Chapter 327: Chapter 329: How Tragic It Is to Be an Ant


    ming Burning Sky, after the Undead Female Star Dragon ignited its soul, the Heavenly Fire Tribtion came wave after wave. From the initially falling fires, it turned into huge ming spheres. When they emerged in the sky, they shone like dazzling stars, but as they neared the earth, these ming spheres were as terrifying as mountains!


    Such ming meteoric mountains were already filled with tremendous explosive energy. As they fell from the sky dome ever faster, the destructive waves they stirred up when they impacted this piece ofnd were like a cataclysm that would extinguish all spirits.


    On the ins of Runyu City, herds of cattle and sheep were abundant, and the forests housed millions of birds and beasts. In the face of such a disaster, they were the most insignificant; wherever the ming meteoric mountains struck, tens of miles around were sure to see tens of thousands of lives tragically lost.


    Everything turned to ashes, with Runyu City being no exception!


    This Crossing Tribtion had a price tag that seemed to be the annihtion of all lives on thisnd!


    Two Orderers had already flown towards the sky tumultuous with the undead ming sea, using all their might to stop the Fiend Star Dragon from its Tribtion.


    The Fiend Star Dragon kept climbing against the falling fires, as if it wanted to reach the other shore of the sky realm by riding the waterfall of falling fire.


    Although Tu Wenhe was injured, he knew that these people had brought a catastrophe to thisnd. If they could not stop it, they would all be annihted by the Fiend Star Dragon that had transformed into the Dragon King—not to mention the people in and around Runyu City, even the neighboring countries would not escape.


    Standing on that Bronze Bone Dragon and bringing his three High Rank King Level dragons along, he flew into the meteoric rain of falling fires. Right now, they could only give it their all.


    They had to make the Fiend Star Dragon fail its Crossing Tribtion, for only if it failed did they have a glimmer of hope!


    The Necromantic Falling Fire brought forth a horrific tragedy. In the seventh great sign of the Female Star Dragon’s sacrifices, some of the weaker individuals were directly burned to death, while those with greater strength stood amidst the endless surging mes, yet had no courage to confront the dragon ascending through the Tribtion in the sky.


    Knowing that once the Fiend Star Dragon became the Dragon King, no one could leave this ce alive, they still harbored a sliver of hope, wishing to escape this ming Purgatory as quickly as possible!


    Those with a modicum of courage, who had not reached High Rank King Level, could not even rush toward the exploding stream of falling fires.


    At this moment, the Fiend Star Dragon had reached the high sky, and it seemed that if it could just climb above the rain of fire, it would havepleted its Ascension, conforming to the signs of Heaven and transforming into the Dragon King.


    Those capable of ascending against this stream of falling fires were just a few.


    The first to rush to the apex of the sky to confront the Fiend Star Dragon was the Orderer Yan Guang.


    As a Talisman Master, he almost sacrificed his life to invoke the Saint Thunder Talisman, summoning tens of thousands of holy thunders in the sky dome, bombarding the body of the Fiend Star Dragon undergoing its Tribtion.


    These holy thunders shattered the Fiend Star Dragon’s dark golden new scales, revealing its flesh, but that flesh was like ck jade, glossy and hard, impervious to just any force.


    A burst of Dragon Breath, like a sky rainbow pouring out, could turn a mountain range into powder in an instant. Such power struck a God and Mortal Talisman Master, and no matter how high Yan Guang’s Cultivation Base was, no matter how thick his Saint Shield Talisman was, he couldn’t withstand such a destructive Dragon Breath.


    Even though the Fiend Star Dragon’s dark golden new scales were broken, Orderer Yan Guang was severely injured and fell to the ground like a pebble.


    He was wrapped in holy talismans like an armor, and when Yan Guang fell towards Runyu City, he almost shattered to pieces.


    The people in the city, huddled together for mutual protection, watched in horror. Was even an Orderer so vulnerable??


    And the Fiend Star Dragon has not yetpleted its Tribtion!


    If it truly became the Dragon King, how powerful would it be!


    Zhu Minng strode over and nced at the Orderer Yan Guang, who had copsed in a crater of the earth.


    Yan Guang was not dead. Hey looking up at the sky that kept falling with heavenly fire, staring at the strikingly spectacr Tribtion vortex with pain in his eyes, but also envying.


    Why wasn’t he, Yan Guang, the one Crossing Tribtion and Ascending!


    Countless people in the world, whether human, Demon Spirit, or Dragon, could feel their insignificance under the cruelws of nature, and were clearly aware of how fragile their lives really were.


    That’s why they cultivated, that’s why they searched for the Dragon Gate, that’s why they longed to Cross Tribtion and Ascend…


    In the end, how many could actually Ascend?


    “Cough cough, do you find me ridiculous, to see a person like me end up… end up in such a state?” Yan Guang, seeing Zhu Minng approaching, coughed up blood and spoke.


    “Going against the current, in pursuit of the Heavenly Dao, there’s nothing ridiculous about that. You, Chang Hong, Tu Wenhe, Fiend Star Dragon, all of you were the ones on thisnd with the most hope of Ascending. But tonight, there can only be one king, and all others will be funeral sacrifices. In contrast, we observers are somewhat innocent; if the Fiend Star Dragon bes the king, we will all pay the price for your failure,” Zhu Minng walked up to Yan Guang.


    “Take it, I know you want this thing.” Yan Guang coughed up more blood, passing the City Lord’s Seal to him.


    Zhu Minng didn’t stand on ceremony and took the City Lord’s Seal.


    “You reap what you sow, there is no living through this. You’ve also doomed all of us!” Hu Bailing ran over, angrily using him.


