Chapter 528 Who Do You Think Has More People?

The Tianyuan Mortal Realm is home to trillions of sentient beings, blessed with abundant spiritual energy and resources. There are countless human-ranked martial artists and earth-ranked cultivators everywhere.

However, reaching the heaven-rank requires cultivators to comprehend divine powers and temper their nature, not just train their bodies and cultivate spiritual energy.

In other words, it requires the wisdom passed down by large families and powerful forces, not just solitary cultivation. Therefore, the number of those who can advance is relatively small.

Even so, there are still millions of heaven-ranked cultivators capable of shattering mountains and rivers, capable of breaking through enemy lines single-handedly. While they can't be called common, it wouldn't be strange to see one or two in cities with a population of over a million.

But Realmlords are different.

Those who can cultivate their divine powers to perfection, form their own system, and cross the seemingly small but vast canyon-like gap between 'heaven-rank' and 'Realmlord' are extremely rare.

At the end of the Warring States period, there were over three hundred active Realmlords on the Tianyuan Continent. Even if you include the divine birds hiding in various places, the reclusive elders nearing the end of their lives, and the hidden foundations of major sects and powerful families, the number would not exceed five hundred.

Now, after the New Dynasty established the country, although a large number of new Realmlords belonging to the New Dynasty have emerged, most of the old and new Realmlords belonging to the Zhengyang Kingdom and other scattered forces have also been killed.

As a result, the number of Realmlords in the world is actually decreasing.

Currently, there are seventy-two Realmlords in the New Kingdom's major lands, and a total of twenty or so who fled the Central Continent from the Zhengyang Kingdom. Including the Realmlords among the common people and in other small countries, there are about two hundred or so.

Two hundred people among trillions.

It can't be said that they are not rare.

And Yan Changfeng is a top figure among these trillions.

Three hundred and twenty-seven years ago, the head of the Yan family, a Zhengyang military family in Guangque City, Qinglin Province, was blessed with a son. At his birth, all the soldiers in the mansion roared in unison, and auspicious signs appeared in the sky.

Yan Changfeng cultivated the Way of War since childhood, and his talent was unparalleled. As a red-blooded and upright youth, he followed the Zhengyang Western Expeditionary Army to conquer the world at the age of seventeen, sweeping across the Western Di, pacifying the various monsters, ghosts, bandits, and punishing the wicked on the Central Continent. He had a good reputation among the people.

But after becoming a Realmlord, Yan Changfeng changed his ways. He obeyed the orders of the Zhengyang Kingdom's central government, killing divine birds that usually had a good reputation among the people, and suppressing rebel armies everywhere. His usual reputation immediately transformed into fear and disgust.

Even when suppressing a rebel city, he, already a Realmlord, did not care about the civilians in the city. With a single sword, he opened the sky, destroying the city's protective formation, and cutting off hundreds of thousands of people in the city, along with the floating clouds in the sky, and even the river behind the city.

The Sky-Splitting Sword - this is not a good name.

But Yan Changfeng himself never cared.

Good and evil are just definitions imposed on him by others. He is essentially just a sword, a sword belonging to the Yan family and the Zhengyang Kingdom. Anything that threatens these two will be killed by him.

Since he has sworn allegiance to Zhengyang, then the reputation among the people is just something imposed on him by ordinary people. He only needs to care about the orders of the sword-wielder.

Just like back then, when Nan Zhengkai, the heavily injured leader of the defeated Zhengyang Kingdom, asked him to hide his identity and change his appearance to stay in the New Kingdom, to lie dormant and carry out greater destruction.

Yan Changfeng agreed to stay without hesitation or fear.

It is precisely because of this mentality, this way of thinking.

Now, even when facing this 'Zhuzhou' divine bird, who is obviously a bit too strong, although he is very surprised, he is not hesitant or fearful because of it, and can still analyze calmly.

"The opponent's attack power is extremely strong, everyone, be ready to use your final methods at any time!"

