Chapter Eighty-one: Kuafu Dies and Yi Shoots Down the Sun
After the Golden Crow left the Sun Palace, with the help of Zhunti Saint on the way, the Heavenly Court did not immediately discover the departure of the ten Golden Crow princes. After the Golden Crow left the Heavenly Court, he went straight to the Witch tribe and flew across the sky for ten days.
Shouyang Mountain, the only surviving base of the human tribe in the vast wilderness, has been the place where the remaining 3 million people of the human tribe have taken root and multiplied since the human tribe was slaughtered by the two tribes of witches and demons. After thousands of years of reproduction, the number of humans has once again broken through 100 million. Under the leadership of the three quasi-saints, Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Zhenyishi, the human tribe has not experienced any major disasters. Some minor matters are also left to be handled by the newly elected leader of the human tribe, while the three of them focus on improving their strength or teaching some younger generations.
The scorching sun beat down on the earth for ten days, causing great panic among the people. The temperature soared, making it hard to bear. Looking around, the land was cracked and dry, the grass and trees were withered and charred, the beasts wailed in distress, and the birds shrieked in terror, a scene of utter desolation that seemed endless.
The human race was naturally anxious, just as the new leader decided to announce the closure of the three ancestors, the highest peak of the Shunyang Mountains suddenly rose with a Taiji diagram, and the yin-yang two airs rose to form a bridge. This is the pre-heavenly treasure that can calm down the earth, water, fire, and wind. The small golden flame of the sun was not even taken seriously. The yin-yang two instruments shone on the mountains and rivers for thousands of miles, and the falling flames were illuminated by the Miao Guang, like boiling water splashing snow, transformed into pure yang energy, which was absorbed by the white light of the Taiji diagram in an instant, preserving the ancestral court of the human race, and the sacred place of the saint would not tolerate any disrespect.
Other immortal mountains and caves also rose to form various mountain protection arrays, protecting the foundation to ensure the continuity of the Taoist lineage. Although there were countless powerful beings with great magical powers and divine abilities, when faced with the deeply rooted demon clan, they still ended up being like eggs hitting a rock, gritting their teeth in frustration, but ultimately had to swallow their anger and temporarily retreat from the limelight.
All the way, ten golden crows once encountered a witch tribe person, regardless of three seven twenty one, ruthlessly struck down, sharp claws flying horizontally, countless witches were like paper paste, easily broken, blood splashing, instantly evaporated, fell to death, turned into nothingness.
After the massacre, the tribe ruled by Hou Tu Niang began to slaughter again. The golden flames of the sun poured down, burning countless people to death. Sharp claws pierced through countless chests, and countless Hou Tu shamans wailed in terror, fleeing in panic, as if they were in a hellish realm, a scene of utter horror beyond human imagination.
Don't think, although Hou Tu Niang Niang transformed into reincarnation, the Hou Tu tribe also has top shamans like Da Wu Hou Yi and Kuafu. This is exactly where the great shaman Kuafu guards. The wailing and chaos disturbed Kuafu who was contemplating the secrets of the shamanic tribe. With a puzzled expression, Kuafu walked out of the thatched cottage, squinting in the bright sunlight, taking a while to open his eyes. He looked up and saw ten golden crows flying and diving, aiming at the shaman below, killing mercilessly. Kuafu let out an angry roar, picked up his staff, and chased after the golden crows.
Kua Fu was born from a drop of the Earth Goddess's own blood, which encountered the earthy energy of Wu Tu and was nurtured to life. Therefore, Kua Fu naturally had strong and powerful blood vessels, with an innate and unparalleled mastery of the earth element. From thousands of miles away, everything was within his grasp. With a flash of yellow light, before the Golden Crows could even recover from their killing frenzy, a giant club descended upon them, striking one of the Golden Crows to the ground, spitting out fresh blood, limp and lifeless.
The other golden crows were frightened like birds startled by a bowstring, and they all flew up into the high air, their fearful expressions not diminishing. After all, they had never been on a battlefield before, and they had never experienced a real life-or-death battle. When they encountered an opponent, they were completely without strategy, and they were extremely flustered.
