Chapter 996: Alliance Secrets and Generations

This humanoid figure condensed from seawater seemed to be in a deep slumber, but as it continued to condense, there were faint signs of it awakening.

The Wind Demon wore a ferocious expression, having no time to pay attention to the changes in the ocean. Instead, she performed Hand Seals with her right hand and emitted a series of strange sounds from her mouth. This language belonged to the Ancient race; however, when spoken by an Ancient God, it contained vicissitudes and majesty, but the sounds emitted from the Wind Demon's mouth, while possessing a sense of vicissitudes, were more sharp, eerie, and sinister.

The Wind Demon pointed her right hand forward, and the three small flags in front of her immediately spun and circled around her. Thick green mist permeated from the green flags, and within that mist, a massive phantom materialized. This phantom was thousands of feet tall, and the moment it appeared, it stood between heaven and earth, as if the world before it could not contain its existence.

At the center of this massive figure's brow, there were six star dots spinning continuously.

On both sides of this Ancient God shadow, amidst the billowing green mist, two slightly smaller, ferocious figures materialized. These two figures were only a hundred feet tall, but the moment they appeared, monstrous Devilish Qi erupted, as if they wanted to break free from the shackles of the green mist.

Within the left eyes of these two demonic shadows, six star dots were spinning non-stop.

The moment he saw these three figures, Wang Lin's pupils constricted sharply.

Standing before these three phantoms, the Wind Demon performed Hand Seals with both hands, staring fixedly at Wang Lin, and roared, "Regardless of whether you are an Ancient God, today, I will make you one of the main banners for my Ancient Monster race's Sacred Artifact!"

A flash of killing intent appeared in the Wind Demon's eyes. She pointed her right hand forward, and the three phantoms behind her immediately roared toward the sky. The six-star Ancient God took a step forward, clenched its right fist, and the massive fist smashed fiercely toward Wang Lin with a thunderous boom.

The two Ancient Demon phantoms flickered, rushing toward Wang Lin from the left and right, carrying a bloodthirsty Devilish Qi, as if intending to devour him.

Among the Ancient Monster race, although Bero was not of the royal family, he was no ordinary monster. This Soul-Sealing Demon-Locking Banner was gifted to him by a royal Ancient Monster. Although it was not a royal Sacred Artifact, it still possessed immense Divine Ability.

When Bero was at his peak, he possessed the true Soul-Sealing Demon-Locking Banner. Once deployed, forty-nine small flags would fill the heavens and earth. The people sealed within these small flags were not all killed by him, but rather by the previous masters of this Soul-Sealing Demon-Locking Banner.

Bero was merely the seventh master of this Ancient Monster lineage's Magical Artifact. It was rumored that the first master of this artifact possessed heaven-reaching power, sufficient to confront later generations of Ancient Gods head-on, and was an extremely rare fourth-generation Ancient Monster in this world!

In the past, the Ancient race defied the heavens, and subsequently split into three, becoming the Ancient God, Ancient Monster, and Ancient Demon races. The beings at that time were the first generation of Ancient Gods, Ancient Monsters, and Ancient Demons. Within their bodies, they retained a vast amount of the Ancient race's blood and Legacy.

The generations that followed were the second generation. These second-generation Ancient Gods, Ancient Monsters, and Ancient Demons did not have as much Ancient blood in their bodies as the first generation, but they still possessed quite a bit.

However, as time passed, the Ancient blood and Legacy in the generations of the three races gradually became scarcer, until in the end, they contained only a trace.

The so-called royal family was the part of these three races that retained the most of the Ancient Bloodline, and were the direct descendants of the first generation of the three races.

To be precise, Bero was already the seventy-ninth generation Ancient Monster, but his Magical Artifact had a long history and a significant origin.

However, the Wind Demon had abandoned her Ancient Monster identity, and her demonic body had long since collapsed and died, making it impossible for her to wield the true Magical Artifact. At this moment, these three small flags were merely materialized by her using all of her Demonic Qi, which was somewhat similar to the method Wang Lin used to summon the God-Slaying Spear.

As the Wind Demon pointed her right hand forward, the Ancient God and Ancient Demons materialized within the three small flags rushed toward Wang Lin. Wang Lin's eyes flashed; he saw the clues within at a glance. Without hesitation, he grasped at the void with his right hand, and immediately, a massive Rift appeared in front of him with a thunderous boom.

It was as if a massive chasm had appeared in the sky, with arcs of lightning racing along the edges of the chasm, emitting peals of thunder.

At the same time, following Wang Lin's grasp into the void, a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering pressure emanated from the massive chasm in the sky.

The strength of this pressure immediately caused the Wind Demon's expression to change drastically!

Thunderous sounds echoed across the heavens and earth, and a black light flashed out from the Rift chasm, landing in Wang Lin's hand. It was the God-Slaying Spear!

"Royal Ancient God Sacred Artifact!!" The Wind Demon possessed memories, and the moment she saw the God-Slaying Spear, her pupils constricted sharply, she gasped, and her eyes revealed terror.

"You are a royal Ancient God!!"

Wang Lin held the God-Slaying Spear in his right hand and swept it forward. The six-star Ancient God that had rushed forward immediately shuddered, staring straight at the God-Slaying Spear, and its dim eyes immediately regained a glimmer of spirit.

It was merely a most ordinary six-star Ancient God, and in terms of generation, it was even inferior to Bero. Seeing the Sacred Artifact of its own race, it immediately trembled and stopped.

If the original Soul-Sealing Demon-Locking Banner had appeared, it would not have been like this. However, this Magical Artifact was materialized by the Wind Demon, and the power it possessed was far, far inferior to the original, causing the gods and demons sealed upon it to be infinitely weakened.

