaned giant's chest and abdomen were covered with wounds, enraging it. It swiftly turned its head and wildly swung its arms forward, but only struck the afterimage of the Azure Luan, stirring up waves of invisible force.

With a gleam in its eyes, the Azure Luan's form blurred into countless indistinct afterimages, encircling the giant, seeking another opportunity to strike.

This yellow-turbaned giant possessed unimaginable brute strength, but fortunately its defenses were not outstanding. The Azure Luan's attacks could still injure it, and though the wounds seemed trivial, accumulated over time they could threaten the opponent.

At that moment, the yellow-turbaned giant's chest suddenly flashed, and layers of dark yellow light emerged, rapidly spreading over its entire body.

The wounds on its back and chest healed swiftly in the yellow light, disappearing within a few breaths.

Seeing this, the Azure Luan was momentarily stunned.

Then it narrowed its eyes, let out a sharp cry, and accelerated to its utmost, flying up and down around the yellow-turbaned giant, unleashing fierce wind-element attacks from time to time.

Though the yellow-turbaned giant was immensely strong, its speed was far inferior to that of the Azure Luan, a being renowned for speed. Its hands flailed wildly, unable to even touch the opponent's shadow, but the peaks within a hundred li suffered: small hundred-zhang peaks were crushed to powder under its feet, and taller peaks collapsed under its fists.

A green shadow whirled rapidly around the yellow-turbaned giant, soon covering its body with wounds.

However, faint yellow light emerged from the giant's chest, and no matter what wounds it received, they healed within a few breaths.

Moreover, the yellow-turbaned giant's movements gradually became more agile, as if it had grasped the trajectory of the Azure Luan's swift movements, and could gradually keep up with its ghostly speed.

The two continuously shifted the battlefield, causing peak after peak in Jingyuan Temple to collapse and countless buildings to crash down.

For a time, rumbles echoed one after another within Jingyuan Temple, dust and smoke rising everywhere. Even the high-level cultivators who had long since fled far away were terrified out of their wits and dared not stay any longer, scattering in all directions.

The Daoist He Shan lay on the ground, watching helplessly as his grand sect was reduced to ruins in an instant, his heart bleeding.

At this rate, the foundation built over a million years would be destroyed in one fell swoop!

But when he looked up at the two colossal beings before him, one large and one small, he could only smile bitterly, like a mute swallowing bitter herbs.