Chapter 24 – Heaven-Devouring Sparrow
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Master Shadow
Xiao Yun’s eyes narrowed when he heard the Violet Vine’s cry, a look of interest appearing on his face.
“What sort of expert could give off this sort of power?” Xiao Yun sent out his senses, and found that the bird creatures nearby had all been scared off out of this region. It was evident how much those bird creatures feared that supreme expert.
All those powerful demonic beasts had fled; it was only because of this could Xiao Yun safely enter the depths of the Violet Cloud Mountain.
These incredibly powerful energy waves continuously came from the depths of the mountain, causing trees and gra.s.ses to ripple. Countless beasts were frightened into running off and countless birds took flight, flying far away, as if they didn’t dare to stay here anymore.
These energy waves were sent out for a while before finally stopping.
Xiao Yun was standing at the top of a peak as he looked into the distance, trying to find where those energy waves had come from.
It wasn’t just Xiao Yun who was interested in the existence in the depths of the mountain. Any cultivators who were still at the Violet Cloud Mountain sensed this disturbance.
“Has a supreme expert reappeared in the world?”
“How could there be such a powerful existence at the Violet Cloud Mountain?”
“Could it be a supreme demon?”
Countless discussions sounded out within the mountain.
As these people discussed with each other, an incredibly shocking wave of energy swept out.
Following this, the winds blew as the sky darkened, and a sense of heavenly might gathered. An indescribable sense of pressure descended, making all of the cultivators on the mountain feel as if they couldn’t breathe; all their expressions became serious.
Under this sort of pressure, they felt as if their meridians were going to explode.
This sort of pressure spread deep into their soul, and felt even more terrifying than a mountain hanging over someone.
Some people cried out, “This is a peerless heavenly might!”
“Heavenly might?”
Some people were a bit confused. “Why would there be heavenly might?”
Most of these people had fairly low cultivations, and knew very little about the road of cultivation.
Someone said, “Legends say that when a powerful expert breaks through, they’ll face divine tribulation. For the clear skies to suddenly darken, it’s likely that the powerful existence has attracted a divine tribulation. I never thought that there would be such an expert within the Violet Cloud Mountain.”
As everyone in the mountain was shocked, on top of the peak, Xiao Yun had locked onto a canyon.
There was a red fog flowing around that canyon, giving off a terrifying heavenly might. “That supreme expert should be over there.” Xiao Yun stared at that place, feeling quite excited.
The aura coming from over there was even stronger than the one his grandpa gave off. It wasn’t difficult to imagine just what sort of might one would experience if they went closer. This caused Xiao Yun to feel quite interested. After all, there were no experts who were above the True Essence realm within the Violet Cloud County!
Skree~~~
At this moment, the n.o.ble cry of a bird sounded out, causing tremors in the air. The cry sounded as if it could tear apart the 9 heavens, and was filled with a domineering air. A red light flashed as a gigantic, crimson red bird that was nearly 3,000 metres tall suddenly appeared in the sky.
The gigantic bird flew into the clouds, and when it spread its wings, it looked like it covered the sky and hid the sun. The dazzling crimson red light illuminated everything red, and was extremely eye-catching. The gigantic bird was just like a dazzling sun hanging in the sky.
“What a big bird.” All of the cultivators in the Violet Cloud Mountain raised their heads, an expression of shock on their faces.
This gigantic bird’s body looked as large as a mountain, and its outspread wings covered thousands of metres, creating a shocking scene. The domineering aura it gave off seemed to be fighting against the heavenly might.
“This bird is going through a divine tribulation!”
“What a powerful spiritual beast! How come we’ve never heard of it before?”
As the gigantic bird appeared, the cultivators were sent into a frenzy. “Weren’t the most powerful flying beasts in the Violet Cloud Mountain only at the Essence Core realm?”
From the aura this bird gave off, it definitely wasn’t just in the Essence Core realm!
“What sort of bird is this?” Xiao Yun looked at the gigantic bird that had suddenly appeared, his face full of shock.
The bird’s entire body was flame-red, and gave off searing heat waves, causing the temperature near it to skyrocket.
Looking closely, it was a gigantic sparrow. A light shone on its beak, as if it could pierce through s.p.a.ce.
Boom!!
A ma.s.sive peal of thunder sounded out as the heavenly might spread out, and the tribulation clouds descended.
It was an incredibly big bolt of flashing lightning, containing the might of the heavens and the earth. It was as if this dazzling light was coming to meet heavenly punishment.
The gigantic bird raised its head to the sky and gave a piercing cry, causing ripples in the air. The ripples became a red vortex that devoured the lightning, resulting in the boundless heavenly might to decrease by half. This scene completely shocked everyone, sending them into a frenzy.
“Heavens, what sort of spiritual beast is this? It actually swallowed the tribulation lightning.”
“Could it be the descendant of an ancient G.o.dly beast?”
“It’s simply too powerful; it’s definitely not an ordinary spiritual beast!”
‘Heavenly might cannot be shaken’ - this was something that no one dared to refute. However, this gigantic bird in front of them looked completely indifferent to the heavenly might, which was simply too shocking. Perhaps it really was a G.o.dly beast, and could accomplish such a heaven-defying feat.
“A G.o.dly beast?” Xiao Yun was completely stunned.
This was an incredibly powerful flying beast, and looked as if it could devour the heavens.
