King of Creation Chapter 1734: 1719: Trapped in the Dark Palace

Chapter 1719: Trapped in the Dark Palace

Whoosh!

A sound like the ripping of wind, accompanied by a massive gust extending over five thousand meters, surged towards Ye Zhen and the kitten like an enraged tide.

This time, however, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten’s reaction was exceedingly swift, a stark contrast to when it was caught off guard by a surprise assault previously.

As the tempest escalated, the kitten’s wings fluttered, causing the space ahead to ripple. It then enveloped Ye Zhen, transporting him into a spatial passage.

This timely intervention left Ye Zhen inwardly thankful.

He mused that fortunately, the kitten had undergone a breakthrough. Otherwise, faced with this current terrifying wind, Ye Zhen would have been forced to resort to escaping through water.

“My Lord Ye, the entity before you is definitively not ordinary strong wind. If it were merely a strong wind, you would have been utterly consumed by now!” chimed the languid voice of Achou, the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit.

“If it’s not a strong wind, then what is it? Based on the ancient records I’ve perused, the descriptions of the Ancient Fierce Beast, the Strong Wind, bear a striking resemblance to this creature!”

“The speed of a strong wind is its innate ability; once it reaches maturity, a single beat of its wings covers at least ninety thousand miles. While the kitten can traverse three to five thousand miles instantly, before a true strong wind, the moment you materialize, it would concurrently appear and tear you to shreds!” explained Achou, the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit.

“Then, what is it?” Ye Zhen inquired, his curiosity piqued.

“It’s not a strong wind, yet it is closely connected to the strong wind, and not distantly related! If my assessment is accurate, it should be a Green Winged Wind Kite, a lineage descendant of the strong wind!”

“However, Lord Ye, do not dismiss it lightly simply because it’s a distant descendant. This Green Winged Wind Kite carries the ferocious essence of the strong wind, and its combat prowess is exceptionally formidable.

More critically, the Green Winged Wind Kite currently before us has attained mid-Dao Realm cultivation!”

“Indeed, under ordinary circumstances, with the cultivation level and combat power of this Green Winged Wind Kite, it could vanquish a peak Ninth Stage Realm King expert with the ease of crushing a dog.

Among Dao Realm cultivators of the same tier, its combat strength ranks among the highest. Therefore, my counsel to you is to flee.

Attempt an escape, put as much distance between yourself and it as possible; you are by no means its equal. Do not even entertain the notion of matching it, for if it closes the distance, you will perish!” Achou urged with haste.

“Is it truly that formidable? Even the Purple Spirit Immortal Sword and the Small Five Elements Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder prove ineffective against it?” Ye Zhen’s brow furrowed.

“The Purple Spirit Immortal Sword might pose a marginal threat, but at best, it would inflict an injury, not a fatal blow. Furthermore, your likelihood of landing a successful strike is exceedingly slim.

As for the Small Five Elements Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder, if you were to transform into a Kui Niu, you might manage to injure it, but would you even have the opportunity to unleash such a technique?

And even then, it would likely only cause superficial harm, posing slightly more of a threat than the Purple Spirit Immortal Sword,” elaborated Achou.

A sinking sensation enveloped Ye Zhen’s heart, “Even with my current cultivation breakthrough, it’s still insufficient?”

The potency of the Small Five Elements Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder experiences a slight augmentation with the advancement of Ye Zhen’s cultivation. Over these five years of intensive training, while Ye Zhen’s cultivation did not ascend with the same alacrity as that of the Great Saint of Jinghai.

The degree of its improvement was by no means negligible.

However, the actual progress had not reached the level Ye Zhen had envisioned.

According to Ye Zhen’s projections, following five years of rigorous cultivation, he ought to have reached the late First Stage of the Dark Palace Realm or the early to mid Second Stage.

Yet, in reality, Ye Zhen’s cultivation remained anchored at the peak of the Ninth Stage Divine Communication Realm, failing to break through into the Dark Palace Realm.