The crown prince came to his senses, but saw a yellow-faced man with two yellow snakes hanging from his ears and holding two yellow snakes in his hand, glaring at him and the others with anger. The crown prince was so ashamed and angry that he raised his huge claws, scratched down fiercely, and golden light burst out, wrapping around the rolling golden flames that roared down. Under the continuous infusion of heaven and earth spiritual energy, it swelled into a gigantic claw that covered the sky, pressing down fiercely.
Kua Fu burst out laughing, his expression frenzied and fearless. With a loud crackling sound, a giant over 1,000 feet tall rose between heaven and earth, swinging an enormous staff that had grown to the same size as the giant's body. The staff struck down at the massive claws that seemed to be pressing down on Mount Tai, causing pink and golden lights to collide and sparks to fly everywhere. The air was torn apart, flames scattered in all directions, and a deafening roar shook the earth. Finally, Kua Fu brought his staff crashing down onto the back of the Great Crown Prince.
The crown prince, in pain, beckoned his frightened brothers to flee north. The complacent Kuafu couldn't let go of this great opportunity. In fact, as soon as Kuafu saw the ten-legged golden crow's appearance, he understood that it was the bloodline of the demon emperor Di Jun, although he didn't know why the ten golden crows had privately invaded the Wu tribe without the protection of a major general of the demon clan. However, he might as well kill them himself and establish this great merit to obtain the reward of Zuwu, perhaps bestowing the supreme secret method. After all, Houtu transformed into reincarnation, and the Houtu tribe suddenly became the weakest tribe. He shouldered the mission of reviving the tribe.
With such a conviction, Kuafu chased the Golden Crow in a cloud of dust, while the Golden Crow, having just fought with Kuafu, did not dare to fight him again and flew high into the sky towards its nearest landing place.
Kuafu's bloodline was powerful, but his behavior had entered the realm of the ancestral witch. Although he could also ride the wind and fly, his speed was not as fast as Kuafu's running on the ground. Kuafu could only run along the earth meridian. Suddenly, a rolling yellow dragon stretched for thousands of miles, a giant stepped on the head of the earth dragon, waving his staff and shouting loudly, scolding the demon tribe in the sky, making the golden crow angry, but unable to do anything about Kuafu.
Kuafu chased for a long time and became thirsty. When he passed by the Yellow River and Wei River, he drank up both of these two big rivers. He was exhausted but still refused to give up. Finally, he couldn't bear his thirst anymore and wanted to drink from a large marsh, but unexpectedly fell down just a thousand miles away, dying of thirst.
When Kuafu fell, the ten golden crows that were being chased turned back, first circling cautiously above Kuafu. After a while, seeing that Kuafu did not get up, one of them could not help but swoop down in a flash, pouncing on Kuafu, and then flew back to high altitude in an instant. Amidst the anxiety of the crowd, Kuafu still didn't move.
As they saw this, the Golden Crows looked at each other, began to let go of their fears, and fell down. With a swipe of their sharp claws, they immediately flew away. After several attempts, the group of Golden Crows finally realized that Kuafu was really dead. The joyful cries of the crows echoed through the empty space as the ten Golden Crows spread their wings and flew high, calling out in unison. They circled around Kuafu's body three times before landing, using their sharp claws to rip open his skull, tear apart his limbs, and set his corpse ablaze with fierce flames. As the intense fire raged on, the ten Golden Crows flew towards the Sun Palace. The princes were now filled with fear and regret, sensing that something was amiss. They felt that returning to the Heavenly Court would be their only safe haven, for a mere unknown great shaman had driven them, the ten brothers, to such desperation. If they were to encounter an even more powerful great shaman or ancestral shaman, what chance would they have of survival?
That staff was stuck in the ground when Kuafu fell, and although it belonged to wood, it was nourished by the energy of Wu Tu, felt the water vapor from a thousand miles away, began to sprout, and finally transformed into a vast peach forest, called "Deng Lin"!