The divine lightning continued to fall, and each bolt of lightning was more powerful than the last. Facing these bolts of lightning, the red sparrow no longer dared to devour them.
Whoosh!
It raised its head and opened its mouth, shooting out a sea of red flames, causing the air to twist and turn. As the air burned, all trees and gra.s.ses within 15 kilometres dried up and withered. The intense flames rushed to the sky, creating an extraordinary scene.
“Heavenly might?” Xiao Yun stared in front of him, feeling some comprehension towards that heavenly might.
Could this have something to do with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth?
Xiao Yun suddenly felt like he had understood something.
From then onwards, Xiao Yun did not continue to merely observe the gigantic bird’s divine tribulation, but started to develop his comprehension of the heavenly might and the gigantic bird’s aura.
After half an hour, the heavenly might disappeared, and the gigantic bird was about to complete its divine tribulation.
BOOM!!!
Another bolt of lightning descended, but the gigantic bird did not defend against it. Instead, it allowed the lightning to fall on its body, as if it was being bathed by the divine tribulation.
At this moment, Xiao Yun could subtly feel that there was something different about this bird.
“Is it going to take human form?” Xiao Yun’s eyes became wide open as he realised something.
“This bird’s going to take human form.”
“Demonic beasts that can take human form are powerful enough to run rampant in our Moonwind Kingdom!” The other cultivators also discovered something strange, and some people cried out, feeling incredibly excited. This sort of powerful expert was rarely seen, and yet they had witnessed it overcoming its divine tribulation.
Whoosh!
Just as the gigantic red bird was about to take human form, the sound of the air being pierced sounded out.
“Who is it?” The red bird’s eyes flashed as it looked over, speaking human words.
In the distance, a woman in white walked through the air. She was surrounded by G.o.dly light, making it difficult to see her features. She looked like a celestial G.o.ddess, and one could only imagine just how breathtakingly beautiful she was.
This woman looked like she was pure and unstained by the world. She lifted her hand, which contained an azure coloured sword, and rushed towards the gigantic red bird. The sword gave off a rainbow-like light, and tore through the air.
“What a fast sword strike!” Xiao Yun’s pupils contracted as he stared at the sword light. “This sword contains immeasurable might, and gives off a shocking aura as if it can pierce through mountains. Perhaps when a sword reaches extreme speed, it really can break through ten thousand techniques. It most likely has to do with one’s cultivation.”
Before, Xiao Yun didn’t actually believe that a sword strike could break through ten thousand techniques, but today, his eyes were opened.
After seeing this shocking sword strike, he realised that he was a frog in a well.
Although they had been thousands of metres apart, this woman’s sword strike reached the gigantic red bird in almost an instant.
“You’re attacking while I’m going through my divine tribulation? You’re seeking death!” The gigantic red bird became furious when it saw the woman had attacked it without even speaking. It flapped its wings, giving off a resplendent crimson red light as a wave of fire swept out towards the woman.
At the same time, it opened its mouth and devoured the woman’s sword strike.
“As expected, the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow is not at all ordinary,” the young woman breezily spoke as she raised her hand and a mirror appeared in front of her. Runes began to appear on the mirror, and it blocked the flames that seemed to be able to incinerate everything.
The young woman’s voice was soft and gentle, sounding incredibly heavenly; the people below couldn’t help but feel intoxicated.
“Where did this woman come from?” Xiao Yun felt quite shocked. When he heard the woman’s voice, she seemed quite young, and yet she had a terrifying cultivation. For her to be able to defend against that bird’s attack so casually meant she definitely wasn’t an ordinary person.
“Cloudmoon Mirror! You’re from the Heavenly Capital Domain!” The gigantic bird’s eyes flashed, as its gaze became serious.
“That’s right,” the young woman said as she walked gracefully; every step she took left behind traces of light, making her seem like a real G.o.ddess.
The Heaven-Devouring Sparrow gave a loud cry before coldly harrumphing, “I never thought I would still be discovered by the Heavenly Capital Domain’s people. A girl like you wants to kill this lord? You think my Heaven-Devouring Sparrow bloodline is so easy to contend against?”
A red light flashed as the gigantic bird charged towards the woman in white.
The woman in white took out a spiritual armament and held it in front of her as she wielded the azure blade and clashed with the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow.
BOOM!!
A gigantic explosion rang out, sounding as if it could shake the earth. Monstrous energy waves rippled out from the battle, causing the nearby hills to shatter and the earth to tremble. The energy waves caused the cultivators far away to shiver, feeling extremely terrified.
The fear brought by the battle between 2 supreme experts was something they would never forget.
Flames billowed around where the 2 experts were fighting, dyeing the heavens and earth red. The scene was so piercing that one’s eyes ached while watching.
Xiao Yun looked forwards but found that because of all the light, he couldn’t see a single thing.
An hour later, the sounds of battle died down, and the waves of energy rippling out were no longer as powerful.
“Are they nearly finished?” Xiao Yun squinted, trying to see something.
Bang!
A gigantic sound rang out as the air seemed to explode. A red flash streaked out like a meteor, and Xiao Yun found that it was the bird, thought it was no longer as big.
“b.l.o.o.d.y wench, you actually detonated your forbidden armament to destroy this lord’s fleshly body. This lord will definitely take his revenge,” the bird roared savagely. The crimson red light disappeared and the hatred in its voice caused all those who heard it to shudder.