It is not that Ye Zhen’s cultivation speed is sluggish; in truth, it is quite rapid.

While not possessing the innate advantages of the Demon Race, among the Human Clan warriors, his cultivation rate over these five years could be considered top-tier.

In a mere three and a half years of secluded cultivation within the Mirage Dragon Pearl, Ye Zhen’s spiritual cultivation advanced from the early Sixth Stage of the Divine Communication Realm to the peak Ninth Stage of the Divine Communication Realm.

Ye Zhen is not encountering a bottleneck at the peak Ninth Stage of the Divine Communication Realm; he possesses the capability to consolidate his Spirit Palace and establish a Dark Palace at any moment.

However, the difficulty arises during the critical juncture of transforming the Spirit Palace into the Dark Palace.

Each instance Ye Zhen attempts this transformation, precisely at the final stage, the nascent Dark Palace disintegrates instantaneously.

This phenomenon left Ye Zhen profoundly perplexed.

Fortunately, Ye Zhen has two extraordinary “monsters” by his side. He sought counsel from both Achou and Purple Spirit independently regarding this quandary.

Initially, both were equally bewildered by the situation; how could a forming Dark Palace possibly shatter?

It wasn't until they personally witnessed one of Ye Zhen’s failed breakthroughs that they understood the root cause of his setbacks stemmed from his Primordial Spirit!

While the core of the Dark Palace is typically a martial artist’s Innate Divine Soul, for Ye Zhen, it was his Primordial Spirit.

The sheer power of the Primordial Spirit proved too intense. Each attempt to form the Dark Palace resulted in its immediate collapse, unable to withstand the overwhelming divine might.

This predicament left Ye Zhen in a state of amused helplessness, eliciting only bitter laughter!

Had he prematurely formed a Primordial Spirit, something achievable only by Dao Realm experts, was he essentially digging his own grave?

This unique predicament stumped even Achou and Purple Spirit, ancient beings with eons of existence, who had yet to devise a solution.

Consequently, Ye Zhen’s cultivation remained stagnant at the pinnacle of the Ninth Stage Divine Communication Realm, with his senior sister, Liao Feibai, rapidly closing the gap.

Yet, even with his cultivation only advancing from the early Sixth Stage to the peak Ninth Stage of the Divine Communication Realm, Ye Zhen’s combat prowess had seen an astronomical surge.

However, as Achou pointed out, this amplified strength offered limited practical benefit.

After all, the chasm in cultivation between himself and the Green Winged Wind Kite remained immense.

During a fleeting exchange of divine senses between the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit, Achou, and Ye Zhen, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten was compelled to exit the interspatial passage.

Within the passage, chaotic spatial currents raged. The Kitten, relying solely on its innate divine abilities to navigate, could not remain for an extended duration.

This time, employing its Void-Breaking Divine Power, the Kitten deliberately altered its trajectory, emerging five thousand miles away.

However, the instant it materialized, a piercing gale shrieked from afar, hurtling directly towards their position.

Though five thousand miles was a considerable distance, the storm’s ominous cry had already reached within a thousand miles by its first note.

Ye Zhen’s expression shifted dramatically.

The Kitten’s Void-Breaking Divine Power had failed to outpace the Green Winged Wind Kite, which now possessed superior speed.

This grim realization meant that Ye Zhen’s only hope of evading the Green Winged Wind Kite’s pursuit lay in his own capabilities.

Ye Zhen reasoned that under the current circumstances, the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape technique presented the most viable option.

With a swift mental command, he flicked his fingers, unleashing two Sixth Formation Profound Fire Drills that shot forth from his fingertips, aimed directly at the rapidly approaching Green Winged Wind Kite!

Ye Zhen’s intention was to leverage these two drills to buy precious time for a prolonged escape, considering the Green Winged Wind Kite’s formidable presence as a mid-Dao Realm entity.

Acting in perfect sync with Ye Zhen’s intent, the Kitten immediately retreated into his embrace. A surge of Ye Zhen’s divine sense activated the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape, causing his figure to blur and vanish into the void just as the Green Winged Wind Kite arrived.