"Search for his weaknesses and try to close the distance!"

"Don't be dazed, use the power of gods and demons to avoid Zhuzhou's attacks!"

After giving orders in quick succession, the thin, rigid-looking Realmlord reached out and grasped the common sword at his waist - in the next instant, he merged with the sword, transforming into a sword light like a rainbow, cutting through the void. His speed was not much slower than Zhuzhou's bullets.

At this moment, the astonishing heat in the air has not completely dissipated, the cyan-gold spiritual light is still spreading, and the gradually dissipating body of the gale giant is still falling towards the earth.

Zhuzhou's second attack has already arrived, aiming at the lightning giant in the clouds who seems to have not yet reacted.

But Yan Changfeng collided with his body, turning himself into a blade. In an instant, he traveled hundreds of miles, with vacuum hurricanes crisscrossing behind him. Wherever he passed, sword energy flew, and everything was cut and torn apart.

In an instant, the phoenix feather mass-acceleration cannon that was bombarding the lightning giant was shattered by this sword light!

Boom!

Another explosion resounded in mid-air. After confirming that the lightning giant had reacted, Yan Changfeng withdrew from the sword light and looked in the direction of Su Zhou.

He originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to strike Su Zhou with a sword from afar, but he didn't expect that the third phoenix feather cannonball had already arrived.

"So fast? Can such attacks be fired in rapid succession?"

Staring at the cyan-gold cannonball speeding towards him, Yan Changfeng's eyes were solemn. He pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword. After a moment, an invisible slash appeared out of thin air, and sword light like a misty haze enveloped the third cannonball from afar, shattering it into countless fragments, and then exploding.

But next, he had to face the fourth, fifth, and sixth...

For a time, it could be seen that as the great earth shook inside the canyon, the extremely powerful reaction force caused ripples like water waves on the earth. Continuous phoenix feather railguns began to bloom with brilliance in the sky.

Boom boom boom boom boom! Although several cannonballs were shot down at the beginning, one after another, the self-exploding feathers that were not blocked exploded, creating giant holes in the distant sky, one after another. Dazzling flashes erupted in the firmament, like stars.

"Such attacks can't last long!"

At this time, although Yan Changfeng could continue to successively cut down all the incoming phoenix feathers, he did not do so. He sheathed his sword and dodged, feeling that there was no need to compare spiritual energy reserves with a divine bird. He could completely rely on stalling to avoid the most powerful wave of Zhuzhou's attack.

That's what he thought, but neither Yan Changfeng, the other three Zhengyang people, Wang Haitian and the three artisans, nor even the gods and demons expected it.

The firing rate of Zhuzhou's spear, transformed from his divine wings, did not slow down, but instead became faster and faster - until finally, it was even like a machine gun, emitting continuous, terrifying vibrations!

Da da da da da!!!

Countless phoenix feathers were like a hot rain of meteors, flying backwards towards the sky.

"...This?!"

Even Yan Changfeng, who was as indifferent as he was, was shocked speechless when he saw the numerous phoenix feather cannonballs covering the area where he was located like a downpour.

Then, he immediately shut his mouth and fled directly as a sword light.

Even if he was single-minded like a sword, Yan Changfeng would still feel inexplicable and unacceptable when being suppressed by firepower in this way, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

--Will this divine bird's strafing ever end? Does he have enough feathers?!

But unfortunately, Su Zhou has always had plenty of hair...or, in this case, feathers.

However, although the powerful strafing of the railgun did indeed break the momentum and formation of the Zhengyang group in an instant, except for the storm demon possessor who was too careless at the beginning, this high-speed strafing did not achieve any results.

The lightning giant abandoned its huge size at this time and was now transformed into streaks of lightning in the clouds, avoiding Su Zhou's attacks at the speed of lightning.

