The situation was precarious to the extreme. Even mighty God-level figures were not safe. Only those who had ascended to the Godking Realm could freely participate in this calamity.
Thus, God level figures could only take shelter around the Dao portal.
"Dao Brother… do you think the portals have some kind of way to resolve the calamity?" Several God Level figures were discussing among themselves.
"It may not have a direct connection but an indirect one…" A god from the middle territory mused.
"I think soo too, but… there's another problem. Why there's only few dao portal that could scare away those monsters? What about the other ones?" A Northern Sea god spoke.
"Indeed. When i passed by some Dao portals all of them were infested with abominations. But this one is clearly different…" The old man who had saved Liam expressed his thoughts.
They started researching the portals, stone platforms, and the stone statues. The God's failed to discern anything out of ordinary. In their eyes the portals had only one function and that was teleportation. Some tried divination techniques but still failed.
"Dao brother, your divination techniques are unmatched, why don't you try divining the ruin or the calamity."
An old man wearing a decrepit robe with sunken eyes stared at the divination tablet for a while. He was the current sect master of a powerful sect which specialises in divinations. "Alright…"
After a while, the old man suddenly coughed up blood. His skin turned pale and drops of blood came out of his eye sockets. His body shuddered violently as if about to collapse, then he quickly took out a talisman, slamming it on his chest. The talisman let out a faint light as his body regained its composure, though he looked frightened.
"What happened?" Few God's asked in unison.
"Taboo…" The old man only uttered few words before leaning against a statue. In the outside world no one could match this frail old man with a high and mighty god.
Liam was the only person who knew the status was special. But he didn't reveal it, not wanting to attract the God's attention.
Across the ruin, chaos continued. Gods still struggled for their lives against unending waves of abominations.
Suddenly the abominations halted as if confused. They suddenly started walking deep inside the ruin. Some cultivators stepped outside and realised, no abominations were paying any attention to them.
"Let's follow." The Gods wasted no time, soaring into the skies.
Low level cultivators felt encouraged, and they were also curious as to how these mindless battle machines suddenly became like this.
As they went deeper, the atmosphere go darker and chilly.
Deep within the ruin, there was a pitch black swamp. It was boiling, giving off an eerie feeling. The abominations gathered around the swamp like ants swarming the ant queen.
Cultivators who were watching from the shadows glanced at each other. They held in their aura, observing quietly.
One after another abomination's started jumping inside the swamp. Within few breaths of time, countless abomination vanished within the deep and dark hole. A change happened within slowly.
A large skeletal hand rose up from the swamp. It was completely black with smoke emitting from it continuously. The skeletal hand was so huge that just one of its finger would be the size of several mountain range.
"What!!!… what kind of monster is this!" Cultivators hidden in the shadows were terrified.
Soon, a giganting skeletal monster rose up from the bottomless swamp. As soon as the black skeleton monster appeared, people suddenly felt an invisible hand gripping their throat. Even the high level God's felt a terrible suppression just by looking at it from afar.
"Run..!" A God wanted to escape but felt their Dao and cultivation suppressed to the point of turning into a mortal.
"Oh nooo…!!!" Many people cried out in alarm.
The skeletal monster had no head. It had two human like arms, ribcage resembling that of a goat and its spine was unnaturally long with black spikes spiralling toward the sky.
"Finally…. I succeeded…. Kekeke… who would've thought that i could revive like this…" Two large sun like light flashed above its neck.
"The Blue Bird King is back…." It was the first generation blue bird king.
His sun like pair of eyes fell on the cultivators hidden far away. "Hmm… ants…." He disdained to take action against the ants and withdrew his gaze.
Then cultivators felt their soul returning to their body as they fell on the ground like dumplings. They ran away like mortals fearing the tiger.
Not too far away, a middle aged man was watching this scene. His gaze was fearful as he approached the first gen Blue bird king.
The man bowed in front of him and spoke, "Ancestor, congratulations! You finally returned."
If people from the Blue bird kingdom were here, they'd realise the middle aged man bowing right now was the current generation blue bird kingdom's ruler.
The skeletal king raised one titanic hand, crimson light igniting in his palm. Then the light was divided into countless fragments as it shot out in different directions, drilling inside the ruin. Then the red light fragments turned into towering hooks that could pull the heavens and earth. It emitted an extremely evil aura as if each hook was connected to the gates of hell.
The hooks sank deep into the ruin's earth, sky, and space. At once, the entire ruin shook violently, like a frail boat tossed on stormy seas.
Cultivators who were hiding, God's who were looking for an exit, all turned pale with fright. The ancient ruin was vast and boundless, no one knew how deep and what hid inside it. But now something made it shake which terrified them completely.
"Oh no…!" Red Dust fairy who was floating in the sky also experienced this tremor. Her expression changed as she cried out.
The young man who was wearing an imperial robe suddenly glared viciously at the direction where the source of the red light was.
"Let's go…" His body flashed and disappeared. He immediately grabbed Jessi and flew past everyone in less than a blink of an eye.
