Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 377: Chapter 280: Mountain and River World, Black Dragon Venerable

The corpses of Exotic Star Centipedes piled high upon the World Line. Even more living ones swarmed, crawled, pounced, and spat venom, frantically attacking the World Line in a ferocious and terrifying display.

For the Exotic Star Centipedes, the World Line was an impassable barrier, but it couldn’t stop Wang Yi and his people.

When Wang Yi reappeared in the Starry Sky, he immediately unleashed his Heaven-Opening Axe, cleaving through two Exotic Star Centipedes and forcing the Golden Lion Illusion to retreat in avoidance.

The Golden Lion Illusion roared at the sky.

’Damn it, this kid Zhen Yuan is a real handful. His combat power is likely level 200 or higher. Even I can’t take that giant axe technique of his head-on! For a Lord to have such high combat power... could he be walking the path of a Divine King?’

The Golden Lion Venerable, controlling the illusion, couldn’t help but wonder: if he had been more cordial from the start and offered more incentives, would this kid Zhen Yuan have been so resistant?

But now that things had come to this, he couldn’t possibly back down. He could only continue the fight!

At this moment, Bronze Airships flew out of the World Line one after another. Wind and Cloud Banners unfurled, and the territory’s Soldiers appeared in droves.

Brimming with battle intent, Xiang Yun was the first to act, activating [Subduing Demon Dragon]. He stood atop a Black Dragon, wielding a War Spear. His body was like a bolt of thunder, his spear a demonic flame. Within moments, he had torn several bloody holes in an Exotic Star Centipede, sending it tumbling off the World Line. As it struggled, the demonic flames consumed it, and a moment later, it was dead.

Xiang Yun was currently Level 82, but he was no ordinary Demon Gun Knight. Based on the sum of his skill levels alone, he was equivalent to a Level 328 Demon Gun Knight. His combat power was so immense that it surpassed that of an ordinary Celestial God. Excluding Wang Bushi and Jelena, he was arguably Wang Yi’s strongest War General.

Qin Mo, Hai Zhongxian, and Fish-Transformed Dragon were also formidable; each of them could kill an Exotic Star Centipede on their own.

Yet, the most eye-catching force on the battlefield right now was not Wang Yi, nor Xiang Yun, but the three thousand-plus Celestial Eagle Warriors. They formed a square formation in the sky and unleashed a focused volley. With three thousand warriors attacking a single target, three thousand bolts of Thunder Welcoming Lightning concentrated on one spot, even an Exotic Star Centipede could be annihilated!

Watching the Celestial Eagle Warriors’ focused fire, Wang Yi couldn’t help but compare them to his Fantasy Avatar’s Ten Thousand Celestial Soldiers. In terms of sheer spectacle, the Ten Thousand Celestial Soldiers were clearly more impressive. They could summon ten thousand bolts of Celestial Thunder to form a Thunder Pool, a sight that looked capable of destroying heaven and earth.

But for all their grandeur, their actual combat effectiveness wasn’t that high.

In contrast, the Celestial Eagle Warriors’ attacks were simple and unadorned. Their Thunder Welcoming attacks were like Thunder Light Arrows—fast, accurate, and ruthless. A flash of golden light, and the strike was over in the blink of an eye. Yet, the combined power of three thousand of these focused attacks was even greater than that of the ten thousand Celestial Thunders from the Ten Thousand Celestial Soldiers.

’The Fantasy Avatar is really just for show, huh...’

Wang Yi mused to himself before charging after the Golden Lion Illusion once more.

’The individual Exotic Star Centipedes are no cause for concern; I can leave them for my subordinates. Only that Golden Lion Illusion... its combat power is still uncertain, but it’s definitely at the Celestial God Level or higher. If I ignore it and let it wreak havoc, it’ll be too late!’

”Arrogant whelp! You dare attack me? Not even the Starry Sky Gods would be so brazen!”

The Golden Lion Venerable was furious, yet he controlled the illusion, forcing it to keep retreating. He didn’t dare to face Wang Yi’s attacks directly, and he felt utterly humiliated.

But he had only projected an illusion with limited combat power. In a direct confrontation, it would almost certainly lose.

In the brief moment his attention wavered, he saw Wang Yi’s form flicker. Nine figures wielding cudgels flew out from his body. Simultaneously, clouds and mist gathered in the sky, layer upon layer, and upon them appeared dense ranks of Golden Armor Warriors.

”Monkey Kings, attack!”

Wang Yi roared. The nine Monkey Kings somersaulted through the air with extreme speed, rapidly surrounding the Golden Lion Illusion.

The Golden Lion Venerable didn’t recognize the Monkey King, but he had seen this technique before and considered it all for show. He bellowed, ”You think you can deal with me just by summoning a few Celestial Divine Monkeys? How naive! Today, I’ll let you witness my Star-devouring Technique! I will bind your form, seal your skills, and devour you whole!”

With that, the Golden Lion Illusion’s form suddenly swelled, its entire body radiating a brilliant golden light. It opened its massive maw, and a vortex appeared within. A powerful suction force erupted from the vortex, like a hurricane in reverse.

Wang Yi was immediately hit by a powerful pulling force. With a mere thought, the Mountain God Battle Armor materialized around him, but the immense suction still pulled him inexorably toward the Golden Lion Illusion.

At the same time, three of the Monkey Kings swung their cudgels at the Golden Lion Illusion.

Although it was an illusion, the Golden Lion Illusion was now as hard as Vajra. Even the Monkey Kings’ Golden Cudgels couldn’t damage it; their blows landed with sharp, metallic clangs, as if striking solid metal.

The other six Monkey Kings attacked as well. The tip of each of their Golden Cudgels bore a large, glittering golden character: ”Ōṃ,” ”ma,” ”ṇi,” ”pad,” ”me,” and ”hūṃ.”

As the iron rods and the six characters struck its body, the Golden Lion Illusion trembled, and the vortex in its mouth instantly vanished.

’Hmm? This is the Ancient Divine Language, the Six-Character Mantra, a Demon Suppression Spell! No, that’s not right... under the suppression of my Star-devouring Technique, how can you still use your skills? And how could this Demon Suppression Spell possibly hold me?’

The Golden Lion Venerable was utterly baffled. But in the next moment, its illusion was completely immobilized, thoroughly suppressed by the six characters!

Meanwhile, Wang Yi continued to fly toward it. The Great Ore Vein Mountain God reached out its massive hand, pulling a Starlight Great Axe from the void. With a single chop, a colossal phantom axe appeared, tore through space, and instantly cleaved the Golden Lion Illusion in two.

Far, far away, a continent named the Mountain and River World floated in the void.

The Mountain and River World was a place of a round heaven and a square earth. It was a vast world spanning over ten billion square kilometers. It had no plains, only countless tall and majestic mountain peaks, between which great rivers surged.