King of Creation Chapter 1741 - 1726: Barbarian Armor

Unbeknownst to Ye Zhen, a monumental shift was occurring within the Ancestor God Temple, with hidden schemes brewing in the shadows, alongside the matter concerning the Star Gathering Bell from the Barbarian Spirit Hall.

At this precise moment, Ye Zhen gazed upon the three War Spirits assembled before him, his fists clenched tightly.

Previously, even commanding an army of a million from the Demon Soul Realm, Ye Zhen had found himself incapable of matching the might of the Great Saint of the Tempest, Feng Kui. However, the presence of these three War Spirits now drastically altered the situation.

Indeed, three War Spirits were present.

The Divine Archer Yiz Lie and the Divine Archer Daii Qin both originated from the Holy Spirit Peak. While Ye Zhen was uncertain of Daii Qin's exact power, Yiz Lie had indicated that before sustaining severe injuries and entering slumber, Daii Qin held a superior position and strength compared to himself.

This relationship was clearly demonstrated by Yiz Lie's deferential demeanor towards Daii Qin.

Both Divine Archers were renowned for their formidable offensive capabilities. Yet, after Yiz Lie inquired about Ye Zhen's other strengths, he discovered a crucial weakness: Ye Zhen lacked anyone capable of withstanding the enemy's assault.

Even the corps leaders of Ye Zhen's three legions would be easily overwhelmed by Feng Kui.

Such a predicament would leave them excessively vulnerable.

Considering the Great Saint of the Tempest's exceptional speed, without a defender to engage him directly, even the two Divine Archers would face difficulties in landing significant blows.

This was particularly true as the Divine Archer Daii Qin had only recently awakened from debilitating injuries and had not yet fully recovered, making prolonged engagements, like those Yiz Lie could manage, challenging for him.

Following this, Ye Zhen summoned the Guardian Battle Spirit of the Yutu Barbarian, Yud Lei.

This warrior was a colossal figure, several times more powerfully built than a bear, and his sheer size alone, regardless of his cultivation, exuded an aura of overwhelming pressure.

Among cultivators, Ye Zhen himself might be considered robust and sturdy, but Yud Lei was easily twice his width.

The fists he carried were as large as Ye Zhen's own head.

Furthermore, after solidifying his spiritual form, Yud Lei was encased in a layer of black stone armor, leaving only his eyes visible, making him appear as a gargantuan stone entity.

What further astounded Ye Zhen was that, with his current level of artifact refining cultivation, he was utterly incapable of determining the grade of the black stone armor adorning Yud Lei.

"General Yud Lei, what is the grade of this armor, and what are its defensive capabilities?" Ye Zhen inquired, unable to ascertain these details.

Before deploying the War Spirits, especially when evaluating Yud Lei's close-quarters combat potential, Ye Zhen required absolute clarity. Although these War Spirits were largely projections of power, their true essences were still enshrined within the Holy Spirit Peak and statues located in the Barbarian Spirit Hall.

Should Feng Kui manage to defeat them in this manifestation, their true spirits enshrined within the Barbarian Spirit Hall would also suffer a severe backlash, negatively impacting their restored power and potentially plunging them back into a prolonged state of dormancy.

This outcome would undoubtedly diminish the strength of the Barbarian Spirit Hall.

Even with time running short, Ye Zhen deemed it imperative to clarify this matter.

"If my senses don't deceive me, this should be the Barbarian Armor of your Yutu Barbarian, correct?" Yiz Lie interjected.

Yud Lei, who had remained silent since his summon, turned an unexpected glance towards Yiz Lie. "Indeed, it is the Barbarian Armor! With my clan's power, even if I were to stand still, Feng Kui would find it exceedingly difficult to breach this Barbarian Armor.

As it stands now... this Barbarian Armor can endure approximately three to five full-force attacks from Feng Kui before it inevitably shatters!" Yud Lei remarked, a trace of wistful remembrance in his voice.

Ye Zhen's expression contorted in sheer astonishment.

As an Artifact Refiner, he possessed knowledge of the Barbarian Armor.

The Barbarian Armor represented an ancient and largely obsolete form of battle attire, meticulously crafted using secret techniques by a splinter faction of the Lii Clan that had branched off to form some of the early Barbarian Clans.

