Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation
chapter-1836

Light!

Only this flash of light existed in this vast and boundless dark space.

In the darkness, Xiao Chen was the spark that lit up this dark night, looking resplendent and dazzling.

To those Holy Venerates who were here to fight for the Faux God Flame, the warm light was also a flash of cold light.

This cold flash of light stopped everyone else from obtaining the Faux God Flame.

Xiao Chen raised the Scarlet Blood War Banner high, and the Faux God Might all around continuously gathered on his body, blazing brightly.

His voice echoed all around as the Faux God Might on his body grew increasingly stronger.

“Faux God Might!”

“Quick! Quick! Quick! Quickly, stop him. Otherwise, no one will be able to!” Yan Zhe roared hoarsely, and he unleashed his aura from his entire body. A Holy Venerate Will surged out from his forehead and ruthlessly pressed toward Xiao Chen.

“Boom!”

Xiao Chen immediately felt a huge pressure—the will of soul from a Holy Venerate. This was much stronger than a Star Venerate’s will of soul. It was like a sage appeared, declaring supremacy.

Normally, this Holy Venerate Will would completely suppress Xiao Chen, preventing him from moving or controlling his physical body and soul. Under such circumstances, anyone would be able to kill him without him being able to retaliate.

However, right now, a flame blazed on Xiao Chen. The Faux God Might surged over from all directions like moths to light.

The Faux God Might on Xiao Chen’s body gradually grew stronger.

“Shatter!”

Xiao Chen swung the Scarlet Blood War Banner in his hand. Then, he ferociously stabbed with it, resulting in a cracking sound.

The pressure from Yan Zhe’s Holy Venerate Will slowly decreased. Eventually, Xiao Chen knocked it back.

“Attack together!”

The other Holy Venerates did not dare to hold back. The world immediately started shaking intensely.

The Holy Venerate Wills of the three pirate groups’ captains, the leading Elders of the three great Demonic Sects, Yan Zhe, Senior Chai, and other loose cultivator Holy Venerates overlapped, forming a horrifying demonic image above Xiao Chen’s head.

The demonic image wanted to extinguish the flame on Xiao Chen’s body and completely suppress the Faux God Might.

More than ten layers of Holy Venerate Wills bore down on Xiao Chen, putting enormous pressure on him, smothering the burning flame on his body.

Small cracks appeared on the stone pillar that Xiao Chen stood on, and slowly expanded.

Xiao Chen clenched his teeth and endured the enormous pressure as he swung the Scarlet Blood War Banner.

In that instant, the demonic clouds in the sky started churning and roaring like the sea.

The entire space seemed to have turned into a solid, surging sea. The many Holy Venerates got forced back by several steps.

With the diminished pressure, Xiao Chen’s nearly extinguished flame suddenly flared up with a roar.

Xiao Chen leaped into the air and flew directly towards the stone pillar where the divine flame was.

“You want to get onto that stone pillar? You have to get past me first!”

Yan Zhe appeared extremely gloomy. Upon seeing Xiao Chen shatter the Holy Venerate Wills like breaking bamboo and fly towards the stone pillar with the Faux God Flame, his heart burned with rage.

Yan Zhe had put in a lot of time and schemes for the sake of this Scarlet Blood Pirate King’s inheritance. However, at the very end, the payout for all his efforts would go to Xiao Chen.

How could Yan Zhe endure this?

Yan Zhe drew his sword, and a cold light flashed. He leaped up and blocked Xiao Chen.

“Big Brother Yan, you have not given up yet?” Xiao Chen asked coldly and expressionlessly as he looked at Yan Zhe, who had lost control of his emotions.

“Hahahaha! Who is your big brother? You son of a bitch, I really regret not smashing you to death with one palm strike back in the Grave Sea,” Yan Zhe laughed loudly, looking demented.

Then, he shouted, “However, it is not too late to smash you to death now.”