The possessors of the Violence and Retribution Heavenly Demons were originally smaller in size. With preparations, they might not be able to block so many cannonballs like Yan Changfeng, but it was still possible to simply dodge.

Su Zhou didn't care about this.

In a war on Earth, if you're lucky, a few hundred bullets can kill an enemy, but if you're unlucky, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of bullets might not even hit the enemy.

Since the first bullet eliminated a target, then the subsequent firepower suppression is pure profit. It can both improve the divine bird's weapon system and test the weapon's power, so he definitely doesn't lose out.

However, just fifteen minutes later, the Zhengyang people, who had been fleeing wildly in the sky, fearing being blown up by a phoenix feather, discovered that the overwhelming firepower suppression had finally stopped.

They looked up and were pleasantly surprised to find that the divine wing cannon held by Su Zhou had finally turned red!

"Good! Attack while you have the chance!"

Seeing this scene, Yan Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief - even the true body of a Realmlord divine bird can't withstand such destruction!

But then, he saw that after Su Zhou picked up the already red divine wing cannon, he shook it and transformed it back into a pair of large wings.

Then...he installed them back!

--Can it be disassembled and reassembled after firing?!

Clang! Clang! The two red wings were reinstalled on Su Zhou. As his blood flowed to cool them down, the originally distorted and deformed wings immediately stretched out again!

"Chiang!"

Using his own blood as coolant, facing the four people fleeing wildly in the sky, the divine bird cried out and then raised its wings.

Immediately, the light of the Arashi Seed flickered, and a cyan gale suddenly rose.

Ding-a-ling—

The crisp sound of numerous metal-like feathers colliding could be heard from the Zhuzhou's wings... Then, Yan Changfeng and the others saw countless feathers rise from the Zhuzhou's wings. In mid-air, they gathered in twos and threes, forming runes and assembling into something like rockets and missiles.

Then, the Arashi Seed was activated.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh—

The sound of rockets being launched erupted. In an instant, with the Zhuzhou's wings spread open to the sky as the center, countless streamers turned, and dazzling rocket trails dragged white shock waves across the entire sky.

However, unlike the previous phoenix feather cannonballs... these missiles, they automatically track!

"Ahhh! What kind of attack is this?!"

"Could it be flying swords?!"

Seeing such an attack, everyone was immediately shocked.

They thought they were already crazy enough - in order to hinder the New Kingdom's development, they had been carrying out various attacks everywhere, specializing in destructive capabilities, and destroying every target location as much as possible.

They were proficient in how to bring fear to others, otherwise, they wouldn't have been chosen by the Heavenly Demons and Demon Gods to be granted Heavenly Demon Seeds.

Heavenly Demon Seeds are not something that can be granted casually. It must be a power that can only be bestowed if there is an original 'spirit' and 'heritage' similar to the corresponding one... The greater the fear the bestowed can bring to the world, the greater the power they will obtain.

But...

If it were Zhuzhou, if he wanted to gain fear.

I'm afraid that there are not many Realmlords in the entire world who can compare with him, right?

"Why me?!"

At this time, an old man with white hair, the Retribution Heavenly Demon possessor, panicked when he realized that hundreds of phoenix feather missiles had locked onto him and were flying towards him.

With preparation, he would not be killed by a single cannonball or missile attack, but everyone knew that being hit by one such attack was like being hit by a hundred.

A hundred phoenix feather explosions, he wouldn't even have a whole body, let alone survive!

This Zhuzhou, is not like a divine bird, but like a super-killing machine beast created by the former Ingenious Creation Hall!

The retribution possessor, was once one of the most well-known executioners in the northwest of the Zhengyang Kingdom, who had tortured and killed many rebel resisters and unlucky people in forces that needed to be knocked down under the direction of the Zhengyang Kingdom, causing fear in countless people's hearts.

He was indeed not weak in killing and torturing, but asking him to play a dodging game or do something fast, would be a bit too much to think.

Boom!