It was a method from antiquity that possessed the unique potential to grow in power, ultimately reaching the caliber of an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

During its creation, it was imbued with the vital essence blood of the entire clan and subsequently enshrined within the clan's sacred grounds. There, it would be continuously strengthened day and night by sacrifices of essence blood and the focus of divine sense, allowing the Barbarian Armor's power to ascend incrementally.

It would only be retrieved for use when dire necessity called for it.

Moreover, given that the Barbarian Armor resonated with the user's innate essence blood, its power was consequently immense. In combat, its capabilities could be further amplified through specialized secret techniques.

However, if the clan sustained significant casualties, the potency of this armor would experience a corresponding decline.

The inherent difficulty in crafting and the prolonged period required for its growth meant that each Barbarian Armor typically served as a sacred protective artifact for its respective Barbarian Clan. This singular reason contributed to the eventual disappearance of the Barbarian Armor from common knowledge.

Ye Zhen had never conceived that Yud Lei, the Guardian Battle Spirit of the Yutu Barbarian, would still possess a Barbarian Armor, a genuine artifact of war.

Unlike Yiz Lie, whose colossal bow was painstakingly crafted by employing the artifact soul of a previous battle bow as its framework, subsequently solidified with essence blood and spiritual power, which unfortunately resulted in diminished potency compared to his original, now-destroyed, great bow.

"Three to five volleys, that ought to suffice!"

The Divine Archer Daii Qin gave a slow nod. "As long as you can secure us two to three volleys' worth of time, it will be ample."

"However, while he isn't slow, catching up to the Green Winged Wind Kite is exceedingly challenging," the Divine Archer Daii Qin voiced a concern.

"That presents no issue. Leave it to my capabilities! Should you feel an unfamiliar power enveloping you, do not falter; that is my power at work!"

After a swift caution, Ye Zhen's expression shifted dramatically. "We're out of time! Fengg Kui has detected something and is currently assaulting my gathering forces. We must commence action without delay!"

"I shall transport you there immediately, and you may first bear witness to my strength!"

With a mere thought, Ye Zhen utilized the War Soul Blood Flag to encompass the trio, conveying them towards the designated combat zone.

In a fleeting instant, all three materialized upon the intended battlefield.

The very moment of their arrival, Ye Zhen found himself taken aback, not by the unfolding conflict, but by the startling realization that transporting the three War Spirits hither using the War Soul Blood Flag had consumed a surprisingly negligible amount of spiritual energy.

The energy expenditure needed for teleporting Hei Er and his contingent with the War Soul Blood Flag was only marginally greater than Ye Zhen's prior forceful evacuation from Fengg Kui, rendering it practically insignificant.

"Could this be due to their lack of a corporeal War Spirit? Or perhaps their passive acceptance, their willingness to be transported by me?"

Ye Zhen had no leisure to ponder this query at the present juncture. Regardless of the cause, this development was exceptionally beneficial for him.

At this very moment, across the blood-hued plains stretching before him, a relentless barrage of arrows filled the sky, punctuated by the piercing whistle of immense crossbow cannons.

Soaring high above, a streak of verdant spirit light weaved through the chaos. With a single sweep of its colossal wings, thousands of Demon Soul Officers were sent reeling, destabilized.

Those unfortunate souls with a lesser cultivation base, residing within the Divine Communication Realm, were instantly disintegrated into mere motes of light by the sheer force of the epic wing's passage.

Fengg Kui wreaked havoc with impunity amidst the vast army formation of tens of thousands. Had it not been for the concentrated volleys from the Demon Souls of the Realm King Realm experts, the military ranks would have certainly crumbled.

Consequently, with every passing moment, a Demon Soul met its demise.

These individuals represented the cream of the crop from the Demon Soul Realm.

"Grand Marshal, our formations are in the process of deployment. Thirty breaths ago, Fengg Kui launched a surprise assault during our formation assembly. In merely thirty breaths, he annihilated over three thousand of our Divine Communication Realm officers, more than one hundred and eighty Dark Palace Realm officers, and critically, three myriarchs who stood at the Realm King Realm!" Hei Er exclaimed, his voice choked with sorrow.

It became apparent that the Great Saint of the Tempest, Fengg Kui, was far from being a simple-minded adversary.

It was evident that Fengg Kui had discerned something significant.

"Continue the formation deployment, and coordinate with our efforts!"

Ye Zhen's countenance remained utterly impassive.