Yet, in the very instant Ye Zhen entered the void, a chilling discovery struck him: the Sixth Formation Profound Fire Drill he had hurled at the Green Winged Wind Kite was dismissed by it as mere child’s play.

The Green Winged Wind Kite responded by expelling over a hundred lightning-fast wind blades from its maw. Before Ye Zhen’s Profound Fire Drill could detonate, the two drills were reduced to fragments by the barrage of wind blades.

Any lingering embers were instantly swallowed by the hurricane!

It was crucial to remember that before his arduous cultivation, Ye Zhen’s Sixth Formation Profound Fire Drill possessed the power to inflict grievous harm upon a Ninth Stage Realm King.

Now, with Ye Zhen’s cultivation soaring to the zenith of the Ninth Stage Divine Communication Realm, even a peak Ninth Stage Realm King would hesitate to confront it directly.

However, in the face of the Green Winged Wind Kite, it appeared utterly insignificant, akin to a mere toy.

This stark reality served as further irrefutable proof of Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou’s assessment: the combat prowess of the Green Winged Wind Kite, a descendant of the Great Wind lineage, was indeed monstrously formidable!

“An escape technique?”

Witnessing Ye Zhen’s sudden disappearance, the Green Winged Wind Kite, having just arrived, uttered a cold, grating laugh that resembled the clang of a broken gong. It rose upon its avian legs, its sharp, icy talons gleaming, while its colossal wings flared, meeting with a heavy impact.

Bang!

A verdant luminescence emanated from its wings, spreading like ripples on water, instantly suffusing the entire realm.

Subsequently, the form of the Green Winged Wind Kite shimmered, its enormous wings dissolving as it transformed into a middle-aged man adorned in feathered attire, his expression emanating sheer malevolence.

“Let us see how long you can continue to evade!”

The Green Winged Wind Kite let out a cold sneer, its tiny eyes glaring, projecting two beams of solid green luminescence. Bizarre phenomena manifested within the emerald light.

Even the most minute particle of dust became distinctly discernible.

Simultaneously, Ye Zhen, who had just utilized the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape to vanish into the void, found his face flushing crimson as he strained against the onslaught of the water-like green light radiating from the Green Winged Wind Kite.

This fluidic green light possessed the undeniable ability to compress space, thereby expelling Ye Zhen from his hidden state within the void.

Every point of spiritual power surrounding Ye Zhen was either shattering or coalescing under the immense pressure exerted by the green light.

Ye Zhen experienced a sensation akin to multiple colossal mountains bearing down upon him, threatening to pulverize him entirely.

It must be stated, had Ye Zhen not absconded from the void swiftly, the green light would have indeed crushed him.

Internally groaning, Ye Zhen harbored a sliver of regret.

Had he persevered in riding away on the Kitten, he might not have found himself ensnared in this insurmountable predicament he now faced.

Should he be forcibly ejected in this manner, Ye Zhen was destined to perish!

“Disperse!”

With a furious bellow, the primordial spirit residing within Ye Zhen’s Spirit Palace abruptly opened its eyes, unleashing a terrifying divine radiance that forcefully tore the encroaching green light asunder.

Seizing this momentary advantage, Ye Zhen’s divine sense surged rapidly towards the vast sea.

However, Ye Zhen had only managed to traverse a single kilometer before the green light, which had just been rent apart, converged upon him with even greater ferocity.

Like a breached dam, the compressive force was amplified severalfold compared to its previous intensity.

This time, Ye Zhen found himself incapable of parting the green light.

His form convulsed and, utterly helpless, he plummeted out of the void.

Yet, at the very instant of his descent, Ye Zhen’s countenance was alight with elation as he accelerated with fierce determination towards the nearby ocean.

Ye Zhen simply could not fathom that this Green Winged Wind Kite, a fearsome avian predator of the skies, could possibly hold dominion within the sea?