Being one step too slow, the retribution possessor was immediately hit by a phoenix feather missile - the incomparably thick protective spiritual light blocked the destructive spiritual energy shock wave that was enough to destroy half a city in an instant, so he was not harmed.

But even so, he was blown out of balance and lost his ability to maneuver.

"No, no!"

Tumbling in mid-air, the retribution possessor saw that, at the moment he was hit, the other hundred or so phoenix feather missiles immediately turned direction and shot towards him rapidly!

Then, there was a series of scorching rays that illuminated the sky, surpassing the great sun.

On the other side.

The three artisans and Wang Haitian had arrived at a stable mountain peak that was not disturbed by the earth vein's spiritual energy. The four of them gaped and stared at the high altitude.

Silence, shock.

The four were all speechless.

Everyone in the Tianyuan Realm knows the power of gods and demons.

They can allow heaven-ranked powerhouses to directly break through one of the four realms of 'nature, life, law, and spirit,' and then grant the other party spiritual energy that is tens of times, even infinitely thicker than before.

Demon God possession is equal to four Realmlords - plus Yan Changfeng, who was originally a Realmlord, can double his strength, which is equivalent to four Realmlords plus a Realmlord peak lineup!

This lineup is really luxurious, and it's not a watered-down version!

Although Wang Haitian and others did not have the strength of a Realmlord, they still had the vision.

When Yan Changfeng and the other four attacked together, they even vaguely formed a formation in the sky. In theory, this was extremely difficult to resist. Young divine birds often assumed that their power was not inferior to the opponent's, and would be besieged in a series of attacks as soon as they flew into the sky, and then be killed in frustration.

Who knew that Zhuzhou didn't need to fly at all - he directly killed the storm demon, who was the core of the formation, at the beginning.

And those flying arrows and feathers, were extremely powerful, although the total energy they carried was very small, they could always exert the most critical killing power when they exploded!

At the same moment.

--Unwilling.

The only thought in the mind of the retribution Heavenly Demon possessor, who was hit by hundreds of phoenix feather missiles in succession, was unwillingness.

A power that was not powerful but extremely condensed, vibrated his protective spiritual light, causing the thick power of gods and demons and spiritual energy to vibrate like water waves.

Crack crack... cracks appeared.

He spent a long time cultivating, and now he was only one step away from becoming a Realmlord. If it weren't for the collapse of the Zhengyang Kingdom and the loss of resource support, he felt that he could have become a Realmlord long ago, enjoying a thousand years of life and endless glory and wealth.

"If the immortals and gods had not changed their support and secretly supported the New Kingdom, and the Heavenly Demons had turned a blind eye to this, how could we, the great Zhengyang men, have fallen to such a state?!"

Although he thought so in his heart, he would always suppress such disrespectful thoughts in fear.

Because, gods and demons are the masters of the world.

How can their choices be evaluated by oneself?

Now, although he has been implanted with the Heavenly Demon Seed, he has the power of gods and demons, comparable to a Realmlord! Becoming a Realmlord from the heaven-rank, who but gods and demons can do such great power?!

But now, he has clearly used the power of gods and demons, but he still cannot fight against the other party.

Even... being beaten down!

--Is this a Realmlord?!

This Zhuzhou must also have the protection of some god or demon!

"I'm not reconciled!"

At the moment when his shield was about to shatter, he roared in fear and despair: "Lord Rakshasa, I offer everything I have!"

"...Kill this divine bird!"

Instantly.

A thought from the endless depths emerged.

【Responding... to your wish.】

The Heavenly Demon Seed belonging to the Retribution Heavenly Demon Rakshasa, lurking in the heart, instantly activated, completely swallowing the supplicant from the inside out.

Then - the thought of the gods and demons, descended again into the world!

Boom, with a loud noise, in an instant, endless smoke-like blood energy filled the original white-haired old man, and finally condensed into an ancient and strange totem rune on his head.