Yan Zhe wildly swung his sword once, and a cold light filled the sky. His terrifying sword move turned into a storm that surged towards Xiao Chen.

The surging sword move was like a vast army charging over, kicking up boundless yellow sand. The icy killing intent it radiated turned into a vast storm of sword intent.

However, the Faux God Might was now flourishing on Xiao Chen’s body. His strength, which currently did not match his cultivation, was sufficient to destroy an entire city’s worth of sword wind.

This storm before Xiao Chen right now was nothing.

The war banner furled up and became like a spear. The Faux God Might gathered at its tip. Then, Xiao Chen targeted the root of the attack, gently thrusting the banner over.

“Ka ca! Ka ca!”

With this thrust, Yan Zhe’s boundless sword move crumbled like fallen leaves before the autumn wind.

“Dang!”

The Scarlet Blood War Banner arrived like a hot knife through butter. Right before it pierced into Yan Zhe’s chest, a sword blocked it.

“Haha! You piece of trash. Trying to kill me? You are still…”

“Bang!”

Xiao Chen twisted his wrist and gently pulled back the Scarlet Blood War Banner. Then, he swatted Yan Zhe in the face, striking him away on the spot.

Yan Zhe vomited blood as he flew back. Then, he roared furiously and charged at Xiao Chen once more, utterly unconvinced of his loss.

Who knew, Xiao Chen leaped up lightly, stepped on Yan Zhe’s head, and continued to fly to the stone pillar with the divine flame.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Various figures flew over in the air—the Demonic Dao sect elders, the 7-Star captains, and the loose cultivators—all showing unreconciled expressions.

They all wanted to block Xiao Chen and get onto the stone pillar with the divine flame.

However, Xiao Chen’s momentum was flourishing at this moment. Holding the war banner, he charged forward wildly.

The flame on Xiao Chen’s body blazed increasingly brighter, and the Faux God Might soared endlessly. These Holy Venerates could not block a strike from Xiao Chen at all.

With the support of the Faux God Might, Xiao Chen swung the war banner, and the entire space started surging like the tide.

These people were no match for the current Xiao Chen.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Xiao Chen knocked the various Holy Venerates back like they were sandbags, making them vomit blood as they tumbled in the air.

He advanced quickly. The stone pillar with the divine flame was already right before his eyes.

Xiao Chen was only one step shy of climbing onto the stone pillar.

At such a distance, he could already feel the heat from the Faux God Flame and the endless, dignified, and ancient history.

The Faux God Flame was not just a flame; it was the inextinguishable will left by a legendary Pirate King.

“Whoosh!”

However, at the crucial moment, a black figure suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Chen at lightning speed.

A skinny, sticklike hand grabbed the banner pole like a vise.

It was Senior Chai, who sent Xiao Chen a sinister look. “Junior, you need to use this Scarlet Blood War Banner to unleash the Faux God Might on your body. Now that I have grasped the Scarlet Blood War Banner, you will definitely die when the Faux God Might fades away.”

“You are overthinking,” Xiao Chen retorted casually. Then, he freed his left hand and pointed at Senior Chai.

Senior Chai’s expression wavered. However, before he could react, the huge hand covering the sky above pressed down with one finger and instantly knocked him away, causing him to vomit blood.

Xiao Chen grabbed hold of the war banner and leaped up, climbing onto the stone pillar with the divine flame.

He looked around and saw the many Holy Venerates lying on the stone pillars, unable to get back to their feet. They all glared at him with hatred.

If looks could kill, Xiao Chen would have already died a hundred times over.

“Damn it! He really managed to get on.”

Who could have imagined that the initially unremarkable Major Primal Core Venerate would actually climb onto the stone pillar that everyone dreamed about, in front of so many outstanding talents and older-generation Holy Venerates? Furthermore, he did so with such a formidable display of power.

At this moment, the Faux God Flame was already very close.

All Xiao Chen needed to do was stretch out his hand and beckon to grasp the Faux God Flame.