The burly man carrying an axe felt angry and gave chase. One by one the Godkings left the scene. Before leaving, fairy red dust grabbed Bao Zhentian. After all he was her descendant. She didn't forget to take Luo Shenghua with her as well.
"Ancestor!!!…..you… how are you here…!" He asked in surprise. Then he suddenly felt ecstatic because his ancestor red dust fairy was a Godking.
"Don't ask anything…i'll let you out of this place." Her figure was still covered in bright light, only Bao Zhentian could see her.
First Gen blue bird ancestor glanced afar. His gigantic form moved slightly. An extremely powerful sword light cleaved through the sky moving straight at him. He raised his gigantic arm and blocked it with ease.
The young man wearing imperial robe, red dust fairy and others arrived in a flash. First gen blue bird king was surrounded by many powerful Godkings.
"Lord Jiang…. What do you think about this monster…" Red dust fairy made a voice transmission to the young man in imperial robe.
"Fairy, you don't need to probe. It is nothing but a pawn. Let's kill it first." He replied. "Keep an eye out for me." He signalled her to be on guard against others before flying straight at first gen blue bird king.
First gen blue bird king calmly moved his gigantic frame, stepping backwards. Under his command, countless God level abominations lunged forward. Against so many abominations, the young man named Jiang's path was halted. Even so, he was like a sword cutting through the abominations like weed. Difference between God and Godking were like heavenly chasm. His mighty frame chopped them down one after another. Corpses filled with evil energy rained down from the sky, causing the land to be polluted.
"So powerful! Is this a Godking…?" People were shocked, some had never experienced the horror of a Godking. So when they saw how those God level abominations were being cut down like cabbage and weeds they felt extreme reverence and fear.
"Ancestor… who is he?" Bao Zhentian asked Red dust fairy.
"He belongs to the Ancient Immortal Sect." Red dust fairy replied, her voice was faint but majestic.
"Ancient immortal sect? Why have i never heard of it?" Bao Zhentian asked curiously.
Red dust fairy was silent.
The beautiful woman, the scar-faced man with an axe behind his back, as well as his team mates all had a complicated expression. They never imagined the young man would be so powerful.
Under the onslaught of Lord Jiang, thousands miles area around the blue bird king was suppressed. The abomination regenerated infinitely but lord Jiang was even more fierce, directly destroying them before they could regenerate.
"Is this all you have?" His loud voice echoed far and wide.
"Kekeke…you will see…" Two sunlike ball of light flickered above the first gen blue bird king's neck as he spoke. He carefully took out a rusty wand and waved it.
Lord Jiang stared at the rusty wand, his eyes were glowing, trying to see through it. Eventually he withdrew his gaze and asked, "What is the origin of the Wand? Why can't i see through it?"
"You wanted to..see my…method… why ask so many question…" First Gen blue bird king placed the wand above his head and shouted.
"Come forth!"
The world dimmed and a putrid stench rolled outward, causing everyone to pinch their nose and frown. Malignant curse energy erupted from the wand, it was so dense and thick, almost becoming tangible like liquid.
Lord Jiang quickly created a powerful barrier, shielding himself from being invaded by the curse. Others also did the same.
At the moment, Lord Jiang suddenly felt his heart skipping. Not just him, everyone felt their heart pounding crazily.
Red dust fairy touched her chest and felt her breathing turning heavy. Her bright eyes fixated beyond the thick gray fog enveloping the ground and sky.
"Ancestor! What happened!" Bao Zhentian cried out worriedly.
"Don't tell me….!!" The scar faced man cried out.
"You better hope not…" The beautiful woman said, her expression was grim.
Suddenly an unparalleled aura spread out like tsunami. The aura was so vast and mighty that Godkings paled in comparison. Just the aura alone could turn the world upside down.
"Oh no! Is that…. Is that…. a supreme emperor….!" The scar faced man cried out in alarm.
"No…. It's just a corpse….but… still…" the beautiful woman couldn't finish her sentence as a terrifying roar almost caused her Qi and blood to churn.
"How dare you sully the majesty of a supreme emperor…!" Lord Jiang wasn't scared, instead he felt anger.
Emperor's were revered existence, standing above all. Now, a mere skeleton monster dared to control the corpse of an Emperor. How disgraceful was this?
The face of the emperor corpse was unrecognisable, it was corroded so much by the curse that it almost looked like a decomposed meatball.
Lord Jiang raised his sword and a vast sword chant rang out, illuminating all corners.
Before he could execute his strike, the emperor's corpse raised its one finger.
The sword was broken instantly as Lord Jiang's figure was blown a thousand miles away.
Seeing this, Red dust fairy inhaled sharply. Her gaze was uncertain.
"What are you all doing! Stop him or else no one will be able to leave here alive…!" Lord Jiang instantly flew in the sky and shouted at everyone. His figure looked miserable, clothes were torn and blood seeped out from the corner of his mouth.
The Godking's were astute figures, they realised the situation was out of control. So they quickly took action.