Illusions of various instruments of torture appeared around him, and a faceless armored demon god, not huge but seizing everyone's eyes, manifested from it - He was shrouded in a scarlet halo, his armor was covered with sharp needles, barbs, and blades. The demon god released endless fierce resentment and killing intent up and down, causing black malice to spread like ripples from the blood-colored halo.

【I am the Retribution Heavenly Demon Rakshasa, in charge of all punishments, retributions, and tortures.】

In just an instant, it was completely transformed into a different existence.

The moment the demon god descended, the spiritual light shield that even phoenix feather missiles could not stop, instantly solidified to the point of almost ignoring such attacks.

Then, an overwhelming power erupted.

The armored demon god took a step forward, and in his hand, there appeared a bright and gleaming executioner's greatsword.

Retribution, high-handed retribution, the retribution of gods and demons on the world——

Punishment!

Boom! A crimson blade light that seized all light and color, stabbed from ten kilometers away!

Fast - driven by the power of gods and demons, the speed of this strike by the Retribution Heavenly Demon was truly extremely swift - His sword slash was almost equivalent to instantaneous movement. The reaction force alone caused the air within a few miles to explode, and the red plasma spread in all directions. The terrifying impact force, like a meteorite falling, even caused the surrounding atmosphere to burst into irregular ripples!

If no one stopped it, this slash would not only shatter the mountain peak, but even the dozens of mines in this North Ridge District would probably be completely punished and shattered by this strike!

But, in the next instant, accompanied by the 'Four Extremes Converging Divine Light Cannon' formed by the convergence of four blue, cyan, purple, and black four-colored feather cannon light beams erupting at the same time.

The tattered demon god avatar was blasted back faster than the speed of the stab by a pillar of light that seemed to penetrate the sky and the earth.

"Chiang!"

At this time, the divine bird's cry finally sounded belatedly, as if with ridicule.

【--What, what are you still waiting for?!】

Almost shattered by the Heavenly Demon Seed in one blow, the Retribution Demon God finally struggled out of the range of the divine light cannon.

In the next instant, He said angrily to the other Zhengyang people who were still dealing with the many phoenix feather missiles: 【Hurry! Unleash your full power and take down this divine bird!】

"Yes, yes, Lord God!"

Seeing this, the Lightning Heavenly Demon possessor and the Violence Heavenly Demon possessor also knew that this was not a time to deal with things casually, and they immediately prayed in fear: "Lord God above, I offer half of my lifespan in exchange for... power!"

Boom! Boom!

Immediately, two extremely powerful spiritual energy fluctuations erupted.

Above the sky, black clouds emerged from nowhere and surged against each other, and endless lightning crisscrossed in the cold rain.

The pungent smell of sulfur, carrying a scorching heat like being baked by anger, appeared with it.

A humanoid surrounded by lightning armor and a humanoid with raging anger burning his body and bulging muscles, overlooked the canyon with cold eyes.

【Zhuzhou, surrender.】

The cold tone of the Retribution Heavenly Demon could be heard: 【If not, we will destroy all the mining areas in this North Ridge District and destroy the seventeen surrounding cities.】

【Even if you can stop one, how can you stop four? We, who have collected enough fear and terror, can still catch you.】

【For yourself, and for the sake of many lives, surrender.】

Shamelessly uttering despicable threats, but the demon god did not have any sense of shame.

Morality does not exist for Heavenly Demons. Demon Gods who exist because of fear, act in such a bad manner by instinct.

In an instant, above the sky, the power of three powerful gods and demons overflowed, and a Realmlord with a weak but equally powerful aura was lurking in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to draw his sword.

"This is indeed a bit troublesome."

In the canyon, hearing this, Su Zhou retracted his four Four Extremes Feathers. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the sky: "The power of gods and demons is indeed extraordinary."

Even the current Su Zhou does not dare to say that he can defeat gods and demons - after all, he does not know how strong the main body of gods and demons is, and according to the fact that every demon god who descends has the strength of almost a hegemonic peak, the other party is indeed an immortal existence.