However, he was in no rush to do so. He looked around the stone pillar first.

There was nothing on the stone pillar. However, there was a hole in the center.

Xiao Chen studied the Scarlet Blood War Banner in his hand. Then, he walked over and slotted the butt of the banner pole into the hole. It matched perfectly.

Then, he grasped the pole and twisted gently.

“Click!” Eight shining treasures appeared around him.

Indeed, it was as Xiao Chen expected. The other stone pillars all had treasures appear. It was impossible for the stone pillar with the divine flame to be empty.

A careful look found that the first item was a Spirit Jade. However, this Spirit Jade was very bright and crystalline. It was pure and untainted like a starlike gem.

“A Peak Grade Spirit Jade!”

Xiao Chen immediately recognized it. This was an exceptional treasure that was also known as a Sub-Divine Crystal, meaning it already surpassed a Spirit Jade.

Mine!

Xiao Chen reached out, not hesitating to put the Peak Grade Spirit Jade into his storage ring.

The sound of countless hearts breaking seemed to ring out. The older-generation Holy Venerates and the top true inheritors of the various Demonic Dao sects in the surrounding stone pillars looked like their eyes were about to pop out.

This was supposed to be a treasure that belonged to them. Now, this white-clad fellow took it.

Xiao Chen continued looking. The second item was a pitch-black ghost pennant, a Soul Tool of extremely high quality.

The ghost pennant was as black as ink, shining with a muted light. When the ghost pennant was unfurled, it had a Great Desolate Eon ferocious beast embroidered on it. The beast was the size of a cow and looked like a tiger. It was clad in a prickly pelt of bright red. A pair of wings sprouted from its back, and a horn grew out of its forehead. Its eyes looked extremely ferocious and evil, filled with demonic nature.

“Qiongqi Beast!”

“A Great Desolate Eon ferocious beast, the Qiongqi Beast! That was one of the ten great ghost pennants of the Demonic Dao, the Qiongqi Beast Ghost Pennant. It has been long lost. To think that it was in the hands of the Scarlet Blood Pirate King!”

“Damn it! That is a supreme treasure of the Demonic Dao sect!”

The treasures on the stone pillar with the divine flame were revealed with the Scarlet Blood War Banner. There were no restrictions on them.

Xiao Chen only took a look before he added the Qiongqi Beast Ghost Pennant into his storage ring.

He continued looking. The third item was an extremely strange Medicinal Pill containing an overwhelming bestial nature. It looked like it was not meant for cultivators.

Mine!

The fourth item was an exquisite pipa. The fifth item was a secret manual. The sixth item was a mutated fruit. The seventh item was a treasure bow. The eighth item was actually a kasaya.

Xiao Chen did not have much time to examine them. He gave each one a glance before placing them in his storage ring.

Every time he stored something in his storage ring, it seemed like there were sounds of hearts breaking.

The many Holy Venerates wished that they could swallow Xiao Chen alive. Even if they worked together, they might not be able to break the restrictions on the Soul Tools here.

Furthermore, they might be killed by the sword intent at any time.

Xiao Chen, on the other hand, easily scooped up eight supreme treasures right before their eyes.

Constantly comparing oneself to others would only make one angry. When everyone thought about how Xiao Chen would be receiving the Faux God Flame before them, the feeling was very upsetting and unbearable.

“Damn it! Damn it!”

Several Holy Venerates were so angered that they seemed to lose their minds, clenching their right hands and repeatedly pounding on the stone pillars beneath them.

However, they could not do anything. While Xiao Chen was on the stone pillar with the divine flame, the Faux God Might on him had already reached an extremely terrifying level.

Even if a Sovereign Personage arrived, he too would only be able to watch, just like them.

The war banner beside Xiao Chen fluttered. Then, he gently beckoned, and the Faux God Flame that everyone dreamed about slowly landed in his hand. However, at this moment, his eyes were utterly calm.