Not long after the ten golden crows left, Hou Yi arrived at this place not far from Kuafu. Originally, when Hou Yi saw the sun in the sky, he wanted to investigate the truth and stop the evil deeds of the golden crows. He chased halfway and heard his good friend Kuafu's angry roar. Then Hou Yi sensed that Kuafu was about to die. Hou Yi was greatly alarmed and hurriedly rushed to this place, but unexpectedly still arrived a step too late, and Kuafu had already lost all his bones.
Hou Yi was furious and chased after the Golden Crows with all his might. If the Golden Crows had understood the severity of the situation, they would have flown back to the Heavenly Court at full speed. However, it would have been difficult for Hou Yi to catch up with them. Unfortunately, the eldest son among the ten Golden Crows was struck by Kuafu's staff and suffered serious injuries, which slowed him down. The ten Golden Crows were deeply affectionate towards each other and could not bear to let their brother face any potential risks alone. Together, they pulled the eldest son back to the Heavenly Court.
This gave Hou Yi the opportunity, and after chasing for several years, he finally saw the shadow of the ten golden crows. Hou Yi didn't say much, directly taking out his bow and arrow to aim at the fastest Second Son.
Hou Yi was born from the mixed essence of Houtu Zuzong and Jīn's ancestral witch, with the law of earth and the law of gold. Hou Yi's Shocking Heaven Bow was forged from the western Gēng Gold and the dragon tendon of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, while his Sun-Shooting Arrows were refined from the North Sea Cold Crystal mixed with some of the ancestral witches' essence. Both are acquired treasures, but they are not inferior to some innate spiritual treasures. With Hou Yi's archery skills, he can unleash power that is not inferior to top-grade innate spiritual treasures.
There is a saying that enemies meet with red eyes, and Hou Yi saw ten golden crows and didn't bother to waste words with them, opening the Heaven-shocking Bow to shoot and kill them one by one.
Ten golden crows were all real solar fire, and they were still in the high sky, how could they be afraid of others shooting arrows at them. They thought it was just a fool who didn't know his own strength, and they looked back at Hou Yi with a burst of mocking laughter.
Hou Yi locked onto the ten golden crows, his bow open like a full moon, his arrow shooting like a meteor. A sound of breaking through the air came, and one branch of the sun-shooting arrow flew quickly towards the second prince who was flying in front of the ten golden crows.
Hou Yi shot out an arrow that instantly killed the Second Prince, who was flying ahead. A flame fell from the sky, and the remaining Golden Crows were furious, wanting to avenge themselves on Hou Yi. However, Hou Yi ignored them again, drew back his Heaven-Shaking Bow, and aimed at the Golden Crow. The Eldest Prince had always blamed himself for dragging down his brothers and causing their deaths. Seeing another brother in danger, he wanted to save him by using his own body to block the arrow.
The Golden Crow's eldest son did not hesitate, directly blocking the arrow in front of him to protect his younger brother behind him. He shouted desperately: "Hurry up and leave!" Afterwards, the eldest son also transformed into a flame and fell down. The remaining eight Golden Crows saw their elder brother sacrifice himself for them to live on, and were all moved to tears. They immediately went to find Hou Yi to avenge his death.
As they spoke, Hou Yi shot out two more solar arrows, and in an instant, two more crown princes turned to dust and became flames. Afterwards, Hou Yi continuously killed the remaining five golden crows, who were also crown princes. However, Hou Yi was not immune to the effects of the golden crow's protective sun flame, which was extremely powerful. Even the attack power of the solar arrows would be consumed by the sun flame. To kill the golden crow with one arrow, he had to exhaust all his strength. Even so, it was still unbearable for him. Moreover, every time a golden crow died, they would naturally use their innate divine ability "Crow's Beak" to curse Hou Yi in various ways.
Hou Yi's current state was extremely poor, but his hatred for the Golden Crow Gate had been supporting him all along. Hou Yi continued to draw his bow and arrow, shooting towards the last of the Golden Crow's tenth prince.