In any case, as long as the gods and demons take action, whether it is descending and possessing, or creating a thousand miles of barren land, it is very easy.

If the other party is wholeheartedly going to slaughter civilians, then he alone will really not be able to stop four.

Unless...

At this moment, Su Zhou could sense that the four powerful auras in the sky had completely surrounded him.

-The four gods and demons and their possessors joined forces, seemingly intending to capture him alive, to capture this divine bird with phoenix blood that has never been seen before.

Thinking of this, he felt that he seemed to be underestimated.

"Do you think you have more people?"

Sneering, Su Zhou whispered: "Then you are very wrong."

After saying that, Zhuzhou vibrated his wings.

The divine bird soared into the sky, stirring up a hot storm.

"He finally flew up!"

Seeing this scene, Yan Changfeng didn't know why, but he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief - Zhuzhou had been launching various terrifying divine power attacks on the ground, almost making him forget that the other party was a divine bird.

Now that Zhuzhou had taken off, he finally remembered how to fight a divine bird.

"After spreading its wings, the inside of its wings are the weak points--"

Originally, Yan Changfeng planned to have the other three demon god possessors take action first, while he found an opportunity to kill with one blow, directly shattering the core of Zhuzhou's body from the inside of its wings.

Such an attack would certainly not kill a divine beast, but it could seriously injure the other party and make it unable to move.

But, when he looked again in the direction of Zhuzhou.

Yan Changfeng blinked his eyes in shock.

Because, beside Zhuzhou, the four feathers around him, like floating cannons, began to gather endless spiritual energy storms.

Buzz——

As if it were an illusion, or not, around that divine bird, with the feathers as the core, four Zhuzhou divine bird avatars of different colors appeared before everyone's eyes!

--The blue Primal Five Extremes Divine Lightning Avatar!

Blue electric arcs flowed around the divine bird, emitting a divine light like a heavenly tribulation.

--The cyan Grand Cycle Arashi Seed Avatar!

Cyan gales swirled, and the divine bird could easily obtain thrust from the vector nozzles on its back without spreading its wings.

--The purple Six Paths Sentient Being Tribulation Avatar!

The brilliance of the six paths of reincarnation flashed in the divine bird's eyes, and the aura of reincarnation and destiny condensed at the same time, as if peeking through the past lives of the gods and demons in front of him.

--The black Devouring Evil Demon Lord Avatar!

Black and white karmic flames burned fiercely. They were unstoppable, would not be extinguished, and chased after karma, questioning the heart of the terrifying fire.

Then, plus the cyan-gold main body.

Although there is nothing miraculous about it, as long as one is not brain-dead, everyone knows that the main body is the strongest.

Five Zhuzhou, looked at the four shocked Zhengyang people, Heavenly Demons and Demon Gods at the same time.

--Who do you think has more people?

It seemed that such a voice sounded.

Immediately, whether it was the Retribution Heavenly Demon who had made the threat before, or Yan Changfeng, they were completely at a loss.

--Legend has it that the phoenix's offspring, the divine bird Peacock, can transform into the five elements avatar.

And the five virtues of the phoenix naturally have five virtues of the body, each comparable to a true god or demon.

They are not unaware of such avatar techniques, but no one has ever thought that Zhuzhou, such a strange divine bird, would also have this power of direct bloodline exclusively for the phoenix.

Could it be that Zhuzhou is really a descendant of the phoenix?!

Facing the five divine birds with almost equally terrifying auras in front of him, Yan Changfeng didn't know which one he should slash with his long sword for a moment.

But there was no time to think too much.

Because the five divine birds had already flapped their wings, went straight into the sky, and then, with a torrent-like momentum, swooped down on the four from a high position!

First update, the remaining half has been written for 4000 words, but the body can't stand it, take a rest.

Finish writing this plot today!