The Wind Demon complained bitterly to herself, secretly hating why Yao Xixue would provoke such a terrifying existence. If she had known earlier that Yao Xixue had provoked Wang Lin, she would never have chosen to fuse with her.

"Damn it, in that Yao Xixue's memories from back then, this person was clearly just someone weak and fragile, someone who could be poked to death with a single finger. How could he possibly be an Ancient God, and a royal Ancient God at that!!"

The Wind Demon knew clearly that among any of the three races, the royal families were now extremely rare, almost extinct, and it was hard to see one again. Back then, it was only by a stroke of Opportunity that Bero had encountered a royal Ancient Monster.

In reality, with the Wind Demon's Divine Ability and cultivation, if she had not encountered Wang Lin, even if Situ Nan had come, the Wind Demon would have been able to handle the situation with ease, relying on her various methods and unparalleled speed.

But facing Wang Lin, almost all of her methods were forcefully countered; her speed was ineffective, her Divine Ability was ineffective, and even her Magic Treasure, although materialized, was clearly no match for Wang Lin's royal artifact.

At this moment, as the God-Slaying Spear in Wang Lin's hand swept forward, the heavens and earth immediately changed color, and the entire world seemed to be shaking violently. The God-Slaying Spear whistled out, heading straight toward the two trembling Ancient Demons.

These two Ancient Demons were also merely materialized and did not possess the true power of the Soul-Sealing Demon-Locking Banner. If they had encountered an ordinary Cultivator, they might have been able to fight, but facing the royal Ancient God Sacred Artifact, the God-Slaying Spear, they had absolutely no qualifications!

As the God-Slaying Spear whistled closer, its speed was unimaginably fast. In the blink of an eye, it pierced through the body of one Ancient Demon. As the Ancient Demon's body trembled, it seemed to turn into countless Devilish Qi, following the God-Slaying Spear that had pierced through its body, as if it were being swept away by it.

In the blink of an eye, this Ancient Demon's body vanished into thin air.

The Wind Demon's pupils constricted. Facing a life-and-death crisis, she did not hesitate, opening her mouth to spray a mouthful of blood. Her right hand quickly drew a strange mark upon it, and pointing forward, she shouted, "Banner Annihilation!"

The green small flags that had materialized the three illusory shadows immediately spun violently. Under the Wind Demon's pointing, they collapsed with a boom, turning into a majestic shockwave, like a giant green Dragon sweeping horizontally, heading straight toward the God-Slaying Spear.

With the collapse of the small flags, the remaining Ancient God and Ancient Demon also disintegrated with a boom, merging into the body of the giant Dragon, making the green giant Dragon even more imposing!

The God-Slaying Spear and the green giant Dragon collided at an extremely fast speed. The instant they touched, a sphere a hundred feet in size immediately appeared between the two Magical Artifacts.

Inside this sphere were black and green Qi, constantly intertwining and entangling within. Furthermore, rings of light flickered and circled continuously outside the sphere, and series of banging sounds emanated from within.

A terrifying, destructive pressure immediately permeated the surroundings.

This was a battle between the Magical Artifacts of the Ancient God and Ancient Monster races; one was the materialized God-Slaying Spear of the royal Ancient God, and the other was the Magical Artifact of the earliest fourth-generation Ancient Monster of the Ancient Monster race.

Neither was the original; both were materialized. Between the two, the difference in strength was immediately apparent! The black Qi within the sphere was filled with a crazy dominance, as if every force blocking its path had to be destroyed. Under its impact, the green Qi struggled continuously, but in the end, it could not change the fate of defeat.

As the green Qi retreated continuously, eventually the entire sphere became the domain of the black Qi. At that very instant, the sphere shattered with a boom!

Immediately, a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering sound echoed between the heavens and earth. That rumbling sound could stir up residual clouds and tear the heavens and earth asunder, and as it continued to propagate, it actually caused the seawater below to surge with waves once again.

Under the impact of this collapse, the green giant Dragon disintegrated with a boom and vanished completely, and the God-Slaying Spear shot out, heading straight for the Wind Demon.

The Wind Demon spat out blood. Her Magical Artifact was destroyed; although it was materialized by her, it was connected to her Demonic Qi, and she was immediately severely injured. Seeing the God-Slaying Spear approaching, the Wind Demon retreated rapidly with a pale face.

Wang Lin's expression was cold, and he immediately pursued her.

"I did not participate in the matter between you and Yao Xixue. You keep going on and on about Karma, Karma—what kind of Karma does this Wind Demon count as!!" The Wind Demon was furious and cursed loudly.

"You were originally outside of Karma, yet you insisted on forcibly joining this Karma. If you choose to leave Yao Xixue's body now, I can let you go!!"

"Bullshit, I am merely a piece of memory, how can I leave!!" The Wind Demon gritted her teeth, inwardly regretting that she should not have fused with Yao Xixue.

Although she did not understand Karma, she could vaguely feel that it seemed her Fusion had been drawn into a trap, unable to escape!

The God-Slaying Spear whistled closer. Just as it was about to catch up to the Wind Demon, Wang Lin's eyes flashed.

But just at this moment, suddenly Wang Lin's expression changed. Without hesitation, his body immediately flickered away. At that exact moment, on the sea surface below, a palm composed of seawater suddenly swept across the place where Wang Lin had just been, grabbing the God-Slaying Spear that was approaching the Wind Demon.

With a fierce squeeze, the God-Slaying Spear immediately emitted a dense black light.