As a seasoned commander, Ye Zhen had long become accustomed to the inevitable casualties incurred within the military. The path to glory for a great general is invariably paved with the lost lives of many.

Irrespective of the profound sense of loss he felt at this moment, he was compelled to issue commands with unwavering calmness.

It must be acknowledged that Ye Zhen had indeed underestimated the true combat prowess of the Green Winged Wind Kite, Fengg Kui.

Fengg Kui's inherent strength, when coupled with his uncanny speed and elusiveness, amplified his combat effectiveness tenfold against martial artists possessing a lower cultivation level than himself.

The Demon Soul Legion, whose highest cultivation peak only reached the mid-stage of the Realm King Realm, proved to be rather ineffectual in its attempts to counter Fengg Kui.

Ye Zhen's gaze shifted, sweeping over the Divine Archer Yiz Lie, the formidable Daii Qin, and the Yutu Barbarian Guardian Battle Spirit, Yud Lei.

The trio, comprehending Ye Zhen's unspoken intentions, signified their agreement with simultaneous nods.

In the ensuing moment, Ye Zhen suddenly ascended into the air, launching himself from the midst of the gathered Demon Soul Officers.

"Fengg Kui, I am here to face you!" Ye Zhen declared his presence dramatically.

"Hmm?"

The Great Saint of the Tempest abruptly halted his rampant motion. His gaze sharpened, and extreme caution entered his eyes as he fixed them upon the unexpectedly materialized Ye Zhen.

Previously, Ye Zhen had consistently exerted every effort to evade him. Now, his sudden appearance directly before him begged the question: had Ye Zhen brought formidable experts with him?

Consequently, Fengg Kui abstained from an immediate assault on Ye Zhen, choosing instead to maintain a defensive posture.

It must be conceded that Fengg Kui was, without doubt, a profoundly troublesome adversary.

Nevertheless, for Ye Zhen, a commander who had orchestrated countless campaigns, an abundance of tactical stratagems lay at his disposal.

"Deploy the formation, unleash full coverage fire!"

With a mere flick of his wrist, Ye Zhen dispatched over fifty thousand Divine Communication Realm Demon Souls, more than five thousand Dark Palace Realm Demon Souls, and a contingent of over fifty Realm King Realm Demon Souls, all ordered to unleash their arrows in a unified volley.

In a flash, a crimson deluge of arrows descended from the heavens, an overwhelming tide aimed directly at Feng Kui.

"You believe these insignificant wretches can pose a threat to me, the Great Saint? What a fool you are!" Feng Kui scoffed, though his actions belied his dismissive words as he didn't disregard Ye Zhen's tactical maneuver.

Even if he had remained stationary, besides a handful of blood-red arrows that could inflict only minor injuries, the vast majority of the remaining arrows, despite their sheer number, felt like mere pinpricks.

The inherent strength of the Green Winged Wind Kite's bloodline, known as Strong Wind, was far from trivial. It was said that even if a Realm King Realm expert, wielding a mid-grade town artifact, were to chop at one of its feathers, it wouldn't sever in just a few strikes.

With a mighty beat of his colossal green wings, a tempest of wind blades erupted, instantly reducing the endless cascade of arrows into countless shimmering fragments of light.

Yet, precisely at this juncture, two spirit arrows, exhibiting a sudden surge in speed, burst forth from the dissipating shower of blood-red arrows. They sliced through the wind storm and hurtled towards Feng Kui.

These two spirit arrows streaked like falling stars, causing the very air to ripple like disturbed water in their wake. Astonishingly, they blazed two nearly palpable trails across the sky!

Upon witnessing these two arrows, Feng Kui's pupils contracted violently, and he made a swift attempt to evade.

However, at that precise moment, a familiar power instantly ensnared Feng Kui.

In an instant, Feng Kui felt as if imprisoned within an invisible cage, utterly incapable of dodging.

"Perish!"

At that exact moment, the formidable Yutu Barbarian Guardian Battle Spirit, clad entirely in barbarian armor, materialized directly above Feng Kui. Wielding a stone hammer as massive as a small mountain, it descended towards Feng Kui's head with crushing force!

Whoosh!

Ye Zhen's Purple Spirit Immortal Sword flickered, appearing beneath Feng Kui's abdomen. The radiant purple sword light erupted instantaneously!