    “I won’t feel the slightest bit of guilt for involving innocent people in this catastrophe. In fact, I find you even more pitiable… At least I can still soar into the sky and fight with the Fiend Star Dragon, I can wrestle away the privilege of Ascension from it, whereas you can only shiver on the ground, not even in control of your own life and death. To be ants, how pitiable indeed.” Yan Guangughed.


    To be ants, how pitiable indeed…


    He was mocking all those on thisnd who couldn’t struggle.


    He was the master here; if he failed, everyone else would have to apany him in death!


    “You’re beyond any hope!” Hu Bailing said angrily.


    “You all know nothing. Unascended beings merely scrounge by on the charity of Protectors. If I ascend and protect the Tea-colored Ground, averting cmities not seen in a century, would it be considered a grave sin or a blessing for all beings? It’s merely a matter of sess or failure.” The blood spilling from Yan Guang’s mouth grew more profuse, and as he inched closer to death his resentment seemed to deepen, revealing his truest thoughts.


    Zhu Minng couldn’t be bothered to argue these meaningless points with a man on the brink of death.


    What he needed to consider now was how to ensure everyone’s survival through this Dragon Cataclysm.


    Yan Guang had already been disastrously defeated, with only Chang Hong and Tu Wenhe, the two Dragon Shepherds, holding on desperately. But judging by the situation, even they might not be able tond a critical blow to the Fiend Star Dragon undergoing its Tribtion…


    “Young Master, I’m sorry, I should have foreseen this; I’m still too weak…” Li Xinghua said, her eyes cast down, feeling particrly guilty.


    As a Prophet, failing to foresee such a portent was a total defeat.


    While Yan Guang, as thisnd’s Orderer, felt no guilt or self-reproach, Li Xinghua felt her sins were heavy.


    With so many revtions, why couldn’t she have deduced this oue? In fact, if only they had stopped Tu Wenhe from summoning the Undead Female Star Dragon, none of this would have happened.


    “Are we all going to die?” Fang Niannian asked earnestly. Though Nan Lingsha was currently protecting everyone, with the world around them hellish as Purgatory, fleeing seemed futile.


    “Divine Jade, give it to me,” Nan Lingsha then reached out her hand and said to Zhu Minng.


    Zhu Minng didn’t give it to her.


    “There’s only one way. I will use the power of Soul Ignition…” Nan Lingsha said, very seriously.


    “You will end up like Yunzhi,” said Zhu Minng.


    “Give it to me!” Nan Lingsha’s tone grew more insistent.


    Zhu Minng gazed up at the sky, observing Tu Wenhe’s Dragon King being torn to shreds by the Fiend Star Dragon, which the Dragon King also bit, tearing off a piece of its flesh before dying…


    How could he let Nan Lingsha use the power of Soul Ignition when it had been such an ordeal to awaken Li Yunzi with the Ancient Lantern Jade? If his sister-inw, the artist, were to fall into a sleep again, how would he get by?


    Of course, Zhu Minng would act.


    But first, he needed the Orderer and the Hunter to serve as cannon fodder.


    The Fiend Star Dragon was currently too strong. Without Yan Guang, Tu Wenhe, and Chang Hong first shing with it to weaken its strength, it would be suicide for him to rush in.


    Moreover, the Fire Trace Inscriptions were still voraciously consuming the mes of this world, requiring the markings to be tempered and elevated.


    Only then could the true potential of the Fire Trace Sword be unleashed!


    “We’ll join forces,” Nan Lingsha said upon seeing the brilliant light in Zhu Minng’s pupils, knowing he was invoking the power of Sword Awakening.


    “You protect Ling Sha and Yunzhi, protect Niannian, Hao Ye, Zhi Rou… The Falling Fire is going to get even stronger,” said Zhu Minng, his eyes now otherworldly, his powerful sword intent sweeping through and even extinguishing much of the undead mes engulfing the city!


    “You’ll die on your own. If I use Soul Ignition to help, at least…” Nan Lingsha said.


    “You have no experience fighting King Level adversaries,” he replied.


    “Do you?!” Nan Lingsha retorted, slightly angry.


    “Yes, despite the heavy price… I’ve been fortunate to have met all of you,” acknowledged Zhu Minng with a serious nod.


    Nan Lingsha was stunned, her eyes, reddened by the fierce mes, fixed on Zhu Minng.


    When had he ever faced an Ascending King Level adversary?


    Could it be the final battle before the downfall of the Sword Cultivator?


    Taking a deep breath, Zhu Minng fully understood the terrifying strength of the King Level.


    He had once severed the Veins of the Earth, yet only managed to sever one of that person’s arms. That battle not only caused Wutu to fall prematurely onto the Li Chuan Continent, but he also plunged into the maelstrom of the Void Sea.


    It was the first time since leaving the Mountain Sword Sect that Zhu Minng had felt such suffocating oppression. So he could understand why people like Yan Guang were so obsessed with reaching King Level!


    Fortunately, the Fiend Star Dragon was still undergoing its Ascending Tribtion.


    A Peak Monarch Level could barely manage a fight against it.


    This time, the power of Sword Awakening was even more immense than before. With heavenly fire covering the sky, wave upon wave falling, while it helped mold the Fiend Star Dragon’s soul during its Tribtion, it also provided the Fire Trace Inscriptions with endless energy!


    Perhaps, they truly could y this Dragon undergoing its Tribtion…


    Relying on his own Sword Territory, with Yan Guang, Tu Wenhe, and Chang Hong, these three formidable beingsying the groundwork, there should be a sliver of hope.